The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-30
: Joseph Toner, of Chicago, is spend

Miss Cynthia Mcclellan is spend
ing her vacation with her sister, Mrs.
VIM. Stanbridge.
Miss Kittie Ward, who has been
visiting friends at East Troy, has re-
turned home again.
City Clerk FL. l.. Bacon, and wife
and Mrs. E. Berry, all of Oshkosh, are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. M. 81. Bacon.
Architect Dickhaut is preparing
plans for new residence to be built
by C. j. Gronquist on his Park street
lot.
The Kenosha high school base
ball nine will play return game with
the Waukegan high school nine next
Saturday.
The twelve inch sewer upon the
western end of Prairie avenue is to be
taken up and replaced by a fifteen
inch sewer.
Officer O'Hare arrested Chas. How
ard and Chas. Cochin Friday evening
for drunkenness. They were fined ST.
apiece and costs.
Gene Head knows how to sell real
estate. This last week he has disposed
of eleven lots for cash, each lot selling
for from $3.50 to $3.50.
If the stars are not in favor of Maj
Mckinley we are mistaken. Now he
has had the good luck to have the
London Times roast him.
After trying on few more cabi-
nets it is earnestly to be hoped that
President Faure ..and the French pub
lie will find one that will fit.
Work is progressing quite rapidly
on the Market street paving and it is
quite possible that the workmen will
begin to lay bricks in two weeks time.
-Four hundred and fifty dollars was
assessed for the purpose of opening
Lyman avenue. 1t is now to be paid
back to the people from whom it was
raised.
1t can be confidently asserted that
the not distant future will bring to
light painful evidences of overproduc-
ton in several branches of the cam
paign- button industry.
City Clerk Jacob is placed in the
predicament of a man who has money
and wants to get rid of it. He has on
hand number of witness and jury
fees which are awaiting claimants.
Mr.. Upton rides a horse that is
peculiar in one respect. He objects to
being called democrat. When he is
told, i" You are democrat" he kicks
backward, first with one hind foot and
then with the other.
Street Commissioner Boyle is now
a policeman. By order of the council
Friday evening the street commissioner,
ianitor, sexton, depot agent and 0. B.
Barber, merchant police were appoint
ed special police without salary.
The officers of the Milk Shippers
Association find it much easier to do
business with the milk buyers than
with the farmers. The honest milk
dealers, of Chicago, are inviting and
will give bonds to treat their customers
fairly.
Emil Liebling, concert pianist and
composer, says: "The glory of the
Kimball piano is tone that interprets
the highest class of music with the err
rorless precision of a perfect human
voice."
w52 JOHN MCKUNE.
When the council opened the bids
for constructing a culvert on Park ave-
nue., the following offers were found:
j. 81. Tulley, 1896; James Filbin, $419;
John O. Jones, $448; O'Malley &
Hoban, $3.50. Mr.. Tulley proposed to
construct the culvert of stone. The
contract was awarded to O'Malley &
Hoban. Frank Fl. O'Malley and Thos.
Hoban constitute the firm and this is
their first contract.
The committee on streets, alleys
and bridges was delegated to confer
with the property owners concerning
the grade of the western end of Mar
ket street. AS at present proposed the
grade will bring the paving two feet
above surrounding lots and the land
owners are up in arms. If any one
imagines that it is an easy matter to
pave a thoroughfare and please every
one he will please confer with the
council and city engineer.
One of the teams engaged on the
Park avenue improvements created
quite commotion on Main street
Monday evening. The team had just
finished days work blowing and had
been hitched to wagon when they be-
came frightened and dashed off on a
run. The driver was on the ground,
but chung onto the reins until he stun
bled and lost his hold. Two children
were in the road, but they managed to
get to one side just as the team rushed
frantically past. Both horses fell near
Starkweathers drug store and slid sew
eral yards under the impetus of their