The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-02-07
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gonnermann

of Milwaukee, Thursday.
John Hoye, of Chicago, was one
among those who came up from Chica
go to attend Mrs. McHugh's funeral.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Robinson, of
Denver, who have been here sometime
on visit, returned home Thursday.
John Euting, a boy, was fined s.
and costs Thursday afternoon for jump
ing Oh and off trains on the Northwest
ern road Sunday.
80 When the days begin to lengthen
the cold begins to strengthen" The
truth of the old proverb was never more
clearly apparent than it is this year.
Business on the G. & n. w. R'y.,
is not rushing, but it is good. 1t is
better than it was last year, and the
officials take that as an encouraging
sign.
Coroner Gonnermann has insti-
tuted a search for the relatives of
George Hollenbeck, who died suddenly
of heart disease at Twin Lakes. He
has very few elews to work upon.
-" When / was out on the farm, .
says Kenosha man, we never kept
a thermometer for fear, if we could see
how cold it was we wouldn't go out to
chop wood, whereas if we didn't know
we wouldn't feel the cold so much"
Quite large party of young peo-
pie, former neighbors, came in Thurs
day evening to make things cheerful
for Sheriff Cropley. They were out as
a sleighing party, but they staid in
when they got to his place until about
l O'Clock this morning. The time was
gerry enjoyably spent.
1t is said of postal thieves that
after a short while they become so ex-
pert as to be able to detect the presence
of currency in letters by the sense of
smell. Currency that has been in Cir
culation to any great extent soon takes
on a peculiar, musty, and withal disa
greeable odOr. Mail clerks are soon
able to detect this odor even through
the covering of the envelope.
One of the incidents of the late
storm is this: A farmer with his great
fur coat full of snow went into a store
to get warm. After standing 10y the
stove a while the snow began to melt.
Soon he went out on the street and by
chance leaned up against brick wall;
when he started to "move on" he was
frozen fast to the brick and his friends
had to pull him lose.
Senator Timme has introduced
two more bills into the legislature.
One has for its object the amending of
the laws relative to city and county
repositories and the deposit Of public
money therein, including trust COM
panies among repositories, and the
other provides that the attorney gener-
al and assistant be allowed expenses
when called out Of the city of Madison
on business.
Chicken thieves are finding their
road getting rocker every day. Two
of them Thursday night in their at
tempt to get into Ed. Bain's coop came
near yielding up the ghost. All
the farmers to the west of the city have
loaded up in readiness for the thieves,
and they expect to handle the sneaks
rather roughly. If some of them get
shot before long, it is nothing more
than what is looked for. The fellows
at Bain's came within small margin
of getting shot. They were shot at and
were so frightened that they skipped
and left their bags behind.
Postal authorities are discussing a
scheme to insure fourth class matter
The rates proposed are as follows: Five |
dollars in value or fraction thereof, ten
cents; for additional value up to and
including $40, fifteen cents; to and in
Guiding 500, twenty cents; to and in
Guiding $50. thirty cents, and to and
including 500, forty cents. In con-
sideration of these payments, the gov
eminent would pay for all matter lost |
or destroyed. IF the scheme is adopt |
ed many packages now handled by the |
express companies will be sent through |
the mails.
The purchasing agents carry on
the business unmolested now, and |
nightly bring all the packages they can |
get orders for to Kenosha, with no one |
to say them nay. But they don't ex-
actly like this either, because they |
don't know what's going to happen |
next. When they we're being bothered |
thew knew thew cOuld cOntriva some |
way out of the difficulty, but now that
is being done it causes an uneasy feel
ing. That the railroad will give up |
the fight so easily, no one believes; and |
what the railroads can do now no one |
knows. Can they refuse to sell the |
messengers communication tickets? They |
could not afford to ride on full rate |
tickets and make any money. The |
question is what will the railroad do |