The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-21

for Governor by the Republicans of Florida.
The Vermont Greenbackers met in
convention at Montpelier on the 18th inst, and
selected delegates to their National Convention.
The following is from the Boston Advertiser
of the 18th inst: Gin an interview with E. B.
Washburne, visiting his brother at Portland, he
states his candidacy for the Presidency is out of
the question. He is for Grant first, last and all
the time repudiates all combinations with other
candidates, and will not be a candidate under
any circumstances. The charge that he is guilty
| of dupicity toward Grant he denies, and says
| the result of the Cook County Convention was
| greater surprise to him than any one else.
A LETTER has been sent to Senator
| Don Cameron Chairman of the National Re
publican Committee signed by 118 Repubi-
cans of the Senate and House, asking that seats
| be provided at Chicago for seventy-six women
citizens delegates of the State and National
Women-Suffrege Associations. A similar letter
| to the National Democratic Committee is IN
circulation on the Democratic side of the House.
The California Workingmen's Con-
vention adopted resolutions favoring the NOM
nation of Senator Thurman for President.
GENERAL.
AT meeting of the Western Nail AS
|
suspend work in all the mills represented two
weeks out of the next three. A further reduc
ton in the card-rates was made to 1922 e.
O. Haven, G. D. Foss, H. w. Warren and J. f.
Hurst have been created Methodist Bishops by
the General Conference of that denomination.
-. One Samuel S. Stanton sues Secretary
Schurz at st. Louis for 500, 900 damages for inn
prisoning him at Fort Russell near Cheyenne,
without cause.
The steamship companies are unable
TO accommodate all the persons who wish to
leave Great Britain and Ireland for this coun-
try. Twenty-Five emigrant vessels left Queens
town, last week, for New York. ;. Gen. Sherman
and Quartermaster General Meiggs have writ
ten to the Secretary of War urging the compile
ton of the Northern Pacific railroad. They
agree in saying that it would be of great ad-
vantage in conveying troops, would save con-
siderable expense to the War Department., and
would facilitate the establishment of new mill
tary posts in closer proximity to the Indian
tribes than present circumstances will permit.
In the Whitaker investigation at
West Point, all the five experts in penmanship
expressed the belief that Whitaker wrote the
note of warning, and one of them created a
sensation by testifying that the note of warning
was written on piece of paper torn from a
w
to his mother. Whitaker still stoutly main
tains his innocence.
A PARTY of filibustering patriots has
landed in Cuba. They are said to be provided
with large quantities of dynamite and blasting
powder, and goodly number Of excellent
rifles. There is a pretty fair percentage of
Americans reported among the party.
WASHINGTON.
PROCEEDINGS for divorce have been
against his wife. "A statement issued by the
Bureau of Statistics shows the total value of
exports of petroleum and petroleum products
from the United States for the month OF March,
1880, at So, 1878, 342 month Of March, 1879,
50, 059, S26 for nine months ending March 81,
1880, $40, 615, 256 and the same period in 1879,
1891, 1861.
The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics
furnishes the following information in regard
to immigration into the port of New York.
There arrived during the month of April, 1880,
40, 413 passengers, 46, 821 of whom were immi-
grants. During the corresponding period of
1879 the total number of passengers arrived was
Il, 1874, of whom II ,601 were immigrants. The
arrivals at the port of New York during the
twelve months ended April 80, 1889, as COM
1870, were as follows:
1885, 1879
Immigrants. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 98,876 86905
Citizens of United States returned. 31,798 1888
Sojourners. Observation-Disclosures. 6,027 6129
Total. ........................23 1885, 701 LIS, 1892
A REPORT transmitted to Congress by
the Secretary of the Interior concerning the
frauds and corrupt practices of Indian Agents.
| mentions the aioht cl1S-
pended on account of frauds, corrupt practi-
ces, etc. George w. Frost, at the Grow Agency
Montana ; W. III. Danilson, at the Fort Hall
Agency, Idaho +. S. Godfrey, Agent at Mes
Gales Apache Agency, New Mexico II. W. JONES'
at the Quapaw Agency, Indian Territory. The
others are at Livingston, Bridgeman, White
man, and Hart
The President threatens to call all ex-
ira session if Congress shall adjourn without
making some provision for counting the elect
oral vote One J. M George, contractor.
makes serious charges of corruption and bribery
against several Congressman and Senators in
connection with the Texas and Pacific land
grants. He says 5000, 900 in money and $780,
600 worth of land-grant bonds were used to in
duce Senators to vote for the land-grant, and
about ST. 100000 was distributed among the
members of the House to influence their votes.
DURING the debate on the Agricultural
bill in the House of Representatives, Mr.. Gill
lette (of Iowa) offered to amend by setting
apart $4,000 to be expended in experiments
for the manufacture of sugar from corn-stalks.
BE made the startling statement that after the
corn has been gathered the stalks will yield
sugar crop equal in value to the corn crop at
SO cents a bushel. In the Northwest,
where corn is worth 20 cents bushel.
the sugar crop from the dry stalks
would be worth from two to three times
that of corn itself. This inmense capacity to
produce sugar. il taken advantage Of, would
put the country beyond the necessity of i'm
porting any sugar at all. =. The President has
decided to appoint Horace Maynard, at present
Minister to Turkey to succeed Judge Key as
Postmaster General.
FOREIGN
A SHERIFFs posse was successfully
resisted in an attempt to eject some tenants