The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-03-27
ST Perkins, was at the Opera House
Tuesday evening. He had full house.

to their house last Friday.
Jake Ludwig, young boy working at
the Lane factory lost the second finger on
his left hand Monday afternoon while
working at one of the presses.
The W. Daily Clay Ballast Co. has re-
moved its office from the third floor of the
Observation-Disclosures building to the w.
U. Telegraph Office.
The new firm of Hansen & Becker is
getting their stock into shape after their
invoice and will be able to show you
splendid selection of furniture. Read
their new ad in this issue
DR. Will M. F'arr has purchased the
handsome residence property on the park,
known as the Hale House. Ten thousand
is the sum named as the consideration and
it was certainly very cheap at that price.
The Cooper law may have the effect Of
making some of our German friends see the
necessity of the Bennett law. A man needs
to be just as intelligent as he can be to
make a good American.
The Farewell Supper: The great Oy ste
Supper of the season will be given April
1st at the old residence on the Simmons
Farm" Pleasant Prairie, Wis. We expect
this supper will beat the Worlds Fair. All
for the church.
Jack Crook met with very unfortu-
nate accident yesterday afternoon. While
working the '.joiner" at the Mattress facto-
ry he had the three larger fingers Of his left
hand cut off. DR.. Farr dressed the wounded
hand. 1t is rather tough on Jack as he
needs those fingers,
&C. A. Dickhaut has finished the plans
for two new stores which will be erected
this summer One of them is Z. G. The
leens double store, which will be built on
the site of the Young America building and
adjacent lot, and the other is for Walter J.
Fox's new meat market oct at Brassville.
The ladies of the NJ. E. Church, gave
one of their enjoyable socials on last Thurs
day evening in the parlors Of the church.
Supper was served at half past six followed
by literary and musical program by talent
from home and abroad. Mrs Stafford of
Chicago, kindly responded with a solo
which was excelIently rendered and much
enjoyed by all. Mrs. Stafford has very
sweet and powerful voice and Kenosha
people are fortunate in occasionally being
able to listen to her delightful singing,
The plans for the new Baptist church
have been about decided upon and Mr. G.
A. Dickhaut is the architect. The church
will be brick veneered with the auditorium
on the first floor and the parlors on the
second. A meeting of the trustees of the
church will be held this evening at which
it is expected that the remaining details
will be settled and the work ordered begun.
The edifce will present several new feat
ures in church architecture and will cost
-TheWhitaker Engine& SkeinCo., is now
just what the name would imply. Mr. r.
B, Whitaker has bought out all the stock
holders and now, he and his sons E. S.
Whitaker and T. B. Whitaker own the en-
tire stock of the company. That is as it
should be, and everyone will be glad to
learn that they have succeeded in getting
possession of the whole stock.
A novel entertainment is in store for
the people of Kenosha in the shape of "An
Evening in the Highlands of Scotland"
The features of the entertainment will
probably be, Scotch music, Scotch costumes,
Scotch dancing, the famous Sword Dance
among the rest, the bagpipes and other
interesting things about the Scotch. The
entertainment will be given by Chicago
sons of Scotia and will be up to the stand
ard of their popular Chicago entertain
ments.
William johnson and Martin Burke
are again in durance vile They were
arrested Tuesday morning, charged
with the robbery of Mr.. J. NJ Balm, of
Pleasant Prairie Balm was i'll the alley in
the rear of Grifith's saloon about o'clock,
and in the darkness some one hit him in
the eye, knocking him down and jumped
upon him He says he does not know who
it was that hit him, but he says Johnson
robbed him when he was down of ninety
eight dollars, ninety-ffve of which was in
greenbacks and the balance in silver. He
saws johnson also took revolver out of
his pocket The robbers got away unmolested
and when arrested Tuesday morning had
none of the money on their persons. Balm
Identifies johnson as the one who took the
but don't know whether he was the
one who knocked him down. Balm sold
note at Dan Head & Co.'s Bank a short
time ago and had been staying at the Byers
House on Park street several days. The
of johnson and Burke
will not be held until after the
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