The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-08-13

or all bids Address IRA p HELMS, Supt
Salem, Wis. dal4Wl2
The past week has been hard on
the ice men and On the ice consumer.
Fresh MELONS daily, apples,
peaches, pears and all fruits in seeason
at Baileys's. d6w
Michael j. Flanagan is talking OF
erecting business building on his va
cant lot on Main street.
The seat sale is now open for the
engagement of Clay Clement at the
Rhode opera house Friday night.
"A horse belonging to Rob Irving,
engaged in hauling sand for John
Priddis, was overcome by the heat
Monday.
District Attorney Buckmaster
would like to be his own successor this
fall and he announces himself candi-
date for the job.
--Ames Il Angler have just received
large shipment of clothing and hats
in fall styles What they will not be
to show you this season it will be use
less to look elsewhere for. d&w
Several young people who we're out
wheeling Monday evening drew up at
Lewis Bain's and went in to assist
Miss Lew Balm to celebrate her birth
day.
The boy the police went after at
the race track Tuesday had started on
his way home afoot by way of the rail
road track before the police got started
after him. When he left home he
brought $50 with him. When he
started to return he had but So
=" Somebody ought to have August
arrested for scorching," pertly re-
marks the Fond du Lac Common
a0eGlN. We think so, too, and pray
the common council TO enact an or
dinance prohibiting such at once. The
scorching of the past week has been
almost without precedent. The mer-
curry hovers around so and 80 degree
marks the day round.
Next week Henry Halberstadt will
begin the construction of three business
rooms on his Main street lot. The
rooms are to be 14x40 feet each and
the buildings will be only one story in
height; the contract price for the three
is $780, They are already spoken for
and will be occupied by Yeoman &
Sons, steam laundry and the Daily
Gazette.
The board of education is discuss
ing the advisability Of asking the COM
mon council for an appropriation for
another lot upon which to build an
other school building. The present
capacity of the schools is crowded to
its limit almost Another school will
soon be a necessity and the board
thinks there will be no time when lot
can be purchased as cheaply as now.
1t is proposed to put the next building
in the Fourth ward.
The school census for 1896 has
been completed The figures look
rather small but when It is considered
that about 0ne-half of our school chill
dren attend parochial schools the ap-
parent shortage is made up. The total
number of school children in Kenosha
and Joint school district is 2,786 Be-
tween the ages of z and Ii there are
1,207, and LILO attended school
twelve weeks or more. This is a
slight increase over last year. In 1895
there were 2, $40 school children and an
enrolment of but 943 in the schools.
Registration of voters as practiced
in Wisconsin is farce. There are SO
many ways of getting in votes after the
registry lists are closed that but little
value attaches to registration. In
marked contrast is the registry system
of California. In San Francisco the
registry lists were closed on August 3,
and throughout the state the closing
day is AugustS. The lists remain open
for some time for challenges and con-
tests and the names are then printed
in the great register of the county.
There is no way of swearing in a vote
unless the name of the would-be voter
is on the great register. Here are safe
guards which Wisconsin might adopt
with profit