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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-18
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Chicago & North Western Railway

NENOoHA SIAIION.
GOING SOUTH.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-18
STREET CAR LINE BY THE LAKE
Franchise Granted at waukegan for a
Railroad to Fort Sheridan


Railroad to Fort Sheridan.
Waukegan, H., Feb IL = The county
board of supervisors, in special session
this afternoon, granted the Bluff City
Electric Street Railway company of
this city a twenty-year franchise to
locate, construct and operate an electric
street railway along the country road
extending south from the south limits
of the city of Lake Forest to the north
limits of the village of Fort Sheridan.
For the most part this road follows the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad,
which it crosses once, and then skirts
the west side of the Fort Sheridan mill
tary post.
This session of the board was called
expressly to consider this matter. At
the meeting yesterday the petition for
franchise was read and referred to a
committee of five, who afterward went
over the route and reported today.
The position of the track at the side of
the road is specified. and the company
must widen the culverts it crosses and
comply with numerous other conditions.
The franchise was granted by vote
of IL to 5, those voting against it being
DESTROYS of greater concessions in the
shape of keeping the dirt road in repair
The railway must be completed over
this portion by July /, 1898. This
completes the right Of way to be
secured over public property for the
road from Waukegan south to the Cook
county line. There is as yet one and a
half miles of route to be secured be-
tween the Highland Park limits and
the county line, but this will be over
private property.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-18
THE BARRIERS BALL.
One of the Best and Most Successful of
the Season.


the Season.
One OF the most successful maSquer-
AIDES which have been held this season
was that of the BARRIERS union at Co
lumbia hall Thursday evening The
hall was simply crowded with people,
most of whom were masked. The
scene was remarkably queer and lu-
dicrOus one in many respects. The
crowd was of high order, the music
was excellent and the sort of time
everybody had is best described as ex-
ira good. Every preparation had been
made for great time and everybody
had it. There was no discount on that
fact And when the crowd broke up
every attendant was ready to vote the
BARRIERS the best entertainers in town.
The prizes of the ball went as fol-
lows:
To the best costumed gents group
Four young men dressed as BARRIERS,
each carrying big razor, and with
some familiar barber sign, enc of the
latter being fac simile OF the barber
unions charter.
The best ladies' group-Four KEN
per hall girls dressed as quakers.
The best comic group-The ushers of
the opera house made up as the barrel
brigade.
Best lady's costume Mrs. Miller.
Best gents Joseph Pitts.
Best comic Booksy Smith as hod
carrier.
The So in gold, which was drawn on
a ticket, went to William Newhouse.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-18
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
County Officers.
Bristol.

George Curtis Chairman. $500. Bristol, Wis
VIM Crosby Town Clerk. Woodwork, "
lay Edwards, Treasurer. Woodwork, "
George Shepard, Assessor. -.
Williams, Supervisor.
a E Cornwall. Supervisor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-18
WOULDN'T THIS FROST YOU?
Comment of the Waukegan Register On
Kenosha and Her Police Force.

Comment of the Waukegan Register On
Kenosha and Her Police Force.
The Waukegan Register has devel-
oped the strangest penchant recently
for getting it's nose into mares nests
than any of the papers on our exchange
list.
Thursday it heard through some
source or other that there was hold
up here and without either warrant of
fact or of even common sense it makes
the following comment on the town:
"Kenosha is naturally a tougher place
than this; they had two or three muir
ders during the past year, any amount
of criminal cases, charges against pub
lie officials, arson, hold ups and rob
berries. During the past month there
have been several robberies. 1t is not
entirely the trouble with the town
either; the police force is not efficient
and the officers are alleged to play
cards in saloons during their hours of
duty and on at least one occasion it is
known that a man wanting a night
policeman had to 60 and rout him out
of bed
If the fiippant quill pusher who
penned that paragraph can prove even
one-quarter of the assertions he has
made we will see toit that he is granted
pension for his discovery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-18
Engraved Calling Cards

Calling cards and invitations en-
graved in latest style from copper plate
at less than Chicago prices. Leave or
send your order or your old plate to
this office.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-18

The inclement weather and the va
riety of amusements in town Thursday
evening kept some away from the So
cial at the Congregational church.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-18

Thomas Hunter, Jr., of Galesville,
had one of his hands badly sawed in a
wood saving machine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15
The Courts Advice.

There was once western judge who
was never heard to use the pronoun
IT outside of his own immediate fam
lily circle, after his appointment to the
bench. At times his habit of reference
to himself lent an air of dignity to his
speech; at other times his listeners
seemed to be decidedly more impressed
with the humorous side of his addresses
than with the subject matter thereof.
One day young man slightly under the
influence of liquor was brought before
the judge. Young man." said the
Judge, impressively, when this court
was about your age It sometimes in.
fulged in drink, in consequence Of
which it nearly committed, on one oc-
casion, the crime of murder upon one
of the courts second cousins. But the
court saw the error Of its ways, re-
formed, and in time was elected Judge,
rs you now see. This court, however.
has not The slightest doubt that II It
had not abandoned it's youthful course,
1t would long since have been immured
either behind prison bars or In Its
grave! And 1t Is therefore especially
fit, young man, that this court should
urge you to do likewise. Youths Com
panion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15
WHEN WE KEPT STORE.

Do you remember, Brother Joe. the dear
old days when We
Embarked In brisk commercial life. a.
hopeful as could be?
Investing all the boarded wealth OF copper
cents and dimes
And going into bankruptcy at least dozen
timesg
dozen times, at least. say, but fancy It
was more.
We failed. and ate our stock OF goods.
When We kept store.
We opened In the coalhouse once with
eighteen gaudy sticks
or candy In an old fruit jar. "a nickel pur-
chased six.
And having fifteen cents we stocked as far
as II would so.
, Buying direct from Mr. Mears, the gro
ceryman. you know)
But not customer appeared, very much
deplore
10 say, In fact, none ever came
When we kept store.
One time you sold your rags and bones and
! gave you a whip
Which you had coveted. for half working
partnership
And. invoicing some peppermint. some pins
and indigo,
We opened in the haymow with our spir-
Its all aglow.
housekeepers by the score.
But ne'er person came to buy,
When we kept store.
We vigorously advertised In sheets most
neatly penned.
But II the people read our bills they did
not comprehend,
Or, comprehending, trusted not merchants
of tender years,
But most discouragingly stuck Qn trade)
to Mr.. Mears,
Driving us by the scantiness Of patronage
once more
To eat our edible assets,
When we kept store.
Trading In wheat, I've managed to lay up
fair amount.
And you, / understand. possess pretty
bank account.
Kind Providence has treated US extreme
ly well as men.
But sometimes / look back and wish that
once, just once again,
We two might for an hour or so be boys
Just as before,
Eating the stock which failed to sell.
When we kept store.
Chicago Record.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15

strength. The saurian snapped at it
and tried to bite it off, but being small
and round and hard wood he could not
secure good hold on It,
Her arms were firing and she be-
gan calling for help. Her 12-year-old
son soon responded and came running
down the bank with light ak in his
hand. Creeping up close to the alligator
quietly he dealt him blow on the back
with sharp blade that nearly severed
some three feet of the reptiles tail
The old alligator roared and, with n
violent effort, bit through the pole In
his mouth and endeavored to retreat
to the water. But this Mrs. Minnick
was determined he shouldn't do. Catch
ing the AK from her boys hands she
rushed up and, with one effective
stroke, cut off one of the alligator's
front paws. He fell over on his side,
roaring and believing with rage. His
ugly jaws closed together with a
vicious snap and his half-severed tail
still thrashed around in an ugly man
her. Watching her chance the plucky
woman cut off the tail entirely. Shortly
after two heavy whacks were delivered
on the head of the ugly saurian and the
victory was won. The head was cut
off and buried and Mrs. Minnick says
she intends to have set of jewelry
made from it's teeth.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15
ALL SORTS AND CONDITIONS.

A whale recently captured in Arctic
waters was found to have imbedded in
ats side harpcon belonging to whal-
ing vessel that had been out of service
nearly half century.
Mount Holyoke college has a new
elective course to train young women
who propose to enter journalism or
to teach English, and it is to be tried
for the first time the next college year.
In Warren, Pa, the druggists pro-
pose to close all their stores except one
on Sunday. Each of the stores will
have Sunday in turn, while the others
will give their employees rest.
A party of Lancaster Mennonites,
viewing the sights on "the hilF' at Har-
risburg. visited the governors room,
where the leader Mortified the attend
ant by removing his coat ON account of
the heat.
Spanish trains so seldom leave sta
tions on time that the time tables in
many cases merely indicate that hour
Iof departure-say eight and minutes
that is, an indefinite number of min
utes after eight.
1t is said that lemonade is microbe
destroyer, since the bacilli of cholera
cannot resist the acids, especially the
powerful citric acid of the lemon. One
grain, declares an authority, will de-
stroy all the microbes in quart of wa
| ter.
A resolution has been submitted to
the municipal council of Paris requir-
ing families to furnish every two
months a medical certificate stating
that infants under one year have been
cared for in accordance with hygienic
rules,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15
POPULAR SCIENCE.

A bee is never caught in the rain, and
you will notice that ants, wasps and
spiders will prepare their nests against
the coming Of storm many hours in
, advance.
| The frog cannot breathe with its
mouth open, its breathing apparatus be-
ing SO arranged as to exclude air at all
times, except when the nostrils alone
are working.
The purest water in the world is
said to be that of the small Swedish
river Loka, which In 100000 parts con-
tains only .434 parts of mineral sub
stances. The Thames at London bridge
contains in the same quantity of water
from 60 to 70 parts, the Seine in Paris
% to "a parts, and the River Jordan, 139
parts.
The Paris meteorologist, Prof. Meter
icht, estimates the quantity of water
turned into vapor by the sun in the
Mediterranean sea alone on clear,
hot summer day at not less than $780,
100000 tons. At that rate, the quantity
of water taken from the entire globe
on one hot day within the limits of the
temperate and tropical zones would
amount to not less than 245,000,000, 900
tons.
1.-THE longest unsupported telegraph
wire" says Cosmos, lis in Switzerland
1t crosses in one span the Lake of Wal
lenstadt in the canton of st. Gall, and
was put up by the Swiss telephone bu-
reau. Its extremities are fastened to
two iron towers, 2,400 meters (7,S72)
feet apart. In the lowest part this con-
ductor is 40 meters (131 feet). above the
water level of the lake. The line is OF
excellent steel and only two millimeters
az inches) in diameter"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15
THE MUSE IN AUTUMN.
Joined Together.


When they have connected Boston with the
town Of Omaha
Wen hold conversations thatll tire the
Boston Jaw;
We may be some short on grammar, an
our literary style
May induce the dudes O. Boston to turn
from the phone and smile:
An our wild an woolly voices which we
use across the plains
May cause Boston's soft awrickulers lot
o. shootin' pains,
But they'll have no trouble graspin' what
our conversation means
When we git to talkin' business with the
town that lives on beans,
II them Boston folk git funny an endeavor
fer to talk
Foreign words. you bet Wen beat 'em In
the slowest kind o. walk.
For we'll meet their Llndley Murray an
their talk o. stockings blue
With a mixture o. the Pawnee an the
North Nebraska Sioux.
Back Bay culture may be aw fay an It may
be reshershay,
But we're too blamed busy hustlin fer to
use our time that way
When we pay our iron dollars fer to spiel
about our biz
We're agoin' to use plain English an we're
gain to make 'er WHIT.
When we face the phones tranmltter an
we greet her with "Hello!"
Well expect the town O. Boston to refrain
from bein' slow,
Fer we've got to Stay ous porkers an we've
got to kill our steers,
And we've got no time for choosin' words
to please the Boston ears.
Wen expect her to so easy on her aka
demik style
An her CUFF about her culchaw for at least
a little while;
We're a mighty busy people an we keep
the world In grub,
Which is why we won't waste minutes
when conversin' with the Hub.
Omaha World-Herald
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15
THOUGHT OF TRIPlETS.
Physician's Absent Mindedness
Leads to Funny Complications.

IPhysician's Absent Mindedness
Leads to Funny Complications.
He is the last one of the old school of
doctors, very bland and polite, but also
very absent-minded, except where his
medical practice is concerned, and he
was called one morning recently to a
Prairie avenue home, says the Chicago
Times-Herald, where there is already
one small son in the family, to intro
duce another Going to the house tele-
phone he called up the head of the house
at his place of business.
Hello! Hello! Is this Mr.. Dream ?"
Eyes. What is wanted?'
This is DR.. Blank. wish to inform
you that you have another fine son.
Congratulations"
Then he rang off the telephone with
out waiting to hear what Mr.. Dream
had to say, and busted himself in pro-
fessional duties until ten min utes later,
when he again stood before the tele-
phone trying to remember who he
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15
WHEN YOU GO TO kLoNDIKE.

The medicine chest should hold pills,
pills, pills.
Sweat under blankets in summer or
get rheuma tism.
Take chessboard and men. They
prevent dementia.
Enough library: One Bible, one
Shakespeare.
Make caches on platforms six feet
high. Wolves.
Exposed portions of the body freeze
in three minutes.
Silk should be worn next the body,
then wooden, then furs.
Everybody gets ice. Boil under
clothing. Freeze sleeping bags.
No thief gets fairer trial anywhere,
nor any prompter execution.
No shelter is needed except when the
wind blows All other times a sleeping
bag answers all purposes.
In its low temperature gold filling in
teeth contracts and falls out. Use ANAL
gam. Have your teeth examined before
YOU go. Yea don't want toothache in
the Klondike.
Take plenty of flour. Buy all you
think you need, then buy more. Last
winter a man killed himself because he
had five pounds of baking powder and
no -four
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15

Georgia schoolboy who reads the
newspapers submits the following
unique composition on the lynching
evil: 'Lynching is wrong. 1t hurts
the limbs of the beautiful trees where
the birds sing. 1t also hurts the people
what's lynched. They should have a
regular hanging and sell peanuts and
lemonade. People what's hung regu-
lar, by law, always go to Heaven. |
don't want to go to Heaven that way"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15
The bargain Habit.

YES" said Maud. they have had
one slight disagreement"
Right in the beginning of their
honeymoon" exclaimed Mamie.
ut does seem too bad. But she is of
such an economical disposition that it
put her out of temper to learn that
he had paid one dollar for the marriage
license instead Of getting it somewhere
for 9s cents"-Washingto Star.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15

wanted and what he had to communi-
cate. Then he rang up Mr.. Dream
again.
Hello! Hello! Is this Mr. Dream? p
Eyes. Is this you DR.. Blank"
ut is, and | wish to say that you have
another fine SON." This time the doc
tor was not in such a hurry and he
waited to hear what Mr.. Dream had to
say. After long silence there came
from the other end of the telephone wire
a feeble wall.
another? Good Heavens, doctor,
don't call me up again. II win come
home and face the music like man..
And great was his relief when he
found that the doctor had merely com
phcated matters by repeating his first
message.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15
"ALL WORKED OUT"
An Instructive Lesson in the Death Roll
Of Our Great Men.
DR.. Greene's Nervura Protection Against
Premature Death. Value of Vigorous
Nerves and Pure Blood.

In the death of great and gifted
men and women, who have filled
the public mind and who are held
in tender and fearful remem-
brances, how many have gone be-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15
HOME TRYS.

For cold, hot salt bath at night.
Or, hot lemonade, on going to bed.
Or. a pint of cold water, drank on
going to toed, and extra bedding.
For diphtheritic sore throat, piece
of camphor the size OF pea, held in
the mouth till dissolved.
For worms, an injection of lump the
size of hazlenut of bitter aloes, in
one-half pint of hot milk.
For earache, five drops Of chloroforrn
ON a little cotton In a clay pipe, and the
vapor blown into the ear.-Good House
keeping.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15

the nerves and purify and enrich
the blood when both become
weakened, and to prevent, if taken
in time, such relapse of physical
force. He succeeded to such an
extent that DR.. Greene's Nervura
oodandnerveremedy has gained
a worldwide reputation through
its wonderful cures and the bene-
fits it has conferred on the thou
sands who have used it. In his
study of this subject he has also
become the leading authority on
blood and nervous ailments, and
so is sought as physician by peo-
pie everywhere. He charges no
fee for his opinion, and can con-
sequently be consulted, free of
- charge, by letter OF
S@s in person.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15

Ifyou are worked out, if weak,
nervous, run down or you feel
"out of Sorts" or if ya4hwant to
avoid the ills, weakness Ind ex-
haustion, SO sure to come, don't
delay. Get this grand restorer of
health and strength, DR.. Greene's
Nervura blood and nerve remedy,
at once, and it will make you well.
DR.. Greene's Cathartic Pills act
in perfect harmony with the Nerv-
ura, producing regular, natural and
healthy action of the liver and
bowels. DR.. Greene, of "a Temple
Place, Boston, Mass, who is our
mostsuccessful specialist in curing
all forms of nervous and chronic
diseases, can be consulted without
charge in regard to any case, per-
sonally or by letter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15
The Sun DfaI.


con which was written: II mark only. the
bright hours.'D
l mark the bright hours, and only the
bright;
l dwell not in darkness, but ever in light;
/ garner the sun-sheaves and dream not of
night.
Fast-fast fades the brightness, the bloom
O. the years.
And life seeks the light while the darkness
1t fears.
IT'S too swift for your sighing-too sweet
for your tears!
mark the bright hours. The shadow Is
cast
So soon on life's morning-the MONDAY is
past;
Treasure light for the night-treasure light
to the last!
Atlanta Constitution.
The Dear Little Fellows nm Jen.
It's little for all o. the toilin'-
A crust an a shelter; but, then,
The day has its light,
For 1t leads to the night
An the dear little fellows an Jen.
The bread o. the highway is bitter
The work III rewarded; but. then,
struggle along,
For my heart sings song
OF the dear little fellows an Jen.
An ever a beautiful rainbow
Is roundin' the dark sky. Amen!
For life is still spared,
An its blessn's are shared
With the dear little fellows an Jeni
IF. l.. Stanton. in Chicago Times-Herald.
ISeVISe1 -T.7a.son,.
"All things come round 20 those who wait"
Don't bank on proverbs cid and gray;
All things come round IS sure 2 g fate
To those who meet them just half way.
Chicago News.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15
In the Holidays,
the empty schoolhouse speak

Could the empty schoolhouse speak
Through the long vacation,
This Is what 1 think 'twould say
In its desolation:
"Oh, dear me! where can they be,
All the feet that went a-tripping
In and out, and out and in,
Round and round me skipping?
Where to-day the mice at play
Are the only sounds hear.
Where are all the little men,
Where each little lady?
Some are in the sweet green fields,
Some in woodlands shady.
Some afloat In painted boat
Glide along with easy motion,
Some are building sandy towers
By the big, blue ocean.
Far away shouts at play
Are the only sounds l hear.
"Yellow leaves are falling now,
Summer time is over;
They will soon return to me,
Every little rover.
Girls and boys, with pleasant noise,
Happy little voices humming.
They will gather round my door
Listen! they are comingi
Laughter sweet and hurrying feet
Are the merry sounds hear"
Youths Companion
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15
The Two branches.

"Penjab has written a poem called
The Idiots Joy"
what Is il about-scorching or court
Ing ?"-Chicngo Record.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15
1t is
Worth Something,

to be up with the process
sion and all opportunities
looking to that end should
be embraced, especially
when the cost is small.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15
swcetes, Little Feller.

sweetes' Little Teller.
Sweetes' little feller-
Everybody knows:
Dunno what ter call him,
But he mighty like rose!
Lookin' at his nanny
Wild eyes so shiny blue.
Make you think dat Heaven
Is comm clost ter you!
When he's dar a-sleepin'
In his little place,
Think see de angels
Lookin' through de lace.
When de dark Is fallin'-
When de shadders creep,
Den dey comes on tip-toe
Ter kiss him In his sleep.
Sweetes' little feller-
Everybody knows;
Z Dunno what ter call him,
But he's mighty like rose!
Frank L. Stanton, In Chicago Times-Her
aid.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-15

the seat of health to be strength
and vigor of nerve and pure blood,
and determined to discover a
remedy that would re-energize