The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-12-30

the oldfashioned knee breeches for gentle
mems fulldress costumes.
Twelve of the Spanish gunboats that
left New York harbor last week, came to
an anchor near Fortress Monroe last
Thursday but put to sea again in short
time.
The Haytien paper money is hardly
worth the paper it is printed on. One
dollar in gold being worth four thousand
in currency.
Two policemen in New Yotk robbed a
Kentuckian few weeks since, and last
Thursday they were each sentenced to
FIVE years in the State prison.
The revenue tax on pork packers has
been suspended.
An ex-policeman named Kane. was
found Christmas Eve, on a sidewalk in
Detroit, with his throat cut from ear to
ear.
Postmaster Starr, of Milwaukee, was
presented with handsome set of silver
knives forks and spoons Christmas, by
the clerks in his office.
A mail coach was stopped fifteen miles
from Cheyenne, last Saturday night, by
Ihighwaymen, who took the horses and
mail bags, leaving the passengers to
walk to Cheyenne 81
VIM B. Reed. ex-minister to China,
and leading aristocratic democrat of
! Philadelphia, is defaulter TO the tune cf
about 100000, and it is believed he has
absconded 3
On Christmas night young man
named Edward LOBBY, was run over by.
horse car on Madison street bridge, in
Chicago and instantly killed. sg
BY the inattention of switchman on
the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago r.
r., last Sunday night, a train ran off the
track, and travelled 400 feet over the ties.
No one hurt seriously. M-3
Daniel Walsh, the convicted wife-mur-
derer, of Chicago, will be hanged on the7th
Of January next, his friends having aban-
doned all hope of having his sentence
revoked.
! Hon. E. NJ Stanton's funeral took place
at Washington last Monday, attended by
the President and Cabinet, and large
concourse of people. WA
Mr. Peter Sprague was found at his
residence in Oak Grove, this State, on
Tuesday of last week, with his throat cut.
Late advices from the City of Mexico
report Mr., Seward still the centre of
attraction, and the recipient of many
magnificent oYations. t 9e-s
Kane, the switchman, who caused the
late horrible accident on the Pacific rail
road, has been acquitted. d af
line, it is reported, will run all winter
from Chicago to Grand River The
schooner Len Highly intends to run from
Chicago to Sheboygan during the winter.
A young lady in Chicago lately had
her little toes amputated to make her
feet narrower. Her feet were very small,
but she thought them too broad
The Chicago Post thinks that city has
an excellent way of relieving the poor;
they relieve the poor-and the rich at
the same time
A pretty girl of "sweet sixteen" is
backing boots in Central Park, New York.
The papers say she is having rush of
customers. n
Brigham Young, Jr., has gone to Phil
adelphia in pursuit of his runaway (third)
wife She refuses to return with him.
Frank P. Blair has connected himself
with prominent insurance company in
New York City. oal
The agent of a South American repub
lie came to this country to purchase gun
boats, and in New York was feeced out
of a million dollars by a pretended ship
broker.
John Dillon was billed for a leading
character in the Colleen Bawn, at Oshkosh,
on Satuadry night last, but just before
time for commencing he got mad and left
the hall for some reason, breaking uplthe
performance. ~ 4 ii a31yl
Dry oak wood is selling in La Crosse
at $500 to 1926 per cord. d g@e+a
The marine disasters on the great lakes
in 1859 number 1914, the total loss of
which is upwards of four million dollars.
Tho Prtticb 1uar etoonoor bloodhound
was lost while on a.voyage from Athens