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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-20

"DoN'T make any mistake about that
opel" was the only remark Mr.. Charles
[cGill thought it necessary to make
hen he was placed on the gallows at
.leveland, TO be hanged for the murder
{ Mary Kelly. No mistake was made
oout the rope, and McGill was out of
is misery in less than fifteen minutes.
he job seems to have been done with
Extraordinary neatness and dispatch by
.e Sheriff in charge.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-20

The public lands of Texas, originally
250,000,000 acres in extent, are now re-
ported at31 100000 acres. In Texas the
public lands belong to the State, and
over 2OO,O00,0O0 acres have been dis
posed of in various ways. Now it is
proposed to sell the remainder and de-
vote the proceeds to the payment of the
State debt.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-20

IT has been decided at Rome to
reate o number of new dioceses in the
United States. The wonderful growth
If the Roman church in this country
las made additions to the hierarchy
necessary from time to time, and the
authorities of the church are now about
o mark in this manner another period
If development.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-20

number of unemployed at $4,000, Of
which 5000 were laborers; carpenters,
1000; masons and stonecutters, 1000;
bricklayers, 800; painters, 800; plaster
ers 600; cigarmakers, 800. During 1873
the daily average unemployed was 25,-
900, reaching subsequently 10000.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-20

The Christian people of Louisville,
KY, are waging a war against Sunday
amusements, theaters, and open saloons.
The ministers are preaching upon the
subject, and large mass meetings have
been held protesting against the Gus
tom. The opposition has been aroused,
and bitter warfare is promised.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-20

The safety of the Lena, one ofsthe
vessels Of Prof. Nordenskjold's Arctic
expedition, is assured. The men are
in winter quarters at Yakutsk, a ST.
berian town on the Lena river, about
1000 miles from it's mouth, while the
vessel is further down the river, await
ing the opening Of navigation.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-20

THERE is gold in good quantities in
Alaska, old miners say, but the seasons
ire too short to make surface mining
pay. There is an abundant supply of
coal, however, and, as there ought to be
heavy demand from several quarters,
he coal mines, it is thought, could be
made to pay.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-20

KENOSHA, WIS, FEB. 20, 1879.

They have committee to encourage
the use of horsefesh as an article OF
food in Paris. This committee has is
sued a return showing that the number
of horses, asses, and mules slaughtered
in Paris for consumption in 1878 was
1879, or 700 mere than in the previous
wear
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-20

STATISTICS show that the number of
employed mechanics and laborers in
w York city is now one-half less than
II or five years ago, which is account
for by the movements West and
'uth, and @ decided business revival
ae table published gives the present
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13
Foreign.

CALCUTTA, January l3.-The troops
of the Peshawur and Kuram columns
are now settled down in quarters
which, unless some unforeseen events
occur, they will occupy for the next
two months, General Brownies and
General Mandes divisions are eche-
louned in supporting the detachments
from Jellalabad to Nourshera.
This extension and distribution of
forces, besides protecting the entire
line Of road, diminishes, as far as pos
sible, the strain upon the commissary
department.
Major Cavagnari has received friend
ly letters from most of the Cabul and
Ghilzar chiefs.
An imposing durbar was held at
Jellalabad on the first of January by
General Sir Samuel Browne, and most
of the local khans and influential men
Of the neighbornood attended. Major
Cavagnari explained the viceroy Of
the Indians proclamation, and com
mented on the facts and events as
manifesting the strength of the Brit
ish government
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13
sunering for q Life Time.

Persons aflic,ed with rheumatism often suf-
fer for life time their tortules being almost
without remission. The joints aud muscles
Of such unfortunates are in most cases shock
ingly contorted and drawn out OF shape. To
afford them oven temporary relief, the ordina
ry remedies often prove utterly useless. Hos
tetter Stomach Bitters, ON the other hand,
Is avouchod by persons who have used it, to
he genuine source Of relief. 1t keeps the
blood cool by promoting q regular habit Of
body, and removes from It impurities which,
in the opinion Of all rational pathologists,
originate this agonizing complaint and its
kindred malady, the gout Besides this the
Bitters remedy disorders Of the stomach liver
and nerves, prevent and eradicate intermit-
tcnt md remittent iovers, promote appetite
and sleep, and are highly recommended by
physicians as a desirable medicinal stimuAnt
and tonic.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13
srEANRoRrMEN IN ARNE.

In latter years it has been the com
plant Of steamboatmen that they
were being greatly imposed upon by
the larger cities in the matter Of ex-
cessive wharfage taxation. Railroads
have been granted from time TO time,
through legislation, the right of way
across wharves and have otherwise
been permitted to infringe upon the
rights and business Of steamers, and
working upon the maxim, Give
an inch-take an ell, have in
some cities been crowding the
boatmen, so to speak, and aroused
their ire to such an extent that
such prominent lights of the frater-
nifty as Captain John w. Cannon, I.
p. Leathers, John Kouns, F. A. and
j. w. Blanks, John w. Tobin, j. A.
Aiken and other equally determined
owners and managers, have organized
themselves into an association for the
mutual protection of the steamboat in
terest at large. They propose to unite
as one body, and urge upon the re-
spective city fathers the simple neces-
sity Of being recognized as leaders in
the matter of commerce, and receive
at their hands that attention to which
their standing as transporters de-
mand. Should their requests for
recognition be refused it is their
purpose to appeal to the highest
courts for redress and protection, and
to that end will form united front
and make themselves hereafter known
in our councils, senate and legislative
halls. Steamboatmen have stood much
ill-usage and it is to their mutual in
terest to take such measures. Such
cities as border upon the great nayi-
gable streams mainly owe their pros
perity to river commerce, and instead
of enacting laws to place heavy tax
upon the boating interests should
culture their trade and so patronize
them as to retain their favor. We
cannot afford either through exclusive
taxation or by Obstructing their facil-
tiles to reduce the vast commercial
business transported by river crafts.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13
JOHN I. EOUsE
His Attempted Suicide and Subsequent
Death---Grlef for His Lost Children
the Cause---Brlef Sketch
of His Life.

Pittsburg Post, 9Th
The community will doubtless be
startled this morning at the announce
ment of the suicide of Mr.. John [.
House, of Greenfield avenue, above
Four Mile Run, Twenty third ward,
one of the wealthiest and one time
most prominent citizens.
1t seems that Mr.. House has been
very deeply affected for some time
back over the death of his two chill
dren. His dependency has been
marked by members of his family, but
no person for moment imagined that
it would affect his mind Last even
ing he sent his wife out carriage
riding, and when the lady returned,
about 5 o'clock, she was unable to dis.
cover Mr. House. Search was insti-
tuted and was rewarded shortly by
the discovery of Mr.. Houses bruised
and bleeding body lying on the barn
floor. A rope was attached to the
rafter above, from which, with other
facts, it is believed he attempted to
hang himself. The rope was not stout
enough to support the sudden and
heavy strain upon it, and the body was
precipitated to the floor. Mr.. House
received painful bruises, and some
bones were broken. He was taken
into his residence and medical aid was
summoned, but despite the skill Of
the physician death ensued about S
o'clock.
MIR. House was well known in this
community. For many years he wa.
engaged in the wholesale grocery bus.
iness at the corner of Water and
Smithfeld streets. He was a shrewd
business man and carried on a large
and lucrative business. He amassed
a fortune estimated to be worth
over S300,000. He was q member OIL
city councils for some years, and was
also president of the Freehold bank.
He also held several other positions Of
prominence and trust. He was be-
tween fifty and sixty years of age.
The deceased had a high standing
in the community for honesty, and,
indeed, for all those qualities which
go to make up the useful and valuable
citizen, and the community will learn
with regret of his sad death, occurring
as it did, while he was laboring under
mental alteration induced by grief for
the loss of his children.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13
Accident to Freight Train.

CINCINNATI, January 13.-Saturday
night the west-bound freight on the
Marietta and Cincinnati railroad,
when near Mineral City, parted about
the middle of the train on account of
broken coupling. The extra freight
following ran into the rear just as it
it reached the trestle, thirty feet high,
crushing the caboose. Three paSsen-
gers jumped from the caboose, alight-
ing upon the solid ice in the stream
below. One, Washington Reifsnyder,
was instantly killed; William King
was fatally injured and John Betz $
feet were crushed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13
THE GOLDEN AGE.

1t is said that we are now about en-
tering upon golden age. With this
golden age it is promised we are to
have an immediate revival of business.
We have been living for eighteen years
in the wilderness of paper promises.
Manufactures all over the country
that have been closed for an indefinite
period are at once to be opened to the
lsbOrer. Mills, shops, foundries and
other establishments are again to give
employment to the masses who have
been in idleness for years. The in
dustrious people are soon to have en-
ployment, and peace, plenty and glad
ness are to fill the land. At least we
are told the millennium is at hand.
These things we are told by the
organs Of the money power.
The picture presented is a glow
ing one, and We sincerely hope the
promises may be realized. The men
who are to-day controlling both parties
of the United States were but mere
boys whep the banks suspended specie
payments in 1861, and the banks have
just commenced upon resumption.
For eighteen long years they have
been in a state of suspension. AS a
matter of statistics the following show
how often the banks of this country
have suspended specie payments in the
period of fifty-two years, at this time
interesting, and will enable one to
form their own Judgment or opinion as
to how long the golden period we are
about entering will last. The banks
of the United States-banks of issue
-haye been compelled to suspend
specie payments at various times since
the beginning of the century, viz: In
1909, 1914, 1919, 1925, 1884, 1887, 1871,
1857 and 1861.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13
Congressional.

WASHINGTON, January 13.-HoUsE
The report of the committee on
foreign affairs was unanimously
adopted, recommending the payment
of the remainder of the salary of the
late Representative Sieicher, as mem
Der Of the Forty-ffth congress, to his
bereaved family, and requesting the
next congress to make similar appro-
priation of his salary as member OF
the Forty-sixth congress.
The funeral services will take place
at 3 o'clock, to which time recess was
taken.
SENATE, Coke, Bayard and Ham
lin were appointed a committee to ar
range for the funeral of Representa-
tive Sleicher and to accompany his
remains to Texas.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13
River Telegranls.

Special to the Ledger.
NEWPORT, ARK, January r.
1t has been raining here all day with
the ice softening, but still gorged and
frozen over for several miles above and
below here. Will leave here with the
Hard Cash for Memphis as soon as
ice admits and breaking up.
Ed G. POSTAL, Hard Cash.
Special to the Ledger
JAcKsoNPoRT, January 13.-The
river is still gorged business suspend
ed and no cotton coming in for the past
week owing to the severity of the
weather. A.C.
Special to the Ledgerl
LITTLE Rock, January 13.- The
river is rising, with two feet on the
gauge, and prospects of an immediate
breaking up of the ice. GILMORE.
CINCINNATI, January 13.-At7 am.
the ice was moving at Maysville five
miles an hour. No danger of it stop
ping again. The river appears to have
risen ten or twelve feet. At Augusta
the ice is running very slowly. The
river is rising rapidly.
The ice broke at Ripley shortly af-
ter 8 o'clock this morning and the
barge Htna was crushed and sunk.
No other damage reported as yet.
The river is about q feet and rising
fast. The ice is still stationary.
Cloudy and mild.
CAIRO, ILL, January 13.-Arrived
Paris G. Brown, New Orleans, II
am. Soft ice from the Tennessee
river is passing down the Ohio. 1t
covers one quarter part of the river.
Cloudy and mild.
PITTsBURG, January 13.-Marks
covered by snow and ice. Weather
cloudy and mild.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13

The fashionable play in Paris is
Cap Ny-Climax. 1t is very silly and
very amusing. People sit in semi
circle around the hearth, or in a circle
around the center table. One person
gives a climax of absurdity, and chal-
lenges his nearest neighbor to cap it
by instancing some greater absurdity,
and so the examples go round and
round until the invention of the com
pany is exhausted-e.g, John Smith
says " Cap this climax: Get blood
from a turnip.' Robert Thompson
adds: " Cap this climax: Skin teeth. "
Tom Brown continues e" Cap this
climax Plug fea's eye-tooth. " In
a drawing room in Paris, recently, this
climax of absurdity was offered
" Hold an open snuf-box in front of
the obelisk until the obelisk sneezes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13
GENERAL JosEpn b. JOHNSON ba

GENERAL JOSEPH L. JOHNSON has
written TO the Virginia Senators,
taking strong ground against the seve-
raj features of the army bill, particu-
larly against that portion disorgan-
izing the staff departments. He
argues that it is very important in
time of peace to have experienced
and well-tried staff departments, in
order to make army volunteers
efficient in time of war. He combats
the proposition to detail line officers
into the staff corps for three years, on
the ground that it is impossible to
master the duties of the position in
that time, and the constant tendency
would be te deplete these corps Of all
who were fully acquainted with the
duties to be performed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13
EnrthnunI,e in FInrida

JACKSONVILLE, January 13.-A Sc
we're shock of earthquake was felt last
night about Has. 1t lasted about
thirty seconds and had southeast to
northwest motion. Buildings were
violently shaken, erockery ratified and
doors thrown open. The shock was
felt at St. Augustine and down the
gulf coast from Punta Rosa to St.
Marks, as well as over the interior
portion of the State. Nothing of the
kind was ever experienced here before.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13

Nathan ID. Menken.

MEMPHIS, TESN., January S, 1879.
At special meeting Of the Hebrew Hospital
Association, the following preamble and reso-
lutiOns were unanimously adopted
HUMANITY WEEPs gOR NATHAN b. MENKEN, ,
DEAD!
Sleeping in a hero's grave
Generations after generations have passed
into The silence Of the tomb, and Death is
ever reaping the harvest Of mortality among
the children Of the earth; but the living can
not dismiss from their memory the names Of
Natures noblenen who have attained an I'M
mortal fame here on earth. Hence tributes
Of respect and resolutions Of sorrow are
public expression Of the most profound scnti-
ments Of love and admiration to perpetuate
their memory-faithful portraits Of the sub
ime images Of our philanthropic dead.
Whereas. Our Association mourns with in
eKpressible sorrow the demise Of our presi-
don't, NATHAN ID. MEXKES, who fell a victim
to yellow fever while carrying out the aim and
object Of our .Associatloni namely: To be a
medium Of charity ana beneyolenco to the
afflicted during the epidemie therefore, be il
Resolved and Recorded, That our departed
president, NATHAN ID. MENKEE, in his noble
efforts in behalf Of suffering hum anity and by
his subsequent martyrdOm, has exalted in the
sight Of whole nation the sublime principles
Of Love and Charity, upon which our Associa-
| tion and kindred associations are based, TO
the highest pinnacle Of divine philanthropy
man ever reaches.
Resolved, That in the premature death Of
our late president not only the Hebrew Hos
/ pital Association has sustained an irrepara-
/ ole loss, but the entire community, irrespec-
tive Of race or creed, has been bereft Of q
most jealous champion and ever watehful
guardian Of their welfare, and an active and
| generous supporter Of public and private
charities.
| Resolved, That, as testimony Of our appre-
! citation, special page in the Records Of this
| Association be dedicated to his memory, and
the following be inscribed upon it:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13

The United States Supreme Court
has just decided that the law passed
by Congress against polygamous mar
riages in the territories is constitu-
tional. Itis hardly possible that any
doubt upon this score was entertained
by reasonable people. The objection
to the law is not that it is not consti-
tutiOnal, and not that it is unjust, but
that it is not and can not be enforced,
excepting in isolated cases. A Nor
mon, here and there, may be convicted
under it, but the conviction of all the
Mormons who are living in polygamy
is impossible, and if the practice is ex-
tinguished it will be by the operation
of some other agency than a law which
is openly de6ed by an entire commu-
nifty of people.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13
STOCK DIVIDEND.
LEGAL

DY virtue Of deed of trust made by v. W.
ID Williams and X. G. Williams to j. n.
Wesson, will offer for sale, on the depot
platform in the town Of Bartlett ON Mon
day, 18th day Of February, 1879, an un-
divided one-half interest in p certain tract of
land therein described, which deed is of re-
cord in the Clerk aud Recorders Office in the
county of Lee, State Of Arkansas, in Record
Book B, at page 5l9 Said land lying and
being in Lee county, Arkansas, the east half
Of section thirty-four (S4), township three OBJ f.,
north Of range five l5) east of the Pine Ap-
pie meridian, containing three hundred and
twenty 800 acres, more or less, and being the
same as that was conveyed by j. W. Vernon
to A. nj. Hood and ii. J Crisal. Also another
tract in the same county aud State d5soT bod
Is follows: Southeast quarter of section (20
twenty-seven, three (3), north, FIVE ~, cast
containing one hundred and sixty (l60) acres
the interest conveyed being an undivided one
half interest conveyed by Crisal and wife to
said V. W. Williams
The salei is made at the request Of the bone
hciaries, and TO secure the Indebtedness
therein expressed
J. n. Wesson is dead, and have been ap-
pointed trustee in his stead by decree OF The
Chancery Court Of Shelby county.
Terms OF sale cash. Title believed to be
good, but convey only as trustee.
X. 5. OGLESBY, Trustee.
January Ii, 1879. llS-l4i
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13

The st. Louis Times-J Journal gives
a newly elected member of the Mis-
souri, legislature the following advice
in response to question as to what
article of clothes, etc., he ought to
take with him :" If this is your first
term you will need Cushing's man
ual, free railroad pass, box of paper
collars, copy of Hoyle and a set Of
poker chips (bone will dol.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13
Confession oil a Murderer.

ST. JOHN, N. B., January 13.-
Dowd, sentenced to be executed Tues
day for the murder of Ward, has con
fessed the crime, and adds that Mrs.
Ward was not participant. The
woman's sentence to death has already
been changed to seven years impris-
onment in the penitentiary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13
The Wife that Victoria Does MOI
Recognize.

Chicago Journal
LONDON, December 17.-You will
be surprised to hear that the marriage
to take place between the ex-King of
Hanover and the Princess Thyra, of
Denmark, could not be solemnized
without the consent of Queen Victoria
and that such consent has lately been
declared under the great seal of Great
Britain. The ex. king, or more cor
rectly he would have been King of
Hanover if Hanover had not been
wiped off the European slate by Ger.
many, is a member of the royal family
of Great Britain, and is Duke of Cum
berland in the British peerage. To
the marriage of the humblest member
of the royal family the consent of the
reigning monarch must be obtained,
or else such marriage is not legal. and
the issue of itillegitimate. Hence the
children Of the present Duke of Cam
bridge, though their mother is as good
a woman as ever lived, are simply
bastards.
The cruelty of this arrangement has
been brought before the public mind
lately by the announcement that Cap
tain Fitsgeorge, son of the Duke of
Cambridge, had been appointed as
sistant private secretary to the secre-
tary of war. The existence of such a
parsonage was unknown to the major
ity of the present generation. He is
fine fellow, beloved by his mother
and father, who were married years
ago according to the rites Of the church
but which marriage the queen refused
to recognize, because her cousin
Georges wife, the woman he loved
well enough to select above all royal
princesses at his disposal, was an ac-
tress. And so the Captain Fitzgeorge
Of to-day, the idol Of society, and
deemed worthy of occupying so inn
portant post in the government Of
the country, although the church says
he is the honest son of an honest mar
riage, is, according to law, only a bas-
tard, How long, o Lord how long?'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13
indications.

WASHINGTON, January 13,-For
Tennessee and the Ohio valley and
lower lake region, falling barometer
warmer southwest winds, threatening
weather and possibly rain or snow
followed by colder northwest winds
and rising barometer.
The rivers will generally rise, es,
pecially the upper Ohio and tributa
ries. The Cumberland at Nashville
will probably reach the danger line.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13

A lucky family is that of the Bar
ings. The founder of their families
was a trader in Exeter, England, a
hundred years ago, and now the fam
lily holds baronetcy, barony, bish-
opric, and an earldom, possesses i'm
mense wealth, and has sixty livings in
its Gift.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13

WHAT his wife said: She said she did
wish John could find something that
would cure his fever and ague. He was
all worn out with it and that nothing that
he had tried had done him any good. He
should take Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic. II
never fails to subdue the most obstinate
cases Of fever and ague, and it is equally
effective in all malaria and bilious fevers
II is an agreeable, wholesome and invig.
Grating tonic.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13

Lieutenant Wallace, the young
Philadelphia officer whose death was
announced week ago, did not lose his
life in the rapids Of the Missoula river.
as was stated he died twelve miles
from the Lo Lo Pass, through which
he helped to chase Chief Joseph and
the Nez Perces not long ago. His
body was frozen stiff.