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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-11-06

Republican Celebration. - The Nc
Kinley and Hobart club are planning for
grand celebration next Tuesday night,
and they invite all our townspeople to
join in the festivities. The committee of
arrangements are L. N. Smythe, A. B.
Moves, James Richie, E. c. Potter, T. H.
Underwood and the personelle OF the
committee is an indication Of the success
of the celebration. From 100 to s, all
the bells in town will be rung. At 8
O'Clock there will be an artillery salute.
The feature of the celebration will be a
torchIght parade. This will be led by
the band and drum corps and there will
be plenty of hand fireworks. The route
of the procession will be as follows;
To start from town hall at 7.30, down
Main street, through South Park
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-11-06
Births.
Marriages..

At Lyndonville, October 81, daughter t.
Mr.. and Mrs George ID. Thompson.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-11-06
Liberation Notice.

This is to certify that have this day given
my son Frank his time during. the remainder
of his minority and shall claim none OF his
wages nor pay any debts of his contracting
after this date
EDWARD BELANGER.
st. Johnsbury, VT, Oct %, 1896.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-11-06

Could not SIeep-Run
Down - Nervous - Fe-
male Troubles and
Weakness. All these
Ailments succumb to
Buker's Kidney Pills.
IT was troubled with kidney disease. great.
ly run down and SO nervous that could not
sleep. Iheard OF Buker's Kidney. Pills, and
procured one box which gave me immediate
female troubles and weakness"
Ellsworth Falls, Me, Mrs. Sarah F. Joy.
Pills Soc. at the druggist or mailed postpaid for
price. DR.. r. c. Buker will give advice by letter
free. Write for our valuable book on backache.
Baksy PHl Co., Bangor, ME-.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-11-06

A Little Disturbance.-A young man,
who had evidently been taking TOO much
OF something he hadn't ought to, left
barber shop on Railroad street in a
sudden manner one day last week. He
loafed away large part of the day
there, and finally getting little trouble
some, the barber requested him to leave.
But he wasn't inclined to do so and had
to be helped out, where he landed head
first on the side walk, which seemed to
convince him that he wasn't wanted
and he moved away.
About half past four Wednesday morn
ing, three or four men who had been
taking in something besides the election
returns created considerable disturbance
on Main street by attempting to get
into the St. Johnsbuty House after the
door had been locked. The night clerk
was Just going to bed, and hearing the
racket, he came down to the office and
told the men to leave, but they declined
to do so and kept up the noise. The
clerk opened the door, stepped out and a
little scrimmage followed in which one
Of the intruders was laid out by hav-
ing his head come in contact with a
backing brush that happened to be in
the clerks hand. The rest of the crowd
suddenly disappeared, quiet was restored
and the clerk went back to bed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-16

IN Detroit when the city bought its
arc lights the cost was $11,15 per arc
per month. Under municipal owner
ship the cost was reduced to $3.50 pei
month. The saving in the whole city
during three months was SIG, 60.
During the period for which the COM
parison is made there was an average
of 1888 arc lamps lighted at an ex-
pense of SEC, 444. 81, making an average
cost of 1886 per lamp per month. By
adding 10 per cent. on the 5000 900 in
yestment the total cost to the city was
raised to 1920 per lamp per month.
The chief items of expense during the
three months in question were $4,662
for fuel, $18, 797 Tor labor and manage
-ment, and So, 1874 for cartoons.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-16
City Ownership of Gas and Water

City ownership OF ddS anu WdUeI.
The sensational disclosures resulting
from the investigation OF Duluth's water
supply give added emphasis to the
numberIess arguments already adduced
by students Of civic economics in favor
Of municipal ownership OF all public
works.
The fact that there had been within
d short time over 700 cases of typhoid
fever in Duluth led to All investigation
Of the water supply, which was fur
finished by private corporation under
contract. 1t was found that the we'll
from which the water was pumped was
reeking with all sorts of decomposed
organisms, and that a stream of polu-
ton bad been sent into every home in
the city for months past.
The grand jury may return an M
dictment against the water company
which will result in the annullm, Mt OF
the contract, but this finding will not
make PREPARATION for the hundreds OF
desolate homes. With the water sup
ply under city control and surveillance
it is hardly possible that such condi-
tion could have prevailed long enough
to poison over 700 people.
The arguments in favor of municipal
ownership of gas and electric light
plants are just as forceftll and tenable:
The city should furnish it's light as we'll
as it's water. Before the purchase of a
municipal light plant the city of
Springfield, H., paid an average of
$l37 per arc lamp per year to a cor
pOration. Under municipal ownership
the lamps, including all expenses, cost
$50 per annum, and the light is much
better than that furnished by the pri-
vate corporation. The cost of light
where cities have changed from the
contract system to municipal ownership
has been reduced in nearly every in
stance not less than 50 per cent.
Pure water and cheap light are the
essentials of urban health and prosper
ity, and they can be best secured by
municipal ownership of the sources of
supply.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-16
The Mormon Snake.

One Of the first things TO be expected
upon the declaration of Utah state
hood was the rumor that polygamy
had been or was about to be revived.
It is startling, however, TO find the first
announcement Of this coming from the
lips of a Mormon bishop, who, while in
Kansas for the purpose of making prose-
lytes to the Mormon church, has been
interviewed by the correspondent OF q
reliable eastern paper and is reported
as saying that polygamy has never
really been given up, and that one OF
the first acts OF the Mormon church on
the proclamation of statehood would
be the s0lemnizing of these suspended
rites Yes" he says, ." this cere-
mOnial will be resumed; in fact il has
never been entirely suspended. [ have
three wives, all of whom love me. And
they have persuaded me to seal an
other on my return next August,
" IlCAL 4 cIlCttl NIUS
This astounding declaration, made
before the proclamation had actually
been issued, is remarkable, first, OF
course, for It's temerity, but still more
for the apparent ignorance it implies of
the constitution of the new state, in
which "poIygam0us or plural mar
riages arc forever prohibited" While
there is little doubt that polyeamy has
been maintained secretly and within
limits during the entire period Of its
pretended suspension, and while it was
not to he doubted that some effort
would DC made to circumvent the con-
stitutional provision quoted, still the
idea that dignitary of the church
should openly and without even per-
SOnai reserve voice such treacherOus
intentions is almost incredible. Wheth-
err this Bishop Hart is in good and reg
uEar standing with his church we do
not know, but we should imagine that
even if his cO-workers are heart and
soul with him on this unbeatable
ground, they would be in haste to
throttle such uUterances as. these,
which, if they are believed, must set
the whole country in blaze Of indig
nation. Retribution for such a course
would be swift and sure, and the very
fact that the pretended abnegaSion of
I'm fniquiteus practice has secured
statehood would make the offense a
thousand times more heinous.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-16
First publication. Jan. 9, 1896.
| QTATE OLE WISCONSIN. County

! Court for KenOSha COunty-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at regular term
of the County Court, to be held in and for said
county at the County Court Room, IN the city
of Kenosha, in said county, on the first Tues
day being the 4th day of February, A. D., 1886,
at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, the following matters
will be heard and considered:
In the matter of the estate OF Lucretia VIII
son, deceased.
The application OF Henry F. Jordan. for the
examination and allowance of his final ac-
count as administrator of the estate OF Lucre.
tia Wilson. late OF the city OF KenoSha, in said
county. deceased. and for the assignment and
distribution of the residue of said estate.
In the matter of the last will ana testament
Of Jane MINIS, deceased.
The application of Alexander Bailey for the
examination and allowance of his final account
as executor of the last win and testament OF
Jane Minnis late of the town of Salem, in said
county. deceased, and for the assignment and
distribution of the residue of said estate.
In the matter of the last will and testament
OF John Beix, deceased
The application of Henry Beix for the exam
nation and allowance of his final account as
executor of the last will and testament Of John
Beix late of the town of Somers, in said coun-
ty, deceased. Ond for the assignment and dis
tributi0n of the residue OF said estate.
By the Order of the Court.
Dated January 18th, A. D. 1896.
81 ANTHONY VAN WICK, County Judge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-16
Notice to Subscribers.

Owing TO the hard times we have not
pressed payment Of subscription dur
ing the past two years, but this week
we are sending out statements OF ac-
count to Jan, I. 1896 Now we are not
sending these bills out for fun. It is no
Joke, and we want the money for which
they cali Il we do not get response
by February 10, the accounts will be
placed with q collection agency for ad-
iustment. We do not wish to do this,
but some means must be taken. to pro-
cure the thousands of dollars dsee as on
subscription a word to the wise we
hope will prove sufficient.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-16
TRUEsDELL.

Haven't seen anything of the 9 hard
winter prophet in several moons.
Have you noticed how some of 'em
still get that % stuck up conspiciously
P. c.. Torrey is down east making a
visit among relatives and friends, at
present he is visiting his aged mother
at Howes Corner, Maine.
Considerable milk is being shipped
to Chicago by dairymen from this place
at present.
c.. Flaherty and mother, of Darien,
called on relatives and friends here
the past week.
Mrs. Geo. Reynolds is spending a few
weeks with relatives and friends at
Chicago and other Illinois towns.
Nels Nielsen, our village smithy spent
Saturday with friends at Racine.
Our young people are greatly enjoy
ing the fine ice which seems to hold
out fairly we'll this winter.
dave your stock dwellings, barns,
etc, insured in a good reliable insur-
ance company, at low rates by apply
to W. G.. Smith, Truesdell, Wis.
], The Crosby s. Schmutz tow COM
pany are doing a good business with
the present condition of the roads
farmers are coming in thick and fast
with straw.
Miss Jessie McNiel, Of Pleasant
Prairie made a short visit with friends
at this place Tuesday evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-16

| 1HE cutlery of high taxes remind S
one of the similar noisy protest which
went up at tax time the first year OF
Gov. Smiths administration in 1876.
The democratic administration had
been run on the claim of economy, and
g saving the state 5000 day" was the
war cry of their campaign. But their
republican successors found that taxes
had been made light the previous year
by borrowing $4,000 of the trust
funds for current expenses, and the re-
publican officials had to levy big tax
to replace the loan. In a somewhat
similar way last year the democratic
officers sought to make a record for
economy and low taxes; and so, in
stead of obeying the Law, which makes
it a duty to levy a tax of one mill on
the dollar each year for the scho0lfu fund,
they took money out of the general
fund, which was larger than usual be-
cause of extraordinary receipts from
the general government anu the ex-
treasurers, and used that in lieu Of a
school tax. The general fund was not
large enough .tes bear this immense
drain; and the deficiency was made
worse by the fact that tie receipts OF
the state from railroads had fallen off
$3.50 900, as heretofore stated. Cerse-
quently.the people have to suffer, dur
ing this general financial depression,
the disturbance and burden inflicted SO
largely by the selfish ambition of the
last administration to make a tenn
porary record for economy. White
water Register.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-16

A GRIP CAR came to grief Ill Chicago
recently. The Chicago grip car has
become noted for the GOODNESS and ease
with which it crushed down cabs, car
riages, and ground out human life and
pluck off human limbs, and feeling
secure in it's power it tackled beer
wagon and came to grief. just as those
mortals do who presume upon their
ability to look long upon the seething
liquid without being discOmfited.Y The
grip jumped upon the beer wagon as
a terrier lights upon rat. The wagon
had been running in front of the car
for long distance and refused to
make way for the car, and when it be-
came q question as to the right of terri
tory on the part of King Gambrinus and
King Yerkes, the latter's engine of war
gave the beer wagon q thump Ill the
rear which caused barrel of beer to
drop between the tracks. The car
promptly mounted the barrel and
stopped. The barrel refused TO be
crushed like a bit of human anatomy,
and the car could not dismount. There
was deadlock in the game until the
policemen and other people attracted
to the spot by the humorous situation
put their shoulders to the car and re-
leased the beer barrel, or the car, as
you choose to see it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-16

REPUBLICANS outside Of the Senate
find it difficult to comprehend the
deadlock in the Senate Finance COM
mittee over the House tariff bill. A
caucus of republican senators decided
that the bill should be reported to the
Senate without amendment, just as it
was passed by the House, but instead
of the uill being reported it has been
hung up in the committee and nobody
knows when it will be reported OF
whether it will be reported at all. Is
it any wonder that republicans are
asking what was the use of reorganiz-
ing the Senate committees if bill or
dered reported by q republican caucus
can be deadlocked in a committee
which has majority of republican
members? The alleged cause OF the
deadlock is the action of Senator Tell
er, Of Colorado, republican member OF
the Finance committee, in declining to
allow the tariff bill to be reported to
the Senate unless it be amended to
provide for the free coinage of silver.
What makes the action of Senator
Teller inexplicable is that the Finance
committee has already reported bill
for the free coinage of silver as sub
stitute for the House bona bill, which is
now before the Senate and will almost
certainly be passed by the Senate.
That being the situation, what can
Senator Teller or any other silver NAH
nope to gain by putting a free coinage
amendment on the tariff bill. The
tariff bill was passed by the House as
an emergency measure intended solely
to furnish the revenue needed by the
government, and if it is passed by the
Senate in that shape it would at least
have a chance to become a law. With
free coinage amendment it will not
have even a ghost Of a chance. 1t
might get through the Senate, but it
could not get through the House, aud
even if it could it would be met by the
presidents veto to dead certainty.
Senator Teller's intentions are unques-
tionably good, but nothing but harm
can come from the killing of the House
tariff bill, and that will be the result if
he maintains his present position.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-16

II is a striking commentary upon
the blindness which has shut the eyes
Of men, that the rulers Of the old world
can calmly scheme to STAY thousands of
their subjects in order to gain glory
and land The Tsar is ready to move
his troops against France or England
or Germany, OF to fight side by side
with either if by so doing he can ex-
tend the borders of his empire. The
German Emperor is ready TO do the
same thing So is Franz Josef. So
is Humbert. So is the President Of
France. SO is Salisbury The
slaughter Of hundreds of thousands Of
human beings is looked upon with alb
solute unConCeTn.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-16

GOVERNOR UPHAN has rendered an
important public service and earned
the approval Of honest republicans and
democrats alike deciding that the pres
ent iniQuitous gerrymander of Wiscon-
sin must go. His decision to convene
the legislature in special session. Feb
rury IS, for the purpose Of reapportion-
ing the state is a righteous decision.
1t is a law offair play IN politics that
every mans vote shall be as good as
every other mans vote. It is law
which under the existing apportion-
ment has been " honored IN the
breach" The disparity to the disad-
vantage of republicans in many dis
trcts of this state, Intentionally created
with view Of serving the personal
ambition of democratic bosses, has
been a disgrace to Wisconsin, flag
rant injustice to the republican party
and an offense to the great body,o
democrats, who would rather fight fail
and lose, than win by intrigue anG
fraud written all over the state appor-
tionment as it stands.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-16
ge0a1 g9ptices,
First publication, Jan. 2, 1896.
Notice Of Garnishee.

TO j. Il. JACKSON, Emile NJ Holt, Dan Head
Mathelde c. Rommerdahl. A. A. Pribnow
John CEausOn and Charles Fl. Gonnermann,
and each OF them:
Yon are hereby notified, that in a certain &C
ton pending in the Circuit Court Of Kenosha
County. wisconsin, wherein Simon Dinkel-
spiel and others are Plaintiffs, and Urban J
Lewis and others are defendants, and Eda
Meinhardt is garnishee Of said defendant Urban
j Lewis.
1tappears by the answer Of said garnishee
that YOU claim the Indebtedness or property IN
her hands, and that on the 2lst day of Deem
Der, A. d. 1895, an order, OF which a copy is
herewith served upon you, was made AMI en-
tered in said cause by said Court, interpleading
you as defendants to the said garnishee action.
And you are further notified, that unless you
and each of You appear within twenty days
from the service hereof upon you and answer
in the said action, setting forth your claim OF
any defense which the garnishee might have
made. Judgment will be rendered against you,
which shall conclude any claim upon your
part. Yours, etc,
QUARLES, ESPENCE g QUARLES,
80 Plaintiff S Attorneys.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-16

The English sparrow is with us
more plentiful this winter than ever.
We may be able to twist John Bulls
tail for him, but we'll have time lick
ing his sparrOws.
Attorney Louis Brandes, of Chica-
90, is in town again. He came up this
morning and says he has brought his
trunk and cash with him expecting to
settle down and stay until he can get
Barney Bloch pardoned out of state
prison. He started out brayely at his
work. and with determination, but
those who were most connected with
the big arson trial do not extend
much encouragement to him.
There seems to be some mlsappre-
hension on the part Of some Of our
business men with reference TO the
plans of the new public library. Some
of them seem to think that only those
who pay an annual membership fee of
50 to the association shall have right
to the use Of the books. Such is not
the case. The library is to be free to
all who will agree to live within such
reasonable laws and regulations as may
be made for the proper conduct of such
an institution. The membership fee
merely entities those who pay it to a
voice in the management of the library.
That is all, nothing more. And these
fees are to be used for the purchase Of
books and the maintenance Of the IL
brary.
The ordinance before the council
granting a franchise to William FL.
Schott and others for an electric street
railway, is a very much more liberal
one than that proposed by the MilWau-
kee, Racine and Kenosha company.
Here in the city it proposes putting in
a line over exactly the same route as
that proposed for the Slush and Case
enterprise and besides provides for a
road to Brassville, from there over to
Market street and back to Main
street, one out Grand avenue
to the west limits of the city
and one from South street down
Main street to Townline, to Exchange,
to Deming street, to Durkee avenue,
past Kemper hall to the city limits
| 1t provides that a license fee of SO pei
/ wear shall be paid for each car run, and
| 2 per cent. on the gross rental receipts
the local company might receive from
any through line shall be paid into the
! city treasury. Several of the proVis-
ions are the same as those of the Other
franchise. One provision calls for {
commission to determine the utility o
Main street bridge for the purposes o
] a car line.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-16
Advertised Mail Matter.

The following is list of mail matter
remaining uncalled for in the Kenosha
Post Office, KenOsha County, Wis, for
the week ending Jan. Is, 1896, and
which will be sent to the Dead Letter
Office at the expiration of two weeks
unless called for:
LIST OF LETTERS.
Chas Anderson, JW JOrgensen ~
w r. Dixon Chas Kempf e.
Mrs Ann Dempsey VIM O'COnner,
Emma Edwards, M Peterson,
Henry Halbright, Martin Peterson,
Mrs Henry Stearns.
To obtain any of the above mailmat-
ter the applicant must give the date of
this list. CHAS. FRANTZ. +. NJ.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-16

In few weeks Joseph Williams,
who is q porter and parlor car at
tache to the congressional limited train
that runs over the Pennsylvania rail
road between New York and Washing
ton every day. will add fifth silver
stripe to the four he now wears upon
the cuff Of his left cOat-Sleeve. That
will indicate that he has been in the
service. of the Pullman company for
twenty FIVE years and is the oldest in
continuous service of all it's employees.
The pay Of the ordinary Pullman por-
ter is $l5 month, but S. additional
and silver stripe are given for every
five years Of active duty, so Joseph's
pay will be $40 a month. Williams is
probably the richest porter in the en-
ploy of the Pullman company and may
be ranked as one of the wealthy col
ored men in the United States. He
always saved his money and invested it
carefully, and his tips usually have
been more than his wages. He owns
several houses ID Washington and sew
eral in jersey City, and he lives ia the
mansion that was occupied by the may
or Of the latter place until few years
ago. Williams has a large family Of
sons and daughters, all of whom are
doing equally well. One is IN the en-
.ploy of the Pullman company, another
is a printer and foreman of the Wheel
ing IateJl3geaacer Office, and two Of the
girls are teaching school down in West
VIRGINIA.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-16

DISCOVERIES Of gold in some of the
older states. especially in the south,
have been reported Of late, and the
United States is likely to increase the
lead it holds among the countries pro-
ducing the precious metal. There is a
prospect that the gold output of the
United States in 1896 will not be far
from $60,000,000 The increase in
Colorado alone last year was over
sc, 900. 600