The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-12-12

new daughter.
"A man by the name of Kluft, of
Somers, is in Jail for being found drunk.
james Dorsey was given fifteen
days in jail for being drunk Monday
night.
Arthur Dunlavy returned Monday
evening from a business trip for the
Kenosha CRIB company.
e. G.. Timme brought home from
Arizona a "nigger head" cactus which
he has presented to G. G. Brown.
Charles P. Anton, the maltster
who took Louis Bohmrich's place with
the Petit Mailing company, has re-
signed and returned to his former home
in st. Louis, Mo.
The Kenosha Electric Light Co.
has sold it's plant to Chicago parties,
who will enlarge the plant and put in
new machinery. Full details of the
deal will be given later.
Somebody spilled pot of yellow
paint on the sidewalk at the corner OF
Main and Park streets Monday after
noon, and as a consequence large
portion of the town is painted yellow.
w. C. Johns has been called to bis
home in the east on account of his
mothers i'll health. Mr. Johns has
made many friends since he came to
Wisconsin. He has worked for W. II.
Talcott three summers and has proved
a trusty employee.
The explanation offered for the pc
culiar sidewalk shoveling OIL the west
side" is that it was an effort to accom-
modate some of the residents of that
section who sometimes late at night
seem to prefer to zigzag from one side
of the walk to the other, even when
there is no snow.
Boxing children's ears is among
the worst forms of punishment. Thous-
ands of ear drums have been ruptllred
by cuff and the child made partially
deaf for life. The ear drum of the
child is a delicate organ, and it does
not take a heavy blow upon the ear to
do it irreparable mischief.
A number of local bicyclists have
tried wheeling upon tho roads the past
few days and say that the bicycling is
excellent. The only requisite to get
along nicely is to run upon tire not
fully inflated to prevent slipping. If
the present smooth condition of the
streets continues we may expect to see
the bikes as numerous as in summer.
&C. p. Hammel drove up to Racine
Sunday with his best girl, When he
was about to return and before he got
out of the city his cutter came in con-
tact with street car track and upset
him. Both occupants of the cutter
were thrown out. Mr.. Hammel suf-
fered a severe cut over one eye and his
horse ran away, tearing the harness up
badly.
There is to be a series of whist
games inaugurated between the Big
tour team and another team composed
of w. P. Robinson, A. B. Curtis, Fred
Reinold and G.. A. Tarbell. The series
will comprise five games of duplicate
whist. The big four is composed of
George Hale, William F. Fisher, 81. c..
Schulz and Capt. Frantz. The first
game will be played Thursday evening.
w. W. Cooper was very much
surprised man last Saturday night
when he got home. He found his
house and home entirely in the pos
session of about forty Of his friends.
Sunday was his birthday and his Sun
day school class and the teachers and
officers of the Park Avenue M. E..
church learning of it prepared to call
on him in body. When they called
on him to present him with a beautiful
teachers bible they found him away
from home. He returned before long
and found himself obliged to yield pos
session of everything to his friends.
Capt. E. G.. Timme returned Mon
day evening from five weeks visit at
Phoenix, Arizona. He reports that last
week he was reveling in a temperature
of go in the shade and picked ripe figs
from the trees. Watermelons and
strawberries are in the market, tie lat
ter selling for shilling box. He saw
several Wisconsin people and all are
enjoying the tropical climate. A. c..
Ozanne, formerly of Somers, is about
to engage in the real estate business at
Phoenix. He has been there about a
year and has decided to permanently
locate there. We delight to hear of
900 in the shade when snow and ice
reign in Wisconsin. but it seems to us
that that temperature throughout the
winter and a CORRESPONDENCE warm
temperature of HOO to 1859 in summer
would gel rather monotonous after a
while Yet we believe there are many
desirable features of life in Arizona,
and for any one afflicted with throat
and lung trouble that genial cline IS
undoubtedly better than the rigorous