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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-03
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

The reconstruction of the internal admins
tration proceeds apace in France, under the
auspices of the new Ministry. The reinstate-
ment of all the municipal councils dismissed
since the 10th of May has been ordered prose-
cutions for press and publication offenses have
been dismissed, and the triumphant republi-
cans are gathering the spoils of victory in all
directions.
The latest advices from Havana point to the
conclusion that the revolution which has been
going on in Cuba for the past nine years is
gradually disintegrating. Bands of insurgents
numbering from twenty-five to seventy are
daily surrendering, and it will not be many
months ere the Cespedes Provisional Govern
ment finds itself without follower.
Sonora, which has always disturbance of
some kind on hand, is enjoying an Indian war
at present. A few days ago aparty of Sonoran
troops attacked an Indian camp. Twenty seven
of the attacking force were killed, and the In
dams went on with their cattle-stealing just as
if nothing had happened.
The people of Alsace and Lorraine are petit
the military government that was placed over
them at the conclusion of the Franco German
war, and for restoration of the civil authority.
The Panama Star and Herald Of late date
says &C. rebellion broke out at Puerta Are
mas The rebels, after cruelty assasslnating
the Captain of the garrison, set fire to the
building, including the hospital, with all the
patients in it, stole $1,000 from the treasury
and robbed all the commercial houses. In tie
confusion they were killing each other.
the houses composing the colony only
half remain standing. The total number
lilledis forty, with fourteen wounded.
Don Carlos has been expelled from France.
- o. Tho CITY of NaYinn
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whom all Europe looked upon as de-
cadent and effeminated
The truth is that there has been no
change III the character of the Ottomans
We have notread their history thorough
~ and with discrimination. Arguin0
loosely from their military disasters. we
have not done justice to their martial
qualities. They have always been brave,
even In their oyerthrows. Their most
unfortunate wars, the wrestIes in which
they have suffered defeat on defeat. have
been illustrated by signal instances of
heroism such as the most warlike nations
might glory in. If they have lost terri.
tory, it has never been through lack of,
valor, nor altogether from want of good
generalship, but mainly from defect of
preparation.-L w De Forest, 5as Rar-
per's Magazine for January.
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MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGs.

The following business failures are an
nounced: The Dale Silk Manufacturing Com
pany of Paterson, N. J., liabilities $780, 900 to
100000, nearly all secured The Taunton
(Gass.) Savings Bank, liabilities 81, 353, 763,
assets represented at 81, 404, 513; Riggs Bros,
private bankers, SaybroUk, ILL.,. George Baker,
banker, Chester, Pa, liabilities $159, 900, assets
$4,000. SIS.
A telegram from Mesilla, New Mexico, says:
"Texas rangers started from Ell Paso to recover
their arms. taken from them by the invaders.
Arriving at Socorro they met an armed body of
Mexicans, whereupon a fight commenced. Four
of the invaders were killed and one Texas
ranger wounded. Gen. Hatch, who is in the
advance, has sent back for more troops"
The crop reports received at the De-
partment of Agriculture, at Washington,
indicate that the wheat crop of this
country for 1877 was about 100000, 900
bushels, or about 100000 greater
than for any previous year. The corn crop. es-
timated, from the same reports is 100, 090, 900
bushels. The crops of oats and potatoes were
correspondingly large. Of wheat, it is estimat-
ed that 10, 900 bushels can be spared for
export.
Lieut.. Walter Walton, Assistant Inspector Of
the Life-Saving Service on the North Carolina
coast makes a report in relation to the loss of
the Huron, showing that Evan ONeill, fish
erman, saw the ship pounding to destruction as
early as o'clock in the morning, and heard the
screams and cries for help of those on board.
He went home and ate his breakfast, giving
no alarm that would have saved many lives,
but waiting until sunrise, when the work of
plundering the dead bodies washed ashore
could commence. The report concludes: "It
is shocking to record that out of ninety-one
bodies found, about twelve Of whom were Off
GERS, not single trinket such as would be
deemed a relic by relatives of the dead was
found On the bodies. Watches and chains,
money, and even fnger-rings, had been
stripped off by those who first found the
bodies as they washed up. Good evidence is
found in the case of Lieut. Simonds, whose
third and fourth fingers of the left hand had
been scratched and gouged by the body-rob-
bers in their haste to secure their ill-gotten
booty"
The failure is announced of the Rockland
County On. w. Bank, the Jersey City On. -
Savings Bank, the Real Estate Savings Bank
est. Louis, Mo-, and J. D. Parker & Co.,
wholesale druggists, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

Gen. Sheridan testifies before the House Mil
itary Committee that there has been no raids
by Mexicans into Texas during the past year.
or since the Diaz Government obtained control.
and but few, if any, cattle have been stolen.
A Washington telegram says: SIN the at
tempts ofboth sides to count up the silver and
anti-silver vote in the Senate, both sides admit
that their respective counts show an exceed
ingly close vote. In case Of a Presidential
veto, it is claimed by TIE opponents of the bill
to have 26 votes, exactly enough to sustain 3
veto, with Sharon away. The full vote is U.s.
If there are IS Senators to sustain veto this
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CHEAP TELEGRAPHY.
A New Company Organic ed--The Capital
Placed at Ten Millions.
From the Philadelphia Times.l


From the Philadelphia Times]
A new telegraph company, with the
title of Continental, and with capital
Of $40, 900, divided into shares Of
1926 each, and having for it's avowed OBJ
ject the reduction of telegraph rates, has
fled articles of incorporation with the
County Clerk of New York city. A num-
Der Of prominent Philadelphia capital
lists are moving actively in the organiza-
ton of the new concern.
Said q gentleman yesterday: "The
capitalists having the matter in charge
claim, and back their argument by form
ing the company, that a perfect system
Of fac-simile or photographic telegraphy
has been invented, which will forward
the message in the original handwriting
Of the sender, making more accurate
and reliable transmission, also much
more expeditions one, than is possible
under the present system. It is guar
anteed by the fac-simile invention that,
compared with the present general sys-
tenn, the capacity OF a wire can be quad
rupled; and this, together with the re-
markable improvements in batteries, the
development of currents, and other
cheapening inventions, has lessened the
cost Of telegraphing to one-tenth of what
it was twenty years ago.
The Continental Company is thor
oughly organized-with Alfred Nelson,
former Treasurer of the Atlantic and Pa
cifc, as President; Albanus L. Worth
ington, OF Trenton, Treasurer; J. G.
Case, Secretary, and James G. Smith,
inventor of the autographs system, as
General Manager will begin opera
lions at once by running line from New
York to this city. as subsection of the
first section, which will eventually in
clude all points between Boston and
Washington. II is the intention of the
directors Of the new line, and it is I'M
derstood to be necessary under the
Smith system, to place forty poles to the
mile, with No. 6 wire weighing $50
pounds to the mile. The loss Of insula-
ton by the increased number of poles is
more than compensated by the superior
ity of the Brooks insulator, made of lie
Bastie glass, which is nearly flexible,
and, consequently, less brittle and less
liable to break than the ordinary glass
insulator. Right Of way has been OBJ
tanned through New Jersey, the most
difficult State in the country in which
to obtain chartered rights, and the COM
pany is prepared, or will be in short
time, to begin the work of construction
between New York and Philadelphia In
time it will be made a national line, ex-
tending to all parts of the United States,
and the corporators claim that they will
bring telegraphic facilities within the
reach of the public generally, through
medium rates and fair profits to the
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C0nkling as q Boxer.

Senator Conkling, when at college, is
said to have had manners so reserved
that they provoked his fellow students
to tease and torment him. He was then
a tall, slender youth, and not strong,
and feeling his inability to protect him
self properly, he quietly procured a
teacher in the art OF self-defense, and
soon became an expert boxer. After
he had held few emphatic interviews
with divers aggressive students, they
concluded it was the better part of val
or to let him alone, and he finished his
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POLITICAL POINTS.

Washington dispatches say Secretary Evarts
authorizes the announcement to be made that
the differences are about to be healed that
have divided the President and the Repub-
icans in Congress, and that 6s~restoration of
harmony is near at hand.
The Washington Post, the new Democratic
organ at the capital, announces in double
loaded editorial that hereafter the Democratic
Senators will vote to confirm the Presidents
apnOintments
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Turkish ValOr.

The European and Christian races
everywhere, the races which account
themselves the greatest, wisest and
bravest of the earth, have watched with
amazement the spectacle Of invalid and
semi barbarous Turkey contending on
even terms with gigantic and organized
Russia.
At the outbreak of this struggle the
civilized world supposed that it would
be pitiably unequal; that, without the
assistance of some one of the "great
powers" the Moslems would be crushed
in ingle campaign; that the advance
of the Muscovite armies would be little
more than q triumphal promenade. 1t
was commonly supposed that the superb
GRITTY of Russia in soldierly disposition,
intelligence and education at least
equaled her advantage in wealth and
numbers. It had come to be an accept
ed credence, almost equivalent to mill
tary maxim, that Asiatic and semi
Asiatic troops could not stand before
Europeans.
We have seen enough during the sum-
mer of 1877 to lead us to question all
these beliefs. Whatever may be the
termination of the contest, the Turkish
Generals have shown formidable ca
pacity, and the Turkish soldiers have
exhibited heroic courage. They have
not only defended intrenchments with
their historic tenacity, but they have as
saulted them with impetuosity, and
sometimes with success. Embodied,
they seem to be the equals OF the Rus
slams, and, man to man. their superiors.
What is the meaning Of this wonderful
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vote the same as if the Senate was equally di-
vided."
1t is expected in Washington that the pres
ent session of Congress will be lengthy one.
The Appropriation Committee will soon be
ready to report on the Pension, Consular, Ma
val, and Postoffice bills. but the condition of
general business indicates that slow progress
will be made.
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ton. 1t is added that the Senator takes
pleasure in putting on the gloves when
ever he can find anyone to spar with
hlm.-Nea0 York Tribune.
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OREGON politicians estimate that the
vote OF that State will be increased So
600 by immigrants, and are wondering
what proportion each party will get.
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The French have very strict building
avs. No fues are permitted in party
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-13
TELEGRAPHTC. !
LATEST UP To2 Pm TO-DAY

PANS, August Is = The cabneh's
strike Is virtually a, an end, Twoahirds
Of the men have resumed work.
AZ the reception Of the delegates to
the FrancO.Amerioan commercial con
ference the minister Of commerce as.
sured the delegates that he had followed
with great interest the novemeat and
wished Tor their success.
LONDON, AugustlS-Mrs Lillian Jen.
ME Mills, daughter OF Rev. Abraham N.
Lialejohn, DID,, bishop Of Long Island,
New York, was married TO Frank Was
son, Of Brooklyn, this morning, At Chap
Ell Royal Savoy, London. The Bishop
Of Nebraska ofieiated.
Rev. George Gil6llan. q well.knowu
religious aud miscellaneous writer, il
dead, aged 6s years,
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WASHINGTON.
Worktngmen'a Meettng-ORIm and
DiapaasiOnAte Advice.

W0rktngmen'a Meettng-CRtm ana
DiapaasiOnate Advice,
WASHINGTON, August IL -The FIRST Of
a series OF MAS. meetings under the aus.
pices Of the Workingmen's Assembly,
was held last night. The speakers were
moderate in tone, aud appealed to their
auditors TO abandon irresponsible lead.
ers, aud 10 enter into systematic,
welLdsvised plans for their own
protection. They said many attempts
had been made to indoctrinats ideas in
the heads Of true mechanics by strollers
which, Il carried out, would do no good.
They did not propose to array one
class Of lsborers against another
nor to array labor against CAPT
tai. I~neendiary speeches would moi
benefit the %workingmen; there must be
a combination between all the trades o.
the country and unity Of action if they
wished to force Al those who arc dis
posed to pauperizs labor to accede &c
their demands.
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this question.
The delegates to the gubefna'
torial, senatorial and floterial con-
ventions were not instructed.
Health is very good here, and
should our friendsin Memphis have
occasion to leave home this season
on account Of any epidemic, they
viii find Brownsville ready to en-
terrain them until the danger is
over.
The Nationals have an organi-
cation here with a membership Of
over one hundred, but they took no
part in the late county canvass II
they gain sufficient strength We
may hear from them in November,
however. CITIZEN.
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BEN BUFFERS NEPHEW.
A Bright Intellect Ruined by
WHISKY and Had Association.

- NAAAAA ~ I
WHISKY and a ASSOCIATION.
A Washington telegram to the
Hartford Times contains the follow
ing: "Colonel George II. Butler,
Ben Buffers troublesome nephew,
is free again. He was brought out
of jail yesterday on a writ of ha-
beas corpus, and, on account of a
technicality in the sentence passed
on him in the Police Court, he was
released from custody. The charge
upon which he was sent to jail was
the larceny of a suit of clothes
valued at twenty dollars, but on
which he paid five dollars when he
ordered them to be made. When
they were completed he put them
on and asked the tailor to send a
boy with him around the corner to
a Sunday newspaper Office, where
he said be would pay the balance.
On arriving there be failed to get
the money, and kept the clothes, al
though the boy strongly objected.
Butler was at the time, and had
been for the week previous, under
the influence Of liquor. He was
arrested the following day and sem
fenced to pay a fine Of twenty-five
dollars, or in default, thirty days in
Jail. His counsel, yesterday, showed
that this sentence was void, as it
should read, to be valid, "a fine of
twenty-five dollars, and in default,
thirty days in jail George, who
had been in Jail about twelve days,
was, therefore, discharged from Gus
tody, having the unpaid-for suit
Of clothes still on his back,
the tailor kicking up a terrible
row about being swindled out Of his
goods by such a technicality. Ben
|, Butler, who has done everything
possible to cure George Of his bad
habits, refused to have anything to
do with the case, and consented
) that he should 60 to jail rather thar
that he would pay any more money
. in the shape Of fines or bills fol
him. Previous to this last spree
, the colonel has been in the govern.
t ment insane asylum for over
8 month, SOLDERING up from a spree hl
went on with Senators Spencer
Dorsey and Kellogg after the ad
: journment of congress. Colone
J Butler, when sober, is the pleasant
est man 10 the city. He is an ex.
ceedingly clever writer, and haI
!. been employed on the Sunday pa
. pers of this city since his recall a
special agent Of the postoflce de
partment last winter. 1t will b
remembered that he was sent on
0 to the Black Hills to locate posi
IS offices in that section of the coun
try, but before reaching there
q while under the influence of tn
q ardent, made himself e~xceedingl
q d~isagreeable to a Methodist bisho
u he met in the cars. Ben Butte
D, always got him out Of his scrape
Of until this last one, when he refuse
70 to have anything to do with hin
% Colonel Butler is the husband
a Rose Eytinge, the favorite actrei
ID lie was consul general to Egypt Fl
a long time, and has Travelled q
Ii. over the world several times,
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ARkASsas.

Colonel Porter Grace declines to.
be a candidate for governor on the
Greenhack ticket.
A Mr.. ]. Riley Warford, Of Sa-
line county, was ioully murdered at
Hot Springs . few days ago by a
negro,
Little Rock Democrat 10th: Miss
May Marshall will walk fifty miles
at Deuel. Park next Wednesday,
commencing at III LAT and finish
ing at IL am. Good music will be
in attendance.
Lawrence County Journal; There
was a baby born in Sharp county
recently having four legs and feet,
the body being perfect We are
promised a full description soon,
which We viii publish.
Ashley County Times: Timely
showers in all parts Of the county
have pushed the crops forward with
unprecedented apidity. An album
dance Of corn will be made, and
with favorable circumstances, for
the balance Of the season, moro
cotton will be made than can be
gathered.
Fayetteville Sentinel; Major S.
Kennedy, of Joplin, while bath
ing in Shoal creek, Saturday, the
goth ult,, met his death in a very
mysterious way. He dived off Of a
bank about two feet above the sur
face of the water and his head is
supposed to have struck a rock
seme four feet below the waters
surface, breaking his neck causing
instant death. Mr.. Kennedy viii
be remembered US having canvassed
this county two years ago as a can.
didate for the house Of representa-
tives. He was about forty.eighi
years Of age.
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saratora Races.

SARATOGA, August ID The FIRST race,
for maidens, two.year olds, three.qusr-
tiers Of a mile, was won by Lou Sparkling,
Cedric second, Annie Augusta third.
Time, 1871 The second race, Kenner
stakes, for three year olds, two miles,
was won by Duka of Magenta by a
length, Bramble second, Spartan third.
Time, BAH.
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HAYWOOD COUNTY.


HOB. Lewis Bond Endorsed By the
Democracy as q ChDdidRte for
COBgress-The County Iostrueted
for Him by \ hEsr-fSuFtha Vote
The Canvass In the Einth Dis.
trfet.
BROWNSVILLE, Tenn, Aug. IL.
"A convention was held here to-
day by the Democracy Of Haywood
county, which was very largely at
tended, all the districts but one be-
ing present. The meeting was
composed of the leading farmers,
mechanics and professional men Of
the county, and was representative
in every respect.
Delegates we're appointed to the
gubeFnatOrial, congressional, sena-
torial and Aoterial conventions.
ga resolution strongly indorsing
the Hon. Lewis Bond for a scat in
the next congress and instructing
the Haywood county delegates Ia
vote solidly for him in the Hum.
boldt convention was passed By an
Overwhelming majority, more thar
three-fourths Of the county voting
in its favor. A committee wa.
then appointed to wait on Mr.
Bond and invite him to ad
dress the convention. Whe,
he made his appearance he wa
greeted with prolonged and deafen
1 ing applause and with unboundel
c enthusiasm. He finally succeeds
q IN quleting the audience and the.
made a short but brilliant speech j
= which he alluded in feeling term
to his love for Haywood count,
e the land of his birth, and eloquen
e ly expressed his emotions on a,
count Of the honor done hin
+ Haywood county could not do OIL
! erwise than cling to Lewis Bon
u with the fondness Of a mother /,
y a favorite son. His great popular
a ty can be better understood when
le is known that he has made Il
8. present race against neighbor al
= a county man Of great inAuenC
hon. W. W. Vaughan, who is W.
lt known as a man of no ordina
ID standard. Bonds chances for 9
r. ing to congress are certainly We
ar %aattering. His other competito
!, however, MesSrs. Bell, W. 2. Ca,
- well, Simonton, Latta and r.
de Caldwell, are all men of talent a
of course it is uncertain who "
i'd finally be the lucky man.
me- The Haywood county CONVENT
closed its labors by passing gree
80 back resolutions that were (
nd quinteSsence Of the Toledo Natior
ry platform. The vote was a unit
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KINNEY-At his residence. No. 1853 Adams
street, Tuesday morning, August 18Th, at 81
o'clock, Nj. W. KINNEY, aged 50 years..
Due notice will be given Of his funeral.
PHILADELPHIA and Wilmington papers please
copy.I
MONAGHAN - At 4,sO am, Tuesday,
August 18th, MARY f.. beloved wife Of James
Monaghan, aged AZ years, A native Of county
Cavan, Ireland.
Friends Of tho family arc respectfully in
vited to attend the funeral from the resi-
denee, No. 10 Alabama street. tomorrow
"WEDNESDAY morning, at 81 o'clock.
Solemn high mass Of requiem at St. Bridget's
Church at 9 o'clock. Carriages at residence,
BI0NDA-At II o'clock Tuesday, August
18th. KATIE BIoNDA.
Funeral from residence. 212 Front street. al
4 o'clock this TUESDAY evening.
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california Items.

SAN FRAEcIsoO, August lS.-The body
of j. H. Montague went East this morn
ing, accompanied by the troupe.
The Chinese here profess to have had
no intimation that any Of their country
men we're wanted in Chicago, and say
the wages mentioned in the press dis
patches would be no inducement.
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Family Fond.

New YoRE, August l3 "A dispatch
from Augusta, Ga, says Brewer Toney,
at Edgefeld, S. c., yesterday shot and
killed James and Thomas Booth. Toney
was then killed by q friend of Booths
and seven others wounded, one NOR
tally. The trouble grew out OF a family
feud
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OHsrdose Of Lnndnnum.

CHEYENNE, W. T., August l3.-Edgar
R Watson, travelling salesman for Pea
body, Lyon & Co., St. Paul, died 10 this
city early this morning from the effects
Of an overdose Of laudanum. Domestic
troubles and dissipation are assigned as
the cause for the rash deed.