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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
OUR MARY rISDs HER ROMEO.

Miss Anderson, in Letter to a Friend,
Says She Will Marry Navarro In June.
Mary Anderson has found her Romeo.
and is henceforth lost to the stage. Ru-
mors that she was to marry young Mr..
Navarro have been plentiful. and that gen
tleman has tacitly admitted an engage
ment but until the present time Miss An
derson herself has preserved silence on
the subject that could be felt. Now. how
ever, letter has been received from her
by a lady-a most intimate friend = in
Louisville. announcing that the rumored
engagement was reality. and that the
wedding would take place probably in
June. In her letter Miss Anderson says:
Il have found my Romeo at last" and
speaks most pleasantly of the gentleman.
She also says she will never again face the
footIights. unless something unforeseen
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
PASSED WITHOUT DIVISION.

The Legislative, Executive and Judicial
Appropriation Bill Passes the House.
THE comparative merits of the 1evee and out
let systems for the Mississippi were discussed
at length i'll the Senate on the 2Sth, the debate
showing that there was great divergence of
views the subject. Most of the afternoon
was spent on the land grant forfeiture bill. Mr..
Evarts called up the bill to incorporate the So
ciety of Sons of the American Revolution, which
elected considerable discussion, during which
the Senate at 5:15 p. M. adjourned. In
the House the conference report the
Fremont (Nebraska) public building bill
was submitted by Mr.. Milliken, of
Maine, and was agreed to. The limit of cost is
$50 00J. The Speaker laid before the House the
mes sage of the President, returning, without
his approval, the bill to allow Ogden, Utah, to
increase it's indebtedness. Referred to the
Committee on Territories. The legisla-
tive, executive, and judicial appropria-
ton bill passed without division.
The House then went into committee of the
whole on bills relating to the District of Co1um-
bia. The bill for the establishment of Rock
Greek Park was amended SO as 10 assess a part
of the cost on the adjoining property holders
and after much discussion received q favorable
vote, most of the Republicans voting for it and
the Democrats against it. The bill was laid
aside with favorable recommendation by the
cOl0Unittae nj the whole
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
Rural Notes and News.

Air the cellar on mild days.
Mixed farming is the safest.
Use good seed-plant carefully.
Is your wood-house well-filled?
Fat vegetables require fat land.
Girls, have a fine show of flowers.
Farm for both profit and pleasure.
Make all tramps work or move on.
Remedy for wOrry-earne work.
Be gentle with the colts and calves.
Carefully guard against foreign fires.
Raise plenty of carrots for the horses
''Plow deep while suggards Sleep"
Keep the poultry house and yard dry.
Confne the fowls. on cold, windy days.
Make good Seed-bed before planting.
All foods for plants must be soluble to
be available.
Do not remove the mulch from trees
and plants too early.
Ground bone is good fertilizer to put
around trees in setting them.
Docking and castratfng may be done
when the lamb is a week old.
Give your fruit trees a good soil. They
can not feed and thrive on nothing.
If you want to feed milk to a lamb use
tin can with a long spout like an oil
can.
Management This one word has
more meaning on the farm than is gem
orally suspected.
How many tradesmen and men in
other lines of business are bankrupted
to one OH the farm?
The farm may not yield big profits,
but is there any other calling so sure to
give a man his living?
A wash of fresh buttermil1 is said to
kill lice on hogs. The milk needs to be
well rubbed into the bristles.
Give the eve clover hay if you have
it, bran, and crushed oats, and she will
provide the lamb with plenty OF milk.
The worlds available supply of wheat
on March 1 was 12,75O,000 quarters,
against 100000 900 quarters year ago.
A well-managed creamery in COM
munity will give the community pros
perity that it has never before known.
Prepare your ground well before
planting, cultivate well and, barring
accident, the harvest will not disappoint
you.
Plant the garden so that you can
have a regular succession of vegetables.
Plant small fruit with the same end in
view.
The scrub animal has a. pedigree
which by adverse circumstances has a
downward instead OF an upward ten
dency.
Every man should try to furnish him
self with all necessary tools and not rely
too mucn on the good nature OF his
neighborS
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
Manv Tovs burned.

Fire in Neville & Co.'S toy warehouse at
San Francisco caused a loss OF 500. 600.
The insurance is not known.
To Investigate the Clayton Murder.
The special committee to investigate the
murder of Clayton in Arkansas has left for
that State to begin its investigation
A Sure-Enough Engagement.
Mary Anderson's engagement to De
Navarro is definitely announced.
An Elevated Road for st. Louis.
The Scott Elevated Railroad in St. Louis
is now being built.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
SHAKEN BY AN EARTHQUAKES.

Several Shocks Felt in California = No
Great Damage So Far Reported.
An earthquake was felt at San Francisco
the other morning and was general in that
section of the State. The shock was very
sharp in San Francisco, but no serious
damage was done. The walls of a few
houses. including the United States
Appraisers building. in which the
Federal Courts are held, were cracked.
and there was considerable alarm
felt by persons who were aroused
from sleep. The most serious damage is
reported from Pajaro. where the railroad
bridge was thrown two feet out of line and
the approaches to it damaged. Gas mains
were disjointed at Gilroy. and many Chin
neys were thrown down in the neighbour
hood of jacksonville. In some localities
as many as a dozen distinct shocks were
felt
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
GREAT Loss IN TEXAS.
Floods Destroy Several Hundred Thou
sand Dollars Worth of Property.

Floods Destroy Several Hundred Thou
sand Dollars Worth of Property.
A Dallas (Texas) dispatch says: There
are four hundred homes in Dallas and the
suburbs from which the inhabitants have
been driven by the overflow in the Trinity
River. The river at this rise was few
inches higher than that OF 1866. which was
the highest recorded. The water ran through
the windows of the first floor of the Dallas
Elevator and damaged a large amount of
wheat, as we'll as the machinery and belt
ing. The st. Louis Pressed Brick Company
are heavy losers. Two thousand bales Of
cotton were soaked at the compress, foot
OF Lamar street, and the Dallas Brewing
Company will suffer considerably from in
convenience caused by water. The Eureka
steam laundry has suspended operations,
as the water is several feet deep in their
buildings. AS the mail was being trans
ferred from one train to the other on the
Texas and Pacific pouch of registered
mail slipped off the hand car and sunk in
the swift current before it could be recov-
cred. The city water works are useless.
The damage done by the flood in Dallas
will amount to several hundred thousand
dollars
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
A PEORIA MAN GONE WRONG.

Lafayette Cole Arrested in New York
Charged with Embezzlement.
Lafayette Cole. OF Peoria. ILL.,. formerly
book-keeper OF the Peoria Gas Light and
Coke Company and of the Jenney Electric
Light Company. of that city. has been ar
rested in New York City by the New York
agent of Stanleys Western Detective
Agency of Chicago. Cole is charged with
being short in his accounts to the extent Of
$1,000. and will be taken to Peoria for trial
as soon as requisition papers can be Sc
cured,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
BASEBALL.
Relative Positions of the Various Clubs in
the Leading Associations.
O,DONOvAN ROSA CONVICTED.

Found Guilty of Criminal Libel in Calling
Cassidy "a British Spy.
O'Donovan Rosa has been convicted of
criminal libel by a jury in the New York
Court of Oyer and Terminer, before Judge
Anderson. with recommendation to the
extreme mercy OF the court. His printer,
William Hendrickson, who was indicted
with him. was acquitted. Rosa was in
dicted for calling P. S. Cassidy British
spy" and publishing a similar libel in his
paper, the United L'tshman. The jury re-
tired at five o'clock and rendered the ver-
dict at S.2n n m
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
THIRTY DOOMED TO DIE.

The Largest CoIliery of the Union Pacific
Railroad in Wyoming on Fire.
A Rock Springs (Wy.) special says that a
fire is burning in No. mine. owned by the
Union Pacific Railway Company. 1t is sup
posed to have been started by some China
men while cooking a meal. Several ex-
plosions have occurred and several men
have been badly burned. It is believed
that it will be necessary to flood the mine.
which is valued at over $1.G00.0OO. There
are thirty men still imprisoned in the mine
and it is feared all have persisted.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01

ants. The case involves tina question OF
the lawfulness of free carriage of freights
bv railroad companiesyto and from one sta
ton on their lines and the shippers place
OF business, when such free carriage is not
given to shippers at another station on the
same line, taking the same grouped rate.
The Commission ruled that the practice is
in effect giving of rebate from the regu-
lar published tariff rate. and also violates
the long and short haul clause of the inter
state commerce law.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
BECOMES A LAW.

The Worlds Fair Bill Signed by the
President.
The President has signed the worlds fair
bill. There has been no doubt about his
attitude toward the project. but Chicago s
tireless workers in Washington are su-
premely happy, now that the subject is
finally and satisfactorily disposed OF. The
Chicago Congressman. who have been kept
on the jump ever since the fight began, are
pleased over the successful result of their
labcrs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
NINE HAVE SIGNED THE TREATY.
Mr.. Blaine E1ated Over the Success of His
Arbitration Agreement.

Mr.. Blaine Elated Over the Success of His
Arbitration Agreement.
Representatives of nine of the American
Republics have signed the formal treaty of
arbitration in Secretary Blaine's office at
the Department of State-namely, the
United States, Guatemala. Nicaragua, Sal.
vador. Honduras, Bolivia. Ecuador. Hayti,
and the United States of Brazil. 1t is ex-
pected that three more signatures and seals
will be added soon. and it IS hoped that
the signatures of all the powers will be
secured in the course of the summer and
autumn. Several of the Ministers remained
over at great inconvenience to complete
their adhesion to the treaty. Great
enthusiasm is felt at the State Department
over the rapid progress of so important a
measure. The International Conference
could only recommend. and it was the reg
ularly accredited Ministers PIenipoten-
tiary who signed the treaty for reference
to their respective governments.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
Nominated for Office.

The President has sent to The Senate the
following nominations: John G. Fremont.
of New York. to be Major General on the
retired list: John T. Ensor. Attorney for
the District of Maryland; William F. Airey,
Marshal for the District of Maryland.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
Establishing a Precedent.

A nervous, dyspeptic book-keeper
was busy at his desk near window OH
his books, says the Macon Telegraph.
A small boy was on the sidewalk,
blowing one Of those balloons making
a continual cat-cry. The. bookkeeper
stood it as long as he possibly could,
so, calling the boy, he gave him a
nickel and asked him to move on. The
lad caught on that his music was worri-
some. and FASTENED away to post his
chum, who was soon at the same stand,
blowing for dear life and nickel. The
book-keeper looked out, and, seeing it
was different lad, was in the act Of
repeating his former request, but see
ing the first lad peeping around the
corner, having dozen or more with
him, a policeman was called. The boys
were reprimanded in the Recorders
Court next morning and turned loose.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01

George ". Parker. special agent of the
Indian bureau, in his report on the South.
ern Utes located in Southwestern Colorad
says that the Indians are very anxious to
be transferred to Utah. The people of that
Territory are just as anxious to have them
stay where they are.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
Farmers Will Start a Bank.

The Farmers Alliance of Buchanan
County. Missouri. has subscribed $4,000 To
start a bank and are raising subscriptions
to build a grain elevator at st. Joseph in
whichithey car store their wheat until they
can get such price for it as the desire.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
To Succeed Congressman Browne.

In the Republican Convention for the
Sixth Congressional District of Indiana,
Henry U. Johnson. State Senator, was
nominated for Congress to succeed Thomas
Browne, the present incumbent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
Ofice-Holders Selected.
The President has sent to the Senate

me PreS1QenC mas SenG TO inc H0naUo inc
following nominations:
Robert s. Gardner, of West Virginia, to be an
Indian Inspector. John E. Helms, of Nebraska,
Indian Agent at the Santee Agency in Nebraska.
Receivers of Public Moneys--Alexander S. Jack
son, at New Orleans Thomas B. Shannon, at
San Francisco James H. Danskin, at Alliance,
Neb. James Whitehead, at Broken Bow, Neb
Land Office Regsters-John Reese. at Broken
Bow, Neb.; Frederick NJ. Darlington, at AL
hance, Neb.
Collectors of Customs-James r. JolIey, dis
trct of Teche, Louisiana John r. Mizel, dis
toms-Joseph A. Faris, port of Wheeling, w.
Va. Algernon S. Badger, Appraiser of Merchan-
disc at New Orleans. Jacob Shaen, Assistent
Appraiser of Merchandise at San Francisco.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
Canital for a Great Mexican Bank.


Ncws from Europe states that the capital
for the new Bank of Fomento, to be estab-
lished at the City of Mexico. is practically
secured. This will be Il large institution.
with S25.O0O.O00 nominal capital. one-fifth
paid In. The banks are generally doing an
excellent business. The National Bank of
Mexico will pay II per cent this year. and
the London Bank 20 per cent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
Combinations.

The Senate in executive session has con-
frmed the following nominations: John
E. Helms. agent at Santee Indian Agency,
Nebraska. Daniel Van Ness Harwood,
Postmaster at Ripon. Wis. Receivers of
Public Moneys-James Whitehead. Red
Fern, Neb.; James II. Danskin, Alliance.
Neb. Registers of Land Offices-Frederick
M. Darlington. Alliance, Neb.; John Reese.
Broken Bow. Neb.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
ENGLISH sYNDICATEs STILL TO THE
FORE.
Buenos Ayres Receives s41,oOo.oOo i

BuenOs Ayres Beceives $41,OOO,OOO in
Exchange for Railroad.
A Buenos Ayres cable says: 1t is an
nounced that an English syndicate has pur
chased the Western Railway for $41, 100000
gold. This leaves Buenos Ayres a surplus
of $16.OOOOOO. The Finance Minister says
he is confident that with the surplus the
Government will be able to control the, cur
rency gambling. The real producing and
export business is excellent. Gold is at 40
premium
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
REPRIsALs AGAINST AMERICA.

Holland to Increase the Import Duty on
PetrOleum-OtherA Action.
Holland proposes to increase the duty on
American petroleum imported into tho
Dutch Indies in reprisal for the American
increase of duty on raw tobacco. In Dutch
commercial circles the advisability is being
discussed of common European action
against American protection.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
SWEPT BY A CYCLONE.

The Village Of Kyle, Texas, Shaken Up by
WindStOrm.
The little town of Kyle, twenty miles
south of Austin. Texas, was visited by a
cyclone and many houses were overturned
and several swept away. Several persons
were injured. but no one was killed. The
Kyle Seminary, large frame building, was
torn from it's foundation and carried twenty
feet, but was not seriously damaged. The
destruction of fences and growing crops
was very great.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
Burned to Death.

By the burning Of their dwelling at Dele
vile. Ont. Jane Arthurs was burned to
death, and her husband. William Arthurs.
received injuries which will probably prove
fatal Both were ovor 60 years old.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
A Good Trade for Mr.. Cleveland.

The deed transferring ex-President
Cleveland's place of residence ouside of
Washington has been placed onrecord.
The consideration is $135.O0O. which is
nearly 100000 in excess of the price paid
by Mr.. Cleveland. The purchaser. it is I'M
derstood, proposes to subdivide the prop
ertv into lots
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
visible suppIy oil Grain.

The visible supply of grain. complied
by the New York Produce Exchange. is as
follows: Wheat 239S2. 16S bushels: de-
crease. 513.554; corn. Il. 900; decrease.
1929 476; oats. 3.412,652: decrease. 207,9
rye. /. 702, 1888; decrease. 1905: barley. 1885,.
us; increase. T4.90S.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
IsIaze aft AUSTIN. Minn.

The fine main school building in Austin.
Mimi. has been destroyed by fire. The
structure was of brick. three stories high.
Fire caught in the roof and could lot be
reached promptly. and the building was
completely Quilted. For safety the walls
were afterward blown down by dynamite.
The loss is $4,000; the insurance $4,000.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01

Discussing the Bellring Sea Question.
One Of the questions considered at the
last Cabinet meeting was the policy to be
pursued by this administration for the pro-
lection of American interests in Behging Sea
during the coming fishing season. It is ex-
pected that the matter will be settled in a
fau dauG
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
Combinations.

The Senate in executive session has con-
flrmed the following nomin ations: E. A
Williams, Surveyor General of North d.
kota; J. H. Shupe. Register of the Land
Office at Roseburg, Oregon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
Surrendered himself as a Defaulter.

A Trenton. N. j.. dispatch says: United
States Commissioner Rowe was called upon
at his hotel by Caspar Seer, chief clerk in
the money order department. of the Newark
postofice. who came to surrender himself
as defauter in the sum of about $4,000.
Seer said he was ashamed to deliver HIM
self to the authorities in Newark, where he
has a wife and children. and where he has
many friends who hold him in esteem
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
Russian Barbarism in Siberia.

High Russian authorities disapprove the
proposed presentation to the Car of re-
monstrances from America and England
against cruelties in Siberia. and it is said
that the remonstrants will meet with a
Snubbing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
Must Purchase Native Live Stock.

The Ohio Legislature has enacted a law
which requires the officers of all State and
county institutions to purchase native live
stock for consumption. The law defines
native live stock to be that which has been
in the State 100 days before being killed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
American Thieves i'm London,s PRISON.

American Thieves in LOndOn'S Prison.
Frank Lackrose. the American bank thief,
and his accomplices. Smith and Robinson,
have been sentenced in London to impris
onment for eighteen months. They at
tempted to steal bag containing S15,g00.
Soldiers Will Join the Labor Movement
The authorities at Vienna, Austria, have
discovered that there is great dissatisfac-
ton among the soldiers on account o. in
sufficient pay. and that they intend to join
the labor dem onstration of May 1.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
a Defanltinp Rank AGENT Cantured

J. Med. Cromars. the agent at Edmons-
ton of the Peoples Bank of Halifax, who
left the country with $4,000 belonging to
the bank. has been captured at Sand Beach,
Michigan.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01

To Act as New Hampshire's Governor.
David A. Taggart, President of the New
Hampshire State Senate. has been inaugu-
rated as acting Governor. and will perform
the gubernatorial duties during the ab-
senceI of Gov. Goodell. incapacitated by
illness.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
DASHED AGAINST A STONE WALL.

Two Killed and Three Fatally Injured I'm
an Ohio Runaway Accident.
Late at night while returning home from
trip to Lafayette a party of young Poop le
met shocking accident near Lima. Ohio.
Their horses became frightened and ran
into stone wall. killing both of them and
dashing the occupants against the stone
abutment of bridge. Minnie and Gertie
Pierce were instantly killed and Ella
Hawkins and Cliff Church we're probably
fatally injured
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
A French Reverse in Dahomey.

Official dispatches confirm the report of a
French reverse in Dahomey. One white
was killed and twenty native allies were
U0nnda6
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
Trouble in the Logging streams.

A Saltwater. Mimi. dispatch says: Lack
of sufficient rain and the continued cold
weather have had the effect of rapidly low
ering the logging streams to an extent that
threatens serious trouble. One of the
heaviest lumbermen said the other day that
the Kettle River and Crooked Creek drives
were in bad way and would not be able to
get out except by the help of a freshet. At
the mouth of Clam River a jam of from 49,
900 to 100000 feet of logs has formed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
Two Men Drowned.

John Beekman and Elisha Dyer, of Ham
mondsport, N. Y, have been drowned off
Two Mile Point, Keuka Lake.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
A Mail Clerk Arrested.

Arthur D. Towne. an employe of the Lon
donderry On. H. postoffice, has been ar
rested on charge OF ritiing the mails.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
Got a Large Back Pension.

A voucher for s13,637.80 for pension and
back pay. said to be the largest sum given
for that purpose TO any Indiana soldier
has been sent to William Bobiey. OF Lin
ton. Greene County.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01

The Pennsy Ivania Railroad statement for
March shows an increase of $53,171 in net
earnings over March, 1889. For the first
three months of 1890 the net earnings have
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
cabinet Crisis in France.

It is rumored that disputes have arisen in
the French Cabinet, and it is feared that a
collapse Of the ministry is not far off.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-01
HE THIKsTs FOR AN EDITORS GORE.

w. p. Campbell Challenges Thomas III.
Davis to Mortal Combat at LOuisyi lie.
w. L. Campbell. Assistant Enrolling Clerk
of the kentucky House, has sent a chal-
lenge to fight duel to Thomas H. Davis.
editor OF the Maysville Republican. Davis
published that Campbell had left debts I'M
paid when recently he went away from
Augusta, KY. Campbell threatens to kill
Davis on sight if duel is declined.