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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-21
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ONE ounce alcohol; two drachms cav
enne pepper; one ounce kerosene oil: let
it stand twenty-four hours after mixing.
It cures the worst toothache ever known
DEPRESSION OF SPIRITS. Sal volatile.
combined with camphor, is more efica-
cious than most remedies in affording re-
lief in depression of spirits, heartburn,
spasms, palpitations, etc.
A SIMPLE remedy for neuralgia is
horseradish. Crate and mix it in vine
gar, the same as for table purposes, and
apply to the temple when the face or
head is affected, or the wrist when the
pain is in the arm or shoulder.
A FRENCH physician expresses his
preference for lemon juice, as a local APP
LEGATION in diphtheria, to chlorate of
potash, nitrate of silver, perchloride of
lime water. He uses it by dipping a
little plug of cottonwood, twisted around
a wire, In the juice, and pressing it
against the diseased surface four or five
times daily.
A PROMINENT oculist says that the con-
tagious Egyptian or granular infamma-
ton of the eyes is spreading throughout
the country, and that he has been able
in many, and indeed in. majority of
cases, to trace the disease to what are
commonly called rolling towels Towels
of this kind are generally found in coun-
try hotels and the dwellings of the work
ing classes, and, being thus used by
nearly every one, are made the carriers
of one OF the most troublesome diseases
of the eye. This being the case, it is
urgently recommended that the use of
these rolling towels be discarded, and
thus one of the special vehicles for the
spread IF a most dangerous disorder of
the eyes-one by which thousands of
workingmen are annually deprived of
their means OF support-will no longer
exist.
THE MILK CURE. Considerable has
been said in medical journals concerning
the value of milk as a remedial agent In
certain diseases. An interesting article
upon this subject lately appeared in the
London Milk Journal, in which it is
stated, On authority of DR.. Benjamin
Clark, that in the East Indies warm milk
is used to great extent as specific for
diarrhea. A pint every four hours will
check the most violent diarrhea, stom-
ach-ache, incipient cholera, and dysen-
terry. The milk should never be boiled,
but only heated sufficiently to be agree
ably warm-not too hot to drink. Milk
which has been boiled is not fit for use.
The writer gives several instances to
show the value of this simple substance
in arresting this disease. Another writer
in the same journal says: eve have
also lately tested the value of milk in
scarlet fever, and learn that it is now
recommended by the medical faculty in
all cases of this often very distressing
children's disease. Give all the milk
the patient will take, even during the
period of the greatest fever. It keeps
up the strength of the patient, acts well
upon the stomach, and is in every way
blessed thing in this sickness. Remem-
Der it, parents, and do not fear to give
it if your dear ones are afflicted with the
disease.
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the details of the abduction OF this
child, and every kindly heart has beat in
sympathy with the bereaved parents.
And the whole community feels a
righteous indignation against every one
who has any connection with the base
and cruel transaction. 1t is generally
believed, Notwithstanding his own
sweeping denial, that Westervelt knows
far more than he has revealed about the
fate of little Charley belief that causes
many to wish that he could be compelled
to confess to the uttermost.
The balance-sheet showing the re-
ceipts and expenditures of the Postofice
Department, for the last fiscal year, is
published. The gross receipts from all
sources, including $780, 900 drawn from
the Treasury and paid out in subsidies,
were So, 1861, 500. 68 and the total expen-
ditures $33, Gil, 3O9.45, leaving a de-
fciency of $6,O49, 8O6.77. The receipts
exceed those for the year ending June
80, 1874, by So, 964, 934, or by more than
twelve per cent. The expenditures ex-
coed those of the previous year by ST.
SCI, sol, or by only about four and
eight-tenths per cent. The deficiency is
81, 480, 040 less than during the previous
year, the decrease in the deficiency be-
ing more than nineteen and seven-tenths
per cent.
IMMIGRATION for the past year has only
brought us 227, 900 new citizens, taking
no account of the number who have gone
home. This is less than half the annual
arrival, two years ago. The countries
from which we receive rank in the fol-
lowing order: Germany, 47,769 En-
gland, 40, 100 Ireland, 37,957 Canada,
$4,000; China, 16,437 France, 1881
Russia, 1882. Ireland is the only coun-
try which sends us more females than
males, and the importation of improper
women from China would seem to have
greatly subsidized, if we are to suppose
that the number of women of that ma
tionality is properly reported at 382.
The Corners from Russia are probably
the Mennonites, and $50 are credited to
Iceland. OF those who have an occupa-
ton; 2, 426 belong to the professions, and
80, 800 to the skilled occupations. There
are 500 musicians. that being the most
numerous profession, 80 Jesrlits and 81
Sisters of Charity and Mercy.
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Fast Trains.-- What They Accomplish.

Washington correspondence OF the
Chicago Tribune I" Instead of gem
eral opposition to the fast trains, the
Postmaster General finds a general dis
position among railroad managers to CO.
operate with the Department in securing
the promptest possible dispatch of the
mails. The mails that leave New York
on the Pennsylvania road in the morn
lug go through to the Mississippi river
now, without delay at Pittsburg or else
where. The Department is now striving
to make arrangements to have the mails
taken by this train destined for the
South and Southwest go forward imme-
diately on their arrival at Cincinnati,
Louisville, and ST. Louis, instead of
lying over several hours at these points,
but of course time is required to make
these changes. Similar efforts are max
ing to have the mails which are distrib-
uted from Chicago leave that city i'm
mediately on the arrival of the mail
train over the New York Central rail
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Great Short. Horn Sale.

The sale of the Cedar Grove herd of
short horns, the property of Wesly
Warnock and J. q. Jenkins, in Harrison
county, KY, on the 18th of October,
says correspondent, attracted large
crowd of breeders. Prices were very
good, though not as high as had been
anticipated. The sale consisted of nine
ty COWS, three bulls and five calves. The
COWS realized the total sum of $4S, 76O,
being an average of $541. 80. Only
three bulls were offered, bringing an
average of about 1921 each. Five calves
brought $88 each. Prices ranged from
So, 700 to as low as $40 per head. A
great many say that the herd was sold at
sacrifice. Rev. d. T.. Pughes, of Vim
ton, Iowa, was persistent and enter
pTising bidder, purchasing twenty-one
head. James Kirk, of Washington
Court House, O., purchased eight head
formerly owned by his brother. A great
many breeders from distance were
present, including J. q. Spears, of ILL
nois; Brockway, of Minnesota; Moore,
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Capt. EadeS' Jetties.

The people who laughed at what they
considered Capt. Fades visionary pro-
ject of deepening the channel Of the
Mississippi by means of system of jet
ties, are beginning to take new view Of
the subject since the work has been
actually under way. Capt. Fades has
but fairly begun his improvement he
has driven about $4,000 feet on piles,
and sunk quantity of willow brush tied
into bundles, and already the bar at the
mouth of the Southwest Pass has four
teen feet of water, while it only had seven
when he began his operations. Capt.
Fades is confident that by the first of
January the channel will be open for the
largest steamers.
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Buried Treasure in the Missouri River.

Mr.. WI. Scott, of this city, who was
one of the earliest settlers of this section
of country, and a perfectly reliable man,
has given us the following for publica-
ton
In July, 1919, the second steamboat
that ever passed up the Missouri river
struck snag at the head of Trademarks
Island, between Boonville and Arrow
Rock, and Immediately sank. The boat
was loaded principally with government
stores. It had in the hold a large guam
tity of Monongahela whisky and also
5000, 900 in silver coin, which was being
taken to Council Bluffs to pay the gov
eminent troops stationed at that place,
which was then the extreme outpost of
civilization. Mr.. Scott, though small
boy at the time, lived very near the
scene of the accident, and remembers
well what was related by the officers of
the boat at the time, and also by the
agents of the government who came some
time after, looking after the lost treasure.
When the government agents arrived,
the river lad swollen to such an extent
that no vestige of the boat was to be
seen, and they reported to the govern
ment that it was impossible to recover
the money, or any portion OF the cargo.
Fifty-six years have passed away, yet
Mr.. Scott says he can now point out the
exact place where the unfortunate steam
er lies buried with its valuable cargo.
He is probably the only man
living who can do SO, and he is well adj
vanced in years. The government can
yet reclaim the money if it will make
the effort; or, if release can be given
| by the government, private parties will
undoubtedly undertake it. - Boonville
I (MO.) EG0Le.
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The Lincoln Tower in London.

Yesterday afternoon, between three
and four o'clock, an unusually interest
ing ceremony was performed at Christ
Church, Westminster Bridge road, on
the occasion of the completion of the
Lincoln Tower, in connection with that
building. About twenty persons, in
Guiding three ladies, hazarded the ascent
to the scaffolding at the summit of the
towers height of 220 feet-s some of the
less adventurous going up in hoist
provided with seat, while others pre-
ferred to ascend by ladders, in spite Of
the uncomfortably strong breeze that
was blowing. The object of the gather
ing was to witness the Rev. Newman
Ball lay the topmost stone of the tower,
which is one of the highest Of the old
English gothic type In London. When
the visitors had ranged themselves In a
group round the spire, and the apertures
into which the IRON supports Of the top
stone fit had been filed with cement,
the architect handed q silver trowel to
Mr.. Hall, which had been specially pro-
vided for the occasion, with which the
reverend gentleman spread the cement
in true masonlike fashion, and when the
browning stone, which is in the form OF
a cross, had been carefully lowered into
its place, the reverend gentleman said ::
SIN the name of the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Ghost, this topstone is
now laid of the Lincoln Tower, erected
by equal contributions from citizens of
Great Britain and America, for the glory
of God and of peace and good will
among men, as memorial of the aboli-
ton of slavery and of President Lincoln,
and as token of international brother
hood. Not unto us, O Lord, not unto
us, but unto thy name be all the glory.
Accept the work of our hands, bless this
tower for thy glory and the promotion
of freedom, peace, and international
brotherhood" The Rev. Arthur Hall
then offered up brief prayer, and
!" Praise God, from whom all blessings
fow," having been sung, the proceedings
were practically at an end. A conspicu-
GUS feature of the occasion was the Union
Jack and the Stars and Stripes flying
side by side on the summit, which at
tracted hundreds of spectators to the
spot. The cost of the tower is e., 900,
and when surmounted by the fame, which
is Is feet high, its total height will be
200 feet, about the same altitude as the
monument. London NeaUS, Sept. %.
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Blown to Pieces.

On the afternoon of Thursday lad
named McGrath was the victim of ter
rible casualty at Hydeville. lie was
looking around slate quarry when he
came upon can which had contained
nitro-glycerine, but which had been
emptied four years ago, and had SINCE
then been lying around the quarry. He
took it up, and, thinking to convert it to
some useful purpose, commenced ham,
mering out a dent. Suddenly the can
exploded with fearful noise. The ex-
plosion literally tore the young man to
pieces-one arm and leg, and the side
of his head were blown off. Empty
cans which have once contained nitro
glycerine are not safe things to handle,
even after they have been exposed to the
chills of four Vermont winters. = Troy
Daily Press.
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''The family, eleven in number, in the
aggregate measured seventy feet and
one-half inch in height, weighed 2,298
pounds, and the sum of their entire ages
then was 557 years. The computed
strength of the father and six sons was
$500 pounds. At that date 1856 there
were several grandchildren over 81 feet
high, and still growing. The mother,
Mrs. Katy Howard, nee Current, died
aged 88 years, on May IA, 1870, near
Ruddell's Mills, where she had lived for
sixty years-seven children surviving
her. She had twelve brothers and sis
tiers, each over feet high"
In this connection we will state that
the Rev. James Quisenberry, of Clark
county, KY, had two sets of children,
twelve in each. The twenty-four chill
dren each had from twelve to nineteen
offspring. SO Clark man, who heard
us speak of the tall families, says. A
Mason county gent added that Nelson
Cliff, of that county, had twenty-seven
children. Married several times, I
supposed" we added. emo, sir, only
once, I Think" he replied.
Maj. John Edwards, of this county,
had twenty-four children from two mar
riages.
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of Michigan; Woodruff, Of Indiana;
Abram Murphy, of Michigan; Abner
Strawn, of Illinois; jackson, of Icwa; J.
G. Cowan, of Missouri; DR.. Sprague, of
Iowa: John r. Page, Of New York;
Claude Mathers, of Indiana; Messrs.
Wordsworth, of New York; John r.
Craig, of Canada; Emery Cobb, of lii
nois; N. G. Pond, of Connecticut; Col.
B. Summer, of Connecticut, and Mr..
McCashlem. of Indiana.
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THE KENTUCKY Family.


In Collins new History OF Kentucky
we find the following in relation to the
Howard family, of this county:
"In February, 1856, there was living
in Bourbon county the parents and eight
out of nine children of family without
a parallel in the known world for their
size, height, weight, good health, age,
aud strength-sug gestive of the Bible
record in Genesis VI. 4: There were
giants in the earth in those days The
father, then in his 10th year, was brought
to Kentucky when quite young, and
raised, in Bourbon county, his family of
six sons and three daughters, whose
height, weight and aggregate age are
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-21
WISCONSIN NEWS.

The artesian well at Augusta has
been abandoned, after boring 100 feet.
MORE cranberries have been picked in
the vicinity of Grand Rapids this season
than ever before in any one year.
Two MARINETTE ladies were nearly
suffocated at hotel in Green Bay, a few
nights ago, by blowing out the gas.
B. T. SMITH, prominent lumber
dealer of Depere, has failed. His LA
bilities are reported to be from $55, 900
to 100000.
WEATHER prophets in this State de-
clare that there will be three weeks of
fine weather during the Indian summer
in November.
The death of Andrew Picksrts, a lead
ing citizen of Madison, is announced.
He was the Recorder of Deeds of Dane
county for six years.
JUDGE WALKER, of Plainfeld, with
the assistance of his family and two
neighbors, whom he called to help him,
lately succeeded in killing two bears.
RALPH FINCH, employed at Trostel &
Galluns' leather mandatory at Milwau-
kee, had his right arm taken off by a
leather-splitting machine the other day.
ALBERT JOHNSON, of West Prairie, had
three of his fingers taken off the other
day, after suffering severely several days
from beng crushed in the joint of
sickle-bar In mower.
MILWAUKEE, has established course
of Sunday afternoon lectures. Among
those announced to lecture are Messrs.
Carl Schurz, Bayard Taylor, Ralph Wal
do Emerson, and Bret Harte.
CHRISTOPHER PETERSON, of Coon Val
lev, is the latest victim of the terrible
threshing machine. He was caught in
the gearing of one of these instruments
last Saturday and instantly killed. He
was 48 years of age and highly-respect-
ed citizen.
AwoMAN applied lately at the Milwau-
kee Police Station for permission to keep
dog for short time without license,
the object being to fatten the animal
preparatory to eating him. Her hus-
band was consumptive, and dog meat
had been recommended to him as me-
dicinal article of diet.
S. Brown DAVIS, founder of the Davis
Omnibus Line, at Milwaukee, was in
stantly killed, last Saturday, by being
thrown out of his buggy, near the foot
of Broadway, bis team having become
uncomfortable opposite the Newhall
House. Davis was thrown on his head
against the curbstone.
Four young people were made happy
at Beloit one day last week, the brides
being two of that city's fairest daugh-
tiers. Miss Jennie Watson was married
to the Rev. S. r. Wilder, of Spring
field, Mass, and Miss Hattie A. Carpen-
ter to VIM M. Soaring, Esq, Of Sara
toga, N. Y.
SOME alarm was created at Milwaukee,
the other day, by the threatening con
duct of young man who turned out tc
be an escaped lunatic from the County
Hospital. He tried to force an entrance
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-21

into the house of Mr.. Blatz, near the
brewery, but was captured by police
officers before any harm was done. He
bad been removed from the insane ward
of the County Farm to the Hospital IS a
convalescent patient, by order of County
Physician Nauman, against the protest
of Superintendent Schafner.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-21
GIANT FAMILIES.

Specimens of Vermont and Kentucky
Heavy Weights.
To the Editor of the Paris True Kentuckian:
I understand you have in your county
very tall family. VIII you procure
and publish the name, height and weight
Of each member of that family? Here
with I send you the following correct
statement in relation to the Metcalf fam
lily, of Royalton, vt. +. d.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-21

THEacquittal of Siney, one of the lead
8 of the striking miners, at Clearfeld,
a., upon precisely the same evidence that
anvicted Parks, who was jointly indicted
it'll him, is one of those characteristic
eaks of which only an American jury
1uld be guilty. Asa contemporary sar-
.sticalfy observes, the jury system
ught to be preserved and guarded
4credly, as affording curious studies of
ltellect and oddly superior to those Of
cred by asylums for the hopelessly
lsane."
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-21

THE new postal cards offer a great
emptation to the printing of business
lvertisements and illustrations on their
ice, as they have no border. This, how
yer, is met by the caution from the de-
lrtment that anything except the adj
,ess written or printed on the face Of
ie postal card renders it unavailable,
I'd it will be thrown among the mail
after marked sc held for postage.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-21

ACCOUNTS are received of recent ter
ible disaster and damage by floods in
lie South of France, the result of the
eaviest and most protracted transforms
yer known in that portion of Europe.
'eside the loss of life, the estimate of
inhalation Of property reaches several
ailIons Of dollars.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-21
FRESH TOPICS.

SENATOR FRE1NGHUYsEN is in favor of
living the ballot to women.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-21

SINGLE-LEADED editorials will hereafter
ford free and sufficient vent to the Ohio
EDITORIAL mind.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-21

The Chicago hotel registers showed
i,312 arrivals in that city in one day, re-
emily.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-21

THE President of the French Republic
manages to exc out an existence on
oitiful salary of $4,000, with $78, 900
brown in for household expenses and
,ther little incidentals. "Pity the sor-
.ows of a poor old man."
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-21

SAM CAREY delivered Lightweight
peeches in Ohio during the late cam
,aiOO
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SECRETARY BR1sTow and Supervising
rchitect Potter have finally concluded
) proceed with the work on the Chicago
iustom- House, and instructions have ac-
ordingly been given to Superintendent
Eannaford, in charge of the building, to
esume operations.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-21

Two YOUNG Chicago fools, employed
clerks in a dry goods store, the other
aorning conceived the brilliant idea of
Tearing the accumulated SCOT out of the
tovepipe by exploding powder in the
tove. They touched off about half
pound, and after digging the ashes out
IF their eyes, they gathered up the frag
nents of the $85 stove, tried to clean up
;he damaged clothing and patch up the
broken windows. On figuring up the
results, they concluded on the whole
shat as a success their experiment was
a magnificent failure. We should
think so.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-21

AN interesting wrestling match took
place recently in Hancock, Ga, between
two old friends aged, each, about 80
years, and named, respectively, Hancock
and Dennis. Fifty years before, to q
day, they had a regular fight, in which
Dennis had been the victor. Remem-
boring his defeat, Hancock proposed to
wipe out the disgrace of it by a friendly
wrestle, feeling confident that this time
he would come off victorious but he
was sadly disappointed, for he was soon
badly whipped by Dennis. There are
not, probably, two other old gentlemen
of like strength and sprisntliness in
Georgia.
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The mystery surrounding the fate of
little Charley Ross is not yet solved, al
though, after searching trial, Wester-
velt is convicted of conspiracy with
Mosher and Douglass in kidnapping and
.conceaing the child. For fifteen months
the whole country has been familiar with
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-21

IF the municipal government of Chi
cago is the foul and corrupt thing the
local papers represent it to be, that city
has certainly fallen upon evil times, and
the people who own the property and
foot the tax-bills are entitled to the
genuine sympathy of the outside world.
The Tribune calls the city government
the Deyil-Fish of Chicago" ikens it
to Victor Hugo's horrible creation of
that name, ana appeals piteously to the
honest citizens to free themselves from
its crushing folds by the same method
employed by Galliatt in Kidding himself
of the monster of the deeply first
.slashing off the tentacles and arms of the
horrid thing and then nipping off its
head.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-21

A CURIOUS mistake in the area of Cali
ornia has just been corrected. It has
ways been given as 1873, 981 miles, as if
t had beer actually surveyed, but the
cast survey makesit only 156, 100 miles.
But still it is the largest State next to
lexas.
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RHLEMEN should be good men, having
good aims.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1875-05-14

WILMER & MITCHELL, GENERAL AGENTS,
No. 81 South St., Baltimore, Md. Zap 3-tf