The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-11-26
Miscellaneous Items,

Miscellaneous Items.
PRESIDENTIAL ELEoToRs.-The electors
| :hosen in each State meet at the capital o
Gheir respective States on the first Wednes
,av III December They vote by distinct
allots for President and Vice President
tad send the result, carefully sealed, bya
| peclal messenger, who will deliver it tC
| ION. Benjamin f Wade President OF the
5enate. The Senate and House, having
| liked a day for a joint convention, vii
assemble together III the House. Mr.. Wade
| Will open the certificates, count the votes
md announce that Ulysses S. Grant is
elected President, ana Schuyler Colfaz
! Vice President Of the United States.
| Probably the largest Bible-class in the
world Is that conducted in connection with
Ir. Surgeons church, in London. by Mrs
3artlett. vi which an interesting account Is
gwen in Il recent number OF the iSuBd0y-Sch0Ol
IeGcfter. 1t Is stated that on the first Sabbath
oi It's organization, about eight years ago,
three persons were present; and at the end
oi the first month there were fourteen regular
attendants. The interest awakened increased
untli, atteT several changes OF location, made
necessary Tor want OF space, the average at
tentauce became seven hundred, at which it
nov stands. More than seven hundred per-
Suns have Ueeu received to the church from
tlIis remarkable class.
The OLDEST House IN THE UNITED
STATES - rhe oldest house in the United
States is believed by some to be stone
edltice IN Gullford, Conn, 1t was built iii
1910, the stone being brought on hand
odrfows from ledge some distance from
the site OF the building. The cement with
which the walls were laid up is said to
b. harder than the stone itself The first
wedding in Guiltord took place i'll this
edltite, the supper provided being pork
and peas.
TUNNEL BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE
About Que hundred OF The most Influential
noble men, members OF Parliament, and other
gentlemen VI England, interested IN railways,
have presented an address to the Emperor
Napoleon, praying HIM TO favor with ais SAP
port and protection The project or a submarine
tunnel between England and france 10 con-
meet the railway systems oil the two countries
Among other motives urged upon the Emp re
10 That OF Strengthening the bonds which
unite Two great pcoples;" an argument which
cannot fail To nave great weight with him.
hhANCh IN 1NOSo1As--. he NZdT HIS
issu. d q ukase, in virtua OF which nine-tenths
oil the drinking saloons now existing in the
Russian Empire, are to be suppressed.
'How do you like the character of St.
Paul." asked a parson of his landlady one
day, during a. conversation about the old
saints and the apostles "Ah! he was a
good, clever old soul, | know, for he once
said, you know, that we must eat what is
set before us, and ask no questions for
conscience sake. Railways thouhgt IshouId
like him Ger Il boarder.'
Mallard ducks sold in Bloomington,
ILL., on Saturday last, at the astonishlngiy
low rate of three for % cents E
Tetanus, commonly called lock jaw has
been successfully treated by repeated appli-
cations Of chloroform to the spine.
The little village of Derby Center, vt.
contains no less than twenty nine wild 1ws,
with only one s.idower, and he nearly
ninety years old.
The Pr mn Gasette, one of the very best
IT he ,nd II ddiiles, cost its proprietors
a40 000--Say 800, O0o-before it began TO pay.
IL Is lourcen paper.
& The iron cross on the new Pittsburgh Ca
thcdral Is to be Illuminated by gas Jets on the
evenings of festivals and holidays. The Jets
Will be lighted by elee Jricity
Winterapples bring forty to sixty cents a
bushel for export in Wellington. Ohio.
Gold is found in twenty-five counties in
M,1tt II 1 TN - -
mated at $500,0O0.
Official figures made public in the Method
isl General Mission Convention at New York,
on Saturday, show an increase of members in
the Methodist Episcopal Church during the,
past year in the United Sta es, OF one hundred
thousand. The increase and value of church
property in the same time has been 1900,
900.
At ST. Landry Parish, Louisiana, the recent
scene of ii terrible mas acre of Republican
votes, Grant and Colfax none. There were
2, l02 registered negro voters there last year
When men, skeptically inclined, talk 10
Henry Ward Btecher concerning their advan-
ed views ofreIigion, he merely replies, sob
know all about that; stopped at that hotei
once
1t is estimated that two and a half million
acres OF land in South Carolina, fully ene-balf
of the whole amount proved is offered TO,
sale, and the average price does not exceed
xix dollars per acre.
The waupun wis Times reports the pres
| tnt number Of convicts in the Wisconsin State
| Prison at one hundred and eighty nine. OF
whom seven are females. sEss@ ~
| Office in Troy expended S1l 900 to secure hi.
election.
| More than one seventh of the State of Mis-
Sssippi, it is said is advertised Tor sale under
execution for debt.
1t is reported that the Archbishoprico Of
Canada has been rendered to Right Rev
| Bishop Whitehouse, of the Diocese of IlF
,ois He has not yet decided whether be
will 4ccept or not.
The oldest person whe has lived in thi'
| country, within the memory of man, dice
Tennessee, in 1884, aged 154 years.
The ten cities of France containing u,
| Lyons, 323. 954; Marsellles, 800, 13l; Bordeaux
J4l; Lii e, l54,779; Toulouse, 126, 1886 Nan
eIIll ,95S; Ronen. 100 GIL; st. Etlenne, %
| 20; Strasbourg, "a. 1871.
Col Drake. who sunk the first oil we'll OF
| oil Creek, and z We the world the benefit q
his gran discovery, is at TitusyiIie. living il
-xtreme destltntion, with no source of main
enance except the uncertain charity 0
riends.
A Mendon, (Yt.1 clergyman accepted al
N q ls1 N fntu a..
chat he I've allowed to deliver sermon. whic!
o.. did IT mud ui.rht 10 a :, n, 4 ,.,... -