The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-02-28

"A Milwaukee brewery failed last
week Well! we'll what next !?
w. Meagher and sister Maggie, Of
Rondolf, Wis, are visiting with III. J.
White
George Fl. Kroncke has purchased
a residence on Ridge street, just west
of the city.
The brass mill is running a full
force and are unable to keep up with
their orders.
John NJ. Kehlor has severed his
connection with the Kenosha Cotton 4
Wooden company.
Miss Margaret Roggenbau, of Ra-
cine, was the guest of her cousin, Col.
Fred Engel, Friday.
Fred Beyers' party at the Gron-
quist hall Friday evening was greatly
enjoyed by all present.
William Kroncke has rented the
Mcdonald cottage on Pleasant street
and will move into it soon.
There will be total eclipse of the
moon on March 10, visible from to II
o'clock all over the United States.
Arnold Brothers are hauling ice to
fill cisterns with to make soft water.
Drop them a postal and they will call
George B. Villas has rented the
cottage on the corner of Prairie avenue
and Pleasant street, and will move into
it before long.
Don't drive your horses to town,
church or anywhere else and compel
them to stand in the wind without any
shelter or blankets.
There were more tramps around
the city Friday than have been seen
here in two months previously There
were about twenty five of them.
One hundred and sixty three years
ago last Friday George Washington
was born and yet he never seemed able
to live down that cherry tree story.
There are a good many cases Of
bad colds, grippe and the like around
town and the consumption Of whisky
and quinine is heavy, i'll consequence.
Since the first day of January the
police have been called upon to make
but three arrests, two in January and
one this month. That speaks volumes
for the city's orderliness.
The bone and muscle of advertis-
ing copy come from useful detailed
knowledge regarding the thing adver
tised This detailed knowledge is pos
sessed by every good clerk, buyer or
proprietor.
Politics are warming up little in
our neighboring cities. =" Alps quieton
the lake shore, however. Anything
but politics is being talked. Perhaps
our politicians ARE saving and concen-
trating all THEFT energies for '96.
Isn't it about time that some one
was settled upon for the mayoralty?
How would R. f. Howe do? But don't
ask him about it. He wouldn't think
Of it for minute in all probability, but
he would make very strong man.
An exchange suggests that a nice
way for the girls to keep their hands
warm is to heat a number of silver dol
lars and placing them in a woven purse
to carry them inside their muff just
plain cold dollars are enough to keep q
mans hands warm.
The railroad and express people
still manage to keep the poor messen-
gers in hot water. Between the one
trying to shut them off the train and
the other asking twenty-five cents for
each parcel, they are not making their
fortunes in these days.
The police have been receiving
complaints Of late about one or two
men lettering around in dark places
nights along Durkee avenue. Citizens
have been accosted and frightened
The names of the men are known to
the police, and hereafter the strictest
watch is to be kept on them.
"A novel cure for sleeplessness is to
cover your head with the bed clothes
and breathe and rebreathe the same
air. Thus the stimulating oxygen will
be reduced, and sleep will soon bew
This is not a dangerous method, for
when asleep the coverings will surely
be disturbed, and the necessary fresh
air will be respired.
Harry Robinson authorizes the
statement that under no circumstances
would he allow his name to be used in
connection with any nomination in the
spring election. He says he has not
authorized any one to use his name,
since his business arrangements are
such that he could not attend to city
affairs if elected to city office.
Several farmers from the county
say that getting into the city is getting
worse and worse every day. Some go
so far as to say that never in the his
tory of the county have the highways
been so hard to travel. There are rutS
and holes in the snow two and three