The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-16

for the new public library. The officers
of the association having the matter in
charge are expecting to pick out one
very shortly.
Tho strong wind and cold Sunday
served to keep everybody close to home
and by the fire, and today, though q
much pleasanter day, has about done
the same thing.
Let it be one of the conditions Of
the electric railway franchise that no
unsightly wooden poles be used on the
city streets, but neat iron posts, such
as are in use in the larger cities.
There were no additions the last
week to the list of contagious diseases
reported to Health Officer Stemm.
One of the cases of typhoid fever re-
ported recently has recovered, leaving
one case of TYPHOID and one of scarlet
fever.
The Waukesha sheriff had his bill
of 81 900 cut down quite largely by
the board; but he took it into court and
got the whole amount allowed. The
case was tried before a referee at
Janeville and lis decision was confirm
ed Judge Bennett.
Where are our puzzle sOlvers on
that water melon puzzle? Several
have sent in answers, but they seem
to think that A. should get the fu 10
cents and B. nothing. Peter Fisher,
Jr., is the only one so far who has gone
at the matter scientifically.
"A bright young girl of neighbOr
ing town parsed the word kiss as fol-
lows. Kiss is a noun, though gener
ally used as a conjunction. 1t is TOre
common than proper. 1t is not very
singular and generally used in the plu
raj number, and it agrees with me"
ALI those who have signed on the
membership list Of the KenOsha Public
Library may pay their membership
fee at any time now to any member OF
the board of directors or to the treas
urer, Joseph Bendt. The faster these
amounts are paid the sooner the library
can be opened to the public.
1t must be CALLING to man like
" Old Anse" to make financial failure
as dramatic star when such people as
Jim Corbett, Bob FirzsimmOns and
Steve BrOdie are lining their pockets
The trouble with "Old Anse" is that
everybody knows he has the Charley
Horse and nobody cares to see him.
The Inter Ocean OF last Saturday
contained an extended account of the
causes leading up to the present troubles
in Armenia. The article is Illustrated,
giving picture of the city of Marash.
and showing the seminary with which
Rev. Lucius Lee is connected, together
with his residence and grounds.
Numerous complaints are being
made to trainmen on the Milwaukee
division of the Northwestern road of
the mysterious disappearance Of par
GELS and other articles of value which
are placed in the racks by passengers.
MANY of the suburbanites are of the
opinion that it is the work of an organ
lied gang of parcel thieves. The thefts
generally occur on the evening trains
when traffic is heaviest.
Thursday evening there will be a
recognition social given in the parlors
of the M. E. church Everyone is re-
Guested to bring one of two OF their
old photographs to help carry out the
plan of the evening and make it enter
tanning. Supper will be served at $3.50
to accommodate clerks who wish to
come, with Mrs. W. W. Cooper as
chairman. All will be welcome. Ad
mission l5c.
Some of our readers will be sorry
to learn that the Chicago newspapers
have all united in a common agreement
that on and after the first of February
next they will entirely discontinue the
use of chrome pictures as gifts to sub
scrlbers and purchasers OF their re-
spective journals, and also discontinue
the various guessing prizes invented to
attract public attention and enlarge
circulation. The schemes have proved
more costly than profitable.
Angelo Constantio, the Italian
who was arrested here a few days ago
by Deputy United States Marshal
Buckley, of Milwaukee on the charge
of using the mails for indecent and i'm
moral purposes, had a lucky escape
from Uncle SANS clutches. He was
taken before Court Commissioner
Wentworth, of Racine, Saturday, where
about twenty Italians were examined
as witnesses through interpreters, but
not enough damaging testimony could
be adduced to hold the prisoner on and
he was allowed to go.
Biloxi is making itself quite re-
cord as a resort for the lovers of fishing
in winter as we'll as in summer. Last
Monday S. w. Truesdell, C. Hoffman
and Ed. Binz, of Chicago, caught 46
black bass and 81 fish of various kinds.
IN Thursday last Hoffman and Rino