The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-08-27

find fault with the present location OF
| the United States.
-Nansen is returning with bag
full of magnificent scientific results. /"
That's what all of the explorers bring
back instead of the north pole.
i The pitiful truth seems to be that
the summer girl stands absolutely no
show in year when the presidential
candidates wife steps to the front.
1t seems. to be the determination
/ of the democratic leaders to drive off
with the band wagon and leave Watson
| in the middle of the road to walk if he
feels like it.
| Captain Albert Wallis genial face
was missing Thursday from the central
engine house. The captain took an
outing andsswentswith the excursion to
DeviFssLake.
of all the roads in this city of mis-
cradle streets, that stretch of road on
Prairie avenue for two blocks east of
the Chicago Rockford Hosiery works is
something fearful to think about
The cost of advertising is no con-
sideration (if within reasonable bounds)
if it brings the returns. Cheap adyer-
Using is always dear at any price and a
column of reading matter thrown in.
Thursday night the council in
structed the mayor and city treasurer
to negotiate a loan with the First Ma
tional bank for sufficient money to
meet the city's expenses until the first
of January.
The opening Of the bids for the
dredging of $4,000 cubic yards out of
Kenosha harDor were opened Thurs
day, but we have been so far unable to
| learn who got the contract or when the
work is to begin.
If any city has been overlooked in
the distribution of the national head
quarters it can have the matter made
right by addressing Mark Hanna or
Senator Jones, wherever they may be
at the time of writing.
F. A. KershaW, assistant superin-
tendent of the Sterling Cycle works,
and a few friends went out Thursday
to try their luck on the prairie chick
ems. They all returned in good health
and without feather.
-" What's this sixteen to one bust
ness mean ?" asked an inquiring citi-
zen of business man yesterday. 1t
MEANS, was the reply, that it takes
sixteen silver men to controvert the
arguments of one gold man."
The special committee which in
vestigated the open ditch running
| through block seven back of Chas.
Frantz's house reported in favor of a
two foot brick sewer The report was
amended and a two foot tile sewer will
| be constructed.
-Sieg & Walpole Manufacturing
company have decided not to do as
much general business this next year
as it has done the past. They propose
to keep the Windsor wheel on the mar
ket, but will go more largely into the
building of wheels for the jobbing trade.
A number of business men are here
this afternoon to make contracts with
the firm for goods.
The Knights of Pythias gave aball
Thursday evening in the pavilion at
the Uihlein stock farm in Pleasant
Prairie. A large number Of Kenosha
K. P.'s attended, returning about 3
o'clock this morning. Kupfer fur
nished two buses, each of which took
out jolly party. The use of the pa
Wilton was donated by Henry Laughlin
who is a member of the fraternity.
&C. 81. Gonnermann has consum-
mated a deal for the Jerry McCarron
farm in Pleasant Prairie whereby it
becomes the property of the race track
people. There are 1871 acres in the
farm and the price paid for it is SIS, 675.
The property adjoins the race track
and the managers have" bought it to
keep out those who would establish sa-
looms and road houses near the track.
At twenty, when man is young,
he thinks he knows it all; he likes to
wag his active tongue aud exercise his
gall; he struts around in noble rage;
the world is all his own; he laughs to
scorn the world of age, and lists to self
alone. He wears window in his eye
to see his whiskers grow; he thinks the
ladies pine and die because they love
him so. At forty as you may suppose,
he's knuckled down to biz; tits not till
sixty that he knows how big chump
he is.
Plans are being prepared by the
owners of the whaleback Columbus for
the building of pier from the shore
into Lake Michigan at some point
nearly midway between Chicago and
Milwaukee. At the land end of this
pier will be a park. and on her trips
between Chicago and Milwaukee and
roturn tbn Uha1pbapk will sion at thn