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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-04-11
FACTS AND FIGURES.

1T has been figured out that jay
Gould's income is $4,000 day. 7.
Sun.
Prospect, Me-, has no lawyers, doc
tors, BARRIERS, nor saloon keepers
Boston Post.
LIN Fall River mill they make yarn
80 fine that twenty-nine miles of it only
weigh a pound. Boston Herald
The United States raises double
the number Of sheep annually that it
did twenty years ago--N I. Herald.
During 1888 Philadelphia estab-
iishment turned out 557 locomotives, Of
which 15l were exported. Philadelphia
Press.
The Irish population of the earth is
as follows: At home, 1906, 600; in
England, $500, 900; in Scotland, 2,0O0.-
0o5; in Canada, 100000; IN Australia.
1,000,0 900; in America, II, 800, 900; else
where, 5000, 900. a total in round
numbers of %, 5000. Chicago Her
aid.
The Chattanooga Times says that
that city is now really but nineteen
years old. The war left 1t a wreck. In
1867 it had not wholesale house. Iron
mills and furnaces began in 1871. In
1872 the population was 5000, now a.
goo; manufacturing capital in 1880, 49,
1890 in 1884, $4,000,000.
Colt, the Brattleboro night watch
man who shot himself several days ago,
was war veteran, and bore nearly q
dozen wounds received in a single bat
tie. When he was a prisoner in Ander-
sonyille he Whitfield out a very passa-
BILE, full-sized violin, with the tones of
which he considerably helped his fellow
prisoners to pass away the hours of cap
tiVity. He brought the instrument
North with him when released.
land Herald.
There has been an enormous in
crease of late years in the consumption
OF drugs used in nervous affections. In
the central hospital pharmacy of Paris
the amount of bromide of potassium
sold in 1855 was but three kilos; in 1870
it had increased to 389 kilos: in 1875 to
730 kilos, and for the pastt years has
increased all over Paris in like proper
tions. Quinine, morphine, and brom de
are said to be the three great popular
"drugs of civilization. IN. z. Times.
Since the introduction of two-cent
letter postage there has been an unex-
pected reduction in the number Of
postal cards issued. For five years the
average annual increase in the issue has
been IA per cent. Since July l, last,
there has been an increase of Is per
cent. in adhesive stamps and % pei
cent. in stamped envelopes issued. Dur
ing those eight months the issue oil
postal cards only reached 256, 1852, $50,
as against 0,226, $50 for the CORE
spending period in the preceding year.
- Chicago Journal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-04-11
WIT AND WISDOM.

If you hit the mark you must aim
little above it; every arrow that flies
feels the attraction of the earth. Long
feIloaO.
"A Nashville man was fined $500
for kissing school teacher. fit hadn't
been for two or three scholars who
caught them at it, she wouldn't have
charged him Huntington Free
Press.
An indianapolis woman asked her
husband: ''How long does it take a
minds us Of the Yassar graduate who
stood with her professor looking at q
railway train, and naively asked: elbow
do they steer q locomotive anyhow?"-
Bismarck Tribune.
Respect of Duty
When others pirate of woman's face.
With its bewitching beauty,
l always state her loveliest grace
Is her respect of duty.
When as a sister, kind to all,
She's gentle, true and loving:
AS wife, the angel to our call;
AS mother, sin reproving.
philadelphia can.
"A gentleman bought newspaper,
and rendered in payment piece of
forty sous. The newspaper woman
said: 81 haven't the change; you can
pay me as you pass along tomorrow"
The gentleman: "But suppose should
be killed today" The newspaper
woman: ''Oh, it wouldn't be a great
loss. "-PGris HU.
-''ls tunkintel better than cake or
candy, MAP" asked little boy. al do
not know of anything called tunkintel,
my dear. Where did you hear about
itP" ''Well, heard our Lizzie telling
her beau last night that she loved him
more than tunkintel, SO I guessed it
must be better than cake or candy."-
SonaerUjgle Journal.
=" Why, how wonderfully lifelikeT
said Mr.. Derrix, gently caressing a
bumble-bee which reposed among the
artificial flowers and insects on his
wife's new bonnet; stif it was on a gar
den flower I'd swear it was all Ger
reat C@sarp' he suddenly shrieked,
inserting a wounded finger in his
mouth, and dancing around like a
whirling dervish, "why, the blamed
thing is aliye!' Chicago Tribune.
The feminine mind early attains to
the consideration of the ethics of the
affections. In one of our city schools
the other day the class in English gram
mar was discussing the difference be-
tween the words s.like' and '.love."
Now = said the teacher, eve can like
a tomato, but is it proper to say we can
love tomato?' ''No, it is not, said
fresh young miss; zone can not love
tomato" "Why not?" inquired the
teacher. Because, you know you
can not you can't well, you can't hug
a tomato. ''-Hargord Post.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-04-11
The Art of Grating.

Whip-grafting is the best method,
requiring only sharp, small pocket
knife blade to make smooth, fiat shave;
and little roll of quarterback strips of
old muslin, wound Oh the end of a small
stick four or five inches long and soaked
through in melted grating wax, usually
made of linseed oil, one part; clean
beeswax, two parts; and white rosin
Ozark rosin is too entirely drained of
tile turpentine), four parts. A strip Of
the waxed cloth two and half to three
inches long, wound on spirally, in only
one layer, so that it may yield to the
expansion of growth, will cover closely
every part of the cut on scion and stock,
when of the usual size-that of a lead
pencil.
1t is all important that this wrapping
be perfect to prevent the drying up Of
the faces that are to unite. Another
essential is that the scions be not only
sound and plump, uniniured by the
drying effects of frost and winter wind !;
but that they be of fully matured shoots,
of the stoutest of last years growth
from the open exterior of the tree. This
is as essential in a graft as in a seed,
for neither can become established I'M
less they contain within themselves
enough ready-prepared material to
form the first leaves upward, and ex-
tend into the soil-or into the stock in
the case of the n-downward
Every boy should learn the simple
and most useful art of grating, and
now is the time to begin to gain the ex-
perience. Whip-grafting is easy enough
for his sister to learn, too. Let her at
least begin by applying the wrapping
and SO have an interest in the coming
fruit Wax made as above. and tested
in a bucket of water as to hardness
SHOULD be Just compressible between
thumb and finger using some force, in
water from fifty to fifty-fve degrees :
will not stick to the fingers so as to
make any trouble, yet will be adhesive
enough to cling closely and permanent
II to the dry bark--M z 1Tsbssss.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-04-11
WHEN SPRING BEGAN.

While roaming in the woods one day.
asked the ques ion, half in pay:
Who can tell when Spring beganI
Straightway the answer came. " CAM!
nAnd Robin Redbreast cooked his iAad.
. All right Then pray proceed, said.
Il must" said he, " express surprise
That any one with two good eyes,
Or even one, should fail to see
Springs coming must depend on me.
When / come, then will come the Spring,
And that's the gist of the whole thing"
" Ho, hol He, he, Well, deciarer'
a Squirrel chuckied, high in air.
That is too drotl--that you should bring,
Instead OF being brought by, Spring.
] had MT meant 10 boast, Dat now
Tine cause of truth will not allow
Ny silence; so III merely state
That Spring for me must GliDGy5 wait
The thing admits of not doubt:
Spring can't begin till come out"
Well, bless my stars! For pure conceit,"
Began the Brook, " you two do beat
All have heard. As If were true
Spring never came at all till you
We're born, and can't come when you're
dead
I'm sorry. sir, you've been nnisled,
But can set you rignt / know
Spring comes when begin to flow.
When my ice melts and not till then,
Spring dares TO venture forth again"
"Whew" sneered the Breeze, in high dis
dain,
You're wrong as they are, il is plain.
When first came, not long ago,
] found you naught but ice and snow.
IT was my warm breath, you thankless
thing,
That broke your bands and brought the
opring.
The Robins and the Squirrels all
Come only when they hear me call.
In fact, | may assert with truth
am the Spring Itself, in sooth.
Springs here because | m here, and when
leave, you II have no Spring again"
e. J. Wheeler, In st. Nicholas.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-04-11
Fog and GrOg.

Arthur was walking along the beach
with his father one fine afternoon. He
had been watching the. bathers bobbing
up and down, their red caps or tapping
straw hats shining in the water like
shoals of buoys in the ocean. Here and
there he picked up a cork or wine
bottle, and at last his father pointed out
to him great hulk of a vessel that had
recently been wrecked. 1t had on it an
immense load of coal-seyeral hundred
tons. You could now look intoit and
see piles of coal; but no one could get
at it, and it would cost more to get it
out than it was worth. So at last the
coal was sold for eleven dol ars. ''How
did it happen to get wrecked?' asked
Arthur. Il asked that question, re-
piled his father, ''of a gentleman with
whom walked to the wreck the day
after the accident, and said to him, I
suppose it was caused by fog He re-
piled in one word to my question, and
that word was .grog. So, upon inquiry,
l learned that this was true; that the
crew had been drinking and, of course,
with unsteady heads they could not
steer the vessel in straightforward
course. So with many wrecks in life.
Men make mistakes that end In ruin,
and they often find that there is more
danger in grog than in fog. Temper
Gnce Banner.
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-04-11
There is a man in Fast Rookawa,

There is man in East Rookaway,
n. Y, who is curiosity His name is
David Langdon and he is ninety years of
age, veteran of the war of 1912. David
declares that he only been tired once in
his life. That single occasion was when
stationed at Sag Harbor, and he walked
home, a distance of ninetY-fve miles,
without stopping, except to eat some
cakes. He made the distance in less
than day and a-half, and naturally he
felt kind o. tuckered out when he got
home. Although David is never tired
himself, he is liable to make others tired
with stories of this sort.-N. Y. Herald.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-04-11
February % was the anniversary 6

February % was the anniversary of
Rossini S birthday, who. of course, has
birthday only every four years; which
made him ask q young lady who dined
with him on February 29. 1865, and
whose nineteenth birthday was the day
before: ''Who is, in your opinion, young
era man who celebrates his eight
zenith anniversary or young lady
who celebrates her nineteenth birth
dayp' When she said the young man
Of the eighteenth anniversary, he re-
piled: Well, | am that young man.
and consequently am younger than
you. You said SO yourself"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-04-11

Covers for small tea-trays are sccas
loped around the edge. and then but
tonholed with scarlet, brown or blue,
with little figures in the center, or cor
ners are worked in the same colsr til
is chosen for the border.--N. 7. Post.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-04-11
"Will Won do me a favorPp sai

-"WlH you do me a Tavor!" said
young Brooks to his wealthy friend, ST.
mon Hanson. 81 wish you to lend me
410." Call at my counting-house, :"
reioined Hanson. George was not long
in paying his respects. what security
can you give me, young gentlemanP"
My personal security, sir" every
well, get in here, said Hanson, lifting
up the lid of large iron chest. "Get
in herer' exclaimed George, in aston
ishment "what for?'' "Why, this is
where / always keep my securities.
George did not press the oan.-Ba6G'O
Erpress.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-04-11

Scarcely week passes by without
the record of some wonderful surgical
operation. Sally Brown was recently
taken in hand. and Lad a broken knee
and dislocated rib taken out and new
ones put in, and she is now as good as
ever. 1t may not injure the story much
to add that the Sally is canal-boa+-
N, i, Graphic,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-04-11

THERE are now seventy-three Tenn
Qeganee journals in England.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-03
EPIT0ME OF THE NEWS.
Washington Gossip.

BENJAMIN T. Butler, WHO is sooa TO be
ex-governor OF Massachusetts,, was in Wash
ington the other day, and, according to tn
Chronicle OF tn city, tried to get into the
senate chamber by door the keeper OF
which didn't or wouldn't recognize him.
'You can't go in there, sir, said the door
keeper, ''the senate Is in session." Butler
merely growled out "Jlm Butler" and
persisted in his effort 10 enter. '0h, no.
my aHtqGated masher, said the other with
wink AZ bystander, you can't play me
for sucker. Senator But CT has just gone
in through this door. Mash 'em trnTu the
gallery, my dandy" Gen Butler was par
ally zsd for moment, and then wheeling
upon the astOniahed do0rkeeper, be fairly
yelled "Butier Of South Carolina be DID,
| am Butler of Massachusetts. Gov. Butler,
yeu impudent fool, " and amid the profuse
apologies of thu doorkeeper he eatere2 the
chamber.
Senator Vest says that he has received q
letter from the governor OF Missouri, in
reference to the turning over OF the United
States authorities of Frank James, the out
Law, and be would lay the matter before
the president as sGon Is possible. He did
not anticipate immediate action, Tor the
subject would have TO be referred to the at
| tOrney general who was LOW in Louisiana
| prosecuting the lottery cases and would not
return to Washington fur q couple OF weeks.
| Mr.. Vest said il was his opinion that the
| United States had not the power to inter
| vene at this stage of the proceedings, for the
| case was still und : the jurisdiction o! the
| state authorities sppendiug judge Crekel's
| decision.
Among the contested cases in the present
| house is that of Fredericks against Wilson,
| o.the fifth iowa district. Fredericks is q
| Democrat, and Wilson, whose certificate
| gave him the prima facie right to the seat,
| is a republican, Fredsricks claims ne was
elected by tweniy-three sjority, according
| to the returns OF the local authorities. The
returning board by it's count gave Wilson q
majority OF seventeen. He (FrederiCks) de-
clares this was a fraud en- him, q put up
/ lob, by which be lost bus certificate, and be
processes to go before the elections COM
| mittee Immediately after the holi5ays. The
| papers have been fled. Fred aricks is in
| Washington, aud Is confident as man can
/ be WhC has the count on his side.
John N. Irwin, governor of Idaho Terri
| tory, returned to the treasurer of the Unitef
States 8 draft for $3.50 sent him as salary for
| the quarter ended Oct. so, and declined also
| to receive the salary due him for the quar-
Ter ending Dec. 81, He states that be has
| heen uaabIe to attend to the Office since
| July I, ana does not consider that he can
| conscientiousiy take the pay.
| Senator Salisbury of Delaware is the only
| member of the senate who has never bsen
married,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-03
Crimes and Criminals.

Helena, Mont, Herald: Gov. Crosby
was recently notified by teIegraphic mes
sage from The department oil justice, that on
the intercesslou of Senators Sabin and Nc
Milan the president had granted TO Frank
Young, the slayer of McCarty, o reprieve
for sixty days from Dec. q. The family
and friends OF Young were able TO secure,
through the Minnesota senators in Wash
inetOn, what here, Gov. Crosby, with tuli
knowledge of the case. felt constrained to
deny. The execution of Young was set for
the 27th inst, the same day 81 that appoin-
ted tor the hanging of Clark, and it would
certainly have ken place at that date but
tor the presidents reprievai.
John H. Clark was hangeS st Bosnian,
Mt, on the 9th, for the murder OF Thorn
as Rogers and Peter Lyman. The moose
was adjusted, and Clark addressed the spec
tators, thirty in number. After stating that
he was OF one of the best Virginia families,
carefully brought up, he disclaimea any
knowledge of the crime for which he was
executed, stating that his life had been
sworn away falsely. He ended by saying:
Farewell, my southern, sunny home, my
mother dear, and the one l love" The
black cap vas dropped, anG Deputy Sans
ford touched the lever. Clark fell nine
feet, disloCating his neck, and dying in nine
aud one-half minutes without struggle.
Albany. N. Y, Special: f. s. sherwin,
the millionaire adyenturer, who was impli-
Gated IN the Phelps defaleation from the
state tressurery in 1874, and sentenced re-
Gently. to two wears in the Albany state
penitentiary and fined $500 for contempt OF
,urt, doesn't take chearful view of his
situation The sentence if carried out,
which seeIns likely enough, notwithstand-
ing his iii gotten wealth. takes him from o
blooming bride and LIE of luxurious eas c
and places him III felon's gaTb and cell.
The coronar's jury, at Beverly, W. Va,
after FIVE days inquest on the mysterious
mHrder of the Somerfeld family, brought
IN q verdict recently duplicating J. G. Elan.
agan III the crime Hs was arrested and
lodged in Jail. The fact was developed that
be had quarreled with Mrs. Somsrdeld and
threatened to kill her aud burn the house.
There is a strong feeling against him.
Capt. Hunter, John Stewart and John
Mayhem, members of the Salvation army,
were arrested st bridgeport, Conn, charged
with violating a city ordinance by parad1ng
the streets. Hunter deela"es that the army
wis parade every night, regardless of the
city ordinance.
From singing at missionary meetings in
the Gloversyille. n. Y, Jail, Aggie Austin,
a pretty girl, fell in love with Ford Roder-
lex, horse thief, In order 10 be with him
she stole the same team he did, was SEN
fenced, and last week was married to him
The postoaice at Perryvills, Ksns., was
robbed of $780, the burglars going east on
the Union Pacific. The sheriff and chief o;
police of Lawrence went to Lenope and
captured one of the men.
Willie Whitley, the Chicago Kid" was
arrested st Lswrenoe, Kan, recently, for
stealing 9 thousand dollars worth of drafts
from & trunk.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-03
Orange Riot In Nova scotia.

ST. JOHNS. n. f., Dec 2T.-Advices from
Harbor Grace state thai the Orange process
SIGN yesterday, while passing Shipshead, waf
fired upon by the crowd, At FIRST the Orange
mon thought the firing was from powder gum
carried by their friends, until they saw theil
men fall Four men were kilied-two Ofange
men, two Roman Catholics. Eight are re
ported MORALLY wounded, and eighteen tt
twenty slightly wounded Head Constable
Doyle is among the wounded, There
is lull in the outbreak a
Harbor Grace. but the neighborine
town Of Carboneau is a state of the wildes
frenzy Over 1000 men are parading tht
streets and preparing 10 march to Harboi
Grace. Crowds are hurrying up from the
whole extent OF the north shore OF Conception
bay, to the sceue Of the disturbance. Al
business places Sre closed, and most OF the
private dwellings protected by bars and bolts
The police despatched from st. Jo hna reached
Harbor Grace last night II the riot breaks
out anew the law officers viii be poweTless L
protect life and property. IT is rumored thai
the government has cabled to Halifax foi
troops aud war ship. II the Carboueau cor
tingent marches TO Harbor Grace the result
will be terrible to contemplate
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-03

Ia Crosse Wis, Special Telegram, Dec. 20.
A dispatch from Necedah gives the parlicu-
lars of the marriage OF the daughter Of Samuel
Hiles TO William Armstrong which was quite
A brilliant event Among tho festivities was
an excursion Of the entire wedding party esei
the new Wisconsin & Pittsviile railroad, with
anch at Dexterville at the residence CT George
Hiles, uncle OF tho bride. The following dis.
patch from Grand Rapids will be seen to have
relation to tho above event: ''W II. johnson
of DeAteryille, who has been head bookkeepsr
and general accountant for George Hiles fer
years, made an attempt at suicide to-day at
O. m in his room at the Central house
by shooting with a revolver After din.
ner he complained of being fatgued
aud went TO his room. Calling the landlady,
he put tie muzze of revolver 10 his breast
ald fred just as she entered the room. Ths
bail passed Just above tho heart and was taken
out near the shouIderblade The patient is IN
a precarious condition He is about twenty
eight years old. There is nc definite idoa az
10 the cause Of this deed, but it ID general,
believed that the marriage Of certain young
lady Yesterday, on whom be had set his affec-
lions, cut considerable Of figure in the case
He had written letters TO parties at DexteryIlle,
informing them of his intentions, aud the 3
o'clock train brought several persons over here
to interfere.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-03
Death OF General Humphreys

Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys, brigadier
general Z. s. A, retired, died suddenly in
Washington on Thursday night, the 9th
inst, of angina pectoris. The general
had been complaining of lumbago Tor q
week or two pas, but was not seriously af-
feated, and on the day before his death YVES
out for a walk. He was out for short
time in the evening before, and on his re-
turn was ia the parlor with the family.
About 8 O'Clock the rest of the family re-
tired, leaving him alone apparently in good
health. At $50 O'Clock a servant went
into the room to see ahout the fire and the
general was sitting there apparently welt
AT IL O'Clock he had not gene to his rom,
and the servant sent to the parlor
after him, found him sitting in his chair
dead. Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan has issued an
order regarding he death OF Gan. Hum-
phreys, which, after giving the military re-
cord OF the deceased says; In the discharge
OF military dutIes Gen. Humphreys dis
played great zeal, intelligence ID conspic-
nous galiantry. Those who served under
him had the highest confidence in is Ca
pscity to command, and greatest a0nirs-
ZION for his soldiery ualities. The officers
of the engineer corps of the army will wear
the usual badge of mourning thirty days.
Gen. HUMPHREYS was distinguished army
officer. and one of the most popular gentle
men in Washington society. He was APP
pointed to the military seadsmy from PENN
sylvania, july l, 1927, graduating July /,
1881 ard appointed second lieutenant OF the
Second artillery the same dav. He was pro-
NOTED to the various superior grades and on
March Is, 1865. be vas breye;ed brigad'er
general in the regular army for gallant and
meritoliouS service st the battle of Gettys-
burg, aud breveted major general OF the
same day fol gallant conduct at The cattle
of Sailors Greek, Va. He was mustered out
of tie volunteer service Aug. 81, 1856. and
was promoted TO the rank of brigadier gen.
ersl in the regular service and TO duty as
chief of er ginesrs, which office he filled IN
til June so, 1879 v hen he was retired st his
own request.