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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15
RASPBERRY CULTURE MADE
EASY.

It is a source Of constant regret with
farmers that small fruits require so
much care and attention, and that, too.
in the season when they are hardest
at work atsomething else. Field work
must be done at all events, and so the
berry patch struggles on single
handed with weeds and grass till il
submits to the inevitable sward. Some
years ago, coming into possession of a
patch OF black-cap raspberries that
had received the usual shiftless culture,
| treated them in the following wav !:
After carefully blowing and hoeing
them, | lowered the ground with heavy
layer of strawy manure, and the work
was done. not only for that year, but for
the two years following, only renewing
the mulch each spring. Only a few
struggling Canada thistles will ever
grow through such a mulch the soil is
always rich and moist, and the berries
can ask no better treatment. Since
that time have tried the same plan
without removing the sod, and find
that the result IS quite as satisfactory.
Late as it is in the season now. any
raspberry plot can be reclaimed by a
liberal application from the horse ma.
nure pile. Farmers, try it, and you
will not need to complain that berries
cost more than they are worth.-J. @.
in ". z. Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

Inc Wisconsin lumber men are ex-
pressing disappointment at the moder-
anon with which the spring taaw is
progressing: there viii be a late drive
and probably not a very high stage of
water. 1t does not appear likely that
the customary freshet will SCI in be-
fore the first of May, thus making the
manufacturing season one month short
OF the time calculated upon. In the
upper Chippewa and Eau Claire pine.
RES there are still an average Of two
feet of packed snow, which is thaying
with eXasperating deliherateness. Six
hundred million feet of logs are banked
on the Chippewa and its tributaries.
ready to start with the first high water.
and the camps all over northern Wis
consin are at stand still. waiting for
movement in the river. Last wear
there was no surplus of logs at the
mills. and they will be compelled to
wait until the drives come down. The
effect on the market is a slight adj
yance.-State Journal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

put upon it while occupying it. Here
tofore these points have all been in IA
vor of the landlord. It can be readily
seen that under such system, where
all the land is owned in large tracts by
rich landlords who do not live upon
the soil, and where there Is no opportu-
nifty of obtaining land except it is sub
ject to these conditions, the outlook for
the poor Irish tenant who desires to
remain upon his native soil are not
very encouraging. II, by his industry
he is able to improve the little proper
ty under his care, he is liable to be
called upon for higher rent, and, fall
ing to meet such demand, the landlord
may promptly evict him. and thus
compel him to lose the legitimate pro-
duct Of his thrift. The policy Of tho
present ministry seemed, at the begin.
ming, to favor coercion. but q more
liberal constrLc ~ has since been put
upon the uprising IN Ireland. largely
through the eloquence of John Bright.
who has advocated the claims of the
Irish people through all these years In
which questions relating to land ten
ure have been constantly coming up.
1t cannot be doubted but that sys-
tenn of coercion could be employed, as
the Irish people are too few in numbers
and lacking in war power to success
fully resist; but the employment of
coercion would take the bread out of
the tenants mouth and the last drop
of hope from him. Numerous bills
have been introduced to ameliorate
these evils; prominent among them
has been the bill known as the three
"F's." That bill provided for the three
main difficulties in the tenure system
by establishing: l. "Fixity Of Tenure"
2. "Fair Rents" 8. Free Sale," these
titles referring to the remedies pro-
posed to meet the evils above referred
to. All the bills that have been re-
ceived with any favor by the Irish
members proposed to remedy the evils
that exist. No one act can remedy all
the evils, but the present bill, that is
now pending, and seems likely to be-
come law, embodies, in the main, the
leading changes that are demanded by
the Irish tenantry. It has been SUBJ
jected to the sharpest criticisms and
most scathing reviews, revised and re-
arranged, modified and amended, until
it contains all that the friends of the
tena1try dare hope for. while all that
could be possibly struck out or modi-
fed by the landlords has been 80 struck
out and modified. Still, if the bill is
passed, it will greatly ameliorate the
difficulties and be a great relief and
blessing to the poor, down-trodden
Irish tenant.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

The ice gorges are something i'm
nense this spring on the Mississippi
and Missouri and their tributaries. The
Missouri was completely blocked for
several days at Yankton, submerging
part Of the town and spreading over
the country to a width of ten miles.
Great loss of property is reported in
many instances, Nitro-glycerine is
employed to break the gorges. 1t is
said to be complete success, tearing
out the huge blocks with tremendous
power. Considerable anxiety is felt at
st. Louis and other points along the
river where bridges are located; for,
when these gorges are broken, thou
sands of tons of ice, in huge masses,
before which the structures of bridge
must go down like wisps of straw,
are carried down the river. Less fear
Is entertained for pontoon than for
other bridges, and all possible efforts
to insure these from danger are being
made.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

The editor of the New York Ecefatng
Telegram, who knows the facts, saws:
Wisconsin is becoming one of the
wealthiest of the western states. The
actual value of the real and personal
estate in Wisconsin is greater than that
OF California by $60,0O0,000 is five
times as much as the state of Texas,
four times as rich as Kansas, three
times as rich as Minnesota, and twice
as rich as Virginia. The average wealth
OF each person, supposlng the wealth to
be distributed equally to every man.
woman and child, is S755.9O, while
that of Kansas is S518.3e, Michigan,
SOCIAL, Iowa, S601.03, Texas, SI94.3O.
And yet Wisconsin is but new state,
and but small fraction Of its re-
scources hare been developed"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

The prospects of great ameliora-
ton of the land-tenure and rent diff
culties in Ireland are more encourag-
ing than they have been for years. The
subject has been more fully agitated
under the leadership Of Mr.. ParnelI in
the British Parliament than ever be-
fore; and, under the pressure of the
threatened storm in the Irish tenantry,
the organized resistance of the land
leaguers, and the general unpopular
lty of the present method of holding
land and paying rent in that distressed
country, together with all the legal
complexities that have grown out of the
land troubles in the Irish courts, all
these things have combined to give
Ireland and its system of tenure a
measure of attention that has long been
due it, but which it has never received.
The main objections to the present
system of holding lands are: 1. The
power of the landlord to evict the ten
ant at will, whether for good cause or
no cause. 2. The employment of this
power to obtain extortionary rents;
and s, the question as to whether the
tenant. on leaving a place, shall have
the benefit of the improvements he has
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

Secretary Windows financial policy
Is receiving much favorable attention.
He has issued a circular calling in all
the maturing 9 per cent bonds for re-
demption by July 1st. The bondhold-
ers have, however, the alternative of
retaining them at az per cent interest.
The press accounts of the opinions of
leading bankers and the reports receiv-
ed by the Secretary in answer to his
circular seem to indicate that the bonds
will be retained at S1s per cent by
most OF the leading banks. This move
practically reduces The interest on
sie5,0oo,o0o Of our national debt from
. per cent to az per cent, and, If all
Of the bonds are retained subject to the
new conditions, the surplus that is thus
saved can be again used in calling in
an equal amount Of the outstanding
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

We give in this issue the full returns
from the various towns on the County
Judgeship, from which it appears that
the full vote on this Office was 2,508; of
which Mr.. Martin received 1469, ard
Mr.. Mahoney 1889; Mr.. Martins major
ity 49o. In this city Mr.. Martins ma
jority was 23O. This would seem to
indicate that the Republicans had their
own sweet will in the recent elections;
and SO it might have been" had that
divine harmoniousness so beautiful to
theorize upon, but so difficult to attain,
pervaded the Republican ranks. 1t
may safely be said that such q state
of things will never be reached, but
when Republicans turn out en- maaSse
and take personal interest in seeing
that as little of that unharmonious ele-
ment as is consistent in the nature of
things fails to find a place on the ticket,
such contradictions will disappear. 1t
has been rumored that there is a ring
buried up somewhere among all these
local election incongruities. The TEL
EaRAPH is pronounced in its views on
the subject of rings. 1t recognizes but
one ring-the Republican party, and
the principles upon which that party
is based. These little "you scratch my
back and I'll scratch yours" societies,
which are the inadequate means en-
ployed by shaky politicians to boost
themselves into Office, we denounce
in all the appropriate terms obtain
able.
Mr.. Martin may now rest on his oars
and look back over the scene of his re-
cent campaign with complacent salts
faction. With so popular a young man
for an opponent, and in consideration
of the lively Democratic canvass, it
cannot be other than gratifying to him
and his friends.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

The remains of Senator Carpenter
tepose In Forest Home Cemetery, Mil
waukee. A special train from Wash
ington, containing the late Senators
family and a committee of Senators
and Representatives, bore the remains
10 Milwaukee on Friday and Saturday
last. AT Chicago they were met by a
deputation from Milwaukee which ac-
companied them the remainder of the
journey. The body was borne to the
Court House, where it lay in state till
two o'clock Sunday. viewed by over
10000 people. 1t was then borne to
the cemetery, followed by grand pro-
session, and deposited in its last rest
ing place.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

There will not be an extra session OF
the State Legislature. The elections
will be made according to the appor-
tionment of 1875. The Democrats, who
heap all sorts of abuse upon the late
bill. which has failed on account OF
the omission of Ridgeway, are delight
ed with the way it has come to an un'
timely end.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15
THE BEGINNING OF SUNNER'S
CONGRESSIONAL CAREER

On the first day of September, 1851.
Henry Clay spoke in the Senate for the
last time, and General Cass presented
the credentials of Charles Sumner. who
had been elected by one of the coali-
tlons between the anti-slavery men and
the Democrats, which gave the latter
local offices in New York, Ohio. and
massachusetts,, and elected Steward,
Chase and Sumner to the United States
Senate. Soon after Mr.. Sumner took
his seat in the arena which had been
made famous by the political cham
plons of the North, the South and the
West, MIR. Benton said to him with a
patronizing air, You have come upon
the stage too late, sir. Not only have
our great men passed away. but the
great issues have been settled, also.
The last of these was the National
Bank, and that has been overthrown
forever Nothing is left you, sir, but
puny sectional questions and petty
strltes about slavery and fugitive slave
laws, involving no national interests"
Mr.. Sumner had but two coadiutors
IN opposing slavery and in advocating
freedom when he entered the Senate,
and before he died he was the recog-
nlzed leader Of more than tWo-thirds of
that body. He was denounced by a
leading wing newspaper of Boston,
when he left that city to take his seat,
as ian agitator," and he was refused a
place on any committee Of the Senate,
as being outside of any healthy politi-
cal organization )" but he lived to
exercise a controlling influence in
Massachusetts politics and to be chair
man of the Senate committee on foreign
affairs. He had learned from Judge
Story the value of systematic industry,
and while preparing long speeches on
the questions before the Senate he also
applied himself sedulously to the prac-
tical duties of a Senator, taking especial
pains to answer every letter addressed
to him.--AprU atlantic.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

The indications are favorable for an
indefinite continuation Of the Senate
deadlock" Both Democrats and Re-
publicans in the Senate seem to have
accepted the situation as inevitable,
and are now giving their time to ex-
planning to each other why it is so. The
Republicans hold to their corner stone,
that the majority must and will rule,
while the Democrats dare not break
the dead lock" for fear that the inhu-
ence that would be given to Malone
would give Virginia to the Republicans
and break the solid south.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

The United States Senate adjourned
Thursday last until the following Mon
dav. Mr., Conkling being absent as one
Of the deposition appointed to con duct
the remains of the late Senator Carpen-
ter to Wisconsin, the principal figure
In the dead lock was missing, anu
Of course the "dead lock" could not
10 m
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

If Chandler is not confirmed by the
Senate, or if his nomination is recon-
sidered by reason of McVeigh's objec-
ton, rumor says that his state (New
Hampshire will send him to the U. S.
Senate to succeed Rollins. Perhaps
this is the reason Chandler is so light
hearted over the opposition to his APP
pOintment.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

The Chicago Railway strike wnlcn
led to 50 much good-natured pedestrian
ism on the West Side, is over the coh-
pany having acceded to the terms Oh 'n ne
strikers, who demanded an advance Oh
40 per cent. on their wages and tho re-
ororlovment of certain employees VINO
we're discharged for originating the
xnovamnnt
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

Secretary Lincoln proposes to bring
in some Of the frontier army officers,
who have been out in the wilds, seeing
hard service for years past, and give
them taste Of Washington life and
civilization, while those who have
tripped the light fantastic toe and
smoked government cigars at the cap
ital are 10 be ordered to the front.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

postmaster General James Is lns.I-
.utipa thorough reform in his depart
nent, The success he has had in TINS
direction in the New York Post olnce
onarantees that when Mr.. James sets
about any thing of this kind he does II
in a thorough business manner ana
,v,,l not be foiled in his attempt
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

Nevada farmers are in a quandary. When
those in Carson Valley began to plough they
found that they were turning up whole beds
of grasshoppers. The Virginia Chronicle say s
that if they cultivate the crops they will be
eaten by the grasshoppers, and if they do
not stir the soil they will have no crops.
Farmers have suspended plOughing to con-
slider the matter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

Tobacco has become an important product
of Wisconsin. Formerly an inferior quality
was planted and sold to a small extent as
low as two to six cents pound but now
that finer grade known as Wisconsin Ha-
vana" has been substituted, it has sprung
into favor, and the demand for it at twelve to
fourteen cents pound is rapidly increasing.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

IS. Thus is it becoming apparently
possible to reduce the interest on the
national debt without a funding bill
and at great deal less cost to the Gov
eminent by the wise policy of this sa-
gacious Secretary.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

ReDorts continue to add to the mag
,,trde Of the recent earthquake at
scio. It is now estimated that between
A SrIT, and 5000 people are lost while
Che injured number twice that amount
Relief is lowing in from all quarters
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

The number of emigrants that have
arrived at Castle Garden during Inc
currant wear is 45,54S-over 10000
more than last year during the same
months.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15
THE KENOSHA TELEGRAPH
FRIDAY. APRIL Is, 1881.

secretary Kirkwood is giving indica'
lions Of Incompetence. The business
Of the department Is three weeks De-
hind.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

And now France and Italy want 70 Q
sry their hands, with a prospect o.
backing from Turkey, and England Oh
eonrsa. Subiect-Tunis.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

at the present writing april 14), the
indications of coming spring are very
vague. The bare ground is to be seen
only in few bald spots, the roads are
Worn through and sleighing is gone,
and the center of the road is mud and
slusi. Along the roadside, where
drifts of snow were piled up during the
winter, the snow is usually from two
to six feet deep, solid and icy, and al
though a good melting day sets the
water to flowing, it apparently does not
diminish to any great extent the aecu-
mutation Of ice and snow. The advent
of spring is looked for and longed for,
but is very slow in coming. Robins
are beginning to appear; but one robin
has thus far been known to give but
one chirp. The melody freezes in his
throat, and he retires discomfitted. 1t
is not to be wondered at that farmers
look forward with some solicitation to
the coming season, and are not cheerful
or disposed to undertake tasks that can
be avoided. But then we believe that
spring will come. and, though late, will
still be early enough for the seeds to be
put in III season. The management of
the seeding will need more attention
and judgment than usual. It mustbe
done promptly, but not so promptly as
to require second seeding. Parts of
the land are usually in the proper con-
dition previous to others, and the old
routine will in many cases need to be
avoided, and the field which is most
open receive first attention. Another
week will probably advance the season
very much more than the past one has
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15
WHAT rs THE EFFECT OF
KINDERGARTEN TRAINING

(FTons the Reports Of the Commissioner of Educa :
ton for 1874 and 1859
"The best preparation for the COM
mon schools. -" Habits of observa-
ton. correctness, and application"
F" Habits Of attention, concentration,
obedience, and progress in studies. y
"The child becomes graceful, polite,
self-dependent, skillful, thoughtful,
constructive, and eager for knowl-
edge" -" It strengthens the body, exer-
cises the senses. and employs the
awakening mind" =" Physical develop
ment, clearness of ideas, and harmoni-
Gus growth of the whole nature" 1t
promotes graceful carriage, healthy
body, and well-balanced mind."-
Physical, mental, and moral develop
ment, and ability to combine knowing
with doing. Correct habits of think.
ing are formed, accuracy of eye and
manual skill are cultivated, and the
muscles are exercised" -"It promotes
strength of limb, symmetry of form,
grace and agility of movement; it cul-
tivates powers of observation and con-
centration, use Of language, memory
and reason"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-15

This is the kind of weather in which
the man with hay seed in his hair looks
out upon his broad acres and cusseth-
yea, he cusseth sorely. Farmers
haven't as class enough religion. 1t
needs the genuine article and lots of it,
to pull safely through such spring as
this. When we see their long faces
and hear the terrible predictions and
lamentations Of some Of our farmer
friends we are reminded of the good
Bishop, who, being sent as ambassador
Extraordinary to st. Petersburgh at a
time Of pending difficulties, could
neither sleep nor eat, so great were his
misgivings as to what the result of his
mission would be. A peasant, hearing
the old man INDUCING in rhapsody of
misery over the situation, asked him
how long he had lived in this world,
whether the Lord had ordered all things
well before he came, and whether he
thought the same watchful care would
be kept over His people after he had
left this world; to all of which the
Bishop gave prompt and devout AFR
nation. "What." said the peasant,
"and do you not think then He will
give the same care to the world during
the short period that you are here?"
The bishop was convinced and went
straightway to eating and sleeping,
getting ready for his journey. Our
friends. the farmers, should do like
wise. Who knows but the good Lord
has decided to give us the most pro-
ductive year of the century, and is, in
these dark days, instilling into the soil
those elements that shall be necessary
to the fllrthering of His divine will,
, 1881-08-14

Henry Kaupnlan, - years old. living at No.
71s West Fifteenth street, committed suicide ut
noon yesterday by hanging himself in a vacant
building south OF Blue island avenue and near
Robcy street. The boly was found and cut
down BY Officer Mathew Tuohey, and was taken
to the home of brother Of the deceased, No d61
West Twenty-tlrst street. Family trouble is sup
posed to have been the cause His wife is very
hard drinker. and has been away from home OH
a spree for tho lust TWO or three days. kaup-
man was Il cabinetmakcr, employed In Swan s.
Clark furniture factory
Il tissipntcl woman na1ncd Alice Eut1er COM
1ntte.l suicide Mt o'clock last evening by jump
ing into the lRke Mt the foot OF Ieca court.
dutch Fritz, 4 well-kuOwtt character along the
river wns in the vicinity ut tho time, md maut:
an effort the woman, but by the time he
got her body ashore life was already extinct.
:rlc woman lived at No. .s5 Third nyenlc with
her husband, who s also givcn to dissipation.
Their Only child IL Il little boy of years. whom
thu, mother Caught by the hand Es sao was on
her way to the lake and attempted to drag into
the ,,;ltcr ala,l. with herself. The little fellow
managed Il, brcak away from her, md ran with
ull Ills speed until re found O:3fccr kcrStn, to
whom ht. related what had happened He is be-
i'm. held us Il witness ut the Arnory. From
what he says his mother must nave been suffer-
[ll. flpn tlelriuu1 tremens Or else !n5ane
through long continued dissipation. Mrs. But
Ter hud been frequently arrested Tor drunken
ness a11d upon two occasions made desperate
attempts to hang herself to the burs OF her cell
at the Armury.