The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-07-21
All Sorts.

A Missouri drover has hogs so fat that
! to find out where their heads are it is
necessary to boot them and Judge by the
squeal
A gentleman who is ashamed of his
intensely bald head, explains the absence
of his hair by saying that he was born
poor, and was compelled to scratch his way
through life.
An Elmira lad had hawk that was
partially tame. The other day he tied a
small kitten to the birds leg and set the
two out ofdoors, when hawk, kitten and all
disappeared in the air.
! A Baltimore paper says that young
lady was recently dircharged from one
of the largest pickle factories in the city,
because she was so sweet she took the acid
out of all the vinegar.
A married couple at Fort Dodge, finding
the matrimonial knot irksome, mutually
! agreed to secure divorce. which was effected
4 by the women consenting TO beating before
Witnesses
Our devil says whenever he wants hot
bath and hasn't the change to pay for 1t he
has only to tell his girl that he has made up
his mind to get another sweetheart andhe is in
hot water directly.
We hear there is a book with the danger
GUS title of &C The Pocket Lawyer" we
shouldn't much like book with this title,
for are sure that if we were to get law
yer into our pocket we never should be able
to get him out oft
The War Department announces that the
report of ill-treatment of the. colored cadet
at West Point is exaggerated, but an official
investigation has been ordered.
n P. s. Gilmore has been in Washington
invoking diplomatic assistance to get the
principal military bands of Europe to come
over to his great international jubilee next
! season.
recovered So, 500 damage from the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad for the
death other son Charles, by an accident last
fall. He was a brakeman on the
road.
There is some talk ola Dickens memorial
volume in London. It's contents will be
made up of descriptions of his personal
habits and most striking characteristics;
illustrations of his home, and a selection of
articles written for French, English, and
) American newspapers on the announcement
: of his death.
, Ten years ago o daughter of James Black,
, of San Rafael married Dr.. Burdell against
, her fathers wish. few weeks ago he died,
and his will being opened in the presence OF
the friends, was found to disinherit the
daughter, whereat she stripped the docu ment
into ribbons, GREETINGS lawsuit byso doing
One of the biggest reptile stories yet is
that of an alligator near Midway, 8. G. (which
, ing. The animal weigs $50 pounds, and is
said to be perfectly docile and thoroughly
broken in " to his work. THIS allegation is
somewhat astounding, to say the least.
The preliminaries for ty pe-setting match
between c. c.. Wall, of Toledo, and G. A.
Barber, of Detroit and elsewhere, have been
: arranged. The contest is to take place in
: Toledo July %. The match is $500 and the
proceeds of the exhibition One hundred
dollars have been deposited as forfeit. The
type to be used snonpareil; time, six hours.
An Irishman, in town near Boston.
got drunk the night before the Fonrth OF
July, and was released the next morning on
condition that he would take prominent
part in the bHrlesque procession. He con-
sented, and was represented as q "Greek
Slave"
A good old Massachusetts, deacon, re-
Gently deceased, was once called in ques-
ton upon some points Of faith PERTAIN ug
: to his denomination. With a great deal
of earnestness his reply was, Don't tell me
Congregationalism, for my son has taken the
Congregational Globe for years"
Brigham Young has just been refused
by transient lady, whom he asked to
become Mrs. Young No. rs. She said she was
small, and didn't like to take her chances
among so many jealons woman. Brigham
was SO mad at being refused that he said he
wouldn't ask another woman to marry him
again for two weeks.
Alta recent garden party given by the
prince of Wales at Chiswick, the principal
amusement provided for the guests was sew
eral velocipede yachts, which were worked
on the lake with much skill by the Prince of
}, Teck, Prince and Princess Christian. and
4 other royal and distinguished personaees.
to the great amusement OF themselves and
to lockers ON.
i A batch Of bread consisting of eigh-
: ty-one loaves, that was put into an oven at
Pompeli nearly eighteen hundred years ago,
has recently been taken out and is found to
be somewhat overdone which is certainly
not surprising. These loaves which were
found in the course of recent excavations.
are about nine inches iu diameter, rather fiat
; and divided by eight lines, radating from the
center, into segments.
Milwaukee has had q sheer fair, at IFS
rink, whereat each brewer occupied beer
stand and each visitor was called upon to
vote for the beer 'sthat liked him bestn or
leaving the fair. At the close, the brewer
4 receiving tee highest number of votes re.
ceived massive gold medal and those less
fortunate silver ones, of value in proportion
to their rank in the popular estimation
Col. James Fisk, Jr., has determiend tn
add to his velvet coat and his big diamonds
and his Erie railroad and his half dozen
theatres, still another stunning accom-
pl1shment. Its a three million. dollar hotel.
~ 40 W co AZ VIC region ol wall street, and
is to eclipse everything that ever was. Of
course there is no question that it will nav
Fisk will patronize it himself and there are
so many of him that the hotel will be con.
stantly running over
An old army officer was sent to- recrnit
men for Highland regiment toward the
end Of the PeninsuiarNar In Que district
of Caithnesshier he raised two hundred
men, all under IS years of age All abo rd
six feet in height, and all SONS of small
tenants on the Duke of Sutherland's estate.
This same gentleman Travelled last summer