The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-05-27

/ The book agents are in blossom
again.
r. T. Whitbeck was up from Chicago
Monday
Buttonhole bouquets of wild flowers
are in vogue just now.
n. C. Roberts, of Racine, spent Mon
day with friends in this city.
Frank Murphy. of Stockton, is
visiting relatives in this city.
Mrs. Hoskins, of Connecticut, is the
guest of Mrs. Charles Parker.
Fl. P. Tichenor, of Waukegan, was
in this city Monday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Truesdell are
visiting with friends in Chicago.
Louis Bohmrich is engaged in legal
business in Chicago for the next few
days.
Arthur Goodfellow started Monday
evening for his home in st. Joseph,
Mich.
Misses Lucia and Sophia Kemper, of
Milwaukee, were guests at Kemper
hall Monday.
About twenty of our people went to
Waukegan Saturday evening to attend
a surprise party there.
Roy Story, of Arlington, Dakota,
who is the guest of friends in this city,
spent Monday in Chicago.
1t develops that the Kenosha con-
tingent made a very respectable ap-
pearance in the great Chicago parade
Sunday.
John Brenton, Patrick McGrain and
Peter Drinkwine, three teamsters from
Waukegan, are here to assist on the
paving job.
Fred Barnes, who has been busy at
some fancy painting in Waukegan for
a few days past, has finished and re-
turned home.
When the life saving station has re-
ceived the finishing touches which are
now being put on it will look like a
new place. The painting will be fin
ished this week.
We publish today the statement of
the First National bank. Read it over,
it will do you good to see what a
strong banking institution we have in
our city.
W. G. Williams, of Milwaukee, will
give the annual address at the Racine
county old settlers picnic at Union
Grove on June II. The Rawson family
will furnish the music.
Local bicyclists who make any pre-
tense at fast riding are at present de-
voting themselves to training whenever
they can find the leisure time. If
Memorial day proves fine the road race
will probably be success.
At the last meeting of the school
board it was decided to have the COM
mencement exercises held in the opera
house, and the date was to have been
June Is; but the opera house being en-
gagged for that night, and in fact, for
all nights of that week with the excep-
ton of Saturday, it has been necessary
to change the date to Saturday night,
June 10.
The large sorrel horse which was
tethered at the cemetery all of Sunday
night proved to be the property of a
gentleman living short distance this
side of Racine. The horse got out of
the pasture and little by little was
driven by bicycles, ETC., into Kenosha.
He was taken home late Monday after
noon after Chief Stemm returned from
his trip to Bristol.
Mrs. Susan Brasie, an old resident of
Bristol, died at the home of her broth
er, James Bryant, in Bristol, on Friday
afternoon about $3.50 o'clock. She was
about IS years of age and had suffered
an illness of several months. The
funeral was held at 10 a. m. on Sunday
from the Methodist church. Mrs.
Brasie was a daughter of Jonas Bryant,
deceased. who lived to be nearly 100
years old.
Prof. Wirth's dancing school closed
it's season Monday evening with a
beautiful May party. The affair was
decidedly May festival. The hall
was beautifully decorated with May
flowers and the entire program was
carried out in spirit suitable to the
occasion A May queen was elected
by the ballot of all present. The
dainty honor fell to Miss Sadie Carr,
and she was crowned with the flower