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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
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st. Clairsville people tell an amusing
story in the Wheeling Latetligencer of
the late Mrs. Shannon, widow of ex-
Gov. Wilson Shannon, who died
at Leavenworth, Kan. In 1910 Gov.
Shannon was a candidate for re-
election as Governor of Ohio on the
Democratic ticket, his opponent ON the
Wing side being the famous Thomas
Corwin, who was successful In the can
vass, and became Governor, though
Shannon was again chosen at the bien-
MEL election in 1S42. During the can
vass of 1910, Mr.. Corwin was announced
to speak at st. Clairsville, where Gov.
Shannon resided. Possibly there was
to be joint discussion between the two
candidates-at any rate the meeting was
looked forward to with absorbing inter;
est, and Mrs. Shannon, who was visiting
friends in this city, took the morning
stage to go out home on the day Of the
occurrence. There were in the stage
quite a number of st. Clairsville ladies,
and man, apparently very dark mu-
latto, who seemed to be of a retiring
disposition, and occupied corner as
remote from his fellow-passengers as
possible.
Arrived at watering station, near the
foot of the "Big Hill" Mrs. Shannon,
who was accompanied by a babe In
arms, desired to procure some milk for
the child, and requested the dark man
in the corner to hold the infant for her.
Upon returning with the milk, having
fed the baby, and the stage being again
in-motion, the babe was once more con-
signed to the care of the "mulatto,"
and the ladies proceeded to discuss the
great event of the day.
When the stage arrived at the hotel at
st. Clairsville, the nurse deferentially
informed Mrs. S. that he was at the end
of his journey, and transferred his
charge 70 her care, not, however, until
she had rendered him quarter in pay
ment of his services, which was, much
to her surprise, declined with much dig
nifty, though very politely, withal.
The sequel TRANSFERRED in the after
noon. What was Mrs. Shannon's sur
prise, upon reaching the grove III which
the meeting was to be held, to see her
mulatto nurse of the morning occupying
a seat of honor upon the platform ; sur
prise scarcely increased when the dark
gentleman arose and was introduced by
prominent local politician as "Thomas
Corwin, the next Governor of Ohio"
The great orator was introduced to the
wife of his opponent later in the day,
and enjoyed her embarrassment over the
affair hugely, but Mrs. Shannon never
quite recovered from the modification
she felt when she discovered what mis-
! take she had made.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
A Diamond Sold for Ten Cents.

In 1874 Godfrey Luther and his son
were engaged In gold mining on Wilson's
branch, IN what is now Wilson's district
of this ounty. Their appliances were
of the rldest kind, consisting of sluice
and rifeboxes and the traditional min
er's pan On one occasion, Col. John
E. Redvine, then a lad of about 16, was
sent by lis father to Mr.. Luther's works
to see hin about some business matter.
While there the elder luther and an
other gentleman walked off some little
distance and he continued III CONVEX
sation With the young man, who was
"panni1g out some earth and show
ing RedTine the gold. In one pan he
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
An ArithmeticaI Dream.

A 7-year-old pupil of the Central
School, who sleeps with his mother, is
in the habit of talking while asleep, and
few nights ago the lady was awakened
by the strange conduct of her little son.
The boy, it seems, was dreaming that
he was doing sum in arithmetic, and
fancied his mothers face was a slate.
She allowed him to put the imaginary
figures down on the imaginary slate,
but when he spit on his hand and was
about to erase the example she deemed
it high time to dispel the illusion, which
she did by shaking the young man until
he awoke.-Bufalo Express.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
NUMBER Al.

exclaimed "Take off that breastpin :"
The cause for the demand was asked.
"The actress is wearing a breastpin
which contains a photograph - pho
Biography was not discovered when the
play was first produced" Take off
the breastpin resounded from all parts
of the house. The actress obeyed the
demand she was Immediately the re-
cipient of an ovation, and tt e play pro-
ceeded.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
average of Human Life.

Calculated In years and hundredths,
the expectation of the duration of life at
the following ages is: At males,
1891 /; females, 41.85. At 10 years
males, 1905; females, 47.67. At 20
years-males, SO. 43 {; females, 1929. At
80 years-males, 80. rs; females, 1881.
At 40 years-males, 26.06; females,
1884 At 80 years-males, 1854; fe-
males, 20.75. At so years-males, Is. So |;
females, 14.34. At 20 years males,
8.45; females, 900. At so years-males,
493; females, 5.26. At 80 years males,
2.84; females, 3.01. At 100 years.
males. l. IS fenT Yes, LIS.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

haSE.
Ivory Chamberlain, well known as an
editorial writer on the New York Herald, died
of pneumonia.
Afre which broke out in the Belmont
Oil-works, at Philadelphia, caused damage of
100000. 49,.
James W. Whitaker, Chief Engineer
Of the United States Navy, died in Brooklyn,
from erysipelas, resulting from vaccination
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

The following cities are under $4,000
and above 10000: Cefeld, Halle and
Brunswick. Under 10000 and above
$4,000: Dortmund, Posen, Muhlhouse,
in Alsace; Augsburg and Mayence.
Under CO. 900 and above $4,000: Cas-
sci, Erfurt, Metz, Mannheim, Frank
fort-on-the-O Oder, Wurzburg, Lubbock
and Carlsrlhe,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
A Realistic Audience.

It is said that the audiences in Rouen,
France, are the most critical and realistic
in the world. An actress appeared In a
play, the scene of which was laid in
1922. Everything went off well till a
gentleman in the orchestra arose and
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
A New Construction.

"Iwant divorce" said an irate citi-
zen, stalking into a lawyers Office.
"Upon what ground, SIR"
"On the ground of infdelity."
"Indeed! I'm sorry for that. What
is the particular cause of the offense?"
"Well, my wife won't go to prayer
meeting, and she reads Ingersoll's lect-
ures. IF that amt infdelity, what is
it?"
He hasn't got the decree yet.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
German Cities.

The following is the population of the
principal cities of Germany, according
to the census taken Dec. 80, 1880: The
population of Berlin, including the SOL
diers stationed therein, numbers ], 49,
$50, an increase in five years of 154, 800.
In 1860 the population of Berlin was
only 528, 300. The census just taken
shows the population of the other prin-
cipal cities to be as follows:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
CENSUS RETURNS.

Relations of the Sexes in the Different
States.
Census Bulletin No. 70, issued few days
ago, is one of the most important and interest
ing, as it shows the relations of the sexes in
the several States and Territories, and gives an
analytical summary of the changes during the
past decade. The following table shows the
distribution of population by sex and the num-
Der of females to 100000 males in the United
State and in each State in 1870 and 1880:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
Rank.

From general observation it seems
that man is ranked according to his
wealth and standing in a community. If
he has a comfortable income he is
Major, but if he possess a bank or runs
a half-dozen plantations, all letters adj
dressed to him will have the prefix Colo
mel to his name. When a man looms
up as a Commodore, he is fat bond
holder. He owns two or three railroads
and very nearly all the people who have
business transactions with him. No one
has the least idea how many military
officers there are in the country until he
travels around. Not long ago an observ-
ing man, while on a trip through
Georgia, was invited to fashionable
dinner party, and while there was intro
duced to sixteen Majors, ten Colonels,
and eight Judges. He was nothing but
a plain Mister, and, as he gazed at the
notables seated around him, he felt Ike
mere fy-speck in this world. Life sud-
denly grew gloomy and dull, and the
more he thought of his humble position
the more melancholy he became. He
wanted to seek some dark secluded spot
and there bay the moon until some one
mistook him for dog and shot him with
gun. Sad and istless he roamed about,
and when his heart was sinking with
despair he was presented to Mr..
Brown.
care you plain Mr.. Brown" he In
quired, as the tears welled up in his
eyes.
eyes, sir; and 1 am glad to meet
you"
"Friend, brother" was all he could
say as he fell on Browns neck and wept.
Brown was veritably an oasis in a desert
of dignitaries, and life was bright once
more.-INeaO Orleans Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
He hasn't got the decree yet.

NONE are so seldom found alone, and
are SO soon tired of their oa0n company,
as those coxcombs who are on the best
terms with themselves.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
Attacked BY a Ferocious Lion.

An underkeeper in menagerie was
attacked by lion in Birmingham, Eng
land. He entered the cage in order to
clean it. To separate the animals from
that part of the cage that was to be
cleaned a wooden panel was used. 1t
reached from the top to the floor of the
cage, and was about two inches in thick
ness. The underkeeper, Harris by
name, does not appear to have absolutely
closed the panel as he entered. The
largest Iona powerful animal named
'FWallace" -sprang toward Harris, the
sliding panel gave way from the pressure,
and the man stood unprotected in front
of the lion, who with its mouth seized
the poor fellow by the shoulder. Harris,
who had broom i'll his hand, pluckily
defended himself for few moments by
striking the hon with the handle Of the
broom. But the lion, clutching him with
one of its paws, dashed him to the
ground and began gnawing at his body,
from which the blood was freely flowing.
The lion tanner, Alicamonsa, who was at
the opposite side Of the hall, hearing the
commotion, ran to the cage With the
utmost courage and GOODNESS he entered
the den, and twice fired his pistol, which
was loaded with blank cartridges. All
the time Harris was still beneath the
lion, who was tearing his flesh. The
pistol firing had no effect whatever on
the animal; and seeing this, the lion
tanner, who had with him loaded whip,
began striking the animal with the butt
end of it on the head. He dealt the lion
four or five blows. and the last, hitting
the animal with terrific force between
the eyes, appeared to stun it. The lion
loosed Harris, who was instantly dragged
out of the cage. He was bleeding pro-
fusely, but was not quite unconscious.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
STATES.

NO. FEMALES
DISTRIBUTION BY TO 100000
STATES. SEX. MALES.
Males Females 1870 / 1890
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

A band of Indians has been commit
ting derredations in Nolan county, Texas.
For the murder of Miss Matte Ish-
mael, at Jonesboro, Ark, four negroes were
arrested, the first days testimony showing
their guilt very clearly. At night the prisoners
were placed in church, under strong guard,
and few hours later the villains were hanged
to trees by the citizens.
United States Deputy Marshal Heflin
with ten men made raid into Letcter county
KY, in search Of illicit distllers. The moon
sinners, appraised of his approach, organized
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-10-12

A VERY SHARP WITNESS.

A late number of the New York
Herald gives the following incident
which occurred in the Tombs Police
Court, few days ago, when a witness
went to testify to the character of his
countryman, Patrick McGrath, who
was charged with assault and battery.
The witness was too garrulous and
went too deeply into the genealogy of
the McGraths to suit the compliments
counsel. Twice he tried to arrest the
torrent of encomiums, and failing in it
he lost his temper and said:
Did you ever talk man to death,
sir?'
No; did ye liver do it yourself?' ask
ed the witness quite rs tartly.
Yes said the counsel, with an alb
sent air, bet watching his opportunity
for thrust. Yes, couple hundred
of them
is that all p quoth the witness,
sharply. Thin ye haven't bate the
record yit.'
Haven't beat the record! Whose
record =
'Samson's,' returned the witness
sharply. He slew three hundred Phil
istines with the instrument we use yer
self
The subsequent queries put to that
witness were remarkable for their brew
ity.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-10-12

he bought his farm, he said he had
been reading about metals, that you
could draw them to certain point o
million times and not impair their
strength, but if you passed that point
once you could never get them back.
So said he, Il bought this farm TO
shift the muscles of my mind' Com
ing to two small wooden structures in
the field, he talked rapidly of how the
Deighbors guessed he would do in
Congress, but would not make much
of a fist at farming, and they called
my attention to his corn and buck
wheat and other crops, and said that
was q marsh, but he underdrained
with tile and found spring water fow-
ing out of the bluff, and found he
could get a fve-foot fall, and with
pumps of given dimension a water
dam could throw water back eighty
rods to his house and eighty feet above
it. But said he, in his jocularly i'm
pressive manner, Il did my surveying
before | did my workp
Mr.. Williams added had not Garfield
expressed wish to be buried in Cuya-
hoga cemetery, the place for his body
to rest was on that hillside where he
did his engineering in site of the lake
and the Lake Shore road, where a
monument erected high by the Nation
would be seen by the millions that
passed and repassed forever. Mr.. Will
liams said in conclusion the roots of
Gar6eld's life ran deep into the hearts
of his wife and children, and it was
hard to tear them out. That he had
great confidence in Arthur's executive
ability, and believed he was wholly
sincere in all his acts.-Milpaukee
Sp,,finoI
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-10-12
4 PATHETIC REMINISCENCE

The brief speech addressed by Gen.
Garfield to his college classmates on
the eve of his Inauguration takes upon
itself under the shadow of this day
something sad and almost fateful in
tone. The meeting was held at Worm
ley's on March 8, and the President
elect made this address to his friends
after dinner .4ss
CLASSMATES ITO me there is some
thing exceedingly pathetic in this re-
union. In every eye before me / see
the light of friendship and love, and I
am sure it is reflected back to you from
my inmost heart For twenty-five
years, with the exception of the last
few days, have been in the public
service. Tonight am private citi-
zen. Tomorrow l shall be called to
assume new responsibilities, and on
the day after the broadside of the
worlds wrath will strike. 1t will
strike hard. / know it, and you will
know it. Whatever may happen to
me in the future, | shall feel that l can
always fall back upon the shoulders
duu utuTlS vi tuc CldSS vi 90 'OI Ll6lT
approval of that which is right, and for
their charitable judgment wherein I
may come short in the discharge of my
public duties. You may write down
in your books now the largest percent
age of blunders which you think will
be likely to make, and you will be sure
to find in the end that | have made
more than you have calculated-many
more.
'"This honor comes to me unsought
l have never had the Presidential fever
not even for day nor have it to-
night. l have no feeling of elstion in
view of the position / am called upon
to fill. l would thank God were to-
day free lance in the House or the
Senate But it is not to be, and / will
go forward to meet the responsibilities
and discharge the duties that are before
me with all the frmness and ability
can command. 1 hope you will be
able conscientiously to approve my con-
duct, and when l return to private life
1 wish you to give me another class
meeting s
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-10-12
HABITUAL PROFANITY.

One cannot walk the streets or travel
in the cars, or stop at public places, and
not be sadly touched by the amount of
profanity he hears. Boys hardly old
enough to talk plainly; young men just
stepping over the threshold of active
life !; gray y-haired men bending over the
grave, are all in fetters to this degrad-
ing habit 1t matters little what the
place or occasion, your ears are filed
with profanity. We can understand
how under extreme provocation a man
might give utterance to an oath. We un-
derstand, if we do not sympathize with
a passionate man, beset with little diff
fculties, when he snaps out too ener-
getic word But for a man--in CON-
mon, every day conversation, to calm
ly. even stupidity mix in dozen or
more profane expressions, there is no
excuse and yet it is the result OF
habit that has grown upon the Ameri-
can people and deserves censure.
No boy u.ters his first oath without
something of sbudder No man with
any regard for the proprieties of society
ever swears in the presence of ladies.
1t is more n matter of habit than any
vice to which the people are addicted.
Now, if those who have this wretched
habit will break it, if only for few
days, and listen to others, they will
see how senseless, how unmanly it is,
and how little necessity there is for it.
1t is the most gratuitous and uncom-
pensating of all sins. 1t neither gives
force to remark, dignity to speech, nor
impressiveness to thought And it is
a habit as easily broken as formed.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-10-12
IN MEMORIAM.

President Garfeld's favorite poet
was Tennyson, and the poem he loved
best was "In Memoriam." The follow
ing familiar stanzas from this poem,
which he quoted in an address on the
death of Lincoln, and which were more
than once applied to himself after his
accession to the Presidency, have a
new and melancholy interest and sig
nifcance now. He was, indeed
As some divinely gifted man
Whose life in low estate began,
And on a simple village green;
Who breaks his births invidious bar,
And grasps the skirts of happy chance,
And breasts the blows of circumstance,
And grapples with his evil star;
Who makes by force his merit known,
And lives to clutch the golden keys,
To mould mighty States DEGREES
And shape the whisper of the throne.
And, moving up from high TO higher,
Becomes on fortunes browning slope
The pillar or peoples hope,
The centre of worlds desire,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-10-12
[Rockford (Ill.) Register.l
Fall Against a Sharp Edge.

This is furnished by Mr. VIM. Will,
1913 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia,
Pa: Some time since | received Sc.
we're injury to my back, by falling
against the sharp edge of a marble
step, the stone penetrating it at least
half-inch, and leaving very painful
wound. After suffering for q time, I
concluded to apply St. Jacobs Oil, and
am pleased to say, that the results ex-
ceeded my expectations. 1t speedily
aIlayed all pain and swelling and by
continued use, made perfect cure. /
really think it the most efficacious lini-
ment / ever used.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-10-12

Women that have been bedridden
for years have been entirely cured of
female weakness by the use of Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Send to Mrs Lydia E. Pinkham, 233
Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass, for
pamphlets.
A simple and effectual remedy for
the prevention of milk turning sour in
summer consists in adding to each
quart fifteen grains of bicarbonate Of
soda. This does not affect the taste Of
the milk, while it facilitates its diges.
lion.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-10-12
PENSIONS,

Procured for all soldiers disabled In the U, g. SER
vice from any cause also for heifs OF deceased SOL
dLers The slightest disability entities to pension
PENSIONS INCREASED, Bounty and new dis
charges procured. Those in doubt as to whether
entitled TO anything. should send two cent
stamps for our "olrouiar OF information" Address,
with stamps, SToDDART & Co.. Solicitors Of CLAIMS
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-10-12
PATIENTS,

T. F. LEHMAN, Solicitor of Patents, cor
ner Sixth avenue and Smithfeld St.. Pittsburgh
Pa. Branch office at Washington, d. c. No
patent, no pay. Send f0g Circulars, [Sje4m
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-10-12
FLOUR,
FEED 6 OIL MEAL.

Will pay cash for all kinds of produce and
grain, and will do strictly cash business. He
has In stock fine lines of
GLASSWARE, QUEENSWARE,
LAMPS, BASKETS,
CANDIES, CANNED FRUIT,
CANDIES, SPICES, etc.
BEST CIGARS IN BUTLER.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-10-12
Perupa is in itself a gre

Peruna is in itself great physician.
A small piece of charcoal placed in
the pot with boiling cabbage will, it is
said, prevent the unpleasant smell
from that wholesome vegetable when
cooking.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-10-12
THE REGULATOR

If You HAVE EATEN ANYTHING HARD OF d.
GEHTIQN, or feel heavy after meals or sleepess at
night take dose OF Regulator and you will feel
relieved ard sleep pleasantly. 1t can be taken in
the place OF Quinine or bitters of any kind the
dose Is small and its virtues undoubted
Prepared only by j. II. Zeiln Co. l22junely
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-10-12

"A WORD TO THE WISE IS sUFFI-
GENT. ."-AD effective and agreeable
remedy for the treatment of Catarrh,
Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness is
Ely's Cream Balm. A sure cure.
Cream Balm effectually cleanses the
nasal passages of catarrhal virus, caus-
ing healthy secretions, allays infam-
nation and irritation, protects the
membranal Innings of the head from
additional colds, completely heals the
sores and restores the sense of taste
and smell Beneficial results are realiz-
ed by a few applications. A thorough
treatment as directed will cure Catarrh.
AS household remedy for cold in the
head it is unequaled. The Balm is
easy to use and agreeable. Sold by
druggists at so cents. On receipt OF
so cents will mail package. Send
for circular with full information.
ELY's CREAM BALM Co., Owego,
n. Y. For sale in Butler by j. G.
Redick, d. H. Wuller, Zimmerman &
Wuller, Coulter & Linn.
.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-10-12

One square, one insertion, q; each subss
quent insertion, SO CENTS. Yearly lady ertissment
exceeding one-fourth of column, t5 per inch
Figure work double these rates; additions
charges where weekly or monthly changes are
made. Local advertisements 10 cents Per line
Tor hrst insertion, and cents per line for each
additional insertion. Marriages and deaths pub
lished free Of charge. Obituary notices charged
as Advertisements, and payable when handed in
Auditors Notices, - Executors and Admins
traitors Notices. SS each; Estray, Caution ans
Dissolution Notices, not exceeding ten lines,
each.
From the fact that the CITIZEN is the oldest
established and most extensively circulated Re-
publican newspaper in Butler county. Ga Reput-
ican county, it must be apparent to business
mon that it is the medium they should use in
advertising their business.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-10-12

AOENITC WE WANT YOU In every
AOEIN i y County, to sell our NEW AU
TOMATO CARPET SWEEPER. You can make
from $500 to $500 per day the year round. Good
profits and rapid sales. Capital not necessary If
you can furnish good references. Address at once
PAGE CARPET SWEEPER Co.
Toledo o.