Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-11-29

and every year brings up necessities for new
efforts, and often for new creeds. We believe Ii
advancing with the advancing time, and in thus
striving to influence and guide it to the best re-
suits.
! BODIES OF Count DOssoLI, WIFE AND CHILD
found at Fire Island.-The Herald states that
| these three bodies were found at Fire Island, on
Thursday, the l4th inst. Tbs child had like
ness of his mother, set in gold, around its neck.
DISTRESSING CALAMITY. On Tuesday last,
as a German women, in the town of Wauwa!osa
was at work at a fire out of doors, her clothing
caught fire, and being unable to extinguish them
and preferring the dreadful alternative of drown
ing to burning TO death, she jumped into well
near by. From this she was rescued, awfully
burned and bruised in which situation she lin
gered in the greatest pain, till the next morning
when she expired.-Free Democrat.
No Southern woman will marry gentleman
North of Mason and Dixons line, who cannot
furnish uncontestibe testimonials of being pro-
slavery man. This is one of the affairs in which
the direct trade principle will be most patriotic
| ally enforced by our noble-hearted girls.
Charleston Neaos.
Those glorious maiIens are like to be the
death of us. By all that is merciful, we trust
they won't lash their cradles TO their backs, and
march up to SO 80 with the "Coffin'' brigade.
/ If come, however, they must, perchance tho
coffins will be filed but the cradles--on the
terms proposed -neyer.-Cour. & Eng.
At the Fair of the American institute, New
York, there is an Ok supposed to be the largest
ever known He is purely of American stock,
and will be exhibited at the approaching Worlds
Fair in London. The animal is years DID,
l85 hands high, and measures Ia feet in length
! and II feet in girth.
CLEVELAND is undoubtedly the healthiest city
in the Union. One death during the week just
close d, and two the week previous. sat
A lady named Smith, recently recovered
verdict of $4,000 in the Supreme Court of Gin
cinnati, for deamatory expressions used in con-
naction with her name by man named Pedro
Gondalpho in lS47. The LADY has second SLAM
der suit against the same defendant. He is
worth some 100000 but is in fair way to shell
out literally to the fair one. itt
An intelligent farmer of Amesbury informs
the Villager that for the last six years he has
made liberal use Of plaster, and his potatoes have
not been troubled with the rot. Last spring he
discontinued the use of plaster, and the rot has
destroyed nearly his whole crop ofpotatoes.
LECTURE BY Col. BESroN--Col. Benton
delivered lecture before the Mercantile Library
Association at st. Louis, on the l4th inst, on
the ''Progress of the Age" 1t is spoken Of as
q master effort.
Fifteen States of the Union have appointed
committees of citizens to make arrangements for
the exhibition of industrial specimens ct the
Worlds Fair of 81.
Waukesha Board of Supervisors met on Tues
day the 18th inst. A. E. GILMORE, ESQ.,, was
upaniunuelu alocfod Cboraau
| NORTH WESTERN UNIVERSITY. THE Chicago
Democrat learns that the Methodist denomna-
ton in that city, has determined to establish a
University in that city, to be called the North
Western University. 1t is designed not only
for Illinois, but for Wisconsin and Iowa; tho
Conferences in each of these States having uni
ted in the undertaking. .H
TAXABLE PROPERTY IN CHrcAGo-The a.
mount of property subject to taxation, as appears
by the census just taken, amounts to thirteen
millions of dollars! ss,,
DISAPPEARANCE OF Mr.. FARBANKs.-The
Oswego Journal says much uneasiness is felt by
the friends of Mr.. Fairbanks the clerk of the
steamer Niagara. On election day he left the
steamer to go 10 Buffalo, or one of the towns in
that region to vote. Finding he should not
reach there in season, he turned back to walk
to the Junction of the railways, since which time
he has neither been heard nor seen. He is a
young man of most exemplary character, and it
is feared some foul play has been used towards
him.
| A NEW STEAMBoAT.-The Cleavelanders are
about building fast boat, to run in connection
with the Columbus railway. She is to make
the time between Cleaveland and Buffalo in IL
hours.
|
The wax figures of Webster and Park man
with the model of the Medical College in Boston
were open for exhibition two days in Bath, Me-,
and not person visited them. Well done,
! Bath
| Henry Clay's great speech since the adjourn
ment of Congress, is now printed in full. He
declares if the Wing party is to become an abo-
tion party, he shall retire from it.
California and China are, it is said, to be soon
! put in closer connection by line of steamers,
TO run direct between San Francisco and Cam
| ton.
MAcKEREL.-Halfa million of mackerel were
taken in one day, at Slapton Sands, near DAY.
mouth, Coast of England. The whole bay, ex-
tending nearly FIVE miles, seemed one living mass
| of fish.
| Somebody says the Mississippi has raised ono
foot. When it raises the other it will probably
| run.
REMARKABLE CURIosITY.-Barnum has
among his curiosities the axe with which the man
split the difference.
The young man who was crossed in love last
week, says that if it was not for getting wet he
would drown himself! He will probably CONF
promise matters by shooting himselfin looking
| glass.
90 DEAR cried out hapless damsel Of Is
who had married man of Fifty what will be-
| come of me-
But replied the mother she is not so rery
DID,
| Il know that but was just thinking said the
daughter, When | am 60 he'll be 100. Boo
hoo-hoo!' gaG
DOLLARS AND SENsE.-A young lady who for
some time had kept in suspense two admirers
one enjoying the advantage of dimes and the
other of 6rains-was observed by her brother in
a deep study. On his inquiring the cause of her
abstraction, the affectionate girl Immediately re-
covered from her Tevery, and meekly replied,
that she was just hzIancing between dollars and