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MONEY, STOCKS AND BONDS.

NEW YORK, Aug. I6-Money, r452; closed
|; prime mercantile paper, 5150l6G6; sterling
eNchnngeR B.. SteadY. AS2lh; slght 49,
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4, or hENr--CENTRALA 800 inno..
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ToSE-Closed; New York, steady; New or.
leans, iiTmi Liverpool, steady; Galveston,
steady.
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DALLAS tNoMINALl srors.
nnnrs AM snnrs

IVNI TnsTHi NCW lOT7i, QUIpt. New Or
ans arm; Liverpool, steady Galveston,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-01-04

at Brooklyn, N. Y, were wrecked by a
gale, and lighter carrying one thousand
bags Of sugar capsized in the river.
AT the clearinghouse in New York City
the total exchanges for 1888 were S37, 49,
242,6 19, a decrease of $9,531, 634, 516 as COM
pared with 1882.
THE death of George w. Lane, President
of the New York Chamber of Commerce,
occurred a few days ago, from Bright's dis
ease.
Hon. JOHN PROCTOR died at Andover, N.
H., on the Both ult. He was one of the
wealthiest citizens of the State, paid a
large portion of the war debt of the town,
and gave money freely for educational
purposes.
THE ship-yards in Maine turned out ia
vessels during the year 1888, with ton
mage of 74,70S.
The total number of immigrants who ar
rived at Castle Garden, New York, during
the year 1888 was 387, 63S; for the previous
year, 455, 450.
THE will of p. T. Barnur1, the famous
Snowman, was made public on the Doth ult
1t disposes of real estate and personal
PAOP0AVJ " WV FoAuO VI F1V3VoVsVVV 70
twenty-seven heirs. In order that there
might be-no question to his sanity upon
which to ground conte IS after his death,
Mr.. Barnum had emf lent physicians ex-
anime him, and secured their attestation
that he was of sound mind.
A MARKED Improvement in the condition
of General Grant was reported on the Both
ult, and his physician thought he would
be out in a few days.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-01-04
Marriages, Births and Deaths.

In the Secretary of States Office state
ment has been prepared, showing the mar
riages, births and deaths during the year
1888, as far as returned. Fond du Lac and
Sheboygan Counties in 1882 reported an
exceedingly large number of births as
compared with other counties of about the
same population. The large number is
due 10 the fact that it includes births
which were never reported in previous
years By statute of the session of 1882
it was provided that the sum of fifteen
cents be paid physicians for the return of
every birth or death occurring in their
practice. The result is there has been
more promptness manifested in reports.
Marriages are seen to be on the increase,
which is doubtless due to natural in
crease in the population. Dane County
reports as follows: Marriages, 430; births,
1888; deaths, rs. In 1882 the showing was:
Marriages 219; births, 251; deaths, 81. The
statistics for Milwaukee County for 1888
are: Marriages, 1899; births, 4,066;
deaths, 1887. In 1882: Marriages, 1868;
births, 1925; deaths, 2,7s9 The totals for
the State in 1883 are: Marriages, 49, 400;
births, 1894; deaths, 1854; and in 1882
they were: Marriages, 1865; births, IT,.
S35; deaths, 6,472.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-01-04
FOREIGN Intelligence.

On the 9th Khartoum was garrisoned
by four thousand Egyptian troops.
AT zeboc, Bohemia, an earthquake shock
the other day was so violent that the peo-
pie fed to the open country.
AT the recent session Of the Trades Con-
gress at Toronto, Ont, unanimous vote
was given against the importation of
Chinese labor.
FURTHER advices Of the 9th state that
in the recent assault upon the Orange pro-
cession at Harbor Grace, NEWFOUNDLAND,
four men were killed, eight were mortally
and twenty were seriously wounded. One
thousand citizens of the neighboring town
OF Carbonear were parading the streets
and preparing to march to Harbor Grace.
A LETTER to the Boston Journal from q
lady residing in Smyrna states that the
recent earthquake left the city uninjured,
and that the loss of life was less than
three hundred, although fifteen thousand
people in the country lost their homes.
ADvIcEs of the 2Sth state that the King
Of Ashantee recently killed sixty eight of
ex-King Koffey's seventy children and
massacred hundreds of Koffey's adherents.
RECENT fire destroyed the woolen-mil
of A. G. Van Egmond, at Seaforth, Ont.
Loss, 100000.
DURING the year 1883, 92,350 bales of leaf
tobacco were exported from Cuba, against
lis, $50 bales in 1882. The cigars sent out
numbered $4,000, 600--750,000 in excess of
last years exports. Thirteen million pack
ages of cigarettes were shipped- 800, 900
less than the preceding year.
ON tho 20tb 1Ilt EouYntiop raba1c attached
the town of Gezireh, near Berber, but were
repulsed with heavy loss by only two COM
panies of Bashi- Bazouks.
In the Island of Sicily brigandage has
again manifested itself, so that travelling
in that island without an armed escort is
officially pronounced unsafe.
A CIRCULAR has been issued by the
Orange Grand Master of Ireland advising
the enrolment of volunteer forces for the
society, and announcing that the Govern
ment will be asked to arm these men with
rifles, to be stored in the Orange halls.
THE seventy fourth birthday of Hon. w,
E. Gladstone occurred on the Goth ult., and
he received congratulations from all parts
of the United Kingdom.
THE French loss in killed and wounded
at the recent capture of Sontay was re-
ported on the 30th ult. at thirty-six officers
and nearly 1000 men. The loss of the
Black Flags in the same battle was 5000.
A MUTINY occurred on the brig Natal,
from Bosom, that arrived few days ago
at brisbane, Australia, the second mate
being killed, and the Captain and first
mate wounded. Two of the mutineers
were shot.
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London Gan Palaces.

More than one-fourth of the earnings
of the denizens Of the slums goes over
the bars OF the public houses and gin
palaces. To study the dark phase of
this burning question let us take the
districts from which / have drawn the
facts and figures [ have submitted to
your readers in previous articles.
On a Saturday night in the great
thoroughfare ad AGENT there are three
corner public houses which take as
much money as the whole of the other
shops on both sides of the way put to-
gether. Butchers, bakers, green-gro-
GERS, clothiers, furniture dealers, all the
caterers for the wants of the populace,
are open till late hour; there are hun
dreds OF them trading round and about,
but the whole lot do not take as much
money as three publicans-t that is fact
CHASTITY enough in all conscience. Enter
the public houses and you will see them
cra1nmed. Here are artisans and la
oorers drinking away the wages that
ought to clothe their little ones.
Here are the women squandering
the money that would purchase
food for the lack of which their
children are dying. One group rivets
the eye of an observer at once. 1t con-
sists of an old gray-haired dame,
woman of forty, and a girl of about
nineteen with a baby in her AIMS. All
these are in state which is best de-
scribed as ssmaudlin' they have fin
ished one lot Of gin, and the youngest
woman is ordering another round. 1t
is a great-grandmother, grandmother,
and a mother and her baby--four gen
erations together-and they are all
dirty, and disheveled, and drunk, ex-
cept the baby, and even the poor little
mite may have its first taste of alcohol
presently. 1t is no uncommon sight in
these places TO see mother wet a
baby's lips with gin and water The
process is called 'sgiYing the young un
a taste,'' and the baby's father will
look on sometimes and enjoy the joke
immensely.
But the time to see the result of a
Saturday nights heavy drinking in 3
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LATER.

THE annual report of Dun's Mercantile
Agency for 1888 shows that 9,1S4 failures
occurred, the total amount of liabilities be
ing $172, 874, 172. The failures were divided
as follows: Eastern States, 1897; Middle
States, 2,136; Southern States, 1874; West
ern States, 1851; Pacific States and Terri
tories, 1,046. The number of failures in
1882 was 6,73S.
HEAVY snow-storms were reported on
the 1st in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and the
West generally.
The arguments in the Emma Bond trial
at Hillsboro, ILL.,, were finished on the
evening of the 1st. An uncle of the unfort.
innate girl, having lost his reason by the
outrage and prolonged excitement, hanged
himself on the same day at Tayloryille,
Ill.
In New York City on the 31st ult. John
W. Mackey, of Virginia City, New, was
elected President of the Postal Telegraph
Company. The placing of lines through.
out the country was reported to be rapidly
going forward.
The total receipts of internal revenue at
Washington for the six months of the ifs.
So, 726, 202.
LONDON cablegrams of the 31st ult.
chronicle the failure of the following iron
merchants: Alexander Brogden, for
f72S,O00; Henry Brogden, for e720 900, and
Samuel K. Church and j. F. Easily for
100000 each.
AN ice-blockade at Montreal, Can, on the
g1cfr1 =,
merging the entire lower portion of the
city and causing great damage and suffer.
ing.
FLAMES on the 31st ult. swept away the
paint shops of the Kansas City & Texas
Road, at Sedalia, Mo-, valued at 500, 900;
the business part Of the village of Middle.
bury, VT, and the court house and records
at Brookhayen, Miss.
THE issue of silver dollars for the week
ended on the Doth ult. amounted to 297, 49S,
against LOAF 900 during the same time last
year.
LUTHER CHURCH, Superintendent OF
Wright's soda-water factory in New York
City, was knocked down by two men on
the afternoon of the 31st ult. and robbed Of
$500. He was returning from bank
with the money to pay the employees.
The dam at the Huron Mine, near
Hougton, Mich, gave way on the 1st, de-
stroying several houses, and it was report
ed that six persons lost their lives.
/ PRESIDENT ARTHUR gave grand recep
ton at the White House on the LIST.
1 By the sinking of Government steam
boat near Opossum Point, on the Missis-
sippi River, on the 1st w. j.. Patterson,
assistant engineer, and two laborers were
drowned.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-01-04
WIT AND WISDOM.

MANY young fop imagines that a
girl takes an interest in his welfare,
when in truth she is only eager for his
fares0eM. = Chicago Tribune.
Nov, children" she continued,
''what is the meal you eat in the morn
ing calledP". Oatmeal, promptly re-
piled member of the class.
There is a difference between the
lips of young man and the lips of a
young lady-but sometimes It is a
mighty small one-DetroI Post.
-"Overcome by gas - is the headline
on daily paper. We knew these ire
mendous gas bills would kill somebody
sooner or Iater-BoStoa Commercial Bal
let6n.
When your friend is married put
your good wishes into the shape of an
old English saying: Zone year of JOY,
another of comfort, and all the rest eff
content. N Y Herald.
Extract from letter from Angeli-
ca '.Dear Henry, you ask if 1 return
your love. Yes, Henry, | have no use
for it, and return it with many thanks.
By-by, Henry" IN Y. Graphic.
The man who can thoroughly en-
Joy himself at fashionable reception
after discovering the bow of his white
tie is under his left ear is superior to the
pomps and van ties of this wicked world.
Chicago Times.
1t is sight worthy of an artist S
crayon to see a woman, while talking
through telephone to her grocer three
miles away, stamping her little foot and
shaking her fist as though the poor man
was quailing right before her. Yonkers
Statesman.
Trust men and they will be true to
you," says Emerson. We showed this
to respectable grocer. He grew liYid
with rage, seized a club, and wanted to
know where that Emerson fellow lived.
There was mischief in that grocer
eye. We did not tell him. BxrlSaaqtopa
Haa0keye.
Washington Irving once said to a
lady: ''Don't be anxious about the ed
ucation of your daughters; they will do
very well: don't teach them so many
things; teach them one thing" tWhat
is that, Mr.: Irving?" she asked. Teach
them, y he said, ito be easily pleased. y
IN. 7. Graphic.
''Any thing that is worth doing is
worth doing WELL" Remember this,
young man, when you are counting a
girl, and don't sit looking at her with
your thumb in your mouth when she
feels faint and needs your strong arm to
support her. Waist no time, but seize
the opportunity and the girl.-Detroit
Free Press.
The little boy who in his compost
ton recommended few drops of pane
gyric for the infant stomach, and in a
former examination in spelling defined
''chicanery" as "a place to rear chick
ens,'' had not quite the strength given
him to spell pioneer, buthe ''knowed
well enough it meant them fellers as
plays on the pianner. Brooklyn
Eagle.
Good morning, children said an
Austin physician, as he met three or
four little children on their way to
school, ''and how are you this morn
ing?" 1--WE darsn't tell you,'' replied
the oldest of the crowd, a boy of eight.
.sDare not tell me!n exclaimed the ply
sician, ''and why not?" cause, papa
said that last year it cost him over fifty
dollars to have you come in and ask u
heW we were ~ Tsras GVEIHes.5
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low neighborhood is after the houses
are closed. Then you meet dozens of
poor wretches reeling home to their
miserable dens, some of them rolling!
across the roadway and falling, cutting
themselves till the blood flows. Every
penny in some instances has gone in
drink.
One dilapidated ragged wretch I met
last Saturday night was gnawing
baked potato. BY his side stood
thinly-clad woman bearing a babyin
her arms, and in hideous language she
reproached him for his selfishness. She
had fetched him out of a public-house
with his last halfpenny in his pocket.
With that halfpenny he had bought the
potato, which he refused to share with
her. At every corner the police are
ordering or coaXing men and women to
''move on" Between twelve and one
it is long procession of drunken men
and women, and the most drunken seem
to be those whose outward appearance
betokens the most abject poverty.
Turn out of the main thoroughfare
and into the dimly-hghted back streets
and you come upon scene after scene to
the grim, grotesque horror of which
only the pencil of Dore could do just
ice. Women with hideous distorted
faces are rolling from side to side Shrek
ING aloud snatcheS of popular songs
plentifully interlarded with the vilest
expressions. Men as DRINK as them
selves meet them, there is short inter-
change of ribald jests and foul oathS,
than quarrel and shower of blows.
Down from one dark court rings a cry
OF murder, and woman, her face hid
eously gashed, makes across the narrow
road pursued by bowling mailman.
1t is only drunken husband having
row with his wife.
A friend of mine, who is never tired
of trying to urge the people of this dis
trlct to temperance, not long since
found man sitting up naked on heap
of rags shivering with the death throes
on him, and crying for water for his
parched throat. His wife, in a maudlin
state of intoxication, was staring help
lessly at her dying husband. A coat
was given to wrap round the poor fell
low. At night, when my friend re-
turned, he found the man cold and
dead and naked, and the woman in
state of mad intoxication. She had
torn the coat from the body of the dy-
ing man and pawned it for drink. In
these districts men and women who are
starving will get grants of bread, and
some of them ask for the bread to be
wrapped in clean paper. Do you know
whyP That they may sell the loaf to
some one for copper or two, and get
drunk with the money. Men will come
and buy pair of boots in thesniorning
out of their earnings, and pay seven
shillings for them. At night they will
return to the same shop and offer to sell
them back for four shillings. They
have started drinking, and want the
money to finish the carouse with.--G.
r. Sims, IN London Daily NeOS.
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BARNUM'S WILL.
The Various Uses to Which the Great
Snowman Desires His Wealth to BE Put
After His Demise.

The Various Uses to Which the Great
Snowman Desires His Wealth to BE Put
After His Demise.
NEw YORK, Ian 9--p Z. RariaaaAl
seems to consider his life work accomplished,
for he has just made his will. In order that
there might be no question as to his sanity
upon which to ground contests after his
death, he had eminent physicians examine
him, and secured their attestation that he
was of sound mind. The will and it's
codicils cover more than 700 pages
of legal cap, closely written, and
disposes of real estate and per-
sonal property of the value of $40, 100000
to twenty-seven heirs The property is in
New York, Brooklyn, Bridgeport, Colorado,
and several other places. Mr.. Barnum
values his interest in the Barnum and Lon
don Shows at So, 500, oO0 His requests for
charitable purposes are numerous and large.
Among the benefciaries are the Chaplin
Home, Children's Aid Society, Old Mems
and Women's Homes, and the So
ciety to Assist Males and Females
Over Eighteen Years of Age of this
city; the Bridgeport Orphan Asylam,
Bridgeport Hospital, and other Bridgeport
societies. Mr.. Barnnm also makes provision
fol- certain worthy charities by bequeathing
to them stated percentage of the large an
nual profits accruing from his share in his
shows To the city of Bridgeport he Sc
cures the only water front not already seized
by private corporations, with a dock upon
it costing $4,000, for twenty-one years after
his death, dnring which time his executors
are forbidden to sell or lease it,
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ground the other night. Mrs. Styles and
her daughter Mabel persisted in the flames.
Mr.. Styles was seriously burned in rescu
ing two daughters and nnrse-girl.v
TIE testimony in the Emma Bond trial
ut Hillsboro, H., was concluded on the 10Th
ult., and the opening argument was made
for the prosecution.
THERE were 100000 barrels of -four
manufactured in Minneapolis during the
year 1888, and its millers purchased 24,OO0,.
600 bushels of wheat.
AT Walla Walla, Tex, two condemned
murderers knocked the Sheriff and jailer
senseless with bricks on the 10Th ult., and
when the latter became conscious they cut
him to pieces with knife. All the citi-
zens of that region were hunting for the
villains.
A RESIDENCE near Live Oak, Fla, occu-
occupied by a colored man, was burned
the other day, and mis- six children per-
ished in the flames. The mother and faith
er were off on a visit and the children were
locked up in the house.
HENRY WILLARD, it was announced on
the Both ult., had resigned the Presidency
of the Northern Pacific Railroad.
FEW days ago the steamer Carrier was
sunk at the head of Little Hurricane
Island, three miles below Greensboro, KY.
Two passengers and deck.hand were
drowned.
ARMED men to the number of two hun
dred went to the Jail at Yazoo City, Miss,
on the Goth ult. and visited summary ven
geance on the four colored men charged
with the murder Of Jasper Nichols and the
Posey brothers. W. L. Foote resisted and
was shot dead in his cell. Robert Swayze,
Micajah Parker and Richard Gibbs were
lynched.
A FIRE few evenings ago destroyed
one-half of the Dakota House Block at
jamestown, D. T., causing : loss of $780,
600
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-01-04
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
State Board Of Health.

The State Board of Health closed q
special session at Madison few after
moons ago. At the last session of the
Legislature law was enacted making it
obligatory for all towns. villages and cities
to organize local Boards of Health and to
appoint health officers. About one thou
sand Of these boards have been established
and eight hundred and fifty Of them had
thus far reported to the State Board. The
Secretary of the Board announced that
there was no smallpox in Wisconsin, and
diphtheria was generally declining both
in frequency and severity. Scarlet-fever
had not prevailed except in limited locali-
ties. The only disease that seemed at this
time to be increasing was typhoid fever.
This disease was evidently becoming more
prevalent in the State, enforcing the need
of sanitary precautions. The State Board
denied the reports of leprosy in Wiscon-
sin
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THE failure of A. d. Smith 81 Co., of
Providence, r. l., operating five cotton
mills, occurred on the 26th, with liabilities
of $l,7OO,0O0 The crash was highly dis
astrous one, carrying with it the suspen-
sion OF three great companies, besides the
five mills run by the ruined firm. Ten
thousand persons were thrown out of en-.
ployment.
NEAR Rocktown, Pa, sleigh contain.
ing four couples was dragged over preci-
plce by runaway team few evenings
ago, and two men had an arm each broken
and woman was injured internally.
In restaurant at Buffalo, N. ", leaking
gas caused an explosion few evenings
ago, four persons being seriously injured.
The bar, dining-room and fixtures were
demolished.
JEFFERDs, BAILEY & Co., of Jamestown,
N. Y, lounge and table manufacturers,
failed recently for 100000.
A FEW evenings ago General Grant, on
leaving his house in New York, fell on the
ice on his left side, injuring his leg so seri-
ously that it would be paralized for a
time.
A SEVERE storm, accompanied by thun-
der and lightning, passed over New
Haven, Conn.,, on the 9th, and while it
prevailed a strong smell of sulphur was
noted
WoRKMEN in the neighborhood of Read
ing, Pa, were ON the 9th signing petit
ton to Congress requesting that the inn
portation of foreign labor under contract
be stopped.
WHILE temporarily insane Colonel H.
h. Rathbone, who married the daughter of
ex-senator Ira Harris, of Albany, N. Y,
killed his wife and himself in Hanover,
Germany, few days ago.
1T was announced on the 9th that 343 as
signmentS had been filed in New York City
during the year, with liabilities of $50, $751;
S4S, and the actual assets amounting to
$,374, 451.
DURING the rehearsal of play with pis-
tolls recently at Erie, Pa, James Brandt
mortally wounded George Walker in the
head.
SAMUEL G. BLoDGETr was lately dis
missed from a savings bank treasurership
at Providence, R. L., and it has since been
discovered that he embezzled not less
than $4,000.
NEAR Dunbar, Pa, broken rail threw
three coaches and the baggage-car Of a
passenger train from the track few days
ago, and several travellers were injured,
but none were killed.
A WOMAN named Jennie Smith and ex-
Poundmaster Mccain, of New York, were
found frozen to death near the Erie Rail-
way shops in Jersey City few mornings
ago. Both had been intoxicated.
AT Attica, N. Y, gas well put down
six hundred feet recently struck flow
sufficient to light and heat the village.
On the 2Sth Frank r. Sherwin, the New
Mexico millionaire ranchman, arrested
some months ago and taken to Albany, N.
Y, to answer for contempt of court, was
d 5000 and sentenced to the peniten-
y for two years.
wooden mill CT Henry & Co., at West
msford, Mass, was destroyed by fire
days ago, causing loss of $3.50, goo.
wind off Boston, Mass, on the 2sth
,iowing sixty miles an hour, and at
ED, Mass, trees and chimneys were
d, and pedestrians were in some
blown OF tAeir teet. Six new houses