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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-22

Would it look berry well to see a poo
Guild man git up an sniff at de handi-
work of the Creator? Shall we refuse
to accept de gifts created fur us? IF de
Lawd didn't know what He war bout
when He made an animile an called it a
dog, den advice from newspapers am all
right. I have estimated dat de 2, OOO. 600
dogs spoken of prevent SOC, 900 burglaries
each year. Dey am de cause of {, 900, 600
chickens not bein' stole; likewise half a
million cords of wood; likewise ober
100000, 900 axes an saws. I doan' be-
heve IN dog Worship, but I do believe
dat it am our dooty to take de gifts of
our Creator an make de best possible
use of dem. [ keep a Scotch terrier to
bite Scotch burglars; an Irish setter to
sot down on Irishmen; an I has one or
two odders who pay dar way by KILN
rats an bitin' tramps. Mex to de glori-
GUS sight of seem 200-pound man
wheelin' a ten-pound baby along de
streets, am dat. of SEEM Guild man
pacin' his way down town arter Goldfish
wild five dogs follerin' clus at his heels in
single file. Lime Kiln Club.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN NEWS.

Gen. Skobeleff has officially declared
the Tekke-Turcoman war at an end.
The military Gordon placed around
ST. Petersburg was found to be more irksome
to loyal citizens than eficacious against Mill
lists, and it has been withdrawn.
The great anti-Jewish petition has
been sent to Bismarck. It consists Of twenty
six volumes, aggregating $4,000 sheets, with
255,OOO signatures.
The Rev. William Morley Punshon,
celebrated Wesleyan preacher OF England, is
dead.
The Rothschilds refuse to loan money
to Italy for the resumption Of specie payments
while the difficulties with France remain un-
settled.
A telegram from Alexandria announces
that the King of Abyssinia is dead and has
been succeeded by his son Michael. The King
fell in battle with the Assaimerks.
All the Nihilists condemned for COM
plicity in the murder of the Gar of Russia, ex-
cept the woman Helfmann, were hanged in the
tors. There was no disturbance. Roussakoff
tainted at the last moment.
Bismarck and the Grown Prince both
condemn the anti-Jewish agitation in Germany.
All efforts to induce the Bey Of Tunis
to peacefully permit French troops to enter his
domain have proved unayailing.
Further news from Tripoi leaves lit
Gle hope that the French Col. FlatterS or any Of
his escort escaped massacre.
No Russian lad between the ages of
10 and IS years will be allowed to emigrate
without obtaining permission.
Advices from Bagdad state that the
rayages Of the plague at that place are terrible.
The dise@se assumes very virulent form, and
thousands of people are dying, and villages
ghatare the most infected with the poison are
being burnt.
A fierce dispute is raging in the En-
gish papers respecting Sir William Jenners
refusal to meet Dir. Kidd because the latter il
suspected of treating Lord Beaconsfeld homeo-
tathicaly. DIR. Kidd seems to have been un-
graciously treated by the orthodox allopath, but
bore himself well, and has the qualification Of
having pulled Lord Bcaconsfeld through the
worst phases Of his sickness.
The Sultan of the Sooloo islands, in
the Indian ocean, is dead, and civil war has
broken out over the election of his successor.
Parnell maintains that the Land bill,
as at present framed, will not provide tic
slightest protection for small tenants, but will
rather tend to their destruction.
The international Monetary Confer
once was opened at Paris by st. Hilaire, Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs. On motion Of Mr..
Evarts, NJ. Maguin, the French Finance Minis
ter, was chosen President.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-22
Brudder Gardner on IL Z Virtue of Dogs.

6 [ was readin' a newspaper paragraph
de odder day to dc effect dat de keepin'
of so many dogs aroun' 'em would allus
keep de Guild race poo'," said the old
man as the meeting came to order.
"Let us analyze dat statement bit. It
am estimated dat de Guild people of dis
kentry own an open 1000, 600 dogs. To
feed desc dogs regulars at least ], 000, 900
pounds of crumbs, scraps, later skins,
apple cores, ole bones an SIGH, worth
about 2 cents poun'. In odder words,
it costs about Is cents per week to feed
a big dog which am tied up an can't
forage on de 1ayburs. Now, what am
de companionship of big yaller dog
wurth to family? Would ten times Is
cents per week offset dat? When de
cold wind howls an night shuts down
isn't it with 50 bill to see de chillen
gather clus aroun' de stove to h'ar de
teakettle sing-to watch de fab snap,
an to know dat de dog am takin' sweet
nap under de bed? Who created de
dog? Why, de Lawd, of course. What
fur? Why, to be companion to man,
an purtect his pussun an property.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-22
NUMBER As.

foundland as ireland. France stretches
from the northern boundary of Maine to
the western boundary of Ohio, and to
the southern boundary of Pennsylvania.
Germany could be got into the space
lying between the southern boundary of
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the At
lantic, the Ohio river, the Mississippi
river, and the northern boundary of
Georgia and South Carolina. Spain is
equal in area to South Carolina, Geor-
gia. Alabama and Louisiana. Italy re.
sembles Florida, both in size and shape.
Austria would embrace Lake Michigan
and the four States between the lakes
and the Mississippi river Michigan,
Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. So that
the area of the United States east of the
Mississippi, orabout three-eighths of the
total area, is equal to the states of Eu-
rope, excluding Russia and Turkey.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-22
Do1NGs IN CONGRESS.

The proceedings in the United States Senate
were var led Wednesday, April 10, by some sharp
and angry passages between Dawes and Pendleton,
and Dawes and Butler, and some excited denuncia-
tions Of Republicans by Senator Harris The ses-
sion closed with another personal alteration between
Messrs Hill and Malone, in which language pur-
posely insulting passed between the Senator's
The usual amount of talk was INDUCED in by
the Senate Thursday, the 14th inst but no bust
ness was attempted. When the session adjourned il
to meet on Monday The following nomina-
tons were sent to the Senate: Postmasters-
Brown, Columbus, Ind. Edwin W. Phelps Oak
Park, ILL.,; G. N. Clark, Ida Grove, Iowa William
Letcher, of Ohio to be Register of the Land Office
at Mitchell, D. I. Cortez Fessenden, of Michigan,
to be Surveyor General of the United States District
of Dakota.
Beth parties in the Senate appeared deter
mined to continue the deadlock indefinitely, on
assembling after the recess, on Monday, April IS,
and talk and dilatory motions consumed the entire
session. Mr.. Beck declared it the purpose of the
Democrats to continue the opposition to Riddleber-
ger even after next December He said Riddleberger
was obnoxious to the Democratic Senators, and
the latter could never hold proper official
FelatlOnS Win tlaI DeCemDer lneTe WOulQ
be nominated for Sergeant alarms gallant Union
soldier, who bears the wounds received in leading
troops on the field of battle, and every Democratic
Senator will support him, and he believed the NOM
ination would be made by Republican Senator.
Beck declared that Riddleberger would never be
elected Sergeant-at-Arms.
Senator Blair offered a resolution in the
United States Senate Tuesday, April 10, which
declares that the public interests require Congress
to be convened Immediately In support OF the
resolutions Mr.. Blair stated that recent decision OF
the United States Supreme Court meant the ruin OF
the hosiery and knit goods industry of New England
unless amendatory protective legislation covering
that point is adopted. He-aso urged in favor of his
resolution the necessity of Congressional action in
reference to the De Lesseps canal. The deadlock
continued throughout the day. with no prospect of
break. The President nominated Gen. James Long
street now Minister to Turkey to be United States
Marshal of Georgia, and Philip H. Emerson to be AS
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court of Utah.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-22
Congressional Contests.

Notices of contest have already been filed
with the Clerk of the House of Representatives
in accordance with the law, in the following
cases:
Horatio Bisbee, Republican, VS.. Jesse J. Finley,
Democrat Second district of Florida
William M. Lowe, Greenback- Democrat, VS.. Jo-
seph Vince er, Eighteenth district of Alabama.
Robert Smalls, Republican, VS.. George D. Tilman,
Democrat, Fifth district of South Carolina.
John I. Stovill, Democrat, We. George G. Cabell,
Democrat, Fifth district & Virginia.
Samuel Lee, Republican, John S. Richards,
Democrat, First district Of South Carolina.
George M. Buchanan, Republican, Van H.
Manning, Democrat, Second district of Mssis-
sippi.
j. G. Cook, Democrat, Vs. Madison E. Cults, Re-
publican, Sixth district of Iowa.
Alex. Smith, Republican, vs.. E. W. Robertson,
Democrat, Sixth district Of Louisiana
James G. Smith, Republican, Vs. James NJ. Shell
ley, Democrat, Fourth district of Alabama.
Samuel j. Anderson, Democrat, Thomas b.
Reed, Republican, First district of Maine.
In addition to the above, it is understood
that the seats of the following Democratic
Representatives will be contested:
NJ P. O'Connor, Second district; D. Wyatt Aikens
Third district, and John H. Evins, Fourth district
of South Carolina.
Thomas II. Herndon, First district; H A. Her
BERT Second district, and William G. Oates, Third
district of Alabama
Henry l.. Muldrew, First district; Otto R. Single
ton, Fourth district, and Charles E. Hooker, Fifth
district of Mississippi.
J. Floyd King, Fifth district Of Louisiana, and r.
g. Frost, Third district of Missouri
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-22

A fearful hail-storm visited the town
Of Fayetteville, Ark. inficting damage to prop
erty estimated at $4,000
Half the peach crop in Middle and
frost; the fg-trees are dead, and plums badly
injured.
The notorious James brothers are liv-
ing neer Andersonville, KY.
Heavy frosts have prevailed through
out Texas, and considerable damage has been
done to the corn, cotton, fruit and vegetable
crops.
Mary A. Murray, an employe of the
Baltimore Postofice, sued Postmaster E. B
Tyler for $4,000 damages for an indecent as
sault upon her. The jury gave her 5000.
War has broken out between the
American and Mexican residents Of Ell Paso,
Texas. Six men have already been killed.
A negro burglar at Butler, Ga, on be-
ing sentenced to ten years in the State prison,
punched out his eyes.
Miss Jane Schell, of Frostburg, Md,
born children whose corpses we're found in
meadow.
The exodus of colored people from the
South to Kansas has begun again.
A colored assassin was taken from Jail
at Quincy, Fla, by disguised men, and hanged
to tree.
Mrs. Mutt, of Camden, Ark, in an in
sane fit, threw her five children into well,
where they persisted.
Additional particulars respecting the
killing of her five children by Mrs. Mutt, near
Camden, Ark, mentioned heretofore, are, that
the frenzied woman called her eldest child,
boy IL years old, from a field where he was
povlng knocked him on the head, and threw
him into the well, where she had previously
thrown her four other children. Finding that
one of the hldren was not drowned but was
cnging to the side of the well, she descended
into the well and tore away its grasp and thrust
it down into the water, thus compl ng her
diabolical work.
At Uvalde, Tex. shooting affray oc
Cured between Gen. John R. Baylor and son
on one side, and Mr. Gillhurst and two sons on
the other Baylor escaped unhurt, but his son
was wounded. Gillhurst was killed one son
was fatally wounded, and another well filled
with buckshot
Thomas De Jarnette, the young man
who murdered his sister at Danville, Va, be-
co,1sa ahe had entered unon a life of shame
has BEEN acquitted upon the ground of in
sanity.
A block of the principal business
houses in Sheridan, Miss, has been destroyed
by fire. Loss, $25O,oOO; insurance $125,OOO.
The fire was the work of an incendiary.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-22
POLITICAL POINTS.

John Kelly's foes inside of Tammany
Hall are making desperate effort for his de-
thronement, and, it is said, the disa1fection is
really TO: lnidable.
The President has been waited upon
by two delegations of Virginia Republicans.
The first urged him to recognize the Malone
element in that State, while the second repre-
sented that no coalition could possibly be
formed between the Readiusters and the Re-
publicans
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-22
Experiences of a Traveller.

= So0 4IbO tu0 GIFTS dHQ GOOk S0db IL
juxtaposition to female. The females
face was a perfect insurance company
it insured her against ever getting mar
RED to anybody but blind man. Her
mouth looked like q crack in dried
lemon, and there was no more express
sion in her face than there is in cup of
cold custard. She appeared as though
she had been through one famine and
had got about two-thirds through an
other. She was old enough to be great
grandmother to Mary that had the little
lamb. She was chewing prize popcorn,
and carried yellow rose, with band
box and cotton umbrella nestled sweetly
by her side. I couldn't guess whether
she was on mission of charity or going
West to start saw-mill. j was full of
curiosity to hear her speak, SO said
"The exigencies of the times require
great cireufispection In person who is
travelling" ~ y4
Says she, "What?"
Says I, "The orb of day shines re-
splendent in the vault above"
She hitched around uneasy-hke; then
she raised her umbrella and said: 81
don't want any of your sass get out, "
and I got out. el s.t
Then I took seat alongside Of male
fellow, who looked like a ghost of Ham
let heightened out. He was a stately
looking cuss, and he was reading.
SAID l, Mister, did you ever see a
camelopard ?" [ said camelopard be.
cause it is pious animal and never eats
grass without getting down on its knees
He said he hadn't seen a camelopard.
Then said ], .Do you chew?"
He said, "No, sir.
Then I said, "How sweet is nature p
He took this for conundrum, and
said he didn't know. Then he said he
was deeply interested in the history of a
great man. "Alas r he exclaimed, eve
are but few p
[ told him I knew one. "The man
that made my cooking-stove was a great
man"
Then he asked, "Wou1d read?"
Says I, "What have you got?"
He replied, "Watts' Hymns, " " Reye-
ri4s by Moonlight" and T" How to Spend
the Sabbath"
said, "None of them for Hannah, !"
but if he bad an unabridged business di-
rectory of New York city would take a
little read.
Then he said, young man, look at
these gray hairs"
I told him saw them, and when man
got to be as old as he was he ought to
die. Said I, '' You needn't think these
gray hairs are any sign of wisdom it's
only sign that your system lacks iron,
and I advise you to go home and swallow
a crowbar. 4" e1s
He took this for irony, and what little
entente cordiGle there was between us
was spilled. It turned out that he was
chaplain of q base ball club. ~
When we got to Rochester / called for
a bowl of soup. / send you the recipe
for making it. Take lot of water,
wash it well, and boil 1t until it is brown
on both sides, then carefully pour one
bean into it and let it simmer. When
the bean begins to get restless sweeten
it with salt, then put it up in air7tight
cans, hitch each can to a brick and
chuck them overheard, and the sirup is
done. go-l @ tz-E
The above recipe originated with a
man in Iowa who got up suppers on odd
occasions for Odd Fellows. He had a
recipe for oyster soup, leaving out the
salt. aFa4a ~ e M
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-22
The Decline of silver.

4 For many centuries past there has
been a gradual decline in the value OF
silver as compared with gold down to
1875, when an unexampled depression
began, reaching the lowest point during
the following year. Since then its value
has fluctuated, so that the metal con-
tanned in silver dollar has been worth
in gold only from IS to 80 cents. It is
now worth about 81 cents The follow
ing shows the relative value of gold and
silver at different-periods, beginning in
the fifteenth century and coming down
to the present year.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-22
Our Size.

The New York Herald publishes an
interesting outline map of the United
States on which the areas of the differ
ent European Estates are laid out, sug-
costing at once to the eye the relative
size, Of this country and the countries Of
the Old World lying west Of Russia and
Turkey. England is as large as New
Brunswick, Scotland as Nova Scotia, New
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-22
Col. Fred Grant has resigned his COM
mission in the army.

mission in the army.
Ex-President Hayes, in letter to
Western journalist, admits that when he be-
came President he was not total abstainer
from intoxicating liquors, but for the past
three years has refrained from the use of slim
ulants, and will continue to do so.
The Commissioner of Agriculture ex-
presses the opinion that the winter-wheat crop
has been badly damaged by the severity of the
past winter, especially where the ground is badly
drained. He says, from personal observation
in several Western States he is convinced that
the crop has suffered greatly, and that the best
of it will be set back some time.
A new and dangerous counterfeit $40
gold piece has appeared in San Francisco.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-22

IT is said that while women are in
general very ready to forgive an injury
and have an altogether higher Christian
tone than men, there are, nevertheless,
some offenses of so grave character
that they can never be forgiven nor for
gotten. What those offenses are may be
learned from the philanthropic remark
of a peacemaker. 81 can make up the
quarrel between these two ladies" he
said, provided neither has said to the
other that she was homely, or an old
maid. IF these words have passed their
lips, nothing but death can cure the
wound,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-22

AN Indiana applicant for an inspect
orship of customs, after wearing an
Ohio mans hat twenty-four hours,
changed his mind and applied for for
eign mission.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-22

NEVER Judge by appearances. a
seedy coat may cover a heart In full
bloom.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-22

A POOR excuse is better than none.
We hear of man who justifes his
meanness toward his wife by asserting
that he and she are one, and therefore
by refusing to furnish her with money
he practices that heroic virtue of self
denial. Boston Transcript.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-20

A BANKING HoUsE-Of all things that
Baton Rouge needs, good Bank stands
at the top of the list. There is no point
ill Louisiana, New Orleans not excepted,
where such an enterprise would prove
more renumerative. When the State
Government is removed here, the depes-
its of the Treasurer and other officials
will, as of yore, be made here. There
are two handsome bank buildings in
our city, especially constructed for the
purpose, and supplied with strong,
vsulted counters, etc., which could
either be purchased or rented at low
figure just at present. Baton Rouge is
the inland city of tbe future in this
State. Enterprising men will soon
find it out.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-20

J. r. Flores, a Mexican in the employ
of two Texas drovers, was shot Tuesday
night on the Perkins plantation, near
this place. Circumstances combined to
point out Jake Shields as the guilty par
ty, asd he was arrested and confined in
jail. We have been unable to learn the
particulars. .......
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-20

"Forbearance has ceased to be a vir-
tue" with almost every one, and the
blamed weather is the cause. Rain, rain,
rain! Who will do the swearing = We're
too full for utterance.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-20
Married.

HOLMES-FRIDGE-By Rev. Joel Dawes,
at tho residence of the brides father, on Tues
day, January 18th, 1881, Mr.. j. G. HOLMES to
Miss DORA FRIDGE, both OF this parish,
NO. Christian Advocate please copy.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-20

This is to certify. That the new Buck.
l. wheat the new white Lard, the new
SugarCured Hans, the new Mince Meat. the
new Oatmeal, the new Jellies. the new Flour
fresh Candies, the new A No. 1 Cheese, the new
Syrup, ETC., etc, etc, lust received at Whiting
on full dress parade, ready for your inspection
either as to price, quality or quantity and all
Of which we will guarantee to give entire salts.
faction. tSigned)
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-20

Michael Chambers, the amiable Sta
toner, Bookseller and News Dealer,
never tires in doing favors to the news
paper men. We are indebted to him for
many copies of interesting papers. To
the general public he is very much the
same, and we know of no one more de-
serving ofpatronage. ----
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-20

An IMMENSE SNAKE-A snake twice
as long as a telegraph pole and twice as
thick is said to be sliding around in the
mountains of Pennsylvania, and people
in that section are afraid to 90 home.
Yet these people swallow snakes just
as readily in the doses they take from
their doctors hands. Flagg's Liver and
Stomach Pad kills these snakes and
cures the patient. DR.. Flagg's agents
are at the Verandah Hotel, where free
consultation is given and the Pads are
kept for sale.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-20
ji g vICK'S
FLORAL GUIDE.

For 1881 is an Elegant Book of 100 Pages, One
Colored Flower Plate and 900 Illustrations, with
Descriptions Of the best Flowers and Vegeta.
bles and directions for growing. Only 10 cents
In English or German. Ii you Afterwards or.
der seeds deduct the 10 cents.
VICK'S SEEDS are the best in the world.
The FLORAL GUIDE will tell how to get
and grow them. -t....ss.---,---7
Vicks Floral Guide and Vegetable Garden,
les Pages, Coored Plates, 500 Engravings.
For so cents in paper covers $500 in elegant
cloth. In German or English.
/ Vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazines Pa.
ges, a Colored Plate in every number and many
fine Engravings. Price sl.25 year; Five
Copies for $500. Specimen Numbers sent for
10 cents: 8 tri al copies for IS cents. ~
Address JAMES WICK, Rochester, NY.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-20

This is to Certify, That the most COM
l. plete line of domestic and foreign Wines
and Liquors, and at the same time the most
reasonable,are at any ones disposal at Writings
/ (Signed) FIR. WEATHERSEASONE
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-20
Yifa.

GILDAY-In this city. on Wednesday, Jan.
uary 10th, 1851, NJ. GILDAY, a native of Con
naught county, Ireland, aged So years.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-20

We had almost determined not to
speak about the weather, whose normal
state has been generally bad and fire.
quently worse, for nearly ninety consec-
tive days. TWAS verse on Tuesday and
at the present writing it isn't quite so
bad. The planters, however, have man
aged to pull through with crops very
much below their expectations.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-20
State Of louisiana isiia
PARISH 0p EAST BATON ROUGE.

This is to Certify, That at Writings can
i be found the finest, cheapest and best as.
sOrtment of Coffee in the city
(Signed) EMILY POSITIVEFACT.