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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

northern extremity of Green Bay, SO
admirably adapted for summer re
treat as Washington island. Fifty
years ago, when this island was first
visited by white men, it was declared
the most charming spot on all the lake
coast. 1t was wooded with fine
young growth of oak, and the ground
carpeted with thin turf of grass, the
soil underneath being sandy. A large
proportion of young oaks still remain,
affording grateful shade in warm
weather.
The island, exclusive of the land
owned by, the government light house
and life-saving station, contains about
forty acres, and is surrounded by
water deep enough to float a steamer.
except at the north end, where it is
separated from the lake by sand bar
The island has an elevation of twenty
feet above the lake, has bold shores and
no marsh grounds. Lake Michigan at
this point is seventy miles wide, and is a
volume Of as pure fresh water as any
in the world. The breezes from across
the lake cannot possibly bring any
thing malarious. The island is also
favorably situated for being refreshed
by the northern and southern breezes,
owing to the shore line both north and
south. 1t is accessible by bridge,
and the facilities for reaching it might
be easily improved. 1t is true there
are no pretentious mineral waters with
high sounding healing virtues. But
there is an abundance of pure water
which nature brews in crystal foun-
tains beneath the earth's surface, and
which is as refreshing as the waters
which flowed from the rock smitten
by the prophet in Bible times. 1t is
difficult to conceive what advantages
other summer resorts in this state
would have over one here, provided
there were hotel accommodations on
Washington Island equal to those else
where. A most desirable considera-
ton of the island for a summer resi-
dence is its freedom from annoyance.
1t is stated on the authority of one Of
our old citizens. who has long been
familiar with the island, that mis-
quitoes are never known there. This
is singular fact. and the information
comes from source entitled to credit
The first settlers regarded the island
as sort of earthly paradise, and enter
tanned the belief it would be center
of attraction in coming years. 1t is
destined some day to fulfil the expecta-
tions of the early inhabitants.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28
STRANGE PEOPLE.

IF there be any classof people in the
world whose reason may be said to be
under cloud, it is the habitnal beer
and whisky drinkers. These persons
suffer themselves to be constantly inn
posed upon without murmur of dis
sent. Take an example: A glass Of
beer costs cents; there are $40 glass
es in barrel, SO that the retailer re-
ceiyes $32 for every barrel of beer he
sells; deduct from this sum the cost of
the beer, S. per barrel, and it leaves
profit Of $27. The cost of glass of
beer by the barrel is considerably less
than one cent. In what other article
of domestic use does the purchaser
submit to such an enormous shave?
How common it is to see man ban
tering with the merchant about the
price of pair of shoes, or other ar
ticles which the seller offers at only a
small profit, but when the man buys a
glass of beer he pays about four hun
dred per cent profit, and never ques-
tions the Insignificant value of his
purchase. Suppose the grocery dealer
should charge the like profit as the
saloon-keeper, what a furious indigna-
ton would be raised /? Customers could
hardly be restrained from demolishing
such groceries; they would be regard
ed as gross impositions on the public.
Thousands of men do not seem to
know when they are imposed upon,
and it is passing strange they do not
know when they are cheated.
According to the official statistics,
there were about 100000 barrels of
beer consumed in this country last
year, for which the drinkers paid
$3.50, 100000. The number of gallons
of whisky consumed in the United
States the past year is 7S,00o,OOO, and
its cost to the consumers is arrived at
by the same process of beer. Many
people suppose that the number of
gallons of beer and whisky annually
consumed in this country is arrived at
simply by guessing. All well-inform-
ed persons ought to know that
every gallon of beer and of whisky
manufactured is as much a matter of
record by the government as are the
taxes and import duties. The total
amount expended for both beer and
whisky is put down at $S00,0O0,OO0.
The Springfield Union we'll remarks:
"Now supposing this $sOO,eOo,0O0
spent yearly for drinks that do no good
were saved or spent for articles of use
and real comfort. That vast sum
would buy a good suit of clothes for
every man in the land, give every
woman a decent dress and bonnet and
clothe and shoe every child. The
economic uses of SSOO,000,000, put
where it would do the most good in
stead of where it would do the most
evil, are incalculable, and those who
tell us that business would at once re-
vive if everybody stopped drinking do
not appear to be very far out of the
way after all"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

enduring are heartrending. Parents
replying with tears in their eyes to
their children's request for food that
they have none. Tbs people are oblig-
ed to use the filthiesl wa ter, and this,
added to the diseases which will ensue
upon the subsistence of the waters, will
greatly aggrayate the horrors of the
situation, Meantime all that is being
done by the inhabitants to abate their
misery is the beating of gongs, burning
of incense, sand bowling of prayers to
idols
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

Brazil passed law few years ago
for the gradual emancipation of the
slaves. The plan seems to work well,
but public opinion demands the work
Of liberating the slaves shall go on
more rapidly. An additional act has
been passed, Fastening emancipation
The plan for the gradual abolition of a
large slave population is doubtless a
wise one, provided the liberated are
prepared for the duties Of citizenship
when freed. If this has been really
the policy of Brazil, the government
has done wisely. If gradual emanci-
patton had been practicable in the
United States, preparing such as were
first to receive the boon of freedom for
citizenship, and thus following on in
successive qualified ranks, it might
have been an improvement over gener-
al and unconditional emancipation.
But this government was not in a
situation to adopt plan of gradual
liberation.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

The tendency ofpopulation in all the
states is to the cities. While most of
the cities are increasing in population,
the districts of country around them
are at stand-still, and in many in
stances not holding their own. The
tendency of this tide to the cities is
not altogether because so many per-
sons prefer city life, but for the reason
that the same number of people are not
necessary now to do the work in the
country as years ago. With improved
labor-saving machinery one man can
do as much on farm now as four fifty
or less years ago. This liberates many
men in the country, 10 engage in other
occupations. Less than a century ago,
it appears that in the state of Massa-
chusetts nine out of every ten of the
population were agriculturalists, while
in 1880 only eight in every hundred
were employed ia agriculture in Mas
sachusetts. 1t is inter esting to consult
the statistical tables from one decade
to another, and note the revolutions in
the condition and occupations CT men
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

The following is the record of the
cholera in Spain during the past week
1t will be seen that the scourge continues
to increase: Wednesday, Aug. 10Th,
4, JOG new cases and ], 541 deaths Thurs
day, Goth, 500 new cases and 1,644
deaths; Friday, 21st, 4,483 new cases
and 1,441 deaths Saturday, 22d, 5,672
new cases and 1923 deaths F.; Sunday,
23d, 1919 new cases and 1850 deaths !;
Monday, 24th, 4,701 new cases and /, 433
deaths Tuesday, 25th, 1869 new cases
and 1,547 deaths. Since the breaking
out of the epidemic up to the present
time there have been nearly us, 600 cases
and $4,000 deaths. Cholera also con-
tinues to spread in France.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28
EASTERN FRUIT CROP.

The Homestead, published at Spring
field, Mass, has reports from 1000 cor
respondents in New England, New
York, New Jersey and England, in re-
spect to the fruit crop of the present
year. The average of the apple crop
in these states will be less than
seyenty-five per cent of the last years
average. In England the apple crop
will be short of the needs of that
country, and shipments from this
country will find ready market.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

The firm of Harrison & Green, of Mil
waukee, has been awarded the contract
for building the Schleisingerville and
Chicago extension of the Wisconsin Cen
trail Railroad. Thecontract calls for the
completion of the grade on or before
Dec. LIST, and the steel rails will be in
place by Feb. 18th, 1886. Companies
have been formed in Chicago to locate
several towns on the Illinois section of
the road, which will be plated into lots,
residences erected and the property sold
to Chicago parties for suburban resi-
dences.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28
SOCIETY PEOPLE.

One of the largest social gatherings
and dancing parties of the season oc-
CURED Wednesday evening at the resi-
dence of DR.. A. and Mrs. Farr. About
800 invitations were sent out, and the
response was quite liberal. A large
platform fol- dancing was constructed
on the green adjoining the house, which
was protected from the night air with
canvas. The dancing commenced soon
after s o'clock; music by Freiberg's
orchestra, of Chicago. A list of those
in attendance would be too voluminous
for publication.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

The cholera at Marseilles, France,
has assumed a form which defes medi-
cal treatment. The victims die sud-
denly without the occurrence of any of
the usual premonitory symptoms. The
patient is seized with a GOODNESS, which
cannot be counteraeted by the most
violent friction.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28
THAT DIRTY DANDRUFF.

Dandruff is dirty and disagreeable in
every way. 1t soils the clothing contin-
ually, and is accompanied by hardly
less annoying sensation of itching. The
scalp is diseased. There is nothing
in the world SO thoroughly adapted to
this trouble as Parker's Hair Balsam.
Il cleanses and heals the scalp, stops
the falling hair and restores its original
softness, gloss and color. Is not oily
highly perfumed, an elegant dressing.
Very economical, as only small oc-
casional application keeps the hair in
perfect condition.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

GREAT FLOOD AND Loss OF LIFE.
Advices from Canton, China, lave
been received at Washington, giving
an account OF the most destructive flood
whic h has yet been recorded the pres.
ent year.
More than 10000 persons lost their
liv es, and far greater number are left
in a starving condition. Entire vii.
lagos were engulfed, and the rice and
silk crops in the vicinity were almost
ruined. Rain fell the latter part of
June, filling and overfowing many of
the rivers. The streets of Canton were
flooded for over a week. At SEE NJ
City the water broke through the city
wall. It is reported several thousand
people were drowned in that place.
The embankments of the river were
broken in numerous places. and the
waters swept across the surrounding
country, carrying everything before
them. A foreigner who was an eye
witness of the scenes of the devastation
reports that one night the boat ne oc-
cupied anchored near bamboo grove.
By morning the water had risen to the
tops of the bamboos. At other points
it rose as high as forty feet during the
night time. The inhabitants fed from
the villages and camped on the hill
sides. At Kun-in, a market place sit
uated near an embankment of one of
the st reams connected with the river
which brings water from the North
and West rivers, the majority of the
is were drowned by the water
breaking through the embankment.
Some escaped to piece of rising
ground in the neighborhood, but the
water continued to rise, and gradually
overtopped the eleva ton, drowning
those who stood upon it. In some
places the parents tied their children
On the high branches of ire es while
hey instituted measures for their gen.
sral safety. The trees were washed
up by the roots, and the heartrending
,ries of the children were silenced in
he surging water. The writer adds
hat the suffering which thousands are
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

Smallpox is epidemic in Montreal,
Canada. Several large corporations, in
Guiding the Grand Trunk Railroad, have
ordered all employees to be vaccinated.
The theatres have been forbidden to
open until further notice, and Barnum's
circus has been refused permission to
enter the city, owing to the fact that
crowds stimulate the spread Of the dis
ease. Business is nearly suspended.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

The Evanston IndeS says the Chi
cago and Evanston road is now CON-
pleted to Calvary cemetery, north,
running four trains daily. The same
paper farther says there is prospect
of the road being built as far north as
Waukegan before winter. When it
reaches Waukegan per haps there will
be seen a like reason for extending it
to Kenosha and still further.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

The Albany Bee,1ing Journal says
that nearly all the leading newspapers
in the state of New York are now own.
ed by stock companies. That paper
says: "This plan of Capitalization does
not interfere with personal control,
and has many advantages that cannot
otherwise be obtained"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28
POSSIBLE EXTENSION OF
TRADE.

The Commissioners appointed by
the government at Washington to visit
the Central and South American states,
in the interest of more general COM
mercial relations with the United
States, have made their report. 1t ap-
pears that the enormous commerce of
those countries is at present almost
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28
AN ACT OF JUSTICE.

The Board of Education Of the city
of Omaha have voted to pay male and
female teachers equal salaries for do
ing the same work. This is bat a
simple matter of justice, and the Board
deserves no especial credit, unless it
be for the courage TO do right. To
make wages distinction, on account
OF sex, for performing the same work
equally we'll, is wrong that cannot find
justification. In most, if not all cleri-
cal, mechanical or educational work,
women can perform as much in a
given number of hours as men, yet
from time immemorial women have,
with perhaps few exceptions, received
less pay. In the matter of school,
teaching, females have been found
better adapted to the teaching of chill
dren than males. In the winter term
when the larger scholars usually at
tend school, male teachers are employ
ed, not because of their superior ability
to teach, but because Of the old-time
notion that it requires physical strength
to govern the older boys and girls. It
is time the whip and the ferule were
abandoned as a means of school gov
eminent; unruly scholars who cannot
be controlled by kind words and rea-
son should be expelled from the school
room and sent elsewhere for punish
ment. Parents who send their chill
dren to school to be logged for misbe.
havior, are to be pitied for their ig-
norance of parental duty. School Of
icers, should see to it that those schol-
airs who cannot be governed without
recourse to violence, should be expelled,
and if no other means can be employ
ed to secure obedience, they should he
sent to the reform school.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28
KERosRA COUNTY FAIR.

All persons interested in the Keno
sha county fair are reminded that the
fair opens on Tuesday, September 8.
The managers aim to make the fair an
interesting and attractive one; the CO.
operation OF agriculturists and me-
chanics is solicited, and the patronage
of all classes generally is invited.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

The expediency of continuing to
agitate the scandals. us revealed in the
Pail MGU Gazette, is discussed in this
country and abroad. On the one side
it is contended that keeping the scan
dial before the public administers to
the lepraved tastes of certain classes;
on the other hand, it is claimed that
keeping these disgraceful matters be-
ore the people is necessary to arouse
the better class to the necessity of pro-
tecting society against infamous
crimes. 1t is noticeable that men Of
loose morals are among the loudest
in condemning the exposure OF the
scandals. This fact carries with it
meaning easily understood.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

Killing frosts were reported from the
Northwest Territory on Sunday night,
extending southwark to the northern
part of Minnesota. The temperature
fell to 81 degrees at St. Vincent. This
is low enough to form good stiff ice and
kill vegetation.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

Secretary Babbitt, of the State Agricul-
tural Society, says: If frost comes, i'm
mediately strip the bark from the ear in
the field and artiiicially dry the corn on
the cob for next seasons seed. If large
quantities are to be saved, strip the ear
and let the bare ear remain in the field"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

The German corvette Augusta was
wrecked recently in a cyclone in the
Red Sea. Her crew of 238 men were
lost. She was valued ISL, 100000. The
steamer Bungaloo was wrecked in the
Gulf of Adm on Monday. One hundred
lives were lost.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

The city clerk of Milwaukee has
decided that no registration of voters
is required to entitle citizen to vote
on the license question; and therefore
he gives notice Of election to be held
Sept. Is.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28
We take much pleasure in speaking

We take much pleasure in speaking
we'll of our public men, although differ
ing from them politically. Cleveland
has done some creditable things, but
he also does things which are inexcus-
ably bad The following statement
we have not seen denied: AT the
October election in Ohio last fall The
contest was an excitable one. A
policeman by the name of Mullen ar
rested 1852 colOred men in Cincinnati
boarding house on the evening before
election, and kept them in confine-
ment until after the close OF the polls
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

The Iowa State Democratic Con-
vention, which met at Cedar Rapids
last week, nominated ticket, fusing
with Greenbackers. The temperance
sentiment is so strong in Iowa that the
convention was obliged to put temper
ance plank in it's platform; it declares
for minimum license of $3.50, and
the maximum at $1,000. The Demo
Gratis of Iowa are bert on having pure
whiskey, therefore denounce the adul-
teration of the article as deserving Of
penal punishment.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

Minnesota abolished the death pen
atty for murder seventeen years ago;
the gallows has recently been restored
in that state. Michigan has tried the
no hanging policy; bill passed the
lower house to restore the death PEN
atty. Maine tried no hanging for six
years and then went back to capital
punishment. Whenever the death
penalty has been abolished in any state
it has been pronounced by well-mean-
Ing men the trium phi of civilization
and christianity. That is still an open
question.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28
FRIDAY. AUGUST %. 1886.

The county fair of Lake county will
be held at Waukegan, commencing
Sept. 2S, and ending Oct. 8.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

Cures Piles or Hemorrhoids, Itching; Protruding
C,seding, Internal other. Internal and External
Remedy in each package. Sure cure, SOC. Druggists
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

Corrects ohersive odors at once. Complete cure of
worst chronic cases, also unequaled as gargIe for
Diphtheria, Sore Throat, Foul Breath. SOC.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

The city Of Racine has % churches
of different denominations, which are
exempted from taxation for $342,50O.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

be taught, together with descriptions Of
diseases and remedies.
With the large increase of our herds
and focks, diseases become more and
more numerous, and knowledge of
how to combat them more imperative.
The coming farmer should understand
the anatomy and physiology of the ami
mails he rears, together with methods of
detecting disease and giving or securing
rational treatment.
Any one desiring to do SO can devote
his whole time to one of these branches.
Students in this course should be at
least sixteen years of age and have q
common school education, though no
entrance examinations will be required.
Ii one comes poorly prepared he cannot
expect the full benefits of the course.
The expense of the course will depend
much upon the economy of the student,
but may be set down at from sixty to
sixty-five dollars for board, tuition and
books necessary for the whole course Of
twelve weeks.
a large sum of money has already
been appropriated by the Board of Re
gents to make this course instructive
and valuable surely there are hundreds
of farmers sons in Wisconsin who can
avail themselves of the advantages offer
ed and acquire information that will be
useful upon the farLl during whole life
time.
Theme course opens January z, 1886,
and closes March 31st. Those contem-
plating attending should send notice of
their coming some time beforehand, if
possible.
For any further particulars address
PROF. w. A. HENRY,
Madison, Wis.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

Palpitaton, Dropscal Swsllngs, Dizziness, Indiges-
ton, Heartachs, Seeplessness cured by Wells
Health Renewer."
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

Cures cholera, collie, cramps, diarrhoa, aches.
'aiRs. sprains, headache, neuralgia, rheumatism,
&c. Rough on Pain Plasters, 15c.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28
Life Preserve

If you are failing, broken, wern out and nervous
Sc Wells Health Remover" 81. Druggists.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

We will give the Kenosha
Telegraph one year and a
Waterbury Watch for S a.
The Watches can be seen at
this Office.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28
"Buchu.paiba.n

Rough ON Corns."
Ask for wells Rough on Corns" 15c. Quick
complete cure. Hard soft corns, warts, bunions.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

Catarrh of the Bladder.
Singing, irritation, Inflammation. all Kidney
and Urinary complaints, cnred by " Buchu- Paiba'
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

Water Bugs. Reaches.
:. o1ghon Rats Clears them out also Beetles
Ants. HG1