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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-03-14
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special or local legislation.
The People Cftbe State Of Wisconsin, represented Ia,
Senate aud assembly do enact as Joltoaos
SECTION When any Association shall be formed for
any purpose whatever, or any person persons shall
be disposed to make duplication the Legislature of
this state oran act of Incorporation, Tor (f) any
company or association already Incorporated shall be
disposed to make application for renewal of their
chater,or any alteration in the law incorporating them
when any application shall hereafter be made for the
purpose OF obtaining law authorizing the erection OF
bridge, the keeping and maintaining a ferry, o: the
building erection Of dam, in over any navigable
water in this State, il shall be the duty such person
or persons so applying or associated, the directors
Stockholders Of such incorporation, some of them
to signify his or their Intention By advertisement, to
be inserted for at least six weeks, SUCCESSFULLY previous
TO making such appcaion in one OF more OF The news
papers published in the county obscts fsuch
association or incorporation carried, intend
ed 70 Pc carried into effects and no newspaper be pub
hshed in such county, then in the newspaper or news
papers published nearest the and that due proof
shaH be made Of such notice having been published pre-.
vous to leave being given to bring in any till to comply
with sSch application.
SECTION q II anysperson or persons shall be disposed
to make application to the Legislature this Estate
the alteration Of any bou ndary between two or more
townships or counties, or between city village and
county for the removal any county seat or to lay
out 81 road it shall be the duty Of the person or
persons ntendins to make such application, TO signify
his or their intentions by advertisement inserted in one
more newspapers published in the county or
in which the line or lines proposed to be altered or
said proposed new township or county, any part
thereof shall lie, in which said county located
for six weeks preceding precedingl such application,
and that due proof shall be made of such having
been so published before leave shall be given to bring
in any bl to comply with such application Providsd
that there be newspaper il such county then pub
catlon, aforesaid in the nearest newspaper
| papers shall be Sufficient.
SECTION At the opening Of each session CT the Legs-
laere, there shah be appointed joint standing
mitee consisting OF three members Of the Assembly and
tive members Of the Senate, be known as the "Cosa-
ntee Local Laws, to whom all bills for the purposes
specified in this act shall be Committed when first intro
duced and unless evidence of the qualification of the
notice. required By this act shall be presented to such
committee, the committee shall report the bill back with
statement that such proof has been furnished to il.
and further action shall be taken on such bill during
| such session OF the Legislature.
SECTION 4. This shall take effect and be in force
1 from and after the first day Of July, 1860.
| Approved April 2, 1850.
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Ho rses for Califcrnia.-Messrs.M cCraeken
and Patterson, of this city, started on Saturday
last for California by the overland route. They
take out some thirty or forty herses, bought up
in this vicinity for the California market Mr.
McCmeken took number of horses last sum-
mer, and disposed Of them to good advantage
We understand that our fellow citizen, Mich
Olas Ehlo,wiu start about the first Of April will
e number Of the finest horses to be found il
this region, for the same market. The Cali
fornians who buy horses of Nick Ehle may be
sure that they will get none but the best, 70
he deals in TO others.
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Published March 6, 1861.

AN ACT to amend sections CT aud &c OF chapter 10
of the Revised Statutes, entitled "of Highways and
Bridges" a.
The people Qttss State of Wisconsin represented in
Senate and assembly, DO enact as JolLoa08.
SECTION l. Section 81, Of chapter 10, the Revised
Statutes is hereby amended by striking out in the sixth
line the words an adj0inDg," and inserting in lieu
thereof "the same"
SECTION q Section IS of the chapter is hereby
amended by striking out after the word 'shaIl in the
eighth line the words 'ibe levied and collected in the
manner other town charges" and inserting in
lieu thereof ION the order of the Supervisors be paid by
the Treasurer of any money in the town
ury not otherwise appropriated"
SECTION 3: This act shall take eject and be in force
from and after publication.
Approved March 8, 1861
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County Convention,-We publish this
week the call for County Convention to nom
mate candidate for County Judge. Il should
have appeared last week, but the copy was ae-
cidentally mislad. The Convention is called
for the 9th inst ..
The town and ward committees should see
that Delegates are appointed in time,
Town and ward caucuses will be held for the
nomination OF officers to be elected at the sprin
election, and Delegates to the County Conven-
ton can be elected at the same time. No ex-
ira call will then have to be made upon the
people on this account.
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The spring Election Candidates.

The time of the Annual Spring Election draws
nigh, and the people begin to look out for can
didates, and candidates begin TO look out for
Offices We have few cards in OUT special col
umn. Itawill be seen that EsQURE AMEs of.
fers himself as a candidate for reelection to the
Office of Justice of the Peace. He has been
elected to this Office for several successive terms,
and as far as we can learn has always gwen
satisfaction. The people have become fully
acquainted with his style of administering JUS
tice, and would sooner put their business into
his hands than entrust it to a stranger, or one
less experienced in the routine of Justice bust
ness. He win undoubtedly be elected.
Our friend HUGu MCDERMoTT offers himself
for reelection to the office Of City Marshal,
which he has held for the past year with SO
much credit to himself and profit to the city
We have not had for years better or more eff
fcient Marshal than Mr.. McDermott has made
JOSEPH MERRILL, worthy citizen, also Of
fers himself as a candidate for the same Office
Should he be nominated by the City Convention
and be elected, he would prove a good officer.
STILL AEoTHRR-Our friend HARVEY S. Cur
tbs offers himself a candidate for City Marshal,
at the coming election. 1t viii be seen that this
Office is in demand. Mr.. Curtis would make
good and efficient officer we doubt not, if nomina-
ted and elected.
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For the Te legraph.

MEssRs. EDITORS AS it is not generally
safe to frighten children, we would call atten-
ton to couple of lads belonging to the "High-
er Law Department of our city school, who
went out on Saturday last with their guns and
ammuaition, in pnrusit Of game fndng( as W e
presume) scarcity, aud returning to town
without any, concluded to amuse themselves
by tantslizing and Tightening some two or three
little girls they found upon the sidewalk this
they did by pointing their guns towards them,
and swapping percussion caps, until the chill.
dren by their screams, brought the citizens
from the surrounding houses, 10 the doors and
wind ows, when they very eeolly said, "Girls
We didn't mean TO shoot you-Oh no We new
err thought of such thing"
We think these lads need little more NOR
81 suasi0a. We have no desire to call names
but think they will recognize themselves when
they see this, and act accordingly, H.
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EzSS The Hillsdae Standard in speaking Of DR.
Price, tho Analytical Physician, who makes our
city regular visits says;
g The Doctor has been O regular visitor to our
place fer the past two years, and has done good
among the sick this we know He has fought
long and perseveringly against the prejudices ex.
istiag against HIN as a travelling physician, and
has succeeded in overcoming these pTejudices by
positive demonstration OF skill"
The faithful manner in defending his principles
OF treatment, his promptnoss and devotion to those
in his charge has greatly contributed to his success
DR.. Price makes his next visit TO Kenosha, stop
ping at the City Hotel, during Saturday and Sun.
day the 23d and 2ith Of March.
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The citizens of Geneva, Walworth Co, held
an informal election for Postmaster, on the 4th
inst but according to the Mirror, the election
was not looked upon as binding upon anybody
The result was "A votes pelled-Simeon Gard
ner G. Maj. Anderson 3 W. r. Davis 3 L.
Curtis l. Til Mirror says there are 600 Re
publican voters embraced in the call for the
election, but only So voted minority, il
thinks,that should have little weight in the APP
pOintment. We think these elections for Post
Masters have all been failures
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RE-ADJUsTMET.-A public meeting was called
ct the Court House on Saturday evening last, to
take into consideration the subject of petitioning
the Legislature for enabling act similar to those
asked for by Racine, Milwaukee and Sheboygan.
The object ID the re.adustment Of the city ndebt.
edness The plan we believe is to put the entire
Indebtedness into six per cent bonds to run 30 to
80 years. Speeches were made for and against the
plan by various citizens. ). Y Brande was Sec
rotary OF the meeting but he has given us no re-
port of the doings. We arc not aware taat any
definite conclusion was arrived at
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Rire M snnauaI,x.

SANDUsKY, March S.-A fire this A. NJ
destroyed the buildings occupied by Eli Hoods
machine shop, Narcess and Upp's chair factory,
large building occupied by the offices of the
0. D, & &C, G. & T., N. Y 81 Erie, n Y
G. +. Rs, and Express Co.. ,Dro7or's Hotel and
several other buildings. The principal suffer
ers are Pitt d Cock, $l5 900; insured $500.
Marcos d Upp. $4,000; insured $4,000. r.
B. Hubbard, 5000. o. d. & G. r. r., So
coo. Ely Hood $l,5C0. A. Cotton, Drover's
Hotel, $500. Various small los ses besides,
Loss probably $55, 900.
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Of for Pixies Peak.--C. L. ELY, of the
Kenosha Quartz Mill Co., left for Pixies Peak
yesterday, He has been spending the winter
in this city Other members of the company
who have been at home through the winter, we
understand, will start in couple of weeks for
the Peek.
According to latest accounts from tho gold
regions, water is plenty, and the crushers are
very generally doing we'll The Kenosha Co. s
Mil, we learn, has been started and is doing
well.
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The CoLLIEGwooD RoUTE.-A tri-weekly
freight and passenger line win be run the coming
season between Chicago and Goderich, c. w,
touching at all intermediate ports, connecting
there with railroad to Buffalo and thence to oil
points east. The propellers Hunter, Edith, On
tonagon and Sun will run in the line. These are
all first class boats; and well known on Lake
Michigan
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FiFe.-We learn that the Pleasant Prairie
House, three miles west of this city, on the Plank
Road, kept by H. f. Cady, was burned last night
about one o'clock.
We are told that the ERE caught from defect in
the barroom chimney. Only portion of the fur
niture was saved. There was an insurance on
House and barn Of SO 600 Barn was saved.
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r. We can afford to bear with stoicsl indiffer-
ence the witess and pontless thrusts of our cour.
teous % neighbor of the Times, without wincing.
To such attacks We offer no defence. But let him
beware how he attempts to betray or barter Re
publican principles. He shall not act the Wig.
fall with impunity.
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sevom Persons Burned so Densh.

= ~. y = =. NEW DIRK, lIarch 7. =
Al quarter past six this morning. a Ere was dis
covered in the tenement house, IA West Fortieth
St. one door west of Broadway. The building was
of brick, two stories high, four attic. The wood
work inside was of the most combustible nature
The stairway was unusually narrow, SO narrow
that egress would apparently be difficult under
any circumstances The flames spread with as
tonishing rapidity. MIR. Wood, an occupant on
Broadway, trying to rescue his family was sufTo
Gated with them. Assistance was as impossible
as was escape the entrance of the building being
in mass Of flames almost in an instant. The
! names OF the family who thus suddenly persisted
were follows = Henry Wood, isabella, his
wife, Henry and Walter, their sons, Julia, their
daughter, aud twin daughters, aged four months,
| in all seven persons.
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NEW DREss.-Our old friend, the Milwaukee
Sentinel, comes to US arrayed in a new and beau
tiful dress throughout, clearer, brighter, neat
or paper does not come to our table. 1t is apleas-
ure to read it. We arc glad to see this evidence
ofpecuniary prosperity in the Sentinel. 1t richly
deserves it, for no paper in the North west has
exhibited moro enterprise or made greater efforts
for excellence. Long may it continue to flourish
and be as profitable to its publishers as it is cred
liable to the craft of the State.
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DEATH OF Hon. SAM. CRAwFoRD-Hon SAN
CRAWFORD died at Mineral Point on the 9TH inst
His illness was Of short duration and his death,
sudden and unexpected. Judge CRAWFORD was
man of fine talents, and at one time enc Of the
mes! popular men in the Democratic party Of
which he was an active member. Upon the or
ganization of the Supreme Court Of this State, he
was elected one of the Associate Justices He
held the office till June 1855, when ORxAMus Cole
became his successor. He was the Democratic
c. ndidate for Congress for The second District in
$50, and in 1889 he was the Democratic candidate
for Attorney General
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~ The astute, philosophical, eloquent, rscy
and fluent genius who does the editorial for the
Benosha Democrat is not at all satisfied with Pres
ident Lineoln's Message. We did not expect he
would be. He cannot appreciate the plain, hon
est statement Of an honest mans views and nten.
tiona
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INsURANCE.-We call attention to the card o
the Loriliard Fire Insurance Company Of the city
of New York, for which II. w. HUBBARD of the
County Sank, is the Agent. 1t will be seen that
it is participating Company. The insured par
ticpate in the profits, without incuriing any liza.
bility. Insurance in this Company is just as cheap
and just as safe as any other company aud then
the parties insured receive per centage of the
profits, annually.
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RennhIicnn Cnnous.

The Republican electors Of the Town Of Salem, will
meet at the Center School House In said Town. on Sat
urday, the 23d day Of March, inst, at O'Clock p b.,
for the purpose Of choosing three delegates attend
the County convention TO be held at the Court House
Kenosha the 9th inst at - O'clock NJ for the pur-
pose illuminating candidate for the office Of coun-
ty Judge also TO nominate suitable persons to h the
several Town 0hices Of said town ofSalem
Dated Salem, March u, '61. By ORDER OF TIE Con-
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9Oniers Caucus.

The Republican Electors OF Somers are requested to
meet in the Town Hall Friday, the 22d iost, at Q
o'clock P. ~, for the purpose Of nominating Town oi
alss to appoint delegates to attend the County
Convention, to nominate County Judge.
somers, March 70, 1861. BY 0EDER OF THR Coz.
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a wrong creed is very frequently the pro-
duct of a wrong state of heart, We need not
only pure, logical intellect by which to arrive
at religious truth; but we need still more a
heart purified from its fogs and corruptions by
the Holy spirit of Cod
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IB A young man by the name Of Henry Lurn-
ley, says the Eau Claire Free Press, was killed
on Monday last at Phillips logging camp. He
was driving team, and the load slowed around
and caught him between 1t and tree, killing
him instantly. 1t is not known where his friends
live. State papers please copy
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Fancher's Column Our readers will no
fail to notice the change made in the advertise
ment of J. II. FANcHER & Co. They keep a
capital stock on hnd-full varied and well-as-
sorted-which they sell as low as anybody, if
not lower, and they understand the theory
and practice ofAdvertising, and keep their stock
before the people See their advertisement.
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4 Tears and ills, and aches and losses ,sand sick
ness and sorrows, and deaths, and subsequent
intrusions into mans world; they were aot in
be inventory of those things that God pro-
nounced VERY good
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God is not a being shut up in a Bible or en-
closed ina church; He is. in all heights, in all
Depths in all the eddies and currents of ind-
vidual story; in all the roaring cataraets and
commissions of national or European life,
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Total. PSI el 2.165 .72l

Total. -...--..2 ,2S7,7 6i 2,165 72I
From this it will be seen that the free popula
ton Of this rebel Confederacy is far below that of
New York, and less than that of Pennsylvania -
Their total vote aggregated 365,334-or a little
mare than oHshaif the total cote Of the State Of Neao
York And yet they claim the right to dictate to
the whole Union besides They assume quite;too
much.
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KenOsha, Thursday, Mar. IL, 1855 l.
C6icago & Milwaukee Railroad.
Notice..

The Republican Electors Of the Town Bristol are
quested to meet at the Red School House. near Mr. King.
mans, on Saturday, the 23d day Of March, 1861 at
O'Clock, p. M., to nominate Town Officers
By Order OF the Committee.
Bristol, March II, 1861.
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Los. ofIives and Property en- the Lake

81 ElEFC5 tsaEEa PET y
Buffalo, Mach Il.-The statement Of the
losses Of life and property on the lakes during
the yeas 1860, published this morning, shows a
total loss by steam and sail vessels of 81 ,020,-
100, being an increase over the previous year,
of Sl35,9l5. Loss of life in 1860, SIS, an in.
crease over 1859 of AIS. y -
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Published February rs, 1861. !

AZ ACT to amend chapter 1885, of the General Laws of
1858, entitled "of Law Schools and Law Library AS
sociations
The People ofHe State Of Wisconsin represented in
Senate and assembly do enact as foHotcs:
SECTION Section Chapter 126 of the General
Laws of 1885, is hereby amended by striking out the
words "twenty where they in said section
and inserting in lieu thereof the words "oue hundred
SECTION Section Of said act is hereby amended by
striking out the word stem where occurs in said sec
ton, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "one
SccToN q This act shall take effect and be in force
from. and after its passage and publication
Approved February 81, 1861.
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THE Seeded STATEs--The following table
gives the population of these six States as shown
by the census returns of 1860:
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TH0S. ROWLAND, |
D. O. BURGESS, (
]. Q. MCKISSON. /

. N. B.-The Committees OF the several towns in the
county are requested the above and to call thei
Town caucuses in to choose delegates for saiC
Convention at the time Of making their Town nomina.
tiOns.
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GzyT The following communication came into
our hands, or rather into our pocket, surreps
tiously as well as anonymously. If any young
men or boys, whether belonging to the High
school or not, have been amusing themselvea
by frightening little grls'with their fire arms
as the writer says thsy deserve rebuke, and we
therefore give the item an Insertion.
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Heariclz'a Kid strengtheniug Plasters
MARCH APPOINT NTs
DIR. W 60 PRICE,

L i L 4 4
Of Buffalo, n Y, viii be consultation diseases gem
orally, at
KENOSHA City Hotel, Saturday and Sunday, the
23d aad 24th Of February.
Racine, Racine House, 18th Of February.
Waukegan, Waukegan House, 2lst Of FebTu airy.
Woodstock, Woodstock House, 10th Of Feb.
DR. PRIZE Jevotes his whole time the Of Scrc-
fa1In, Rbeunaa1Issn, FITS. Nervous Mslafiies,
Female Difficulties. Consumption, Throat,
Liver, Heart, and all Chronic Complaint. Our prac-
tee, founded truth Of seventeen years standing, diff
ers from an Others tring with human existence,
sacrificing life by experiments We know upon examin
atien the cause Of disease and remedy needed to
it. not by guessing butby knowing. Eopoisons or harsh
medicines to iDjure the constitution, but mild and eff
Gent: no making sick TO make WELL tearing down to
build up abandoning business starving giving
couragement without prospect, coming be
seen again, but honest in dealings frank in opn
ons moderate in charges regular every few weeks
IN visits. Weinvte investigation claim not to know
everything, to everybodydo claim to reason and
senses and to cure seven out Of ten said TO be IN
durable. We particularly request those who have tried
this scientific DOCTOR that respectful physician, boased
advertised medicines and doctors until out and
discouraged to call upon u.s. costs nothing con sulta
free 1y1s
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From, .r,o sourheru CouGederncy

Montgomery, Ala, March IA permanent
Constitution has been adopted, but it is kept
secret. A member of Congress says i provides
for thel Pres ident to- serve six years. Execu-
tive appointments under the grade of tbs Cabi-
net to hold Office during good behavior. The
slave trade is prohibited. The Cabinet officers
are eligible to seats in Congress. An act was
passed issuing million in treasury notes. An
appropriation bill for current expenses passed.
The Secretary of the Treasury finds 20 difficult
~ in negotiating the fifteen million loan ct par