The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-09-03

from a visit with friends at Lake
Geneva.
Mrs. Geo. D. Head has been quite
i'll for the past few days, but is now
Dan Brister's family are just re-
covering from siege of measles. They
all had it except Dan.
Many housekeepers were annoyed
Monday by having the gas supply shut
off just as dinner was being prepared.
Some one has said that athletics
have tendency to enlarge the feet.
Don't be afraid, girls, go ahead with
your athletics.
Chief Marshall Stemm, of the
Labor Day parade, says that next
Monday when the procession is formed
there will be fully 1000 men in line.
The fruit season is at its height
and housewives are taking advantage
of the low prices and are canning more
peaches, plums and pears than usual.
Why is it that woman who thinks
it beneath her to carry home yeast
cake, will go to Chicago and carry
home seventeen large bundles all
alone?
The Wayside club will entertain at
a picnic Thursday September 3, the
members and their children or friends,
brothers and sisters. Supper will be
served at $50 o'clock.
A lively little scrap was pulled off
Monday evening between man named
Kennedy and the pop corn man north
of Ames & Anglers store. The police
stopped it before any damage was
done.
The Schubert quartette of today is
the Schubert quartette of old in name
only. The new organization sang at
the opera house Monday evening before
a fair sized audience, but did not by a
long way fill the bill.
Kaiser Wilhelm is now painting
pictures, and, inasmuch as the art
critics of Germany are aware of the
existence of law against lese majestic,
there seems to be no way to apply
restraining influence.
Mat Moder and Mat Nieson went
up Pipe creek on fishing trip Monday
afternoon and came back with as fine
a looking string of pickerel, silver bass,
black bass and bull heads as one would
care to see in days journey.
R. F. Howe came up from Chicago
Monday evening to spend the night
with old friends. He leaves Thursday
for Manitoba, where he will spend
three weeks hunting. He goes with
party of others in a special car.
"A Donation party and social is to
be given at the home of L. D. Jones on
Ashland avenue, Thursday evening
September 3 for the benefit of the
Mercy and Help department of the
Epworth League of the M. E. church.
Mr.. Finch and party of gentle
men, of Detroit, passed through here
Monday on pleasant trip. They took
a boat from Detroit to Milwaukee,
wheel to Kenosha, spent day visiting
friends, then on to Chicago and take
boat back to Detroit.
j. r. Kahn, the new dry goods
man will soon open up the store on the
corner of Main and Wisconsin streets,
was here in the city for a few hours to-
day. He went from here to New York
to finish his buying for the fall trade.
The store will have brand new stock
all through.
We have been asked why we did
not put the score made by the Aetna
base ball clubs game in Racine Sun
day. 1t didn't look well; wasn't of the
right sort. 1t was too small to raise
beard and wasn't big enough to chron-
icle, especially beside the 81 made by
the Lincolns.
R. 81. Welles returned Monday
evening from a six weeks visit in
Europe. He has enjoyed his vacation
and he speaks in glowing
terms Of the fine roads for wheeling
and brings back with him his Sterling
wheel on which he made many mile.
He says the English wheels do not
compare with those of American make.
-Nels Ingelson, who claims that Re
nosha is his home, came to the city on
Saturday to attend tle Buffalo Bill
show. He imbibed too freely and be-
came intoxicated. When it was time
to go home he appeared at the Chicago
& Northwestern depot and boarded
north bound train by mistake. He re-
fused to get off and brakeman showed
him off the step of the coach. He fell
and struck his head against one of the
iron rails on the opposite track and was
rendered senseless. 1t was believed
that he was dead. DR.. A. L. Buchan
was called and soon brought the man
around all right and said the liquor was
what allied the man. He was taken to
Jail. Witnesses say the man was fired
from the train while it was in motion