The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-09-05
lFrom Thurday's Daily. J

MISERY dCQudluGS a. MldH Will
strange bed fellows.
Mrs. B. Waters, of Waukegan, is
visiting friends here.
Fred Dickhaut has accepted po-
sitioD in the office of Chas. Dickhaut,
the architect.
Some of the young men married
here never wake up to the fact until
the clergyman asks for his fee.
Steve Kehlor has gone to Chicago
to accept position in the office of the
North Western Wire Mattress CO.
The funeral of Conductor Staple
ton, who was killed near Twin Lakes
a few days ago, was held in Beloit We'd
nesday.
The careful reader Of a good live
home newspaper can learn more in a
year than most scholars do in their
great libraries.
Mrs. Sarah McAuley and son
George have returned to Chicago after
spending the week with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Mindermann.
Justice Slater captured Chicago
wedding party last night. The con-
tracing parties we're Howard Frazee
and Mabel Serviss.
Marine property is increasing in
value. Tom Bond reports an increase
of over ST 900 in the value of the Jersey
Lily since the boat has been placed in
his hands for disposal.
On motion Of Aid. Schend the COM
mittee on fire department to act with
the chief Of the department, were in
structed to purchase three horses for
the use Of the department, two for the
hose wagon and one for the hook and
ladder truck.
The business of the Northwestern
railroad at this station has grown to
such an extent that the company has
decided to install another train dis
patcher at the depot. This will give
the company three at this place; the
same as IN Chicago.
AT the meeting of the council
Thursday night it was decided that all
petitions for extensions of water mains
shall be presented before Oct. 1, 1895,
and that all who sign such petitions
shall agree to take the water, other
wise the petition will not be granted.
The city engineer was instructed to
provide application blanks Immediate
ly.
No better or stronger comment can
be made on the stability and conserva-
tive business management of Kenosha
business houses than is derivable from
the fact that the failure Of the Dan
Head & Co. bank has not affected a
single business enterprise in the city.
Every house is doing business in it's old
stand and is expected to continue
there.
old Uncle John Reynolds, of Ran
ney, was in this morning and called at
this Office to renew his subscription to
the TELEGRAPH-CoU Mr.. Rey-
nolds has been a constant subscriber to
this paper since two or three years be-
fore Wisconsin became a state. The
old gentleman is deaf now, but he
wouldn't be without the weekly visits
of this paper for the return of his hear
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Tecktonius, of
Racine, both we'll known to many of
our people, met with serious accident
at Racine Wednesday while out driv-
ing. The horse became frightened
and ran away, throwing Mr.. and Mrs.
Tecktonius out of the buggy and bruis-
ing them both severely. Mrs. Teck-
tonius was badly cut about the face and
received many serious injuries. Mr..
Tecktonius received injuries which
may prove serious.
A statistical work about the
worlds millionaires has just been pub
lished. While there are richer indi-
viduals in America, it says. most mil
lionaires are to be found in Great
Britain. But the figures must be taken
as guess work, more or less. This is
how the people possessing $5,000,000
or more are divided among the nations:
Great Britain, 200; United States, 100;
Germany and Austria, 100; France, Is;
Russia, so; India, 80; all other coun-
tries, 125.
The Watertown and Berlin visitors
who were here Wednesday on tour of
inspection of our water works system,
left the city highly pleased with what
they saw. The hard wood floor has
been laid, the oak steam chest castings
are in place, the steam pipes have re-
ceived their asbestos covering, the eX-
posed parts of the pumps have been
nicely painted and vanished and Oh
the whole it is one of the slickest pump
houses to be found in this section Of
the northwest. This afternoon with a
pressure of 81 pounds 10 strokes per
minute. the south pump was forcing