The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-23

care of pOStofhce. 10
John Baglow reports his shoulder
as much better.
Willis Hall went to Racine Sunday
on his bicycle.
"A new porch is being put onto the
Baptist parsonage.
Grant Nutting, of Davenport, Ia,
is visiting friends here.
Fred Hannahs is having his house
repainted. 1t is good Improvement.
The piers were barely large enough
to give room to the throng that wanted
to fish Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Schlax, of Will
mot, visited Sunday and Monday at
Clement Kroncke's.
The sand sucker working in the
lake broke down Sunday and work was
delayed for a few hours.
New shingles and porch on the
east side greatly improves the looks of
the Methodist parsonage.
Mayor Farr says that it is proba-
BILE that the purchase of the chemical
engine will be left over to next year.
People who have doubts about
where to go for the best class of grocer
les should lnstinctively turn to
Bailey. DIV
-Supt. Maloney reports very small
attendance at the teachers meeting at
Silver Lake Saturday. Only eight
teachers we're present.
George Hale, Of KenOsha, was in
the city Saturday making an effort to
interest some of our citizens in the
establishment of new bank at Keno
sha.-Racine Journal.
All progressive ladies should avail
themselves of the opportunity of listen
ing to Mrs. Hunts talks. She has
been endorsed by both press and pull
pit in all our larger cities.
Never has Kenosha been offered
such prices on wall paper as Melville
is giving. Think of it! lie. per roll fol
nice paper. Several thousand rolls re-
received this week. dWalSt
The Seig & Walpole manufacture
ing Co., is making some improvements
in and around its plant, grading and
smoothing the ground in front of the
works and preparing to construct q
lawn.
1t turns out that Capt. Parsons
who was arrested on complaint of q
Cohen woman for alleged assault on
the high seas off Kenosha, was proba-
blv the victim Of a Matchmaking
scheme.
There is a small house southwest
from the Central school building which
makes home for two families. One Of
the families have eight boarders and
the other four. They all hail from per-
secuted Poland. Sunday they invited
in a number of friends, secured large
quantity of liquid refreshment and
started in to enjoy themselves. The
fun had not proceeded long before il
grew fast and furious. A stove tipped
over and its contents were scattered or
The floor. Possibly the stove had beer
drinking, but it is not probable. Chic
Stemm was finally sent for, but the
language was altogether too volumin-
Gus for his vocabulary, and the atmos-
phere too numerous for his breathing
apparatus. However he Quoted them
What might have been serious
ending to a practical joke, was by
prompt action narrowly averted Mon
day night. There are five or six young
men who have engaged rooms at one
place, and they are forever playing
pranks on each other. Monday even
ing when one of the boys was entering
he stumbled across an obstruction il
the hallway. Lighting match he saw
that the object was coffin, at one enc
of which corpse was sitting, its fac,
fashioned into hideous and unearthl,
grin. The young man uttered one wild
shrek, the match fell from his nerveles
fingers and he fell upon his face. Foam
issued from his mouth and he clutcheC
with his fingers at the carpet. TIL,
corpse Immediately sprang to life, AM
soon three badly frightened young mel
were trying to undo their work. Tn
victim was revived in time to partici
pate in the wake, but that boarding
house will not indulge in any NOR
practical jokes in the future.