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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-08
A Fighting Turkey.

A certain General, who had earned half
q dozen decorations in the Turkish
campaign, was walking a few days ago
along one of the streets Of Tamboff, In
Central Russia, when he was suddenly at
tackled by a ferocious turkey. The unex-
pectedness of the encounter seems to
have entirely paralyzed the faculties of
of the son of Mars, for although he wore
his sword at his side, and might easily
have made mincemeat of his assailant,
he raised no resistance against the enemy,
but shouted for the police These gen
try hurried from every quarter, but were
anticipated in the assistance by decon,
who, passing by at the time, seized the
enraged bird-then futtering on the
Generals breast-by the neck, and held
him captive till the gorodovie and
dvorniki came up and took him into
custody. An owner Of the turkeycock
was soon afterward found and he was
charged with culpable negligence in not
looking after his poultry. At the trial
the evidence adduced added nothing to
what we have already stated, and de-
tense was raised on the simple grounds
that the article of the code mentioned in
the Indictment did not refer to feathered
kind, but merely applied to ferocious
bipeds and quadrupeds. The magistrates
discussed long among themselves the va
idity of this argument, and at lengta,
amid breathless silence, announced that
estate Secretary Nikiferoff, as owner OF
a dangerous turkeycock allowed to roam
at large, was amenable to the article OF
the code referred to in the Indictment,
and sentenced him to pay fine of ten
copecks (threepence) or undergo twenty
four hours Imprisonment. A roar of
laughter followed the decision of the
bench, i'll the midst of which the solicitor
of Nikiferoff arose and gave notice that Be
should carry the case to the ST. Peters
burg Court of Appeal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-08
USEFUL HINTS.

FLIEs.-Flies may be efectually dis
posed of without the use of poison.
Take half teaspoonful of black pepper
in powder, one teaspoonful of brown
sugar, and one teaspoonfll of cream.
Mix them we'll together and place them
in q room on a plate where flies are
troublesome, and they will very soon
disappear.
NTs.-Red ants may be banished from
pantry or store room by strewing the
shelves with small quantity of cloves,
either whole or ground. We use the
former, as not being so likely to get into
the food placed upon the shelves. The
cloves should be renewed occasionally,
as after time they lose their strength
and efficacy.
Norris. writer in the New York
Times says: 81 have for many years
tried camphor as a preventive against
moths, and it has never failed, either in
furs, woolens OF feathers if the camphor
gum is rolled in soft, white paper there
will tie no discoloration from it, neither
does it appear to fade the fur, as some
seem to think. [ put good-sized piece
in the package, and put the articles in
newspapers"
BUGs.-As an insect destroyer the
juice of the tomato plant is said to be Of
great value; the leaves and stems are
boiled in water, and when the liquid is
cold it is sprinkled over plants attacked
with insects, when it at once destroys
caterpillars, black and green flies, gnats,
and other enemies to vegetables, and in
no way impairs the growth of the plants.
A peculiar odor remains, and prevents
insects from coming again for long
time.
STAINS. Remove ink stains from car
pets with milk, and afterward wash
with fine soap, a clean brush, and warm
water. For grease spots use powdered
magnesia, fuller's earth, or buckwheat.
Sprinkle on the spots and let lie until
the grease is absorbed renew the earth,
magnesia or buckwheat until the grease
is reno 5ed. Time and patience will in
this way remove the worst of grease
SnOfc
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-08
The Cotton Estimate Too Large.

Eastern and foreign statisticians are
figuring on cotton crop for the season
of 1880-81 in excess of 5000, 900 bales.
Did it ever strike these gentlemen that
there is not feld-fOrce enough in the
crop region to pick such crop? Six
millions of bales would exceed 3,000,-
600, 900 pounds of lint, or 5000, 1000, 600
pounds of seed cotton, and when it is
remembered that an exceptionally good
crop finds every farmer short of hands
at 'cotton picking time" and that it
takes a much larger force to pick good
cotton crop than to make it, and that it
is not once in twenty years that we ar
blessed with such season for saving cot
ton as we had last year, the absurdity OF
this estimate is apparent In the season
of 1880 we had favorable weather for
picking from September / to Christmas
in large portion of the cotton area, III
addition to the stimulus of a good
price, well sustained until the last F'lock'
had passed through the gin. To these
circumstances the world owes at least
half million Of bales of gleanings that
would, under ordinary circumstances,
have rotted in the fields, and not to the
unusual acreage or yield. In 1880-81
we can hardly hope for as favorable con-
ditions as blessed the last harvest, and
though the promise of the field is much
more satisfactory now than then, we
have no reason to hope or believe
that as many bales viii be picked out fol
market. -Aberdeen (Miss.1 Examiner
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-08
MISCELLANEOUS aLEAN1Nos.

The eleventh annual convention of
the North American Bee-keepers Society was
held at Cincinnati last week. The annual ad-
dress was delivered by the President, Thomas
G. Newman, of Chicago. He suggested the
adoption of uniform prices for honey, not too
high so as to retard consumption, but high
enough to insure fair profit to the producer.
He said the honey crop this year was about
halt the usual yield, owing to the bad weather
affecting the yield of nectar.
At the yearly meeting of the stock
holders Of the Northern Pacific railroad, held in
New York last week, Frederick Billings was elected
President. A resolution was adopted request
ing the Directors to provide at an early day for
the construction, completion and equipment OF
the road, and for that purpose to use and en-
ploy sill the resources of the company SO far as
required.
The contest for the baseball champi-
onship was brought to close on the SOth Of
September, and resulted in the success of the
Chicago Club. The record of the games won
and lost by the eight competing clubs, during
the five months season (May 1-Sept.SO is as
follows:
Won. Lost.
lineage. .....'....s.'.....'..'..6I -
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-08
NEWS OF The WEEK.
FOREIGN NEWS.

Dulcigno, the city in Albania coded to
Montenegro by the treaty Of Berlin, has been
destroyed by fire.
The city of Lisbon, Portugal, has been
visited by disastrous conhagration.
Avery troublous state Of affairs exists
in the West of Ireland.
Robbers lately assassinated the WlIe
of the Russian Consul at Van, city In turkish
Armenia.
The Italian Government has just com
pleted the most powerful war steamer ever
built, Of $4,000 tons burden, and covered with
an armor three feet thick.
A dispatch from Afghanistan says that
all the relatives and supporters of Yakoob Khan
have assembled at Farrah. They intend to or
eanize attacks on the British until Yakoob is
proclaimed Ameer.
The great Exposition at Melbourne,
Australia, was formally opened on the 1st of
October
Serious riots growing out Of the oppo-
sition Of the Catholics to the new Belgian Edu-
cation act have occurred near Bruges
Russian editors have been warned by
the powers that be that they are little too
outspollen in their editorials.
A London dispatch says that regu-
lar war has broken out in Basutoiand, South
Africa, and the Cape Government have called
ont 5000 rAemen. The Basutos, numbering
1000, have been vigorously attacking the Cape
forces and fight well.
Ex-Queen Isabella, who has for sew
eral years been in exile from Spain, but who
has recently returned to that country in order
to participate in the festivities attendant on the
christening of the royal baby, will probably re-
main there.
Another process server has been muir
dered in Ireland. The people are arming, and
weapons of all descriptions find ready sale.
The members of the Greek Parliament
are unanimous in favor of war with Turkey.
The opposition members support all the war
measures of the Government without hesitancy.
Great restitution prevails in many
parts of Russia.
Offenbach, the celebrated composer,
is dead. He was born in Paris in 1919.
Heavy rains have caused disastrous
floods in Bengal Many lives have been lost,
and the crops have been much injured.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-08

seized by Revenue Collector Clark for violations
of the United States laws Acting Commits
sioner Rogers has telegrsphed Collector Clark
to take immediate measures to identify the out
laws, and to call on the United States Marshal
of the district for assistance.
Jacob Ball, the geologist and natural
ist, died recently in his tent in Willeberger
county, Texas, where he had gone on scientific
expedition.
One death from yellow fever has been
reported in New Orleans. The premises were
properly disinfected, deceased buried immedi-
ately, and all means to prevent the spread Of
the fever promptly adopted.
By the explosion of q gasoline lamp
the three children of VIM. Clark, leading
business man of Jacksonville, Fla, were burned
to death. Mrs. Clark is not expected to re-
cover
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-08

"THE milk is the white BLOOD" say
the Cinnamon, and on this ground they
abhor using milk and all the products of
the dairy. In some stores of the largest
Chinese cities there is milk for sale, but
it is not the milk of beasts, and is used
for babes and old persons. Those of the
European residents who insist upon get
ting milk for their coffee, commonly get
that of swine. ga Frenchman,' says a
French magazine, "who lived in China
with his family, kept his own COW. His
servant, q Chinaman, stole the milk III
order to sell it to Europeans. At last
his thefts were discovered, and he was
forced to drink the cows milk. That
was the most dreadful punishment to
which Cllinaman could be subjected,
and that servant never dared to steal the
milk afterward.'
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-08

The hernlock forests of Canada are
being rapidly destroyed. The bark for
home consumption is 100, 900 cords, and
106, 374 cords are exported annually.
The Montreal Board of Trade calcui ates
that 1,250,000 trees are cut, and that
fifteen years Of the same destruction
will wipe the forests entirely out To
check the demand, efforts will be made
at the next Parliament to impose an ex-
port duty of 50 per cord.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-08

PUTTIoK & SIMPSON, the London lit
erary auctioneers, lately offered for sale
a poem by Burns, written by him on two
panes of glass, which once formed part
of summer house.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-08
How to Keep a Husband at Home.

"Julia writes us a long letter ask
ing how she can keep her husband home
nights. She says she has done every
thing she can think of to please him,
but he will insist On leaving her alone
each evening. We fear Julia doesn't
make her husbands home pleasant for
him, or he would certainly not go away.
Now, Julia, you go down town to-day
and buy keg of beer, placing it in one
corner Of the dining-room. Strew saw
dust over the floor, and put half dozen
coarse, wooden boxes about the room
for spittoons. Hang a sheet across
one end of the room, invite half a
dozen of your husbands male friends to
spend the evening. Then, Julia, you
and your servant dress yourselves up in
long stockings and night-dresses, and,
when your friends have assembled with
their cigars, pull aside the sheet you
have previously hung up, and skip from
one side of the room to the other, on the
tips of your toes, singing, "Tra-la-la-le!''
and jumping as high as you can at every
third step. This will prove very inter-
esting exercise for yourself and servant,
and prevent your husband from straying
away. If your husbands male friends
are married, invite their wives to assist
you in the evenings entertainment. II
this doesn't keep him at home evenings,
you'd better trade him off for yellow
dog, and keep the dog chained up
oil City Derrick.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-08
THE OLD, OLD STORY.
BIZ ILDEGERTE.

Why do You write of the olden story,
One SO young and one SO fair;
Has thy young heart seen aught of glory
That love bias brought ?-and the end despair
Didst thou not know that no eyes were true,
That all were faithless, even the gray,
And brown, and black, the hazle and blue
Were never constant, and viii wander away7
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-08

Let me tell you story of flower fair
That grew in the woodland quite alone,
A lily tall and fragrant and rare,
TT. pical beauty in a frigid zone.
Meath its stalk and under the leaves
A vine grew up in slender tendrils fine,
And between the vine and lily breathes
The story SO olden and yet divi11.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-08
Bonds issued to Pacific railway compar

The report of the Commissioner of
Public Lands shows that during the past year
S5O,740 acres were sold for cash; 6,045, $40
acres were entered under the Homestead act
1,157,375 acres were certified on railroad grants,
and 8, 1878 acres were patented to the States
on swamp-land grants.
Zachary Taylor's daughter has just
been paid SIG, 900, the remainder of the salary
which the General would have received had he
lived until the expiration of his term of office.
The total coinage of the United States
minis during September was $6,940,5 of
which so, 301, 900 were silver dollars.
United States postal statistics show
that at the expiration of the fiscal year there
were 104 free-delivery offices, employing 2,68S
carriers, in operation. The total number of
pieces of mail handled at the offices designated
amounted to 932, 121, S43, an increase of 1922
267, 77S over the preceding year.
Treasury officials estimate the amount
of foreign gold that has arrived in this country
since July at $35, 00O,0 900.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-08

At first they were, and looked askance,
And the lily was pale in her naughty pride,
While the vine was firm as Knight with lance,
Who cared for women only to deride.
They struggled with fate many do,
Only to enhance with brighter smile,
And at last with twining arms they Kissed these tw
And saw not, wondered not, all the while.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-08

If two hearts stray and one is true,
Look for brown eyes and not for blue.
If brown eyes falter and betray,
Seek consolation in those of gray.
Wis.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-08

Brave, generous vine had began to stray,
And a pretty cobea was reached at last,
While in fortnight he was far away;
His love was done, twas dead and past.
The lily was queenly in her power,
Dismayed at the course Of the Grant vine,
Threw smiles to Timothy in an hour,
And they were wed. Is this Lore divine?
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-08

The lily, SO proud and regaly tall,
Gave up her heart, gave up her life,
And in the end this was not ali,
Wv was given to be wife.
Time went on; the vine rapidly outgrew
The stately lily who had begun to fade;
Forgotten was she, and only the dew
Was distilled from the eyes that God had made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-18
TEEE COVJRTS.

ClaCUIT COURT, (NO. 1l-J'tdge M1c4lFhlU'.
Yesterday, SILVER agt. Brown; Judgment for
plaintiff. Gfiltnwater agt. Curtin; Judgment
for return Of goods OF value. S25 %. Barber agt
Peoples Savings Bank; verdict for plaintiff.
CIRCUIT COURT (No. 2.)-Judge Write
Yesterday. Dingley Bros. agt. Baker Bros: re-
ported settled. Baum. use OF Warner agt.
Pratt; sealed verdict for defendant; verdict set
aside. Same agt. Tyler; verdict for plaintiff for
S53.2s. Travis & co. agt. Thorn; trial CON-
menced.
EQUITY CoURT-Jitdge Cor.
Yesterday, Murray agt. Fletcher; plea over
ruled. Matthews agt. Baldwin; Mason agt.
Mason; Winter agt. Winter; submitted. Court
ney agt. Finley; referred to auditor. Smith agt.
Pabst; restraining order granted. Water a Il.
Ienty; On hearing.
CRIMINAL COURT-Jttdge James,
To-day, Thos. Dunn, charged with robbery.
came in and gave bail. John S. M. johnson,
murder; motion for continuance filed. John
NJ. Green, assaulting an officer: bail given.
POLICE COURT-Judge Shell.
To-day, Victoria Burke, loud and boIsterous;
s. or Is days. Hattie Taylor, do; do. Henry
File, forfeited collateral Geo. Carr, vagrancy;
bonds or so days. JAS Graves, do; do. Ellen
Jones do. do. Catharine BURROWS profanity:
S. or days. Jas. PeDroy, charged with carry
ing pistol; $50 or 80 days. Jno. Divine. an
able bodied white man. pleaded guilty to vag.
rancy and was sent to the workhouSe for 80
unlicensed bar; suspended. Geo. Chase, ass .ult
Oh Ida Butler by kicking her on the head so or
80 days. Michael Sweeney, forfeited collateral
Frank Harris. alias Frank Harrison: petit lar
ceny, six months. ThoS. Howard, V4g ancy: 81
days.
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GEORGETOWN.

REMEMBERING THE HOUSES.-The new nun.
berS Tor houses have been furnished upon many
streets here and are still being distributed. But
there is large proportion of those who have
been given the new numbers who have failed
10 place them upon their property. 1t looks
rather odd TO see adjoining houses one num-
beIed $500 and the other 3d. Let's have uni.
formity one way or the other.
The COAL TRADE. - Thirty one boats left
Cumberland Tuesday with 3.46S 0S tons OF COAL
as follows: For Georgetown-Consolidation Co.,
1852 05 tons: Maryland Co., 526 IL tons; 30 den
Co.. 5000 tons; New Central Co., 233. 10 tons;
Blaen Avon Co.. 227.11 TONS Hampshire & .lt!-
more Co.. pills tons; Georges Creek, POI 90
tons; Individual. 1890 tons. FOR Alexandria
American Co., 462.OS tons.
THE GRAIN TRADE.-Arrivals - Boat Ellen
Brooke, with $500 bushels wheat, 100 barrels
Hour and 10 tons hay. Beat G. T. Dunlap, with
AGO bushels wheat Yesterday, boat Farmers
Friend. with $500 bushels wheat and 500 bushels
corn. Boat Seneca, with 900 bushels wheat.
l, 200 bushels corn and $50 barrels flour.
MERCHANTS Offerings on Change
yesteIday-4,3G 800 bushels wheat, sold at prices
ranging tlOm l15 to 1929,
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The Johnson Johnson Homicide
Case.

FLEA OF INSANITY OF THE ACCUSED MAN.
IL the Criminal Court, Judge James, this
morning, the case OF John Silas Marshall John
son, alias j. 5. VI. Johnson, alias John H. john
son. alias John johnson. young man charged
with the murder or James E. johnson, young
cOlOTed man, Oh the 10Th or March last, was
called. MeSsrs. ". A. COOK. A. Il. Williams and
F. II. Fall appeared for the defence. twill be
membered That the deceased was shot In the
forehead and killed almost instantly, and ii is
charged that the shooting was done by the &C
cuSed from pure malice, and right In front OF the
house or deceased, a few doors from the store OF
George Phillip HiTth, who was waylaid and
murdered on 7 street last January and for
which crime Bedford and Queenan are to be
executed tomorrow. The deceased was an ac-
quaintance or Bedford, Queenan and Pinn, and
member OF the SAINT singing club.
ON the opening OF the court this morning the
defence presented motion for continuance
Oh the ground that they cannot proceed TO trial
with safety owing 10 the Inability OF certain
important witnesses to he present. Ia support
OF this motion afndavits were filed setting Tort
That certain witnesses would testify to inSapit.
beng IN The family of the accused. aad ina
since ne had an attack or sunstroke in BliFi-
mere. In $40, the accused has shown symptoms
OF this mai2dy. This motion was opp0eel by
Co. Coz khill and Mr.. Perry for the g0gernm mt.
Tine court continued the application until to-
MOTTOW morning ana aGlDurhPd.
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Condensed Locals.

Mr. John F. SeitZ the well-known baker, who
has been quite Ill for the past two weeks, Is
getting better.
The Columbia Bank Note Company held its
annual meeting yesterday, and j. T. Lehman,
DT. Joseph +. May, W. G. Metzerott, Samuel
Cross, Jas. ID. Martin, John o. Evans and W. s.
Cox were elected directors
DURING the absence of Father Walter last eve
LiLg, thieves entered his residence 10th and G.
streets, by means OF false keys and had bundled
up number or articles, when they were diScOv-
eTtd by the servant, who made an outcry. They
however. escaped with their booty.
Miss Jennie Schlelgh, OF this city, who had
betn visiting her sister in Hagerstown, died
mere on Tuesday OF typhoid fever; after two
weeks Illness
Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Metzerott will receive
he sympathy of large circle of friends In the
iCss OF their much beloved young son, Theodore.
Dir. Daniel McDevitt, son OF the late John
and Ann McDev1tt, a young man well known in
South Washington. died this morning at the
residence o. his sister, 6lS 9Th street southwest
after lingering Illness. He was formerly fore
nan OF rre engine company No. 5 or George
Iown, and subsequently member Of No. En-
CINE Company In this city, and mad many
friends in the city.
About go O'Clock this morning fire was dis
covered III house No los list street northwes-,
aud occupied by Mr.. G. Bond. It caught from
d stove IN the library, and de troyei lot
Of steel prints and eDgravings. Mr.. Bond could
not state the loss, but is fully Insured. The fire
was eXtingCished by citizens.
Al informal meeting or gentleman interested
In the proposed boat race was held last night at
WIZARDS Hotel. when IL was decided to hold
another meeting Saturday night. 1t Is said that
there is 10 doubt about the race coming Off
and that the 25th Inst. Will probably be the date
About o'clock last night, Officer Scott. OF
tbe seventh precinct, pursued thief who had
stolen $40 nom passenger on street car, but
was Dot quick enough TO catch him.
Last night, Officer Simpson. OF the 1Lh pre-
cinct, took 10 the St AIMS Asylum white
male child about two weeks old, found on the
street by Mrs.NaTy Bacon, No. 10 street north
vest.
Private ID. COtter took to the first precinct
station last night cOlored infant which he
found in an alley between i Z and 9Th and n
and streets southwest. 1t was sent TO the ST.
AIMS Infant Asylum this morning.
The Grand Lodge or the /. o. G.. T.. OF this
jurisdiction, holding its annual session at Wash
lngtOn Hall, last Wednesday night passed a.
series or resolutions highly endorsing Postmas-
Ter General Maynard and Hon. John ID. Defrees
TOR their opposition TO the sale Of liquors In the
mediate vicinity Of the departments under
tier PERSONAL control
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CoLoRED CAsRMEREs. ALL WOOL, Is OTIS
NOVELTIES IN DRESS TRIMMINGS
BLACK SILKS. 75c., Sc, s1Oo. s1.25, sl.so
BLACK sATINs, ALL PRICES
S0c., &C., &c., &c, 75c., SIC, 81 man,
PIANO COVERS. NEW ASSORTMENT
BED COMFORTS. 75c., SIC. s1.oO. 81. Is, Al 20
LARGE DOUBLE WHITE WOOL BLANKErs
Per pair, $3.50, So. 90, So. so, 81. 90. o.
NOTTINGHAM CURTAIN LACE, NEW sroor
25c, 31c., &C., Soc. &c. 75c oA'
sHAWLs. CLOAKS, ULSTER CLOTHS.
RED TWILLED FLANNELS,
WHITE SHAKER FLANNEra
CLOTHS FOR MEN AND BOYS WEAR
CANTON FLANNELS.
LADIES AND GENTS AND OHILDREN,s
WOOL UNDERWEAR.
CAhPEIS, Soc. SIC, Soc, &C., 75c
BRUSSELS, SIC. CSC, al 90. At
C. M. TOVvSBN,
$50 Pehnsylvania avenue. south side.
n'''' Near TIN street.