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

There are four Normal schools in the
State in which there has been an at
tendance during the school year of
1921 pupils. Another Normal school
located at Milwaukee viii be added
for the benefit of which $4,000
acres of land have been set apart.
These schools are specially designed
for fitting young men and women
for the profession OF teach
ing. The normal schools are now
amply provided with funds and pro-
badly no increase of their number will
be required for some time to come.
During the session of the legislature
an effort was made to secure an ap-
preparation for the encouragement Of
agricultural education. 1t was Justly
claimed that education in this depart
ment was entitled to take the front
rank. The committee who had the
matter in charge say:
Scientific farming would cheaper
the product of the farm, which would
in the same ratio cheaper every class
of manufactured articles, because the
farm product enters into all kinds of
manufactures, and thus proves benef-
cial to both producer and consumer.
There is now demand for an increase
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SORGHUM SUGAR.

The manufacture of sorghum sugar
in Kansas is to be conducted on a large
scale in several localities the COM
ing season. A company of eastern
capitalists will invest $250,000 in an
establishment at Stirling, Rice county,
for the purpose of reducing sorghum
syrup into sugar AS the process Of
reducing syrup to sugar successfully
requires expensive machinery, an es-
adjustment especially for that purpose
will be a great convenience to those
who manufacture only syrup, as they
can get it converted into sugar at the
works of the company. This COM
pany is interested in the sugar works
ut Champaign, ILL.,, and therefore is not
entering on an untried experiment.
Until the process of reducing sorghum
syrup to sugar becomes more simpli-
fed and the necessary machinery
cheapened, the plan of sugar works as
that above mentioned will be found
advantageous in districts of country in
this state where sorghum cane is grown.
Individuals can hardly afford the ex-
pense of machinery for sugar making
on a limited scale.
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PREMATURE HASTE.

There are things in political life in
which public decency has ceased to be
respected. When man holding dis
tinguished Office dies, almost on the in
slant his death is announced aspirants
for the place made vacant step forth
as candidates for the position. They
cannot endure to wait until the funeral
obseqnies are over, nor even until the
grave for the dead is dug. So it was
in the case of the late Postmaster Gen.
eral Howe; he died in this city on
Sunday afternoon and on the following
Monday there were Washington tele-
grams specializing on his probable sue
cessor, and setting forth the claims of
candidates. For all this indecent
haste there could not be a particle of
excuse. If the vacancy were left un-
filed for months, no public interest
would suffer. There are officials con-
nected with the Post Office Department
of distinguished ability, on whom has
rested the duties of the Office for years,
and who have heretofore been in
charge during the absence of the head
officer, so that there could be no posi-
BILE reason for an immediate filling of
the vacancy.
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LIQUOR LICENSES.

The question of high and low Ii
censes occupied much time in the state
legislature. By the present law the
minimum price of license is fixed at
$75 and the maximum 5000. The
Democratic members labored earnestly
to reduce the lowest rate of license to
$40. The Republican members were
in favor of increasing the price of Ii
cense above the present rates. On this
issue the question was contested. The
friends of higher license having be-
come satisfied that such measure would
not obtain a majority vote, turned
their efforts to retain the present Ii
cense rates, as being the best that could
be secured from the legislature. In
preventing reduction of rates, the
Republicans were aided by enough
Democratic votes to effect that object.
For this act of the Democratic mem
ber5 they were denounced by their
party associates with much severity
In most of the other western states
high license has met with more
favor than in Wisconsin. If our Ii
censing board will demand the maxi
mum price, 5000, it will do much tC
discourage low drinking places, and
consequently lessen crime and immor
ality.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-06
CROOKEDNESS OF a CITY OFF,
nTIT

The crookedness of the city treasurer,
Paul Sauber, to which reference was
made last week, has been thoroughly
ventilated in this vicinity, but people
in the interior of the county may not
have been fully informed of the depar-
lures of this official from honesty.
Some two weeks ago the discovery
was made that he had collected from
Taxpayers amounts in excess of their
actual taxes. These Irregularities were
discovered by comparing the receipts
for taxes given by the treasurer with
the tax stub books in the office of the
County Treasurer. These discrepan-
cies are reported to have been discov-
cred in more than one hundred and
fifty cases. 1t is also stated on the ex-
animation of receipts given for the
taxes of 1881 similar irregularities have
been found. The city treasurer, on the
first discovery of these excessive col
lections sought to palliate these wrongs
by alleging them to be mistakes, but
when the cases multiplied rapidly he
no longer put in the plea of that kind.
Sauber had busy time in paying back
the excess of collections to the holders
of tax receipts, until Monday last,
when, it is said, he was suddenly miss
ing. 1t is stated that on that day he
sold or transferred his store ON Main
street: also his handsome residence on
Prairie avenue is offered for sale.
Sauber has held the Office of city
treasurer two terms; his business was
keeping liquor saloon, that being the
occupation of former city treasurer
who, it is alleged, defaulted in a large
sum of money. This man Sauber is
none of ours; we have never taken any
stock in him, or any one of his calling.
Let those who have drunk his poor
whiskey, guzzled his lager beer, and
helped him into Office take care and
dispose of him as they think best.
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TELEPHONE.

1t is but a short time ago the tele-
phone was only employed to commune
cate between near neighbors. Since
then the distances over which COM
munications have been sent have been
continually extending. The latest feat
of the telephone has been between
Chicago and New York city, distance
94O miles. The experiment was not a
complete success, but sufficiently so to
satisfy that, with some small improve
ments in the arrangements, telephone
communications between Chicago and
New York will be an accomplished
achievement without drawbacks.
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customers DONGOLA
Will be to know that we have on our shelves fine assortment
goods
OF warm weather shall have line of Newport Ties and Button the
leather that the
perfect shoe will anything in this market
We would add the information
COLA that the leather
than French kid in that it
this
the excellence of the leather has become known limited
skins out of which the goods made
under similar names have been placed on the market that has been found
copyright the None unless D0NGOA
other
quality
Beside the above have the line
SHOES the Michigan outside of Chicago
Milwaukee
fuller assortment than of Reynolds Bros Fine Shoes
daily expecting Pebble
Goat Button and $500 Kid Button
We should be of
is the choicest shown in Kenosha.
Glad to show goods you purchase
F. w LYMAN & SON.
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LETTER FROM OUR SALT LAKE
CITY CORRESPONDENT.
SALT LAKE CITY,

SALT LAKE CITY,
March %, 1883.
DEAR Col. FRANK Il have at
tended the Mormon meetings on sew
eral Sunday afternoons at their Seen
eral Assembly of the Saints" and in
this letter will give the readers of the
TELEGRAPH some account of things
seen and heard In each instance AS
sembly Hall was packed to its utmost
capacity, there being from $500 to
5000 in attendance. AS the warmer
weather of spring and summer comes
on, their meetings will be held in the
more commodious Tabernacle.
The priesthood and other dignitaries
of the church occupy the highest seats
of the synagogue, in front Of the con.
gregation. These seats gradually as
cend, the highest being occupied by
the venerable, much-married President
John Taylor, the successor of Brigham
Young. Just back of the officials in
the gallery, (Which extends around the
ROOM is their fine large organ, with
space for a large choir in front. The
singing is good. Below the dignarities
and Immediately in front of the au.
dience is the long communion table with
it's elaborate silver service of pitchers,
cups and cake (bread) baskets, presided
over by dozen or so deacons, or Off
Gals of some title. There are so many
ranks and titles among them that it is
difficult sometimes to distinguish the
various orders. Communion services
are held every Sunday, bread and water
(water instead Of wine) being distri.
buted while the regular exercises are
going on. Usually it requires about
all the time Of the session to complete
this service, so large is the congrega
tion-all classes-old and young alike,
including the very young in their
mothers arms, partaking of the ele-
mentS.
On my first visit there were several
addresses, representing all grades of
culture, from the quite illiterate to the
more cultivated, the former predomi-
mating. And such a mixture of whole |
some truth, egregions error and alb
surdest nonsense, I never heard before.
The first speaker was a missionary
iustreturned from the Southern States.
The lower and more ignorant classes
Of this country and Europe, by the
way, constitute the most hopeful field
Tor their missionary endeavors. He
reported great change in public senti-
nent with reference to Mormonism as
going on all over the country! If he
meant, which evidently he did not.
growing Indifference, he may have
,een correct, or partly so. III re is
ess of prejudice, he said, and the peo-
lie are everywhere more accessible to
he truth" Strangest of all. the
'olitical revolution (of last fall was a
judgment of God" upon the dominant
'arty, because of its hostility to their
ausel Every public calamity is in
ONE way judgment upon their
nemies, as, for example. the death of !
fairfield. All events are interpreted
nth reference to their relations to
formonism. If they can in any way {
g construed as favorable, they are t
vidences of divine favor. If unfaYor- {
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS IN
THE HISTORY OF FK-SENA-
TOP HOWE

Hon. Timothy O. Howe, late Post
master General, did not die rich; he
was only in easy circumstances. He
owned house in Green Bay, which is
occupied by his sister, Mrs. Torrey;
he also owned farm not far from
Green Bay. 1t was on return visit
from this farm he took a severe cold
which ended in his death. He owned
no house in Washington, as many
senators do. His son, Frank Howe, is
in Washington; his daughter, Mrs.
Enoch Totten, resides in Washington;
her husband has large law practice |;
he had only these two children. His
wife died some two years ago, and
was buried at Green Bay; he had a
nephew and neice in Wisconsin, Col.
James FL. Howe, and Miss Grace
Howe, both of whom reside in Keno
sha. He was an able writer, as some
of his articles in the North American
Reoie1o and other magazines bear
evidence. He was a strongly argu'
mentative, but not ready, fluent
speaker; he had not the elements of
oratory. He was temperance man
in the true sense, abstaining from in
toxicating liquors; in matters of
religion, Unitarian.
To the foregoing summary of Hon
Timothy O. Howe, it may be remarked
that all prominent public men have
some peculiar trait of character; that
of Judge Howe was his undertaking
adherence to his convictions of politi
cal right, never yielding to policy t.
keep in the current with his party
friends. More than once in his politl
cal life he chose line Of action which
displeased some of his political friends
who gave him over as having lost his
standing with his party, but each time
he emerged from his seeming estrange-
ment with. the endorsement of those
who for time had been dissatisfied
with his course.
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for the defective organization. Off
cering the legislature with incompe-
tent men, as reward for their political
services, is discreditable. In the Sem
ate the organization was more complete
and business proceeded more smoothly.
Whatever of legislation of Importance
has been left undone must now wait
two years before another law-making
power will assemble.
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order On one siIe, and the drinking
saloons, and all sorts of immoralities
on the other. No wonder the better
class Of citizens of Chicago feel down
cast at the result.
In Milwaukee there was no election
for Mayor this spring; the Democratic
majority in the city for Judge of the
Municipal Court was about 1000.
In Racine, TT Fish, Republican, was
elected Mayor by 258 majority. Mr..
Fish was endorsed by the law and or
der men, but the majority of the Com
mon Council, are of the party not Civ
en- to the kind of reforms the law and
order men seek to gain.
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CITY ELECTION.

The city election on Tuesday was in
the main quiet, orderly, and satisfac-
tory. We are pleased to record the
election of o. S. Newell, good Repub-
lican, for Mayor. He will no doubt
prove an energetic, efficient and fear
Jess chief m agistrate of the city. IF
he fulfils the expectations of the peo-
pie, as doubtless he will, the laws will
be respected and enforced good
order will be maintained peaceable
citizens will be protected on the street
at all hours, and, especially, will not
only the front doors, but also the back
doors of the liquor saloons be kept
closed on Sundays. The violations of
law in this mention, if reports be true,
have been running loosely for many
months past.
Patrick Kelley, the elected city
Treasurer, is beyond controversy a
sound Democrat. He is not Of the
Sauber and Schoffen stripe of City
Treasurer he will doubtless make an
honest officer, aud take good care OF
whatever public funds may come into
his hands. He is a retired wine mer.
chant.
F. w. Mathews, City Clerk elect, is
claimed by the Democrats, but it is fair
to presume he has Republican procliv.
tiles, otherwise he would not have been
nominated by that party. He has dis
charged the duties of city clerk the
past year to general satisfaction.
Myron A.. Baker, elected Justice of
the Peace, has long been a resident OF
this city, and favorably known as an
upright, straightforward citizen. His
good legal attainments qualify him fol-
the Office which he has been elected
He has always been a Republican.
E. D. Leonard, Jr., is a man of gooi
reputation, sound discretion, and viii
doubtless discharge the duties of AS
SCISSOR impartially. He is Republican
John Harrington has qualifications
which adapt him to the Office of City
Marshal. Rogues ard law-breakers
| will find no favor at his hands.
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STATE LEGISLATURE-CL OSEOF
THE SESSION.

The session of the Wisconsin Legis-
ture closed on Wednesday, after a SEES
sion of eighty-five days, being the long
est during the past fourteen years.
During this long protracted period but
little legislation of general interest has
been accomplished; several weeks in
the early part Of the session were
wasted in doing comparatively nothing.
Among the reasons retarding the pro-
gress of business was the inefficiency
and unfitness of the officers of the
House for their positions; their blum
behring's were hindrances to the progress
of legislation. The Democratic major
ity in the Assembly was responsible
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Great changes have taken place in
the United States Senate since Sena-
tor Howe took his seat in that body in
1851. Of the members of the senate
at that date only two remain in public
life Anthony, of Rhode Island, and
Sherman, of Ohio. Much the larger
number of members are now dead.
OF she prominent members of that PEI
riod now living, are Hamlin, of Maine,
Trumbull, of Illinois, and Doolittle, of
Wisconsin.
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The majorities on the general city
ticket are as follows:
Newell (Rep) Mayor, over Williams
tDem), 81.
M. A. Baker (Rep.) Justice, over
NORM Oem.), go.
Leonard (Rep) Assessor. over
Schwan Oem.), 142.
Mathews Dem.) City Clerk. no OPP
position.
Kelly Dem.). Treasurer, over Miller
Rep.), "a.
Harrington Dem), Marshal, no OPP
position.
WARD OFFICERS ELECTED.
The aldermen elected are as follows: First
ward, Samuel Reynolds, John Miller, Mar
vim Losie; Second ward, N. Huetter, Ed.
Rcders. Matthias Pitts; Third ward, z. G.
Simmons, J. NJ. Stebbins. e. G.. Stebbins
Fourth ward, John Hansen, D. Mygatt, H.
Ernst
School Commissioners-Fir ward, Geo.
D. Head; Second ward, Jos. Widmann
Third ward, John Yule; Fourth ward, D.
W. Miller.
Supervisors ward, C. A. Dewey
Second ward, C. Schend; Third ward, D.
Head; Fourth ward, Vim. Engle.
Constables First ward, tie between W. F.
Halliday and Vim. McGonigle; Second ward,
NJ. Pitts; Third ward, John Mcconnell
Fourth ward. August Schultz.
OTHER CITY ELECTIONS.
Chicago went Democratic, re-elect-
ing Carter Harrison for Mayor by a
arge majority. The issue was fairly
aiken between public decency, law and
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WATERTOWN CITY INDEBTED
NESS.

Considerable time has been occupied
by the legislature to provide for an
adjustment Of the claims of the bond
holders Of the city Of Watertown in this
State. A bill has been passed which
provides for settlement on the part
of the city with the bondholders, on a
compromise basis of fifty cents on the
dollar. The bonded indebtedness, with
its accrued interest, it is understood,
amounts to about two thirds of the en-
tire valuation Of the city, which, ac-
cording to the last assessment, was
$1,5OO,Ooo. While it is understood the
city will assent to an adjustment on
this basis, the -bondholders will not be
compelled to accept it.
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FACTS WORTH CONSIDERING.

rACIN WOhIH CONSlU6hIN u.
If there be whisky dealer who. after
reading statements like the following,
still fails to understand that the use
of intoxicating drinks is an unmiti-
gated evil, he is deserving of pity, to
say nothing more. The Neao York
E0enipg Post, of which Hon. Carl
Schurz, formerly of Wisconsin, is now
editor in chief, says:
{" A striking contrast, showing the
effect on municipal expenditure of the
sale of intoxicating liquors is made by
comparing the expenditure of two
towns not far from equal in popula-
ton Vineland, in New Jersey, where
the sale of liquor is actually and legally
prohibited, and Yonkers, New York,
which has 145 licensed drinking places
and seventy shops where liquor is sold
contrary to law. Vineland has about
$4,000 inhabitants, Yonkers less than
$4,000. Yonkers spends on its police
49,, 900, and the police duties Of Vine
land are performed by one constable at
the annual expense of $75. Yonkers
has police judge with salary of
$4,000. and clerk who is paid $500.
Vineland has no police court and needs
none. The paupers of Yonkers cost
the town $4,000; Vineland has a cor
responding expense of $500. Alto
gether these articles of expense cost
Yonkers $5S,800; in Vineland $475.
Making proportionate allowance for
the difference in population, the gov
eminent of Yonkers, so far as these
expenses are concerned, costs more
than ninety times as much as Vine
land"
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GEoRGIANA, INDIAN RIVER, FLA.


March 16, 1888.
Col. M. FRANK.-MY DEAR SIR: Per.
haps you and the readers of the TELE-
GRAPH would like to know something
of this "region DID, called the Indian
river country. The so-called river is
long shallow sound, extending paral-
lei with the Atlantic coast, from Jupi.
ter inlet, lat. zee 80 min., to Hills
borough river, about lat. 20 ., and is
from one to seven miles wide. It is
directly connected with the Atlantic at
Jupiter and Indian river inlets. AL
though deep in many places, there are
shoals where boats drawing over 215
feet cannot pass. A great variety and
great quantities Of fish swarm in it's
waters, many excellent food fish, also
porpoise, Jew fish, sharks, saw fish, etc.
1t seems vast hatchery, and the inlets
are full at the spawning season. The
west bank is a ridge from four to
twenty feet above the water. and conf
posed of coquina rock, marine shells,
sand and clay. 1t is from one-quarter
TO three quarters of a mile wide. The
famous Indian river oranges are grown
on this ridge. The east bank is,a low
wooded sand ridge.
There are no roads or bridges on
either side, and the river is the COM
mon highway. There are three COM
Portable primitive hotels on the west
bank. Aside from these, accommoda.
tions for the traveller are very meagre
A company was formed here, con-
sisting of Doctors Crabtree and Nun
son, of Elgin. H.; Mr.. Frank Munson,
the Misses Ruth and Chloe Munson, of
Salem, Wis; Mrs. Fish, from Rutland,
Vermont, and myself, TO sail, fish and
visit nearly the entire length of the
river. Our experience will show the
style of travelling on this frontier. We
hired good skipper" Capt. Cass
Allen, and the yacht-built sloop, "Min-
nesota," for 81 per day, we supplying
the larder and the skipper cooking the
fish and oysters.
Three days mostly pleasant sailing
brought us to Ellen, our destination
We slept two nights on shore and one
on the sloop. Temperature go , to IS Q
AS sample of the shore accommoda-
tions, the two bachelors Arnold. VINO
own and live in grove worth $4,000,
gave US for the night their log "sleep-
ing-house," sixteen by twenty feet. |
The gentlemen slept on their palmetto
leaf beds, and the ladies on the boat
mattresses spread upon the floor. No
chimney and no windows, except small
openings for ventilation. covered with
bar.
For breakfast the Arnolds contri-
outed Indian river oysters taken from
he water same morning, fresh dug
irish potatoes, cabbage, onions, and to-
natoes from their garden; from our
'wn larder raised bread" butter,
coffee, lines Gin place of vinegar and
Indian river oranges.
The sleeping house stands on a shell
Mound thirty-three feet by govern
nent survey above the level of the
liver. On the grounds are growing
ranges. lemons. lines, citron. pine
Ipples, bananas, cocoa nuts and many
-arieties not seen in the northern mar
.ets.
Many of the above are tropical fruits
nd there has been no frost to injure
hem the past winter. In some places
ysters are so abundant as to obstruct
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navigation, and our skipper while in
the narroWs was obliged to roll up his
pants, go overheard and roll the con-
cretions Of oysters from the patti of
the sloop.
The banks of the river are bold, and
although Ponce De Icons fountain of
perpetual youth has not been found
here. it will no doubt be one of the
great saritariums of the continent.