The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-12-12
TOWN TOPICS.
Matters Talked of and Facts Now at the
Front in Kenosha. =

Sterling Cycle ball, the like of which
has not been seen in this town for many
long year; not indeed since the time
of the celebrated park parties and even
these fade into insignifcance in COM
parison with the recent event and we
are forced to go back to the early days
in the history of our little city, when
Simmons hall was the only place for
gatherings, and young and old, rich
and poor, high and low alike gathered
there to dance to the merry music of
Dave Whitcomb's band and keep time
to the musical accompaniment OF his
stentOrian calls. Those were good
old times, the early settlers will tell
you and numerous little incidents of
Thursday evening recalled the jolly,
free and go easy days of the past.
There was the same crowd Of men
around the door as of old; bash
full young men who hadn't quite screw
ed up courage to make the first plunge;
passe men who viewed inditferently
the crowd of people certain that the
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cal old men, who only came to see if
the young fellows were still making as
big fools of themselves as they had
done when young; tired, weary papas
who couldn't see why their daughter
enjoyed this kind of a thing, and wasn't
she most ready to go home. On the
opposite side of the room were the
girls, but not so numerous, as most OF
them had been taken out and landed
in some other part of the hall. Ii
landed means seated this is a mis-
homer, for there wasn't an available
inch Of room on which to rest your
weary frame, all the seats being Occu-
by people who had come with no in
tention of dancing, merely to see the
fun. When the music ceased, Qor of
course you didn't stopped till it did)
you rested yourself by standing on the
other foot, that is the one not stepped
on while dancing, for in such a crush
accidents we're unavoidable. Alto
gether it was a very successful dance
and one long to be remembered by all
present.
Those people in town who remember
Miss Helen Buckley, will be pleased to
know that she is making a success Of
herself. This week she sings in Queens
hall, London, and after that goes into
the English provinces to fulfil several
engagements. She sang recently before
Sir Arthur Sullivan and Sir William
Robinson by request. She also sang
in the recent concert at the London
residence OF the Duke of Wellington.
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Saturday night number OF people
in town went to Racine on sleigh ride
party reaching home at the early hour
of two.
The Teachers Institute held Friday
and Saturday was attended by 50
teachers from the county and city
Profs. Cheever and Gillian, who con-
Quoted the meeting, are both wide
awake up to date men and put a great
deal of enthusiasm and spirit into their
work They were both very cOmpli-
mentary to the teachers present and
the meetings we're of infinite profit to
all concerned.
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Miss Lizzie Bond went down to Chi
cago on Thursday Of last week to be
present at the coming out play OF Miss
Florence Pardrige, the youngest
daughter of Ed. Pardrge, the great
Chicago speculator.
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Mrs. Rogers, who for many years
was a resident Of Ken0sha, is now a
guest at the Sanitarium.
All silk muff1ers at Ames & An
gier's. dl4w3O
For good furniture at low prices
call on N. j. Buchanan, at the old
stand on Wisconsin street. dwtf
q OF course we will get our coffee
at Bailey's said the ladies who were to
give the church social. A pound of
his coffee goes as far as two pounds of
other brands" DIV
The city authorities say that the
action of Street Supervisor Boyle in
dropping all the the sidewalk cleaning
cases was done entirely because of
advice Of the city attorney and refusal
on his part to prosecute them on the
ground that no one could tell what is
meant in the ordinance by reasonably
clean walk.
The school board had quite deal
of fun oyer the competition among the
men who want put in the blackboards
at the Frank school, Tuesday evening.
There were some four or five of them
and they We're all anxious to talk at
once. The matter was finally disposed
of by ordering all the men to furnish
samples of what they want to do to the
boorJ Of itc oovt Y10o0tipn