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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Struck by a Fall of Fire.

A strange fire ball, blue and white, fell
out of a black cloud at the village of Brook
Ign, Windham County, Conn, in q terrific
thunderstorm day or two ago. 1t seemed
to come straight down from the sky and hit
the carriage in which Mr. and Mrs. Sperry
and her children were driving. All were
hurled out of the vehicle. Mr.. Sperry was
badly burned about the arms and legs and
his wife and two children were paralyZed.
It is feared they may not recover the use Of
their limbs. Neither carriage nor horse
was much injured.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
AMOUNT OF WHEAT IN sTo OK.

Said to Be Much Less than Week Ago.
Figures compiled by the Northwestern NIL
Ter of Minneapolis show the stock of wheat
there in private houses, and not included in
the visible-supply statement, to be $4,000
bushels decrease for the week of 255, 900
bushels This leaves stocks at the only
two terminal points having any wheat as
follows: Minneapolis, 5,145,009 bushels;
Duluth, 6S2, 600; total, 5 1927 900 bushels; de-
crease, 1,192, 900 The Market Record esti-
mates the wheat in store at country eleva-
tors of Minnesota and the DakOtas at 49,,
600 bushels-a decrease of $4,000 bushels
during the week. The total Northwestern
stocks are thus made 6,0O5,000 bushels,
against { ,261, 900 a week ago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
THE OUTLOOK FOR WHEAT.
Estimated Crop in Minnesota and Dakota
100000 Bushels.

Estimated crop In minnesota ana OakOtb
93,OOO,OOO Bushels.
From reports of thrashing in Southern
Minnesota it is found the crop is yielding
from fifteen to twenty bushels an acre IN
portions that went from two to four bushels
more than that last year. This is particu-
larly true of the timber sections, where the
yield was very heavy in 1889. From gem
cral information it does not appear that the
average would go more than about thirteen
bushels to the acre, or, in round figures,
AZ, 900, 900 bushels of wheat for that State,
against As, 100000 bushels last year. The
yield of South Dakota, SO far as 1T is
known, is quite satisfactory in the
southern part of the State. while
the northern central portions do not exceed
so per cent. OF a fair yield. Taken all to-
gether the yield does not exceed ten and
one-h half bushels. In North Dakota there is
some very heavy grain and some very light.
The best estimates give both Dallotas pro-
duction of about 5O,00O,00O bushels, making
for the three States of Minnesota and North
and South Dakota SO, 900, 600 bushels. More
extended thrashing may call for some re-
vision, but from observations up to the
present that appears to be what may be ex-
pected.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Badeau,s Name Off the List,

The pension of General Adam Badeau has
at last been cut off. He was retired with
the rank of captain through General Grants
influence, and later was appointed consul
general at Havana He has drawn pay as
retired officer for twenty -ono years, but
has ut last been dropped, the acceptance OF
the consulship being held to have amounted
to resignation as captain.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
WHAT MRS. GRUMPY SAYS.

That prejudice against paper-covered
novels appears 10 have died out.
That the most cxasperating people are
those who cannot be snubbed
That the standard of morality IN most
fashionable circles is very low.
That in town Just at present it is not
the least trouble TO show goods.
That many time and oft girl is
known by her treatment of the aged.
That it is the hardest thing i'll the
world for some rich people to be polite.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Drough.. in south Dakota.

The drought continues in South Dakota,
and the weather during the week has been
generally unfavorable, causing permanent
injury TO crops in some localities. The
frost in the early part of the week
did little or no damage. The weather con-
oruicns were generally favorable and re-
suited In Improvement of conditions from
Kansas and Nebraska eastward to Indiana,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21

The potato blight is spreading in the
counties of Donegal, Cork, Waterford, Tip
perary, ana limerick, in Ireland. Prices
have already doubled ut Westport, where
the guardians and the government are MAX
ing eXertions to avert disaster Michael
Davitt suggests that something be done to
replace potatoes with such vegetables as
will make food between now and March, and
he asks suggestions without delay from
those who are qualified to give advice.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Shoes Advancing in Price.

In consequence of the increase in the
price of leather Newark shoe manufactur-
ers have notified the retailers that there
will be an advance in nearly every grade of
shoes of 10, IS, 25 and 80 per cent, accord
ing to the grade of leather used. The re-
tailers are greatly exercised over the ad-
vance. The trunkm;-lers, pocketbool
manufacturers, and saddlers and harness.
makers wilI also feel the result of the sud-
den and unloOLed-f for advance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Indians Take POssession.

Canadian and American Indians have
taken possession of Garden Island in Lake
of the Woods Mimi, and ordered the fish
ing companies to vacate. Governor Mer-
riam has been appealed to.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Damage for Breach of Promise.

Leslie Fraser DU1can, of Lewes, Del, has
been assessed $4,000 for failing to marry
Miss Gladys Knowles according to contract.
The lady is a niece of Sir Francis Knowles,
Bart, and the couple became acquainted
through matrimonial advertisement.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
WRECK ON the Michigan Central.

The north shore limited train on the
Michigan Central Road struck a broken
switch at Augusta, Mich The engine ran
over the ties, then the boiler exploded.
Engineer and fireman were killed. The
train crashed into the station and demOl-
ished it, killing two young boys. Several
passengers in the forward coaches are said
to have been seriously hurt.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Farms in New Hampshire.

The first annual report of the New Hamp-
shire Commissioner of Agriculture shows
that of 1,342 abandoned farms in the State
q year ago 301 are now occupied.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Henry Georges Disciples.

During the first week in September the
single-taX organizations of the United
States will hold a conference at Cooper
Union, in New York, which will be one of
the largest representative bodies that have
ever been got together of men who are be-
levers in the doctrine of Henry George, as
set forth in his work on Progress and
Poverty" Responses were received from
clubs in all the States, besides few of the
Territories, stating that it was their inten-
tien to send delegates. The indications are
that there will be over five hundred dele
gates present
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Mother and Son Fatally Burned.

Near Cooks Mills, six miles northeast Of
Nation, ILL.,, a little son of Newton Moore
while playing with matches was fatally
burned. Mrs. Moore in attempting to ex-
tinguish the flames, was also so badly
burned that her life is dspaired Of.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Re1ic off President Johnson,s TriaI.

The Hon. George B. Child, of Hardin, Cal
houn County, ILL.,. has sent to the Secretary
of State at Springfield, for preservation in
Memorial Hall, a ticket issued by the
Sergeat-at- of the United States Sen
ate for admission to the impeachment trial
of President Johnson in 1866. He suggests
that probably there is not another ticket of
the kind in the State.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Gave Him Tar and Feathers.

The enraged people of Wyoming, Ont,
put rope around the neck of a man named
Oxinham who had committed peculiarly
offensive deed, but they finally relented and
gave him coat of tar and feathers and
drove him out of town
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Wheat in the Northwest

The visible supply of wheat in the North
west is estimated at S7,261, 900 bushels
decrease Of 100000 as compared with last
week. AT Minneapolis, Duluth and ST. Paul
the total stock is 7,020,616 bushels de-
crease during the week of 921, 1884 bushels.
The country stocks last year were about
$50, 900 bushels larger than at present.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
A Strike at Lynn, Mass.

AT Lynn, Mass, there are 600 morocco
dressers out of employment, caused by
strike at Moulton's factory. The manufact-
urers have determined to grant no demands
and to shut down, throwing 1,500 men out of
emDlOVment
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21

Mrs j. A. Davis, of Kewaunee, Wis,
claims to be the widow and heir of the late
A J. Davis, the Butte (Mont.) millionaire.
She says she has her marriage certificate and
will made in her favor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Sold for Five Million.

The Chicago and Atlantic Railroad has
been sold at indianapolis for S5,000,000 1t
was bought in the interest of the Erie Road,
which thus completes it's system from New
York to Chicago. Only one bid was made
for the property.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Found Hor Stolon Child,

Mrs. Carrie Howard, of jamestown, n. Y,
found her stolen child in an asylum in Erie,
Pa, where it had been taken after being
abandoned BY its abduCtors.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
A Veteran Horse-Thief.

Washington Waterman, SS years Of age,
upon being released from the Missouri peni-
tertiary, where he served ten years for
demonstrating, stole cam of horses in
Kansas City, and was arrested
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
France and the Tariff T2iII.

La Liberte, of Paris, discussing the tariff
question. says it is useless to expect any re-
suit from negotiations and that determined
reprisals alone are likely to overcome Amer
ica's ill-will. The French Government the
paper says, must apply the clauses of the
Mckinley bill to American goods.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Restrained from Cutting Timber.

The United States District Judge for the
West Virginia District has granted an in
junction restraining james Adkins and
others from removing the timber from a
tract of 100, 600 acres of land in Logan and
Lincoln Counties. The land is of immense
value and a large number of new claimants
have arisen
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Bitten Inv y. SkunIx.

Moses Moore is on his way from Arizona
to New York to be treated at the Pasteur
institute. He was bitten by skunk while
asleep.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
The William Tell MYTH.

BY order of the Cantonal Government of
SchwyZ the story of William Tell is hence
forward to be relfgiously excluded from all
school histories published by authority. and
it is officially proclaimed that the Tell sto-
ries are neither more nor less than fanciful,
if patriotic, legends of German origin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Difficulties of Grain Men.

Railroad Commissioner Bartlett and the
Attorney General of Minnesota will hold a
conference at St. Paul with the managers of
the North Dakota grain elevators regarding
the difficulties which grain men say prevent
them from complying with the elevator laws
of that State.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Swept Over Niagara Falls.

Two men were swept over the Niagara
Falls Thursday. One was clinging to a
boat; the other leaped into the rapids be-
fore the boat reached the falls and tried to
swim ashore, but failed. Their names are
unknown.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
DYING hv Scnres.

Letters received from parties who are
visiting the northwestern counties of Ken
lucky say the mountain regions along the
Big Sandy River are being swept by fux
and kindred diseases, and people are dying
by the score. Drought, low water, i'm
pregnated with al<ali, and excessive heat
are the supposed causes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Visible supply of Grain.

The visible supply of grain, as compiled
s,y the New York Produce Exchange, is of
wheqt 1S.452,TSG bushels u decrease of
37.712 bushels, and of corn 1O,O67 900 bushels,
a decrease Of 1898, 2O1 bushels.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Decline in the Production OF Flour.

Low water at Minneapolis caused further
decline in the production of -four at that
point last week. The aggregate output for
the week was 136,2T5 barrels against 1885,,
47O the preceding week. Quotations adj
vanced 90 cents per barrel to meet the adj
vance in wheat. The market is strong.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Had His Neck Rroken.

Ransom Shivers, planter and politician,
had his neck broken by being hurled head
foremost against tree in u runaway near
TennflIe, Ga.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Arrested for Giving Passes.

d. B. Martin, general passenger agent of
the Cleveland, Cincinnati Chicago and St.
Louis Railroad, was arrested at Cincinnati
charged with violating the interstate COM
merce law by giving passes for the purpose
of influencing party of teachers to travel
over the road he represented.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Proposed National University.

A plan is on foot to establish in New York
City national university, to be modelled
after the great institutions of Europe, with
an endowment at the outset of $20,000,0 900.
Mr.. John d. Rockefeller and Rev. r. S. Mac
Arthur, of the Baptist Church, are the pro-
mOters of the enterprise.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Alabama Election Returns.

Official election returns from sixty Of
the sixty-six counties of Alabama have
been received. Jones Dem.) has $780,
O73, and Long CRep.) 6O,324 The other
counties will increase the Democratic ma
ioritY TO 95. 600.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Big DistiIIery Burned.

The distillery of the Kentucky Distillery
Company at Louisville, Ky, was totally de-
stroyed by fire, the loss being estimated at
So, 0OO,O 900; partly insured.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Passenger Conductors DISCHARGED.

Every passenger conductor on the Louis
vile, St. Louis and Texas Railroad has been
discharged and the places filled by promot-
ing freight conductors. No reason for the
change is known.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Short in His Accounts.

George N. BoughtOn, eX-Mayor of Dexter,
Mo-, has disappeared. 1t is said that he is
$4,000 short in his accounts with Charles
d. Matthews, of SikestOn, Mo-, and with
insurance companies whose agent he was.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Illinois, Formulation.

A revision of the census figures in the
Third Illinois District shows population of
400, 500, which increases the total in the
State to 3,808, 932.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Japan Tea for the East.

The ship Francis arrived at Tacoma,
Wash, Thursday from Yokohama with $685.
85S pounds of tea for Eastern cities.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
To Attend the Farmers Congress.

Governor Francis, of Missouri, has ap-
pointed twenty delegates to the Ma
tional Farmers Congress, which meets at
Council Bluffs, Aug. 20.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
HeavvfStorms in Francs.

a cyclone and hailstorm in the depart
ment of Aub4, France, ravaged eighteen
cornznunes, destroying the harvesting and
growing CROPS. The loss is estimated ct
nearly ak, COO, 1000 francs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Died of Brain and Heart Disease.

A telegram from the American Vice Con-
sui at Vienna. sent III reply TO an inquiry.
says that DR.. Robert Stephenson of Adrian,
Mich. died of brain and heart disease.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21

himself in front of a train and was instant!
ly killed. Grief over the death of son and
financial difficulty are supposed to have un-,
settled his mind
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Florida,s Orange Crop.

The growing orange crop in Florida is
estimated at 9, 900 boxes about the same
as last year
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
shnt His Mife and HimseIf.

At ST. Louis Edward HaIe shot his wife
while she was asleep, then shot himself.
Both are lying in critical condition at the
City Hospital. Family troubles were the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
ELECTRIC FLASHES.
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
WORLD.

Political Gossip, Railroad Rumb1ings, Per-
sonaI Mention. CONGREGATIONS, Accidents.
Crimes and Criminals, Minor Occur
rences and Events.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Natural Gas in California.

Near Santa Barbara, Cal, natural gas has
been struck with a flow of 100000 feet
day.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Good News for iowa.

Here's good news for Iowa. The rough
count at the census Office at Washington
which made it out q loser was very rough
indeed. In round numbers the Iowa total
is not far from 2,000, 900. This is gain of
$4,000 in ten years, and shows that instead
of losing Congressional representation Iowa
will probably have two more members. The
tremendous drain on Iowa in peOpling the
Northwestern Commonwealth had led many.
of its citizens to think that the State would
do well if it held its own. But nearly all
the thriving Hawkeye cities have made
substantial gains, while the western coun-
ties have also / cen filed up.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
His Mind was Unsettled.

Samuel H. Beard 60 years of age, an at
torney of Leesburg, Ohio, deliberately threw
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21

although more rain is needed All crops
are suffering in Michigan, and corn has
been seriously injured by continued dry
weather. In Kentucky and Tennessee corn
and tobacco were improved, while in Arkan-
sas the weather was too dry for corn, but
cotton is doing well and in good condition.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-12-03


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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-12-03

Says a commercial traveller: Il
have been an omniverous reader, but ]
am disgusted with the trash which is
foisted upon the public in such floods.
The stuff that is offered at the railroad
news stands and on the trains is the
merest .hog-wash, and it is almost i'm
possible to select a book that one
would care to read second time or
recommend to his friends" He might
have added that while literary trash is
sometimes interesting the trash now
exposed for sale and presumably read
by somebody hasn't even that merit.
1t is dull, vapid and stupid.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-05-13

THE leaders Of the National Re
form party are straining every
nerve 10 secure the election Of Mr..
Bush. We say the leaders, mean
ing Robert Wilcox and his gang Of
supporters. Mr.. Cummins has come
out II l. said, with a cordial en-
dor>ement Of Bush's political pro
gramme, including the release Of
The lepers. etc. OF course the (re-
speetable) white members Of the
party remain As usual in profound
silence, and meekly slink away into
the political retirement into which
the sudden prominence Of Messrs.
Bush and Wilcox always forces
them.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-05-13

paign in 1883, was managed by a
man little better if any. than Tam
many's worst.
When we can look abroad and
see such spectacle in other coun-
tries we need not despair of our
own. Elder Bush and that
noisy demagogue Robert Wilcox
are still shade better than the
professional blacklegs and ruffians
who carry things with so high
hand in New York. Moreover there
is the further consolation that while
the roughs have it their own way
in the empire city, Bush and Wilcox
have not 'got there" yet.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-05-13
PATERNAL GOVERNMENT.

The Bulletin thinks that the peo-
pie may look too much to and re-
quire tco mach of the government
n the matter of general improve
0en1 and development an opinion
II which We heartily concur. The
disease Of paternalism is becoming
as acute in the United States as it
Is II Germany. although it assumes
smother form. It is customary for
everyone who is anxious to make
his fortune in America to run TO
Washington 10 seek the aid of a
congressional committee. Nor are
the committees at all backward in
furnishing the desired assistance.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-05-13
TAaMAEY HALL.

The New York Evening Post of
April Sd Is likely to become only
less memorable than the issues of
the Times containing the exposures
which led to the downfall of the
Tweed Ring more than twenty
years ago. The Post contains a
similar expose of the character of
The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-05-13
SUGAR DUTIES.

The last mad scheme in regard
u sugar duties which has found
favor IN the eyes Of the Republican
members Of the Ways and Means
Committee Is to admit all foreign
sugars below No. Is Dutch stand
ard free, reserving q duty of four
1enIh Of 4 cent per pound for
higher grades, and protecting the
present and prospective home pro-
dUcer by q bounty of two cents a
pound. The small duty on high
grades Is intended TO secure the re
6ners against the competition of
foreign refined sugar. As WiIlett
4 Gray's circular forcibly observes,
this viii hurt no one but the Sand
wich islanders, and the United
States Is not legislating just now
for their benefit.
Just what the probabilities as
20 the passage of this new tariff
scheme are, no one can tell. 1t has
one strong point. 1t is framed to
conciliate al interests at the cost
only OF the whole body of taxpay-
ers. Now the whole body of tax
PAYERS are precisely the persons
whose interests are disregarded
and despised at Washington They
h2ve no delegations, no profes-
sional agents, no paid lobbyists, |
znd their chances with a congress
sional committee are correspond
ingly slim Moreover, what they |
psy il bounty they will recover in |
the decreased cost of sugar, so that
they are not likely to offer any |
loud resistance. or any resistance
81 al.
The grand difficulty in the way
q the House Committees new pro-
posals, Is that they are intended to
saddle the country with the bounty
system, contrary TO all sound
theory The Americans however
are despisers Of theory, and the
payment Of bounties is q meet and
proper thing IL the eyes of the
proteetionists who happen just now
20 control all the branches of the
Government On the whole it is
quite impossible TO forecast the
result
What the consequences will be
70 the industry here, if the present
propositions are carried out, it is
hard 10 say That they viii be
very serious, 10 one doubts. There
: one circumstance from which we
can derive some grains of comfort.
The great fall IN the price which
viii follow the removal of the dutv
VIII occasion a great increase in
the consumption. This will be fol-
lowed Of course by an increase in
the demand and a rise in the price.
One cause will therefore operate in
our favor and tend to mitigate the
severity Of what might otherwise
prove a ruinous blow. The con-
s1--a N Of sugar in the United
States viii probably be increased
by as much as 100000 tons, should
the daty be removed.