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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-05-25
The Terrible Crime Of Crazy Man.

NEW YORK, May 10.
Herald special from Baltimore, Nd,
says: "a murder which has some of the
features of the Pocasset tragedy was COM
mitted on the Hanson estate, near Leicester,
Howard County, Nd, Wednesday. Ed
ward Hanson, a young man thirty-three
years Of age, killed Mr.. Charles R. White,
man Of sixty years. White drove over to
the Hanson farm and asked for Edward,
who was not in the house at the time. He
waited until he heard him coming from the
Darn, and stepped out on the porch to meet
him. Hanson rushed upon him from behind
the house, and, brandishing a knife in one
hand, with the rage and fury of maniac
began firing at Mr.. White with revolver.
which he carried in the other. He fired six
shots, three of which hit his victim. one of
them passing through his brain and killing
MIN instantly. Then with the knife he
cut his victims throat, nearly severing
the head from the body When this
was done he turned to the lady
members OF mis- household, who were wild
with alarm, and said threateningly: g Be
quiet; it was the will of God. it was the
will of GodP' Subsequently he said: tsHe
killed my sister Mary. My mother called
me to her death-bed and made me swear
that would kill him." He also gives a
variety of other reasons for the act. One
was that Mr.. White was King of the North
ern Amazons and he (Hanson) was Prince
OF the Southern Amazons, and that Mr..
White initiated the flash of his eyes, and
made people think he was Hanson, Hanson
was taken to Jail at Ellicott City.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-05-25
Important Land Question.

AUSTIN, Tex, May 10.
Acting State Treasurer W. B. Workman
has brought up an important question con-
corning a class of land involving / 1000, 900
acres, and which reaches purchasers all over
the country. lie refused tender of over
$4,000 made by various parties for the
land purchased. He explains that certain
railroad companies holding land certificates
made survey of alternate school sections,
and had filed notes. Now parties, claiming
that these surveys are not valid, come
forward and propose to purchase the
land, under what is known as the fifty-cent
law, and have rendered full, payment for the
lands they desired, including the alternate
school sections with railroad sections. The
last Legislature having declared the ques-
tionable surveys by railroads for the benefit
of school lands valid, Mr.. Workman refused
to include them as fifty-cent lands. He
offered to receive the money on the railroad
sections, but not on the alternate school land.
The parties, represented by Judge Hancock
as their adviser, made their tenders for both
kinds of land in bulk, refusing to divide the
question, and thus raising an important issue
with the State.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-05-25
HUMOROUS.

"A Misunderstanding ones head il
the negative.
The most difficult arithmetic that 8
man has to face is when he tries to rec
oncile a twenty dollar salary with q
thirty dollar wife Chicago Tribune.
Jaw, 1 hev such dwedful cawld in
me head, " remarked an Ivy street dude,
as he stroked the tender tip of his nose
yesterday. "Better that than nothing, y
was the witty but cruel response of 8
Peachtree maiden who heard him.
Boston Post.
"A romping four-year-old boy had
been denied some trifiing qualification
by his mother, but it did not seem SO
trifing to him as to her. So, striking
an attitude before her, he said, with the
utmost gravity: Mother, were you
ever boyP'
Castle Garden aristocracy: They
were boasting about ancestry. "My
forefathers,n said John, "came over
from England on the Mayfiower. y
"And my ancestry" said Pat, g kim
over from jamestown on the Sunfow-
er. It's aesthetic, [ am, begorra. IN
7. Journal.
An old colored preacher in Allan
ia, Ga, was 1ecturing a youth of his
fold about the sin of dancing, when the
latter protested that the Bible plainly
said: ''There is time to dance" eyes,
dar am time to Dance" said the dark
divine, IAN it's when boy gifts whip
MIN fOT. oroinS IN n ba II -
Customer Ito grocer): "How much
are these eggs dozen?" "Dwenty-five
cents, replied the grocer "Why, how's
that; Jones sells them at twenty cents :"
"Und w don't you Ply ov Jones, dennP"
Because he hasn't any this morn
ing "Vell, will sell dem for Owen
ty cents, too, venn / don't got any,
N. 7. NeaCs.
-"I UNI erstands dat yer wants ter
hire a gentleman to clean out yer
well?n said negro to an Arkansas
Colonel. 'sNo, / only want a man to
clean out the well. y oval, deman what
tole me must hab made mistake.
Would like mighty well ter git job,
case dar amt nuthin' in der house ter
eat. Certain yer d0an want gentle
man, is yer?" ''No. The work l want
done requires a man. ''Wall, good
day, boss, sorry dat we can't make a
trade. '--ATkGpasGaC IrdUeter.
Mrs. Rabbit was talking about the
loss of life at the late fat-house fire. 81
think" said she, "every one ought to
keep rope in his sleeping-room, with
which to make his escape in case the
flames cut off the stairway" "And in
what way would you, for instance, "
asked Pensill, ''supposing you were
hemmed in your bedroom by fire, make
use of the roper" ''What a silly ques-
tionr' replied Mrs. Rabbit. with mild
giggle. s'Why, I'd tie one end to the
beadstead and the other around my
waist, and jump out of the window, Of
course. y Harper's BazGr.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-05-25
LATER

The entry of the Gar Alexander III. and
the Czarine of Russia into Moscow, pre-
liminary to the coronation ceremonies, &C.
Cured on the 22d, and was marked with
great pomp, the procession embracing
many royal personages and high dignita-
ries. The Car was cheered Justify by the
people along the line of the procession,
and acknowledged the compliment gra-
ciously.
The Prohibitionists of New Jersey met
in State Convention at Trenton on the 22d
and nominated DR.. Isaac N. Quimby, Of
Jersey City, for Governor.
MRS. R. ]. McMILLIE, of Lindenville, O.,
threw her two children into deep well a
few days ago, and then fatally poisoned
herself. She was temporarily insane.
DURING the recent severe gale on Lake
Michigan the schooner Wells Burt, of Chi
cago, coal-laden, was wrecked. Captain
Fountain ana his son. and crew of nine,
were supposed to have been lost.
A FIRE in J. F. Loomis' livery stable at
Brooklyn, N. Y, a few mornings ago con-
sumed two tramps who sought shelter
there, and fourteen horses.
THE National Baptist anniversary meet
ings began at Saratoga Springs, N. Y, on
the 22d.
ADvIcEs of the 22d say the majority of
the native chiefs in the Soudan have sab
mitted to the Egyptians, and twas asserted
that the backbone of the False PROPHETS
rebellion had been broken.
GnMoRE'S band of outlaws in American
Valley, N. NJ, on the 22d murdered two men.
Insley and Greathouse, and two brothers
named Grossett. A militia company had
captured six of the murderers.
TWENTY THOUSAND Sunday-school chill
dren had street parade at Williamsburg,
N. Y, on the I'D.
ALFRED COLE and his wife, living in
Buckfeld, Me-, were chloroformed by
burglars few nights ago and robbed of
five thousand deilars in currency.
MARC t. KAY, the Deputy Auditor of
Alameda County, California, who stole six
teen thousand dollars, was on the 22d sen
fenced to fourteen years in the State
Prison.
MEXICAN advices Of the 22d state that
General Crook, with five hundred Mexican
Indians and United States troops, left b.
vispe, Sonora, on the 9th inst, via Guache-
ra, for the Sierra Madre.! The Indians were
said to be scattering and fleeing before the
Generals forces.
EMLIN HEwEs, commission lumber dealer
at Wilmington, DEL, has failed for 800, 900.
ILLINOIS, Indiana and Iowa reported
severe frosts on the night of the 21st, in
juring small fruit to some extent and seri-
ously damaging vegetables. Heavy rains
and floods were creatirlcr great havoc II,
sections of New York and Ohio, while the
unusual cold in the South, it was feared,
would affect the cotton plant.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-05-25
A Columbia Students Surprise.

A peculiarly heartless joke has just
| been played ON one of the best-knoWn
and most self-complacent students in
Columbia College. This young man is
conspicuous in college Journalism and
on the Harlem River He is cookbook
ing, dresses in The extreme of fashion
and Is devoted to the fair sex. A few
days ago, on returning from college, he
found a charming little note, written in
beautiful female hand and signed 81
E. M" The writer asked for the pleas
ure of an interview, and appointed yes
terday afternoon at half-past five for the
time, and Fifth avenue and Thirty-sixth
street for the place. She wrote that she
had long admired the cullegian's pleas
ing manners and fascinating style, and
she could no longer resist the tempta-
ton to ask him to meet her. He would
be able to recognize her by her red Jer-
sey, her large poke-bonnet and a bunch
of daisies In her bait. Never dreaming
that this note originated ia the fertile
Imagination of a classmate, the young
man went round, exhibiting the missive
to his ''chums," and asking their adj
vice. At first he was rather reluctant
to accept the invitation to meet his fair
correspondent, but his friends put the
matter in such satisfactory light, ex-
planning that perhaps the young lady
had no other way Of making his &C
quaintance, that he finally overeame his
scruples. He accordingly arrayed him.
self in his most becoming suit, and was
at the place mentioned by al. E. M,
promptly at the appointed hour. Merry
ously he walked up and down, waiting
the appearance Of the red jersey and
poke-bonnet. Presently he espied them
afar of. He Strengthened up, shook out
the wrinkles in his trousers and polished
the silver tip of his umbrella. Never
noticing that the figure in question was
rather out of proportion for the average
schoolgirl, he walked forward, and,
taking off his hat, exclaimed, with his
imported English accent, that he was
delighted to meet her $50 long, dar,
you sassy white trash, Indignantly ex-
claimed the wearer of the red jersey,
as she tore aside her veil and disclosed
to the astonlshed student the features of
a buxom colored woman. Just as he
was about to take to his heels, he was
pounced upon by a score of collegians
who had been hiding in an adjoining
hotel, awaiting the result of this little
plot. 1t is feared that the young man
is too much overcome to be able to com
plete his college course. 7. Trtb-
une.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-05-25
Deserving Of Sympathy.

81 want to ask your advice, said a
friend, land see if I have acted in ac-
cordance with your views. My wife ran
away several days ago What would
YOU have done?'
'.Let her run"
''That's just exactly what did, but
what about the man who ran away with
her?'
I'D pity him."
by George, exactly what I have
donep''
..Do you know the man with whom
she leftp'
mo-
'sTm the man,
..Then, old fellow, you are especially
deserving of sympathy. For some time
have owed you twenty dollars. | did
not intend to pay you, but you Il need it.
Here's your money. "-ArbassG0 1rav-
eseT,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-05-25
What Thirteen Women Had to Say Over
q Fallen Horse.

Thirteen women and one man oc-
cupled seats Ill street-car coming
down town on Saturday. The Old Con-
ductor was just telling how half-a-
dozen of the boys had retired with for
tunes after an experience of only two
years on the line, when the driver
wound up his brake and brought the
car up with a jerk The Old Con-
ductor showed up his sleeves. forced
his hat down hard on the back of his
head, cleared the back platform with
| bound, and ran up forward to see what
was up. All the women inside the car
| jumped to their feet, and then the en-
tertainment began.
"Why, it's poor horse" exclaimed
one woman, looking around at the
others.
80 it u.s." said another, "and he's
fallen down hole"
Poor thing! and the cart has run
over him, too.
Eyes, and if he's fallen down hole
they'll have hard time to get him up
'No, he hasn't fallen down hole
He's fallen down, that's ALL
so, the poor horse. wonder if he's
hurt
81 do believe he's dead"
mo, he isn't dead. Just see him wag
his tail"
"Why don't the men back the cart off
of him?'
'They can't; don't you see he's fall
len on the shaft?"
"Inever did see such lazy set. of
men. Why don't they do something?
just wish l was a man.
"Why don't they cut the harnessp
Did you eUer?''
g don't believe a single one of them
has got knife! 0, just hear that con-
ductor swear!''
Then there was peace in the car for
a moment The harness was unbuckled
and the old conductor and half-a-dozen
men seized the cart and rolled it off the
track. The woman watched all this in
silence and the solitary man in the
corner went to sleep. Then they broke
out again:
" Well, they haze done it at last"
80, just see that man kick that poor,
poor horse. Isn't it just too brutal for
anything?"
Il do believe he is dead. They can't
make him stir one bit
They will kick his ribs in just as
sure"
See that asgtul man with the whip.
just wish the poor horse would bite
him"
There, now he is getting up. Well,
did you ecer see Sstch a looking thingP
do believe he was too weak to stand.
Why, you can almost see through
him..
"They oughn't to let such looking
horse as that out. He's enough to scare
people"
" Well, if I'd known he was such a
shadow as that wouldn't have been
wasting my sympathy"
Just then the old conductor rang the
bell and the car started off down the
street with rush. The man in the
corner woke up and the women settled
back in their seats and watched the
horse until he had been left behind out
of sight. philadelphia Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-05-25
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Thomas McElrath, Horace Greeley's
first partner in the publication of the
Tribune, is said to be writing a history
of New York journalism.
The sixteen daughters of Mary
land ex-Congressm5n have the reputa-
ton of being the handsomest ladies in
the State. One of them-the first OF
sixteen-was married recently.
MIR. r. V. Quincy claims that he
and Mr.. Charles 81. Mckenzie, both OF
New York City, are the only known
survivors in this country of the gallant
six hundred who made the charge at
Balaklava, October 25, 1854.-M Y.
San.
johnson C. Whitaker, the colored
cadet who acquired notoriety three years
ago in connection with charge of hav-
ing mutilated his ears while at West
Point, is now filling Professors chair
in the Avery Institute, at Charleston, S.
c. Chicago Journal.
Rev. E. E. Hale, of Boston, was
sailing down the harbor on his way to
Europe, to attend his sick daughter,
when cable dispatch was received an
nouncing that she was better The
good news could not be communicated
to him. Boston Transcript.
The late Charles w. Foster is said
to have been completely absorbed for a
dozen years past in the political fortunes
OF his son, the Governor of Ohio. His
ruling passion had been to see him made
Chief Executive of the Nation, and he
was often heard to say: "Could / but
see Charles President I would die
happy. - Cleveland Leader.
Senator Morrill, recently celebrated
his seventy-third birthday. He is hale
and hearty yet, but it is probable that
he will expect to retire after the expira-
ton of his present term in 1885, which
will make for him term of thirty years
service as member of Congress
twelve years in the House and eighteen
in the Standardization Herald.
In his new volume on American
topics Mr.. Freeman, the historian,
makes the following observation on an
cient wooden churches that came in his
way while he was here: 81 have seen
old-fashioned wooden churches in Amer
lea for whose details of course there was
nothing to say, but whose general eff
feet was a good deal more venerable
than that of an ancient English church
on which modern architect has been
let loose to play his tricks On the
whole, tits thought in England that Mr..
Freeman enjoyed his American tour.
N. 7. Herald.
John B. McMaster, author of the
new History of the People of the
United States" was born at Brooklyn,
L. l., June 20, 1852. His grandfather
was Robert Bach, prominent Brook
Ign merchant in the days when that city
numbered 10000 souls. His father was
James McMaster, native of New York
State, and, till the war opened, a bank
er and planter at New Orleans. Mr..
McMaster's early years were spent in
New York. Here he was educated in
the public schools, and graduated from
the College of the City Of New York in
1872.-N 7. Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-05-25
Railroads in Brazil.

There has been considerable progress
and deep interest felt in railroad de-
velopment in Brazil the past year.
The Government owns and administers
several lines, and, as a rule, guarantees
an income of seven per cent. on the
necessary capital invested in the con-
struction of private roads. The number
of miles of railroad owned and in opera
ton by the Government is 800 and it
also has nearly the same number of
miles of railroad in course of construc-
ton, and which probably will be
finished in six or eight months. The
number of miles of private railroads in
operations LOGO, and in course of con-
struction, 1,400 On the capital of
$34,000,0O0 employed by the private
companies owning these roads the Gov
eminent has guaranteed an annual in
come of seven per cent. This guaran-
tee is not a loan, but an absolute gift;
and SO far the Government continues to
pay the interest on the aforementioned
capital. As soon as the companies
begin to make sufficient earnings, the
Government will cease the payment of
hllClCSbs Il ullJ OHt-llllLu VI the TALL
roads are through lIilly country. The
greater portion of them are through
country that has long been settled,
though considerable part is yet but
sparsely settled. Most of the rails with
which the roads have been made were
imported from England, while part of
the rolling-stock was brought from the
United States. The roads are surveyed
and built by Brazilian engineers almost
wholly. They sometimes suffer con-
siderable damage and obstruction from
freshets. Picture, however, territory
as large as all that part of the United
States lying east of the Rocky Mount
aims only supplied with as many miles
of railroad as are to be found in the
State of Massachusetts, and you will
perceive how very limited as yet is the
railroad development of this country
II. S. Consul General A1adre10s' Report.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-05-25

and lottery dealers pleaded guilty, and
were sentenced to imprisonment for from
ten to thirty days and to pay fines rang
ing in amount from one to one hundred
dollars.
A FEW days ago Charles P. Stickney,
who, as Secretary and Treasurer of Fall
River manufacturing company, embezzled
nearly 100000, was pardoned out of the
Massachusetts, Penitentiary after serving
four years.
ABoY named Alphonso Lydan, seventeen
years old, hanged himself in a cell in the
Reform School at Trenton, N. j., few
DAYS ago
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-05-25

The existence of an old fe1d between
the Lanier and Curley families, in st.
Helena Parish, Louisiana, led to the kill
ing few evenings ago of Guion and
Pierce Lanier on one side, and William
Curley on the other. The father of the
Laniers and brother of Curley had pre-
viously fallen victims of the feud.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-05-25
A Terrible Accident.
CHICAGO Nav

CHICAGO, May IT..
Thursday morning an unknown man
went into Philips & Lichtenstein's wagon
shop, on Larrabee street, and accidentally
came in contact with circular saw, which
nearly severed his head from his body. He
died almost instantly.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-05-25
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Decoration Day.
Governor Rusk has issued the following
DEPARTMENT.,
Nj 4DISON. Wis. Nav II I2Ss


EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
MADISON, Wis, May H. 1883.
In compliance with praiseworthy custom.
and to commemorate the sacrifice of life to
preserve the nation, /, jeremiah NJ. Rusk
Gogernor OF the state OF Wisconsin, do hereby
Wednesday, the 30th day of May, they assem-
bic in their usual places and fifty do honor to
the patriot dead, decorate their graves with
flowers, and recount the deeds of valor of the
departed soldiers ana sailors, and thereby
learn lessons of loyalty and renew the bonds
of fidelity to the nations good.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set
my hand and caused the great seal of the State
of Wisconsin to be affixed.
Done at the city of Madison this 18th day of
May, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-three.
BY the Governor: J. NJ. husK.
ERNST G. THINE Secretary of State.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-05-25

In the good old times the girls could
change color in a moment, and very
sweet 1t was, too. Nowadays it takes
them half an hour and longer, for al,
we know.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-05-25

0rgus Dean, one of the largest peach
growers in Indiana, says there will be q
good yield this season.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-20
Pniladelpn,a Cattle Marks..

MONDAY. Aug. ls.-The arrivals of live stock
at the PhiladeIphia aaa stock yards we We're: -,
hogs ; previous week-5.GOO beeves, 1900
sheep. $50 hogs.
a m oderate demand, prices were q fraction
lower on all grades except extra, which wore
scarce, but few sales being made for more
We quote as follows:
e aSts' com@SS SSs%e .sTe GsSs .ass ass; hsai%m s
Milch COWS were fairly active ut S3j&D75
veal calves active at case.
York state calves were in demand 1T $l0014.
Sheep and Lambs were i'll large supply and
prices were fully Nc lower on all grades or
sheep and fully &c on lambs. Butchers bought
heavily and the market closed active ut low
rates.
we quote as follows:
sze EZRA sssHs Sc%96S. Soo SsSo: s cais Mss sSss
Hogs were dull and prices in sympathy with
the western markets declined &c.
We quote as follows:
Extra, 9s4e; 4;,,zea Good, SIC; Medium.
Among the sales % ut the West Philadelphia
Roger Maynes, ls' western and Texas. El0
John McArdle. 90 Western and Virginia.
Daniel Murphy, 100 Kentucky, acct. samr
srcwn SM@Ne S.lis1N 2Virgina r aeGt
schamberg gacIn' y rani' I'd West Va.' and Texas,
5HGsc; q DO, ]: 3; Painter; Sc 81
DO d. a IL. Leaning az. s9;do :: ~ Thomas, ~
son. 50 DO, "; Jordan. 5HGec.
r. S. McFiilin, 100 Western. 5G6kc
James Clemson, - Western, acct. Levi Len
s,aTl sams: t&S,s &aisi, 4zsc :: yirsin'a aat Ta
acct nj. Ulman. 4Sll6..
d. smyth \ Bro, $50 Western and West Va,
G schamberg i Co. 200 W. Va. and Texans,
Levi Lowenstein, 10 ". Pa. and W. Va,
aac Adler, 70 West and West Va. 44a5xc.
n. Ulman. is7 va. acct. Lehman Bros, $40
&C.; s. do acct Herd = Co., SIC.
owen smith. 90 Texans. s3 Western and IS
West Va, acct, ii. G. Seymour 80
Western acct Sam Brown, IA06Lc
IiippIc u Bro, 7s York State bnlls, :H@ic;
IVA. mixed, 4@5Ac.; l25 York State
Eachman 4 Levi. Is5 West and West Va. and
,weusteiH 1fs'fE meiiSron dH desf y Tenans 4apsc
Dennis smyth. SO West Va. and Chester CO..
james Eussace. sse Is West Virginia. 4aszc.
Abe Ostheim, ri Western, 4zSa5Nc.
ii Chufn, 40 Western, 4L6lzc.
n. u. Herbert as western Pa. ?x96c
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DRESSED NRATe.
City Dressed Beeves were active, as the
cheaper prices OF live stock gave butchers an
advantage over the Western dressed shippers.
and cutters bought literally, among whom
were a number who have been selling West
crn meat. Closing rates, 7Z09c.
SALES LAST WEEK.
Rodger Maynes, $50 head, 7L09c.
K. Maynes n Co., 1876 do ut 7H1D9c.
Harlan Il Bro, 70 do at SG9c.
john IL. Ward. 45 do at SG9c.
G.. s. Dengler. 70 do ut SI69c.
j. II. Mems & Bro, 13j do ut ~ G19c.
Garland u Donnelly, 62 do at 74Q3c.
John l.. McClave, 20 head do at 9119c.
y. +. LOwtlcn, ., do at 8H9c.
II. G. Beckman 3! do at 7%G9c.
Western Dressed BeeveS were fairly active
and closed at 1890.
SALES.
Thos. Bradley. 265 head at 7G9Lc.
Dressed Sheep were active and closed Mt 6k
@]c. Lambs at 9Nl2c.
ABATrOIR SALES.
Mus5er & Co., 523 head at 7140l0c.
John Wallace, 81 do at SGllOc.
John II. Ward, 252 do Mt 7%G1l0c.
JOun III. Ward, lIS do lambs Mt l0l13c.
Mrsser Co.. Sc head lambs, 10Dl3c.