The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-18


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Mr. John B. Kupfer received eight
tons of fresh, pure lard last Tuesday, which
will soon he kneaded into hundreds of bar
rels of crackers. J. BIS crackers are
known all over the country They are ex-
eellent and the demand for them is un-
limited. 80, -.
AT the residence of Mr.. Jesse Tomp-
kins in Waukegan, April 9Th, 1889, Rev. J..
Linsbarger married Mr.. Richard Shea, of
Newport and Miss Lydia NJ. Tompkins, of
Waukegan.. The bride and groom came
directly to kenosha. where they will reside
for the present, perhaps permanently.
jacob Schwartz fell the other day
from building he was erecting for Mr..
VIM. Upton west of the depot and ruptured
a vein in his left breast. Dr. Schallern was
called and Mr.. Schwartz is now on the
mend, with prospect of speedy recovery
from his injuries.
-Munson Paddock, Esq, has showed as
some very fine etching on eggs for Easter,
done by his wife. The work is very deli
cate and exceedingly artistic. The entire
work was done with pen knife and the re-
suit is very handsome and does great credit
to the artist.
"A house and barn belonging to Wit
tue johnson, situated on the Sand Road,
just south of the city, and east of Glendale
Gardens, burned on Monday morning be-
tween and O'clock The buildings be-
longed to WittnS johnson and were occu
pied by him and Fletcher Tillotson. There
was total loss to Mr.. johnson Of furnitul e
and farming Implements. They think
some tramp got in the barn and FIRE caught
from his pipe. johnson was insured tor
$1,000.
Mr.. Elisha NJ Kinney, one Of the old
est and best known residents of Kenosha,
was thrown from load of hay on Wednes-
day, the 10th inst, ana was cry seriously
injured. The load Of hay Slipped" throw
ing him to the ground when he was struck
with the binding pole and had four of his
ribs broken 1t was supposed for a time
that his injuries were fatal, but under the
skillful treatment Of DR.. Will Farr, he is
slowly recovering. Mr.. Kinney is IS years
eof age and nothing save. the physicians
skill and an excellent constitution can hope
to bring him out all right.
"a meeting was held at Simmons Hall
last Saturday evening for the purpose OF
Discussing the ACCESSIBILITY Of organizing a
Building and Loan Association in Kenosha
MIR. John O'Donnell called the meeting tc
order and nominated as Chairman Postmas
ter Mahoney, who was elected by acclama
ton. The Chairman briefly exp !ained the
object Of the meeting and called upon Mr.
Geo. w. Warvelle, of Chicago, formerly ed.
itor Of The COURIER, but at present attorney
for Building and Loan Association il
/ Chicago to- explain the nature, workings
| and scope of the associations. This he at
tempted to do, spending most Of his time
however, in answering questions At tn
lclose of his address committee was APP
pointed to draft Bylaws and do the othe
1work preliminary to organizing and anothe1
meeting was appointed for next Tuesda,
evening. Messrs, G. G. brown, G. Schend
John O'Donnell, Harry Kupfer and Jane
Cavanagh were appointed on that commit
tee. In the neighborhood of sixty gentle
men were present at the meeting and con
siderable interest was manifested in the en-
terprise. -
| The petitions for the abolition Of thu
poll tax abortion, signed and sent in by {
number of signers in each ward Of the city
was called up before the Council last Mon
day and referred to the Judiciary c>mmit
tee: The petitioners are in earnest ano
| mean business, and it is to be regretted
that their petitions were were not more ex
tensively circulated throughout the city, as
many more persons would have signed had
they been given an opportunity to do SO
The present poll tax law, like that which
now has mossback existence in respect to
the preservation of razor backed suckers
and which holds every person liable to a
penalty who kills them with spear,
should be abolished. The Common Coun-
Gil has authority in the matter and can
make the present poll tax system in this
city 'slook sick" without coming in collision
with the Statutes, providing they de-
sire to do So. If the Common Council will
politely sit down and repeal the present
city ordinance that relates to the methods
of giving delinquents notice that they are
required to appear at the residence of Pat
McGivern or Dick Jones with shovel and
simply decline to enforce the charter laws
in regard to the same, we don't imagine
that there are many citizens in Kenosha
who would be willing to tear their under