The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-07-30
From Saturdays Daily.l

Information received from Cuba
intimates that Gen. Maceo's latest
death has been fatal.
John B. Vosburgh, deputy warden
of the state penitentiary at Waupun, is
at home on brief visit
The Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lease
party has declared unreservedly for
Bryan as her candidate for the presi-
dency.
Even the middle of the road"
populists fall out when the factions dis
agree as to which direction they shall
travel.
Sometimes it would seem that the
number of political parties in the future
will be limited only by the number of
male adult citizens.
Harvey Durkee got his left hand
considerably cut Friday by landing
against barbed wire fence through
the perv ersity of a wheel.
Every once in while the weather
department seems to arrive at the con-
clusion that the month of July belongs
to the season of summer weather.
The prospects are that if the gold
democrats are to hold a convention the
assemblage will be unique among the
events of the year. There seems to be
no likelihood of bolt.
Considerable interest is now mani
tested in the probable product of Mr..
Grover Cleveland's steel pen when it
next comes in contact with q piece of
smooth foOlscap paper.
There's many a new sensation found
In the popular sport of wheeling"
But queerest of all, when far from home,
Is that ''punctured tired feeling"
The Hon. Arthur Sewall, in the
minds of a majority of the peoples
party leaders, must be nominated not
to be their vice presidential candidate.
The schooner Mishicott came in
Friday with lumber and had to be I'M
loaded as rapidly as possible owing to
fear that she would sink. She had
sprung a serious leak.
Excursion to Salt River valley,
Arizona, leaves here Sept. l, at one
half fare rate for round trip. For
further information address A. Nelson,
or E. G.. Timme, Kenosha. dj20wl3
What some of the people at st.
Louis seem to want is an arrangement
by which they can nominate demo-
cratic candidate without appearing to
approve anything that democracy has
done.
C. E. Sings, architect, has COM
pleted plans for the rebuilding OF the
Misses Petrie's house, corner of Ex
change and Deming streets, and the
contract for the work has been let to
James Wallis.
Along about midnight there was
a big steam barge just off the piers
whistling as though to wake the dead.
Each blast was powerful one and
each time there were four blasts. 1t
woke up all the town close by and
seemed to be in the most intense agony.
All the people aboard that barge
wanted was q tug to tow out certain
consort which laid here. Not satisfied
with waking this town she proceeded
to Racine and did the same thing there.
Mr.. Vosburgh and Mr.. King, off
GERS Of the state penitentiary, who are
here on a visit, each report that Geo.
S. Perrin is doing nicely and is in coed
health. He is still in the hospital,
where be keeps the books and assists
in nursing the sick. Barney Bloch il
now engaged in outdoor work and puts
in most of his time in the garden. He
is not we'll and takes his confinement Il"
heart Robinson is still in the kitchen
and does not seem to mind his punish
ment.
1t is the first time in many year
that it has been found necessary to
send out emissaries from Madison or
any other locality to notify the repub
licans of Kenosha and vicinity who
they should support for State nomin
alton, and to run their primary eau
cuses and select their delegates for
them. Heretofore the people Of this
city have been equal to the political
duties imposed upon them, and nothing
has occurred that makes them unequal
TO it this year.
At the matt house they had a two
inch pipe which did not let water
enough through for the purposes for
which it was intended SO they took it
down. When they examined it they
found that there was a half inch &C
cumulation Of a dark reddish sub
stance almost as hard as metal 1t
had left only half inch hole through
which the water could pass. The
water which had gone through it was
that from the artesian water system,
The pipe had to be thrown aside and
another substituted. A section of it
was brought to this Office and is now
in service as a paper weight.