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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-01-27
A New Political Idea.

The New York Graphic says: "Some-
thing is new under the sun. Senator Bout
wells ingenious constituents have struck
it. They have petitioned Congress for a
law providing that Congressman may be
recalled at any time by majority of
their constituents. This novel idea to
Americans, but it is worth thinking Of
and may be worth maturing. Our sys-
tenn at present is very infexible there
is no wav for constituents to get rid of
their member, however shamelessly he
may have betrayed the trust imposed on
him or for the people to dismiss an OBJ
noxious President, except through the
expensive and difficult device of i'm
parchment. In England they do things
better. The Ministry, corresponding
pretty closely to our President and his
Cabinet, can be dissolved and dismissed
any hour by the failure of a vote of con-
fidence while, as a counter-check, the
Queen or her Premier can peremptorily
dissolve Parliament, send the members
home, and order new election, on the
ground that the country is not fairly
represented. The project proposed by
Mr.. Boutwell, is based on this principle,
and if it could be rendered simple and
easy it would be a great improvement in
the governmental machinery,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-01-27

the signal service and the retired list,
number 2, 979 men, and the active army
%, 936. OF the active army, 1881 are
in the military division of the Missouri,
that's, on the Plains, distributed through
95 posts 2,044 are in the division of the
Atlantic, covering 90 posts 3,704 are on
the Pacific coast, and 1859 IN the South.
OF the $40, $50, 651 spent, list year, under
the Secretary of War, ABOUT $1,000
was for the signal service, 1927, 600
was for rivers and harbors, So, 404, 900
was for the War Department, and $5,-
636, 900 for staff, ordnance. Notifications
and arsenals, leaving $23, 667, 900 for the
use of the active army. More than half
of this immense sum, or So, 1854, 900,
was discussed by the Quartermaster-
General, and represents largely the cost
of transportation and one-fourth of this
cost falls on depots and arsenals. The
pay, rations and armament of the entire
army, therefore, costs less than the
freight and transportation bills.
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Saved by Her Corset.

On last Sunday afternoon as young
lady who resides with Mrs. Grubbs,
mother of T. F. Grubbs, steward of
the Allegheny Poor Farm, was walking
up Federal street in front of the Allie
gheny City Building, she felt something
strike her suddenly On the left side,
which panied her quite severely for q
short time and caused her to stagger
against the fence in front of the City
Building. At this time boy came to her
and inquired if she was hurt, and said
that he did not intend to hurt her. She
did not know what it was that hurt her,
but went to her home and there found q
bullet lodged In one of the bones of her
corsets directly over the heart, and also
found small blue spot On her side
where the bullet had lodged. She can
thank those corsets for saving her life.
PitsburQb Gazette.
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WISCONSIN ITEMS.

A MILWAUKEE man drank about gill
of carbolic acid the other day, mistaking
the contents of the bottle for ''cold tea. =
Mr.. JOHN w. CANES, of WATERFOWL,
has come into possession of a very an
cient piece of silver coin of the time of
Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, who
fourished 400 years B. G. This cele-
brated coin is about the size of our Ameri-
can half-dollar. One side of the piece
contains the head of Ceres. Thereverse
side shows Hercules and his club, with a
Latin inscription dedicatedt to Dionysius.
CHAs. BARNES has been arrested at
Milwaukee on suspicion of being con-
nected with..the robbery Of the Postoffice
at Waterford, Racine County, recently.
The Office was robbed of $3.50 in stamps
and money and gold-bearing check for
$21050. A farmer from the vicinity
identified the accused as the person who
had accosted him the day before and In
CURED the way to Waterford, and the
store of Palmer & Moe.
On Friday night of last week shock
ing accident occurred five miles west OF
Oshkosh, on the Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railroad. AS wild train was proceed
ing to Ripon, ii ran into team and two
men, old residents of Winnebago County,
crushing the team to atoms and killing
Alonzo Bunten, the driver, aged 80 years.
Charles Rosenthal had both legs and
arms broken, and was severely cut. The
blood and flesh of the horses completely
covered the locomotive.
A FIRE at Oshkosh last Friday nigh
destroyed the saw-mill of Conlee, Beach
& Co., and next morning the Peters
House was burned. The total loss by
both fires is $4,000, Coniee, Beach &
Co. losing $15, 900, and FL. Bammersell,
proprietor of the Peters House, losing
$25, 900. There is a strong suspicion
that both fires were the work of an In
cendiary. Conlee, Beach & Co.'s mill
had not been running for three months.
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Legislative Record.

TUEsDAW Jan. 18.-Sendte-The Governors
Resolutions were adopted requesting the State
Treasurerto' show his receipts and disbursements
from September g. 1870, to january l. 1885, and also
recurring the West Wisconsin Railroad Company to
show the amount of lands sold, the moneys re-
ceived, etc. Bills were introduced to appropriate
$4,000 the State Agricultural Society," facilitate
the artificial propagation of fish and to lay out and
establisha State road from Wausau to Shawano.
AsseDe6Gy4- Numerous petitions were presented for
a repeal of the law exemphng the West Wisconsin
Railroad lands from taxation. Bills were presented
limiting the rate of interest to per cent? for the
appointment of an Immigrant Commissioner by the
Governor. and fixing his salary at 50 0O0 and fixing
the salary of the Assistant Superintendent of Public
instruction at 81 900. Papers presented con-
testing the seats of Messrs. Gray and Griffin.
WEDNESDAY,. Jan. 19.-Sendte. intro
duced: To memorialze Congress for additional
mail facilities in Green Lake and Waushara Coun-
ties; transferring the Soldiers Home to the Trustees
of the Wisconsin University; appropriating the sum
of 81 900 to the Northern Agricultural Society," S1S
600 to the Blind Asylum $4,000 to the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum; S7O,5 800 to the Wisconsin Insane
Asylum $31 900 to the Industrial School, and S1I4-
700 to the Northern Hospital. Reports were re-
cepts and expenditures from September 80 to De-
cember 80, and from the State Board of Centennial
Managers, and from the Wonen's Centennial Com
mittee. Senator Hurd was appointed additional
member of the Committee Redistricting the State
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Postal Cards.

The Postmaster General in his last re-
port estimates that 100000 postal
cards Will be needed during the fiscal
year ending June 80, because Of the
growing popularity of the cards and the
demand there will be for them fo~ cen
tennial advertising. But the demand
thus far exceeds the estimate. There is
some talk Of getting up a centennial pos
tai card, to bear suitable inscription, to
be sold at Philadelphia as tokens of the
exhibition, plan which it has been de-
cided to carry out in regard to the Gov
eminent stamped envelopes. A possible
substitute for Or improvement upon the
postal card, the manufacture of which is
under consideration in. the Postofice
Department, is a stamped sheet about
the size of half-sheet of note paper,
with a gummed flap at one end, to serve
as both letter paper and envelope, and
to cost two cents.
A WASHINGTON correspondent is A.
Ritter.
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L a period OF nineteen years:

ln0 NUMBER OI IH1ltlr0S LII 1910, Lib Will
be observed, is the largest ever expe-
rienced; but the amount of liabilities
was exceeded In 1857, 1861 and 1873.
The most effective and useful depart
ment of our Government, compared
with the cost, is, undoubtedly, the Sig
nal Service. At comparatively trifing
expense it receives from it's various sta
lions, in every part of the land, 1,044
daily reports, and sends out its prognos-
tications to govern the harvest, the lake
commerce, the canal transportation, the
movement of the boats on the MISSISSIPPI
pi, and the departure of ships on the
sea. The approach of storms on the
lakes and the movement of gales on the
coast, the coming of rain, the freezing of
the canals, and the rise and progress of
river floods, have been so successfully
forecast that hundreds of lives and mil
lions of money have been saved. The
results achieved astonish the Old World,
and the international Congress of Geog-
raphers at Paris has notified Gen. Myer
that no honor which it could confer is
deemed commensurate to his deserts.
The Armsg and Navy Journal comes
into the discussion of the reduction of
the army with mass Of interesting mat
ter which throws some light on the high
cost of the army. The non-combatant
forces of the army, including the staff,
| the West Point instructors and cadets,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-01-27
A Suit for S4OO.OOO,OOO.

The celebrated jennings case, which
has been in the courts of England for ff-
teen years, 1t is said will be soon decided.
Jennings died in this State about hun
dred years ago, and left property in En-
gland valued then at SIS, 5000 Since
that time it has increased in value to
over 40O,O0O,OOO. The heirs to this
immense sum in England and the State
of Virginia number about 100. The
ground of the litigation now going on is
the identity OF the Virginia claimants,
which is disputed by some of the Eng
lish heirs. There ere seven claimants in
Richmond, and one of the principal is a
young gentleman who is clerk in one of
the stores here. He is represented in
this case by Messrs. T. T. Giles and
Judge Halliburton, and j. V. Reddy,
ESQ.,, of this city, two lawyers in
Georgetown, D. c., and Hon. Judah P.
Benjamin in England. He yesterday
received letter from thelast mentioned
distinguished lawyer, In which that gen
tleman assures him that this tedious case
is nowrapidly drawing to a close, and
states that there is every indication that
the identity of the Virginia claimants
will be admitted. In that event the heirs
in this city would receive $35, 900, 900,
or $5,OOO,000 apiece. The majority Of
the other Virginia heirs reside in Lynch
burg. Mr. Reddy will probablygo over
to England SOON in the interest of his
client. The Jennings estate has been in
the hands of the Cashier of the Bank of
England, and he will continue to hold it
until the courts decide the matter
Richmond Wing.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-01-27

Griselda trembled as she stepped aside
from her class and courtesied her thanks
for the beautiful prize.
ssI shall hate her" whispered Julie,
" that dreadful Griseldai
"No, no, whispered a tiny girl at
her side, ssdo not hate her-poor Girls
elda! we must be glad for her-don't
you see that although she has the prize
there is no one to care r.
And Grisel6a heard Merton say
eyes, little girl, she has something bet
ter; don't you know-she has a00rked
and aOoqa ?'' And when that night she
felt the tears coming to her eyes as she
slipped the prize under her straw pillow,
and was falling asleep to dream dreams,
the words were sweet to her, as they
tripped through her mind" She has
something better; she has worked and
won"
An Exquisite story by Lamartine.
In the tribe of Neggedeh, there was a
horse whose fame was spread far and
near, and Bedouin of another tribe, by
name Daher, desired extremely to pos
sess it. Having offered in vain for it his
canleIs and his whole wealth, he hit at
length upon the following device by
which he hoped to gain the object of his
desire. He resolved to stain his face
with the juice of an herb, to clothe him
self in rags, to tie his legs and neck to-
gether, SO as to appear like lame beg
gar. Thus equipped, he went to wait
for Naber, the owner of the horse, whom
Ike knew was to pass that way. When
he saw Naber approaching on his beau
tiful steed, he cried out in weak voice
clam a poor stranger ; for three days
I have been unable to move from
this spot to seek for food. | am
dying help me, and heaven will reward
you"
The Bedouin kindly offered to take
him upon his horse and carry him home;
but the rogue replied
cannot rise | have no strength
left"
Naber, touched with pity, dismount-
ed, led his horse to the spot, and with
great difficulty, set the seeming beggar
on it's back. But no sooner did Daher
feel himself in the saddle, than he put
spurs to the horse, and galloped of,
calling out, as he did so:
SIT is I, Daher. I have got the horse
and am off with him."
Naber called after him to stop and
listen. Certain of not being pursued,
he turned and halted at a short dis
lance from Naber, who was armed with
spear.
"Since heaven has willed it, I wish
you Joy of it /; but | do coniure you
never to tell any one how you obtained
it."
"And why not - said Daher,
Because" said the noble Arab, San
other might be really i'll, and men would
fear to help him. You would be the
cause of many refusing to perform an
act of charity, for fear of being duped,
as I have been.
Struck with shame at these words,
Daher was silent for moment, then,
springing from the horse, returned it
to its owner, embracing him. Naber
made him accompany him to his tent,
where they spent few days together,
and became fast friends for life.
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A Baby With Three Arms and Hands.

Nature developed one of her singular
freaks in this city last week. A young
wife gave birth to male child, weigh
ing eight and half pounds, which has
two perfectly formed and well developed
arms starting from the shoulders and
one behind. The lady has been married
about three years, and this is her first
child. Mother and child are both doing
well, but the family are not anxious for
notoriety, and therefore, as a matter of
delicacy, we refrain from mentioning the
family name. Having, however, seen
the child, we can vouch for the truth Of
the above statement. Mount Carmel
(zl.) Register.
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P0nnlar Occunations.

The following figures are taken from
the ceususes of the two countries. I'm
observing the differences, it should be
remembered that the population of Eng
land and Wales is %, 712 1855, and Of the
United States 38, 555, 083, according to.
the respective censuses of 1871 and
1870.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-01-27
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Baby Arithmetic.

Rosebud, dainty and fair to see,
Flower of all the world to me,
Come this way on your dancing feet
Say, how much do you love me, sweet ?
Red little mouth drawn gravely down;
White brow wearing puzzled frown,
Wise little baby Rose is she.
Trying to measure her love for me.
81 love you all, the day and the night
Ali the dark and the sunshine bright,
All the candy in every store,
All the dollars, and more and more,
Over the tops of the mountains high,
All the world, way up to the sky"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-01-27

BABcocK will not be convicted if emf
nent counsel can prevent. He has re-
tanned Emory Storrs, of Chicago, and
Judge J. K. Porter, of New York, to de-
fend him.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-01-27

The large number OF dT6SsInaKeTs,
milliners and bakers in the smaller pop
ulation of England and Wales may be
accounted for by the fact that in the
United States much of the work of those
trades is done by housewives.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-01-27
A Firebrand i'm the Family.

We propose to give our young readers
few "points " with regard to the candy
question. The next time that your
mother predicts that you evil not have
tooth in your head from eating so
much candy, reply pleasantly, but firm
", that Henry, Duke of Beaufort, for
forty years ate nearly pound of sugar
candy daily, and yet died at the age of
80 with full set of perfect teeth in his
head. If this is not enough, crush your
parent completely by remarking, coldly,
that every schoolboy knows that Clelland,
in his I" Institutes of Health, F" mentions
Mr.. Mallory WIZ was extremely fond
of sugar and addicted to its use, and
who reached the ripe age of 100 years,
having good teeth until he was four
score, and then actually cut a new set.
IF your father comes to your mothers
relief, assure him that teeth have been
soaked in syrup for whole year without
any perceptible effect, and that the best
authorities now say that sugar is good
for children. Now, If this isn't a fire
brand, we don't know what is.-Nee0
York Star.
A FRENCH machinist has discovered
that by keeping his turning tools con-
stantly wetted with petroleum he was
able to cut metals and alloys with them,
although when the tools were used with
out the oils their edges were soon turned
and dulled. The hardest steel can be
turned easily if the tools be thus wet
with mixture of two parts of petroleum
with one part of turpentine.
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A WASHINGTON correspondent is A.
R;+or
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-07-01
TraYelerS, AlfenfiOni

You cannot have a better rais tccun on your jour
ncy than lIostetter'S Stomach Bttrrs. That prime
medicinal agent will enable you drink bracksh
water without running the risk of disorrred stomach
and bowels. will neuiraliLc the influence of foul
masmatic air, and will prove most agreeable and
Wholesome stimuant and means of councracting the
fticues of travelling. On long voyages where the
of whtlinS other vessels almost wholly
restricted to salt meat it has proved admirable pre-
v"ntive Of >curvy AMI in the tropical it the
sailor from ship fever and malaria. 1t las proved
the surest reliance of the -mgrant exposed to tie
masmac complaints which prevail in regions of
country newly cleared of timber where the of the
falling stagnant vegetation uncNpoSed to them
perhaps since the creation, cNhac vupors laden with
the seeds of disease.
Acclim,tiou or the labituation of the constitution
10 pcCuliariiies Of untccustumrd climate: is
greatly facilitated by the regular this protective
ELIXIR. which mparts such vigor and elasticity every
and fiber that it is impossible for the vital
gcs to become depressed to point Inconsistent with
health In unEtvorable conditions of the atmosphere
the Bters should be used at least twice day morning
and evening bin. the best times. pursuance of this
when there is danger. the system develops
evidences of debility. will ceeually neutralizc the
peril
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-07-01
Chesapeake City Items.

GLOW much does Tile. Wigs Man
About Town. living on the raging canawl,
know about horse racing according to rules,
when he reports the decision of the late
defunct Oxford Fair to be unbiased" asks
the man Of The Democrat, last week.
MAN About Town. knows this much. at
least: That it is the rule to give the prize
to the fastest horse, and that is what they
did at Oxford. presume that residence
in the neighborhood of the "raging ca
nawl" is as favorable to sound judgment,
in relation to turf matters as any other
locality, even the neighborhood of Tile
Democrat office, full of wisdom though it
may be. The next time The Democrat s
man goes to a race, let him take horse
that can move some, instead of a cart horse,
and perhaps he may gee prize. Then l
am sure he will consider all fair.
DROWNED.
On Sunday last, Samuel White, a colored
man, went into Biddle's pond to battle.
Getting into deep water and being unable
to swim, he was drowned before assistance
could reach him. lie was twenty five years
of age, and a man of good character.
The warm weather has brought out the
BIG TRUNKS,
and our upper tendon is all astir, looking
out for localities where they can keep cool.
Some of them took heavy fevers when
they heard of the nomination Of
HAYES AND WHEELER.
The Democrats are not so confident as
they were, and don't boast SO much of
making "a clean sweep" as they used to,
before their convention met.
IMPROVEMENTS.
Our town isn't finished yet. There are
three fine houses all ready for the plasterer.
Mrs. Cook has put up Il large 0ren at her
bakery, where she is now prepared to fur
nish every thing in her line. She also pro-
poses to do the cooking for our families
during the hot weather, thus relieving our
people of the necessity of hot fires at home.
REV. MIR. NEWMAN
will preach Centennial sermon in the M.
Z. Church, on Sunday next, at half-past
10 A. NJ. Seats free.
\ MAN ABOUT Town.
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DIED.

SWEETAPPLE.-S on June %,
at Marley Mills, near Elkton, CHARLES
EDWARD. infant son of Edward and Jane
Sweetapple.
DAVlS.-Departed this life, on Monday,
June 12th, 1876. MARY E., daughter of
John T. and Sarah c. Davis, aged year,
3 months and 3 weeks.
A papa's darling, Il mothers dear,
Has thus been called away,
To greet them on that blissful shore,
At no great distant day.
\ little bud too pure for earth,
SO promising, so bright, SO fair;
Truly Jesus knows its worth,
And takes it from this world of care.
TERRELL.-At Cherry Hill, on the
10th of June, MARTHA g., wife of John
NJ. Terrell, and daughter of Elizabeth
and the late William G. Hasson, in the
39th year of her age.
All is dark within our dwelling;
Lonely are our hearts to-day;
For the one we loved so dearly
Has forever passed away.
Her tolls are Ger, her work is done,
And she is fully blest;
And fought the fight, the victory won,
And entered into rest.
You'll not forget me husband and children
When I'm sleeping meath the sod;
But plant the laurel DER me,
AS loved yon next to God.
Gone, but not forgotten.
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SNi 4 RT.


| believe you have il citizen who started
for North East, but brought up in Newark.
Well, we have enc of them, and let him run
loose, at that. Our young man went to
Elkton in one train, intending to return
on the next one. After attending to his
affairs there, he calmly wendell his way to
the depot; calmly purchased a ticket for
North East; calmly took his seat in the
north bound train; was calmly wllrled
along to Newark, when he calmly began to
realize that he had made a mistake, and
was twelve miles from home, with a fair
prospect of having to walk back. on one of
the hottest days of the season. He footed
it like man, and when he arrived his
trowsers and things looked as if he had
calmly thrown himself into the river lis
dangerous to ask him how he liked his
trip.
NEW INDUSTRY.
Mr. Hunt, who, some time since, had his
razor stop factory, in Philadelphia, de-
stroyed by fire, and who resides a short
distance west of this town, has concluded
to start the business here. He is fitting up
a factory, and will soon be prepared to re-
sumo operations. Thus you see this is be-
coming quite manufacturing town. We
have now large iron works, two fire brick
anu stove Tile WORKS, one eartnen ware
mandatory, carriage factory, and the
razor strop factory. There yet remains an
opportunity for some enterprising person
or persons to start cotton factory; the
ground for this purpose, located on the
river, can be purchased at a low figure and
on reasonable terms. l will also mention,
as one of the industries of North East,
the steam saw mill.
POLITICAL.
The merits and dement's of the respec-
tive candidates are freely discussed. The
Republicans are perfectly satisfied with
Hayes and Wheeler, and the Fifth district
may be depended upon to roll up hand
some majority for them. We are satisfied
that such men may be safely trusted with
the reins of government. Here, as else
where, they brought the salary grab - up
against Gov. Hayes but it wouldn't work,
because he wasn't there; and Mr.. Wheeler's
action in regard to that matter completely
knocks the props from under any accuse
ton they might bring against him. The
enemy are at a complete loss for plan of
attack. -