The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-05-09
(From Thursdays Daily.)
George Barber is improving bis

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after a two months tussle with the
grip.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Towne, of Chi
cago, are visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. u.
CT. Simmons.
During this month there will be
May deYotions each evening at 1880 in
ST. James church.
-Gottlieb Weber went to Chicago
Wednesday to purchase a pony and
phaeton for his daughters.
Mrs. F. j. Tuttle and Miss Mar
garet Avery have returned from their
eastern and southern tip.
DIR. S. C. Buchan, of Chicago, is
looking over Kenosha with view to
making this city his abiding place.
The Whiz of the lawn mower is
heard in the land, and would be heard
a good deal more if there could be a
little rain.
If the unreasonable beef trust per-
sists we may finally be driven to a
daily diet Of terrapin and auburn
haired duck.
Louis Larson, physical director of
the Y. M. C. A., has accepted the posi-
ton of secretary of the Ashland branch
and will leave here about June 10.
Mrs. William p. Yeoman, mother
of Louis and George Yeoman, piano
dealers here, died at her home in Wau-
kegan Wednesday afternoon at 4:lO
A horse will be wonderfully strength
ened and go through the springs work
much easier if toned up a little with
Weare's Condition Powder. Sold by
Sta 'kwea her q CO.
While playing practice game of
ball Tuesday, George Skinkle was in
jured by being run into by another
player, in running the bases. George
is not seriously hurt.
I'm the absence of a boom, G..
Washington Smith, Benedict & Tarbell
and the other real estate men may get
up little mild excitement out of the
Pingree potato patch plan.
Have goods to advertise and make
the advertisement read as naturally as
you would speak to the customer. We
often hear it said, "The public like to
be fooled" but we don't believe it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Burbank
and Madame Burbank are at tie Gar
field house for a time. Chas. Burbank
is the son of the banker Burbank, who
was in business here some twenty or
thirty years ago.
"A man named Carlson, of KenOsha,
was taken deathly sick at BarloW's
saloon on Main street last night and
the patrol was called to take him to
the hospital. He recovered, however,
and left for his home.--Racine Jour-
nal.
The contract for the intake of the
water works has been let and work on
it is being vigorously pushed. There
are but two streets remaining in which
pipe must be laid-Park avenue and
Milwaukee avenue, and the work on
these will be pushed right through.
Tuesday night Chief of Police
Stemm telephoned to Chief Smith, of
Racine, the fact that there were two
girls here giving the names Of Stella
Cook and Ella White selling rattle tick
cts on a piano. They were young girls
and acted SO giddy that Mr.. Stemm
thought they must be runaways. The
parents of the girls we're notified and
the girls were taken care of.
Things are not looking quite so
sure for the anti -anneXationists as they
did a few days ago. Taken in any
form, the case is believed to belong to
the city. People who have heard both
sides of the controversy seem to be Of
the opinion that the case against the
city is very slim one. The matter
has been very thoroughly canvassed by
the city authorities and they propose to
make stubborn fight in the matter.
The mattress makers at the Chica-
go Bedding Company are on a strike.
They demand an advance of ten per
cent in wages and insist that the COM
pany shall sign scale and agree to
employ none but members Of the Mat
tress Makers Union. These terms the
company. refuses to accede to and the
men quit work. Mr. Bloch, of the Bed
ding company is in Chicago after new
help and it is thought the differences
will be adjusted in day or two. The
other departments of the business are
in operation as usual and are exceed
ingly busy.
The exceedingly fshy reports
which the Racine journal gets from
Kenosha will soon get beyond COM
ment. No notice would be paid to
them at all, were it not for the fact
that other papers copy them some
times under the impression that the
facts are suppressed by Kenosha papers
in order to keep up the good name Oh
the city. The following clipped from
Wednesdays issue Of the Journal is a
fair sample, as our readers can attest,
who have read the correct version in
this paper. The only truth in this re-
port is that Carl Miller was burglarized.
He lost nothing but silverine watch
" A bold burglary is reported from Ke-
sha. Henry Miller, an old resident,
living on the north side of that city,
sold property near the old cemetery
for several hundred dollars. He was
sick and failed to place the money in a