The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-11-04
Professor Cunning.

Last Friday evening was stormy and disagree
able still fair audience, among them many
ladies, were present to listen to Professor Gun
ning's lecture on the sGlacier Epochs," especial
IS the last che He said that as far south az
Washington City. we shall frd boulders and
gravel beds which have been brought there from
the North-but how Afer showing that the
same phenomena had occurred all over the north
ern portion Of our globe and the evidences that
the boulders, gravel beds and copper nuggets
found in nearly all parts Of state, travelled
ksl''carpet haggers, which have been brought
here from places hundreds of miles to The north
ward he took his hearers TO the mountains OF
Switzerland. Hebrew map of the mountain
system Of that country and showed how the same
phenomenon had been produced there. Describ.
ed The mountain system Of that country, com
pairing it an immense Cathedral with it crypts,
nayes. isles, towers, steeples, AMI all crowned by
the sno 8-capped dGme of.Nont Blanc" Natures
grand sublime Temple OF God.p Then his
hearer= were brought back and told Of the i'm
1nense boulder rs feet. round, and 25 high on
Mount Washington, formed of stone not found in
that region except as it had been. brought there
by the american Sea OF oil the passage it
had been ground, and polished by rubbing against
the lodges over which it had been pushed by the
soulhward bound torrent flee and snow, leaving
its trackmarks in the rocks that underly the
country the north and left at last on its cloud
covered couch, when The icy sea was driven back
~ the encroaehing force Of a warmer climate
in lis march toward the north. Showed how
these glaciers Were formed: 100000 years ago,
~, ox1ftr dpd nat
the earth during the winter-which vas then
nearly six months in iength--was 100000 miles
farther from the sun than it is now. OF course
the cold of winter was proportionally intense.
This cold term was about $4,000 years com.rg on,
e nd about so coo ears going of-giving at that
time about "15O 0G0 years of very bad weather; !"
during which time the frozen sea of the north
pushed its way southward as far as the lire on
which our capitol stands. During this onward
southern march OF the glacier. it had broken
pounded crushed, and ground the mountains
hills rocks and stones, into boulder, pebbles
gravel, sand and clay covering the then barren
ledees which undel-ly our coil by about 100
feet. with the drift that now furnishes us with
til e soil from which we derive our sustenance,l
L; was only through this great rlbulation cf9the
northern part of our globe that we have the
means of living-'through tribulaliong to the.
forests through tribulation to fruit.i 4Fu D
"A large and very attentive audience assembled
in Simmons Hall last Tuesday evening to- listen
toahe Professors account Of 'sMan before CiYili-
zation, or sthe earth shistory of man, and man
history of man before civilization" Fortified fas
sils from. the earth-petrifed customs-pet.ifed
modes of thought, all combine to show that man
Low proved and savage - existed before the
c.cse of the last glacial epoch. The long haired
elep ant-tne woolly rhinoceros, the cave bear I,
and the raindeer. who existed during thatfrig1d
period were the co-inhabtants of the same re-
gions The first race of man lived in ASIA or on
what is now sunken continent-lying beneath
tue Indian and a portion of the Southern
Pacific Ocean. A wave of emigration carried
the race to America. Another wave carried them
TO Asia land another to Europe. The African
races are The oldest races now living, and the Eu
roJ can the youngest, That here in Wisconsin,
we are treading over the graves Of the mound
builders who lived about 1900 years ago.. They
died out and The Indian took their place. Now
The Indian is dying out to be succeeded by
ourselves and our descendants. In cave discov-
cred in Brazil. where the staIagmite forms in
layers-one layer each year, the petrifed eyiden-
css o f mans existance have beeno found beneat h
d 900 layers showing that more than 1900 years
ago man had lived in Brazil, and occupied this
Cave.l Surely there is nothingin earth great out
man nothing great in man but mind. Will the
m nd of man-great as it is--eyer solve The mys-
terSssf The "origin OF man? Z" Hf
.4oa 4n8i building Notes. .e
UNITS. Y Brande is buildings beautiful villa a
ehart distance north Of the city-immediateiy
adjuining Col. Howe's residence property. Mr..
rande's location is one of the pleasantest on the
lake the building is 58x5S outside, three stories
--mansard roof ornamented With cut stone
finished in the most complete manner with all the
needed modern Improvements ; and heated by a
farnace in the basement When completed this
Will be the incest residence Ia this part OF the
State, both forlocation and convenience S.1V.
Shipman, of Chicago, architect VIM MARITIME.
Kenoshs, master mason, andMessrs oraney & Son,
Kenusha, jciEers. 9..f So fod ad4 IS A1sa
Rs. Whitaker and company, are erecting a
Gew foundry, of brick on the sight of thor old
grave foundry, which is to be one ofthe best of
lis kipd,in the country. The structure, when
finished will be iO2x150. front half, two stories
b. b, The balance wide-open story and "a half
All The convenienc es for carrying on their btsi-
ness viii be introduced, and when completed
viii aid 10 the wealth and beauty Of our growing
town. kommerdaI 8 Cos dInan masons WI
Harrison, carpenter. @eoA tta tsss 3ts
1he German Catholic Church is now complete
~ enclosed and work on the inside Is progressing
fin ely. The dimensions Of the building are SIX
I56 outside measurement. The audie nee room
is 50x1p0 The heig bit from floor to ceiling 33 feet
defght of tower, from the ground TO the loot OF
the croes, 148 feet. Heg ht Of oss IL feet, To-
al height fiom he ground to the Top Of the cross
100 feet. c q. Koch, of Milwaukee. architect
Bedding & Zievers, builders Mr., kovn wasr IL
specting The work, last week, ands pronounced 1t