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SILVER LAKE.

Fred Shotliff and Chas. Webb, of
Antioch, called on friends in this place
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Mathews and
daughters, Mamie and Florence, spent
Sunday at Burlington, Mrs. James
Mathews returning with them to spend
some time.
Miss Lauretta Gallagher returned
home Thursday from Chicago, where
she has been going to school.
Ran Shotliff, of Wilmot, and Charles
Hiles, of Illinois, had business in JUS
tice Bluim's Office Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Schenning spent
Sunday at McRenry.
Spencer Gull, of Salem, and Orrin
Stonebreaker, of Bristol, were in town
Monday.
David Johnson, the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. P. Johnson, is quite sick with
typhoid fever.
Ward Bloss, of Trevor, had business
in this place Monday.
Otto Spiegelhoff arrived here from
Racine Monday.
Thomas Gallagher, of Milwaukee,
arrived here TO attend his mothers
funeral, returning Friday.
VIM. Hill, Miss Maud Mcintyre and
John Thorn, of Kenosha. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Gallagher, of Waukesha,
attended the funeral of Mrs. Matilda
Gallagher Thursday.
Oliver Mathews has been laid up the
past week with a sore hand, the result
of cut received from pipe hole while
working at the ice house.
A number of young folks of this
place attended the dance at Kansas
vile Friday night and pleasant time
is reported.
A "leap year party" will be given at
F. II. Screenings hall May s. An en-
joyable time is anticipated by all.
Martin Gallagher who has been quite
sick is now able to be around again.
Miss Mamie Murphy, of Brighton,
visited Miss Fannie Kerwin several
days the past week.
A little child of Mr.. and Mrs. Jake
Maleski died Friday. The funeral serv-
ices were held at the school house in
this village Saturday afternoon. The
family have the sympathy of the COM
munity in their bereavement.
George Mutter and William Coleman
took trip to Burlington Tuesday. 81
George Newbury, of Paris, had. a
hearing before Justice Blum, Wednes-
day. James Cavanagh appeared for
the defendant and A. E. Buckmaster
for the plaintiff. The defendant was
bound over to the Circuit court under
$500 bonds.
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PARIS.

Mrs. George Snifens and daughters
Ethel and Maude, of Sylvania, spent
Sunday and Monday the guests Of Ton
Prices family.
Rich Jones and Miss Irene Gull. o.
Bristol, attended divine worship at
Paris Corners Sunday afternoon.
Ed and Charley Gunter visited
with relatives IN Bristol Sunday.
Floyd Coling and Charley Williams.
of Union Grove, called on friends in
east Paris Saturday.
Pete Larson, of Pleasant Prairie, was
around shaking hands with his old
friends Sunday.
Dan Jones and son Russell took in
the sights of Park City Saturday.
Dava Hurn and Mr.. Otto, of Union
Grove had business in Paris the first Of
the week.
Misses Hattie Button and Mary
Jones were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A
Rheingans Saturday and Sunday.
James Sheen is reported quite sick
The following named pupils have
neither been absent nor tardy during
the month ending April "a, 1896: Jay
Goldsworthy, Nina Goldsworthy, Sadie
De Maillie, Lena De Maillie, Isaac De
Maillie, Ernest Meredith and Willie
Jones. Number of pupils enrolled, 19
Per cent. of attendance, So.
FRANK H. SWENSON, Teacher
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Notice to Road Builders.

The town board of Brighton, Keno
sha county, Wis, will meet at the
house of John Leach, 5 miles east OF
Burlington, on the Burlington and Ke-
nosha road, on Saturday, the 9th day
of May, 1896, at o'clock p. NJ, for the
purpose of receiving bids to build three
fourths of mile of road OH the town
line between Burlington and Brighton
About so rods of the road is over a
marsh, which will have to be dltched,
and the remainder is more or less
billy. Any one desiring to do this
work will do we'll to meet us May 6
and look it over. We shall reserve the
right to reject any or all bids.
By order Town Board of Brighton.
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Pictures framed at Melville's. f24tf

Pictures framed at Melvllle's. f24tf
Born Mr.. and Mrs. John
Rogers, Tuesday night, April %, a girl.
Mrs. S. Fl. Cannon, of Chicago, is
spending a few days with her father,
H. G. Dodge.
Mrs. H. II. Marcusson, of Chicago,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. j. B.
Starkweather.
Fred Lawrence, of Chicago, has
taken position in the Northwestern
Wire Mattress factory.
The managers of the High school
base ball team are trying to arrange a
game with the Racine High school
nine. 1t is quite probable that the
game will be played on the home
grounds Saturday.
Give your readers reasons. A
simple statement of facts does not go
very far in advertising. Tell them
why it is so and then prove it. Every
man in town is selling "at lowest
prices" Explain why your prices are
low~-and the trade comes.
Joseph M. Amstater, of Cindad
JuareZ, Mexico, and Miss Yetta Boyer,
of Chicago, were united in marriage
this morning by Justice Slater. Both
are natives of Hungary. This is the
second time Justice Slater has been
called upon to marry a couple, one of
whom was not resident of this coun-
thy. The groom, Mr.. Amstater, is a
prosperous merchant in the little Mex
lean town, the name of which is more
easily thought of than pronounced. He
has fourishing business and is well
satisfied with his prospects. The bride
is a second cousin to the groom and it
was to eyade the Illinois law, which
does not sanction such a marriage, that
they came to Wisconsin to be united.
Here's fun and profit for the girls.
Redeker q English, the rustling hard
ware dealers, have novel scheme by
which some enterprising girl is going
to become the possessor of that beauti-
full nickel plated stove shown in their
store window. The firm has an adver-
tisement in another column of this pa
per, and the young lady under Il years
of age who clips the greatest number of
the advertisement and returns the same
to Redeker & English prior to June 10
will receive that stove absolutely free.
Now, girls, here's your chance. Save
your papers and gather together all the
papers you can obtain from friends or
by purchasing extras and go for that
stove. Some one will get it sure and it
is an open field and the attempt costs
you nothing. The advertisement will
appear in both the EVENING News
and TELEGRAPH COURIER for six
weeks.
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TRuESDELL.

Seeding in this vicinity is about COM
pleted for this season.
Geo. Wynhoff, Of Caledonia, is max
ing short stay in our village.
E. p. Alstead attended ball at Ke-
nosha on Friday night of last week.
Machine and insurance agents have
been quite plentiful in our vincinlty
the past two week.
A. p. Werve is out hustling for the
Mccormick Harvester company and is
meeting with good success.
j. Alstead received several carloads
of feed during the week and is making
very low prices to dairymen and farm
ers at present.
W. F. Stelloh received carload OF
feed on Monday.
N. Nielsen our village smithy enter
tanned friends from Racine on Monday
last.
House cleaning in the country at
present is in full blast, there are more
pleasant things in the country than
house cleaning to all concerned.
P. C. TORY received carload OF
horses from Martinette few days ago
which will be kept on his farm during
summer.
Thos. Smith, of Chicago, shipped
out team of horses on Friday to be
summered on the White farm.
H.. Hoganson, of Ranney, had bust
ness in our burg during the past week.
Two hundred and ten bicycles were
shipped from here on Saturday night
by the United States Express company.
The business has steadily been in
creasing until now the average daily
shipment is about 100. This means a
little hustling.
A party of hunters came up from
Chicago on Friday and managed tC
capture forty-five snipe, which is con-
sidered a large number for one days
shooting in this vicinity.
j. M. Whiteley is at present shipping
cream to Chicago via the c., M. e St
P. road from this place.
The crayon portrait canvassers are
doing a land office business in this vi
cinity, at least so is reported.
Miss Lizzie finland is spending a
week with her sister, Mrs. Frasier, at
Kenosha.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. G.. Smith enter
tanned friends from Russell on Monday.
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WHY NOT HsIg2
Correspondents Wanted.

1t is the desire of the publisher to
make the county news an important
feature of the TELEGRAPH COURIER,
and to this end we need the co-opera-
ton of our friends. We wish to, hear
regularly from our correspondents, and
we wish to secure regular CORES
pondent at Bassetts, Randall,
Trevor, and We will furnish
stamps and stationery and copy
of the paper gratis, and we sin
cerely hope that some one will volun-
teer at each of the points mentioned.
Let us hear from you. 81
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Nit.

I fail to see anything funny in this
crazy expression of nothlngness. non
entity, negation, denial, warning, dis
gust, dissatisfaction and general
apathy that is talking over country
in the disguise of three letters-n-i-t
Nit, to me, says writer in the New
York News, is something offensive
" The head many times is pestered
with nits," said Pliny, years and cen
turtles before this initiative age, wher
any fool thing that happens along finds
host of followers. A nit is the egg O.
Of the insect that is supposed to haze
constituted the third plague of Egypt
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wooDWoRTH.

Harry Skinkle and wife of Kenosha,
spent Sunday and Monday with W. c.
Crosby and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Fell are rejoicing
over the birth of son.
FL. L. Adams was in Evanston Mon
day on business.
Mrs. H. L. Adams is rapidly i'm
proving from an attack Of pneumonia.
Mrs. Clayton King is still under the
care of DR.. Eastman.
School in Dist. No. IL, has again
commenced under the auspices of Mr.
Mcneil. Miss Wicks having resigned
on account Of i'll health.
S. D. Gethen and wife have been
spending few days With their son Ed
win.
Wilson King and wife, of Rosecrans,
ILL.,, spent Saturday and Sunday with
relatives in South Bristol.
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COUNTY NEWS.
Leaves From the Lives of Those Who
Dwell About US.
SOMERS

Seeding is we'll under way. A few
days more and that part of the springs
work will be over.
The frequent rain storms and warm
weather has sent grass ahead SO fast
that the dairymen will be able to turn
their stock to pasture earlier than
usual. All vegetation is advancing
rapidly.
News items are rather scarce these
days.
B. f. Yule has purchased from the
heirs the estate and homestead of hi'
mother.
Misses Anna R. Smith, Hattie Spence
and Mrs. Rea attended the meeting O.
the women's board of the northwest a.
Milwaukee three days last week.
Mrs. Otto Anderson, who wintered a
Madison, returned to the M. E. parson-
age last Saturday.
Our drain tile man, Henry Lyle, was
the successful bidder out Of several t6
furnish a car load to the Racine county
insane asylum.
W. E. Heidersdorf made Milwaukee
a business trip Monday.
Our little burg is being painted ur
in nice style this spring. L. Cook, W
E. Balm, Mrs. A. Spence, Mrs. Heddle
Nathan and Henry Lytle, DR., Stone
braker and others are keeping Geo
Lytle and Ben Sorry busy.
The cry of fire caused a stir in the
village Monday The alarm was
caused by the explosion of an oil stove
at Mr.. Searles'. Fortunately the fire
was extinguished before much damage
was done.
The following pupils of District No
5, Somers, were punctual in attendance
for the month ending April "a, 1896
Mollie Heddle, Lottie Haigh, Mabe-
Yule, Sadie Haigh, Blanche Yule, Ka-
tie Peterson, Katie Schaefer, jake
Schaeffer, Emma Bowers, Willie
Thompson, Clarence Yule, Lovina Bal.
ley, Harry Thompson. The following
were present every day, but tardy
Laura Jensen, Frank Rhodes, Louis
Cent?.
MINNIE A. GRIMsHAw, Teacher.
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CAMP LAKE.

Mrs. G.. Smith and Hazel have ar
rived here to make this their home
for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Douglas are en-
ioying a two weeks vacation.
Mrs. C. NJ. VanAntwerp is the guest
of Mrs. j. 81. McVey.
Miss Hetta Yaw spent last week in
Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Gallagher spent a
few days of last week at home. s1 a
Invitations are out for the marriage
of John Widger and Miss Bessie
Widger, of Evergreen Hill farm.
Miss Clara Yaw has returned from
an extended visit in Massachusetts,.
Mrs. A. Wolf and family spent last
week at their cottage here.
Pat Gallagher came home to attend
the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. M. Gal
lagher.
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The Evolution

Of medicinal agents is gradually rele-
eating the oldtime herbs, pills,
draughts and vegetable extracts to the
rear and bringing into general use the
pleasant and effective liquid laxative,
Syrup of Figs. To get the true rem
edy see that it is manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only. For
sale by all leading druggists.
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It Does Not Pay

to experiment with medicines. Beggs'
Blood Purifier is no novelty. A record
of twenty years proves it to be the best
known formula for enriching the blood
and driving from the system those i'm
purities which breed disease. For sale
at Hackley's Corner Drug Store. tt
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LIST OF LETTERS.
Notice.

Will the republican town committees
of the various towns Harvard to me at
once the names and addresses of the
chairmen of their respective commit
tees. This is important. Please at
tend to it at once. 50
F. 81. HALL,
Chairman County Central Committee.
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Carpet Laying and Cleaning.

If you want your carpet taken up,
cleaned and re-laid, or upholstering
neatly done, call on Henry Mohr, DEM
ing street, first house east of Exchange
street a1tf
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Advertised Mail Matter,

The following is list of mail matter
remaining uncalled for in the Kenosha
Post Office, Kenosha County, Wis, fol
the week ending April 20, 1896, and
which will be sent to the Dead Letter
Office at the expiration of two weeks
unless called for:
LIST OF LETTERS.
Thomas Agur, Ole N Olson,
Edward Anderson, Mrs Susie Peterson,
John Fuhrer, John Szutxkiewuz,
James Hawley Abe Santree,
Mrs Nesbit, Henry S White.
To obtain any of the above mail mat
ter the applicant must give the date of
this list. A. j. BURG, P. M.
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-Baileg's coffee is the same yester-
day, today and forever, and gives en-
tire satisfaction all this time. DIV
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-30
rows or WATER POURED DOWN.
Towns In the Island of st. Michael in
the Azores, Destroyed BY
KufersDoUt

BOSTON, MASS, Dec. 29.-The Portu-
guese consulate in this city has re-
ceived petition from the Island of St.
Michael, in the Azores signed by rep
resentative of the Portuguese Gov
ernment and nineteen other of the princi-
pal citizens. asking aid for the sufferers
by the bursting of giant waterspout on
November 2 over the city of Poyoacao.
The petition states that there is much
suffering for food, clothing and shelter,
and gives some particulars of the calamity,
than which it states none has been more
devastating in the history of the island.
Tons of water poured down upon the
city. which was of about q, 200 inhabi-
tants, mounting above the roofs of the
houses, ripping up the streets and carry
ing destruction everywhere in its path.
The torrent rushed down the slopes to the
sea. tearing wide channel through nine
miles of country and carrying with it the
homes of thousands of people.
The flood also destroyed the town of
Riberia Quente, of 5000 population, and
several outlying parishes. All along the
coast the fishermen lost their boats, and
the shore was Uttered with corpses Of
those who perished In the floods.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-30
CHARGE or CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY
Forfer's Wholesale Crusade Against the
American Tobacco Company in
Canada.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, Dec. 90. = The
charges OF criminal conspiracy to impede
trade made by ]. NJ Fortier against the
American Tobacco Company is assuming
an aspect far more important than it was
at first expected. Warrants have been is
sued in Quebec for the arrest of such
members of the company as may be in
Montreal, and they will have to appear for
trial in Quebec on January Z.
In the meantime the profit Fortie-
would have earned had not the American
company, as alleged, impeded the trade,
is now being figured upon by his attor-
neys, who will at once institute civil
action for damages. The sum will prob
ably total up an average of several hun
dred thousand dollars and the suit for it's
recovery will be bitterly fought.
Preparations are now being made by
which warrants will be issued in nearly
every province of Canada, wherever the
American company has succeeded in get
ting dealer to sign an agreement. These
warrants will be served on Montreal mem
bers, and they Will have to appear for
trial in as far distant province as Prince
Edward Island.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-30
DESCENDING ON
KILLARNEY TOWN
Danger From the Great
Landslide Said to Be
Increasing.
There Will Probably Be a Larger
Loss of Life Than at First
Reported.
Others Besides the Donnelly Family
Probably Caught in the
Moving Mountain.

DUBLIN, IRELAND. Dec. 29.-The danger
from the landslide near Baltimore, County
Kerry, is ba no means ever, but rather
on the increase. That part of the dis
turbed earth com prising the bog is still
sliding toward the Lakes of Killarney.
its movement being accompanied by
sullen noise that is heard for miles in all
directions.
Peasants living some distance from the
scene are fleeing from their houses and
taking refuge in localities that give prom
ise of safety, leaving all belongings behind
them.
Debris of houses and trunks of trees
destroyed by the avalanches of earth, to-
gether with the carcasses of COWS, sheep
pigs and other animals caught in the
landslide and plunged into the river, are
being swept into the lakes.
The river Flesk is choked with earth,
rocks, trees, etc., and the extra wa ter
spread over large area, causing greater
loss of life than had been reported yester-
day. The Donnelly family of nine per-
sons, engulfed in the torrent of earth. was
lost. There are fears that other persons
have been caught in the tide and have
perished.
LONDON, ENG. Dec. ga dispatch to
the Daily Graphic from Dublin says that
the bog slide threatens the town of Killar-
ney. Another report says that the slide
has ceased
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-30
CAPTAIN 4. Y. POWLI

improbable from the fact that the island
has in recent years been violently shaken
by earthquakes.
Fernandez has always been described
as picturesque spot four miles wide by
thirteen in length, but it contains all that
is necessary to sustain life. The climate
has always been described as pleasant and
healthful, the principal productions being
oats turnips, apples, Strawberries. melons,
peaches and figs. Wild goats have always
been described as abundant, while large
quantities of excellent fish are taken from
the coast each year. In fact, the island
has for years been leased to a prominent
fish company by the Chilean Government.
Careful students OF history and litera-
ture believe that the prototype of DefoeE
Robinson Crusoe was Peter Serrano, a
Spaniard, who was wrecked on an island
in the Caribbean Sea, not far from the
mouth of the Orinoco, in the sixteenth
century. Tradition says he lived there in
solitude for many years and was finally
carried away on trading vessel.
An account of the adventures of Ser
rano was given in Sir Paul Rycan.'s trans
Iation of a series of commentaries on
Peru. published in London and studied by
lDefoe before he wrote the famous story of
Robinson Crusoe"
The island of Juan Fernandez was
thrown UP from the earth in series of
precipitous rocks irreguiarly piled to-
gether. The highest OF these was Alex
ander Selkirk's lockout-a peak about
5000 feet in height. The haibor was
called Cum berland Bay, into which wide
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-30
GOOD OFFICES
NOT ACCEPTED
Denials From Madrid as
to the Settlement of
the War.
Spain, However, Is Preparing to
Give Cuhans a Large Meas.
ure of Home Rule.
Many Reforms Are Promised, but II
Is Question Whether Patriots
Will Accept Them

MADRID, SPAIN, Dec. 29.-An emphatic
semi official denial is given to the state
ments cabled here as coming from the
Washington Post to the effect that Secre-
tary of State Olney and Senor Dupuy de
Lone, the Spanish Minister to the United
States, had practically terminated their
negotiations on the Cuban question and
detailing the extent of the reforr that
Spain would grant to Cuba under the
guarantee of the United States.
1t s also semi officlally denied that the
Government has questioned Great Britain,
France and Italy regarding their attitude
in the event of war with the United
States.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., Dec. 29.-While
it is not true that the Spanish Govern
ment will accept the mediation of the
United States in giving autonomy to
Cuba it has been known for some weeks
that the Spanish Ministry propose giving
the Cubans larger measure of home rule
than they have heretofore enjoyed.
President Cleveland has been repeatedly
assured that these reform would be
inaugurated when the province of Pinar
del Rio had been pacified. 1t was in this
prOVlnCS thai O6HeTdl MdCcO anu 0lS IOl-
lowers have been located for the last year,
and since Maceo's death the work of
pacification has been considerably expe-
dited.
The time is, not far distant when the
home-rple reforms will be instituted there
and also in the provinces of Matanzas and
Havana, where the insurgents have never
secured foothoid. 1t has been frequently
asserted that Spanish intended reforms
would have been put in operation
two years ago but for the insurrection and
that the insurgents started the rebellion
in order to prevent the reforms.
These reforms EN- brace the election of a
Cuban Congress- instead of mixed con-
gress of fifty elected members and fifty
appointed by the Queen Regent, and also
a complete control by Cuba of her tariff.
The Spanish Ministry are understood to
be engaged in drafting the proposed re-
forms. but thus far the only knowledge re-
garding them is of general nature. 1t is
believed that they would be completed
Within the next fortnight, and it is not
unlikely that copy will be cabled to Sec
retary Olney, by permission of the Span
ish Government.