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New-York tribune., 1880-02-13
ALBERT LEWIS GALLATIN.

Ganan uied IN London yesterday at the age OF thrty
two years. Mr. Gallatu was educated abroad ana has
Iiyed i'm Paris iOr a number OF years.
New-York tribune., 1880-02-13
TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.

TRIBUNE OFFICE, Feb. l3. a. n.-During the greater
part OF the day Yesterday the movement III the baro-
eser was downward Partly cloudy weather was fol-
lowed during the first quarter by cloudy weather W tn
occasional light rains The temperature ranged ne
tween $50 and $40 the average (4Ji2D peng o's1
higher than the same day last year. ana IA hS"er
than on Wednesday. - ,, -,
Cloudy weather, with Hight rains. possibly followed by
folder and clearing weather, may be expected tohy III
this city and vicinity.
New-York tribune., 1880-02-13
The Fireside Companion.

THE LADY DETECTIVE
nv the Author Of Ola Sleuth the Detective viii be COM
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GENTLE Elsie MOORE;
THE TRUSTFUL IRISH BRIDE,
will he commenced the paper. THE FlREAJDE
COMPANION Is for sale bY all newSGeaiers.
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16
An Accomplished Blind Man.

There died, not long since, in the
town Of Burlington, James Goodsell,
who, from his birth, during a life of
nearly 90 years, had been totally blind
In early childhood, however, Mr.. Good
sell had said that the darkness was, in
few instances, broken by faint glimmer-
ings of light. OF four children, he and
a sister were blind, the others could see.
The sister, though at first possessed of
ordinary vision, soon, by mysterious
change, became wholly deprived Of
sight. In absolute darkness, the ordin-
airy employments Of work-a-day life
would seem i1npracticable, but this
blind man would swing an AK with the,
dexterity. of a woodsman, and actually.
felled trees he was an accomplished
grain-t hresher, and would frequently go
alone distance Of two miles to thresh
for the Burlington farmers, climbing
the mows to throw down the grain; he
could hoe corn or garden stuffs as well as
anybody, having no trouble to distin-
guish the weeds. He would set 100 bean
poles with more accuracy than most
people who can see, would load hay
beautifully, and was so good mechanic
that he manufactured yokes and other
farm articles with success. He had an.
excellent memory and was an authority
on facts and dates. He could generally
tell the time of day or night within a
few minutes. One instance is given
when he slept over one day and awoke
at evening, thinking it was morning.
For once he ate sl1pper for breakfast.
but when informed Of his mistake slept
another twelve hours in order to get
straight again. He was familiar with
forest trees, and knew just where to go
for any timber desired. He could direct
men where to find achestnut, maple or
an oak, and the children where to go for
berries. He was good mathematician,
and could compute accurately and rap
idly In olden days he was quite must
cally inclined, and like most blind people
he had a genius in that direction. =
Waterbury (G.) An3eridn. 6al
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16
HealthfnIness Of Frnit.

Fruit need not be considered a luxury
while apples are in the market; and they
possess nourishing and medicinal proper
ties Of no mean order. This is not new
statement, but it is one that will bear
repeating. It has been said, with good
deal of force, that a truth has to be
proclaimed seven hundred times in the
English Parliament before the least at
tention is paid to it. It is known among
editors, as it is among advertisers, that
similar rule prevails with respect to what
is published in the newspapers. A raw,
mellow apple is ordinarily digested in an
hour and half, while a boiled cabbage
requires five hours; and again, on au-
thority, "apples, if eaten with break
fast, emitting meals for the time, have
an admirable effect on the system, re-
moving indigestion, correcting the acidi-
ties of the stomach and cooling every
febrile tendency"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16
Americans in EurOne.

A correspondent writes to the Spring
field Republican: The majority of
Americans, when they come to Europe
for the first time, are always amazed at
the expense of foreign travelling They
had always harbored the impression that
the cost Of everything on this side of the
Atlantic railway tickets, hotel sbills,
etc., were at least only one-half what
they were in America; but, on the con.
trary, they find it costs much more to
travel here than it does at home. In
the best American hotels the price Of
three and four dollars a day seems ex-
travagant, but they cannot comprehend
why it is that in frst-class foreign ho-
tel, where the price of room is only
three or four francs day, and the other
charges seem SO moderate, their bills,
foot up to such high figures. - Irr
While taking my breakfast one morn
ing at the Hotel Chatham in Paris, five
Americans entered the dining-room and
seated themselves at table near me.
There was the father and mother, son
of about IA, and two daughters about,
10 and IL. From their conversation L
learned it was their first trip to Europe,
and that they had come directly to Paris
on landing at Liverpool, and had no
had "square meal since they left
home. After canvassing among them
selves as to what their appetites craved
and demanded on the bill of fare, the
head Of the family gave the
waiter the following order Five plates
of melon, which were then very ex-
pensive, five fried soles, five pots Of cof-
fee, five ham and eggs, fried hominy,
five beefsteaks, hot rolls, five fried pota-
toes, butter, radishes, etc. If they had
ordered two dishes of kind, so gener-
GUS was the supply, it would have been
more than enough to satisfy their appe-
tites but they were Americans" and
evidently thought the reputation of their
country, in the eyes of other strangers
in the dining-room, demanded. nothing
less than full complement to each per-
son. As neal. as could figure up their
account, that breakfast cost in the neigh
borhood of SIG. The table d'hote din
sner at night was at fixed pr1ce, and, if
their lunch, at o'clock, correspondent
with their breakfast, no wonder surprise
is manifested at the high rates of living.
In foreign hotels. mo- 71 gror
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16
Hancock and Garfield.

Gen. Hancock represents no policy.
no principle, no issue, nothing but the
party which has nominated him, and he
will be supported by those only who
think that the public welfare would be
promoted by bringing the Democratic
party into power. Gen. Garfield stands
for the. best sentiment Of the party
which has been identified with the
patriotism, the intelligence, the free in
dustry, the progressive spirit of the
country. Gen. Hancock represents q
party without a programme 6f policy.
and with the most damaging traditions.
That party has eminent leaders, but
Gen. Hancock is not one Of them. If he
has views upon public questions, they
are not known. He is, of course, wholly
without civil experience, except that of
a military Governor. He is a. worthy
gentleman, whose life has been passed
In the military service, and whose cleo
ton as President would be leap in the
dark. m III rarra w
Gen. Garfield, on the other hand,
isnot only citizen soldier of distinction,
but statesman of wide and various ex-
perience and sagacity, of unusual knowl-
edge, and tact, a leader of his party by
signal ability, and gentleman of un-
character. If the office of
Chief Magistrate of the Union requires
. civil ability and especial knowledge,
. wide experience and courage, ma
tured convictions upon public principles
and policy, familiarity with public affairs
and public men, as we'll as perfect per-
feet personal rectitude, and intelligent
sympathy with the ideas and purposes
and tendency of great political party,
/ Gen. Garfield is peculiarly the candi-
date for those who wish to know what
their votes mean. Gen. Hancock is
the respectable candidate of the Demo
cratic party but how has the Democratic
party deserved the respect or the conf
dence of the country? Harper's Weekly.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16
ALL SORTS.

AND now physician says that long
walks before breakfast bring on dys-
pepsia.
The first gold mine in the United
States was discovered In South Carolina
in 1890.
A DAYTON woman who bleached her
hair was made blind by the chemicals.
and now might as we'll be bald-headed as
blonde
FRENCH boys are crammed SO unmer-
cifully at ST. Cyr that they are said to
have become nothing but bundles of
paleness and spectacles.
ONE of the best epitaphs, and one of
the shortest also, is that which Jerrold
gave for Charles Knight, the amiable
historian. 1t was simply "Good
Knight.
AN increased sale of corsets among
the colored people Of the South is men
toned as an evidence that the blacks are
advancing in civilization, and are bound
to stay.
IT is stated that about l, 900 horses are
to be brought into the training stables
of the Mississippi valley for the coming
spring the largest number ever trained
In one season.
The small boy who can ride a three
wheeled velocipede in the hall, and beat
a drum at the same time, has qualities
calculated to make home happy when he
is not we'll. itihl Sl5 81 SO.
Il The kind uncle has taken his young
nephew with him to the theater, having
secured seats in the orchestra stalls.
"Do not lean over the balustrade so
recl1lessly," says the good old gentle.
man, or the first thing you know you'll
tumble into one Of the orchestra chairs,
and I'll be charged 3 francs EXTRA
y IT IS estimated that there are three
millions of unmarried men and four
millions of unmarried women in the
country. It will be seen that if all the
men should marry there would be a
surplus Of a million of old maids from
which to draw for second wives. This
is great country for man. VITA
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16
FATHER HENNEPIN.
A Great Explorer and an Ostenta-
tiOuS Liar.


tiOuS Liar.
Louis Hennepin had very adyentur-
GUS, romantic career, with which he did
not allow the taking Of religious vows to
interfere. He was a Recollet, or monk.
of a reformed order of Franciscans. and
was born In the Netherlands. After he
had become such, he travelled through
Italy and Germany, and was then settled
for while as preacher at Hal. His
superiors seLt him to Artois, whence he
went to Calais and Dunkirk, and there
acquired fondness for the sea by loung-
ing about sailors eating houses and talk
ing with the sailors. He next went to
the Province of Limburg, and was
Superintendent for some months of a
hospital at Maestricht At the battle of
Senef, between the Prince of Condo and
William of Orange 1674), he acted as
reglmental Chaplain, and rendered good
service to the sick and wounded. Ordered
next year to Canada, he embarked at
La Rochelle, in company with Bishop
Laval and Chevalier La Sale. Ar
rived at Quebec, he preached there
until his restless disposition hurried
him off to the Indian mission at
Fort Frontenac, whence he visited
the Five Nations and the Dutch settle
ment at Albany. Having gone back to
Quebec, he was attached to the La Sale
expedition, and, with Chevalier De
Tonty and Antoine de la Motto Codil-
lac, was enjoined to sail from Fort
Frontenac to Niagara, and there built q
vessel for navigating the lakes above the
cataract They began their voyage on
Lake Erie aug. Z, 1879, passed over
it, over Huron and Michigan to the
mouth of the st. Joseph's river, which
they assembled in canoes to the portage,
carried these to the Kankakee, fioated
down that stream and the Iroquois to
the Illinois, on whose banks they con-
structed Fort Creveceur, near the
present site Of Peoria. After some delay
La Sale returned to Frontenac for sup
plies, intrusting to Hennepin an expedi-
ton to the sources of the Mississippi,
never explored above the mouth of the
Wisconsin. With Picard du Gay and
Michel Ako, he set out (Feb.
%, 1880 in canoe, descended
the Illinois to its junction with
the Mississippi, and went up that river
to tho falls of st. Anthony. He was the
first European to see them, and he
named them after his patron saint.
Reaching the mouth of the st. Francis,
in the territory of the present Minneso-
ia, he journeyed near 200 miles along
its banks--he had christened the stream
in honor of the founder of his order
visited the Sioux Indians, of whom he
spoke as the Issati and Nadonessioux.
He staid with them three months-he
says that they kept him prisoner
when he encountered party of French
men who had penetrated the region of
Lake Superior, and went back with them
to Canada. He next sailed for France,
where he published his two very inter
esting, though Enthusiastically, works on
exploration in America. In his second
work he claims to have gone to the
mouth of the Mississippi and to have
been the first European to float on that
river. He was an enterprising, intrepid
explorer, but he was also an ostentatious
lar. re- t,F.-- vr-t.-,..H
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16
A Celestial Revelation.

Mr.. Goober-as the story goes lived
in the Mormon country. He had but
one wife, and never thought of taking
any more till one day an elder told him
it was his religious duty to seal unto
himself few others. Mr.. Goober went
home and sadly informed his wife of
what the elder had said, and Mrs. GoobeF
said she had no objection, provided the
elder would come round and argue the
case with her piously. Goober told the
elder, and the elder dropped around He.
smiled sweetly as Mrs. Goober advanced
to meet him. The next thing he knew
he was skipping around the room with.
his coat slit up the back and his hat
knocked into pi, while Mrs. Goober
welded the broomstick. He finally
jumped out of window, and escaped.
with his life, sadder and a wiser man.
The next time he met Goober he told
him he had had celestial revelation by
which Goober was relieved from the ne
.cessity of taking any more wives Mrs.
Goober would count for almost 1000 In
the New Jerusalem.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16
Judge Poland Upon Gen. Garfield.


Of all the testimony from political
friends and foes to the character Of Gen.
Garfield land it is universally an ex-
preston of the highest admiration and
confidence none is more emphatic than
that OF Judge Poland, the Chairman of
the Credit Mobilier Committee, who re-
Gently addressed the following letter to
the President of the Vermont Repub-
lican State Convention
ST.. JoHNsBuRY, vt, June %, 1880.
To the President of the Convention:
SIR-I was chosen delegate to the conven-
ton by the Republicans OF this town, and
hoped to be able to attend, but the unexpected
prolongation of the court in this county pre-
vents. / greatly regret my inability to be pres
emit. amnot at all anxious to participate in the
selection of a State ticket. The Republicans
of Vermont can always be safely trusted to
nominate good men, I only desired to have an
opportunity to express to the convention and to
Republicans everywhere my entire approval of
the nominations made at Chicago. Probably
no man in Vermont knows Gen. Garfield more
intimately than myself. He was in Congress
during the whole ten years of my service,
and for eight years we stood together in the
House, and ever on terms of friendship and in
timacy. OF his eminent ability, power In de-
bate, and untiring devotion to public service
need not speak. His long service and leading
position in Congress have made him known to
all the people of the country who take any in
terest in public affairs. But our political OPP
ponents affect to question his personal integ-
rity and purity of character, and to base their
accusation upon the evidence taken before q
committee of Congress, of which was Chair
man, known as the Credit Mobilier Committee.
Now I desire to say to the convention, and to
all who may feel any interest in my opinion of
Gen. Garfield, that nothing which appeared
before that committee, or which appears in
their report, Or any other matter or thing which
ever came to my knowledge in regard to him,
ever led me to doubt his personal integrity. I
believe him to be thoroughly upright and
honest man, and who would be so under all
circumstances and against any temptation.
The use that is being made of my name, and
of the report of the committee, which was
drawn by me, in my opinion makes it proper for
me to express my personal judgment as to the
character of the man. I ask you to do me the
favor to communicate this note to the conven-
ton. LUKE P. PoIAND y.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16
"Ef Hancock is the way, walk ye

& Ef Hancock is the way, walk ye
init. Does any one suppose that Han
cock, wich is to be elected, eff he is
elected at all, by the solid South, is a
goin back onto the solid South after his
eleckshun?, Does the ass know his
masters crib? Is he goin to turn and
rend the hand wich feeds him?
Are we SO stoop1d ez TO spose that
the Southern Brigadiers witch run the
Cincinnati Convenshun didn't know wat
they wuz about Hevin but one thing
to do, do you spose they didn't go and
do it? To win we have got to kerry
some Northern States, and wood it hev
bin polisy to hev put up a. Brigadeer in
gray to hev skeered the Northern Di-
mocrisy, whose stomicks are stilleweek?
We kin forgive Federal Gineral witch,
for the sake Nv bein President, is willin
to undo ez President all that he did ez
soljer Wat he did ez solier is past
wat he will do ez President is yet to
come. We hev not gone back onto our
selves in nominatin him eff he goes back
upon hisself that is his own biznis.
envy friends, it is perfectly safe to
OC1AO t1AJ u Gull OO1JO1 WILL Id W11lu W
take a. nominashen at the hands NV Suth-
ern Brigadeers, 700 bet yer life. And it
is perfectly safe for us to swaller the res
olushens, no matter what they may be.
They all pint one way. Ell. they are for
tariff or agin tariff, they mean the old
rool Nv the glorious South. Ef they are
for hard money, they mean the triumph
Of the South. Miklellan, eff he he'd bin
elected, wood hev done jest ez well for
us as Jeffson Davis, and so will Han
cock"
We adjourned with three cheers fol-.
Hancock and the platform, tho we hedn't
received the platform and didn't know
nothing about it. But, ez in the case NV
the nominashen, we know the men witch
made it, and that's enuff.
Kentucky will role up good old-fash-
Toned Dimocratic majority this fall,
shoor. PETROLEUM V. NAsBY, s.
Exultant.
P. S.-Bascom is concerned about the
bari. I satisfied that much doubling
man by ashooring him that Tilden's bari
wood be opened jist the same. But the
Nashnel Committy want to be in haste
about fxin' that. We kin take a candi-
date on trust, but the bari must be
reality. We must know all about that,
and for shoor. P. V. N. b.
Toledo blade.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16
The OIeander.

This beautiful plant, when under
proper culture, is truly a gem among
flowers. The best way to root cuttings
is in bottle Of rain water set in the
window. The cuttings should be no
deeper in the water than half way up to
the second joint, and when the rootlets
get to be half an inch long, carefully put
in rich, sandy loan. After the plant
blooms, cut back to within a foot or
fifteen inches of the ground, when three
branches viii come out; let them grow
until it again blossoms after which cut
them all back about six inches from the
main stalk, and every time it blooms re-
peat cutting back, and in few years a
very beautiful plant will be the result;
with proper care it will grow, more
beautiful with age.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16
Gen. GarfieId,s Record.

There have been many biographies
Of Gen. Garfield published since his
nomination, but the following brief
summary Of his career is the cleverest
that we have yet met. We take it from
the columns of the Albany Evening
Journal. 81 g
"At IA he was at work at carpen-
ter's bench. $685.
AT Is he was O. boatman on the Ohio
canal.
AT IS he was studying in the Ches-
ter (Ohio) Seminary. e efl
At q he was teaching in one of
Ohio's common schools, pushing for
ward with his own studies at the same
time. ds a8 ESD w
AT % he entered Williams College.
SAT Is he graduated from Williams
College with the highest honors Of his
class.
AT 81 he was tutor at Hiram College,
Ohio. &. :
cat % he was principal Of Hiram
College.
4AV 40 AO W6go a. LACuAOCI VI U4C O111O
Senate-the youngest member Of that
body.
At 81 he was Colonel of the Forty
second Ohio regiment.
At 81 he was placed in command of
a brigade, routed the rebels under Hum
phrey Marshall, helped Gen. Buell. in
his fight at Pittsburg Landing, played
q prominent part In the siege Of Corinth,
and in the important movement along
the Memphis and Charleston railroad.
At 80 he was appointed Chief of
Staff of the Army of the Cumberland,
participated in the campaign in Middle
Tennessee and in the notable battle of
Chicamauga, and was promoted to the
rank Of Major General. ..s
At 80 he was in Congress, the sue
cessor Of Joshua r. Giddings. 3l
At 48, having been continuously in
Congress since hewas 33, he was elected
to the United States Senate. 9
"At 49, he was noGinatede for the
Presidency of the United States.v
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16

frightened away by the return of the
hired man from Petrolia. Subsequently
his home was broken into by three men
wearing masks. The old man and his
wife fought them until they were I'M
conscious. In the struggle the masks
were torn from the faces of two of the
men, and they were recognized. The
neighbors went to the rescue, and the
robbers were followed, but escaped to
the woods. Three days afterward the
two were captured They have recently
been sentenced to five years each in the
penitentiary. The farmer still refuses
to select any safer place of deposit for
his wealth than his own house. -NeaO
York Tribune.