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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-14
POLITICAL POINTS.

After six informal ballots, the Michi-
gan Republican Senatorial caucus, on the 9Th
inst, nominated Omar d. Conger, who led
Johu ]. Bagley by only two votes.
President Hayes has nominated Frank
W. Palmer to be Postmaster at Chicago, and
John B. Sikking at East st. Louis.
Gen. Burnside is confident that Sen
ator Don Cameron viii be Secretary of War. A
movement is on foot in California to secure
that portfolio for Gen. Mcdowell.
In California, Gen. John f. Miller
has been chosen to succeed Newton Booth in
the United States Senate in Maine, Eugene
Hale will succeed Senator Hamlini in Nevada,
James G. Fair will step into Senator Sharon's
shoes andin Missouri, Senator Cockrell will be
his own successor.
Gov. Murray, of Utah, has. issued a
certificate of election as delegate. in Congress
to Allen G. Campbell, the Gentle candidate
on the ground that ]. @. Cannon, was irregu-
larly naturalized. The latter received 1858
votes the contestant 1857.
A bill has been introduced in the Ohio
House of Representatives for special election
on May, j. at which .all persons having the
qualifications Of electors, without regard to
sex, may vote on the question Of suppressing
the liquor traffic from July 4. : ~
John Sherman will succeed Mr..
Thurman in the Senate from Ohio. He re-
ceived the unanimous vote of the Republican
Legislative caucus, which was in session only
half an hour. Gen. J. R. Hawley was nomi-
mated by reclamation for Senator by the Re-
publican caucus Of the Connecticut Legis-
lature. Gen. Ben Harrison received the unani-
nous nomination OF the Republican caucus Of
the Indiana Legislature for Senator.
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A Chapter from the Chronicles Of
pufnam

There was man lived near Putnam,
Mass, who had fayorite dog, Nal
tese-cross cat and twenty-nine hens,
with their natural guardians and conse-
quent broods and accompanying enc
mics. Something nightly invaded this
mans palatial hennery, sucked few
eggs, and ate a tender, weetling little
chicken now and then. The man inves-
tigated. The robber was terrible enc
my of hencOops-the American p. c.,
or the Arctic polar cat. The man care
fully opened two or three eggs he poi
soned them with Paris green and
strychnine, and laid them on the floor Of
the hen-house. At a late hour the next
morning he got up, and went to look at
dead p. C. (polaris catharticus), The
first thing he saw was dead dOg-his
own favorite dog, midway between the
house and the hennery. He wept with
grief and rage, and wondered who could
have been so mean and cruel. The next
thing he saw in the corners line was
dead Maltese-cross cat. He shuddered
and said, 81 can never tell nay wife Of
this" Then he found two dead hens,
and his heart misgave him. He went
into the hennery and counted eleven
more dead hens, and then he knew that
what the dog and cat couldn't eat the
hens lad finished. He picked up six
hens that were just passing into the
gloomy abode of the shades. And,
while he CRASHED his teeth and re-
hearsed little speeches to himself, he
saw something with his nose, and, look
ing afar off ON the sandy hillside, he
heard the p. c. that he hated creeping
among the rocks to his solitary lair, Ike
the south wind passing over bank Of
fish, stealing and giving night-blooming
serious. "Ahl thus" he said, from
childhood's hour, my fondest hopes
have passed away the cake is dough,
the milk is sour, a general favor of de-
cav comes with the breeze from yonder
hills; Oh, cup of sorrows bitterest
dredgei Grim death the dog and Maltese
kills. and spares the things that sucked
the eggs" This interesting chapter of
local history is a literal translation from
the true chronicles of Putnam.-.Bur-
'dette.
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A CoIOred Camp Follower.

You ran at the first fire, did you !"
said the Colonel of regiment. Yes,
sab, was the unblushing reply, "an' I
would have run soonah if 1 had knowed
it was comm" "But have you no re-
gard for your reputation, Sam !"
Reputation is muffin to me, sah, by
the side of life." "Well, if you lost
your life you would have the satisfae-
ton of knowing that you died for your
country" "What satisfaction would
dat be to me, sab, when de power Of
feelin' it was gomez" Then patriot
ism and honor are nothing to you, Sam. !"
=" Muffin whateber, sah,' :" IL our SOL
diers were all like you, traitors might
have broken up the Government without
resistance eyes, sab, OATS so; dere
would hab been no help for it. I
wouldn't put my life into de scales
'gainst any Gubernment dat eber exist
ed, for no Gubernment could replace de
loss to me. I 'speet, though, DAT de
Gubernment would be. safe 'nuff if ali de
soldiers were Ike me, COS den dero
couldn't be no ftin'. "-BufaLo Express.
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Creening Things,

The sight of certain creatures is
enough to give us crawling" sensa-
ton. Bare memory of them must be
enough to any person who has travelled
in Australia. Jesse Young, the explorer,
talks very coolly, however, about the
bug and snake creation in that queer
cline. He says:
The reptiles are really beautiful;
crocodiles in the North, and snakes, liz
ards, scorpions, and centipedes in the
South. / shall not readily forget the
sensation 1 experienced when one night
huge black centipede, eight inches
long, crawled upon my neck with his
horrible sixty-four legs, and made his
way to my feet lesiurely, much to my
disgust, and though he was probably
only few seconds, [ thought him slow
He is in the museum at Adelaide, with
all the whisky he can drink.
Insects are wonderfully prolifc-mos-
quitoes and flies being particularly
abundant. The native children are
sometimes hardly recognizable, so COM
pletely are they covered with flies, filling
their eyes, noses and mouth.
When eating, 1t requires dexterous
maneuvring to get piece of meat into
ones mouth without its complement of
flies.
Spiders are very common, as also are
ants, the tarantula being the most
formidable Of the former, and the
bulldog ant the worst species of
the latter. These ants are an inch or
more in height, and about two inches
long. They all fight iercely, and their
sting is not at all to be desired. They
catch hold of your skin with their nip
pers, bend the body under like scor-
pion, and put the sting gently in, leav-
ing the venom, and sometimes the sting
itself. When camping near nest Of
them, we generally thrust fre-stick in
the hole, which has the effect of keeping
them at home.
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whole on the Indian appropriation, and Mr.. Frost
charged that the removal of Chief Joseph and his
band to the malarious Indian Territory was crime
Mr.. Sherwin introduced bill to regulate the inpor-
alton OF limitations OF butter and cheese. resolu
ton was passed authorizing the invitation OF the
Government and people Of France to take part in
the Yorktown centennial celebration.
SIR. cameron maze an ADVERSE report on the
bill to reorganize the militia Of the United States to
the Senate, on the morning Of Jan. IL. Mr. Window
reported the West Point appropriation. and Mr..
Morey bin for the relief Of Gen. Ord Mr. Slater
introduced bill fixing the price Of even-numbered
sections, within the limits of any rail-
road, military, or wagon road grant
to presumption settlers" at H.75 per
The Senate spent most of the DAY in discuss
ing the bill for the relief of Ben Holiday and the
former some sharp passages at arms took place be-
tween Cankling and MCPHERSON No final action
was taken on either bin. In the House, Messrs. Con-
verse, House, Phillips, Browne and Robinson of
Massachusetts were appointed a Congressional
committee to investigate the alleged violations Of the
ranking privilege by members of Congress in send
ing political documents through the mails under teir
frank Just prior to the late Presidential lection
In COMMITTEES OF the whole ON Indian sppropr ions
Mr.. Hiscock's amendment setting aside SI0.O0O fr
the expenses of a commission of ten citizens was
adopted. The sixth section, which provides Il r the
opening OF. bids and award of contracts 1T some
point in The West, was stricken out On reporting
the Dill TO the House the amendment for CORN -
SIGN was rejected, and the bill passed The House
received communication from the President
recommending that appropriation be made to pay
the expenses Of two delegates to represent the
United States at the international Congress OF
tIicans to be held in Paris next September.
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Idtta. the prima donna, will wed nar.

Litta, the prima donna, viii wed iar-
ry l. Cleveland, the tenor of the Slaytoa Con.
cert Company.
Captain Eads has returned from Vera
Cruz. He has obtained from the Mexican
Government charter to build ship railway
across the Isthmus of Tehauntepec and a
grant of 1000, 600 acres Of land:
The newest monopolyis match syn
dictate, witha capital of 81, goo, and head
quarters at New Haven, CT. Ten large fac
tories have been consolidated, with the inten-
ton of controlling the American msrket. They
pay the Government ss,5OO,0O per annum for
stamps.
Daniel F. Sullivan and Patrick Hayes
were hanged in Moyamensing prison, Phila-
delphia, on Thursday, jan s. Frank Lam
mems and Margaret Merihofter were executed
at Newark N. j., for the murder of the wom-
ans husband. Arthur Murphy was hanged at
Pendleton, Ore, for the murder Of ?. D.
French.
One of the most distinguished urists
at Washington pronounces arbitrary and I'M
constitutional the action OF the Governor of
Utah in Issuing certificate as Delegate to A.
G. Campbell.
The British ship Laputa was wrecked
on reef near the Tllamook rock lighthouse,
near Astoria. Ore, on the night of Jan. g. It
is thought that the whole ships company was
lost.
The Manitoba wave vented its rage on
Northern Mexico last month. The cotton crop
of Durango is thought to have been destroyed.
A rival syndicate has been formed at
Toronto to construct the Canada Pacific road
on terms much more favorable tothe Govern
ment than those negotiated in England. The
Government party claims that the scheme has
for its object the forced resignation of the
Ministry.
The cold wave of the 10th inst. was the
most intense ever known in the Northwestern
States, its only parallel being that of New Years
day in 1864. At Stevens Point, Wis the mer-
curry proved useless as an indicator, and spirit
thermometers fell as low as Sc degrees below
zero. The storm in Northern New England
was the most severe of the winter. In some
portions of Vermont nearly two feet Of snow
fell. Western Louisiana and Texas were Wis it.
ed by heavy fall of snow.
O'Leary has accepted Sir John Asst
ley's challenge to walk Vaughan a thrty-days
heel-and-toe match for $40, coo. =
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The Brown murder trial In Indianapo-
BIS has ended. Mrs. Brown was sentenced to
the Female Reformatory for life.
George B. Carpenter, manager OF
Central Music Hall, Chicago, is dead.
A fire at Lancaster, Ohio, destroyed
the drying department Of the brentwood works
Of Messrs. Neil, Tippet & Killian. The loss ex-
ceeds $4,000, and 100 men are thrown out Of
work.
Considerable damage was done On
Saturday by the breaking up Of the ice in the
Ohio river at Cincinnati. Fifty empty coal
barges were swept from their -moorings and
carried down the river from ten to twenty miles.
The loss is estimated at 100000 to $4,000
A highly sensational story is tele-
graphed from Carson City, New. 1t is to the
effect that while Col. James G. Fair, the
millionaire, was in Candalara, plot was con-
cocted by two men to kidnap him, convey him
to the mountains, and hold him there until the
demand which they proposed making Of half a
million dollars ransom be paid to them by the
! Colonel's family. Col. Fairs business, how
ever took him to Aurora on the night on which
the kidnapping was to have been done, and he
thus escaped the impending danger. The men
in the plot, if hard pressed, were to have killed
the Colonel, and then fed to Mexico"
Miss Mary Stack, of East st. Louis,
while kissing the lips Of dead and dearly be-
loved cousin, fell lifeless to the floor, from
grief. . -s.
AtAlpena, Mich, Mrs. Alice Williams,
az a sacrifice to the Lord, severed her tongue
with razor,
Two children have died in Chicago
from the careless administration of morphine
in mistake for quinine.
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Hayes, confined in
thh Minnesota insane asylum was choked to
death by another inmate, named Mrs. Olive A.
Andrews
The mysterious explosion of five pack
ages of gunpowder, in store at Climax, Mich,
seriously injured nine persons, some OF whom,
were blown through windows into the street
and their clothing set on fire.
South.
At Henrietta, Tex, the refusal of
Mr.. Rice to drink with Mr. Curtis brought
about shower of bullets. When the smoke
had cleared away the latter gentleman was
found dead on the floor Of the saloon. Rice
was taken for treatment to doctors Office.
where an assassin finished his career by a shot
through the window.
Prince Hannibal, the son Of an African
King, was frozen to death in the recent storm
at Warrenton, Va. He owned slaves before the
war, and retained them after its close. His
| devotion to the South caused his imprison-
rnent for some months in the Old Capitol at
Washington.
The insatiate Jay Gould has gobbled
up the New Orleans and Texas railroad, rum
ming north from New Orleans to Donaldson
vile. Ia.
The cold weather has caused extreme
suffering in Virginia. Several unfortunates
living in the country have been frozen to death.
In Loudon comfy cabin was buried under
| the snow, and all old lady and her grandson
| persisted before assistance could reach them
A band Of Indians captured Texas
stage in Quitman canon, killed the driver and
| horses, and sliced up the mail-bags.
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MacauIay's Memory.

Ben Jonson won from his admirine
contemporaries the epithet Of '.rare''-
chiefly, if I remember Alright, from his
powers of memory. But Ben's powers
were small compared with those of Ma
caulay, who recited the greater part OF
the Lay of the Last Minstrel after read
ing it for the first time He used to say,
and he was by no means boastful man,
that if by any chance, all the existing
copies of Milton were to be destroyed,
he thought he could replace the first six
books of Paradise Lost from memory.
He,seemed, said his friend Milman,
s'to have read.everything; and to remem.
Der all that he had read. . I have: seen q
letter of the late Sir William Stirling
Maxwell toa friend, entreating him to
ask mir, :Macaulay, who knows every
thing for some piece Of information
= Macaulay, said Sydney Smith, " can
you recite the list of Popes?p
No." confessed Macaulay, II get
confused with the Johns and Gregories .
7" Well; e-gaid Hallam, who was pres
ent, scan you manage the Archbishopa
of Canterbury"
1.-THE Archbishops of Canterbury
was the disdainful reply, 'any fool can
recite his Archbishops Of Canterbury
backwards.
And. he began, from Howley back to
Pole, when his hearers: declared them
selves satisfied. :gr. =. - ::
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The Nature OF an Oath.

Early in the rebellion, when the
Federal forces we're stationed at Beau
fort, S. c., there was an old darkey by
the name of Lige Jackson, who, deserted
by his master, was left to take care OF
himself as best he might. Lige was
considered q chattel of weak intellect,
and moreover he was exceedingly awk-
ward in his attempts to play The role Of a
house servant Hesmashed and destroyed
pretty nearly everything he laid his
hands upon, and having waited upon
nearly every officer at the post, each in
turn, after giving him the benefit Of a
good cursing for his stupidity, turned
him adrift.
It happened that Lige was witness
in case that came before a court martial,
and being called up to give his testimony,
was objected to on the part Of the de-
fendant, who stated that he didn't be-
lieve the negro was Of sound mind.
"Stand up, Lige," said the court.
''Do you understand the nature Of an
oath?S 8.
Lige scratched his wool for a moment,
and then turning up the whites OF his
eyes, replied:
''Look years, nnasse; dis niger has
waited on bout hat de ossifers since deY
fus cum to dis place, and il he. don t
understand de nature Of an oaf by dis
time. den dares no VIRTUE is cilgsIng. 3
) The court considered LSe1 a competent
witness. E ~
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DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.

A fire at Lockport, N. y, destroyed
the Hodge Opera House and the Galgling Oil
.ibpilding,lhe loss being $4,000. In the lat
Nt6r structure there were the postoffice internal
revenue and telegraph offices.
Gov. Porter, of Indiana, was married
to Miss Stone, at the residence of the brides
uncle, Mr., Walter s. Gurnee, of New York.
...!.0aly A"few relatives Witnessed the ceremony.
by the explosion of vat of varnish
,ip the brewery Of Peter Dodger, in New York
&tNlr men. were ehveioped in flames and
scorched to a degree which leaves no hope for
their recovery.
BY the explosion Of boiler in the
q. Allentown Pa.) rolling-min, six mon were
SGillet or. fatally wounded, and Ave men seri-
ously hurt.
The county poor-house, near Dover,
n, H., caught fire about daylight on the morn
ing Of the 7th inst and was totally con-
wmed. There were 1863 paupers in the build
ing, thirteen Of whom were urocated
or roasted. alive. Those who escaped were
clothed and sheltered by families residing in
the vicinity. The building was an immense
brick structure, and the pecuniary loss was
$4,000, on which there is insurance to the
amount Of. &25,OOO
A mail train on the Passumpsic road
was thrown from the track, near Newport Vt,
by broken rail. Mrs Cushing, of Keene, N.
H., was killed, and twenty others more or less
injured =
The New York Stock Exchange has
.1,lOOinemhers. A seat was sold the other day
for $4,000.
The burning of temporary factory
beIoHstng to the Ansonia Watch and Clock
COMPANY, in Brooklyn, caused loss of
s4o00o.
The case Of Mrs. Sarah E. Howe and
Mrs. Julia A, Gould, the managers of the
Woman's Bank, or Ladies' Deposit, Of Boston,
has resulted in indictments against both
parties.
Bernard MeCane, of Philadelphia,
who distributed $500, 900 in charities within the
past ten years, has ended his DAYS. leaving
sS0O,OOO more to forty beneAciaries
The GrandJury of Washington county,
Maine, has brought an indictment against
WarTeDLongmore, of Pembroke, for the murder
'ot Freeman Wright. Longmoro is only Q years
tsidhnd Wright was bat 8.
g ,-,Ehe commission having in hand the
= arrangements for the worlds fair at New York
f. have agreed upon the ImvOOd site, above Ea=.
lem.
A 3.year-old negro boy in Philadel-
phia killed a baby by forming red-hot poker
down its throat.
BY an explosion of kerosene lamp in
a&4eeSting, Pa, residence was DESTROYED and
three children fatally burned
Justice Ames, of the Massachusetts
Supreme csaft, has resigned bis position on
4he ,beaGh.on account Of advancing age and
dtcnrng strength.
=, ,..eg.,: .s.. West
Over, 100 representative men of tn.
. Sea Louis bar have signed petition urging III,
~appointmentof Judge Cooley Of Michigan. to
the United States supreme bench.
~: Two brothers named Heilman al
Sturgeon Bay, Wis, lost six. children each b,
diphtheria.
At Coalyale, Kan, the dress of Miss
Davis caught fire from an open CRATE, and her.
self and her mother we're burned te death,
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her awkwardness. Over the dessert the
profanity became fast and furious, and
the amazed husband, startled at the ut
ter incongruity and indecency OF the
language used, rested his head upon the
table and wept with remorse to think
that he had ever let an oath cross his
lips. This is very nice story but is
David Swing sure that he still retains
the glittering Ratchet of his boyhood -?
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Skin GRATING.

The process of skin grating premises
to receive a fresh impetus from the
labors Of M, Anger, French surgeon.
The main feature OF his discoveries is
that pieces Of skin taken from amprlta-
ted limbs may be used to obtain cicatri-
cation on the bodies of other subjects
Hitherto portions Of skin were taken
from one part of q patient s--body and
applied to another part It is stated
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A Chicago swear story.

David Swing says thata Chicago cir,
who married a profane husband, invited
her four bridesmaids to dinner. The FIVE
refined and beautiful women sat down et
the table with the habitual swearar, but
all failed to go as merry as a marriage
bell. The wife got mad and BANKED
the roast beef, one Of the bridesmaids
blank blanked the gravy, and a. third
blanked bianked the servant to blank for
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The Beard.

We masculines sometimes speak sheer
ingly of the earnest devotion paid to
fashion by the female sex; but with what
reason? True, there is in our female
fashions seeming (if not realD sacrifice
OF convenience, comfort, propriety, good
taste, and even health at the imperative
demands of fashion in the materials and
makeup Of all articles of dress and in
the manner of wearing the hair But
who are to blame? We, her worshippers,
defenders, admirers and protectors, do
not tolerate In her any departure from
the rules Of the goddess fashion, and if
there is any guilt or foolishness attached
to the followers of this science do not
see why we men should not bear part
Of it, for though we have taught our
tailors that In the fashion of oar apparel
We will not tolerate much inconvenience
to please them, still we will let our
barber Gf we tolerate one at ALL play all
manner of antics with our distinguishing
feature, the beard.
The real difference in the folly of the
two sexes is that the females follow an
almost exact uniformity in their coifures,
while the men, as far as able, practice an
infinite diversity.
L have.late}y amused myself by look
mg over the ikenesses of noted men OF
the present age as they appear in our
publications, and noticing the differences
in the manner in which they are repre-
sented as wearing the beard In nine
numbers of the chronological Journal
Of 1875 I find 35 likenesses Of eminent
men, and in these many styles are shown.
have also the likenesses of SO eminent
men residing in the Fifth Congressional
District of the State of Michigan, which
show great diversity Of style.
Now let US moralize over these facts.
1t has been said ''there was nothing
made in vain, and I have heard this
class of men debating the question
whether or not the beard of man was in
hicted as punishment for original sin.
As for NE, verify believe it blessing,
and agree with DR.. Holland In advising
'sif you have a beard, wear it, and if
you ask me, as Others have, 'Why, if the
beard is a blessing was it not given to
woman?" Ny reply will be I don't
knoU, neither am I disposed to criticise
the works of the Creator, but to admit
that 'sHe doeth all things we'll" Of the
eminent men of the age it seems that
only .16 out of 70, OF less than % per
cent, hold to the above doctrine, but
undertake to improve upon the works OF
the Almighty Rural NeaO Worker.