The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-09

iaratlon OF independence, were secured
by Mr.. Bishop from the owners while
ne was state senator.
lie states that it is his intention to
present both to the United States gov
eminent, in the care of the Smithsonian
Institute, at Washington, d. @.
Mr.. Bishop also has a metallic razor
hone that was found in Washington Is
camp chest which was left at Valley
Forge.
kenosha county's first safety deposit
box, IN which all of the county papers
were first kept, is also one of Mr.. Bish-
ops valuable trophies. Then he has
several copies of those argument set
tiers, without which no self-respecting
family dared keep house, known as the
Plttsburg Astronomical Almanac, also
Spaford IS and Wilton IS Almanac of the
years, 1881, 1889, 1843 and 1914.
Other valuable relics include a briar
pipe carved in resemblance of Turk
ISL soldier. It was whitfield out in Lib
by Prison in 1864. Then there is
pair Of mittens knitted in 1866.
A rare and valuable collection Of
coins includes Is Spanish milled dollars,
for which he refused an offer of $500
several years ago. Likewise a sehilling
and 6-pence that cost 800. There is
also a rare collection of fractional cur
rency, and also Confederate currency in
all denominations.
The collection of old postage stamps
would delight the heart of any numis-
matist, as many of them were secured
at an early date and are still ON the
original letters. One especially rare
contains the picture Of John Carol, one
of the signers Of the declaration of in
dependence.
Then there is portrait album with
photographs of all the union generals
in the civil war. A f1int-lock rifle own
ed by his grandfather that was used in
the Revolutionary war; old fint-lock
pistols Of unique pattern are also part
of the armament, as well as one of the
latest pattern high power rifles now
used in the army.
Mr.. Bishops collection of war sex
tras' published during the rebellion
makes interesting reading. In one is
published the correspondence between
Grant and Lee concerning the surrender
of the Confederate army to Grant April
70, 1865. A copy of the Nashville Union
of April Is, 1866, describing the assas-
sination of Abraham Lincoln the day
before; another copy of the same paper
dated May IL, 1865, tells Of the capture
of jeff Davis on the previous day, by
the Fourth Michigan cavalry, at Twins
vile, Ga.
The Vicksburg Daily Citizen of July
2, 1863, printed on wall paper, contains
an advertisement offering mule meat
for sale. The Daily Rebel of August 2,
1862, contains general orders by jeff
Davis, president Of the Confederate
states.
Then there is a copy of Washington s
valedictory address to the people of the
United States on September II, 1889,
Of which $4,000 copies in English and
1000 copies in German, were printed
by the authority and decree of Penn
sylvania IS Louise of representatives, the
resolution being passed and adopted
February "a, 1884. Mr.. Bishop has
been offered $1,000 for this copy.
He also has copies Of the Ulster
County, N. Y, Gazette in which appears
obituary notice of the death of George
Washington on December IA, 1898, and
an account of his burial at Mt. Vernon
on December 20.
Copies Of local and foreign papers at
the time Of the deaths Of Lincoln, Grant,
Garfield and Mckinley are also includ-
ed.
Likewise a copy of that famous Sam
Hales prayer issued in Southport in
1852 after the disappearance Of the
wheat that had been stored in Keno
sha elevator for safe keeping This re-
cited some of the woes due to the
smooth trustees of said elevator, and
the heart breaking loss Of the producers
who trusted.
These are only a portion of the inter
esting subjects that the ex-senator had
time to show the Times-C Call representa-
tive when his good wife insisted that
they should come to the dining room,
where was provided a more satisfying
assortment for ordinary men.