The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-09-12
(From Fridays Daily

Two or three real estate deals are
about ready to be consummated. !
Mrs. E. A. S. Barkalew, Of Chiea-
go, is visiting old friends in Kenosha.
Judge Downs, of Santa F6, N. NJ.
lis il. the city visiting his mother and
sister.
There has been a general SOLDERING
up in town since that snake pelt was
received.
H. F. Weassing has been appoint
ed postmaster at New Munster vice
Ben Schilz, resigned.
The Windsor Spring company is
running its plant until ten o'clock at
night in order to get out its work.
An enormous swapping turtle was
taken from the river from off the
abutment of Main street bridge this
noon.
The ground has been broken for
the new Frank school. Work on it
will be pushed now with all due expe-
dition.
Miss Elsie Peterson returned to
her home in Chicago Thursday even
ing, after visit with her cousins, the
Misses Wood.
Geo. Frenz has resigned his posi-
ton at the American Express Co. office
and gone to Chicago where he will
ranain Rnrnard Zeitler succeeds him
at the office.
Mrs. Peter Fisher entertained her
lady friends at whist Thursday after
noon from 3 to o'clock. The prizes
were won by Mesdames w. ". Strong
and F. j. Gottfredsen.
The city engineers Office is prepar-
ing map of the city for the fire de-
partment which will show the entire
pipe line, the location Of every hydrant
and the fire alarm boxes.
1t should not be forgotten that the
Postal Telegraph company does a
money order business and will forward
sums ranging from $40 to $3.50 to any
important commercial point in the
country.
in the case. of John McK.une VS..
Ann w. Evans estate and Jacob Dan
iels, Jr., of Brighton, which was tried
before Judge Van Wyck, has been de-
-cided : The judge dismissed the petit
ton of appeal to the circuit court.
Two of the employees of the gas
company were overcome with gas while
at work in the southern part of the
city Thursday evening. Fortunately
they were discovered and restorati7es
applied before they were totally over
come.
We'll, how about that new edition
of Headlight? Inquiry is being made
for it. It was promised to be here in
about two weeks from the time the
original was rejected, or about Sept. l
at the latest. 1t has not putt an APP
pearance yet.
AT meeting of the board of water
commissioners held Thursday afternoon
Henry Cumiskey was appointed day
engineer at the power house and John
f. O'DonneI fireman. Peter Sorensen
was appointed night engineer and will
do his own firing.
Little Emmett McGonigle, the son
of Officer William McGonigle, met with
a painful accident Thursday evening.
He was climbing a fence and fell in
such a manner as to catch the flesh of
one leg, tearing it from the bone for
some distance. DR.. Pugh is attending
him.
Charles Loescher, the lad charged
with burglarizing the hardware store
of Fl. G. Schulz, was taken before JUS
tice Mathews this forenoon for his pre-
liminary hearing. A continuance was
asked for and granted, the bail being
fixed at $780, The hearing will come
up Sept. u. Cavanagh & Fisher rep
resent the defendant.
F. Fl. Lyman has been holding a
reception today and hundreds of callers
have visited his store. The cause OF
the rush is that the skin of a mammoth
rattlesnake is on exhibition there. The
grove keeper on F. w. Lyman's orange
grove near DeLand, Fla, killed his
snakeship and forwarded the skin to
Mr. Lyman. Those versed in snake
ology say the skin is a beauty. 1t is
FIVE feet and four inches in length, ten
inches wide and has eight rattles, indi-
eating that the snake was eleven years
old when killed.