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

Marie Azurine and Frank Monroe,
with Fanchon's Partisan Folly Troupe,
were per forming trapeze act at the
Theater Comique in Detroit, when the
woman met with terrible accident.
She was swinging through the air, pre-
paratory to leaping to the grasp of her
partner, who hung head down from the
,proscenium, and, when at the greatest
altitude of her fight, she was seized
with vertigo, her hands rele ased the
grasp of the bar, and she fell head down
ward thirty feet, striking on an orches-
ira chair and thence rolling down to the
floor unconscious. The result was a
broken collar bone, three ribs fractured,
and internal injuries. Her recovery is
improbable. She was superbly formed
woman, we; Ching about $50 pounds, and
25 years Of age
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Not Taken.

Is While Woodward avenue merchant
was yesterday standing in his door to
boss the job of cleaning off the icy
walk, he was approached by stranger
who was badly warped in looks and
dress. The merchant had already made
up his mind not to give the fellow a
nickel, when he said: fc.tttEp .
3i eff you were me would you take the
Berlin mission?" u-.5 ..
"You take the Berlin mission!"
gasped the merchant. - ~at.
3b "Just SO. [ can take it like a book,
but don't want to if it will hurt any
ones feelings. I thought I'd inquire
and see how the public felt"
/. YOU'D better take wash and then a
walk" exclaimed the astounded mer-
chant, as he got his breath. 1,f'9 1am q
" Very well" was the quick reply.
" If you think I'd better take q wash I'll
drop the Berlin mission. I am in the
hands Of my friends -good-day!" IL
He walked away as stiff as bean
pole, and the German vacancy ism
likely to be filed from Detroit. Free
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Roman Catholic Figures.

"Sadler's Catholic Directory 2. re
ports for the United States, i Cardinal,
II Archbishops, So Bishops, 1850 priests,
$3.50 churches, rs colleges, SIT acade-
mics, nearly 1000 parochial schools, 345
charitable institutions, and a Catholic
population of 6,375,OOO. In 1903 there
were only so churches; in 1880 there
were $50; in 1910, 454; in 1850, 1913;
in 1860, 1886; in 1870, 1896. The
Tablet says more churches were admit
ted in 1878 than there were in the whole
country in 1845s when there were 675.
That paper also remarks of the Stats
tics that they "are not always as clear
as might be desired. In some dioceses
chapels are counted with churches; in
others with stations, which seems less
accurate way; in some cases where a
theological seminary and college are
combined, as at Emittsburg, the insti-
tuition will be returned as college, and
not as a seminary also; in some returns
scholasticates and houses of study of re-
hgous orders are included under semi
naries, while others do not reckon them
under this head"
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THE BLAINE INVESTIGATION.

Ger Reuben E. Davis, defeated
Greenback candidate for Congress at the late
election in Mississippi, testified before the Tel
Ter Committee, at Washington, on the 1911 inst
He said he was at first Informed he had been
elected, but was afterward told Muldrow was
successful Senator Garland, of the committe,
called tho attention of witness to his testimony
before the Boutwell, Committee in 1876 The
witness said he Endorsed every word he
then uttered. He had said the Radicals were
bulldozery, and they operated on negroes by su-
perstitloh, threatening to put snakes and lizards
into them. The Democrats now are obnoxious
to what he then said of the Radicals. The white
man could not vote in the South against the De-
mocracy without being ostracised. William
Vasser, white Republican politician, testified
to being bulldozed and intimidated in the late
campaign, and thought on fair vote Missis-
sippi would go Republican.
At q meeting of the Teller Commit
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Kittie'S ReciDeS

Raised Mullins: Take two quarts of sifted
flour, little salt, and tablespoonful of lard,
also one of butter; mix well together Take q
pint of milk, add to it a pint of warm water,
and stir into the mixture. Add one-third of a
cake of compressed yeast, dissolved in teacup
about two thirds full of warm water If wanted
for tea, set about O'Clock in the afternoon; let
rise until 5; then add two eggs-beaten sepa-
rately. We like the old fashioned rings BEST as
mother says they do not seem like mullins
baked in any other way. Fill the, rings nearly
full f course, grease them as well as the pan
and let them rise half an hour: bake twenty
minutes. This recipe is for large family, so
yeung housekeepers please remember to make
but half the quantity.
And now / will give you recipe which 7
tried for our invalids the other evening for tea
which was pronounced very nice'' by both
sick and we'll It was copied from the Home
of the Tribune, and is called @Tapioca Cream )"
Soak one cup of tapioca over night, or soak by
pouring quite hot water on it. Take one pint
of milk, one-half teaspoonful of salt; when
the milk boils, stir in the tapioca,. and the
yelks of two eggs beaten well with a cup of
sugar; let it cook about ten minutes, stirring
ali the time Take off the stove, and stir in the
whites of the eggs beaten to stiff frost, and a
small piece of butter; flavor to suit. KITTIE.
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The PIague-Stricaen Territory.

The direction taken by the Russian
epidemic makes the blow doubly severe,
several of the chief commercial centers
In Eastern Russia being among the now
quarantined. towns on the Lower Volga.
Saratoff, about 400 miles above Astra-
khan, is perfect nest of factories,
being, indeed, the Manchester of the
Eastern provinces. Samara, on the
easternmost bend of the river, a little
higher up, is the center of the fast
growing trace in "kumyss," or ferment
ed mares milk, SO largely used for
medicinal purposes. The traffic of
Astrakhan itself, in furs and stutts of
every kind, is too well known to require
demonstration, while the cluster of
German colonies in the Sarepta district
are equally productive on a smaller
scale. That the Government fully APP
preciates the value of the Volga trade is
shown by the immense cost and labor
expended upon the new railways which
have lately united Saratoff and Tsaritzin
with the network of lines centering in
Moscow. The outbreak of such pesti-
lence only five or six weeks before the
opening of the river navigation, and SC
near the end of the cold weather, which
is usually found to be it's surest antidote
is undoubtedly very serious calamity
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NEWS OF The WEEK.
FOREIGN NEWS.

Monseigneur Desprez, Archbishop OF
Toulouse and Narbonne, has been created a
Cardinal. 4A tAE8
England is sending reinforcements to
South Africa.
A ST. Petersburg dispatch reports
that the plague has disappeared from Astra-
khan
Anarchy reigns in the ancient African
empire of Morocco, according to recent advices
received in Spain. The Emperor has been
stricken with paralysis, and the Government
appears to be in about the same condition.
Emperor William opened the German
Parliament in person on the 18th inst. In his
speech from the throne no said he thanked the
members for assisting in the suppression OF the
socialist agitation. He declared that the rela-
lions between Germany and all other powers
are satisfactory, and that Germany would con-
tinue it's influence in behalf of European peace.
Gen. Grant has arrived in India.
The British Parliament is again in
session.
Henry Goodyear, the India-ruDbe1
manufacturer, has just diedAin Paris.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg says
"a military Gordon is ordered along the entire
course of the Yolga to prevent the spread OF
the plague. Seventeen more doctors have been
sent to the infected districts Gen. Melikoff
finding the local prisons in a shockingly filthy
condition and overcrowded, threatened the Of
oIo ~, Of
tinued." -......
O'Kelly, the last of the Fenian pris-
oners, has been. discharged from prison in
Great Britain, on condition of quitting the
country.
There seems to be probability that
the difference between the German Govern
ment and the Vatican may length be adjusted
1t is reported by cable that cordial letters have
been exchanged between the Emperor and the
Pope, and that concessions are made on both
Sides" H.r! ~. .t- p! o. ..@.
London dispatches state: that the
British defeat in South Africa was not alto
gether surprise. The British troops were
unprepared, but the triumph of the Zulus was
teen thousand Zulus armed with swords, at
tackled the British. Under murderous British
fire the Zulus at first fell by hundreds, but the
plucky aavages in the rear, coming on, filed ur
the gaps and the vast horde still advanced unit
within charging distance, when they rushed in
with desperate courage for a death struggle
Encountered with long rifles and being out
numbered ten to one, the British we're stricken
down by the Zulus with their Roman blades in
a hand to- hand combat The scene was wild
orgie of death-a massacre, yet battle"
Pleuro-pneumonia is spreading among
the cattle in Yorkshire, England.
Pope Leo XIII. has finally decided to
accept Archbishop Purcell's resignation, and
now has the appointment Of his successor un-
der consideration.
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CROPS AND PRICES.
Some Statistics of Interest to Farmers q
Stock Growers.

Stock Growers.
The Commissioner of Agriculture at
Washington has issued pamphlet on
the condition of the crops. The follow
ing are extracts:
Corn.-The crop of corn of 1877 was
the largest ever raised in this country
up to that date, having been 1,342,000,-
OOO bushels. valued at $480,643O00.
The crop of 1878 exceeded it in bushels,
but the production brought the
price much lower, and the crop, which
was l,37l ,0OO, 900 bushels, is only valued
at $436, 100000. The lowest State aver
ages are In Iowa and Nebraska, both of
which States increased their products,
very largely, too great for home con-
sumption, and too remote from leading
markets; the price has fallen to about
one-half what it was in 1876. The States
showing the highest average price are
the Gulf States, from Georgia to Texas.
where the consumption fully equals the
crop, and where the prices are less than
those OF last year. The price per bushel.
returned December, 1878, was 31.9; in
1877, 35.9 cents.
Wheat-The average price of wheat
Tor the year 1876 was $l.04 per bushel;
Tor the year 1877, stimulated by war in
Europe, the Increased crop was worth
Sl.00; but for the year 1878, an increase
OF upward of 100000 bushels, the
price had fallen to rs cents per bushel.
on Dec. l, 1878. The crop of 1878,
which amounts to 422,O00,O0O bushels,
is worth only 1929, 100000: while the
| crop of 1877, which was $4,000. 600
bushels, was worth 1894, 100000.
Prices of Wheat A6roQd.-In the
ease of wheat, the price is greatly in
| fuenced by the European demand.
For the year ending June 80, 1878, it
was found that we exported 100000
bushels of wheat (fonr included), about
! 70 per cent of onr whole crop. From
estimates published by the Board of
Trade and the Mark Lane EEpress, of
| England, it is estimated that the supply
| Of England will be short 100000
quarters, equal to 107 100000 bushels,
leaving that amount to import. Last
year the amount imported was 10000
600 quarters, or 123,000,000 bushels.
This supply was mainly drawn from the
| United States and will be so this Year.
From estimates in France, published in
the Bulletin des HalleS, the wheat crop
OF 1878 isplaeed at S2,500,000 hectoli-
tiers, or 230,000,000 bushels, being 90
100000 hectoliters, or 100000 bush
els, less than that Of 1877, which was
poor crop. The amount imported into
France in 1877-'78 was 22,O0O,OO0; the
amount needed this year must approx
mate 100000 bushels. The same
bulletin, estimating the sources of sup
ply abroad, says: " The utmost surplus
from Russia for export Will be $4,000
900 bushels; from Hungary, 100000:
and the only other source of supply of
any Importance is the United States"
Prices of Wheat for Fine Years
The following statement of prices in
some of the prominent wheat-growing
States since. 1874 will fairly illustrate
the range Of prices liz those wears.
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tee at Washington, on the 18th inst, J.
Field and W. W. Humphreys, of Mississippi,
were examined in reference to the recent cleo
ton in that State Both testified that it was
conducted fairly and peaceably, though active
ly and energetically;; that nobody was
prevented from voting, and that there
was no disposition to deprive the colored
man Of any of his rights, except, perhaps, on
the part Of q few extreme men.-Messrs.
Hoar, Mcmillan, Kirkwood, Garland and Wal
lace were constituted sub committee to inves-
tigate the election-fund assessments The com
mittee then adjourned subject to the call of thu
Chairman 4 Fd53} A(t2dl}
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MISCELLANEOUS GLEAN1Nas.

The standard silver dollar is increas-
ing in numbers One million of them were
coined the first twelve days in February.
Carvings brewery, at London, Ontario,
the largest in America, has been destroyed by
fire. Loss, $15e,OOO.
George Williamson, United States
Minister to Central America, has resigned, and
gone into the mining business in that country.
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range OF prices IL those years

7 Potatoes. --Frem returns made in De-
cember, 1873, we find the average price
of potatoes, to be 58.8 cents per bushel.
With a crop almost-identical with that
of 1876, we have price much lower per
bushel, and total value of $1O,OO0,000
less than that year. With a crop
some 100000 bushels less than
last year, the total value does
not equal that of the excessive yield of
1877. The followinSg.is table of prod
uct, price per bushel, and total value for
the last four years:
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Far.Fetched Tea.

Spriggs' maiden aunt has been visit
ing the Spriggs family for some time,
and the other evening she volunteered
to fix up something hot for Spriggs, who
had violent cold. Spriggs was ready
to take anything, and pretty soon the
aunt brought him a smoking mixture,
and said, Heres your tea" Spriggs
grasped the bowl, took one long, deep
swallow, and then spluttered, "Thun-
der! that's far-fetched tea" yes
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DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.



After a strike of nearly two years, the
chimney glass blowers, of Pittsburgh, have
thrown up the sponge, and expressed a willing
ness to return to work at the wages they were
receiving when they went out
The New York Legislature proposes
10 bring William III. Vanderbilt to book for
evading the payment of taxes on his vast rail-
way property 1t is singular fact that this
man, who is supposed to be worth upward of
Sf00,OO0,00O, does not pay one pennyof taxes.
An investigation of the accounts OF
the late County Treasurer, Conklin, of Oswego,
N. Y, shows defalcation of $133000 ...r..4
A house owned by John Guyer, in
Allegheny county, Pa, was destroyed by fire a
few mornings ago. Guyer and man named
Wilson, who were sleeping in the building, did
not awake in time to escape, and were roasted
to a crisp. George Shum, who was also an
inmate, was burned SO badly that his life is
despaired of. Sc s @t.... .e-,l.. Ft. ....5
The Methodist ministers of New York
and neighboring cities, at a conference held
last week, discussed the Anti Chinese bill re-
Gently passed by Congress, and voted unani-
mously to send an address to the President ask
ing him to veto it ..
.. West. ....
The commanding officer at Camp
Sheridan telegraphs the particulars of the mas
sacre of Frank Moorehead, James Ashbaugh.
and two others on Cunning Water by Little
VOLTS Cheyennes, who also took a large num-
Der of horses from ranches f-et
A. shocking accident is reported from
Kansas City, Mo. A railway cut ninety feet
deep, in which forty laborers with four teams
were at work, caved in, burying worknen and
teams out Of sight Six Of the men were killed
outright and seYeEl wounded .... tr,...
-r} vaf South. a.t vf H45ll
A national conference of colored citi-
zens will be held at Nashville, Mayo. The
object of the conference is stated to be to con-
slider the situation of the colored people in the
South relative to the enjoyment of life, liberty
and property; also their educational, moral,
social and political condition, and the question
of emigration"
The Louisville CO1trieT-J Journal
claims to have reliable information from Mis-
sissippi and Tennessee that yellow fever has
broken out in those st ties, and there are a
number of cases in each Adyices have also
been received in st. Louis to the same effect.
Physicians in Mississippi and Tennessee con-
tend that the exhuming and the removal of
bodies are the cause. of the reappearance of the
disease, and that, if steps are not taken by the
authorities to stop this, the fever will occur
again with its old-time malignity' a8.1
United States Judge Baxter, of Ten
nessee has appointed a Receiver TO take charge
of the effects of the late city of Memphis, includ
ing taxes unpaid, amounting to nearly So, OOO,-
600, with power to sue, and collect in any way,
by garnishment or otherwise.
The Revenue Agent ut Raleigh, N. c.,
reports capturing n number of distilleries and
stills, and a large quantity Of low-wines and
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Horticulture.
ElOrIcuIture.
d. MORE ABOUT ANIMALS. T.
Pray you. love, remember ref|
Thara,c paOsios fbot.r fo,, 4foa,1r.[

70 There's PansleS-thatS for thought
Shakespeare. ..}.t lN $685. lr-f 1. es.t .F}
Who does not love the Pansy, with its almost
human face? This interesting and most beau
tful flower is native of Siberia, Japan, and
many parts of Europe. The name Pansy is a
corruption of the French name pensees--
thOught-alluding to keep, in mind, or forget
me not. That it is general fayorite can we'll
be supposed from the number of popular
names which have been bestowed upon it, as,
for instance, {" Call me to you, Johnny jump
up" !" Jump up and kiss me- and many 9TH
ers. German people have some peculiar fan
cies about these lovely flowers. Do YOU know
why? Because they are relations. Turn one
over, and you will see why they call them
Step-mothers." There are five flags, and
five seats or chairs. The biggest flag, the
mother, occupies two seats; the next two, her
own daughters, each one seat, and the last two,
her step daughters nearly always clad in dark
color-they have to sit upon one chair only.
Pansies recommend themselves to notice, not
only by the brilliancy and variety of the colors
and the profusion of flowers they produce but
also by their durability in bloom, which, by atten-
ton to culture, will last from April to Decen-
Der, and, with the protection cold frame
affords, [ have picked Pansies the year round.
A cold frame is simply four boards put together
the size of the bed, and an old window sash laid
over all. '"' +" ''+'t @''' ' 10
Pansles prefer shade. A cool, moist situation
suits them best, particularly in summer; for
that reason, never plant Pansies in raised beds,
where the intense heat will rapidly absorb every
particle Of moisture. Choose rather bed cut
in the lawn, or, better still, the shady side of a
house. Panses produce seed very freely,
which may be sowed early in the spring. The
young plants will bloom in the autumn Should
they produce flowers in the summer they will
be small, and it is a good plan to remove
them. AS the weather grows cooler theytwill
increase in size and beauty. 1t sometimes hap
pens that, if the seed be left on too long, the
pods burst open, and from this self-sown
seed numerous young plants will spring up
in the autumn. If these seedlings be
taken UP any time in September or October
and planted out in beds, they will flower the
following spring. Pansies grow very readily,
and soon spread widely, but the largest and
best-forrned flowers are always found on young,
vigorous plants. The most prevailing colors
are plain purple and violet of many shades.
Flowers having only one color are called sells,
and are not SO common as the varieties in
which several colors are combined III the same
flower. ''''
Let everybody try to raise some Pansies. I
am sure you will be more than pleased and ag
Work on, hope on. and be We sure
Selfhelp is noble schooling; &fNH .a a I
You do your best. and leave the rest
To Gods almighty ruling. ss' IN 7
fs.1..... .,,..ht..-. f...... Oh. Mr.. RENNIE.
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whisky. In the fight two moonshiners were

whisky In the fight two moonshiners were
wounded \
At Baltimore, Henry Bowers, judge
Of election at the late Congressional election,
for refusing permission to the United States
Supervisor to inspect the ballot-box before the
voting, was sentenced to twelve moths inn
prisonment and fined Six other election Off
GERS, for violation of the Election laws, were
also sentenced to imprisonment and fines
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Remarkable Billiards.

At the recent billiard tournament in
New York, for the championship of the
world, the. most extraordinary play ever
exhibited by experts of the cue was
Witnessed. The following record Of the
performances of the eight contestants will
prove interesting, The game was the
three-ball carom, known as French bill
iar1s 600 noinfs saf "A. w.
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Jacob Schaefer, Of Chicago, carried
off the first prize, and George Slosson
(also of Chicago, William Sexton and
Maurice DAILY captured the second,
third and fourth prizes, respectively.
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RETURNS for the second week in De-
cember. show that London had 1854
paupers, of whom 45, 691 were in work
houses, and the remainder in receipt of
outdoor aid.
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quietly responded the maiden aunt, "it's
cam-o-mile. =" And Spriggs smiled
genial smile as he took the remainder O
the liquid.
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The San Antonio Express estimates
the number of sheep in Texas at $780,
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The wheat crop is seriously injured
in Virginia and Alabama.
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Monseigneur Desprez, Archbishop of
Toulouse and Narbonne, has been created q
Cardinal 81 " SR
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COUSINS.

BY L. b. wALFoRD. author Of "MR- SMITH" lGmo
u>Gsure Hour seriesl 81.
picture distinct and true Her characters
very vivid very real Few persons imagine who
Cousins viii fail 10 finish H. TO notice what clever
Gnd genuine conbuGonn to the better class oil English
COMEDY. The AaIOn
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SOME NEWSPAPER TENDENCIES.

before the Editorial Associations
SewYork Ohio. BY wHITBLAw REID. Editor Of The
Tribune I6mo. Paper 90 cents.
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New pubIitanons.
PUBLISHED TO-DAY.
DELICIA.

ByB. NJ. BUTT, author Of MISS MOLLY" lCmo q.ei
euIe Hour Serfes) 81.