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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24

A POLITICAL and social movement of
Importance is in progress among the
Arabs. Since 1875 they have looked
upon events in the Turkish empire as a
sure sign of its downfall; and in that
year the Arabian Messiah, as the Sheik
of Derejah calls himself, issued an ap-
peal urging his people to take steps for
their prevention. Sheiks, ameers,
ulemas, mollahs, and dervishes met at
Derejah and debated means of hberat-
ing Arabia from foreign rule. It was
decided to establish political organic
alton, the central committee consisting
of the Sheik, five ameers, five ulemas,
and three treasurers-being located at
Dereiah This central committee has
now established subcommittee in
Arabia, consisting of the principal men
of their respective districts. There is
now no district in Arabia to which the
agents of the movement have not pene-
trated and at the beginning of the
present year $4,000 persons were en-
rolled as members, each of whom has
to pay fifty silver piastres to the sub
committee of his district and to pledge
himself on the Koran to hold in readi-
ness such arms as the central commit
tee prescribes. Even in Mecca and Me-
dina the majority of the inhabitants
belong to the organization, and men go
openly about the streets with parti-
colored stones (denoting member of
the society in their turbans.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24
What is a Boom!

The current word to expresses a pc
cuiar and frequent phenomenon in our
politics is boom" It is derived from
the Western idiom describing the fresh.
cts in rivers and creeks. In those streams
that are far from the stable equilibrium
of tidal waters there are very great in
CAPABILITIES of volume. Some of them
vary from six inches of dust in a dry
time to sixty feet Of water during sea-
son of rains, and all have their times
when the usually thin and shallow
streams come pouring down in yell
low food, bearing fence rails and corn
stacks, and other signs of the invasion
of the riparian farms, and laden with
the dog-gone explosives of the settlers
and the vexations of the travellers de-
laye at the fords. The stream is power
ful while it lasts, but that is only for a
day or two, and while it is at it's height
of temporary greatness it is called
boom" Lost creek or the Dry
Fork Isl booming" is the way in which
the natives describe these passing ebul
litions of nature. - Providence Journal.
Dr. Johnson Takes Some Tea.
Of Johnson, Cumberland tells an an
ecdote which will bear repeating. Sir
Joshua Reynolds having remarked that
Johnson had drank eleven cups of tea
he requested Mrs. Cumberland to
"round up his numbers" by making the
dozen. Madam said he, as he took
the cup; L must tell you for your COM
fort you have escaped much better than
certain lady did awhile ago, upon
whose patience | intruded greatly more
than I have done on yours; but the lady
asked me for no other purpose than to
make zany of me, and set me CAB
bling to parcel of people knew moth
ing of SO, madam, | had my revenge of
her, for I swallowed e-and-twenty
cups Of her tea, and did not treat her
with as many words."- Temple Bar.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24

AT boarding school in the Russian
,wn of Pscov there were two pupils.
ne of them 10 and the other ID years
/ age, who almost lost their wits in
,ading an account of the charms OF
fe in the United States. They de-
,rmined to fly to this happy country,
here, they had learned, the school
,asters are kind and food is abundant
hey stole away from their boarding
3hool, got hold of some ham and
read, and started secretly for America.
he police we're informed of their es-
ape, took up the pursuit, and got upon
1eir track. Very soon the exhausted
nd desolate adventures were caught
nd taken back to school. They had
:aveled forty miles from Pscov.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24

The late G. w. M. Reynolds acquired
:om the copyright of his sensational
ovels a fortune larger than was ac-
uired by many of the most distin-
uished authors in Great Britain, his
trnings having been estimated at
100000, or about $4,000 for each novel.
Iatthew Arnold, it is said, has realized
My about $4,000 from his pen.
jarlyle, after career of continual ac-
witty, and the publication of forty or
fly volumes, has, in his Saith year, an
lcome of little over $4,000. Robert
ROWING could not have lived from
le income of his poems. He has a
rivate fortune to fall back upon. Ten
yson and Dickens are probably the
ally authors of our time who have real.
ed from their works more than
eynolds.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24
A BUSINESS RETROSPECT.
Dun, Barlow s. Co.'s Last Report.

Dun & Co.'s semi-annual circular,
just issued, shows that the business of
the country has been in a good condi-
ton during the last quarter. From the
figures furnished the following is taken /:
"The failures for the second quarter
in the present year are 1884 in number
and $22,0O0,OOO in amount of liabilities.
These figures are notably less than in
any single quarter of the past five
years. AS compared with the second
quarter of 1878, the difference in favor
of the last three months is very marked,
indicating decrease of over 900 fail
ures in that period, with decline in
liabilities of $26,O00,O00 in the quarter
"a lessened loss or lookup by bad
debts of over 100000 per week"
The following table shows the COM
parative number of failures during this
time and preceding years, and the
amount of capital involved:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24
SIMULTANEOUSLY with the erupt

SIMULTANEOUSLY with the eruption
Htna, in Italy, the inhabitants of a
llage in the Russian province of Po-
disk were suddenly frightened by a
lbterranean thunder, followed by an
rthquake, The people flew out of
cir houses, and beheld startling
ectacle. The houses were moving,
gether with the ground beneath them,
)wn the slope toward the river
niester; a number of the houses fell
ruins; many trees were thrown down
I'd buried in the ground, and cracks
}peared in the earth, filed with water.
five minutes everything became
net. There was no loss of life; but
sirty houses had been destroyed, and
hers were carried twenty feet from
eir original location, and rendered
aft for habitatior.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24

chickens in the yard. Some people,
though, so live ont a beautiful principle
and in their deeds it is so plain that we
think they must be saying it.
Granny was gospel all the time say
ing: Love your enemies"
81 will" said Ting. Il will"
"Squawk-k-k-k!"
What was the matter? It was not
only the squawk of hen, but the howl
Of dog, the snarl of cat, and the
squeak OF rat, all in one.
Ting Ling rushed into the yard.
Granny wanted to rush, but she con-
Guided to wabble.
Grandpa awoke, and he came out
also.
And there, hanging from the fence,
was Chang Bang! He was suspended
by his pigtall- hung at last, as Grandpa
Foo Choo had prophesied.
Chang had tried to climb the fence,
but somehow his pig tail had caught in
a nail near the top, and there he hung
The nail was on one side of the fence
and Chang was on the other.
Let him hang" something said in
Ting's heart.
"No,, no." Granny seemed to say,
though she really said nothing.
And grandpa, he called OUT cling,
you just go round on the other side OF
the fence, unhitch Changes pig tail, and
/ will take him down on this side"
So Ting unhitched on one side, and
grandpa lowered on the other.
The hen, the dog, the cat, the rat
were still making piteous outcry in
Changes voice, and he was stroking his
head, as if in pain.
Ting's revengeful desire to crown
Chang with a bunch of lighted crackers
all went now, and he called out:
4" Granny, let me 60 and get piece
of ice and cool Changes head with it."
run, little Ting"
Ting ran and brought the ice. But
when he touched Changes head, he
squirmed and said: ct hurts!"
"The ice?" asked Ting. .."
"No, mol But what I did to you and
grandpa. That hurts. I am sorry"
And then little Ting knew how a
piece of ice laid on an enemy's head to
cool and comfort it could start the con-
science more than bunch of crackers
all on fire.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24
SECOND QUARTER.
Tn regard to the facts revealed ii
these figures, the circular says:

Au lcSolu W Uu0 ldCbS IoVcd1cu Ill
these figures, the circular says:
"To show how completely reversed is
the condition of trade, so far as indicat-
ed by these statistics, as compared with
last year, we quote sentence contained
in our circular, issued this day one year
ago, referring to the failures of the first
half of 1878: These figures of in
crease in failures and liabilities are of
very grave import, for never before in
an equal period in the history of the
country have business misfortunes been
SO numerous, or aggregated an amount
of loss by bad debts SO great To-day,
in contradistinction to this gloomy pict-
ure, it is our great good fortune to say
that never before in our experience in
the compilation of these statistics has
the decrease in mercantile casualties
been so marked; in no previous period
has the comparison of losses by bad
debts been SO favorable, as at the pres
emit hour"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24
OUR LITTLE FOLKS.
The POllywOg's Dream.

Lie IOllyWOS DREAM.
The little minnows went swimming about,
Now darling in, and now darting out,
While baby-frog sat up Oh shelr.
Winking and blinking and summing himself.
Down in the water pollywog
Floated along like a bit of log.
Till all of a sudden, with flash and CLEAN,
1t seemed to wake from an ugly dream.
+" Pollywogl Pollywogl wait Bit
And don't go off in crazy fit,
But tell me truly-I'd like to know
What dreams you have that trouble you So"
s. Well, if you must know" said the pollywog,
s"I dream quite often that I'm frog,
And I feel my fingers and toes begin
To poke their way through my ugly skin.
@But wake with sudden start, to find
The same long tail stretching out behind,
And the same short-waisted jacket. know,
That ought to have thrown off long ago."
Next day stood by the pretty tank,
And watched the fishes that rose and sank,
And was startled at seeing another frog,
And nota s gn of q pollywog.
How did it happen? When and where
4 Did he hide the clothes that he used to wear?
The froggies looked wise, as if they knew
Just how the pollywog's dream came true.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24

For the first six months of 1879
France imported nearly $55,OOO,OOO
worth more of food supplies than in the
corresponding term last year. The in
lications seem to be that this rate of
Importation, at least, will have to be
,ept up for the remainder of the year.
There should be some comfort in this
act for American farmers.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24
CINCINNATI has a society for the pre-

CINCINNATI has a society for the pro-
.otion of matrimony, which was organ
ed two years ago, and has had the sup
ort of good people. It's President is
member of the City Council, and all
lie other officers were men of local
rominence. Over 2,000a have joined,
i'd there are branches in forty cities.
ext month a picnic will be given in
1mmemoration of the second ami
9rsary of the organization, and on the
ocasion it is expected there will be
yer 100 couples publicly joined in
.atrimony.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24

only two daughters There are also
three sons and one daughter, the issue
of Lucien's prince Of Canino) second
marriage, but none of these have direct
heirs, the daughter being nun at
Rome, Prince Lucien being unmarried,
and Prince Pierres marriage being
deemed invalid. ~
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24

PRINCE YoUssUPoFF, who is named as
the future father-in-law of Prince Alex
ander of Battenberg, is said to be able
to give each of his daughters $10,0O0,0O0.
He had large fortune originally, and
soon after his marriage went to reside
at Geneva, where he lived very quietly
and amassed great property.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24

tion, one by one, of all its powers, leav-
ing it as weak as it proved to be under
the confederation of hundred years
ago. Under these circumstances, ua-
tlonalists would be reduced to the
alternative OF consenting to the death
OF the republic or of fighting as rebels
Tor Its re-establishment. This is the
real d issue which the country must meet
in 1870
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24
THERE are few membe rs of the Bon

THERE are few memb ers of the Bona
arte family living, and none remarka-
lie for high mental qualities or for
aving in any way distinguished them
lives. The Baltimore branch of the
'mily is probably the most capable
nd cultivated of them all. Prince Ma
oleon and Princess Mathilde (the lat
Or childless) are the only descendants
I jerome, King of Westphalia, while
be other branch, resulting from the fu-
ion OF the lines of Joseph and Lucien,
,onsists of Cardinal Prince Lucien, four
sisters, and Prince Charles, who has
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24

The last Missouri Legislature passed
law making it a felony for any officer
{ bank to accept deposits in the in
tuition if he knows it to be in a fail
lg condition, and imposing the same
enlistment as that for stealing money.
nder this statute several st. Louis
ankers are to be tried. s.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24
Ohe 8enosha telegraph
KENOSHA, WIS, JULY "a, 1879

The Railway Committee Of the
French Chamber of Deputies is said to
be strongly in favor Of the purchase OF
all lines in France by the Government.
This move is advocated4as a necessity
to counterfeit dangers or embarrassment
that may arise from Bismarck's control
of the German railways.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24
Boy Heroes.
From the Terre Haute Gnd.) Express.l

From the Terre Haute Gnd.) Express.l
Charles Gibbs, his brother Ed, and
George Rouse, all colored boys about
IL years of age, were taking bath in
the Wabash river. Suddenly Ed Gibbs
and George Rouse got beyond their
depth and were unable to swim, when
Charles went to their assistance and
succeeded in saving them both. He
was so exhausted that he sank and was
swept down stream, drowning before he
could be rescued-a sad ending to a
brave boy.
from the Pek1n Qll.) Republican,
A coal shaft is being sunk just north
of Hollis. and the other day workman
by the name of Harland lighted slow
match leading to blast and then sig
nailed to be drawn up. The depth of
the shaft was seventy feet. When he
had been raised forty feet he struck the
bottom of board partition and was
thrown back to the bottom. Thomas
Crandall, a stepson of Harland, was a
witness to the accident, and promptly
slid down the rope, seventy feet, and
tore the match from the fuse in time to
prevent an explosion. The act was a
brave one, scarcely to be paralleled.
The boys hands were terribly lacerated
by the friction of the rope. The step
father was rescued with broken rib
and other severe bruises.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24
A Grammatical Error.

Colorado has the most delightful eli
mate in the world, and bed-bugs. A
mother in Israel residing there requires
her granddaughter, young High
School miss, to read to her daily some
portion of the Good Book. While SO
engaged recently the young lady sud
denly stopped, and exclaimed: "Why,
grandma, / declare here is grammat-
ical error"
The old lady only replied: "No mat
ter, darling. Kill it, and 60 on
HaTper's Magazine.
The MaldsiW is the name Of a new
40 ~, NO; ~, oynr a. NnroJc n.%~~ NJ
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24

SHE was an Albany lady who in
formed a visitor who carne to see her
new house that she was having "nicks
made in the walls in which to place
statutes, and in one of them burst of
her husband"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24

republican GlcKeG In MISSISSIPPI, and
the objection was so forcible that the
negro stopped voting! The States de-
clares that the white people of Missis-
sippi hate the nation, and, if need be-,
will draw their swords and smite
it to death! Is there Northern
man so blind as not to see that, if the
people of Mississippi really love and
reverence the nation as Lamar says they
do, they would throw the Okolona
States press into the nearest frog pond
and Danish the presumptuous editors !!
The editors of the States know very
well on which side their bread is but
tered. They know that "Southern
society is q smoldering valcano,
charged not only with the passions and
hates of the rebellion, but with the hot
embers of $50 years of the reign of
slavery" They know that loyalty to
the nation is sentiment almost I'M
known to the people of the lately
seeded States; they rest secure in this
knowledge; they bank on this capital
and their drafts are honored- honored
the more surely as they are drawn with
pen dipped In gall Oh paper water
marked with bloody threats. The
sectional issue was raised by the Demo
cratic caucus at Washington-the eau
CHS con rollcd by Southern Congress-
men. The Blackburn clan threatened
revolution, the would-be conserva-
tives followed the radicals, the North
ern doughface fastened to give in
his adhesion, and soon the whole pack
were in full cry. What more natural
than that the infammable South should
start out on fresh crusade against the
life of the nation? The match was
struck at Washington; the Okolona
States Lit its torch, and the flames
spread in every direction; and there is
nobody at the South with moral cour-
age enough to attempt to extinguish
them. The plan is to seize possession
Of the Government and subvert it. In
the event of Democratic success in
1880, the Southern wing of the party
would have supreme control, with the
power and disposition to strip the ma
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-24
Tapersoll's H 5Euli's"

Robt. Ingersol in bis lecture on Skulls"
SAYS: L want to live go that when | die
my children can come to my grave and
say: Here lies a man who never willingly
gave US one moments pain" What a
grand and noble sentiment. Such were
the principles which actuated the HAMMELI
& LEWIS PROPRIETARY Co., of Chicago.
when they decided to place on the market
their line of proprietary goods; among
which may be found "Our" Lightning
Lininaent, for all pain in man or beast;
Our" Vegetable Cure for Catdrrh for al
Throat, Bronchial. and Lung affections
and Our Ladies Friend for the many
diseases peculiar to the female sex. Al
before stated, it was the desire of thi
Company to place on the market line O
Remedies which in time to come woulG
shed honor and renown upon their origin
ators, and from present indications the,
have succeeded admirably.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-24
Rock Island, Illinois. Tuesday. June 3D. 1879

tention to go to Providence Immediately
and endeavor to get berth as cook in
some foreign bound vessel. He will be
taken to New York, probably tomorrow
afternoon. in addition to the watch which
Cox had on him when arrested, and which
was identified, he also had moss agate
ring ornamented with figure of a girI.
which has been described frequently since
the murder. There is nothing to indicate
that he had any accomplice or confidant in
his crime, but he committed the entire out.
rage himself. When Mrs. Hull made
motion as if to rise from her bed, he threw
bis weight on her and forced her down.
He is clear and connected in the state.
ment he has made. Balch is of the staff
of the Boston Herald, and was the cause
of the arrest of 4. D. Winslow, who it will
be recollected abscouded to Europe some
time ago.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-24

o'clock by Harry Havercamp, about the
same age, who, according to the evidence
produced in the inquest, stabbed young
| Hergott five times, the fatal stab peDe=
trating the heart. 1t appears the young
men. in company with number of Friends
accidentally met when former difficulty
existing between one Butz and Powell was
referred to Hergott, younger brother of
the murdered man, and after mutual
understanding between Butz and Hergott
a reconciliation was effected. This, how
ever, did not please Havercamp, who, it is
asserted, insisted on Butz giving young
Hergott a threshing. While thus quarrel
ing Andrew Hergott appeared on the
scene and proceeded to draw off his coat,
and started for Havercamp, who ran. but
was soon overtaken, when fight of but
few seconds duration ensued during which
Hergott received wounds from which he
died in very few moments.
NEW YORK, June 23.-There was
large crowd of people at the Hull inquest
to-day. DIR. Hull looked as usual, care.
worn and feeble. Various witnesses who
boarded at Mrs. Hull's testified that none
OF them used candles in their rooms.
Charles W. Lowe, of Ridgewood. gave tes.
umony which proved concusively that the
negro. Bristow Francis, husband of the
coioTed cook, was not in New York at the
tune OF the murder. The testimony of
bristow Francis himself showed that he
was IN New Jersey at the time. The Jury
aolourned to await the trial of more wit
nesseS
Charles Markus, who is credited with
oelng one OF the shrewdest Of thieves, for
gers and confidence men iu the country. was
arrested here yesterday morning, being
ent'ced by supposed friend into saloon,
where be was locked up until an officer
could be sent for. He is charged with
numerous burglaries and forgeries in
chicago and elsewhere, and the Postofice
Department is said to have been searching
for him the past eight months.
NEW YORK, June 23.-The examination
in the case of Police Officer Nugent,
charged with completely in robbing the
Manhattan savings institution, was con-
cluded this afternoon. The accused was
held for trial in default Of $4,000 bail
HARRISBURG, June 23.-The Supreme
Court to-day sustained the decision of the
lower court in the case of Pete Manus and
John O'Neil, Molly Maguires, convicted
IN Northumberland county, and sentenced
to be hanged for the murder Of Coroner
Hesser in IA
COLUMBIA, S. c., June 2S.-An alterca,
tion last night between John English, a
we'll known planter, and policeman Rose,
resulted in injuries to the former from
which he died this morning. Joe English,
brother of the deceased, met Rose to day
when several shots were exchanged with
out effect.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-24
xLVI CONGRESS.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, June 24,-Thc senate
resolution fixing Wednesday ,k25th, at 5 n
M, as time of adjournment was, on motion
OF Davis, of West Virginia, recommitted
10 tn the committee on appropriations.
1he joint resolution providing 80 days
extra pay for congressional employees
being under consideration, Ingalls, offered
an amendment as an additional section,
the provisions of judicial expense bill Just
vetoed, divested of political clauses.
WASHINGTON, June "a MIR. House
offered resolution for the final adjourn
ment of congress at FIVE on Wednesday
the 2jth
MIR. Garfield inquired whether Mr..
House could say the appropriation bills
would be passed by that time, but received
no answer.
Mr.. Townshend, of Illinois, objecting to
INTRODUCING the debate, a..yea and nay vote
was taken up. The resolution was
defeated, yeas 80; nays I03. Several
democrats voted in the negative, among
them MIR. Stephens.
The socslled political assessment bill
was taken up and the republicans flibus.
tered.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-24
KENTUCKY.
Brutal Affair.

CINCINNATI, June A Frankfort, KY,
dispatch says: On Saturday night at Sand
Rifle. twelve miles distant, party of un-
known men attacked the house of Sam
Faulkner, severely wouDding Faulkner as
he ran from the house. They then set tire
to the dwelling, which was consumed with
its inmates Henry Russell, aged II, who
was also shot, and two children OF Faux
ner, aged II and 3 years. No cause l;
given for this brutal affair,