The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-05-06
Building still progresses.

This is the last month of the spring
season.
The house was the popular place
Sunday.
All who were out Sunday were out
on business.
Miss Aggie Wood is visiting friends
in Rockford Ill.
| All proposed base ball games were
called off Sunday.
Keck Wheeler spent Sunday with
friends in this city.
M. W. Dininger spent Sunday with
friends in Milwaukee.
Mr.. Dillman spent Sunday with his
mother in Milwaukee.
Miss A. Saunders, of Milwaukee,
spent Sunday in this city.
II. M. White, of milwaukee, spent
Sunday With friends.here.
P. t. Bruce, of Chicago, called on
friends in this city Sunday.
F. Fl. Karnes, of Waukegan, spent
Sunday with friendsssin this city.
Emil Tecktonius, of Racine, spent
Sunday calling on friends in this city.
Mrs. Chas. Frantz has gone to Chi
cage for a few days visit with friends.
Charles Tonert expects to build a
new house on his farm in Pleasant
Prairie.
Miss E. Wood went to Rockford Sat-
urday for a weeks visit with friends in
that city.
John Schmitt is about to lay a new
sidewalk alongl his property on Ex-
change street
Boats that passed here Sunday at
tracted a good deal of attention from
Kenosha people.
The lake was in a tumult all day
Sunday. There were few persons
brave enough to venture down to the
shore to witness it.
Miss Katharine Bushell, who has
been spending a few days with Mrs.
Alex. Huck, returned to her home in
Chicago Saturday evening.
A large spaniel belonging to Jacob
Ernst was poisoned Sunday night. A
large crowd congregated to see the last
commissions of the dying dog and to
assist in administering hot lard and
other connections intended to relieve
his suferings.
The report of the Kenosha Public
library for the month of April is as fol-
lows: Number of additional borrowers,
81; number of books loaned during the
month, 2,428. During the two months
Of March and April 318 books were
added to the library, 287 by purchase
and 81 by gift.
A matrimonial event took place Sun
cay evening in Chicago which was of
interest to Kenoshans. The ceremony
united Miss Jennie Goodman. of that
city, and Herman Feiges, who is to
open a store in the Reed block, across
from the postoffice, in a few days.
Joseph Rhode took his orchestra to
Chicago to furnish the music. The
couple will, of course, reside here.
The Columbian Comedy company
closed a very successful week at the
Rhode opera house Saturday night
The company had a crowded house
almost every night, Thursday night
being an exception. 1t stormed so
hard that night that the company
played to an $l8 house. The play In
Old Virginia" was very good one and
pleased the audience we'll. The spec
ialties were all of the same high order
which had been maintained during the
week. Some disappointment was eX-
pressed because the younger of the
Hill children did not appear This
was because of sickness. The COM
pany can be assured of good house
at any time it ever returns here.
A party of Kenosha gentlemen as
the guests of the Milwaukee, Racine &
Kenosha Electric Railway Co., went
from Racine to Milwaukee and return
Sunday via. the new railway. They
left here for Racine at 9:57 and left
Racine on the electric railway at IL
o'clock. The trip to South Milwaukee,
the present limit of the Milwaukee,
Racine & Kenosha railway, took just an
hour and ten minutes. At times owing
to the recent heavy rains: and the fact
the track was muddy, the progress was
necessarily slow, but the speed acquired
at other times showed as our gentle
men stated that there was 10 limit
that they might not achieve under
| favorable conditions. The ride from
South Milwaukee to Milwaukee was
over the city line and very much slow
er. The party met according to ar
rangements at convenient place pre-
paratory to the return trip, which be-
gan about o'clock. What was done