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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-17
FOREIGN NEWS.

A st. Petersburg dispatch to the Lon
don Times states that Skoboleff's famous
speech was put-up job between him and Gen.
Ignatieff for the benefit of the latter.
The Pope is about to create seven new
Cardinals, Rev. DR.. McCabe, of Ireland, the
anti-Land Lacquer, being one of the number
Twelve hundred persons were present
at bimetallic meeting in London, seven coun-
tries being represented. The Governor OF the
Bank of England advocated the free coinage
of silver.
Thirty Jews, with an aggregate CAPT
talo $4,000 rubles, have left Russia to become
| farmers in Palestine.
A Constantinople dispatch to the Lon
don Times says it is feared in official circles
that war between Russia and Austria is newt.
able The question of calling out the reserve
is being seriously discussed.
Louis Falcon, of Antwerp, has sus-
pended payment, with liabilities between e.
100000 and 93,OO0,0Oo.
MacLean, the Queens assailant, was
committed for trial on charge of high treason
On being arraigned, he said he would reserve
his defense. He declined to cross-examine
witnesses. His interests were watched by So
licltor. The evidence was merely a repetition
of what is already known concerning his at
tempt on the life of the Queen. 1t overwhelm-
ingly confirmed the statement that his pistol
was sufficiently elevated when he fred for the
ball to have struck her Majesty.
The Rev. Henry Highland Garnett,
United States Minister to Liberia, died at
Monrovia on the 18th of February,
Cholera of violent type has already
made its appearance at Allahabad, ,Hindoostan,
where the pilgrng usually gather. and it is at
this sacred spot that the plague usually starts
in its periodical marches around the world. We
may expect it in the United States in 1883, ac-
cording to the seventeen-year theory.
Skobelelf is on the best of terms with
the Gear and his Minister of War.
Gladstone has carried his point in the
House of Commons. His resolution against
the inquiry into the operations of the Land act
by the Tory committee of the House of Lords
was adopted by a vote of 303 to 235.
At meeting the Council Of the Aus
trian and Hungarian Ministers at Vienna the
Minister of War gave assurances of speedy
termination of the trouble with Herzegovina.
Very grave complaints have been
made of late of the fraudulent packing of sand
in American cotton bales SO much so that the
American Consul at Manchester has made per-
sonal investigation and reports the charges
,oroyaJ
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-17
JUDGE BLATCHF0RD.
Fac President Noininates Him FOR
Associate Justice OF the Supreme

The President Noninates Him FOR
Associate Justice OF the Supreme
Court.
The President sent to the Senate, on the 18Th
inst, the name of Judge Samuel Blatchford,
of New York, to fill the vacancy on the Supreme
bench created by the retirement of Justice
Hunt, and which had been successfully de-
clined by Messrs Conkling and Edmunds.
Judge Blatchford was formerly law partner
Of the late Vim. Il. Seward, at Auburn, was
appointed by President Lincoln to be United
States District Judge of New York.
and was subsequently promoted to be
United States Circuit Judge, which po-
sition he now occupies. He has been on
she bench number of years and is IS years
old.
Combines AND EpArUNDs' LETTERS OF DECLIN-
ATIoE.
The following letters in reference to the
vacant Associate Justiceship of the United
States Supreme Court have been made public
229 NASSAU STREET, n. Z, March 8.
Mr.. President Absence prevented prompt
acknowledgment of your two esteemed letters
which were found here awaiting my return
from Utica. The high and unexpected honor
YOU proffer by selecting me as an Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States is greatly valued. II will ever be mat
ter of pride and satisfaction that you and the
Senate have deemed me fit for SO great and ex-
allied trust But for reason you would not
fail to appreciate am constrained to decline.
Although urgent demands on my time just now
prevent my accepting your cordial invitation to
pass few days with you in Washington, let me
hold this as pleasure deferred, but not lost.
have the honor to be, sincerely, your obedient
servant, Roscoe CoNKLING.
His ExceIlency the President.
EDMUNDs FIRST DECLINATIoN.
WASHINGTON D. c., March 6, 1882
Mr.. PRESIDENT [ have received through
the secretary of State your very Aattering offer
of appointment as Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court. thank you sincerely for
this highly-valued proof of your good
opinion, but feel, for reasons, that ought
not to accept. / shall cherish this mark of
your kindness and good opinion--though did
not need this proof of it-as one of the most
pleasant of my life. am, sir, very faithfully
yours GEORGE :. EDMUNDs
SECOND DECLINATIoN.
All MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, March IL.
MR.. PRESIDENT: am deeply touched at the
manifest consideration YOU have showname in
connection with the Associate Justiceship, but
further reflection has not enabledme to change
the views l expressed to Mr.. Frelinghuysen.
With q sincere hope that you have experienced
no embarrassment from the delay your kind
ness has caused, am faithfully yours,
GEO f. EDMUNDs.
JUDGE BLATCHFoRD ACCEPTS.
Judge Blatchford has formally accepted the
nomination as Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court,
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FireWood and Powder.

They still keep up, in Maine, the
pleasant practice of loading sticks Of
firewood with gunpowder. In this way
a great deal of excitement can be created
in dull neighborhoods. The tedium of a
long winter is effectually broken, also
some ribs, aud occasionally skull; but
anything is better than absolute stagna.
ton. 1t is always an interesting ques.
ton, whether the person blown up stole
the billet of wood. or whether he charged
one of his own billets and forgot to toss
it over into his neighbours pile,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-17
The Chinese Bill.

The bill to suspend Chinese immigration has
passed the United States Senate, and will in
al probability go through the House and Sc
cure the approving signature of the President
The measure proposes to go right to the heart
of the so-called evil. Section 1 suspends"
the coming of Chinese laborers to the United
States for twenty years. Section provides fine
and imprisonment for the master of vessel
who shall bring such lahorers. Section exempts
the Chinese already in the United States, and
section requires them to register if they de-
sire to leave the country at any time and re-.
enter. Sections 5, 6 and establish system of
registration for privileged classes of Chinese en-
titled to travel IN this country. Sections and 10
regulate the landing of Chinese passengers
having passports Section IL forteits the yes
sci of master knowingly violating the provis-
ions of the act. Other sections prescribe tbs
duties of consular officers, fix the penalties of
persons siding in an unlawful landing Of
Chinese, or the entry of Chinese by land
route into the United States, and prohibit such
coming by land. Diplomatic officers of China
are excluded from che requirements of the act
concerning passports, and the naturalization of
all Cinnamon Is prohibited.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-17
MISCELLANEOUS GLEAN1Nos.

Militia marksmen, who, in State con-
tests, score 152 out of POSSIBLE 21O, viii be
eligible to the Creedmoor team that will shoot
against the British rihemen.
The Union Pacific road held its an
nual meeting in New York. Sidney Dillon was
reelected President, and a quarterly dividend
of 131 per cent was declared
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany last year reported gross revenue Of
SIG, sos, 1885, Their expenses we're IS, 4s9, 1863.
and their net profits $7,s79,l27.
James w. Scoville, counsel for Gui-
teau, declares that three Or four days after
the shooting of President Garfield secret SEES
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-17

A THEATRICAL man at Chicago thought
it would be smart to make n friend vino
slept with him believe that the smart
man had smallpox. So he got up in the
night, and with age paint he painted
his face with smallpox pustules, and
went to sleep. The innocent man woke
up in the morning and looked at his
friend. and finding him broke out, he
went out quietly and notified the health
officers, and they came with an ambu-
lance to take him to the pest-house. The
smart fellow had to do some of the best
acting he ever did in his lie to keep ont
of the pest-house. He is not exactly
clear whether it pays to be SO almighty
smart or not.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-17
Serious Laber Riot at Omaha.
OMAHA, March Is

The militia in the city to protect the non
striking laborers were annoyed last evening by
a gathering of men and boys, who threw brick
bats at the officers aud hit several squad Of
soldiers charged on the crowd to drive
them back from the militia quarters, and
several of the assailants were severely wounded
by bayonets. One of the wounded, named
G. P. Armstrong. formerly machinist. who
was wounded in the breast and taken into the
guard-house, supposed to be slightly hurt, has
died from the wound. he had been slightly
under the influence of liquor, and was
abusing the soldiers. He was lnoffensiye when
sober
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-17
POLITICAL POINTS,

A lively contest over the Chicago
Pension Agency is going on at Washington
The leading candidates are Miss Ada Sweet
daughter of the late Gen. b. j. Sweet, and
present Incumbent Mrs. Mulligan, widow of
the late Gen. Mulligan, and Jonathan N. Hyde
"a legless eX-soldier, of Dixon, Ill.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-17
An Arkansas Court Scene.

Lawyer Mclaughlin arose and said:
"And now as to being hired, hurl back
with contempt into the teeth of this
man his remark, as being unprofes-
sional.
"Don't say that I am unprofessional, E"
replied Colonel Howard.
+" [ do say so. )"
" You must not talk that way, said
Howard, quietly.
1 will talk that way"
cpl whip you, though, if you talk
that way" continued Howard, still quiet.
Then Mclaughlin roared, and sticking
the table, exclaimed:
"And you'll have the dist time-I
beg your Honors pardon-you ever bad
in your life.
The Magistrate finally succeeded in
restoring partial ordCr.
SEVERAL residents of Norwich. Conn.
recently witnessed what they call a
singular lunar phenomenon. Two
pyramidal luminous protuberances APP
peared on the moons upper limb. ." r.
they had staid in the gin-mill till morn
ing, instead of trying to get home be-
fore daylight, their delirium tremens
would have taken some other form
Few men of the period have been
more worshiped by women than the
Able List. They are said to even
bribe his servants tor his old gloves and
other tokens Of him,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-17

q delegate to the convention that nominated
GARFIELD, is said to be the writer. He charac-
terizes the deceased as "a treaeherous;
eowardly. hyrocritcai man; selfish to the ex-
IRENE, q professional Office seeker and pro-
fessional politician" The publication of the
article created considerable feeling at the
national cauitaI
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-17
Degrees of Consideration.

81 believe you are connected with
the church in Elm street, are you not,
Mr.. Dickson?" said the customer.
'tNo, sab, not ALL
"Whatl are you not member of the
African church?'
"Not dis year, sahl"
"Why did ycn leave their communion,
Mr.. Dickson, if may be permitted to
ask p
"WeD, I'll tell you, sah," said Mi
Dickson, stropping concave razor Oh
the palm of his hand, sit was jes like
dis. I jined de church in good fait' /;
gave ten dollars toward the stated
gospel de fus' yeah. and de church people
cell me 'Brudder Dicks IN; second yeah,
my business being not SO good, and ]
glib only five dollars. That yeah the
people call me Mr.. Dickson. Dis razor
hurt you, sah?'
"No, the razor goes tolerably well. y
well, sab, de third yeah fell berry
poor; had sickness in my family; |
didn't give nofin' for preachin'. Well,
sab, arter dat dey call me dat old Mig
ger Dickson. and I left 'eml"
HYDRoPHoBIA is said to be least known
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recently The name of The nlaeo wo

recently, the name Of the place was
spelled as follows
Attn, Alien, Alteen, Allan, Alton,
Attn, Ailten, Anteen, Alltan. Aultin,
4alton, Aulten, Aulteei, Aultan,
0lton, 0ltin, Olteen, Often, Oltan,
Ontin, clifton. Often, Olteen, Ollttan,
Awltons Awlten, Awltin, Awlteen, Anvil
tan, Orltin, Oultem. Allthan, Ultan.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-17

ABo1's composition on girls: 'sGirls
are the only folks that have their own
way every time. Girls is of several
thousand kinds, and sometimes one girl
can be ike several thousand girls if she
wants anything. This is all know
about girls, and father says the less I
know about them the better off am y
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-17
Thirty-three WAYS of Spelling Alton.

IHITly -IHTt6 Ways OF SptIIIAs AItOn.
It is curious how many wrong ways
people can find of doing a thing. The
county town of Oregon county, No., is
named Alton. In the addresses upon
letters received at the postofice there,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-17

GEN. RosEcRANs is represented as feeling very
badly over the publication of the Garfield
Chase letter. He is said to be anxious to ex-
plore the whole subject to the very bottom, in
the hope rather of finding something to justify
what looks TO him now like the treachery of a
trusted subaltern than to fix even more
clearly than now appears the blame on
his Chief of Staff. To his intimate friends.
however, Gen. Rosecrans makes no secret
of the belief, which circumstances have
forced upon him.. that Gen. Garfield at one
time had set bis heart on the command Of the
Army Of the Cumberland, and was intriguing
to secure the disgrace and removal of its COM
nlander in order that he might raise himself to
the leadership. Among officers of the regular
army the Chase letter is looked upon with
amazement. In their eyes it would be court
martial and almost a hanging offense for a
Chief Of Staff to communicate with the author
tiles at Washington in such way about his
commanding officer.
The discussion of this matter prompts a
former General in the Union army to step for
ward with an incident of the Baltimore Con-
vention of 1854 President Lincoln had been
renominated, and Gen.. Garfield, a delegate from
Ohio, telegraphed Gen. Rosecrans that the
Vice Presidency was going begging, asking II
he would accept Gen. Rosecrans sent an
affirmative answer, which is said to have. been
suppressed by Secretary Stanton, and Andrew
johnson was selected. In card to the Chicago
Times Mayor Harrison recalls the conversation
at an evening spent with Gen. Garfield, in 1864,
in which the latter grew enthusiastic in claim
ing Gen. Rosecraus as the ablest General In the
Union armies.
The Washington Post, Stilsop Hutchins' pa
per, prints savage attack upon the late Pre5i-
dent. Chauncey |. Fnley, of st. Louis, who was
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-17

HYDRoPHoBIA is said to be least known
in the warmest climates.
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a Royal Surprise for Canada

Lord BeaconsGeld's scheme to cement the
relations of England and Canada by send
ing the Queens daughter to preside in the
house of the Governor.G General of the Do.
minion has not been as successful as il was
expected to be, owing to the reluctance of
the Princess Louise to be separated
from her friends in England. When
the Marquis of Lorne returned across the
Atlantic without his wife recently, almost
all hope of ever seeing her again must
have boenabandoned by the Canadians, and
they must have regarded her dislike to their
country as uncomplimcntary to them as u
people. But 1t is rumored that royal sur.
pIiSe is in store for them. The Empress of
Austria is not likely to be able to return to
her lavoritc hunting ground in Ireland next
year, and rather than ride AFTER the hounds
in England two years in succession she may
cross the ocean, bringing her forty horses
and q bcvy of Austrian beauties with her.
IL is said that her decision to hunt In Can
ada will not only Tx the determination of
the Princess Louise to rejoin her husband,
but also bring the Prince of Wales to the
Dominion. lie isalmost as anxious to hunt
the elk and the bear in America as he was to
shoot tigers in India, and there is an air of
probability In the rumor that the future
sovereign of England rs well MS his sister
aud the Empress Of Austria, will be seen
upon this side of the Atlantic within wear,
Our neighbors of the Dominion would feel
battered by such q visit, and We of the
United States should expect q visit from the
prince, accompanied by the governor.gen.
eral and other members of the party, dur.
ing the winter.--INew York NAH and Elk.
prpss
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-25

representing no capital, but simply two
LEAP and as ii could not pay expenses
and The 10 per cent. dividend guaranteed to
the lessons, and was also behind in taxes
and other debt, II was proceeded against by
the Attorney-General of the State in
suit for bankruptcy, and the
alidavits of Mr.. GOULD and
Others were industriously used to
show that it was hepelessly insolyent
This leaves the fourth count of Wabash
stock amounting TO about 50, 100000, which
at 90 cents, its quotable value yesterday,
amounts to S2,s00,000, reducing the esti-
mate of $50 100000 in the aggregate to the
fair eppraisement of $0.l75,00O 49, which
shows a discount on the whole amount of
Si3, 600 on the grand exhibition of per-
s)nal wealth" These figures show con-
clusively that when Mn. GouLD made his
last play he opened the window for exceed
ingly dangerous shafts of criticism. His
immense wealth is dwarted by rational
analysis to about 100000, with the ques-
ton still an open one whether even this
amount is his own individually, or as u
depository, or for investment, or for loans
a question which the public are not permit
ted to solve. But two very rational and
simple conclusions present themselves. The
first OF these is that so shrcwd u man as
GOULD would never submit securities nsml-
nally worth $50 100000 but in reality worth
$4,000, 600 to an intelligent publcs inspes-
ton, unless to bolster up his credit and
maintain his position in the world of specu-
ation. But then, secondly, why should
any man, particularly cautious specu-
lator, attempt to bolster up his credit, un-
less there were real reasons therefor? If
sound and solid, what man is going
TO the trouble to lay his private
affairs before the public? The whole
bushes, therefore, looks as if Mn. Jay
GOULD were in trouble, and why shouldn't
he be- The universal history almost OF
speculation is that those who, by chance,
have amassed fortunes in day, as quickly
lose them, and the history of Wall street is
filled with the failures of the mighty mil
lionares, however brilliant, who, but All
hour before, might have WED with princes
in splendor. We regret to see these indica'
tions of disturbance in the financial waters,
and trust they may be free of any signifi'
canoe, but the failure of any prominent OPP
orator on Wall street at this time, is more
than likely to give the entire country trou.
HE
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-25
Fishing for the Balolo

Only on two days in the whole year do
these creatures come to the surface of the
water. The first day is in October, which is
hence called "Eittle Balolo," when only a
few appear The natives know exactly
when they educ and are all on the lookout
Tor them. They make their calculations by
the position of certain stars. After this
no more are seen till the high tide of the
full moon, which occurs between the 10th
and 25lh of November, which hence takes
the name of Great Balolo," when they
rise to the surface in countless myriads,
always before daybreak. AT certain well.
known points near the reefs the whole sea
to the depth of several inches is simply alive
with these red, green and brown creatures,
which rise from one writhing mass, and are
pursued by shoals of fish of all sizes, which
come to share the feast with the human
beings. For several hours there
is the merriest sport and laughter, every
one bailing up the worms and trying who
can most quickly fill his canoe. All is noise,
sscrambling and excitement, the lads and
lasSes each carrying wicker baskets, with
which they capture the worms without car.
rying too much salt water on board. As
the day dawns these mysterious creatures
sink once more to their native depths, and
by the moment of sunrise not one re.
mains on the surface, nor will another
be seen for u twelvemonth when,
true to its festival, the balolo
will certainly return. Never has il
been known to fail in the memory of the
oldest inhabitant, white or brown. Nor is
there any record of any one having seen
one rise to the surface on any save the two
appointed days, which are known as the
Little Balolo" and Great Balolo. "-['At
Home IN Fiji" Mrs Gordon Cumming.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-25
rnE DEATH or LONG FELLOW.

The intelligence was flashed over the
wires yesterday that one Of the most prom
inent figures in the American world oil
letters and one who will always take rank
in the higher departments of English liter
ature, had gone the way of all the earth
HENRY WADswoRrH LoNGFELLow died yes
terday at the ripe old age OFFS years, lie
was born in Portland. Maine, in 1907, and
for thirty or forty years has been before the
public as literary man, 1t has been Tor
some time quite evident to the public as
well as those nearest him, that
he was failing rapidly, and the cause
OF his death may be very properly attrlbu-
ted to the inlirmites of age, MIR. LONG
FELLOW was graduate of Bowdoin college,
and for long time held the proiessorship
of modern languages in that institution.
lie afterwards occupied the chair of Bellies
Lettres in Harvard university for number
o! years, during which time he Travelled ex-
tensiyely on the continent of Europe, fin
ishing his already liberal education and
polishing u mind upon which nature had
lavshed some of its richest gifts. lie
finally resigned his profcssorship and de-
voted himself exclusively to literary work,
The name anu poems of LoNGfELLow have
become SO familiar in American households
that ii is unnecessary to discuss his produc-
tons or merits further than to remark that
the distinguishing feature of his writings is
their simplicity and refinement. One
would search them in vain for the subtle
analysis of Poe or the rugged strength and
bluntness of even WHITTIER, but there is a
grace and drectness and pathos which
have rendered them not only popular in
America, but in England. Mr.. LoNG-
FELLOWS accomplishments in foreign
studies, languages and literature were OF
great service to him in his literary labors
and he made some beautiful and charming
transations from the Spanish, German and
Scandinavian tongues. He may justly and
with pride be regarded as one ofthe founda'
ton stones upon which our infant Ameri-
can literature is based and he is certainly
one of the shining ornaments therein. But
the battle of life has been fought, and the
long toilcr has rested from his work. II
will be long time, doubtless, before his
place will be supplied in the world of Amer
lean letters. OF him and his life and the
influence of his labors and the brightness oil
his example We can truthfully say his own
beautiful verse, that he has left
Foot prints, that perhaps another
Sailing ore ifes solemn main
A forlorn and shipwrcckcd brother,
Seeing may take heart again