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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-29
Personal and Other Items.

WHY do they call the 600-page manu-
script Of Tracy's opening speech for
Beecher, ''brief?"
PROF. WHITNEY, OF Yale College,
will contribute book on the study of
language to the International Scientific
series, thus furnishing the third Ameri-
can work to that collection.
THE English sparrow is now adver-
tised as death on the grasshopper, and
the people of Colorado are going to i'm
| port some.
SCIAnoA, the name given by medical
men to neuralgia of the great sciatic
nerve, is exceptionally prevalent this
winter. e..-
If any of the old Crusaders were
around now and wanted to go from
Paris to Jerusalem it would cost them
only $275 to do so.
THE Indiana rolling mills have made
arrangements by which they apprehend
no further trouble in securing a suffi-
cient amount of coal to run steadily.
GEoReIA has SO, 318 colored persons
who own property. They have 338, 769
acres of land, and their property is
valued at $6,OO0,000
A NEW tale by George Macdonald, GA
Double Story" will be published soon
by Dood & Mead, under a direct ar
rangemeut with the author.
A NEW book of travel in our Pacific
States and Territories is Mr. Boddam
Wetham's Western Wanderings; a
Record of Travelin the Evening"
THE sea serpent has been taking
winter cruise about Australia. At
least, several sbip-passengers say they
did see a serpent there last November.
JONES, of Nevada, is not for the third
term. His candidate for President IS
Brietow, of Kentucky.-NcU York
San.
LORD MARLBOROUGH, lately known as
" the missing peer" on account Of his
mysterious disappearance some months
ago during a fit Of intozication, has just
died In England.
WILLIE WINTER, of the New York
Tribune, is the guest OF Joe Jefferson,
and is enjoying the luxury OF Winter
OF his plantation. His falling health
made trip South a necessity.
UNFoRrUSATE Mile Jouyin, who
was thrown into Ludlow Street Jail for
smuggling fnery from Europe for the
fashionable ladies of New York city,
win be released at the expiration of her
three months sentence without the adj
dltional penalty of the fine Of g, 900.
BoUCIcAU1F has refused an offer of
$3.50, 900 for the exclusive use of his
new piece. the ''Shaughraum," for five
years, the authors services to be in
Guided. He is the most fortunate play
wright alive.
4 WONDERFUL exhibition has been
opened at Brussels. It is a collection of
about 100 landscapes of great merit,
painted by boy named Fritz Ker-
ehoYe, of Burgess, who died an idiot at
eleven years of age.
The Troy Times says: "a pretty
good story is told of one of Governor
Iilden's staff. It is said when the in
lividual referred to first presented him
self zen najt5taire) to his wife and little
daughter, the latter, after gazing at
aim with wonder for few minutes,
5urned to her mother and exclaimed,
Why, ma, that's not real soldier; it's
pal "
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A Fiendish Mother.

An old negro woman by the name Of
Brown, living about nine miles south of
Covington, Ky, had a daughter IL or
Ii years of age, who had for long
time been bed-ridden with hopeless
attack of paralysis. Her mother, an
incarnate fend, growing weary of the
constant care and trouble which the
afflicted daughter required at her hands,
determined to put her out of the way
and selected the most cruel and tor
turing method that debased ingenuity
could suggest-burning-expecting to
conceal her crime under the guise of an
accident. Having perfected her dia-
bollcal plans, about two weeks ago she
set about putting them IN execution.
Placing the child on chair by the
fireplace, she began saturating the
head and clothing of the almost
helpless child from a. bottle of turpen-
tine that she had procured for that pur-
pose. The child struggled with what pow
er Of motion it could command, Knocked
the bottle from the hand of its mother
and broke it, satrlrating the mothers
clothing with the infammable fluid. In
the struggle the mothers clothing took
fire from the fireplace, and she aban-
doned her terrible crime to save her own
life. She ran and threw herself into a
branch near by, and extinguished the
flames, but not until she was fatally
burned. At the time it was supposed
to be an accident, but the monster wo-
man subsequently, when in the agonies
of death from burning, revealed the
facts as above detailed. r
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Vnnrovod CtifTas

The London Daily Telegraph says
Few towns needed Or have accom-
plished so much in the way of sanitary
Improvement as those If Edinburghand
Glasgow, IN reference to which Mr.
Cross, the Home Secretary has mada
public an interesting series of reports.
From these it appears that in Edinburgh,
1850, 900 have been spent sin e 1867 III
creating new thoroughfares and open
ing up some Of the most unwh0lesome
parts of the Old Town. The good IN
tended by the act is already being reap
ed. mot only in the general appearance,
but in the health of the city. To ex-
ecute these works a rate is levied which
realizes $4,000 per annum, and will
cease in 1867. In Glasgow the total
sum raised for these purposes has been
Ell, TIE, 343, which has been expended III
the construction of forty new streets
in those parts of the city where the pop
lllation was packed together at the
rate Of 400 TO 1, 600 per acre. Here, as
in Edinburgh, the results have been
most satisfactory The city has been
cleared of the foulest dens of crime and
profigacy, and their occupants have
been scattered among a population
breathing a purer moral atmosphere,
thereby afording facilities to the po-
lice for bringing the vicious to justice
more easily and certainly. than vixen
the whole formed a concentrated and
combined colony of rufianisn. Liver
pool is also mentioned in these reports, |
but there oVercrowding and other I'M
sanitary conditions have been but i
slightly touched by the Improvements |
acts. The report states In Liverpool |
street improvements which would have I
had very beneficial effect as sanitary
works have from time to time been de-
Vised, and in some cases authorized by
Parliament, and never carried Out,
mainly on account of the enormous cost
TO which it is in the power of the claim
ants to put the corporation" /
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4 Tartar Tent.

A writer on the Tartars says; Their
tents are made of felt, stretched on a
framework of thin curved strips of wood
SIX feet long, which fold up for the
canaels to carry, and when opened out
takes the form of a segment of circle.
-Four of these frames form the circular
side of the tent; and on the top are
placed curved rafters which concentrate
in a hoop three or four feet in
diameter which is the roof-tree and
chimney. AS soon as it is all bound to-
gether with cancels hair ropes, nothing
short Of tornado will make it bulge.
When the bright fire of the Saruaz Ca
shrub which serves. as fuel here) throws
it's ruddy light over the bright colored
carpets, rugs and cushions which are
SO spread within, and lights up the
arms and cooking utensils, the saddles
and brides. Tartar guitars, and various
household articles which are hung upon
o Light trellis of wood covered with
thick white felt, there are less pleasing
interiors to be seennot far from London
or New York than the hbitko Of the
Tartar. .,t 49, FL 49,
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bucks.

Speaking OF shooting ducks" SAYS
DR.. f., ssputs me in mind Of a great
storm that. occurred when I lived on the
island. AS you are allaware, our island
was near by. Casco Bay. An awful
storm arose, and was so fierce that it
drove all the ducks in the Bay into q
pond, covering about an acre, near my
house. In fact SO many ducks crowded
into that pond that could not see a
drop of water "sho," says Smith.
"did you shute any of emp ssThat's
what was coming at. I went into the
house and got my double barreled shot
gun. and discharged both barrels in the
midst of them, but to my establishment.
they rose III the air leaving not solitary
duck IN the pondl'' Good gracious! We
don't say" says Smith, 'sdidn't ye hav
any shot in yer gun, or what in thun-
der was the troubled" "Well, I was
coming to that, said DR.. f., lit aston
ished me at first; but as soon as the
ducks rose, a few hundred yards in the
air, and commenced to separate little,
believe it or not, [ picked up twenty
nine barrels of ducks, and it was poor
for ducks, too. You see, the
ducks were Wedged in SO solid in the
pond that when they rose they. carried
the dead ones into the air with them.
and when they separated, down came
the tWenty-nine barrels of dead ones"
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s. Hail. Columbia is1

'tHail, Columbia!' r is said. to have
been composed under the circumstances
as follows: In the year 1893, when
patriotic feeling peryaded the country,
and when there were several parties In
the field, Mr.. Fox, a young actor, call
ed one morning upon his friend, Mr..
Hopkinson, and after stating that the
following evening had been appointed
for his benefit, begged his friend to do
something In his behalf. 'sIf, . said
Fox, asfyou will write me some patriotic
verses to the tune Of the Presidents
March, I feel sure OF full house"
Mr.. Hopkinson in short time wrote
the. first verse and the chorus, which
were submitted to Mrs. Hopkinson, who
sang them to piano accompaniment
and proved the. measure and music to
be in keeping, In this way the second
and other verses were written, and
when Mr.. Fox returned in the evening
he received with delight the song as it
now stands. The following morning,
the announcement was made that Nh.
Fox would sing q new patriotic song.
The theatre was crowded; the song was
sung and received with rapture; it was
repeated eight times and again encored,
and when he sung the ninth time the
whole audience stood up and Joined IN
the chorus. Night after night s'Hail
Columbia, :" cheered the visitors of the
theatre, and in a very few days it was
5he universal song of the boys in the
streets, from one end of the city to
another. Nor was the author forgotten.
The street in which he resided was on
he occasion crowded, and "Hail. |
broke on the stiffness of the
midnight from 500 patriotic voices.
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A Remarkable college Class.

Rev. j. S. G. Abbott writes TO the
Independent as follows concerning the
famous class in which he was graduated
from Bowdoin College in. 1926:
"George Cheever and [ learned our
alphabet together; Longfellow and I
were classmates in school, fitting for
college, Hawthorne is painted upon my
minds eye, as silent, solitary, with mel
ancholy mien, he walked the college
grounds; Jonathan Cilley, who might
have been one of the greatest men III
the nation, but who was early shot by
Graves in duel, at Washington, rises
sadly before me. In the preceding
class was Frank Pierce. with whom /
have had many tussel to see which
should throw the other en- the bed.
Socially he was one of the most Iowa
BILE of men, and his wife, Jane APP
pleton, the friend of my childhood,
was certainly one of the most beau
tiful and accomplished of women. Pitt
Fessenden, a ruddy boy of seventeen,
was admitted by all to be the 'smartest'
little fellow in his class. Calvin Stowe
was the wit. You could generally tell
where he was by the roars OF laughter.
John P Hale, in a lower class, was an
incessant joker. His fund of humor
was exhaustless: He had ability to
make first-class scholar, but his genius
led him in other directions. S. s.
Prentiss, or little Prentiss' as we al
ways called him, was a6nere boy in col
lege; but he was then brilliant, chival-
rio aud the soul of honor. No one who
knew him could be surprised at the
brilliant prospect which opened before
him ," w.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-29
Published March 6, 1875.
CHAPTER lbs '

AN ACT to provide for costs on writs of certlori
from justices of the peace. ..s-~..
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. At the time of serving writs Of GER
tiorari upon justice of the peace it shall be the
duty of the party in whose favor the writ shall is
Sue or his attorney. to pay the justi es COSTS
dollar for return and one dollar for state tax.
which hall be taxed the same way as other costs
on determination of cases. q ~
its passage. t5
Approved March 2, 1875. E.@- IA .a-7
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-29

PoLoNA1sEs. Black cashmere. polon-
alses are again imported, as they are
found to be useful garments for the in
termediate season. They are cut to have
the effect OF cuirass and tablier; they
have the long Marguerite OF Gabrielle
back, are smooth as cuirass over the
hips, and are trimmed there to outline
basque. The fronts are closed by
trimming, and are very long; the sides
curve upward, and sash-Iike ends are
draped On the tournure. The trimmings
used are those named for cashmere
mantles. These polonaises, like all Ia
bllers and overskirts, are deliberately
trimmed down the front. .s $500. -.
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Published March %, 1851
CHAPTER $40.

AN ACT TO amend chapter 184 of the revised stat
ute8, entitled "Of nquests of the dead"
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly do enact as follows:
Section l. Chapter hundred and eighty
four (s4) OF the revised statutes entitled "Of in
quests Of the deadn is hereby amended by adding
thereto the following sections: "SeCtion fourteen
(4) In each and every county in this state, whose
IN habitauts exceed in number ten thousand all
the duties in the foregoing sections ofthis chapter
required to be performed by justices of the peace
ana such coroner is hereby invested with ali the
of justice of the peace in taking inquests
uy virtue ofauy ofthe provisions of this chanter
and shall have and exercise exclusive turisdic-
county, ex ept in case Of Inability to attend
10 such duties caused by his sickness or absence,
in which case the same may be performed by any
justice Of the peace of such county. Section ff
teen (l6) Such coroner shall be paid quarterly
C1t OF The county treasury of the proper county,
f1r the performance of all his official duties, and
i'm lieu Of all other compensation, salary to be
liked by the board of supervisors of said county,
aad such coroner shall collect for all official SER
inquests) such fees as he is now by law emit tied
10 receive, and shall at the end of every three
county .oasurer Of said county Section sixteen
~ IL shall be the duty of the board of super.
Wis rs Of stch county 10 provide for the of
such coroner suitable office room at the county
scar 90 the county; aud 1T shall be the duty OF
saenc roner to keep in his said office proper books
co. tali ing records of all inquests by him held,
setting forth the time and place of holding such
ivquests, and the names of the jurors serving
IHtt2oN together with q brief statement of the
proceedings thereof Section seventeen 40 Be-
Tore eht21tng upon the duties of his office, every
co qper who is by virtue of this chapter author
1ltd and required to take inquests, shall deliver
TO ne proper officers of his county bond sub
aelibe4 by two or more sufficient sureties in such
penal sum as the board of supervisors of said.
G m1T may determine, conditioned for the faith
81 n"5iolmance Of all his official duties as set
ioi 20 m thS chapter, and that he faithfully ac
count itf and pay to the county treasurer of said
county all moneys which may come into his
h@loS belonging to;said county, and which by vtr-
N9 Il tnls chapter he is required to account for
ana pay as aforesaid. Section eighteen QS) All
acts IN eQnhiC with any of the foregoing provis-
ions are hereby repealed.n
Sec This act shall take effect and be in force
nom and after its pas sage and publication.
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Published February %, 1881
CHAPTER 50.

AN ACT amending chapter 49, Of the general laws
OF 1871, entitled Gan act relating to bail in GRIM
inal cases"
The PEOPLE Of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section /. The forms OF recognjzance ard bail
bonds prescribed by chapter 11S, of the general
laws of 1871, may hereafter be used in all criminal
actions and proceedings, in all Justices courts
police courts, and other courts not of record in
this state as well as in all courts of record.
Sec 3 The following form of recogn1zance or
bail bond may be used in all courts of this state not
of record, upon the adjournment Of any criminal
action or proceeding
STATE OF WISCONSIN, - county: ~.
We, A. B., G. d. and i. f., hereby give bail in
A. B. upon the ---- day of -, A. D. at - M. of
that day, before G. H., a of said county, at his
office, in the Gown or city, of -, in said county,
to answer criminal prosecution for - Estate the
ofense). - -a rs
Dated - ... .-
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RHODE ISLAND viii build new state
house If Connecticut and Massachusetts
will tolerate the rain drip from the roof.
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Published March %, 1851
CHAPTER. 2G6

AN ACT to amend chapter 1877 of the general laws
~ Iq!!E enti tIeu, AN act to revive and restore
&utes." " '1 - '''e0 ''"V
The people Of the State of Wisconsin, represented
III senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. That section one of chanter one hmm.
area ana hftyseven of the general laws of 1870 he
3oenoed by adding to said section one a. the fol-
lowing words Provided, that the said AGA hare Inv
revived shall not apply or have any force or annIi
C%tloI 10 any action now pending in any court of
this tate wherein an issue of fact had been ioined
OeI9L9 the passage of said chapter one hundred
ana hfty-seven of the general laws 1872 so that
iT Ilu secIl :on as amended will read as follows:
mat section y of chapter sXty-one of the revised
sIatutes be and the same is hereby revived,
Ell feiTItoTea aad reenacted and declared to be in
hereby revived shall not apply or have any force
court Of This state heTein NOW Of ct ha
one hundred and fifty seven, Of the general laws
sec, . All acts and parts of acts contrayening
Sec s. This act shalt take effoct and be in force
Approved March 8, 1875
Published March %, 1851
CHAPTER 2Sz
AN ACT to authorize county boards ofsupervisors
to alter the boundary lines of villages hereto
fore incorporated by special acts.
The people of the State ofWisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows
Section /. The county board Of supervisors of
tho several counties of this state are hereby
Ola IN rity Of the Trustees of any village hereto
fore Eco po0ted by special act of the legislature
20 change the boundaries of such village fixed by
the charter thereof, lI.e~
sqe , Ecttce Of the, time and place Of hearing
8uch application shall have been published at
least three weeks prior to the time of hearing
{uGh appi alton, IN newspaper pub
IsA4d in such county, and if there be no such
1e%sP2ptt published in said county such notice
mn be posted up at least twenty days in five )
Ct the n, st conspicuous places in such village
and copy Of such notice shall also be served OF,
tue town clerk of any town which may be affected
by such alteration at least fifteen Q5l DAYS prior
to such hearing, and no order shall be made nv
such county board changing the boundaries Of
sucA Y,llage until due proof be filed with the
cc2uty clelk of such county that such notice hos
beel given as hereinbefore provided
sec 3. No such alteration shall take place wi tb
ton to vote Of the legal voters of such village
30 pc taken at the annual charter election OF suob
V.uPge, ano if majority Of all the votes cast at
such election on that subject shall be in favor Of
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Published February Is, 1851
pTER II e.

AN ACT to amend sections one and three of chapter
one hundred and forty-eight, of the laws of 1874
entitled San act for the preservation of fish in
Waukesha and Walworth counties"
The neople of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. Section one, OF chapter one hundred
and forty-eight, of the laws of 1874, is hereby
amended to read as follows: ssSection one It
shall be unlawful for any person, or persons to
kill, destroy catch or take, in any way or manner,
or pursue with intent to kill, destroy, catch or
non@e 1nascalonge, pike, pike porch, black bass,
GROWER or silver bass, in any of the rivers or
lakes in the counties of Waukesha and Walworth
between the first day OF March and the thlrtieth
Sec 8. Section three, of said act is hereby
amend ed to read as follows: ''section three. ANY
person or persons who shall modest, disturb or d
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Published March 90, 1875
CHAPTER 286

AN ACT relating to and amendatory of section one
Of chapter two hundred and sixty-seven of the
laws OF 1873 entitled San act to authorize town
supervisors to lay out public highways i'll certain
cases.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section !. Section one q) of chapter two hundred
and sixty seven (267 of the laws of Wisconsin of
1873 entitled "An act to authorize town supervisors
to lay out public highways in certain cases." is
hereby amended by striking out in the fourth 4th)
and fifth (5th) lines of said section, the words
(which is occupied by some person or persons
living thereon"
Sec. 2, This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after it's passage and publication.
Approved March s. 1875
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Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved February 10, 1875. s5. -ss r.
EPl1hlished EehrI1aru o. 12I6l IL


CHAPTER IS. ...- -. ~..
AN Act to facilitate the establishment of q law
library for the use of the courts and the bar in
the eastern part of the state >l@- r
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fellows 3D.
Section l. In exchanging the laws and supreme
court reports printed by authority of this state,
provided for by section 49, of chapter 24}. Of the
laws of Wisconsin of 1874, for those of other
states and territories. which practice like comfy,
the superintendent of public property is hereby
authorized to forward two volumes instead of one,
and on receipt of two copies in return and ex-a
change, to deliver copy of the laws and reports
Of Other states and territories received, to the
Law Library Association, provided said
as ociaton shall permit all attorneys of courts of
record OF this state, not residing in the city Of
Milwaukee, free of and access to the library of
said ASSOCIATION during all business hours, when in
said city attending courts of the United States, of
this state, or on professional duties. -r u
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication. sm
Approved February 40, 1876 ~. s-a .se - ~
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~ .
stroy any pickerei, mascanonge, mascalonge, pike,
pike perch, black bass, GROWER or silver bass,
thetlme of their spawning, or disturb or DESTROY
their spawning beds nests, between the first dag
OF March and the thirtieth day eff April of each,
year. shall upon conviction thereof be subject TO,
and liable for penalty of not less than five doarst
worth, together with TIE costs Of prosecution. p
Sec. g. This act shall take effect and be in force
IRON and after its passage and publication. BID
91 Approved February 10 1875 aaess.nR a. saar7e