The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-05-15

The Board of Supervisors met yester
day Thursday to decide on the Cour
House question.
Mr.. E. G. Theirs and Miss MolIi,
NicolI were married yesterday Thurs
dayl Both the bride and bridegroom
belong to old and respectable families il
this city.
, Mrs. w. A. Foster, who has been &
resident of Racine county for thirty
years, died at her home in the town o
Mt Pleasant, Racine county, on the 10th
inst, of cancer of the stomach. She
was in the Goth year of her age.
Mr.. r. Nielsen has sold his house on
Ann street to Mr.. r. 0. Gottfredsen fol
81 300, and Mr.. James Brennan, of Ra-
cine, has sold his house on the North
side, in this city, to Mr.. VIM. Meier fol
900.
For SALE-White Flint Seed Corn,
warranted to grow; yields enormously,
and sure to get ripe. Engage early.
M. O. MYRICK, Paris.
Mr.. Michael Kleist has gone to Chica-
20, where ne has obtained a position in
a lumber yard. Mr. Kleist was for many
years in the employ of Mr. Simmons
here, and he speaks well of him as an
honest and faithful workman.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Stahl were
in the German cemetery on Sunday
afternoon, attending the funeral of Mr..
Valentine Rubbing, their horses upset
the buggy, throwing both Of them out.
They escaped without serious injury.
Mr.. F. J. Brande had several sheep
killed and many more mangled by dogs
on Sunday and Monday nights on his
farm in Somers, and on Monday night
Mr.. John Smutz, on the Robinson farm,
had several badly bitten. Farmers
should muzzle their dogs.
Exercises attending the planting of
children's trees" upon the Kindergar-
ten grounds, will take place on Friday
evening, May 22d. A collection of arti-
Giles, made by the children, will be for
sale, the proceeds to be used i'll the pur-
chase of an aquarium.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Hunt, of Madison,
have been visiting their friends, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Benedict. at the City Hotel
in this city Mr.. Hunt is said to be one
of the most competent mail agents in
the United States. He is certainly a
very genial gentleman and his wife an
accomplished woman.
Fish Bros Wagon Company, of Ra-
cine, cf which J. l. Case is the appoint
ed receiver, has been closed by an order
of the court, to make new inventory
of the property, which will require
about forty days. During this time the
workmen will be discharged.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bone, whose arrival here
from Bloomington, ILL.,, was noticed last
week, after remaining some days as the
guests of Mr.. George Yule, have gone to
Waukesha, where they will remain about
a month, at the end of which time they
expect to return to Kenosha.
Miss Matte Hargis, who has been en-
ployed in this office the past four years,
left last Friday for Chicago, where she
has obtained a good situation. Miss
Hargis is a good compositor and faith
full servant, and we wish her every
success in her new position.
Mr.. David Warren is experimenting |
the mason work on Mr.. Calkins' new |
building on Main street, and Mr.. Moth |
will superintend the carpenter work.
Mr.. Warren expects to commence the
work oftearing down and rebuilding the |
large brick building of the Balm Wagon
Company, which is now unsafe, about |
the 10th of June.
Sealed bids for hauling the Steam En-
CINE and Hose Cart of the City for the
ensuing year will be received by the un-
dersigned till IL o'clock, noon, May IS,
next. The right to reject any or all bids
is reserved. JNo. CANTwELL,
Chairman F. d. Com.
Kenosha, May 9th, 1885.
The Caxton circulating library is now
the books having arrived and
been placed at Mrs. Races Millinery
store. The library embraces 200 vol
umes, nicely bound and well printed,
and consists of works ON history, bio
graphy, poetry, choice fiction and gener-
al literature. The library will be opened
for circulation on Monday next, May
18th, but can be inspected at any time
before, New books will be added as
soon as new subscribers can be secured.