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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17

Three different civil engineers have
made estimates of the quantity of water
pouring over Niagara Falls every min
ute, and there is a difference of two
quarts between the highest and the
lowest. Buffalo Express.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17

If a tradesman in Madagascar gives
short weight and is found out, he is
sentenced to pay fine OF five oxen and
i've dollars. Or go to prison and work
in chains for one year,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
The Wisconsin Central Road.

The report of the Wisconsin Central
Railroad for the year ended June 80. 1884,
has been filed with Railroad Commissioner
Haugen by the trustees, j. A. Stewart and
E. H. Abbot. The total income was 81, 49,
S21.5Q, which was S1,272, 1882 at the last
report. Operating expenses, including
car service, $1,071, 42S. IA, last report, $685.
492. %; excess of income over operating
expenses, .$4O5, 1926, against S279, 703.OS,
last year. Amount of common stock,
50, 4S5, 800; preferred stock, $2,OOO,O 900.
Total capital stock of! the company, $11,-
AS, 500. Total bonded indebtedness, So
100000 Total immediate liabilities, $780,
763. 10; quick assets, S26S, 46S.96. Earnings
Of passenger department, 1923. 100 SO; of
freight department, 1891, 249.01; total
transportation earnings, SLAB, 00934;
total expended during the year for con-
struction, S4S,O12.S2; total for equipment,
S665S57; total train mileage, 1,249, 10;
total number of passengers carried one
mile, 10, a46 ,629; total freight carried one
mile, AZ, 727, GA tons. The number of
acres of land sold or conveyed since last
report was 1850, at an average price of
1921 per acre. The number of acres
now held by the company is 542,S7443.
The company has forty-nine locomotives.
thirty passenger cars and 1,704 freight
cars.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17
FOREIGN INTElllGENcE.

The Russian authorities have closed the
University of Kief and one hundred and
sixty eight of the students were arrested,
charged with being connected with the
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25
At IA London Gambling He'll.
Pail Mall Gazette.

AT the time when we are demanding
the suppression of the gambling tables
Mt Monte Carlo II may be interesting
TO read the following account of u visit
paid recently by casual contributor
To gambling hell In London: 1--WE
walked toward the Tottenham.court-
road that | might catch the bus. Too
late, however, the last one had gone.
There was nothing for me, then, but
TO make up my mind to invest half II
dollar on cab. My companion sug-
gested l should 20 In with
him to his club for half an
hour. Agreed. ] entered, no ques-
tons asked; | suppose the fact of my
being IN IA meL.ber's company wns
sufficient. He opened door and
ushered me IN, and the frat eNclama-
ton | heard was "Kenon and Il grunt
Of satisfaction. Silver was rapidly
counted and passed along To this
individual. / WAS considerably taken
aback nj the business air of the whole
concern. Seated at n table covered In
green club, and not unlike "a converted
billiard table, were some twenty II We
or thirty men, each intently scanning
four or I've cards bearing u number OF
printed figures. The croupier, banker,
or whatever he may be tern. ed, stood al
the end of the table facing the company
and rapidly revolving IA box not unlike
miniature washing machile. At
each revolution he released an ivory or
bone ticket bearing a number, which
he quickly called aloud, and placed
upon an index or tablet also In front
Of him. The gamesters being armed or
provided with any number OF those
printed cards. for each one of which
they have TO pay 3p,, 10 the proprietor,
are also supplied with n quantity OF
red counters. The cards, all bearing
different Series of figures, are rapidly
scanned by the holders, and as u mum
Der Is called by the man In charge,
banker or whatever he may be,
u corresponding number Is COW
cred on the card with IA count
er, until such time AZ one of the card
holders covers Ave figures In hori-
zoptal position, or across the card
when he Immediately calls "keno."
His numbers are checked and found Ia
correspond with the bankers, and the
pool becomes his. One noticed more
particularly seemed TO be doing very
well in offering short odds, and thur
| playing his own little game very wei
Indeed, his exclamation every now
and again, In kind of bastard Yankee
twang being, go on with thu
music" My friend in less thar
u quarter OF an hour dropped g..
although j was given 10 understand
they were only allowed Is. stakes
Having no more silver he rose from
the table he declined the change OF q
ten pound note which two or tire,
offered TO supply. 1t was now gettinl
on for a. m. Monday morning. W,
adjourned to the refreshment bar ant
had couple Of liquors. Some Of thu
members were lying about asleep In TIN
gaming room, having, supposed
been hit hard by the latest American
importation, keno, and who had, ap
parently, no other place to lay theiI
leads than thls.n
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25
GAINESVILLE.
Parson Bone Experiences an Exciting
Time During Divine Services
Runaway Boys-Rov. DeJarnets Injured
Dexter to be Rebuilt.
corresponaence Of lhe ea1elte.

Correspondence OF the Gazette.
GAINESVILLE, July 2S.-While Par
son Bone was conducting camp
meeting ut Mineral Grange, this coun-
ty, one King became disorderly and
had to be taken in charge by officers.
He cut Mr.. Bones hat into pieces and
also one of the ropes which supported
the large tent under which the people
had gathered TO worship.
AT the last fire at Dexter Rev. Il. {.
DeJarnett was severely injured and
will be disabled for several weeks.
The gentleman was on the top OF one
of the buildings spreading n wet
blanket when he slipped aud fell to
the ground, n distance Of % feet
Three boys, Frank Lsiier, Tom
Friendsley and another, name I'M
known, left taeir homes ut Dexter for
parts unknown. Neither of them Is
over II years of age. Diligent search
has been made for them, but their
whereabouts cannot be ascertained
They were reported to he In the Ma
ton. Parties went 10 the place desig-
mated but could find no trace OF them.
When the boys left home they had
Il
not known why they left.
The Gainesville Nationals will play
the Shreveport club In this city on the
Sth, 9th and 10th OF August.
Numerous enterprises OF one kind
and another find u home In Gaines
Vile, and from all appearances they
are thriving abundantly.
Quite number of DeXterites were
in the city this morning for the pur-
| pose of making arrangements for the
speedy rebuilding of the burnt dis
trict and the purchase of goods. They
say that In short time they will have
their goods replenished and be ready
TO serve the public The origin of the
fire Is still unknown, and various the.
cries are advanced IA 10 how aud 10y
what means the conilagration started
This morning one of the guests o
the Lindsay hotel left for u trip In the
southern part of the state, and wher
one of the servants went into his room
to clean up she found that the lat,
occupant had left "A pocket-book con
tanning money and checks To tn,
amount OF several thousand dollars
The purse and contents We're promptly
turned over TO MIR. Townley, VIII,
holds ii toawait the order of its owner
The darkest hour for cattlemen il
this vicinity is said TO have passed
and the dawn for better tinies Is rap
idly approaching.
The ladies OF this city met yesterdu,
and formed an association for the pun
pose of arranging for display In tn
, women's department at the World
show.
b. 9. Cunningham, representing tn
, Fort Worth GAZETTE, was In the cit
. to-day.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

enough to be called hog, but they
termed II a pig, and "a they turned II
over TO the care Of the landlord at
whose inn they proposed TO rest for the
night, one OF the men exclaimed
he awful careful with that pig. He's
n daisy--a new breed Just from Scot
land. We sold him 10 n farmer out
here for $50. and we don't want any.
thing TO happen to HIM. The land.
lord locked the pig up, and then began
20 think and cogltate and suspect
When the strangers had gone 10 bed,
he called In some OF the boys and said
"I've twigged the racket; them two
fellows are sharpers, and that's n
guessing pig. Tomorrow they will
give you chance to guess Mt his
weight at ten cents guess, and you'll
be cleaned out-only you won't! As
the fellows sleep we Will weigh their
pig and beat their game" Nobody
slept until the pig was taken over 10
the scales and weighed. He pulled
down 10 pounds to n hair, and the
Villagers went home and hunted up
their nickels, and dreamed OF pigs aud
scales and sharpers through the re-
mainder of the night. Next morning
the pig was led around In front, and
before starting oil ON his Journey, one
Of the owners remarked to the assem-
bled crowd: "Gentlemen, I'm going
to weigh this pig directly. Maybe
some of you would like to guess on his
weight? I'll take all guesses nj ten
cents each, and whoever hits II gets
fifty cents This provoked large
and selected stock OF winks and
smiles, but no one walked up until the
pig man said that any one person could
guess rs many times ~ he cared To,
provided dime accompanied each
guess. Then n rush set In. Three OF
-four merchants put up fifty guesses
each. A justice OF the peace took
thirty. a lawyer said about twenty
would do for him. Before there was
any let up In the guessing about 60I
had been registered and paid for
Every soul of them guessed at LII
pounds. IL was curious what una
nimity there was In the guessing, bu,
the pig men didn't seem TO notice II
When all had been given chance, TIN
pig was led Ia the s,ales, and 10 hi,
weight was exactly IA pounds! "Yol
see, gentlemen explained the spokes
man, while this animal only weigh
l10 poupds at II o'clock NJ night, W,
feed him about five pounds of corn
meal In the morning before Weighing
You forget 10 take this matter inu
consideration y Then somebody kick
ed the landlord. aud he kicked til
, Justice, and the justice kicked mel
chant, and when the pig men locke
back from a distant hill the Who'll
town was out kicking it4elr and throw
ing empty wallets into the river.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25
A TALK WITH TREvINo.
English as She is Spoke by Famous
Mexican Leader.


BY the way, this Gen. Trevino, of
whom such mighty things are sus.
pected, Is the most mild and molten
sive looking individual imaginable.
When In Monterey. where his head
quarters are, did myself the honor of
calling on him in company with two
press correspondents. One of them,
who knew Senator Logan, had OBJ
tanned through him letter Of intro
duction from Romero. the Mexican
minister at Washington. Romeros
letter began something like this:
This young man when introduce
TO you comes well recommended from
Senator Logan, n distinguished MEM
Der of the United States senate.r
Gen. Trevino, whose knowledge Of
English is painfully small, got the
letter slightly mixed. He imagined IL
was Introductory of Senator Logan
himself, and after looking at the
Journalist moment, exclaimed in
broken English:
"Ah, senator, rejoice myself 10 see
you"
VI am not SENATOR promptly dis
claimed the correspondent.
but are you not ger Senator Lo.
gan?p
"Not at ALL General, my name is
plain Dresser
"Ah hal Senior Plain-dresser, not
Senator Logan. You are welcome,
Senior Plain-dresser, and your friend"'
turning toward Mr.. Sherman.
mr.. Sherman introduced Mr..
"Plain" Dresser.
"Ab!" exclaimed Trevino, "Yo en-
tendeo-not Senator Logan, but ger
Gen. Sherman. Thought you general,
"a man not 30 young,o
1t was only after considerable effort
that We were able to make the general
understand the true state of affairs.
Gen. Trevino has m intelligent face
and il cordial In his manner. After
the compliments OF the day he said, or
seemed TO say:
"A war he going In Europe soon ?''
what" we said, "a war In
Europe?n
Eyes, a war In Eufope.p
Surprising because of his military
position that he was posted, we aske
between what countries.
France and Germany"
| "Ah ~
And Italy and Spain"
"What p'
England and Ireland, and"
| General !"
"fees, said Scotland, and"
GOOD heavens. general, all Europe
| will be In chaos ~
BIT the general only smiled rs !
imparting pleasing information, ant
continued 10 enumerate, one by one
all the countries Of Europe. Present.,
an aide-de-camp came In. and was tOlt
Of this dreadful European war, know
only TO the general. The aide fortu
Dately knew little more Engiisl
than did his superior, and explalnes
TO lis that what the general meant +
say was that he Twas" himself goiDl
to Europe.
| Later on attempted TO obtain th
generals opinion of Mexic0's com
mercial relations with the Unite'
States.
what do you think of the tariff
asked.
II think yer American plows yer
goot."
Mr.. Dresser remarked that It was
fine day.
4 20 yes, the railroad soon fnishe
, will be.n
hoped the general was In goo
health; he replied he was not surf
but he thought " might rain, aud )
. on to the conclusion of this interes
Ing and highly satisfactory Interview
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25
OAMERoN.
6truggle With a Burglar
|chl Ypints Democratic
barbecue.

|bnce OF the Gazette.
biz, July 23.--An unknown
|ered the residence of Walter
last night about 2 o'clock
kte<puufch out of his vest
ind probably attempted 10
Fape. Mrs. Lightfoot was
by some one putting his
her. whom she at first took TO
eband, but discovering ii was
raised an alarm, whereupon
hder ran. Her cries awoke
who took after the party and
I'm at the yard fence. Light
BIT him by throwing his arms
him from behind. A lively
|ued In which Lightfoot was
bitten on the hands and arms
~ last forced to let go and the
|ped- Dur people are greatly
|lin morning., ana parties are
the eOnntry around for the
several negroes are appre-
under suspicion OF being
pty parties. When the
~ Is found you may expect d
|R flrst-class hanging by Judge
|wn parties last night alsc
khe house of a man by The
Hook md stole some clothing
|OcrAtIc barbecue Will be i.,- !
|ale the 9Th of August, Il, l.,
The big guns of the state viii
INT. Gov. Ireland, ex-Gov
and ~ q. Mills are expected
Friday, the 18th, our county
pm WAS held to send delegate
BE judicial, congressional ano
conventions. The delegate
PtrQoted except to vote for tn,
rule.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

= nnefit OF public educa-
y ri The Identical purpose
q iced. II is said that
6flNo land was not fore
N The constitution, and If
hndcRed, IL the constitu-
aboutit, then II Is certain
8den "a was once IL Il said
7 o1lngress could declare
All X lot make peace, and
u In phrase, "eSpressio
|uc61cd TO support tho ar
tko laid congress Is ex-
"a to declare war, but
about peace. That
linen krickn of the argu-
nnti-lease constitutional
the maxim was just rs
ben ~ now.
|husiasts write about SELL
bile OF u almost immedi-
bout The great aud valua-
berunanent improvements
be nah ~ ". Let them
Inc 8 be valuable perma-
~ which have been
millions acres Of
md on the school
ben taken up under
"a 1881, when any
buy about all he
Z ~ tbnce, mesquite pen,
Would about exhaust
". Wonder IL they have
low long 1t would take to
|mIlIione acres of land to
BIZ. Then it is said again
)uld Oh be sold and the sum
kenty or seventy-hve mill
bd therefor, aud this money
bondsnk five per cent. inter
him. Large results have been
on that basis, but unfOrtu-
Ire mot tpld where the five
bnds c611d have been found
Inne Ian was passed, or any
| Or bo1s in which to have
hat n13bunt, or any Other
n mHolpt of money
) W told where the uctus.
br thirty odd million
land are to come
] several years hence
3 some figures about that
|llS74 TO November 1879 lane
bly, to actual settlers. Dur
lme-nearly six years les
acres Of land was appliet
bf this amount only abou
} was paid out, the most be
ID, and this was mt Il tim
bick Of the West was otfsre'
! acre.
| thing to be counted In tn
Il that although the leas
Issed April II, 1883, no faul
known 20 it until after til
| the cattle convention n
year afterwards, an,
TIL the board, ufte
|a delegated committe
bn sent to demand a deduC
lease price from s TO 4 cent.
against the interest Of tn
buccumb to their demau
WAR opened; then the cattle
|he cattle corporations too
bit for the actual settler, VIII
lax up their ranches; 18th
be lamb lay down together,
Heet by magic became n fin
|af country.
discussed the question will
hce 70 the last leasing whic
hsterially change the resu
JOHN ID. 1EMPLEroS.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25
MidIsthian.

|lhe 0ou1@fe.
|IHJAN.J July 2I.--Westher ex-
bot and dry: crops are suffer
bin; corn Is already burned up
Feezea and cotton is suffering.
Ind oatA made "A good yield in
ION thts season, but farmers
he able to realize much from
Pin crop 1t the present prices.
tteen Cars of grain have been
from here this season, and
|enty to thirty cars have been
Is better prices.
pnten are plentiful and If you are
treets much you are continu-
p24&nlng of your arm hurting
X m you go home at night
~ Ire family some time
|Tf(1f 4rm, for fear you will
1atism.
1Ipey Templeton has al
81, who will make T.
faight to 80 over hiu
sixteen candidates out
his county, and still
II 8 more, and right here
Ave- real good looking, OLE
|r9te ne-armed men wht
run nd them over.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

What was believed 10 be one Of the
pirate kidd's treasure boxes war I'm
sartlied by q party Of Italian eniigrants
near Berkshire, Conn. In powder
h0sn. tipped with silver and covered
Will hteroglyphics, were found some
old English c6ins, y Spanish doubloon
and piece Of parchment.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

The other day visitor surprised a
distinguished professor, who was say
ing TO his baby, "On-ny, no-ny, Q
mussy tick his little footsy tooties. "
Just then he caught sight Of the Wis
itor, blushed, and muttered: mo. no.
you must not expose your pedal ex.
tremities by extending them beyond
the protecting covering Of the blanket,
or you will lay your system open To at
tacks OF cat arrhal Affection"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

Your grocer will recommend Rion-
osa coffee, because no knows that the
process employed retains la the berry
the purity, strength, freshness and fla-
yor which distinguishes fine coffee.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25
The Man with this PIg.

A few days ago two men, who were
afterwsrd found 70 he Dstriofery, ar
rived In town about fifty miles 10
the west " that city. leading a.plg. It
was perhaps big enough and heavy
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25
Russian Commissioner for New Orleans

The Southern drug store IL Justly
famed for it, prescription department.
The drugs and chemicals US u for pre-
scriptions are selected with scrupuious
care, and every precaution Is USED to
insure correctness.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

Free lunch from 10 10 IL ut John
Hofimann's every morning.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

q Herald thinks that the
{ = y niuch-abused fruit.
] p fresh and ripe, at the
- ich means as the first
~ Ast-it Is "a wholesome
srticle Of diet. Eaten
pe or stale, or ON top OF
j 1e in the afternoon. 1t
disturbance And n0
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

lery Is now In opera
territorial limits OF the
That one In open vi
pours out more than
rrels per day Of lntox-
Eithin tue shadow of
- capitol, and within
Units OF the city Of Des
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

. Ladies' |. a spp,oss y Jour -laekins
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25
WhitesbOrO.
Correspondence of the Gazette.

correspondence Oh Inc 6hIcttt.
WHTrEsBoRo, Ten, July 23.-F'ive
new brick business houses on the south
side of Main street are nearing COM
pletion. All of them are good, sub
stantial and handsome buildings. Our
town is rapidly assuming the proper
tions of city in everything but its
banking facilities. We have three
railroads and telephone connection
with all North Texas, ~ good pub
lie school as there is In the state, and
$500 good, sober, industrious and
thrifty citizens. We have live, .ener-
getic and progressive business men
who are rapidly extending the trade
and influence of the town.
a conclusive evidence of the pros
perity of the town IL the almost unpar-
alleled increase in the values of real
estate. Within the past six months
real estate has increased in
value thirty or forty per cent.
As an illustration, business houses on
Main street which were offered six
months ago for $1,000 are now sold
readily for Il. 900. and residences have
Increased in value at the same ratio.
Rents have advanced In proportion.
But we still have the drawback of be-
ing without bank. There Is per-
haps no other town In the state OF the
size, Importance and trade of Whites
borO, that Is destitute of u bank. Wis.
itors constantly ask why Is 1t that you
have no bankY
We have u goodly number OF candl-
dates for the city offices. Election
Will take place first Monday In Au-
gust.
Our people, we believe. are almost
solid for free grass. Our precinct con-
vention meets August 2, and IL / am
not mistaken you will hear from our
Democracy on that question.
w. j. Rogers, prominent East
Texas merchant, Is here prospecting.
He thinks that he will east In his LOT
with us at Wh,tesboro. We hope he
will, as we are now needing such men
to help us In the development and
/ progress OF our town. The country Ii
healthy and crops good.
Russian Commissioner for New Orleans.
| WASHINGTON. July BE. G.. Var
Ripper, American consul Mt Moscow
Russia, was to-day authorized by cabl,
by the department 81 state to accep
the appointment OF special commits
sioner OF the New Orleans exposition
for Russia, and cooperate with til,
authorities OF that empire TO secure til,
best possible display at New Orleans
-s-~s------
| The Roufhern druO afors IL fn.fIx
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

Use SILVER LOAF BAKING
POWDERS.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

Garry home box OF SILVER
LOAF BAKING POWDERS.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

DO you know that / was telling =
railway owner and manager that this
simple air syphon, too simple TO be uu-
dersto0d and costing too little 70 be
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-15

was long time a sufferer with rheuma-
tism, says Mr.. Anton Grandcolas, Belleville,
Illinois, and was cured by the use of St.
Jacobs Oil, the great pain-releiver.