The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-05-13
(From Fridays Daily.)


force.
Kenosha is becoming noted for its
runaways.
DR.. Andre was called to Chicago on
business Thursday.
The council met in special session
Thursday evening.
A new crossing has just been laid at
the foot of Main street.
Miss JUNE Sershon smiles over the
counter at Barden & McArdle's.
The tramp question is becoming
serious one in this part of the state.
Citizens are spending their leisure
time just now in laying out flower
gardens.
81. C. Kenard, of Milwaukee, is
spending a few days with friends in
this city.
1t is reported that the owners of the
tug Charm. now under libel, are going
to sell the boat.
Miss Catharine Stofel, of Racine,
has gone to Paris on visit of a week
or two with her parents.
Mrs. Charles Frantz, Jr, returned
from Chicago Thursday where she has
been spending few days.
A circus is coming to town, and
probably in it's wake will follow the
usual lot of Migrants, tramps, etc.
A photograph of Main street looking
north, which was taken last Saturday,
is now on exhibition in the window of
Starkweather & Co.'s
Racine has followed the example of
Kenosha and notified all cyclists that
henceforth the ordinance against rid
ing the wheel on the sidewalk will be
strictly enforced and warning them to
observe the law.
We are in receipt of the annual
Memorial day program suggested by
the state department of public instruc-
ton, as a good one for the public
schools of the state to use tor that day.
The program is an excellent one, the
selections for it being of the highest
patriotic order.
People driving in the extreme south
west part OF the city, the section known
as Snakeville, complain of very rough
and ruttY roads. If the rad grader
were used there for short time it
would improve matters somewhat by
filling up the holes left by heavy wagons
when the road was soft.
Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. Melville
gave card party to a number of
friends at their home on Market street
Thursday evening. Whist was the
order of the evening. Delicate refresh
ments were served after the games.
The prizes were won by Mrs. Charles
Frantz, Mrs. Thompson, James Barr
and W. S. Lamb.
The officers of the Petit Mailing
company do not think the maltsters
should kick at all. Before the new
man came here they had to go to work
at 5 o'clock ia the morning. Siuce he
has been here they only work from a.
m. They think the maltsters are work
ing now under better conditions than
they ever have before.
Arrangements are on foot, so it is
reported, for a bicycle road race on
Decoration day. 1t is to be open to
ministers only. The entire prepare
tions have not yet been completed, but
as far as it has gone it is understood
that they will start from the Grant
house ride to Racine and finish where
they started. Rev. Corey will probably
start scratch, with Rev. Goldthope and
Rev. Roblee with handicaps of fifteen
and thirty minutes respectively. What
the time limit shall be or what prizes
shall be awarded, is not yet decided.
The Kenosha Duplicate Whist club
met in its rooms in the Benedict &
Tarbell building Thursday evening.
Owing to the inability of some of the
members of the club to be present, the
tables were somewhat broken up, and
only two were played. They resulted
as follows with Davidson substituting
for Welles: Howard Robinson and
Willie Charles played tie game with
Davidson and Kershaw; Andre and
Tarbell won from Chalfant and Reinold
by eight points.
Everybody knows that two or three
ring show is only bristling aggrava-
ton and anything but satisfactory, as
one loses, while watching what is going
on in all the rings, the whole per-
Torrance. Stang Bros. come to our
town. with an old-fashioned one-ring
show, such as we all delighted to see
in the palmy days of youth. when we
as boys brought water for the elephant,
run errands and then slipped in under