The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-02-24

rency question, is the broadcast man in
Il the House across the shoulders. He
has been obliged to have Dig chair
made expressly for him.
JOHN STEVENS, of Logansport, Ind,
deserves to be classed~ as the meanest
man In America. He inherited an estate
of $4,000 two years since andsspent il
in riotous living, and now sues the trus-
I tees for its value, alleging that he WASH I
of age when the property was turned
over to him. .0s1 55 gW D.IAI.8H
1 THE Cincinnati Go1stte judges that
Mr., Partons marriage with his STEP
daughter was revolving, and not palliated
by the fact that Miss Eldredge was not
+ an inmate of Mr.. Psrton's household
during the lifetime of his first wife. 1t
further holds that, if the marriage be
ratified under the looser Legislation of
other States, Parton cannot escape the
overwhelming censure of public opinion.
New Mexico is knocking for adhnis-
sion to the Union. OF its liz, 1000 in
habitants, less than 1900 are Americans
that is of the kind found In the rest of
the country. OF the remainder, SO, 900
are Mexicans, with more OF lesso an adj
mixture of Indian blood, and 1000 are
out-and- out red men, Seventy-fve per
cent. Of the population can neither read
nor write. t'l qt.
| CIVIL service reform has been brought
down to a fine point in Canada. About
month ago the Premier abolished the
lunch hour, and compelled the clerks to
attend at their Offices from 10 to A..
whereupon they began taking their
luncheons with them and making coffee.
in the Offices with gas stoves. This has
provoked another circular to the effect
that gas is not furnished by the Govern
ment for cooking purposes. a,t8 aa % s.
WILLIAM P. Ross, pure blood Chero-
| kee Indian, has been appointed United
| States Indian Agent from the five civil
lied tribes of the Indian Territory. His
nomination is now before the Senate
! Committee, on Indian. Affairs for con-
frmation. The appointment is meeting.
with some dissatisfaction among mem
bers of the Cherokee tribe. and it is
claimed that Ross is the leader of a
| troublesome faction In the Territory M
| GEORGE LORD, of West Roxbury,
Mass, met his death the other day in a
most extraordinary manner. He got
piece of meat in his throat, and was in q
fair way to choke to death, when a doc
tor pulled it out with his finger. Then a
current of air began to circulate between
the skin and flesh, putting the man up
even to his fingers and toes, and causing
him intense pain. He soon died., after
which his body resumed its normal size.
SENATOR LOGAN has written play en-
titled " Adventures of a Congressman"
for private representation. It was given
at Mrs Rives' in Washington, recently,
and was pronounced by those present an
unqualified success. The play is merely
farce, illustrating the trials of a green
Congressman in Washington. The Sena-
tors success in this attempt has induced
him to make another, and he has now
ready for the stage drama of army life.
REvERDY JOHNSON lost the sight of
one Of his eyes years ago, when he was
training Edward Stanley to fight Henry
A. Wise, after row the two had had at
s. race course. Stanley was practicing,
and his bullet, striking a tree, glanced
! back, and hit his instructor In the eye,
endangering his life, although it pre-
vented the duel. He has since had
cataract on the other eye, and, although,
it was once successfully removed, it had
partially reformed. IS aas .3 S.
TIE Washington correspondent Of the
New York Bulletin finds, on careful In
quiry, that the Ways and Means Com
mittee are standing as follows on the
Morrison Tariff bill In favor, Morri-
son, Hancock, Hill and Burchard; OPP
posed, Fernando Wood, Thomas, Chaplin,
Blaine, Kelley and Garfield. Thus, six
are certainly opposed to the bill, in whole
or in part, and Mr.. Tucker, the doubt,
full man, will be more apt to vote against
it than to vote for it. .ilat III 14
The present value of the $15, 100000
received from Great Britain to pay for
damages done by the Alabama, Florida
and Shenandoah is, with accumulated
interest, little short of $20, ZOO, 600.
The payments rendered by the Commits
sion to the 9th of December, 1876,
amounted to SIS, 1856, 805. This has been
increased by subsequent awards, and the
total amount claimed, If awarded, will
not exceed $11, 900, leaving nearly
SO, 100000 for subsequent disposition.
The Boston Journal is authority for the
above statements. ,6fe Il. q
REPRESENTATIVE LYNDE, of Wisconsin,
the other day presented in Congress the
most remarkable petition of the session,
signed by nearly one thousand names.
It was for the abolition of the, offices of
President and Vice President of the
United States, the Senate, the House of
Represens atives, and the whole legisla-
tive framework of the Government, the
same being obstacles in the path of free
dom and enlightenment. The petition
is a curious specimen of literature, and
arose among sect of free thinkers and
communists In the West.
Co11ANTEs, the Spanish Minister of
Foreign Affairs, has been trying his hand
at writing circulars, and with fair suc-