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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-01-06
Business Failures in 1881.

The total number of business failures for the
entire year 1881 throughout the United Statesis
stated by the mercantile agency of R. G. Dun
& Co. to DO $3.50, involving liabilities of
slightly over $S1, 100000. The failures for the
year previous were only Abs, with
liabilities of $65,000,000. The in
crease is, however, regarded BY
the agency as small in proportion to the
enormous growth of the volume of trade and
especially in proportion to the number of per-
sons engaged IN business. Compared with
1878. the showing is strongly 10 the ad-
vantage of the year just closed, the failures
in THAI year being 10, 400, and liabilities 1894
100000. In the year 1881 only one person In
every 140 engaged in business has failed, while
IN lSoO tue proportion was one IN every 15s, in
sixty-four The figures of the yesr and the
facts presented are interpreted by the agency
as eonfrmatory of the impression that the
trade of the country is prosperous and in safe
condition
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-01-06
Valley of the Jordan.

The population Of Palestine is about
rs easy to describe as the inhabitants Of
the country bordering the Jordan. The
bulk of the inhabitants are mixed race,
says DIR. r. D. Hitchcock, descendants
of the ancient Syrians aud their A. alb
conquerors. The Jewish population Of
Palestine is not great, and they dwell
chiefly in the four sacred cities Of Jern-
salem, Safed, Tiberias and Hebron. TO
say anything inteligently of the Valley
of the Jordon, we advise the knowledge
seeker to take map of Palestine and
follow it while a few points are given.
Lake Huleh Called also the Waters of
Merom) is the largest n rthern body Of
water which contributes to the Jordan.
This lake is triangular in shape, about
six miles long and three and h If wide.
On the north of the lake whence spring
several af1uents of the Jordan, is an i'm
penetrable Jungle, the wallowing place
of buffaloes. There is a marsh border
ing the lake, which is about ten miles
long, and which is covered with reeds
and brushes, but on the west there is a
fine fertile plain. From Lake Huleh to
the Sea of Galilee (the Lake of Gennes-
aret) the river passes sluggishly over its
bed for o short distance, then over a
rocky bed, where it deposits its mud
and then runs on through narrow vol
canic valley, and then, thirteen miles or
SO below, it enters Gennesaret. This
lake is surrounded by an almost contin-
GUS wall of hills, broken or receding &C.
casionally, as at Tiberias, the plain OF
Gennesaret and at the Jordan. The hills
are of limestone, basalt, and volcanic
rocks hot springs abound, and earth
quakes are frequent This lake is pear
shaped, some sixteen miles long and four
to seven miles wide. The river issues
from the southern extremity Of this lake,
and enters q broad valley, or depressed
plain or tract between the mountains.
During the spring floods this lower
plain is inundated then it plunges
over some twenty-seven formidable rap
ids, and then on to the Dead SEQ. The
whole distance, from the source Of
the river to its mouth, is not more
than 1876 miles In a straight line,
and its whole descent is about 1900 to
the Dead Sea. The cities which in Bible
times stood on the lakes and in the Val.
ley of the Jordan, are generally ruins
and only groups of squallid novels nov
occupy their sites. The inhabitants Of
these places are for the most part very
degraded class, and can scarcely be sal
to have any fixed occupation In thu
Jordan Valley, the heat of the summer
is always great, and sometimes exceed
inglY oppressive. There are two seasons
summer and winter, the former from
April to November, rainless, or nearly
so the latter, from November to April
rainy. Palestine was once very fertile
and might be SO again. Generally speak
ing, the country has such products as
peas, beans, wheat, barley, grapes, figs
olives, apricots, lemons, oranges, ant
dates. En- 1917 the Ottomans came il
and made Palestine part of the Turkish
Empire. It was snatched from the Sui
tan by Mohammed Ali, in 1892. bili
Europe interviewed, and in 1871 it was
given back again. Lands are not solo
there as in the United States.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-01-06
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The perpetrators Of the recent terrible
tragedy at Ashland, KY, have been arrested.
and they have made full confession. Their
names are William Neal, Ellis Craft and
George Ellis, all white The strangest part of
the story is that all three of the men were
present at the burning of the house, which
they had set on FIRE to conceal their crime; that
one of them drove the hearse at the funeral of
the three victims, and another acted as pail
bearer.
A frightful tragedy was lately en-
acted near MInden, La. Robert Lewis. son of
the late Judge Langdon Lewis, and brother Of
VIII S. Lewis, shot Mrs. Will S. Lewis and her
sister, Mrs. Thompson. both severely, and then
killed himself. The cause of the tragedy is
unknown.
AS train on the Boston and Maine
road was crossing the iron bridge at Coles
Corner, Me-, the structure gave way, preeip-
itating four cars down the embankment, which
was speedily followed by their destruction by
ire One passenger was killed, another fatally
injured, and the conductor and brakeman were
badly hurt.
Oscar Wilde, the English aesthetic,
has arrived in this country. He is 26 years old.
and SIX feet four inches tall
Three brothers named Med Donald, con
fined in jail at Graham, Texas for the murder
OF one Martin, made break for freedom,
which resulted in very extensive and sensa-
tonal tragedy. They killed one iailer and took
another one with them as hostage, but were
pursued by body of eco citizens, and in the
fight that followed all three of the McDonalds
were lett dead on the field, and several citizens
were wounded.
Twelve Jews were killed and sixty
three wounded in the recent riots at Warsaw.
Mormonism is not popular in London.
Two missionaries of that faith were mobbed
while attempting to hold a meeting in the sub
urbs of the great city, and were forced to seek
refuge at police headquarters.
At last the Land Leaguers of Dublin
have carried their point. Immediately after
the installation of the new Lord Mayor the
corporation, by vote of 80 to %, conferred
the freedom of the city upon Parnell and Dill
Ion.
The death is announced of William
Harrison Ainsworth, nm English novelist whose
works were widely read in the circulating libra
ries Of America and England. He was born in
Lancashire in 1906
Grants change of front in the case cf
Fitz John Porter causes great surprise at
Washington, where the former once declared
at dinner-table that Porter should have
been shot.
The Hampton element of the South
Carolina Democracy has selected Col. Theodore
G. Barker for Governor and Col. John Haskell
for Attorney General.
Edward F. Ryan, Michael Ryan and
Richard Adkins, employed in tunnel near
Siverton, Col, were buried 100 feet deep in
q snoW-shde
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-01-06
WASHINGTON NOTES.

A lie ter was received at the Dead
Letter Office addressed to "Mr. Santa Claus
Behind the Moon, Heaven county, Clouds"
and asking for a variety of toys. 1t came from
an Iowa postofice.
In letter to Col. Bliss in regard to
the star-route suits, Attorney General Brewster
expresses the sentiment that the uttermost
penny awlessly taken from the public treasury
must be recovered.
Secretary Kirkwood has rendered a
decision refusing to reopen the Valentine scrip
case. The decision is satisfactory to Chicago,
as a matter of course.
A rumor is current in Washington
that eleven of the jurors in the GGiteau case
are satisfied Of the guilt and legal responsible
ity of the prisoner, while the twelfth juror
maintains that Guiteau is as "mad as March
hare"
President Arthur is known to have
expressed himself very decidedly on the Nor
mon question, and it is claimed that he will do
all in his power to remove this blot from the
fame of the republic during his administration
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-01-06
USEFUL HINTS.

The expressed juice of green walnut
shells diluted with water is used for
dying blonde hair light brown.
A LITTLE spirits of turpentine added
to the water with which floors are
washed will prevent the rsvages of
moths.
UsE kerosene, or bath brick, or pow
dered lime to Sceur iron, tin or copper;
wash in hot suds and polish with dry
whiting.
To REMOVE spots from furniture, four
ounces Of vinegar, two ounces Of sweet
oil, one ounce. of turpentine. Mix and
apply with flannel cloth.
VARIOUS materials may be advantage.
ously covered with rubber enamel, iron
thus being protected from rust, glass
and crookery from breaking. and wood
rendered stronger and more ornamental,
The caoutchouG material Is applied in q
plastic state to the foundation material,
after which the whole article Is submit
ted to high degree of heat, the mate
rats being thus firmly united aud tho
enamelled surface obtained.
TAKE half pound of the best ground
coffee, put it into q saucepan containing
three pints of water, and boil it down
to Que pint; boil the liquid, put it into
another saucepan, well secured, and boil
it again. As it boils, add white sugar
enough to give the consistency of sifup;
take It from the fire, and when it is cool
put into bottle and seal When trsy-
II 80 Il, Of,
put two teaspoons of the strip In an o.
binary cup and pour boiling water upon
1t and it IS ready for use.
MkoARoS1 makes an excellent variety
In the scarcity of vegetables, and should
be much better known aud more used
by the masses here. 1t is the staple
food of the common people in Italy, III
deed, of most Glasses. 1t is msde of
strongly glutinous wheat -four. hence is
flesh forming, while its starch supplies
heat. 1t may be cooked tender in boil
ing water, seasoned with salt, and eaten
with or even without cream sauce, or
milk or butter. After boiling It can be
put in a pudding dish, with abont a
quarter its weight of grated cheese
sprinkled over it and lightly baked.
The addition Of this cheese makes this
diet about equal TO lean meat as a flesh
former.
A GOOD, reppectable-looking husB mat,
says writer in the Household, is not
an unsightly object, aud wish every
housekeeper knew ~hat world Of
scrubbing ana wiping of floors they
saved, that they might have one. One
bushel basket and boiler full Of husks
is sufficient to braid a large mat. If
you have boys or girls, it will be iust
fun for them to braid one in the evening !;
but if, like myself, you have neither,
it would pay you to take tho time aud
do it yourself. Have ready ea-ketfio
| full of hot water, and turn on to the
boiler Of husks. Begin common three
strand braid, and as you bring over .
strand place about three husks on, leav-
ing the large ends of the husks up.
When enough is braided for mat, sew
firmly with Irvine in any shape you
choOse-long, round or oval. Then
sprinkle warm water on upper side.
Run fork through the husks, splitting
the ends into little, curly fibers then
with the shears trim of evenly. This
can be done in one evening by good
worker. 1 braid enough in the fall to
last nae the year round.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-01-06
Frightful Catastrophe.

During Knights of Pythias' festival at
Shanesville, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, the
floor gave way, precipitating the company.
numbering over 200, to the floor below. Two
persons were instantly killed, three others
fatally injured, and between fifty and sixty
more or less bruised or burned The building
took fire almost instantly, producing scene of
the widest excitement. Thehghts were nearly all
exhnguished, leaving the shrieking, struggling
mass of humanity to grope their way from the
ruins almost in the dark. BY the prompt ac-
ton OF those who escaped uninjured and other
fire was subdued, but not until quite number
had been more or less burned. The night was
very cold, and the scene is described as fright
f,,l; u, No aNrA,-a
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-01-06
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANrNGs.

Capt. Cheyne, of the British navy,
who proposes Tip to tho North pole in bal
loon, has arrived at Toronto, He proposes
lecturing in several Canadian cities.
An Eel Paso dispatch says the capture
and execution of Chief Arzate, long the terror
OF Preside del Norte and vicinity, and thirty of
his band near Chihuahua is confirmed
In Selling the property of the Pull
man Car Company the Canadian customs Off
cials own they have "found mares nest
The prosecution has been abandoned.
in the matter of the Garfield bills. il
is stated that the Pennsylvania road will put in
a claim for every dollar of expense incurred in
transporting the President to Long Branch and
return.
Gen. Grant has recently reached the
conclusion that Gen. Fitz John Porter was
deeply wronged by dismissal from the army,
and he will address an earnest appeal to Presi-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-01-06
POLITICAL POINTS.

Tarble, Republican, was elected
Mayor of Pensacola, Fla, by majority of 272.
Thirty leading Republicans of Texas
held secret conference at Dallas and outlined
an independent movement, selecting G. Wash
ing on Jones for Governor and Joseph Brinck-
ley for Lieutenant Governor.
Mr.. Lynch, the colored contestant for
che Congressional seat from the Shoestring
district Of Mississippi, now held by Gen.
Chalmers, has suffered the loss of dispositions
filed with the Clerk of the House, covering the
labors of several months ...
The prediction is entered that in con-
siderng the question of reapportionment the
House will agree upon $40 or 1913 members.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-01-06
A Butter Test.

This test of butter will be read with
surprise by some. 1t is from the Paris
Journal dc Phdrmdcie:
Rub some of the suspected butter on
piece of broadcloth. If the butter
disappears without leaving stain it is
pure, however poor. But if it leaves a
"grease spot" it has been mixed with
fat. Perhaps readers will not recall to
mind how singularly free from spots OF
any kind the clothing of dealers in but
ter usually is, although these men in
sampling their goods not unfrequently
find that some butter has been dropped
on their dress. The fact is that butter
instead of soiling broadcloth is useful
for cleaning it.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-01-06

It will be seen that the work of railway ex-
tension has been carried on in forty-two States
and Territories the only States in which no new
track is reported laid being Connecticut anil
Delaware, and the only Territories thus dis
tingushed being Idaho, Indian Territory and
Utah, although it Is probable that a few miles
were laid in the latter. The remote possession
of Alaska of course does not come into this
category. Texas leads the country in respect
of railway building, having added last year, by
our table, i, All miles, which final returns Will
probably increase to 1900 or more Colorado
appears to come next with about 500 miles, Of
which no less than $40 are officially reported to
us as laid by that enterprising narrow gauge rail-
way company. the Denver and Rio Grande. This
company built during the year no less than ten
different lines or portions of lines. Iowa comes
next with nearly 800 miles, and Dakota and
Ohio also show thus far between 400 and 500
miles. Indiana, Illinois, New Mexico and New
York appear to have added between 39U and 100
miles.
The narrow gauge makes no insignificant
showing in the list of railway mileage con-
structed In 1881. Or tho 258 different lines
thus far reported to be built during the year,
no less than forty-three, or over II per cent,
were of three-fOot gauge; and of the 8,240
miles of new track, which we already report,
1,49O miles, or about IA per cent, were Of that
gauge.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-01-06
Bank Clearings in 1881.

The year just closed has been one Of unez-
ampled prosperity throughout the business and
industrial circles of the country. TDis is re-
fected sharply in the clearings at the clearing
houses in the large cities, all but one showing
an incre ase in the years business over that Of
1880. It is a striking evidence of the growth
of our country that the total gross earnings
of the large cities have increased in one
twe1vemonth from S51,6S3, 934, So to S64. 409,-
$50, &c., or 27.1 per cent Last year the increase
over 1879 was BIG per cent. Tested BY
these records, the business of 1881 appears 10
have surpassed that of any previous year by
between Is and 1-6 in volume The most re-
msrkable increase of the year was that OF
Louisville, with SO per cent. gain. followed by
Kansas City, 329; Chicago, 305; Pittsburgh;
306; New York, 28.6; Boston, q 2; Cincinnat;
237; San Francisco, %; Indianapolis, IA
Cleveland, 21.8; Springfield, l79; st. LOUIS. II;
New Haven, 1853: Worcester. 16.5; PnIladel;
phia, 1873; Lowell, 14.9; Milwaukee, 1913,
syracuse, 1915; Prov dence, 8.S; Bait more, 7.6,
New Orleans, ~; and Memphis, with do
crease of 81.
A GERMAN chemist has discovered
hovr To make brandy from saWduSt.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-01-06

loss which can never be replaced" he
may appreciate the soothing words at
the time, but about week after marry
ing his second wife he must have a very
poor opinion Of the prophesying powers
of the editor. -NorriNOma Herald.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-01-06
A Poor Opinion.

When mans wife dies, and the ed
itor of the local paper prints an obitu-
airy which wind up with the words,
"The young husband has met with a
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-01-06

A BELGIAN physician has discovered
that blindness is result of the
use of tobacco. His investigation was
made at the request of the government
authorities.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-01-06

dent Arthur for the prompt restoration Of the
disgraced leader.
A company has been organized in Bos-
ton to build domed steamships, which are OK.
pected to cross the Atlantic in less than week.
Nearly S2,000,0 900 stock has been taken.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-01-06

A GERMAN chemist has discovered
how to make brandy from sawdust,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-04
SALTWATER GLOBULEs.

The suit of Ben La Mere VS.. Thomas
McPhale was before the court Saturday
Two DRINKS and the usual number of
tramps found Judgment in the city hall
last night.
In the district court, in the case of John
B. Emery vs.. Henry Shuttle, the jury rem
dered verdict for defendant.
The man who lifted the overcoat from
the Pitman house last Thursday evening
was arrested in st. Paul by Officer O'Con-
nor, and was handed over to Chief of Po-
lice Shortall, of this city, as he was sspass-
ing through st. Paul on Saturday evening.
Mr.. j. N. BARNES died at his residence
in this city on the evening of Saturday
last, of consumption. Deceased was a
member of Company B, First Minnesota
infantry, and served about two years and
a half. The balance Of his term was spent
in the hospital on account of ill-health. To
exposure in the war may be attributed the
germs of the disease which caused his
death. For number of years Mr.. BARNES
was engaged in mercantile business in this
city, lately under the firm name of BARNES
q Kehle, from which he rscentiy withdrew
on account of his protracted illness. The
funeral will take place under the auspices
of the knights Templar and Mueller post,
G. A. R..
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-04

Stephen G. Foster, their real author. But
it was all too late for his benefit, either to
lift from him the pail of poverty, or to
plant in his heart CLEAN of satisfaction
at literary success, acknowledged and
known to be his own.
The author of these delightful heart
moving melodies, has long slept the peace
full sleep Of the grave; the world forget
ting, but not by the world forgot. With
him the storms of life are over, its hard
vicissitudes ended, and disappointed
hopes, and anguished heart throbs can
never pain him more.
Stephen G. Foster was native OF Pitts
burgh, Pa, where be was born July 4, 1926
the day on which ex-Presidents John
Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died
coincidence of interest enough, at least
|! to be mentioned. He died in New York
city, Jan. ID, 1864. Tender, guileless, for.
! giving as child, wronged, abused, neither
properly understood nor daily appreciated
this victim of pretended but false friends
went penniless to his grave. Was ever
human career more sad and touching? Ant
yet too often in the worlds history ha:
this, or something like it, been the fate Of
gifted geniuses.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-04
SPAIN.

MADRID, Dec. "A meeting of the ma
jority of the chamber of deputies was held
to-day. Sagusta, president of the council
of ministers, d eclared that the views and
inclinations'of the government remained
unchanged. Reforms will be introduced
that would include religious liberty, free
dom of the press, trial by jury and civil
marriage. He attributed unjust criticisms
of the ministry to a suicidal spirit of the
liberal parties. He asked why should the
governments fulfill their promises precipi-
lately rather than slowly and surely. Far
from having done too little, he said he had
accomplished his principal mission of in
ducing the Democrats to adhere to mon
archy. The moment had not yet arrived,
he said, for discussing the programme of
the dynastic left. Still he viewed the
formation of that party with great satisfac-
ton, as it signifed a triumph of the policy
of the government, by putting an end to
the pessimist views of fanatical adversaries
of existing institutions, but the new move
lnent, ne said, would collapse, If it tended
to eRdanger the monarchy or liberty.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-04

The attempted settlement of the railroad
war by meeting of the parties in interest
at Chicago on Saturday, proved futile, and
the future still remains clouded in obscur-
ity. A good many papers are bitterly as
sailing President Porter of the Omaha line
for his course in the matter. There is
good deal of injustice in this. While
railroads are an excellent and positively es-
sential element in developing the country,
their construction can be overdone as we'll
as any other business. The policy of e1-
cessive railroad building and tho cut
ting up of territory SO that they can only
be conducted at loss, simply invites a
financial calamity. Mr.. Porter calls halt
in the extension of new lines into terri
tory where there is not business enough for
those already constructed. 1t is better for
the country that there should be such halt
A general railroad smash will PROSTATE
every industry and every branch of bust
ness in the country. precipitating ire
parable loss. Overbuilding will produce
such a smash. The Northern Pacific and
the st. Paul and Manitoba systems have
agreed upon division of territory and that
policy is the best, both for the companies
and the people. A similar policy among
the so called granger roads would be wise