The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-29

| into communic4t ion with the Grant House
| parlors by doorway through the wall
| that now separates the two places. The
Grant House p$rlors will be available for
social gatherin gs and the rooms will be
| fitted up as nicely as they were before, be-
sides being muf h more central and acces-
| sible. This is a step in the direction of
making the Gu b an active organization in
| the city.
The photographs from which the
| half-tone pictu res in the semi-centennial
| edition of the TELEGRAPH-COURIE Were
taken, are by IAllderige. Mr.. Allderige
| has taken very fine set of views of Ke-
noSha for this paper and the negatives of
all the half-tone s in this paper are in his
possession Dh plicates of any of the pic
lures in this pa per can be be obtained of
him. There ate several which were OBJ
tanned only with great care and labor.
The quality of the photo-engraving OBJ
tanned from his proofs is the best endorse
ment possible The delicacy of half
tones make the most exacting demands
upon the photo grapher and the fact that
the results wer so eminently satisfactory
in most of the engravings is the strongest
proof of the q uality of the Photographic
work done by MIR. Allderige. 1t is just
to him to say t hat several of the pictures
were taken with reference in time not 50
much to the brightness of the day IS to
the necessity for haste in getting them
ready for the ehgravers in Chicago.
The matutin hl slumbers of the citizens
of Kenosha W. re rudely disturbed Sun
day morning by the sound of the fire
alarm from the Malt House and other fac
tories A fire WAS discovered in the fan
room up on til e roof of the Malt House
about quartz pr after six o'clock. The
Waterman, eng ineer and several otherem
ployes immedid tely began to fight the fire
| by carrying water from the tanks in the
sleeping room and throwing it into the
fan room. hey nearly succeeded input-
ting it out, but it broke out in the kiln
rooms and the flames soon began roaring
out of the tops of the f1ues. The fire de
partment respo hded promptly and did he
rOic work fighting the fire. The boys
climbed arounh on the roof Of that i'm
mense buildin in utter disregard of
danger and, n zzle in hand, stood there
and poured st1 cams of water into those
flaming structu res at short range. paid
fire department. could not have done bet
ter work. The difficulty of access to the
fire multiplied the danger and risks nee
essary many tin nes The old Steamer did
noble work and seems almost as good as
ever. The fl mes were confined to the
kiln rooms and what threatened to be a
most disastrous fire was restricted so that
while the dam age is considerable, the
company will be able to resume business
again in a week or ten days. The loss
amounted to about S12 900 on building
and stock, priIl cipally the latter. Men
were set to york Immediately tearing
away the burn4 d timbers preparatory to
rebuilding the burnt part. The work will
be pushed as rhpidly as possible. The
loss was fully lowered by insurance, eX-
cept the loss in time to the business.
Trial by jury" by the University
School boys La st Thursday evening was
an immense SUI cess. The first part of the
entertainment was very enjoyable. Mr.
Henry Hart, of Chicago, sang ooh Hap
py Day, " and did it in artistic style. Mr..
Hart is traind id singer and handles his
voice in way that is satisfactory to ones
ears. The Gl4e Club under Prof. Nc
Dowell's leadership, rather surprised the
audience with it's rendition Of several
songs The boys do well and are credit
both to themselves and to their leader
Mr.. Minty of Chicago, sang 'The Will
O. the Wisp'' in very pleasing manner.
AS to the opere tia, it was good all the way
through. AL Sedgwick as Judge" and
Henry Lee as the plaintiff with Mr.. Hart
as defendant. VI ere the stars of the even
ing and. distinguished themselves. The
character of the plaintiff was so admira
blv taken by Young Lee that the majority
of the audience thought the singer was
young lady He dressed the part, sang 1t
and acted it su lendidly. Al. Sedgwick
has the timbet in him for first-claSs
comedian. Will Lewis as the Usher dis
tinguished himself too. Mr.. ). l.. Nc
Dowell as Counsel sang his part well and
and made a fine looking barrister. r.
Skiff Sheldon aB foreman Of the jury, was
very funny and did his part well. The
six little boys dressed as bridesmaids
would have fooled the oldest. Their get
up was perfect and stranger would have
had no idea at all that they were not
sweet little girls. The greatest credit IS
dine Prof. Mcdowell for his work in
training the boys, staging and conducting
this play A word should be said OF Mr..
LIE Breton's exc client piano playing during
+ba ovaning He nlaved ALI thp accOmDa-