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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
XLYIIIth Congress.

THURSDAY, Jan. 24.-The joint resolu-
ton for the relief of the Greedy expedi-
ton, with an amendment that the party
be volunteers, was passed by the Senate.
Bills were introduced for the preservation
Of forests on the National domain, and to
authorize the President to pay back the in
demnity fund to the Chinese Govern
ment. The nomination Of A. s. Worth
ington to be United States District Az
torney for the District of Columbia, in
place Of Colonel Corkhill, whose term Of
Office had expired, was confirmed. In the
House a bill was introduced providing
that pensions for total disability be
twenty dollars per month, without regard
to rank A bill was passsd making an APP
preparation Of $3,75O,000 to pay the claims
for rebate on tobacco.
FRIDAY, Jan. %. - In the Senate Mr..
Blair introduced bill for the free cir
culation Of newspapers within the State
where published. Bills were passed: For
. Civil Government in Alaska, with
a prohibitory liquor clause; pro-
viding for the performance by the Secre-
tary Of State, Secretary of the Treasury or
Secretary Of War of the duties Of Presi-
dent in case Of the removal in any way of
tho President and Vice President. Adj
journed to the 2Sth. In the House, in Com.
mittee of the Whole, debate on the Fitz
John Porter bill occupied nearly the entire
session.
SATURDAY, Jan. 20. The Senate was
not in session. In the House f. w.
Rockwell took the oath as member from
the Twelfth District Of Massachusetts. A
bill was reported for the establishment of
a Bureau Of Animal Industry, to provide
for the determination of pleuro. pneu-
monia. The remainder of the session was
devoted to debate on the bill for the relief
of Fitz John Porter.
MONDAY, Jan. 2S.--In the Senate Mr.
Hoar, from the Committee on Judici-
airy, reported the original bill relating to
the enforcement of the law in Utah. A
message was received from the House an.
nouncing the death of Congressman
Mackey, Of South Carolina, and a COM
mittee was appointed to attend the funer-
al. In the House the death Of e. w. M.
Mackey, of South Carolina, was an
noNnced. The customary resolution was
adopted, and the House, as mark of re-
spect to the memory Of the deceased, adj
journed,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-01
A Burial Instead Of a Bridal.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Jan. 25.-Miss Lane
Goettig, aged nineteen, belle in suburban
village, was to have been married Thurs
day, but was, instead, carried to the grave.
Six young ladies, attired in deep black, were
bearers of the casket, and the unusual spec
tacle attracted an immense throng. Miss
Goettlg's death was the result of a burning
accident. Her clothing accidentally tax
ing fire, she was enveloped in flames and
burned from head to foot in spite of the
frantic efforts of her mother and sister to
smother the flames, both being terribly
burned. Shortly before her death Miss
Goettig had an interview with her lover.
Tho scene was deeply affecting one. I'm
mediately after bidding him goodbye the
girl, who had been suffering terrible torture
for several hours expired.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-01
The East.

GASOLINE fumes suffocated two men at
Saratoga, N. Y, the other night.
In Pittsburgh on the 23d the hearing as
to James Nuts mental condition took
place, and resulted in the prisoners release.
Several doctors were examined, and all
agreed that Mutt was then of sound mind
and fully responsible, and they thought it
would be perfectly safe to restore him to
liberty. He was then discharged, and,
IN the company of friends, left the court
room for Major Browns office, where his
mother, sister and other relatives were
waiting TO receive him. On the way he
was rendered a perfect ovation. The
scene at Browns Office was very affecting.
His mother and sister wept bitterly as they
threw their arms around him, and the Joy
thus expressed seemed to know no bounds.
Later in the day, at Uniontown, Pa,
large crowd had collected at the depot,
awaiting the arrival of the party there,
and were prepared to give them an en-
thusiastic reception, but Mrs. Mutt re-
quested that no demonstration be made,
and this request was strictly obeyed.
Many, however, rushed up and shook
hands with James as he passed into the
carriage. Young Mutt has made the fol-
lowing statements:
Il no more intended TO kill Dukes that even
ing when left home than have of killing
you now. always carried pistol. All boys
have tancies, and NINE was to be good
pisto-shot Many hours | have spent prac-
tcing with pistol before my father was
killed, and after got fathers pistol became
more than ever infatuated with it. How
made such good shooting that night l can't
VNh ic
pistol-shot After got the mail | started
nome that night, and turned into the next
buildlng, where, they said, laid in
wait for Dukes, for an entirely different
purpose. Coming out / saw Dukes
pass and the time from the moment /
began to shoot till quit is now, and always
mas been, a blank an, to me | did not know how.
OF my relations ever advised me TO shoot
Dukes. On the contrary, they always wished
ne would go where none of us would see
him. Boys have advised me to kill him, and I
nave received letters saying to'kil him, but all
my relations advised ME not to think of doing
such thing don't know yet what | shall
do. ! am a great home boy, and would like to
get work where | could be home. will advise
with Mr.. breckenridge, and he may find me
something TO do"
On the oath three Gloucester (Mass.)
fishing schooners, carrying crews of forty
six men, were given up as lost.
ON the evening of the oath Mrs. William
B. Aston gave q dinner at New York in
-onor of President Arthur.
TIRE announcement was made on the oath
that the City Treasurer of Bayonne, N. j.,
was defaulter for $4,000
WuILE Thomas Valley, of Petrolia, Pa,
wo carelessly handling revolver a few
days ago it was discharged, and his six
year-old sister received fatal wound in
She brain.
LETTER has been written by General
Etsn5 denying emphatica'ly all state
mSnts that he has or had any pecuniary
interest in the success of the Mexican
treaty. Senior Romero, tho Mexican Min
lister, when asked few days ago what he
bad to say Ia regard to thissIetter stated
that be knew General Grant had not had
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-01
Sold His Little Girl for a Dollar.

ERIE, Pa, Jan. e6-Thursday afternoon
Leroy Warner. Of Coneaut Township pre-
scented a bill Of sale to the Court for con-
frmatlon. The article of sale was his little
daughter Maggie, IN whom he had sold all
right, title and interest to Peter j, Wild, Of
this city, for the consideration Of one dollar.
The transfer had been made IN good faith,
both parties believing that tho transaction
was perfectly legitimate. The application
was refused by the Court
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-01

The gentlemen at a recent leap.
year party wore toilets of surprising
richness and elegance. shone in all their
lovely and radiant beauty, and made
themselves utterly and entirely ire
sistible. Tie young ladies all wore
handsome hand-me-downs, purchased
at fire sale Of damaged goods at Usage
City, and were simply enchanting in
their loneliness. jefferson Cssg lNo. J
Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-01
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.


The hunters who struggled through the
woods of Manitowoc County a few days
ago tell an amusing story about the man
ner N which a farmer in the town Of
Schleswig killed deer. A son of Claus
Reinhold saw large stag in the yard and
directed the attention of the family to the
deet-footed intruder. The farmer, though
he had no weapon other than flintless,
fashpan musket. resolved that the antlered
one should add to the stock Of his family
supplies. He heated the tine of dis
carded fork to red glow, loaded the
blunderbuss, and directed his wife to
touch the printing with the tine as soon as
he had taken sure aim. This singular
proceeding was so successful that the
Reinholds and their neighbors Enjoyed the
rare luxury of venison-steaks during the
holiday season.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-01

In rehearsing the many advantages
of Minitoba for immigrants, Canadian
paper gives these statistics: The average
yield per acre of wheat in Manitoba
during the past five years was over
twenty-nine bushels; barley, thirty-seyen
bushels; oats, ffty-four bushels, pota-
toes. two hundred and eighty bushels.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-01

a Terrific Explosion of Fire-Darap in .
Coal-Mine at Crested Butte, CoI.-Fifty-
Seven Mer 1t Work in 0ne of the Cham
bers OF the Pit Buried Alive-No Hope
for Them.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-26
Regularity of Habit.

One of the most difficult of all the
minor habits to acquire is that of regu-
larity. 1t ranks with that of order "a
place for everything and everything in
its place" is not more important than "a
time for all things and everything on
time"' The natural inclination of most
persons is to defer until the last possible
moment, or to put off till another time,
where this can possibly be done. Yet
habits of regularity contribute largely to
the ease and comfort of life. A person
can multiply his efficiency by it. We
know persons who have a multitude of
duties, and who perform vast deal of
work daily, who set apart certain hours
for given duties, and are there at the mo-
ment and attend rigidly to what is in
hand. This done and other engagements
are met, each in order. and vast deal
accomplished, not by strained exertion.
but by regularity.
The mind can be so trained TO this and
that at certain hours in the day it will
turn to particular line of duty. and at
other hours to other and different labors.
The very diversity is restful, when at
tended to in regular order But let these
be run together, and the duties mixed,
and what before was easy is now annoy
ing and oppressive. And the exact diff
ference between many is just at this
poInt. There are those who confuse and
rush and attempt to do several things at
once and accomplish little, while another
will quietly proceed from one duty &c
another, and easily accomplish vast
amount of work. The difference is not
in the capacity of the two, but in the
regular methods of the one, as compared
with the irregular and confused habits
of the other. -Ptiladelphia CAL.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-26
EricssOn's destroyer"

cit is an infamous lie, sir. :"
The speaker was hale man OF eighty,
tall and straight, solidly built, with keen,
piercing eyes, a very Roman nose, ana
fitm mouth. His iron-gray side whlskers
and his general appearance were remind
ers of a find old English gentleman.
His name is John Ericsson. lie
is the man who unveiled the first steam
fire engine, the first modern armed steam
vessel, the caloric engine, the ron-plated
monster and the solar engine, and has
patented altogether about thousand me-
chanical inventions in the past fifty years.
He has not completed his latest invention,
the Destroyer, a partially armored IRON
vessel, capable of navigating the coast
in any weather, and designed to use sub
marine artillery capable of reaching
the vulnerable part of armored ships.
and Of destroying in an instant any iron
plated vessel now afoat. Captain Erics-
son is very proud of his latest achieve
ment. and his very energetic remark was
occasioned by perusal of postal card
which had been sent to the New YORK
Sun, and read as follows:
'Ericsson's torpedo was built by a stock
company, largely composed of government
officials. Proved dead failure Project now
to indemnify these parties by shifting burden
on the government. Had it proved success
they would have held on TO her"
1T is an infamous lie," Numbered
Captain Ericsson, in the voice of mid
dle-aged sea captain Il do not know of
an enemy | have in the world who could
say such thing. am sure | never de-
served such a SANDER. Government of
ficialsr Why, they haven't any money
to put into inventions like that, and | am
not in the habit of going to them for my
ideas. The Destroyer is mine. She Is
finished and lies at the navy yard now.
She is all ready to go out and fight an
enemy as soon as her explosive projectiles
can be put on board No stock company
chiefly composed of government officials,
has anything to do with her. l built her
and paid for her."
Captain Ericsson still lives in Beach
street, New York, where he has kept
bachelors hall for fifteen years. He is as
active as man of fifty, and spends most
of his time at home among the beautiful
models of his wonderful inventions.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-26
Names of Vessels.

The London Nautical Mdgdziae saw
1.-THE name borne by the largest numte
of vessels is Mary. There are over 9
sailing vessels and five steamers name
Mary, over 100 Mary AIMS, and abot
700 vessels in which Mary is the tins
word of the name. Next to the MARI
came the Elizabeths, James and SaraAs
and then the Williams, which alone d
male names exceeds 100. A very aIg
number of the names in the list ge
Christian; and perhaps next to them h'
| class of names IN which the word Br0i'
ers occurs, indicating, doubtless, a Ta1'
nership in the vessels. There are eight
nine Brothers (of which twenty-slX hal
from one port, st. John, NewfouddIand.
| forty-two Two Brothers, thirty six lhrt
! Brothers, twenty -Four Brothers, seyi
Five Brothers and Six Brothers eIga
Seven Brothers, two Nine Brothers abi
Ten Brothers. Not only do poPua
statesmen, members Of the royal family
and distinguished generals furnish names
4 but in the Mercantile Marine List OK
may see celebrated the last victory, ta
winner of the Derby, and the sensaia
of the hour. Ten Gladstones attest u
popularity of the present premier d. I,
Beaconsfields. three Earls of Beaconslea
and three Lord Bcaconsfields commene
rate the last. Among the additions g
last year we're Lord Wolseley, an ,.
cestor and a Tel-el-Kebir The ga
trial of twelve years ago has traces le'id
DIR. Kenealy and Sir Roger Tichbon.
the Ashantee war in Coomassic, BIai
Watch, an Ashantee and more than Oh
King KofFee; the Zulu war in two te!
wayos, Rorke's Drift, and number
! Zums. y
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-26
Facts About Leaves.

AS is we'll known, tree cannot o.
without leaves. These are put E.
every year, and are contriyance j
vastly increasing the surface. An Il
tree of good size exposes several acr,
surface to the air during the grow
season. 1t has been estimated tina, n
Washington elm at Cambridge, Ma
not a very large tree, exposes about n
acres of foliage, if we include both n.
of the leaves. Leaves are more meas
comparable to stomachs than lungs
leaf is "A laboratory for aSsimilatinc
manufacturing raw materials into Ea
fabric. The cellular structure Of B
leaves, wood and bark of tree h
complicated subject to treat in a pom.
way. 1t requires a vast surface Of lean
to do a little work BY counting 4
leaves on a Seeding oak, and cstimgf
the surface of both sides of each
can see how many inches are needed
build up the roots and stem for the G,
year. After the first year the old stem
the oak bears no leaves. 1t is Gepcnle
on the leaves of the branches, OF
children, for support.
A tree is a sort of community. e.
part having its own duties to per.o7
The root hair takes up most Of the no.
ishment. The young roots take this
the larger ones, and they, in turn, i
the branches of a river, pour the food
crude sap into the trunk, which conu
it to the leaves. The assimilated or,
gested sap passes from the leaves to
growing parts of the plant, and
post is made where most needed i
branch is much exposed to the win
the base of it has a certain support
certain amount of nourishment. So
the trunk of a tree. If the base O
branch or the main trunk is much
posed to the winds and storms, M
thicker deposit of food Is made TIT
The winds give a tree exercise, wh
seems good to help make it strong,
toughest wood comes from trees CT
ing in exposed places. The limbs q
tree are all the time striving with G
other to see which shall have the n
room and the most sunshine. vi
some perish in the attempt, or meet v
only very indifferent success, the sire
est of the strong buds survive.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-26
checkmasea by Graft.

Ancient Maiden (bent on taking adj
vantage of leap year)-"Do you know
MIR. Nicefellow. that this is leap year
why, so 1T is. had
forgotten it. "
Ancient Maiden-''Yes, and we have
had a lot of leap-year parties in which
the ladies have issued the invitations and
attended to everything, and great many
If my friends are engaged now"
Nicetellow-'I Indeed"
Ancient Maiden-''Y you know, my
dear Mr.. Nicefellow, it is a lady's priv
lege to assume a mans prerogatives, ana
YOU know | have always had the warmest
affection for you and now l take advan-
tage of leap year to-
Nicefellow-"Oh,y yes, to pay for the
ice cream, certainly. The cashiers desk
is right over there n'-PhiIadeiphia Gail.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-26
A Cowboys Pastime

A California letter says: "A favorite
pastime of the cowboys is to saddle a
half broken mustang, and after inserting
a half dollar in each stirrup, some expert
rider will mount and back himself to
keep the coins there for five or ten
minutes, the horse being melted mean
while to do his worst in the way of
rearing, bucking and jumping. Feats
with the RATA or lasso are also amusing.
The skill of these nomads with raw
hide rope is wonderful. At distance of
forty feet an expert is unerring in get
ting his rope over the neck of any ami
NAL, and many of them viii reach sixty
feet. At half that distance the rope will
single out any leg of steer running at
full speed, and throw him down in a
trlce. The rope once fast, the work of
the horse comes into play. With the
tightening of the rope the intelligent
little beast plants his forelegs and awaits
the shock of the sudden strain ON the
horn of the saddle The steer NAV
plunge and run, but he will neversget a
position except In front of the horse. the
wiry little beast whirling about "a bis
forelegs as pivot, and retreating or al
vancing as is necessary 70 keep the rope
taut.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-26

graphed TO Washington that the worst
was over, while the foreign exchange
market showed steady improvement, and
the export trade promised to go on as
usual. The next few days saw return
ing confidence. though failures continued
TO be announced here and there through
out the country.
On the morning of the Both the New
York stock exchange was opened, ana
the news of the day was encouraging:
The crisis had passed, Various crippled
firms suspended soon after stock oper-
ations were resumed, and Wall street was
feverish for many weeks that followed,
but the great panic of 1873 was practical
~ ended on the Both day of September.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-26
Utilizing a Rat and Ferret.

The following curious story IS too =
connection with the repair Of atc.cgTaI
line in London: The telegraph wires D
that city have always for the greater ~.
been underground. The main wires ~
laid through the great tunnels, when ~
commodate also the gas and sewer piI4
These tunnels are bic enough for a ITO.
to walk through easily. OF course th@,
is no trouble about inspecting the VIE.
or repairing or replacing them whence
it becomes necessary. But the pr
containing the lateral wires, running y
for two or three miles from the main D q +
are small ones. At the time of Whlcn
speak one of these lateral wires W
hauled out TO be repaired. The men ~
ing this work failed to attach tOit a ie'l
ing line, by which the wire could 7
drawn through again. The means =
ployed to correct the error were 'eI
unique. A large rat, with fine - -.
wire, was put in the pipe. Behind 'lS q.
was thrust ferret. The rat ran from - I.
ferret short distance and stopped. /,
was feared that he would show fight e. =,
be killed. But he started on again. -
ran through the whole length Of = !,
pipe and brought out the wire in g.
style, though closely pushed by the y
ret.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-26
HUMOROUS SKETCHES
Se,,;nw Her Cap.

The little brother came quietly into the
parlor where Mr.. Featherly was making
an evening call, and after looking
eagerlv around remarked to sister:
Aunt Jane is mistaken.
"Wbat Is itg' his sister asked, pleas
antly, pa,ting the dear little fellow on
the head. while Featherly gazed at the
two in wrapt admiration.
II don't see any cap. " he replied, but
Aunt Jane just said that you were in the
parIor setting your cap for Mr.. Feath-
erly -
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-26

about kill the old fellow. Hello :
nolds!" =
"Good morning, gentlemen !.
General Reynolds. 81 have had J
time this morning. An old fellow .
Hold on" shouted the Other !
1--WE know all about that EGG ste.s
business.
General Hindman called an or3.
and giving him the name of the ecgr.
said: I" Find that man and maxi I
drunk, if it takes every drop of wb;-
in the Confederacy. Such merit d
not 90 unrewarded. Teas Sittiso,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-26


One cold Christmas day, when the
prospects of the Confederacy were as
gloomy as the weather, an Arkansas
soldier, whose clothes looked as though
they had been run through threshing
machine, approached General Hindman,
who sat on stump near fire, and
said -
General, wouldn't a little aignog go
putty we'll this mornin. s. You know, in
Arkansas we allus cilibrate Christmas
with little o. the stuff y
YES" the general replied, "and
should like to have a quart of 1t right
now"
"Well, let's go to your tent, whar no
body ken see us, an We'll make some
arrangements"
When they entered the tent, the soldier
said: ''You git the whisky, and I'll git
the aigs and sugar"
''All right.
The soldier went away, and after a
while, with detected countenance, he re-
turned with the information that some
one had stolen the ''artickles." "Tm
devilish sorry. +" said he, for I've been or
savin them things fur yer benefit for a
long time, KNOWN how a aignog would
strike yer Christmas day"
THAT is bad" said the general, land
if could discover the thief, he should
be punished. Stay here, and let me go
out and skirmish.
The general, after much difficulty, sue
ceeded in securing the ingredients, and
ere long a bowl of the frothing drink
was prepared.
"Ah, !" said the soldier, refilling bis tin
cup the third time, this tastes like old
times, when ulster get up afore day an
fire off the old fuzee. Put two mems
heads together, an suthin is goin' ter
happen"
Shortly after the soldier left the tent
Colonel Bob Newton, chief of Hindman's
staff, entered and said:
'Do you remember old Dave Aickett,
who used to run a fiat boat on White
river?"
eyes. he was here few moments ago. "
'|He came to me this morning" the col
onel continued. land began to talk about
egg nogg. Said that he had been keeping
eggs and sugar for me a long time. and
! that if | would furnish the whisky, we
would have Christmas drink. | agreed
ana ne went away returning pretty SOOHs
and sorrowfully announced that some one
had stolen his treasure. Rather than see
the old fellow disappointed, / furnished
everything and for few moments we
"Good morning, gentlemen" said
General Churchill, entering the tent
Had fine egg-nogg early this morning.
An old fellow that used to run a fiat boat
on White river, said that he would fur
nish the eggs and sugar"
But did he do itl" asked Hindman
and Newton simultaneously.
mo: some wretch had stolen the styff.
Hello, here is Pagan"
/ Gentlemen" said General Pagan
YOU ought TO have been with me this
morning. An old fellow, former flat
boatman, came to me and talked about
eggs till he made my mouth water He
/ said that he had been saving up lot of
eggs and sugar for my benefit, and that
I If / would furnish the whisky we would
celebrate Iagreed, and he went away,
/ but / never saw a more castdown man
than he was upon returning. Some one
had stolen the eggs. but furnished the
outfit, seeing that disappointment would