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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30
half Of the acreage had on the a4sA been


soWn to spring wheat.
LABOR unions in Chicago aud St Louis
held large meetings IN favor Of the eight
hour movement On the 18th.
An oillamp explosion on the 24th in Chi
cago inflicted fatal injuries upon Mrs
Frank Sterling, her daughter and servant
In the Rio Gillinas which runs through
Las Vegas, n. NJ, heavy floods inundated
the lower portion of the town on The 24th,
sweeping away bridges and many dwell
ing houses.
SAN JONES and Sam Small ended their
seven days revival services at Columbus,
Miss, on the 18th with the conversion of
over five hundred people.
A NOTICE was served by the Indian agent
at Cheyenne on The 9th upon all the resi-
dents OF Fort Pierre, D. T., to close at once
their trading establishments on the Sioux
reservation and depart within thirty days.
AS this would involve a loss of $685. 600, the
traders declared they would fight before
they would obey the order.
NEAR Silverton, COL, a snow-slide on the
e5th killed mail carrier and nine mules.
CONGRESSMAN HoUK has been unanimous,
ly renominated by the people of the Sec
ond Tennesses district.
By the recent cyclone the total number
of buildings destroyed at Sank Rapids,
Mimi, was 100, and the value of the prop
erty destroyed 1890, 600.
FIVE children were fatally burned at
Taylor, Tex, on the oath by the explosion
of an oil can.
THERE were 1926 animals cremated few
days ago by the burning of cattle-sheds at
Dayton @.
ST. LOUIS district coal operators on the
Goth averted strike of several thousand
miners by granting an increase in wages to
two and one-half cents per bushel.
THE levee on the Mississippi river was
broken in several places on the Goth, and
portions of Holmes and Washington
counties, Miss, were inundated. The river
at Helena, Ark, was higher than ever be
fore known, and great damage was being
DONE
The Missouri Pacific railroad strikers on
the 18th took forcible possession of the
yards at Atehison, Kan, and drove out al
men who had gone to work since the strike
begun six weeks ago.
A MISSOURI PACIFIC train was wrecked
by unknown parties near Kansas City
early on the morning of the Goth, the fire
man and a brakeman being killed.
TIE ranches at Casita, on the Sonora
railroad, were recently attacked by Ger
onimo's band and fifteen MexigaHs We're
killed. A company Of soldiers pursued the
Indians toward the Sierre Madres.
TX oiti
generally suspended on the 10Th owing tc
the observance of Confederate Decoration
day.
The residence of United States Deputy
Marshal Purdon at Manchester Tenn, was
surrounded and invaded by band Of
moonshiners on the 26th and fearful bat
tie followed. Purdon killed one of the ia
vaders, MORALLY wounded three others
and after discharging his last shot fell dead
beside the body of one of his victims.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30
LATER,

THE brick-yards of Hayt & Alsip, in Chi
cago the largest in the world, covering
sixty acres, were closed on the 9th, the
proprietors refusing to give ten hours pay
for eight hours work.
1.-THE Mississippi levee at Austin, Miss,
broke on the 9th, causing the inundation
of two counties.
The sixtyfourth anniversary of the
birth of General Grant was celebrated at
the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal
Church in Washington on the even ing OF
the 27th,. Chief Justice Waite presiding.
THREE THOUSAND molders, clippers and
helpers in the different foundries in Will
iamsburg, N. Y, struck ON the 9th for an
advance of ten per cent. Some of the
foundries decided to shut down rather than
accede to the demands.
ADyIcEs of the 9th say that cyclone at
Akron, Ala, overturned many houses, up
rooted trees and devastated that entire
section Of the country. No lives were re-
ported lost.
A GENERAL assembly of the Knights OF
Labor of the United States and the Domin-
ion Of Canada has been called to meet in
Cleveland May % to consider the labor
troubles throughout the country.
GEoRGE r. GRAHAM, the wife-murderer,
was taken from jail at Springfield, No, on
the 9th by a mob and hanged, and Fritz
Rupin was lynched near Topeka, Kan, for
the murder of Mrs Freimuth.
The rolling mill of Oliver Brothers &
Philips at Pittsburgh closed down on the
9th owing to strike of three hundred en-
| ployes, who demanded an advance in wages.
FIVE HUNDRED coal handlers along the
docks at Cleveland struck on the 9th for
an advance in wages.
The Apache Indians were raiding in the
Santa Cruz valley, in Arizona, on the 9th.
| Over thirty persons had been killed near
Casita, ten near Calabasas and several at
other points. The cavalry were in pursuit
Of the Indians
HUNDREDS of families in the mining dis
triets at Elk Garden, W. Va, we're on the
18th reported to be in starving condition,
and aid was solicited.
| THIRTY persons engaged in Loycotting a
clothing firm were arrested at New York
on she 9Th on charges of conspiracy and
| coercion.
ATHE United States Senate on the 9th
resumed consideration of the Interstate
Commerce bill. A bill was passed apnro-
priating $4,000 for an extension of the
Executive mansion. The evidence taken
| by the Ohio House in the Payne inyestiga-
| ton was presented, and Senator Payne
entered d denial of the charges of bribery
and invited an investigation. In the House
Mr.. Breckenridge introduced a bill to re-
| dnee the number of internal revenue
officers and to amend the internal revenue
laws. The bill to prohibit aliens from ac-
lquiring title or owning lands within the
United States was reported adversely and
the River and Harbor bill was further con
sidered
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30
A BRAVE MAN KILLED.
Bloody and Fatal Battle Between Moon
sinners and a Marshal.


CHATTANOOGA fehh.; April a7,--A spe-
cial from Manchester, Coffee County
Tenn, gives details Of bloody tragedy
enacted there shortly after midnight Sun
day, in which United States Deputy
Rarshal Webb Purdon, of Manchester, and
moonshiner named Glafk 4sere killed and
three other moonshiners fatally wodlded
About ten days ago Purdon accompa-
MED Deputy Marshal Hughes on a raid
among the Illicit distileries of Grundy
County, Tenn, and captured and destroyed
sev6faf stills: Between twelve and one
o'clock yesterday morning fifteen moon
sinners rode into Manchester, determined
to have Purdon's life. Seven broke into
his house and the rest surrounded it. Pur-
don met them with o revolver as they en-
tered and q terrible battle ensued.
Two mU6nsltitiers fell to the floor NOR
tally wounded and the gang fetreated, but
they had succeeded in fatally w0rtnding
Purdon. Disabled as he was, he sliced a
double barreled shotgun and fredinto the
retreating gang, and two more fell NOR
tally wounded. Purdon then fell dead be-
side the body Of one of his victims. The
gang carried off three Of their wounded
companions. A large posse is now IN pur'
suit of them:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30
Salyini and Booth.

New York, April 2f7.-Last evening the
powerful Othello OF Salvini and the i'm
pressive Iago Of Booth were presented at
the Academy OF Music before an audience
that compactly filed the house. salvini's
-Othello has never b zen stronger nor Booth 3
Iago finer. No psftiaiity was shown by
the assemblage in greeting the italian and
the American Both we're applauded
heartily and an evenness and fairness was
observable throughout the evening. The
performances was a great triumph Tor
both They were called out three times
at the end OF the third act.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30

A REMARKABLE tale comes from Lew
iston, Me. A young man had fol
months been in failing health and doc
tors could not fathom his case. 1t was
not understood until a snake thrust its
head from the young mans mouth.
His sister seized it and landed it safely
at her feet, but the operation killed her
brother, as the snakes tail had grown
into his body and the separation rupt-
ured blood-vessel. Next!
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30

The Secretary of the Treasury has
decided that certain German weekly
publications forming a continuous
story and arranged for binding into
book-form, which the importer claimed
were free of duty under the provisions
in the free list for newspapers and
periodicals must pay tribute to Uncle
Sam
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30
------sr S-----------=-
a Great Meeting of knights.

SCRANTON Pa. April 27.-General
Master Workman Powderly has called a
general assembly of the Knights of Labor
Of the United States and the Dominion OF
Canada to meet in Cleveland on May
25. This win be 9 special meeting Of
the general assembly to consider the
general labor troubles throughout the
country and the proposed legislation with
reference to some system Of arbitration in
disputes between employers and employees.
The delegates who attended the general
assembly at Hamilton. Can, in July,
1885, will continue in Office as delegates at
the forthcoming meeting.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30

To STRENGTHEN the hands of Messrs.
Gladstone and Parnell, the executive
of the Irish National League of Ameri-
ca calls upon the various branches to
organize citizens meetings, secure the
presence of representative men. and
procure the passage Of resolutions COM
mending the home rule and land pur-
chase schemes. They also ask the cr-
ganization to close up its ranks, and
permit nothing at this time to cause
discord OF divide its strength.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30

NUMBERS of deaths from starvation
were recently reported from Ireland.
AT Newport, in County Mayo, the
shop-keepers were on the verge of
bankruptcy and refused to give credit
even to the priests. The condition OF
the people had not been so serious since
the potato famine many years ago.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30

The Florida mocking-birds are being
cxterminated too. BY and by, the
Philadelphia Times says, some women
will want real star for head or neck
ornament and then the heavens will
have to come down. All things yield
TO fashion.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30

UNITED STATES SENATOR JUSTIN S.
MORRILL,, of Vermont celebrated his
sevenY-sixth birthday anniversary the
other evening. The Senator has been
continuously in Congress House and
Senate-for thirty-one years. Senator
Sherman, Ohio, entered Congress the
same year as Senator Worrill-1S55
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30

The latest and most important soci-
city news from St. Paul, Mimi, is that
Jo-Jo, the dog-faced Russian boy, is
engaged to Kee-Boo, the Michigan dog
faced girl. The wedding will occur in
New York in July.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30

ANOTHER dime museum freak has
been discovered in Lawrence County,
s. c., in the person of boy twelve
years Of. age, with spinal column
prolonged into wagging tail covered
with thick growth of hair.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30

TT has at last been definitely settled
that Francis Scott Key, who wrote
1.-The Star-Spangled Banner" is to
have fifteen thousand dollar monu-
mcnt in Baltimore. The State of Mary
land will erect it.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30

AMONG the freaks of the recent
Minnesota cyclone was the carrying of
a marble grave-stone from a St. Cloud
cemetery across the Mississippi river,
three miles, and landing it in the heart
of Sank Rapids. A safe weighing fif-
teen hundred pounds was carried four
hundred feet.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30

A JURY at Pittsburgh recently gave a
citizen named McMullen a verdict for
1924, 623 against the directors of the
wrecked Penn Bank, on the ground
that they knew the concern was in
solvent when they induced him to
leave his deposit. The decision in
wolves nearly 81, 100000
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30

A BILL granting women the right to
vote for city and town officers was de-
featod by the Massachusetts Legisla-
ture the other day for the twentieth
time. 1t has been proposed to every
Legislature since 1867 and defeated.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30

The fact is recalled that the very
destructive series of wind-storms
which wrought such havoc in 1888 be-
gan on April p with simultaneous
tempests at many points in the South
and West which resulted in the loss of
two or three hundred lives.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30
WEST AND Sn,,TH

OK the Esd Rev, Dr. W. r. Harper, por
fessor of Hebrew in the Baptist Union The
illogical Seminary at Morgan Park, H., was
unanimously elected to the presidency of
the Chicago University.
In Dakota and Minnesota more than
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30

THE Connecticut Senate has defeated
the bill passed by the House permit
ting women to vote atschool meetings.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30

AT Laconia, N. H., few days ago
the thermometer registered eighty de-
grees above zero, with ice foot thick
in the lakes and snow in the valleys.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30

BEssEMER steel was recently made at
Chattanooga for the first time from
North Carolina ore. The plant has a
capacity of eighty-fve tons per day.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30

THE new National library building,
just ordered by Congress, is to be con-
structed after the style of the capitol.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30

DURING the month of Apri! 517
slaves were declared free in the prov
ince of Matanzas, Cuba.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30

BARNUM's new big elephant Alice,
the former companion of Jumbo, has
been safely landed in New York.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30

A We'll authenticated case of leprosy
has been discovered in North Carolina.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30

WASHINGTON, April 23.-At eleven O'Clock
yesterday morning the special committee
Investigating the labor troubles resumed
its work. Jay Gould, of New York, the rail
road magnate, was the witness examined
A large crowd of spectators was
present TO see the distinguished per-
sonage. He asked for the reading
of the resolution under which the
committee was acting, and when it was
read he stated that he was president of the
Missouri Pacific railway, and that there
were no troubles existing on his road in the
States named in the resolution He stated
further that there were Obj men in the
employ of the road outside of the general
offices, and that since his departure
from New York he had received g
dispatch from St. Louis stating that
all was quiet on the road; that 290
freight trains moved on it Wednes-
day, the same being an increase of that
date OF last year. He did not. therefore
think he or his road came within the pro-
visions of the resolutions
Mr.. Burnes replied that the committee
would like to here from him something OF
the antecedents of the Missouri Pacific.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-04

A REMARKABLE REsUsCITATIoN.--J John
F. Munger, n we'll known citizen of Platte
vile, Wis, has suffered greatly from rheu.
matism in the feet. Two days ago, with
the hope of relieving the pain, he bathed
his feet freely with tincture of aconite, and
then thrust them into pail of hot water
A tingling sensation followed, the pulse
weakened, the skin became moist and
clammy, and violent vomiting and retching
ensued. DR., Gasser was called, but on his
arrival found Mr.. Munger apparently dead
The heart seemed TO have stopped beating,
and the doctor, with other medical men
that were summoned, decided that Munger
had died of aconite poisoning, having alb
sorbed the drug through his feet. An un-
dertaker set about preparing the body for
burial, when DR.. Gasser, as an experiment,
injected with a hypodermic syringe mix
ture Of brandy and digtalis near the heart.
In a few minutes the supposed dead man
began to gasp, and there was faint sound
of beating over the heart. More hypoder-
mics were given, the death pallor was sue
ceeded by reddish glow, the muscles re-
laxed, perspration broke out, and Mr..
Munger slowly returned to life. He is now
entirely out OF danger. The doctors con.
slider his resuscitation a most remarkab
one,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-04

A HAPPY NEWSPAPER MAN.-The Chi
nese journalist is philosopher. His life, if
a San Francisco commentator is to be be-
lieved, is reasonably happy one. He is
free from care and thought, and allows all
the work of the establishment to be done
by the pressman. The Chinese compositor
has not yet arrived. The Chinese editor,
like the rest ofhis countrymen, is initiative:
he does not depend upon his brains for edi-
torias, but translates them from all the con-
temporaneous American papers he can get.
There is no humorous department in a Chi.
nese newspaper. The newspaper Office has
| no exchanges scattered over the floor, and
in nearly all other thingsit differs from the
American establishment. The editorial
room is connected by ladder with bunks
in a loft above, where the managing editor
sleeps, and next to it is, Invariably, room
fitted up with an opium bunk and lay out.
Evidences of domestic life are about the
place-pots kettles and dishes taking up
| about as much room as the press. If an
editor finds that journalism does not pay, he
| gets a job at washing dishes, or chopping
| wood.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-04

Anent William Bradford's almanac, a
story is told regarding one of the works OF
that kind Issued in this city at present land
this town is still an almanac centre):
In the makeup" of the almanac the fore
mau once got the predictions for November
under the calendar for August Iu thepa
agrsph was Que phrase that escaped detec'
ton until after the entire half million copies
had been sent to The homesteads they were
to delight 1t was paralyzer for August,
for il said: "12th, snow and rain" The
prophecy (which the printers always set to
suit themselves) was reckless one, even
for November; but the printer thought he
would chance it. Iragine his horror, then.
to find it set down to August. Of course
the ven,uresome, not to say diotic prsdic.
ton, was brought to the notice Of the pub
fishers of the almanac. The printer was
discharged on general principles, and the
foreman was given notice that unless the
prediction was verified he, too, must leave
That did not settle the matter, however
The anxiety that at first weighed alone on
the foreman's sad heart gradually impaired
itself to the firm as IN avalanche ofletters be-
gan TO pour in from the staunchest Of the free
readers of the almanac. The dread spread
to the medicine mixers, and then to the girl
paper folders and book sewers. As July
wore away, customers to the office noticed
that they experienced a peculiar feeling of
anxiety as they eutered.
By this time veritable shudder had he
come part of the firm, attaching itself TO
the proprietors and all employees. 1t ac-
comparied them from desk to desk; there
were two on chair when each of the pro-
prietoTs CT the almanac and the Shudder
sat down to luncheon Or to dinner. AS
August got fairly under way the proprietors
went 10 bed, and the foreman took con-
tinua doses of bad whiskey. The gravity
Of the situation was not exaggerated, be-
cause the Almighty alone could pull that
establishment through. If it showed not on
the date announced, this matter of-fact COM
munity would repudiate the medicines, aud
even 90 so far as to refuse the almanac as a
gift But it is an event of record, and now
Of almanac history, that u heavy hailstorm
occurred Oh the very date, followed by a
slight SNOW Of several minutes duration.
This made the almanac Of that house the
most famous, the most accurate in the habl
table globe Nobody doubts lis prophecies
now. A copy Of this almanac is one of the
curiosiiies in the room Of the Pennsylvania
Historical Society. Mr.. Stone, the secre-
tary, has the certified copy Of the calendar.
The firm recovered its prestige at a bound /,
and great granite structure rose for its
use. The foreman was given handsome
reward, his salary was doubled, and the uu-
fortunate printer (become a tramping jour.
in the meantime) was sought for years in all
the "rat offices" of the country, until found
and made happy.-Phu. cor. IN the n. y.
Herald.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-04
AUCTION SdLES,

4 loMMlSSlONER'SS SALE.-Under authority of
- decree OF the Circuit Court of Alexandria
va IN the suit of Roschs executors vs. Roach's
devisees ct al, the subscriber rs commissioner.
WI W otter for sale at public auction, on THURS
DAY, January IA, 1856, at IL o'clock M, at the
fs'rfax street entrance to the Corporation Court
room OF the city OF Alexandria, Va, Il TRACT OF
LAND, in said county containing Sc acres and
lo perches, part of PROSPECT HILL, of which
the late James Roach died seized, lying on the south
sldo of the Arlington turnpike short distance
west OF the Alexandria Canal, being lots No
ana NO. Ill the division of said farm as shown
by the plat filed in said cause.
Terms: One fifth cash; the residue in three
equal lnstalments at six, twelve and eighteen
months from day of sale, with interest; bonds
with good personal security to be given for de.
ferred instalments, and ttlo retained
S. FERG USON BEACH,
dccoO-ts Commissioner
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-04
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