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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-06-07
A Somnambulist,s PeriIous Walk.

A bright lad Of 16 walked off an ex-
press train near Mansfield, Ohio, and,
strange to say, was not seriously injured.
The train had been running at the rate
of thirty miles, an hour: the night was
dark; the boy cosld not be found in the
car. His father started back to search
for his sons remains, and at daybreak
found him lying within few feet of the
track. He was asleep, his clothes COW
cred with dirt and slightly torn, and his
face scratched in several places, but on
on being awakened he arose and walked
back to Mansfield, distance of six miles.
The conjecture that he had walked off
the train when asleep was found to be
correct. The boy had no recollection of
leaving the car, but was aroused by hear
ing cock crow. Hefound himself lying
near fence, and with much difficulty
clambered up the railroad filing to the
track, where he lay down and slept till
awakened by the searchers.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-06-07
A FOOlhardy Voyage.

The schooner boat in which Capt.
Thomas and Mrs Grape recently sailed
from New Bedford, Mass, for London,
is of 1.62 tons burden-the shortest in
which an Atlantic passage was ever at
tempted, being 20 feet over all. There
was an assemblage of 3, 900 persons to wit
ness the departure. Capt. Grape is 81
years Of age, and has been a sailor for
twenty years. He is described as ga
wiry man to look at" Mrs. Grape is
% years old, an English woman by birth,
and has been at sea two and half
years. Capt. Grape expects to make the
run to Falmouth, on the Cornwall coast,
in forty DAYS.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-06-07
Two Good Scotch Stories.

At dinner at the Whitefriars Club,
writes London correspondent, l met
the secretary of that famous institution,
Mr.. Brodie, a weIl-known sculptor. Mr..
Brodie is capital story-teller, acting his
narrated to him the anecdote of the little
snake with which the American bar
keeper frightened certain heavy topers
10y suggestions of delirium tremens, when
Brodie was reminded of hard drinker
in his own parish over the border CT
knew the fellow right we'll. One day he
came to me gasping and begging me to
lend him my gun. What for, asked.
%, lend me the gun 7 he exclaimed
wildly, and clutched at the weapon.
What d'yeswant, man? You're suffering
from drink. You don't want to commit
suicide p Nae, he said, but I'm very
bad, and I want to gle mysel an awful
fright" I found that Brodie and myself
were old friends of Mr. Sheriff, Member
of Parliament for Worcester city, and
Edward Wilson, great railway engineer,
all Scotchmen, all story-tellers. I was a
neighbor of Wilson's once. He had Mr..
Peter. of the publishing firm of Cassell,
Peter & Galpin, as visitor. Wilson
told him all his "reminiscences. Every Joe
Miller was beautifully adapted. Each
episode was identified by facts and fig
ures. Every story had local habitation
and name. Soon after Peter had gone
home TO London, Wilson called on me.
"What dye think of that mon Peter ?"
he asked. "He's sent me one of their
big books, called Baron Munchausen,
who I tax to ha been big leear." I
smiled at the appropriate character of the
present. So did Wilson, and then, his
eye twinkling and his ipspursed with a
cunning laugh, he said "And what do
you think he's written inside it2" " Your
name 2" I said, inquiringlg. My name,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-06-07
The Possibilities of Pack of Cards

Mr. Richard A. Proctor has gone at
some length into the subject of strange
games at cards his mathematical attain
ments enable him to do so readily that
which would be so formidable to less
practiced hands. There is SPIDERS
web comparison by Mr.. Proctor, which
we will notice, to show how ingeniously
he tries to assist plain-going folks to
understand these amazing numbers.
Treating of the number of possible ways
in which the fifty-two cards of o pack
may be dealt out to the four players, he
bids us imagine that the flament of a
spiders web is on y one-milionth of an
inch in thickness that such flaments
are arranged side by side in close con-
tact and that these millions in every
inch are continued from the earth to the
principal star in the constellation Cen
taur; even then the total number of
&laments would only be mere fraction
Of the number of deal variations he was
treating Of. In another case, relating
to the possible number of arrangements
of all the cards in pack (not the same
thing as the distribution in dealing), he
imagined a phalanx of little cubes, each
only one-millionth of an inch in the
length of each side; he calculated how
many of such cubes would be required
to equal the number he was concerned
with; and be found that if the tiny
cubes were packed together in giant
cube, this giant cube would equal in the
length of each of it's sides 1000 times
the distance from the earth to the sun.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-06-07
Terrible Loss of Sheep in California.

1t is estimated that from one-half to
two-thirds Of the sheep in the State have
persisted from starvation. The loss of
cattle is not so large, as they were taken
to the mountains in time. DR.. Swain, of
jacksonville, started for the mountains
from Fresno with over 5000 sheep,
and the ifeless carcasses Of over 2, 500
of them new mark the route taken. The
doctor says that unclaimed dead and
dying sheep cover the plains, and hun
dreds Of sheep and lambs fall into line
behind the wagon of the traveller and
follow, in the hope of getting morsel of
hay. One man from the San Joaquin
valley lost every sheep he had-11, 600
during storm, and went home penni-
less man. Another, an italian, thought
he could save the cost of ferrying his
sheep across the Tuolumne river by
swimming them, and 800 were drowned
in the attempt Another man, east of
Visalia, despairing of ever getting his
sheep to where there was feed, turned
$4,000 out to starve. If he undertook
to drive them to the mountains, many
OF them must die OF starvation before
reaching there, because there is no feed
on the way, and then when the noun
tains are reached all the good feed is
already taken up by men who hold pos
session, shotgun in hand, and who are
desperate enough to fight to the death.
There will probably be q good many
cases OF bloodshed and death in the
mountains this summer, md many
stock men will mysteriously disappear
to return no more Watsonv5JJe (Cnl.
Tran ec4rjn1f
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-06-07
Too Much Fuss.

A frst-class passenger arrived at a
railway terminus, the other day, who
had been unfortunate enough to get his
finger bruised by the carriage door, and
in rather excited manner inquired of q
porter (who hailed from Erin) where the
nearest surgeon was to be found. Pat,
VINO saw no reason for such excitement,
exclaimed, in not over-respectful man.
ner, "Shut up, ye dirty spalpeen Sure,
ye're maxim more noise than the gintle-
man that lost his head here yesterday"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-06-07
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Send for pamphlet, address,
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-06-07

yes-he's writ Edward Wilson from his
friend Peter, and below he's put Goals
to Newcastle - Then he roared with
laughter. (Which [ take to be dom'd
INSULTS as good as to say I'm as big
a leear as Baron Munchausen p
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-06-07
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Kansas display of products at Centennial sur
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Plenty of Govt lands FREE for HOmesteads.
For copy of KANSAS PACIFIC HON e.
STEAD." address, Land Commissioner,
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-06-07
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-06-07
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-06-07

Conflicting Opinions as to the Mineral
Wealth of the Hills-Quartz Discoveries
High Price of Living-Estimate of Gold
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-06-07

SIT !: y !.
your town. You need not he
away from home night. You can give"yOur whole
time TO the work, only your spare moments. We have
agents who are making $50 per day at the bust
ness. All who engage at once make money fast Az
the present time money cannot be made easily and
rapidly at any other business 1t costs nothing the
business. Terms and SD Outfit free. Address, ut once
isl. HAILEIvH & co Portland Maine
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-06-07

A CLERGYMAN in Lowell, Mass, is of
the opinion that children now living will
see the day when intoxicating liquors
will neither be made nor sold in this
country.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-07
Correspondence.

There was considerable talk on the
streets Saturday last, concerning the
supply of water for the village. BY
the deed of John j. Ridgway to
Timothy Ives and others, published
some time ago, j. J. Ridgway con-
veyed all the water beyond what was
needed for the county buildings in
trust for the citizens of the village lie
had laid out
In the deed form Ridgway to AL
bert Willis recorded in deed book Ii
page 175 the water from the large
spring is reserved with the right of
relaying and repairing the pipe and
the deed to the Commissioners was re-
corded before the one to Willis, the
Commissioners had received it and
laid a pipe and are trustees of an ex-
press trust.
Ridgway is entirely without facili-
ties for extinguishing fires, yet with
an ample supply of water. for this pur-
pose.
spring to Main street the reduction of
insurance nsthe block from Broad
street to Mill street would more than
pay interest on the investment. The
outlay of the county, at the most,
would be the cost of pipe and laying
from the spring to the corner of the
public square.
1t is for the interest of every one
owning property i'll thessvillage that
the water should be saved and applied
to the use contemplated in the deed.
What is everysbody's business is usu-
ally nobody's business and we fear
that it will only be after our town has
been visited by devastating fire dur
ing which the people must look idly
on the destruction of their property.
that any steps will be taken towards
saving and utilizing this water which
biesses Ridgway above most other
towns. = <
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-07
A Citizen of Forest County Blown TO
Atoms by Torpedo.
[Erom The Forest Republican Both Vi

From the Forest Republican Both ultl
Deaths from niti glycerine have gener-
ally occurred to strangers and at distances
from Forest Co., which has had a tendency
to lessen the horror always feltIwhen
friend or acquaintance meets with violent
death. But now we arc called upon TO
chronicle the DEATH from this explosion, Of
q lifelong citizen of Forest Co., Mr.. John
Allison, of East Hickory, who lost his llio
last Sunday, near Scrubgrass.
The deceased was running light raft
of bll-stuif down the river for Mr.. Collins
part of the raft was to be delivered at
Scrubgrass, and the raft was tied up about
a mile above that place on Saturday even
ing, to lay there until Monday, as the bill
could not be dcliv cred and receipted for
until that time. On Sunday morning,
Allison and young companion called I'm.
Witherell, took II walk down the beach te
the monument, about one fourth of milo
above Scrubgrass, which was erected to
the memory OF two men who were killed
there by nitro -glycerine explosion few
years ago. Near the monument Allison
and wi,hctell found some old torpcdoes,
some of them being cast, and others made
of tin. Allison picked UP the largest one,
and told Withcrel that he was "going TO
see what it was made off, at the same
pulling out his knife. Withcrell begged
him not TO mcddlc with the torpedo and
called his attention TO the great danger of
exploding it. Allison replied that he un-
derstood whot he was about, and com.
men ced picking at it with his knife while
Witherell walked away distance of -
feet, as afterwards measured. Directly at
ter he sat down the explosion occurred,
blowing Allison to atoms, and knocking
Witherell over and rendering him senselcss.
the blood gushing out Of his nose and ears.
lie also received a slight scratch on the
neck and one Of his hands was somewhat
bruised. lie thinks he recovered his
senses quickly, ard Immediately started
for the raft to inform his comrades of the
fate of Allison. On their return they met
persons from Scrubgrass who had been at
tractcd by the explosion. Poor Allison's
body was SO atiered and maDgled that the
largest single piece of him found was that
part of one leg between the kuee and hip
joints. His remains were gathered up and
buried on the spot.
Mr. Allison was about q years Of age,
and leaves wife and children to mourn
his untimely death. His father, f. L.
Allison, is in the Black Hills, having
started there few weeks since,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-07
Sherman'S Reforms.
CHANGES IN THEPRINTING BUREAU.
From the Phila. Times Washington Cores
pondcnt.

CHANGES IN THE PRINTING BUREAU.
From thePhila. Times Washington Cores
pondcnt.
WASHINGTON, May 81.
At last the Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing appears to have gotten
down to the bottom figure i'll the
number of its employees. This week
the force was reduced by siXty-dis-
charges, and now everybody has
something TO occupy his or her time,
which probably could not have been
truthfully said of any department of
administration. Idle clerks in office
no longer ornament the establish
ment; several of those expensive
figure-heads, superintendent of divis-
ions, have disappeared, and all assis-
tant and sub-assistant superintendents
have been discharged or promoted to
the place of their former superiors.
When the requisitiOn for this bureau
for next month was sent down, it was
brought back by the astonished otfi-
cial who had been accustomed to audit
it, with the. remark, 81 see you have
drawn for $50, 900, probably intending
to send in another requisition latter
in the month. 1t would be better to
draw for the $4,000 or $4,000 at
once" He could scarely believe he
heard Alright, when informed that less
than one half of the usual amount
would be required. This saving of
upwards of $50, 600 per month is case
OF real economy and practical reform
that must be appreciated by even the
most skeptical opponents ofthe present
administration and reflects credit
upon Secretary Sherman and Messrs
Mcpherson and Irish, who are directly
responsible for it. Democrats who
boast of the economy of the last House
of Representatives may wonder why
they never thought of inquriring into
this mine of economy, and, like Mr..
Holman in recent letter to gentle
man in this city, will tear their hair
and rend their garments when they
come to the Capitol next winter and
find the Republicans have robbed
them of the credit of saving the half
millions dollars per annum. 1t is
true, however that the House did
make faint effort aC one time to re.
trench expenses in this bureau, which
was defeated by the Senate. The re-
duction in the working force in the
Engraving and Printing Bureau does
not lessen its producing capacity, so
there need be no delay in furnishing
banks with the currency they may
require.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-07
Wilcox Notes.

Refreshing showers.
We'll No 8 is full. Two sets of tools
and sand pump in it.
That back-action double extension
gate Of Jeffs is just the thing. Pat.
ent applied for.
And now we are to~have Il circus,
and people that are two poor to buy
potatoes to eat, will find some way to
raise money enough to get into the
show.
Dry o, how dry, says egypt" and
yet it is evident he had taken some
thing just before looking at that colt
Stark says he dom: want any more
boys jobs.
Esqr. Aldrch must have been in "A
fight for he has had his whiskers
chewed off.
Egypt" says "Pete" was fooling
around jeff: Browns place and got
wet. Jes so. JEFF. keeps the right
kind of stuff TO wet IA man with.
That don't say anything about ginger
ale does it? PETE.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-07

The Great Pacific Circus will give
two exhibitions in this place ON
Saturday 10th day of June. of course
every body will go, that can afford it,
and some that cvnnot afford to, and OF
course everybody should, as it is only
once in a lifetime that we see a gen
uine, first, class circus in this meek OF
woods" "All work and no play
makes jack dull boy" is a motto wise
and good, then take your children and
90 yourselvesi and no matter if it does
cost a few cents, remember it wtil
make no difference hundred years
dence; then go to the show on Satur'
hay, 10th of June.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-07

The circus is coming! What circuso
Why the Hillard and Hunting's great
Pacific Circus which is one of the best
circuses travelling. The large bills on
the boards on the opposite side of the
street illustrates, better than we can
write, the wonder and beauties ofthe
circus. This establishment is a circus
only and not menagerie and circus
combined and thus enabling the
managers to give the circus all their at
tention, and make it a show worth
seeing. Next week Saturday is the
day June IL.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-07
Glk Adrurate.
THURSDAY, JUNE Z, 1877.
The MistletOe BOugh.
THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY.

THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY.
The mistletoe hung in the cast le hall
The holly branch shone on the old oak WALL
And the baron's retainers were blith and gay,
And keeping their Christmas holiday.
The baron behold with a fathers pride
His beautiful child, young Lovelrs bride;
While she with her bright eyes seemed to be
The star of the goodly company.
II m weary of dancing now,n she cried;
Here tarry moment-I'll hide, I'll hide!
And, Lowell be sure thou'rt first to trace
The clew to my secret lurkihg-place"
Away she ran and her friends began
Each tower to search, and each nook to scan;
And young Lowell cried, 40, where dost thou
hide?
I'm lonesome without thee, my own dear
BRIDE"
They sought her that night and they sought
her next day!
And they sought her in vain when week
passed away!
In the highest, the lowest, the lonolicst spot
Young Lowell sought wildly,-but found her
not.
And years few by. and their grief at last
Was told as Il sorIowful tale long past:
And when Lowell appeared, the children
cried,
"Scc! the old man wecps for his fairy bride"
At length an oak chest that had long lain hid +,
Was found in the castlc,-they raised the lid,
And u skeleton form lay mouldcrng there
In the bridal wreath of that lady fart
o. sad was her f;tte!-in spOrtivc jest
She hid from her lord in the old oak chest.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-07
L. X. GRESH,
Physician ami Surgeon.

Dealer in all kinds OF cuhiuct ware,
woodland cane seat chairs, kitchen and
eXtcntiOn tables, wood and marble top
tandS, wood and marble top bureaus,
what nots, looking gEts:'cs, wood and
marble top chamber suits, mattresses,
pring bed bottoms, bed stcads, cribs,
Laterty's metal lined wood pumps,
&c, DC. Cane seats replaced with
perforated wood seats, Weed sewing
!, machine reduced from HGj 10 S45, the
est machine in the market, and pic
ire frames made to order. Also Il
,rge assorted stock of ready made
collins constantly on hand and trim
Rooms in masonic building, Ridgway
Pa. v5n49tpdapr27'77.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-07
County Officers.

President Judge-Hon. l.. ID. Wctmore
Associate Judges-Hons. Geo. Ed.
Weis, and Julius Jones.
Sherilt:-Daniel Scull
Treaslrer-JacOb McCauley.
District Attorney-C. III. M'Cauley.
Co. Superintendent-Geo. II. Dixon.
Prothonotary, &c-Fred. Schnning.
Deputy Prothonotary-W. S. Horton.
Commissioners-Michael Wedert, W.
II. Osterhout, George Reuscher.
Commissioners Clerk-W S. Horton.
Auditors-W. III. Hyde, r.. |. Spang-
Ter, George Rothrock.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-07

The Hillard and Hunting circus
which exhibits here on the 10th is the
only exhibition travelling that has Il
legitimate claim to the title of circus.
This establishment is Il circus only, the
proprietors clam nothing more moth
ing less. Relying upon the attractive
qualities of the arenic talent engaged,
they attempt to make no outside dis
play; they adopt no high sounding
little as their nomenclature, they do
not possess and therefore do not auver-
tise cages of animals with jaw break
ing names but they do claim to
have II circus and the best on the
road.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-07
Township Officers.

Judge of Election-Will Dickinson.
Inspectors-James Pentield, p. r..
Smith.
Justices of the Peace-Charles Mead,
Jas. ID. Fullerton.
School Directors--O. B. Grant, Jas.
Gardner, G. II. Wheeler, N. II. Cum
mings, w. g. Service, Eug. j. Miller.
Supervisors-O. b. Fitch, Jas. Riley.
Treasurer-W. II. Hyde.
Assessor-M. s. Kline.
Assistant Assessors-Geo. Dickinson,
John Walmsley.
Auditors-J. II. Hagerty, James Pen
field, j. S. Powell.
Clerk-M. S. Kline.
Constable-J. w. WORCESTER.