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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21
PATENT OFFICE.
Bureau Practically Up With Its Work
and Inventors are not Compelled
to Wait.
Grasshoppers Doing Immense Damage to
Crops in Montana = Dairy Statistics
Which Will Prove of Great
Interest.
CAUGHT UP AT LAST.


WASHINGTON, August 17.-The Patent
Office is steadily working up on the applca-
tons of inventors, and many of the causes
for complaint against its hardness have dis
appeared. 1t may be said that practically
, the bureau is up with the demands upon it,
ana inventors are not required to wait so
long for consideration of their cases as they
had to short time ago. The need of more
room for the accommodation of it's working
force is greatly felt Desks are placed in
halls and corridors and every other place
where clerk can work. 1t is only cues
ton OF very short time before the Patent
Office must have better accommodations.
and then it is probable the other bureaus of
the Department now in the building will
nave to seek other quarters and let the
Patent Office take sole possession.
The question is revived every now
and then OF doing away with the present
system OF issuing patents and adopting the
plan IN vogue in England and other coun-
tries OF Europe of simply registering every
application for patent the same as for
copyrights, and when cases of infringement
occur let the controversy be settled in the
courts. 1t is argued that whenever patent
proves valuable it is always infringed upon
and litigation follows. The new system
would therefore make no difference with in
ventors. The principal change would be in
dong away with the large force of exam
lners and clerks here in the Patent Office.
Only small force would be necessary to
register the applications for patents. But it
is argued on the other hand that if the
american system were done away with,
valuable patents of al kinds would soon
DPn0n1A rfy Of lin+a t..
ventors as rule are poor. They can not
afford to go into the courts to have their
claims decided. 1t would be more profitable
to sell the claim, and thus it would be that
organizations to purchase patent claims
would obtain possession of everything.
knowing that in the long run they would
make something more than they paid out,
even if they did not strike bonanza. For
this reason it is not thought that there will
be any change from the present plan.
Owing to the rumors of injury by grass
hoppers in parts of Montana, the Signal
Bureau has, at Prof. Riley's request, in
structed its agents in the Northwest to tele-
graph at once observations of injury or
movements, instead of sending them
monthly as heretofore. Prof Riley also
sent an agent to the field, whose reports
confirm previous ones. Not only are there
large numbers of this destructive Rocky
Mountain species at work, but the common
native and non-migratory species are also
much more numerous At Fort Buford and
the Popular Pine agency the locusts are
very abundant damaging the crops on July
20 during the middle of the day. A large
portion of the Rocky Mountain species left
towards the east and southwest.
Mr.. Miller, Commissioner of Internal
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

upset on the 18th, setting the house on fire.
One of the children, girl of ten years,
was burned to death, and Mr.. Durham, his
wife and three other children were fatally
| burned.
| The epidemic prevailing at Porter, Ind,
has been attributed by a physician, who
had made thorough investigation, to the
use of decaying meat, cheese and sausage.
| NEAR Vicksburg, Miss. Ann Hogan, a
colored woman reported to be 100 years
| old, died on the 10th.
| THE house of Simon Ashley (colored)
at Graham, Ca, was burned on the 18th,
and the dead bodies of his four children
found in the ruins. 1t was thought they
were murdered, and the building fired to
destroy evidence of the crime.
AT Charleston, s. c., two colored chill
dren named Della Jordan, aged nine, and
George Gibson, aged eight, were arrested
on the 10Th for the murder of Jessie Jor-
dan, an infant, who was killed with a shot
gun.
Two MEN interested in large water
melon patch in Columbia County, Fla, re-
Gently poisoned some melons in anticipa-
ton of thieves. The wife, two children
and sister-in-law of one of the men, not
knowing the melons were poisoned, ate
one, and died soon after.
On the 10Th Walter Lenox Maxwell, the
supposed murderer of Preller at the South
ern Hotel in st. Louis, arrived in the lat
ter city in charge of Detective Tracey.
His trial will take place in October.
1T is said that the corn crop of Indiana
will reach about 16O,0O0,00O bushels-an
average of forty bushels to the acre.
ACCORDING to recent decision by
Federal Judge in Oregon pre- emption
entriesscan only be Cancelled by proceed
ings in the courts.
LESLIE, scout who arrived at Fort
Bowie, A. T., on the 18th, reported that
the command of Major Davis met party
of Indians on the 7th, killed Chief Mana
and seven others and captured eighteen
sGuaws and Chief Geronimo.
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Hon. r. A. Collins at Home.

Boston, August 17.-Congressman P. A.
Collins arrived home from his trip to Ireland
yesterday. He expects the Irish party to
increase its membership in Parliament from
thirty-nine to Lightweight at the coming
election, eighty-three of the number being
from Ireland. Thus they will hold the
balance of power, dictate the Irish policy,
and the Irish people will be practically self
governed. He thinks the Liberals will have
majority and that within three years the
Irish will be conceded substantial measure
of home rule. The Irish have made more
progress towards liberty in six years under
Parnell than in the preceding fifty years
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

DOnus, Ill which Ine GllIo specIneu 1of deIiy-
ering the spirits at the port of expectation
exceeds thirty days, that they were not to
receive such bonds after the 18th instant,
thus virtually repeating the seven months
clause contained in the circular of January
8, 1885, extending the bonded period. Toe
collectors were further instructed that they
are not to approve transportation bonds
after the expiration of the period of three
years, mentioned in the warehousing bon d.,
thereby shortening the time by one month,
allowed under circular 283, of January IS,
1885.
The report of the Statistician of the De-
partment of Agriculture for August con-
tains chapter Of international dairy statis-
tics which will prove of great interest and
value to all connected with the dairy indus
try of the United States 1t gives the an
nual exports and imports of dairy products
of the country and Canada, of European
and other foreign countries, rendered into
pounds and dollars from the original meas
ureS of quantity and value,
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Sufocated by Gas.

BALTIMORE, Nd, August 17.-Fannie
Wagner, aged twenty three living at No. 8
Boundary Avenue, was found dead in her
room yesterday, having been, it is supposed,
asphyxicated by gas which was escaping
from the burner. The family with whom
she lived have been absent for week, leav-
ing the house in charge of the girl and Carl
Willie ledger. Willie explains that he
had not been near the house since Friday
until yesterday, when he forced Annie's
door open and found her dead The girl
had not been seen since Friday either, and
the coroner has held Willie under arrest
until an inquest can be held.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

THE general improvement to business
over the country reported by the local
press is, says the Chicago Inter Ocean,
most encouraging. The outlook is now
for good fall business. The country
North and South was never in moro
solid financial condition. Economy and
the paying of debts have for two years
been the order all along the line, until
to-day there is less borrowed capital
and more capital idle for want of place
for investment than was ever before
seen.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

COLONEL FRED GRANT, in speaking
recently of the vast outpouring of the
people at New York to offer their trib-
ute to the memory of his father, is re-
ported to have said: IF my father
was so much to the world, who barely
knew him, you can perhaps imagine
how much he was to his family. His
official career was not his greatest He
had side to his life which very few can
aOnrnniotn ~
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

SHORTLY before recent rain-Storm
some passengers on 3 Baltimore &
Potomoc train, when a few miles from
Washington, were amazed to see what
appeared to be ball of fire, as large as
mans hat, rolling along between the
tracks behind the train. 1t passed
under the train, and an explosion was
heard which Jared the cars, and then
a smell Of sulphur was noticeable in the
train, The conductor united with the
passengers, says the Washington Star,
in maintaining the accuracy of these
details.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

The new postal law is now in effect,
and an ounce letter can be sent for two
cents. This enables young lady who
is writing to a friend, whom she has
not seen for ten hours, to tell her all
the news on two sheets of paper, in
stead of filing one sheet so full that
half a column of the correspondence
runs over on the margin, and strikes
out criss-cross, cat-a-cornered. dag
onally and otherwisely over the pages
in order to save postage. = Chicago
journal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

FIFTEEN years ago stage-coach
coming out of Blackfoot, Idaho, was
robbed of five hundred pounds of gold
dust. The robbers were arrested and
sent to the Deer Lodge Penitentiary,
but they had succeeded in burying the
gold, and no one has since been able to
find it. Their sentences will expire
shortly, and the inhabitants of the town
are said to be watching the prison doors
carefully to follow them to the treasure
when thew oet ont.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 1S.-Walter Len
nox Maxwell, the murderer of Arthur Prel-
ler was identified yesterday by employees
of the Southern Hotel and by Fernow, the
druggist from whom he purchased six
ounces Of chIor0form. He has secured the
services OF John |. Martin as counsel i'll his
case That Maxwell has made full con-
fession is proved by Detective Tracy's
statement in which he says: ''There is
not a single link in the chain of evidence
missing. There is no doubt, too, that Max
wells defense will be that Preller died
from an overdose of chloroform admin
siered for medical purposes"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

HUNTINGDON, Pa, Aug ia diabolical
attempt at murder was made at Anderson,
near here, Friday night. AS foreman
Thomas Crepps was walking on the rail-
way track he was set upon by two tramps,
knocked down and gagged. After stealing
his watch and check for his months sal
airy, which he had Just received, the mis-
creants tied him to the track and left him
to his fate. By frantic efforts he worked
himself partially free, but passing freight
train cut off one of the fingers of his left
hand which he was unable to release
from the rail- Great excitement over the
outrage prevails. Twenty tramps have
been arrested and searched, but they were
cot held, owing to lack of evidence.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

YOU'VE ladies may find lesson in the
experience of a girl in Stockton, Cal,
who sued her lover for breach of prom
Use of marriage. She produced many
of his letters extending over period of
several years, and all breathing prom
Uses of undying love. Then he brought
out letter written by her to him about
two years before, when she was mad,
in which she said she would rather mar
ry yellow dog than him. The result
was an immediate verdict for the de-
PENDANT.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

A WEALTHY lady of Birmingham,
Conn, seyenty-fve years of age. brought
suit recently for an absolute divorce
from her husband, aged twenty-five,
whom she married last February.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

alt is probably true" says West
ern man who witnessed the Grant
funeral pageant in New York. "that
never before, anywhere in the world,
have so many noble-looking men been
seen together as were in that memora-
BILE procession. Many of them were
men of middle age, and there was a
large representation of gray heads and
men of military bearing. They We're
as intelligent and Incorporating a
body Of men as ever marched through
the streets of great city. 1t was worth
going . distance of a thousand miles to
witness such spectacle.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

manager OF John BulI's Estate. the ex-
tensive proprietary medicine house.
Mr. Kent's integrity was of the staunch,
unwavering kind, and he was universal
ly esteemed. His son, r. B. Kent Jr.,
succeeds to his business position.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

Young Featherly Cat late hour:
Really, Miss Clara, it's very annoying,
but had it on the tip of my tongue
but moment ago. l was about to say
to say er singular, but it seems to
have escaped me-" Miss Clara Conn
ing to his assistance) Possibly YOU
were about to say Goodnight" Mr..
Featherly.-N T. Sun.
They were walking on the beach,
and as Claude held her little hand he
murmured: 81 love to be with you,
Claribel; it seems so bright and feel
so much fresher." ''Do you, dear? [
should not think that possible" And
then he dropped her hand and turned
sadly away, his signs keeping time to
the surges as they lashed themselves to
foam on the pebbly beach.-BOstOD
Post.
Pretty cousin Ito young doctor)-
$50 you are full-fedged doctor, are
YOU, Tom?" Young doctor" Yes; l
got my diploma last week" Pretty
cousin Have you any special y?"
Young doctor-"Yes; [ shall make c il
dren's diseases a specially" Pretty
COUSIN" an, yes, see; anu d. you
gain experience in your profession you
will be able to attend older people.
That's right, Tom; begin at the bottom
and work your way up. "-Drake' $
magazine.
I'm a suburban village lady whose
house is surrounded by ample grounds
has little boy who is addicted to visit
ing the neighbors without permission.
Finding otner deterrent methods fruit
less, the mother thought she would
shame the child into obedience by tying
him to tree in the front yard A lady,
passing while he was thus confined,
asked: ''Why. Bobby, what are you
tied up in that way for?" "Oh, an
swered the boy. seeming to enjoy the
situation immensely, mamma and l
are playing COW. You know we have
ito tie cows when we let them out to
grass. IN 7. Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21
Hundreds of People Watch -Four Boys
Drown.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. IA skiff, in
which were six boys, ranging in age from
eight to thirteen years, capsized in the mid
die of the Monongahea River below Lock
No l yesterday afternoon, drowning
Charles and Mark Rich. Court Ahlers and
Jacob Megler. The other two, Charles
Meixner and George Kedlander, succeeded
in reaching the shore in safety. The acci-
dent happened in sight of hundreds of peo-
pie, but before succor could reach the I'M
fortunate lads they had sunk for the last
fjmp
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

CHARLES EDWARD NEVILLE, the
bigamist who had married and de-
ceived fourteen women, died in the
Ohio Penitentiary at Columbus few
days ago. Before he died he told the
warden his real name was Censivieski,
but he still chung to the claim that he
was a Russian Count.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

Manitoba is not creditors para
disc. By a recent act not only are a
settlers household effects and furni-
ture, etc, free from execution, but a
portion of his stock, land to the extent
of 100 acres, and buildings to the value
of $4,000 are also exempt. Chicago
Times
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

ARCHBISHOP WILLIAMS, of Boston, a
candidate for the new Cardinalate, was
born on the same day, month and year
with General Grant, and his friends see
a further coincidence in the Arch
bishops reticence and his simple, mod
esq and unostentatious bearing.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

STATE elections will be held this year
as follows; Connecticut. November 4;
Iowa, Minnesota, New. York, New Jer-
sey, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts,
November 8; Ohio, October IL; Vir-
ginia, November 9.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

Ut is only natural that San Francisco
should become excited over the discov.
cry that an insane Judge has for several
months been trying cases and admins
tering justice in that city. His queer
actions in actually sending thieves and
plug uglies to jail was what gave him
AWAY
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21
boiler rnauclously..

There has been good deal of rivalry be-
tween the FELTON, and other boats running
to Wilmington, and good many believe
that the explosion was the result of malice
on the part of some one connected with
rival line. The loss to the FELTON, is about
ST., 500; she was insured for $4,000.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

THE census of Jersey City recently
taken rewards that city by putting it at
the head of the New Jersey municipal
column, with population of 1853, DOB
Just 400 more than Newark.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

The thermometer reached 120 de-
grees in the shade in some places in
Tulare County, Cal, recently. At Cal
leo, in San Bernardino County, 125 de-
grees in the shade was reported.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

Some persons think that Queen
Victoria would lose her crown if she
should marry again. This is mistake.
There is no law of the British realm
preventing the sovereign from marry
ing as often as he or she pleases Henry
VIII. was married five times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

A STRONG effort is being made to have
the grave Of Israel Putnam, at Brook
lyn, Conn, restored, properly marked
and cared for.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

IT is estimated that the falling off of
the hay crop from that of last year in
the States of Maine, New Hampshire
and Vermont will be 465, 300 tons.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

The new directory of Cleveland, o.,
contains 70,504 names; the directory of
the year of the last census, 1880, had
51,624 names-a straw that shows how
the lake cities are growing.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21

ROBERT B. KENT, SR., died at his
home in Louisville, KY, recently. He
was in his seventY-third year, and was
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-21
HUMOROUS.

-"It was terrible accident He
never will be able to talk again"
''Why not? He only lost his arms"
ayes, but he can't talk with his toes,
and he's deaf and dumb. IN 7.
Graphic.
Fine Facilities for Observation:
"Can you tell the difference between
an egg and cabbage?" asked young
Mr.. Badger. 81 can" responded Mr..
Ranter; 81 have been on the stage for
ten years. "-Puck.
The morphine habit, it is said, will
cause the hair to drop off. Ladies who
are addicted to this habit should take
the precaution to pin their hair on Sc
curely before starting out for prone
made. A few extra hairpins will defy
the opium haEit.-NOrriSt0Wn Heratd
More aggressive than usual: Agnes
Mamma told you that you were not
to go to Bessy's house. SALLY know
she did, but i couldn't help it. Agnes
Couldn't help it-why? Sally-Be-
cause-be-cause- Satan tempted me.
Agnes-Then you should have put
Satan behind you. Sally did-but-
he pushed me.-Lye.
Soon told
Little boy,
Parents joy,
Took the collie
Paregoric.
Doctors came
Without number.
Boy died game
Cucumber
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-01-09
Flesh proanrea From Food.

An English farmer says that it is to
the proper admixture of feeding stuffs
that we must, in these days of good
wages and low prices for produce, trust
for economical meat production. In
speaking of tho value of certain kinds
of food, he says that with the OK it
takes twelve to thirteen pounds of nu-
triton to make one pound of flesh; with
sheep, nine to ten; and with the pig,
four to five. Thus. in II hundred
pounds of the Swedish tnrnip there is
ninety pounds of water, which is only
equal to the production of one pound of
flesh. One hundred pounds of Indian
corr will produce about nine pounds of
flesh. But it has been ascertained by
careful experiments that equal mixtures
of corn, peas, and oats, though seven
per cent. lower in nutritlve qualities
than corn meal alone, may be fed out,
weight for weight, with like results.
He also asserts that wheat, at it's pres
ent low price, may be employed for mix
ing with other feeding stuffs, and With
profit.
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FARM, FIELD And PRESIDE.
YArm Notes.

Some persons are now living who can
remember the time when there was not
nm agricultural or horticultural paper
published on this continent.
To kill the blue lice on cattle mix
n part kerosene with three parts lard
and rub it into the hair. The more
thoroughly it is rubbed in the sooner
will it exterminate the parasites.
To remove scurf from cattle use the
card and brush. Oiling the skin with
any soft grease will help very much to
loosen the scurf. As preventive, use
more o%bleaginous matter in the rations,
like oil cake or cottonseed meal. Scurf
comes mostly from poor keeping, es-
pecially from the use of food lacking
in the proper proportion of fatty mat
tiers. Cattle so kept that their coats
will be sleek and o little oily will sell
dom be troubled with lice OF scurf.
Now begins that season of the year
when people may regret that they have
no evergreen trees and shrubs s~prinkled
about their homes to %enliven the drcary
winter aspect.
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Consult the Good Wife.

"Imparting doubleth the joys while
it halveth the sorrows of life" We
men do not, as a rule, realize what good
l~evel-headed wives we have, and con-
suit them in our business matters as
much as would be for our good. Not
one in ten Of the rascalities of men,
would have evcr been committed if
their wives had been called into con-
sultation their intuition on all ques-
tions involving our honor or integrity
is worth almost rs much MS a mans
conscience (and much more than that
of some) and the man Who heeds both,
need not be afraid of doing a thing for
which his children will ever blush. We
would not give a cent for q man who is
ashamed to say, II will consult my
wife" and we will greatly fear for the
success of the man who does not.
Surely two heads are better than one,
if one (ours) is a sleeps head. Rural
New Yorker.