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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20
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NEAR the town of Lake Valley, n NJ, a
band of Indians killed three Cinnamon on
the 18th who conducted vegetable farm
on Mimbres Creek, five miles from Taron.
SUFFERERS by the recent great fire az
Galveston, Tex, were reported on the 18th
to be in great distress, and appeals for aid
were made to the entire country.
On the 14th the Supreme Court of Illinois
affirmed the sentence Of five years in the
penitentiary imposed upon Joseph C.
Mackin for perjury in connection with the
Eighteenth Ward election fraud in Chicago
one year ago.
CHIEF JUSTICE A. j. EDGERToN Of the SUI
preme Court of Dakota, resigned on the 18th
THE three Italians Gerald, Sylvestri and
Azari, convicted of numbering Filippo
Carousos were hanged in the yard of the
Cook County Jail at Chicago at noon on
the 18th.
A MOB on the 10th lynched Noah Cherry
(colored), who assaulted Alice Powell, a
little white girl, near Norfolk, Va.
WHILE skating on Floyd Lake, near De-
troit, Mimi, the other day James z. Gee
broke through the ice and was drowned.
He leaves wife and nine children
SERIOUS injuries, three probably fatal,
were sustained by seven persons in the
family of Rev. John Gillian by horses run
ming away on the 10Th at Dorristown, Tenn.
A FIRE destroyed eight business buildings
at Butler, Md, few days ago. Loss,
100000. @
SLossoN, Schaefer and Vignaux BEGAN a
billiard contest in Chicago on the 10th for
the championship of the world.
THE Tongue River Indians, in Montana,
were reported III a starving condition on
the 10TH
Or the Twenty-Five moonshiners arrested
about two months ago in Harlan and Knox
Counties, KY, by Deputy Marshal 81. W.
Rogers nearly all are now serving SEN
fences. A few evenings ago Rogers was
fatally wounded by ball fired through his
bedroom window in Harlan village
REPORTS on the 10Th stated that sos resi-
dences at Galveston were destroyed by the
recent fire, and that the loss was fully 81
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20
LATER.

THE annual report of Lieutenant General
Sheridan, issued on Che nth, shows that at
the date of the last consolidated returns
the United States army consisted of 2,154
officers and a. 05 men.
THE business portion of the village Of
Hazlehurst, Miss, was destroyed by fire on
the 18th. Loss, 100000, with little insur-
ance.
THE Servians gained decisive victory
over the Bulgarians near Widen on the
18th. The loss was heavy on both sides.
The Servians captured one thousand pris-
oners.
Mr. PARNELL ON the 18th decided to con-
test the Irish district of Liverpool fora seat
in Parliament.
The houses of William Bryant and
Woodford Ash, in Bullitt County, KY,
were set on fire on the 18th by burglars,
who secured 81 900 at each place. A lad in
the former residence was cremated.
THE Oregon Legislature took it's first hal
lot for United States Senator on the 18th,
the Republican vote being scattered,
Mitchell receiving "A and Williams Is.
The Democrats voted solidly for Slater
In coal mine near Pomeroy o., fall
of slate the other night killed two men ana
dangerously injured two others.
As THE result of quarrel over forty
cents Mortimer Cockerell shot and killed
his brother George on their farm near Law
renee, Kan, on the 18th.
In the Colby mine, on the shore of Lake
Superior, four men were killed on the 18th
by the fall of large section of ore.
81.
sands of crazy-quilts, opened in New York
on the 18th.
MRS RHoDA HOWARD died in Bath Coun-
ty, KY, on the 18th, aged 116 years She
smoked tobacco during the greater portion
of her life, and never took dose of medi
cine.
White repairing furnace on the 18th at
Johnstown, Pa, j. B. Smith, being over
come by gas, fell into the red-hot recep-
taclc. In attempting a rescue seventeen
men were rendered unconscious by the gas
and had to be dragged away to places of
safety.
OvERTAxATIoN caused the National Bank
of Plankington, D. T., to go into liquidation
on the 18th. Depositors and stockholders
would be paid in full.
Z SUICIDES were reported on The l4Un as Iol-
lows: III. B. Smith, at Butte City, M. T.;
Reinhardt Ramp, at st. Louis, No, and
Oliver F. Terry and Mrs. Thomas Casey, at
Middletown, N. Y.
Tbs annual reporton the 18th of the Chief
of the Bureau of Statistics shows that the
United States stands fourth in the list of
nations in respect to foreign commerce.
Great Britain leading, Germany second
and France third. The total value of our
foreign trade during the last fiscal year was
sl,547 02O,316
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20
DYNAMlTE'S AWFUL WORK.

Thrown Into Stove by Child, 1t Wrecks
a House, Kills the Infant and Fatally
Hurts the Little Ones Mother.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Nov. 13.--Particu-
lars have just been received OF a distressing
accident which occurred near the little vii
lage of Rockfeld, twenty-eight miles north
of this city, yesterday morning The lit
tie four-year-old daughter of Jacob
Dhein, lime burner and stone quarter,
innocently picked up large dynamite
cartridge used for heavy blasting and
threw it into the kitchen stove. A terrible
explosion followed, shattering the house.
killing the little girl, fatally iniuring Mrs.
Dhein and seriously mutiIating other mem
bers of the family. The child's head and
arm were torn from the body, its head be-
ing found quite distance from the house
attached to portion of the
family dogs head, the animal
having stood by the little ones
side at the time of the explosion. The
mother had both limbs broken, and her
hady frightfully mutiIated in the region of
her bowels. She can not recover. Mr..
Dhein had several bones broken, but is
thought not to be fatally injured. The
force of the explosion was SO great as to
scatter portions of the building for miles
around
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20
TIE NEWS.
Compiled from Late Dispatches.
FROM WASHINGTON.

THE Commissioner Of Customs in his an
nual report shows that during the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1885, there was paid
into the Treasury from various sources the
sum Of S1S3, 207, 908. The amount paid out
was $27, 125,973.
Ex-Governor GEORGE W. CLICK, of Kan
sas, has been appointed pension agent at
Topeka.
THE export of minerals from the United
States for the ten months ended October
81 last was valued at about S41, 100000
THE postal-note business increased four
teen and one-half per cent. during the past
fiscal year, and 1856 money order offices is
sued orders amounting to S120,000,00O
THE Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance of
the Navy Department in his annual report
estimates that 81, 46S, S42 will be necessary
to meet the expenses of the bureau next
year.
In the United States and Canada there
were A9 business failures during the seven
days ended on the 18th, against $50 the pre-
vious seven days. The distribution was as
follows: Middle States, 40; New England
States, %; Western, 80; Southern, IS; Pa
cific States and Territories %; Canada, %.
GENERAL SHERIDAN, in his annual report
as President of the Board of the Soldiers
Home Commissioners, says that during the
year ended September 80 the disbursements
were $248, 1858.
DURING the ten months ended October 81
the total value of breadstuffs exported from
the United States was Sill, 569, 595, against
$122.469, 099 during the same period in 1884
SINCE Charles Foster, of Indianapolis,
who has gone to Germany to be Consul at
Eberfelt was not citizen of the United
States when he took the oath of office, he
may be recalled.
1T was learned from the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs on the 18th that there had
been great many boomers in Oklahoma
but they were being rapidly removed by
the military and serious trouble was not
anticipated.
THE exchanges at twenty-six leading
clearing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated ST.
064,764,577, against $1,07O, 1Se,O27 the pre-
vious week. As compared with the CORE
spending period of 1884, the increase
amounts to 1917 per cent.
A REPORT was submitted by En-
gineer Menocal to the Secretary of the
Navy on the 18th as to the Nicaraguan Ca
nal, estimating that the canal win be COM
pleted in six years at p cost of $64,OO0,0OO.
DURING the week ended on the 18th the
issue of standard silver dollars from the
minis was 2S,117; during the correspond
ing period last year, 448,991.
IT was reported by the Chief of the Bu-
reau of Statistics on the 10Th that the value
of the total exports of beef and pork prod
ucts for the twelve months ended October
81 was over S86,O000O0, being an increase OF
nearly $2,600,000 as compared with the pre-
vious year.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

The November number of the
Omitted States Official Postal Guide"
gives the whole number of post-otfices
in the United States as 81 ,56S, of which
seventy-one are first-class, 3S2 second
class, l,796 third class, and 1854
fourth class. The first, second and
third classes are Presidential offices,
the President appointing the postanas-
tiers; the postmasters of the fourth
class offices are appointed by the Post
master-General.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

BouRKE COCHRAN, one of Ferdinand
Wards lawyers, says that an appeal is
now being prepared which he expects
will be argued in January before the
general term of the State Supreme
Court and from there to the Court of
Appeals. Mr.. Cochran also SAYS: eve
will fight this case to the end, and if
necessary will go as far as the Supreme
Court of the United States, there being
some United States law questions in-
volved."
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

The London Crystal Palace and sew
eral other places of public exhibition in
Great Britain have made Mr.. Barnum
liberal offers for years lease of the
stuffed skin and skeleton of Jumbo,
and of the trick elephant Tom Thumb
who came near being killed at the time
of Jumbo's DEATH
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

The popularity of the big bridge be-
tween New York and Brooklyn is
growing daily. From 10000 to 81, 900
persons cross every day in the cars,
while about 1900 walk over. The
walk of mile in the clear atmosphere
so far above the surface of the river is
considered promotive of health.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

The experience of Nick Miller at
Spring Lake, D. T., is not very differ
from that of numerous others. He at
tempted to burn a tire-break around
his barn, when it got beyond his con-
troll, and he lost his stable and pair
of horses he had just paid 1906 for; and
he was badly burned himself besides.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

J. Z. BoYD, Colorado man, claims
to have discovered device by which
he can overcome the laws of gravita-
tion, and he proposes to put his theory
to the test by jumping from the roof of
a five-story building. His friends hope
he will write out his theory so that his
widow can realize enough out of it at
least to pay his funeral expenses.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-The subject of
a revision of the rules of the House at the
coming session is attracting general atten-
mer in deyising new system of rules.
His view is to simplify them and concen.
trate power in the hands of one com
mittee- that on Appropriations. He pro.
poses to reduce the number of committees
to fifteen, and to provide that after meas
ure has come from the Committee OF the
Whole, or has been offered before the
House for three days, it shall be in order to
cut OF flibustering by moving the previous
question, thus enabling the majority 10
force vote.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20
Contested Congressional Seats.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 14.-PaperS have
been received by the Clerk of the House of
Representatives giving notice of contests
for four seats in the next Congress, as fcl-
lows: Campbell against Weaver, for the
Sixth Iowa District; Kidd against Steele,
Eleventh Indiana District; Page against
Pierce, Second Rhode Island District, and
Hurd against Romeis, Tenth Cor Toledo
District of Ohio. Besides these documents,
protests have been received from citizens
of California, urging the non-seating OF
the Congressional delegation from that
State. on the ground that they were not
legally elected to represent the districts
for viii b they were given certificates.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20
The Dairymen Adjourn.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-THE Butter, Cheese
and Egg Convention adjourned yesterday.
A committee sent to the fat-stock show re-
ported that butterine was on exhibition
there alongside dairy products, whereupon
the committee passed a resolution condemn
ing the Illinois Board of Agriculture for
recognizing fraudulent article The
Board has retaliated by the adoption Of
resolutions alleging that large number of
creameries use the product of the beeve and
hog in the manufacture of what they sell
for genuine butter. The convention ap-
pointed committee to demand of the
Board of Agriculture proof of the charges,
or their withdrawal, and threaten legal
proceedings in case their demand IS refused
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

ACCORDING to M. Lagneau, the we'll
known statistician, there is lower
rate of mortality among bachelors
nnder twenty-five years OF age than
among married men, Above that age
the contrary is observed, and married
men live longer than bachelors. Among
bachelors thirty-eight per one thousand
are criminals, among married men
eighteen per one thousand.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20
a Brother,s sacrifice.

New ORLEANS, La, Nov. 12.-Ex-Re-
corder Thomas G. Ford, now in prison for
completely in the murder of Police Captain
Murphy, has confessed that he. and
not his brother, Pat Ford, now under
sentence of death. committed the crime.
Pat Ford confessed the murder at the
time of the trial. The ex-Recolder says
that that confession was made to save him,
and he now confesses the murder because
the Board of Pardons has refused to COM
mute the death sentence of Pat Ford. He
also says that Murphy, sentenced to death
for completely in the crime, was not armed,
and had no hand in the murder.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

In Woodstock, Conn, they had what
is called ga swell old-fashioned husk-
ing" recently. Guests came from Bos-
ton and New York; the invitations were
printed on corn husks, the grounds
lighted by pumpkin jack-o'- lanterns,
and 225 bushels of corn were husked.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

THOMAS PUGH recently disappeared
from Youngstown, o., and was thought
to have been murdered and robbed OF
$4,000. He returned without the
money, and was lodged in jail on a
peace warrant Reelection in cell
caused him to remember where he
placed the currency when drunk. On
being released the other day he recov.
cred his treasure from an old boot hid
den in stump one mile from his house.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

UNTIL a few years ago it was be-
lieved that wildcats were extinct in
Connecticut. They are now making
trouble for poultry and sheep raisers.
They are numerous in all the back
county towns, and are said to be of
enormous size.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

AN arrangement has been entered
into between Edward Payson Weston
and Daniel 0'Leary, the old pedestrian
rivals, for walk of $500 miles for a
purse of $4,000, twelve hours day,
the winner to take two-thirds. 1t
will be walked in Kinks in the different
cities.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

THE st. Louis Globe Democrat thinks
that the impetus DR.. Loring gave the
study of sorghum is leading to impor-
tant results, and that the time will
come, thanks to him, when it will be
cheaper to feed children on candy than
on bread.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

A BACHELOR in Montana who has
nearly $750,O00 worth of property nib
bling grass on the hills and valleys has
given notice that he twill go East to
look for a wife" The announcement
has created a little flutter in the mar
ket. He is not ''bear."
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

AN audience in Marseilles theater
recently Kissed Mile. Ninoy from the
stage, although she pleaded for indul-
gence because of illness. Her death the
same night from natural causes pro-
duced q painful sensation.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

THE Americas (Ga.) Record says that
this is the glorious season of the year
when you wear an overcoat one day, a
thin coat the second, a porous plaster
the third and a doctors bill the fourth.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

A MAN in Connecticut recently paid
dentist twenty-five cents for pulling
a tooth twenty years ago. 1t takes a
Connecticut man long time to
smother his revengeful feelings.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

The colored people of Kansas
town began "protracted meeting"
IN August, 1884, which, it. is said, has
continued ever since without losing a
night.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20
Four cities-New York, Buffalo, De-
4roit and Atlanta-are building orema-
tories.

NINETEEN hotels and restaurants in
Portland, Oregon, have recently dis
charged their Chinese help and are now
employing none but white hands.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

"A writer in prominent British
medical journal says the popular belief
that beef-tea contains the strength of
the beet is q terrible error, and that it
has no food value whatever, being only
stimulant. The people who have
supposed their lives had been saved by
the Use of the tea, and the physicians
who have prescribed it for thousands OF
patients with apparently satisfactory
results, will doubtless be very much
surprised to learn this. = Chicago Cur
rent.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

Every fee to a, waiter is so much
cash in his pocket; that is, it is just so
much saved in wages, and, as penny
saved is penny earned, he is so much
the gamer. There is only one way in
which this fraud on the public can be
ended, and that is by proprietors taking
on themselves the duty Of paying their
servants. - Chicago Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

1T has been discovered that heaps
OF unripe rice soon undergo process
of fermentation which is said to give
the grain delicious favor.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

The Potomac River. opposite the
Capitol, is one mile wide. &
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

1t is stated that many of the crown
Jewels stolen from the royal armory at
Turin last August have found their way
to this country. They comprise the
most valuable Of the heirlooms of the
house of Savoy, being worth over $500
600. Dealers in Jewels in the United
States have been requested to look out
for them.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

Previous to 1855 all the best gloves
came tc America from France and
Germany, the former country sending
the higher-priced article The first
American manufacturer settled at
Gloversville. N. T., during the year
above named, and now there are at that
place At Johnstown, near by. FIVE bun
bred factories,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
MAnTSnN- NAx- q 1Cce

Thanksgiving Proclamation.
Governor Rusk has issued the following
pl defamation:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

Galveston is situated on an island at the
mouth of Galveston Bay the Gulf of Mexico),
aud is the most populous and commercial
city in Texas. 1t is $50 miles southwest of
New Orleans. The island is thirty miles long
and three miles wide. The bay is thirty-ive
miles long and varies in breadth from
twelve to eighteen miles. From this
port steamers make regular passages
to New York, New Orleans, Indian
ola, Havana, Liverpool and ,ther cities. The
chief articles of export are cotton, hides,
grain and pork. The value of the annual ex-
ports is about $50, 100000 The quantity OF cot
ton received yearly is over 100000 bales. 1t is
Catholic Bishops See. Its population at the
last census was $4,000, which has increased
rim dlrro ir,nn
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

! NC IO1IUWIHS otU3, IS IIULH ItW
York County, Pa. while EmorG
strasbaugh, aged fourteen, was getting
chestnuts at his home near Mount Zion
large bald eagle swooped down. and,
catching the lad by the clothes. tried
to carry him of. The boy weighs
about one hundred pounds and could
not be moved from the ground He
fought the eagle off without being in
jured in the least, and as the bird
loosened its hold it seized large
turkey in its claws and sailed off with it
to the woods.''
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20

The City of Galveston, Tex, Visited by
C0nflagration of Huge Dimensions =
Three Hundred Houses Burned A
Thousand Families Made Homeless
The Loss Estimated at $4,000, 0O0-Re.
lief Measures.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-29
MdNORa.

Forty dawns have touched with light the masthead,
And forty evenings Redeemed round tho PROV;
Pain they have Known have thrsted and have tasted,
But they have won peaceful harbor now.
A Geokless sky, far mountains cleft with valleys,
Streams starred and forests never mute
Hero landed they. then burned their faithful galleys
And still to westward turned they rosolute.
Through woodlands went they, the boughs close woven
DER themj
Through blazing plains that simmer in the heat,
TIL rant In mists the mountains rose before them
mighty river rolling at thor feet.
Yet battling with Titanic nature forces,
Still undismayed or daunted In their quest,
They saw the sun complete thousand courses,
A thousand twilights deepen In the west.
For somewhere mid those mountains SCARED and hoary
Somewhere beneath that scorching troptc sum-
Manora lay the city crowned In story,
That many died for, but man has won.
7. g. WATERMAN.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-29
THE PETITIONER.

From The Washington Hdfchet.
Senator Cockrel OF Missouri Is undoubtedly the most
thoroughly bored with oiiceseek OF man In pub
lie life lie is bounded at step by who wants
places Missouri seems to have marshalled all Of her
place and then TO WashIns day.
The Senator beseged the Capitol that ho stays
home every night to get rest But they hunt him up
and present their little petitions 10y the hundred
six foot bruissr from way back entered his house
the other evening. He Of Cockrels c0nstitu-
ents but no sooner did he set eyes upon him than hs
made mp his mind not to iDdOrse him.
am a ndidate for postmaster In our little town.,
said the Mssouran, pulling forth his petition, "ani
want you to ndorse me and take my petition to tho
Postmaster-G Goneral"
over it, AS OF form. thea laid it down. by
his constituent much as to say I'm done with IT
take 1t up"
" Have o cigar" said the Senator. handing the con-
sttuent box OF fye-centers "Oh take couple" no
Insisted his friend being mis- feet ready TO leave
The tall and lank fellow took IN the situation. sat
down inquired match lit his cigar. put his feet
upon another chair leaned back, and complacanty In
qUired:
=" Senator have you another box Of cigars r.
"You can't smoke but two cigars at once. can you ="
"No one is enough, but I'm great smoker and pro-
pose here and smoke until get On answer from
you about that petition"
The bit his cigar In two took up pen. bSno9
the petition, and said, " Co. @S.f4s