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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-09
Furnishing Small Rooms.

1t requires tact and taste to furnish
small room so that it will be both at
tractlve and comfortable The follow
ing suggestions may aid the youthful
housekeeper to secure both beauty and
comfort in his small house:
In furnishing small rooms so that
they will be comfortable as well as tidy,
a few rules must be observed The
wallpaper should be of some small pat
tern in the first place. If the rooms are
low, hang the pictures low; the more
space there is between the top of the
picture and the ceiling, the higher your
room will look. It is very common
mistake to imagine that the higher pict-
ures are hung the higher the room will
appear.
The next to be considered is the fur
niture. Anything large ought to be
avoided. 1t is not the quantity, but the
size of furniture in a room that seems
to crowd it.
A number of small tables in small
drawing-room will take up far less room
and be much more useful than big
one. Even the ornaments should be
chosen iudiciously; they ought all to
be small, and deicately shaped, and
harmonious in color.
1t is not easy to keep small house
tidy unless you have plenty of places in
which to stow away things. There is
no possible room for large chests of
drawers, chiffoniers, or even that con-
venient thing a box-ottoman, in so lin
tied space as that we are considering.
One must resort to shelves and small
cupboards, put up on the wall in any
unoccupied corner that can be found.
Even these may be turned to orna-
mental as well as useful purposes, for
nothing is easier than to get plain deal
cupboards painted black and gold, and
with pretty designs on the panels.
Shelves, too, covered with cloth the
same color as the curtains or furnit ure
in the room add to it's effect, and help
to keep it tidy. 1t is by no means i'm
possible to live very mfortably and
astefully in q small house. .''".
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-09
HOME INTERESTS.
Hints from Hazel.

Truly necessity is the mother of invention. !"
Lately we put up some white muslin curtains
We had some fringe in the house which we sup
posed was sufficient for all of them, four in
number. But there was only enough for three.
Our attempts to match it in the stores failed.
Then came the thought, why not make some
SO took crotchet-needle and spool of No. 8
cotton and made chain stitch as long as the
fringe was to be. Then knit chain-stitch on
that back and forth until the heading was as
wide as | wished it Then wound the cotton
around card, cutting it at one end In each
stitch fastened two of these threads, and the
fringe thus made was much prettier than that
which was woven.
do not advise any one to make fringe when
they can buy it; but in the country, where
wives and daughters have plenty of time in the
winter, 1t might prove pleasing pastime, and
would certainly improve the curtains which
would otherwise be without it.
The following is splendid recipe for pud
ding: Take shallow tin as a pie-pan, butter
it, and on it spread evenly any kind of fruit.
Ii canned fruit is used it should contain as little
juice as possible. Batter, cup of sour cream,
one egg, half teaspoonful of soda, and foul
enough to make batter, not very stiff Pour
IL over the fruit, and bake in moderately
quick oven. Serve with sugar and cream OF
sauce. We had it often last summer, using
blackberries and peaches, and did not get the
least bit tired of it, HAZEL.
QUINCY, Ill.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-09
Fighting q Mad Dog.

The Hartford (Ct) Coura1at gives an
account of a mad dog which created
much alarm by biting people and dogs
in that town. The Cour07at says: "The
dog next attacked David Phelps and bit
him in the leg. A Mr.. Foley was pass
ing, and the dog went savagely after
him, and caught him by the coat, but
did not succeed in biting him. The
animal next put his jaws onto the leg of
a young man, but the bite was harm
less, as the teeth struck against the top
Of boot, and did not go through. The
froth from the dogs mouth was left
upon the young mans pants.
BY this time crowd had begun to
collect, and a gay young man armed
with revolver fired three shots at the
animal without effect. Then Officer
Jencks, of the police force, came along,
and, taking double barreled shotgun,
followed the dog into Morgan street,
and into an alley little way down the
street. AS he went into the alley the
dog was facing him, and he made dive
for him. He discharged one barrel of
the gun, and the shot proved harmless,
whereat the animal, now thoroughly en-
ragged, came at him furiously. The Off
Ger was now in a critical condition. A
crowd had gathered in the vicinity, and
he must be careful about firing, as the
dog turned into the street. Consider
ing his safest position to be standing
and defensive one, he stood his ground,
and the dog came at him on a jump,
with jaws wide open, and, as he came
into close quarters, the officer let
him take the barrel of the gun into his
mouth, and,Essas he seized it with his
teeth, fred, and fortunately the weapon
was discharged. There was. not much
left Of the dog. The first noticeable
thing after the explosion was dog-col-
lar flying through the air, and what was
left Of the dog was lying around loose.
Officer Jencks, though an old soldier,
says the position he held for few sec
Onds was not very cheerful one, and
he really expected that the dog would
get the better of him, but when he saw
the dog-collar safely removed he began
20 feel safe himself 1t was certainly
courageous act on the part of the officer.
The dog was 1S wears old
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-09
POLITICAL POINTS.

The Potter subcommittee began
work at New Orleans on the 31st ult. by exam
lining Oscar Arrayo, Secretary of State,ss who
produced the records of his Office relating to
the election of 1876. P. G. Deslonde, Secretary
of State under Kellogg, testified to affixing his
signature to the first set of Republican electoral
certificates but had no recollection of signing
any second set Judge Billings and two
or three other witnesses were ex-
amined, but nothing of an important
character was elected. A bundle of documents
left in store by Mrs. Agnes jerks, and ad-
dressed to her, was produced before the COM
mittee. Among the documents was one pur-
porting to be the alleged original SHERMAN
letter" Chairman Potter made a statement to
the press to the effect that these documents had
been dropped by Mrs. jerks for the purpose
of imposing upon the committee. He declared
that the so-called copy of the Sherman letter
was forgery.
At the second days session of the
Potter Committee, in New Orleans, Mr.. John
Ray, counsel for Secretary Sherman, filed a
communication setting forth that he had no in
tention of offering further evidence on the
subject of intimidation in the elections of
1876 Chairman Potter then announced that,
inasmuch as several witnesses wanted by
the committee were in Washington, the COM
mittee would adjourn to that city. In the
meantime Mr. John Ray, representing Mr..
Sherman, and another gentleman to be selected
by the Chairman would remain in New Or
leans and take whatever testimony might be
offered in rebuttal of the evidence already taken
by the committee.
Hon. E. B. Washburne denies the re-
port that he has been rendered the post of
Minister to Berlin, and says he would not &C
cept it if it were
The people of Maine having failed, at
the November election, to choose Governor,
owing to the fact that no one candidate received
majority of all the votes cast, the Legisla-
ture, as provided by the State constitution, has
settled the matter by electing Alonzo Garcelon,
Democrat Maine has not had Democratic
Governor before in over twenty years.
A union of the heretofore discordant
elements Of the Republican party in Louisiana
is said to have been effected.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-09
Grant and the COrkOnialls.

Mr.. Richmond, the United States
Consul at Cork, addressed letter tc
the Council announcing that Gen
Grant would probably arrive in Cork
within q few days. Mr.. Tracy, a Ma
tionalist, proposed at the Council meet
ing that the letter should simply be
marked "read," and that no action should
be taken. Mr.. Harris, Conservative
said: "Tnere can be no personal an
tipathy to the gentleman himself
neither was there anything in the gov,
eminent Of the ex-President objection.
able to the Irish in America. Probably
Gen. Grant would again be at the head
of the United States, in which event il
would be to the interest of our fellow
countrymen in America if proper recog-
milton was given to Gen. Grant on his
arrival at Cork"
Mr.. Barry, an extreme Nationalist
said the ex-President had insulted the
Irish people in America; he got up the
" No Popery" cry there.
MIR. Tracy said it would be unbecom-
ing for the Catholic constituency OF
SO1h w WC4COIuC SuC1 a uIdu. LII HOul(l
be ungenerous to refuse him hospitality
if he deserved it, but he saw nothing in
Gen. Grants career that called for sym
pathy from the Irish nation. He never
thought of the Irish race as he thought
of others, and he went out of his way to
insult their religion.
Mr.. Dwyer, an advanced Nationalist,
would not couple Gen. Grants name
with America. The Irish who had
sought refuge and a home in the
United States had received kindness and
attention from the American people.
President Grant had never given them
the same recognition as the other in
habitants. It would be an improperly
to pay any mark Of respect personally to
Gen. Grant, .@H 6H
Messrs. insolvency and Creedon,
Nationalist, spoke to the same effect,
and with a great shout of ~Aye," there
being no dissenting voices, Cork refused
to receive Gen. Grant Cor.
Neao York Herald. ....
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-09
MISCELLANEOUS eLEANINGs

The taking effect, on the I'd of Jan
uary, of the Resumption law caused no excite
ment in the financial centers of the country.
AT the United States treasury, in Washington,
no gold was paid out, even for interest on bonds,
as Secretary Sherman had given orders to pay
out gold in New York only Persons who
asked for gold when presenting their coupons
were given coin drafts on the, Assistant Treas
urer in New York. This fact created
some comment Of an unfavorable char
acter. Treasurer Hillhouse, at New York, was
prepared to meet the probable rush for gold
but, contrary to general expectations, the de-
mand was light, while in many instances green
backs were preferred. = "a &E&
The Manitoba blizzard that swept
over the country on the I'd and Sd of January
will be long remembered as one of the severest
visitations of the kind in weather annals It
penetrated to every quarter of the land-East
West, North and South. In the region or Buff
falo the cold wave was accompanied by a
binding snow-storm, blocking railroads and
placing complete embargo upon business of
all kinds. Numbers of unfortunate people are
reported frozen to death in different sections OF
the country. Altogether it was @spell of
weather that will not soon be forgotten.
The Vanderbilt feud will not down.
1t continues to arise in new shape every once
IN while We read in the New York papers
that new petition has been filed in one Of the
courts of that city, by Cornelius T. Vanderbilt,
praying for the restraint OF William H., who is
charged with wasting his fathers vast estate by
speculation, bad investments, etc. The bill
also claims that several millions of dollars of
the same has already been lost, and that the
entire property is in jeopardy.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-09

the other party, and the other party has
no right to prevent him from SO doing.
and any act which would tend TO hinder
or delay him would be technical tres
pass for which he would be liable. A
party will not be justified when one
desires to pass him in driving up a little
way and then stopping or Stacking up.
and as soon as the other party again
attempts to pass to once more start uu
to run, and the party so doing will be
liable to answer for damages eS
MONIES (IoWa) Register.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-09

yer. who III behalf of the Senate Committee on
Territories have conducted an inquiry into the
condition of affairs in the Indian Territory, rec
ommend the enactment Of legislation by Con-
gress which shall provide for the erection of
the Indian Territory into q Territory Of the
United States and the conversion of the Indians
nto citizens, amenable to Federal laws and
competent to serve on United States Court
j1ries.
A new circular has been ssued by the
Secretary of the Treasury in regard to sub
scriptions to the 4-per- cent bonds, in which it
is stated that United States notes, as we'll as
coin, can now be received for subscriptions
and that, instead of paying a commission onaH
subscriptions, the department will pay no COM
mission on any subscription less than 800, 900.
The pubHc-debt statement shows an
increase of the debt for December of 81 ,333, 1885,
and the following balances in the treasury: Coin,
1924, 1855, AT; currency, $4,515,55o; currency
held for the redemption of fractional currency,
$10,000,0O0; special deposit for the redemption
of certificates of deposit $3, 455, 600; coin and
silver certificates, 1874 orc, $780, outstanding legal
tenders, 1885, ole; fractional currency,
$161OS,154
The recent letter of the Secretary Of
the Interior, calling upon Gen. Sheridan for
specific facts in support of his charges against
the efficiency of the Indian service, has ELECTED
reply in the form of a report from Gen.
Sheridan to Gen. Sherman, in which he speci-
fies numerous instances of bad management in
the Indian service.
A package Of currency containing
$4,000 was stolen from the Government Print
ing Office, by some adroit thief, few days ago.
The Government Directors of the
Union Pacific railroad have sent their annual re-
port to the Secretary of the Interior They are of
the opinion that the Union Pacific, in view of
the extremely liberal aid that it has received
from the Government and the brilliancy of it's
success as commercial enterprise, should be
judged by the most severe standards known
among the railroads eff the country. Measured
by this standard they report the deficiencies
many and apparent
The per cent. loan is going off at a
rapid rate. The subscriptions reached over
81, O00,0O6 in one day, last week.
A Washington dispatch announces
that Justice Hunt, of the United States Supreme
Court, was stricken with paralysis, q few days
ago, and that his life is despaired of.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN NEWS.

public whipping on a big scale has
taken place at St Petersburg, where 200 rioters
were fogged as q penalty for resistance to the
police authorities.
There were over $4,000 commercial
failures in Great Britain during 1873, or 4,Ooo
more than in 1877.
A dispatch from Constantinople says
thirty -eight-ton gun burst at Ismld, during
practice on the British man -of-war Thunderer.
The vessels turret was destroyed, seven men
killed, and forty wounded.
In France, q sudden thaw has caused
many of the rivers to overflow their banks, do
ing considerable damage to property.
Gen. Grant arrived in Dublin, Ire
land, on the Sd inst He was presented with
the freedom of the city
The Town Council of Cork, in Ire
land, refused to give public reception to Gen.
Grant r.
Moncasi, the assassin who tried to
kill the King of Spain in October last, has been
executed.
The Senatorial elections in France
have resulted in great victory for the Rerub-
licans. They will have nearly sixty majority in
the next Senate.
Another heavy bank failure is reported
from England-the Cornish Bank, at Truro,
with several branches, and deposits amounting
to e5,000000.
A singularly fatal plague has broken
out in Astrachan.
The Pope contemplates calling new
Ecumenical Council.
Many strikes are being inaugurated
In the English manufacturing districts.
Londonderry, Ireland, banqueted
Gen. Grant, and rendered him the freedom of
the city.
The Socialists were successful in the
late municipal elections around Leipsic, Ger
many.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-09
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The, Secretary Of the Treasury has
called in for payment, 100000 additional
500 bonds, with the proceeds from the sub
scriptions to the per cents
The advocates of the Texas Pacific
Railroad bill say that they have made careful
canvass of the House and Senate, and find a
majority of seven in the House and six in the
Senate in favor of the bill when it shall be put
on it's final passage.
Senators Patterson, Garland and Gro
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-09
Matrimony as a Paying Institution.

Every man should provide literally
for his family" says Mr.. Smith. Ever
since my marriage / have kept my wife
provided with sewing-machine, sur
mounted by fine mirror" "What is
the mirror for?" inquired party pres
ent. "Well," said the oracle, "I tell her
that when she gets SO lazy that she can't
run the machine she can sit still and see
herself starve to death. Columbus
(OhiO) Statesman.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-09
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.


There were GIT failures in New York
city in 1873, with liabilities amounting to $64,-
100000
Caleb Gushing died at his residence
in Newburyport, Mass, on the I'd of January,
after an illness of brief duration. He was 70
years old. ....n r9 a.t
Philadelphia reports 739 fires for the
year 1878 Value of property destroyed, ST.
534,51S ", E#....., .} 49,.
Philadelphia papers chronicle the
proprietor of the North An,erica,a, and lately
Mayor of the city.
A fire ct Paris, Mo-, destroyed $4O,-
600 worth of property.
Judge Charles T. Sherman, brother
Of Secretary and Gen. Sherman, died at Cleve-
land, Ohio, last week
A battery of three boilers at Holman
& Fairbanks distllery, Terre Haute, Ind, the
largest in the world, blew up with terrific force
the other day, killing two persons demolishing
the large boiler-room and creating great disas-
ter and rum.
A committee of the Legislature of
Oregon has just completed an investigation
into the finances of the State Government, and
have discovered that funds to the amount of
about $97, 600 have either been unaccounted for
or paid out without authority of law. The COM
mittee's report is very severe in it's condem-
nation of Gov. Grover. -. ...f . .
Thursday, Jan. 2, was one of the cold
est days experienced in the Northwest in many
years, the mercury ranging from Is to 80 de-
grees below zero, according to location.
The Second Baptist Church, in ST.
Louis, has been destroyed by fire. Loss,
$4,000 .M... ........
During the progress of feast at the
Town Hall in GAINESVILLE, Ohio some rascal
put croton oil in the food, and between 300 and
400 persons were taken violently i'll . #'
For the third time within a period of
seven years the Chicago Postoffice has been
burned out 1t was located in the Honore
building, on Dearborn street, one of the finest
and prettest blocks in the city The loss by
the fire is about $4,000, fully covered by in
surance -....+., ssG -"f
The extensive boot and shoe house
of Appleton, Noyes & Maude, in St Louis. has
made an assignment.
The miscreants, seven in number,
who burned the two cattle ranchers, Mitchell
and Ketchum, at the stake, near Kearney, Neb.
have all been arrested g LIZ E saA
The New York Park Theater comedy
company are giving Chicago theater goers
plenty of amusement the present week, at
Haverly's. This company embraces several
well-lmown favorites, notably James Lewis,
George Stoddart, Miss Annie Stoddart, Miss
Sidney Cowell and Mrs George Gilbert ~Hur-
ricanes," @Baby," and Champagne and
Oysters three very laughable comedies, are
the plays for the week. ',@lzs ,2.t-.5- ~
South
A fire at Charleston, S. c., destroyed
cotton press warehouse and over 10, 600 bales
of cotton, valued at nearly 100000 ~. Ho4
-Four tramps We're. frozen to death at
Glasgow Junction, KY, during the late cold
snap. 'A.1''.'N#
The Rankin House, with thirteen
large stores underneath, at Columbus. Ga, has
been destroyed by fire Loss, $4,000 #
There were 40 fires in New Orleans
La year, with a loss Of only $4,000.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-09

A New Y oRKER had a set of statuettes
representing crusaders, modelled and
colored, and placed one by each plate
on his dinner table, and, instead of hav-
ing the names of his guests inscribed OF
dinner cards, has them printed in gilt
on silken banners, and held by the
Stat11etteS
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-09

her father. It is her felicity to own
complete file of the Hartford Coatra1ot
from its first issue in 1894. They fill
the whole side of room fifteen feet
wide, and are piled up close to the
ceiling.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-09
Law of the Road.

Judge Bagg, who is one of the sound
est men on the bench in Iowa, in the
road case in the Grundy Circuit Court,
said that it is the privilege of one who
desires to drive faster than another to
do SO, and he may legally pass the other
by turning out on the right-hand side of
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-09

MISS ADA GILLETTE, maiden lady
of 80, lives in Torrington, CT, in a
house more than 100 years old, built by
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-09

ARKANSAS has ITO lunatics confined
in jails.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-03-06
Mar RIE o..

On the Goth inst, at the residence Of the
brides parents by Rev d Freed, Mr..
Harvey Lnntz to Miss Kate Winters,
both of Eyler's Valley this county.
On the Goth inst, al the Lutheran Parson
age in Frederick, by Rev DR. Diehl, john
A Gccsy, to Miss Ida + ' holland, both
of Waikcrsville, this county
On the tath inst, at the Glade Par sonaSe,
bv Rev O + Lake, Sidney II. Wachicr
to Miss Phoebe \ Z Smith, both OF THIS
county.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-03-06
Valuable Real Property
PRIVATE SALE.

rT,HE suhsctiher offers nj private sale her
| valuable property situated on West
Main street, McchnnicSlnwn. The said
consists Of an acre OF ground,
more CT less, improved Ivy
SUBSTANTIAL FRAME. HOUSE,
weather-honrdcd, containing seven rooms.
The above property is nearly new ,and wile
require no repairs tor some years to c. me.
If not sold before the lst of f, hruary, 1875,
# will be offered for rent. Persons dcsir-
ing t. view ills property can do so ty
calling CYL lhe undersigned.
MRS. T. ). nARBAUGH.
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