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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
An Interesting Story of Bank DefaIca
ton.

The Hartford bank defalcation calls to
mind q robbery and q. defalcatiOn that
attracted much attention at Norwich,
some twenty to thirty years ago, where a
bank teller was knocked down and
robbed in the Norwich depot, where he
was awaiting a 2 a. NJ train for Boston.
His sachel contained, if [ remember
right, some $100, 900, which was designed
for the Suffolk Bank of Boston, as in
those days the country banks sent their
deposits thither by hand. No trace
OF the robbers or money was ever dis
covered, but in course of their search for
them the detectives found thata brother
in-law OF the robbed man, and himself
clerk of the Suffolk Bank, was in New
York with plenty of money and buying
tickets for Europe. These facts were
made known in Norwich, and Sheriff
went to New York to arrest him. Going
on to the steamer, which was soon to
sail, the officer knocked at the door of
the young mans state-room. Throwing
open the door, the cul prit saw the Of
ticer, and at once exclaimed, "This is
the happiest moment Of my life p pro-
ceeding to confess his crime, which, to
the Lheriffs establishment, proved to be
not that for which he was sought, but
that, in collision with a book-keeper, he
had robbed the Suffolk Bank of quite q
sum of money. OF the crime for which
he was arrested it soon proved that he
had no knowledge, but for that which he
freely confessed which, strange to
say, was unknown to the Suffolk Bank
until his confession reached them-he
was sent to State prison, served his term
out without amurmur, and then returned
to business life, in which he has achieved
an honorable position and excellent
reputation, as we'll as pecuniary reward
He is said to still deem most fortunate.
his arrest for crime of which he knew
nothing, in that it enabled him to I'M
burden his mind of load of guilt that
was agonizing to bear. His honorable
acceptancy of the penalty for his mis-
deed had much to do, it seems to his
friends, with the confidence and trust
that were reposed in him after he came
out into the world again. Is there not a
lesson here ?-Sprj,aafeld (Moss.) Re
1lnblic0n
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
A Newspaper Mans Valentine.

We have received our valentine for
this year. 1t is not pretty one, but
what it lacks III beauty is made up in
mastery coloring and skillful handling.
The title is =" A Newspaper Man, and
represents dropsical-headed chap with
a luminous nose and green coat and
a red pair OF trousers going through a
piece Of ten-cent muslin with formid-
able pair of shears. You may have no
ticed that all editors wear green coats
and red pantaloons. A quill inserted be-
hind comprehensive ear exhibits much
feeling, and is unlike anything found in
medieval art. Very much unlike it. The
color in the nose is laid on with reck-
less lavishness and brush, and doesn't
suggest the Goittesque style of paint
ing to any appreciate extent. The alb
breviated coat-tails are remarkable for
breadth of effect and absence of feeling.
and are painted in rather low tone.
The pose of the figure is easy and grace
full, as is natural with editors The deli
cate modelling Of the feet reminds one
more of pair of gunboats than the
early Christian frescoes. They appear
to cover the whole ground-or perhaps
we should say the whole floor. The but
tons on the coat lack strength and holes
to push the needle through, while the
shirt collar is terribly real and happily
conceived. The artist has thrown con
siderable soul in the newspaper mans
shirt collar. The legs of the table are
patterned after the Gothic style of
architecture, and are rather weak but
the paste-pot on the floor is full Of ten
derness and feeling and paste. The
brush which reposes gently in the pot
betrays master hand and short han
die. The shears, with which the editor
is supposed to be molding public opin-
ion, are bold, sharp and vigorous, the
rvet being particularly we'll painted and
oiled. His head is so bare that it barely
invites criticism. All the details of the
picture are faithfully worked out with
one exception. There is a marked ab-
sence of a newspaper bore going through
the pile of exchanges in the right hand
foreground With this defect remedied,
the whole picture would be so real and
life-like that tramp printer would
naturally salute the counterfeit editor
with, "Have walked from Reading :;
haven't had bite to eat for two days !;
can't you give an old typo little help
to go to Philadelphia ?''-NOgTjst0aUn
HerO10 .... ,....
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15

in Japan, and Simoda, in Niphon, were
destroyed on Dec. %, 1854, Jeddo being
much injured by the shock. During
1855 Broussa, in Turkey, and several
villages of Central Europe were ruined.
and on Nov. IL Jeddo was again nearly
destroyed On March II, 1856, at the
island of Grand Sanger, one of the Mo-
luccas, nearly 5000 lives were lost, while
on Oct. u, Of the same year, several
islands sank in the Mediterranean. In
1857 Calabria and other towns were again
destroyed, and $4,000 lives were lost in
a very few seconds, making the total loss
in the kingdom Of Naples alone III, 900
inhabitants in seventy-fve years. Cor
NTH was nearly destroyed in 1868, and
1000 persons persisted at Quito on March
q, 1859, during which year Erzeroum,
in Asia Minor, was visited, and 1000
persons lost their lives. On Dec. s.
1860, many buildings were destroyed at
San Salvador, but no lives were lost,
and two slight shocks were felt that win
ter at Cornwall, England. During 1861
several lives were lost at Perugia, Italy,
at Corinth and other places in Greece.
while at Mendoza, in South America. two
thirds of the city was destroyed and 7 900
lives lost. On Dec. 10, 1862, over $50
buildings and fourteen churches were de-
stroyed in Guatemala, and few months
afterward thirteen villages were ruined
at Rhodes. One June 3, 1868, Manila,
in the Philippine islands, was again de-
stroyed, with 10000 inhabitants and
much valuable property; and during
that fall shock passed over the central
west and northwest parts of England. On
July Is, 1865, several persons were
killed and 200 houses destroyed at Mac
CHA, ETC., in Sicily; while, during the
same year, a destructive earthquake
visited San Francisco, Cal. Over 1000
shocks we're experienced in the Sand
wich islands during the first half of
April, 1867, and the destruction of life
and property was very great; and on
Aug. Is, of the same year, Peru, Ecua-
dor and Chill were terribly devastated
by violent earthquake, which de-
stroyed several large cities along the
coast, huge tidal wave finishing the
destruction. Between 10000 and co.
600 persons on this occasion lost their
lives, the exact number never having yet
been arrived at. Several slight shocks
have been felt in different portions of the
globe during 1869, 1870 and 1871 but
in 1872, Antioch, in Syria, became
again the scene of terrible destruction of
both life and property. During that
year California, Oregon, the North Pa
cific, New Hampshire, North Missouri,
Nevada, Virginia, Caucasus, Iceland,
Japan, Sioux City, Long Island and
Westminster county were affected by
shocks of earthquake, although not of
serious character, but illustrative of the
fact that no spot of the whole earth is
free from the influences of this destruct-
i've phenomenon.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
WindmilIS i'm Holland.

OF windmills Holland, correspondent
of the U1aiUers0list writes: eve had no
conception Of the magnitude of these
labor saving devices. We counted not
less than six stories in the tower Of the
one we were permitted to examine. It
must have been as high as an average
church steeple. The arms or fans were
of enormous length, and carried 5000
feet of canvas. And this is the machine
that literally makes Holland. It pumps
out the ocean when the ocean gets in.
It saws and grinds. It does the lifting
and the lowering. A family lives in the
mill. In Holland there are full 10000
of these mammoth structures. In Lon
don, and Liverpool, and New York, there
is forest of masts In Holland there
is everywhere a forest of windmills.
Some are built of bricks, others of stone,
many of wood-of course we mean the
tower part. They turn slowly, yet with
great power; and we learn that, SO fiat is
the country, there is seldom serious or
long-continued lack of wind"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
Dangers of the TeleDhone.

Perkins, a San Francisco broker in
whose adventures the Call takes great
delight, fought two Of Prof. Bells tele-
phones and made connections between his
office and his parlor. He thought it
would be a pleasant thing to converse
with his wife when business was slack to
inform her when he would go to dinner
and to learn how often his Youngest son
fell down the cellar stairs during the day.
One morning he was conversing by wire
with his wife about new bonnet when q
broker came in to ask about some stocks.
He " telegraphed'' to his wife that he was
busy, and without severing connection
with the instrument turned to the broker
and opened negotiations for the purchase
Of Julia, Lady Byron, and other stocks.
Mrs. Perkins at the other end of the line
listened intently, and finally caught her
husbands words, "I'll take Julia at
$50. Her suspicious were aroused !:
there was woman in the case she burst
into an animated soliloquy, which the
faithful telephone carried to the ears of
her husband and his customer. "Pll
Julia him-wretch- villain-married fif-
teen years-wheres my rubbers ?-iust
wait till [ get hold of him." These words.
together with miscellaneous tokens Of
confusion and racket, denoted active pre-
paratlons for sortie upon his office. Per
kins broke off the stock negotiations and
went home to appease his wife. The
instruments were subsequently, removed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
The Telephone.

The telephone played upon harp of
a SINGLE string for |, 1000 auditors in Chi
cago recently. A wire was strung across
the hall from gallery to gallery, and in
the middle violin acted as ''sound-
box" faithfully reproducing every tone
transmitted by the main instrument on
the stage, which was controlled by
Prof. b. 2. Gray. Communication was
opened with Milwaukee, and the music
turned on there was soon on tap in Chi
cago, eighty-fve miles away. 'FThe
Last Rose of Summer" yankee Doc
die, g Way Down Upon the Suwanee
River" 'The Sweet By-and-By,"
Home, Sweet Home, -" and 1.-THE Tele-
phone Walt" we're played, and the or
gan music was distinctly heard by the
audience. There was call for g Hold
the Fort, " but the telephone gave forth
very uncertain sounds. The Professor
apologetically suggested that the range
was too short for the instrument, but
the explanation of one of Mr.. Moody's
disciples in the audience seemed to af-
ford more general satisfaction. He said
that Milwaukee didn't know that tune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
Wooden Versus Iron Sims.

A foreign ship-builders' circular as
sures American ship-builders that they
must abandon wooden for iron sailing
vessels, and even then they can go in the
market and buy cheaper than they can
build. Perhaps part Of this is true. The
tendency Of shipping to iron is strong.
1t gets higher price per ton than a
wooden vessel, and lasts longer. But
our iron ship-brilders declare that they
can compete with the world at present
prices; since 1868 they have turned out
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
and amendatory OF chapter l46 OF general laws Of

and alnendatory OF chapter 146 of general Jaws Of
1869.
The people Of the State of Wisconsin, represented in
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 146 of the general laws of
1869 is hereby amended so as to read as follows
That part of section Is, of chapter 1873 of the Re
yised Statutes of the State of Wisconsin relating TO
the fees of witnesses in courts of record is hereby
amended so as to read as follows: For attending in
any one action or proceeding IN court of record
dollar and fifty cents for each day, and seventy
five cents for each half day.
SEC. 2, This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March l. 1877
Published March T. 18TH
CHAPTER IS.
AN ACT relating to assaults with intent to do great
bodily harm, and to prescribe the punishment
therefor.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION l. If any person, being armed with
dangerous weapon, assaults another, with intent 30
do great bodily HARM he shall be punished by in
prisonment in the State prison not more than five
years, or by fine not more than five hundred dol
lars nor less than one hundred dollars.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved February 2S 1877.
Published March 6, 1871
CHAPTER 70.
AN ACT to amend section %, chapter LA, of the
general laws of 1872 relating to the organization
of corporations for manufacturing and other pur-
poses.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section twenty-five, of chapter one
hundred and foryfour, of the general laws of 1872
is hereby amended as to read follows, to wit
Section %. Any corporation heretofore organized
under any special charter general law of this State
for any of the purposes for which corporations may
be formed under this act may amend its charter or
articles of association according to the provisions of
section twenty-one and of section nineteen of this
act in like manner and with like effect corpora
lions formed pursuant to this act.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
Approved February 49, 1877.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
A Horse Protecting a Dog.

To what extent the horse may be en-
dowed with any power of reasoning may
be question but the intelligence that
he sometimes exhibits is certainly some
thing more than instinct. Some months
ago poor dog, having been pelted with
sticks and stones by cruel boys until his
flesh was bruised and his leg fractured,
jumped into a stable. In one of the
stalls was an intelligent young horse,
which seemed touched by the distress of
the dog. He bent his head and inspect
ed the broken leg with his fore feet
pushed some straw into a corner of the
stall, and made bed for the dog. One
day, when the horse was eating the bran
mash which formed part of his food, he
gently caught the dog by the neck, and,
with his teeth, lifted him into the
trough. For weeks the two friends fed
together and the invalid grew strong.
At night the horse arranged soft bed
for the dog, and encircled him with one
of his fore feet, showing the utmost
carefulness. Such humanity might well
be emulated by the human race.-Nea0
York paper.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15

80 steamships and vessels, and
they now build thirty year. The war
left us with only 2s,5O0 tons in steam
vessels in the foreign trade our present
steam tonnage SO engaged is 7S9, 728
tons. Then we had 4S2, 100 tons sail in
ocean traffic, now 1852, OOO So that we
have been making progress. Now that
economical conditions are more favor.
able, it is to be hoped that the revival of
American commerce will be more APP
parent fu 8
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
A HUNTER in Cumberland. Md, tells

A HUNTER in Cumberland, Md, tells
the following as true story; He was
in tree waiting for deer to pass; raised
his gun to fire at one, but just then he
saw panther above him in the tree.
He dropped from the tree, falling on the
deer, breaking his back. He then saw a
bear near by, and was about to fire at
Bruin, when the panther sprang upon
the bear and mortally wounded it. Just
then he fired at the panther, killing it,
and thus secured the panther, deer, and
year"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
LAWS OF WISCONSIN.

Where superhuous word is found in the en-
rolled act it is printed in the text but in itac and
enclosed in parenthesis, (tbus). Where a word is
found necessary to sustain the of the context
or where one word has been obviously mistaken for
another, the word supposed to be proper is supplied
but in brackets [thus. PETER DoYLE,
Secretary of State
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15

THEUs, the Albany butcher who re-
Gently killed boy by throwing knife
at him, pleaded guilty to manslaughte' !,
and was sentenced to the penitentiary
for three years. He said. he threw the
knife in anger, without intending to kill
the boy, and that the white face Of the
boy is constantly before him, turn which
way he may, both day and night.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15

The wool-growers of Ohio, Indiana
Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsyl-
vania have organized, and viii hereafter
sell directly to manufacturers.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15

This list does not show all that Europe
has owed and not paid for, for France
alone got rid of $3.50, 100000, after her
revolution, by bankruptcy. But the
present indebtedness on which the more
or less civilized nations more or less IL
regularly pay interest is big enough.
The population of these nations is some
what less than 7OO,OOO,OOO, and it may
be said, therefore, that every child born
in this population comes into the world
with a national debt of about 1872 sus-
pended about it's neck, on which as soon
as it is able to produce anything, it is
asked to pay interest.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
National Debts.

The civilized part of this planet now
owes, according to the Westminster Re
VieaO, the neat sum of about 1913, 100000,
900 as national debts. Here is the ac-
count, extending from IT'S to the last
wear
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
Published March 6, 1871



AN ACT to amend section l, of chapter 80, of the
laws of 1876 entitled An act for the preservation
of duck and other wild fowl"
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact follows
SECTION l. Section one, of chapter 49, of the gen.
eral laws of 1876, is hereby amended as to read
as follows: 1t shall not be lawful for any person
at any time in any place upon any of the waters
OF lake Koshkonong, or Rock river in the counties
OF Rock. Dane and Jefferson, in this State to
shoot at CATCH kill, wound, destroy, or to pursue
any duck or other wild fowl, while bedded in
focks their feeding or roosting grounds, by the
aid, means of any float, punt-boat. sneak
boat, or similar device or structure, however
known or called to shoot at pursue, by any aid
or means whatsoever, any such duck or other wild
fowl, between the hours of eight o'clock in the after
noon and three O'Clock in the forenoon of the fol-
lowing day; nor shall it be lawful for any person to
build or to use for the purpose of hunting shoot
ing duck or other wild fowl, upon any of the lakes
rivers streams or marshes in this State any sunken
or floating boxes or batteries, any other similar
device or structure, however known or called or to
sail for any Wild fowl of any kind in or shoot at
them from, any vessel propelled by steam or sails
from any boat other structure attached to the
same.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
Ann
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
Published March 7, 1871
CHAPTER 81.
Published March 7. 1871
CHAPTER 81.

AN ACT in relation to judgments.
The people of the State Of Wisconsin, represented in
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION /. No judgment heretofore rendered and
docketed in any court of record in this State shall
be opened, vacated set aside upon the ground
that the attorney of record in the action in which
such judgment rendered was, at the time of the
commencement of such action and the rendition of
such judgment. a citizen of another State.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication
Approved February 49, 1877.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
IPubIlshed March Z. 1877
CHAPTER 80


AN ACT relating to town insurance companies
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION l. Any town insurance company, now or
hereafter to be organized under the laws of this
State, IN any town or number OF adjoining towns,
board of directors of such company so choose keep
its general office and hold any all OF its business
meetings in such CITY,
SEC. 2. All acts and proceedings of such insurance
companies heretofore had or done at meetings held
in such city, in through its business Office in
such city hereby legalized and declared valid for
ali purposes.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March l, 1877.
Published March Z. 1871
CHAPTER 90
70 witness faac in cO11Ttc
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15


AN ACT relating to witness fees courts of records
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-19
PATENT ~ATIONS.
Application for a Patent
TO THE
EAGLES NEST MINE.
NO. So.
L. s. LAND 0FFTcF. EuRyrA, New.
Aux. 18th ISL

Aug. 18th. loT.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ samuel Cooper. A.. Benedict. A. r.
Titus. and r. Y. Mcdaniel. whose pos,ofr,
addressis Eureka Nevada. have tbi. day sled
their application for . patent for 20 linear
feet Of the kazles Nest mine. or vein. bear.
ing silver. with surface ground 30 feet in
width, situate. lying snd being in Eareka
Mining District. county Of Eureka, and
state OF Nevada. ard known and desir.
mated e. the field notes and official Plat on
hle in this ofhre as Let Number l2L
The exterior boundaries Of said Lot No.
I2f being a.. follows, TO wit:
Variation l51s degrees east.
Commencing II a post marked No I, IT,.
survey No. Ia. whenee the flagstaff In the
town II Eureka bears y. ~ deg. 5 min. IL.
1875 feet The highest point Of Ruby Hij
No. / bears y. q deg. ~ min. ". 7.22 feet.
post Ne. Lott. :. survey No. 80: Bald EarIs,
lode besrs ;. - deg. W. 7e2 feet, and m.
Eagles Nest shaft bears :. % deg. w., Ne
feet; thence. running lst course $, Ia deg. i.
90 feet, to pot marked No. 2 Us. .uryev
No. III; thence. ID course y, ssz deg. w.. eo
II. TO post marked Ne. 3, Us survey No. I2,:
thence. I'd course ". Ia Ia. W.. Loo feet 10
post marked No. 4, U. ,. survey No. l2i:
thence, ith course ~. Ssa deg. r.. DO feer.
to post No. ]. the place Of beginning. contain
Thi. claim is bounded On tho west BY tho
White Eagle lode. and on the north By the
Silver Eagle mining claim.
The Location OF thit mine ~ duly recorded
in the Recorders office Of Eureka Mininr
District. on page 81, in Book 4, Of the Min
ing Records 81 said diftrIet.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion OF said Eagles Nest mine, or said
MIXING ground as herein before described, are
required 20. fle their adverse claim with the
Register Of the United states Land Oeice at
Eureka, in the State of Nevada, during the
90 DAYS period Of publication hereof, or they
wall be barred by virtue Of the provisions Of
the statute. ID. Is. IMMEL. Register.
Eureka. Aug. II. 1877. augls- ~