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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-10
For His Wife's Sake.

A Newark bachelor dropped in, the
other evening, to see married friend
whose wife was absent from home on a
prolonged visit. He found him smok-
ing desperately at cigar nearly foot
long. "Why," asked he, breathlessly,
where on earth did you get such a
preposterous cigar as that, Charley? %
Had it built by contract" was the re-
Spouse. "You see," continued the
smoker, explanatorily, Il promised my
wife before she went away, bless her,
that I wouldn't smoke more than six
cigars day. Promises to wife are
sacred, you know, and I mean to keep
mine if / have to get cigars as long as a
lamp-post."- Newark Call.
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Play People as Auctioneers.

It was thought in San Francisco a
good idea to sell the tickets for a yellow
fever benefit entertainment by auction,
with popular actresses as auctioneers.
Mrs. Scott-Siddons, Mrs. Oates, and
several local favorites volunteered, and
an immense audience assembled in the
Stock Exchange at the appointed time
Much amusement was expected by those
who did not reflect that stage perform
ers are only witty with other folks
words. The result was a failure. The
sprightly Mrs Oates mounted the desk
first, but did not know what to say,
stammered some utter nonsense, and
only succeeded in selling box to her.
self for $11O. Mrs. Scott-Siddons tried
it next. Mr.. Cobb, regular auctioneer,
stood close by her, and prompted her in
Whispers Il am now prepared to receive
offers" she said. mo, no-bids," Cobb
suggested. "Bids, [ mean," the actress
continued: chow many bids am [ offer
ed?" Then she was awkwardly silent.
The bidding was spiritless. At length
she cut off one of her curls, and said
"How much for seat and a lock of my
hair?" A premium of S. was all that
the hair brought, and she gave up the
task. Other actresses did no better.
Then Crane and Robson, the very conf
cal actors, tried to be originally funny,
and failed. The business was then re-
hnquished to the practiced auctioneer.
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POLITICAL POINTS.

Secretary Gorham, Of the Republican
Congressional Campaign Committee, declines
to print Secretary Schurzs speech for campaign
purposes. Gorham says it is of course a fine
speech, as were the letters of Junius, but that
it is not, according to his notion, adapted to
campaign purposes.
The Texas Republicans have nomi
mated A. B. Morton for Governor and Richard
Allen for Lieutenant Governor.
The Colorado election, held on the
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last. ttt +
The Gregory House, at Lake Ma
hopac, N Y, has been destroyed by fire. Loss,
100000. 0.. @h3
...... ..... West. ,iss.f
Chicago papers chronicle the death of
Lewis E. Meacham, of the editorial staff of the
Tribune, one of the most reliable authorities in
sporting matters in the West H# .
Dispatches from Topeka, Kansas, re
port that a band of the runaway Cheyenne In
dams attacked party of cattle men not far
from Hayes City. fight ensued, in which
eighteen citizens were slain and five wounded.
The Indian loss is not stated. The troops had
a tight with the Indians the following day.
Corporal Stewart and five soldiers of the Tween
g-third Infantry were killed, and Lieut.. Brod-
erick was wounded. ~
Dispatches of the 9Th inst. from the
West report the troops in hot pursuit of the
raiding Cheyenne Indians. The trail of the
savages was marked with blood at every step.
he number of settlers who have fallen vic
bins to their treachery is estimated at between
sixty and seventy. 1t is said their objective
point is Red Cloud Agency, and that the plan is
to capture and massacre the garrison
Henry Greenebaum, late President of
wo leading banks in Chicago, and at one time
considered one of the soundest bankers in that
city, has been arrested on criminal charge of
stealing 1926 OO t1
There seems to be serious danger
that the scattered settlements of the Black Hills
will be raided by Indians. A St Paul dispatch
says: A band of about 200 Arapahoes and
Cheyennes are coming down from their reser-
Walton in Northern Wyoming toward the Hills,
with hostile intent, and it is not improbable
that dash in the same direction may be made
by some of the savages from Red Cloud and
Spotted Tail agencies m gsei 0a
Dispatches from Topeka, Kan, give
summary of the outrages committed by the
Indians who went north some days ago. @After
crossing the Kansas Pacific, they started north
west to Decatur county, and raided the settle
ments there. Their main depredations were On
Sappa creek. Every residence for twelve miles
was plundered and almost everything destroyed.
All the cattle were stampeded, and what of the
crops was left by the Indians has been eaten
up or destroyed by the stock The mum
Der of people killed is not yet known,
but the following bodies have been
found and brought to Oberlin and buried: II.
F. Humphrey, James G. Laning, William Ian
ing, Thomas Miskelly, Mr. Tule, Marcellus
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States through that port for the veal

States through that port for the year
ending June 30, 1873, is given at 3O,61O.
Of this number, 1913 were Canadians
from the provinces of Ontario and
Quebec. The Canadians were princi-
pally agriculturists, carrying with them
to their new homes their horses, wag-
ons, agricultural implements, household
effects, and in majority of cases money
enough to nurchaSe farms
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-10

SETH GREEN'S experiment of stock
ing Lake Ontario with shad has result
ed in the Matching of millions of them
but, although they were first put there
seven years ago, they do not grow to bt
above eight inches long, and are not fl
for food. They furnish excellent feed
ing for pickerel and bass, and fisher
men complain that these fish will no
take bait as formerly, so stuffed are the,
with young shad.
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For Cleaning Zephyr or Fine Wooden
Goods Of Any Color

Put the goods in a clean dish-pan, and cover
with wheat flour; thoroughly rub with the
hands, the same as if in water, and very dirty
places will need more rubbing. If the flour
becomes very dirty, shake out the goods, empty
out the flour, put in clean -four, perhaps let it
lie over night; examine to see if clean, and, if
So shake out the flour thoroughly, and the thing
is done. MRS. Il. II. s.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-10
A Batch of Valuable Receipts.

10 make nice warm rug take coarse cof-
fee sack, bind it with any color of wooden goods
you desire; then stretch it in a frame, pin any
pattern on you like, and trace around it with
chalk Or lead pencil, remove pattern; then, with
an iron hook, draw your rags through; they
ought to be half an inch wide, and ought to
stand up on the right side Of the rug one-half
inch; work in every other square of the canvas,
and have the wrong side smooth. Do not cut
your work on the right side to make it even, as
some do; draw the strips through, all the same
length, and then there is no need of it, and it
will repay you in the end for, if cut, in shaking
the mat the pieces will fall out in time
To pickle onions, get the small, picking
onions; peel, and pack in crooks, with layer
OF salt and layer of onions until the crock is
full; put a weight on them, and let them stand
about two days; then wash them in cold water
and place back in the crooks; then make sirup
of vinegar, enough to cover them, and cents
worth of cloves and peppers mixed; put in a
bag, and boil until the vinegar is well seasoned
with the spices; then pour over the onions hot,
and cover, but not tight, until cold. al
Sweet Picked Apples-Take as many sweet
apples as you wish, peel and cut in quarters,
cutting the core out; put in your porcelain
kettle about one quart of cider vinegar, sweet
ened to suit your taste, few cloves, alspice and
cinnamon: when it has come to boil, drop
few apples in at time, and when you can pass
a broom corn through them easily they must be
taken off Immediately and put in crooks When
they are all done, make a sirup of vinegar,
enough to cover them, spices thesame as before,
tied in bag, and sugar to taste; boil good, and
pour over the apples hot; cover the same as for
onions 80.
Peaches can be done in the same way, but if
very ripe do not boil them, only pour the strip
over them boiling hot The apples can be
used as soon as done, and you will say they are
splendid But the peaches ought not to be
opened until Christmas Af GEoRGINA
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-10
Death of a Gallant Officer.

The news of the death of Col Lewis,
Of the Nineteenth Infantry, killed by
the Cheyennes at Monument Station,
Kansas, was received here at military
headquarters and among old officers of
this department with deep sorrow. He
had fought the Cheyennes, Dog Sol
diers, the Sioux and the worst savages
of the plains in many battles, and with
marked resolution and bravery. Old
settlers who. remember, the days when
he was Adjutant of the Fifth Infantry,
and when, also, he went out in the ex-
petition of 1866 in the Mormon troubles,
joined in the sorrow. In the face of
numerous strong bands of hostile In
dams he marched across the plains with
a column of the Eighteenth Infantry
from Fort Leavenworth to Utah, dis
lance of 1,1O0 miles, requiring over two
months i'll the march. Aquestion rising
during that famous march through the
American desert as to which route should
be taken, he unhesitatingly chose the
Pole creek, then an unknown and IL
some places almost invisible track
through an unknown country, where ole
guides were unknown. In many hard
ships and untold dangers the command
accomplished that wonderful undertake
ing, which stands almost without par.
allel in history, reaching Utah without
the loss OF a man or an animal. In his
command at Camp Douglas his prompt
ness and energy at time when Brigham
Young was at the height of his power
saved the lives of many Gentiles and
did much to sap the strength of the
Mormon power, Notwithstanding the lack
of the Governments support. He went
thence to Gen. Terry's department, Mon.
tana, afterward serving with his usua
cool judgment and daring ON that off
GERS staff. Himself the commanding
officer, he was at the head of his soldiers
pursuing hot trail, struck the Indians
unexpectedly, and with three men was
shot down before relief could come
No officer of his rank, long service and
reputation has been killed since the Gus
ter massacre Omaha Bee.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-10

The President has appointed O.. H.
Irish Chief of the Bureau of Printing and En-
craving, vice Mcpherson, resigned. IN
The President and family will move
into the Executive Mansion from the Soldiers
Home next week The White House is being
prepared for their reception n5t3/ Ga.
Secretary Schurz appears to think
that it is not good civil-service reform for him
to make campaign speeches. as he has steadily
refused to repeat his Cincinnati speech.
A general order, just issued from the
War Department, calls the attention of officers
of the army to section in the Army Appropria-
ton bill passed at the last session of Congress
prohibiting the use of the army as a posse
conlitatus except in such cases as may be ex-
pressly authorized by the constitution or acts of
Congress. II f.tn
The board of army ordnance officers
appointed to examine magazine guns and select
one for adoption in the army, have adopted a
report designating the Hotchkiss magazine
gun. The report has been favorably Endorsed
by Gen. Benet, the Chief of Ordnance.
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HOME INTERESTS.
Aunt Lucy's Chat with the childr

Aunt Lucy's Chat with the Children.
Let me continue to talk to the children We
often hear it said, Boys will be boys" and
9 Children willb children. but it is said gen
orally by persons that are particularly annoyed
by the youngsters, and would like them born
old folks. I, for one, wish that boys would re-
main boys longer, and that children would not
hurry from babyhood to manhood and woman
hood
Pray what has become of childhood and its
happy hours? The sterner realities of life come
all too soon. [ agree with Grandma Oldways
that boys and girls should know their place: be
attentive, polite, respectful and mannerly; but
this part of their education is too sadly neg
lected. Nowadays the doll is ignored almost
before the little one is beyond babyhood, and
little folks know nothing at all about the fun
children had when we were young. Do chill
dren sew patchwork any more? Do they sew
for their dolls? Do they have cunning little tea
parties with their tiny dishes? No, scarcely at
all; but they are dressed in their finery and
promenade the sidewalk till late There is one
little miss that passes our residence who looks
like ballet-dancer-her dress shamefullv short
hoops immense, hose the most glaring; and
when look at her I wonder what the future
may be-
Parents, take care of your tender buds. Keep
them children as long as you can. 1t is for you
to make men and'women of them But it must
be done gradually, with care and watchfulness,
with love and tenderness In childhood YOU
SOW the seed for happiness or misery in the flu
ture You can make it what you choose but
it is study which must not be neglected sin
gle day. AUNT LUCY
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-10
Two Good Recipes.

To wash oil-cloths: Use warm milk and
water and wooden cloth
Sirup for irritated throat: Steep hoarhound,
strain off the dregs, adding to the tea chopped
raisins and loaf-sugar. Dose, a tablespoonful
before each meal, and another before retiring at
night. HATTIE.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-10
Emigration from Canada.

The Department of State is in receipt
of dispatch from our Consul at Port
Sarnia, in which the number of emf
grants seeking homes in the United
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For Bows.


Boys, throw aside pride as you would a thick
coat on hot day, and lay hold of any string
within reach. 1t may be only a thread at first,
but pull away, and you may find strong Irvine
at the end of that and then tiny rope, and then
a stout cable. Thas is the way they sometimes
bridge chasm They first fly a kite across, and
pull over the kite string then larger and larger
cord, until they have made substantial con-
necton between the shores. You wish to bridge
this great chasm of want that you find at your
feet, and you will not find a surer way. Don't
wait for ga good job" something that you may
be proud to accept: but fall in with the very
humble work you may be able to find near at
hand 'tE , ......t .,,..,-
Another point not less important is, turn every
penny to the best account. Even pennies will
buy something in these times of low prices, and
a dollar may be made to yield very good &C
count of itself if it's spending is carefully
planned beforehand. Just try some day when
you have dollar to lay out, and see what you
can make it bring you in. It is exactly the same
thing when the farmers boy or girl brings a
dollars worth of produce to the store to exchange
for goods. The great secret of having what
one really wants is to spend money wisely and
after much forethought Don't be wheedled
into buying what you do not want just because
someone wants to sell. AUNT EVA.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-10

LIST inst, resulted in the success of the Repub-
ican ticket, Pitkin being elected Governor and
Bedford chosen to succeed Patterson as Repre-
sentative in Congress.
The Republicans of Gen. Buffers dis
trict Seventh Massachusetts, have nominated
William A. Russell for the next Congress and
demanded of Gen. Butler the resignation of his
seat in the present Congress-
The Republicans of the Hartford
(Ct.) district have nominated Gen. Joseph R.
Hawley for Congress-
The Nebraska Republicans have nom
mated Albinus Nance for Governor, E. G. Carnes
for Lieutenant Governor, E. K Valentine for
Congress dong term), and T. J. Majors to fill
the unexpired term in Congress of the late
Frank G. WEIGH.
Senator Bayard, Of Delaware, is re-
ported, by New York paper, as saying that he
thought it probable that three Presidential
candidates would be in the field in 1850 Re-
publican, Democrat and Greenback candidate.
1t was possible too, the House of Representa-
tives would be called upon to elect the next
President"
Hon. n. P. Banks has been laid on
the shelf by his Republican constituents in the
Fifth Massachusetts district The convention
after fifteen ballots, nominated Hon S. e. Bow
man, of Somerville, for Congress-
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. :.
The death of Cyrille Dion, the we'll
known billiard expert is announced.
The boat race between Han1an, Of
Canada, and Courtney, of New York, rowed a
Lachine, Ont, was won by the Canadian by two
boat-lengths. Ten thousand people witnessed
the contest
Immense fortunes have been made in
California in the rise on the stock of the Little
Utah and Sierra Nevada mines within the las
three weeks the stock having gone from $6 to
$500 per share. Flood, of the firm of Flood 8
of Nevada, who went West in the spring broker
in fortune has made 81, 100000.
The Pension Office in Washington
gives notice to whom it may concern that the
services VI peHsloH-laWyeIs anu cldliu-dSonCs
are of no value whatever in advancing the in
terests of applicants for pensions. The bureau
furnishes blanks that cover the whole business
on application, and they can be filled by any
notary public, without help of the professed ex-
perts. - f........a......H s....... i..
The evil-starred Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company has lost another steamer-tht
Georgia-which struck and sunk off the coas
of Central America. She was large iron screw
steamer, built four years ago at cost Of
100000 The passengers and crew were al
saved
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-10
Total coinage. .a.12a65o $3.50
of the present year was as follows:

Of the total product here stated over
40 per cent. was in gold and the re-
mainder in silver, deducting $782,O00, the
value of the lead extracted.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-10

THERE are 10000 commercial travel
ers, or drummers," in the United
States.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-10
The Precious Metals.

The following is an official statement
of the coinage executed at the United
States minis during September, 1878:
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DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.

.. dit't Eza ST. -t.t
The Gregory House, at Lake Ma
hopac, N. Y, has been destroyed by fire. Loss,
100000 l.= &i'
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-10
THE MARKETS.

AIR line-The elevated railway.
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Geraniun1s.


Geraniums.
Geranlums are very easy to cultivate if
properly managed To begin with, about mid
summer, and so along up to the last of Septem-
Der, obtain young, healthy cuttings. To root
them successfully, take coarse, clean sand
about three inches in depth, insert the cuttings
about one to one and a half incin hes there
press the sand firmly around them, and water
freely at first; afterward only water sparingly
and, as soon as they commence to grow, pinch
back to make them stalky, or throw out
branches; for, if left to grow of their own &C
cord or will, you will have plants very awkward
in appearance. Pot them now in two-inch potts.
using soil made up of two-thirds garden SOIL
one-thlrd leaf mold, and little sand to keep
1t porous. In the autumn, change them into
three-inch pots, and get them into the windows
before fires are made, and thereby acclimatize
them. Ii the leaves are kept clean, in the man
ner recommended last week on "Window Gar
denlng, you will have plants that will be sure
TO attract attention by their green leaves and
especially those of the tricolored varieties, of
which Mrs Pollock is the type, even though
you have no blossoms. Geraniums treated in
this way will bloom about the LIST of January, if
IN sunny window, and continue in bloom all
through the winter. ~. .Hs .f..,
Sometimes the leaves turn yellow and black
LIS 10 Sigh lley are having 700 lnucn water.
In summer they should be bedded out and
your garden will be a mass of bloom until
frost L advise to start new plants each year.
for 1T is the young wood we have to depend
upon for bloom ....., ..a,.u.,...is
Geraniums are very easily grown from seed
Sow in very sandy soil at almost any time-in-
doors, of course-and, as soon as the seed
lings can be handled, pot off into smallest-size
pots. Keep them growing on until the roots
show through the hole in the bottom, then shift
into next size In this they will bloom.
If there are any readers who would like to
try to raise some from seed, and have none, I
will forward sufficient for an experiment for
two green stamps for expenses. RENNIE
HINSDALE Ill. BOX H. si5t '.t.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-13
GETTING DOWN TO BED ROCK.

The City of Chicago Being Out of Money
Reduces fits Fire Department and Police
FOrce---Injunction to Restrain the Pay
ment of the Outstanding Indebtedness.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, March 12.-The appropria-
ton bill passed by the city council having
become law through the failure of the
mayor to sign or disapprove, and the greatly
reduced appropriations for the departments
which it contains, has compelled the mayor
to give notice of contemplated reduction in
the various branches of the city government.
In the fire department., four chemical engines
and two or three steamers will be dispensed
with and the force reduced by 100 or 12O
men. The police department. has
already lost nine and will soon
lose@ some seventy-fve men,
patrolmen. while the heads of some squads
will be removed, and the pay of three sta
tions will be closed. The insurance agents
manifest considerable interest in this move
ment.
Henry w. Fuller, large real estate owner,
to-day fled long injunction to restrain the
collection and payment of all outstanding
city certificates issued since 1870, amounting
in all to four millions: also restraining any
future issue Of any sort of certificates. The
main reason for granting the injunction is
that the limit of Indebtedness was passed by
the city in 1870, and has never been made
good since.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-13
Customs I,,resti0atiOn.

& u j. -
WASHINGTON, March 12.-The secretary of the
treasury has received several complaints from
various western cities of under-valuations and
frauds in the city of New York, which, it is
alleged, have had the effect of discriminating
against direct importations by interior cities,
and like complaints have come from New York
and Atlantic cities, that the law for immediate
of imported goods to ports of
delivery, have been evaded and made medium
of frauds. With a view to have these COM
plants fairly and fully examined, and the
difficulties corrected, either by change of exist
ing laws, or by such orders as will remedy the
errors and prevent frauds, Secretary Sherman
has appointed committee, composed of gem
eral appraiser Meredith and special agents
Beach and Hurd, to carefully investigate the
subject. The allegations will be referred to
these gentlemen, and they will visit the prin-
cipal cities from which complaints come, and
make full inquiry and report.