The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-02-27
(From Saturday,s Dali : )

-H0FD6rC CuSlOl maSQ0u one OI
the fingers of his left hand at the
Northwestern Wire Mattress factory
Friday.
-Sulphume baths are unexcelled by
the most celebrated sulphur springs
with the additional advantage of being
taken at home. The medicinal effect
of sulphur baths, by absorption of sui
phur through the glands, acts directly
upon the blood, purifying it, and re-
moving all unhealthy seeretions and
odors from the body. Sulphume is the
greatest blood purifier known. Try it.
For sale by Woodward & Conley. dwtt
There are all sorts of clubs nova
days-eating clubs, thirteen clubs,
whist clubs, fat mems clubs, and lean
mems clubs-but the most unique of
them all is the one recently started in
New York, entitled Z" The Society of
Pointed Boards" The first article of
the constitution says: No one shall
be eligible unless he have carefully
cultivated beard, terminating in one
symmetrical point half-inch from the
apex Of the chin, of sufficient evidence
to preclude controversy. It is rather
difficult to imagine what this club
talks about. They surely cannot al
ways discuss one another's whiskers.
Here is some good advice for peo-
pie who believe in and practice pur-
chasing articles from travelling vendors,
or who send away for goods that can be
procured at home: Elf a travelling
peddler comes along and tries to sell
goods, before purchasing, ask him if
he will take your butter, eggs, hides
and other farm produce. Ask him if,
when your neighbOrhOod gets ready to
build road or bridge across that
creek or slough, he will be willing to
donate a few dollars to help 1T along.
Tell him there is poor widow down
the road who would be very thankful
if he would donate few provisions.
Finally, say to him that money will be
scarce next season and would he mind
trusting you for a few dollars worth of
goods. If lie will agree to all of this,
then patroniZe him.
"A prominent business man in this
city wonders where our city is coming
out if it continues to take on more bur-
dens than it now has. He sat down
this morning with the NEWS man and
made some figures. Here they are and
they ought to make some quite interest
ing reading: The old debt of the city
amounts to $185,000. We are paying 5
per cent. on it, or SO, $50 per year. On
our water works bonds we are paying 3
per cent. The bonds amount to 1927,
900. That makes $3.50 more. After
1898 we will have to pay $4,000 per
year more on the water works plant,
and we have agreed to pay $4,000 per
year ON the principal of the old debt Of
the city each year. That makes total
expenditure of 100000 per year. Now
he figures that if an electric light plant
is added to the other tax eating insti
buttons of the city, there would be, &C
cording to the Wheeler scheme, 13O
lamps to pay $3.50 per year apiece for,
or total of $40, 40 more. Add that
amount to the other sum and we have
$40, 740. That amount represents a
tax of y per cent. on our present as
sessment. Now, take into account the
regular running expenses of the city,
such as police salaries, poor fund,
street cleaning and the hundred and
one other incidentals, and they have all
got to be SOU eezed inside the remaining
3 per cent, which will crowd us for
years to q full 5 per cent. tax for years.
There are the figures. What will be
done with them
1t is just a year since the lnstltu-
tion OF Col. Frank Council No. II,
Junior O. U. A. NJ, and the members
celebrated the event in royal style Fri
day evening at their hall in GrOnquist's
building on Park street. Invitations
had been extended to about one hun
dred guests, and most Of them were
present to enjoy the program and gen
eral good time. Prof. Rudolph Man
gold, the eminent pianist of Chicago,
gave the first number on the program,
which was well received. Chas. Kel
lerman, ST., of Chicago, an uncle OF
Chas. Kellerman, superintendent Of the
reed department at the brass mill, sang
Z" The Grave on the Heath, +" and al
though Mr.. Kellerman is IS years of
age, his voice is rich, deep bass, and
seemingly as flexible as it had ever
been. This number and others given
by him were gems and were heartily
Prof. W. W. Carnes, of
Chicago, who is we'll known in Keno
sha, having appeared here with the
Imperial quartette, gave g TIE Rising,
s" On the Shores Of Tennessee" and
other selections, and so added new
friends and laurels to his already large
list. w. M. P. Davis is q new
conner to Kenosha and is connected