The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-08-13


Monday which was very fortunate in not
resulting more seriously. He and three
Of his children drove out to the new mat
tress factory, and while in the act of
tying his horse a bee stung the animal,
causing it to break away and run. In
the melee the horse stepped on Mr.. Will
liams' foot, threw him down and the
wheel run over him The buggy was in
iured somewhat but fortunately the
children. who were still in the vehicle,
escaped uniniured. Joe is out again.
Companies H. and l, Of the 33d Wis
cousin Volunteers, had their annual re-
union last Thursday and Friday IN this
| city. An enjoyable camp fire was held
in the local post hall Thursday evening,
with singing and speeches. Friday the
old veterans enjoyed themselves taking it
easy, visiting and recountfng their army
experiences, and in the afternoon they
had a grand picnic on Washington Island
It was quite an elaborate affair The
grove in which the picnic was held was
| decorated with bunting and with its own
natural beauty was charming place.
The dinner was served by the ladies of
the w. r. @. and was q very substantial
and comforting layout, After dinner
speeches were made by Messrs. Nichols
| of West Union, Ia, and Drom, of Chi
cago and others It was a very enjoy
able affair and quite number of the citi-
zeus with their ladies joined the old sol
diers in their picnic. Kenosha is a good
place to hold these reunions and it is to
be hoped that the boys will long liveto
enjoy them.
Mrs. Carrie Lee has arranged to open
| a street north and south through her
I premises on Park avenue Her property
extends through from Park avenue to
! Mechanic street, embracing about six
/ acres of the most valuaAln residence
ground in the city. She will place on
sale the lots on the east side of the street,
dence streets in the city The new street
will run from Deming street north
| through the central part of the grounds
and will be as wide as Market street. The
contract has been. let for a sewer down
the middle Of the street and the work of
clearing will be begun III u few days.
| The lots will be sold only to those desr-
ing to build and minimum limit will
be placed upon the cost Of the buildings
erected, thus guaranteeing a superior
| class Of buildings. Mrs. Lee is to be con
graduated upon this step, as it will GER
tainly result in large enhancement of the
value Of her property and good prices for
tho lots she sells. They are very close to
the business part Of the city and will
| certainly be in demand from the start.
There is no more glt-edged residence
property in the city in the market than
that in her subdivision.
fact it was quite warm-it was cork
er, but that did not prevent large
crowd from attending the racing matinee.
at the driving park The following facts
with regard to the race are taken from the
G0;ett6S account of it: The horses
starting in the free for-ail We're Billie R.,
Golden Hair, and Prince a. The race
was pretty one and displayed some fine
trotting In the first heat the three
horses went to the quarter with Billy r.
slightly in the lead. Passing the pole
following close. At the three-quarter
Prince had caught up and the two horses
came half way down the home stretch
close together, when Golden Hair broke,
giving Prince the heat and taking third
place herself Time 2:434. In the second
heat Prince held short lead all the way
around with Golden Hair close after him.
Just before the three-quarter pole Billie.
r. drew close to the lead but was unable
to hold his place and fell back again.
Prince A. probably did the finest trotting
of his life in the best quarter of this heat.
After he landed on the home stretch he
struck out like the gamey fellow he is
striking the wire after the last pole in 38
seconds, and finished the mile in 2:319,
with Golden Hair a good second The
last heat was slow one compared with
the other two. Billie r. didn't come ON
for this heat Neither driver cared to
push his horse very hard. Prince kept
ahead for headquarters when he was
passed by the sorrel mare. He got back
the lead on the stretch however, and won
the third heat in 2:51H. The other race
was won by the White mare in two
straight heats The other horses in the
race were Belle Sprague and DR.. Meers'
Whitefoot. full brother to Beatrice.
The White mare led the full mile in both