The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-12-26

On the elSntn page OF TINS paper Will
be found County Court notice relating to
matter which few years ago was Of con-
interest to the citizens of Kenosha.
February 23d, 1868, Caroline Louise Field
died leaving a will which provided in Ger
tain contingencies, that a sum of money
amounting to about So, 500 should be given
for the purpose of founding and establishing
in this city of public library to be called
the Cohoon Library The following is
the item in the will making the bequest:
"Fifth. OF the sum remaining invested in
stocks, bonds, or other securities, the annu-
al accruing interest is to be paid by my ex-
ecutor for the support and maintenance of
any child or children that may survive me
and upon their coming of age, the principal
to be divided eqnally between them, or if
bit one should survive, he is to have the
whole. But in tn ? event that | shall have
no heirs of my body to take the interest or
principal as aforesaid, then | give and be-
queath the interest of said sum to my be-
loved husband, Samuel Hinckley Field, so
long as he shall live, and in case of his
death to my husbands mother, Clarissa
Field, SO long as she shall live, and at her
decease | give and bequeath the principal
fishing in the city of Kenosha a
Public Library to be called the Ca
hoon Library" The contingencies
mentioned in the will occurred and at
special meeting Of the City Auditing Board
held May s, 1883, special election was
called to decide whether the city should
accept and establish the library. The cleo
ton was held May 3d. 1888, and resulted
in 298 votes for the establishment of the
library and los against. At an adjourned
meeting of the Board May 28th, the vote
was opened and the motion declared car
ried. Mayor Newell accordingly appointed
q. G.. Simmons L. Robinson. Chas. Franz,
John O'Donnell, E. L. Grant, Edward
Bain Rev. J. M. Cleary, Louis Kindt, Jas.
H. Howe as a board of directors to receive
the money from the estate of Mrs Field
and carry into effect the provisions of the
will. At this point the matter seems to
have been dropped for no records have been
found showing that the board ever organ
lied or qualified themselves for legal action
in the matter. 1t is on this ground, viz:
that no persons were mentioned in the viii
or were qualified by the city to receive the
money, that Mr.. Pike, the father Of Mrs.
Field, and her only heir, comes forward and
petitions the County Judge to construe the
provisions of the will whereby "the princi-
pap of certain sum was bequeathed for
the before mentioned purpose, and that the
court make proper order distributing the
assets of the estate and for other further or
different relief of the petitioner as to the
court should seem just. This matter will
be argued before Judge Van Wyck Tues
day, Jan. 18th. Mr. Pike has engaged
Messrs. Quarles, Spence and Quarles of
Milwaukee, as his lawyers. If the city has
a case to present it ought to be looked after
and not let go without an effort.
ONTARIO, Cal, Dec 10th, 1889
L. A. C1ss, Esq, Pub. Telegraph Courier:
Please find within amount for your paper
another year. few words in relation to
this land of sunshine and flowers may be of
interest to your readers. The report of the
signal station keeper for the past ten years,
from 1878 to 1888, shows that the mercury
reached 100 degrees bu! eleven times, and
sunk to thirty-two degrees but six times.
The mean temperature for the months of
1888 are as follows: January, 52.8; Februa-
ry, 522; March, Sc; April, $40; May, 81;
June, 65.5; July. 68.3; August, 69.5; Sep
TENDER, 67.5; October, 62.7; November,
58.8; December, $40. A temperature from
50 to 81 degrees in the winter suggests
green fields of succulent grasses and grains,
feeding herds and focks who roam and fat
ten without shelter. It also means ripen-
ing groves of oranges, lemons and lines; it
means gardens of all the ordinary domestic
vegetables: green peas, tomatoes and straw
berries for Christmas and New Years. 1t
means 81 days out of each 80 pleasant; it
also means roses and all kinds of flowers in
bloom the whole year. The summer tenn
perature of from IS to SO under it, grows to
perfection the plum, olive, almond, walnut,
peach, apple and pear, the orange, lemon,
lime, apricot, persimmon, pomegranate, nee
tarine, grape and the fig, in fact, all vege-
tables known to the temperate and semi
tropic zones Five crops of alfalfa hay is
an average each year. We have grapes
from August to January, which grow to
perfection. Billiards and sunstrokes are
unknown in this climate. l was at The
Chino Ranch few days since; it contains
about 81, 900 acres and is directly south of
us and is much lower than here and the
land is moist here. The grass at present
is about six inches high and there is
enough to feed the cattle on thousand
hills. Every advantage is attributed to