The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-04-14


says he considers the thing felonious al
tempt to do away with pew rents. For tired
business men the idea woAld be popular,
but not for the ladies. They cant study
styles In bsck parlors, or exhibit The latest
efforts Of their own taste and their husband .
pockets.
The Beeeher family get plenty Of free
advertising somehow. The old man eloquent
esras it, for people ike to hear what he
says. even il they don't agree with him
but about the proceedings Of some Of The
elhefs We don't banker quite so much to
hear all the details Of. especially when their
doings ars shady. like those Of the son Who
was cashiefed during the war as Q lieRten-
ant, for misbehsvior in the presence Of the
enemy, s7d was promptly restored TO the
service % colonel, and provided With 9
soft place in Washington, where bullets
never whistled. 1t Is . nephew il scrape
this time, who has been arrested on AZ Ugly
charge Of trading worthless swamp lands
which had already been sold for taxes for
valuable mining stock.
Our toney tOpsawyers are getting more
hngiish, you know, every day. Ladies have
taken to riding great DEAF ON horseback.
W course the habits are made by men, AZ
also the fashionable Newmarket coats and
ulsiefs, and from this has grown the employ
ment Of mea to cut and ft other garments
for the fair ones favored with big purses.
We can now boast Gothamite Worth. He
don't happen to be an Euglisamsn, being
indeed bohemian, and he hes fifteen poly.
glot male sssietants, French, Prussian and
Italian.
The manager Of the down town Delmonico
got fooled out of $40 very ne.lly the other
day a good looking fellow rushed in- and
borrowed the money lin De Moire
brother. you know. I'll make it right ia
me morning., was all he said. Good incurred
LonRhi felt . little puzzled, but handed over
the money. He sent over 10 De Motto in
the morninR and in consequence Was kept
busy all day opening wine to entertain sew.
eral dozens Of other brothers The brokers
don't often get the bulge on the old fellow,
and they ran him for all he was worth this
time.
Gen. James Watson Webb, the elder Ben.
nett's boss. isn't dead yet, but rails away
heartily In his old KnoW.Nothing fashion at
oil foreigners. especially Irishmen. And he
10 Well liked, too. His fortunate sou, the
favorite son.in.law Of Vanderbilt, owed his
lucky marriage more to his fathers inteilec.
tual pre-eminence than TO his own wit or
money, Of which he didn't own as many
dimes 90 his wife did thousands of dollars,
and now another singular compliment has
been paid to the old man. A Mr.. Smith has
long been known by the nickname Of Courier
Smith, from having been employed on the
old generals paper, and hes now, at his
earnest request. had the name legally at.
tached to him.
Inere has been quite sharp competition
for the coveted position Of Brigadier General
IN our First Division of the Brigade, which
comprises the Seventh, Sixty Ninth, and
Seventy-Fir regiments. After multitude
OF ballots which resulted in nothing, Gov.
ernor Cornwellcut the Gordian knot By 90.
pointing an outsider who had once been. a
Lieut. Col. Of the Seventh, and nov every.
body is mad, that is almost everybody. but
that seems to be CorHwelps luck nowadays.
Col. Emmons Clarke Of the Seventh wouldn't
serve. He was unanimsusly elected. IL is
possible that the sighted Colonels will ell
resign. In the Prussian or English services
it would certainly be expected, supersession
by junior being considered delicate hint
to get out gently and be let down easy. |
Alderman Harry O. Jones, Of Brooklyn,
is being tried for completely in the frauds by
which his brother.in Law Stuart, late Eecre- |
tary OF the Board Of Education, got away |
With quarter 6f million dollars or so. |
His defence makes out that he innocently
believed Stusrt's yarns about inherited |
wealth and fabulous sums received for SELL
ing his alleged commission in the Bpitish |
army, and never suspected anything wrong
when he lived like prince on the salary Of
an average bookkeeper. So guileless some
people may be. II the jury can only believe
this stay at-home militia hero (not of Hor-
nellsville). he'll get off. Otherwise, he pro
badly won't RADIx.