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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-09-12

following him. "There is no love be-
tween this woman and I, though we are
man and wife. DIR. Bullock, for Gods
sake, I implore you to tell me /"
The doctor turned and told Isaac
Davis all, and, when he had finished.
the husband started back with an oath.
1I'll hand the guilty woman over to
the law! I'll see her hang he cried.
"She Lied me into marriage, and I'll
push her up the gallows steps!"
The farmer was excited beyond con-
troll, and when he looked upon the white
face upturned to his he uttered cry
of horror. There was something awful
about it.
Bullock, attracted by the cry, sprung
forward as Davis dropped his wife upon
the ground.
He saw the cause of the farmers hor-
ror-the woman was dead.
Two white faced men went silently up
the lane that night, and entered the
the bed, and together the twain went
over the house like specters.
In secret place they found the miss
ing jewels of Hattie Robson, and sew
eral articles of her late wearing apparel.
"She did it, doctor p the farmer said.
81 know it now. She was absent for
four hours on the night of the 25th Of
April She said she was at Weddell's.
and from the evening of the Goth until
the morning of the day Of the finding of
the widows body she was absent again.
She thought liked the widow, and
often heard her say that Hattie's pretty
face would get spoiled some of these
times. My wife and Hattie were alike
in build; their clothes would fit each
other. What do you think, doctors'
| Bullock merely said:
81 think we know who MIXED the
cows"
Though the mystery was never posi-
lively settled, it was generally believed
that Mrs. Davis in fit of Jealous rage
had taken the life of Hattie Robson, anG
had even dwelt in the house with thu
corpse for several hours, impersonatine
her victim in order to create dissensio1
and cover her own trail.
| But her eagerness to shut Doctor Bull
locks mouth had led to her detection
and sudden death. Isaac Davis sold hi
farm, and plunged into the wilds of tn,
West, where he took unto himself an
other wife. 5....
Bullock, proud of his bit of defective
experience, relinquished the practice O
medicine and took to hunting criminal
with marked success; but he fell at las
in the discharge Of his duty-shot by
man whom he was attempting to arrest
I have thus told the story Of the Hat
tie Robson case, as I heard it from tn.
lips Of an old man in the little cemeter,
where repose the murderess and her vic
tim
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-09-12
The Exchange Fiend.

The Exchange Fiend, after an absence
OF two weeks in the country, where he
lived off his lame and widowed aunt,
came into this Office yesterday, and
proceeded to take possession of GU,
| choicest exchanges, with his old-time
familiarity.
Give been out in the country" he
said, "for, it seerls to me, at least six
months, AMI haven't seen paper, ex-
| cepting the Christian Mo,ait0a. or the
SAINTS Best, since I've been away.
want to read up this awful yellow-fever
scourge which il depopulating the
Southern cities. It's the most terrible
thing I ever heard of, and I can hardly
wait until I get hold of New York pa
per to read about it"
"Here's the New Orleans ZSnses,'
replied the exchange editor, drawing a
copy of that paper from the pile before
him; cit hasn't had anything in it for
three weeks but Yellow Fever, Yellow
Jack, Saffron Scourge, Bronze John, the
Carnival of Death
"Merciful heaven |" exclaimed the
Fiend, throwing no his hands in horror,
and retreating to the center of the room.
"Why, that paper is printed right in
the heart of the infected district, and
there is nothing in the wide world that
will carry disease through the country
like a newspaper. [ wouldn't touch it
for half of Oil City,"
Beg pardon = said the editor, toss
ing the paper in the direction of the
Fiend, from which that Individual leaped
as from snake about to strike: "bee
pardon; here is yesterdays Memphis
avalanche, damp from the press, with
the smell of the bayous still upon it;
sixty deaths occurred there the day be-
fore it's publication, and it will give you
elaborate details
Take it away, take it away p yelled
the Fiend, retreating to the door, breath
ing hard, and looking like man with
the horrors; ''please throw me over a
New York or Boston paper, and I'll read
it at home" ~
sc For real information, continued the
editor, unmoved, 81 would recommend
this little paper; it's editor and pressman
died Of the disease day before yesterday.
and two reporters and seven printers
are now down with it, and the young
man twisted the paper into ball and
hit the Fiend in the face with it. re-
marking, cts the Grenada Sam, and
hasn't a blessed thing in it but yellow
fever and ads"
Before the editor had finished the
Exchange Fiend uttered shrek like
lost soul, turned back handspring out of
the door, and disappeared down the
stairway, seven steps at jump.
CStu Derrick. @
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Prairie Dogs.

It has always been a subject of GU.
riosity and inquiry as to how and where
prairie dogs, living on the prairie ia,
away from any river or stream, obtain
their water. Mr.. F. Leech, formerly of
Mercer county, Pa, and frontiersman
of experience, asserts that the dogs dig
their own wells, each village having one
with concealed opening. It matters
not how far down the water may be, the
dogs will keep on digging until they
reach it. He knows OF one such well
200 feet deep, and having a circular
staircase leading down to the water.
Every time dog wants drink he de-
sends the staircase, which, considering
the distance, is no mean task. In dig
ging for water the animals display as
much pluck as in resisting the efforts of
settlers to expel them from the land of
their progenitors.
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LIGHT.

The following exquisite poem, by W1lham Flu
Pal mer, was some years ago pronounced Dy one q
the most eminent Of European crlucs To no .ne
I'm est production of the same length IN our IAN
gu age) Al
II rom the ouickened womb of the primal gloom,
The sun rolled black and bare,
It'll wove him vest for MS Etnlop breast
OF the threads of my golden halr
And when the broad tent OF the armament
Arose on it's airy spars,
I penciled the hue of its matchless blue
And spangled it round with stars.
I painted the flowers of the Eden bowers,
And their leaves of living green
And mine were the dyes in the sinless eyes
Of Eden's virgin queen;
And when the tends art in the trustful heart
Had fastened its mortal spell,
I'm the silvery sphere of the first-born tear
To the trembling earth fell
When the waves that burst DER world accursed
Their work of wrath had Sped
And the arks lone few, tried and true,
Came forth among the dead,
With the wondrous CLEANS of the bridal beams
bid their terrors cease,
AS l wrote on the roll of the storms dark scroll
Gods covenant Of peace.
Like pail at rest on a senseless breast,
Nights funeral shadow slept 8 ~
Where shepherd SWANS on Bethiehems palms.
Their lonely vigils kept;
When I flashed on their sight the heralds bright
Of heavens redeeming plan,
AS they chanted the morn of Savior born
Joy, joy to the outcast man. s-t
Equal favor show to the lofty and low,
On the just and unjust descend;
Fen the blind whose vain spheres roll in darkness
and tears,
Feel my SMILE the hest smile of friend.
Nay, the flower of the waste by my love is en-
braced,
AS the rose in the garden of Kings;
At the chrysals bier of the worm appear,
And 10 the gay butterfy's wings.
The desolate morn, like mourner forlorn,
Conceals all the pride of her charms,
Till bid the bright hours chase the night from her
flowers, t"J
And lead the young day to her arms
And when the gay rover seeks eve for his lover,
And sinks to balmy repose,
wrap the soft rest by the zephyr-fanned west,
In curtains of amber and rose.
From my sentinel steep, by the night-brooded
deep,
gaze with unslumbering eye,
When the cynosure star of the mariner
Is blotted out from the sky;
And guided by me through the mercess sea,
Though sped by the hurricanes wings,
His compassionless, dark, lone, weltering bark
To the haven home safely he brings.
waken the flowers in the dew-spangled bowers
The birds in their chambers of green,
And mountains and plain glow with beauty again
AS they bask in their matinal sheen.
Oh if such the glad worth of thy presence to earth
Though ftful and feeting the while,
What glories must rest on the home of the best,
Eyer bright with Deity's smile.
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A Boy of Sixteen Kills His Neither.

Hiram Pixley, aged about is, recently
shot and instantly killed his mother, at
her residence, near fuckers Corners,
N. Y. Mrs. Pixley lost her husband dur
ing the wal, and was left with this son,
Hiram. She had sister who, a few
years ago, married M. J. Bower, and
they have lived in common at the place
above named. The neighbors have wit
messed many bloody fights between the
two sisters, the meek man Bower and
this boy Hiram now and then taking a
hand in. It appears that the women
were engaged in one of their spasmodic
fights, and this boy got his shotgun
and told his mother if she didn't dry up
he would shoot her, and, after a few
more words, he lifted the gun and shot
her through the breast, and she died in
stantly. He bad threatened to shoot
her MANY times.
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A Child Fratricide,

East Cambridge, Mass, furnishes an
other instance of youthful prococity in
crime. Johnny Lane, Is years old,
stabbed and killed his brother Timothy,
lad of Is. The boys, the sons of a
blacksmith, had purchased rabbit, and
were amusing themselves with it when
the fatal quarrel occurred. Two carpen-
tiers, at work On nelghboring house,
observed the elder boy sink down close
to the fence, back of which the rabbits
box was. His face was dxeadfully pale,
and black-clotted blood was oozing fronn
his breast and running over his scanty
clothing. In answer to the shouted in
quiry of the carpenters, the wounded
boy replied that his brother had stabbed
him. The youthful murderer had in the
meantime run away. The victim was
Immediately visited by the carpenters,
who had raised him in their arms to
carry him into the house, when he vom-
tied, and Immediately afterward expired
The tragedy was soon known throug hout
the neighborhood, and hundreds of curl
GUS spectators thronged around the body
as it lay upon the grass awaiting the ar
rival of the medical examiner. The
youthful murderer was tracked by the
police to Boston, and was arrested IN the
house of an aunt, where he had taken
refuge. -a.s
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AN old man at Bolton, England, in a
fit of passion kicked at his SOL. The
youth lodged, and the kick took effect
on little child 3 years old, and killed
it Instantly.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-09-12

OlHCo. duu q m1uuG0 laG0f liz was nuffy-
ing through wood at the edge of the
town.
Emerging from the turn at the mouth
of the lane that led up to the house Of
farmer Davis, the doctor-detective sta
toned HIMSELF in the shadows and waited.
At the end of half an hour the sound of
boots was heard, and, presently, the
figure of woman on horseback doomed
up before him. e sS g
He saw her enter the lane, and, as she
leaned forward to open the gate, he
stepped from his concealment and
grasped the bride.
An exclamation of surprise hailed his
sudden action. N Z
Mrs. Davis |" he said, looking up
into the riders face. "You need not
attempt to escape, for the man who holds
your bride saw you milk Hattie Rob-
sons COWS on the 9th of last April.
You put on her clothes, and undertook
to personate her, to disarm suspicion. I
am DR.. Bullock, and to me your crime
is known"
There was a loud shrek, that echoed
far across the country, and the falling
figure was caught in the doctors arms.
Puzzled by his situation, the physician
was debating the best course of pro-
cedure, when he heard rapid footstep,
and he beheld the husband at his side.
/" Your wife has tainted, sir" Bullock
said.
| s'But why are you here ?"
"Why Ask her when she recov-
ers |" and the fainting woman was
thrust upon her startled husbands
charge.
Bullock started to return.
"Tell me the truth" the farmer said,
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BAD BOYS.
A Little Boy OF six Beaten Almost (,
Death by Lad of Nine Years.

A Little Boy of six Beaten Almost to
Death by q Lad of Nine Years.
A most horrible affair lately occurred
at Squirrel Island, favorite summer
resort near Augusta, Me-, the following
particulars OF which we CLEAN from the
Boston Globe: cit seems that the
other day a little 6-year-old boy, j.
Howard Butterfeld, son of Henry r.
Butterfeld, of Waterville, who is stop
ping at the island, in company with
quite number of other boys, the most
of whom were older than himself, were
playing in the water. They were throw
ing stones into the water to notice the
effect of the splashing made. A stone
thrown by the Butterfeld boy happened
to splash Water upon boy 9 years old,
who became angered, apparently, and
told Butterfeld if he caught him he
would give him licking The
threat was carried out with a terrible
vengeance. On Saturday morning How
ard Butterfeld was missing; his mother
became alarmed, called loudly for him,
but there was no response. Finally q
search was instituted, and, after some
time, the little fellow was found in the
water-closet in the rear of the bowling
alley. His clothing was stripped from
him, his body was covered with blood,
and the poor child was nearly dead. He
was tenderly taken up and carried to
the house, and, after being partially
restored, was able to tell something
concerning the transaction. Coaxed and
questioned, he said, in substance, that the
boy to whom reference has been made
induced him to go to walk with him,
promising to give him some candy. He
consented, and, as they were passing
the bowling alley, the boy seized But
terfeld and dragged him into the water
closet. He then forced him to undress,
assisting him at the same time to strip
every particle Of clothing from his little
body, threatening to kill him if he
screamed. He then beat him with a
stick and kicked him violently in the
stomach. The boy heard his mother
calling him, but dared not respond for
fear of still harsher treatment. The
body of the boy was badly bruised, and
the marks of the kicks were plainly visi-
bic on the bowels, and it is feared that
he will not live"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-15

poral Power. No Papll conclsve was
ever less liable 70 external pressure than
that which chose Leo XIII. Nay, the
Papacy seems to have gained rather than
lost real authority since It became q
purely spiritual Sovereignty. No doubt Il
has not 1.-THE Of the power which itonce
possessed but the change has nothing
whatever 70 do with the administrative
machinery by which the Pope once col
lected taxes, imprisoned criminals, and
held military reviews. It has been pro.
duced by the complicated network Of
material and moral agencies, by che secu.
lar and the religious teaching, by the
science and the literature and the art
which form modern civilization. At one
time the Church Of Rome included nearly
all the ciyiliring agencies within her
self. Now, the process Of competition
has pushed her clergy into mere corner
Of the vast field which they once occu-
pied. Within that corner they may be as
powerful as they were In the days OF
Hildebrand; but their old plenitude Of
authority Is now shared BY hundred
other SCENTS. Leo XIII. declares that
his Church does not make war against
civilization and progress. It may be so.
Everything depends on his definition Of
these terms. The best proof that his
claim Is true would be given by an aeeep-
lance Of changes which modern ciyilixs-
ton pronounces to be good. The tone Of
the Encyclical gives some hope Of such 4
disposition, for it is free from the yiol-
ence which marred the utterances Of the
Pope's predecessor. Thus his political
temper Is not hostile TO policy Of con-
ciliation, and the present alienation Of
the Papacy from the Italian Government
il the result Of temper rather than utpriu-
ciple. When time shall have cooled the ma.
tural and excusable anger Of the Vatican,
q Pontifi Of such ability and judgment as
Leo XIII. may be expected TO make the
best Of an unwelcome situation.
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Irse,uI Hiuts 10 Young writers.

Bouquet Is q French word bOquet L. not
ISo6riquel Is q French word; SOubrique
Hors De combat is s correct French s1
ure, sjon koF5 dH eGnbdi IL not.
Uyis not an English word. To say
that person Is liy adapted 70 any employ
ment is As incorrect as Il would be 10 say
that he il wely adapted to II. III adeptet
Ia the proper expression,
FSrstEy l. not an English words frs
should Be used. Secondly, thirdly, etc, All
STbs use Of the word mot instead o
almost Is \ yulgariSm Of New England
'' Nouns ending in ~ form their plural
regularly by adding 8; as key, keys
monkey, monkeys journey journeys
attorney, attorneys; money, money!
Ignorance leads come persons 70 writ
citrniss and noaiSi, inItsad Of the eorrec
The word chilly has no 10 it aad IT
plural Il vkiikies, not rhissep.
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A COMPLICATED CASE.

GentIemeu,-MyeaS isbrieAy a follow, Ihave
had G4S % s sSS s VII SA
through one nostrt. had dropplngS IN the throat,
avery bad cougti asthma 50 bad a. 70 be obllgSdto
down and sleep, and constant dali pain IN my
head Ny head was at times 90 full OF catarrhal
matter a. TO nluFo my sense OF hearing and compel
and my throat before could sleep. Every one OF
these distressing symptoms has clSappeared under
the use OF not quite three bottles OF SAaToRpe
have no asthmAtio symptoms, no cough. no drop
pings In the throat no headache, and In even way
better than have been Tor years. could Ieel tne
effects Of the CURE on my appetite, on my kidneys,
and, In fAct, every part or my system. What has
been done IN my ekSa Il wholly the eject OF The
FTIcHHrE0. Oct. IL G. q. LAWRENCE
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-15

New umbrellas are Of French layentine
silk, and the English pug's head is as
much in demand as ever,
A pretty ornament for the hair Is the
Greek filiet Of oliver or guilt-a mere
band-held on by an elastic strap.
A Detroit woman is reduced to her
last dress, because silk ia so high that
she can't afford 1t, and calico Is 90 cheap
that she won't wear ii.
At present there are three styles for
fashionable underwear; reund, square, the
Breton. Each Of these seems the pretti.
est till you have seen the other; they are
outlined so charmingly and finished so
coquettishly. There are also three styles
OF trimming-torchon lace, Irish cro-
cheted lace or Irish point and French
needlework.
Aprons for small girls are now made Of
white nainsook, high in the neck, with 4
yoke, and fully gathered below, and they
may be with sleeves or without. Very
stylishly dressed children do not wear
sleeves; and though the little carmen. 10
open all the way down the back, being
bnttoned only ia the yoke, II will serve
rs dress over pretty white petticoats.
The apracticalp women's underwear
consists Of several garments in one, il
high in the neck and long in the sleeve,
and, like the princess dress, forms COM
plete under.suit. without division, being
cut all in one. Using slight game vest
for q foundation for. a correct, il one is
worn, garment OF this kind Is all that Is
necessary as foundation for the skirts,
and fills the place Of chemise, drawers
and corset.coyer.
Solid colored stockings clicked on the
sides are worn by little girls in colors to
match their dresses. White dresses per
NIT any kind Of stocking, but the fancy Is
to wear cardinal red, or brown, or blue
white are the exception. Their shoes are
OF black kid, buttoned on the side, and
without heel. Colored kid slippers are
worn for dress, with light silk stockings.
Underskirts are not made as long as
formerly with trained dresses, the. balay.
enses are pleatings Of stiff white muslin,
with or without y lace edge, which may
be basted in under the train to any depth
and all round the bottom OF the skirt.
The skirts, both short and long, are gath
cred at the back into deep yoke which
covers the hips and preserves the outline
OF the form; in front and upon the side
they are left as nearly straight as posi-
bile. All except very short skirts have
drawing string run in and about IL
inches below the line Of the waist, which
masses the fullness, draws il toward the
back and keeps il IN place. Dress ex-
tenders and the like show no fullness
within several inches OF the waist line,
and generally consist Of aounced skirts
or toufnures arranged with strings to
tie 10 front-a sort Of trusting process,
which Is anything but agreeable.-Jenais
Jung.
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BE1LAIRE LocALs.-The Nationals
hold their regular monthly meeting OF
Gravel Hill tonight.
Col. Baron has presented the Baron
Base Ball Club WITH handsome bat bag
The sparks from passing engine, Bel
the roof OF the B. & o. repair shops on
ERE about 8 o'clock Monday night. The
Waterman at the lantern factory discover.
ed IL before It had made much Roadway
and an alarm brought out several mer
whe soon had II extinguished. A fortu-
nate thing it was that the night was calm
or II would have proved q disastrous FIRE
The INrTE1.LlaEscER not coming u
time" yesterday morning caused hear
OF profanity, and whoever Ia responsible
for the delay will have great deal TO
answer for.
Clerk Dillon, Of the steamer Phselon
was arrested Monday on 4 charge Of at
tempted assault and battery, At the in
stance OF Owen Kane, an employe Of the
G. & P. Railroad. Toe two men had 9
controversy on last Friday about tieinl
the Phaeton to some barges loaded witt
cross ties lying at the wharf, and where
Kane was working. Dillon plead guilty
to the charge and Esq. Powell fined hin
S. and coats.
Mr.. Henry Carr Is again able TO be ou'
alter long confinement with injuries
sustained ut tie Goblet Works accident.
Burglars are providing around house,
in the Fourth Ward at night. Another
attempt was made to enter the residenc'
Of Rev. Toland on last Friday night Tn,
citizens had better organize vigilanct
committee.
Ike Grafton says II pays to advertise il
the IHrELLIdEHcER. Since his notice Ii
these columns few days ago he has pu
up about fifty more Of those excellent
window shades.
The pay car OF the @. & P. road lef
some money here yesterday.
The Leuir received telegram yester
day afternoon stating that the redistrict'
ing bill had passed the Senate.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-15

SMALL BEKR.-Take one quart o.
West India molasses, one ounce essence
Of spruce, one ounce essence Of winter
green. on. half ounce Essence Of sassatras;
iill : pail with hot water mix Il we'll let
Il stand till Il becomes blood warm, then
add one pint Of yeast; let il remain ten
or Twelve hours bottle Il, and In thres
hours Il d ft for use and inst rate.
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MEDICAL.
4
IS IT CURADLE2

nIHosR Who have suffered ffom the various and
Il complicated forms Of di1eaAe assumed ~ ca
dles without relief or enrp. AWah the nnsIIko M
question with dsfAble anxiety. And well they
vefsily prevalent and 20 destructive 20 health ~
CatAFTh, Bronchitis, Asthma, Cough, and serious
and frequently fatal affections OF the lungs toloHt
CatGFTh. Other sympathetic affections. such a
deafness, impaired syellghts and los OF stnle o.
SMELL may bGreferTedt q minor bat neYefthelesl
Ia themselves, but A. nothing compared with the
dangerous Affections OF the throat And lungl hksly