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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-02-03
GOlden.Hued Pictures.

Last week party of six men arrived
at Bismarck, d. t., from the Black Hills,
and gave glowing reports of the rich
gold discoveries in that region. They
were two weeks in the hills, and found
1000 miners there, while others are COM
ing in at the rate of rs per day. Three
cities have sprung up-Custer City, four
miles south of Harvey S Peak Hill CITY,
nine miles north, and Golden City, eight
miles east of the latter. They report the
richest mines on Bear Butte Creek, and
from that on west, wnere the party saw
$34 taken out in one pan of dirt, and one
nugget of 500, one of $3.50, and other
small particles. The principal mining
now being done, however, is in Spring
Creek, where the party saw four men
take out $137 in six hours, one day, and
the next day, in the same time, $112.
They assert that the hills will furnish
good mining for Is, 900 men, and are GER
tain to pay from 81 to $40 per day. The
weather is reported splendid, the streams
being clear # ice, and duck and other
game In proportion.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-02-03

During the five years ending Deem
Der, 1875, says the New York Times,
there were 281 homicides committed in
the city of New York. Some of them were
premeditated, many of them were unpro-
yoked, and large majority were utterly
without palliation. Nevertheless, out
Of all this appalling number of man-kill-
ers. the perpetrators who suffered death
were only severa. Only "a were sent to
prison for life; and reviewing this dread
full list, we discover that more than one
fourth of the criminals were never
brought to trial at all. Some of them
escaped, and were never followed up and
arrested. A few have ended their own
worthless lives after they have committed
crime. and more evaded detection These
are in hiding to this day. Possibly some
of them, var1ously disguised, returned to
their old haunts and live securely, In the
belief that " the thing has blown over"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-02-03
THE BLINDNESS OF VANITY.
RUSSIAN FABLE. By JOHN 6. SAKE.

A RUSSIAN FABLE. BY JOHN G. SAKE.
One day Monkey CHANGED to look
In the clear water of brook
Which, like mirror, served to trace
The features of his ugly face.
Astonished at the novel sight,
He cried aloud, Sure, such fright
I ne'er before have CHANGED to see
In all my life. What can it be
If had such foolish look
AS this strange monster Of the brook,
ALTHOUGH. of course, he's not to blame1
I'd drown myself for very shame;
But, thanks to Natures partial grace,
I've got different sort OF face"
Just as the incident occurred,
A Bear was passing by and heard
The Monkeys prattle-eyery word.
"ComeI" said the latter, who espied
His clumsy neighbor at his side,
ssThis way momenS-just look here;
And see brute so very queer
You'll laugh yourself to death-at least,
Jneyer saw so strange beastW
The Bear replied: spray, look again;
IT'S your own image, full and plain,
That scares you SO; the ears alone
Would make the picture surely known
AS yours, beyond the least dispute;
'Tis clearly no outlandish brute,
But your own portrait, full and plain,
In every part -pray look again !"
In anger now the Monkey spoke:
"Of course Bear must have his joke;
But, pray, be honest and admit,
Though it may hurt your pride bit)
fhe image in the water there
Is yours it is not mine, swear!"
MORAL.
To fail their faults to recognize,
However plain to others eyes,
lis (here's the moraD mistake
That men, as well as monkeys, make.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-02-03
Trade with Cuba.

How many persons in the United
States appreciate the real relation Cuba
bears to the revenue by which this ma
tion is sustained, and to the few ships
which bear our flag upon the sea.
For the fiscal year ending in 1875 the
total value of our imports from Cuba was
$66, 745, 527, and of our exports to Cuba,
SIS, 586, 658.
In respect to our imports and the
money we get therefrom to pay the in
terest on our debt and keep our noses
above water, Cuba is second, and second
only, to Great Britain. Here are the
figures:
Ofeat DT1tdAH. .@Ao Uf,oS.
OuDa. 90, 14o'oa.
france oS,o4S,ood
brazil. w
deruany 4V,o0oooo
In the matter of maintaining our flag
afoat, the possessions of Spain furnish
nearly 40 per cent. of all the import car
rying done under our national ensign
NeaU York World.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-02-03
To Prevent Splitting Of Handles.

All carpenters know how soon the butt
ends of chisels split, when daily exposed
to the blows of the mallet or hammer.
A remedy suggested by Brooklyn man
consists simply Of saving or cutting off
the round end of the handle, so as to
make it fiat, and attaching by few
small nails on the top of it two round
disks of sole leather, so that the end be-
comes similar to the heel of boot The
two thicknesses of leather viii prevent
all splitting, and if in the course of time
they expand and overlap the wood of the
bandl9. they are simply trimmed off all
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-02-03

will don the armor of his father and be-
come valiant cavalier, and ride forth
and win renown.''
8 And when he returns he shall marry
my twin sister, said Angelique.
A week after Esop married Angelique.
Theos stood near him at the altar, and
as he turned to pass out of the chapel
with his bride the good magician laid a
hand fondly on his shoulder, and imme-
diately after the peasants who had come
to see the wedding said wonderingly
among themselves, "What is this story
that we have heard about an ugly hump 2
Why, the beautiful young Knight is
perfectly straight p
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-02-03
A HorrENroT FABLE

chicken, wandering far and wide,
Soon saw jackal at its side
And though, for safety, help was soug ht,
The silly saunterer was caught.
Then said the chicken to the beast
Prayer always comes before q feast;
The white man doth some grace repeat
Before each meal-or will not eat"
" I should not, friend, object to pray
If knew how Show me the way -
The chicken said: snow. understand
When you begin, fold hand with hand.'
The jackal followed out with care
The brief advice, and offered prayer
Then spoke his guide: "Yeur words are rig hit
But prayers of faith, and not of sight:
We how our heads unto the ground,
Nor look above, nor gaze around;
And so, If you are good and wise
You'll pray once more and close your eyes +"
So, doing as his prompter bade
The jackal shut his eyes and prayed;
But, loLg before he ceased to pray
Chicken and dinner few away.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-02-03

A TRAVELLED EDITOR. -" What will
you have?" asked waiter of one OF the
Indiana editors, at the dinner In Phlla-
delphia, as he handed him bill of fare.
And the Hoosier with the high forehead
leaned back in his chair, wiped his fore
head thoughtfully with a napkin, and
CALCULATED sternly: "Gimme all !"-Loat-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-02-03
MONDAY for wealth,
Tuesday for health,
Wednesday the best day of all.
Thursday for crosses,

"JAcK, how do you like the rector's
daughter?" "Don't know I've always
seen her drunk" FsWhat the rector's
daughter drunk?" MOL"
Our in Nevada two wives lay claim to
Mr.. Besthoff, and it remains for the
courts to decide which of them shall be
considered the Best-hoff of the two.
THAT was smart little girl who, in
answer to the catechism's question i:
"What is the outward, visible sign or
form in baptism?" replied, "The baby. "
BAD luck is simply man with his
hands In his pockets and his pipe In his
mouth, looking on to see how it will
come out Good luck is man of pluck
with his sleeves rolled up and working to
make it come out right.
A SCOTTISH student, supposed to be
deficient in judgment, was asked by a
professor, in the course of his examina-
ton. how he would discover a fool.
"By the questions he would ask, was
the prompt and suggestive reply.
HERS was face
Whose occult charm no imner'S art
Could steal whose nameless grace q
Where waters part.
A face so fair,
So haunted with sweet mysteries,
1t seem'd face astray from heavenly scenes,
And not of one who eer
Had breakfasted on buckwheat cakes,
Or dined on BEANS
An Irishman was brought before aJus-
tice of the Peace on a charge of vagran-
cy, and was thus questioned What
trade are your" "Sure, now, yer hon
or, an I'm a sailor" You, sea-
faring man [ question whether you
have ever been to sea in your life !"
"Shure, now, and does yer honor
think I came over from Ireland in a
vagina?
A cowAkD1Y inuendo: Darby-"Wot
dyer say? Agoin' to water the milk,
ana II Well, your mother don't do it
oh no, not at ALI" JOAN No, that
she don't, surely ~ Darby" All, then,
if she don't water that there milk, tell
her she did ought to have them blarsted
old COWS of hern matched, cause they
must leak in the rain |" And this is how
the young people do their counting.
A FELLOW in Kentucky ran away with
farmers daughter and horse, and was
hotly pursued. The farmer got within
close range, and fourished revolver.
.Don't shoot, for heavens sake p
shouted the lover. CT WON'T" was the
reply, "'cause I'm afeared I'll hit ther
boss. Just leave ther boss and take Their
gal" The compromise was accepted by
the young folks, who walked on to the
preachers house, the father riding home
on his horse.
DICKENS! Watts Tupper's Words
worth o. asks the New York CONNER
cial. Not a Whitman. Hood imagine
they were. But when the veteran bard
Burns with modification, Shelley be
Dryden the furnace of sarcasm any lon
ger. Besides, Byron-ing him down all
the while, you make him Pope-ular. If
you wish the memory of his Mother-well,
Shakespeare of ridicule at thin no Moore.
Utica Herald. This is enough to
Macaulay Swineburne with Paine. Do
you expect to Tickell any one with such
a Sucking Story? Percy We're Little
Morris dat, and Uhl get LANDED.
Wrother = Cincinnati Times Law,
SAKE these Fellows are Whittier than
we think they are.-Detro5t NeaOs.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-02-03
Wit and Humor.

REMEMBER the poor. There! Thank
Heaven we've done our duty.
DoN'T buy d coach to please your wife.
Better make her a little sulky.
DoN'T write long obituaries. Save
some of your kind words for those
living.
How DOES man differ from the brute
creation? He stands upright, but he
doesn't act so.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14
A Bold Affair.

In the quiet little town Of North
field, Minnesota, on Thursday last,
eight men well mounted and plent-
fully provided with pistols, rode up
the main street in open day, entered
the bank, ordered the cashier to open
the vault, and as he did not speedily
comply shot him through the head
killing him instantly, while at the
SAM time two assistants in the bank
VT. also ordered to show up the
morcy, one Of them replied he did
not know the combination lock and
ran out back door receiving bal
in his back. While three or -four
robbers were thus engaged in the
bank the others stood outside threat
ening to shoot any who intertered
The citizens however rapidly Assem-
bled bringing SHOT guns and pistols
and a young man from an opposite
window r.cAed Of. one o4 the villain,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

Another English iron firm ha
failed with liabllitits amounting It
$5,0O0,00O, If it be any consolation
to American iron manufactures t,
know that others are as badly off a
themselves they should feel greatly
consoled, for in no part Of the worl'
is the trade hourishing. The sudder
cessation of the extraordinary. de
mand for iron in the United States
after vastly stimulating the produc
ton here as we'll as abroad, has in
iured foreign makers even more THAI
those Of this country. Our own fur
naces now have a capacity considera
bly, greater than the entire home de
mand, and being protected by thu
tariff, supply it to the exclusion o
foreign iron altogether. Hence thu
trouble in Europe.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

The Charleston Is. c. News says
Professor Nixon, a stranger to these
parts, who has been living in gypsy
style at Belvilere Grove for some
weeks, promised to perform rather {
novel trick on the Goth inst. He
proposes to allow himself to be place.
in coffin, screwed down and placed
in grave SIX feet deep, He will re.
main there for an hour and half
and then, by an agency, which b.
leaves the public to discover, he will
raise from the grave through the soil
and make his appearance 70 the
crowd. The grave which has already
been dug at Belyilere, together with
the coffin, Will be exhibited until the
18th inst. This is the fourth Ii ne
that the professor has tried this little
trick, ard he says that if lie fails he
hopes that the crowd will b, large
enough to insure respectable legacy
to his wife and children.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

ADAMS COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
FAIR.-The Fourteenth Annual Ex-
hibition of the Adams County Agr-
cultural Society will be held at Get
tysburg, on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, the Goth, 9th and 2sth
days Of September next, with Monday,
the 25th, as Entrance Day. The
grounds, buildings, stalls, half mile
track, &C., (among the best in the
State,) are in thoroughly good con-
dition; and the premium list is liberal.
An unusually full an interesting E1-
hibition may be expected.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

The boiler of a steam thrashing
machine near ChatGeld, Mimi, ex
ploded recently. The engineer, Mr.
Lawton, was thrown $50 feet, bis
body breaking off the top Of tree
twenty feet high. He was instantly
killed. Charles Arnold, the band
cutter, was literally torn in
pieces and bits of his body scattered
around. VIM. Burnett had the toy
of his head taken off by piece Of the
boiler, apd Everett Jones had leg
and arm badly broken.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

Robert Williams, colered, who
attempted to commit felonious as
sault upon white lady near Augusta
Ga, on Thursday, was taken from jail
on Saturday night bv a mob and shot
dead. His victim is not expected tc
recover from her injuries.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

Two brothers, named Kitchens, last
Thursday attempted a political meet
ing at Aikens, s. c. On returning
home one of The bsothers had a bottle
os whisky, of the contents OF which he
refused to let his brother imbibe. In
addition to the whisky both brothers
were armed with guns and pistols
The result was that both Of them were
killed, expiring on the county road
within a few feet of each other.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

Nelson Cheney, jr., agd ten years,
shot and killed his cousin, boy Of
the same age, on South River, about
six miles from Annapolis, Md. on
Wednesday. lie was committed to Jail,
his parents protesting that the shoot
ing was accidental.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

Sheriff Conner, of New York city
is in a somewhat embarrassed pecu.
mary condition. He is called on &c
pay the Judgment for 100000 ob
tanned By the city against Boss
Tweed, the latter having escaped
f ON the shcrih's custody.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

Frank Thornton, colored, was stab,
bed to death by Clipton Smith, also
colorcd, in a drunken quarrel at Prov
idence, h. l., on Saturday night. some
efforts were made towards lynchine
the murderer, who was arrested.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14
CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS.

The political campaign is going on
so quietly that we hardly realize that
so important an event as the election
of President of the United States
is less than two months off. In the
great States of Pennsylvania and New
York a dead calm prevails. The
newspapers keep up the only agita'
ton. The only active stump speak.
ers are off to Ohio and Indiana. The
dulest strains Of the brass band are
scarcely heard in the land. The
hard times seem to have etfectually
souelched all enthusiasm From the
skirmish lines Of the great battle
field, however, we have reports OF
Democratic success in the Arkansas
State election to the tune of 10000
majority, while from Vermont, where
the Republican Star never sets, comes
a counter trumpet Last of the old
fashioned Republican majority of 25,-
600. The next report will be from
Maine where a State election was
held on Monday last. The report Of
Maine may be somewhat significant
as to the Presidential result. But the
elections in Ohio and Indiana on the
second Tuesday of October it is con-
coded WI tell the story Of success in
November.
Meantime as we said the campaign
is going on with few or no exciting
incidents. On Wednesday night last,
however, serious riot took place in
Charleston, 5 C., originating IN the
attack by party Of republican colorcd
men upon some of their colored
friends who had been figuring con,
sricuously in democratic procession.
The whites of both parties interlered
and the result was riot which kept
the city disturbed all night. Singh,
larly enough a serious riot took place
on the same day at Kingston, n. T.
at a republican pole raising, which
was caused by large party Of demo
cratic Irishmen showing their indig
nation at a smaller party Of republi
can Irishnen who were helping at
the pole raising. The orators We're
unable to speak their pieces on ac
count of the terrible ringing Of COW
bells and other noises, revolvers were
drawn on both. sides, about fifty shots
fred and amid shower Of stones The
republicans were forced off the field
Nobody was killed but several on both
sides wounded. So much for the colour
line south and the foreign line north.
The democracy Of New York have
been thrown into serious confusion by |
the peremptory refusal Of Ex- Gov.
Seymour to accept the denomination
Tor Governor made by the recent state
Con ention. They are consequently as
vet without standard bearer and the
Convention will probably be recalled
to nominate another candidate. In
several Of the largest counties Of
Pennsylvania, the greanback party,
which supports Peter Cooper, of New
York, for President, has recently de-
yeloped very unexpected strength
Hon. Frank Hughes, a prominent
democratic leader in Schuylkill Co.,
has taken the stump for Peter Coop.
er. The main strength Of the green
hackers however lies in Ohio and In
diana. The democracy Of Massachu-
sets are highly elated at having Sc.
cured Hon. Charles Francis Adams
as their candidate for Governor. 1nI
Indiana and Ohio both parties seem
to be equally confident of victory.
-1zs--vE.z.EzD
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

A swimming match took pI~ce a.
Long Branch on Friday last. The
contestants were Andrew Trautz anC
George Wade, and the prize was one
thousand dollars. The distance swan
vas about six miles. Trautz won the
race BY about two feet. Time, 10 !
II minutes,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

A bloody murder was committed on
Sunday night at Rosemount, Dakota
county MINI. A farmer, named Cal
lahan, was beaten to ajelly by q
number of discharged harvest hands
Two of them have been arrested.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

Adiutant General Cunningham, Of
Massachusetts, is charged with receiv
ing bride from a firm which furnished
arms for the State, and a committee has
been appointed by Governor Rice tc
inquire into the facts.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

DR.. J. s. Williams was arrested at
Louisville, KY, last Friday, charged
with having committed murder in
producing an abortion upon Miss Lou
Bowman. 1t ~ now thought dozen
cases can be made out against him
He was remanded to prison and bali
rafusel.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

1t is reported that young mar
named Marratt walked from TIE toy
of Mount Washington to Portlanl Me
a distance Of 90 miles on Thursday
lie is a graduate Of Bowdoin College
AID won prize at Saratoga this sum
mer.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14
A number of others were won

A number Of others were wounded
two, it is thought, fatally. The explo-
sion took place on large scow, on
which number of men have been en-
ployed for a long time preparing the
primers by which the final explosion
is to be made. The cause of the explo.
sion, however is not yet unexplained
Among the wou 1ded is Captain Down
ing.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

At a picnic near Brook lyn, n. Y,
last week, the woman and children
were conveyed homewards in farmer .
wagons. In silly race between two
Of these wagons one of them was
upset, killing Mrs. Nicholas and
severely Ill uring about twenty-five
other persons.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

A telegram frcm Port Jervis sta ties
that results of the break in the coal
combinations are beginning to be
shown. The transportation OF coal
on The Erie railway has begun, and
seventeen engines which have been
laid up are again at work.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

Advices from Decatur, Texas, say
that Rev. W. G. England, Methodist
minister, lis wife, stepdaughter, and
four stepsons were murdered at theil
home, six miles from Montague, Sat-
urday night week, by a party Of
disguised men. 1t is supposed the
butchery was committed for money
as the family was rich.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

The room of Miss E. E. Law, Of
Philadelphia, at the Rowland Hotel
Long Branch, was entered, during
the absence Of that lady at bath and
robbed of diamonds and other jewel
ry valued at $4,000.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

In the beginning Of the season rat
tlesnakes were killed measuring five
feet in length. Now they are found
measuring seventeen feet, and before
the election is over will probably
have reached one hundred feet. This
is big va for big snakes.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

Wednesday night a wreck at Bulk
ley, H., while a wedding wa, being
celebrated between Geo. Sleeper and
a lady named Hamilton, Sleeper was
called to the door by Burt Elemlng
and shot dead. Fleming had been a
rival for the lady $ hand.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

Six hundred houses were destroyed
by fire in the town of st. IIyacinthe,
Providence of Quebec, Sunday after
noon. Loss two millions Of dollars
Three children were drowned in the
river during the progress Of the fire,
Over two thousand people we're made
homeless, and thare IL much 2uilerjnI
IIOM hunger and cold
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

A passenger train on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad ran into the
wrecks of two ceal trains, near Wey-
erton. Maryland, Monday, throwing
three cars and the engine into a canal
The engineer was drowned and sew
eral passengers severely injured. The
mails were saved.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

The old tea house of Abbey, Stur
devarl & Co. of lew York has failed
Liabilities to the amount of 500, O0o. -
An effort viii bo made. however, tc
cuAl!MNy yN..Ae-s.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-14

Hilleary Page, colored, known as
the fire fend, was hanged last Fr
day in Chesterfield county. Va
Since 1874 he has fired many build
ings, and after he was convicted
made full confession of his guilt
About 1900 persons witnessed the
execution.