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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-12
TOWN BOARDS OF HEALTH

We have received the annual Re
port of the State Board of Health,
which gives summary statement of
what has been done by the town boards
of health in the counties Of the state,
The law creating boards of health
provides that the town board of every
town and village shall be boards of
health, and shall exercise all the pow
ers prescribed in chapter 81 of the
laws of Wisconsin. Each town and
village board is authorized to appoint
health officer. 1t appears that only
four towns in Kenosha county have
made report IS contemplated by the
law-Somers. Pleasant Prairie, Paris,
Randall. The reports from each of
these towns may be briefly summed up
as follows:
T'oass Of Somers.-Dr. j. Ozanne,
health officer. Board of health organic
ed No sanitary ordinances adopted.
The Beard has had general supervi-
sion. and locked after the burial Of
dead animals and has urged general
clearing up. The town has been re-
markably exempt from typhoid fevers.
The health officer has not known al
ease for the past four years. The re-
port also speaks Of exemption from
other dangerous diseases.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-12
WIVES OF SENATORS WHO
HAVE HELPED TO BRING
THEIR HUSBANDS INTO
NOTICE

1t is no uncommon remark, when
speaking Of public men, to hear it said
they are indebted to their wives for a
measure Of the popularity they enjoy.
There is unquestionably a great deal
of truth that many women have added
largely to the reputation of their hus-
bands. A Washington correspondent
of Chicago paper mentions over a
dozen of the seventy-six United States
Senators who owe much of their popu.
arity to their wives. Some of these
women have been distinguished for
their literary efforts, others for their
social qualities, or for their accomplish
ments. The wife of our new Wiscon-
sin Senator, Mrs. Spooner, is reckoned
among the number of those who help
their husbands on the way to fame.
Speaking of this woman, the CORES
pondent says:
Mrs. Spooner, wife of the new Wis
consin Senator, who has made stir
lately with his maiden speech and
funeral Grafton, is another of the very
clever women in the group.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-12

Tos0n Of Pleasant Pgairis.-N. G.
Thomey health officer Board OF
health Organized. systematic work
done, but the town is in good sanitary
condition. The health officer has made
personal inspection during the four
months he has held the Office. Nc
cases of contagious diseases have been
reported by the physicians. The school
houses and churches are all in good
sanitary condition.
RGndGU.-G. Kroncke health Off
Ger. Board of health organized. Nc
sanitary ordinances adopted, but a
general order issued, requiring the
cleaning of yards and cellars; nothing
further, the town being healthy. Nc
cases of contagious diseases since the
health officer was appointed.
PGTis.-Health officer, w. Gunter
Jr. Board of health organized. Nc
sanitary ordinances adopted. No sys
tematic work done. as the town is
sparsely settled and divided into large
farms. The health officer found things
generally in good condition. The
grounds around the public school build
ings are well cared.for, free from stag.
nant pools or filthy out appendages.
The board was organized only last
June; since then no contagious disease.
have appeared.
It is only short time since thu
moven. emit was made to carry the towr
board of health law into effect. It il
reasonable to expect that in the pres
emit year every town will comply will
the requirements of the law, and report
will be received from all. Becaus,
general health has prevailed in TIN
state for few years past. it furnishes
no excuse for neglecting precautionar,
measures against insidious and deadl,
contagious.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-12
LABOR CONFLICTS.

In no period in past years has the
labor agitation been more threatening
of the public peace than now. There
is eommotion everywhere. When one
labor strike is apparently adjusted an.
other breaks out like volcanic erup-
ton elsewhere. Instead of strikes be-
ing few and far between, as few
years ago, they are becoming more FIRE.
quent and more formidable. General
ly heretofore small police force could
quiet the disturbers now it requires
an army of police to even subdue and
keep in check the excited working
men. All the plans for adjusting the
differences between employers and
the employed have proven Intellectual
in most cases to restore order without
much conflict. In the meantime the
outlook is continually growing worse.
Labor organizations are multiplying,
banding more strongly together, and
discipiining to stand by each other in
the emergencies that may arise. It is
believed the various labor societies
have on the average more than doubled
sheir strength numerically the past
year.
The class of people called working
men in this country are great power:
estimated physically, they have the
strength in many of the
cities. They are a power if united
and, if so disposed, could overawe,
hold the civil authorities in allegiance
and dictate their terms of settlement,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-12

| 1t is hoped that the day is not near
when such a condition of affairs will
be the result of the now growing
strifes; but he who reasons from the
events now daily transporting cannot
| fail to see there is danger ahead. 1t
will not do to regard all these upris-
ings of SO many thousands Of working
| men in all parts Of the country as i'm
porting no serious evil; it is no false
alarm to say there is crisis impend-
ing, full Of danger to the peace of the
Republic. The working men are not
always right; they sometimes demand
too much; but such rights as they
really have should be accorded to them
without disputation. In general, work
ing men are as well paid and in more
comfortable condition than they were
years ago; that they are better clothed
and enjoy more of the luxuries of life
than twenty years ago is equally true.
But for all this they declare their i'm
proved condition has not progressed
in proportion to the increased wealth
of the country, which has been created
by their labors.
| One of the chief eneroachments on
the employment of laboring men has
been the introduction of labor-saving
machinery. A vast amount Of manual
labor has been superseded by the in
ventions of later years. The working
men here make plausible claim; they
| think it is but fair that they should
share in the advantages and profits of
labor-saving inventions, and that these
| Improvements should not be monopol.
| lied by men of capital, as they com.
monty are. All the most expensive
machinery which now does the work
of multitudes of men is in the hands OF
capitalists; q machine which does the
| work which would require the services
| of ten men earns the profits of the
labor of ten men. 1t is not true, as
some assert. that machinery is the
antagonist of working men; with q
right adjustment, machinery will be
found a benefit to all classes of people
| If revolution does not prevent it, there
will be some method found for more
equitable adjustment between capital
and labor; but there never has been
in the past, nor can there be in the flu
: ture, civil code which will make all
equal sharers in the business successes
of life. Men differ in ability to man
: age their personal matters, and there
: must necessarily be inequalities
Many hard working people are des
tined through their own fault to bt
poor; there can be no such condition
as a common property level for all.
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le following table:
The area of the state is "a, se9, "a

The area of the state il "a, 1853, 246
acres, of which there are s,115,33s
acres improved under the plow. The
number of acres of pine lands which
it is thought will some time be brought
under cultivation is reported at 49,
100000. There are about 5000 square
miles of clear lake water in the state.
There are 10000 men reported as farm
hands working for wages in the state,
and there are 272,216 on farms who are
not put down as workers for wages.
There are 71,1s5 employed in manu-
featuring establishments. The report
gives the number of soldiers and sail
ors residing in the state in June, 1885.
The name. post-office address, regiment
and rank of each ex-soldier is given
the whole number of names Of these
persons is 29,6se. This is an honora.
BILE roll Of patriots, and probably, in
proportion to population, no state in
the Union can make a better show.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-12
PHOSPHATE FOR BEANS.

I planted about one-third acre of beans
last year, and in all but three rows
used compost of three-fourths hen ma
nure and one-fourth barnyard manure,
in the hill. For the three rows / used q
bone phosphate in the hill. and raised
twice as many beans from them as did
from any other three rows in the piece
| have always used the compost for beans
as well as for other crops, but in the flu.
ture I shall use more phosphate and
save my hen manure for corn, as it is
the best thing for corn that know of
| think every farmer should raise al
least one crop to sell and know of nc
crop that commands better price, Oh
more ready market, than beans.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-12
IMPORTANT REFORM MOVE
MENP IN ENGLAND.

The House of Lords in England has
for years been regarded useless APP
pendage to the government. and might
we'll be dispensed with. The members
of the House of Lords do not hold
their positions by the election or voice
of the people; they are a hereditary
body, holding place by descent from
one generation to another. The set.
ting aside of this ancient body is now
regarded as only question of time,
and is sure to he reached. The first
attempt to displace the Houses of Lords
was made few days ago, by resolu.
ton in the House of Commons, declar.
ing that a hereditary legislative body
is inconsistent with representative
government. Many members avoided
voting on such delicate question, bat
the resolution Unexpectedly received
1876 votes to 2o2 against. This being
the first test vote on the question, is
interpreted as foresaadowing the down.
fall of the House of Lords.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-12

Mr.. T. d. Curtis, of Syracuse, n. I =,
who has for years given his attention
to the interests of dairying, says there
are 100000 cows in the United
States. The cash annual value of the
dairy product Of these COWS is $1,000
100000. The total cost of the keeping
of the COWS $3,sO0,OOO. Last year co.
100000 pounds of imitation butter was
sold on a capital of 100000. These
Rgures may not be correct, but prob
ably no man is better qualified to ar
rive at q true estimate than Mi. L. ID
Curtis. If the manufacture of artifi-
cial butter is allowed to go on uncheck'
ed, it will make serious drawback on
the production of dairy butter
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-12

Mr.. George H, Nichols, who during
his boy and early manhood days was
resident of this city, now OF Des
Moines, Iowa, made brief calls here on
Tuesday, Mr.. Nichols assures us the
contemplated social union to take
place in this city, and which was no.
ticed in this paper some weeks ago, is
meeting with encouraging approval,
and bids fair to be one of the most i'll
teresting occasions witnessed here for
many year. 1t will be recollected
the gathering of friends here is intend.
ed to include those who in early times,
and later, graduated, or received their
education in our public schools, all who
were connected with the Union army
and such others as the committee may
think proper to invite. Notice will be
given in due time of the day for the
assembling of the meeting, which it is
expected will be in the month of June
next.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-12

The President has now with his cRba'
net been in power little over a year,
and his party have been complaining
of his slow action in decapitating Re-
publican office holders but it appears
quite large business has been done
in that time. Nearly thirty thousand
changes have been made during the
past year. The larger proportion OF
these have been made by the Postoffice
Department. Active operations are
now in progress in the latter depart'
ment in turning out and putting IN
new officials. AT the rate the remov-
ais are being made, there will be no
Republicans left before the close of the
Presidential term,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-12
STATE CENSUS.

In our hasty notice last week of the
just published State census report full
justice was not done to Secretary E. G.
Timme. It is understood the work
was compiled and arranged under the
supervision of that officer, and it might
well be entitled statistical encyclope-
dia of Wisconsin. Were extracts to be
taken Cor newspaper publication it
would be hard to decide where to be-
gin, there is so much that is useful. II
is interesting to study the increase of
population in the counties of the
state since 1910, which will be seen by
the f0fl0win0 fahIo.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-12

Late news from Utah is to the effect
that the women have come to the res
cue of the practice of polygamy with
much resolution. A woman's largely
attended meeting was held in the tenn
pie at Salt Lake City, at which resolu.
tions were adopted and speeches made,
protesting against any interference
with the social condition now existing.
This public expression of Mormon
women contradicts the statements
which have been made that great num-
beers of them feel themselves imprison-
ed, and would be glad to escape from
their degradation, For aught that
now appears, the women of Utah are
not anxious to be rid OF the dominion
of their lords,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-12
TRUEsDELL.

Mr.. Joseph Mungen, of ST. Paul,
Mimi, is visiting relatives hereabouts.
Miss Violata Johnson returned to her
home at Eagle Lake, MINI, on Friday
last.
A. prairie wolf was seen last week
about mile northeast Of the depot.
Miss r. NJ. Johnson returned to Ra-
cine last Friday.
Mr.. Fred Soper is building an incuba-
tor and is going to embark in the poul.
try-raising business. We wish him sue
cess.
Mrs. Peter Mungen is rapidly recov-
ering from her late illness.
Mr.. John Sharding and wife, of Paris,
are on the sick list.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-12
THE CHINESE TROUBLE.

The troubles growing out of the
treatment of the Chinese in this coun-
try, particularly on the Pacific coast,
may lead to more serious complica-
lions than many people suppose. Be-
cause China is not warlike nation,
there is sort Of general impression
that the government of that country
will bear much wrong without offer
ing resentment. This. doubtless, is a
mistaken idea of Chinese forbearance
China has it in its power to infiict re-
taliations for the wrongs done it's SUBJ
jects by acts of violence and destruc-
ton of their property. BY treaty, our
government is bound to protect the
subjects of the Chinese empire, just as
our treaties with other nations require
protection to their subjects.
The plea that the outrages on the
Chinese are unauthorized by this gov
eminent avails nothing. The United
States authorities have known of these
unlawful proceedings to drive the Chi
nese out of the country for years past.
When riots were impending in Wyo-
ming territory the President was mott.
fed of the perilous state of affairs, but
no United States troops were ordered
sent until the mischief was done.
What will be the action of China for
the violation of comfy is not yet
known, but it is understood the unwar-
rantable treatment of the Mongolians
has been under consideration by the
home government. A demand may
properly be made on our government
for the loss of property sustained by
Chinese citizens in Oregon, Wyoming
and other places. Our government
has more than once made demand of
other nations for destruction of the
property of American citizens. What
ever may be the legal points involved
in this case, it would be but an honor
able act for the United States to settle
the losses which have been sustained
|.by mob violence. Had like wrongs
and destruction of property been sus-
tanned by American citizens in for
eign land this government would not
have been slow to demand redress. If
this Government enters into treaty
of comfy with another nation it
thereby puts itself on an equality, and
cannot ask any immunity which it is
not ready to grant. If this govern
ment fails to afford proper protection
to Chinese subjects, or declines to
recognize their claims for loss of prop
erty, the Chinese government may, if
it sees fit, retaliate by ordering the
American citizens now in the Empire
to leave the country. Many American
merchants, it is said, have established
commercial agencies in that country,
and are now doing large business.
It has been estimated that the trade
between the United States and China
amounts to $sO,OOO,OOO annually.
Whether these figures are official it is
not stated; but the deprivation of this
trade would be loss which would
fall heavily somewhere. 1t is not
known that the Chinese authorities
contemplate retaliation, but they have,
| it is believed, considered the subject. /
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-12
TRAINING GRAPEVINES

| Ofall the various systems that have
been introduced, advocated and prac-
ticed, during the last twenty-five years
the most popular and prevalent to-day
+ in the vicinity of New York, is what is
known as the Kniffin system, or some
modification of it, and its popularity is
no doubt, chiefly due to its simplicity
and ease of practice. The trelli5 con-
sists of two wires on posts set at con-
venient distances the lower wire, two
and halfto three and a half feet from
the ground, and the upper one four and
half to five and a half feet. In our
own practice, we adopt the greater
distance for convenience in passing un-
der from one row to another, in any
part Of the vineyard. The vines are
grown with two main stems, or trunks,
from near the ground. One of these is
stopped at either wire, and two arms
are trained along each wire. These are
pruned to FIVE or six buds each, and the
shoots as they grow are pinched during
summer, as above stated. This pinch
ing, and the hanging down of the shoots
as the fruit DEVELOPS and increases in
size and weight, checks the flow of sap
and tends to the formation of good,
plump buds at the base of the shoots,
which, when ripe, are termed canes"
The annual pruning thereafter consists
in cutting off the entire arm, up to the
cane nearest the trunk, bringing that
cane around on the wire to take the
place of the arm removed, and short
sning it in to FIVE or six buds. Some
times the bud expected to make this
arm may, from some cause, fail to grow,
or may turn the wrong way, so that the
cane cannot be bent around where
needed; in such case, take the next
cane for the arm, and prune the obsti-
nate one to two buds, one of which will
very likely come to where it is wanted
the next year. No positive rule can be
laid down to follow inhexibly, as there
are exceptions in all cases, and there is
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-12

The Episcopal mission which was
noticed two weeks ago to be held In
Milwaukee has closed and been pro-
nounced success, but in what partlcu-
lar respect is not stated. An Episco'
pal revival meeting was something
unusual, and very naturally drew wide
attention. The Sentipd says: 1t was
the first Episcopalian mission ever
held in the West, and great interest
was manifested in it throughout tins
state and neighboring states, people
coming long distance in order to at
tend the services"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-12
BRISTOL.


Miss Marsh, who has been visiting
with the Fowlers and Marshes, has
returned to her home nc Grinnell
Iowa.
LIE Roy Vincent, who came home
last November with his sick wife
started last Thursday for Oakdale
Iowa. He took his little girl with
him, but his wife rests in peace in the
graveyard.
Mr.. Brister and bride, of Kenosha
attended the Plank Road church on
Sunday last.
The r. r. agent and wife, of Fox
River, came up to see the agent and
his wife at Woodworth.
Mr.. J. Miller, agent at Bristol, and
his wife have been to Chicago. They
havea sister sick in that city.
E. Devlin closed his school in the
Walker district with an exhibition.
School house crowded.
w. Epson has gone and catched
the measles. like to see boy quick
on his feet, but he should not seem
fast enough to catch measles.
Mrs. A. q. 'Joslyn has gone to Union
Grove to visit her sister and see the
show.
Mrs. H. Jonsen. living in the tenant
house of r. F. Roberts, fell and broke
her arm in two places. She is reported
doing well.
The boys in this town complain of
lack of appetite. The reason, is they
don't have enough exercise.
Parks s. Vincent, with their saving
rig, cut up a years stove wood for
three or four stoves so quick you hard
ly know it. and all you have to do then
is rest till you are tired.
The Bristol and Paris Farmers Club
met Thursday afternoon and evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. P. G. Torrey.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-12
NATIONAL EDUCATION BILL.

A bill to appropriate money In aid
Of education in the states where litter
acy exists to an alarming extent has
been before Congress in sessions pre-.
vious to the present. Senator Blair
of New Hampshire, is regarded as the
original author of the bill. 1t passed
the Senate on Friday last by vote of
s6 to II. 1t was not a full vote, and
was unmixed with politics. The BILL
as it passed, appropriates $4,000, COO
but it is stated there is no hope that
it will pass the House; therefore it is
not deemed important to give its pro-
visions. 1t is measure of primary
Importance to the country, calculated
to assist in dispelling the clouds Of
ignorance which darken the horizon o:
portions Of the Union
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-12

increased or di unfinished without detec
ton in manipulating them. Evidence
against this cattle buyer has been ac-
cumulating to such extent that he has
been arrested. It is believed by the
farmers in that locality that the frauds
which have been practiced would
amount to many thousand dollars, If
the facts we're known. The accused
has been a large purchaser and long in
the business.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-12
CHEATING THE FAIRNESS.

A short time ago it was alledged
that large stock buyer at Sun Prairie,
Dane county, in this state, had for a
long time been defrauding the farmers
by false weighing. He bought stock
by weight, and is charged with using
scales which are eontriyed with a
secret spring by which weights can be