The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-10-23

every evening.
The cards are out for the wedding of
Mr. G. Hammond and Miss Nellie Black
man. The happy event will occur next
Tuesday at the home of the brides par
ents in Truesdell
DR.. n A. Pennoyer has been APP
pointed Weather Observer for Kenosha
county by the Wisconsin Signal Service
authorities. The result of his observa-
tons will be published in the TELEGRAPH
COURIER
The Salvation Army has come 1t is
here, installed in Theleens Hall, in his
new building on Wisconsin street. The
hall has been leased for a year and was
wanted for longer time The powers
that be" evidently intend to sit down for
a siege Of it here. Well, there is plenty
of material here for them to work upon.
Hon B. F. Hopkins of Milwaukee,
will address the citizens Of Salem and vi
cinity this evening at the Congregational
church in Salem. Friday evening, the
oath he will address the citizens of Bris-
toll and vicinity on the issues of the day in
Nixon's Rink Bristol. Mr.. Hopkins is
an able speaker and will give his hearers
some very interesting points.
The new firm of Theleen e Buchanan
have something to say to you in another
column. They carry very full and
very fine line Of goods now, most of
which are new. Don't fail to call around
and see them in their new rooms in Mr..
Theleen's new building on Wisconsin
street
Last Saturday night q young man
bearing the name of Arthur Killips stole
a horse from Mr. Frederick Rowdecker OF
Waukesha. On Monday Sheriff W. S.
Parsons arrived in KenOsha and with the
aid of G. A. Waltz and Mr.. John Meyers
succeeded in capturing the thief and re-
covering the horse. The thief had taken
the horse to Kupfers stable over Sunday
night and had had him shod at Barr &
Brister's blacksmith shop and then start
ed south Sheriff Parsons and the owner
were informed by Mr. Meyers that man
and horse answering the description had
gone south and while they drove south
Meyers took the train for Waukegan. He
saw the thief with the horse en- the road
down and at Waukegan got rig and
started back after him. He met him Just
as the Sheriff and owner overlook him.
The owner identified the horse, the Sheriff
quietly corralled the thief and the job
was done.
Mr. Geo. t. Hughes was in town
Tuesday looking around a little. Mr.
Hughes is busy at his business in Somers
and has not done verp much ''hustling."
The voters in Somers without regard to
party are going to give him a handsome
majority in that town. He is known in
Somers as a quiet, honorable business
man, of strictest integrity and rather mod
est than otherwise He would make an
ideal County Treasurer and will receive
the vote Of every republican in the coun-
ty, as we'll as lots Of democrats
Mr. Hughes has been a resident Of Som
ers for forty years. He enlisted in the
in the war at the first call for three year
men and served two years, until he was
discharged for sickness. He has been
farmer for part of his life, but for the
past fifteen years has been engaged in the
flour and feed business at Somers Station.
He is retiring from business on account
of his health and will remove to Kenosha
to live
Mayor Kupfer called the writer into
Capt FrarRz's cigar store last Thursday
and proceeded to roast him for his article
last week under the caption High
Enough He stated that instead of a
four per cent tax rate next year. the citi-
zens of Kenosha would have to pay flee
per cent. The writer's incredulity led him
to ask the Mayor if he was joking. But
he said he was not and that every dollar
of it would be needed. Since recent le-
gal decision by which bank lost large
sum of money by accepting time or
der the banks have refused to lend the
city any money on them and all the time
orders are paid up. His Honor objected
to having this Council charged with the
folly of the last one, which ordered the
payment of the $4,000 in bonds and re-
fused to accept time on the payment for
the Steamer Those two items amount to
Sc. 900 and mean so much more of load
Just at present; but they don'taccount for
the $4,000 net cash put into an engine
house just now A little later the city
will want to erect a City Hall on the lot
and the engine house could have been
built at the same time and included in the
building. Mayor Kupfer believes in city