The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-08-01
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Too much rain last night for the
bicyclers.
Miss Lottie Stahl is visiting friends
in Racine.
Bert Larrabee has gone to work
on the Union.
The tug Alice is up in Racine get
ting repaired.
Mr.. O'Neili is here visiting his sis
ter, Mrs. O. NJ. Calkins.
Henry G.. Butler has secured
patent on a scraper operating appara-
tus.
Miss Margaret Avery will give a
dancing party this evening in honor of
her guests.
The perch took a notion to bite
again Friday and many large strings
we're taken.
There is a force in terse adVer-
tisement when business and sentiment
are happily blended.
Owing to the rain Friday night the
bicycle parade which had been planned
was not carried out.
Geo. Nicol and wife, of st. Louis,
will arrive this evening and will spend
month in Kenosha visiting friends.
-Messrs. Parks & Johnson, of
Evanston, have opened a fruit store
lust north of Kupfer's stable on Main
street.
Miss Botsford, Miss Allen and Mr..
Allen, of Chicago; and Miss Chamber
| lain, of New York, are guests of Miss
Margaret Avery.
"A charge against man does not
necessarily imply that that man is
guilty, though a great many people
seem to think so.
Remember that no one is guilty
until he is convicted. Every man, ac-
cording to law, is held to be innocent
until proven guilty.
The schooner Gilbert Knapp sailed
into port about noon. She had OBJ
tanned such Roadway running before
the high northeast wind that she came
into collision with the O'Donnell dock
before she could be stopped. No dam
age was done.
H. F. Jordan, Of Somers, has pur-
chased from Charles Parker the lot and
the stone foundation thereon located on
Fremont avenue and will build q resi-
dence which he will occupy for home.
The house will contain modern con-
veniences and will cost about So 800.
The tennis contest between Messrs.
Rowe and Bradbury on one side and
Geo. Skinkle and Willie Eaton on the
other, which was to have been played
Friday afternoon, was interrupted by
the rain. A delightful tea was served
by Mrs. Rowe, and dance at the
University hall, more than compensated
for the disappointment caused by the
weather clerk.
The water works are all done with
the exception of the placing OF the
pumps. The last addition to the pipe
system ordered for the new factory has
not been completed, but the original
system has. The intake is all complete
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the pumps they will be ready for pri-
vate test within very few days. The
public test will be ready very shortly
afterward.
1t is amusing to see the way in
which a large proportion of our Keno
shaites look upon q detective. Whether
it is because of the stored animal or
not, it is impossible to state, but ever
since f. G.. Cowie has been here and al
lowed his identity to become known he
has been looked up to as a sort OF SUI
perhuman miracle. This fact is amus
inc to no one so much as Mr.. COWie
himself He hears every few moments
of how his remarkable influence has
made various individuals dance about
like hen on hot griddle to avoid
getting caught in some supposed net
he has set. Then the small boy looks
around in dark alleys and unfrequented
crannies expecting to see some hide
, ously disguised dime novel sleuth. Oh,
it is great sport being a detective, if
for no other reason than to note the
fantastic shapes he takes IN some peO-
pies minds.
Mrs. Fl. W. Greetham has been Wis
iting Mrs. j. III. Kimball and Miss
Hinsdale. Mr.. Greetham lived in Ke
nosha about fifteen years ago, III the
employ of z. G.. Simmons and was well
known in town. He married Miss Eus
tbs, of Dixon, Ill. He left Kenosha
about twelve years ago on account of
the i'll health of his wife. They moved
. to Orlando, Orange county, Florida,
and he became manager of the city
water works, a position which he still
holds. His first wife died about five
years ago. Later on he married the
? present Mrs. Greetham, who is great
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