The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-03-11

D. r LOCKE &c Petroleum V. Mas
') has disposed of his interest in
} Toledo Blade to his former partner,
d gone the way of all rich people-to
rope.
IT is now cheaper to travel than it is to
" at home. The railroad war has
ade it an object to follow Lord Bate
ans example, and $50 abroad strange
untries for to see."
AFTER receiving $4,000 for their serv-
es, spending $4,000 for kilograms, and
rye sums for the distribution Of 100000
rculars, the detectives engaged to dis
over Charlie Ross have found clew-a
raw hat worth SO cents.
Gov. HENDRICKS recently vetoed a
Ill passed by the Indiana Legislature
roviding for the incorporation of camp
leetlng associations, on the ground that
he creation of religious interpretations
not in harmony with the spirit of the
government.
DEPRECIATION of values of real estate,
tocks, bonds, and other property held
n and obout New York alone, since the
September panic, is set down as high as
100000 The estimate is care
July made upon present prices and those
Of thirty months ago.
CONGRESS has now taken three long
strides toward a revival Of the franking
privilege. The sending free of public
documents and of Congressional Rec
0rd8 by congressman, and of garden
seeds by the Commissioner of Agricult-
ure, was authorized. Only one more
step remaius to be taken, namely, apply
ing deadheadism to letters.
The express companies have won a
victory that will have very substantial
results to them. After several years of
hard work they have succeeded in having
the postage on all packages weighing
over four pounds considerably increased.
The effect of this will be to compel peo-
pie to send all such packages by express
instead of by mail as heretofore.
PINcHBAoK, Collector Casey, and Con
gresham Sheldon, recently INDUCED in
g quiet little game of draw at the national
capital. When the sitting was over, the
coffee-colored statesman was richer by
nine thousand dollars than when he sat
down. After this, who will deny that
Plnchback possesses the qualifications
necessary to a seat in the national Con
gress
The Force bill, which passed the lower
house of Congress, but failed in the Sen
ate, probably excited more bitter oppo-
sition than any measure that has been
before Congress for years, the Democrats
having used every appliance known to
parliamentary tacticians to defeat it.
On its final passage thirty-seven Repub-
Leans voted with the Democrats
against it.
A DISTINCTION which has long been an
eye-sore to Western dairymen and deal
ers IS wiped out by the action of the
National Butter and Egg Association,
recently in session in Chicago. There
will be no longer grade known as
" Western" butter, a term heretofore
implying inferior quality, and the ship
ments from the West will go upon the
market on their merits.
HE House of Representatives at
Washington, on the last day,of the ses-
sion, seated George A. Sheridan as Con-
gressman-at-large from Louisiana, his
contestant being Pinchback. 1t also at
the same time unseated J. Hale Sypher,
OF the same State, and gave the seat to
Efingham Lawrence. Though the
Congressional career of these was very
brief-only about six hours-it was suf-
ficiently long to entitle them to draw
their salary for two years, amounting,
with mileage, to-some $4,000 piece.
CHINA newspapers inform us that the
late Emperor died of smallpox. It was
at one time thought that he was recover
ing, and an angements had been made
for grand festival inIhonor of the God
dess OF Smallpox, when quantity of pa
per offerings were to be burned in front
OF the palace. AS the disease appeared
on the very day Of the transit of Venus,
the Chinese attribute it to that event