The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-12-26
From THURSDAYS Daily J

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p. c.. Rose attended the entertain
ment of the Racine lodge OF Stationary
engineers in Racine Tuesday evening
Hall Game has perpetrated an in
novation by going home and telling his
people the United States is all right.
The knights OF Pythias boys will
give New Years party a week from
Tuesday evening. 1t is not lodge
affair.
The Waukegan Register springs
the startling information that there
hasn't been a sensation in Kenosha for
two weeks.
The matinee ball for New Years
day and evening, which is announced
by the Cheveret club, bids fair to be a
great success.
"A young fellow III this city is b eing
Swallowed, he being suspected of hav-
ing relieved Barney O'Hare Of $50 in
cash one day last week.
! Merchants all along the street are
complaining of this weathers knocking
their trade all out. Hardly trader
was seen OIL Main street all day.
Morrison Garst has returned from
ii trip on the road, and he reports that
business, though quiet in Kenosha, is
better than it is in most of the towns
he visits.
1t is particularly hard that the
price of camphor should be forced up
so high this year, of all others, when
there are so many pairs of bloomers to
be preserved.
Sheriff CrOpley says that if an
army is wanted to fight out the Monroe
doctrine with he can furnish one COM
pany week now out of the hObos who
call on him every night.
IS. G. Newman raises the point that
he did not resign the secretaryship of
the Unitarian society at Tuesday even
ing's meeting. He simply refused the
honor Of reelection.
For the accommodation of the
public the United States Express COM
pany has added another express train
to it's service, leaving Truesdell at 500
p. NJ, ard making Chicago connections
for all points east and west.
Geo. Hale, receiver for Dan Head
& Co., says that he would be pleased to
pay the first dividend before the holt
days could he do SO legally, but under
the statutes it is simply impossible to
pay out any money before the date set,
January 6.
Said daiTyman Wednesday We
haven't had a rain in three years that
had done the ground SO much good
as the one just falling. The snow
melted gradually and the ground has
taken it all; now the rain is driving it
in and the ground is thoroughly soak
ed for the first time in three years.
Of course the break up at this time is
disagreeable but tits a bonanza for the
farmers"
Prank j. Lotus, who started to
walk on stills from Green Bay to New
Orleans, has been compelled to aban-
don the task He is now at Harrison
vile, about IS miles south of St.
Louis. He gives as the principal sea-
son for giving up the walk that his
feet and legs were swelled up to such
an extent that ne was unable to keep
on. He also claims that the news
papers injured his scheme by publish
ing the statement that he had been
caught walking without stills, this hav
ing caused the people to look upon
him as fake" and to refuse to come
down with the cash when the hat was
passed around.
:.-The weather prophets who were on
hand several weeks ago at the first fall
of snow and prophesied hard winter,
believed that they were about right
when their prophecy was followed by a
spell of zero weather with foot of
snow on the ground. 1t was rather
early in the season to make predictions
and whatever the weather may be in
the future, it is certainly fact that we
have soft weather now with water
standing over the land. The snow has
gone. The rainstorm on Mondaynight
was accompanied by thunder, which
reminds us of spring, but we must wait
a while for that, as there is plenty of
time for cold weather yet, and the pre-
dictions of our prophets may yet be
fulfilled, at least to a certain extent.
All this week the Main street
stores will overflow with Christmas
feeling. Let the feeling grow. There
is an unfortunate tendency in certain
circles to ignore this delightful custom
of gift distribution for the reason that
it is invaded by a prefunctory spirit
that it robs token of its real value
and embarrasses those who cannot in
vest such sums as they would like to
invest. This view is born Of selfshness
or false pride-two elements that
should be banished at this season. 1t
will be an evil day when the mere eX-