The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-16

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IT is now proposed to enlist men in
the army as cooks. and at each recruiting
depot to establish school for their
training.
A BALTIMORE correspondent writes
6 A merchant who does not advertise can
no more succeed than young lady who
does not wear a hustle.
THE Presbyterian Church in this coun-
try has thirty-six sJnods, 4,606 minis
tors, 506,034 communicates, and $40, 452
Sunday -school children.
AIKEN, S. c., has debating society
which recently wrestled with the ques-
ton, (Which is de most benefcialist, de
horse or de cow" The COW carried it.
Now WE know why the Chicago folks
want Mullet's Custom-house hewn down,
even to the foundations thereof. There
are three bottles of whisky in the corner
stone.
The Patterson On. j. Guardian says
that recent fire in a stable in that city
was produced by the spontaneous com
bustion of new hay, stored away while
damp.
PRA1sNG the ugliness of the Saxon
uniform, Julian Hawthorne says 'sTliat
army will be found most efficient whose
uniform is least seductive to the female
mind.
SAN FRANCISCO is to build a separate
establishment for the 1853 colored chill
dren IL her limits, as the authorities
VIII not allow them to attend the public
schools.
RICHARD Fl. DANA was born before
Byron, Shelley and Keats, and was con-
temporary with Mozart, Burns and Cow
per. He will be 88 years old i'll Novem-
Der next.
In order to avoid confusion, growing
out of the similarity of color existing
between the two and five cent stamps,
the former will hereafter be printed in
vermillion.
g In the order of the Daughters of
Rebecca,' says the Hon. Schuyler Col
fax, 'are 10000 American women, and
yet no one outside knows anything about
the society. Who says woman can't
keep a secret?"
Two Long Island girls are having a
lawsuit over knife which was given to
one of them by her lover, three years
ago, but has Row turned up In the pos
session of the other, who claims that it
has been presented to her.
MISS SUSAN AUGUSTA FENN1MoRE
COOPER, daughter of tlae novelist, is de-
voting her life to the support and train
ing of little homeless boys and girls, the
orphanage being situated on Otsego
Lake, near Cooperstown, New York.
The Hon. J. H. Brown, of Texas,
thinks Nettie Houston, the youngest
daughter of Gen. Sam Houston, s the
sweetest poetess that Texas has pro-
duced." He wants to get her clerk
ship in the Constitutional Convention.
A RHODE ISLAND man, clad in three
pairs Of pants, was found dead on top of
a railroad car the other night His sad
fate should be warning to all who
would attempt to wedge themselves into
that State with three pairs of pants on.
THERE are are over 2, 700 varieties of
apples known by over 1900 names
1900 of pears, 200 of cherries, $50 of
plums, 800 of our native grapes, 80 Of
currants, 80 of raspberries and 30 of
blackberries, according to counting up
of somebody.
OTHELLo SUTPHEN, Albany, n. Y
This is spring suspended egg-box,
having guide slots, in combination with
pivot pins. The pins serve as guides
and pivots for the different positions of
the egg box, so that an easy vertical
and side motion is allowed to the same.
GOVERNOR Davis, of Minnesota, has
appointed a committee of three to inves-
tigate the ravages of the grasshoppers In
the State, giving to each fifty dollars
from his own pocket to defray personal
expenses, and promising to recommend
their claim for additional compensation
to the Legislature.
REvERDY JOHNSON lost one of his eyes
twenty-eight years ago by the rebound
of a pistol-ball while practicing at tar,
get. He had accepted the honor OF be-
hand, and fearing something might pre-
vent the appearance of his principal, was
getting in trim to take his place. A re-
Cancellation was effected, but not re-
covery of the eye.
AN Irish farmer, James Berry, of
Glannoy, came to grief for the crime of
being found with a hare He was
first fined for trespass So. so and $3.50
costs, then $45 penalty to the Excise,
and finally $40. 30 for being in possession
of the forbidden animal. Catching his
hare preparatory to his stew, without
being legally licensed so to do, therefore
cost the farmer over $40.
Two DEATHS were recently reported in
the London Times from the effects of
chloroform administered in anticipation
of surgical operation. Either is re-
garded as safe anasthetic when pure
and the question is asked by CORE