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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-06

/ A relic hunter fellow endeavor-
| ing to capture a widow. "o
The man who has lived through the
past winter and isn't thankful for it
ought to break a leg.-Detro1 Free
Press
-sMa, are we cannibals?'' asked a
little girl of her mother the other morn
ing. ''Why, my child, what do you
meanp" ooh, nothing, only l heard
you say to Bridget, boy legs for break
fast. - $3.50 -" 81 5E
The old superstitious notion that
crocodiles weep has been exploded by
the scientists; but it is pretty generally
acknowledged that sailors have repeat
edly seen whales blubber. National
Baptist. ~
'Julia, my little cherub, when does
your sister Bertha retilrn?'' II don't
know" Didn't she say anything be-
fore she went away?'' ''She said, if
| you came to see her she'd be gone till
doomsday." a.
Young Slowtocatch recently had
cause to borrow pair of rubber shoes,
and after putting them on remarked:
They're immense; they fit me to a To-
and then he could not tellwhy the peo-
pie smiled. CAaf
"A lady in a neighboring city, whose
husband had remodeled the front of
their residence, while the rear was badly
dilapidated, said the front of her house
was Queen Ann and the rear Crazy
Jane style.-BoSton Commercial Bui-
letin.
Two men got into wordy contro-
versy which waxed quite hot, and final
ly one challenged the other to a square
fight. But the other refused. s'Not
that am coward, I" he said, FOR that
am afraid of you; but 1 am always
unlucky in a fight"
-"No, SIR said an old Indian,
down in Maine, II don't have my boy
taught arithmetic. | learned it, and
the curse of my life has been. the re-
marks of people who thought them
selves funny, to the effect that / was
very pleasant because was an Indian
summer"
NO." he said, II am not bad
tempered man, but when somebody
takes my toothbrush and puts in place
of it another that has been used to ap-
ply hair dye, and I get hold of it in tie
dark and use it, think it's not sur
prising that said: Gosh durn it!'''-
Boston Post.
Enthusiastic Professor of Physics,
discussing the organic and inorganic
kingdoms: ''Now, if | should shut my
-so-and drop my head-so-and
should not move, you would say was
clod! But | move, | leap, / run;
then what do you call me?'' Voice from
the rear: "a clod-hopper?" Glass is
dismissed. - NaSsar Miscellany.
Why she was weary: "Oh, dear,
I'm all tired OUT exclaimed Mrs
Shoppingham; ''you can't have parcels
sent to the depot now without paying,
you know, and in an economical fit I've
been Juggling this all about the city,"
And with great sigh of relief she took
spool of cotton out of her pocket and
deposited it on the table, Chicago
Herald.
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LATER.

THE municipal election in Chicago on the
3D. resulted in the success of the entire
Democratic ticket, Carter Harrison being
reelected Mayor by over 10000 majority.
The recent election in Michigan resulted
in the success of the Fusion Democratic
and Nationally candidates for Supreme
Court Judges and Regents of the State
University. H
AT the recent election in Cincinnati the
Democratic city ticket, with the exception
of Comptroller, was elected, the majorities
ranging from SO to ALI. At Cleveland the
Democratic ticketwas elected by about 900
majority.
BY the explosion of a boiler in anil at
Moss Point, Miss, on the Sd, nine men were
killed and ten seriously injured.
AN Indianapolis telegram of the Sd states
that Senator Harrison had received dis
patch from Washington announcing that
Judge Walter @. Gresham, of Indiana,
would be appointed Postmaster General by
the President.
THE bill for a Constitutional amendment
prohibiting the manufacture and sale of in
toxicating liquors in Massachusetts, has
tives of that State--115 to SO.
EX-GOVERNOR RoUTT, of Colorado, has
been elected Mayor of, Denver
| THE vote in Milwaukee on the Sd for
Judge of the Municipal Court resulted in
the reelection of James A. Mallory by 800
majority.
| A PRIzE-FIGHT at Dubois, Jefferson County,
Pa, few evenings ago, resulted fatally to,
one of the combatants, a lad of eighteen,
named Martin Sinsky. In the sixth round
he fell accidentally, his chin striking
against root, breaking his neck. His an
tagonist, Mike Mclaughlin, gave himself
up to the authorities.
THE Paris Socialists who melted the riots
of March is have been sentenced to three
years. imprisonment.
THE British Under Secretary for Foreign
Affairs said on the 3D., in reply to inquiries
in Parliament, that the Geneva award was
of historical Importance only, and that the
Government had no interest in the manner
in which the United States disposed of the
award.
B. G. Q. BENJAMIN, of Charlottesville.
Va, is the first person of color to apply for
license to practice at The bar in Virginia.
The license has been granted him.
AS THE curtain was about to rise in
Salmi Morse's religious dramatic temple,
in New York, on the evening of the Sd, for
performance of the " Passion Play" for
which an admissionfee was collected, the po-
lice served notice of an Injunction issued on
the suitof theSociety for the Reformationof
Juvenile Delinquents. Morse stated the
facts to those assembled as spectators, and
promised to refund the money collected at
the door in the morning. Ma
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SeniIe Softening Of the Brain.


Thisis one of the mostfrequent diseases
ton of the brain undergoes fatty degen-
Grafton.
The softened mass varies in charac-
ter and consistency at different stages,
but at one stage it resembles moist CELIA
tine. In another form of it the mass is
as fluid as cream.
It's most common cause is an obstrllc-
ton in the neighboring arteries, which
cuts off the supply of blood to the part.
Such an obstruction is often attributed
to embolism-a small particle swept
from the heart to some capillary and
lodged there; or to thrombosis
larger bit (perhaps of clo) thus swept
along and lodged in some artery; to a
tumor pressing on an artery; to a flow
of blood from ruptured vessel already
affected with degeneration.
Sometimes feeble heart, unable to
send the blood to all the capillaries of
the brain, may give rise to it. 1t is
often remotely due to prolonged intel
lectual efforts, strong and continued
emotions, blows on the head, alcohol,
or to disease of the heart, caused by
acute rheumatism.
Softening of the brain may be either
acute or chronic. The former is fatal
within ten days. More commonly there
are no premonitory symptoms, and the
attack resembles that of paralysis.
When premonitory symptoms occur
there may be pricking sensations,
cramps, blunted touch, diminished pow
er of motion, increasing weakness OF
the affected side and clumsiness of the
fingers, hands and feet, and tottering
gait.
Some of the symptoms of chronic
.softening are increasing feebleness, loss
of memory, fretfulness, fits of uncon-
trol1able weeping, dull pains in the
head, a sense of confusion, thickness of
speech, gradual loss of muscularpow
listlessness, and later, paralysis of one
side, childishness, helplessness, DISPOSE
ton to sleep most of the time. The
appetite and the weight may remain
good.
When there are premonitory symp.
toms, the diet must be rigidly simple,
nourishing and of easy digestion. Milk
is the best. Nothing should be allowed
tending to increase the action of the
heart. Youths Companion.
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Dummy Money.

The " dummy money in the window
of brokers' office on Kearney street is
proving dear advertisement to the
proprietor. A fortnight since two en-
terprising young thieves smashed the
plate-glass window with a brick and
grabbed a lot of counterfeit greenbacks,
under the impression that they were
good money. Yesterday afternoon a
glazier charged Mr.. Anthony something
ike seventy dollars for putting in a
new pane of glass. The job was finished
last evening, and at 7:45 young thief
named James Neary, alias Nealy, alias
Ryan, demolished it with a cobble sIung
in a pocket-handkerchief. Through
the aperture thus created he grabbed a
pile of neatly-turned brass discs of the
size of twenty-dollar pieces, the top one
being bona-fde double eagle. As he
thrust his hand in he toppled the pile
over. losing the twenty dollars and only
securing twenty-three OF the brass
counterfeits San F'raacisco Chronicle
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Al Belfast, Ireland, on the 2Sth twelve
members of the Armagh Assassination So
ciety were sentenced to terms of penal
servitude ranging from five to ten years.
They had been convicted of conspiracy to
murder.
LATE Rome telegram declared that the
Vatican had expressed its displeasure at
the efforts of Rev. Thomas N. Croke, Arch
bishop of Cashel, Ireland, to promote the
subscription of money for the relief of Mr..
Parnell.
AN earthquake occurred in the neighbor-
hood of Miskolcz, Bohemia, on the 18th,
during performance in theater, which
caused panic, and many persons were
severely injured.
On the morning of the Goth Count Won
Majlath, President of the Court of Cassa-
ton, of Hungary, was found dead in his
residence at Ofen. He had been strangled
and his tongue had been cut out. His muir
derers stripped his house of all valuables.
On the 10Th an informer named David
Whelan was killed at marlborough, Queens
County, Ireland.
A DUBLIN dispatch of the 10Th states that
in the ADMINISTRATION districts of Ireland
children were dying in their mothers arms.
and those attending school often tainted
for want of food.
On the 18th in the British House of Com
mons, Sir William Harcourt, Home Secre-
tary, in reply to questions asked by Cap
tain O'Shea, member for Glare, said an in
quiry by the police into the alleged attack
upon Lady Florence Dixie had been futile.
An Elton gentleman of high position de-
posed seeing Lady Dixie while she stood
where the alleged outrage was committed,
and that he saw her walk away without
anybody accosting her.
AMONG the arrests in Ireland on the Goth
upon charges of conspiracy to murder, an
American named Featherstone was in
cluded.
A BILL reducing the postal telegraph
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BRAIDWOOD, ILL.,, April 2.
The Diamond mine was the scene of con-
siderable excitement yesterday. The fact
that the bodies which had been discovered
were to be brought out drew a large crowd,
and when, about three O'Clock, the news
spread that the party who had gone down
after the remains had been imprisoned in
the roadway while putting the bodies in the
collins the excitement on top was intense.
The wives and relatives Of the men in the
mine were wild with grief over their pros
pective deaths. The men did not re-
turn when they were expected, and
a party was at once sent out to
search for them. When the second party
had nearly reached the point where the
bodies were discovered, they found that a
large piece of stone had caved in and
blocked up the narrow passageway. The
men, however, were soon liberated from
their involuntary prison. One of them was
so Frustrated that he had to be carried home.
The rescued party said they would never go
in again. Other searchers who have been
working there say they also will not return
into the mine. 1t is thought no further
search will be made, as no men can be found
who are willing to go down. The bodies
were taken out about four o'clock and
placed in the morgue. The crowd then
passed through and viewed them. They
were identified as Thomas Rogers, Hugh
Ramsay, Andy Fulton, Ike Pearson, James
Pearson, and John Pearson. They could be
identified only by their near relatives by, the
clothes they wore. The funerals will take
place to-day at ten o'clock.
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A Monument to be Erected to John
Howard Payne.

NEW YORK, April2 2.
Work is to be begun at once at the studio
of Moffitt & Doyle, No. Great Jones street,
on monument to mark the resting place of
John Howard Payne, the author of g Home,
Sweet Home, " in Washington. A plaster
cast of bust Of Payne came from New
Orleans on the Lone Star, of the Morgan
Line, which is lying at her pier at the foot
of North Moore street, and will be taken
from the steamship tomorrow. 1t was
made by Mr.. Alexander Doyle, in New
Orleans, where he has been engaged for
some time modelling statutes of General r.
E. Lee, General Albert Sidney JOHNSON,
and of Margaret, the New Orleans philanthro-
pist. The monument will be a handsome
shaftof Carrara marble, resting on a base Of
gray graniet, and surmounted by a bust
once and half the size of the average.
The height of the monument from the
ground, including the bust, will be twelve
feet, and the base upon which it will rest
will be six feet square The plinth and
capital will be carved, but there will be no
display. The style of the monument will
be old Roman, and specimen of pure
classical art. The bust was modelled to
conform to the ideas of w. w. Corcoran,
the philanthropist and capitalist of Wash
ington, who brought Payne's remains from
Tunis, and who will bear the expense of
the monument. 1t was intended to have the
monument erected and ready to be unveiled
June 8, on the ninety-frst anniversary of
Payne's birth, but Mr.. John NJ Moffitt, who
is associated with Mr.. Doyle, said to-day
the time was too short, and that he did not
believe the bust could be finished in time.
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Rev. DR. Morgan Dix, of New York,
has written life of his father, the late
General John A. DIX.
Blacksgood says the influx of Amer
lean magazines has surprised the Brit
ish public by the beauty and extent of
their Illustrations and the freshness of
their literary matter
The daughter of George Francis
Train says she is now the only one with
whom he viii speak. Formerly he re-
fused to shake hands with people, but
now he will not even speak. IN Y SIN.
Foster, the author of 'sOld Folks at
Home it is said received $4,000 for
his share in the sale. Mrs. Akers-Allen
received five dollars for g Rock Me to
Sleep but the publishers made several
thousands on it. M
When General Spinner was asked
by Florida man few days ago how
old he was, and if he was in good
health yet, he said: q am. eighty-one
years of age, still in good health, and
believe | can whip men of my size
yet"
Anthony Trollope, just before he
laid down his pen never to take it up
again, wrote these words, which win
appear in his last novel: Amusement
is good, truth is still better, and love
best of all. Love gives itself and is
not bought; but all true love is founded
on. esteem. ~ U.s. d
Prof. Henry Croft, of the Toronto
University, who died in Texas, recently,
had filled the chair of chemistry and
experimental philosophy in that in
stitution for more than thirty years.
He was noted for rare skill as ma
nipulator of chemical experiments, and
was for many years the chief and al
most only authority cited in cases of
suspected poisoning.
The Washington Post says of the
new Treasurer of the United States, Mr..
Wyman:. "In person he is slightly
above the medium height, well formed,
and apparently about fifty-fve years of
age, his iron-gray hair and beard add
ing to his attractiyeness. Personally
he is a genial gentleman, much eS-
teemed by all who know him, his
subordinates speaking of him only in
terms Of the highest regard. y
Mrs Frank Leslie, the lady man
ager of ten periodicals and four hundred
employees, has recently returned from a
tour in the South, where, as she is of
Southern birth, she met a cordial re-
ception. / wonder how many people
know that the elegant house at Saratoga
was built by Frank Leslie in three
weeks in consequence of his fancee's
promise to marry him as soon as it was
done? The workmen toiled day and
night, and at last, on the arrival Of the
bride and groom, nothing was lacking
but candles, there not being light in
the house.-NeU York Star.
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West and South.'

ACCORDING to the annual report of the
Cincinnati Price Current, published ON the
10Th, the Western pork packing for the
past winter had been 6,1S2,212 hogs.
against $50 last year, an increase Of
374,452. Average net weight, 213 62-10O
pounds, an increase of 8 46-100 pounds.
The yield on lard showed decrease of
l-lO0 pounds per hog. The pork product
showed an increase of IL, 900 barrels. The
stocks of product in the West in March
showed an increase of $500 barrels of
pork, 100000 pounds of meat, and a de-
crease of q, 200 tierces of lard. compared
with the same date last year. CONCERNING
lie prospect for summer packing the re-
ports received showed an average of two
per cent. increase, but the Price Current
thinks this an underestimate, and that ten
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
BY TELEGRAPH ArID MAIL
From Was'ninnton.

from wa snington.
ACCORDING to Washington dispatch OF
the 28th ex-senator Kellogg professed
ability TO approve the allegations in the
ahoaVlt II Contractor Price. He alleged
ChaC e was preparing and would soon pub
mn statement which would be conclusive.
! The direct testimony of ex-senator Dor
sey in his own behalf in the Star-route trial
at Washington was finished on the 29th,
and the cross-examination of the witness
was begun by the counsel for the Govern
ment,
TIE Presidenthas appointed E. o. Graves,
superintendent of the National Bank-note
Redemption Division of the Treasury De-
partment, Assistant Treasurer of the United
States, uice Wyman, promoted to be Treas
urer. Captain J. N. Burril, of New York,
succeeds the late 0. H. Irish as Superin-
sendent of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing.
THERE were 1872 business failures in the
United States and Canada during the
seven days ended on the Goth, being thir.
teen less than during the preceding seven
days.
On the 31st ult. the counting of the cash
IN the United States Treasury, preparatory
to the succession of Mr.. Wyman to the
Treasurership, Uice Gilfllan, resigned, was
begun 1t was expected that the work would
occupy two or three weeks, but that there
would be no interference with the business
of the Office
The Agricultural Bureau has concluded
to establish an experimental farm and hos
pital for the treatment of domestic animals
near Washington. 1t is designed to investi-
gate especially the most common forms OF
contagious diseases of cattle and horses.
THE case Of Charles F. Kring, who muir.
dered Dora Broemser at St. Louis eight
years ago, and who has had seven trials, has
been remanded by the United States
Supreme Court, ON constitutional ques.
tion, for a new trial.
THE .public-debt statement for March
shows the following: Total debt (including
interest), 81 1871 ,066, 271.62. Cash in Treas.
'ury, $4,000, 9S3.46. Debt, less amount in
Treasury, 81 ,576,031, 2SS.1G. Decrease during
the month, 1884 ,S2G27. Decrease since
June 30, 1882, Sill 1888, 1896.
ACCORDING TO a Washington dispatch OF
the ID the Attorney-G General had decided
that while an ad interim appointment to
the ostmaster-Generalship can not be re-
newed, the First Assistant Postmaster
General may act as Chief of the Depart
ment for ten days without an appointment,
which would give the President twenty
days in which to fill the vacancy.
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After the Newhall Hotel fire, in
Milwaukee, Mrs. T. Wilson, of New
York, could not sleep for fear of being
burned, but finally in a troubled dream
she invented a fire-escape, which she
has perfected and put to use. There is
an iron platform with movable railing
attached to the window-sill and also an
iron ladder, all of which folds up and
forms an ornamental piece of furniture.
Several heavy New Workers have walked
up and down the escape, pronounced it
good. and think Mrs. Wilson will coin
}eT dream into nsapeY
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-06

United States postage stamps bear
the faces of Washington, Franklin, JEFF
ferson, Jackson, Clay, Webster, Ham
ilton, Commodore 0. FL. Perry, General
Winfield Scott, Edwin M. Stanton,
Lincoln and Garfield. The new two
cent stamp will bear the head of Wash
ington, and not of Grant, as reported.
The face of no living person is ever put
ON these stamps.
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"A lucky North Carolinian is John
Barnes, of Moore County. A few weeks
ago his earthly possessions consisted of
half dozen half-starved coon-dogs and
a twenty-acre lot of barren land. About
fortnight ago Barnes discovered gold
on his farm. He prudently kept the
secret to himself and moved the pre-
cious metal as best he could. He OBJ
tanned more than one hundred pounds
of gold and then disposed of portion
of his land for $43, 900, reserving a large
interest for himself. - Chicago Times.
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Nelson Sahlstrom, Swedish tailor,
fifty-nine years of age, residing in
Jamestown, n. Y, committed suicide
recently by drinking tea in which the
phosphorus tips of box of matches had
been stepped. He died in great agony
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-06

THE AVERAGE LIFE of temperate
people, says DR.. Richardson, is sixty.
four years and two months, while the
average life of Incorporate people is
thirty-fiVe years and six months. Thus
the average life Of a drinker is but little.
more than half that of a non-drinker;
yet we are asked to believe brandy, gin,
whisky and beer are wonderful l'ra<
moters of health.