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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-31
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The British Parliament met in extra ses-
sion on the 23d. The Queen, in her speech,
stated that the session had been called to
consider the subject of representation of
the people, and that further appropriations
were necessary for the relief of General
Gordon.
A FEW days ago heavy rains caused the
river at Holland Bay, Jamaica, to overflow
its banks, flooding the village and carry.
ing several stores and houses into the sea,
A GRAND TRUNK express dashed into a
stock train at Point Claire Station, Que
bee, few nights ago, the locomotives in
terlocking and their boilers exploding. An
engineer was killed and his fireman fatally
hurt, while number of passengers were
bruised. All the freight cars were COM
pletely wrecked and 120 sheep killed. The
loss was placed at 100000.
EIGHT persons lost their lives in a fire in
Westphalia, Germany, a few days ago.
Snow fell in some portions Of Ontario on
the 23d to the depth of six inches.
IT is reported that M. Daumas, connected
with the municipal government of Mar
settles, France, has fled with $4,000 of the
cholera relief fund.
AT Red Sucker Cove, Manitoba, on the
Canadian Pacific Road few days ago
six men were killed by falling rock and
three others were killed by a premature
explosion.
AT Bay Quinte, near Napanee, Canada,
while out shooting the other day James
Clarke, druggist, and Frederick Dews-
bury, a book-keeper, were drowned.
IT is proposed to raise by subscription
in Ireland 100000 for the benefit of the
family of the late Alexander M. Sullivan.
IN Italy during the twenty hours
ended at nine p. m. on the Doth there were
forty three new cases of cholera and nine
teen deaths, most of them occurring in
Naples.
NEARLY one hundred thousand persons
on the Goth marched through the streets in
the vicinity of Hyde Park, London, with
flags and banners, calling for the abolition
of the House of Lords.
J. R. HUTCHINs' residence, in Montreal,
was nearly blown to pieces few days ago
by an explosion of gas. The household
effects were thrown into the street, and two
servants narrowly escaped death.
CHOLERA was on the 9th regarded as
practically extinct in Italy.
AT Yokohama, Japan, the recent typhoon
destroyed 12S houses and damaged 800 9TH
ers. Out of eighty sailing vessels at sea
fifty-three were lost with 223 persons
aboard. Twelve vessels with 120 persons
were also missing. Of five life-boats that
went to rescue the drowning crews, four
were swamped and ten of their crews
were drowned.
THE Grand Trunk freight sheds and
Store-house at lindsay, Can, were burned
few days ago, together with seven loaded
cars and large quantity of merchandise.
Loss, $4,000.
On the 9th the Norwegian bark Loveid,
Captain Peas, from Dantzic, July 20, for
Philadelphia, was given up for lost. She
had crew of twenty men all told. The
vessel was owned in Skien, Norway.
On voyage from Ibraila to Rotterdam
few days ago the steamer Little Beck
was wrecked, fourteen persons being
drowned.
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HUMOROUS.

Several young girls have been ap-
pointed station agents in Minnesota,
and engineers are keeping a sharp
lookout for misplaced switches.
-George-''Yes; I take up my violin
for my own amusement occasionally,
but never play before company"
Tom-"Thank you, my dear fellow,
thank you, thank yoNI"
Very big boy" Please, Miss Blank,
| don't think father would like to have
me kept in after school" "Why not,
if he knows it is for breaking the
rules?" Big boy-"This is leap year,
you know" She let him off.-PhtiadeL-
phia Call.
"a kiss is a paroxysmal contract
between the labial appendages attached
to the superior and inferior maxiilaries
respectively of man and woman or
two women" says an exchange. Shot
We always supposed it was just right
smart smack. Boston Star.
"A very small boy was driving cow
along q country road. Shrinking into
a corner of the fence. timid city lady
called out: "Boy, does that COW ever
hurt peOple?" Swelling with import
ance, the little boy answered, consoling-
ly. Sometimes she don't. "-G0lde1s
Days.
1T is not every. one who can
dawnce. 1t wequires bwains, l assure
YOU" 81 don't agree with you, Mr..
De Silva" replied Miss Badger. 81
saw dog lead the German the other
day." ''That was vewy strange. Where
was it?'' "On Fourteenth street The
German was blind. IN 7. Times.
Why he flew
" 1 viii stay" he sang land sing my lay,
While slumber seals your eyes:
And the deep, still night will chase the day
Away from the star-llt skies.
I viii wake and sing till the morning star
Shall glow in the Eastern sky"
But he didn't; the dOg woke up just then
And smOte him nip and thigh.
-"Coachman, we ave not at our
'ouse Mrs. Brown, and as an English
woman born myself, I'm sure | ave
proper notions about the soShle scale;
but Lord "a mercy upon me, Mrs.
Brown, l can't no more 'elp it than L
can 'elp breathin' hair, wen a tram
way guard-'orse-car conductor, l
should say-looks at me nowadays-do
you know, ma'am, Pm that fustered
don't know w ether I'm on my ed or
my 'eels!"-PWck.
''[ have come, sir, to ask you for
your daughters hand. - 81 beg your
pardoni What name did you sayP'' Il
have not had the pleasure of meeting
you except casually. My name is
Smith. Have you any references?'
Certainly; your daughter go,
thank you; it is so good of you to ask
me. 1t is enough that you don't elope
with her. Take her. 1 don't know
you, but [ suppose you'll live in the
house, and we'll have an opportunity
to become better acquainted. Good
morning. ~ Chicago Tribune.
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Spreading 1t On Too Thick.

Mrs. De Poultice-'I hope you made
yourself agreeable to that Mrs. De
Fashion, for she is great authority in
society here, and we must keep on the
right side of herr
Mr. De Poultice mo danger that I
will ever make a bad impression, you
may be sure. [ just laid myself out to
please her, and if did not spread the
tiattery on thickly my name is not De
Poultice. You noticed that beautiful
young lady beside her?"
eyes.
swell, of course, she can't be any
near relation to Mrs. De Fashion, for
,he old lady is most horribly homely;
but I saw the opportunity and used it,
can tell you.
"What opportunity"
"Why, my dear, pretended I
thought that lovely young girl was Mrs.
De Fashions daughter. and to tickle
the old lady I spoke of the wonderful
resemblance and
"Oh! you bald-headed old idiot.
Mrs. De Fashion has only been married
3 year, Philadelphia Cat
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NEWS OF The WEEK.
RY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL..
FROM WASHINGTON.

In his recent annual report, Paymaster
General Rochester, of 1.-THE army, says the
total amount available for the fiscal year
was SIS, $50, 161; total amount disbursed,
$1S,25O, 100: leaving balance of 81, 1928, AL.
In his annual report on the 22d on the
operations Of the Signal Service, General
Haz n stated that during the past year no
general storm had passed over this country
without warning.
TIE suspension is reported of H. D. Cooke
g. Co., private bakers at Washington, with
liabilities of $4,000.
For the fiscal year ended June 30 the re-
port of the Post-office Department shows a
deficiency Of 81, $50, 179, owing to the reduce
ton in postage.
Elm case involving the invention of the
speaking telephone the chief examiners of
the Patent Office have decided mainly in
favor Of Alcxande, y. Bell who already
holds patents.
THERE were 263 business failures in the
United States and Canada during the sew
en- days ended on the oath, against 231 the
previous seven days. The distribution was
as follows: Middle States, 50; New En-
Sland states, 70; western, 10; Southern,
43; Pacific States and Territories, IS; Can
ada, 30.
Ir has been decided by the United States
Supreme Court that the time of service of
a cadet at West Point must be counted as
spent in the army in computing his longev-
ity pay.
IN its recent report the Land Office shows
that there have been 100000 farms taken
up by settlers in the last year.
THE exchanges at twenty-six leading
clearing houses in the United States during
the week ended ON the 25th aggregated
TS37, 29701S, against $767, OOO,O97 the pre-
vious week. AS compared with the CORE
spending period of 1883, the clearings indi-
Gated a decrease of 1916 per cent.
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SPLICING THE NEW CABLE.
The Great Work Accomplished, with Son
of Its Principal Features.

The Great Work Accomplished, with Some
of Its Principal Features.
NEW YORK, Oct. ga massage was re-
ceived by George w. Ward from the cable
steamer Faraday yesterday, saying that they
were making the final splice of the Com.
mercial cable. This completes the great
work in which the Faraday has been engaged
since the middle Of last April. The Fara-
day, after the shore end was laid at Coney
Island on Saturday last, dropped down to
the buoy, which was over two miles from
shore. and spliced the shore end of the cable
to the intermediate, which she had on
board. Then she sailed for the next
buoy, about eighty-fve miles distant to-
ward the east and the dispatch to Mr..
Ward shows that the work was done at that
point as successfully as at all others. The
two cables now unite at Cape Canzo, Nova
Scotia, and at Wateryille, Ireland. Both
are nearly seven thousand miles long, and
are duplexed by Muirhead's system, render
ing them practically four distinct cables.
Sir William Thompson's latest invention,
the siphon recorder, beautifully construct
ed apparatus which practically supersedes
all former systems of ocean telegraph, is
attached to the Commercial cables and will
bring down the time occupied in actual
transmission of the messages to the lowest
possible fraction
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ago. One brother was being badly
whipped, when all three went at the stran-
ger with knives and literally cut him to
pieces. His eyes were cut entirely out Snd
his body mutilated in an unspeakably hor-
rible manner. Two of the murderers were
arrested.
A TEACHER in the public schools of Co.
lumbus, O., Miss Emeline Burgner, was
killed the other day by being thrown from
a carriage.
I'm Alabama rain fell on the 9th, much to
the delight of the farmers of that State.
GEORGE LANE, the six year old son of
Edmund Lane, of Omaha, Neb., was
burned to death few nights ago. He got
out of bed and his clothes caught fire from
the CRATE.
THE famous Harper's Ferry property has
been purchased by Thomas FL. Savory, Of
Wilmington, Del, he paying $50, 100 to the
United States Government for it.
An incendiary fire destroyed nearly the
entire village of Tallapoosa, Ca, on the
9th. Not a business house was left.
JOHN PHILIPS, a Deputy Sheriff, in at
tempting to arrest an incendiary Dane near
st. Helena, Neb., few mornings ago, was
fatally shot and another citizen wounded.
A mob went to the house in the evening
where the Dane had barricaded himself
and took him out and hanged him to tree.
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COAL MINE DISASTER.

Explosion of Fire-Damp in a Mine Mean
Uniontown, Pa.-Two Dead and Several
Injured Workmen Recovered from the
Fatal Pit-Fears That Fifteen Other
Lives Had Been Sacrificed.
UNIoNTowN, Pa, Oct 2s.-Ye yesterday aft
ernoon about four o'clock terrible explo-
sion of gas occurred in the coal-mine of the
Youngstown Coke Company, situated three
and half miles north Of here. The men on
the day turn had left the mine and night
.drn. consisting of tWenty-four men, had
only been in short time when the accident
occurred. At the PRESENT. writing-2:30 a.
m.-but six of the men have been found.
Two are so badly burned and cut that
they can not recover; one is Slightly
burned and has al arm broken,
and two were killed outright.
The accident happened on the sixth plat on
the right of the entrance on a slope half a
mile from the mouth Of the mine. Superin-
tendent Refs and James Cole, pit boss, had
been in the mine examining the workings
just where the.explosion happened, and had
returned to the Office to examine the plat of
the mine. Ten minutes after they left the
explosion happened. There were two ex-
plosions, the second occurring few minutes
after the first. Both were very loud and
were heard mile away. The names Of the
killed and injured as far as known are as
follows:
Killed-James zebley, pumper, aged eight
cen; John Lape, rope-rider, aged thirty,
lnjured-Jacob Cole, aged fifty-three; not
expeefed to recover. David Cole aged thirty,
son of the above; terribly burnt and can not
broken.
A large force of men are searching the
mine, but no others have been found. Wash
Keffer, miner, was working some distance
from where the explosion took place, and
saved himself by lying in a pool of water
and waiting for the after-damp to pass. A
mountain of smoke and flame poured out of
the plymouth Immediately after the ex-
plosion, and continued to do so for full
hour.
The only way in which it is possible to
get at the men in the mine is by means OF
the air-shaft, as all the other entrances are
filled with the poisonous after-damp. In
many of the rooms where the men where
working the roofs have fallen and the men
can not be found. The superstition is that
they are buried beneath the fallen roofs. 1t
is Believed that about fifteen men were
killed.
The mine is inspected regularly every
morning by a man employed for that pur-
pose, and for over a month no gas has been
found in it. 1t is supposed that slight fall
from the roof opened a vein of gas which
came in contact with a miners lamp The
weather Sunday and yesterday was exactly
similar to that at the time of the disastrous
explosion in the West Leisenring mine
here last March, when nineteen men
were killed. The mine is operated by
slope, and although well managed, there
has been more or less gas in it for the last
eight months. The works are among the
largest and best in the coke region. Nearly
all the men employed there are natives.
The mine inspector for this district arrived
here from Bedford County yesterday morn
ing and had not left when the accident oc
Cured. He says the mine has given him a
good deal of trouble.
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port, R. l., was found dead, with his throat
cut, in the stable of his cousin, G. B. Rog-
ers, near Jacksonville, Fla.
In coal mine near Uniontown, Pa, an
explosion of gas occurred on the 9th,
where twenty -four men were at work. Two
corpses had been found, and two more were
rescued in a condition next to death. 1t
was believed that twenty lives were lost.
THE death of Mrs. J. II. Moshier, who a
few weeks ago celebrated her one hundredth
birthday, occurred on the 9th at Lockport.
Ny.
THE Clean IN. " oil refinery filling
house was burned few days ago. Loss
$4,000; no insurance. Three hundred men
were thrown out of employment.
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Brother and Sister Killed by a Rail.
way Train.

OMAHA, Neb, Oct Information waa
received Sunday of the accidental death
of George Hall, formerly of Omaha, and his
sister, near North Adams, Mass, by being
run over by railroad train while crossing
the track in buggy. Hall had both legs
broken and his skull fractured, and his
sister had her skull crushed They were
the only children of an aged widow at
Stamford, vt, and were on their way
home Hall was formerly employed for
several years as book-keeper for BarkaloW
Brothers, railroad news agents here.
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Forced to Confess to a Crime He
Never Committed.

WORCESTER, Mass, Oct. 2s.-Charles E.
L. Briggs, the young post-office CLERK
who recently confessed to stealing let
tiers, has been proved innocent. At
ter his arrest he claimed that his
confession was extorted by threats
and promises. The thefts continued after
Briggs arrest, and last Monday night 9
stolen postal note was presented at the
post Office. The threat was traced Go
Charles Smith, an elevator boy, who has
since made a full confession. Briggs has
been released and Smith arrested.
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Shot While Preparing for His Wed.
ding.

RICHMOND, Va, Oct 23.-Edward O.
Fitzgerald, Jr., a popular young man of this
city, accidentally shot himself in the head
yesterday and may die from the effects of
the wound. He was to have been married
this evening to Miss Lille Darlington,
daughter of Colonel W. G. Darlington, May
or of this city Fitzgerald had been en-
gagged in packing his trunk preparatory to
his wedding trip, when it is supposed in
leaning over the trunk to put his pistol in
it the weapon was discharged. His mother
and brother had just left him and he was
in a joyous mood over his approaching mar
rage
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Another Attempt at Train Wrecking.

PEORIA, ILL.,, Oct. 23.-While on the way
hither yesterday an attempt was made to
wreck the train conveying General Logan
and party. When the train was about
mile west of Knoxville, and was travelling
at the rate Of forty miles an hour, the engi-
neer noticed an obstruction on the track as
he was rounding curve. He at once put
on the brakes, but did not succeed in stop
ping until the engine had run over two OF
four ties which had been laid across the
rails. There is no clue to tie perpetrators
Of the dastardly crime,
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Mysterious Robbery of an Express
Office.

NILES, O., Oct ga package Of money
containing $500 has disappeared from the
express office in this city. 1t was sent by q
bank at New Lisbon to bank at Pitts.
burgh. The money was delivered to 10
cal office of the United States Express Com
panY by the New York, Pennsylvania &
Ohio agent and he was given a check for it.
On making up the routeman's run on the
day following the chief clerk found that the
money had been taken and nothing but
blanks remained. There were several men
in the room at the time the money was re
ceiyed by the local agent, and the detectives
claim to have no clew to the robber.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-31
Idebtedness of Subsidized Railroads

WASHINGTON, Oct 25.-From the report
of Commissioner of Railroads William Fl.
Armstrong for the fiscal year ended June
80, 1884, the total Indebtedness of the sew
eral subsidized Pacific Railroads is shown as
follows:
Union Pacific, including Kansas Pacific:
Principal, $33, 539512; accrued interest, $685.
O99,554-total, S66639,066. Central Pacific, in
Guiding Western Pacific: Principal, $685.
ESQ; accrued interest, SIG, 1872 145-total, $751;
64T, 49, Sioux City & Pacific: Principal, $1628,-
$40; accrued interest, 81, 661 996-total, $780,
BIG. Central Branch Union Pacific: Principal,
$3,245,60S. Grand total, $127, 823,015; total
credit to these roads, $24, SSS, 222; balance in
favor Of the United States, but not due until
the maturity of the principal in 1895 and 1899,
$102, 1884, 793.
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An Awful ate.

DAYTON, O., Oct. 2S.-Mrs. Elmira Sisler
of this place, met with terrible dt'ath. She
was engaged in her household duties when
her clothing caught fire from the kitchen
stove. 1t is supposed she did not discover
her danger until she had gone into another
room, and that she was then SO overcome
with fright as to be unable to call for help.
Her son was at work in the yard when the
smell of burning clothes attracted his at
tention. He entered the house and foun(
his mother lying dead On the floor, which
was burning around her. Her clothing
was entirely consumed and her limbs were
burned to a crisp, hardly any flesh being
left on the bones.
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Deficiency Caused by the Reduction in
Postage.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The receipts in
the Post-ofice Department for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1884, exclusive of mon
ey-order revenue, were $40, 919, 635, and the
expenditures SAG, All, 772, leaving deficien-
cy of 81, 1913, 1877, which is attributed to the
reduced postal rate. The Department last
year had a surplus of $2,553, 100. This
years deficiency, however, will be reduced
about 100000 by money-order revenues.
The result confirms the estimate made by
President Arthur in his message to the last
Congress.
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Annual Report of General Hazen, Chief of
the Bureau-Lieutenant Darlington Held
Responsible for the Loss of Life in the
Greedy Expedition.
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The Safe of the Adams Express Company
at Woonsocket, r.. l., Broken Open and
Sixteen Thousand Dollars Stolen.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-08-07

THF very large support W C.; Mr- Blaine will C. D III; nt f nf Le vo-- CTS Of JrWIsh faith ir his couniry is req dily acc ouf ted for While S cretars Of State he succeeded in forcing the Russian Goverr mcnt to al ar dou it's policy of the persecu- fi"n of he Jews. Ills course WIS a veiy vigorous ore, and doubtless well illustIatrs the m pner in which he wt uld prot,c cl Amt rican ciiiz' ms abroad if ec ed President. he pers, cutie of the Jews having been called io his attt ntiOn, MT Blaine @uvc the Russia Gov, r. rnent tn un- d rstand that the United Siales w uld ct tolerate any interference with Amcri an citiz,.ns, and at the same time he submitted 10 he BrIi- ish Gov rnmct a proposition tliat ike two gcv'rrm,r mite in the cause of civ liz ltion to prevent J wish persecution in Russia. This fact was also brought to the atien- tion of he us ian Government. al d The result was that a great many rersecu'ed H. brows went free.-Lcs Apge'es Repu6lican.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-08-07
Powx KruL EFFORTS.

Our Arzona exchanges, and es- p, ciaI y St of Tn $ n, devote as much high pressure effort 10 the naiional politics as though the re suit of the Presidential election de> pended upon the vote of Arizona. When we rememhtr that this is the hottest season of the year, that Tuc> soE is one of the hottest places Tn the " r q, and that the electors from Arizona will not be invite to occupy seats in the electoral college this ine, such powerful, and yet wholly dlsinIerested eff rts, are somewhat eurrrising Albuquerque Journal.
 Has the Journal yet to learn how far Arizona is from anywhere, h w dry the country IS and what raking It takes 10 gather up an item for newspape..