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On Thursday, February 18th, 1886,
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work horse and will make fine driver.
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worker and fair driver.
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County and State Items.
Diphtheria is still raging in Leipsic
and several new cases are reported.
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OF
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Farming Implements, &C.,
NEAR CLAYTON.

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dence on the road from Smyrna to Ken
ton, about one mile from the former
place and about one mile south
east of Clayton.
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Two happy hearts beat as one on
Wednesday evening, the 3rd inst,
when before the alter in St. Andrews
Chapel John Pennington and Miss Eliza
beth Peacock, both of Galena, took the
solemn marriage VOWS upon them.
Though the storm ragged without and
the drifting snow presented unusual
obstacles to pedestrians, none of these
things were able to deter a large com
pany of fair ladies and gallant gentle
men from assembling at the chapel to
witness the interesting ceremonies.
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By Frank r. Stockton, Mrs Helen Jackson tH H.
Mrs. Mary IIallock Foote, Joel Chandler Harris
H. II. BOyesen, T. A. Jauvier, Julian Hawthorne
Richard NJ. Johnson, and others; and poems by
leading poets The Departments" Open Let
ters," Brica Brac," etc, will be fully sustained
THE ILLI-sTR ATL0NS
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F. H. Greenwood, the newly-ap-
pointed mail agent on the route be-
tween ChestertOwn and Clayton, has
entered upon his duties under instruc-
tiOns from the present agent until the
first of March, when he will remove to
Chestertown with his family. f.
Aldridge who retires from the mail
agency has held the position ever since
the establishment of the route. He
will 90 back to his native county
Cecii-and make his future home at
Cherry Hill, where he has now living
a majority of his thirty-twO nephews
and nieces
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-15
INTOXICATING LIQUORS AND
OLD AGE.

Some apol ogists for liquor drinking
have been at the pains to collect stats.
tics of persons who have lived to ex-
treme old age, and yet have all their
lives used intoxicating drinks. No
doubt there are cases of this kind, but
it is extreme folly to offer such in
mitigation of the evils of intemperance.
The free use of spurious liquors does
shorten the average of human life or
there is no truth in medical science.
But suppose there are cases where
liquor drinkers live to extreme old age |?
1t proves nothing for the use of intox-
icants. Simple people may regard it
an argument for the liberation of
drinking, because now and then an old
imbiber OF whiskey is found. 1t is not
so much of primary Importance wheth-
er the consumers of intoxicating
liquors live long or short the objec-
lions to the use are in quite another
direction. The hunters for old men
and women who have long been in the
habit of iIdulging in the use of intox-
icating drinks. and who survived it all,
are engaged in profitless business.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-15

The Madison State Journal has the
following:
Most of the Wisconsin Congress
men who have been home during the
holidays are reported to have returned
to Washington with the opinion that
the majority of their constituents are
opposed to the suspension of the silver
dollar coinage"
This reveals state of public opin-
ion contrary to what we have hitherto
believed to be the fact The issue has
been vigorously taken in Congress, and
the result up to this time is doubtful.
The discussion Of the question has not
thus far taken a political form. If
the people must have silver cein for
their business purposes, let it be of
full standard value-let dollar be
worth a dollar Orif coin be insisted up
on for circulation, let it be gold, which
has fixed standard value in nearly all
the world, and is far less cumbersome
than silver. Gold represents value
condensed into about one-fifteenth the
space occupied by silver. If it is to be
the policy to drive bank paper out of
the country, and substitute silver, our
farmers can obviate the inconve-
nience by carrying canvas bag in
which to deposit the heavy metal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-15
THE LATE COLD WEATHER


The reader need not be told that there
have been several days Of severe cold
weather in this vicinity within the
past week. The cold has been less in
tense in this quarter than in most
other sections of the same latitude.
east and west. The most intense cold
currents of air seem to have passed us
by, judging from the reported tenn
perature and terrific storms in other
localities. In many past winters there
has been extreme cold, equalling that
OF the present year, though not extend
ing over SO great an area of territory,
but confined to smaller limits. Never
before in the memory of the inhabit-
auts has the cold invaded the South to
such an extent. Districts of country
South, which were thought secure
from killing frosts, have been 6isas-
terously visited. Texas, Florida,
Louisiana, and other mild ATTITUDES,
have suffered by the polar waves. In
the far West and Northwest, in the far
East. the same reports of cold, and in
many cases accompanied with terrific
billiards, are received. Let every one
who is in the practice of making note
of extraordinary weather extremes for
future reference make memorandum
of this Arctic January 1886.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-15
COMMITTEES.

CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.
Speaker Carlisle, of the House of
Representatives, announced the stand
ing Committees on Thursday of last
week. Much Importance always at
taches to the appointed committees. as
it is always considered an indication
of the shaping of legislation for the
session. Wisconsin came in for fair
share on the committees. The only
committee chairman for Wisconsin is
Gen. Bragg Dem.), from the second
district, who is assigned the chairman
ship on Military Affairs; +. B. Caswell,
(Rep.), from this district, has place
on the Judiciary committee, which is
an honorable position; Rankin Dem.) },
on two committees, neither of great
Importance; Guenther Rep.), on
Postoffices and Post Roads; Stephen
son (Rep.), on committee of Public
Lands; La Toilette (Rep.), on Indian
Affairs; Van Shaick Rep.), Railways
and Canals; Price (Rep.), on Alcoholic
Liquor Traffic and Agriculture. Wis
consin has niue representatives in the
House-seven Republicans and two
Democrats.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-15

pondent of the Courier, in its last issue.
makes some healthy admissions. We
quote:
THE COUNTY JUDGEsHIP.
Succeeding one who has given such
an excellent record and given such
general satisfaction as has Judge Mar
tin, imposes no small burden of re-
sponsibility upon Judge Van WICK.
but he settles back into tie harness
again as naturally as if he had always
been there, and has already indicated
sufficient of his policy to warrant the
belief that he will fill the Office with as
much satisfaction to the people as any
of his predecessors.
This is very different position from
that taken by the Courier. and the
writer who makes this admission, dur
ing the canvass preceding the election
of Judge Van Wyck. Again the COR
respondent says: g Every Republican
at least should be sufficiently interess.
ed to assist their party paper when it
can be done by simply saying a word.
After the dasi ardly course of the Co,t-
rier in its efforts to defeat Mr.. Van
Wyck for the County Judgeship, it ex-
hibits wonderful cheek in the CORES
pondent to beg for the printing pat
r0nage of the Probate Court for that
paper. The people know that the
TELEGRAPH is staying paper, and
has the capital to back up its future.
It is in its 46th year of successful pub
Iioofinn oud hoe yrounv. 49,
advocacy of Republican principles. Its
influence has always been given to pro-
mote morality and education, and it
has always labored to promote the
prosperity of Ken0sha county. It is
edited by a gentleman whose large
ability is conceded everywhere, and
whose high character everywhere
commands respect. The people under
stand it is no more Objectionable to
patrOnize Democratic printer than it
| is to patr0nize Democratic butcher,
clOthier or shoemaker. The patronage
in one case has no more to do with help
ing the Democratic party than in the
other. The TELEGRAPH is and always
has been soundly Republican; its ex-
istence depends on its being soundly
Republican IN the future. The Keno
sha Democrat was Democratic in poll
tics. For lack of patronage it changed
its politics and blossomed into the Coas-
rier. A shorttime ago it was sold, but
the men who bought it didn't want it,
and the editor is still in the saddle try
ing to spur the animal to -.
JUSTICIA.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-15
HISTORICAL "REMINISCENCES

tC0iatlf1ated from last s0eek.l
We have no evidence that any re-
striction was placed upon the liquor
traffic 125 to 1870 years ago. but victims
were dealt with according to law, the
regular 6ne being Ashillings, New
England currency, equal to $1.3Sk,
and costs, from one shilling, equal to
1873 cents, upwards.
"At a cort holden at Pennington in
Hartford county, March 22d, 1855,
present Jared Lee Just. Peace :
clmes Elizabeth Hills, wife of .Jona-
than Hills and confessed judg-
ment against herself, being at the house
of Noses or William Hills in sd toaoaa on
ye goth dag of February last past, drank
so as to be bsrea0ed Of the use of her
reason, in being disabled I'm her speech
and jestaw which is a breach of one law
of this colony Law Book, page As, be.
ing s shillings lawful money as a fine.
Reference to complaint On file dated
March 10th 1855, signed Mr.. Aaron
Bronson, grand juror and this cort
orders a fine Of shillings and cost of
c0rt shilling, whereof execution re-
mains to be done.
Fine so IS Cd
costs go Is Cd
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-15
BUSINESS FOR THE CITY
POLICE.

Our attention has been called to ir-
Irregularities in the North ward, which
seem to call for interference by the
city authorities. The engine house in
that ward has been occupied evenings
by persons who assemble there on no
business connected with the fire de-
partment, and whose boisterous pro-
ceedings are an annoyance to the
neighboring citizens. Fuel for which
the city pays is used for the conve-
nience of those who congregate in
the engine house. This statement is
made on the authority of one supposed
to know.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-15

passed at the last session, was nearly all
that could be desired, but on testing it
practically it was found capable of
small amendments. The amendments
proposed render the law still more
stringent, and were adopted by the de-
cisive vote OF 81 to 7. MOrmonism
will be swept away by the wave of
civilization.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-15
ITO be Continued.

The Wisconsin Dairymen's Associa-
tion win hold their annual convention
at Richland Center, Wis, Jan. 26, q
and %. Ten dollars will be given for
the best essay of $50 words on the meth.
cd of making granular butter, and ten
dollars win be given for the best essay
of 400 words on the best method of cur
ing cheese and how it should be done.
A large number of papers of interest to
dairymen will be read and discussed.
Members paying full fare one way win
be returned at reduced rates.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-15

sanguinity, so nearly allied to Peers of
the realm, or to Baronets and Wis
counts, and who therefore take it an
affront if not called " ladies"
Ii there be superiority in any posi-
bic direction to entitle any particular
class of women to be called "ladies,"
it would be interesting to know where
the dividing line is to be drawn,
7" Woman" in the true sense, is "a grand
name; it has come through the ages
from Bible times. The name LADY,
is discarded IN all state. national and
state organizations, whether relig-
ious, temperance. literary or suffrage.
The officers of all these societies
are designated as women. Dis
tinguished authors have the appeila-
tion of " women" So long as woman
works for hire and does house service
fashionable people do not accord to
her the cheap title of slady.' But, if
by some favorable turn of fortune,
she is able to relinqnish going out to
service, and set up house keeping like
other well-t0-do folks, she becomes a
full-fedged " lady" There have been
instances. not many miles away, where
the mistress of the house enjoyed UNI
disputed right to the name in society of
/" lady" while at thes same time she had
servant woman who was her superior
intellectu ally and in personal address,
yet she was not by common consent
called "lady." No one will be SO un-
reasonable as to desire the name
Gladly" stricken from the language; it
should be allowed a place where good
taste assigns it; Tut it's modern un-
reasonable use is Of questionable
propriety.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-15
WISCONSIN WINTER FORTY
YEARS AGO,

Some of the weather observers are
contrasting the present winter with
previous winters in Wisconsin. The
old pioneers in this part of the country
tell their experiences, some declaring
the past month of December was the
mildest known here for the past forty
years, A writer in the Madison State
Journal probably is nearer correct in
the matter of the weather record than
any statements which we have noticed.
The writer says in the years 1856 the
weather was milder than in December
of this winter, to say nothing of
what may yet be expected the present
season. Forty years ago the streams
IN Southern Wisconsin scarcely froze
over the water courses, and as for
sleighing there were but three or four
days when that luxury could be in
dulged in. At no time was there to
exceed more than four inches of snow
on the ground, and even that thin
covering remained only a brief period.
In the new towns which were spring.
ing up at that early period of Wiscon-
sins history, building operations in
laying brick and mortar were scarcely
interrupted by cold weather through
out the winter months. Many fami-
lies among the new corners into the
Territory spent the winter comfort
ably in board cabins, because of the
scarcity of more substantial dwellings
for the rapidly increasing population.
That for mildness was phenomenal
winter, which has not been equalled
since the first settlement of WiscOn.
sin. The winter of 1ST7-s, it is sal, d
approached nearer in temperature to
1886 than any since. 1t is possible
chat the recollections of some of our
old settlers may differ from the state.
ments here made.
It has been inquired whether the
season of warm weather which follow
ed the remarkable winter forty years
ago was characterized by any unusual
sickness or unhealthiness of the people !?
1t does not appear that the average
health of the population differed from
that of ordinary seasons.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-15
HORSES AND ELECTRIC
MOTORS.

Mr.. Richards, Boston gentleman,
who has been studying electric motor
power, says that the day of horse. pow.
er is destined to be dispensed with.
This is not an entirely new prediction;
it has been intimated before. The
uses to which electricity will at no dis
tant day be applied will yet surprise
the present generation.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-15

The citizens of Lake Geneva propose
to suitably commemorate the 2Sth of
February next, 1886, as the 50th ami
versary of the first settlement in that
place. The Lake Geneva Herald says
it is good time to celebrate, as the
village bonds are all paid, town indebt-
edness will all be Cancelled by Febru.
airy next, aud all the village interests
are now in good order The idea of
the Geneva people is a good one. The
50th anniversary of the first settle
ment Of Kenosha should have been
commemorated last year, but it was
allowed to so by default.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-15

A bill has been introduced in Con-
gress by Representative Hahn, of
Louisiana, to restore confscated prop.
erty during the rebellion to its original
owners. Mr.. Hahn claims that the
law under which this property was
confscated and sold does not confer
absolute title on the holders, and that
the Supreme Court will so decide.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-15
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF
VERACITY.

The reports as to the effect of pro.
hibition and Of high license on the liz.
uor traffic are singularly contradic.
tory. What renders it more strange is,
that these contradictory statements
come from gentlemen of high standing.
1t was stated in the papers that Sena-
tor Sutton had, on investigation, found
one hundred and forty saloons doing
an open business in Atchison, Kansas.
This statement of Senator Sutton was
copied in the papers, west and east.
Our neighbor, w. Mygatt, a staunch
temperance man, said he would write
to the postmaster at Atchison for
the facts, if this paper would publish
the reply. This was agreed to, and
below is the correspondence:
KENosHA, WIs., Jan. 5, 1886.
POSTMASTER, Atchison, Kansas.
DEAR SIR: There is a newspaper
report that there are lao saloon keep.
ers doing an open business in Atchi-
son. | should be glad to learn what
the facts are in relation to the liquor
traffic in your city, and, for the purpose
of obtaining reliable information upon
that subject, have taken the liberty
of addressing this communication to
you.
Very respectfully yours,
WALLACE MYGATT.