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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-09
Setting Out Strawberry Plants.

In growing Strawberries we have
had the best success in transplanting
early in the season. This is the expert
ence also of prominent growers Of this
fruit. Some transplant the last OF
July or first Of August, and even ear
lier if they have strong plants. Weak
or immature plants should never be
used, for they seldom if ever repay for
time and trouble expended on them.
Plants that are set out late sometimes
produce good crops, but they are rem
dered uncertain by not becoming suf-
ficiently fixed in the earth as to resist
heaving during the changes Of weather
in the Winter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-09
From the San Francisco Mai
4 New and Wonderful Fruit.

Diospyros Kali, known as the date
plum or japanese persimmon, has been
grown in California, and its successful
culture fully established The tree is
highly ornamental, is a prolific bearer,
is hardy as the pear, and ripens as
early. The fruit can be shipped across
the continent. When dried it is equal
to figs, and can be kept a long time. It
is of bright yellow, orange, or vermil-
lion color. and is unsurpassed for the
table, being thought by some to be
equal to the peach or strawberry. It's
average weight is from one-half pound
to over q pound. The wood is Yalua-
bic for manufacturing, being a species
Of the ebony order, Ebenaceac. It will
bear in from one to three years. Gull
tivate the same as apples, and in same
variety Of soil. Grated and reliable
stock can be sent by mail
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-09
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DE, KINGS NEW DISCOVERY.

For the speedy cure Of Consumption
and all diseases that lead to it, such as
stubborn Coughs, neglected Colds, Bron-
chitis, Asthma, pain in the side and
chest, dry hacking cough, tickling in
the throat, HoTseness, Sore Throat and
Iall chronic or lingering diseases Of the
throat and lungs, DR.. Kings New Dis
coyery has no equal and has establish
ed for itself a world wide reputation,
A great many Of cur leading physicians
recommend and use it in their practice
The formula from which it is prepared
is highly recommended by all medical
journals. The clergy and the press
have complimented it in the most
glowing terms. Go to your druggist
and get trial bottle free Of cost or a
regular size for $1.00. For sale by f
Robinson, ken0sha, Wis.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-09
WILM0T ITEMS.

The latest excitement in town was a
lWhirligig and hand organ.
Considerable was said Of late about
striking but fortunately no one as yet
got struck.
The harvest is about over and the
farmers feel somewhat relieved.
The pastures, corn, and other fall
crops are suffering very much for want
of rain in this locality.
The School Park looks VerJ much
improved since Mr.. Duffy applied his
armstrong moving machine to the
grass and weeds.
No one denies the fact that our
cheese maker, MI. Mayhue, makes first
class cheese, out it is also a fact that
Mr.. r. Arnold raised the boss potatoes.
Thirty-fye potatoes Of which the lars
est weighed twenty ounces and the
SMALLEST four ounces was the produc-
ton Of one hill. Beat that if you can.
Mr.. J. Hegeman has large pile OF
| lumber in his yard with which he is
| intending to enlarge his hotel.
The mill is now provided with new
pair of steps and platform.
The party that went to Geneva on a
pleasure trip last week had very good
and enjoyable time.
Last Thursday q party from Rich
mond and Wilmot took passage on the
steamer Athlete for an excursion and
picnic to Fox Lake. The picnicers all
returned safely and from the appear
ance of their smiling faces I judged
that they enjoyed the trip very much.
We are glad to learn that MI. and
Mrs. Z. ". Hagsradt are recovering
from their sickness.
Mrs. Seeman, from Greenyille, Ill, is
in town visiting her parents Mr. and
| Mrs. E. J. Owen. OBSERVER.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-09
A Pink pond-T.ilr-

With its usual enthusiasm over such
matters, the Providence Journal says:
:" Here is pink pond-lily 2 said a
friend, presenting at the same time q
bud Of the rosy-tinted flower, It was
an unsightly object to behold, with its
coarse indla-rubber-like stem, its pur-
lish green sepals tightly inclosing the
petals. Can a miracle of beauty lie
hidden under such a rough exterior?
we mentally ask as We place the bud
in fresh water and wait for future
development. The next morning q
marvellous transformation took place
The pond-lily was astir with the morn
ing sunbeams; the mysterious life
principle was at work; the curious in
stinct born with the plant burst the
chains that imprisoned it, and display
ed the perfected flower il it's ineffable
loneliness. It was a pure pleasure to
witness the graceful opening Of the bud,
as the protecting sepals moved
slowly back, and each row Of
petals followed the leading, until
the golden stanens were laid bare,
and a pond-lily, touched with the
rosy hue Of the ocean shell, was
before olr admiring eyes in all the
glory Of fresh inforescence. The old
Greek myth made Water-Iilies the
abode of the nymphs or naiads that
peopled the streams, and the plant has
lreceiyed the botanical name Of Nym
ph0a odorata, from the poetic legend,
and the delicious fragrance it exhales.
The flower we celebrate was 2 charm
| ing pers0nifcation Of water-sprite,
with its rosy blush, it's heart of gold,
it's symmetry Of form, its graceful re-
pose, and its sweet perfume. The
tricksy sprito appeared very well salts
| fed with her quarters, even if8he were
not in her native element, for the
Isupurb c0r0lla remained open for near
lily forty-eight hours without a symptom
OF decay, and when at last it succumb-
ed to inevitable fate, it seemed as If
something human were passing away
as the petals Withered and wilted on
the stem, rosy-pink to the last breath"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-09

question is brought home to us, how
much Of this is due to a superficial and
pernicious education?
Our schools are to our children what
the hot-bed is the the vegetable. There
in they undergo a forcing process of
the brain, productive of loss of mus
Icular energy that is deplorable, and a
perfect adaptation for the rougher lines
Of life is sunk in a prurient sentiment
that begets a false idea Of greatness
and nobility.
Out Of this come teachers that should
be wood-choppers and cooks lawyers
who should be mechanics; ministers
who should be auctioneers; merchants
who should be farmers; husbands and
wives entirely untitled for the stern
realities Of marriage life; and fathers
and mothers whose children die in in
fancy or live to be a disgrace TO those
who gave them existence.
That q uniformity Of textbooks in
schools, and some means of purchase
more economical than the present mode
.of buying is necessity, is not to be
disputed; but now that Pump Carpen-
ter has left the State, and David At
wood is attending to other duties than
those pertaining to the supply Of
schools with textbooks, perhaps it will
be well to go slow in this matter, and
as school boards have all the authority
necessary, it might be as we'll for SUI
perintendents to be giving their atten-
tion to the greater problem-HoW to
make our schools subserye the pur-
poses for which they were established,
to make vague theories give place to
practical ideas and to qualify the pu-
Ipils FOR the exacting demands Of the
present in the struggle for life? X,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-09
8, oDt syG 101DsC.,

Teachers Examination and Institute
FALL, 1872.
The Fall Examinations for KenOsha
County will be held as follows:
At Kenosha ON Friday and Saturday
september It'll and 8th. AT the
"Pease School House" in Salem, on
Tuesday aid Wednesday,, September
18th and 18th.
At Kenosha on Friday and Saturday
October goth and 9th, for those only
who cannot attend either of the others
Examinations will begin at nine O'clock
A. M.
THE FALL INSTITUTE, conducted by
Prof. Albert Salisbury, of Whitewater
and Prof. Hosea Barns, of Ken0sha
assisted by Prof. Il. P. Maryatt, and
some of the best teachers of the city
and county, will be held in the High
School Room in Kenosha, commencing
Monday, August 27th, ana c0N1lhu1he
for two weeks.
LECTURES. Rev. I. p. Sawin, Of
GAINESVILLE, will lecture on Teaching
and Training" Friday evening August
31st.
Prof. II. Barns win also deliver q
lecture sometime during the session OF
the institute.
All who intend to teach, during the
coming year, should be on hanG
promptly, and avail themselves Of The
advantages thus offered. Teacher
will find this Normal work an invalua
HE assistance to them in the school
room, Patrons also, and especially
district officers are cordially solicited
to be present.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-09
Linseed Oil for Pear Blight.

The american Rural Home says
"a year ago We gave some account OF
experiments by D. 2. WeScott, Of this
city, in treating bighted pear trees
with linseed oil. He had, in the latter
part Of the previous year washed
several pear trees which had c0mmenc-
ed blighting, with raw 1inseed Oil, and
the spread Of the blight seemed to
have been arrested, and the trees had
then put put forth their foliage, which
appeared perfectly healthy.
eve felt little anxious to know
whether those trees entirely recovered,
or whether in the course of last season
they succumbed. So yesterday, June
1st, we visited the grounds again, and
were pleased to find his trees looking
perfectly healthy, and making yigor-
Gus growth Of new wood. You can
see upon the trunks, and on some of
the branches, the dead, blackened ex-
terror bark, showing the effects Of the
blight, two years since, but not leaf
indicates that any remnant of the
disease remains. We took a knife,a and
cutting through the dead bark, found
the inner bark green and sound. We
think that these results are sufficient
to warrant further trial Of the remedy,
as it is easily applied, and seems to do
the trees no injury"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-09
ID. H. FLEET,
Go. Supt. Of Schools.
KENosIrA COUNTY, Aug. 3, 1877

AAHSA}1ALA WI M . Aug Os lCl d.
Mr.. ID. III. FLETT:-Your invitation
to the discussion Of this Textbook
question seems to have fallen on an
unappreciative public, no one, seeming
~, out Of the many who should be in
terested, caring to say a word. Whether
this arises from Indifference, Incidence,
or any or what cause, [ have no means
of finding out, but as no otner has any
thing to say, or does not choose to say
anything, 7 might be excused, perhaps,
for giving my views, crude and undi-
gested as they may be.
This agitation of the School Book
question, but that it points to economy
in expenditure in these hard times, and
that it has to a certain extent been
forced on us by interested and design
ing parties, would be almost absurd.
TO be troubling ourselves very much
about The tools we shall use in any
business, when those using them have
in no sense mastered the laws that
govern that using, or to be Wrangling
over the finishing tools when the power
that drives, and the larger machinery
that moulds and YIELDS the crude mate
rial into shape and form, is entirely
unadapted or inadequate to the work,
OF in counting the cost OF q plane when
the great Corliss Engine, which is to
drive the machinery is as yet only half
developed, does not manifest any great
degree of efficiency in the mastery of
that business whatever it might be.
We much better be striving to
solve the problem in the following,
which [ quote from the report of the
Superintendent Of Public instruction,
(Mr. Searing) for the year 1875;
"The material triumphs Of science
are to be found in many labor-saying
appliances upon the remotest farms, as
well as in the iron rails and copper
wires that span the country in all di-
rectiOns, rendering time and space al
most obsolete But it is doubtful
whether the average country school of
to-day imparts more and better instruc-
tiOn than did the same school twenty
five years ago. 1t is, to me, not doubtful
whether the modern school better quail
ifes the average pupil for the struggle
OF life, than did the same school a gen
Grafton ago qualify this pupils father
for the simpler and less exacting de-
mands of that period. believe that,
relatively at least, the modern school is
inferior to the older"
II am also fully persuaded that this
lack Of due progress is not confined
merely to country schools. In many
villages and cities there has not been
an advancement at all corresponding to
Nu6 C4bIlSGu circumstances Oh our pc
litical, industrial, and social life"
A due consideration Of these facts 50
tersely put in the language above quot
ed is, it seems to me, Of much more
consequence than how textbooks shall
be purchased, or schools maintained,
except as these questions become fac
tors in the proper solution of the prob
lem. And as we, with the evidence OF
the past two weeks before us, carefully
note the action of class upon class, and
appreciate the aggregation of thought
as presented through the press, the
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-09
BILLS ALLOWED.

Communication presented and read
relating to condition of Main street in
front Of ID, Head & Co.'s Bank. Re
ferred to Committee on Streets and
Alleys.
Bill of P. Sauber, poor account, pre-
sented, amount 5000, on motion rules
were suspended and bill allowed.
Report Of Treasurer and City Clerk
presented and was referred TO Com
mittee on Finance.
Bill of JOS. Abel, for taking care of
J. Hansen, Pauper. Amount $4,000.
On motion Bill was laid on the table.
Aid. Schend, Chairman of Committee
on Streets and Alleys, stated to Coun-
Gil that the sidewalk in front Of Public
School House in I'd ward, was in a
condition dangerous to the public, and
that the School Board should be mott
fed to repair the same.
On motion Of Aid. Reed, the Com
mittee ON Streets and Alleys were in
str ucted to notify the School Board,
through the proper officers, to repair
said walk.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-09

The Commissioners appointed by
the Governor to choose q proper loca-
ton for the new Eastern Illinois In
sane Asylum, have decided to establish
that institution at Kankakee, en- what
is known as the Cowgirl farm" ON
the river, just south of the city limits,
comprising 255 acres Of ground and
possessing numerous facilities and adj
vantages that Influenced the commits
sion in their selection. The farm, with
all it's improvements, is valued at
$4,000.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-09

The bodies Of Colonel Yates, Colonel
Thomas Custer, Captain James Cal
houn, Lieutenant Smith, and Lieuten-
ant Mcintosh, who were killed with
the Iamented Custer at his last fight,
have been buried at Leavenworth
Kansas
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-09

Fresh peaches have made their ap-
paarance in our market. The peaches
are fully as large as in previous years,
but owing to the late spring frosts the
baskets have failed to develop, and are
q trhle smaller than ever.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-09
BILLS ALLOWED .

On motion OF Aid. Schend the Rules
were suspended and Bills allowed.
On motion the matter of expenditure
OF 100 dollars authorized by former
Council, was left to the Committee on
Streets and Alleys.
Mr.. John Nicoll presented to Coun-
ell, several aflidayits, relative to con
dltion Of the surroundings of the
citizens Gas light & Coke Co. which
were read to Council.
The matter was left to q special
Committee, composed Of His Hon. the
Mayor, Aid. Zahnen, Yule, Reed, and
Schend.
The following Bills as Special Police
were allowed.
E. j. Losee, 20
n. Hubert, ~
T. Werve, ~ ~
y. Tanning, * *
p. Fay, 20
M. w. Baker 20 20
Ald. Yule moved to take up the
matter OF Hubert Widen.
Aid. Schend moved to adiourn
seconded and carried.
D. B. BENEDICT, City Clerk.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-09
COMMON COUNCIL.
Official Proceedings.

REGULAR MEETING, July Is, 1877.
Present Mayor Farr, Aid. Yule,
Van VIE, Williams, Dewey, O'Brien,
Leonard, Kelly, Bruins, Schend and Cor
man.
Minutes Of last regular meeting read
and approved
Communication received from Dan
Cameron asking rebate on License
money paid city.
The same was referred to Committee
OH Judiciary.
Aid. Yule, Chairman of Committee
on Claims, reported the following bills
and recommended payment Of same:
j. McNulty, teamwork 81 Is
s. G.. Johnson, stationary Z As
O. Ifaughey, Cemetery 10 95
Ed. Morse, do OF
Hugh Brady do 8 90
Ayes and nays being called, report Of
committee was adopted
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-09

The remains Of the late General
Custer were deposited in the vault at
Poughkeepsia on the 2nd inst, to re-
main till fall and then to be transport
ed to West Point.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-05-18
Sole Agents, in Ashtabula

THE FOLLOWING wEII-KNowN ARTICLES:
The Duplex with the Buckle-Of
sold 1000
Cutters Sewing silk and Gowey Needles both of which sold by the
"Boson" Unlaundried Wamsutta Shirt at $l.Oo
Keeps Partly Made price
-$I,I5.
Notions and Fancy Goods at less than the usual prices
Best Thread yard Thread, Sewing Pins
Ink, Fine Writing Paper, Tic. per box Toilet Soap
Notices, Sc Machine OIL 17c W ash Cloths
French Plate Hand Mirrors LADIES' Morocco Pocket Books
Hair, Clothes Shoe, Tooth and Nail Brushes
Lise Thread Gloves, l24e
Parasols by the dozen, from 39c up.
Good Umbrellas 77c
Trunks and Sachels what others for them
Mems and Boys Hats commencing al
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-05-18
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS.

Cheviot Shirts, English Gre
tonnes. White Shirts A Good
White Shirt for 81. Under
wear, Cotton and Lisle Thread
Hose, Linen Collars, Kid
Gloves, Travelling Bags, Neck
Wear and Sleeve Buttons.
E. G. PIERCE.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-05-18

JUDGE ERsKNE, of Georgia, upon the
District bench, has been urged as a sulta-
BILE candidate for Judge Davis vacancy
upon the bench of the Supreme Court of
the q. S. As it is claimed that there is no
ssOuthern man now upon that bench, there
seems to be fitness, on that account, to
such choice. Judge E. is said to be an
earnest and consistent Republican, and
therefore unobjectionable on the score of
nolitical preferences.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-05-18

A most diabolical plot occurred at
Streeter. III. The miners had had astrike
and new men were put in the places left
vacant by the old ones. Then the old ones
were nearly all brought back, and the re-
manning new hands we're poisoned with ar
senic put into their dinner pals. Some 60
of these unfortunates we're thrown into ag-
onise, and many of them it was thought
would die.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-05-18
ARGosx.

The greatest achievement of
modern times is accomplished
in the new ARGosY SUsPENDER.
By its novel construction, rub
Der or any elastic material is
entirely done away with.
There is no possibility Of
strain on any Of the buttons,
whatever the position of the
wearer. It is the most COM
Portable suspender invented.
Try a pair. For sale by
E. G. PIERCE.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-05-18

The State Department has notified the
Turkish Minister that the United States
viii occupy strictly Neutral position dur
ing the Turco-R Russian war. A similar no
tifcation viii be sent to the Russian MIN
lister. Uncle Sam will therefore quietly
sit on the top of the neutral fence.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-05-18

Mr.. John G. Whittier, with his quiet
Quaker sense, thus sums up his opinion on
the Administration policy: 81 believe the
President is right. BE could not do other
wise than withdraw the troops, and 1
think that time viii prove that the negro
viii be all the better for it..
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-05-18
CHnDREN,S CLOTHING

CHILDREN'S CLOTHING.
I make a speciality of Boys
and Children's Wear, and can
fit a boy from 5 to Is years Of
age, having just received from
Boston a large line of Plain
and Fancy Suits, consisting of
all the New and Nobby Styles
in market. E. G.. PIERCE.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-05-18

The New York Tribune created a com
motion amongst its army Of readers on
Saturday by requiring them to stand on
their heads in order to get at the true IN
wardness Of its map of ''the seat OF war on
the Danube, which was printed upside
down
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-05-18

On Monday last President Hayes and
suit arrived at the city Of New York in the
afternoon, as the guest Of the Chamber Of
Commerce, to be present at their annual
banquet on Tuesday evening.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-05-18
HATS 6 CAPS.

Ny Stock of Hats and Caps
is complete: including Fur,
Wool and a fine line of Fancy
Straw Goods. l keep the Lar
gest and Most Complete Line
of Palm Hats in the market.
E. G. PIERCE.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-05-18
The Grandest Display of Millinery

Ever in this the State It will pay ladies dis
ance the variety All work New York trimmed Duplicates
French Hats Don't that sell Elegant Trimmed Hats
less than purchase the material for elsewhere Every desirable
Saws and Fancy Brad from the cheapest the best
Trimmed Sun Hats and82
.
u Boxes Finest Flowers received selling halt their ya
mencng at iSe Not an American Flower in
Anes supplied at less than they goods the Market
PERSONS VINO nave not visited the Asbua surprised at its
oeg larger than other in thus
giving much larger stock to from
wholesale and Retail Agents Madame former
Mrs CameronI delicate harmless
plexion, Agents
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-05-18

The anthracite returns up to the close
of the week ending May 8, show this: The
entire amount sent from ali the regions
since Jan. 1, this year, is 6,236, 729 tons,
against 4, ,944, 1882 tons for the correspond
ing time last year. This is an increase Of
1921, SAT tons, and has not been made in
answer to an increased demand, but is
rather consequence Of forcing the mar
ket, the price remaining almost stationary,
or with downward tendency.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-05-18
COMPARE PRICES.

yards Spring and fine Styles reduced to SC
1000 yards Fine Percae reduced to Tic
1000 yards Wide Cambrics, very desirable, &c
Domestic Ginghams,
Dress Styles entirely
Extra quality Yardwide Sheeting, 64c.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-05-18

We have always had great respect for
that conversion that has salutary effect
upon old debts, and if Mr.. Moody or any
one else, could reach some of our patrons
whose obligations range from fifty cents to
as many dollars, we would like to have
them drift this way. We know of some
very good samples of conversion, to all
appearance, but we have yet to learn of a
case where person indebted to US has
made restitution. eonseientiously.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-05-18

The Vioksburg Herald says the South is
now wholly free, and has been made so by
the President Straightforward course, and
adds-'Tbe fact is indisputable-and we
are one of those bold enough to announce
it. Mr.. Hayes has done well by our peo-
pie, and he deserves well of them. Let us
refuse to put one obstacle in his way, and
let US refuse ever again 20 cooperate in
any way with those hateful fanatics who
are to-day bitterly opposed to the Presi-
dent because he is kind and just to the
South. If we have the political sense that
should guide US in the future, we will not
fail to encourage all men, no matter to
what party they belong, who propose to
treat the South kindly and justly"