The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-01-24
WILMOT


ZWish. At last the weather man has
got down to business.
John Hegeman, Jr, of KenOsha, was
in town Monday.
Work was finished at the Lincoln ice
house at Camp Lake Monday 1t fur
nishes employment to many men from
this place They say that in trying to
demonstrate which was the quicker
workman, Geo. Mattern and Fred
Boulder beautifed each others COM
plexions.
Mr.. Hasselnan died last Saturday
Death was caused by a cancer in the
stomach. The funeral was held Mon
day.
VIM. W. Anderson was in Burlington
Monday.
Preparations are being made for q
grand masquerade ball to be held at
Woodmans hall on Feb. lst Masks
and costumes are on exhibition at the
barber shop and high old time is an
ticipated.
Elley Scherf has moved his jewelers.
outfit to the barber shop.
John Sanborn, Of English Prairie,
recently discharged a laborer who, he
says, lacked three qualities essential in
a farm hand muscles, brains and reg
ularity.
Clements Kroncke has horse SO
gentle that he rarely ties it when he
drives up to ahitching post. Occasion
ally he ties it with q shoe string or q
piece of No. 3 cotton thread, but only
as a hint. Last Monday morning the
horse concluded to go exploring. On
the route the wagon got tangled up
with the sidewalk in front of the Odd
Fellows hall As the horse desired to
know what was going OH over by
Kruckman's, something had to give.
g Something" was the wagon. MI.
Kroncke and the horse both walked
home that morning
In these days when our rural breth-
rem get together in the stores or at the
creamery, they. no longer argue over
the silver question or take issue upon
the subject OF the tariff. They have a
subject now upon which they are
unanimous. I he welfare of Levi Hogle
pales into insignifcance and the
strained relations between the girls at
school are forgotten. When you see a
group in animated conversation, when
you hear a rumble like the roll Of
thunder that precedes q summer show
Ell, when youssee birthstone and blood
boil and bubble in eyes where naught
but peace and love fraternal ever shone
before, when you behold gestures
which remind you of the gyrations of a
dilapidated windmill in a cyclone, you
may be sure that one OF more of the
group own land upon the river bot
tom, I" and that they are opposed to the
proposed dam at McHenry. The ex-
citement IS not limited to this place.
Down in Antioch the good citizens are
divided and are busily engaged in pull
ing each others hair. Those living
along the river below the state line
have effected several organizations,
raised a fund, leach farmer being as
Sessed at the rate of five cents an acre)
and elected delegates to go to Spring
field and protest against the alleged
outrage. On Friday representatives
from north of the state line met at
Voak Bros. office and organized, d. j.
Vincent presiding. A resolution was
drawn up and G.. w. Voak was select
ed to present the same to the Illinois
legislature. He left for Springfield
Tuesday morning. 1t is said that up
wards of nineteen thousand acres Of
river bottom land are involved in this
attempt to make pleasure route for
Chicago summer visitors. Between
Wilmot and McHenry there is a fall of
twenty-five inches and the dam is to be
four feet high