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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07
THE EAST.

THE premature explosion Of dynamite
cartridge on the 30th ult. at South Bethle-
hem N, Y, killed three men.
On the 30th ult. the lastspaR in the great
bridge across the Hudson river at Pough-
keepsie, N. Y, was completed
1t was stated at meeting of the Nation
al Electrical Association in New York on
the Both ult. that there were 1872, 500 arc
lights and !, roo, 600 incandescent lights in
use in the United States Thirty -four
electric railways were in operation and
forty nine more roads were being con-
structed.
A STATUE to Robert Burns was unvailed
on the 30th ult. at Albany, N. Y, in the
presence of noted Scotchmen from all
parts of the country.
In New York Elias Kohn, aged sixty
two years, cut his wife's throat on the 31st
ult and then shot himself through the
head. Domestic trouble was the cause
WITHOUT any known cause John Fill
hart, aged ninety-three years, hanged him.
self in his sons barn at Depauville, N. ",
on the 3lst ult
CHARLEsL DEBAUM, assistant cashier of
the Park National Bank Of New York, who
stole 10000, was arrested on the 3lst ult.
in Canada.
On the Sd nine members of gang of
thieves and burglars who had been operat-
ing for months in Buffalo, Rochester, SYRIA
cuse and Utica, N. Y, were arrested by
Rochester officials.
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THE NEWS.
Compiled From Late Dispatches
FIFTIETH CONGRESS-

THURSDAY. Aug 30-The bill FORGETTING
the land grants to the Northern Pacific
railroad on the part of the line not yet
completed was reported favorably to the
Senate. Several amendments to the Forti
fcations bill were adopted. In speak
ing Of the retaliatory message Senator
George upheld the Presidents position and
Senator Cullom criticised it, In the House
an attempt to consider the Oklahoma
bill showed the absence OF quorum.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs re-
ported the Retaliation BILL which gives
the President authority, in his discretion,
to suspend in whole or in part the
transportation of goods imported or ex-
ported from Canada without the payment
Of duty; provides that whenever the
President is satisfied that there is any dis
elimination whatever in the use of Can
adam canals which may be detrimental to
the interests of the United States there
shall be toll of twenty cents ton levied
on Canadian vessels using the Sault Ste.
Marie and st. Clair Flats caaals, or the
President may in his discretion entirely
prohibit Canadian vessels from the use OF
these canals.
FRIDAY. Aug 81. In the Senate the
Notifications bill was passed. A bill was
introduced authorizing the President to
take all necessary steps to prevent
the spread from one State or Territory to
another of cholera, yellow fever, small.
pox or plague. A bill was reported favor
ably to give soldiers who served ninety
days or more and we're discharged on ac-
count of disease contracted in the line OF
duty the same bounty they would have
received if discharged for wounds. Ad-
journed to the Sd. In the House nearly the
entire session was spent in considering the
Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. At the
evening session twenty seven private pen
sion bills were passed.
SATURDAY, Sept. L. The Senate was
not in session. In the House the time was
occupied in discussing the Sundry Civil
Appropriation bill.
MONDAY, Sept. 3.-The bill for the ad.
mission of Washington Territory as q
State was considered in the Senate A
message was received from the House with
the bill for the absolute exclusion of Chi.
nese immigration, and it was discussed
and laid over. In the House Mr.. Scott (Pa.)
introduced a bill which excludes Cinnamon
of all grades from this country and re-
vokes outstanding certificates, and 1t was
passed without dissenting vote A bill
was also introduced providing for the pun.
ishment of all persons connected with
trusts by imprisonment from one to TWEEN.
ty-five years, or by fine ranging from
81, 900 to 100000
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07
IN MEMoRY OF LOGAN.
An Appeal to Veterans for Subscription;
to the Generals Monument.

An Appeal TO veterans for SUBSCRIPTIONS
to the Generals Monument.
DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 4--The following
circular has been issued:
"CoMRADEs: At the annual encampment OF
the Grand Army .of, the Republic. held in
ST. Louis, the undersigned were appointed a
committee to solicit funds to erect an eques-
trian statue in Washington to the
memory Of the late General John A.
logan. 1t is proposed to, ask each
comrade to donate ten cents TO this
fund, which will make sum Sufficient %
accomplish the object. VIII each post take
this matter up at once, sending to either mem
Der Of this committee it's subscription, giving
list OF the donors. These lists viii be sent to
Mrs. Logan, 10 be preserved in memorial hall
which she is adding to her home in Washing
ton. Let US all join in this work.
HANNIBAL HAmLIE, Bangor, Me.
JAMES A. BEAVER, Harrisburg, Pa s.s,s
"JoHN NJ. PALMER, Springfield, I'll.
Oh H. THOMAS, Chicago. Ill.
"R. A. ALGER, Chairman, Detroit Mich"
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Tragedv in west yirginIa.

PARKERsBURa, W. Va, Sept 4-George
Johns, living ON Worthington creek, seven
miles from this city, was shot and almost
instantly killed Sunday night by Samuel
Hare, of the same place. John Willis was
fatally wounded; at the same time by Hare.
The parties are allyoung men and were on
their way home from church. An old fued
which had existed for good while was
stirred up by discussion of politics, and
ten or twelve shots where fired. Hare
gave himself up and was brought to Jail.
He says he shot in self defense.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07
Millions Disposed OF.

San FRANCISCO, Aug. 80. = Charles
Crocker's will appoints the widow as exec
utrix and disposes of an estate worth
something over s25,250, 600, as follows:
Real estate, s., SOC, 900; stocks and bonds,
s12 600, 900; accounts, 81, 800, 900; promissory
notes, IS, 5O0,0 600; cash, $4,000, half of
which goes to the widow, inclu ding the
residences in San Francisco anc Sacra-
mento, and the other half is divided among
the three sons and one daughter, with pro-
vision for other relatives and for family
servants.
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The News Condensed.

john Mock and William Brush, OF Mil
waukee, were capsized in hooker in the
middle of Lake Michigan the other day.
and Brush was drowned Mock was picked
up the next morning.
Mrs. Hurlbut, aged seventy years, living
near Maryville, while. temporarily insane
recently fatally cut her throat with a
razor.
Burglars entered the wholesale store of
b. M. Gay & Bro, at Milwaukee, few
nights ago and carried off about 5000 worth
of goods.
While at work on the Chippewa river,
near the Beefslough works the other even
ing, Peter Lamb was precipitated accident
ally into the water and drowned.
At Stoughton few days ago fire dam
aged O. o. Forton's dry goods stock to the
extent of $1,000 1t was fully covered by
insurance.
Ferdinand Kriwan, of Chicago, died at
Watertown a few days ago, where he fed,
| as he said, to seek safety from his son-in-
| law, who had shot him in the breast The
| doctors attributed his death to opiates in
stead of to the wound.
John Kadig, q cigar-maker at Ashland,
| fell from an excursion steamer and was
| drowned few days ago.
MIR. and Mrs. Seth Phelps, of Mount Pleas
ant, celebrated their golden wedding few
| days ago. ~
Owen Rowland's residence near Wauke-
sha was recently destroyed by fire. Loss,
| 81, 200. .I
Fire destroyed the barn and grain on
John Stephenson's farm near Waukesha
recently, causing loss of &, 900.
| a fire in Lancaster a few days ago de-
| stroyed eight business houses. The loss
was SAC, 700; partly insured.
At James vile the other day Miss Maggie
| Prenzle, while walking with a picnic
| party on the railroad track, was struck by
an engine and instantly killed.
| A United States mail pouch was recently
found in vacant lot in the vicinity of the
Green Bay, Winona & St Paul depot at
| Fort Howard. 1t had been cut open and
rifaed Of its contents.
/ A citizen of Winneconne has succeeded
in tempering brass, and has exhibited
brass knives and axes that will cut sea-
soned hemlock knots without turning the
edge.
/ Richard Collins, who shot his wife the
other night at West Superior, has been re-
leased from prison on bail He will be
tried in November His wife will recover.
but will not have the use Of her limbs for
weeks.
| A brewery shed at Green Bay collapsed
| the other afternoon, killing Charles Le-
banow and Aug. Zass.
| The law firm of Tomkins, Merrills s.
Smith, Of Ashland, recently put the sheriff
| in possession of the property of the Miners
Cooperative Company, dealers in general
merchandise at Hurley. Liabilities, $50 600
William Schoppe's book and stationery
store at Waterfowl WIS closed on an Hxe-
cution the other morning by Sheriff ]. d.
| Bullock. Liabilities amounted to 81 coo,
with assets estimated at "a, COO
Over one hundred veterans attended the
reunion Of the Thirteenth Wisconsin Vol
nnteers at Janesvllle recently. Speeches
were made By Colonel w. p Lyons and
Captain Pliny Norcross, Of that place,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07

RELIABLE Information regarding the
yield of wheat crops in all parts of
the world is encouraging for the
American producer. There is increas-
ing evidence of the bad quality and
light weight OF the crops in Western
Europe. A terrific storm ended all
chance OF a decent crop in England,
and that country will import at least
l70.000,000 bushels, while the shortage
in France is estimated at $4,000, 600
bushels. There is also allure OF the
potato crop in England and Ireland,
and the United States will be expected
to export at least so, 900. 900 bushels.
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LATER.

The Republican ticket, with w. P. Dill
tngham for Governor, was elected in Yer.
mont on the 4th by majority of about
5000, indicating large Republican gains.
Congressman Stewart and Circuit were re-
elected by increased majorities. The Sen
ate would be solidly Republican, while the
House showed an increased Republican
membership.
THREE workmen We're killed on the 4th
at st. Johnsbury, Vt, by the caving in Of
bank
New HAMPSHIRE Republicans held their
State convention at Concord on the 4th
and nominated David Fl. Goodell for Gov
ernor. The resolutions indorse the Chi
cago platform; ask that all patriotic cit
zens vote for protection and the tariff. and
ratlfy the nominations of Harrison and
Morton.
The mercury was down to the freezing
point in Manitoba on the 4th.
THREE men, while walking on the Chi
cago & Atlantic tracks on the 4th near
Hedgewisch, H., were run down by fast
passenger train and instantly killed.
| OHIo's centennial exposition, to COM
memorate the first one hundred years OF
the States history. was opened on the 4th
at Columbus, and will continue for seven
weeks.
ADvIcEs Of the 4th say that floods in
Japan destroyed one hundred and eighty
houses at Mayosagori and drowned forty
six people.
THE wholesale grocery storesof Klausen
& Levi, at San Diego, Cal, burned on the
4th. Loss. s245. 600.
THE floods in Bohemia had on the 4th
reached alarming proportions. At Bud
weis fifteen thousand persons were home
less. Six villages in the valley of Poprad
were submerged, and crops and granaries
had been swept away.
PRoF. BARNARD, one Of the astronomers
| at the Lick Observatory in Rochester, N.
Y, on the 4th discovered a new comet.
SAMUEL SCANLAN, of Louisville, KY,
| shot and killed his wife on the 4th because
she refused to live with him, and then
! killed himself.
THE Democrats of Connecticut met in
State convention at. New Haven on the 4th
and Nominated ticket with Luzon B.
Morris for Governor. The platform APP
proves the Presidents tariff message and
| the Mills bill.
| A TRAIN ran into hand-car on the 4th
near Durant, Miss, killing three colored
boys.
THERE were forty-three new cases OF vel
low fever at Jacksonville, Fla, on the 4th,
agrcater number than reported on any
previous day, making the total cases to
date three hundred and thirty six, and the
total number of deaths thirty
i The Union Labor State convention Of
Nebraska met at Hastings on the 4th and
nominated David Butler for Governor.
In the United States Senate on the 4th
the time was occupied in discussing the
House bill to prohibit Cainese immigra-
ton. but no action was taken. In the House
the Retaliation bill was considered.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07

Mrs. NANCY JONES, whose age was
fixed at one hundred and six years,
died recently at Galveston, Tex. She
was believed to havo been several
years older, as her memory dated back
to Revolutionary times, and she fire.
quently related how her father took
his flint-lock rifle from the walls of the
old cabin and went away to battle for
American Independence.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

A MAN murdered his five children and
afterwards committed suicide at Fjler1
Hungary, on the 30th ult
A FIRE at Tarnobrzeg, Austria, eli the
Both ult destroyed one hundred and fifty
houses, and two hundred families were
made homeless The loss was 80, 500,0 600.
AT Amiens, France, six Socialists were
arrested on the 31st ult for melting work
men to strike.
DISPATCHES of the 31st ult say that China
had refused to ratify the American treaty
restricting immigration.
ADvIcEs of the 31st ult from London
say that hurricane in Algoa bay wrecked
numerous vessels and many persons were
drowned.
BRITISH steamers colllded on the 1st
near Gibraltar and eleven seamen were
drowned.
ADvrcEs of the Sd say that Sylvester
Garcia Bango. wealthy sugar planter
and mayor of Matanzas, Cuba. had been
kidnapped, and that his captors dcmaaded
ransom Of $50, 0O0.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07

. A FEW years ago General Alger, at
that time Governor of Michigan, gave
to General Sheridan $4,000 in money
upon condition that it should be in
vested in life-insurance policy, and
that that policy should be kept up for
the benefit Of his widow. The money
was Invested in policy for $25, 900. and
inquiry since the death of the General
at the Office of the company showed
that there had been no default in the
payment. The intention of General
Alger was, therefore, carried out, and
the policy remains to the benefit OF the
widow.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07

The mathematical fiend has recently
been at work upon the human heart.
His calculation is based upon the pre-
sumption that the pulsations of the
cardiac organs are sixty-nine each
minute, and the assumption that the
force of each pulsation is nine feet.
Computed according to his figures the
mileage Of the blood through the body
would be 207 yards per minute, seven
miles per hour, 16S miles per day. OIL
$40 miles per year, or 1922, 400 in a
life of 70years. The number of beats Of
the heart in the same long life would
reach the grand total of 1858, S4S, 600.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07

A MASSACHUSETTS man offers to
prove by statistics that seven-tenths of
the marriage engagements that are
broken are broken by women; that
three widows remarry to one widower,
and that two wives elope to one hus-
hnnd
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07

The estate of the late Edward Rich
ardson, of Jackson, Miss, comprising
thirty-five cotton plantations, was re-
Gently divided by lot among his five
heirs, each receiving seven planta-
lions. Still large amount of the prop
erty remains to be divided. He was the
richest cotton planter in the world.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07

THE aged scientist Chevreul cele-
brated his one hundred and second
birthday recently. A deputation of
Paris students who called upon him
that day were received by his son,
who is promising young man OF sew
enty-njno Years.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07

MIR. GLADSTONE says he can hold out
no hope that he will be able to take
part in any political work after the
settlement Of the Irish question. His
one aim in life is to secure home rule
for Ireland. That done, he believes
bis public work will be ended.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07
The Chicago Exposition.

dustrial Exposition will open on Wednes-
day evening next, September 5, and will
close October 90 The display of the
products of industry, science and art will
be one of the fullest ever submitted for
public inspection. The art gallery, it is
said, will this season excel all other years
in its magnificent display of the works Of
American and European masters. All
railroads are giving reduced rates.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07

DUBUQUE Ia, Sept. 4-Wiliam Graham,
United States District Attorney, has filed
with Clerk Vandu zee. CT the United States
District Court, the petition in an action by
the Government to forfeit the franchise of
the Commercial National Bank of Dubuque
Comptroller Trenholm and Register Nc
Cue are nominally the plaintiffs. The petit
ton alleges that the directors knowingly
violated the law by loaning more than 10
per cent of the capital stock of Sl0O, 600
and that they loaned money on worthless
and fictitious drafts, bills Of exchange, etc.,
and discounted such, violating another sec
ton of the Revised Statutes Of the United
States
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07

IT pays in various ways to be re-
nowned for superiority. The new
steamer City of New York made 81, 500
simply by standing in her dock. Such
was the desire to see her that price
of admission was charged and sum
obtained which will be divided equally
among three charities.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07
Yhir teen skeletons ,Unearthed.

Renewed interest has been aroused in
the excavations and finds among the ruins
of old Fort Perrot, near Trempealeau The
other day party visited the place and I'M
earthed thirteen skeletons, together with
some silver JeWelry and rusty Anticipated
knives. After the find hundreds of per-
sons visited the spot.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07
Took All the Cash.

CHICAGO, Sept. 3.-The little town Of
Roseland, suburb Of Chicago, whose pop
ulstion is chiefly composed of Hollanders,
is il state of excitement over the disap-
pearance of the officers of the savings
bank of the village. The president OF the
bank, William Swart, its teller, L. 81
Johnston, and the business solicitor,
Elijah Becker, have left town, taking
with them the entire assets of the bank,
amounting to between s25 900 and $50, COO
The vault. when opened Saturday after
noon was found to contain 81. 16. The de-
positors are mostly small tradesmen and
farmers. SWart had been specializing.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07

THERE are four matrons In Media,
Pa, who are the mothers of eighty
four children. Mrs. William Wright
boasts OF fifteen, Mrs. Samuel. Field of
twenty-eight, Mrs. Joseph Chandler of
twenty-five and Mrs. Barrett OF six
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07

Company to the Mississippi River Logging
Company, conveying property valued at
81, 025, 600, has been filed at Eau Claire. 1t
is made up Of forty pages of closely writ
ten legal cap paper, twelve pages of which
are devoted to the description of lands ly-
ing principally in Eau Claire, Clark and
Taylor counties.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07

A WAGON road to the top of Pixies
Peak, which has been in course of con-
struction for some time past, was COM
pleted few days ago, and tourists
may now ride all the way to the top.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07

JOHN MCCUNE, the largest single oil
producer in the world, landed at Castle
Garden less than twenty-five years ago
with scarcely a dollar in his pocket.
He drifted into the oil country, became
an oil-well driller, and his estate is
now worth $1,000,000.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07
A New Enterprise at Waukesha.

Articles of association were filed at Wau-
kesha a few days ago by a company styling
itself the Idea Yeast Company, of Wauke-
sha. The capital stock is $120,000 j. K.
Anderson, the well known spring manager,
is to be president of the company, and Wal
ter Butts secretary and treasurer 1t is
designed to establish a factory here.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07
An Immense Cargo of seal-skins.

SAN Francisco, Aug. 30.--The Alaska
Commercial Company's steamer ST. Paul
has arrived from Ounalaska with 100. coo
seal skins, the seasons catch on st.
George End st. Paul islands, also num-
Der of other skins and furs, the aggregate
value being about $4,000, COO She reports
the revenue cutters Thetis and Bear in the
Arcti-, and all on hoard Of them well.
TIL y have made no seizures, though the
company claim that several British
schooners have been trespassing within
the limits.
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An Imnortant Decision.

WATERLOO, Ia, Sept 3-Justice Shields
has directed the return of the 81, 500 worth
of liquors seized from Pfeifer's drug store
at Cedar Falls. The sheriff gave up the
liquor, which was Immediately shipped
back to the parties from whom it was
originally purchased. There was no ques-
ton as to the proof of the sale of liquors
by the druggists without conforming
to the formalities of the law,
aud it is understood that the justice based
his decision upon the ruling of the Supreme
Court allowing transportation Of liquors
into Iowa, which, he holds, carries with it
the right to sell If this decision should
be upheld it will tend to destroy the effect
Of all State prohibitory laws.
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KILLED While Leading a Cow.

Mr.. John McCabe, resident of Green
Bay since 1S48, was killed few days ago
while leading cow. 1t being urged to go
along the animal ran around Mr.. McCabe,
entwining the rope about his limbs. The
cow then ran ahead, causing McCabe, en-.
tangled as he was, to be thrown violently,
and killing him Instantly
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07
saw-Milis Very Busy.

The log production from the Chippewa
river mills to Kansas Nebraska and West
ern Minnesota of late has been unusually
brisk. Orders were coming in freely, and
very few, if any of the saw-mills at Eau
Claire and vicinity would discontinue OPP
erations before November 10 or 10.
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Ready for the Veterans.

COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 1.-The General
Committee of the National Encampment
of the Grand Army, which opens in this
city September II, announces every thing
in readiness for the accommodation OF the
masses. All Grand Army of the Republic
posts and ex-soldiers relief organizations
which nave applied for quarters have been
assigned and the committee still has desig-
mated quarters for 1000 more peof lie.
They feel confident there will be no lack
Of accommodations.
1t is said that pittsburgh Phil" the
2lunger, who won nearly $1,000, 900 on the
-ace-tracks last year. has lost it all and is
broken down mentally
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07
Fatal saloon Row.

William Aminee, brakeman in the Wis
consin Central yards, was shot and killed
by Dan Richie, a saloon-keeper at Ashland,
early the other morning. Aminee was but
sixteen years of age, and went there
from Indiana. The two became engaged
in row, which ended in Richie pulling a
pistol and firing at Aminee The latter
staggered off about fifty feet and fell dead
Richie was arrested and placed in jail.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-07

OF the 37,77S,0O0 inhabitants of
Japan 100000 eat rice, 10000, 0Oa
wheat, 100000 other cereals, $780,
600 sweet potatoes, $4,000 potatoes,
and 755. 900 greens, sea-weed, fruit,