The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-04-10

The regular monthly meeting CT the
w. C T. u. will be held in the Y. M. c. A.
parlors at 8 p. ~, Tuesday, April 10th. A
cordial invitation is extended to every
Christian temperance woman.
HELEN M. PERKINS, Cor. Sec'y.
AT a special meetings of St. Michaeps
Young Mems Society held Tuesday even
ing part of the officers for the ensuing
year were elected. The following are the
officers elected:
President, Hubert Schwann.
Vice President, John Pinzger.
Secretary, John Thomey.
Treasurer, Michael Schultz.
Asst Sec'y, John Steinmetz
Marshall, Adam Kaufman
The remaining officers will be elected at
another meeting in a few days.
A Washington dispatch to the Mil
waukee Sentinel of Monday contained the
following regarding the Kenosha and Ra-
cine harbors:
"The only harbors about whose appropri-
atoms there has been any doubt of late are
those of Racine and Kenosha. Mr.. Cas-
we'll, as has been stated, stuck his stake for
$25, 900 for each of these harbors and has
been making stubborn fight for these
amounts. The amount to be given these
harbors is said to be practically settled,
but what it is has not yet come out, but 1t
is believed to be nearly if not quite 500, 900
for EACH"
The readers of the TELEGRAPH
COURIER as rule understand that no con
tribution is ever published in this paper
unless the name of the author is known.
The last two or three weeks several short
notes have been received at this Office with
the request to publish, but neither of them
were published because the writer's did not
sign their names. The idea is not that
the name would be published, but for the
information and protection of the office.
The TELEGRAPH COURIER is conducted
for the benefit of the community and its
columns are always open for the discussion
of proper subjects in proper manner, no
matter which side of question the writer
takes This rule applies to local notices
also.
The examination of VIM johnson and
Martin Brooks, charge with the robbery of
J. NJ Balm occurred last Saturday, before
Justice Slater. The examination revealed
the fact that Balm had been robbed, but he
was probably too drunk to know much
about it. He swore that johnson robbed
him, but the testimony showed that John
son was at that time either in Racine or on
his way thither Bains statements did
not hold together at all, and it is quite prob
able that if the complaint had not directly
charged Johnson and Brooks with the rob-
berry, that the real robbers would have been
bound over to Circuit Court Johnson and
Brooks were acquitted because it was shown
that they were not the persons present at
time the robbery occurred. The testimony
Of other parties went to show that three
men were present in the alley at the time
Balm says he was robbed. but they were
Geo. Biennaman, Geo. Milward and Her.
bert Gosline. These men were not charg-
ed with the robbery and nothing special
was done to evelop that phase of the ques-
ton SO the case stands. A robbery has been
committed in this city and the robbers are
still at large. Whose turn will come next.
The condition on Main Stree! last win
ter and this spring is an eloquent plea for
little enterprise on the part of the city
authorities. The first thing to be done is
for the city council to employ an able and
competent engineer to make the survey
and the plans for a general system of sew
erage for the whole city. Such system
should provide main sewers through the
principal streets and tributary lines from
all the side streets. 1t should include sew
ers which would be accessible sfrom every
house in the city. The health of the city
demands that proper means Of drainage be
provided for the homes of this place. When
the plans for such system of sewerage
had been adopted, it would be in order to
build the sewer intended for Main street
Immediately A good sewer would drain
the street of much of the water that has
been filling the holes and keeping the street
SO muddy, besides making many cellars fit
for use which are now nothing but mud
holes. But the point is, that main street
cannot be paved until that sewer is put
down. When that is done the street will
be paved and but little objection will be
found anywhere to the improvement. The
new gas mains on Main street will be put
down within sixty days and connections
will be made from the mains to the pave
ment in front of every store so that the
street will not be disturbed for years from
repairs by the Gas Company. If the Water
Company will put its mains and hydrants
on Main street into the same good condi-
ton there will be nothing in the way of