The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-07-21


game of base ball between the " Stars and
" Mullins last Friday evening. Eddie Tears,
of the " Stars" is about the finest player in
the city. Fishermen are doing good bust
ness. Their net profits will be large this year
The candy coin package man retailed
quite lot of gold and silver out to our cit
liens on Market square last Thursday and
Friday evenings. - We hear that our city is
soon to have another base ball club-making
the sixth. :. The Rocky Mountain railroad
has been reducing its working force consider
ably lately. number of removals have
been made. :. The sewer on Market street
inst east of the railroad caved in last Friday,
leaving an ugly looking hole....We learn
that lady of this city had her pocket picked
of sixty dollars while visiting Chicago recent
ly. Kenosha has cricket club. Lots OF
entrants coming into this market this sea-
SON.. Last Saturday was another scorcheI
All who wish to keep cool this hot
weather read the story in another part of this
paper entitled "Snow bound in the Sierra
Nevadasr The Great Western Telegraph
company sends ten word messages between
this place and Chicago or Milwaukee for ten
cents. The propeller Dictator arrived in
our harbor last Monday with 400 barrels OF
salt for Geo. s. Baldwin's coal, salt and lime
DEPOT "A fine fall of rain occurred on Sun
day last -. Some of the Gravel Foundry boys
hing one of their friends in efigy the other
night E. Balm is making more improve
ments in his residence on Kenosha street.
Jno. F. Newbury, principal of the Shiloh
Academy, Texas, is spending the vacation il
this city . Our wood dealers are laying in a
goodsupply of wood for next winter. Capt.
Timme expects to get into his Office this week
.Boesen & Beddessem have got a fine
stock of furniture which they are selling
cheap :. "A little skiff came into our harboI
last Monday, in which were three young men
on their way to Green Bay We understand
that R. B. Whitaker & Co. are about to build
for E. Balm. splendid forty-horse power en-
CINE, They can do it,. Jockeys pronounce
Capt. Reads new race course the best track
in the country. A large 4" free bath" can be
found on the shore between the Seminary
and the mouth of Pike Creek, open night and
day.. We have been blessed with a great
scarcity of circuses and SIGH this season.
The engine companies are each to have some
new hose Commodore Foote'S lilliputian.
were visited by crowds at their entertain.
ments last Tuesday -Four hundred tons Of
pig iron from Scotland arrived in our harbor
last week for Durant, Van Arsdale 81 Co...
We saw some of those celebrated Craig Mi
croscopes at Johnson's the other day..
The Worcester" that sprung up so sud
denly last Tuesday succeeded in cutting quite
q swell on the lake. Commodore Foote's
splendid little team and carriage raised quite
. crowd of urchins on our streets last Tues
day. One of a span of horses hitched il
front of Ernst's store Tuesday morning fel
on the pole of the wagon, breaking it shor
off,. p. Niesen has removed his shoe-shoI
into the store lately occupied by Mrs. Whit
comb. :. "A fine yoke of oxen belonging to {
farmer in the country weighed on Simmons
hay scales one day this week, brought dow1
$3.50 pounds. The "Actives " beat the
'sStars !" As to 25 in their match last Tuesday
-. .Pennoyer's WaterCure has an adv ertise
ment in this weeks paper, which all should
read. I'VE saw green corn in market yester
day. race will come off at Reads course
next Saturday afternoon. Several of the
lumber showers were obliged to quit worl
yesterday forenoon on account of the extreme
hot weather.
GREEN CoRN-The first green corn Of thu