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

lumbia wheel, '96 model. It is a
beauty.
Mrs. C. P. Barnes, the new public
librarian, is spending a few days visit
ing among Oshkosh friends.
Miss Nettie Wolf entertained a
party Of twelve little friends Monday
evening at her home on Ashland Ave,
in honor of her birthday.
The English idea seems to be that
wherever there is boundary it is just
as well to get up dispute over it and
trust to luck and superior numbers.
Being an adept at painting is a
great accomplishment; but hand paint
ed dishes have no charm for the man
who is compelled to eat sour biscuits
There was a bastardy case on
in Justice Slater's court late Mon
day afternoon. The interested parties
are Miss Lydia Jeanitte and Herman
Strei,
The sooner Fort Sheridan ceases
to act on the theory that the corkscreW
is mightier than the sword the less
liable will the garrison be to carping
comment.
Mrs. John Welsh, Of Brighton,
died Monday night, Of heart disease,
20 years. The funeral viii be from st.
James church, Kenosha, Thursday
mornino at 1O:30 o'clock.
Architect Dickhaut is drawing
plans for house for Chas. Cooper, to
be erected on the lotrecently purchased
by him. Five or six other houses will
be built III the same neighborhood.
Elaborate invitations for the Chew
eret club mask ball, announced for st.
Valentines eve, ere being printed at
this office. You may consider yourself
fortunate if you receive one, as the boys
always make it pleasant for their guests.
Having advocated Woman's
rights" during the leap year season we
deem it but proper to make few re-
marks, admonishing girls of marriage
able age not to be too eager in quest OF
a husband. Thousands of good women
are today hewers of wood" simply
because they married the wrong man.
The greater portion of the cold
weather is still before us. You can get
an overcoat or ulster now at Ames &
Anglers special sale just as cheap as if
you wait till spring, so buy now and
have the use of your coat. If you will
need one next fall it will pay you to
buy now, for without doubt these
goods will be higher next year. dwtf
The safest, surest, quickest and
most reliable telegraph service to be
found in this city is that which is
known as the Postal Telegraph Cable
company, with Office in the United
States Express office. The service is
always prompt and direct and such as
is not equalled by any other concern.
It has over 5000 Offices which reach
to nearly ever corner of the country.
The gift to the public library made
by Mrs. Martin, consists of over ninety
volumes of fiction by standard authors,
such as Hall Caine, Stanley Weyman,
Lew Wallace, Chas. King, Walter Be-
SAINT, John Strange Winter, Justin Nc
Carthy, Edward Bellamy, Marion
Crawford, Jean Ingelow, Frances
Hodgson Burnett, Mrs. Oliphant, Miss
Mulock, Amanda Douglas, Kate Doug
las, Wiggin, Margaret Deland, Eliza
beth Stuart Phelps, Mrs. Whitney,
Marian Harland and Olive Schreiner.
The body of John G. Richardson
was found beside the tracks OF the
Wisconsin Central road last Thursday
morning near Antioch. He had evil
IDENTIFY been killed by train. Richard
son had been visiting in the neighbor-
hood of Trevor and Antioch for several
days. He left the home Of brother
in-law, F. A. Drom, late the night be-
fore to go to the home of another
brother-i LAW, W. S. Rinear, who was
to go north with him on a midnight
train. At the time it was showing
hard and it is believed that he did
not notice an approaching freight
train and was struck by it and killed.
Mr.. Richardson was postmaster at
Prairie Farm, Wis.
-Chas. Timm, superintendent OF
the Sterling Cycle works has called our
attention to the report of the recent
trouble with some of the employees of
his company, and he says that our re-
port of the affair was misleading in the
reference made to the members OF the
Chicago " Market street gang" being
employed there. Mr.. Timm says that
the men who were arrested are tough
enough to belong to any gang, but the
inference drawn from the report is
that there are others of them and such
he says is not the case. The large
majority of the Sterling employees are
sober industrious men and should not be
judged by the actions of a few drunken
toughs who have been discharged and
who wara in fact DISCHARGED from the