The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-28

They broke into Mr.. H. HI. Tar
BELLS house, entering through the din
ing room window, walked around the house
and made themselves at home. They failed
to get anything of special value. They car
rled Mr.. TarbelPs trousers out of the bed
room, went through them, but found only
some small change and some keys. They
left the house unheard, leaving the window
open. Burglars also broke into Mr.. Beck
Miller's house. They got in by the front
windows and went through the house un-
disturbed and without disturbing any one.
They got nothing of value. Mr.. VIM. Dor
sey's house on Ann street was also entered
that evening. They awoke Mrs Dorsey by
striking matches to see where they were.
She screamed and the intruders got out
They took nothing
| The reports of Kenoshas prosperity
have gone abroad and men are looking to-
ward Kenosha and talking about Kenosha's
fine prospects and some of them are talking
about coming here and going into business
of one kind or other. The negotiations for
the purchase of the gas works, recorded last
week, are still under way and may prove
successful. Anosher scheme is now on foot
Mr.. J. Fl. Kady, of Portage, Wis, was in
Kenosha Tuesday and Wednesday looking
up the prospects of success for an electric
Light plant. AS far as could be gathered, he
n fIrcfv aIa IA II,
lege of building and operating an electric
light plant in this city for ten years. On
his part, he offers to put in plant with his
own money, and will furnish either mean
descent lights or arc lights to private con-
sumers and to the city He says he would
light the city with electric lights much
better than it is being lit now and at less
expense and the city need be in no degree
responsible for the amount of business done.
Mr.. Kady will probably put his proposition
in writing before the City Council next
Monday evening" when the exact facts will
be learned and placed before the readers of
the TELEGRAPH-COURIE Here is a chance
to get electric lights for the city without
the city investing dollar in the enterprise
or guaranteeing any profits to any one The
citizens would have the chance to use cleo
tricity in their houses and stores if they
choose and it is highly probable that large
number of them would so choose.
The County Board of Supervisors adj
iourned last Friday afternoon after very
satisfactory session. There are no very i'm
except routine committee work to report.
One thing worthy of notice is the action of
the County Board in reducing both the
work and the salary of the County Agent.
The salary is reduced from 5000 to 500
year and his duties are limited to acting as
purchasing agent for the county end look
ing after the county paupers in the city
He also has charge of the county buildings
County Clerk Benedict was prevailed upon
to take the office. The committee on as
sessment reported no change in the proper
ty valuation of the different towns The
city of KenoSha was left at the same figure
as last year. The state tax on this county
is $2,339 less than it was last year, and
there is Soldiers Relief Fund tax of
$538 96 which did not appear last year,
The total taxes to be raised by the county
this year will be $37, 1862 as against $685.
1854, as it was last year, a reduction of
$1,80902. The committee on Sheriff's bills
allowed the Sheriff his salary of $1,000,
81, 284.35 for boarding prisoners and other
items which increased the amount to total
of 2,560.14. Add to that $4,000 which
he received for services in connection with
the county court and it makes $281404,
which, with his civil fees gives him just
about $4,000 for his year. The TELEGRAPH
CoURIER'S estimates of last week were thus
correct. The Justices bills this year were
larger than before. Justice Slater received
$917.03 and Justice Gillett $316.55. The
probabilities are that counting in the in
creased Justices bills caused by the tramp
business, the Sheriff's office cost the county
as much as it did last year, if not more.
This is not very satisfactory progress in the
direction of reasonable Sheriff's salary.
The circumstances will be different another
year, however Every one knows now that
when the Sheriff's salary was fixed at 81 900
that the Board meant 81 900 and not So, 500.
Besides that, the Justices bills will not cut
as much of a figure again and that may have
good effect. Taking it all around, the
County Board did very well in meeting the
difficulties before them and the county may
congratulate itself that it had as level
headed set of men on the Board. One of
the last things the Board did was to give
the TELEGRAPA-CoURIER the work of
printing the report of their proceedings
The price at which the work was taken was
the same as was paid two years before.
A French statistican has just ascertained
that human being of either sex, who is
moderate eater and who lives to be 20 years