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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-16
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.

Gentlemen Of tie Senate and Assem6zu:
In appearing before you to present nv
second annual communication, | am glad
to be able 10 announce that the past sea-
son has been one of uninterrupted pros.
per'ty IT, the State.
The returns of agriculture our great
leading pursuit, havr been such as to give
the great est abundance for home consCnD.
tlon, and to aft r1 large surplus for tx
poltati"n. The general development
OF tie industries Of the State has
been without a parallel Man
ufacturng industry has more than kent
pace wlrh our advancing agricul' ure, and
str raiHay system has been extended
with the utmost rapidity, so that ther
are now few Of The Inhabited portions of
tue state That are not in near proximity to
a railroad. The progress of education
has been in the highest degree satisfactn-
~, aud our charitable institutions, the
just piide ~ all our people, have, hy their
wise and humane management, gIven cum
fort and relief tn all who have been
brought within their influence.
Happiness and pence have been found
Throughout all our borders. The state
was never more free from crime--the laws
have been faith ully enforced, and the
flellts Of all preserved and maintained.
With this brief preface, invite your
attention to statement of the condition
Of the state
From 'he report of the secretary OF
State and State Treasurer, 1t appears
enat the balance in the treasury, belong
ing 10 the various funds, ut the close of
me sIaI las, fiscal year, (Sept 30, 1879, was
$3.50, 109.l1.
The receipts and Disbursements of the
General Fund, for the year, were MS fol-
lows:
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SLIVERS,
FROM OUR wIscoN7TN EXCHANGES.

Kewaun,e and Door counties are agta'ing ne
subject ofissaing bonds to aid tn extension OF
Lake Shore Railroad to 3turSsoa Bay
Tie late Artic snow storm covered the 2 round
about Sparta two feet deep Sparta also admits
ihat the thermometer touched 15)- below dprng
the recent cold snap
DR.. VIM. B. Baxter. OF Lanca Ter has recovered
from the epzooric with which n was inoculated
from horse, and bis life placed in serious jeop
ardy.
Boscobel has shipped over 5.0oO head of hogs
and 2O0o cattle since Nov 18Th
The dwelling house OF y. G, Br,ese, two miles
from Lancaster Grant County, burned up last
week. Total loss
The Appleton Crescent learns that Randall
1ohnson's new and excellent saw mill in the town
of Black Greek, wa totally destroyed by lire Jan.
5th. Loss 10 600 and no insurance
The news from the neries is cheering Plenty
OF snow and plenty oflogs being gotten on the
banks of the streams
The waupacca Republican avs
Three hours and fifty eight minutes is good
time for to make on 70 t. between apple
tr and New London. distance Of twenty-one
miles, over rough reads, snow and ice. 4.
Tucker did il two weeks ago.
man working In the furniture factory, at JET.
ferson, cnt his finger and put glne on II. from
which the eore poisoned. aud he narrowly
saved his arm. Probably he Glue was made from
a diseased amin al.
wild Rose" is the poerical title assumed by
Lev Lattradgc In hfs Madison corrsrDandeuca 10
the La crosse Rspu5ican
Charles Wolgefort fell inlo an excavation on
one of the streets at La Crosse and hroke his leg.
he has ,ued the city for Sl,o00 damage,
The recent term Of the Circnit Court in Mar
quette Co, held but two days. showing a happy
community without law suite.
Hugh Russell one If the Oldest and n o. highly
respected citizens of Marquette Co, died the Cd
inst, aged 50 years
The Janesvle Gazette Gays the water IL Rock
River is lower han it has been within the expert
ence Of q gentleman who haS engaged In the mill
business here buring The past twelve years.
The Berlin OOwr0ns says 1--WE understan
that small lake, Eear spring Lake Post-offics
which always supposed to contain ten or fif-
teen feet OF wafer, has uuacco ntaby become dry.
il froze over this winter, like All other hodies OF
water N this region, and The farmers n sar Il were
accustomed 10 break the ice and water t. cir cat
Sic there but, one morning few days ago, far
mer went to water hs cattle as usual, and after
breaking the ice, was astenished to iud no water
b.neah. The phenomenon has not been explain
ed yet."
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-16
KENOsHA, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1877

fv per centum Of the value Of the taxa.
BILE property 'hereiD. recommend that
Aaid resolution be again passed, that the
question may be submitted to vote Of
the people at the next general election
The sooner the power of running in
debt beyond the fair means Of paying is
taken away from counties, towns, etc, the
better.
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The operation Of the law Of 1870, en-
titled IAN act 70 authorize the Comniss.
toner's of School ant University Lands TO
loan tie trust funds to school districts
tor the purpose Of building school build
ings therrin." has not in all cases been
satisfactory, and / recommend the repeal
OF that law.
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"Paid after the close OF the fiscal year. and
not included III the tota expenses Tor 1872
The difference, as will be seen, is found
substantially in three items, VIZ; L gIs-
latlve expenses, printing and stationery
the excess ut legislative expenses tx par
tia Y accounted for in the expe So incur
red by the preceding legislature j. what
was known a the "DtllS Investigations
which was paid during the past year
But that still leaves The |. gislatIye exprn-
SEES many thousand Collars IN xcess of the
expenses for the Iast Eve yeaIs This fact
viii, DO doEht. challenge your attention,
and / hope thai the presenf Legislature
will be able to present showing that
will compare faYorably with ally preced~
ing year.
At tie last session he cost Of employees
of the Assembly was reduced $1.108 40,
while the Simila' expenses of the Senate
were increased So Oil 25. BY the table
before referred u, il VIII be seen that ir
the past season there was expended for
printing, $4,000 81 against $28 430. 10
t he preceding Y, ar. This excess largely
arises from the printing of the cons itn
ton ordered by the legislature Of 1871,
which amounted to $l3360.78, and the
report Of the State Board of Charities
and Reform, $1,l4961.
There was PAID during the past year
$40, 900 for stationery but $4,000 of
hat sum was for stationery purchased and
used the year before, for The payment of
W hich the Legislature neg ected appro.
prirto.
These explanations show that the ex-
penses proper for the past car do not
materially vary from the preceding year
STATE DEBT.
The debt of the state on the Goth of
ptember, 1879 was.as follows:
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GOVERNORS CONTINGENT FUND.

There was expended from the Cover
nor's q 'ntlrg MT Fund during the wear.
The sum "t $397 The balance remaining
N he Fnnd January 1878 was 50 555.
10, as follows: Un expended balance Of
appropria'ion f 1871. $555lS Anpro
pr'ation of 1872, $20O0. NJ further an
prorriation is I,qu red for the ensuing
year.
There was recei Ved at the Executive
Office during the Year 1879, FIR commiss-
i"hs to Commissioners 81 Decd t1NresIds
- ether States, the sum of $25S which
has been paid into the S. ate Treasury.
STATE TAX.
TIL" STATE tax levied Far 1871. was 5000,
143 10, which was $91 1870 ID less han hp
ncecci'"g wear. The tax levied for 1879
wa $765 291 IS
T" Fatre Is sue the State FROM counties, on
accom- IT axes for previnus years. the
sum Of $3,590.91. THIS very satisfactory
result i NJ doubt due in great measure
90 the prrafInn Of tue law 90 facilitate
he pay ment "f ind hte1ness to the Stat e."
en"ct'd nv the Legislature Of 1879.
The following fable shows the assessed
valnAtl N, the amount Of tate tax, and
'h' rate per cent, for the last six years:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-16

Tho totalproductive accumulatons OF all tho
trust funds of the state on the Soth day OF Sep
tember,ls72, were i3,776, 1875. showing an IN
crease dur ug the last fiscal year OF s276, s4,oc
TIE amount belonging TO each fund on the same
day was ga follows t83 ka+#
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1870 455.900.800 72o 323 81 $500 mills
1871 453.9nosO0 62914s 10 $500 mile.
1872 $40 454,875 765,29i 55 961OOmlls
Il will be seen that the rate If fax ition
~. h"'r increased from 33-1O0 mills tn
| 96-l0o mills hut this partially arisps
rom he 6imin shed assessment Of the
'aSt year. There is no doubt that rhe
valne of the prop rtv in the state is actu.
1l'v some millions grea er than the pro-
cedtng Year. A tax nf one mill on Ctl
lar on the rpal value of all the pr perry
in the state, in addition TO the tax on
railway and in urancC companies, wonld
give all the revenue necessary to meet
he expenses of the state government.
The state taxes are not high, and the
hurdensome taxes paid by the people are
,uch as arc imposed directly by them
selves for county, 'C wn, school, road and
Other purposes Immediately under their
own control
NATIONAL BANK TAX
In nv last annual message, I recon-
mpnded the passage IF law To enforce
the collection OF delinquent taxes against
certain national banks The law was
passed and snor thereafter, the amonr,
Delinquent, being the sum Of $45,177 81
was paid into the State Treasury,
| cali special attention 10 the
REPORTS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
AND STATE TREASURER,
in regard To he practice that has hereto
fore prevailed OF ap"ropriating money to
be paid out OF the General Fund in ex-
Of 3 Ia, Il. IT,.
compelling the Treasurer either to al.
low tie credit IF the Sta'e t. be dishon
ored or to paw the drafts upon him from
the trust funds.
This practice should be abandoned at
the earliest prac icable moment.
The Secretary estimate, the amount IT,
be provided by the Legislature to meet
the EXPENSES If the State Government
for 1874, at 1891 $50, but this does no.
contemplate the erection of ary public
buildings. Should it he deemed advIsa-
BILE to complete the N prthern Hospital to-
the Irsane, Sand enlarge the Industrial
School Mt Wankesha, tax of from $780,
GOO to $3.50, 900 will have to be levied.
The recommendation OF the Secretary of
State, in regard to taxing the gross ezra
ings + telegraph and express companies.
will no doubt meet with your approval,
as also his suggestion in regard To pro-
viding Ivy law for securing more
prompt collection of the taxes due from
corporations.
STATE WAR CLAIMS.
On the Q inst, received notif a. Jon
from the Third Auditor of the Treasury
Department at Washington, that fur
ther inslallme at of the war claims of thl |
state, amounting to $42 567,49, had been
allowed and carried Ia the credit Of the
state on account of her quota of the d. |
rect tax levied during the war.
UNITED STATES SENATOR.
The duty will devolve upoa YOU to
eject . United States Senator for ak
years. to- succeed Hon. Timothy O. Howe,
whose term of service will expire ON tho /
4 h. of March next.
The manner OF proceeding is defined
by act OF Congress, approved July 25th, /
1865. ii
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
The last legislature passe1 y jointss reso-
luton for an amcndmcnt te the constitu |
ti0n, prohibiting counties, towns, villa. |
ges. school districts or other municioai /
c.ar norat inra fp,,rn hocnuc;,~w ,ndoLs.all
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-16
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

The last legislature passen = joint reso-
lution for an amendment To the constitG
ton, prohibiting counties towns, villa
ges school districts or other municipal
corporations from becoming indebted
for any purpose to an amount exceeding.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-16
TEMPERANCE

The last legislature passed law "to
provide against the evils re,ulting from
the sale Of Intoxicating liquors" It has
not been in operation long enough IT, en-
able the public 70 Judge fairly in regard
to its merits The law should have a
fair trial, and if any amendment is re.
quilfd TO secure its enforcement. I hope
that it will he supplied.
, 1873-09-06
KITCHEN AND CHAMBER Stops.

The work of economy and publication that the
earth closet accomplishes in such great measure would
remain incomplete without some measure for the
satisfactory disposal of the liquid wastes of the house.
In most houses in the country these wastes are either
allowed to run off through a drain from the kitchen
sink, to form a disgusting pool on the surface, con
veyed to a cess-pool from which they leach away into
the grounds, and often irto the weIl) or dumped
into the vault of the privy, where they add to the
ofensiveness ofthe noisome stencil OF its other accu-
mutations. No effort is made to convert them to any
use as manure, nor TO avoid the danger of their putre-
faction.
There are two WAYS in which they may both be
made inofensive, and be rendered available as manure.
The first and simplest is described in the pamphlet of
the writer AS follows: Houses may be relieved of
their liquid wastes by flterins them through earth in
a large cask, or other vessel. This plan | have had
in operation for more than a year; first, during the
winter of I868-'69, under the kitchen-sink of my gar
dener's house, there being five persons in the family.
A single charge of earth lasted for four months. At
the end Of that time, the water oozing from the bottom
of the hogshead was slightly discolored' and it's
, 1873-09-06
FRANCE.

At last there seems some hone for
France. The soil is all but freed Of the
invader, and matters seem to be drifting
into a monarchical groove. Better than
all, the Due de Broglie is determined to
put down communism. In a speech given
at a banquet at Lyons-where the princi-
Piles of the Commune arr rampant-he told
the guests that the Government were pre-
pare to maintain law and order, and
that if the present laws, whom stretched to
their utmost limit, should be found made
quate to the purpose, the Assembly would
be asked to pass fresh laws. A duel to the
death had been going on siuce May "a, and
RadicaIism or society must succumb to the
struggle. l. was the business of the ruI-
ing powers to see: that the latter did not
suffer in the strife, and the ruling powers,
heg could : promise them,1 would3 not
neglect their duty. Gambetta has been
rather quiet of late. Love of country
with the French is stronger than political
passion, and it is probable, therefore, they
now see that the departure Of the German
troops is due as much to the good sense
order aud endurance of the people them
, 1873-09-06

TRUE RELIGION.-We want a religion
that bears heavily, not only on the exceed
ing sinfuIness of SIM" but on the exceeding
r~ascaIty of lying and stealing-a religion
that banishes small measures from the
counter, small baskets from the stall, peb-
bles from the cotton-ba9s, clay from paper,
sand from sugar, chicory from coffee, alum
from bread, and water from the milk-cans.
The religion that is to save the world
will not put al the big strawberries at
the top and all the little ones at the bottom.
1t will not make one-half the pair of shoes
of good leather and the other half of poor
leather, so that the first shall rebound to the
makers credit and the second to his cash.
1t will not put Jouvan's stamp on Jen-
kins, kid gloves, nor make Paris bonnets
in the back room ola Boston milllner's shop;
norlet a piece of veIvet that processes to mea-
sure twelve yards come to an untimely end
in the tenth, or a spool of sewing silk that
vouches for twenty yards be nipped in the
bud at fourteen and half nor all wool
deIaincs and a~ll-linen handkerchlets to be
amaIsamated with clandestiue cotton nor
coats made OF old rags pressed together, be
sold to the unsuSpecting public tor legal
broadclOth. 1t does not put bricks at So
per 1000 into chimneys it contracts to
build Of 81 material nor smuggIe white
pine into floors that have paid for hard
pine nor leave yawning cracks in close t
where boards ought to join nor daub the
ceilings that ought to be smoothly plaster
ed nor make Window-bIinds with salts
that cannot stand the wind, and paint that
cannot stand the sun, and tastenings that
may be looked at but are on no account to
be touched. The religion that is going
, 1873-09-06

selves as to the foresight of the Govern
ment. Had the views of Gambetta pre-
vailed, it is probable that France, instead
of emerging from the gloom which has
surrounded her for the last two years,
would have been plunged into still deeper
darkness. But where there is light there
is hope, and in the new light which is now
dawning upon that country, there is
gound to believe, if the people be but
faithful to the dictates of prudence, there
is a power which will bring with it secur-
ity and success. Whether France elect for
a monarchy, with an Orleanist or Legiti-
mist representative of the principle, or for
reactionary republic, it is clear that no
real progress can be made unless Order be
recognised as the leading feature of the
compact, whatever it may be. The Or
l%eanists have recognised the Count de
Chambord as the head Of the Royal House
of France, and this fusion has given rise to
much speculation in France. The WAYS of
princes are t]ortuousaud doubtful, and we fail
to see what the o. ]leanists are to achieve by
this remuneration Of thcir hereditary pOttage.
We are told that the leaders of the Mon
archiclI parties in the Assembly are effect
ing the same organisation a. on May 81,
and are circulating for signature among the
deputies of the Right a proposal for the
re-establishmPnt OF Il monarchy in France.
Should the number Of adherents show that
they form a majority, tn Assembly will
probably be couyoked before November 5
to discuss the proposal. There was q good
deal Of agitation in Paris on August 10
among the numerous deputies who had
collected to hear what passed at the meet
ing of the Permanent Committee. The
Liberal members of the minority an
nounced that the Assembly will be CON
vokeI for the end Of September, when the
question of the flag will be settled by the
Royal House adopting the white ana the
army the tricoloured flag. The Paris
, 1873-09-06

Of the first hin, and put the contents of the vault IN
its place. When the reservoir is again empty, the
earth that was freshly collected and moist six months
before is dry and fit TO be sifted into the reservoir,
the bin from which it is taken being filled from the
vault. When the reservoir has been again emptied,
the first clearing of the vault will have had six months
to become dry, and may be sifted and used. If the
same earth is used six times over, the original supply
will last four wears and a half. at the end of which
time it should be worth fully $50 per ton as manure.
INDIGNANTLY of earth that il is necessary to supply
sill depend on the frequency with which the closet
is used, and on the quantity of earth that it is made to
contain. Four barrels are found to be sufficient for a
commode constantly used by three persons.
With such a reservoir, and two bins, each hold
ing a three months supply for a family Of ten persons,
each receptacle would require a capacity equal to
that of a cube Of three and a half feet, which would
give an abundant supply for all emergencies for a
period of from four to five years. Four times a year
the earth should be sifted, and occasionally the con-
tents of the vault be Ieveled off
Bv Professor S. w. Johnson's estimate of the
value of night-soil as manure, this amount of earth.
after it has passed six times through the closet, would
be worth from $500 to $3.50. Other estimates would
give it a much higher value.
The earth for the closet must be not only dry, but
sifted. Up to a certain point the finer it is, the more
effective. That. is, while it will answer the purpose
if it is passed through a common co~al-sifter, it will
much better envelop the deposit, will distribute itself
more widely, and will make more dust in every part
of the vault "a desirable thing, on account of the
exhalations from the uncovered fresh fBces) fit has
been passed through a sieve having four meshes TO
the inch.
EARTH-CLOSETS UNDER H CONTROL
OF TOWN AUTHORITIES.
, 1873-09-06

merchant Shipping, from which, and from
the labours of the commission recently ap-
pointed, I hope for a diminution of the
risks to which the seafaring population are
exposed. The revenue has, up to this
time, fully answered my expectations and,
although the activity of trade in some of
its branches may have been somewhat res
trained by a variety Of causes, the general
condition of the people continues to exhi-
bit evidences Of improvement. These, and
all mercies Of Divine Providence will, |
trust, fiud their suitable acknowledgement
alike in our words and in our hearts,"
From the European Mail.
, 1873-09-06
SO

vato Establishments shall be supplied with earth Is a
question to be decided by the peculiar circumstances
of each case. just as no watcr-closet should be al
lowed to remain in use without a supply OF water, or
with ap obstructed s%oil-pipe, SO shonld no earth-cIosei
be allowed to become ineffective from the neglect OF
its owner to provide it with earth, or to have It's ac-
CnmulatiOns removed. 1t is now necessary, IN even
the smallest towns, to prevent any outrageous neglect
of common privieS and the extension of the same
system of inspection to meet the requirements OF me
dry-earth sewage, would be neither difficult Tor the
authorities nor 0nerOus 10 hOusGhOlderS.
, 1873-09-06
5 =, 6 R00X NV D 5 :

Journal confidently announces that the
Republic has not many months to live.
Rochefort has embarked on board a trans
port for New Caledonia.-Tbib.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-30

rIop GAIN I AM NOW SELLING FINE
Akoh SALE Italian monuments, tombs,
e@nd6stsS%pes. and al 70, MAXWELL.
Qps N 20 1r,;oIi ~ vi. Second and Third.
NOR sALE-AT THIS Or tlUH od hoo PAt
pers, at so cents per lOO' "a God 10 mi
lder your carpet
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-30
Boots, shoes. Hats.

One of the finest and best assorted
stocks of boots, shoes and hats can be
found at the well.known Wholesale house
of Hill, Terry & Mitchell, No. 329 Main
street. Country merchants and dealers
should visit this establishment and price
the goods before purchasing elsewhere.
The above gentlemen can duplicate any
Eastern bill of goods, not only as to
price but as to quality. The stock on
hand is one of the largest ever brought
to Memphis, and comprises everything
known to the boot, shoe and hat lines.
They are the freshest and best goods of
the latest styles. Having had years Of
experience in the trade, the proprietOrs
feel confident that they can guarantee
the most complete satisfaction TO all
customers
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-30
LEG BAIL.
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George washlnEton Gfves \ leg
nond FOR n Habeas Corpus writ.
George Washington, an active negro,
who was arrested some time since for
cutting a negro, and who was committed
TO jail, was taken to the Criminal Court
this morning upon a writ Of habeas cor
pus. to be heard before Judge Halsey.
George, while hand.cuhed, sitting in the
prisoners dock managed 70 slip the
manacles from his wrists, and broke for
the door, going down the fight Of stairs
seven steps at a jump, followed by Deputy
Young aud halfounce ball from navy
six, but neither had the effect to check the
fight Of George, who ran down the alley
on to Washington street, where he
managed to dodge the officers by max
ing ten foot jump upon the bluff, and
then down another alley, pursued by
officer Scott, deputy Young and several
others. Mr. Youngs shot from the door
Of the Courtroom knocked the dust
from Georges shoulder, and a second
shot from the gun Of officer Scott must
have struck bin, AS he was seen to fall,
but rose quickly, and escaped from all
his pursuers.