The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-06-03

On Monday last party of gentlemen wen
to Paddock's Lake, in Bristol, 20 strew flow
ers on soldiers graves and go fishing, prin
cipa.ly the latter. The party consisted o.
the district attorney, the sheriff of the coun
ty, ex-justice Of the peace. and fashionable
barber One Of the party states that they
caught two hundred and forty fish in number
another says that they caught one hundred
pounds in weight The largest fish has beer
differently estimated, the reports ranging
from FIVE to sixteen pounds. What the average
weight Of the two hundred and forty fish was
is simply matter of arithmetic from the facts
gwen. 1t has been-a custom to give every
allowance to g fish story" but the charac.
ter of the gentlemen who formed this party
would preclude any doubt as to the truth Of
the. facts given.
Messrs. O. G. King and s. L. Biglow have
formed business alliance and propose to
go into the coal trade, both wholesale and
retail They will use the docks and yard
formerly occupied by Mr.. King in the same
business. They enclose by fence and sheds
an area Of It's by 100 feet for coal. They viii
erect three rnasts on the dock, and by steam
power viii unload vessels and carry the coal
| back to sheds or cars. They intend not only
| to supply local trade, but to ship in quantl-
ties over the Western road. They represent
the Lehigh Valley Company, and their coal,
both hard and soft, is shipped directly across
the state of New York by rail to Fairhayen,
where it is taken on vessels around the lakes
TO Kenosha The American has already
discharged one cargo of 500 tons for them,
and they will be in full operation in short
time. Their arrangements will be such that
they can fully supply jobbing trade on the
Western road, and can compete with Chicago
and the Eastern market This is an enterprise
the want of which has long been felt, and we
wish the new concern every success possible.
The following appeared in the Chicago
Times of last Sunday: ''John L. Paddock,
assistant postmaster at Albany, Whiteside
county, this state, was arrested on Friday
night last by Inspector White, and on yes
terday was arraigned before Commissioner
Hoyne and held in 81 800, on the charge Of
robbing the United States mails. He was
committed to Jail in default Of bail. Pad
docks offense was in stealing letter, con-
tanning draft for 1855, mailed by Lewis
Balm, of Kenosha. Wis, to ]. F. Force g. Co.,
Ut NeW AlDduyJ luu' 4Hc lctLcE, LHIouku
the bungling management Of the Kenosha
postmaster, went to Albany, ILL.,, and was
opened by Paddock, who con6scated the
draft, which he afterwards sent to Cincinnati
in payment for q flute. After several weeks
search by the post Office inspectors, the draft
was discovered and traced back to Paddock, |
with the result above stated" 1t is the
common mistake for many writers for news
papers to write about something Of which |
they are not well advised. Capt. Franz is
no bungler. He has been postmaster at this
point for some time, upwards of ten years, |
and has given very general satisfaction. All
letters go into the mail bag, and are all
handled on the train by the mail agent. Capt. |
Franz cannot be made responsible for what
some careless mail agent may do. and it is
quite hard to see how the loss of Mr.. Bain's
order was due to any other cause than the
rascality of the postmaster at Albany, Ills.
We like TO see the blame attach where it be-
longs.