The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-09
characterization.

Communication.
On Wednesday, October 1st, 1879,
about 6 o'clock in the afternoon, while
Mr.. William Bruse, a jeweler, Of Mil
waukee, whose real home has been
with the Knapps, Of Kenosha, for the
last 30 years, but whose mercantile
business he has carried on in the city
of Milwaukee for the last 25 years, and
as the saying is, for the last Is years
he has been in easy circumstances
financially, and whose good sense
carried him forward to enjoy whatever
of a reasonable nature for either pas
time, pleasures, or of liberal dona-
tions to charitable purposes, for be it
said of him, his charitable record says
he had heart as big as an elephant,
and a purse large enough to answer to
every call; and now be is gone, the re-
cipients Of whom none but themselves
and Mr. Bruse knew anything Of his
kindly helps extended to them. Now
he is gone they speak out their kindly
feelings, also say much of his liberality
in their behalf, while in sore distress
and need. AS I started to say, ON We'd
nesday evening, Oct. l, rs, at about 6
o'clock in the evening, while Mr.. Bruse
was on one of his charitable peregrin-
otions, carrying poor unfortunate
sick man out to get view Of surround
ings, also use of the fresh and bracing
air of Lake Michigan, was met by q
runaway horse and buggy, whose dri-
yer had been thrown out, and which
collided with Mr.. Bruises wagon in
such a manner as to throw Mr.. Bruse
and his invalid friend, a Mr.. Washburn,
with such violence on the ground as to
produce insensibility of each of them
for space of half an hour or therea-
bouts, after which both of these unfor-
Inmates were carried to Mr. Bruises
tiewelry store, at 146 Reed street, when
an examination by DR.. --- it was
found no bones were broken on either
of them. But Mr.. Washburn had been
badly confused, torn and bruised in
many places, while no skin was bro
ken on Mr.. Bruse. But he was SO Sc
verely Jared that he could not walk
around, and therefore set in his chair
for an hour or tliereabouts, only feel
ing one particular place to have been
seriously hurt, namely, his left hip.
After about an hour had elapsed in
this way, he began to complain Of feel
ing uncomfortable in the chest, and
was laid on his bed and said lie was
quite comfortable. Nevertheless the
fell destroyer was toe surely and
stealthily doing his work, which in the
short space Of two or three minutes
after being laid on his bed, he accom-
plished, and the deed was done. The
man Bruse was dead; the elephantic
charitable heart had ceased to beat.
An honest, kind-hearted man of more
than ordinary abilities, had departed
this life. And for the reason Of his
almost unbounded good and kindly
qualifications. he has left many, yea,
very many, almostmconsolable mourn
ers; who, while life and reason are
continued to them will never cease to
mourn, and hold in almost worshipful
reverence the memory Of their kind
) hearted and charitable hearted departed
friend Bruse, who leaves somewhere
from $4,000 to $4,000 to be distribu-
ted to three brothers and one heir Of u
dead brother, also one sister.
The ladies of Kenosha are agitating
the building of a new fence around the