The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-12-19

THE man who has paid his election bets,
and has little left for Christmas, might
be worse off.
ALLIGATOR steaks are to be on the bill OF
fare at a New Orleans restaurant during the
Exposition.
ACCORDING to the Lisbon Official Gazette
Portugal has 10000 soldiers-big army,
little country.
The Attorney General has been requested
to state whether the eight-hour law applies
to letter carriers.
| FRANCIS D.MoULToN, ''the mutual friend"
of the Beecher- Tilton case, is dead of par
alysis Of the heart.
IF the existing GOODNESS increases 1t will
not be long until France and England will
not speak ds they pass by.
ONE of the four living descendants of
Oliver Cromwell is now the wife of Gener-
al Harvey, of st. Louis.
| A TELEGRAPHIo dispatch was lately sent
from Kansas City to Scotland and an answer
returned in forty minutes.
MODELLING In clay or wax is the fashiona-
bic pastime among young ladies with an
abundance of elegant leisure.
A MAN in Connecticut failed two DAYS
after the arrival of his twin babies. Let
| old bachelors now be content
| IN the course of debate on the Franchise
Bill, the ether day, Gladstone paid glow
ing tribute to President Garfield.
THE statue of Commodore Perry has been
finished at Florence, Italy, and will be
shipped soon for erection at Newport, R. l.
| THE robbery of money letters in the Mon
treal Post-ofice is confessed by J. o. A
Charlier. The prisoner is well connected
HENRY SALEsHIN, a printer, sets 1900
ems every hour during the days work, and
| promises to become phenomenal compos-
| itor.
THE Gear of Russia is said to be growing
| quite gray and to bear on his face wrinkles
Of premature old age, induced by worry
and anxiety.
ASBESTOS cloth is now used in Europe
for fire proof theatrical scenery. 1t costs
three time more than linen and six times
more than cotton.
PIERRE PREFAUx, blind beggar, died
In Pittsburgh few days ago, leaving over
5000 on deposit In the Dollar Savings
Bank of that city.
have recently paid $500 for pair of shoes.
| They we're of white satin and embroidered
with pearls at Tiffany's.
Mr.. RoBT. J. BURDETTE has ended his
twelve years. connection with the Burling-
ton Hotokeye and will make his home per-
manent1y at Ardmore, Pa.
The Washington monument has cost 81
100000. OF this sum, $3.50, 900 was collected
by the society, and the remainder was ap-
propriated by Congress.
TEE total number of hogs slaughtered
annually in the United States is estimated
at 30,0o0,0Oo, the average dressed weight
being It's pounds each.
THERE is no law to prevent the Governor
of Illinois from appointing himself if the
Legislature, which is tie, should fail to
elect United States Senator.
A FRENCHMAN who recently died direct
ed in his will that the sum Of five thousand
dollars should be given to the wounded in
the next war with Germany"
Col. SAMUEL RALsToN, father-in-law
of Frank James, but reported to be a very
estimable gentleman, Is an aspirant for the
postmastership of Independence, Mo.
A NEBRASKA girl of nineteen calls her.
self the champion cowgirl of America, and
she offers to ride a race, throw the lasso or
| shoot q match with any woman in the
country who is disposed to dispute the
| claim.
SIX hundred and fifty years ago Simon
de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, made SOL
emn decree that no jew should ever live
within the limits of the town of Leicester,
and Mr.. Israel Hart, an out and-out Jew,
has Just been elected Mayor of that very
| town.
| A ST, LOUIS man has discovered that
Goldfish skin, when properly tanned, makes
elegant leather; It is of a pearl-gray color
and very tough. We thought the Goldfish
must have been made for something else
than food.
THE Prince Of Naples, King Humbert's
heir, lad of fifteen, is weak IN mind and
body. His parents are first cousins. His
Greatest Accomplishment is talking Eng
| ush, which he learned from English nurses
| and governesses.
INSTRUCTIONS on the effects OF Stlmu.
lants and narcotics upon the human system
| are now recommended by pedagogical So
cieties in number of the Eastern States.
A SIMPLE and effective remedy for q
cinder or other hard substance in the eye,
may be found In one or two grains of fax
seed, which can be placed in the eye with
out pain or injury. AS they dissolve a
glutinous substance Is formed, which en-
velops any foreign body that may be under
the lid, and the whole is easily washed out.
A dozen of these seeds should constitute
part Of every travellers outfit.
DR.. JOHN BUCK, of Bedminster, England,
| administered bichloride, of methylene as
an anasthetic to a patient and put him
out of pain and out of existence in less than
one minute.
CONNECTICUT now comes to the front with
the story of a woman who died from the
effects of snake-bite inflicted thirty years
ago. The symptoms in this case were ex-
actly similar to those in the Georgia case
such as pain, nausea, swelling, spotted APP
pearance of the flesh and an annual reap
pearance Of these manifestations on the
same day and about the same hour.
/ A NEW York girl attempted to drown
herself because her lover deserted her fol-
another fair one. She said she thought thu
aw in this country was that her Lover
would be hanged for her death, and thai
would prevent his marrying the other girl
How she must have loved himl