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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26
A Piece of Pie.

A couple of little fellows were over
heard, as they sat in the sand on the
sunny side of the school-house, talking
as follows: Say, Tommy, did you no
tice mother shake her head at me when
she passed the pie at dinner to-day?"
eyes" answered his companion. "What
did she do that for?'' "She always
does that when we have pie and com
pany. She wanted me to refuse pie. I
didn't, though, this time; and when I
go home tonight I'll get this ear yanked
out about an inch and half, and then
comes the goldarndest larrupin' on my
bare legs-and all for that stingy piece.
of pie!"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26
Debts of France and England.

The national debts of France and
England are now got far apart in amount,
that of France being a little the larger.
The French debt is held by 4,38O,9OO
persons, being an average Of about 1856
to each holder! England's debt, on the
other hand, by the late returns, is held
by about 100000 persons, being on an
average of about $12 800 to each holder.
In France, the masses of the people
seem to be the bondholders in England,
the capitalists instead. In France there
are about 100000 landowners, of
whom some 100000 have little plots of
about six acres, as an average. In En-
gland the number of landowners is put
down at 1,173,O00. In France one per-
son in five is landowner; in England,
one in thirty. In England, however,
$4,000 of these owners have in the ag-
gregate but $4,000 acres, being an aver
age of a trife more than one-ffth of an
acre each.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26

Northwestern Louisiana i'm s. State of Omen,
InsaIrrection-Witn in Election Cases
Captured by Mobs and KilIed-The PeepIe
Said to Be as Hostile as During the Late
Rebellion.
| New Orleans Telegram to Chicago Times.1
kilograms from Caddo parish to- the
United States District Attorney an
nounee that the entire Red river eoun-
try is in fever OF excitement, and viz
tually in condition of rebellion against
the laws of the United States. Quite.
recently Deputy Marshal in Caddo
has been subp@naing witnesses in prose
cutions for violations of the Federal
election laws. He started with two,
Col. Clark and Bill White, on the
steamer Danube, for New Orleans. A
constable named Jeff. Cole boarded the
Danube and took them from the custody
of the Marshal. While at Jerry Bea-
fon's plantation, EN- route to Shreveport,
the two men were attacked by mob and
bRutally murdered. Information of this
was to-day telegraphed to the Attorney
General at Washington, and District
Attorney Leonard now awaits instruc-
tions. The Times correspondent has
just left Mr.. Leonard, with whom he
had protraeted interview. That officer
says the people OF the Red river coun-
try are as crazy as they ever were In
1861, and any attempt control them by
MarshaPs posse would be futile. He
says that it will only be necessary to
have it known that witness has been
subpGnaed before the Federal court
to have that witness killed, and
that the fate of the two victims named is
only the commencement of a resistance
which the Government will never quell
by any civil process. In confirmation
of this opinion the Times correspond
ent learns from another and most re-
sponsible source that the Federal Grand
Jury has devoted the entire week to an
investigation of the conduct of the cleo
ton in the Red river country The
grand inquest has asceftained to it's en-
tire satisfaction that in the parishes of
Caddo, De Soto, and Brashear gross
violations of both the State and Federal
election laws occurred at every poll. AS
evidence of the extent of the lawlessness
the Times correspondent is assured
that indictments have been found
against prominent citizens of these par
ishes, as we'll as of Natchitoches and
Ouachita. In the latter parish the
Times correspondent is assured that
leading men have already announced
their intention to resist arrest at all
hazards, even if resistance should result
in an armed conflict. When the indict-
ments found during the present week
are executed, it is predicted that the
row will commence. In this connection
the District Attorney remarked that
one company of soldiers would be far
more effective than thousand Deputy
Marshals.
To-day the Grand Jury sought legal
advice to ascertain whether, under the
law, they have not right to indict
Rutherford B. Hayes as accessory be-
fore the fact to the Caddo massacre,
that tragedy being tine logical sequel to
his Southern policy The Deputy Mar
shall who surrendered the two witnesses
to slaughter will probably be indicted
on Monday.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26

THERE was an alarm of fire in one of
the New York school buildings the
other day. There were 1910 pupils in
the building many persons as would
be in crowded theater. Had the
alarm been in a theater there would
have been panic, and scores of people
would have been crushed to death. In
the school-room it was different. The
principal, when the fire was discovered
gave the signal for dismissal. Ateacher
took her place at the piano, gave the
usual signal to march, the pupils filed
out of their rooms, and, according tc
rule, marched down the stairwavs in
single file. In three minutes the build.
ing was empty, and not single acci
dent had occurred. One little fellow
tainted on the stairway; but, as the next
boy picked him up, and, without re-
mark, carried him into the street, there
was no excitement. If discipline does
this much for children in time of dan
ger, it ought to do more for adults.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26

The rumor is afoat on the Pacific
coast that Banker Ralston is still alive,
and quietly enjoying himself on little
island in the South of Europe, the
drowned body which was found having
been the corpse of a man so closely re-
sembling Ralston that every one was de-
ceived, as it was planned that they
should be. A San Francisco doctor, the
story goes, kept the secret till last
Christmas, when he received large
sum of money, part of which he gave to
a leaky friend, whom he also made a
confdant.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26

GOVERNOR GENERAL LoRNE appears
to be starting out with the mistake of
trying to ape royalty too much to suit
the taste or pockets of his Canadian
subjects. He exceeded the state of any
of his predecessors at a levee he held
at Ottawa, amazing the multitude by
standing on raised platform under a
canopy, and bowling stifly for an hour
or more to those who passed before
him. Only those were admitted to
the vice-regal presence who dressed in
a prescribed manner, and they ap-
preached it's mimic throne past row of
nearly 100 attendants in red uniform.
This really seems a little too snobbish
for the longitude of Ottawa.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26

THERE is strong suspicion in certain
ircles in England that the Afghanistan
var is only the entering wedge toward
he opening up of new and startling
policy of British territorial acquisition
II the Orient, which will include Pales-
inc and it's restoration to the Jews I'M
Ter an English protectorate. This con-
ecture is based upon the fact that Earl
Beaconsfeld, the head of the present
British Cabinet, is of Jewish proclivi-
lies, and in strong sympathy with the
undying ambition of the Jewish race
for the recovery of the land of their an
cient habitation.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26

HERR AUGUST WILHELMJ, the distin-
pushed violinist, certifes that he found
he keenest appreciators of music in
Milwaukee, his language being: "In
Milwaukee, was surprised. Boston did
not furnish keener, if as keen, appre-
iators of music" This compliment to
he Cream City is we'll deserved. Next
0 lager beer, music is the Milwaukean's
most absorbing passion. They have the
argest and best musical society in the
United States, and more time and money
spent for music there than in any
ity of it's size in the world.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26
The most successful settlers in It,

The most successful settlers in Texas
are said to be the Germans. Their
settlements along the San Antonio and
Houston railroad, and in the western
part of the State, are said by local news
papers to show thrift, comfort and
plenty. The secret of their success is
that there are no idlers in their fami-
lies. Men, women, boys and girls all
work with will. They try to make
their farms yield everything that they
need for eating, drinking and wearing.
They are frugal, but live well. Their
fences, barns and houses are kept in
good condition, and their ground is well
utilized. At the same time the educa-
ton of the children is carefully attend
ed to.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26

BURTON and Aikens, deacons in the
Gme church in Robard, KY, loved each
le others wife. They did not hide
leir sentiments from each other, but
ndeavored to settle the difficulty
micably by exchanging wives. An
greement to that effect was made in
riting and signed. The wives were
way on a visit when this bargain was
lade, and were informed of it on their
eturn. Mrs. Burton readily assented
nd it is suspected that she had advised
he trade; but Mrs. Aikens objected
md the plan failed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26

New uses have been found for the
Erie canal. It is to be used not only as
route of transportation, but as shop
ping street The furniture dealers in
Utica are greatly exercised over float
ing furniture mandatory on the canal
which has been anchored in the canal
at that city for the winter. In this
operation three canal-boats are en-
ployed One is used as manufactorv.
one is elegantly fitted up as a show and
salesroom, and the third is used for
storage of furniture. The appearance
of the fotilla at Utica, and it's COMPETE
ton with street dealers who pay large
rents, have caused quite CONSERVATION
among the latter In other sections en-
terprising brewers have fitted up boats
and are selling lager along the canal.
In the winter months these new enter
prises are compelled to lay up in some
city, but, when navigation again opens,
they are expected to traverse the canal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26

The Superintendent of the Hartford
Library Association says that, as a rule,
boys and girls read too much. Our
accounts show that one boy has taken
1O2 story-books in six months, and one
girl 112 novels in the same time" The
books taken between Sept. 1 and Nov
80 show the average reading of Young
America. They were in the following
proportion: Fiction, II per cent arts
and sciences, 81; biography, 5; history,
Al; travel, 4; poetry and drama, 2; the
ology, /: miscellaneous. T.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26

THERE are 1900 women employed in
the departments at Washington. Their
salaries range from 5000 to 81 800. But
one receives this higher amount, though
many receive ST., 200 and ST. 400. 1t is
said there is seldom resignation or APP
pointment, and but few have left their
places to marry and settle into domestic
life. The greatest experts in counting
money and detecting counterfeits are
among the lady employees. The appoint
ment of women to these places was first
made by Secretary Chase in 1862, and
the highest salary paid was 5000. Then
usefulness and aptness for the work
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26

JAMES I'll. Fox went home fatigued
m his work in Boston, and whipped
9 of his children for misconduct.
8 brother-in-law, Edward Donovan.
I'd II, protested that the punishment
undeserved Fox retorted that he
lid whip anybody who interfered in
family affairs, and tried to
SO with Donovan, who Immediately
led him with a knife.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26

BAD drainage and defective ventila-
IN are the causes of more disease and
,ath in the civilized world in this nine
9nth century than war, famine and &C
lent combined. Fever, diphtheria
d the pestilence which walketh
road at MONDAY are, in nearly all
,es, traceable to these causes.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26

MOST of the Socialists who were ex-
9lled from Berlin by the recent order
the police have left. Their applica-
ons for time in order that they might
range their affairs and make provision
+ their families are uniformly denied,
i'd, in some cases, great distress and
lfering will result. A number of the
,pelled will permanently emigrate tc
merica, England, and Switzerland
lille few will endeavor to remain in
lose parts of Germany which are not
fected by the decree of expulsion.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26

EDGAR ALLAN PoE's melancholy end
5 alluded to at the late session Of the
and Lodge of Good Templars in Rich
md, Va, when up popped DR.. Mason,
o attended Poe in his last illness at
fillmore, to say that the eccentric poet
I'D like gentleman. For days before
} death, the doctor said, Poe utterly
used stimulants of all kinds to allay
5 nervous excitement, and died a sober
an, truly penitent for his fast career
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26

New ORLEANS is proving the truth of
ne observation that the general condi-
on Of health is better after an epidemic,
I'd now boasts as small death-rate as
~ city in the country. 1t took $4,000
,ses Of yellow fever, 400 of them
tai, to accomplish this, however.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26

being demonstrated, they have steadily
increased in numbers, and have been
able TO command wages approximating
the salaries of men who formerly occu-
pied these places.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26
JIre 4enosha Tele9raph,
KENOSHA, WIS, DEC. 26, 1873.

IF George P. Marsh holds out until
ext March he will have served the
ountry as Minister to Italy seventeen
ears, and viii have drawn for his SER
ices $204,000.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26

LAST year we sold England $780,
100000 worth of grain, live stock, meats,
heese and eggs. We sent over 100000
attle, 100000 sheep, $4,000 swine
nd 10000 horses.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26

In Connecticut, under the new Local
Option law, the people of the town de
eide whether or not license shall. be
granted.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26
NAUGHTY.

Somebody's lips were close to mime;
Thus tempted I couldn't resist
Roguish and rosy, sweet little. naouth
Was suddenly softly Kissed.
Somebody's eyes looked up and frowned
With such reproving glance.
IF kisses were wicked?" l asked my pet:
Then the eyes began to dance.
And smiling, the little maid answered,
AS knelt there at her feet:
"They must be a littlR bit naughty,
Or they never would be so sweet"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26
RED RIVER REBELS.

Northwestern Louisiana I'm a State of Open
Insurrection-Vi in Election Cases
Captured by Mobs and Killed-The PEBBLE
Said to Be as Hostile as During the Late
RaFso
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-10-16

CHEYENNE. Dot. 4.--intelligence re.
ceiyed from Osslls reports the Indians
crossing the river this morning. Eve miles
east n tha, statkn. Fifty citizens Of 0gal.
lalls are prepared 10 defend the town should
a he attacked. Scouts are out in sll direc.
ticns. TT r ETz>"T*+
DgwvEn. Oct THE following from
wailsce. Kansas. referring 10 the Indians.
which left the .r,crystion. near Fort Rem,
h., icsn received. The indians crossed
the Kansas Pacific IN Sunday. going nm,h.
when aboui ~ miles north of BuiIaI" Eta
iinn. they commenced killing the settlers,
aud thas far ~ dead bodies have beer
found alms sappa creek. The Indians d.
m, 90 81 sll out of their way to hill white
l,erpIe. out II they, meet . wlIiie man on
hmsehsek ilsy kill him ssd take che h"rsc
They are pcw 80 or 100 mile. north Of tb,
Ksnsa. Pacific. with the troop pressing
Them pre,tyhmdIy. They have hilIrd III
women nor children.
Galveston. Oct. IA special to III,
News from Mason. T,xss. dated the 9Th
s.,s INFORMATION has heen received there q
Indian raid. near Junction City. Three
girl. and q hoy named Doway we're tiIlel
On the johnson Fork NJ The Guadelnup,
riysr. Reports from The surrounding conn'
try Indicate that the Indians are stealing
,,ock and numbering the settlers. A gen
s,aI raid is feared
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-10-16

esteenl trieid Niciiuru Badger thiiikc am
guilty 10 this dag.
NY NJ KLUx RECORD BoTHERs ME.
Hut that a,u't all either. FOLKS are be.
gluuipg 10 talk about me aud the ku klux
again, aud the Ma nlux amt good lvr iolks
" yet taug,ed up with. My recvrd III that
matter s,u't 10 gvyd ~ would like TO have
1t. IN 1872. or was IL IN 1878. when DR..
Pride Jones aud Mr.. John ". Norwood,
Vi Orange, and & vl. Saunders, came 10 me
ty help them get the i.eg,slatuie 10 pass an
amnes,, b,Il ior the ku k,ux. ieius.d d to
~ IL. | had sworn, too, ON the impeacb-
nea, ,r'ar tsce vol. I, page yU5) that -
si~s,s dsi,ouuced them, both che Leagues
and the ku klux klau in my speeches and
my paper = | had aIsu swurn (p. 9i2) when
asked II 1 knew anything about any secret
POLITICAL organizations, that | knew ''noth-
:ug IL the wu.ld. never belonged tu any
i ihrm oi any kind Or description. aud sl.
ssys aruuunced tL.n." aud M general,
that | knew nothing of them. or 'of any
mau who belongs 10 them except hearsas.
that wss OH the 18th uf February. 1871.
Now it ~ harpsas that shortly before
Chrisin"s. 1871. within two months from
the uaIe Vi my swearlng in the Impeach'
meni trial. | had been to 10 less than Eve
gent lcmeu. aud ~ vain. to have kH Klux
raid maue M Asmance county just before
the special rlectiou there. when jimmy
GrahaiD beat Bi.l Smith for the Senate .
Dr. Pride JONES Vi Orange. has already
given certificate that 10. Dsyis nnw has,
! rowing tbs. aud DIR. wm. Stfudw.ck aud
Mr.. 4. N. Stiudwick. VI Orange. Col. A.
%. McAiisier. Vi Asbboto, Randulph coun.
ty aud Col. W. l.. Ssunders. of Wake, are
ready 10 give similar certificates aheneyer
called upon. People 50, they duL't see
how 10 square my oath with these certi6-
cstes uo more than they see how to .qnare
abusing the Ku KIux in public aud tr, ing
to have raids made in secret. Aud they ssy
TOO, they don't see how io square the oou, Sc
ot maB who encouraged hls neighburs aud
their sons 20 Ku kIuxing that put theiI
necks in halters. aud then when there wa,
chance TO take their Becks out Of the hal.
tsrs. rs there was by passing the Amnes' J
bill. refused to hep do il as | refused.
have been charged with the ku Kluxine
before but was never charged right.
ne' er brl"nged to them aud never intended
to nor did ever put anything on paper.
was always satisfied to do ~ did Col. 10,
Webb in 1869. tuld him was hound /,
denounce both in public aud then whisper.
ed to him but l'll be damned IL the NJ
Klux ain't right And now Col. Webt
has given certificate. aud the people u
Orange know that what Joe webb says u
50. iuu see what dix am in. The NJ
Klux aud their friends am afraid won
love me much when tbey knew oil. L
really serms to me that my chances for /,
seat in Congress grow simmer aud slimme
every day. hut jus. can't help IL. lain
Ct for anybody but Radicals to vote for snt
ltbey won't do it
| Yours in lots Of tropble. OLD JOE.
| p. S-If you don't come 20 the Fair
never will get through telling you al
want TO let you kn"w. Please he suite Il
e"ne for am getting mighty low i"wn.
i ULD joe
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-10-16

The work un the Washington monu-
n,ent is IN begin soou' Conrress sppro-
pristed $4,000 TO strengthen iis faunia-
tIons. This viii be done first, aud then
we are assured york on the superstruc.ure
will begln In earnest. The Washington
Star says:
"The first work really to he doae T. "a
rxiead by coucreie The t,ass of the ,nonu-
n,ent ahou: twelve feet four inches further
downwsri. and onracl, aide sbout twenty.
thrcs feet outward. The Houunent u
Tire hase will not I've dug completely under.
onlv nlmut eighteen feet all four sides ui
The BOTTOM"
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-10-16

But tItatis not all people are talking
al~ut, aud this reminds me tn say I anI
afraid your circus manBers haven't lefi
you II showed mighty lad raising 10
you 10 write to me about my. office being
blown ~. Any man. much less Gov
ernor, Il seems TO me ought 10 have sern
by nov that never liked 10 talked about
that matter. Don't you know I never
said anything about u In my paper, aud
did you never hear that gave Ar. Kings.
hurry Who was n,y sssociale editor nj that
time, Instructions not 10 write about tile
matter In the palsr? The Radicals &C.
cused me openly of blowing Up the Office
myself, and have reason 10 believe that
detectives were put uI0u my track down
20 Nerfolk aud hack where I had been q
few days hefore the blowing up. People
talked mighty unkind about u, aud some
folks said then an,l say now that even the
printers iu NY office Thought !; was my
own doing THEY we're sIlst tile rufus
next noInisg, aud u sou want To know
more particularly about u. you had better
write 10 them. John Hampton was there
and jos Harris aud Jewett Cosby aud
Collins aud aIl ~ them ln fact People
said u WA emious that iaikr,iso muel,
ubout the DsvIs S,Ievt battle and ~ lille
about the blowing up must say think
u was mighty unkind In YOU aud showed
mighty bad raising to be Iskiug up that
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-10-16
~~s@Ss
WHAT rwO YOUNG LADIES DID.

sliasrs Cara and Daisy Holt. daughters
of Sol. y. NJ. Halt. aud MiSs Dora William
sou. constituted themselves committee 10
rai,e help for the yellow fever sufferers.
They went to work industrionsly. and in q
few days they raised one hundred dollars
which was forwarded 10 Memphis. What
would this world be without women: In
every ncl,le act. m every charitable enter.
prize. they are foremnt. These young
ladies' but betrayed their kindness of heart
and sympathetic nature. when they iook up-
on themselves The task of mercy in minis
tering. in the only wsy possible far them.
to the wants of stranger sufferers in fsr
sway land. In addition To the collections
made by the young ladies'. Col. il"lt him.
.elf donated thirty sacks of f'ur. which Is
but !" keeping with bis acts u public chari-
ty .-damIsce Cleaner.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-10-16

~ acknowlrdgg the r,rn.' ~ The man
saIJ wien hs pulled on tight 6,Sa.
A man who owes more than he can psy
b naturally morsUse.
N0tliug has ~ many Ties binding II 10
earth as q TsiIrsad.
Policemen assist each other BY clubbing
together
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-10-16

ARREST FoR MURDER. .--On informa-
tion from the S.,licitor q warrant was issued
last Friday for the arrest q. Rebecca Lyon
for the murder Of Milton Blackwell one II
the ehildrpn of the woman Who vas mur-
dered IN 1877 near this place. Upon .
preliminary hearing Beck Lyon vas ecm-
miitsd to Jail to swsi. trial. This vas one
II the most feniish acts ever committed in
q civilized country and evs-y efF"rt should
se made Ia punish the offenders. Durham
Tobacco PLtnt. -4.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-10-16

s,eo of,es ssare ligh, from ibs hrs. i'm
p,sdsnas. and suffer terribly from It's repe..
ttion for folly repsated becomes EN-. aod
ain i sl~ays punished. There i no vsria'
blsns. in the eovsmmsu, Of God.