The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-07-30
Miss Una Slater has gone to Chi
cagO on visit to friends.

Miss Una Slater has gone to Chi
cago on visit to friends.
Mrs. Rob. Nicol gave very de-
/ ightful tea Saturday afternoon. Among
the guests present were Mrs Paul
Krez, of Sheboyan, Wis; Miss Nellie
Ely, of Boone, Ia, and Mrs. Marvin
Lewis, of Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shandrew, of Mil
waukee, visited DR.. and Mrs. Toles
Monday. They have decided to return
to Kenosha to reside and will occupy
their premises on Durkee avenue lately
purchased from James O'Donnell.
The Barron County Telephone
company, of Barron, has bought the
franchise in Rice Lake and will at once
proceed to put in exchanges both in
Rice Lake and Cumberland. The
company is doing an excellent business.
Frank Miller, the alleged burglar,
will not be tried here next Monday. He
will be released by the local officers and
turned over to Sheriff Pugh, of Racine,
for trial under the charge of burglary
preferred by Edward Burbeck.
| The annual reunion of the Wal
worth County Soldiers and Sailors So
ciety will be held in ElkhoTn August
13. Ex-Gov. Hoard, Capt. Weissert and
Col. J.::A. Watrous will be present, land
Congressman Cooper will deliver the
address.
An agent was in the city today
trying to work up trade for miniature
tin horns made some in yellow and
some in white so represent the party
standard bearers. They are small, to
be sure, but the amount OF noise one
gets out Of them is simply deafening.
Aid. O'Donnell presented resolu-
ton to the council providing for the
levying of the assessments for the paw
| ing on Park avenue. 1t took Clerk
Jacob nearly an hour to read the
dreary thing, but it was waded
through, while the aldermen yawned
and the audience slept
The commissioners were elected
by the council Monday evening to as
sess the damages and benefits in the
the matter of opening street through
the Carrie Lee property. and another
through the Hollister & Meers addi-
| ton. The commissioners elected were
O. NJ. Calkins, George A. Yule, Thorn
as Hansen, j. FL. Charles and James
Barr.
DIR. and Mrs. A. E. Elliot, of Lodi,
Ohio, are the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
O. G.. Franks. On August l DR.. Elliot
with Mr.. Franks will join the King
fisher club, of Cincinnati, on their way
to Prisque Isle Lake in Northern Wis
consin, where a grand campaign against
the finny tribe will open. Mrs. Elliot
will remain with Mrs. Franks until
their return.
The committee on streets, alleys
and bridges reported to the council
Monday evening that bridge across
the bayou to replace the old island
bridge would cost between $500 and
So, 900, and that the bridge construct
ors would not give any exact figures
until they could be assured that the
city really intended to build. The mat
ter was referred back to the same
committee.
The council took official action
Monday evening in the matter of Sc
curing free mail delivery. Aid. Schend
presented to the council several petit
tons which contained fully 1000 names
and asked that the city clerk be en-
powered to forward the petitions to
Washington and make formal and
official request for the delivery. The
motion carried unanimously.
The campaign will soon be on and
active work is to be done. There is
no plan so telling for results as close
work, and to this end it is the desire of
county and city committees that re-
publican ward and town clubs be
formed in every town in the county
and every ward in the city. Will the
various committees take the matter in
charge and soon after the state con-
vention has been held get the work of
organization under way?
Kendall Young, pioneer resident
of Webster City, Iowa, and for long
time president of the First National
Bank, died recently. Mr.. Young has
left his entire fortune, which is esti-
mated at from $4,000 to 100000, to
the city which was his home, to be
used for public library purposes.
Twenty thousand dollars is set aside
for the erection of a library building,
$4,000 for books, and the remainder is
to be used as a perpetual fund for
maintaining the institution.
The bicyclists of Kenosha are to
make an organized effort to break dogs
of the habit of attacking them when
they are on their wheels. They cause
many accidents. In other cities the
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