The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-30

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sane by Judge Van Wyck Saturday af-
ternoon.
The Racine Journal says the la
dies of Racine are already thinking of
Easter bonnets.
When man eats too much and
becomes sick he says that ne has been
working too hard.
Get an overcoat at Ames & An
gier's special sale and be comfortable
the rest of the winter. dWtf
La Crosse business men claim that
the taxes are too high and will enter
into an investigation.
"A legally laid out highway ought
to be out four rods wide, and the road
bed should be sixteen feet wide.
The king of Ashantee has accept
ed Great Britain's term of peace. They
were handed to him on bayonet.
Peter Gales who has been working
at the Monarch Cycle Co., in Chicago
has returned to Kenosha to reside.
The war furries are about over
and the big controversies are settling
into shape for debating society topics.
james Dorsey was found drunk by
Officer Newhouse Sunday night and
was taken in tow and lodged with
Sheriff Cropley.
just think of it! The end of Jan
uary and we have not had cold
weather and snow enough to know
we've had any winter.
Z. G.. Simmons has a fine collection
of Congressional Globes and a valuable
file of the Patent Office Gazette he pro-
poses giving to the public library.
Matthias Goergen, settler of the
county since about 1850, who has lived
on Market street a number of years,
died Sunday forenoon, aged nearly 81
years.
The Park Avenue M. E. church
was crowded to it's capacity Sunday
night to hear Rev. E. D. Huntley
preach. Hesdelivered most excellent
sermon.
The Rev. Andrew Porter Of James
vile has been named as the successor
of the late Rev. DR.. Stowe as presiding
elder of the M. E. church, Oshkosh
district.
President w. W. Strong, of the
Kenosha Public Library, has list of
forty books made out, all of which and
probably more he will present to that
institution.
There was large audience at the
Congregational church Sunday evening.
The pastor gave very interesting talk
upon the life Of Christ, Illustrated by
stereopticOn views.
". K. Cushing, has started suit
in Milwaukee against the Chicago &
North Western railroad for $15, 900 for
injuries alleged to have been received
near Kenosha last October.
Taxes are high but people cannot
expect to have paved streets, sewers,
fire departments, good schools, water
works and other metropolitan fxins"
without paying for the same.
The smallest watch in the world
has been made, after two years labor,
by a Geneva artisan. The dial is one
sixteenth of an inch in diameter, and
the watch adorns the head of pencil.
Mrs. Martin, in looking over her
library, finds that she can give the
public library 108 books. Over ninety
of them are standard novels and the
rest are reference books of great value.
"A harbinger of gentle spring is to
see four or five local politicians stand
ing on the street corners basking in the
warm January sun, talking politics.
But it is a little too early to lay plans
for next April.
The ladies who read at Mrs. Mar
tins on Monday afternoons have the
honor of contributing the first book of
the new Public Library. 1t is book
recently published and highly praised,
=" St. Francis of Assist" by Paul
Sabatier.
It seems that there is something
more than rumor to the report that
some Chicago people are buying up a
large tract of land north of the city,
but those who are connected with the
deal are as mum as oysters and no
amount of persuasion elects much
light on the object of it. The local
people claim to have not the slightest
idea what the land is to be used for.
Another leap year is here and if
it's privileges are to be taken advantage
of we advise our fair readers to make
the most of it. There is not another
leap year for eight years. Under our
present calendar, established by
Gregory XIII, in 1882 and adopted in
English speaking lands in 1852, every
fourth year except those ending CEN
fury not divisible by 400 without re-
mainder. Thus 1900 was a leap year,
but 100 and 1900 were not and 1900
will not be. In this way the calendar