The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-12-17

his arm, and thus they walk home about a
foot apart, feeling as awkward as gosings.
As soon as she is safe inside her own doors, he
fruits home, and really thinks he has been
and gone and done it..
young man, what's the price Of this
silk? ?" asked partially deaf old lady.
"Seven dollars was the reply. "Seven-
teen dollars 2" exclaimed she; "Tll give
you thirteen" "Seven dollars, ma am, is
the price of the silk" replied the honest
shopman ooh, seven dollars !" replied
the lady, sharply; "I'll give you FIVE"
Russia is about to attempt to build a
railway from Moscow to Pekih-a distance
of 1000 miles in round numbers.
Weston has postponed his walk to St.
Paul until the 9Th of January, and will re-
turn to Bangor, Me-, to start again.
Boston proposes to introduce system of
grades in her public schools corresponding
to the better class of our colleges.
Boston's banking capital amounts to
more than that of Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont and Rhode Island put together
All Paris is abroad on velocipedes on
the Champs Elysees after dark, and SO
many accidents have recently happened
from collisions, that an edict of the police
now compels riders to affix a lantern to
their machines.
A prodigal son in Toronto ran away
with $4,000 worth of jewelIy. His faith
er instead of killing tatted calf, hadslim
caught and put in Jail.
'You call that trunk, do you p growls
detected porter. ut only needs light
ming rod to make it look darned sight
more like a boarding house than what's to
be found in Saratogy"
AFTER organizing Temperance party,
for open warfare in politics and otherwise
against the sale and use of intoxicating
liquors, the State Temperance Convention
at Bloomington adjourned. A
and other measures adopted for completing
the organization
The city of Dubuque, Iowa, has debt
of $1,876,144.
Anna Cora Mowatt Richie writes theat.
rical letters from London to the San Fran.
cisco Chronicle.
Books to the value of million and q
half of dollars were imported into the
United States from England last year.
The New Testament is being printed in
Japanese Roman type is used.
A pentleman's own good breeding in
his best security against other peoples
rudeness.
The operatives in the cotton and wooden
mills in North Adams, Mass; work eleven
hours per day, and tho average wages Is
SIX dollars per week.
Grant will have the pleasure Of dealing out
$50, O0O, 900 annually In salaries to $1,000
officers.
The number of Jesuits expelled from Spain
is about 75o Most Of them have gone to-
France. The number of Jesuits previously In
France was about 1000.
The gas jets in A. T. Stewards new store
are lighted simultaneously by an electric
battery. The windows on the ground floor
are OF a single pl ate glass, each costing $500.
The establishment covers more than two acres
and is twice as large as Morrison's, in Londen,
the next largest dry goods store in the world.
John Brown, an American residing in Val
pariso. has loaned the city government $780,
COO in gold. A few years ago Mr.. Brown com.
menced work as a journeJman carpeRter,
owning nothing but the clothes he had on
Now his property is valued at 5000, 900
REPUTATION CLAUsE-It Is stated Secre-
taries Seward, McCulloch, Evarts, and other
members of the Cabinet, all endcavorec to
pursuade the President to leave the repudia-
ting clause out of his message. Mr.. johnson
persistently refused by saying that in two
years It would be the most popular measure
before the country.
HAPPY TowN.-The city Of Green Bay
claims to be in the enjoyment OF more amuse-
ments. and more thriving business the present
winter than any place of the size in the State