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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-09-29

CORNS AND WARTS

are positively cured by the use Of HINRIcH's
AMERICAN Corn CURE; causes no pain of
soreness. The best thing ever discovered.
Cure guaranteed. Take no other. Price,
Is cents. For sale by F. Robinson.
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The demand of life is so excessive
in its drain upon the nervous system
that unless men put on the brakes they
come to the dead stop; the body refus-
es to act; and the mind is no longer
the organ of command.
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Proposals for HarbOr Improve
m0ntS.
United States Engineer ONCE

UHII6U OIdItS OIIIOUl
MILWAUKEE, WIS, Aug. 80, 1882.
SEALED PROPOSALS, in triplicate, will be re-
ceiyed this Office until II O'Clock noon, September
29th 1882 and opened immediately thereafter in the
presence of bidders, for the following Harbor I'M
provements, viz
Harbor of Refuge, Milwaukee Bay.-Construction
of Breakwattr
Kenosha .-Superstructure, over 100 feet Of
North Pier and Repairs Of Pier
For blank proposals and all information, apply at
this Office The US. the right to reject any
or all bids Proposals will be endorsed the enye-
lope -" Proposals for Harbor of Refuge at Milwau-
kee or Kenosha Harbor," and addressed TO
l2M4 d. G. HOUSTON. Lt.-Col of Eng'rs.
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City Of KenOsha.
Eira4 Ward

ii. S; Cartis-The e ofn 9 a of said block; blk
y, sec sec 81, t2, %. Amount S3224
Charlotte Priestley-The "A ofn a of said blk;
blk ", Sc a sec sec 81, 2, r %. Amount $751;
A. Is. Truesdell-Com at n cor of said blk, thence
81 IT, thence sparl with line blk rods, thence
W to line of said blk thence to beg, except West
Main st; blk Sc, 4 sec sec 81, 2, r2S. Amount
VIM. Enst-COm at n W cor of lot l, thence A
1T, thence l92 fit, thence to line of lot l. thence
to beg; lot /, blk 40, s a sec sec 81, Or %.
Amount $500.
Daniel Cameron-S 4 of QSSs) LOTS blk 43, e a
sec sec 81, 2, %. Amount $115 49,
Estate OF J. V. Quarles-E55 it of lots and r. blk
43. Or sec sec 81, q %, Amount Sligo.
Elvira Bonds 20 it of lots and 2, blk AZ, s e "a
sec sec 81 4 q r 90 Amount 0e6 90 -
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a CARD.

| desire to announce to my friends and
patrons and all others desiring frst-class
dental work at lowest prices, that have
opened an Office over the First National
Bank, opposite the Express Office.
Z5tf j. F. GEORGE.
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Fiak's Westarn Additiou.
En-. Head-All Within citv limits of lot 3 :

+. II. Head-All within city limits Of lot s. Blk II,
sw 4 sec sec 81, t2, r %. Amount $2.46.
q n: W. Ry. Co.All of line of r. r. track, ex.
cept T. Il. track, lots l, 2, 3, and 8, blk H. a
sec, sec 81, t2, g. Amount SI1 81.
Q: N. W. Ry. CO.-All n of s line of r. r., except
X r. track all of r. r. and of Pearl st, except H.
Il. track lots l. 2, and 4, blk b. wqr sec sec 81,
to, %. Amount 1915.
q. n. w. Ry. Co.-All that part lying of r. r.,
lots 3, T. and =. blk IA. 4 sec 81, 2, r 23
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OF the Chicago, Milwaukee s. st. Paul
Railway Company in Minnesota have now
all been disposed Of, over 100000 acres
within two years. The largest and best To-
Gated portion. in all "a. 900 acres. are, how
ever. now in the hands of the land firm of
Fredericksen s Hansen. Of 26 N. Clark
street, Chicago, and by them still offered at
about the railway terms.
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Legal Notices.

KENOSHA COUNTY,
Town of Bristol 80
INJUSTICE COURT.
To THOMAS Rowe.
You are hereby notified that warrant of attach.
ment has been issued against you and your property
attached to satisfy the demand of William Hunt.
amounting to eleven and 77-lO0 dollars. Now.
unless you shall appear before e. Jones' Justice of
the Peace in and for said county, his Office in said
town, the 10th day of October 1882 at ten O'Clock
in the forenoon judgment viii be rendered against
you and your property sold to pay the debt.
Dated this 2lst day Of September. A. D. 1882.
17W2 WILLIAM HUNT.
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PERSONAL! TO MEN ONLY

THE v0LTAIC BELT CO., Marshall, Mich, will
send DR.. DYES CELEBRATED ELECTRO.VOLTAiC
BELTS AND ELECTRIC APPLIANCES on trial for
thirty days to men (young or old) who are afflicted
and kindred troubles guaranteeing speedy and COM
plete restoration of health and manly vigor. Ad-
dress above. N. B.-No risk is Incurred, as
thirty days trial is allowed.
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Fox River Valley Rairoad-A piece of land run
ming through Z Il sec s, t l, l9; 3 acres.
Amount 81 81.
Fox River Valley r. R-A piece of land running
Sl.64.
Fox River Valley R.-A piece of land running
81 SO. , -
Pat. Gallager-In cor off n x e 4 sec II
]. 19; 5O-lO0 acres. Amount 80 cents
Fox River Valley B. IA piece of land running
through part sw sw sec 80, t2, 10; 5O-IO0
acres. Amount $lSS
Fox River Valley R. Accommodating 10 rods of
the W cor of the a sec 80, t2, 10, thence
southerly along the west line Of the R. r. track so
rods to the south line of the "a ofsw " of said
sec 80, thence along said line 100 feet thence
along the line of said r. R. track so rods to the
line of said Il sec, thence to the place of begin
ming; sec So 9, r l9; 5000 acres. Amount 81 a.
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Peter krigger-Lot l, blk 151, W a sec sec 81, t
2, %. Amount 81. go.
Peter Krgger-Lot 2, blk ISL, s W 4 sec sec 81, t
2, %. Amount 81 .88.
Peter krigger-Lot Il, blk l52, W a sec sec 81, t
2, + %. Amount $22 25
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Notice hereby given that at the general election
to be held in the several towns, wards and election
precincts in the county of KeRosha on Tuesday sue
eeeding the first Monday, being the seventh day of
November next, the officers specified in the annexed
copy of notice from the Secretary of State to be
elected Also
Member of Assembly for the assembly district
comprising the county of Kenosha in place of John
B. Vosburgh whose term OF Office expires the first
Monday of January, 1888
Sheriff, in Place of II. G.. Blackman, whose term
of Office expires the first Monday of January, 1883
A County Clerk, in place of D. B. Benedict, whose
term Of office expires the first Monday of January,
1883;
County Treasurer, In place Of Ralph e. Suther-
land whose term Of Office expires on the first Monday
of January, 1883;
A Coroner in place of Daniel Head, whose term Of
Office expires the first Monday Of January, 1888;
Clerk of the Circuit Court, in place Of j. A. Gal
aghan, whose term of office expires on the first Mon
day of January, 1888;
A District Attorney, in place of James Cavanagh,
whose term of Office expires on the first Monday Of
January. 1888;
A Register of Deeds. in place of Thomas W. Bond
whose term of Office expires the first Monday OF
January, 1888;
County Surveyor. in place of Jason Lathrop
whose term of ONCE expires the first Monday Of
January, 1883.
Dated Sherih's Office, Kenosha, Wisconsin, August
18th, 1892. H. G. BLACKMAN,
Sheriff of Ken0sha County, Wis
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Town of SOmers.

John Gnaden-Parts 4 1zsw a, beg at S line said
q at q point 60 rods cor, thence n 3Sl rods e
on line of highway to centre of Pike creek, on
line of Steinbach Qtto's land and centre of Pike
creek, Strengthened to within 10 rods line of said
"a, thence follows centre of creek to line 4, to
beg; sec 30, t 2, %; l4l5 acres. Amount S25.9S.
}. c. Spencer-S e q sec Z t2, T %; l6O acres.
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{. RnnnH ON PATS ;,

Clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies, ants.
bed bugs, skuuks, chipmunks, gophers 15c
Druggists.
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SKINNY NEN

Wells Health Remover restores hea lth
and vigor, cures dyspepsia, impotence
sexual debility. $ls
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-09-29

THE MAGNIFICENT PRAIRIE LANDS

Immediately. 25 cords Of boulder stone, de
livered at Kenosha. Egg. HAzELroE,
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JAHNEN BROTHERS, No. 70 Main ST., Keno
II sha, Merchant Tailors. We keep constantly
On hand well selected stock of cloths, Gents
Furnishing Goods, Ready Made Clothing, Hats
and Gaps OF the latest styles. Work done and
goods sold as cheap as atany OtherestablishmenS
n the city,
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aBUCRUPAIBA.'

Quick. complete cure, all annoy ing kidney,
bladder and urinary diseases. 81. Druggists.
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WILL YOU
EXCHANGE

a case of
Dyspepsia or
BiliOuSneSS
for 70 cents?
1t is awfully
UNIV Use to
agOniZe un-
derthe many
a i'll m g n t s
arising from
Dyspepsia,
Indigestion,
DiSOrdered
Stomach and
Liver, when
this offer is
made to you
in your own
home in all
oSnnn~S
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z. r. WILSON.

OF BRIGHTON, WIS.,,
PRACTICAL AUCTIO NEER
Al business entrusted to him will receive
Tompt attention. Post Office Address
KansasYille. Racine Co. Wis.
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Second Ward.
Waahinrtnn Island

James Jackson-Lot s, blk sc, a sec sec 30, t Q,
r %. Amount $l13.
Peter Annen-Lot 9, blk Sc, seq sec sec 30, To-,
+ %. Amount 1884
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ADVERTISED MAIL MATTER

The following is list of mail matter remain
ing uncalled for at the Kenosha Post Office
Kenosha Co.. Wis, for the week ending
Sept. %, 1882. and which will be sent to the
Dead Letter Office at the expiration of thirty
days, unless called for.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-09-29

Offer the largest assortment more than 100
stylesl OF the BEST CABINET or PARLOR
ORGANS IN THE WORLD, for cash, at S22,
$50, $57, $66, SS72, 1874, 800, and upwards,
Also, for easy payments, 1925 per quarter and
upwards. These organs have received HIGH
EST HONORS at EVERY ONE OF THE
GREAT WORLDS INDUSTRIAL EXILE
BITIONS for FIFTEEN YEARS; no other
American Organs having been found worthy
OF such at any, At the GREAT ITALIAN
MUSICAL EXHIBITION, recently closed at
LECTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
EVER BROUGHT TOGETHER, after testing
and comparing side by side for several months,
Mason & Hamlin Organs received the ONLY
HIGHEST AWARD for instruments of this
class Catalogues, with full descriptions, illus
trations and prices, FREE.
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James Muligan-Lots 5 and g. blk 9neL sec
sec s, /, r %. Amount 1884
I. D. Bond-Blk 10, d sec sec 6, /, %.
Amount $30.39.
5. W. BenSon.Lot 8, blk Il, n Il sec sec 6, l.,
S. ". Benson-LOt 4, blk II, a sec sec 6, t ], r
%. Amount $3016.
James Ryan-Lot 1, blk Il, a sec sec 6, IL, r
Thomas D. BOnd-Com A rods e and rods of
cor OF n a sec 6, thence s rods, thence q
rods thence W rods, thence % rods to beg n e "A
sec sec 6, t J., r %. Amount $I26.97.
N. Ehle's Subdivision Of Six Acres.
Est of Aug. Kemp-All within subdivision of lots
and nd D. blk 10, 4 sec sec g 1,r %. Amount
J. D. P. Hawley-Lot 8, blk 13, nwN sec sec 6, t
l,r23. Amount $246.
IFourth Ward.
.. VIM. Ernst1LSt 3, blk 16, Sc n sec sec 81 2, r
.. VIM EFnstMLot 4, blk sec sec 81, to.
VIM. Ernst-Lot 5, blk 10, Sc a sec sec 81, 81
%. Amount 1884.
Fisk's Western Addition.
e. N. w. BY Co.-Except part decided to Woods,
and except part taken for r. B., lots and Z blk L,
s W a sec sec 81, g., 49, Amount 1851.
%. Amount $500.
Chicago & N. W. BY. Co.-That part of blk of
Fisk 8 addition lying of Garden st and and of
n H. uack, pik Il n sec sec 81, I z, 70.
Amount $2.l9.
Jennie's Addition.
G. W. GeOrge-LOts and s, blk 3, u sec sec
81, t2, r %. Amount $S1.07
VIM. Ernst-Com A # of n W cor of said blk,
thence rods. thence A it. thence rods, thence
n A # to beg, blk So, sec sec 81, 2, T %.
Amount $2082.
WIN. Ernst-N II of q blk 80, n e a sec sec 81,
t2, %. Amount $500.
Washington Island.
VIM. BHrt-Lot %, blk l, W n sec sec 81, IL, r
%. Amount $l221.
VIM. Burt-Lot 20, blk l, n W a sec sec 30, 2, r
%. Amount S2.46.
e. Hugunin-Lot9, blk 2, "a sec sec 80, t 2, r
%. Amount S246.
DANIEL d. BENEDICT,
County Clerk of Kenosha Co., Wis.
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Whitaker Engine and Ske1n Co.,
nosha Union Thimble Skeins, Tire Blenders,
Tire Drills, Blacksmith's Tuyere Irons, Caldron
Kettles, Clothes Reel Irons, Reach RATES,
Bolster Plates, Rub Irons and Sash WelgntS
Also repairing of Machinery and Implements
repaired,
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Town of Salem.
Town of Wheatland.

Patrick Faha-E rs Il section s6, town l,
20; 50 acres. Amount 1888.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
Anthony Van Wyck,
ATTORNFY- AT-LAW.

Office at Room ?, Masonic Block, Kenosha, Wis.
Practices in all the Courts; pays particular at
tentiOn to Probate business. Also, Collections
made; Loans negotiated on Real Estate; Morl-
cages bought and sold,
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S. Truesdell-Lot ], blk l. Il sec sec b. t 9 r
23 Amount 81 90.
90 s. TruesdelI1Lot 8, blk l, Il sec 80, r.
S. Truesdell-Lot 5, blk |, u sec sec 80. Q r
%. Amount $1.2O.
. S. Truesdell-Lot 6, blk l. nwK sec sec 80 to p
%. Amount $1.2O. -
40 s. Truesde-Lot T. blk l, NV Il sec sec 80, 2, r
S. TruesdeIl-Lot g. blk l. uwL sec sec 30 + Q p
%. Amount $1.2O.
s. Truesdell-Lot Il, blk l, Il sec sec 80, 2,
S. Truesdell-Lot l3, blk l. nwL sec sec 80. to p
%. Amounts 20.
S. TTuesdell-Lot a. blk 1nwH sec sec 30 + . p
%. Amount 81 20.
5. Truesdell-Lot Is, blk l. nwL sec sec 80. 10
90. Amount $l2O. -
S. Truesdell-Lot Is, blk l. NV Il sec sec 30. Q. r
g. Amount $780,
S. Truesdell-LOt /, blk 5. ne u sec sec 81. t2r
%. Amount $l.20.
5. Truesdell-Iot 3, blk s, n @ Il sec sec 81 to r
%. Amount $780,
S. TruesGell-LOt s, blk on ~ sec sec Al q r
49, Amount $780,
S. TTueSdell-Let 7, blk s, G Il sec sec 81 9 r
%. Amount $l.20,
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TO C0NSUMPTVIES.

The advertiser having been permanently cured
of that dread disease, Consumption, by simple
remedy, is anxious to make known to his fellow
sufferers the means OF cure: To all who desire
free of charge, with the directions for prepar-
ing the same, which they will find a sure Cure
for Coughs, Colds, Consumption, Asths
ma, Bronchitis, &c.
Parties wishing the prescription will please
address, Rev. e. A. WILSON, 1874 Penn Street,
WilliamsbuTgh, n. Y.
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Durkee's Eastern Addition.
Holmes q Nichols Addition.

John Hogan-Com 22S 1-6 # and rod 8 of n
cor OF said IA Sec thence Al 8-12 fl, thence rods
thence W Al S-l2 1t, thence rods to beg u Sc,
sec 6, l,r %. Amount $6.4S.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-03-23
ARARAT.

A., hart hath never found its Ararat,
Where il could rest secure and safe,
.ho,e the booming pillows OF despair,
THAT ever round IL rave aud break;
IA Times wide sea, storm driven.
f,hath no Pharos but the stars of heaven.
rhouch from its window oft hath flown,
Ths dove In search of home and rest,
No olive branch hath Ger been borne
Emblem Of pease TO blossom in my breast;
ysinly strain my eyes across the sea,
Pleading the weary Doves return to me.
Swift runs the tide; darkness Is on the deep
ndftiug alonel o, heart, alonel
No altar shining through the troubled night;
Reneath the hollow waters moan;
surely the forty days and nights are nearly
And thou shalt touch some mount of rest a,
last,
Slammed by the rainbow, Heavens own signet
ring
And pledge of peace when storms are DER.
II. promise that the restless waves shall
blight;
And battle the fond hearts hopes no more.
The pELUGE past, let one days rest be given.
Between earth's sorrows and the joys Of
Heaven
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-03-23
A Good Record.

In Harper's for February, is an arti-
Gle en- "Our Life-Saving Service" in
which occurs the following in reference
to the new governor of Washington
Territory: I'm the summer of 184S
the Hon. William A. Newell, then a
member of the House of Representa-
tive from New Jersey, incidated by
some of the terrible shipwrecks on the
coast of that State, induced Congress,
through his eloquence, to appropriate
$4,000 for providing surf boats and
other appliances "for the protection of
life and property from shipwreck on the
coast between Sandy Hook and Little
Egg Harbor." During the next session
still Lang appropriation was obtained
Twenty-Five stations were erected on
the coasts of New Jersey and Long
Island, end although no persons had
been paid or authorized to take charge
of them, and they are manned by ex-
temporized crews, their value in sew
eral cases of shipwreck was so great
that Congress made further appropria-
tons from year to year, and stations
and lifeboats gradually increased"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-03-23
The Fate Ofthe Nickel.

The question whether the coinage of
the five-cent nickel pieces shall be re-
sumed is under consideration at the
Treasury Department. This coinage
was discontinued under the act of Con-
gress creating it when the supply of
nickel pieces became redundant. There
have been coined SITS, $3.50 in nick
els. They can now be only procured
at the Treasures, and the amount
of them on hand has dwindled to about
$4,000 or $4,000. The general increase
of business has drawn them out of the
vaults, and there is threatened a search
ty instead of the former redundancy.
If they do not again commence to flow
in for redemption the coinage will be
resumed. Even after such decision
it would take five or six weeks before
they could be again procured at the
Philadelphia Mint.-JVdshingto1o Cd.
c. Star.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-03-23

half an hour We set out for home. Ny
wrist was purple and swollen where the
cord had been drawn around the mus
cles, and for more than week il was 80
lame could not use il. But felt TO
thank heaven that my life had been
spared, and that my body was not
crushed into shapeless mass on the
cruel crags at the bottom of the wild
glen.
II was indeed a hair-breadth escape,
and I shudder in recalling the incident
to my memory. You may reasonably
suppose, however, that / never ventured
near the edge of precipice again when
the rocks were slippery with ice.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-03-23
The Jews In Russia.

A great meeting was held in New
York recently to sympathize with tn o
jews who have been so cruelty perse-
outed in Russia. There is society of
Hebrews who are helping the Russian
and Polish Jews to emigrate to this
country. So far the Jews in the
United States have been so few in num-
bers as not to have excited any national
or race antipathy. Their rivals in trade
do not like them Of course; but the
ruling classes in this country are law
yers and agriculturists, and they do not
come in contact with members of the
Jewish races. The Hebrew instinct
lively avoids all productive industries.
There are those who argue that it is
unwise to encourage Jewish immigra-
ton. They do so on the ground that
the Hebrews absorb the wealth of
community but add nothing to the gen.
eral welfare. They point to the fact
apparent in all ages that the Jew when
in sufficient numbers always excites the
keenest hostility in the community
where he lives. It is claimed that this
is not due merely to religious preju-
dice, but to the ability of the descend
ents of Abraham, Isaac and jacob to
outlie and outcheat their Christian ri
walls. But the Jewish race is O marvel
GUS one. OF their ability there can be
no question. In finance, statesman
ship, literature, philosophy, the arts,
especially music, the Jewish intellect
and genius shine pre-eminent. 1t is
pity this splendidly endowed race
should have moral shortcomings which
make it detestable in so many commun-
tiles. It will be remembered that Dis.
raeli in his famous reply to Daniel
O'Connell, claimed that all Europe and
the English speaking 1ace owed it's re-
igion to the Jews, inasmuch as one
half of the Christian world worshipped
Jewess (the Virgin Nary, and the
other half Jew (Jesus) From DEM
0reStS Monthly for april.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-03-23
IrOnW0Od Tree.

One of the hardest woods in exist
ence is that of the desert ironwood tree,
which grows in the dry wastes along
the line of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road. Its specific gravity is nearly the
same as that of Egnumvita, and it has
a black heart so hard, when well sea-
soned. that it will turn the edge of an
ak and can scarcely be cut by a we'll
tempered saw. In burning it gives out
an intense heat.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-03-23
Miners Superstitions.

The miners of the West represent a
strange conglomeration of men. The
English, Welsh and Germans brought
all of the old world superstitions with
them, and found themselves among q
class of men in the Mexican camps
who could equal and in some cases sur
pass theirs. The Mexicans drew their
tales from two sources, their own
Spanish forefathers and the Aztecs aud
Toltecs, found in the country when
their forefathers conquered it. Strange
are the beliefs and stories that have
grown out Of the union of these super
stitious elements. Things are lucky or
unlucky because possibly some worker
in the Hartz said so 500 years ago, or
some old Toltec had fit of nightmare
at an equally remote period. One of
the most commonly believed tales is
that of the "Step-Devil." The men
tell you that in some of the oldest mines
there in an evil-spirit which takes the
10TH VI utlormeu uWarI. "A pecu-
liarity about him is that he has i'm
mensely long arms-arms so long that
he can take off his sandals without
STOPPING. This dwarf, when there is
any danger in the mine, such as cave,
goes up the ladders, lifting himself by
his arms, with his legs hanging free.
As he passes each rung he kicks or
stamps it out of the side pieces, so
that the men when they attempt to fly
find all means of climbing out of the
mine destroyed. In very old mines,
which were worked by the Indians,
there were no ladders, but in their
place trunks of trees in which notches
had been cut, and the Indians climbed
be inserting the big toes in the notches.
When the Indians tell you of the "Step
Devil" they say that he has on each big
toe an enormous nail, and that as he
climbs the tree trunk he uses this to
gouge the notch out by splitting off the
part on which the toe rests. The story
is evidently an Indian one, although
altered by the Mexicans to suit the
change in the means of going up and
down the shaft.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-03-23
The land that Texas paws to

The land that Texas pays to the
syndicate building the new capitol
is larger in area than the state of Con-
necticut, and FIVE times that Of Rhode
Island.
AT the Spring races Of Corsicana
Miss Minnie Taylor will ride against
Miss Nellie Burke twenty miles, for q
purse Of $1,000.
TIE grNsshopper's sOng-In this wheat
BY and By.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-03-23

A Boston man proposes to start
paper and call it the Umbrella, because
everybody will take it.