The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-05
PEOPLE AND THINGS.

goods.
SHORT nails make the finger tips grow
broad.
FRESH butter is now following fresh
beef to England.
NEVER apologize for a long letter; YOU
only add to its length.
RETIRING early at night will surely
shorten mans days.
ALABAMA is now selling iron in Penn
sylvania to good profit.
IMMIGRATION from Russia brought us
$3.50 individuals last year mostly Men
nonities.
THERE has been so much rain in Iowa
this spring that the grasshoppers wear
India-rubber boots.
The debt of New York city is over
$3.50, 900, 900, and growing at the rate
of 100000 month.
Mrs. Cox, of Holderness. N. H. 1O1
years old, is now enjoying for the first
time in her life the delight of whooping
cough.
THE Philadelphia Geological Society
has collection of 10, 730 animals, ccm-
posed IN part of 405 mammals, 500 birds
and 1O2 reptiles.
WAGNER recently told M. D. Conway
| that If ever he came to the United States
it would be to make his home here. He
thinks seriously of it.
+ Two CoLoRED men, formerly slaves.
and SO illiterate until ten years ago that
they could not read, are success fully
editing Missouri paper.
The New Hampshire newspapers are
engaged in trying to discover the per-
son who has the largest hand IN the
State. A woman thus far has the honor.
TWENTY EIGHT Chinese boys are on
their way to English and French naval
colleges. Japanese example has evil
IDENTIFY told even upon Chinese anti-Eu-
ropean feeling.
For the erection of a monument to
Linnaeus 36, 900 crowns have been sub
scribed. The monument will be I'M
yelled on January 10, 1878, the hun
dredth anniversary Of the death of the
naturalist.
The orator Of class-day at Brown
University this year will be a colored
youth named Irman Edward Brown.
He was chosen by the vote of his class
mates The honor is esteemed the high
est one that can be gained in college.
SEVERAL new fragments belonging to
the Elgin sculptures in the British Mu-
scum have been lately discovered in ex-
cavations made on the south side of the
Acropolis at Athens. The Identification
has been made by means of plaster casts
forwarded to the Museum.
MASSACHUSETTS railway superintend-
ents are about adopting the practice of
| requiring all passengers to enter the cars
at the front ends and leave them at the
rear ends. The object is not only to
save time, but to avoid crowding and
consequent liability to accident.
A PARIS Snowman, whose daughter
was recently married, presented to his
son-in-law, as her fortune, an elephant
that danced a fandango, camel that
went down on his knees with it's head to
the east at sunset, dog that reckoned
up accounts, and two canaries that
played cards.
A MAN in prison stretched his hand
through the grating Of the jail door ia
Liberty, Mo-, recently, and married a
young lady on the steps of the building.
He had been imprisoned year for OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses.
The bride returned to her home and the
groom to his cell.
CALIFORNIA is losing it's reputation as
land of pure delight. The thermome-
ter lately cut some queer capers. It
waltzed from 102 to los in the shade.
Remembering the enthusiastic praise of
the equality of the climate away off at
the Golden Gate, this thermometrical
attitudinizing makes us perspire and
doubt.
A QUEER case of action on contract has
been instituted at Cattaraugus, n. 7. A
young woman, the plaintiff, sets forth
that her father, the defendant, promised
her $500 commission if she would pro-
cure him wife. She did it, and he mar
ried the woman, but now refuses to pay
up, declaring Indignantly that he did his
own counting.
SIX carloads of fine blooded stock
were sent from Kentucky to the Gov
eminent of Japan recently. The stock
consisted of six thoroughbred stations,
two thoroughbred FLIES, two trotting
stations, three trotting mares, one
ClydesdaIe stallion and mare, seven
bulls, nine heifers and twelve head Of
Jersey cattle.
CAREFULLY cuIled statistics are adj
duced to show that the chances of life
are longer in France than elsewhere in
Europe Of a million inhabitants who
reach their Goth year, Italy has II, SOP;
England, 1870; Holland, 1884;
Sweden, Is, 1877; Denmark, 86,657; Bel
GUM, So, 1872; France, 1O1, 495. Great
Britain has the best show of centena-
rians.
TEE Gar and his eldest son, the heir
apparent, have no fixed allowance of
pay. They take what is necessary for
their expenses out Of the rents of the
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