The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-08-20
Mrs, Charles Wash burn. of Racine


is guest her father, Burr Simmons.
Nov you know there is coffee and
coffee. Bailey's best beats them all.
The Peoples Cash Market of Cud-
ANY Bros, took in $500 Saturday night.
DIR. Saunders is figuring on a fish
ing trip north about the middle of Sep
TENDER.
DIR. Camfeld will be at the Grant
House again Saturday, August
D. da21w1t
Mrs. Charles E. Withall, nee Miss
Eva Cady, of st. Louis, is the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Reed.
Shed your old garments and leave
your measure for new fall suit at B..
Hermann g. Co.'s. Satisfaction guar
anteed
The st. Georges and st. MiehaePs
societies are making extensive prepare
tions for their picnic, which is to take
place Labor day in Park City garden.
DR. Helen Harbert goes to Cleve-
land, Ohio next Saturday as delegate
to the national gathering of the Rath-
bone Sisters. She takes her vacation
at the same time.
Hans B. Warner, prominent re-
publican politician, and a member OF
the state board of control. died at
Ellsworth, Wis, Tuesday, after brief
illness. The deceased was secretary OF
state from 1878 to 1882.
A party made up of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Cavanagh, Mr.. and Mrs. c. E.
Remer, Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Allen,
Mrs. G.. M. Simmons and daughter,
Mrs. c. P. Barnes and James Kehlor
went on a picnic excursion Saturday
afternoon.
A band wagon well filed with Ke-
nosha young people was driven up to
Racine Sunday. The occupants thor
oughly enjoyed themselves at a couple
of picnics held in that city. Several
Kenoshaites took the steamer at Ra-
cine for the excursion to Milwaukee.
The case of Louis Bohmrich VS..
M. 81. Petit Mailing company was fin
ished before Court Commissioner Nc
Dowell Tuesday The testimony taken
will now all have to be certified to the
circuit Judge for decision.
When it comes to jail deliveries,
here is one that corks" ours: South
Bend, Ind, Aug. 18-James Edwards,
the tramp who recently shot officer
Derrent, escaped today by biting off
enough Of the wooden door jamb of his
cell to loosen the look. He is still at
large.
Nj. McAlrie1, representative OF
the Wellsbach Lighting company, OF
Philadelphia, was here today to figure
with the council on proposition to
light the city with gas, using the
Wellsbach burners.
There must have been some hal
low-e'en parties out Tuesday night.
This morning when Postmaster Burg
got to the place where he was used to
finding the post Office, he found that a
sign proclaimed it an ice cream saloon,
while his barber shop got to be a har-
ness store.
Jack Riley thinks he is not going
to allow his horses to be driven by
himself into a sewer trench without
making someone pay for the damages.
SO he will sue the city for the alleged
damages sustained by him and his
team in its midnight career out in the
western part of the city about week
ago.
1t is not unlikely that the city will
soon be threatened with lack of
funds. At present the balance in the
city treasury is between. So, 700 and
$500. The council committees have
been instructed to reduce expenditures
as far as possible and several men will
be dropped from the city pay rolls.
And so Kenosha is honored with
presidential elector this fall. This is
quite out of the customary way. 1t
has been a number of years since it has
had one before, if it ever did. Miss
Lily Runals is that politician. She
was elected Tuesday at the state con-
vention of the national party at Wau-
paca as the presidential elector for the
First Congressional district.
The yacht Mamie returned home
from a months cruise Saturday night.
She brought with her a carrier pigeon
which was picked out of the water at
a point about three miles out from
south point near Milwaukee. The bird
had become exhausted probably and
fell into the water. 1t has on it's leg
a ring bearing the inscription: G.
NJ. '94 f" The bird is held for identii-
cation.
Lots of business was transacted by
the new trades and labor council Tues
day evening. A new constitution and
bylaws was adopted and such other
matters were settled as places the or