The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-08-22
(From Fridays Daily.)

into the lake at the piers today.
The present publisher of the TELE-
GRAPH COURIER took possession OF
the paper four years ago yesterday.
Officer Frank Craft shot tramp
dog this forenoon that has been making
lots of trouble about certain parts of
the city.
The reunion of the Doth Wisconsin
infantry is to be held at West Bend a
week from Sunday, Aug. %. There
are quite a number of the boys live
here.
Mary Shostedt had her ankle bad
~ sprained at the Congregational
picnic Thursday at Twin Lakes. She
leaped over a fence and sprained it on
landing.
The Balm factory is now turning
out about 200 complete wagons each
week. Orders from the southwest are
more brisk on account of the promising
crop conditions.
DIR. TolesA takes a great pride in
his flower garden, and he thinks he
beats the record on sweet peas, in hav
ing q vine more than eight feet tall
and full of blossoms.
-" There is one thing sure" says
the Racine Times in commenting on the
reception the guests at the water works
test received, /" the people of Kenosha
are very hospitable people"
The police are looking for bur
glar who extracted gold watch from
building near the malt house and Il
carpet from Mrs. Schlader's house on
the north side Thursday night.
The committee on water works Of
the common council was empowered
Thursday evening to get figures from
w. H. Wheeler & Co. for the necessary
extension of the water mains to the
Sieg & Walpole Manufacturing Co.
The Racine Journal in comment
ing on the test of the water works men
toned the exciting part Of the program
as follows: The visiting delegations
were banqueted and went home we'll
pleased, voting that Kenosha has a
good plant"
Although Joe Patchen failed to
lower the stallion record of John R.
Gentry, 2:03a, at the state park, Mil
waukee, Thursday afternoon, every
body, including "Jack" Curry was
we'll satisfied with his performance
under the circumstances. Time 2:O433.
Justice Slater returned home
Thursday evening from Aurora, ILL.,,
where he has been in attendance upon
the grand lodge session Of the Illinois
order of Foresters. He, with several
others, waged a telling battle in favor
of getting the next session of that body
for Racine year hence. The battle
was won by that city.
The rumor that Attorney F. F.
Reed had deserted Louis jacobson in
his extremity III the big arson case, is
without foundation. further than that
Mr.. Reed has notified Mr.. jacobson
that he is not criminal lawyer and
had insisted all the while that he was
out of his sphere and he did not want
the case. jacobson will retain some
criminal lawyer.
I. G.. Simmons, Jr., expresses him
self forcibly in relation to the Headlight
publication. He said today: q con-
slider the publication entirely useless.
That work will do the Davy Burnt
Clay Ballast company more damage
than it will good. / am coming to be-
lieve that | could better afford to buy
up the whole edition and destroy it
than let it go out in that FORM"
Market street between the railroad
track and Chicago street is to be grad
ed down ready for paving Just as soon
as possible. This was ordered by the
council Thursday night. But it is
going to raise a fight, provided the
work is not done clear through to the
lake. Samuel Reynolds and c. A.
Dewey have got their knives out and
have declared war on the paving plan
unless it goes clear through. Then
they want Park avenue and Prairie
avenue included in the sweep. Both
of these gentlemen have been active
today working up the sentiment against
the paving of just three or four blocks.
They want job of it or nothing at all.
The common council by resolution
Thursday night declared the water
works test satisfactory IL every way,
and then passed resolution thanking
W. 81. Wheeler & Co. for their efforts
in behalf of the city. To this resolu-
ton Mr.. Wheeler responded saying
that this was his capital stock. He
said he felt very grateful to the council
for its expression of esteem. He called
to mind the fact that the works had
been constructed under new form of
franchise and the success of the work
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