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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-18

JOHN A. Mcneil FOR SENATOR 27TH
DISTRICT. The Conservatives Of this
District have nominated Col. McNeal for
the Senate by reclamation. He is a
strong man in every sense and by a re-
cent letter from him we are assured that
he will enter upon the work before him
with zeal and energy. His election may
be considered assured by a large majority.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-18

The Conservative Convention OF Carroll
county met last Monday at Carrollton. and
adjourned without action to the first Mon
day in October.-Advance.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-18
The Bond BIOIders'COunseII nqufr.
ing About the SO-caIled Debt
of mississippi.
BosroN, MASS, August 18th, 1873

BOsTON1 MAss., august IoIII, 1910
DEAR SIR Please oblige me by stating
rs near rs you can, what is the debt OF your
State bearing interest, and at what average
rate, say on the first of July last.
fyou will oblige me with an answer,
will remain
Gratefully yours,
BENZ. +. BUTLER.
To Hon. Ridgeley c. Powers, Governor of
Mississippi.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-18

England has paid over to The Ua,.
States authorities, the Geneva awaH
damages inflicted by the Alabama. aa
and half millions of dollars.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-18
Changing Sides.

A. G.. MCNUTT.
Messrs Hope & Co., Amsterdam, Holland
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-18

The Louisvis's Banner says that the
worm is doing injury to the cotton in
Winston and adjoining counties.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-09

DIR. Hill, a notorious wit, physician
and man of letters, having quarreled
with the members of the Royal society
of london, who had refused to admit
him as an associate, resolved to avenge
himself in novel manner. He adj
dressed to their secretary letter pur-
porting to be written by country
surgeon, and reciting the particulars
of cure which he had effected.
"a sailor" he wrote, ''broke his leg,
and applied to me for help. bound
together the broken portions and
washed them with the celebrated tar
water. mostimmediately the sailor
felt the beneficial effects of this remedy,
and it was not long before his leg was
completely healed
This cure was published abroad at
the very time that Bishop Berkeley
had issued his work on the marvellous
virtues of tar water, and excited, con-
sequently, great attention. The letter
was read and discussed at the meet
ings of the Royal society. and caused
considerable difference of opinion.
Papers were written for and against
the tar water and the restored leg,
when second litter arrived from the
(pretended) country practitioner:
In my last | omitted to mention
that the broken limb of the sailor was
wooden Leg"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-09
NEWS OF THE VALLEY.
From the Winfield Courier.

From the Winfield Courier
Wheat in this section of the county
is all excellent crop. Mr.. Menor
threshed $50 bushels from twelve acres
and thirty rods. besides lot that was
spoiled by bad stacking which he esti-
mates at forty bushels, so that the crop
averages about thirty-four bushels per
acre. Mr.. Stewards winter wheat av-
eraged thirty-one, and the spring wheat
twenty-five bushels per acre. not con-
sidering the damage caused BY poor
stacking which was considerable.
From the Hutchinson News
Allow me to place before your read
ers sad circumstance which occurred
few days since in this township. On
the 9Th inst, Payson Fisher, while
raking hay barefoot, was bitten by a
rattlesnake on the great toe, which re-
suited in his death. The terrible ca
tastrophe occurred few minutes after
p. m, and lie died at 8 O'Clock that
evening.
j. L. Norman, of this citv. has Sc
cured 100 head of Texas beeves for the
purpose of wintering them. He ex-
poets to get 500 more in few DAYS.
and will take them into the sand hills
and timber west of this county, where
there is fine shelter rnd plenty of range
covered with grass and wild pea vines.
Mr.. Norman will take with him
mower and cut hay until frost. He
expects to carry the cattle through
the winter at tritling expense and
realize $500 per head next spring and
summer. In this enterprise Mr.. Nor
man ''hits the nail on the head As
he had large experience in that line,
success is almost sure to crown his I'M
dertaking
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-09


A good harness maker could do well
in Oxford.
|: Col. Knapp has commenced shipping
his castor beans to st. Louis.
John McClay, in boring for coal at
Remanto, struck petroleum in small
quantities. Even in crude state it
burns well in lamps.
Edward Sleigh, Esq, the owner of
a first-class farm three miles south of
town, brought in on Tuesday several
bushels of the finest corn we ever
saw, which he turned over to the
proper committee for this township.
to be sent to the state fair at TOpe.
ka. and other expositions in the east.
Mr.. NJ. McGary, living three
and half miles from town. lost by
fire, Oh Thursday evening last, about
one hundred tons of hay-the labor
of weeks all gone in an hour. and no
doubt originating from the careless
ness of some person in putting out
fire.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-09

Poor boy! Frank Walworth, the
young and handsome hero who muir
dered his father for sensation, is
obliged to sit in the business office of
the prison several hours day, and
keep books. Had Frank Walworth
been Frank O'IIaggerty, he would
have been hung, but being first fami-
" scion. anxious to let the world know
that he was born too soon after MARI
iage. he becomes sweet cake and ice
cream convict. Sing Sing is the place
for prisoners, if they have money or
influential friends, for more rotten
prison system is not to be found in this
country. 1t is good prison for those
who have money, but the dragons
teeth for poor bread thieves and those
who are paupers.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-09

"Well, Patrick" asked a doctor of
his patient, show do you do today"
''Oh, dear doctor, | enjoy very bad
health entirely. This rheumatios is
very distressing indeed. When l go
to sleep lay awake all night. and my
toe is swelled as big as a goose's hens
egg, SO that when stand up fall di-
rectlyo
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-09

Josh Billings, in his advice to a
young lady as to how she should re-
ceive a proposal, says: "Iou ought
to take it kind, looking down hill with
an expreshun about half tickeled and
half scarf. After the pop is over, if
yure luver wants to kiss you, | don't
think | would say yes or no, but let
the thing kind o. take its own course"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-09

A correspondent of the New York
Mail say that kissing a lady with an
Elizabethian rufile ON is about as much
fun as embracing a circular saw in full
notion"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-09

One evil deed makes way for another.
a falsehood, for example, often needs
another for its concealment; and he
who utters it discovers so little regard
for what is right, as to excite fear that
he will not refuse, should temptation
arise, to do anything else that is wrong.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-09
WATER.

II has been widely supposed that
central and western, if not eastern
Kansas suffered from a dry climate.
Like many other ideas relative TO the
western parts of the great Missouri
Valley, we need hardly say, this, so far
as the eastern and central parts of the
state are concerned. is exploded. If
springs and water-courses in whose
channels aquatic plants. needing for
their existence constant moisture; if
notwithstanding streams: if rains
frequently occurring and copiously de-
scending: if all these are proofs, then
there is abundant testimony that all
through the valley there is ample rain
ll.fa In fact. after all that has been
wfittea = ~ Arkanas river, ii is
|In6oone 6nslnops 70 say that the wa
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-09
GYPSUM.

Should constant cultivation ever de-
yclop the fact in this valley, which is
apparent in all other countries in the
world, that fertilizers must first or last
be applied 10 all lands which are not
kept up to their original state of pro-
ductivcness, we have never failing
supply of manure in the vast gypsum
beds which intcrscct the valley in this
and adjoining counties. 1t is unsur-
passed in quality and incxhaustable in
amount. When broken to pieces and
ground in a mill il becomes the Gland
plaster" of commerce, which sells for
ten dollars ton in eastern cities.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-29
AN OLD ESTABLISHED FIRM.

"The firm of s. NJ. PETTENGILL g. Co.
commenced their Advertising Agency in the
old Journal building, No. 10 State Street,
Boston, nearly quarter OF q century ago
(February 1849), where their Agency is still
located, carrying on large and successful
business. They established branch In New
York Clty. May 1872, which has grown to be
larger than the parent house. INCREASING
steadily, year by year. until now 1t has the
agency Of nearly every newspaper in the
United States and British Provinces, and
dos yearly business OF hundreds Of hous-
ands of dollars, 8 NJ Pettengill s. co i,
have recently opened another branch office
office at 70l Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
where they are doing successful increasing
business. They have done advertising ex-
ceeding ten millions of dollars since com
mencing business. The fl ia is favorably
known not only throughout this country but
in all parts Of the world. They have estab-
lished a reputation Tor honorable and fair
dealing which any firm might envy, and but
lew have attained to. We COZ. gratulate IL EN-
npon their success. We would recommend
ali who want advertising done in airy part
of the country to Cali upon them. They
can point to hundreds of business meu who
have followed their advice, ana trusted TO
their sagacity, and availed themselves OF
their facilities, who have made fortunes for
themselves. and they are daily assisting
others in the same path. "-Bosto1s Journal
May 9Th
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-29
CIRCUIT COURT.
HON. ROBERT HARDNESS, JUDGE

+ A - III "a
The Court has been engaged since the 10Th
inst, in the trlsl OF the case of Lyman Dot.
ton, trustee, ct ell. VS. John W.uYosk. Ac,
tion torecover Sll,000.0o damages for over
flowing the lands of the defendants On Fox
River. about miles no.th ofWilmot. Tie
plaintiffs ailege atsince tho a efenda MT pur
chased the Wiinot Mill property IN 1884, he
has by various devices raised the water in
the pond fifteen inches, thereby overfo wing
and permeating and permanently DESTROYING
|seveLty-6ve acres OF meadow land,
The defendant claims q proscrip i've right
by grant from the legislature to IN aintain the
dam at Its present height or even a grea ter
height. He also alleges that he has not
raised the dam at all, and that it ia at least
five inches lower than 1t was originally erec-
ted.
The case Is brought as attest case in order
to determine the question whether the
water in the pond has been raised or not. II
it has been raised, several property owners
along the river like wise claim danag es in
various amounts, making a large sum in the
aggregate. IA a GA S il ~. ~
As matterof course the ease excltes j
tgooddea of interest. About forty witnesses
have been subpoenaed, and many of them al
ready examined. The trial will occupy the
remainder of the week probably.
The case is represented on tie part OF The
plaintiffs by Messrs. Head s. Quarles, and on
the part OF the defendants By Hon John W.
Gary, Of Milwaukee, and r. 8. Lowell. -s@-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-29

"OLIvER OPTICS MAGAzINR''for June con
tains the concluding chapters of "The Yacht
Club or The Young Boat-Bulder,'' by Oil
YER Optic (wi.h two Illustrations q. G..
Bush "Then and Now" No. w., by B. p
Shiliaber with a ful-page j illustrations) :
The Great Sea-Serpent." by II. O. Ander-
SEP, &C., and ia, in all respects fine num-
Der { For the July number, which commen
ces new volume, we are promised serial
stories by Oliver Optic, Elijah Kellogg, and
Miss A. VI Douglass. The price hereafter
Will be So 90 per year. Lee & Shepard, Bos
ION, are the publishers.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-29
COMMUNICATION.

EDITOR TELEGRAPH LIN your issue of
May 23d, in u communication from your cor
respondent at Woodwork, noticed with
pain, some very disparaging remarks con-
cerning the Rev. Mr.. Potter's discourse to
my people, on the Sabbath when exchanged
with him
Your correspondent leaves the impression
that his view was the general feeling enter.
tanned by the people concerning Mr.. Pot
tar's discourse, which is not the case. for.
with very few exceptions-so far as | can
abcertan-the discourse was very acceptable
to the congregation. and | wish on my own
part, IS we'll as to express hegeneral feel
ings OF the people here, to utter my unquali-
fled disapprovaror said remarks. They were
not only ungenllcmnnly or unchristlau, but
utterly uncalled tor III this case, a nd tueir au-
thor owes it to the church and community
here. as we'll as TO MIR. Potter, to make All
ap ology as publicly as he has given otrense.
. Most Respectfully Yours.
May 20, 1873, : - THos. GILLESPIE
Parsonage, Bristol 81 Paris
Congregational Church.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-29
FOR THE TELEGRAPH.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 1s, 1878

DEAR DOCTOR :-HayiDg travelled through
the South considerable, | am sorry 10 no.
tice the absence of the "Good Old Flag y
tional Character. as Custom Houses, aPoss-
Offices. Even here, as far North as this. al. d
the capitol at that. Of this great and good
old State OF Tennessee, with the industrial
exposition IN fall blast, have only noticed
the National Flag at the music stand. and
1 calculate the reason was, that the band
would not play for them II they had not the
ola flag to, look at. The building Is a nne
one for the exposition and the display very
creditabie. How much better 1t would look
TO nay eyes at least) ifa good large National
Flag would from the highest point of the
building.
l. When was down In Ga, they asked me
why don't your people of the North come
down here and live with us, we have very
healthy climate, excellent water land pro-
dactive. plenty of lumber and coal, the pso-
pie very friendly sc. They say we want YOU
| to come down here and help us build
Churches and School Houses, Mills and Fac
tories, and help us develop the country. :" |
tell them they. must have more respect for
the good old flag of the country, that their
women must not teach their Chill
dren to believe that the Yankees are mon.
sterS Some of them teach their children to
hate the Yank ees. and OF course they believe
that all northern people are Yankees This
seems to be more generally the case with
some of the leading members of one or two OF
the churches. and Of course women of con
siderable influence. Said I, Can you expec,
good northern people to come here ana live
amongst you If you feel towards them like
that !!
The better portion Of the business men are
as good class of men as ever SAW, in fact
real gentlemen, and they do all they can to in
duce northern men and families to come
there, and when thsy do come aud "mean
business" they will treat them as we'll as
they know how. YANKEE.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-29
LOUISVILLE Nav 21 1879

DEAR DooroR:-I am very glad to ego
back" on what said about the American
Flag being upon the flag staff at tbe Elk JOSH
tion Building in Nashville in communication
of1Sth. Upon visiting the building again
on Monday, was pleased to notice tn i'd
flag" from the highest flag staff of the build
ing, So on the whole well vote Nashville a
right smart town.
DR.. have you ever visited the great mann
mouth cave OF this State, ifnot you must do
so some day, for it Is wonderful "bg
thing" I will not undertake the descrip-
zion, for can't do 1t justice, 1t needs TO be
seen to be appreciated. YANKEE
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-29
JUBILEE EXCURSION.

"a rare opportunity is afforded our citi-
zens for an excursion to Chicago at halt
fare to see how maryelous!y the city has
risen from its ashes and to- attend the Gil
more Jubilee which occurs on Thursday
June 9Th two magnificent concerts after
uoon aud evening in an audiance room
(the great depot will accommodate
10000 people. Recognizing the impor-
lance of the event ana responding to d
movement of the citizens of Chicago, the
G & N w Rail Road Company have
placed their fare including tick 1t to the
concert at $3.50, a lower rate than ha s
been offered FOR years The opportunity for
a multitude of our people to go ub for a
short festivlty to Chicago is one that they
will avail themselves of. Tickets Will be
for sale on June 9th at Depot and will be
good for return until June 9h. T
fg hrg r.. a.,t.. THOMAS GIBBONS,
ava s".5 fai $3.50 - AGENT.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-29
! CENTAUR IMMINENT.

++tat fbES f&ID@3 W @s* Il SsFb1@3 ts0Ct
There is no pain which the Centaur Lini-
Will NOT reiieYe, no rswe ling itg will not
suooue, ana no lsmeness which it will not
c c. Ihis is'strong language. but It ia true.
Where theTpsrts are mot gone It's effects are
sInarvelous.a Il has produced. more, cnres, of
Y eumatlsm, neuralgia, lock jaw, patsy
spralns, swellings, caked breasts, ecalds,
uafos, ssit.rAeain, ear ache. dc. upon the
nhman IfAme. and OF strains, spawn. gals.
&C SPeA aninaais In enc year than half Mi
otaer prcseaaed remedies sixso tAs Werl4 Be.
9ant3, IL Is asconnter irrItaat, and all healing
palA feiiever. Crippfes threw away their
crntches. the lame walk. poisonous bites are
endered harmless and the wounded are
healed without scar. l. in no humbMe.
! ne receipt is published around each bottle.
lis eeiiing As no article ever Before eotd, and
IL sells because 1t does just whaL it pretends
20 DO Those who nov suffer from rheuma-
tlsm, PAIN or swelling deserve to suffer II they
VIII not use Centaur Linlment. More than
700 certificates of remarkable cures. includ-
ing frozen limbs, chronlc rheumatism, gout
running tumors, &c, have been received
we Will send circular containing certifi-
Gates, the receipt, &c. gratis, 10 any one re-
quesrlng II. One bottle Of the yellow wrap
5per Cenlaur LInitnent Is worth one hundred
collars Tor spawned or sweenled horses and
mules, or Tor screw worm in sheep. Stock
owners-this lIniment Is worth your at en-
ton. No family should be without Centaur
Liniment. d. b Rose & Co., New York.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-29

A Racine fisherman, named Schenkenber-
ger, having lost about fifty nets du ring the
last winter through the severing of the buoy
lines by ice, one day last week dropped his
in the locality where they
had been SCI. He was not only successful
in r. covering about forty of them, but has
undoubtedly located the whereabouts OF the
sunken steamer Lac La Belle, for entangled
in the nets were found Ted spread and
iron-raiIing known 10 have belonged to the
boat. The place were the nets were found
is about fifteen miles due east from Racine.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-29
SCHOOL SUPERlNTEND
h"~#aat ..,a -aa d ENT. ...yra l...

The new law requires the Tow nship
Trustees Of the respective counties of the
lead Slater 10 appointa County School
Superintendent in June,.So far as:~e know
only two gentleman have been put pro,ni-
nentiy forward Tor that office in this
COUNTY the present. examiner, Prof Butler
and Mr. Zook Of the latter gen,le-
mans qualifications We know comparative
ly nothing, tho'we believe he has had no
experience In the duties of the office tn
which he aspires. Prof. Butler, on the
other hand, Rot only has tie experience
necessary to fl him for the position, but
is an enthusiast in educational matters
having been u successful teacher for many
years. He has an ambition to elevate
the standard of our common schools and
make th"m what they ought to be, and
his zeal IN this direction is decidedly
commendable and entities him tn no little
eonside ration. Ia view of this fact, L
appears to US that his appointment would
,ubserve the public interest. and I'VE do
not hesitate to recommerd him. Shonld
he be successful, he will be enabled to
oerfect a system of educating teachers
for their calling which has been occupy
ing bis attention for some time npartake IS
of the character of normal school and
will result in the benefits that follow
institutions of that kind, and is of suffici.
ent Importance to the future welfare of
our schools as of itself to carry weight
Let Professor Butler be appointed then.
as matter of Justice and good policy
Eibbar; RerisaO (Ind6unalN Nay 8th. 1878
.e Prof, Butler was u successful teacher
Ia This city for many years. He would
mike an efficient County. Superinten-
dent.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-29

We have given column on the inside q,
this paper to the interest Of the Dairy, and
headedit the Dairymen's Department. This
is done fort the reason thatthe dairy is one Of
the most important interests among the
farmers of this county. We intend to give
information on this branch of farming tnat
will be Of value to the dairymen OF Kenosha
County. and shall avail ourselves of all sta
tsiicsand general information coming from
reliable sources, making the TELEGRAPH the
dairy paper Of Southern Wisconsin. We
trust the dairymen in this and adjoining
counties will make this new Department.
doubly valuable, by contributions on 1.-The
practical work of the dairy.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-29
Church Directory.

Congregational,
REV. FL. c; HITCHCOCK, PsstOr,-Services at 10 1-2
4. m. and p. m. aE1E#
nTSthOdIst,
REV. G. A. SIXTH Pastor,-service at 10 1-2 a..
m. and p. m. ~ ses -~s-rrs# - - ~E~
EpIscopai, &At8 .4-
REV LUcrEN G. LANCE, Pastor, Sci vice at 10 1-2
a. m. and 2 Ia pm.
German Methodist,
REV. c. HEDLER, Pastor,-servfce at10 1-2 a. m.
Unitarian.
REV. II. M. SIMMONS, Pastor,-service at q la IN.
St. Marks Catholic. u E1#e,
FATHHR W DAUaHRTY Priest, Service sts1-2
and 10 IL 8. N. ana p. N.
Baptist.
Service at 10 IL .. m. and 1-2 p,m.-rs -,.
Lutheran.
Rev. c. PoPP, Pastor,-Service at 10 1-2a. M.
Sc. Georges Catholic. SID
FATHER N. BETTER, Priest,-servtce at 8 and l0a.
m ana Zig D. u. aEm=L[B % ~@aesus# s.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-29
NOTICE TO BRIDGE BUILDERS

Proposals viii perceived by the Snpervi-
sOrs of the Town of Somers for building a
Bridge across Pike river, on the road known
as the Thomas roac, according to plan and
specifications which may be seen al the Tele
graph Printing Office or at the Office Of the
Town Clerk in Somers with whom all offer
atc o be LOGGER on or before Saturday the
9TH day of june AaA Kenosha, May goth ~
3w52
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-29
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TELL'IT.

1t you live In one of the pleasantest cities in
the country, say so to~your friends. II
the streets are wide and in good condition,
and you have fifty miles of good plank side.
walk, let it be know If you. mechanics
are intelligent and equal to any iE the West,
don't be afraid tosay that also. Ifyou have
enterprsjng merchants, who keep their
store well stocked and sell their goods
cheap, tell it. If you have the best preach
ers in Southern Wisconsin make mention of
it to your friends. If your public and pr-
vate schools are model institutions, tell that
too. If your banks are sound and MANAGED
by honorable men, be sure to make il
known. If your physicians and lawyers are
equal to any In their profession. don't forget
20 say So Finally, it you have any ADVERT
sing to do and want the people to see it, be
sure you avail yourself of the TELEGRAPH.
Tell your friends that if they want to, adyer.
tise il Kenosha County, the best medium il
the Kenosha TELEGRAPH. .l