The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-09-12
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Thursday in this city.
| The poormaster's report shows that
Ill persons are receiving aid from the
city.
Tony Ole has resigned his position
at Leach & Lambs drug store and will
return to Racine.
1t has been suggested that the
corner stone of the new Frank school
be laid with Masonic ceremonies.
DIR. Pugh has about decided to
build three dwelling houses on his
property near the Sterling factory.
There is to be a road race in Ra-
cine Sept. Is, open to all amateur BIZ
cyclists in this section of the country.
Several Kenosha riders have entered.
People who reside near the lake
shore and those who have been in the
habit of bathing there notice that the
lake level is much lower that it was at
this time last year.
The Germans of Racine are igur-
ing on holding a grand celebration on
German-American day, Oct. Z. Louis
Bohmrich, of Kenosha, is billed as one
of the speakers for the occasion.
-Mancil Cheney, machinist at the
Chicago-Rockford Hosiery company, is
the first to break ground for new
residence in the new factory district.
Now let others follow.
The Sterling company will put in
it's own gas plant at the new factory.
About thirty thousand feet of gas will
be consumed daily and they will be
able to manufacture it for about fifteen
cents a thousand.
james Peterson came into town
last Wednesday and began to celebrate
Labor day by loading up with booze.
Justice Slater assessed him the usual
ST. and costs Wednesday afternoon and
he went to Jail for fifteen days.
The case of the Italian, Peter
Brown, VS.. Anna J. Quigley, alleging
the theft of money and goods from his
room, was up before Justice Slater this
morning, and on request of the defend
ants attorney was adjourned to Sept
ember 10.
"A gasoline stove exploded in the
home of Police Officer Bassinger, of
Racine, Wednesday morning, seriously
burning his little fve-year- old daugh-
ter and Mrs. Bassinger The little
girls hands and face are seriously
though not dangerously burned.
Another sidewalk ordinance was
introduced at Wednesday nights meet
ing of the council and ordered to take
it's usual course. The city also pur-
chased the Harrison property at the
foot of Park street for $500, and the
city attorneys were instructedto secure
aided Of the property.
AT Wednesday nights meeting of
the council the ordinance granting the
National Telephone Construction Co.
the right to build, equip and maintain
a telephone and telegraph exchange in
this city was passed. The ordinance
was passed with little opposition, but
two votes being cast against it's pas
sage. The company will commence
work in sixty days.
--Sieg, Walpole & Co. at their fac
tory are big consumers Of gas. They
have contracted for 10000 feet per
diem from the Kenosha Gaslight COM
pany, or within 10000 feet of the pres
ent total consumption of the whole city.
The gas is to be used in brazing. The
gas company is figuring with the Sterl-
ing people, but it is probable that they
will put in their own gas plant.
Lewis M. Miller, residents manager
of the North Chicago Improvement as
ISOLATION, was here lately and has Of
fered inducements to the Kenosha Nov
city company to remove it's plant to
that hustling suburb. Ground for a
site and new building has been Of
fered and the management is seriously
the matter of removal. We
should regret to have this institution,
which is Kenosha product, remove
from us, as it is one of the promising
companies of our city and is just be-
ginning to realize on the labor of sew
eral years. Mr.. Jones, the manager, is
one of our best citizens, we'll known as
a conservative business man and thor
oughly honest. We can i'll afford to
lose such institutions as the Novelty
company or men Of the worth of Mr..
Jones and we hope the company will
decide to remain in Kenosha where the
plant was born and where it properly
belongs.
1t seems that the arrest and dis
missal of Miss Lutte Schroeder in her
riding bicycle sidewalk case
has aroused attention not only here but
elsewhere, and that young lady has
been brought into what seems to her
rather unpleasant notoriety. She has
been besieged through the mail by
numb erless other ladies here asking if
If is true that a lady cannot he arrest :