The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-11-07
20. M. Petit is about the city again.


getting anxious for city water.
The weather clerk viii not turn on
the coolest weather for spell, per-
haps.
The next entertainment on Y. M.
C. A. course comes off next Monday
evening.
Some of our young people went up
to Racine Tuesday evening to attend
the x. Y. 2. party given by the guard.
-Bailey's coffee still holds the lead
in Kenosha for high grade coffee at
a medium price. Give Bailey a trial
order. DIV
Apples, oranges and all kinds of
fruit. Mixed nuts. All kinds Of fancy
cheeses and other table delcacies at
| Bailey'S. DIV
Eddie McDermott, who was SEN
sentenced to forty days in jail for en-
blezzlement, was released today from
custody.
-Mesdames James Cayanagh and
G. G Brown and Miss Blish will be the
hostesses at the guild hall social Thurs
day evening.
The Armour company has placed
it's claim against the Dan Head & Co.
bank in the hands of Norman Baker
for collection.
-" All things come to them that
wait" But half-dozen candidates
for the Kenosha post office are becom-
ing skeptical.
Mrs. R. P. Mari, or Grandma
Mari, as she is known, is very low, but
her condition this morning was some
what improved.
Assignee Robinson, of the Kenosha
Novelty company, says he will have
inventory ready for fling some time
early next week.
The ladies OIL the Bristol and Paris
society will give an oyster supper at
the residence Of Henry Blackman, on
Friday evening, Nov. s. DIV
There are different ways of getting
into society. Of the $40 guests invited
to the duke Of Marlborough's wedding
over forty are policemen.
Our bucket shop people have dis
appeared. They seem to have left very
suddenly. The latter part of the week
they we're still there and the sign read
Draper & Co.. but the people who
sought them Monday morning found
them gone.
The prospects for the organizion of
public library association are grow
ing brighter with each succeeding day.
1t has been limited by old members of
the Unitarian society that not only the
library of volumes, but the old Unita-
rian building and lot could be had by
properly organized and equipped so
ciety, and thus a magnificent start
made toward the desired goal Keno
sha has plenty within reach for both
the establishment and maintenance of
splendid library, if she will but reach
out and take advantage of her OppOr-
tunities. If it be true, that the old
building could be had, with q few alter
ations and repairs it could be made the
| home of the library for the present. OF
until some more suitable place could be
procured. 1t is not believed that an
association would have to be in exist
ence long before the city would see the
immense advantage Of the institution,
and would then vote to take it off the
hands of the society. The law now
maintenance of public library in
cities of over 5000 inhabitants. In
this city mill tax would yield $500
per year, sum sufficient to maintain
very good library.
j. K. Westervelt, of the National
Telephone Construction company, was
in The city Monday evening to get the
council to extend the franchise granted
to his company for eight months. He
gave as his reason for the request that
he is now in litigation with the Wis
cousin Telephone company concerning
! the taking of toll messages. He explain |
ed that when his company first opened |
its exchange in Waukesha the sub
scribers desiring toll connections had
to be accommodated by means of the |
transfer Of their messages to the Wis
consin Telephone company's long dis
lance phones. The Wisconsin COM
pany ordered this stopped and the
National company served an injunction
to prevent the Wisconsin company from
refusing to take the messages. This is
the point in litigation. Then as a next
! step the National company made con-
nectinns direct with the Wisconsin
company's long distance service and
had another injunction served to pre-
vent the company from refusing to al
low this. When these two points are
settled by the court under the common
carrier statutes of the state, the
National company promises to proceed
with The construction work here. The
council granted the extension of eight