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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29
BREVITIES.

TH1RTY-THREE smelters are in opera
ton in Leadville.
+ JAPANESE women eat the bulbs of the
tulip and lily. a.t IT,.
AsToR owns 3,400 dwelling houses in
New York city.
Texas is the greatest cotton State of
this decade.
BRET HARTE is in England in delicate
health.
The mother of Gen. Grant has been
a lifelong Methodist mother in
Israel"
NORTH CAROLINA built the first rail-
road in America.
The larger towns of Russia and Po-
land are full of troops.
CANADIANS thaw frozen salmon by
rubbing them with snow.
PEDIGREE cattle have fallen Is per
cent. in price in England.
MARK TWAIN was born in East Ten
ressee.
ONE-THIRD of the United States Sena-
tors are specializing in stocks, and an
other third on who will be next Presi-
dent.
THERE are in the United States $50
theaters, 1873 travelling theatrical COM
panies, and only seven resident stock
companies.
ST.. CHARLES, La, has o 17-year-
boy who is seven feet six inches high, and
wears No. Is shoes.
The rolling stock of the Union Pa
cltic railroad consists of 179 locomo-
tives, 1876 passenger, baggage and sleep
ing cars, and 1926 freight cars.
GEN. GARFIELD began life as wood
chopper and now he has been elected
United States Senator, and has horse
with record of 2:21 named after him.
Ponder on these facts, little boys, when
your ma wants you to cut up some wood
for supper, and also ponder OF the fact
that the old man is generally handy
with trunk-strap.
The solid men of Boston pay taxes
on considerable property. For example
Moses Williams is taxed for $2,081, 900;
Edward A. White, $1,705,6OO; Charles
Francis Adams, $747, 800; W. Il. An
drews, $092,70O; J. IngersoH Bowditch,
$2,176,6O0; Josiah Quincy's heirs,
$6O3,9OO; W. S. Dexter, $3,873,700;
Frederick r. Sears, 81, 1861, 400; Joshua
M. Sears, $3,055,0O0.
A DWARF donkey's love of beer is a
source of revenue to an Indianapolis
saloon. keeper. The little beast stands
or lies by the stove, ready to trot up to
the bar and drink as often as invited
He usually. gets pretty drunk before
the nights dissipation is over, and in
the morning, probably in consequence
of headache, bites and kicks at every
body who comes near.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29

spiracy to the last, evidently hoping
to lntlmidate and scare away the Re-
puhlicans from their position. Then
was the time TO have gracefully surren-
dered and covered their retreat. Fail
ing in this, they are now compelled to
stink and crawl away, branded with the
scorn and contempt and pursued with
the indignation of all honest men.
The Maine conspiracy was the first
step In plot to steal the Presidency
next year. Had it been successful they
would have stolen other States, no
matter how they had voted, wherever
they could have had sufficient legisla-
tive control to have given them the
political forms and processes. Having
the majority in both Houses of Con-
gross, they would have counted out the
sufficient number of States necessary
to seat usurper in the Presidential
chair, and would have pointed TO the
success of the larceny in Maine as an
Endorsement of their villainy, as well
as to show how safe thing it is to steaf
Government away from the majority
of the people. The Republicans would
have been kicked out, the elections
would have been nullifed, and repub-
ican institutions would have been
farce. It was the last despairing effort
of the desperate Democracy to subvert
the will of the people and to destroy
the decisions of the majority as
expressed at the ballot-box. All
good men will rejoice at it's fail
ure. All lovers of honest government
will rejoice that the people of Maine
have not been swindled out of
their lawful rights, and that the men
elected by them not only have taken
their rightful places, but also have the
law, the courts, the Sheriffs, and the
military power on their side to maintain
and defend their rights; but the lesson
is none the less salutary one, and
should teach the people to be on the
alert against any other conspiracy which
the desperate leaders of the Democracy
may hatch to thwart their will. We do
not look for any further trouble in
Maine, but, should the baff1ed dema-
gogues attempt to assert themselves, it is
to be hoped that they will be appre-
hended and thrown into Jail without de-
lay, and that they will suffer the extreme
penalty of the law. The Republicans
of that State have already been too
lenient and forbearing, and the Repub-
icans of other States will look to them
now to hold their fort and crush out any
further trouble before it reaches any
Roadway,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29

THE ancient origin of the Masonic
fraternity has often been questioned,
Strong confirmation is given, however,
in the Cleopatra's Needle obelisk which
is about to be shipped from Egypt to
New York. The following cable dis
patch to the New York World explains
the matter:
Immediately under the pedestal of the obe-
lisk, and in the east angle formed by the steps,
! found block OF hewn syenite granite, forty
inches in the cube representing perfect Ma
sonic altar Under this and immediately be-
low found white marble slab, representing
the apron, extending across the foundation of
polished syenite granite, 102 inches long and
ffty-one inches broad and twenty-five thick,
the upper half hewn into perfect square At
the same level, and touching the short section
of the square, and in the west angle of the
foundation, found another block of syenite
granite markedly regular in form, the surface
of which represented rough ashlar steps, and
the foundation Of which was composed of
white granite. Beside these four pieces found
other less noticeable and important, but
equally significant, emblems.
Inasmuch as these obeisks were
erected about 1000 years before Christ,
the above discovery indicates that Ma
sorry existed at that ancient era.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29

The Chicago Daily Neaos states that
within the next year or two three ex-
tensive railway passenger depots are to
be erected in that city. The Pennsyl-
vania Central and theaPittsburgh and
Fort Wayne Companies are taking the
initial steps for the construction of a
mammoth union depot on the west
side of the South branch, and on the
river bank, between Madison and Van
Buren, streets. The Western Indiana
road and the Grand Trunk, of Canada,
also propose to erect, during the pres
ent year, a spacious depot on Van Blu
rem street, in the South Division. On
the north side of the rivergthe Chicago
and Northwestern Railroad Company
will Immediately proceed to tear down
their Wells street depot, and on it's
site erect one of the finest passenger
depots in the country. 1t will cost not
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29
The Justice Saw the Point.

DIR. Washington, colored man, was
arraigned before Justice of the Peace,
charged with something like mal-medi-
cal practice. He had given colored
man dose OF medicine, and the colored
man didn't live but one hour afterward.
The Justice was a colored man, and
probably knew as much about law as
the doctor did of medicine. When the
doctor had been arraigned the Justice
asked:
"Dr. Washington, how long is you
been practicin' oh incidence"
"Sence de wah, sah."
"What books on de fsick an de hui
man reconstruction did yer study?"
"Oh, I studud nuff-Cornstalk olos-
ophy 'mong de number. Now, Jedge,
let me ak you one pint. What books
on de law did you study?"
Use heah, pris'ner afore de bar, to
try dis case, and not to stand Gamma
ton, Ccmin' down from de law lam
guage to plain niger an mule, wot de
h-ll made you kill dat man? 'Splain
yerself, sab, or I'll put de clamps OF my
'thority on yer"
EFF dar's man in dis country what
can 'splain hisself, Use de man." said
the doctor, arising. Some few days
ago vented new medicine from
roots dug outen de groun'. Hit struck
me dat de medicine would cure de rheu-
matiz, and when wen ter see de man
what is dead now [ concluded to 'speri-
ment on him. No medicine ain't no
count till you Experiment. w1d hit. All
medical 'ventions has ter be proved.
When Bright vented der kidney dis
ease he didn't know hit would work till
he tried hit. I figured it up JUS dis
way. Says / to myself, ii dis medicine
cures dis man hits good; but If hit
kills him hit won't do ter tamper wild,
or let lie roun' loose 'mong childun.
Well, gin him der medicine, and about
hour afterward he was dead. How
would know dat de medicine was fit
ten for use eff hadn't a-tried it? Don't
yer see de geography OF my egement?
Science must lie 'vanced, yer know"
"Dat's fack," said the Justice, after
musing while, "de pint are well sus-
tanned. Mr.. Constable, turn dis man
loose an caution him not to vent any
noah medicine in my township
Little Rock Gazette.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29

NEW YORK has produced one Of the
most successful bigamists on record.
He did not have as many wives as Jim
Bludsoe, but he married one wife in
1853 and another in 1878, and lived with
both until a few days ago. He main
tanned these wives in separate houses at
no great distance from each other, one
being at Woodlawn and the other at
Yonkers. He made one wife believe
that the other wife was his mother, and
SO accounted in that way for his visits
to her. One of his daughters was in
the secret, and not only kept it but
helped her father carry on the decep-
ton. He is now in jail, however, with
nothing to console him but the refec-
ton that comes to man after briefly
enjoying the felicity of having had two
wiuac
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29
less than 100000, and will be pro-
vided with all the modern improve
ments and conyeniences.

Mas. L1vERMoRE has been comparing
the women Of the East with those Of
the West. "The women of the East,
she is reported as saying, STUDY hard
er. They dig and delve Intellectually.
You find them studying advanced
chemistry,science in all branches; study
ing under professors One woman |
know is studying Sanscrit. I do not
know just why, but I know she has an
aim. The women Of the West are more
enthusiastic. When Mr.. Alcott returns
from a Western tour and we ask him
what Western women are doing, he
says: %, you should see the enthusi-
asm; they are SO wide awake It is to
the women Of the West that we look"
said Mrs. Livermore, for strong rein
foreement and reliance. They are
reaching out in SO many ways.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29
Professor and Bear.

He the bearl had also observed me,
and did not venture to return to the
boat, but went straight toward him,
supposing that he would be frightened
and run away, as had always previous
ly seen polar bears do when man APP
preached them. I had miscalculated;
the bear came nearer, advancing slowly
in a half circle, and we were soon so
close together that could have touched
him with a stick. He stood somewhat
higher up on a block of stone, kissing
and tramping with his fore feet; I stood
somewhat lower, crying aid hooting all
I was able, and threw big stones at him
with little apparent effect. At length
big stone hit one of his fore paws rest
ing on stone, and the pain, or per-
haps satisfied curiosity, induced the
animal to retreat.-Arct5c Voyages
Norde1skjod.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29

IF longevity, as national character
istic, be fair test of the healthiness of
a country or the tough vitality of it's
people, then Greece may claim to beat
the civilized world On the score OF it's
sanitary perfection. OF all countries in
Europe it seems to possess the greatest
number OF what may be called very old
people-that is to say, of people from
80 years of age and upward; out of a
population OF 1,457, 1894, it has of these
veterans no fewer than 1898.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29

A DRUNKARD at Battle Hill, Kan, re-
solved to reform or die. Putting some
deadly poison into glass with whisky,
he locked himself in room with the
mixture. His plan was to conquer his
craving for alcohol if possible, and, if
his appetite overpowered him. kill him
self with the drink that satisfied it. He
was alone with the poison for six hours,
and then he drank it. His life was
saved, however, by the timely efforts OF
physician, and he was sent to an asy-
lum FOR inebriates
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29

Mrs. ETHERID GEES BOY walked on stills
in front of Gray's grocery, at Dallas,
Tex. This annoyed Gray, and he
whipped the boy. Mrs. Etheridge sent
her son back, and posted herself, pistol
in hand, to protect him in his diver
sion. Gray got a big club and went
out for a combat with the woman. He
received a bullet wonnd in his head,
and she was carried home dangerously
pounded. But the boy still walks on
his stills.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29

CoMETEND us to the action of the
woman near Indianapolis, when she
found the head of a burglar protruding
through her bedroom window. She
did not scream or faint, but quietly
reached for a heavy wooden chair and
brought it down with such force on the
fellows head that the blow broke his
rascally neck. There he hung all night
as dead as a door nail, and in the morn
ing she summoned the neighbors to as
sist in taking care of the corpse.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29

The COMMITTEES appointed by Metho-
dist Bishops to consider the subject of
an oscumenical council of all the Meth
odist bodies in every part of the world,
and to confer with the branches of the
church in Great Britain on the subject,
have received favorable responses to
the propositions, and named the 9th of
May next as day of meeting to prepare
the call for the council. This meeting
will represent moro than 20,000,O00
Methodists in all parts of Christendom,
as we'll as in Asia and Africa.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29
COLLAPSE OF THE MAINE INTAMY.
From the Chicago Tribune.1

LFrom the Chicago Tribune.
The conspiracy of the Fusionists in
Maine to seize the Government, in VIC
lation of law and of the popular will as
expressed at the last election, has been
crushed, and the only regret now is
that it's authors cannot be severely pun
ished for their audacity and monstrous
dishonesty. Their failure, however, is
disastrous and complete, and they have
branded themselves with dishonor and
the Democratic party with shame. The
Legislature elected by the people is in
rightful possession of the Government,
a lawful Governor has been lawfully
elected, and the functions of State will
now be exercised by those whom the
people have clothed with them.
The desperate position in which the
Garcelon Smith P illsbury clique and
their followers found themselves is
shown by their persistent effort, even
to the verge of bloodshed and anarchy,
to subvert the will of the majority of
the people. They fought against law,
justice and the will of the people to the
very last, but the Republican position
was as impregnable as the rock of Glib
raltar, against which those dishonest
and disreputable demagogues dashed
themselves in vain. They might even
have pleaded some extenuation for their
infamy had they withdrawn when their
Governor voluntarily submitted the case
to the Supreme Court for it's opinion,
but they hung On to their infamous con-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29

Mr.. MOODY, tire evangelist, has been
at Jefferson City, Mo-, trying to get
Gov. Phelps to pardon the Rev. Joseph
Keebaugh, preacher-politician, once
Postmaster Of Glasgow, Mo-, who is I'M
der sentence for seventeen years for
forgery. After his crime he fed to
Chicago, and there happened to hear
Mr.. Moody preach. Mr.. Moody iniu-
enced him to return and confess his
crimes, and he told the court that he
would rather be punished by the law
than by his conscience.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29

AN effort is beng made to put stop
to the prac ice, by lumbermen in the
West, of dumping" the sawdust and
wastage from their mills into navigable
streams, where they become water-soaked
and choke up the channels. A bill has
been introduced in Congress prohibit
ing the practice, and providing heavy
penalty for the violation of it's provi-
siOns.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29

A YOUNG English lady at Oman, in
Brittany, who had been cleaning her
gloves with petroleum, held her gloved
hand near candle to burn an end OF
cotton, when the glove caught fire, and,
on her instinctively trying to extinguish
the fame with the other, that also took
fire. Both hands were SO frightfully
burnt that amputation would have been
necessary, but the unfortunate victim
expired prior to the operation.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29

In T1lle thinks the Saturday Re-
Vie1v, the cultivated American has i'm
mense advantage over men of other ma
tionalities, because he at home has all
the rank that belongs to any other
American, and no more.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29

THE ravages of diphtheria in Russia
have been truly horrible. Originating
in Bessarabia, this terrible disease has
laid it's grip epidemically upon thirteen
of the Government districts, and in the
Caucasus alone no less than 100000
children have been slain by it.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29

GOVERNMENT Typographical survey
ors report wonderfully great veins of
silver in the newly-opened ore districts
of Southwestern Utah
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29

No MAN puts more sole into his avo-
cation than the humble tramp.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29
dictionary of the Future.

ACCORDION: pair of bellows which
have accidently swallowed a jews harp.
Auctioneer: man OF morbid tempera-
ment. Eccentricity: regular irregu-
larities. Genius: lunatic-more or
less sane. Knack: the art of using
genius. Love: an archer who never
uses a cross beau. Prudery: the par
ody of modesty. Plagiarism: the dis
covery that our ideas have been stolen
by our predecessors. Peace: war tax
ing a nap. Part songs: (German) a
game of follow my Lieder. Quadrille :
silent protest against the immortality
of dancing. Sel6shness: preference
misplaced. University: academies in
winter of scholarship, and in summer
of scullership.-Scrlbaer's Monthly.
IT is said in Arizona that miner,
doubling the capabilities of certain
assayer, got an old potato, dried it thor
oughly, pounded it up fine, and then
submitted the powder for assay, and the
result of the assay gave yield of $40 TO
the ton.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-10-07

Before going TO press wo notice q largo nun.
her OF people wero IN town during tho day
The vote poled in Walhalla numbered about
iyo hundred, but tho relative strength Of the
candidates has not yet been determined by u
count. Tho circus had drawn large vote from
tho country and tho result perhaps has boon
somewhat changed, as no efforts wcre spared by
tho friends of the candidates to win the day for
their favorites. Up to the afternoon there was
no disturbance of any kind, but about O'Clock
=. M. difficulty occurred between negro
named Bill Roach and white man, resulting
in two shots being fired by Roach at tho whito
man, inflictng wounds not serious, in the thigh.
The negro escaped and returning about s o'clock
p. NJ. he was arrested and lodged in the guard
, honsc. Soon after he escaped by breaking tho
doors of the culaGoosc and was pursued and re-
arrested by number of our citizens and lodged
in jah. During the pursuit several shots W ere
| fired at Roach, but rs yet wo have not learned
whether any struck him. We think tho largest
crowd were in Walhalla to-day We have ever seen
on any day aud generally The crowd was quiet
and orderly.
Old John Robipson's circus at Walhalila
camc of on "Wednesday according to advcr-
tlsement. About $500 people were in the
canvass and perhaps larger number out
side. The Hcting, consisting of gymnastics,
trained animals, jests, No., was as good
as usual and served to amuse tho crowd
Tho animal show was Instructive to children
The price OF fifty cents would have bccu
ulorc remunerativc than seventy five cents
as it would hayo drawn larger patronage
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-10-07
Special EIctIc,I,:s.

OVER ONE HALE OF tho male portion OF the
American people A5 years OF age suffer moro on
less with diseases OF tho Kidneys ana hGsl,iar
There are various causes for this but over worH
is the chief cause. Nothing in the whole .aa-
teria me!ica is SO well calculated to inyirorate
and restore healthy tone to these organs n;
hankin's Compound Extract Of Blchu ami
Juniper. ~ few doses taken occasionally viii
greatly benefit all those who are afflicted will
any disease Of the kidney and bladder Ere
pared only by liunt. Rankin & Ru.nnr, dIurgsts.
| and Tor sale by Nornnu N Bro
hSfioou, TEoCr Co. Ga July !. 1879
am one OF the unfortunate sui.ercis iro,
gravel or diseasc Of the kidneys ani fnl mo, 6
and SPceder relief from Rnnk;n's Buclu AND
Juniper than anything ] have ever tried
esteem il 50 highly were there but one bottle il,
The world would willingly give s;l00, or any
amount for it. ! recommend il above AL o,ncy
| similar preparations. L. I. WINN.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-10-07

The New York papers Announce that the
cpizootic Influence, which disabled so many
horses in the winter of 1872, has undoub-
tcdly returned to that city, aud is prevail
ing gcnoraly among horses, though in a
mild form. The Tribune says preventive
suggested by horse owner was to feed well,
give hot oatmeal water or hay; wtacr night
and morning, and steam bath Of scaldinr
hot water and oatmoal, placed under the
head at night, to keep tho head clear, and
to blanket well. This proved effect in
1872. A little assaf;ctda on tho bit and
the use of lime in the stables was also re-
commended as Il preventive.
a CONFEDERATE DEBr-No ScALIAo.
y Judgement was rendered last week for
the full amount, with iotcrcst from date, on
a note given in 1864, for s5l4.73. In
answer to complaint the defendant contendcd
that tho note wos to be paid 10 Confederate
currency, and claimed that the samc should
bo scaled in accordance with what is com
monty known as the Corbin Act, but offered
ito evidence to justify that as there was
no proof to show to the country the prcsump.
ton in law was that the maker of the note
intended to pay in gold or silver, or its
equivalent, dollar for dollar; and while it
might appear great hardship, they must
find accordingly; which was done rendering
verdict for 81, ,0S8,G6.
LaurcnSUiWc WcraM.
James Robinson, son of the
Snowman John Robinson died last
week. IIc had been brought Up
in the show business, and was a
partner of his father. John and
the other two sons left Charlotte
to attend the funeral in cincinnati.
Tho Republican politicians Of
Collcton and Beaufort Counties
refuse to take any active part in
aiding tho election of SmaIls to
Congress.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-10-07

CHARLOTTE, N. G., October 5--The Kings
Maintain Centennial celebration opened to-day.
There were 10000 people present. The celcbra.
lion was held on the very battle ground and near
where Ferguson, the commander of the British
troops, fell. The crowd assembled at tho grand
stand, near Ferguson's grave, at 100 a. NJ,
and after prayer speeches were madc,b by the
Hon. Daniel Fowle, of North Carolina Cover
oi kansas; Judge Dixon. Of Tennessee; l.. NJ.
McAlills, # Mississippi, and others. The
music was grand and inspiring. Hundreds Of
wagons and convcyanccs were coming in at
dark and the camp fires look as if an army had
suddenly organized.