Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1851-01-10

On Friday last, a log of Cuba mahogany was
superficial foot. Another log, about ten feet
long. sold for five hundred and sixty dallazs.
There is a move to abolish the practice of
keeping open theatres and other places OF a.
musement in New Orleans on Sunday evening.
The Sacramento transcript states that tho
city undeytaker's bill to the Common Council
for collins furnished to the destitute poor, during
the period from Sept. Sd to Oct. 81. Those
furnished at $25 each amounting to 81 $50 -
This exhibits frightful picture Of morality for
the last month.
CALL OUT THE ENGIXEs.-A correspondent
writes from Nashville that Tennessee will soon
be in blaze" It's awful to think oft! Won
der if she's insured.
MURDER OF A MASTER BY a SLANE.-Mr
William Smith, Of Johnston county, n. c., who
is described az mar of miserable habits" recent
y took runaway negro girl belonging to him
from Wilmington Jail. He carried her home,
and as soon as he released her, she seized an
axe, struck him on the head and killed him.
STATES EvIDENCE.-A drunken lawyer on
going into church was observed by the minis
ter who addressed him TINS:
81 will bear witness against you at the day of
judgement"
The lawyer. shaking his head with drunken
gravity, replied:
81 have practised twenty-five years at the bar
and always found the greatest rascal the first to
turn States evidence.
Go LoNG.-A suffering Nermonter, was ask
cd the way to Waterbury. With great polite
ness he strova to say it was right ahead but in
vain The more he tried, he couldn't. Al last
red in the face, and furious with unavaling exer-
ton, he burst forth with-"Gug, gug, 20 long!
darn yc! you'll gig, gig, git there aforo con tell
yout"
A YoUwG CoUPLE-On Sunday afternoon an
aged seaman, attached to the United States as
Gunner's mate, was married in the Floating
Chapel by the pastor, the Rev. Mr.. Trapier-
The groom is aged sixty, and the bride, who had
already buried two husbands, is siXtytivc.
A LEsscN--A CLERK in mercantile os.ab-
shment, writes to his friends home 81 have
plaguy time of it now-s-days-vcry little work
to do-our firm don't adrertise."
Bacon and green's, once upon a time, were
regarded in Virginia and Tennessee with rev.
erence second only to the resolutions Of 1898
and 1899 When person, elieT experiment.
ing upon other dishes, comes back to bacon and
green's it is called returning to first principles.
Is not the single fact that the huncn mind has
thought of another world, good proof that there
is one.
"3Ir Smi,hcrs, how can you sleep 50 The
sun has been up these two hours"
"Wel, what if he has? (hccup.] lie goes
to bed at dark while I'm Oil bender till after
midnight" (hiccup.)
JENNY LIND GOING TO PhRts-A correspon-
dent Of the Courier des Et4tS UniS, in a letter
dated Paris, oath November, says that Jenny
Lind is going to that city as soon as her Amer-
can tour is over under the charge of Dir. Bene-
dict.
TIE WEtTH Of MAss4cHrsETTs.-In 1910,
the whole real and personal property in Massa-
chusetts State was valued at two hundred and
ninety nine millions. 1t will not now be less
than five hundred millions. This is an i'm
rnense increase.
CATHEDRAL IL MIHXEsoTA.-A superb Ro-
man Catholic cathedral is TO be erec'ed IN the
edge OF grove at St. Paul Minnesota and a new
church has been already begun
The first day of January has passed and yet
we have had comparatively no sleighiag this
winter. The weather for the past few weeks
has generally been fair but cold. 1t will be
serious damage TO the winter business Of the
country, should the ground remain bare the re-
maindcr of the winter. The wheat crop, upon
which the prosperity of all classes is dependent,
will bo endangered and sad indeed would be tie
consequences of another failure such as was
experienced last year.-E0ld du Lac Journal
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have been occasioned by Roman Catholic pro-
ces.ion, which offended the Turkish PoPuls-
ton.