The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-01-14
Miscellaneous Items.

miscellaneous 4COulS.
The Rev. B. NJ. Tillotson, of Manches
ther.N. H., has married 1850 people with
in % years He has buried ], 400 Peep le
and preached 1900 sermons.
Thirty-six hundred trains run out OF
London daily.
The Evansville Journal says that IN
the wild woods ofSpencer county, Indiana
unmarked by slab, and unprotected from
dissertation by animals,is the grave OF Gne
mother of President Lincoln. The nelgh-
bors declare there is no doubt with re1er-
ence to its identity Mrs. Lincoln was
buried between two oak trees, only sepa
rated from each other distance sufficient
to allow the grave to be dug lengthWlse be
tween them. The trees and the grave re-
main to-day as when first the pious woman
was buried only that the trees are great
deal larger and the grave has sunken to
such an extentas to destroy all appearance
of grave
DR.. Newman an eminent New Orleans
divine, recently challenged the editor OF
the St. Mary's Na.) Planters Banner to
personal combat He is a Republican in
sentiments, and defends his belligerency
by saying that Moses, Joshua, and David
fought, and none of them had to contend
with such children Of the devil as the
rebels of that country
The entire Board of Supervisors oil
Muscatine county, Iowa, were arrested on
the 4th instant, by the United States Mar
shall, by virtue of an attachment issued at
the October term of the United States
Circuit Court, to show cause. why theyI
had not levied tax to pay off certain
judgements against the county. They
gave bonds in the sum of $500 each for
appearance at the next term of the United
States District Court at Des Moines
A negro girl has been astonishing the
people of Vicksburg, Miss, by her per-
f3rmance on the piano. She is eig lteen
years old, and as black as the ace ofspldes,
does not know a single note of music, and
cannot spell the simplest word. She was
a house servant, and as such was permitted
to play upon the piano. She can play any
piece however defficult it may be, after
hearing it played; and her accuracy and
delicacy of touch is really something very
remarkable.
The people of California are divided
upon the question of what will be the
future king" of that State. Some say
gold, others wheat, the grape, wool, or
silk Time will tell the story
When cow or OK gets choked, it is
said that immediate relief may be obtain.
ed by strapping up fore leg, and COMPEL
ing the animal to Jump This will cause
the obstruction to fly out.
Young cattle, if you would have them
keep growing through the winter, should
have as good treatment as oxen and COWS.
1t is poor economy to keep them exposed
to severe weather and supplied only with
bog hay.
At recent trial ola revenue case in
New York skillful experts swore that
some specimens of brandy which were
submitted to them were not only genuine,
but were were worth $12 gallon in gold
when it was afterwards proved that it
was manufactured in Brooklyn, and was
not brandy at all.
A benevolent citizen of Brunswick, Ger
many, supplies blankets to the poor dur
ing the winter months They are stampS
ed to prevent their being pawnedt or sold
and are returned in May of every year.
The system has been operation six years,
and not a blanket has been lost
Ladies of the Old School" are not all
dead yet. Another old lady near Roches-
ter n. Y, Mrs. Cloe Bude, 81 years of age,
continues to spin and weave as in the old
en- time She has woven 500 yards of
rag carpeting, and 212 yards of flannel
within the past Is months She has spun
200 pounds of wool within the same time
and knit two dozen pairs of socks for her
grandchildren.
Poultry, to fatten rapidly, must be,
like hogs, restricted to limited space.
Freedom and fat are Incompatible
Mich cows should have succulent food
and meal Feed generously, and keep
the flesh increasing, as we'll as the milk
A citizen of Brunswick, Maine, has
within three years taken 5000 worth of
squashes from little more than an acre
of land 1 @
It Is poor policy at this season to stint
the feed of dry cows. Good keeping will
tell upon the calf and upon the milk pail
next summer. Ek
TIE farmers of Northern and Western
Wisconsin seem to be disguised on the
whole with hop-raising, They think il
would have been better if they had never
heard of hops The farmers who made SO
largely from hop culture during the year
1866 and 1867 are as severe as those who
engaged in it this season just in time tc
see the crop failure and the article a
drug in the market. Previous profits have