The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-16
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Wis, has taken chair at Billy Dick
haut's barber shop. Mr.. Milbrath
comes recommended as a frstclass
barber.
Tell man secret, and he tells it
to his wife, and when she in return
repeats. it he has a great deal to say
about women not being able to keep
anything.
John Englehart arrayed himself
in hunting suit Sunday threw q
breech loading shot gun over his
shoulder, filled his pockets with amuni-
ton and went out to Bristol to visit his
friend, Allie Edwards with murderous
thoughts upon his mind. He returned
with six wild geese.
The town board of Pleasant Prairie
held meeting Monday and granted a
liquor licence to Casper LANCER. This
is direct result of the last election.
LANCER was refused q licence by the
preceding board and was arrested
twice for selling splrituous liquors
without permission. His case is to
come up before Justice Slater on the
Goth of this month. 1t remains to be
seen whether the action of the board
will have any result on the trial.
"A full and vigorous warning has
been given to some of the boys who
are in the. habit Of scorching up and
down Main street upon their bicycles.
1t had begun to be a common thing to
catch passing glimpse of a'sWiftly
flying figure, noiseless in it's approach
and noiseless in it's exit, and persons
crossing the street run considerable
risk. 1t was rumored Monday that
some of the offending wheelmen had
been warned that a repetition of the
offence would meet with it's proper
punishment.
Last evening the Mayor of Wauke-
gan engaged in short but interesting
debate lin a physical way) with John
Horay. The argument was concluded
this morning before Waukegan
Justice. The principal witness was a
man named Bryant and they do say
that the lawyers contrived to get a
vast quantity of amusement out of his
testimony. According to his own
statement his eyes were open and not
open at the same time; he saw and he
didn't see. The mayor was finally
fined $3.50 the smallest fine that could
be imposed and the fine was remitted.
The great public improvements of
which KenOsha stands most in need,
somehow do not receive the hearty
backing and active interest of our
strongest business men that they
should. The consequence is that we
come to critical periods of city life
where action is imperative, at which
times we are not prepared by careful
study and watching of events to take
the greatest advantage of the situation.
Our business men realize this as we'll
as other classes of our society. Still,
realizing it as they do, they remain
inactive and one might almost say care
less. By all right and precedent Ke-
nosha is entitled to free mail delivery.
If getting it depended upon our bust
ness men, it would be long, hard pull
to arouse sufficient sentiment in favor
of it to secure it's adoption. The mat
ter seems left to the common council.
In measure the council must provide
the requisites in complying with the
existing laws. These are lett to the
council, without either assent or dis
sent, and if free mail delivery comes
all we'll and good; if it don't, all the
same. That's too sleepy. The council
of any town is the servant of the pub
| lie it serves. All measures should rise
from the people, and there should be
the most active cooperation with it on
the part of all the people. Kenosha
could have had free mail delivery be-
fore this time, if the people had all
taken a live interest in the subject.
Such an interest would have pushed
the council to do the things which were
found lacking when the inspection OF
the town was first made. What could
be inspiriting to an inspector to recon-
mend free delivery, in meeting an en-
tirely cold, Indifferent sentiment in the
business community? That is what the
inspector met, and though the objec-
lions to the free delivery were small,
he reported against it. There was no
committee of business men to buzz
about his ears. There was no senti-
ment to speak of to back up any such a
committee-ands so we have lost so i'm
portant thing because largely of this
fact. Remedy this, gentlemen. Let
tus see that all requirements of the law
are carried out, make another applica-
ton and then let us take care of the