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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-17
How the Rebels Control LEGISLATION
CpSFEpRIr X RoAns.l
(which is in the State NV Kentucky,
Attey -

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The New York Times prints table
showing that seventy-two out Of ninety
five members Of Congress from the
States lately in rebellion served in the
rebel army. Thirty-eight per cent. Of
all the Democrats in Congress, North
and South, are ex-Confederate soldiers.
These figures do not fully represent the
extent Of the rebel influence in the leg
lslation of the country. Legislation is
prepared and shaped in the committees
OF Congress. 1t is important, therefore,
to know how the rebels are represented
on the committees. The Times sum-
marizes the facts thJls-in the Senate
The rebel Gen. Gordon was Chairman
of the Committee on Commerce.
The rebel Gen. Maxey is Chairman of
the Committee of Postofices and Post
Roads. a la5e
The rebel Capt. Coke is Chairman of
the Committee on Indian Affairs.
The rebel COL Withers is Chairman Of
the Committee on Pensions.
The rebel Gen. Cockrell is Chairman
OF the Committee on Claims.
The rebel Col. Harris is Chairman of
the Committee on District of Columbia.
Senator Garland, who was in jeff Da-
Wis Congress, is Chairman of the Com
mittee on Territories.
The rebel Gen. Ransom is Chairman
OF the Committee on Railroads.
The rebel soldier James E. Bailey is
Chairman of the Committee on Educa-
ton and Labor.
The rebel Gen. M. G. Butler is Chair
man OF the Committee on Civil Service
and Retrenchment.
The rebel Gen. Morgan is Chairman of
the Committee on Rules.
The rebel Col. Lamar is Chairman of
the Mississippi River Committee.
The rebel Gen. Morgan is Chairman
of the Electoral Count Committee.
In the House
Ex-rebel Postmaster General Reagan
is Chairman of the important Committee
on Commerce.
Col. Atkins, of the rebel army, is
Chairman Of the Committee on Appro-
priations.
Gen. Hunton, of the rebel army. is
Chairman of the District of Columbia
Committee.
Gen. Scales, of the rebel army, is
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-17
Chairman of the Indian Affairs Com

Chairman of the Indian Affairs Com
mittee.
Gen. Whitthorne, of the rebel army.
is Chairman Of the Naval Committee.
Col. Muldrow, of the rebel army, is
the Chairman of the Committee on Ter
ritories.
Col. Cabell, of the rebel army, is
Chairman Of the Committee on Rail-
ways.
Mr.. Goode, of JEFF Davis Congress, is
Chairman of the Committee on Educa-
ton.
Mr.. Stephens, Vice President of the
Confederacy, is Chairman of the Com
mittee on Coinage.
Gen. Vance, of the rebel army, is
Chairman of the Committee on Patents.
Gen. Cook, of the rebel army, is
Chairman Of the Committee on Public
Buildings. ~
Gen. King, oil the rebel army, is Chair
man of the Committee on Interoceanic
Canal
Thus the rebels preside over thirteen
of the most importar committees of the
Senate, and twelve of the most impor-
tant committees Of the House. The ex-
rebels constitute majority of the De-
mocracy in ten of the principal Senate
committees.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-17
Crows Behaving Like Hawks.

In this part of the country heretofore
the crow has been associated with corn
fields and not with chickens, but the re-
port now comes from Flushing, L. l.,
that crows have developed bold and RI
pacious qualities and make repeated on
slaughts on the henyards of that neigh
borhood. This is thing never before
heard of in Flushing, and it has caused
much onsternation among the house
wives whose chickens have been taken.
Mrs. Flanagan early In the season had
$50 chickens; now she has but $50. Al
though she does not think that all of the
missing 100 were carried away by the
crows, yet she has repeatedly seen crows
take the chickens, and thinks that many
CT them were lost in thatway. The crows,
she says, use much strategy IN their
movements. At times two will visit the
yard together, one mounting guard while
the other reconnoitres. IF any enemy
appears, the guard gives warning by
wild screech. Some of the crows are re-
narkably bold. They will perch on
fence. close to the house, nodding their
heads in most unconcerned manner.
Scarecrows are of no avail Nothing less
than the throwing Of some missile SUI
fees to drive them away.
One woman thought it SO novel sight
to see crow pick up a chicken that In
stead of frightening him sway she allowed
him to make off with his prize. The
birds are most numerous in the morning
and evening. One man made an attempt
to get rid of some of them by stationing
himself in the yard with gun. AS a
scarecrow he was success, but as tokill-
ing any of the birds he could accomplish
nothing.
During this season more crows have been
seen ON Long Island than for many years.
The new characteristic which some of
them seem to have developed might be
explained by the fact that they find It
difficult to obtain the Usual supply of
corn on account Of their own increased
number and the severe ravages of the
army worm during the summer. They
are thus compelled to have recourse to
the small fowl. -NeeO York Sun.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-17
Origin of a Long Word.

To one who looks with enough care to
words as he passes them to and fro to
recognize the fossil history" which they
have been cleverly pronounced to be, the
word manufacture, with its otherforms,
is interesting as a mark of important
changes. It was framed when things
were literally manufactured, i. e., hand
made, and was then correct description
of the articles to which it was applied.
But the development of machinery SO far
that there is probably not an article of
use into whose production some processes
by machinery do not enter, has made
the word a gross solecism, because its
genealogical meaning and its application
fatty contradict each other. When we
speak of the manufacture of common
pins or nails, We really speak of 'thand-
made machine-made" pins. There are
no more manufactured articles In this
country; the homespun In 1776 was such,
and so was the horse-nal which the
blacksmith so laborously hammered out,
but the fabrics and nails of 1876 are
hardly touched with the hand until fin
ished. The word has lost its significance
with its correctness, and retains only its
cumbrousness It should be amended
and corrected by dropping the frst.half,
leaving fracture" to denote things made
or the making Of things; factor" could
then stand for the doer or maker, being
relieved from its present use as denoting
a commercial agent, IN which latter use
it is not necessary, there being good sub
stitutes.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-17
Democratic Estimates of Garfield.

gD0nIOGIltlC ESJiIuatcS Oh Odf1leius
Perhaps there has never been a mem
Der of Congress who commanded SO
much admiration and respect from his
political opponents as Gen. Garfield
during his long Congressional career.
Out of the long list of.Dsmocrats who
have either been his confferes Ia Con
gress or in position to watch his ac-
tions in that body during the eighteen
or twenty sessions he has served, there
are buttwoor three who have condemned
his conduct or impugned his motives,
and these exceptions are men who were
formerly in Congress as Republicans,
and now speak Of him with all the mall
ice characteristic of the renegade. On
the other hand, some of the strongest
testimonials to Garfeld's ability and IN
tegrity have come from Democratic
sources. The Cleveland Leader has
collated some of these Democratic eulo-
gies, which bear the marks of sincerity
rather than compliment, from which we
reproduce the following g,..
will tell you whom think the Republicans
SnOuiQ nominate, ana WnOn1 L c01Sluef THEIR
STRONGEST MAN; he is a TRUE MAN. A
MAN OF PRINCIPLE, AN HONEST MAN,
AND WOULD MAKE A GOOD PRESIDENT
FOR US ALL. Personally / consider him the
BEST MAN you could nominate. / refer to
Gen. JAMES A. GARFIELD, of Ohio Thos
a. Hendricks.
| have been his devoted friend for many
years, and | am resolved that never will be-
llpvn that ia does not doSprvo tho nfroofic1,
have bestowed upon him. If he would carry
the principles which regulate his private life
into his public conduct, HE WOULD MAKE
THE BEST CHIEF MAGISTRATE WE HAVE
EVER HAD.--Jitdge Jere Black.
In the midst of the organized carnival of
corruption which has been going on now so
many weary months and years at Washington,
1t is really satisfactory to catch glimpses now
and then of HONESTY FOR HONESTY'S
SAKE, and without consideration of party.
Gen. GARFIELD, of Ohio, is Republican Of
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-17

Republicans. but it is his simple due. which we
gladly paw him. to admit that HE HAS DONE
MORE THAN ANY OTHER SINGLE MEM
Der OF HIS PARTY during the late session of
Congress to show that it is not impossible for
man to act with Congressional majority, and
vet to KEEP HIS SELF-RESPECT AND THE
York World
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-17

A DRo1n fellow fished rich old gen
tleman out of a millpond, and refused
the offer of twenty-five cents from the
rescued miser "Oh, that's too muchp'
exclaimed he; "tain't worth it," and he
handed back twenty-one cents, saying
calmly, as he pocketed the four cents,
" That's about right"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-17
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.


A Tiny Tragedy.
sPAsM L
He rose up in the morning-then
He broke her lovely head;
He was the very worst Of men,
That patient lady said
sPASM II.
She bought pound of arsenic, and
She put it in his beer,
He said he could not understand
What made him feel so queer.
sPAsM III.
He died that night; his awful curse
Upon her head was heard;
But she declared she felt no worse
And married Major Third
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-17
Fashion Notes.

Wooden goods, with border for
trimming woven along the selvage, is a
novelty imported for autumn dresses.
These borders are three to five inches
wide, and may be Of the same color as
the body of the goods or in contrast,
and are shown in Madras stripes and in
rich Gobelins tapestry designs, as well
as simpler brocaded patterns. The
shades represented in such goods are
purple, bronze, green and various blues.
A walking costume that will be much
in favor for the autumn is made of soft
cloth, with short skirt plated perpen-
dicularly, and short redingote, resem-
bling mans cut-away coat, of the same
cloth. The opening formed by the re-
vers is filed with chemisette of fine
linen, plated and closed with three gold
buttons.
Very deep collars; make of batiste,
mousseline, lace, or embroidered tulle,
and combined with plain or brocaded
surah, which is embroidered with silk
of various colors, are become general.
With these colors are worn cuffs to
match, and turned down on the outside
of the sleeves, which are growing more
plain and tight. ak
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-17

LEXINGTON, KY, has the oldest living
graduate of West Point Military Acade-
my in Wright Merrick, of the class of
1922. He is native of Massachusetts,,
is SO years of age, and is the only sur
yivor of his class.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-17
The Coming pays.

In the coming daysof woman suffrage.
g Our, candidate has risen from the hum
blest walks. When but a little girl,
picking huckleberries, barefooted, too
poor to own sRnbonnet, she read
Homer's odyssey in the original
tongue. What do we see here now?"
A voice eth same honely, freckled,
saucy thing sh- always was so there.''
Meeting breaks up amid great confusion
and tearing Of hair. -NeW Haven Regis
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-17
Flatboat DAYS.

That brave old warrior, General VIM.
0. Butler, who died not long ago at his
home in Kentucky, at the advanced age
of eighty-seven, was something more
than soldier. He was poet, and had
at times given undoubted evidence of
possessing the divine aflatus. His poem
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-17
NASBY.

VIZ. Nasty, Initiating the Example of
Wade Hampton. Makes n Speech ar
the Corners, Which Is Intended for
Purely Southern COnstimption-A
Northern Reporter Hears 1t, and 1t
Is Published in Indiana - The
Trouble Resulting Therefron,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-11-26
Criminal.

TrE German Catholic Church At Gut
tenherg, Iowa. has been robbed Of its chal-
ices and vestmsnts.
TiIE grand jury at Iankton. Dakota, Is
numerous fraudulent home
stoad entries
TliE sheriff Of Kane county, ILL.,, has
been warned Of q plot by Canadian burg
lar "a rob the court house of it, records
and hold them for \ ransom.
EN.SHgRIrF WM. 7. WALLACE, Of Gin
cinnati, has been indicted for emhcz1ling
So3,OO0 while in office three years ago.
Wallace is now iii custody.
An inmate Of the insane asylum in Is
sex county, New jersey. hanged herself
with rope made from her stockings and
carriers.
PARADISE alley. in St. LOUIS, was again
brought into notoriety, on the 10Th inst,
by negress, named Mary Burns, who
stabbed George Bates Is the heart
Miss JESNlE SPRINGER, well known in the
social circles Of Burlington. Iowa, hanged
herself 81 the 18th inst. with piece III
ropc taken from bale If hay,
1INNS GtRRoiI, the hank rahher. failed
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-11-26

ment. Gen. Barnes earnestly recon, rand.
an appropriation for new fre.nroof
building adequate for the uses of the medi-
cal museum and library. The cos; Of sncb
building he estimates at $250,OCQ.
The following petition went To the presi.
den on 10Th inst:
BROOKLYN, y. 81. Nov. Ito his ex-
eellency RUTHERFORD Il. HAYES. pres;-
dent, etc.-SIR. Cadet J. c. Whitaker i
on leave of absence. Some of his friends
propose court martial; others. among
whom We have the honor to stand, think
that, as the case was not proven against
the boy, the president, BY restoring him
to his former place and position, would do
only an act of Justice TO friendless youth.
subserve the Interests Of humanity. and
give additional evidence OF his purpose to
recognize no color line in our dealing with
American citizens, We have the honor to
remain, respectfully yours,
j. HYATT SMITH,
Member-elect Third Congress. District
THEODORE l.. CuYLER.
JUSTIN ID. FuLToN, and others
PROF. BAIRD of the Smithsonian inst
tuition, il very much pleased with the rap.
id growth of the carp introduced by him
into this country from Germany. The
Babcock lakes in the vicinity Of Washing
ton monument, have been used for breed
ing. Within the last two or three DAYS
workmen, under direction of Mai Fergu-
son, of the fish commission have been
busy draining off these lakes and putting
up young carp for distribution. One
thousand fish have just been shipped to
Tennessee. States desiring these valuable
food fish for stocking their rivers will
"a. ~
portation. The states which have thus
far been supplied are New York, Penn
sylyania, Illinois, Ohio (partially), Mis-
Connecticut, Tennessee, and Georgia.
Last year twelve hundred were sent to
Texas. The young fish sent were about
six inches long.
IT is officially announced that Gen.
Miles viii! be appointed chief signal
officer in place Of Gen. Myer.
deceased. Gen. Hazen expected to get
this position, and, although Miles was
promised it before he went west, it was
thought for a long time that Gen. Miles
would be satisfied with something else,
such as succeeding Gen. Ord in the COM
mand of the department of Texas; but
Gen. Miles has had enough offrontier
life, and thinks he has well earned the
right to spend the remainder Of his days
at Washington, the officers paradise.
Gen. Miles is not West-Pointer. He
entered the war Of the rebellion as cap
tain in the 22nd Massachusetts volunteers
At the close of the war, by exceptionally
brilliant service, he had reached the rank
of major general of volunteers. He was
mustered out of the volunteers Sept /,
1865. On the 2Sth of July, 1866, he was
appointed colonel of the 10th infantry in
the regular service. He is also brevet
major general in the regular service la
March, 1879, he was transferred TO the 9TH
infantry as its colonel He is only IS
years of age, and has the record Of being
one Of the best Indian fighters III the
country His new position will give him
the rank and pay of brigadier general.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-11-26

to appear for trial at Galesburg, and judy
ment for $4,000 was rendered against his
bondsmen.
JONI DREW a private soldier OF the ID
artillery, under arrest at Fort McHenry
for sleeping ~ his post, blew out his brains
with a rifle which had been carelessly left
at the door of his cell.
JoMs Riley, of Stevens Point was ar
rested in Winona, Mimi, on the 18th
inst, charged with the attempted assas-
sinatien of Judge Sherman Page, at Aus
tin, Mimi, last summer
JAMES MEADOWS, Marshal OF Salida
Col, town near the Denver and Rio
Grande railway, was fatally shot few
inches below the heart, by a desperate
named Baxter, who was creating disturb
ance at q dance house in the place Baxter
is in Jail.
JESSE Po9uRoY, the boy murderer, has
been detected in another scheme to escape
from his strong cell by saving through
the thick boiler casing with saw impro-
yised from knife. He cut an aperture
through eighteen inches wide. He was
discovered by the yard officers
RUSSELL DART Il prominent citizen Of
Buffalo, employed a music teacher named
Emil Siefert, who made loyeto the daugh-
ter and was forbidden the house. He re-
turned, armed with large knife, and
made threats to kill the family, whereupon
he was fatally shot by Mr.. Dart.
A SHELBY CITY special to the Courier
Journal says: A difficulty occurred at
M0reland Station, on the Cincinnati
Southern railway between Cave Rowsey
nv a do NJ
and Houston on the other. Rowsey and
Glenn were wounded, the latter mortally,
dying this morning.
HERMAN Schmidt a saloon keeper of
Milwaukee, shot himself dead in the
Gruvor hotel, ut Buffalo on the 9th inst.
lie claimed to be the husband of a Ger
man actress who recently married Emil
Wahle prominent musician of Buffalo.
Schmidt left a letter addressed to her
stating that a word from him would send
her TO the state prison.
III. c. Keller. baggage agent Of the
Chicago 4 Northwestern railroad in
Council Bluffs. Ia, on the 18th inst,
opened a large basket which had been
found in a coach on the incoming train
from Chicago, after the passengers had
all left, and was Mortified to find concealed
therein the dead body Ola male infant
five or six days old. The infant either
froze to death or died of neglect. On its
dress was pinned the following; MIR.
King, guardian Of the poor, Round Grove,
H." and also the name of stephen
Vincent"
ELoPEMENTs seem to have become con
tageous at Vincent, n. G., this week.
-Four couples, all of whom had been for
hidden to marry the parties of their choice,
met here this afternoon by appointment
and rode twenty miles away to another
village and there stood up in a row before
a minister and were married. The ladies
who figured SO prominently on this inter
esting occasion were the daughters of
wel-to-do farmers IN an adjoining county.
Their ages ranged from Is to -. The
grooms were well to-do and highly respect
able young men. The opposition Of the
parents to the matches in all but one case
is said to have been on account of the ex-
treme youth of the candidates for matri-
monv,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-11-26
Accidents.

Gov. WILLIAMS, If Indiana, has been
stricken with dangerous ailmeut
IloRAce MeRRrli, L very wealthy r..
tired merchant Of Oakland, Cal, fell dead
in Philadelphia hotel on the eth inst.
NM. NJ SMITH, painter, was instantly
killed by falling from ladder while NJ
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-11-26

TnE bridegroom did not appear nj II
Sacramento wedding until mn hour after
the appointed time. His excuse was
thnt, going To il saloon fora drink Of
brandy TO brace up his courage, he had
unacconntably fallen asleep over the
glass. A subsequent investigation show.
ed that he had been drugged, ut the IN
stance of girl with whom lie had
broken or nm engagement.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-11-26

A COMPANY of armed men tarrcd and
fcathcred one Goirdncr, nj Oppressive
landlord, in Galway county, Ireland
last week. The troubles In Ireland
growing out of the hcnrtlens treatment
to which poor tenants are subjected by
the existing system Of lNndlordism, ar,
daily becoming more formidable and
threatening, and tho government OF
Great Britain will find il necessary to
take definite and decisive action, on,
way or the other, very soon.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-11-26
NlNC CNnlfN nNNI NNnr.

flIE defeat Of Judge David $. Terry
Ms one of the democratic candidates for
presidential electors il California, ~
calls chapter Of bloody political his
tory. In 1850 DamclC. Broderick, II
native of New York, but one Of the
forty-niners,' WAS n Douglas democrat.
ic senator from California. He had
taken his seat in 1857, and from the
first had identified himself with those
opposed 10 the extension of slavery
lie soon became nlionatcd from his
party, and To such nj extent finally n
To arouse its bitter luminosity. David
$. Terry WAS ut this time one Of tile
prominent Southern tirc-entcrs who
had cmigratcd to California. lie took
il upon himself 10 vindicato his faction
By challenging Frederick 60 mortal
combat. The challenge was accepted,
and Frederick VAS killed. The affair
created intense excitement III tho
north, and the recent vote, twenty-ono
years after, shows that there are ut
least some persons in that state ready
to pay tribute 70 Broderiek's memo
~ III defeating lis assassin, although
lie may have been but Il political in
strumeni
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-11-26

THERE has been an extraordinary in
crease of suicide in Switzerland. In
1876 there were $40 suicides; in 1877,
$50; in 1873, G42; and in 1879, 7ol This
list gives one in every 1000 of the pop.
ulation. The hard times are probably
iho pniIan
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-11-26

Patrick Clancy, lie sueur county, admitted
last week; probably burned.
Catherine Hoffman Ramsey county; missing,
but probably safe
Those probably burned were demented
and sick patients, incapable of making
any effort TO save themselves.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-11-26

TnE Rev. Henry Morgan, the Tai
mage 81 Boston, preached a series Of
sermons entitled, Boston Inside and
out" and they we're alterwnrd publish
cd in a book. His secretary now sues
for royalty, claiming that lie wrote all
the sermons, and Morgan none.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-11-26

TIE Mexicans of Chihuahua call up
on the United States to help pay the
offered reward Of $1,000 and 800 per
scalp for their determination of Vic
toria and his band of Apnchcs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-11-26

THE census Of Germanywill be taken
on the lst Of December. The aggrsate
population Of the states and provinces
constituting the present German en-
pire was 42,727 800 in 1875.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-11-26

A MARRIAGE license was returned to
the county clerk at Onawa, Iowa, with
u request that the fee paid for il be sent
back The writer explained that the
girl had eloped with another fellow.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-11-26
COM " ENTs.

In 1880 the wool clip Of the world
was estimated Mt 320,000,00 pounds;
in 1878 at ], 1856, 000,00