The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-29
BREyITIES.

at Sardis, Miss, June 90.
NATcHEz claims that she is the clean
est city in the United States.
The sea-coast of Texas is quarantined
against vessels coming south of latitude
20 degrees. e..eA F,,-... o..s9.,
ONE HUNDREDiAND EIGHTY-THREE cot
ton mills have been built in the South
since the war. 3 ~ IN al e,s,, ,',
: THIRTY saloon-keepers, of Newark. .
N. j. have been indicted for keeping
disorderly houses. n.o
A LONG letter from Liberia saws that
England and France are ready to alb
sorb that republic.
The acreage of the cotton crop in
Western Texas is So per cent. greater
this year than last.
The man who first made mince-meat
an article of commerce has just died in
Philadelphia, very wealthy.
AN Amsterdam newspaper speaks of
man who was fatally injured while at
tempting to commit suicide. .4....
THIEVES broke into Gen. Buffers at
Lowell, drank freely of his best wine,
and carried off his silverware. i ,.oy :, .
ENGLISH sparrows introduced into the
east of the country have become over
crowded in the cities, and are migrating
westward. T@5.iJ6 + -
The law prohibiting opium smoking
in Nevada, under penalty of $1,000
fine or two years imprisonment, went
into effect the LIST of May. ~ lI,'1 .u..,l
:. A PUBLICATION of the navy list for
1879 shows that out of 1,668 officers
more than half stick close to their
desks and never go to sea-" |-t
The Spaniards have concluded a con-
yention with the King of Anam Co.
chin China for the purpose of supply
ing Cuba with Anamite laborers.
THE Yellowstone valley is one of the
most fertile tracts on this continent,
and, since the extension of the Northern
Pacific road across the Missouri, is rap
idly filling up with settlers.
LORD DERBY was recently asked
whether M. Washington, the Prime
Minister of France, was an Englishman
Eyes" he said, "and the Prime Minister
of England is not an Englishman."
SANTA MONICA is this year to be the
fashionable seaside resort of California.
Senator Jones owns it. He bought
$4,000 acres in 1874 for $250,0O0, and
has ever since been preparing it for
summer visitors.
In the race for the 1000 guineas at
Newmarket in which Uncas was en-
gagged, hare was started, and instead
of making for the heath got in among
the running horses and raced with them
for good squirt. 800 '
MI A WONDERFUL table cloth was lately
shown at New York church fair. The
body is blue, with white border en-
broidered with flowers. The lady who
made it first painted the flowers from
nature, and then made an exact copy of
the painting in needle-work.
IT turns out that Mother Shepton's
renowned poetic prophecies, suppos ed
to date from 1448, and beginning =
Carriages without horses shall go,
And accidents fill the world with woe; 3"
Around the world thought shall fly
sstl In the twinkling of an eye, ''.Esf..
were written by one still living. ..
The usher in variety show at Para
disc, New, stood where he INSTRUCTED
the view of several persons in the audi
ence. A remonstrance drew shot from
his revolver, wounding quiet and pop
ular young man. The usher was at
once seized, taken out of the hall, and
hanged to tree. = - ."i Z" .#-
That Turks are not altogether incap-
able of good work is, shown by Ahmed
Vefyk Pasha, who has in two months
drained some thousands of acres of
swamp in the beautiful plains of Brous-
sa. He is now employing vast num-
Der of the unfortunate Mussulman refu-
gees in planting and sowing this land.
a;iTHE average monthly salary of school
teachers in this country varies largely
with locality.s The highest is in the
District of Columbia, where the average
for males is $3.50, females $50. The
lowest is in North and South Carolina,
where it is $50 and $25. @ In Illinois,
$47 and 1888; in Michigan, it is $48 and
1913; Iowa, SIT and 1913.
A GERMAN inventor proposes to make
boots that will never wear out. He
mixes with waterproof glue suitable
quantity of clear quartz sand, which is
spread on the thin leather sole employed
as foundation. These quartz soles are
said to be flexible and almost indie
structible, while they enable the wearer
to walk safely over slippery roads.
JOHN RAFFERTY, was on his krees in a
front room of his residence, in Boston,
Mass, saying his morning prayer, and
the noise of children playing in the
street disturbed his devotions. He
arose, got a revolver, opened window,
and fired five shots into the juvenile
gathering. Maggie Murphy was hit in
the leg, and probably famed for life.