The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-18

A determined effort is be made bg
the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis X,
Omaha railway to eject number 05
squatters who are holding down para
of the company's right of way 81 4bB
town of Hawthorne, near West SngeT-
ior, and who have thus far resistss8 aBg
amicable efforts to get them off. Ssm-
mons in eiectment suits have beeR
served against four of the alleged
sQuatters. being August Hammer, G. J.
Brown, John Johnson and WillIaTB
Doyle, and the proceedings are retn3n-
able in Judge Parkers court next week
1t appears that the railroad changed
its line about year ago to make y
shorter run, and eliminate q curve at
Hawthorne station. and condemned
through the base of a hill in the center
of the village. The postOffice anu
depot is now on the disputed gronnEb
and the settlers refuse to move until
the postof1ice does.
The letter carriers of Oshkosh who.
have claims against the government for
working overtime between 1888 ana
1894 have received notice from Wash
ingt0n that the claims of the eleTens
carriers which aggregated $1,000 wllA
be settled by the government for $4,000,
a cut of little over so per cent The
carriers will accept these terms, and ID
a few days, or perhaps weeks, the car
riers who had claims in for overtime
will receive their windfall.
Ice cutters on Lake Ripley we're
frightened into helplessness by the
sudden appearance in the open channel
Of Ripley's famous sea serpent which
lifted it's hooded head for a moment,
even with the icy surface and then dis
appeared to the warmer depths. This
serpent, over thirty feet long, has neDe9
before appeared in cold weather. This
is the latest story from Lake Ripley
The Marinette Gun club will hold g.
meeting next week to formulate petit
ton to the legislature in regard to the
deer law The petition will be in spD-
stance q request that during the deer
hunting season no one shall be allowed
to use a dog in the woods The sports
men of the city will generally be asked
to sign this petition.
A movement has been started among
the farmers in the southern part nj
Marinette county relative to the inn
provement of their condition by paying
mere attention to the dairy products
and increasing the number of COWS
The past year has proven that the
ordinary farm products of that section
do not net any profit at tln% present.
prices.
Football Capt. Harry Hj%'~ajoE &az5
a scrimmage with an ugly De-. It B83oi5s-
The dog, big animal of the .~~ytonDf3
land species, attacked the at>sy, 8 as hR
was hurrying down town from The Sig
ma Chi chapter house, and before
Hinckley could drive it away it bad
bitten his face badly in several places
James Michigan of Dodgeville is.
suffering from very sore eye and may
lose it. About three weeks ago he was
driving pigs into a car and using whip
as a persuader when it rebounded, the
tassle striking him in the right eye,
causing the injury.
A tramp, who had been accomm0-
dated with a nights lodging by john
Dixon Godfrey, of Milton, robbed his
host of a fur overcoat, trousers, watch
and a small sum of money.
Two new 45-ton freight engines have
been received by the Green Bay 4
Western road and will be placed on the
run between Green Bay and WinoBal
within a few days.
The Enterprise, a new and breezy
paper, has made it's appearance al
Oshkosh.