The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-17
SALEM.

| Mr.. N6WcOmD crowley ana Vile Will
start for Dakota the first of the week,
hoping that the trip will prove benefl-
cial to Mrs. Crowley's health.
Miss Matte Davis, of Chicago, is the
guest of Mrs. J. ID. Warner.
Miss Esther Stanton, of Randall,
visited Mrs. G. IT. StockWelI on Sun
day.
| Mrs. Warren Baker, who has been
visiting her mother. Mrs. Lunt, re-
turned to her home in Kenosha on
Saturday.
Mr.. Fred Beecher will soon open a
store in Antioch.
Miss Sarah Patrick, who attended
the WilmOt school the past winter, has
engaged the Booth school, for the COM
| ing term.
1t may be news to some of the read
ers to learn that Mr. IT. S. Thorp has
sold his farm. ,---.--
Mrs. Rufus Smith has returned home
from Milwaukee, improved in health.
Mr.. Charles Gibbs, of Bristol, lay at
the point of death on Sunday.
Mr.. Rufus Smith, who enjoyed two
years of gentlemanly leisure at Salem
Station, is moving back on his farm.
Mr.. George Selby is building good
sized addition on his house.
Mr.. Francis Paddock, of Brownville,
Iowa, is visiting at the residence of his
father, DR.. Paddock.
Mr.. Phil. Kull, of Genoa, made fiy-
ing visit in town last Sabbath.
Mr.. Abram Van VIE. accompanied
by his grandson, Albert Van Vie, vis-
tied his brother James, of Rockford,
the past week.
The last day of Miss Mary CULTS
school in district No. 8, Brighton, on
the 3rd inst. was a sort of gala day,
fruitful Of pleasant memories. Books
and study were banished from the
schoolroom in the afternoon, ont of
Difference to the twenty-five visitors
present, headed by the school board and
their genteel looking wives. The pn-
pills gave a splendid entertainment, the
exercises being of a creditable charac.
| ter, much enjoyed, and eliciting great
praise. The kindest feeling was mani
tested between teacher and pupils dur
| ing the term, and working together in
harmony. stimulated by good outside
| influence, success in school was the
natural result. At the point when
teacher and pupils were about to sever,
Miss Sarah Sears, in behalf of the
school, presented their teacher with a
handsome scrap-b0Ok.
Miss Lena Trafford will start for Da-
kota in few days.
The sad news by telegraph of the
death on Wednesday, the 9Th inst, of
| Mrs. John Prosser, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. G. E. Clark, cast a gloom over
the community, and filled the hearts of
the parents and two sisters, besides
other bereaved friends, with grief al
most too great to bear. Heart disease
was the immediate cause Of death,
though her brief illness was first occa-
stoned by quinsy, which, having sub
sided. she was supposed to be out Of
danger. The deceased was % years
and 6 months old. On the oath ult,
the kind Fathers hand bore little Will
lie, her only child, across the river
whittier she was so willing to follow to
clasp him again in her arms, never
more to be parted. She and her hus-
band, soon after their marriage, which
occurred three years ago on the 18th
of this month, removed to Milford, Ne
braska, where they have since resided.
She was devoted, self-saerifcing
wife, resOlute to degree, never yield
ing to discouragements, kind and af
fectionate daughter and sister, and hel
numerous friends in town remember
Edna as blithe and happy girl who
always greeted them with smile and
pleasant word. AS she had always
requested, her remains. with little vii
lies, were brought back on Friday. and
deposited in the Mound cemetery, in
sight of her old home. The funeral
took place on Sunday from the III. f
church, Rev. Mr.. White officiating, and
, a large concourse Of people were at
| tracted to pay their last tribute q re-
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