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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31
DIZZINESS IN TRADE.
The Transactions, Though, Are Unusual
Large, According to Dun & Co.'S Il,

The Transactions, Though, Are Unusually
Large According to Dun & Co.'s Re-
Port.
TIE review of trade tor last week, as re-
ported by r. G.. Dun Il Co., is as follows:
The state of trade is unusually perplexing,
for with general complaint of dnllness there are
evidences that the volume of transactions is
large The payments through banks last week
were Is per cent. larger than for the correspond
ing week last year at New York and Ii per cent.
larger at oil other cities. Railroad earnings
also show that the traffic is large. The demand
for money is sufficiently active at nearly all
interior points, moreover, to indicate that
large business is in progress. Yet it is
undeniable that the prevailing temper is
one of disappointment at the result of
business since the new year began, and
this is not wholly explained by the steadily
declining prices of products. At Southern
points, after some depression trade appears to
be improving. In the Northwest trade is fully
clearly larger. The supply of money seems to
be everywhere ample for legitimate demands.
There no indications of general unsoundness
or overstraining OF commercial credits. In the
great iron industry consumption for all other
than railroad purposes appears to be larger than
ever, but there is serious disturbance. de-
cline in the price of coke is considered
probable, and the anthracite coal market
continues weak. The decline in wheat
continues, the price having fallen 25s cents
for the week. Corn has. fallen cent, and
clined, mess about 81 cents per barrel, lard 20,
and hogs 10 cents per 100 pounds. Cotton is 8
shade lower, with sales of 421 900 bales, and cot
fee e cent higher, with sales Of 233, 900 bags.
There is little activity in groceries, but the
sugar market favors holders The exports of
merchandise from New York show gain of II
per cent. for three weeks. The stock market is
nevertheless SO firmly sustain I'D that tho aver
age decline in prices has been only co cents per
$1G0 for the week. The business failures num-
bered 342, against total OF 1877 the previous
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31
Political DOinSs.

The Senate deadlock has been broken at
Charleston, W. Va, by the election of r. S.
Carr. Union Labor Senator from Charleston,
as President of the Senate, on the 126th
ballot. He received sixteen votes, nine of
them being cast by the Democrats, who
claim that it was their victory.
The New Jersey Democratic legislative
caucus renominated Senator Mcpherson for
United States Senator. The Republican
caucus nominated Hon. William J. SeWell
of Camden.
The Arkansas Senate has passed the
House resolution instructing Senators and
requesting Representatives from Arkansas
in Congress to use their utmost efforts to
defeat the Blair educational bill. So
A joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Pennsylvania Constitution pro-
hibiting the manufacture or sale of intoxi-
eating liquors has been passed by the Leg
islature by Il vote OF 1872 to 55.
The Hudson bill creating labor bureau
has been recommended for passage in the
Indiana Senate.
The Kansas House has passed the Senate
resolution favoring the opening of Oklaho-
ma for settlement.
The Arkansas Senate has denied to
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31
To Choose an Orange.

The very sweetest orange and richest
is the black or rustycoated fruit. Pick
out the dingiest oranges in the box and
you will get the best. Another way to
choose oranges is by weight. The
heaviest are the best, because they have
the thinnest skin and more weight of
juice. Thick-skinned oranges are apt
to be dry. They either weigh less be-
cause of having so much skin, or be-
cause of the poverty of the juice in
these peculiar specimens. A slight
freezing on the tree causes this condi-
ton in otherwise fine fruit. The "kid
glove" oranges are the two varieties of
small fruit grown in Florida from
stocks respectively brought from China
and from Tangiers. They are called
Mandarin" and "Tangerine." They
may be eaten without soiling a kid
glove, because the skin is loose and the
little "gores" or pockets of juice come
apart very clearly and without break
ing. All the above applies to Florida
oranges. The Jamaica and Havana
oranges are much paler yellow, and
their juice is usually of more acid
quality. Caterer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31
VICTIMS OF THE GALLONS.
Southern Murde:ers Expiate Their Crime
the

Southern Murde:ers Expiate Their Crimes
the Scaffold.
Ed Fry. alias Ed Williams (colored), was
hanged in Marietta, Ca, for the murder of
his wife.
A negro named James Seames was han ged
at Eutaw, Ala, for numbering Deputy Sher-
if Aubrey of Tuscaloosa about six months
ago.
Charles McGill was hanged at Cameron.
Texas, for the murder of Willie Leonard.
1t was the first legal hanging in Milan Coun-
ty in thirty years.
John Yancey, colored, was hanged st
Yanceysville. n. c., for numbering Bob
Oliver. colored. Two thousand people wit
messed the execution. Yancey confessed
the crime and said his punishment was just
Charles Blackman (colored) was hanged
in the presence of an immense crowd, at
Ellsvile, Ga. for numbering Stonewall
Tondee (Whte) in 1885, Blackman had been
convicted OF the murder three times, and
each time his lawyer secured new trial
The people of Senley County were so afraid
Governor Gordon would interfere and stay
Blackman's execution that the telegraph
wires were cut in order to prevent the trans
mission Of message from Atlanta, the
State capital.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31
THE PULLMAN MONOPOLY.
The Control OF Over $50 900 Miles of Ro:

The Control Of Over 80, 900 Miles of Road
for Palace Car Service.
The negotiations between the officials of
the Pullman Palace Car Company and the
Union Palace Car Company, which alb
sorbed the Mann Boudor Car Company and
the Woodruff Palace Car Company, have
closed at New York City, and an agreement
executed by which the Pullman Company
obtained control of the opposition corpora
tons. The purchase involved the expendi-
ture of about So, 500, 900, and leaves the Pull
man in control of over one hundred and
service. AS soon as the agreement was
signed the holders of the Union Palace Car
Company stock delivered their certificates
and received checks at once. President
Pullman says no increase of stock is
necessitated by the purchase. After the
contamination of the deal the following
officers for the Pullman Palace Car Com
pany We're elected George NJ. Pullman,
President: t. IT. Wickes, Vice President,
and Z. D-Adams, John H. Inman, John G.
Moore, Edward Lauterbach, John P. Mar
quand, G. M. Dodge, C. Latterbury. Job H.
Jackson. John Jay White, and Howard
Mansfield Directors. The purchase of the
Union Palace Car Company leaves the Pull
man Company with only one competitor
the Wagner Company-in the field. That
company has its cars on the Vanderbilt
roads and is owned by the VanderbiIts.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31

Efforts of English Manufacturers to Defea!
the Tin-Plate Tariff in the Senate.

Efforts of English Manufacturers to Defea!
the Tin-P Plate Tariff in the Senate.
Edward James, al English tin plate manu-
facturer, was in Pittsburg, Pa, says
special telegram, looking up a location for
the Pope Iron & Tin-Pate Company of Tip
ton, England, which it is proposed to move
there. Mr.. James said to a reporter that
over $1,0OJ,000 had been contributed by
English tin-plate manufacturers and
merchants to defeat the clause in the SEN
ate tariff bill imposing duty on tin plate.
and this sum has been judiciously placed
in the hands Of lobbyists for that purpose.
In the event of the passage Of the bill the
industry would likely be wound up in En-
gland. and the many workers would flock to
this country. There are 203 tin plate mills
IN Great Britain, employing 100000 men.
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is 1T PRELLER's GHOST?
Room IA, Southern Hotel, st. Louis.
Stunned by the Public.

Room 144, Southern Hotel, st. Louis
Stunned by the Public.
A ghost story of grisly proportions is ra-
dating from the Southern Hotel at ST.
Louis, Mo. In Room IA, in April. 1885,
Maxwell chloroformed C. A. Preller to death
Then. after robbing the body, he packed it
in q trunk. where it lay for two weeks
Since then the guests who have occupied
Groom have had strange experiences. The
hotel people at first laughed at their fears,
but the laugh soon turned to a sickly smile
when some of the hotel employees tried to
sleep all night in the apartment. Groans
and frightful noises. alternating with the
opening and shutting of wardrobe DOORS
created panic among the employees
and guests. Finally the horror of
room IA spread to such an extent
among the travelling public that the
room could not be assigned. Then the hotel
men changed the number AMI called it No.
1873. This had no effect on the circus. One
of the best known men in st. Louis occu-
pied the room for three nights recently and
was then forced out by the strange noises
and opening of bureau drawers, and falling
brick in the fireplace.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31
A Proposed Sky Railway.

The plans for the proposed ship rail
way across the isthmus connecting
Nova Scotia with New Brunswick have
been approved by the min ster of rail
ways, and the con racts are signed.
Vessels bound from Europe and Bos-
ton and New York VII save 500 miles
by utilizing the railway. They will
sail up the Bay of Fundy, and after
being hoisted by hydraulic lifts, VII be
transported to the Gulf of st. Law
renee. The railway will be about
forty miles long. he contracts call
for the completion of the work in 1892.
Canada paper.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31
Wise O.d Madam.

Madam is Teddy's cat She is pretty
old for a cat, more than twice as old as
Teddy himself. But Teddy says he is
more than twice as g as she is and
that makes up. One day Teddy was,
oh, SO naughty thai mamma had to put
him in the sitting-room closet for a
while. He cried-oh, how hard he
cried! Madam was lying on the mat
before the fire. She pricked up her
ears at the noise. l think she did not
like to hear little boys cry, especi-
ally Teddy. She got up and looked at
the closet door.
A chair stood close beside the door
SO close that Madam could reach the
latch from it with her paw. She ratified
the latch three OF four times, but the
door did not come open. and Madam
sat down and looked at it and Teddy
cried louder than ever The Madam
made a quick, little spring forward,
and put enc paw through the handle
and hing there. Then she put the
other paw on the latch and pressed it
down; and her weight made the door
swing open.
Wasn't she a wise old Madam
Mamma told Teddy he might come
out.
MADAM opened the door," said she.
Nov, don't you think you ought to be
good?"
II guess I had!" said Teddy, opening
his eyes wide and picking Madam up.
ooh, mamma, did she, honest, truly =?
Oh, mayn't I give her the coolest she
ever had to eat to member it by?"
Il don't care, said mamma, laughing,
If you are good boy"
So Madam gotta saucerful of cream
Youths Communion
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31
A Triumph Of Invention.

Fair Customer-Are those pretty lit
tie alarm clocks good for anything!
Dealer-Yes, indeed, madam; have
one of the smallest sizes at home, and
always depend on it when I want to
catch train.
"Well, I want one for the servant
girls bedroom.
Hem-Perhaps I'd better show you
our new patent alarm, made especially
for that purpose. 1t is rather expen-
sive but very effective, being mechan-
ical compound of a whistling-boy, an
engine bell, and fog-horn. -Phjladel-
DhIa Record.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31
THE MILLS BILL.

After Much Discussion 1t Is Referred to a
Committee.
THE Speaker laid before the House on the 26th
inst the Mills tariff bill. with the Senates sub
stitute therefor, together with the request of
the Senate for conference. A lengthy debate
resulted. Statements were made in the debate
that the bill should be reported back from the
committee, but there was no recorded or direct
agreement with respect to the disposition of the
bill. The decision of Speaker Carlisle was that
the bill as matter of course, under the rules,
must be referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means unless unanimous consent could be
obtained to dispose of it in some other way {;
that the question of high privilege did not at
tach to the measure until it had been
referred to conference committee
and that Save by the same unanimous consent
the conference asked for by the Senate could
not be granted until the bill had been referred
to a committee The unanimous consent could
not of course, be had for the proposition to
concur, and the bill was referred to the Com
mittee on Ways and Means.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31

said that five months ago he started
out from distant point in Eastern
Canada to walk to the Abbey of Geth-
semane, near Bardstown. So far he had
safely accomplished his journey. which,
he said. was a distance of 1900 miles. Iii
his long tramp he had worn out nine pair
of shoes. Il am very weary" he said. and
wish were at my journeys end, where
| will find sweet rest for the remainder OF
my already numbered days These words.
spoken in very earnest and pious tone,
aroused the curiosity of the barber natu-
rally. Why did you not rider" Il belong
to a certain holy order of the Catholics,
and this is the penance imposed upon me
for. cinc
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31

Reappearancea of the Marine Monster Of
Cuban Port.

A great sea monster has appeared near
Matanzas, Cuba. Ell Correo de Matanzas. re-
ferr.ny to it, says: Intelligent persons
who saw him calculate that the monster
measures about $50 feet long and forty
feet wide. 1t is of a dark gray color, with
white spots the size of dinner plates all
over the back. It's immense head, fins, and
tail are identical with those of a shark. 1t
was roaming round the entrance of Matan-
zas Bay for three days and was the terror
of fishermen, who declared that they had
never seen anything to compare with it.
This monster is supposed to be the great
tiger shark seen several years ago in the
Indian Ocean,"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31

JAMES N. BURNES. difficulty In speaking.
Noticing that mis- face appeared to be some
what drawn on the left side Mr..
Butterworth assisted Mr.. Burnes into the
fresh air. Mr.. Burnes in a short time felt
better and lay down upon sofa. He soon
began to breathe in a labored manner and
to lose consciousness. Physicians were
called and he was removed to his hotel.
His condition grew worse rapidly, and about
midnight he died. His son, D. B. Burnes.
was at his bedside. Another son. who lives
at st. Joseph, Mo-, was notified. Mrs.
Burnes, an invalid. was at her Missouri
home. Joseph Nelson Burnes was born
in Indiana in 1882, and at the age of five
years he was taken to Platte County, Mis-
souri,, where he received a common and
high school education. He afterward
studied law at the Harvard Law School.
and graduated with the class of SO. After
graduation he practiced actively for twenty
years. In 1856 he was a Presidential
elector and voted for Buchanan and Brock
inridge. From 1868 to 1872 he was Judge of
the Court of Common Pleas. He was
elected to the Forty eighth and Forty ninth
Congresses as a Democrat, receiving 4,451
votes, against 1864 for Dunn, his Repub-
lican opponent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31
HARRISON HOGAN ARRESTED.
The Aged Indiana Desperate Finally
Captured by a Sherif'S Posse.

The Aged Indiana Desperate Finally
Captured by Sherif's Posse.
Sheriff Hay and posse. Of Jeffersonville,
Ind, went to Bull Creek and arrested Har-
rison Hogan. They ran the steamer Minnie
Bay up to his shanty and threw the electric
light rays upon it. Hogan went out to give
battle, but seeing the odds retreated inside.
The excitement among the Bays fifty
passengers was intense. Hogan's hired man
begged him to surrender. The old man
then barred his breast and asked the Sheriff
to shoot him. He had no friends. had been
beaten out of his wealth. and did not want
to be further abused. Finally he surren-
derod. The arrest caused a sensation
Hogan had hitherto successfully resisted
arrest, giving battle number Of times and
putting the officers to flight, though he IL
seyenty-tive years old.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31
SOME FIGURES ON CORN.
The Illinois Crop of 1888 Valued at Nearly
$3.50, OOO, OOO-Acreage and Prices.

The Illinois corn crop of 1888 has been re-
ported to the State Board of Agriculture as
yielding in the aggregate 277,726,451 bush
els, valued at $79,241. ia. The acreage
for 1888, reported by the assessors, is 7,47C, :
813 acres. The statistics are not all pre-
pared for the crop report Of the Board. but
from the tables as far as completed it is as
certained that the average yield per acre is
thirty nine bushels. Greene County reports
the largest average yield, fifty bush
els to the acre, and the yield of fifteen
bushels per acre in Jefferson County is the
smallest. The average price of corn
where raised was % cents per bushel.
Cook and Alexander Counties report
the highest average price of sc cents
per bushel, and the lowest price is "a cents
which is the value Of corn in Lawrence
County.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31
BATTLE IN EAST AFRICA.
The Position of Captured Missionaries One
of Great Danger.

~
"A Zanzibar special says: An engage
ment took place at Oar es- Salam resulting
in the defeat of the Arabs, many of whom
were killed. During the fight the First
Lieutenant of the German warship Sophie
was killed by a sunstroke. The defeat of
the Arabs renders the position of the capt.
ured missionaries still more dangerous. It
is reported that the manager of the Ger
man Vitu Company assembled the friendly
natives and read an autograph letter from
the Emperor thanking each native by name
for his goodwill and assistance, and prom
Using protection and rewards. The British
consul is trying to arrange for the dispatch
of caravan to bring away the missionaries
at Upwapwa and Mamboyo, their position
being extremely dangerous.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31
DEATH OF A PLAYWRIGHT.

A. II. Cazauran Passes Away in New York
City from Dropsy.
Playwright A. R. Cazauran died in New
York City, after sickness of two years.
from dropsy. For the last six months he
had been confined to his bed.
Mr. Cazauran was born in Bordeaux France,
in October, 1921. He came to America in 1856,
going to Louisville, Ky. He served on the Cour-
aer-Journdl as reporter and dramatic critic. He
was Supreme Court Reporter i'll Washington
before the war when he became q corresp nd
ent. He afterward went TO New York City.
Wi Bronson Howard he wrote the Bankers
Daughter" He is the author of The Fatal
Letter" and composed and adapted "A Gel
ebrated Case" Mother and Son." French
Flats
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31
He Assisted Lincoln.

Samuel M. FELTON,, President of the Penn
sylvania Steel Company, died in his resi-
dence at Philadelphia. aged 70 years. He
will chiefly be remembered as having
enabled President Lincoln to pass unrecog-
nized through Baltimore on his way to his
inauguration at Washington
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31
Charged with Murder.

Thomas Pritchard and Sydney Murray.
well-known citizens of Jonesboro, Tenn,
are charged with causing the death of
William Patton, of Telford Depot. Tenn,
by forcing Il large quantity of croton oil
down his throat
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31

SHAKESPEARE, in the midsummer
Nights Dream" makes Titania order
the FAIRIES to light their tapers Eat the
fiery glow-worm eyes. " 81 know not,
says johnson, "how Shakespeare. who
commonly derived his knowledge of
nature from his own observation, hap
pened to place the glow-wo ms light
in his eyes, which is only in his tai.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31

Thomas Conway, of New Suffolk, L. l.,
who disappeared Jan. 2, the day he was to
have been married, was found in barn
near that city. He was insane and nearly
starved. having lived in the shed without
food since his disappearance. Onreceiving
medical treatment he recovered. He can
give no explanation of his action.
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A Hard Life.

Don't you find life good deal of
grind, Count Spagnetti?"
Il used to-" replied the Count, as he
let his mind revert to the days when he
and his monkey worked eight. hours
day to CRAFTY the public tastes for mu-
sic.-Harper Bdzdr.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31
A New Trial Refused.

At Geneva. ILL.,, Judge Wilson has refused
a new trial to Bauereisen, the alleged @
dynamiter. who was recently sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary. His friends
were much disappointed. and BaUereisen
paled when the Judge read his decision.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31
Arizona Politics.

A Prescott, Arizona, telegram says that
the deadlock in the House has been broken
by Mr.. Jordan Oem.) joining the Republi-
cans, who elected J. T. T. Smith, of Phoenix.
Speaker. The Governors message was
presented. He advocated memorializing
Congress for admission as State. The
bill to remove the capital from Prescott to
Phoenix passed the House.
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Wants to BE Governor.

A petition has been filed by G. NJ Nor
wood in the General Assembly Of Arkansas
preliminary to contesting the election of
James P. Eagle as Governor. Norwood,
the Labor candidate, charges fraud. and
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Women Elect Officers.

The Woman's Suffrage Association at
Washington, D. c.. elected the following
officers for 1889: President. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton; Vice President at-large, Susan B.
Anthony; Secretary, Rachael F. Avery;
Treasurer. Mrs. Jane III. Spofford; Chair
man of the Executive Committee, Mrs.
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ton of Gen. Boulanger by plurality of ST.
$50 over Jacques, and Il clear majority over
all of 54,432. The complete vote is:
Boulanger. PA, 070
jacques l62, gu
Other candidates. Observation-Disclosures. 10,358
The Boulangists predict the immediate
fall of the Floquet ministry. the dissolution
of Parliament, and a general election in
March They also forecast d rupture in
the Radical party, and express the belief
that forty Radical Deputies will join the
Boulangist ranks and thus give the General
following of sixty members in the present
Chamber. Bets are freely offered that the
ministry will resign. The members of the
government are astounded at the result.
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In Religious Circles.

The Rev. Milton Merle Smith, associate
pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of
Cleveland, Ohio, has accepted q call to the
Central Presbyterian Church of New York:
salary, $1,000. The Rev. I. A. Crandall. of
the Twenty third Baptist Church of New
Y ork. has been called to the Euclid Avenue
Baptist Church of Cleveland; salary, SIS, ZOO.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31
Ordered to Panama.

The United States ship Ossipee. which
recently arrived at Kingston. Jamaica, with
the Haytien Republic in tow, has been or
dered to proceed without delay to Aspin-
wall for the protection of American inter-
ests on the Isthmus. Her departure for
Aspinwall will leave the United States I'M
represented by war vessel in Haytien
waters until the arrival OF the Atlanta, which
sailed from New York lately.