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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-07

Some Interesting statistics of the New
Census.


from the Chicago Tribune.J
lie total population exclusive of Indians
and the Inhabitants of Alaska is 80, 152, $50.
The United States is thus shown to be the sec
ond most numerous nation in the civilized world.
Not counting the negroes, who are estimated
to number 6,000,0 COO souls, the population of
this country considerably exceeds that of the
German empire. Russia only remains in the
lead with $4,000, 900 inhabitants in the empire
proper. But these returns are half guess
work, and might be largely diminished
or increased by an official count. 1t is safe to
say that, unless the growth of the country is
checked by some unforeseen cause, the popula-
ton OF the United Sta ties III ten years viii equal
or exceed that at present accorded to Russia.
The percentage of growth is far higher in the
former than in the latter. In industrial. social
and political power the United States is almost
Infinitely superior to Russia Indeed, the Amer
lean republic has no serious rivalry to fear from
any quarter. England is her only equal in
financial resources and Germany in fighting
force; and the situation of the country is such
that she can have no apprehension of interior
ence with her domestic affairs by any power or
combination Of powers.
The following tables show the distribution of
population by sections, and the relativeincrease
IN each division of the country in the last ten
years. The States formerly known as the Mid
die States and New England are punched to-
gether They make group of nine Eastern
States. 1t will be observed that the rate Of
growth IN Vermont-one-half of per cent
has been the lowest of any State in the Union,
and that of Maine the third lowest. Nevada
coming between The table of Eastern and
Middle States is as follows: -.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-07
Birds in Religoland.

Heligoland is the most celebrated
station in the world for studying the
migration of birds. This little island is
hardly a hundred acres in extent-an
isolated, triangular rock of red sand
stone, with perpendicular cliffs 200 or
800 feet in height all around it. It is
mostly cultivated, and its resident birds
are hardly more than a dozen species J;
but in spring and autumn migrating
birds make it a resting place, and these
are watched for and shot or trapped by
almost the whole population, and the
results have been carefully chronicled
for the last twenty-five years by Mr..
Gatke, an experienced resident ornithol-
ogist. The amazing result is that as
many species of birds have been OBJ
tanned In this minute islet as In any
country in Europe, while the vast num-
Der of the migrating focks is shown by
the fact that $1,000 larks have some
times been caught in one night.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-07

from Is to 80, and at Antrim, in Name, the
mercury fell to 80 below. Throughout New
York the temperature varied from Is and IS
below in the river valleys to % to 80 below in
the elevated region. Quail and other wild
game in the valley Of the Ohio have been killed
in large numbers by the Arctic weather.
There We're about 1000 disasters on
the lakes during the past year. The loss of life
is greater than for many years past, wlile the
valuation Of hull and cargo loss falls little short
Of S2,00O,O90, which is a large increase over
any former season. The greatest amount of
losses occurred on Lake Michigan. Lake
Huron follows next in order, while Lakes Erie
and Ontario are proportonately the same
The Western Union Telegraph lines in
British Columbia have been sold to the Domin-
ion Government.
Burned: The summer residence Of
James r. Keene. at Newport, R. l., loss $780,
900 the stores of Levi & Co.. H. II. Hansell
and Joseph Cohen, on Magazine street. New
Orleans, loss $3.50, 600 the Buford pillow fac
tory, at Rock Island, Ill, loss $175, 1000 two
hotels at Atlantic City, N. J., loss $4,000 a
hotel and several buildings at McKeesport.
Pa, loss $4,000; hotel and number
of stores at Jackson, Mich, loss $4,000; Aaron
VOLTS crockery store, ON Common street, New
Orleans, loss S75, 900 the Commercial Hotel,
North Adams, Mass, loss $4,000 Methodist
church at Canton, Ohio, loss $4,000 the ope-
"a house and Cosmos newspaper office, at st.
Charles, Mo-, loss $50, 600 (; the opera house at
Kingston, N. Y; the musedm in Central Park,
New York city, loss estimated at 100000.
It is estimated that our production of
gold in 1880 was $3S, 522 1872, and of silver
SAC, 1905, 1854.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-07

Burned A block of stores at Mystic
liver, Ct, loss $4,000; the table factory of
Brown & Bliss, New York, loss 100000; the
skin dressing mill of Northrup Eros, Johns
town, N. Y, loss $4,000; Adams foundry at
Marshall, Mich. loss $4,000.
The recent phenomenal cold wave
seems to have penetrated to every nook and
corner of the United States. It vas exception
ally severe IN the Southern States. The Ar
kansas river was frozen over solid from Fort
Smith to its junction with the Mississippi.
something unprecedented. At Petersburg,
Va, the thermometer registered is degrees
below zero, the lowest ever recorded. In
Virginia, cattle and game persisted by the hun
bred, and deer came from their retreats to the
very doors of the farmers in seach of food. At
Washington city it was 10 degrees below, and
there was great suffering in consequence
of the intense cold. In New Hampshire
and Vermont the thermometer ranged
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-07
BLOODY TRAGEDY.

The little town OF Otis, not far from Michigan
City. Ind, was the scene of a horrible tragedy
on the last night Of the old year. A wealthy
German family, James Augustine, wife, TIVE
grown sons, and some younger children. lived
upon their farm, two miles from Otis, a
nephew, Henry Augustine, making his
home with them when in the neighbor-
hood. On the day in question Henry
returned to the farm from visit
10 Chicago. Supper was prepared for him
and eaten. Afterward Henry produced
bottle of whisky, which, having bitter taste,
was not drunk. Candy given the children was
also bitter, and was rejected. At bedtime
Henry went to bed up stairs with James Agus-
tine, Jr. After going to bed Henry told
James that he would have to get UP
in the night, and he need not be dis
turbed by him. About IL o'clock Mr.. Augustine
awoke and saw Henry standing at the foot OF
his bed, pointing revolver at him. Mr. Angus
tine drew the clothes around him and moved
around in the bed to avoid being shot. Henry
at once fred at him, and then at Mrs Angus
tine, and then Jumped out Of the room and
closed tie door after him. Mrs. Augustine has
died. The reports of the revolver awoke the
sons; who slept up stairs. Christian Augustine
came down stairs, asking what was the
matter Henry, IN the meantime, had
otSppeO EtO Inc nall and Into
the kitchen, behind the door, and when Chris
tan cana through the hall, near the bedroom
door, Henry fired at him, killing him instantly.
James Augustine just then came into the
room, calling for his Cousin Henry His father
told him Iaot to let him in, as he had murdered
them, and would kill him if he got in James
then went to the kitchen door and held it to keep
Henry from coming in. A noise which James
thought came from the dead brother caused him
to turn toward Christian. AS he turned the
assassin rushed into the room and fired at
James, making slight wound across the back.
lie then returned into the kitchen, and by the
light of the stove reloaded the revolver. and
returned to the door, which he found fastened,
and asked to come in, that he was then ali
right and wanted to come in and help him that
he had been crazy. James told him to hand in
his revolver, and he would let him in, which
he did, handing him the butt, which
James put in his pocket, opened the door and
seized Henry, searched his pockets, and there
found broken butcher knife The other
point of the blade was afterward found at the
foot of the bed James, in bis excitement put
him IN the kitchen, telling him to stay there.
and called to his sister to bring him the Ian
tern, which she did without lighting, and while
he was attempting to light it Henry made
dash for the kitchen door and made bis escape,
without hat Or boots.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-07
Saving transportation.

'"Talk about your mean men," said
old Pioneer Skinderson, at Phil. Nc
Governs saloon. 1.-THE very tightest.
closest, far-seeing, calculating old skin.
flint 1 ever seed was old Klamscatter, the
Mine Superintendent who died up at
Gold Hill the other day"
'Was, eh?" eneouragingly remarked a
customer, who was feeding PhiPs bull
dog with petrifed sandwiches from the
lunch-table.
eyes STREE; he was just pizen, he
was; closer than the bark to a tree.
When he was running the Hornet Mine
up at Virginia he used to slulk around
the levels, disguised as q mule-tender.
just to pipe off the men who didn't keep
hard at it, so as to dock 'em the next
Saturday"
"Why, the dern cuss p
"But wait. He actually encouraged q
drill-runner to tell long story one day
while they were waiting for some ma
chinery to be repaired, and afterward
locked the man half day, and all the
fellows that heard it, four bits apiece for
stopping to laugh. He charged one man
ten cents for single grin"
''Great Goshl''
"That's nuthin'; Jim Briggs, who was
up on the Lode when the old miser died,
said that about an hour before KIan1-
scatter handed in his checks he sent
for the doctor, and says he:
"Doc, give us the straight business.
Is there any show for me?'
"'Nary show says the doctor; you'll
strike bed rock afore night
"Then, says old KIamscatter, 4
want some Of you fellows to carry me up
to the top of Mount Davidson right off.
If l can light out from there, it viii save
my soul clear mile of transportation. :"
"And did they do it?" asked man
who bad walked up over by the stove.
'fWelI, no" replied the narrator, sim
ply. ''The boys took him over, put him
on the cage, and let him down to the
lowest level of the Hornet, instead. They
said that they guessed he had made a
little mistake about the direction, some
how To the best of their Judgment, his
soul was going the other way. San
francisco Post.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-07
HOUSEKEEPERs HELPS.

WAFFLEs. One pint milk, one pound
flour, four eggs, one cupful yeast, quar-
ter pound butter. Let them rise three
or four hours before baking.
CUCUMBER CATsUP. Three full-grown
green cueumbers, peeled and grated; one
onion, chopped fine; one teaspoonful OF
ground black pepper, one tablespoonful
of salt and a pint Of vinegar. Bottle
and seal cold without cooking.
PUFF PUDDNG--Four eggs, yolks and
whites beaten separately. To the yolks
add three cups Of sweet milk, a table
spoonful of melted butter and three cups
Of sifted -four Stir in the whites the
last thing. Bake in buttered cups-I use
10 teaeups. Eat hot, with sauce.
BREAD GRIDDLE-C CAKES. Take 8 small
bowl Of bread and soak it over night in
milk In the morning take one quart OF
milk, three eggs and bit of salt, beaten
up together with half cupful -four and
one and a-half teaspoonfuls baking pow
der Il wants to be thick and O very
light batter, and then it is delicious.
LEMON PUDDING Crate the rind of
two lemons. mix with the yolks of fom
eggs, one pint of fine bread crumbs one
quart Of milk, half cup of sugar, pinch
Of salt; bake twenty minutes; beat TO a
froth the whites Of four eggs, juice of
two lemons, half cup of sugar; spread
over top of pudding and bake five min
utes.
TURKISH PnlAF-To one gill Of rice
add three Gills of broth and some salt; let
it boil gently until the rice has absorbed
all the broth, then brown about quarter
of pint Of butter In saucepan, pour
it over the rice, cover up and leave it
stand before the fire for a few minutes.
It takes about an hour to cook, must
never be stirred, and when dished up
must only be touched lightly with fork.
IF properly done, each grain of rice
should be soft and perfectly whole. A
title tomato may be added, if liked.
BEEFsTEAK CAKE.-One and one-half
cup of sugar, one cup of butter, one cup
of sweet milk, three eggs, two teaspoon
fuls of cream tartar, one teaspoonful
of soda, three and one-fourth cups of
-four. Divide equally. To one-half'add
one-half cup of chopped raisins, CHINA
mon and cloves to taste. This makes
four round tins. Put together in alter
nate layers of dark and light, with jelly
between each layer, or an icing made Of
the whites of two eggs beaten to stiff
froth, and mixed with four tablespoon
fllls of powdered sugar. Put this be-
tween the layers while they are hot.
BUrrERM11K BREAD.-Two quarts Of
buttermilk. come to q boil. poured over
cwo quarts of -four, stirring it rapidly, or
it will be lumpy; then add cold water
until it is thin enough Git should be as
thin as it could be stirred); if it is not
cool enough for the yeast by this time,
set the pail in which it is in the water
pail, stirring it all the while, which soon
cools it. Then stir in the yeast, which is
already soaked, and empty it all in the
bread pan, where the flour is already
warmed, with hole in the middle. Then
cover it tight, and set it where it will
keep WaJ1n all night
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-07
East.

Charles O'Conor he's become citizen
Of Nantucket, Mass, and is understood to be
at work on a law treatise, which will be his
final professional effort.
The payments at the New York Clear
ing House for the year 1880 were not only
larger than ever before, but larger than those
Of any other city in the world They exceeded
the entire amount received and expended by
the United States Government from its first
establishment down to the present time,
DR.. Smiley, Of Plainfeld, N. j., went
out to visit patient on Wednesday evening,
and was frozen to death almost in sight of his
home.
1t is asserted at Albany, N. Y, that
the costly State Capitol, which was built upon
qnicksand is likely to slide into the Hudson
1vcr.
Charles Becker and George Engells,
said to be two Of the most expert forgers in
the world, have been arrested in New York.
There we've 3,044 failures in New York
city during 1880, with aggregate liabilities of
S19,S91, $50.
The estimates agreed upon for the
city Government Of New York for the current
year reach s29, s54s22
The assignee of the bankrupt coffee
firm of b. S. Arnold 4 Co.. New York reports
its liabilities at $2,254,s6O and its assets at
$1,549,43S.
Two miners at Oarbondale, Pa, were
instantly killed by the fall of some coal in their
mining chamber
Five members of the family of Samuel
Krupp, of Montolair, Nj, died of diphtheria in
one week. 1t was found that fetid gases per-
meated the sleeping apartments.
New York has had another fire horror
A tenement house in which eight families lived
caught fire at midnight under the stairway.
which formed the only means of ingress or
egress. In a moment the whole iiimsy structure
was in flames, and there was no Chance for the
frightened inmates to escape save bv Jump
ing from the windows. Ten women and chill
dren were burned to death. Three children
were saved by their brother, boy of IL
who threw them from thiri-storv win.
dow to their mother, who stood in the ward
below and caught them as they fell. The
boy then jumped and was similarly caught.
One old woman, so years Of age, jumped
from a second-story window with her two
grandchildren in her arms. Her leg was
broken by the fall, but the children ESCAPED
uniniured. A young man gained access to the
roof from an adjoining building, and broke in
the scuttle. little girl who was carrying a
baby reached her arm up to him, and he
seized it, but the burned flesh parted from the
bone, and. she slid from his grasp back into
the flames. The scene was awaiting beyond
description.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-07
The Garden OF China.

Around Shanghai lie $4,000 square
miles which are called the Garden of
China. and which have been TILED for
countless generations. This area is as
large as New York and Pennsylvania
combined; it IS all meadow land, raised
q few feet above the river-lakes, rivers,
canal, complete network of water COM
munication the land is under the high
est cultivation three crops year are
gathered; population so dense that
wherever you look you see men and
women in blue pants and blouse, so nu-
merous that you fancy some muster or
fair coming on, and all hands turned out
for holiday. No one can deny that the
Chinese are an industrious people.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-07
POLITICAL POINTS.

A call for q meeting Of New York
Democrats TO reorganize the party in that
city was responded to by large attendance.
Abram S. Hewitt, was the chief speaker, the
audience rising to its feet when he said Tam
many Hall is thing of the past. 1t was re-
solved that the Chairman appoint COM
mittee of fifty citizens to reorganize the party.
At special Congressional election IN
New Hampshire, Ray, Republican, was elected
to succeed the late E. W. Farr.
Hon. r. @. Parsons, of Cleveland,
Ohio, lately said to E newspaper correspondent:
Foster will go into Garfeld's Cabinet. That
can be set down as certain. Stanley Matthews
viii be put upon the Supreme bench, and Sher-
man will be elected United States Senator"
The correspondent says he spoke with the air
Of authority.
The Garfield Morey Chinese letter
comes to the light once more in the confession
on the part of the paper that published it
to the world that it is a forgery. The editors
Of Truth have addressed a letter to Gen.
Garfield, in which they say: "After a
searching investigation, in which we have
spared neither time, energy, nor expense,
we have traced the Morey letter to its origin,
and ascertained that it is forgery. This ac-
acknowledgement is due from the journal in which
that letter first appeared. 1t is made volunta-
rily, and as an act of simple justice fos, while
we believed, as we did until few weeks past,
that you were the author of the letter, no bride
could tempt nor threat intimidate us into MAX
ing contrary statement. But, having aseer-
tanned our error now, it is qualification to Us
to give the same prominence to this acknowl-
edgment that we gave to the forged letter
itself, and thereby make all the amends in our
power for the wrong of which Truth was the
unconscious instrument
Secretary Evarts is reported to have
said that Senator Blaine will be Secretary Of
State in Gen. Gartield's Cabinet The other
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-07
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The President, says Washington
telegram, has found so much difficulty in find
ing suitable person to act as Secretary OF the
Navy for two months that he has partially Go
cided to request Secretary Ramsey to perform
the duties of both the Navy and War Depart
ments until March 4, and, III order to comply
with the technical language Of the statute, will
recommission him Secretary of the Navy every
ten days.
The value of the exports from this
country during the month of November ex-
ceeded the value of the imports by S35, 1914. $40.
In November, 1879, the excess was only $685.
836,794. The excess for the eleven months
ending the Both of November was $141 ,961,-
0O2, while the corresponding period of last
year it was $3.50. 279, 1897.
A court-martial in the case of Cadet
Whitaker has been ordered for Jan. IS. to be
beld at West Point. Brig. Gen. Miles will pre-
side.
A. S. Logan, lneal descendant of
the famous Indian chief, has been appointed to
position IN the Interior Department.
Speaker Randall thinks there is every
probability of favorable report on the bill to
place Grant ON the retired list with the full pay
Of General
President Hayes has barred both ears
against amy further demands for the retire
ment of Gen. Mcdowell.
The treasury receipts from customs
during the month of December were $4,000
600, and from internal revenue during the same
period $12,0OO00O.
The Sioux delegation at Washington
have advised Secretary Schurz that they intend
to accept the terms offered by the ST. Paul and
Northwestern roads for rights of way through
their reservations.
Fifty-nine national banks were organ
lied during the past year, with an aggregate
authorized capital of S7,274 10. Eleven banks
went into voluntary liquidation, having a cap
ital of 81, 900. Three banks failed during
the year.
Mr.. Cobb, a member of the House
Appropriation Committee, thinks that no pro-
vision will be made in the Legislative bill for
Supervisors ANA Deputy 'lTarshals Of elections,
there being no occasion to employ them during
the year,
Gen. Lew Wallace, Governor of New
Mexico, is in Washington trying to secure a
modification of the "posse conitatus
clause in the Army bill SO that he may call
upon the troops to break up the bands of out
laws who infest the southern portion of the
Territory.
Col. Israel Wedges, OF the First Artll-
lery, has been retired at his own request. He
has served over forty years.
following Is the ,on,alar ,aaor4l,lu
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-07
TRADE AND COMMERCE.

The Chicago Tribune publishes full report
of the trade of Chicago for the year 1880. The
totals are as follows Produce trade, $312,,
10000; wholesale, 1885,, 800 600 manufactures,
1886, 1000, 0OO-total, 1851, 500, 900; being gain
of II per cent. over 1879. During the year
there were 1859 1914 hogs received, of whieh
5700, 900 were killed in the city; 1882, 1897
head OF cattle were received, the
value Of the live stock received
being $139, 100000, In manufactures the fig
ures for 1880 compare with those of 1879 as
follows:
Paid for wages. ........s IS, 100000 s9,oOO,OOO
Capital employed. ..... 7S,000000 s6,G00,000
The Denver CCol.) Meas prints the following
statistics of the trade of that city for 1880:
Business of Denver for the year, S52,300,000
value of new buildings erected during the
year, 50, SIT ,000 manufactures, $5.783, eco ;
total, SCI, SOC, 900 an increase over 1879 of
$19,000000. The death-rate Of the city during
the year was IA 40 per 1909. Mean annual
temperature, AT; the. warmegt day, 96
year there were 1863 clear days, 173
fair or partly clear, and A cloudy; total
rainfall, 9.49 inches, being 81 below the av-
erage. The bullion shipped from Colorado
during the year amounted to 1872. 100000
Statistics of the commerce Of St. Louis for
the year 1880: Bank clearings, 81, 442, 91S, 97S
against $1.119, Ass, 256 last year; receipts of
wheat, 49, 969, 202 bushels, against II, 093, 1862;
receipts Of corn o. 228 157, against ID, $50, $50;
oats, 5,377,07S, against 5,0C2, 1855; rye and bar
ley, 3,095, 500. against 2,544 235; total receipts
of grain, 5O,629.940 against 30,0O1, 1893 for the
previous year. Receipts of cattle, 424,72O
against 40 654. hogs 1889 6S4 against
1852, 724 sheep, 205, 969, against 1S2, 648.
The statistics Of manufacturers of Des
Moines, Iowa, for the year show total product
valued at 50, 431 $50 a wholesale and jobbing
trade of $40, TAG, 952 retail trade, $685. 445
grain and produce, 81, $685. 100; coal, 81, 1885,
$50 pork packing, g, 1866 600.
Statistics justify the claim of Peoria that the
business of that city has quadrupled within the
past three years, aggregate being nearly $780,
0o0,00 against $99000,00O in 1877.
The Council Bluffs NoapaTed publishes re-
view of the business Improvement and growth
of that city for 1880, showing that over 700
buildings have been erected, and improve
nents made amounting to $522, 2S5. This
does not include any public buildings or State
improvements.