The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-11-19
Miscellaneous Items,

Gerritt Smith recently expressed his kind
regard for the Alfred Academy, in Allegheny
county, n Y, by placing, unsolicited, a check
for $50, 900 i'll the hands of its authorities
This is the third time Mr.. Smith has done
the same,
Switzerland has 900 watchmakers, and
turns out over million of watches yearly.
With two exceptions, Brigham Young is
the largest depositer in the Bank of Englad.
How to get at the real complexion of some
ladies-take little soap and water
Anna Cora Mowatt Richie lives in London.
and writes letters to the San francisco
Chronicle. - u 35O1~ 8t
Deerfeld, New York, the home of HoRATIo
SEYMOUR, gave majority for GRANT and
CoLFAx.
A disappointed Yankee tourist writes home
from the Rhine take the Upper Mississippi,
or eventhe Hudson river, place upon their
bluffs the ruins. put little historical truth
and an immense amount of romantic fiction
upon each little headland, have few men
write euloglums upon them, and the the
winding Rhine, will be wound up forever"
A lady who has great horror of tobacco,
got into railway carriage thy other day, and
inquired of a male neighbor, "Do you chew
tobacco. sir9' mo. madam, l don't" was
the reply, but can get you chew-if you
want one.''
Massaehpsetts has one mile of railway to
every six SQUARE miles of territory.
Quebec has a seminary old enough to cele-
brate its two hundreth anniversary.
Norwegian children are required to. attend
school from the. age of eight until confrnna-
ton.
1t is estimated that one-halfo of the twenty
five and fifty cent currency in circulation
is counterfeit.
Blaine, of Maine, seems to have the best
chance OF succeeding Colfax as Speaker of
the House.
There is said to be little doubt but Andrew
johnson will be nomiua1ed for Governor by
the Tennessee Democrats.
Five thousand copies of Horace Greeley, s
Life have been sold within the last twenty
days. IN tvca% a-se5f8 avau-
| The Young Mems Christian Associations, at
| their convention in Detroit, in June last
resolved in favor of making the second Sab
| bath in November, 1868, day of prayer for
success in the conversion of sinDers-the chief
| work OF the associations. Sunday mex is the
day agreed upon. IJkI4 4qkdu3 aJI
About fifty private telegraphs are in use in
New York, and the numbers is being rapidly
increased. The expense is about $500 for
each machine, with wires ready for work, and
counting-room and offices are thus plaoedtin
instant comm unications with docks and
hianufactories in different parts Of the city
In Central City, Col. the Goverment has
| recently stored Z 900 stands of arms and 100,-
| 600 rounds OF ammunition, SO as to be distrib-
uted among the people. Sheridan is making
| renewed preparations for vigorous campaign
against the Indians A regiment of negro
cavalry recently arrived at Fort Lyon TO fight
the red man.
! The country around Petersburg, va,
i is noted for the production of peanu5s. A
large crop has been obtained this year,
and the cultivation is to undertaken next
next year on an extensive. scale,
i Although the snow was up to the wagon
hubs in the hill road near Windsor, VT,
on the recent election day, several old
i gentlemen over eighty years. old were
II present and cast their votes for Grant.
The aggregate majority of the New
England states for Grant is 10000, which
IS II 900 more than for Lincoln in 1864,
and 10000 more than for Lincoln IN
II 1860
| The Fenians are making extraordinary
preparations for the National Convention
which IS to meet at Philadelphia ON the
26th instant 1t is proposed to inaugur-
Z ate the preceding with a grand process
sion, 80