The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-02-02
NEWS ITEMS.

"Dr. Da Silva" an accomplished swim
dler, who figured quite extensively in
the lecturing line as Maximilian's Sur
geon, has just been arrested in Missouri,
as deserter from the 14th u. S. Infantry.
The Steamer W. r. Arthur exploded
her boilers fourteen miles above Mem
phis, early last Saturday morning. Sixty
lives are supposed to have been lost
A Major in the Peruvian army has
constructed a monumental clock in Lima
which is said to be as wonderful as the
famous Strasburg clock. pa taa
Over 100000 men, coolies, railway
hands, ard others, are said to have been
deprived of employment by the Penn
sylvania coal strike.
A man IN Washington got back stol-
cost of $25 for lawyers fees and loss of
wages.
The Presbyterian memorial fund of
5000 900 is in p fair way to be raised by
May next. Three millions have already
been raised.
After Waterloo, France paid an indem-
nifty of 1,162, 100000 francs, of which
100000, 900 went to allied Powers,
A lady in Louisville swallowed q
draught of her husbands hair dye, mis-
taking it for medicine. She came near
dyeing. oI
Asa Kittle, the blind murderer at Troy,
N, Y, has paroxisms of madness that are
perfectly uncomfortable. During them
he reacts the manner of the tragedy by
beating his pillow on the floor
Mr. ]. I'll. Baldwin, who resides some
twenty five miles southwest from jack
sonville, Ill.,, has lost withina few weeks
past about thousand dollars worth of
hogs by the cholera.
An interesting feature of the Weeks of
Prayer il Washington City was the in
vltation from the most fashionable dane.
ing masters for union prayer meeting
in his beautiful hall, with its waxed floor
Two meetings were held, largely attend
ed and deeply interesting.
The COMBINED capital of all the bank
ing houses of the Rothschild in London,
Paris, Frankfort, and Vienna is said to
be in our money, not less than $500,000,-
600.
Rumor now has it that the money stolen
from the express company at albany, at
the late robbery, was not much short of
$75 900 or $4,000
The late earthquake knocked the bot
tom out of well at Canandalgua, N. Y,
holding fourteen feet of water, it is now
said, and the we'll hasn't had drop
since.
The average salary of clergymen is
$500 year, while that of skillfull mech
anlcs is 81 1862, according to the late re-
port of Commissioner Wells.
Jadge Hoar says that lawyer tries
first to get on, then to get honor, and
lastly to get. honest.
It has cost Maine physician $4,000
for bungling in setting boys broken leg,
and now he is almost ready to wish the
boy hadn't broken it.
There have been discovered in Jeffer-
son county, Pa, mountain of iron. 1t
may we'll be named the largest iron
in the United States. From
all reports it will furnish an inexhausti-
BILE supply of good ORE
An Abingdon, Ill.,, lady, who found a
barrel of salt in her way in front of a
grocery, lifted her little boot and kicked
it into the the street; it was as much as
two men could do to put it back
General Sherman believes that war
WIN WV IPetChO AANluho 10 AAOf1O
theI coming spring. He also fears that
Red Cloud will dig up the tomahawk
when the season opens. "a
7 Hon. Josiah Quincy has petitioned the
Massachusetts Legislature to compel rail-
ways terminating in Boston to run cheap
trains for the accommodation of working
men and women.
A bill is pending in,the United States
Senate to provide for celebrating the one
hundredth anniversary of American indie
pendence by holding an international ex.
hibition at Philadelphia in 1876.
A flood came down on the ancient city
of Rome, on the 28th day of December,
by rise in the Tiber, the like of which
for high, was never known before TO the
oldest Roman.
Sir Roderck Murchison has received
letter form Africa, giving positive intel
ligence of the safety of DR.. Livingstone.
& In recent lecture on the self made
men of Michigan, citizen of that State
mentioned one of its Judges in the Uni
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