The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-11-30

The successive stages of Northwestern
growth are remarkably illustrated by a para
graph in the Waverly, Iowa, Rep~6tcan,
which saws 6 We have man in our city
who was born in 1900, and has son who was
born in the Territory of Michigan, and anoth-
er one in the Territory OF Wisconsin, and still
another one in the Territory of Iowa, and al
so daughter born in the state of IoWa--all
In the same house Col. j. Woods is the
man.
One of the good results Of the Chicago fire
is said to be the destruction of the fraudulent
vouchers, etc., of the bogus Monta war
claims, to the amount of $500, 900. These
were for supplies furnished at. eXhOrbitant
prices for "war" where there was not
hostile Indian. The EUeding Post will wager
an antique title that the "Gallatin Valley"
claimants will reappear as lively as ever,
with the original bill and exemplary damages
added, as Chicago sufferers"
Pinkerton, the detective, had in his Office
before the fire, some invaluable records which,
having been destroyed can never be replaced.
He claims that for the mere clerical work
upon them, extending over period of twenty
years, he had paid $4,000. These were rec
ords in criminal cases. Pinkerton also pos
| assessed complete records of the recret ser.
vice of the Army of the Potomac. These,
too, were destroyed.
An exchange remarked that "twcnty years
ago Leland Stanford arrived in California
with only one shirt sto his back Since then
by close attention to business he has con-
! trived totaccumulate over ten millions" Up
on which another contemporary is troubledato
know what the man is to do with so many
shirts.
| Sam Severe, a mulatto, piled number OF
| cross-ties upon the railroad track inear Cen
terville, Md, the other day, for the purpose
| OF throwing the cars off but getting drunk
| n in ba bo nod no
distractions with his own body, and was
nicely pulverzed when the train came along
To MAKE COMMON HARD SoAP.-Put into
an iron Kettle five pounds unSlacked lime,
five pounds soda, and three gallons of soft
water let it soak over night, and in the
morning pour off the water then add three
and half pounds OF grease, boil till thick,
turn into pan till cool, and then cut in bars.
To DRY PUMK1Ns.-Peel and cut as for
cooking then slice them very thin. spread
on tin or other drlers, and expose to mod
crate heat In the stove oven. Thus dried, the
pumpkin will retain it's natural flavor. To
prepare it for cooking, soak it in water a few
1 hours.
| Detroit restauranter is telling what he
calls !" a big old sell on Joe Hooker who
was there to attend the Army of the Cumber.
land reunion last week. The General had
never tastedsbuffalo meat, and expressing a
great desire to discuss stake, he was di-
rected to.a restaurant where such thing was
sometimes known. He was promptly told
| that he could have a steak, and he had one,
and he finished eating pound of rare done
beef-steak, with the remark that he'd never
hereafter eat anythings but buffalo meat
when it was possible to get it.
In his lecture in Boston, Theodore Tilton,
said a nation without divorce was nation
without virtue. France, he remarked, had
no ground for divorce, and she was the most
licentious nation in the universe. Prussia
had twelve grounds for divorce and she was
the most virtuous nation in Europe South
Carolina had no divorce, and she rots. Mas
sachusetts had seven grounds for divorce and
she was queen of the realm.
An Ohio thief who made himself obnox-
ious to the citizens was handed over to a Wig
lance committee, the chairman of which
made the following report " We took the
thief down to the river, made hole in the
ice, and proceeded to duck him, but he slip
ped through our hands and hid under the
Zee. All our efforts to entice him out failed,
and he has now retained his point of advan-
tage some hours"