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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26
A Beautiful Girl Poisoned by her
StepmOther.

! On the 18th of May last, Huldah, Ann
| McCraney, a young lady II years old,
of attractive personal appearance and
great personal beauty, and possessing
genial humor, which endeared her to
large circle offriends, died at Oneon
ia; Otsego comfy, N. Y, after few
days illness, under suspicious circum-
stances. Her body was exhumed after
burial and an examination made which
resulted in a verdict that she came to
her death by arsenical poison, and that
such poison was eciUfully and .fe1oni
ouSly administered by the hand of Ellis
zabeth +. Nc Craney, the step-mother of
the deceased. Mrs. McCraney is about
so years of age, woman of unusually
brilliant, not to say dashing appearance,
showing that she once possessed rather
remarkable degree of beauty, the re-
mains OF which still exist. Her features
are clearly cut, and the expression of
her mouth indicates great decision of
character and uncommon executive abb
lily. BY many, distinct and remark
able resemblance is seen between Mrs:
McCraney and Mrs. Cunningham.
She was married to Mr.. McCraney
early in 1850, taking to his house her
own daughter, Lncia Baker, Mr.. Nc
Craney was her third husband, her
second, Mr.Baker having died under
rather peculiar circumstances.
Her father said to be Methodist
preacher residing in Wisconsin at
Prairie du Chen. On her mothers
side she is said to be related to Aaron
Burr.
She was one of the witnesses at the
inquest, and her tesyimoney was given
in a very calm and collected manner,
though from some appearance the spec
tators were led to believe that her self
position was assumed, and maintained
by a severe effort. Her second hus.
band, Mr.. Baker, resident of Otsego
county, and the fact adds to the excite
ment prevailing in the community,
Mrs. McCranev has already stated that
Huldah McCraney is the seventh person
she ias been accused of poisoning.
She was committed to jail, where she
will remain. till the time of her trial,
which will take place in December next
Evidence has not yet been made public
which points with much clearness to
the motive Of her last deed, but the
skein will probably be unraveIed before
long. In the minds of those who know
the accused, and who saw her at the
inquest, there seems not to be shadow
of doubt that she is guilty of unnatural
cruelty; for the testimoney before the
Coroner appeared to show that she had
daily administered poison while pre-
tending to nurse the daughter she was
numbering = Utica Herald.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26
Making Shoes by Steam

The Haverhill (Mass.) Publisher
gives an account of steam shoe facto.
ry in that place, for sewing the seams
and pegging shoes. The machinery is
all worked by small fve-horse power
engine. In the basement of the build
ing are the machines for cutting, strip
ping and rolling and shaping the so.es.
These are then passed to the story
above, where the shoes are lasted, and
the outer sole tackled on by hand. The
pegsing machines are simple in their
construction and mode Of operation,
but perform the work with great &C.
curacy, driving the pegs at the rate of
fourteen second. One Of the most
curious operations of the machine is
the manner in which it manufactures
the peg for its own use. A strip of
wood ofthe required width. aud neat
y laid in coil one hundred feet in
length, is put into the machine, and at
every revolution is moved forward, and
a peg cut off and driven into the shoe.
The rapidity and unerring accuracy
with which these machines perform
their work is truly astonishing. After
being pegged, the shoes are passed up
to the third story, where the bottoms
are smoothed, secured and brushed.
The forth story is occupied by the
stitching machines. tended by females
bnt run by steam, which save as labor>
Ious and fatlgulng operation.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

restrained equally their words and thei
acts. Huasca, who alone seemed un
moved, nodded assent to the demand
of the girl, who now walked up to the
youth, and laying her right hand upor
his left shoulder, and standing little
on one side, that his countenanee Nigh,
DE well seen by the Inca, SAID -
"Young man Of the hills, where the
Inca is ever known, subject to Husca,
hast though chosen the child of the val
lies in preference to the daughter of thy
! Sovereign ?''
To which the youth, after steadfast
ly regarding the Inca, replied:-
"The will Of the great souce of light
be done. The sentance of the Inca is
just.
Then turning to the girl, he added
Il go now with JOY to dwell where l
shall await thy coming, to possess thee
forever"
but wherefore couldst thou not"
said the girl" accomplish the work
which thou hast undertaken ?"
cit had been done," said the youth,
iheN WV idOOi OCCIl accompanied Will
the hope Of possessing thee"
At this reply the young girl suddenly
throwing off herupper garments, which
bad hidden those which would have be-
trayed her true character, and taking
the ertraced youth by the hand, advan
ced up to the foot of the throne of the
Inca, and exclaimed -
"Great father of the children of the
sun, | whom thou lowest as myself,
demand the remission of the sentence
against the youth, now bound down
before thee, until it be known whether
the great work he has undertaken can
be accomplished or not.''
Inca Huasca, whose affection for his
daughter was beyond all other feelings,
electrified by the occurrence, signifed
his assent t. the proposal.
A few months after this the great &C
queduct was completed, and the engn
eer and the princess became man and
wife.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

THE TIDES.
The moon is at her full, and, riding high
Floods the calm fields with light.
The that hover in the summer sky
ere all aaleep tonight.
There comes voice from the great woodland round
That murmured all the day.
Beneath the shadow ofthelr boughs, the ground
Is Lot more still than they.
But ever heaves and means the restless Deep;
His rising tides hear,
Afar see the glimmering b llows leap;
l see them breaking near.
Each springs upward, climbing toward tn fair
Pure light that sits on high;
Springs eagerly, and family sinks to where
The mother waters lie.
Upward again 1t sweets the moonbeams show,
Again, its gimmering crest;
Again it feels the fatal weight below,
And sinks, but no. to rest.
Again, and yet again, until the Dsep,
Recalls ms brood Of waves,
And, with a suen moan, abashed they creep
Back to his inner caves.
Brief respite they shall rush from that
With noise and tunult soon,
And fling themselves, with unavailng stress,
Up toward the placid moon.
Oh, restless Sea- that in thy prison here
Dost struggle and complaint;
Through the slow centuries yeaI ming TO benz
To that fair orb in vain.
The glorious of light and heat must
Thy bosom with his glow,
And on those mounting waves nobler form
And freer life bestow.
Then only may they leave the waste Of brine
Iu which they weller here,
To rise above the hills of earth and shine
In a sphere.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26
The Tomato as Food.

DIR. Bennett, professor of some eel.
ebrity, considers the tomato an invalua-
bic article of diet, ascribes ito it vari.
Gus important medical properties. First
That the tomato is one of the most
powerful aperients of the liver and 9th
er organs, where calomel is medicated,
it isp;obably the most effective and least
harmful Of the remedial agents known
to the profession. Second: That a
chemical extract will be obtained from
it that will supercede the use of calom-
ei in the cure of disease. Third. That
he has successfully treated diarrhoea
with this article alone. Fourth: That
when used as an article of diet it is an
almost sovereign remedy for dyspepsia
and indigestion. Fifth. That it should
be constantly used for daily food; eth
er cooked or raw, or in the form OF
catsup; it is the most healthy article
now i'll use.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26


DECIDING A CAsE.-A farmer called
at the hovse of a lawyer to consult him
professionally. els t. Squeer at
home p he inquired of the lawyers
wife. He was answered negatively.
After moments hesitation a thought
relieved him. "Mebby yerself can gi
me information as well as T. Squeer, as
ye're his wife," The kind lady prom
Used to do so if she found it in her pow
er, and the other proceeded as follows;
"Spoaze yon were an old white near,
an should borry ye gwang to mill, with
grist on yer back an we should get no
tarder than Stair Hill, when all at once
ye should back up, and rear and pitch,
and keel down backwards and break.
yer darned old neck, who'd pay for we !?
not darn me if I would The lady
smilingly told him, as she closed the
door, that as he had himself settled the
case, advice would be superhuous.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

ATLANTIC CABLE.-Some fifty miles
of the Atlantic cable have been taken
up, to point extending seward fifty
miles from the shores of Trinity Bay
Fractures were found in the cable Just
where they had been indicated by the
instruments on shore. The intention is
to underrun similar length of the wire
on the European side, and it is then
thought by the sanguine promoters Of
ocean telegraphing, that the Atlantic
cable will be made to work 1t cannot
be questioned that those concerned in
this cable enterprise possess energy and
hopeful temperaments.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

HEAVY ILLINOIS FARMERs.--A cor.
respondent writing from Bloomington,
in this State, to an Iowa.paper, says:
l was informed by one of the most
prominent citizens. that one Funk, (not
Peter farmer in this county, has this
year raised IL, 700 acres Of aoheot. He
lives at one corner of his farm In an old
hut. which would be deemed untenant-
able by white men; his family of sons
having grown up, and having families,
are living in the same style on different
parts of the farm, which comprises in all
about 40, 900 acres.
There is story generally received in
Springfield that a farmer of Sangamon
county, who has already harvested and
.threshed out 10000 bushels of wheat,
has obtained for it at Chicago net price
of $l.o8 per bushel. Ifthis is true, and
is any indication Of the run of prices to
be had this fall, then verify the day of
our redemption draweth nigh.
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.Hg'9.lceSIteETMI.
The Game Law.

All laws of this State relative to the
preservation of game were repealed by
the Legislature March "a, 1860. and q
new game law was adopted, of which
the following is summary:
1t is lawful to take game in season,
as follows:
Woodcock, from first Tuesday in
July to first Of December following.
Snipe, Grouse, Prairire Hen and Pra-
irie Chicken, from August IL to Dec>
ember 1st. @
Partridge. Ruffed, Grouse and Quail
from first Tuesday, in September to
first day of December.
Deer from August first to January
first.
No person is allowed to kill, trap, or
in any manner take game at any time !;
Except on his oaoae premises.
Penalty for killing Tor having in poss-
ession) birds out of season, two dollars
for each offence.
Penalty for killing deer out of season,
OF having in possession fresh deer skin
or venison, ten dollars for each offence.
MI. WIS.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

eW An Irishmau driven to desper-
alton by the stringency of the money
market and high price for provisions,
procured pistol and took to the
road: @
Meeting traveller he stopped him
with "your money or your life!'' See
ing that Pat was green he said:
'I'll tell you what l'll do. OH give
you all my money for that pistol?'
Agreed. Pat received the money
and handed over the pistol.
Now said the traveller, 'hand that
money, or I'll blow your brains out
Blaze away, my hearty said Pet.
the divel a drop ofpowder is there in
If rs
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

% Reader, did you ever notice i'm
mediately after the 'marrige head that
the obituary notice followed typical
OF the wedding ofhappiness and grief in
this life. The chants and songs and
gleess OF merry ones to-day, will be bro
ken by walls 10 morrow, for the sod will
be piled on the breast of some we thought
not so near the grave. We read who
are married and wish them JOY; line
below is the record of death, and we
say mournfuily, peace to their ashes.
Sorrow t eads on the heels ofjoy songs
are hushed by the football of death ;
laughs are broken rudely voics no mat
ter how musical, are stilled in mo-
ment-never again 10 be heard by liv-
ing ones below.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26
The People.

Some love the glow Of outward show,
Some love true wealth and try to win 1t:
The house to me may lowly be,
If but like the people in it.
What's all the gold that glitters cold,
When linked to hard or naughty feelings?
What e'er we're told, the nobler gold,
Is truth of heart and manly dealings.
Then let them seek, whose minds are weak,
Mere fashions smile, and try to win f.;
The house to me may lowly be,
If 1 but Ike the people in 1t.
lowly roof may give US proof
That lowly flowers often farest;
And trees whose bark is bark and dark,
May yield as fruit and bloom the rarest.
There's worth as sure meath garments poor,
AS e'er adorned loftier station
And minds as just as those we trust,
Whose claim is but of wealth's creation.
Then let them seek, whose minds are weak,
Mere fashions smile, and try to win 1t;
The house to me may lowly be,
If but like the people in it.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26
No. z.
The Last COEaxass4s.
.JeaIOmSv

II
Of all the pangs to which humanity
is susceptible, jealousy is the worst for
most frequently an effect without a
cause-a monster engendered in the i'm.
agination of its victim; and feeding
alike upon its heart and brain, it withers
the rose upon the cheek of beauty, de!
thrones reason from her judgment seat,
and gives the reins to passion it is the
punishment of Tantalus, without his
crime. To the jealous mind madness
would be relief, and death blessing
it takes a martyrs pleasure in its tor
ments, and adds to their intensity by
the ingenious skill with which it addu-
ces proofs from air-drawn nothings ad<
ding fuel to the flame by which it suf-
ters. Jealousy is passion against
which persuasion and argument are
equally vain-the proofs which con-
vince, but tend to confirm it's fatal err
r0r.
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EEaCAPMHfN Devils.
I From the Campaign CHI Union. I

From the Campaign Gill; Union.
A gang of demons in human shape
have been enactng deeds of diabolism
at AshKum, in Iroquois county, which
are sufficient to drive peaceabIe and or
der.loving citizens into retaliatory
measures, regardless of all the forms of
law. On Sunday evening, July 1st,
til ee negroes two ofwhom were known
to be free men--were kidnapped, and
run off into Missouri, and consigned no
doubt into eternal bondage. An I'M
successful effort was made to run off
two more. A troop of brigands from
Missouri have been prowling about
the neighborhood of Clifton and Ash
knm Tor some time, completing piratical
arrangements. Geo. d. Smith, ira
der at Ashkum, was accused Of adm
the conspiracy. The negroes were de-
coyed into the "Selirus House" at Cliff
ton, where they were knocked down,
hand cutfed-put into a wagon aud
driven to Ashkum. About this time
Muchmore's train came along, and
Stacking its speed just long enough for
the kilnappers to thrust theirvictims on
board, it sped on, and Muchmore re-
ports that the man stealers succeeded
in landing their booty in St. Louis.
three men have been arrested and held
to bail as accomplices, and vigorous
measures are being taken to bring all
offenders to justice. But how about
the wronged and robbed parties to this
diabolical outrage? they have been des
poiled oftheir inalienable rights without
the first semblance of law, Will they
ever regain their liberty-or must they
wait for justice till "death and hell shall
deliver up their dead?"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26
Political.

A GREAT STATE MASS MEETING AT
LINcoLN's HoME.-Arrangements have
been made for grand mass meeting OF
the Republicans of illinois, at Spring
field, on the 9Th of August, the occasion
of the re-assembling of the State Con
vention, to nominate Lieut.. Governor
A wigwam that will accommodate 25-
900 people, is in preparation, and the
following gentlemen are announced as
speakers Senator Trumbull, Tom Cor
win, Ossian E. Dodge, d. X. Carter.
Schuyler Colfax, Caleb B. Smith, Ed
ward Bates, Frank Blair, Carl Schurz,
Richard Yates Leonard Sweet and Sc
veral others.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

LARGE FARMERs.--The editor of the
Texas Democrat, who has been enga-
ged in taking the census in Brazoria
county, Texas, says that he found six
planters whose landed interest in that
State amounted to 36O:65s acres of and
they together own 27,9sl head of
cattle, and last year raised "A, 500 bush
els of corn; the aggregate wealth of
the six amounts to 22,oO,333.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

HOTTEST SUMMER SINCE 182e.-The
Montgomery Ala Mail ofthe 9th says:
We learn that the thermometer marked
l03 degrees in several open houses i'll
the city yesterday. One ofour citizens
who has kept q diary of the weather for
Thirty odd years, says that the present
is the hottest summer since 1928. We
have not known the mercury to range as
high as 90 degrees but once before in
Montgomery, and that was, we believe
in 1855.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

BIThe following is said to be the
private recipe of editor out West Take
one pint of whiskey, and stir it well
with a spoonful of whiskey; then add
another pint of whiskey beat carefalss
ly with spoon, and keep pouring in
whiskey. Fill large bowl with water,
and make the servants set it out of
your reach. Take small tumbler and
pour in two spoonfulls of water; pour
out the water and fill up withe whiskey,
and add to the above. Flavor of whis-
key to your taste.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

GARIBALDI AS AN EXECUTIVE REFoRM>
ER.-Garibaldi has issued the following
decree.
considering that a free people
should abolish every custom which
calls to mind the old state of slavery.
cart. l. The title of 'excellency' is
abolished, without respect to persons.
cart. 2. Doing homage by kissing
hands is prohibited"
This decree, if acted upon, is in it.
self social revolution. In Sicily the
lower order calls almost every well
dressed man his excellency, and kiss
ing the hand is common compliment
paid by tenant to his landlord.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

SAGINAW SALT.-The manufacture
of salt at Saginaw has been commen>
ced under the most promising auspices
1t is said that the quality of salt com.
pares favorably with that manufactured
at Syracuse. 1t is thought that with
the present limited facilities, the pro,
duct will be from 1 1000 to 1000 cush-
els per week. This will shortly be in.
creased three or four fold.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

wM Mrs. Breckenridge, the wife Of
the Democatic candidate for President
is spoken of by the Louisville Journal
as being cone of the most intellectual
and accomplished women in X kentucky"
She is the daughter of the late
Clifton Rodes Burch, of Georgetown,
KY, and though her father was an &C.
tive and leading member of the Baptist
Church, she is Presbyterian, as is
her husband. fg
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

~A young woman named Sinclair
has published volume of "poem." She
addressed the following lines to her
sweet-heat:
81 would were that nice cigar
That rests between your lips
For, oh grudge the honey
Of the nectar which it SIP"
We are in doubt whether young
women would smoke well, but we'd like
to try one al loose Havana wrapper.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

w A few more smiles, few more
tears, some pleasure much pain, little
longer hurrying and worrying through
the world, some hastv greetings and alb
rubt farewells and our play will be
''played out" and the injUrer and the
Injured will be laid away, and ere long
forgotten. Is it worth while then, 10
hate each other?
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IyeThe "Ch,ldren's Aid Society.'' 0

BIeThe "Children's Aid Society,"
New York, which is doing so good &
work among the poor and unfriended
children of the Metropolis, on Tuesday
of last week sent thirty>five boys and
girls to the West, under the care of an
agent, who will accompany them to
their destination in Pikecounty, Illinois,
and see them comfortably settled in
good places among the farmers.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

~A New York millionaire named
Rose, died few months since leaving,
by his will, 100000 to purchase farm,
upon which to place destitute children
under the guardianship of the "Rose
Benevolent Association" on condition
that like sum should be raised by 9TH
ers. Charles Cook, of Havana, N. Y.
has agreed to contribute the additional
100000, provided the farm should be
located at that place.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

~ A couple of journeymen printers
in New York named Wilkins and
Hughes, exchanged "leaded matter"
from pistol, in Trenches Hotel, few
days since, in quarrel. Hughes got
"quad" in his breast, and his "form'
was taken to the hospital. Wilkins
distributed" as fast as possible,
GA foul case"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

Lawrence, Mass, is this year one
of the most busy places in the State. -
The Everett Mill is advancing to com
pletion, and will be one of the finest fac
tories in America. The Pemberton &
the enlargement of the Pacific are also
in good state of forwardness.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

TRE SCHooLMAsTER's DIFFICULTY.
"A country dominic and hundred
boys and no assistant. ri wonder how
you manage them, 'said friend, "with-
out help" "Ah,' was the answer, s'I
could manage the hundred boys we'll
enough; it's the two hundred parents
that trouble me-there's no managing
them"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

eB@ The Utica Herald learns on au>
thority entitled to credit, that both
Van Buren, and Gen. John A. Dix are
enlisted in support of Breckenridge.
With such old Free-soilers cooperate
ing with the leading hards, like Dick
inson, the Breckenridge forces promise
to present quite formidable array in
that State
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

.W The st Paul MSnnesotiopa says
that when all the Democratic papers in
Minnesota have taken their position,
they will stand eleven for Breckenridge
and Lane, and four for Douglas and
johnson.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

Sixty-eight German newspapers have
hoisted the Lincoln and Hamlin flag.
OF the sixty-eight nineteen are dailies.
OF the whole number eight are pub
lished in the State of New York, one in
New Jersey. twelve in Pennsylvania
one in Maryland, eight in Ohio, three
10 Michigan, six in Indiana, seven in
Wisconsin, eight in Illinois, two in
Minnesota and one in Kansas.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

@ AS gold is found here and there
upon the earth, SO it is with love in hu-
man life. We meet it little in the
hearts of children and in our house
holds but It is here and there scale of
gold and a whole cantinent of dirt.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26

RE THE N. Y. Herald publishes a
list Of Democratic papers, showing their
political preferences. From this it ap
pears that there are for Breckenridge
Northern papers, 81 Southern, 145.-
For Douglas: Northern papers, 141
Southern 81. Total, as by this list
Breckenridge, 176; Douglas 1862.