The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-03-30
THE WISCONSIN LEGIsLATURE.

SENATE-On the Goth a majority report on
the condition of the chronic insane was made
by the Committee on Charitable and Penal In
stitutions. The memorial to Congress asking
for the conditional repeal of the duty on lum-
Der was adopted.
! AsSEMBLY-The question of final adjourn
ment was postponed until the evening of the
10Th. The bill forbidding railroads to employ
men who are color-blind was ordered to third
reading. The bin abolishing the law author
lZing preferences to creditors was debated at
length, finally amended so as to render void
all mortgages, sales and transfers made dur
ing the sixty days preceding the assignment,
and making an exception in favor of laborerS
to the extent of six months wages and was
then ordered engroSSed for third reading. In
the evening the bill to prevent the opening of
policy shops and the Senate amendment to
the bill for the relief of Simon Mills were or
dered to third reading.
SENATE-On the 21st a resolution was offered
for sine die adjournment on the 30th of
March, and that no business be done except TO
receive and act upon executive messages, re-
ports of committees, ETC., after the 2Sth. a
bill to fix the minimum price of all public lands
which have not been offered at private sale, at
$3.50 per acre, passed. Adjourned.
AssEMBLY-Bills passed-to amend the act
| Incorporating the Milwaukee Mechanics Mu-
tual Insurance Company; authorizing the city
ness. The bill regarding policy-shops was re-
ferred to the Committee on Judiciary, in order
| that new title be given it to make it opera
| tive The bill taxing telephones was sent to
| third reading. During the evening session
the Senate bill relating to the organization
corporations for the establishment and main
| tenance of hospitals asylums, or institutes for
the care, treatment, or relief OF insane
| predetermined persons, and amendatory of.
chapter Sc of the Revised Statutes, entitled,
"Of the Organization of Corporations was
NlN0 Hill
| feated. Adjourned.
SENATE-On the I'D bills passed-relative to
| taxation of palace and sleeping cars; for the
incorporation of the city of Colby; to amend
| the charter of the city of Edgerton. Assembly
| bills were concurred in as follows: To incor-
| porate the city of Marshfield and the city of
| Kewaunee; to create the county of Washburr
| out of a portion of Burn etc County.
AssEMBLY-Bi passed TO amend the char
| ter of the city of Merrill; to provide for the
| purchase of certain copies of Shepard'S Wis
consin Digest for the use of the State, and tc
| appropriate a sum of money therefor, TIVE
| dollars per copy of two volumes; to more eff
| fectually suppress yagabondage by imprison
| ing trampS in the State Prison for not les,
| than six months nor more than one year.
SENATE-On the 23d the Governor vetoed tn
| bill to legalize the acts of the Oak Grove II
| surance Company. A bill passed to authoriz
| the Governor and Commissioners of Publf
| Lands to adjust and settle differences betwee
| the State and any land-grant railway CON
| panies in the State in relation to lands elaine
| as swamp lands within the limits of such rail
| way grants. Assembly bills were cOncurre
| in-for the encouragement of the manufacf
| ure of zinc; to detach certain territory froI
| the town of Melrose, of the county of Jack
| son, and attach the same to the town of Littl
! Falls, of the county of Monroe.
| AssEMBLY-Bills passed-authorizing Lii
| coin County to fund its Indebtedness; t
| amend the charters of Milwaukee and Net
nah. The bill to compromise the claim of tt
| State against Simeon Mills was defeated
| to Al. The bill to submit to the people thu
| question whether women shall vote at schOG
/ elections and on questions of bonded indebt
| edness etc, was killed-25 to 55. The bill reg
| ulating licenses to sell intoxicating liquor
| was postponed until the evening of the 28tb
| The resolution proposing an amendment t.
| the Constitution forbidding the manufacture
| and sale of Intoxicating liquors was killed--A
| to Al. @&
/ SENATE-Not in session on the Oath. M
| AssEMBLY-Bills passed-for the betterpres
ervation of fish in Lake Winnebago; and two
| local bills. The Senate bill relating to the dis
| position of duplicate specimens in possession
| of the State Historical Society was concurred
in. The Assembly went into Committee of the
3 MR9b 9n tae gen f j ne nnd Rse Senate
bill relating to trial of civil actions was in
! definitely postponed, as was, also, the Senate
memorial to Congress asking the repeal of the
| duty on lumber Adjourned.
SENATE-Met Oh the evening of the 18th
| pursuant to adjournment. A committee was
| appointed to draft resolutions of respect to
! the memory of the late Postmaster-G enerai
| Howe, after which adjournment followed.
| AssEMBLY-A committee was appointed TIC
draft resolutions regarding the late Post
! master-General. Routine business consumed
the remainder of the session.
/ .
Curious Gambling Scenes.
The Piutes are having a grand gamb-
ling tournament here. In the daytime
they meet on the sunny side of one OF
their wickiups, from which they extend
wings by tying blankets on poles, to
break the wind The gamblers who en-
gage in the tournament place two poles
on the ground about ten feet apart and
parallel with each other, and seat them.
selves on the ground, cross-legged, out
side the'poles. There are generally six
or eight bucks on each side, and the
stakes, which range from two to twenty
dollars in silver, are stacked on the open
ground between the parallel poles, Each
side is furnished with six or eight short
sticks and four long ones. Two strings
| of small shells tied in the form of rings
are then procured, and when it is de-
cided by chance which side shall take
these shells the game begins. A low,
monotonous chant, accompanied by
striking the poles with the long sticks
and the swaying of their bodies to and
fro, as if keeping time with the chan
and noise made by the sticks, is COM
menced by the side who won the shells,
and the two bucks who have possession
of the shells move their hands and arms
and change the shells from one hand to
the other, and finally conceal both
hands under their blankets and cease
moving them. This seems to be the
side to guess which hand the'shells are
concealed in. If he guesses right the
shells are thrown to his side and two of
the short sticks Then the chant and
its accomplishments is taken up by that
side and continued until the shells are
won back by the other side. When all
! the short sticks are on one side the
| game is decided, the side having the
| sticks being the victors. The chant and
beating the poles and swaying to and
fro ceases until the stakes for another
game are deposited, when the perform
.ance is repeated. All day long and far
into the night by the light of a sage
brush fire this gambling continues, and
considerable money changes hands.
The squaws and children arrange them
selves outside the gamblers and look on
for hours, apparently as much interest
ed in the game as the players. Winnie
7nxcc0 S6kUer State.
"A farmer at Amesbury, Mass, has