The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-02
From Thursdays Daily.

visiting relatives.
Misses Minnie and Emma Hensel
spent last week in Racine, returning
Sunday.
Mrs. G.. W. Lyon and daughter
Mamie, of Chicago, visited Mrs. Thos.
j. McCafry Thursday.
Everybody is on tiptoe of expect
ancy and anxiety now over the out
come of the conventions.
John Brewer is moving into the
house on Elizabeth street recently
vacated by John Corcoran.
1t has been SO quiet on the streets.
outside Of political gossip, that one
could hear a grasshopper think.
New borrowers cards are issued
every day and the list of books taken
from the library keeps on growing
apace.
Miss Mabel Smith, Of Evanston, is
the guest of Miss Camilla Reynolds.
The young ladies are classmates at
Evanston.
Miss Dorothy White returned
Wednesday to her home in Evanston,
after visit with Miss Camilla
Reynolds.
Politics make strange bedfellows,
and there are several surprises in store
which will manifest themselves before
election day.
B. F. Windsor, of the Windsor
Spring Co.. has returned from a bust
ness trip through Indiana. He reports
a successful trip.
-Chas. Bienemann and his sisters,
Misses Alice and Frances, went to
Burlington Wednesday to attend the
funeral of an uncle.
Ambassador Bayard will now be
criticised for having quoted Tennyson
instead of LongfellOw at the recent
banquet in London.
-Thos. Riley, section boss mashed
the little finger of his left hand just
after noon, while unloading rails. He
was attended by DR.. Meers.
Wit, humor, eloquence, oratory, all
sit down when price rises to speak
Price is the great convincer-the in
vincible salesman in ad writing.
1t would be beneficial undertake
ing if Mr.. Depew would establish al
institution for instructing diplomats in
the art of discreet after dinner speak
ing.
Senator Vest has denounced Sec
retaries Morton and Smith, and will
doubtless be able to make the round Of
the entire cabinet before congress adj
journs.
j. S. Barr has begun work on {
new residence adjoining his present
hone. 1t is to be modern in every re-
spect and will be ready for occupancy
about July l.
The old man who was robbed Of
of $4,000 Tuesday night seems to have
been lucky in having that much money
to lose. He will probably live as well
now as he ever did.
The case which appeared before
Justice Slater Wednesday in which
Barney Herman was sued for a liquor
bill was not completed and was adj
iourned to future date.
Invitations have been received here
to the marriage of Mr.. Wainwright Ba-
cot Gervais, of Chicago, formerly OF
this city, and Miss Katherine Grattan
Lobby at Fort Johnson, James Island
South Carolina, April Z.
Three new departments were open
ed to the public today at the library
They were history, biography and trav-
els. The 800 young folks books here
tofore announced reached here this
morning and the librarian is very busy
getting them sorted and catalogued
1t will be quite a few days before they
can be let out.
Farmers in this vicinity, who are
prone to grumble about hard times
should bear in mind that we are faring
a great deal better here than our neigh
bors in the far west. A Dakota eX-
change contains % notices of mortgage
foreclosure sales, which goes to show
that all the farmers in the Dakotas are
not bloated bond holders.
The graduating class of '96 Keno
sha high school have awarded the
places of honor as follows: Valedicto-
rian, Herbert Shearer; salutatorian,
Olga Miller; class historian, Jennie
Slosson; class prophet, George Suther-
land. There will be but four essays
read at the exercises Each member
of the class will write one and the foul
best will be selected by the faculty and
then read by the authors. BY so doing
the exercises will be more brief than
therefore,.
From the LIST to 3lst of January
the days lengthen one hour and twenty
five minutes. In February they gain
one hour and forty-five minutes. The
month of March adds two hours and