The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-10
NUMBER 46

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The Grand Rapids, (WisO Tribune
says that prairie chickens were never be-
fore SO r enty atthis season of the year.
which dissipatss the supposition that the
recent severe winter had destroyed them.
/ The Wolf river crop of logs for the
season is 20O,o0O,0OO feet, Including those.
hung up" and which didn't "cone down.
last year. The Oshkosh Times says this
Is better than for many years past.
A son of Daniel Roger, living ia Mag
inolia, Rock county. accidentIy shot him.
self while out hunting ON tho 2fst ult.
The wound proved fatal. The young
man was 10 years old. ga....
The Columbus Democrat says that
most OF the mechanics of that place are
moving away, while business men are
buying manufactured products of the
neighboring towns. That will beat Col.
umbus. in the end .a5 f3 hss arsssy.,.
On the 9th ult., a freight train was
thrown from The cars one mile north of
Oshkosh station. Eighteen cars were
smashed into kindling wood, or, as the
Northwestern expresses it, "the train
looked as if it had been blown up by
nitro-glycerine," .i .aaz l8
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The Green Bay Gazette says that in
that county the demand for furs is better
than it has been at any time during the
winter and spring, and such articles as
otter, beaver, fisher, mink and rats, is
first rate, and high prices are paid. 5#
The city of La Crosse pays the follow
ing salaries: City Clerk, $1,000; Treasu-
FER. 81 900; City Attorney, $5OO:Assessor,
$40o; City Surveyor, $6oO;City Physician,
$500; Chief Engineer, $500; Street Com.
miss oner, $500; Superintendent of Poor,
$500; Chief of Police, $1,000.
The Berlin Courant reports that on
Saturday afternoon, the 10Th inst, at
about II o'clock, it suddenly grew so
dark that lamplight became almost a
! necessity, and was resorted to Iva great
many in the city. The darkness, howev-
er, did not last a great while, the atmos-
phere clearing up as rapidly as it had
darkened.
Charles Albert and Lurquenvuen
two old comrades who served in the Bel
gian army, with the allies, at Waterloo,
are living in Red River, Kewaunee coun-
ty, and Pierre Pinchart who as one of
the renowned Old Guard of the first Ma
poleon, and participated in the retreat
from Moscow. is still, living in Lincoln.
in the same county,ra the venerable age
OF SO years. oa hHh
! Ed. Merritt, editor of the Clark County
Republican, who ably represent ed that
district in the late Assembly, says that
the average country editor is mistaken
in supposing that term in the Legisla-
tare would enable man, IN whatever
business occupation, to improve his men
tai, moral or physical conditions.
Six years ago, the county of Fond dn
Lac voted 100000 in bonds to the She
boygsn and Fond du Lac Railroad Com
pany. The southern part of the county
repudiated the bonds and appealed to-
the Supreme Court. which decided against
the validity of the bonds After several
years of litigation, decision has Just
been rendered in the United States Su-
preme Court declaring the bonds valid.
The total amount of the bonds, costs and
interest will reach $15O,OO0. ~ s'e 'ak
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India has railway system of s.
600 miles in aggregate length, and is
soon to largely extend it. From
Calcutta to Peshawur will be rail-
way journey of 1916 miles. The
gauge thus far used has been s #.
in, but it is now proposed to adopt q
much narrower gauge, making a
break in the system at Lahore. The
population of British India is now
estimated at 14O,OOO,ooO. British
and Anglo-India craftsmanship has
settled down upon the policy of con-
trolling this vast population by good
treatment. and it is to make Indian