The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-11-21
WILMCT.

Harnesses and leather goods SOC on
81, at the Kenosha Novelty Co.'s.
A. Ell. Kruckman transacted business
in Chicago Thursday.
A firm of photographers have opened
up gallery over ThOmpsOn's store.
They photographed the school Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Taylor have been
stopping in the village during the i'll
ness of her grandparents Mr.. and Mrs.
Greer.
Mr.. Greer died Friday morning after
long and felcely contested spell of
sickness. The funeral occurred Sun
day at the NJ. E. church, Rev. David
son officiating. The interment took
place in Antioch. Mrs. Greer died the
same day of the funeral of her husband,
Sunday, and was buried Wednesday,
Last spring Mr.. and Mrs. Greer cele-
brated their golden wedding. One
daughter survives them Mrs. Fred
Sherman and one granddaughter, Mrs
E. Taylor.
A few of our teachers went to the
teachers meeting at Silver Lake Sat-
urday, but were disappointed inasmuch
as the county superintendent did not
appear.
A Col. Alberti is billed to give lee
ture and stereopticon exhibition at the
Wilmot opera house on Saturday.
A clothes pin social" occurred in
the basement Of the NJ. E. church Fri
day evening under the auspices of the
|. 0. G.. T. Only a small company
gathered, but they easily managed to
enjoy themselves. Had others come
they might have had the pleasure OF
beholding the cake walk" and might
have known that the cake was awarded
to Geo. Phillips and Miss VqnWlo, CT
Salem. They might have watched the
drawing of the clothes pin dolls and
then have seen Raymond Darby escort
Miss Della Boulden to supper.
We have been assured, that ere the
| day when Grover Cleveland is for the
fourth time selected to bear aloft the
democratic banner, our little hamlet
will be connected with the metropolis
Of the west by means of an electric
railroad. After that date trains will
run over a brand new double track,
and make the trip between Alderson's
barn and the Chicago courthouse III
one hour. Connections are to be eS
tablished with CogswelPs corn crib and
with the English prairie cheese factory.
Mike Tyrrell is to be local train DIES
patcher and Mr.. Scott president OF the
board of directors. Jim Owen is to be
boss" of the section gang and W. W.
Anderson has been taken apart and re-
modelled, with the idea of constructing
an electrical bellows to fan the flames
under tue engine boilers. 1t is high
time something of the sort was open
( ing. For half century old Rip Van
Wilmot has been sleeping the sleep Of
the just. Now he is about to awaken.
Look out! u! No, no bones were
broken The old man was simply
stretching himself. Perhaps he is
about to get upon his feet. If he does
you reed to be careful. small boy. for
he is apt to mean business. But per
haps he was only dreaming of the arti-
Gle addressed to him in last weeks
Shades Corners MNgaOatnap. That
fright account for it, We plead guilty
to liking for the nerve and talent OF
the young editor of that paper. Real
izing that it is originality that pays, he
slaps his items together so as to form
conundrums and puzzles leaving the
reader to entertain himself over the So
luton. For instance; in telling now he
I" seen" newly welded couple the
editor says, be looked as happy as a
Calm" This is evidently conun-
drum, and the answer undoubtedly is
that she was as tranquil as t0rna-
ldo." Some of his puzzles, however,
are exceedingly difficult. There is one
concerning the survey of the town of
(" Bandall" which would require weeks
of patient study to solve. We have
pondered long over what is meant by
| the "greast excitement" which agitates
this locality. We are still a pondering
1t happened some weeks " hence" and
was caused by an animal first cited ,
| (evidently during fish story by Fred
| Sherm IN. Now We give it up.
TRUESDELL.