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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-15
MISCELLANEOUS aLHAN1Nos.

REPORTS from the northwest territories
indicate that the British Indians are in an ex-
cited frame of mind, and that serious trouble
may be expected in the spring.
The Mexican House of Representa-
tives has declared Gen. Gonzales President of
the republic. He will be inaugurated on the
LIST of December.
Gen. Stewart, of Virginia, Postmaster
of the National House of Representatives since
1876, is dead.
James Stevens, the founder of Fenian-
ism. and for whom the British Government
once offered reward of E5, 900, has been found
in New York in destitute condition.
Advices from the Arctic regions are to
the effect that the revenue cutter Corwin has
not yet found any trace of the missing explor-
ing steamer Jeanette and the whalers. The
Corwln has made several trips to Herald island
but has been unable TO make landing there
on account of the ice.
Official records show that 400 persons
lost their lives by railroad accidents in New
York State last year. Some S26 persons were
seriously injured from the same cause.
A horrible mine disaster has happened
in Nova Scotia, whereby ten miners lost their
lives. The water from a worked-out pit broke
into the Ford, at Stillerton drowning those in
the mine. The bodies recovered we're horribly
INITIATED
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and Assistant Secretary Hall will net authorize
any statement in the absence of Secretary
Schurz. It is confidently stated, however, by
persons who claim to know, that Gen. Walker,
in the report holds the theory that the census
of 1870 was defective, and that the census of
1880 iScorrect, and that the apparent discrep-
ancies are to be attributed to the assumed i'm
perfections in the former census"
During the year ending June 80 last,
postage stamps, stamped envelopes, and postal
cards to the value of s32 O87, 342 were issued by
the department at Washington, an increase of
9per cent. over the previous year.
A Washington dispatch says Secre-
tary Schurz made public the report of superin-
tendent Walker, of the Census Bureau, on
the alleged census frauds in South Carolina.
The General gives his reasons for be-
leving the census of 1870 incorrect, at
tributing it mainly to defects of the
law under which it was taken, that of
1850, and adds "The investigation instituted
places it beyond doubt, first, that the census
OF 1870 was grossly defective and second, that
the census of 1880 was substantially well taken
In no instance did anything appear which
bore the semblance of fraud in the
returns made to this Office by the emu
merators of 1880. In some districts
nearly every family was identified as a resident
in the township, notwithstanding the great ex-
tent of South Carolina townships, some of which
embrace 100 and even 200 square miles. In all
cases identification was carried far enough to
put it beyond doubt that the fault of impossi-
bic gains reported over the census of 1870
lay with the preceding enumeration. 1t APP
pears to me that the. report of Special Agent
Garrett satisfactorily settles the question as to
the fairness of the tenth census in South Caro-
lima" Gen. Walker in conclusion says of the
investigation: 81 know of no reason why any
further charge should be made against the
enumeration recently brought to conclusion
by commissioned and sworn officers of the
Government in South Carolina. The presump-
ton which existed against their work has been
completely overthrow, and strong counter
presumption has been created by verifcation
upon the ground of schedules of inhabitants, in
the case of eighteen enumeration districts
successfully taken for special investigation on
account of their exceptionally questionable
character"
1t is said that Secretary Schurz will
decide to give st. Louis q new census enumera-
ton for which it asks, although Gen. Walker,
Superintendent of the Census, is convinced
that the enumeration just made is substan-
tally correct.
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BIZ CHARLES II. LOGAN.

IN dear secluded valley, between the hollow Of the
bills,
Midst the rocks and chasms grouping, in the pools
and marshes dropping,
Yet sim it rears in broken tiers it Is falling fast
away;
that have started from the moisture Of the rills.
In this hollow, of evening, not soul has dared
Though the stiffness there is sleeping, and the
crescent moon ia peeping
Down into the crumbled, broken stonework of the
There Is dread as of the dead that hosts of former
style
Are still and slowly treading where the moon is
always shedding
Scattered silver through the fragments of the DOME
The willow shades the marshes with waving hedge
of green,
Its boughs to waters bending, from whose darkest
depths are sending
Phosphorescent wisps Of grasses to Hume the somber
air:
Itha sight so CHASTITY bright that mortal fain
would dare
Its sotudes of mystery in quest of ancient history
To enlight' the worldly mind upon the things that
he had seen.
But when first those broken walls unfolded to our
view,
The dayhght's sun was streaming, and through
the windows seeming
Like o welcome to the ng-forgotten room.
And in the sun, unlike q nun alone, saw q crimson
plume
butterfly. Its wings, its gaudy trapping, were
noiselessly tapping,
Adving from its cloak the morning dew
The glimpse reminded strangely long-forgotten
past
That rushed in freshening surges-through my
mind there slowly merges
suspicion that the noted pirate that once these
beams bestrid-
That it's the fery-whiskered Kidd, guarding his
treasure hid
From the greedy hands Of miners that would seek
the phantom sinners,
That were thought to have been buried and beneath
these walls amassed.
In this they once were sitting, these pirates
hard and stern,
Like the pictures of Miles Standsh, dressed In
costumes now outandish,
Though picturesque in attitudes, like sculptured
Roman clay,
With faces cold, in rigid mold, until the twilight
day,
With morning breezes rising, their sordid minds
apprisng,
They vanished to the spirit world though nightly to
return.
Distant ghostly sounds were heard to echo through
the bare
Ruins of the mill decayed, and through the morn
ing's darkness vague,
And spectral rushed the rushing streams
In broken rlls between the hills and from the dark
rayines.
Clanking chains and tapping sails, that seemed to
be amidst the gales,
Fell with deep distinctness upon the morning air
ST. HELENA. Cal.
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A Farmers Offset.

| A ''hired man" who had been en-
ployed on farm in this county for sew
eral months entered suit against his en-
ployer the other day for balance of wages,
amount, as he claimed, to $32. Thesllit
was on trial in Justice Alley yesterday,
and it looked at first as if the plaintiff
had clear case. He gave dates and
figures in straightforward way, and
seemed very honest young man. When
the farmer took the stand he said:
81 claim an offset for that $32. No
man need sue me for what I honestly
| owe"
''What is your ofset?" asked the law
yer.
"He's an unbeliever.
GIN what?"
'FWhy, in the bible"
''What has that to do with your owing
him$32?
cit has a heap to do with it. [ had
six hands i'll my employ, and we were
| rushing things when hired this man.
He hadn't been with us two days when
they stopped the reaper in the middle of
the forenoon to dispute about Daniel and
the lions den, and in three days we had
regular knock down over the whale
swallowing Jonah. The man who run
the mower got to arguing about Samson
and drove over stump and damaged the
machine to the tune of $18, and the very
next day my boy broke his leg while
climbing fence to hear and see the row
which was started over the Children of
Israel going through the Red Sea. 1t
wasn't week before my wife said she
didn't believe Elijah was fed by the
ravens, and hang me if didn't find my
self growing weak on Noah and his food.
That's my Offset, sir; and if he was
worth anything I'd sue him for thou
sand dollars besides"
The court reserved his decision for
twenty-four hours. -Detro1 Free Press.
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Frightful Railroad Accident.

A terrible railroad accident occurred on the
Pennsylvania railroad, at Pittsburgh, on the
9th inst, by which nearly thirty persons lost
their lives and large number received injuries
more or less serious. We CLEAN from the local
papers the following particulars of the disaster:
The first section of the Walls accommodation
going east left the Union depot at IL 81 p. M,
having large crowd of passengers who had
been to the city to participate in the closing
exercises of the Exposition and TO witness the
Democratic demonstration. The back plat
form was so crowded that the headlight on the
second section following could not be
seen. The first section stopped at the
regular station, TTenty-eighth street, where
1t was delayed on account of another train
which was in the next block. The second Sec
ton came along at good speed, but, owing to
the crowds on the back platform of the first
section, the signal lights were hidden from
view, and consequently the engineer of the
second section did not see the train ahead
of him until he was so near it that his train
could not be checked in time to arrest
the collision, and the engine went crashing into
the rear coach of the first section, packed as it
was with human beings. Among these unfort-
unates the engine buried itself to the very car
windows in among screaming. suffering men,
women and children, manglng all who
were in its course. The boiler-head of the
colliding engine burst off by the shock,
and the scalding water and steam poured
over the occupants of the car as if bent
on completing the horrible work that had gone
before. 1t is impossible to describe the fearful
scene that followed. The means of the dying
and wounded and shrieks of those who had lost
their friends were frightful. Word was imme-
diately telephoned to the Mayors Office for as
sistance, and twenty-five policemen with full
corps of physicians and wagons were dispatched
at once to the scene of the disaster. where they
we're soon busily employed in alternating the
sufferings of the victims and clearing the wreck
The wounded who were unable to care for
themselves were carried to the Soldiers Hos
pital, located but short distance from the
accident. Up to the present time (Oct. IL. }
twenty-fLur deaths have occurred. About
twenty are dangerously wounded, several Of
them beyond hope of recovery.
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NEWS OF TIL WEEK.
EoREIeN NEWS.


Fleming, Ried & Co.'s worsted mills
at Greenock, the largest in Scotland, have been
destroyed by fire.
The British Government has ordered
more troops to the West of Ireland.
1t is announced that the Socialist
Congress viii be held in Zurich in 1881. Cir
culara have been sent to the principal Socialist
Societies of Europe inviting their cooperation.
Fifty miners have been suffocated in a
mine near Kattowitz, Germany.
A Constantinople dispatch says the
Sultan has declared that he would rather abdi-
cate than yield to the wishes of the powers.
lie has had protracted interview with Hobart
Pasha.
The British Government has declared
Counties Galway and Mayo to be in state of dis
turbance, and to need additional police.
The drunken King of Burmah is max
ing preparations for war upon the British.
A great instruction of Mohammedans
against the Chinese prevails in Kashgar
Turkey has finally decided to cede
Dulci8no to Montenegro, and the European
feet will so home.
The Porte asks further time to carry
out the remainder of the terms of the Berlin
treaty, having surrendered Dulcigno.
Says Gillian dispatch: "Chili and
Peru have accepted the offer of the United
States to mediate between them "
The French bark Formosa foundered
at sea Aug. 80, and the Captain and crew floated
about in an open boat until Sept. 4, when they
were picked up, two having died in the mean
finn
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Convict Life.

Joe Coburn, the pugilist, is an a1isto-
GRAFT. He occupies the place of "Depu-
TVS waiter" A part Of his duties is to
apply the paddle to refractory convicts.
Joe's physical development enables him
to WELD the instrument Of correction
with salutary effect. Ccburn looks after
the Office of the Deputy Agent, or head
keeper, but his task is an easy one on
the whole. The lawyers are looked upon
as great men" by the prisoners, and
words from their lips find endlessrepeti-
ton among the other prisoners. Stone,
one of the famous Canastota fTe-bugs,"
is pointed outas prominent" convict.
He is a keen, perceptive mall, and ex-
erts great influence over tie men. He
is at present serving in the capacity Of
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-15
What Allied Jones.

Brown and Jones used to be friends
real good friends-but there is chasm
between them now. Jones didn't know
OF 1t until Brown had passed him several
times without saluting, and then he de-
termined to know what was wrong
Hating him on the street, he began:
See here, Brown, what's come over
you all of sudden ?"
Sir" replied Brown, with freezing
dignity, as he drew himself up an extra
inch.
"What have 1 said or done to break
our friendship? ?" continued Jones.
Mr.. Jones, you are not the sort of
man supposed you to be-" answered
Brown.
In what respect ?"
"Sir, you were delegate to our coun-
+ ty convention ?"
Yes, | was"
For the past seven years you have
protested to be my friend, political and
otherwise 2"
So l have-so | have"
&c Do you remember, sir, of our hav-
ing talk about week before the con-
vention? Do you remember that said
that isl hinted-that is"
ooh, yes, you said that perhaps you
could be induced to accept the nomina-
ton of County Treasurer.
g Yes,- sir. said that I was in the
hands of my friends"
&c remember it now"
"And 1 didn't get a vote, sir-not
even complimentary vote r
"No, guess you didn't, and now you
blame me for it. Alas Brown, how lit
tie you know about our local politics.
Why, sir, every man who attended a
ward caucus over three times knows that
when candidate puts himself ia the
hands of his friends they at once pro-
coed to hold funeral and bury the re-
mains ten feet deep!''
Jones made motion as if to shake
hands and forgive all, but suddenly
changed his mind and walked on, care
fully placing each heel with thud, and
keeping his spinal column as stiff as a
poker. -F1ee Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-15
The Cotton Estimate Too Large.

Eastern and foreign statisticians ara
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 field-force enough In the
crop region to pick such crop? Six
millions of bales would exceed 3,000,-
100000 pounds of lint, or 5000, 900, 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 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 a large portion Of the cotton area, IL
addition to the stimulus of a goo6
price, well sustained until the last Clock
had passed through the gin. To these
circumstances the world owes at least
half a 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 will be picked out fol
narket,-A6erdeen (Dfiss.l Examiner
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-15
A Conclusive Answer.

DIR. Murphy was Boosting that the
climate of Minnesota beats the climate
of California or any other State, and,
with triumphant air of exultation, ex-
claimed:
"Look at me behold my beautiful
rounded form. When L came here I
weighed only ninety-seven pounds, and
now 1 weigh 275 pounds. What do you
thi2k of that?
One of the sons of the late Bishop
Willoughby, standing by, said:
"Why, doctor, that's nothing, look at
me I weigh IT'S pounds, and when I
came to Minnesota I weighed only six
pounds" The doctor left.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-15
POLITICAL POINTS,

There was an election III Delaware on
the 9th inst. for Inspectors and Assessors. A
dispatch from Wilmington says "Full returns
from the State give the Democrats, for Inspect
ors, 1929; Republicans S,673. Democratic
majority, 856. On the vote for Assessors the
Democrats received 8, 1856; Republicans 1896.
Democratic majority, $780,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-15

A SURVEYING party on Seneca Lake, in
Western New York, recently found the
water to be 700 or 800 feet deep south
ward from Dresden. At one point the
line was let out 1000 feet, and without
finding bottom It is thought that it
must have been carried by strong I'M
dercurrents, which are known to be in
the lake.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-15
Why a Letter Don't Go.
Because you forget to address it.

because you forget TO address IL.
Because you forget to stamp it.
Because you forget to write town or
State on the envelope.
Because you cut out an envelope stamp
and paste it on your letter.
Because you wrote the address on the
top of the envelope, and it was obiter-
ated by the postofice stamps.
Puck adds another reason:
Because you forgot to write the let
ter"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-15
NUMBER 10.

chaplain's waiter. King, lawyer from
New York, I" life man, is shrewd, but
deceitful The prisoners respect him,
but at the same time are distrustful OF
him. dan" Kelly, the bank robber,
once escaped from Auburn prison, and
is now carefully watched. On account
of his escape he is the idol of the con-
victs, although he will have nothing to
do with them.-Syrdcuse Courier.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-15
WASHINGTON NOTES.

A Washington dispatch says. .sGen,
Walker, superintendent of the Census. has
made his report of the investigation in the
South Carolina census matter to the Secretary
of the Interior, Gen. Walker declines to give
any information as to the nature Of the report,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-15
The Octaher Elections.

Elections were held in Ohio, Indiana and
West Virginia ON Tuesday, Oct. -. Notwith-
standing theintense partisan feeling engendered
by the heated campaign that preceded TIE yot-
ing, the election in all three States was very
quiet, and all unusually large vote was polled.
The returns at this writing (Oct. 49, are very
meager in Indiana. There are 1923 polling
places in the entire State returns from 1875 of
these show a net Republican gain, on the vote
of 1876, Of 776. These gains, if maintained in
the remainder of the State, would elect Porter
by about 1900 majority. Nothing is known at
this writing in regard to the result in Indiana
on Congressman and the Legislature.
In Ohio, returns from one-quarter of all the
precincts and townships show a net Republican
gain of 1884, as compared with the vote for
Governor last year, when the majority was
about 1900. The Republicans claim thirteen
of the twenty Congressman.
From West Virginia scarcely any returns are
received. It is claimed that the Democrats
carry the State by a reduced majority.
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Newspapers.

From newspaper directory published
In New York we learn that 9,723 news
papers are published in the United
States. Of these journals 1885 are
Democratic, 1,747 Republican, and 122
Greenback. The number of political
papers printed in each State and Terri
tory ia as follows
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-15

SHERWOOD, valuable estate of 725
acres. near Hampton, Va, has been sold
to Mr.. Jones, of Surry County, for 49,
005. A few days before the war the late
George Booker, the owner, refused S75,-
900 for Sherwood.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-08-10
LITERATURE.
BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW.

BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW.
The principal articles in the British
Quarterly Rerie,0 for July, just repub-
lished by the Leonard Scott Publish
ing Co.. Al Barclay Street, New York,
are: Father Curci's New Translation
of the Gospels, Religion and Moral
iIy," Evolution Viewed in Relation
to Theology" and Inspiration. "
The number of this review for Octc-
Der, 1879, under the heading, THE
Vatican and Civilization" contained
An account OF Father Curci and his
expulsion from the Company OF Jesus,
aud the present article announces the
appearance OF @ new version OF the
New Testament by that celebrated
writer, but confines its comments
mainly to the preface, which explains
she method pursued in the prepare
ton OF the translation and notes, and
sets forth the state of things in the
Romish Church which has rendered
his work urgently necessary. "Ero
luton Viewed in Relation to Theo-
logy" is q review of Habit and Intel
Iigencs by ]. ]. Murphy. The writer
of the article does not propose to dis
cass the general theory of evolution,
but limits himself to pointing out the
of the modification OF
Darwin's theory by the author. The
article on Inspiration" is intended
to elucidate the question "What is
the basis of belief on which the
Christian now stands, protesting to
hold in his hand the word OF God,
and appealing to the world around
him to accept the message of life
clothed IN the language of = written
In the course of it q
very clear summary is given of the
testimony which sustsins che canoni-
cal authority of the books of the Old
and New Testaments.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-08-10

JOHN GREEELEAF WHITTIER, the
poet, has written a letter stating that
he is still impelled to support the re-
publican party because the demo-
Gratis. as be alleges, have net yet been
fully educated to accept the result Of
the war in one particular, that is,
they are unwilling to admit the
equality of the colored people. He
says:
For myself would gladly find sn ex-
cuse for retiring from active psrlicipa-
ton in the coming election, and would
welcome with insxpressible relief any
decided manifestation Of more generous
and enlightened policy on the part Of
democrats toward the people of color.
But look In vain for any good evidence
of change which would justify relaxa.
ton Of zeal and vigilance on our part. |
have no words of personal disparBgement
for the democratic nominee, and de full
justice to the sincerity and patriotism of
many Of his supporters; but, IS q rule,
the party remains SIS it was at the close
Of the war. The time has not come
when it will be safe to intrust the fnan-
cisl Interests Of the country aud the well
fare Of the emAncipated class to 8 party
whose president can only be elected by a
compromise with the greenbaek heresy,
and the vital suppression by fraud and
violence of the vote of the colored citizens
Of the southern states
Mr.. Greenleaf Whittier may be g
very good and truthful poet, but as a
poIitioian.theiportion ofhis letter above
quoted gives evidence that ne is capa-
BILE of all of which the politician, IS
the term is employed in these times,
is capable; that is, he is b:goted,
jealous, assumes the virtue of Iiber.
atty, is not particular about giving a
correct impression of facts, will lie
just little, and makes fat statements
without giving any reason, because
he dare not attempt an argument, or,
as is more frequently the case,
because he is incapable of it. The
chances are that 1t would be of much
greater credit to the poet if be would
keep out OF politics; certainly it would
unless be could take the exalted posi-
tions of statesman ike William Cul
len Bryant. But the letter of Whit
tier shows he cannot, and this beinG
the case, he will gain more glory b!
sticking to his rhymes.