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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-04-17
Petroleum as Fuel Growing in Favor.

Petroleum fuel is beginning to be
used in California quite extensively.
The manufacturers of Los Angeles
unite in declaring it to be fully as cheap
as wood and coal in it's first cost, with
the following important advantages: It
saves expense of handling, feeding, rak-
ing, slagging, and ASKING, and, BY not
having to open the fre-doors, admitting
cold air to the boilers, steam is econo-
mixed. Thus, in effect, it is far cheaper
than other fuel, The mode of firing is
thus: Into the tank containing crude
oil as it comes from the well jet of
steam is sent, which carries with it a
charge Of oil, which, through pipe, is
distributed in fine spray ovel the fire.
chamber. The heat is intense, and there
is no refuse One man at the stop cock
is the sole attendant. What is wanted
to make this fuel priceless boon to
that coast is process by which iron and
other metallic ores can be smelted.
They abound throughout with lime for
fuxing and firestone for hearths. -Neav
Yo1 k Bulletin.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-04-17
The Metric System.

The metric system Of weights and
measures is gaining ground. From a
statistical table recently constructed by
M. D. Malarce, and published in
Complies Re1adus, it appears, first, that
the decimal metric system of weights
and measures is now established legally
and obligatory in eighteen states, com
prising population of 236,600,000 OF
inhabitants; these states are France
and colonies, Belgium, Holland and
colonies, Germany, Sweden, Norway,
Austria Hungary Italy, Spain, Portugal,
Roumania, Greece, Brazil, Colombir,
Ecuador, Peru, Chill and the Argentine
Republic; second, that it is made legally
OPTIONAL in three states, having a
population of 75,600,000-viz., En-
gland, Canada and the United States
third, that it is admitted in principle, or
partially for customs, in FIVE states, with
343, 100000 inhabitants, viz, British
India, Russia, Turkey, Venezuela and
Hungary; fourth, and that, altogether.
the system is established obigatorily, or
eptionally, Or in principle, in twenty-six
states, comprising 655,0O0,O00 inhab-
itants. Four states have different
systems, decimal as to multiples and
divisions, but based on another unit than
the meter. They comprise All, 100000
inhabitants, and are Switzerland,
Mexico, Japan and China To these
may be added some mediocre states.
with various systems, non-decimal and
non-metric. It appears, then, that in
1879 more than half the population of
civilized states, comprising 100000, 900
inhabitants, legally recognize the
decimal meter system of weights and
measures. A large part of the progress
is in these recent years. Il
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-04-17

A Leadvillian Whites the Detroit Free
Press as follows: Good miners get from
So to So per day; surface men, from
1926 to $3.50; teamsters, $3.50; with
wagon and team, SO to $40. Living is
rather high in price and low in quality.
By "bundling " together in log house,
number of men can live at the rate OF
81 to So per week each, according to the
manner of living. Board in private
houses is from 81 to SIS per week; at
the hotels, from So to 81 per day. There
are not half dozen COWS in Leadville,
and condensed milk is generally used.
Butter is 80 cents per pound; lard, Is
cents; beef, pork, hams and mutton
range from cents to 20 cents per
pound; eggs, 80 cents per dozen -four,
from 1926 to $500 per hundred weight !;
corn-meal, $500 to 1926 per hundred
weight; condensed milk, 80 cents per
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-04-17
A Partisan Tragedy.

Paris is constantly edited by domes-
tic tragedies. One of the latest is thus
recounted: Six months ago newly
married couple took up their residence
on the fifth story in the Rue Condorcet.
The husband, who was of Swiss origin,
was employed in bank. He was rs
years old, and Of a sad, taciturn temper
ament. His wife, four years younger
than himself, was, on the contrary, of a
very gay disposition. The couple ap-
peared to live happily together. On re-
turning home one night the young man
found his wife dead on the bed. A let
ter on the table announced that she was
about to poison herself. Struck with
horror and despair, he seized hold of a
revolver which he kept in drawer, and,
after discharging four shots into his
breast without fatal effect. fired the re-
naming two bullets into his head, the
last scatteringShis brains over the room.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-04-17
The Next Census.

Gen. Walker, Superintendent of the
next census, tells reporter of the New
Haven Register that the main body OF
the work will be undertaken next fall.
There will be two or three months of
preparation, and the census itself will
be taken in a months time. The statis-
tical matter in reference to the popula-
ton of cities and towns he will give the
public in very short time. The last
census he gave in printed form in 1872
this time the period will be much shorter.
He contrasts this work with previous
censuses, which were of little practical
value. The census taken in 1860 was
nominally published in 1867, but really
not till 1868. The census taken in 1850
was not published till 1859. There was
nothing but historical interest to work
done in that way. The country was
growing and the population changing so
rapidly that such censuses were far from
the actual state of the country when
published. The new Census law, he
said, put extra work on the Superin-
tendent. The month the census was
being taken he ikened to battle, when
the General must be at his headquar-
tiers. Having taken one census, he was
better qualified to take another, for he
knew what improvements to make.
This was one reason why he could COM
plete' the census much more rapidly
than before. When the work was being
done he could be at Washington with
his fingers on the telegraph keys, so that
if there were break here or there it
could instantly be repaired.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-04-17

It would be interesting to know how
long the pine forests of these States will
endure such enormous demands upon
them. Many lumbermen think that the
supply is SO large that it is well-nigh
inexhaustible, and that century hence
there will scarcely be perceptible de-
crease. One gentleman has stated that
along the Menominee river alone, even
if as much is cut every year as last, the
supply will hold out over eighty years.
He, like many others, is deceived. All
who think our forests to be inexhausti-
BILE have only to visit the older and
more-settled States, which have in no
less than half a century been nearly en-
tirely denuded of trees.
Steps should be taken in the pine
producing States to replant the cleared
territory with young trees,so that by
the time the original forests have en-
tirely disappeared others will have at
tanned sufficient size to be fit for use.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-04-17

thought you would forgive me. Will
you, Marion, darling
4 She had averted her face to hide her
fearful eyes, but he now took both her
hands, and, as he drew her toward him,
a great tide Of unspeakable JOY rushed
over her, and she could only murmu1
family: ooh, Watt
When they were both calmer she told
him Of the heavy grief that had just
fallen upon them. They must leave
their dear old home, which had passed
into the hands of strangers,
"Of strangers, Marion? DoSyou cal
me stranger?" i
He looked surprised in bis turn,
@Did you not know it was / who have
purchased the dear old farm. Did you
not receive Jacks letter?" fe
ooh, Walter, it cannot, cannot be
truep
He took from pocketbook paper
which he opened and placed before her
It was the mortgage which her father
had given Mr., Abner Harris.
"And the place is really yours now?'
she said, looking up radiantiy through
sudden tears. }f
s"Not mine, but ours, darling" az =
She was too happy to speak WORD
In answer. ,..4 49, a 4o#s, f.,...s..
You see, DEAR Wat said, "Jacl
and I talked it over the other day, and
we agreed, as he was so anxious to pur.
chase the mill and had not means sufG.
cient for both, that I should take the
farm, and leave him at liberty to invest
in the mill property. It is the very best
thing for Jack and for his mother, as
explained to her, if only she had re.
ceived his letter. Jack is not fitted fol
farmer, and could never have made
much of the farm, as he certainly will
do with the mill. He came up with me
in order to attend to the matter. For
give me that I neglected to inform you
but I left him behind in the maple-feld
talking with Aggie.' or.
Marion started up with glad cry
Coming down the opposite decivity Of
the meadow was somebody, joyously
waving his hand, and in two minutes
she was sobbing in her brothers arms
sobbing from a fullness of JOY such as
she had never in her life before known
They fastened to the house, all three
eager to gladden. the heart of the
mother. fg....i. .*anr
Jack sprung up to the steps and tool
her in his arms, while Wat lifted Myra
who had run to meet them in frantic de-
light. a le4Efe a..s:} ~. .a..5..
As Marion crossed the threshold, the
old clock rang out a welcome chime
"Seven o'clock!" said the girl, softly
Her heart was full, and she turned
away and went quietly up to her OWL
room. AS she passed the clock, she
looked up at it with an expression al
most of awe. ~ #.t. ~
"What lifetime of misery and hap
piness in one hcur!" she murmured.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-04-17

can; potatoes. 5 cents per pound; cab
bages, 5 cents to s cents per pound !;
whisky, s25 cents per drink; beer, Is
cents. Crowds of men are arriving
every day, and sleeping apartments are
at a premium. In some of the hotels
men lie 'crossWise on mattresses (three
to five per n1attress), and pay from Is
cents to so cents per night for such
a privilege. Abandoned claims are
numerous. Where one party strikes
mineral, after sinking shalt, dozen
find disappointment.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-04-17
DOMESTIC GREETING.

AS homeward comes the married man
He's met by wife at door,
With fond embrace and loving KISS,
And" Baby's throat is sorel @
And did you think to stop at Browns
And get that marabout # N wv
II ordered Yesterday? And, dear,
Freds boots are all worn outi
I'm glad you are so early, John,
So much l miss you, dear
give had a letter from mamma;
She's coming to live here.
How very glad you look, dear john
knew that you would be
The fiour's out, the butter, and
You must send home some tea.
That plumber has been here again
If you don't pay he'll sue; a.,,,4.ts
And Mr.. Prendergast called in
To say your rent was due. e&4 ~ .a
~Fred's trousers are all cotton. John;
You thought they were all wool
Oh that reminds me that your son
Was whipped to-day at school. 9Hi
~The roof has leaked and spoiled the rugs
Upon the upper hall;
And Jane must go, the careless thing! 81
She let the mirror fall, F 81.
To-day, as she was moving
(The largest one, dear john,
OF course 1t broke; it also broke
The lamp 1t fell upon.
What makes you look so grave, my love?
Take off your things and wipe
Your feet-and only think, to-day
Jane broke your meerschaum pipe.
-'EJ.'o3 a3u8# .x77t@ G
Oh, John that horrid. horrid word!
You do not love me, dear;
wish that I-boo -hoo-were dead
You're cross as any BEAR"
Boston Transcript. fsf ,,-.-,,.i r-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-04-17
THE LUMBER CROP.
Immense Destruction of Pine Forests.
lEron the Cinc;nnat; ro.,rnn-eia,

Immense Destruction of Pine Forests.
From the Cincinnati Commercia'.l
The cutting season in the pine for
ests of Wisconsin and Michigan is over
So successful have the loggers been that
the lumber-dealers, who, during the
past winter have been wearing long
faces and predicting a shortage, have
frightened up and are expecting an i'm
proved business. Comparatively little
snow fell in the pinecies of Wisconsin,
and it was thought that, as result, the
yield would not be up to the average;
but, by means Of ice roads and railroads,
the loggers have been enabled to- bring
in about as large a crop as usual. In
Michigan there was an abundance of
snow, and the yield in all quarters is
equal to, and in some places exceeds,
that of former years. The amount of
lumber cut is almost ineoHceivably
large. It is estimated by well-informed
persons to be about as follows: f'9 fH+
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-04-17
Heavy Gaming.

At the Marlborough Club, London,
Count Schouvaloff, the Russian AM
bassador, played away in few hours a
sum equal to his whole salary; and one
of the wealthiest Commoners has been
SO heavily bitten that he is going into
bankruptcy for total exceeding $780,
900. Another young politician, heir to
a historic coronet, who had been going
at a terrible pace, was dragged out Of
the club to the amazement of the mem
bers by his mother, who said, "You are
not going to follow Hastings and New
CASTLE"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-04-17
MANNERS.

I'm often quite sorry about it,
And feel that IT'S terribly sad,
But, though / live long beyond manhood,
My manners, I'm sure, will be bad.
In language / seek for improvement,
And strive to the best of my power;
And yet am saying, they tell me,
Oh, jiminyi'' ten times an hour.
rush into rooms with my hat on;
hop on one leg through the hall;
slide down the balusters madly;
roll round the floor like ball.
speak while my elders are speaking:
And-one thing that greatly annoys n
I'm apt, in general fashion, f
To treat girls as if they were boys.
But though I'm beer beyond question,
And want to reform. goodness knows,
There seems to be nothing in manners
As splendid as people suppose;
For sometimes they're worn, imagine,
To hide what we'd rather not show.
They're like a fine jacket that covers
A shirt all in tatters below.
Now, this is not my case, it's certain,
3 Although I'm rude, noisy and pert;
The jacket may be very ragged,
But never you fear for the Shirt
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-04-17

From report lately issued by the
municipality Of Leipsic we learn that it
has 246 printing offices, 294 book stores
and 1853 binderies. There has been a
great increase in business since 1866.
In 1877 the books published were val
ued at 81 100000. Leipsio also does a
vast business in furs.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-04-17

Mrs. WILLIS, an aged lady of Cum
berland county, KY, died recently and
left 81 900 to the editor of the Glasgow
(Ky.) Times, in token of the comfort
she had found in reading his paper in
her sorrow. Every Western editor will
now begin to print columns Of comfort
for aged and rich women.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-04-17

fr.a MATRIMONY.
Marriage Is like flaming candle-light
Placed in window on summers night
Inviting all the insects of the air
To come and SINCE their pretty winglets there.
Those that are out butt heads against the pane;
Those that are in butt heads to get out again
old Poet.
(" I SAY, Sambo, does you know what
makes de corn grow SO last when you
put de manure on it?" mo, l don't,
hardly, 'cept it makes de ground
stronger for de corn" Now, I'll jest
tell ye. When de corn begins to smell
de manure, it don't like de 'fumery, so
it hurries out oh de ground and gifts up
as high as possible, so as not to breathe
de bad air" .6......
I THINK it was in September, if I now
rightly remember, that I heard knock,
knocking at my door; yes, I know twas
in September; he had been there about
fifty times before; had been there knock
ing at my door. But opened not, nor
wondered, as upon my door he thun-
dered, for he yelled: "Say, now, will
you settle this 'ere bill bring you?" as
he battered upon the door; and l an
swered, calmly answered, "Nevermore.
Oil City Derrick.
EXTRACT FROM THOMsON'S SEASONS.
Ye too, We Winds that now begin to blow
With boisterous sweep, raise my voice to you:
Where are your stores, We powerful beings, sayf
Where are your aerial magazines reserv'd
To swell the brooding terrors of the storm2
In what far distant-Hoopl
Why in thunder pass We by
Ten thousand people. each with as much
Hair country schoolmaster,
To seize in thy embrace the new silk hat
OF the baldest man in Christendom?
And here's two dollars and half
To the boy that catches it before
1t gets outside the corporation,line
- Cincinnati Enquirer.
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LII was wat. And suddenly with the
sight OF him came the full bitterness of
her sorrow, in the consciousness that he
was lost to her forever. She was nothing
to him now, and he must be nothing to
her.
i" l am glad to have so unexpectedly
found you here in this dear old spot"
he said. arrived at home only an
hour ago. and could not rest until / had
seen you" 4.3 t8a las
She met his eyes, bent upon her with a
strange earnestness, and her pale cheek
family flushed, but she could not have
spoken word.
Marion" he said, suddenly, "have
you no welcome for me? Is it possible
that you cannot forgive me?"
Forgive your"
Yes; for all my absurd jealousy, and
pride, and folly. I have never had a
happy moment since I parted from you,
Marion, and [ have come back at last to
beg your forgiveness, and to beg, too,
for the love which forfeited, but which
I cannot live without"
II do not understand you, Wat. I do
not know why you should speak thus to
me, when-when you are going to be
married"
"Who told you that Of me, Marion?"
ut came from Agnes, your own
sister"
He smiled.
sAggie knows my wishes. It was she
who encouraged me to come back. She
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-03

COURT IN GENERAL TERN.
To-day, A. w. Harris, applicant for admiS-
sion to the bar; referred. Mcpherson agt.
hearing.
p CRIMINAL CouRr-Judge Hagner.
To-day, Francis A. Prescott, forgery; nolle
pros. John Bowen. assault with intent to kill;
jury out. Henry Thompson, assault with IN
tent to KIN Robert Cox, guilty Of simple as IS
was sentenced to twenty days In jail.
EQUITY CouRT-Judqe Macarthur.
To-day, Stunhardt agt Mari ct al; restrain
r Mitchell; order Of reference 70 LoVejo S:
Smith agt. Kenney; do. to auditor. Saunders ct
al agt Saunders ct al; order directing trustee
to sell. Orme agt. Orme: bill dismissed.
PROBATE COURT-Judge Coz.
To-day. estate Charlotte queen; order to sell
eepions ed Vim q Emily sye asf pa6 sa
guardian Of VIM. Cavalier; bond 500. VIII Of
Clements filed VIII Of Jane G. Campbell do.
seibert quaiified as executor; bond pd $1,000.
Estate Fl. A. Holmes; W. 81. Mendenhan ap-
pointed administrator. Estate f. z. Steever;
and passed. The will Of Urias Hurst was
filed.
POLICE CoURT-Judae Smell.
To-day, Robert johnson, colored, assault on
sault was apparently without cause-Butcher
bore the marks on his face; co days In JAIL
Ellen Ale, an old offender, charged with larceny
Of 81 from white man; s., or 10 days In jail
Abraham Coleman, colored boy, charged with
assault on Melville Nash by shooting pistol at
him; sent to the reform school. Frank Frank
lin, colored, assault on Laura Bright, pleaded
guilty-common assault; S.. Joseph L. Gibson,
a white man, larceny of s14 in money from Geo.
W. Wilt in bath room; 60 days in jail. Henry
Plckney, colored, assault on John Payne; ST..
Henson Perry, colored, larceny of several arti-
Giles Of clothing from VIM. Clark, second offence
pleaded guilty, and was sent to the grand jury.
Jos; Cusbey assault; 49, Hannah Jenifer, as
sault on Martha Ball, by throwing vitriol on her
dress and burning it; $50, or 30 days in jail
BENJAMIN Smith, disorderly; IS, or days. Jas.
Moore; do, do. Mary Thomas, vagrancy; wor!--
house: Michael Doyle, throwing stones; 3d.
John Mahorney; do, do. Lille Ltchau, prosti-
tute; 80 Gays. VIM Magruder, vagrancy; 80
days. John Tomilson, dsorderly; S., or days.
Chas Hughes: 49, do. Louis Evans, disorderly;
collateral forfeited. Abner Gooding, throwing
stones; do. George Orgerton, firing pistol In
street; do. John q. Bard, disorderly; do.
SALE OF ELEGANT GooDs.-The fine furniture
to be sold by Thomas Bowling, on Monday next
at 922 18th street, will be on exhibition to NOR
row Saturday from 10 am. till 2 pm.
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GEORGETOWN.

GRAZ. Caledonia with 1000
bushels of wheat
MERCHANTS Observation-Disclosures on Change
o.day ]. goo bushels OF wheat-sold at private
terms. The sale OF AGO bushels Of wheat at l24
to 1926 after Change yesterday is reported.
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COLLINH
Voltaic Electric Plasters.

By instantly affecting the Nervous System, their
inr ence is at once felt at the farthest sxtreties
Hence Pain, which arises from disturbance Of the
Nerve Forces. is cured in every instance - II by
magic Also. Palpitation Of the Heart, Inhamma
ton OF the Lungs, Liver, and Kidneys, irritation
of the Stomach and Bowels, Indigestion. Dyspepsia
and Bilious Colo. W
THIS Is TO GIvx NOTICE That the subscriber
i hath obtained from the Supreme Court Of the
Orphans Court business. letters Of admipistrstion
d b. n, G. t. O., on the personal estate Of JAMES
HUGHES. late Of the District Of Columbia, de.
ceased All persons having claims agatnst the said
with the vouchers thereof TO the subscriber Ct OF
before the $50 day Of September next; they may
otherwise by law Be excluded from all benefit Of the
said estate. Given under my hand this 23d day Of
septsMbeF, 1879; r.vp.R 4 ELLI0T.
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CUTICURA
HUMORS OF THE BLOOD,
SKIN, IND SCALP.

OUTICURA REsoLvENT is the most powerful Blood
Purifier and Liver Stmulant ever compounded. In
forty minutes after taking the first dose it may be
dete ted in the saliva blood sweat and urine show
ing that it has entered the blood and been distrlb
uied throughout the entire system In its passage
through the circulating fids it meets with the cor
rupt particles of matter which foster and maintain
disease with which it chemic ally unites, destroying
and gradually eliminating them from the system.
Hence It's power to forever expel scrofulous, Gan.
cerous and OaDker Humors, which unchecked fill
the body with foul corruption, and rot out the deli
cate machinery Of life
CUTICURA, the great external remedy for all HUI
charging Wounds, is the most soothing and Rsal'uF
Of outward applications Itspeedily destroys funs
ubes to healthy conotion and cures, when assist
d by the CUTICuRA SOAP, Diseases of the Skin and
kcalp which have been the torture Of . lifetime
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PICNICs, EXCURSIONS, &c.
BY MOONLIGHT.
STEAMER GEORGE LEARY.

o44dMEn 0LohoG LEAh1,
CAPTAIN JOSEPH WHITE,
VIII make special trip to Norfolk, 49,
Fort Monroe, Portsmouth and the E=GfatSaszaD
South, i avn Washington from her
wharf, foot of 7th street, on
SATURDAY NIGHT. OCTOBER 4IH, 1879,
AT IL O'CLOCK,
Returning, leaves Norfolk Sunday, at p M, ar
irving in Washington Monday at a. m.
The weather being mild and pleasant now, this
trip presents the rare opportunity Of enjoying the
sweet strains OF
$3.50 PINAFORE BY MOONLIGHT
FORD'S CELEBRATED PINAFORE TROUPE
Will render this opera with full chorus during the
trip
All to be enjoyed without single hour lost from
business.
First class fare single tickets sloO
First class fare, round trip tickets 15O
oct3.I b. +. DODD, Agent
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TO Ladies and Gentlemen.
We wish to call attention to A. Fischer's
Chemical Securing and Dyeing Establishment,
No. 906 street, near 9th street. By promptly
adopting the latest improvements, whether Of
American or European Invention, he is enabled
to do his work In manner not to be equalled
by those not possessing these facilities. Ladies'
and Gents Garments thoroughly cleansed The
effectual removal of grease spots guaranteed I!
Through sk1llful pressing ana ref1nishing ell
garments will appear like new. Cheapest prices
suit1ng dull times.