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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22
How A MAN FEELS WHEN FRnEzrN,

How MAN FEELS WHEN FREEZING.
AS DR.. J. I. Mcmillan, Young dentist
Of this place, was recently returning from
visit to North Middletown, he was
found by negro man employed by Mr..
Frank Ford, who was returning home
from Paris, about half past 8 o'clock at
night in an insensible condition, and
almost frozen to death. We give the
doctors own account Of his journey, and
us miraculous escape from the icy clutches
oF Inc grim monster: visa
| started from North MiddIetown at
hatt'past o'clock, with sufficient wrap.
ping, as | thought, to protect me from
cold. After having proceeded about
three mPes on my Journey NV feet became
very colo. by stamping my feet uuon
the floor of the buggy / imagined was
perfectly warm as my feet troubled me-
no longer aud the cold sensations throuoh
my body ceased. I, however, felt ann
and sleepy, like man who is drunk.
didnt care for anything At this point
L believe | began to freeze, and ought to
have known it, but felt so comfortable
that | cid not examine my situation.
Alter had driven about three mites fur
Their my hat was blown off, but, being in
hurry 10 reach Paris, didn stop to
hunt for it. When had proceeded. per.
maps mite further, letting the reins lie
IN the bottom Of the buggy, and paving
no attention tx my driving, nv horse
SHE'D off the side oil the road and ran
upon 8 rock pile / then attempted to
get the lines and pull him of, when I
discovered had lost the entire usetof nv
right, aud could barely use the left hand
with this one attempted to pull him off
the rocks, but the buggy wheels being
locked | could not do it. I then got out
of my buggy, and in doing so struck the
bridge OF my nose across the Wheei and
cut it severely. | then went to the head
Of the horse, cook hold of the bit and at
to pull him around, but he would
not move. then commenced to unhar-
ness him; with the expectation of pulling
the buggy off the rocks myself, feeling all
the time very sleepy. When had almost
the sask OF unhitching the
horse from the buggy the desire for sleep
became so great That could bear it no
longer, and laid Down upon the rocks
by the side Of the horse and went to sleep.
| must have lain there some fifteen or
thirty inmates, when | was aroused by
the boy who found me. Upon his asking
me where he should take me- I told him
to Paris, still not being aware ofmy criti-
cal condition. Upon arriving in Paris
my feet were put into cold water, which
entilely I think, cured them, as they do
not hurt me this morning. Ny left hand
Cues not give mesmuch pain, and think
Will be all right in d few days but my
right hand was badly ftozen, nothing
seemed to do it any good, and [ am afraid
shall lose three ii not four, otmy fingers.
Last night when arrived in Paris I could
81 re no account Of myself, but this morn
ing remember every incident. Gin
;j21natj Paper.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22

The Rev. Mr.. Milligan declares that
"oaths as at present administered, are the
most fippant things in the world" But
while acknowledging this we fail to
discover that the remedy consists in the
addition of an Amendment to the Con-
stitution recognizing the Deity of the
Christian Religion. There is no reason
why because we may have perjury in one
department of the Government, it is nee
sssary to insert few lines of meaning,
less hypocrisy into the fundamental law
IF our country. Rather we assert abolish
Ihe present. form of oath altogether
would it not be better: The taking of an
bath is by no means to be admitted as .
test of universal varacity. HtI4
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22

The following is a synoptical list Of
the claims preferred by the United States
Government against that Of Great Brit
ain before the Board of Arbitrators at
Geneva, together with the grounds for
their presentment: a4-.. .-i...;.
I. For the destruction Of vessels and
property belonging to the government Of
the United States, $50 900. 80 s.3a
II For the destruction of merchant
vessels, and property sailing under the
flag Of the United States, $17900633.
III. For other damages or injuries to
persons, growing out of the destruction
of each class of these vessels. ,pua
In respect to this item the .case''
says 1t is impossible at present for the
United States to present detailed state,
ment, but the amount of the claim cannot
be less than hundreds OF thousands, and
possibly millions Of dollars, on account
of hardy, helpless seamcn and their fam
lilies [.',' 0'' o' 1927 2i@ '@1-.1'~
". For national expenditures in the
pursuit of the cruisers. $7i080,479. 91t d.
V. For loss in the transfer of the
American commercial marine to the
British flag. go saAa 'tl
In respect to this item the United
States ask the arbitrators to estimate the
amount which ought to be paid to them,
after we submit statistics in respect to
our tonnage before and after the rebel
lion l....-...
vi. For enhanced payments Of insur-
auce by citizens of the United States, 50
far rs now known, $1.l90,785. ~ eI2Hog
EtcVU. For Tprolongation Of q civil war,
the addition Of 4 large sum. to the coat
thereof, and of the suppression Of the re-
bellion.g .EFiEa9 g dtiv %uad
Ii [As1to this item the United States
claims that after the battle Of Gettysburg
offensive operations by the insurgents
were conducted only oat sea, through the
Anglo confederate cruisers, in the hope
Of involving the country in q war with
Great Britain, and that. the latter ought
in equity to re imburss the United States
for the expense thereby entailed n upon
them. .a a.,. Il.
VIII. Interest upon all the claims up
to the day when the award is payable by
the terms of tho treaty, which is twelve
months after the date of<thc award, at
the usual rate of interest In the city
of New York, where most of the claims
Of individuals are held, which ls seven
per cent per annuim. The United States
claims that interest should be computed
from an average day, say July /, 1863,
N Thelitems for the destruction org mer-
chant vessels are, given IN, the following"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22
BUSY KENTUCKY TowN-Henderson ha,

A BUSY KENTUCKY Town. Henderson has
a population OF six. Thousand. Among other
advantages the NetUs details the following,
not more than moiety of the list published
by that paper "Our principal trade is in
obacco-tEere being fourteen wealthy firms
now engaged in purchasing and stemming the
eaf, which is shipped mostly to- Liverpool
and other foreign ports. We have two large
planning mills, Two flour or grist. mills, card
ing-mill, a saw mill, large whiskey dist!l-
lery, brewery, three brick yards, washing
machine and churn mandatory, a broom
and collar mandatory, large pork-house.
extensive fruit nursery, two wagon and car
tory two marble firms, two printing offices,
splendid fair grounds, two banks, two wharf
boats and horse ferry. and one of the best
wharfs on the Ohio River, with regular steam
packets plying to and from Evansville, Louis
vile, Cincinnati, New Orleans and st. Louis
we have q railroad which opens to us Nash
Vile and Louisville, and another important
one, to Morganfeld, in contemplation. Can
boast of the best public schools IN the West.
gas facilities and town clock-LeuisvR7e
Courier Journal,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22
+ THE DUTY ON SALT.

The subject Of salt may be curious
one to write upon but nevertheless
it has been attracting considers
bic attention among Eastern merchants
for some time. From documentary evi.
dence 1t appears that the duty OF, salt has
grown to be rather an unsayory matter
with the taxpayer. Ia 1871, thirty eight
million bushels Of salt were consumed in
the United States for which the people
have been compelled TO pay twenty cents
per buslel extra, owing 70 the extraordi-
, nary duties. levied upon it. These statis
tics are taken from the Treasury Depart
menss reports and may therefore be &C
cepted as reliable Out of $780, 900
extra price paid for salt by 4he consumers
in 1871, less than 81, 100000 was received
by the Government as revenue, while
upwards Of 100000 went directly into
the pockets of the salt monopo!ists, for
what? CAS- tribute from the people"
The duty on aalt averages close upon
200 per cent. 1t is hardly, therefore, too
much to assert. that very large proper
ton Of the people OF the United States
believe that it should be repealed at once
It is generally acknowledged that salt is
an article which all must use, and is
almost as much a necessary Of life as air
in the manufacture Of salt near Liverpool,
England, and some idea of the Importance
of this trade may be gained from the fact
that over 911,000 tons of 2,240 pounds
each were exported from Liverpool and
other minor ports on the river Mcrsey
during the year 1871. 1t is delivered
on board vessels at Liverpool at cost
Of about six cents bushel while we in
this country are compelled to pay forty
or fifty cents bushel. Why is this Sim
ply because there isa monopoly in salt as
in everything else, Through the infu-
ence Of the "Onondaga Salt Company"
located at Syracuse, N. Y, the duty On
salt, is and has been for sometime eigha
teen cents per hundred pounds when
imported IN bulk, and twenty four cents
when in sacks. This duty amounts to
aboat 200 per cent on the original foreign
cost, while the freight and expenses will
reach to about one hundred and seventy
five per cent. additional. So that the salt
monopoly is protected by duty on freight
&c, to the extent Of three hundred and
seventy five per cent on the foreign cost
of the article. The profits on monopoly
are SO enormous that the Onondaga Com
.pany can and do sell at any price they
may think necessary to discourage compe-
tition either from native manufacture or
foreign importation. Salt has not lost
its SAVIOR in Congress. Only the other
day Boston importer testified before the
Ways and Means Committee, that salt
had actually doubled in price since the
increase Of duty. Surely with facts so
patent as these it is time that some &ction
was taken to relieve the people from
such an unjust monopoly and measures
adopted to secure arepeal Of this exorbi-
tant and unjust tax a..
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22

SAN FRANCISCO February YO.--P Passengers
recently blockaded on the Union Pacific
generally denounce the management of the
road in bitter terms. Many have united in a
card for publication. Among The arrivals is
Bishop Morris of Oregon. A passenger
named Brewer, from New York arrived
almost in dying condition. Goods shipped
from New York via Cape Horn, Nov. 9Th, by
ship David Crockett, arrived here Saturday
last, while goods shipped overland tho same
day have not yet been received. "A ~
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22


RAILROADS AND THE MAILs.-Very few of
the railroads Of this country which are fully
in operation do not carry mails. and, there
fore, the. mileage of railroad mail route is an
entirely trustworthy, ii not complete,
index to the railroad mileage of the country
The report OF the Postmaster General for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1871, gives the
length Of the railroad mail routes at that time
as 1884 miles, which is considerably less
than other reports of mileage at that time
would Indicate. On these routes mails were
carried an aggregate of IS, 557, 048 miles
something more than half the, distance
transportation was S5,724, $40, or about 10 so
cents per mile. This is a very little less than
the cost per mile for transporting mails other
than by rail or steamboat; but it should be
remembered that the mails by the latter routes
are many times larger than the others, in
many cases requiring an entire car, while a
pair of saddle bags arc often sufficient for the
routes by common roads. q au f
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22

We are pleased to learn that our friend
Clarence Murray, the popular landlord of the
Waukegan house aukegan was the fortunate
holder of one of the lucky numbers at
Martino's entertainment in that. city. last
week Keep your prize, Clarence; it may
not be of any use to you at present, but some.
time in the not far distant future, it will be
like Mrs. Toodles' collins so handy to have
in the house, ~" .i0a Ii
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22

Roo,fs REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL, CoMnI1TTEE
A'''-'S MADISON, Wis, Feb. 5, 1872.
A State Convention of Delegates representing the
Union Republican Party OF Wisconsin, Is nereoy
called to meet at the Capitol in Madison at IL NJ
On Wednesday,, March IS, 1872,
for the purpose of placing in nomination an Elec-
fora ticket of ten Electors, to be supported by the
rarty nj fhe next Presidential election and also to
select twenty DELEGATES to represent the Un1qn Re
publican party of Wisconsin,, in the National Union
ReDubIcan Convention, which meets in Philadel-
mia. on the 5th day Of June, A. 1872; and to
transact such other business as may be deemed
appropriate. ,-.,,,,,. - mil, la =, III.
lied 10 two delegates in the Convention. ""
' b. w. KEYEs, Chm Madison,
FRANK LELAND, Elkhorn,
Il. J. BLAIR, milwaukee,
JOHN r. BENNETT, GAINESVILLE,
j. T. MoAK, WatertoWn,
OBJ. Thomas, Prairie du Chien,
JOHN COVER, LanCaster, he.
j. A. BAKER, Waupun, @. .-@
j. II. JONES, Sheboygan,
-Af" q M. PAINE, Oshkosh,
Z. L. BROWNE, WaupaCa,
&c. SAM. S. FIFIELD, OsCeola,
Z. FLEIsGHER, LII Crosse.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22

The Great Missouri River Bridge betweeen
Council Bluffs and Omahais completed. The
last piece of iren of the last span was fastened
in It's place at four o'clock on Tuesday after
pass over the bridge to. day-Wasington's
Birthday.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22

According to the Waupaca Rspab'isan
4bere il an alarming amount of sickness in
waupaca county which appears to be on the
increase. Fevers appear to be the trouble
attributable either to cold weather or some
other cause which is evidently hidden in OBJ
security.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22

The steamboat routes. it may surprise
many to learn, were two ifths as long as the
rail routes, being 20, 1874 miles long; but this
includes we suppose, the various ocean routes
30 foreign countries. By these mails were
per mile.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22

the 18th inst at the resi- |
dence of the brides father in Randall, by Rev. |
FJ, Douglass of Richmond, Ill, Mr.. Henry e. |
Ray of Delavan, Walworth Co., to Miss Augusta |
Darling.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22

Don't attempt to pay your tailor's.bllls in
red postage stamps for they are no longer q
legal tender. The plan was tried ip Albany,
MY, but failed and ended in the incarcera-
tion ofthe nnlucky originator z
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22

TUNNELL1NG THE STRAITS OF Down.
On the 25th of January company was
registered in London under the title OF
=" The Channel Tunnel" for making
trial Of shaft of driving driftway on the
English side of the Straits of Dover. This
is the Inauguration of an attempt to carry
out the much. talked of tunnel to connect
the fast-anchored isle" with France.
This project to tunnel twenty-five miles
under the ocean is most stupendous un-
dertaking, and, as the London 11n'ss says
"Thouo6 the arguments, facts, and con-
lectures Of the advocates of the work have
much plausibility, at the same time there
hangs over the project an element of ex-
trenle uncertainty, which only actual trial
can dispel." Two millions sterling are
required for theAexperimental drittways,
which is not large amount when the
magnitude ofthe work and the rich re-
ward to follow success are taken into con-
sideration. 't|-H2" s".a
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22

The increase in railroad routes during the
year reported amounted to 6,107 miles; du-
ring the previous year to 4, 100 miles; and du.
ring the year ending june 80, 1868, to 3,516
miles.-RaSEroGd Gazette. 4-s. Htf
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22

AGAINST DRILLING CORN.-The Prairie
F0rD1e3' says: Our experience Is against
drilling corn, for the following reasons
1st. In wet season weeds and grass out
grow corn, and nothing short OF hand or
hoe will remove them from between hills.
2d When the season fayors the growth
of corn one stalk in place WALL sucker
and corn will be too thick.
Sd. In cultivating all one way there is
too much soil remaining without stirring.
Check row every time, be the land old or
new, rich or poor, making rows north and
south 81 to 4 feet east, and west 2 feet 4
inches to feet, as quality and condition
OF land may require. IN 1868, I drilled
half field, check roWed half IT. 4
inches by 3 #. 10 inches; cultivation same,
except cross blowing. Yield, drill, 60
bushels, check row rs bushels per acre.
In 1869, one field half planted;3 by
fl. 10, half it. 10 by feet; cultivation
same. Yield of first IS bushels, second so
bushels. One field meadow land, trench
plowed, planted 2 feet 8 inches by 3 feet
10 inches. Yield, SO busheI per acre.
Same field 1870, planted 2 #. inches by
3 it, 10 inches, yield SO bushels per acre.
In 1871, one field planted, 8 it. 4 inches
by #. 10 inches, yield 90 bushels. One
field, planted 3 fit. 10 inches by 4 feet,
yield 40 bushels. Both fields same, and
cultivation same, except first was fall
plowed one field, (meadow,) trench
plowed, planted 2 #. 4 inches by 3 it. 10
inches, yield "a bushels best five acres.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22

The Grand Duke Alexis has received
from the proprietors of the Laclede roll.
ing mills, at St. Louis, box made of rose
wood and lined with blue velvet, contain
ing specimens of Iron Mountainiron, thir.
teen specimens of highly finished iron
and book of sheet iron, bound in Turkey
morocco and gilt, the sheets of which are
as thin as tissue paper, requiring four
hundred and eighty to make one inch in
thickness, but very strong, and as smooth
as writing paper. The Grand Duke in
tends to have 1t placed on exhibition al
the imperial fair at Moscow next May. \
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22

BILL PAssED.-The Senate has passed
the bill authorizing the city of Nilwau-
kee to aid in the construction of the
Monroe and Dubuque Railroad.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22

LINTON. REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-22

r,o,,s E2rgprrB1tcAJ STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
LS"oN'7 800 nj DTS0N Wis Feb. s. 1872.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-27
Lively Descent.

From the Phoebe Record, March 2ist.l
On Monday morning General A. L..
Page, Superintendent Of the lngomar,
met with a very serious accident, which
might have proved fatal but for the
extraordinary presence Of mind Of Mr..
Theodore Flagg, the engineer. The
General, wishing to look through the
mine, requested the engineer to lower
him in the bucket. Flagg stated to
Page that he did not like to do 1t, rs
tho brake strap was defective, but Pnge
is rather Of a fearless nature. and said
he would trust it. Mr.. Flagg. said he
would do the best he could. and rs
Page started down the shaft Flagg sat
OIL the brake, bearing his entire weight
upon it. Page went down all right
for about forty feet, but being a mar
of 1856 pounds weight, the brake strap
gave way, and the entire machinery
became uncomfortable. The bucket was
going down at a tremendous rate,
when Flagg called Mr.. Bishop, the
foreman, and both endeavored to check
the reel, but were unable to do so.
The General struck the bottom Of the
shaft with great force, bruising the
lower part Of his body in n shocking
manner. He can attribute his escape
from a horrible death to the thought
fulness Of the engineer.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-27

ASALrL LAKE "EDrTREss I'VE have
before us a copy of the Sigma M Pal,
iafium, q monthly paper, published
by the Sigma Mu Society Of st. Mary's
School," Knoxville, Illinois, and edit
ed by Miss Emma Taggart, daughter
of DR.. Taggart, Assessor of Internal
Revenue for Utah, who Is now study
ing at st. Mary's school. The paper Is
neatly got up, and displays far above
the average Of editorial ability usually
found In school publications. The
young lady, who Is only about 10 years
OF age, writes with finish and ease, and
Yields the editorial pencil with the air
of an old hand at the business, though
just commencing it. We heartily wish
her O conspicuous position OH the tri-
pod, and continued success.-Sah Lake
Herald, March 9th.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-27
The Sensation Of Hanging.

A Frenchman who tried to hang
himself, and was cut down by friends,
describes his sensations In the Gaalois.
The first feeling after kicking away
the chair was very strange" From
the soles Of his feet to the crown Of his
head "a sort of general mixing up OF
the fluids Of the body" ensued. Sud
denly there flashed before his eyes a
sparkling, dancing light of color, In
which blue and sombre red FREEDOM
mated. Presently the flashing light
concentrated at a single focus, and
thence spread away into space In rip.
pies. At the same time a fearful
weight pressed upon his head-a COM
preston, as If his temples were bound
in a tight ring of iron. His hands and
feet were full Of pins and needles.
Needles without number seemed to
pass out of the ends of his fingers BY a
process Of continual expulsion. Then
came a terrible "snapping" at the
nape of the neck; and along his spine
there passed a wriggling which he
"can compare only to n small serpent
forcing n passage along the vertebrate"
His last sensation was one Of acute
pain at the throat and shoulder-blade5,
and finally came u state of perfect ull'
consciousness.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-27
Sir Samuel Baker.

The following witty paragraph Is
from the Baltimore Sunday Bulletin
It Is reported that Sir Samuel Baker
has persisted of starvation ut the head
waters Of the Nile. We regard Sir
Samuel Baker as the head liar Of tie
nineteenth century, and we confidently
expect him to disprove this absurd re-
port by stating that though he was an
noyed with hunger. he managed to
gnaw the tall off a sleeping tiger, and
so stayed his stomach until he could
hamstring a few elephants, and fish
out a brace of alligators by the tall
from q hole into which lie had chased
them with a jack-knife. We shall not
believe that Sir Samuel Baker Is dead
until he denies 1t.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-27

Tie "GRAND GOAT ALEXIS. The
long promised appearance OF the
"Goat" In the "Black Crook" at Nib
los has taken place and of his goatship
tho Herald says: The Grand Goat
Alexis made his debut in the "Black
Cook" and was hailed with thunders
Of applause. lie is beyond all ques-
ton the most wonderful goat that ever
lived indeed, he rivals in intelligence
and accomplishments the tabled COM
panion Of Esmeralda in 'Notre Dame
As an equestrian he Is II pronounced
success. Having leaped upon the
back of his good gray steed," he firm
ly holds his place while the horse gal
lops around the improvised ring. He
Jumps over banners and through hoops
three of them ut q leap at least; and
then the scene winds up with o grand
comic tableau. A monkey Is thrown
upon the back Of the mounted CAPRI
corn and the horse thus bears a couple
of stories of animals round and round
he ring. amid the widest shouts OF
aughter.