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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-12
CROP REPORTS.

The Minneapolis Tribune prints estimates of
the yield of wheat in every county of Mime
sofa, showing as follows Total yield, 40, $50, 685
bushels; average per acre, a fraction less than
fourteen bushels excess over last year, /, 484,-
$50 bushels. Nearly all the grain in the State
will grade No. l. Oats and barley are fine
yield. Corn prospect unequaled crop.
telegram from Des Moines, Iowa. says
"TLe reports so far gathered at this point from
most OF the counties are rather discouraging
for good crop. Wheat, taking the State over,
will hardly yield the seed used in planting.
Thousands of acres have not been touched, and
others harvested which left the farmer in debt
for the cost of harvesting"
A gentleman who lately returned to Lincoln,
Neb., from the western part of the State. re-
ports corn in a very bad condition. He says
that some fields are " all dried up" and that
unless there is rain soon, the crop will be al
most total failure in Western Nebraska.
A Kansas City paper prints reports from
nearly every town IN Kansas reached by tele-
graph giving the condition of the crops.
considerable alarm has been caused by the
continued dry weather, but the reports are in
the main cheering, showing that the damage
up to the present time has been much less than
feared here. Taking into account the increased
acreage and the failure of the crops in the
western portion of the State last year, it seems
fair to estimate that this years crop of both
wheat ana corn in Kansas will be near
ly up to the amount produced last year,
provided rain comes in week or so. Some
sections have suffered severely, while others
will produce an average crop. In localities
which suffered last year, with some exceptions,
there is cheering prospect at present. Taken
all III all, there is as yet no cause for serious
alarm. Reports from Southwestern Missouri
are much the same as from Kansas"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-12

In years gone bya certain Representa-
to have been "seen" on certain bill,
but as he kept his own counsel no one
could get any proof against him. He
had been elected as an honest, upright
man, and when his constituents heard
the rumors against his integrity they
were amazed. A delegate was appointed
to go down to Lansing and hear his side
of the story, and when this man returned
home he was invited to make known his
researches before an open meeting.
"My friends" he began, :" L went to
Lansing with the determination to sift
the matter to the bottom. found that
S. was living high and dressing like a
lord p
A groan went through the meeting,
and men shook, their heads in solemn
way.
He sports gold watch and cane"
continued the delegate, and he was talk
ing of buying $500 horse to bring home
with him. You remember, he went away
from here poor man.
"Then he sold his vote p shouted one
VI UIlO .JOOAuOIls
81 confess it looked that way to me at
first" replied the delegate, "but when
came to tackle him personally he ex-
planned everything as clear as day. He
had not sold his vote. He had not for
gotten that an honest constituency was
behind him and no money could have
bribed his conscience. No, my friends,
there is no stain on his reputation
"'Then how did he get his money ?"
asked three or four at once.
Well, I don't know as I can explain
it as well as he did, and I'm sorry / did
net write it down. It seems that the
members don't have anything to do even
ings, and instead of reading novels or
attending the wicked theater they gather
in little crowds around the table and the
one who has four of kind of something
or other rakes in something called the
pot. I don't know where the money
comes in, but it's somehow or other, and
somehow or other our esteemed Repre-
sentative always has more of kind than
any one else. This is as near as I can
remember, and suggest vote Of con-
tinued confidence In our member until he
himself returns to explain what the
kinds are, and what the pot has to do
with it. "-DetroitF Free Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-12
Apprehensive EngIishmen.

Close upon the heels of the announce
ment that the preliminary borings for
the Channel tunnel are successful and
that the work stands good chance of
being completed within few years, fol-
low fearful communications to the Lon
don papers prophesying all manner Of
evils as the inevitable result of the great
feat of engineering. One timorous writer
says: "The tunnel, as proposed, would
be road from France into England,
always open and entirely unguarded.
In three hours a cavalry force might be
sent through to seize the approaches at
the English end. In eight hours an
army of $4,000 men might be marched
through to hold the place for the pas
sage Of an indefinite number. This might
be done with the greatest ease any day
or night" To this and other "hobgob-
lin arguments" Mr.. Watkin, speaking
for the company, replies that pound
of dynamite or a well-constructed sluice
would render the tunnel impossible at
any moment, that neither France nor
Germany would invade England without
a previous declaration of war, that such
highway would be made neutral by COM
mon consent, and in time of war would
be regarded as sacred ground by every
civilized country, and that furthermore
convention covering the whole question
was made years ago between England
and France. Mr.. Watkin thus concludes
his letter: ST may add that all the de-
tails of the proposed work have been
thoroughly thoughtout; that men of
science on both sidesof the channel are
concurrent in opinion and that the ex-
periments will proceed in full belief that
within very brief period of years the
Times, taken through the tunnel,
viii be placed on breakfast tables of the
people of Paris on the morning of
publication.
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and he then vert to Bow street to obtain q
summons for the police, but it was not granted.
In the House, John Bright, Henry habouohefe,
Sir Wilfred Lawson, and other ptomineft Lib
erals made strong appeals for his admission,
But were Unsuccessful, a vote being passed in
dorsing the action of the Speaker.
The French Government having in
vited the Americans to send officers to witness
tne autumn maneuvers, Secretly of War Lin.
coin has designated Gen. John NJ. Scofeld,
Lieut.. Col. Robert s. Lamotte and Capt. James
Chester to represent the United States.
The anti-Jewish agitation has been
revived in many districts OF Prussia; Ssna-
| gogaes and the steres Of Hebrews have been
attacked by mebs in various places. In POM
efania many houses have been wrecked, and
the rnobs had to be dispersed by the police.
A financial journal of London thinks
that American bonds to tie amount Of S15,-
900, 600, instead of cash, will be used to liquid
ate English debts in the United States.
The Emperors of Austria and Germa-
ny had a conference of half an hour at Qasteis,
They parted at the railway station, Francis Jo-
Seph taking hjs departure for Munich.
Hamyah Agah, who headed the Per-
sian Kurds during the late insurreetiens III
Kurdistan, one Of his brothers, some of his
nephews aid number of his servants were
shot al So-Uj-Bulak. Their heads were sent to
the Provincial Governor.
The Gar, a few nights ago, found
letter on his table threatening him with death.
The Cars room is thoroughly guarded, and
none but the most trusted officials are permit
ted to enter. His attendants, the officers who
were on guard at the time and four servants,
have been arrested. The incident has pro
duced great excitement, and the Gear must no
doubt be in an extremely nervous state,
Greenberg, Nihilist of noble birth,
has been arrested at Belgrade. Documents
found on his person show designs on the lives
of the Gear and Emperor William.
For radical criticisms on the conduct
of the Prince of Bulgaria and the exposure of
disorder on board Russian men-ofswar, the
Golos, of St. Petersburg has been suspended
for six months.
The striking laborers of the South of
Ireland have triumphed. The farmers have
been obliged to concede their demands. For
the future the laborers will be paid 2 shillings
$50 cents) per day during the harvest time, and
will be given half an acre of ground and
house "rent free"
While leaving the port Of Halifax, N.
S., the steamer Cortes struck rock and will be
a total loss.
A collision between two express trains
occurred near Manchester, England, on the
Yorkshire and Lancashire railroad. Many per-
sons were fearfully injured, several fatally, and
much property was destroyed.
Ayoob Khan is in possession of Cam
dshar, whence the Ameer's Governor fed.
The city received him with salvos of artillery
arra examinations.
John Dillon, M. p, has been released
from prison in England.
There are indications that there will
be another famine in British India this year.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-12

Guiteau has the most implicit confidence, and
to whom he intrusts all his secrets. if a man
who talks SO freely and unreservedly can be
said to have any secrets. Guiteau Is undeupe-
eddy becoming anxious to escape the penalty
of his crime. 1t is apparent that he has had
enough Of imprisonment, and that be has
made up his mind he viii seek to escape the
penalty of the law by plea of insanity.
His petition to be admitted to bail ia
drawn in legal form, although taigre is
much in it that no lawyer SoUld care to in
sert, while there &c much also that a cunning
man, who Is determined to feign insanity. or a.
man really insane, would make part Of his
application. Should lawyer be appointed to
conduct Guiteau's case, this application will
unquestionably be used as evidence of
insanity. Guiteau, IN asking for release ON
bail, expresses great sorrow that the
President has suffered 50 much and
so long from the wound be inflicted.
He asks his release because be fears that con-
finement will make him insane. He repels with
scorn the idea that he is now insane, or that
the crime. He insists strongly that he is now
sane, but he says that he feels =" the nimbus
of insanity playing around his brain" He
then goes on to recite some facts that indicate
that there is insanity in his fathers family.
He announces that he proposes to make his
own defense, with competent legal assistance.
Guiteau wants his temporary release, not only
that he may escape impending insanity but
that he may take a trip to Europe, where he
wishes to remain a month or two.
Commissioner Raum has issued a
statement showing by collection districts the
amount of internal revenue collected within the
last fiscal year. The collections in Illinois, In
diana. Minnesota, Ohio, Iowa and Wisconsin
were as follows:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-12
Henry Claws Courtesy.

[ think I never saw a more perfect
gentleman than Henry Clay. be was
always considerate of the feelings Of his
brother man, and even when gorely tried
never said or did anything which could
possibly offend the lowliest of them. |
recall an instance of this. There lived
here In former years man named Gar
bard, who, though rough fellow, was
an ardent admirer of Mr.. Clay and
personal acquaintance.
During one of Mr.. Clay's visits Gar.
bard came up to the springs, arriving at
night in a sad condition of intOxication.
He wanted to know where Mr.. Clay was.
and insisted upon seeing him. With
some difficulty we persuaded him that
he must wait until morning, and he
finally said; DWELL, just let me see his
foot tracks that will do me tonight.
The next morning I started with
friend to Mr.. Clay's house, and found
him surrounded with distinguished gen
tlemen, both of this country and abroad,
There were Senators and Judges and for
eign Ambassadors present, all engaged
in discussing, believe, some intricate
question of foreign policy. The gentle
men present would throw out some prob
lem or other, like q tub to q whale, for
Mr.. Clay to play with, as it were. Mr..
Clay was seated at the end of the room
furthest from the door when who shonld
come marching into the room but Mr..
Garbard. He had with him, too, an
Italian dwarf, in fantastic dress, with
bells on his hat, who was ventriloquist
and mountebank generally. Of course
the appearance of such a couple In such
an assemblage created no little cOmmo-
ton. -,
Garbard pulled his hat of, and, march
ing up to the man of Ashland, said:
Good-morning, Mr.. Clay"
"Good-morning, Mr.. Garbard," said
Mr.. Clay.
"Well, Mr.. Clay, continued the other,
ST know you are good judge of men
and are fond of music, so brought this
man up to amuse you. He can initiate
any kind of an animal in the world, and
I'll have him go through his programme
for you.
Everybody else in the room was
abashed at the mans forward manner,
but Mr.. Clay arose and stepped forward
as though he was interested in the ex-
IRENE.
Then the fellow began his limitations.
| could not stand it, and went out of the
room, as did many others. Finally, Mr..
Clay went up to the fellow, and, taking
a S. bill from his pocket, said
"I appreciate your efforts, but ] know
you must be extremely fatigued from
your exercises, and trust you will not
attempt anything further, and the man
went off.
The discussion was never resumed,
and the party all came down on to the
grounds after that, but it was the finest
exemplifcation of :" a step from the sub
lime to the ridiculous that L ever wit
messed. DR. Norman, IN the Cinci,a-
natl Commercial.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-12

The total internal-revenue collections, from all
sources, for the past fiscal year aggregated
S135, 229,9
Washington dispatchesrepresent Pres
ident Garfield as progressing favorably toward
recovery. He now partakes at regular intervals
of goodly quantities of solid and liquid foods
and sleeps quietly without anodynes. His tongus
has begun to assume its natural appearance.
and there is considerable improvement
in the process Of digestion and assimilation.
The discharge from the wound is in every re
spect satisfactory, and there is very strong
probability that the wound round the ball is
healing. The hypodermic injections of NOR
Phine have been omitted by the physicians.
Gen. Dudley, Commissioner of Pen
sions has issued an order forbidding the clerks
reading newspapers during business hours.
Mr.. Heap, the Charge d'Affaires of
the United States Legation at Constantine
pie, has informed the State Department at
Washington that the order issued in the spring
of this year against the importation of Ameri-
can meat is practically dead letter.
The Postofice Department has a
formal report from special agents that nine
tenths of the mailbags used in Canada belong
to the United States.
The febrile condition of the President
for several days having suggested to the sur
geons that the cause was the detention of pus
in the cavity of the wound, they took advant-
age, on the morning of the 9Th, of the patients
improved condition to make another incision
into the track Of the bullet below the
margin of the twelfth rib. This operation WAS
successfully performed, the President having
first been etherized. Although suffering some
nausea from the anesthetic, he soon regained
his previous condition. The present incision,
the physicians declare, can be left open and
unobstructed as long as may be necessary, and
the best results are confidently expected.
The Treasury Department has re-
ceived about $40, $1,000 worth of bonds for
continuation from English holders. The Lon
don ae ency will be closed at once.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-12
Sc Don't Cross Bridge Until You
Come tn IT,

There was once a man and woman
who planned to spend day at friends
house, which was some miles distant
from their own. So, one pleasant morn
ing, they started out to make the visit
but they had not gone far before the
woman remembered bridge they had
to cross which was very old and unsafe,
and she began to worry aboutit. What
shall we do about the bridge ?" she said
to her husband. 81 shall never dare to
go over it, and we can't cross the river
any other way" "Oh," said the man,
81 forgot that bridge; it's bad place.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-12
New York Senators-NO Democratic
Contest.

Inquiry of Democratic leaders here,
as to whether any protest or contest will
be made against admitting Miller and
LIE )ham to their seats before organizing,
S ows that, if any such action is con-
templated by New York Democrats, the
party leaders here have not been il.
formed of it. A very prominent Demo j.
Graf, who is associated with the nation Il
management OF his party, said tonight
that he did not believe there would be
any objection to seating Miller and Lap
ham promptly; thai no charges Of any
thing wrong he'd 0een made in connec-
ton with that election. and that the only
basis for any SORT of objection would be
in the TACT that at one days ballotiDg
less Tran majority Of the State Senate
was present in the joint assembly. He
did not liz nix the contest would be
made on this point, and beside. be said:
eff fhe Democrats inaugurated that
kind Of w8rfate in the Senate the Re
publicans could, and no doubt would,
retaliate in tbe House, where SO many
Democl ats seats are contested.
A prominent Democratic Senator says
be will not sustain any objection to
seating Miller and Lapham, if any is
made; that the constitutional provision,
that the tate sh al not be deprived Of
her representation in the Senate, viii
forbid him doing anything else than
vote for the prompt seating OF both OF
the New York Senators. Washington
teLeQrana to Inter ocean.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-12

crat to Office to secure reform" has
been unsuecessfully tried by the Cincin-
natl Gazette. 1t refused to support the
Republican candidate for Mayor last
spring because he wasn't man ithked,
and succeeded in turning enough Re
publican votes to elect the Democratic
candidate. 1t is now compelled to de-
nounce him, and is very much disguised
at his administration. The editor OF the
Gazette has been in politics longenough
to know, without this experience, that
the worst Republican makes better OF
fetal than the best Democrat.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-12
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Second Assistant Postmaster General
Elmer reports net reduction in the star-route
and steamboat mail service during July amount
ing to 1914, 1854, and that the total amount of
savings by reduction and disturbances since
March is 81, SS1, 442.
Guiteau's petition to be admitted to
bail, says Washington dispatch, is in some
RESPECTS one of the most remarkable documents
that has ever been drawn up for the considera-
ton of court of justice. 1t is now in the pos
session Of District Attorney Corkhill, in whom
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-12
FOREIGN NEWS.

Bradlaugh, the free-thinking NJ. P.
for Northampton, made strenuous but inef-
fectual effort to take his seat in the British
House of Commons in spite Of the order to the
contrary of the Speaker. In his struggle to
pass the police and officials his coat was torn,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-12
THE international Geographical Insti-

The International Geographical Insti-
tute of Berne has put forward a project
for the establishment of an international
school for training travellers. The pro-
gramme of study is a formidable one,
and is divided into two distinct divisions.
The first includes instruction in numer-
GUS branches of knowledge more or less
necessary for traveller, and the second
practical training In the field.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-12
POLITICAL POINTS.

The Conservative Democrats of Vir-
ginia, at convention held in Richmond, NOM
mated John Mcdaniel for Governor.
The Democrats of the Second district
of Maine have nominated Franklin Reed for
Congress, fatty refusing to follow Gov. Garce-
Ions advice and indorse the Greenback candi
date, Washington Gilbert.
The prohibitory constitutional amend
ment was defeated in North Carolina by an
overwhelming majority. The Prohibitionists
did not carry single county in the State The
vote was very light. The colored voters voted
against prohibition almost to man.
Gen. Chalmers, who represents the
"Shoestring district" of Mississippi in Con-
gress. has taken a new departure. He an
nounces himself Greenbacker and the Green.
back candidate for United States Senator from
Mississippi, vice Lamar.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-12
The death rate in cities of the United States

Forty thousand wax candles are in
staneously lighted by a single match in
the Palace Royal, Berlin. The wicks
are previous connected with a thread
spun from gun cotton, on igniting one
end of which all the candles in the 700
apartments are lighted simultaneously.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-12

if, after the passage of the Land BILL thee is 4
show of law aid order, the prisoners arrested
under the act viii be liberated. Anti-Jewish
disturbances have also broken out again in
West Prussia and Pomerania.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-12
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGs.

At Paso del Norte, Mexico, on the Sd
inst, Gov. Terrazas drove a silver spike into
the first rail ever laid from American to Mexi-
can soil, and the first locomotive to cross the
Rio Grande passed over.
Admiral Porter will command the war
vessels which viii participate in the Yorktown
centennial celebration, by order of Secretary
Hunt. Gen. Hancock will command the
troops.
Two children of a Mrs. Fisher, q
widow residing near Queenstown, D. c., aged
respectively and 10 years of age, were butch
cred by negro with an ak. The older Of the
children, a girl, was so horribly mangled about
the head SIS to be almost beyond recognition.
The murderer fled.
Francis Murphy, temperance orator,
sailed for Liverpool last week. He intends
to organize temperance movement in En-
gland and Ireland.
Experiments have been made In Cam
ada with paper pulp made from sawdust, and
samples sent to England for manufacture into
paper. If the material proves to be satisfactory
a mandatory will be started by capitalists in
Welland Ont
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-12

SOME wag In Chicago mailed letters to.
a score of business men, telling them to
look out for a man who would visit their
houses that evening to see their wives,
and twenty business men surprised their
wives by coming home two hours ahead
of time. They all begged pardon for the.
int usion, and promised never to do so
again. The apology was accepted and
placed on file.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-12

1t Don't Pay to Bolt.
The experiment. of electing Demo
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-12

5aappoSa il should bFegk tliroHgh. We
should be drowned q Ur stirtpAse Sok
should step on a rotten plank and brea'
your leg, what would become of me and
the baby 2" "T don't knose," sid the
man, "what would become of any of
US, for I couldn't work, and we should
starve to death" So they went on wor-
rying till they got to the bridge, when
10 and behold since they had been there
last new bridge had been built, and
they sressed evst in safety, and found
they might as well he7s saved thems
selves all their anxiety.