The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-03-28

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its own, the sound is marked by a line
of wharves, pier heads and bath houses,
giving a pretty and homelike appear
ance to the principal residence street
and the beach frontage. Biloxi has a
number of important manufacturing in
dustries, saw mills, ship yards, plan
/ ing mill, a flour mill, five oyster can
ming establishments and number of
smaller establishments. The canning
| of oysters is BiloXi's chief industry and
nearly a quarter Of million of dollars
Is represented in the business and at
times twelve hundred people are en-
ployeu. The streets and many OF the
residences are lighted by electricity,
and tae town is we'll supplied with
wholesome artesian water flowing from
wells sunk and contributed to the town
by the Howard brothers Of Louisiana
| lottery fame. The HoWards have their
summer homes here and they are per-
haps the nabobs of the place. There
are several other fine residences and
many are yet to be built.
S. W. Truesdell, formerly of KenOsha,
and who is we'll known to most OF our
readers, has one of the cOSieSt houses
/ in the city and is we'll named Island
View cottage. 1t is located fronting
the sound and is.fitted up in manner
suggesting the very acme OF comfort
able living. We are under obligations
to Mr.. Truesdell and his estimable wife
for many favors shown us during our
stay in Biloxi. Mr.. and Mrs. t. L..
Moore have their rooms with the
Truesde.ls, but their meals at " The
Cedars, near by, where there is gath
cred family Of twenty OF more, all
from Wisconsin and northern Illinois as
follows: Mr.. and Mrs. Wren, of High
land Park; Mr.. and Mrs. Everett, OF
Highland Park; Mr.. and Mrs. Gregory,
of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Duston, OF
Ashland, Wis; Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Fisher, of Chicago; Mrs. Flanner and
sister, Miss Brown, of Rhinelander;
Mrs. Florida ana Miss Maris, of Du-
luth; Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Allen,
Madame Allen, Miss Allen, Mr.. and
Mrs. Il. l.. Moore, Mrs. Hall and my
self, of kenosha.
Every day and many OF the evenings
have been full Of enjoyment. Fishing,
boating,g driving, etc, fill the days, and
when evening comes, card parties,
dancing, cake walks, etc., serve to pass
the time until it seems that our short
vacation is to be altogether too brief.
Last Wednesday evening cake walk
was planned by "Cedars" family. A
vacant house near by was engaged. A
$50 cake was ordered and the darkies
promised to come and participate in
the contest, but whether from diffidence
or other reasons, they failed to put in
an appearance. Our fun, however, Was
not to be so easily spoiled, and it was
decided to have cake walk with the
Cedars" family and their guests us
the contestants. About twenty-five
couples took their places on the floor,
the music by the darkey string band
struck up a" cracker" march, and the
procession of walkers started. After q
five minutes promenade all the partici-
pants had missed the step or otherwise
disqualified, excepting Nathan Allen
with Mrs T. L. Moore; Col. Long and
Mrs Everitt, and the writer and wife.
The contest now began in earnest and
such walking has never been seen in
these parts since the ladies' walked the
plank at Beauvoir. Around and around
the spacious room TO the music of the
band and amid the good natured guy
ing of their friends, the walkers made
the circuit half dozen times each and
when it was all over the judges COM
posed of members of the orchestra, de-
cided that Mrs. Moore and Nathan AL
len were the champion walkers and
they were awarded the cake. The re-
mainder of the evening was devoted to
dancing such old time figures as the
Virginia reel, Hulps victory, Dan
Tucker, etc.
This is only one of the many good
times enjoyed by visitors in Biloxi
Last Monday evening Mrs. Bouscarnes,
one of Biloxi's elite, opened her beauti
full home and gave an informal party in
honor of northern visitors, and here
again Kenosha was successful, Mrs.
Nathan Allen taking one of the prizes
in the donkey tail pinning contest.
Last Thursday our party sailed with
Captain Martin Green to Beauvoir, the
old home of JEFF Davis, and although
the house IS now closed, little silver
and a great deal of persuasion succeed
ed in proving the open sesame to the
old mansion. The man in charge
showed us through the place. There
is nothing remarkable about it except
! ing its associations. 1t looks deserted
and like one of the " has beens. The
library and furniture are there, but the
book cases are screened to foil van
dals, and the pieces Of furniture are
coyered-the whole suggestive OF an
nm nlnaSanf dream