The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-09
Herman j. Mueller spent New

Frank Hattersley is in jail again
under charge of drunk enness.
Miss Mile Gallagher, of Wauke-
gan, spent New Years day here.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. Newman are
spending week at Delavan, Ill.
Sheriff Cropley was in Illinois Wis
iting brother, New Years day.
Burr Simmons has sold fifty acres
just north of the city for $4,000.
John Leach, of Chicago, spent
New Years day with relatives here.
City Engineer Davidson and fami
| ly spent New Years day in Chicago.
The Misses Clapp and Cunningham
and Griffith Mcclellan attended the
charity. ball in Waukegan Monday
evening.
Bet Scott, of Appleton, has been
placed in charge of the books at the
office of the United States Express
company, vice Tony PayJon resigned.
"A new floor is being put into the
store recently occupied by the Novelty
company. The place will soon be occu
pied by bicycle and sewing machine
store.
New Years day was very quiet
one for the police. Not an arrest was
made. Chief Stemm says he does not
know whether this IS due to the good
resolutions made or to the lack of
- ,,v,o,, vc1,i1.l, RI rrot hnap
Judge Fish granted a divorce
Tuesday morning to Mrs. Enolia Smith
from her husband William Smith Jr., in
Racine. Both parties live here. The
grounds stated are cruel and inhuman
| treatment, drunkenness and failure to
support.
Eddie Gibson, brother, of Mrs.
G.. II. Curtis died in Chicago December
30th, of peritonitis, aged II years. The
funeral occurred New Years day. De-
ceased was i'll put few days: and his
sudden demise is a great shock to his
friends.
"A letter received by Kenosha
friends from Mrs. j. j. Hoyt states that
F. S. Newell and wife are with Col. and
Mrs. Hoyt at Nice, France, where they
are enjoying the delightful weather.
Col. Hoyt sails for home January 6, but
will return to Europe in time for a fur
Their visit with them before spring.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians
occupied Central Music hall Tuesday
night and they danced with a vim and
zest which proved that the light fan
tastic was a step which banishes all
care. The new year came in at this
hall a thoroughly welcome guest. He
was greeted with becoming grace.
Capt. John T. Rice and wife, of
Burlington, who are we'll known
here, have given up housekeeping for
the present and packed their goods.
They left Monday for Los Angeles,
Cal, to spend the winter with their
daughter, Mrs. DeRemer, If satisfied
with the country they may conclude to
locate there permanently.
The Flints were the guests of DR..
w. G.. Clarke and Mr.. McAuley at the
Pennoyer Sanitarium Wednesday and
performed some interesting tests with
the guests, one of the most interesting
being view of heaven, IN which
young lady from Milwaukee saw de-
ceased friend. All were overcome by
the grandeur of the test, the expression
of perfect bliss. The tableau was one
never exceeded in beauty.
Here's another puzzle to unite.
1t is very simple one if you get the
right hang of it and commence on it at
the right point: A farmer takes 100
animals to market and sells them all
for $500. The cattle he sells at $50 per
head, the sheep at S. per head and a
lot of chickens at 20 cents apiece. How
many of each did he have? There is
only one way in which a certain num-
Der of each price can be made to make
up $500.
The favorite method of seeing the
old year out and the new one in seemed
to be by dancing in Kenosha. Every
one of the dances held that night was
we'll attended. and the sport reported
| from all of them was great. At the
Knights of Pythias hall there was a
splendid company in attendance.
About 100 people attended and at 3
o'clock in the morning there were still
seventy five of them left. Perhaps
that speaks better than anything else
can of the pleasure of the occasion.
Everybody who attended is enthusi-
asuic over the time he had.
An informal !" at home" was given
in honor of Geo. Rahr Tuesday evening.
The evening hours were spent most
pleasantly. The attendants were: The
Misses Martha Schumacher, Esther
Lambrecht, Lydia Harff, Emilia Schu-
macher, Mile Rahr, May Spicer; En-
ma Rahr, of Milwaukee; Ida Rahr,
Carrie Templeman, Carrie Frenz, Mel
| lie Frenz; Messrs. Geo. Rahr, Arthur