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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-26

Reports received at the Agricultural
Department in Washington indicate that the
spring-wheat crop of this year will be fully
equal to that Of 1879, and only per cent. in
terior to that of last year. There will be q
heavy falling Off in the yield of Illinois and
Iowa, and slight falling off in Minnesota,
Nebraska and California, while in Wis
consin and the New England States
there are good prospects of an
increased yield. The tobacco crop is not
quite 80 good as that Of last year. The condi-
ton OF the corn crop is not as promising as it
was last month, and will not be nearly so good
rs il was year ago. The best reports have
been from Wisconsin and Nebraska, and the
worst from South Carolina, Kansas, Louisiana
and Tennessee.
A Washington dispatch says that a
council with a delegation of Dakota Indians
took place at the Interior Department. The
object Of the consultation was to secure for the
Poncas under Standing Bear permanent homes
IN Dakota on their old reservation or as near
1t as possible. The Omahas declined to sell
any more land, and said they would rather sell
to white settlers than Indians. The Winneba-
goes gave like answer, but White Thunder,
speaking on behalf of all the Sioux tribes, said
the land the Poncas wanted was only small
corner OF their reservation, and they would
give it to the Poncas and welcome them as a
part of their nation, having all the rights and
privileges of the Sioux people. Secretary Kirk
wood asked how much the Sioux wanted as
compensation. This seems to be the final con-
clusion o! the long-drswn-out Ponca contro-
versy,
The total values of exports for the
past seven months ended July 81, 1881, we're
S2,7OS,977, and during the same period Of
1880, $50, 2S6,O46. The total values of pro
visions and tallow for the nine months ended
July 8, 1880, were sos, 1895, 277; for the nine
months ended July 81, 1881, $sS, S2l, OS7.
Capt. ii. W. Howgate was brought
before the United States Commissioned at
Washington to answer to the charge made bv
Gen. Hazen of embezzling $4,000 from the
Government. Bail was fixed at $4,000
Lator Investigations into Capt Howgate's ac-
counts make the sum total of his alleged defsl-
cation so far about $4,000.
The Governor of the Mexican Province
OF Sonora will cooperate with the Governor of
Arizona to prevent the invasion of Sonora bv
'cow-boys" and the invasion Of Arizona bv
"Greasers." and thus protect the lives and
property of the inhabitants of both countries
The United States Marshal at Tucson will also
assist.
The total value of the domestic bread
stuffs exported from the United States during
the seven months ending July 81, 1881, was
&191, 962,7o9, against $153, 5s6, 1862 worth ex-
ported during the corresponding seven months
Of last year.
Postmaster General James has issued
an order that persons annoyed by postal cards
from any particular place may have them de-
stroyed by the Postmaster by making the re-
quest in writing.
United States bonds held to secure
national-bank circulation, Aug. 20, 1881,
amounted to s3eS, $4,000, ss follows Cur
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-26

rency 6s, SO, $4,000 s per cents, SIS, 900, 5
per cents, SO, us, 1907 ~ per cents, $32, 2e6.-
900; per cents, $o1, 164, 300; 81 per cents,
1892, 559, 200.
Tho developments in the Hdwgate
investigation show that the original amount of
$4,000 will be ultimately increased to $780,
0Oo The populations are found not to have
been confined to false telegraph bills, but ex-
tended to nearly every branch OF the expendi-
ture Of the $500, 900 annual appropriation for
the Signal Service The rascal robbed the
Government of large amount of money
through the fitting out of the Gulnare. which
was ostensibly paid for out of his own pocket.
Gen. Leslie Coombs died few DAYS
ago at his home at Lexington, KY, in the 88th
year of his age. The deceased General served
with distinction in the War of 1912 and in the
Mexican war. He was staunch Union man.
and helped to keep Kentucky from seeding.
Attorney General MacVeagh decides
that, although the law gave preference to ex-
soldiers as candidates for Government posi-.
lions, the right for preference could not be
observed until they had passed the same exam
nation prescribed for other candidates in the
civil service
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-26
The Use of the WaIrus.

We're it not for the subsistence fur
nished SO largely by the flesh and oil of
the morse, it is exceedingly doubtful
whether the Esquimaux OF North America,
from Behring straits clear around to
Labrador, could manage to live. It is
not to be inferred that walrus meat is
the sole diet of these people, for that is
very wide of the truth but there are
several months of every year when the
exigencies of the climate render it abso-
lutely impossible for the hardest native
to go out and procure food, and then
the value of the cache of walrus meat
is appreciated, when for weeks and weeks
it forms the beginning and the end of
every meal. The walrtls responds to as
many demands of the Innuit as the
camel of the Arab, or the coca-palm of
the South Sea Islander. Its flesh feeds
him its oil Eliminates and warns his
dark hut; its sinews make his birdnests;
its tough skin, skillfully stretched
over the light wooden frame, consti-
tutes his famous kayak, and the serv-
iceable oomiak, or bidarran its intes-
tines are converted into waterproof
clothing, while the soles of its fippers
are transferred to his feet; and finally,
its ivory is source of endless utility
to him in domestic use and in trade and
barter.
Walrus famines among the Esqui-
maux have been recorded in pathetic
legends by almost all of the savage
settlements in the Arctic. Even now, as
I write (November, 1880, comes the au-
thentic confederation of the harsh rumor
of the starvation OF the inhabitance of
st. Lawrence isiand-those people who
live just midway between the Old World
and the New, in Alaskan waters. The
winter of 1979-'80 was one of exceptional
rigor in the Arctic, though in this
country it was unusally mild and open.
The ice closed In solid around st. Law
renee island-so firm and mistaken by
the mighty powers of wind and tide
that the walrus were driven far to the
southwark and eastward, out of reach
Of the unhappy inhabitants of that ISL
and, who, thus unexpectedly deprived
of their mainstay and support, seem to
have miserably starved to death, with
the exception of one small village on the
north shore. The residents of the Poo
nook, Poogovellyak, and Kagallegak
settlements persisted, to soul, from
hunger, nearly 800 men, women, and
children. 1 was among those people
in 1874, during the month of August,
and remarked their manifold SUPERIOR
ty over the savages of the Northwest
coast, and the great plains. They
seemed then to live, during nine months
of the year, almost wholly upon the
flesh and oil of the walrus. Clean
limbed, bright-eyed, and ioyial, they
profoundly impressed one with their
happy subsistence and reliance upon
the walrus herds of Behring sea, and
it was remarked then that these people
had never been subjected to the tempta-
tion-and subsequent sorrow-of put
ting their trust in Princes; hence their
independence and good heart. But now
it appears that it will not suffice, either,
to put your trust In walrus. -Scribner
Monthly.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-26
Single VS.. Married Soldiers,

It has long been a mooted point
whether single or married men make the
best soldiers.
Some maintain that the lack of wife
and family tends to make man more
reckless of his hfe-therefore a good
soldier.
Others say that the married man is al
most veteran wnen he enters the ranks
beng Injured to combat a
good soldier. slsas
In the recent Tunisian CAMPAIGN 3
Colonel was questioned upon this point.
Both are right" said he. "Lool
yonder-do you see that battalion OF
happy, devil-may-care fellows? They
are all single men, and they would take
their lives in their hands. But look
again-do you see those taciturn, somber,
gloomy-looking men there? They are
all married, and in hand-to. hand fight
they are terrors.
"What is the name of the battalion ?"
asked the inquirer.
"They are called" said the Colonel,
gravely, "the Children of Despair. ,"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-26
A Novel Tdea.

A farmer in Iowa sends the fol-
lowing novel proposition respecting
telephone facilities to the Iowa State
Register: evil not some of those
smart patent right men invent us
a cheap insulator? Then we can utilize
our wire fences for telephones, and have
the whole country connected and in
speaking distance of each other. At the
road crossings insulated cables can be
run under ground, or regular poles can
be planted to raise the wires above
travel In riding around I notice we
have continuous wire on the fences al
ready. All we need is an insulator, cost
ing small sum and whichis SO arranged
that the wire can be frightened, and held
firmly and securely, and we shall have
the line already strung that will do away
with telegraph monopoly Gf there is
one.) Then make each postoffice tele-
phone exchange, and business for farm
ers will be expedited. saving many trips
to town to order parts of machinery, or
to learn if some important letter has ar
rived. Visiting friends can notify us of
their arrival on the train; hasty trips for
medical assistance may be done away
with, and many other things not now
thought of,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-26

and eleverest can scarcely avoid when
he handles hundreds of pieces OF crock
cry during a single afternoon and even
ing. The paper. plates were so cheap
that the landlord did not care to assert
his ownership over them, and his Gus
toners were allowed to carry them away,
like the pretty serviettes of thin paper
used In 20 many restaurants in Holland.
There was also considerable sa+ing Of
the time lost and the chance of accident
incurred in the cleansing of earthenware
pottery. The success of the experiment
has been so marked that the new species
of plates is likely to be introduced into
a great number of restaurants. ~ Piper
WnrI1 .L-.-.. -.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-26

the Improvement is very slight, and, while he
was able yesterday to take and retain some
nourishment in the natural way without gastric
disturbance. his physicians do not venture to
assert that the system is able to do any more
than keep even with the drain upon its strength.
The President has lost eighty pounds in weight
since the day of the shooting, and is now no
more than skeleton of his former self. He
has of late been deliriouF at freanent intervals
whether. because Of blo6d-poisoning, or by
reason Of the narcotic element introduced in
the enenata, or both; cannot be told. Certain
it is that his mind has wandered, and that his
lapses into stupor or dellrlum seem to be
There exists; both among those who are around
the Bick-bed, the outside physicians who are
closely watching the case, and the general
public strong impression that recovery is all
but impossible. Nearly everything that could
possibly be of use in the sick-room has been
forwarded by sympathizing public, among
others 6 large, downy pillow in four sections.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-26
Rfne and Sweet.

It will not take many years to bring
one to the period of life when men, at
least the majority of writing and talking
men, do nothing but praise. Men, like
peaches and pears, grow sweet little
while before they begin to decay. It is a
fact that most writer's, except sour and
unsuccessful ones. get tired of finding
fault at about time when they are be,
ginning to grow old. At 30 we are all
trying to cut our names In big letters
upon the walls of this tenement of life ;
twenty years later we have carved it, or
shut up our jack-knives. Then We are
ready to help others and care les. TO
hinder any, because nobody's elbows
are In our way.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-26
Paper for Dishes,

The latest application of paper is the
adoption of paper plates by some of the
great restaurants and cafes in Berlin.
The innovation was introduced during
the summer of last year by the adyen-
turous landlord of a much-frequented
open-air restaurant. Every customer
who ordered bread and butter, rolls,
cakes, buns. or similar articles, had
them served to him upon little paper
plate, made of light papier-mache,
adorned with a pretty border in relief,
and having at the first glance great
similarity to porcelain. Guests. walters
and hosts were all pleased with the
novelty; it saved the walters many
reduction from their wages on
account of hreakages, which the deftest
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-26
ThistlepOd's Dog with Rattles ON His
Tail

Say" said old Mr.. ThistIepod, chew
ing his morsel of navy plug with the
rapid information of man who was in
earnest. "Say, you know that spotted
coach dog of mine that bit his leg with
rattlesnake nigh onto three weeks ago?
Well, ever since he's been tryin' to coil
himself up all the time, and has eleven
rattles growed out on the end of his tail.
Has for gospel fact. Nights, when he
was around the house, it sounds like a
drum corps goin' by. I declare to
goodness I wished I'd brung him in to
let you see him. Nero, the dogs name
is, he went on. "Nero; years old
this spring. Raised him myself you've
seen HIM hundreds of times under my
wagon"
Surprised that no establishment was
expressed, the old man added
"You probably remember that shaggy,
rough-haired Scotch terrier of Ben Mar
tins? Well, sir, Ben he sent to Phila-
delphy and got couple O dozen silk
worms and fed 'em to the dog, an'-ye
hain't seen that terrier since last Satur-
day, have YEP Well, sir, I hope may
uAS cOu0 blLu0 IL budG Jog ualr ma IL
come out the softest, finest silk fringe
ye ever saw in your life Silk fringe,
with braid two inches deep along his
back, an bail of chenille bangin' from
the end of each ear. Ben's goin' to buy
up couple O hundred cheap long
haired dogs, feed 'em silk worms and
shear 'em every spring."
The editor thought there would be
money in it.
Better'n a gold mine" the old man
said San do you know, while he was
feedin' of him, Ben forgot to take off
the dogs collar, big leather collar"
"And what happened to the collar 2"
the editor asked, little YEARLY.
"Velvet," said the old man enthusi-
astically. cit grew Lyons velvet, with
celluloid buckle"
The editor promised to make note of
the fact under the head of "Latest In
ventions," and Thistlepod went away
perfectly contented with himself and the
rest of mankind.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-26

Is We wish it to be distinctly understood
that the platform of the noble party is
not a joke. Its proposition to pay the
debt Of Virginia without raising any
money TODD it with is not joke. Vir-
ginians never joke.-Chtoago Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-26

A TROUPE of wandering musicians IL
Paris sends a collector among the lis
teners, and while he carries a plate for
the money in one hand he has his left
hand closed over five flies, which are
counted when the receipts are turned
over. If one is gone he is suspected of
having stolen some of the money.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-26

CAH any body tell us why woman,
emerging from crowded car, always
makes believe she is going TO get out at
one side of the platform, until two or
three men have jumped off In the mud,
and then steps off at the other side
She always does it; and we want to know
] the reason why.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-26
POLITICAL POINTS,

The Tilden Club of Pittsburgh have
named Tilden as the Democratic candidate for
President in 1884. The club represents the
sage of Gramercy Park as in excellent health
and spirits.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-26

"THAT man" said servant of his
master, lis so cold and reserved that I
would never learn anything Of his pri-
vate affairs if I didn't open bis letters. :"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-26

EGG socials. at which the young men
are expected to sheh out, are popular all
oYa the West.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-26
WASHINGTON, Aug. %.
WASHINGTON, Aug. %.


The Presidents condition is somewhat more
favorable this morning. The indications are,
however, that there will not be any very de-
cided improvement for two or three DAYS.
There was no recurrence yesterday or last
night of the vomiting spells. The patient took
nouushment both by the mouth and by
enema, and retained it. He also
obtained considerable refreshing sleep. DIR.
Bliss says there is not the slightest symptom
of blood-poisoning. The President Is now
passing through period of exhaustion as the
surgeons term it. He must be sustained and
supported though it, or he may die suddenly
from inanitlon. He has never been watched
so closely as he is now. His pulse is taken
every half hour. Although very weak, he pays
considerable attention to what is transpiring
around him. What is announced as delirious-
ness is only the result of opiates administered
by injections. The swelling in his throat is so
obstinate that he can only open his mouth
three-fourths of an inch. DR.. Hamilton asserts
that the swelling of the parotid gland is not
caused by blood poisoning.
WASHINGTON, Aug. "a.
The best that can be said of the Presidents
condition this morning is that he is no worse.
He Is certainly no better. His stomach seems
IN some measure to be regaining its tone, but
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-04-07
Death of D. N. vanLear, ESQ.

D. Newton VanLear, Esq, one of Augustus
most public spirited and useful citizens, died
suddenly at his home near Mt. Scion, on Fri
day night last, April 1st, in the 50th year of his
age. On the day of his death he had
accompanied his wife to Messy Creek church,
to attend the nte-communion service three
being held As the two were returning home,
Mr. VanLear remarked that he was afraid he
was going to haye another attack of paralysis.
His wife asked him several questions, but he
made no reply and she, thinking he was feel
ing too unweil to talk, was not greatly alarm
ed until they had reached home when 1t was
found that Mr.. VanLear was paralyzed so bad
ly that assistance had to be summoned to carry
him from his horse to the house. Drs. Brown,
Clark and Robson were quickly by his bed
side, but medical skill proved unavailing, and
at II o'clock that night, the spirit took its
flight. Our intelligent correspondent from
Mt. Scion, gives fuller particulars of the sad
event.
Mr.. VanLear was a son of Rev. John A
VanLear, for many years pastor of Messy Creek
church. He was universally popular, his &C.
NAL nature, sturdy integrity, and high person
al character, winning to him friends wherever
he CHANGED to be. He was a magistrate for
twenty years, and represented the county in
the legislature during the sessions of TITS and
1870. He leaves a wife and six children, all
of whom are comparatively young and will
sadly miss the counsel and support of the de-
ceased.
1t is a real calamity to section and
county when man as true and admirable as
D. N. VanLear is called away. We miss them
because they are not many, and the places
they leave vacant in the community are not
easily filled, whilst to the loving and dependent
family the loss is irreparable.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-04-07

CITY CoUNCIL.-At the regular meeting of
the council held on Tuesday night, all of the
members were present except Messrs ]. W.
Abby and ]. A. Cochran. The usual number
of accounts sc. were allowed.
FEaaance.-The Treasurer's report showed
receipts for the month, $27,101.57 disburse-
ments 1926, 1885, including payment on the
spring farm property of $11,0A.32, and the
last payment on the City Hall property
amounting to $14,175. The total funded debt
of the city, April 1st was, 1927 ,O41 50, and
floating debt of $2,592.S0. The balance due
the city from various officers is $21 ,S769S, and
the sinking fluid holds $21 800. The Finance
Committee presented the receipt of John NJ.
Carroll, Treasurer, for So ,923.28, the amount
realized from the recent sale of city bonds.
Out of this amount the treasurer, under the
direction of the committee, paid T D. Ransom,
ESQ.,, Attorney of Coiners executors, the sum
OF s., 200, in full of the water right purchased
by the city of the B. A. Fair Co.
The Iar Ordinance for the fiscal year ending
April 80 1882, was presented by the commit
tee. The old ordinance was changed but lit
tie, except in the rate of taxation on real and
personal property, and on incomes in excess of
$780, The rate was increased from 81 10 to
$1.25 on every 500 value. This increase
was made necessary by the valuation of the
real estate of the city, under the recent assess
ment, being very much reduced and to realize
the same amount from this source, the COM
mittee found that the rate would have to be
increased as above indicated. In mentioning
this increase the report states that while your
committee are aware that this increase will
bear hard on some whose principal taxable
property consists mainly in personally, yet
we are powerless to obviate it, as under the
law one class of property cannot be taxed at
greater rate than another, and without stop
ping to discuss the propricty of this reduction
in valuation, your committee are of the opin-
ion that the amount derived from real estate
ought to be equal to that realized under the
assessment of last year, especially when it is
remembered that thetax payer will have less
amount to pay to the State" The various
committees receive the same amounts as last
year, with the exception of the street commit
tee whose appropriation is increased $1,000
The tax on Bowling Saloons is reduced from
$75 to $780, for the first alley, with an addition
al tax of $25 for each alley exceeding one.
THE Estimated Resources and appropriations
are as follows
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-04-07

ELEGANT PRIZES AwARDED-One year
ago VIM. Forbes, Esq, General Agent of the
Valley Mutual Life Association offered num-
Der of prizes to those agents of the company
who would turn in the largest amount of pol
icies during the year ending April 1st, 1881.
At the expiration of the time the awards were
made as follows: E. l.. Edmonson, for largest
amount of policies in the male department,
800 in cash, or an elegant hunting case,
stem-winding gold watch Mr.. Edmonson
chose the watch; I'd prize in male department,
P. W. Strayer, Harrisonbnrg, $50; c. W, Cal
lahan, Callahan's Station, Sd prize, $25; The
prizes in the Female department were the
same, and were awarded the following parties
j. R. Paris, Staunton, LIST prize; ]. W. Hiser,
Winchester, second; P. W. Strayer, Harrison
burg, third.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-04-07

IMPRovEMENTs.-A.Y Lee, Architect, has
completed the plan for two elegant store rooms
which Prof. Hamer will erect on the lot re-
Gently purchased from Messrs. May and Effin
ger. The building will be handsome three
story brick with every modern convenience.
DR.. Wayt & Bro, the well-known druggists,
have just had completed a plan for an iron
front, to be placed on their Main street store.
The design is by E. G. Vincent, architect, and
is very handsome one.
Messrs. Hager & Co., Augusta street, have
moved to the Sullivan building, and the work
OF placing an elegant front to their store next
to the corner of Main and Augusta street will
soon begin.