The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-09


sEoekingmen's Aid Society will be held in
Schend's Hall, Monday evening, Jan. 49,
Their annual reception will be held at the
same place Wednesday evening, Jan. 18th.
The first installment Of the Proceed.
ings of the County Board of Supervisors
will be found on the I'd page of this paper.
The publication of the proceedings will oc-
cupy about two months and will doubtless
make very interesting reading to those who
care to keep track of the affairs of the
county.
The great temperance orator, E. w. Cha
pin, Esq, Grand Chief Templar Of the I. O.
g. T. Of Wisconsin, will be here Sunday
md Monday, the 18th and 18th insts., to
lecture on the subject of temperance. As
sisted by Mr. E. E. Griffith of Whitewater
Look out for notices as to time and place of
lectures.
An item in this paper of Dec. 26, 1889,
stated that Mr. F. F. Foote of Racine, was
preparing plat of the western part of the
city. This was mistake. Mr.. Foote has
been doing some work on plat for Mr..
Josiah Bond in the southern part of the
city
The installation of the officers elect of
Fred S. Lowell Post No. $50, will take
place on Monday evening, Jan. Is. Com
rades are requested to appear in uniform as
far as possible, and are expected to be pres
ent at 7:3O o'clock sharp, while their in
vited friends and members of the w. r. G.
will be admitted at o'clock.
CHAs. H. BLOOD, Adjutant.
The people of Kenosha will be grieved
to learn of the death of two former we'll
known residents of this city. Mr.. w. w.
Baker, of this city, very recently lost both
his son, T.J Baker, and his brother, John
Baker, by consumption. They had been
residing in Bancroft, Neb T. J. Baker
died Thursday, Dec Goth, and John Baker
Monday, Dec. Both. The latter gentleman
came to Kenosha in 1847 and lived here
until within ten or twelve years. They
were both we'll known and respected citi-
zens and their death will be regretted by
many friends
This is the week of prayer as estab-
lished by the Evangelical Union of the
world 1t is being observed by the church
.es in Kenosha with special union meetings.
Monday and Tuesday evenings they were
held in the M. E. church, last evening and
to night they are scheduled for the Baptist
church, and Friday, Saturday and Sunday
evenings they will be in the Congregational
church. Rev. B. F. Sanford will preach
Sunday evening in the Congregational
church.
The tacl that the observation-disclosures
has ha nothing very important in its COL
umns the last couple weeks about the High
school question is not to be taken as an in
dication that the matter is languishing. The
Board of Education has obtained drawings
and plans for the building and are working
upon the details and the interior arrange
ments. Committees from the Board have
visited Joliet, Chicago and Milwaukee and
looked over the best school buildings in
those places. The gentleman VINO drew
the plans for the building, built sixteen
school buildings last year and has embodied
in his plans the latest and best features in
architecture, heating and ventilation known
to the profession. Quite number of peo-
pie have inspected the plans and made sug-
gestions regarding them, but nearly every
one who has seen them so far pronounce
them good. Further details will be given
when something definite is decided upon.
The large infusion of new blood
which Kenosha has received within the
past three or four years has been the max
ing of the town. Most of the citizens real
lie this and treat new corners cordially and
do what lies in their power to help them
along. The latest change of interest to the
citizens If Kenosha is the leasing of the gas
plant to Mr.. G. L. Gray, of Aberdeen, s.
Oak, and Mr. j. s. Bartholomew, of Grand
Forks, n. Oak. The negotiations were
closed New Years day and the new men
took charge Immediately. Mr.. Gray is an
Ohio man and has been in the gas business
from his boyhood. He has owned and built
other plants and knows the business thor.
oughly. Mr.. Bartholomew is a practical
gas man. They have leased the plant for
two years, with privilege of six more and an
option on controlling interest in the COM
pany. By the terms of the contract the
company agrees to lay four miles of mains,
two miles in replacing the old rotten wood
en- ones and two miles besides. Mr.. Gray
promised that everything possible would be
done to give consumers good gas and plenty
of it. He stated that he did not expect
they would be able to improve the service
on Main street very much until new mains
were laid He stated also that they would
take up the old wooden, four inch mains on