The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-11
ALL SORTS.

Miss CLEMENTINA FURNIss, wealthy
young lady of Fifth avenue, New York,
has adopted one of Gen. Hoods.
daughters.
GOLD is found in fifty-six counties in
Georgia, copper in thirteen, silver in
three, iron in fifty-three and diamonds
in twenty-six.
PosTMAsTER GENERAL MAYNARD is a.
native OF Massachusetts and his wife is
native OF Vermont, daughter of Rev.
A. Washburne, Congregational clergy
man in Royalton.
In Pulaski county, Kentucky Tom
Nunnelly, while arranging to elope with
his sweetheart, stole a saddle without
exercising due caution. The elopement
has been postponed until Tom has served
a term IN the penitentiary,
SPURGEoN said in recent sermon :.
The worship of the golden calf is pref
ty general now. There is too much
bowling down and cringeing before it in
all classes OF society. No end of lodges
are tried to get a scraping of one of the,
creatures hoofs."
The raising of Angora goats in West
ern Texas IS increasing, and is alleged to-
be profitable business. 1t is said the
meat is much better than mutton. and
e&ch goat yields about two pounds of
halr annually. In the Eastern markets
1t IS worth now 55 cents pound.
The New Haven Journal makes the
curious statement that post-mortem in
the case OF B. ID. Purdy, Jr.. Of New
Canaan, Ct, "revealed the fact that.
his death was caused by broken neck.
and that he had been living in that con-
dltlon for some three years as is sup
posed"
JACOB BENNETT heard angry voices in
his house at Sedalia, Mo-. and. on peep-
ing IN, saw that the wife whom he was
living with was confronted by the wife
whom he had deserted. He cautiously
stole away and sent policeman to
separate the women, who were found
fighting furiously with knives.
The Rev. Webster Hazlewood, of Rox-
bury, Mass, told his wife that he was.
tired of her, and wished that she would
get a divorce, so that he could marry a.
more congenial woman She did as he
requested, he providing the evidence of
his own criminality. He is now free,
but was compelled to retire from the
ministry.
Miss BECKw1TH, of England, is a
plump young woman with great skill as
a swimmer. Her latest effort was a
ahirty hours swim in huge tank. Be
fore going into the water a committee of
ladies ascertained that she wore nothing
that could support her in the water.
Then she began her task, and completed
it successfully, giving many exhibitions
of ornamental swimming. She took
coffee and beef tea from floating table,
AID III the night amused herself by
singing and reading. The latter pro
cess she accomplished on her back and
holding her book in both hands.
For some reason or other NJ. Theirs.
would not have an almanac in his study,
and was often unable to date letter be-
cause he could not remember the day of
the month Upon one occasion a Gov
eminent clerk, to whom he had prom.
ised letter of Recommendation, came
by appointment for it, and M. Theirs,
sitting down to write it, asked him the
day Of the month. For moment the
young man could not remember it, and
M. Theirs exclaimed: "You are not like
ly to make good administrator if you
cannot remember the day of the month p
He wrote the letter, however, saying, as
he gave it to the young man /: 'fAlways
carry a pocket almanac, my young
friend"