The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-09-12
Miscellaneous Items

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81 Hartford has 23 insurance companies,
with an aggregate capital of $33, 900, 900.
Eg-The Salt Lake Vedette says the regu
lar troops west of Denver will winter at
Camp Douglas, in Utah.
E8- Barnum has at last sold his place,
"Lindencroft, at Bridgeport, and taken up
his permanent residence at New York, in
a fine house he has purchased on Fifth av-
enue.
Es-The suit in the United States Court
against the Merchants Union Express Com
pany has been dismissed by Judge Nelson, at
Cooperstown, N. Y.
The following memorandum was picked
up by one of the editorial force of the New
York Express:
''SkcIeton skirt for wife; Godfrey's cor
dial for baby; No 9 shoes for Matilda; nurs-
ing bottle No, 2; gallon Of whisky; pink
saucer and powder for Miss Jones; one les
lament; borrowed of Smith $12 send for
bread and beefsteak at - m; meet Julia at
8 p. M
GEN. GRANT OH Saturday gave a parting
dinner to Senior Romero, the Mexican Min
litter. He also gave parting salute to the
President i'll the shape of instructions to
Gen. Hancock to reinstate no officers of
Sheridan's removal If he can't head off
Andy in one way lie will in another.
Doctor--''Wel, Madam, how is your
husband to day?" Wife-"Why, doctor,
he is no better" Doctor-"Did you get the
leeches?" Wife-''Yes; but he only took
three of them raw had to fry the rest ~
Chattanooga was visited by thunder
storm on the 18th ult An old darkey for
getting that Chattanooga was taken,'
shouted, Fore de Lor' dare comes ole era
zy' wild the Yanks agin. He gwine to fin
ish the place this time
The city of Havana has recently discover
ed new source of revenue. Some 81, 200
cock fights take place there every year, and
by imposing license of 500 per day on
the fighters neat little sum will be OBJ
tanned. There is $42, 900 invested in that
business i'll Havana
The Public school at Stevens Point has
a 400 pound bell, fine cabinet organ and
a first class clock, all procured through the
exertions of Captain Megran, principal of
the school. So says the Pinery
it has been discovered that some of the
farmers in the vicinity of Manassas, and
other Virginia battle fields, have reaped
lnrge pecuniary harvest recently by dig
giDg up aud selling to the bone dnst man
ufactories the remains of soldiers buried on
their farms
One of the wonders of the Paris Exhibi-
t. on is All enormous Brazilian topaz weigh
ing pounds nine ounces and two hundred
and six grains, troy, with figure of Christ
cut upon it. Twenty years were occupied
in cutting it.
Several persons have been prosecuted in
Dublin for participating i'll recent riotous
Of Orangemen.
1t is now definitely known that the iber-
ais will be largely in the majority in the
next North German Parliament.
dred feet in diameter, passed north of New
Castle, Delaware, on Thursday.
John Clark, of Baltimore, has left $780,
900 to st Johns Methodist Church in that
city.
There is talk of using the water of the
falls of the Ohio at Louisville for extensive
cotton mills.
EgColdwater, Mich, has 5000 inhabit-
ants, but no deaths occurred in the place
from the 7th of April to the 7tl Of August
last. On the latter day drunken man
was killed by the cars running over him,
40 that imDrudeDce not disease carried him
off.
EarRockford, ILL.,, is just finishing a rail
road culvert at Kent's creek, which will cost
over 800, 900. So says the WjnnebGg0 Chief
Of that city.
Twenty-Five hundred emigrants arrived
at New York on the 30th.
An immense cotton crop will be gathered
in Mississippi this year.