The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-26
People and Things.


One hunter recently shot seventeen
elk In single hour on the Humptullp
river, W. Z.
THE great fshway at Holyoke Dam,
Mass, built at al expense OF So, 600, is
pronounced failure.
In q Scotch court witness swOre to
the identity of chicken from its re-
semblance to its mother
SIXTEEN cases of buggy-stealing in one
day in Chicago, lent interest to the GRIM
inal phenomena of that city.
A MACHINE has been invented In En-
gland for making hay by artificial heat
at cost of eight shillings per ton.
| ENooH MORRIS, 81 years cid, has
cleared this year with his own hands II
acres of new ground in Paulding county,
Ga.
THERE is no such word as 6 Liar = III
the Chinese language, and the Chinese
get along about as well as any other ma
ton.
QUITE number of poor students OF
Eastern colleges and academies are act
! ting as walters at the White Mountain
hotels, it is said.
ONE of Brigham Young's better frac-
tional paris has eloped with a military
person !; but the Prophet, having few
more left, doesn't miss her.
THE first day of the centennial year
1876 is fixed as the probable time when
the resumption of silver payments and
the incarceration of fractional currency
will begin.
A KENTUCKY court lately sent man
for two years to the penitentiary for
killing another man, and second culprlt
for four years to the same place for steal
ing hogs.
JOSH Billings is to make his g fifth
annual farewell tour this year, with
his 'hily concentrated lektur on
Sandwiches, F" Just for fun and 500
thrown In.
To PREVENT her lover from s'going
back" on his promise, Detroit girl al
WAYS introduces him to her friends as
envy intended husband So says the
Free Press.
A RESPECTABLE young lady in Bow
doinham, Me-, has created excitement
and distressed her friends by clipping
with lover who has served two terms
in the State Prison for horse-stealing.
IT is thought that her new census
will show Massachusetts, to have not far
from 1, 100000 inhabitants. The towns
in the eastern portion of the State ex-
hibit marked increase during the last
five years.
In Hallowell, Me-, the other day, dur
ing thunder storm, several fishermen,
after some parley, concluded not to take
shelter in shed they went on, and it
was struck by lightning before they were
out of sight.
VE1ocIPEDEs have just been adopted
/ by the Italian army, and are now used
for the carrying Of dispatches from the
various corps to general head quarters.
They go at the rate of twenty miles an
hour, and thus save great deal of
horsefesh.
THERE was Denver boy who pulled
the bung out of barrel and stuck in his
thumb the barrel rolled over, the
thumb was fractured, and then ampu-
tated. And now the parent, anxious to
turn a penny, has sued the owner of the
barrel for S., 900 damages.
AMONG other improvements introduced
in the United States Assay Office in Wall
street, New York, is a pair Of balances to
weigh gold and other precious metals
Their capacity is equal to 1000 ounces,
or over 81, 100000 worth Of gold, and
the scale is sensitive to one-tenth of a
grain.
Four statues have been placed on the
tower of the city hall in Buffalo. Lib
erty . keeps sharp look out over Mag
ara river, "Justice' looks across the
city, agriculture scans the wagons
of the farmers bringing their fruits to
market, while Commerce has an eye
to the lake.
A FROG said to be the size of cows
head has made it's appearance near
Montreal, and has voice as loud as a
dog. Several unsuccessful attempts
have been made to capture his frogship,
but when pursued he dives into deep
water and keeps quiet for several days.
YOU'VE men who have nursed latent
! weaknesses by the use Of tobacco, and
young ladies who have debilitated them
selves by foolishness In dress, will Gin a
majority of cases) never feel so badly
another summer as they do this summer;
for this summers weather is malevolent-
| " seeking out just such weaknesses and
making them fatal.
2 THE New Orleans Times says: Three
J hundred thousand dollars was expended
} by the planters of Lafourche last year
: for corn alone. This year they will
have more than they will need. The
P5cayatne says that never before in the
history of Louisiana have SO many white
men taken active part in the practical
, details OF agriculture.
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