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

Gray will move to Kenosha himself and
take charge, or will send manager here
The office is at the works as yet, but they
will have an uptown Office as soon as they
get straig htened around Mr.. Gray says he
has received plenty of mice talk" and ver-
bal encouragement from the people of Ke-
nosha regarding their prospects here, but
now he wants to see something more sub
sta'tial-somethiDg in the line of business
and patronage. He says also that he sees
no reason why they should not light the
streets with gas and give good satisfaction:
He has done it elsewhere very successfully.
It would certainly be more loyal to home
interests and benefit the city more if a
home institution should light our streets
than for an outside firm to come in and do
it. The same company name, viz: the Ke-
nosha Gas. Electric Light and Fuel Co.
will be retained. 1t is to be hoped that
this change will be benefit for the city
and a profitable investment for Messrs.
Gray and Bartholomew.
Rev. j. M. Cleary, delivered his an
nual temperance lecture at st. James
Catholic Church last Sunday evening. A
rumor that he probably would have some
thing spicy to say with regard to the situa-
ton of the liquor interest in Kenosha, aid
ed in drawing out quite large audience for
such an inclement evening. The reverend
gentleman opened his remarks by giving
his hearers a word picture of a Western
city, possessing many natural advantages,
such as its favorable location, its natural
harbor, the fertility of the surrounding
country, and he filled in the picture by
describing in contrast how the place had
Jagged behind its sister cities in the race
for fame and fortune, how its streets were
unpaved, its streets unlighted its harbor
neglected, its public schools in deplorable
condition. there was no system of sewerage,
and things were in backward state gener-
ally. No one present found any difficulty
in recognizing the picture as faithful like
ness of Kenosha His reverence has evil
IDENTIFY concluded to join the TELEGRAPH
COURIER in its crusade against backwoods
ideas in municipal government and village
habiliments for growing city He paint
ed the condition of our streets, the absence
of the High Schools in their true colors,
and remarked that one would usually ex-
pect in such city, that the attention Of
the city authorities would be directed to-
ward the subject Of Improvements. One
would usually suppose that the servants of
the people in such place, would be very
eager to do all they possibly could to bene
fit the people of the community, such as
lighting the streets and putting up credit
able High School building when it was
needed SO badly But they didn't. The
city council seemed to spend most of their
time in discussing how they could advance
the liquor interests, and the mayor, with
the deciding vote in his hands, the council
evenly divided on the question, the mayor
of this city, elected by the people to work
for their interests, betrayed his trust, and
voted to license new saloon right in the
midst of the homes of the people where the
hard earned wages of the laboring man
would be tempted away from him before
he had passed out from the shadow Of the
factory where he worked. Father Cleary
showed tendency to give 'Hiz-zoner" a
we'll deserved roasting for his action in vo-
ting for the saloon instead of for the people,
The speaker went on to show that the peo-
pie of this city tax themselves 100000
each year to support the % regularly
licensed saloons of Kenosha while they pay
ont $23, 900 to support the eight churches
and educate all the children 10 both public
and parochial schools. These figures are
familiar to temperance people as they have
been presented before, but when brought
in juxtaposition with the mayors vote to
still further enlarge the facilities and temp
they possess new force. The orator spoke
for nearly an hour, and was listened to
with keen attention by everyone in the
large audience.
The success of captain Fracassa" at the
Chicago Opera House is SO pronounced that
the new opera has been witnessed so far by
a succession of large audiences whose en-
thusiasm has been marked. This addition
to the already excellent repertoire Of the
McCaull Company is most welcome at this
time. In "Captain Fracassa" this well bal
anced organization fnds most excellent
vehicle for the display of its resources and
capabilities. The music of Captain Fra
casa" is most pleasing. 1t is not so in-
volved that it cannot be appreciated
thoroughly by people other than experts.
"Captain Fracassa" is an opera comique of
a popular type, and it undoubtedly has be-
fore it an era of pronounced success. It's
scenes are of that brilliant order that