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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-07-07

Gentlemen The following is an esti
mate OF the amount of work done by
Harding & Nelson on their contract
for sewer on Grand avenue, West
street, York street and Ashland ave-
nue..
1870 fit of AZ in sewer at 50 So per it ..S3276 81
1850 fit of SO in sewer at g. 80 per fit 3l05 90
726 fit of 80 in sewer at S1.48 per TT 1914 4S
II manholes at $50 90 each ............ 240 90
-
BY cash ............ .......... -. 1000 90
Amount due in cash and bonds ......... 1896 08
Respectfully submitted
j. B. DAVIDSON, City Engineer.
Aid. Gonnermann moved shat the
clerk be instructed to draw an order in
favor of Harding & Nelson for s., 800 to
apply on their contract.
Motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes = Aid. Gonnermann, Brister,
Weier, Berns, German, Tarbell and
FRANKIE.
Nays-NOne.
The committee Oh sewers reported
as follows:
To the Hon. Mayor and the Common
Council:
Your committee on sewers to whom
was referred the several bids for sew
ers, respectfully report that we have
carefully examined said bids, and
would recommend that the contract be
awarded to Hansen & Co., of Racine,
as they are the lowest bidders.
G.. 81. GOnnermann,
G. A. Tarbell,
JAS. German,
G.. Weier,
Committee.
On motion of Aid. German, the re-
port was accepted.
Aid. Gonnermann moved that Han
sen & Co. be required to furnish bond
for $4,000.
Motion carried.
Alu. Gonnermann moved that the
Clerk be instructed to return the GER
tilted cheeks to the unsuccessful bid
ders.
Motion carried.
On motion of Aid. FRANKIE, the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted:
Whereas, by this Council one of the
regular meetings thereof was heretofore
fixed on the evening of July 4th, 1898.
Now, therefore, be it resolved, That
said regular meeting be not held on the
evening of said day, but that instead
and in lieu thereof regular meeting
of said Council be held on the 18th day
of July, A. D. 1898, at the time and
place appointed for the holding of such
meeting, to wit, at the Council Room,
in the City Hall, in the First ward OF
the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin.
The specifications for raising Grand
Avenue bridge were presented and on
motion of Aid. Gonnermann, ordered
laid over until the next regular meet
ing.
Aid. Gonnermann stated that it was
necessary to take some action with re-
gard to the Grant street, Broad street
and Milwaukee avenue sewer; that
there was a difference of opinion as to
the brick and as to single or double
ring sewer.
Aid. GOnnermann moved that the
sewer be constructed 80 inch and a
"a inch single ring as per contract and
that a sewer inspector be employed to
thoroughly inspect each and every
brick and reject all poor brick.
The vote was as follows:
Ayes-Ald. GOnnermann, Brister
and Tarbell.
Nays-Ald. Weier, Berns, German
and FRANKIE.
Motion declared lost.
On motion of Aid. FRANKIE, the
Council adjourned.
GUS JACOB, City Clerk.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-07-07
An Old Mans
Last Hope.

MADE helpless as a baby By a dreaafA nervons dis
ease he read Of case like his ozen and had enough
faith to Jol07O the example 1t set him. NozO he is
himself an example to others aOhO are suffering from
disorders Of the mervouS system.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-07-07

aEaz@zzszrzs1 The large red splotches on my
sslslsess 3sgz2x TO grow paler and smaller. and
asae2ssgz ESsEg disappeared entirely. l Tregained
zargr 24za w@ight, became stronger, and my ap-
sas4gazssSCaez8y improved. was soon entirely
sI.sEsEE azy skin as clear as piece of glass
~ NgBRs, 100 Mulberry St., Newark, N. j.
Ess& destroy all possible chance of a
lzma3 fg kzking the doctors treatment
sasgzzgzrs.7ry and potash These minerals
asmmsse Me hair to fall out, and will
-. .t.Ees entire system.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-01-07
Satisfied with His Keeper.

An English gentleman engaged a
strong and powerful Highlander to act
as gamekeeper on his estate. The
Highlander, having been a consider
able time at his post before there was
any prosecution Of %poachers, his mas
ter began to think hat his new game
keeper vas not a good hand at catch
ing poachers. He determined to find
out whether the man did his duty or
not, and, accordingly, n dark night
he disguised himself and went out with
a gun to poach on his W grounds.
He had only fred one or two shots
when he was suddenly pounced upon
from behind and his gun taken from
him. Then kicks and blows were
showered on him till he fell down half
insensible. He was seriously Ill for a
fortnight a%fterward; but now he new
err doubts whether the man can per-
form his duty or not.-Pittsburg Dis.
patch.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-01-07
Tortured by Trampa.

Mrs. Caroline Norris and her grand
SON., Samuel, were last week burned to
death in their home, a log cabin, near
Piney Plain, in the southern part OF
Allegheny county, Maryland. The sec
ton Is an isolated one.
Mrs. Norris was found lying across
a stove dead and terribly burned, and
her grandson was in the same condi-
ton. 1t Is thought that the house was
entered by tramps, who, knowing that
she had money in the house always,
tortured her to get 1t. 1t Is believed
that three tramps In Jail at Martins
burg, arrested for robbery, perpetrat.
ed the crime.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-01-07
Died OF Excessive Joy.

Mrs. Nellie Harbon, &c years old.
died suddenly at her home, 256 Cleve-
land street, Brooklyn, the other morn
ing, and Coroner Mason, who held the
inquest, said death was due to the
bursting of a blood vessel in the brain,
caused by excitement. Mrs. Harbon's
maiden lame was Nellie Hayden, and
three years ago she met Charles J.
Harbon, a sailor in the United States
navy They were married on Jan. 10,
1895, and the following October Har-
bon was sent to the Southern Pacific
station. During the first year of his
absence he wrote regularly, and then
his wife failed to hear from him and
believed he was dead. Two weeks ago
the Annapolis landed at Key West, and
Harbon wrote to his wife that he wal
alive and we'll, and would be home to
spend Christmas with her. She was
overjoyed. and two days ago when
Harbon arrived the excitement caused
his wife to become hysterical. She
complained of headache. and Harbon
kissed her. She said 1t soothed her,
and then fell fainting in his arms. He
placed her on a lounge and summoned
DIR. Frank Senior Of Arlington avenue,
who, on his arrival, pronounced thu
woman dead.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-01-07

mother vas OF the Quincy Adams
stocks. At the time Of her birth her
mother was leading in a stock
company at the principal theater In
the Mormon capital. When the in
FAINT Maude was but nine months old
she made an emergency debut upon the
stage In THE Lost Child" Five years
later she made her second appearance,
this time with j. X. Emmett. with
whom her mother was then playing.
She afterwards won favorable notice
as the child in "A Celebrated Case"
Shortly after this she was SEM to the
Presbyterian School for Girls in Salt
Lake City. where she remained until
she had reached the age of sixteen. n
spite OF the effort made during hor
school life to divert her inclination
from the stage, she. Immediately upon
leaving school, returned to the glare
OF the footlights, appearing at the BIZ
jou theater, this city. In "A Midnight
Bell" and when 1t was withdrawn she
Joined Charles Frohman's forces. She
won much fame as the ingenue In
Men and Women" and by her crea-
ton of Nell, the crippled working girl,
In THE Lost Paradise" In Septem-
Der. 1892, Miss Adams became leading
woman for John Drew. a position she
retained and filled with credit until the
close OF the season. She made her
debut as a star, under the anagemen
OF Charles Frohman, at Washington,
ID. c., Sept. 10 of the present year, ap-
pearing in j. NJ. Barrie's four act com
cdy, THE Little Minister" Her met
ropoljtan stellar debut, in the same
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-01-07

struction. where his talents gained him
rapid advancement. In 1881 he was
honored by being chosen director Of
the Theresianum Academy. In 1885
he was made minister OF war and
public instruction, one OF the most i'm
portant positions in the cabinet. He
was then only "a years old, and II is
said that no other man has received
this appointment at so early an age.
In 1893 he retired from the cabinet
with Count Taffee. but was again
chosen to the same Office in 1896 under
the premiership Of Count Badenl. One
Of the most conspicuous Of his services
is the reform Of instruction in .he
high schools and universities. He mar
ried the daughter Of Schlumberger The
celebrated wine grower. Their eldest
daughter was married a few weeks &
TO Baron Klein, secretary OF the pro-
vincial government OF Moravia, the
wedding being an especially brilliant
event in Vienna society. The baron
Is tall and fine looking, with a hand
some face. His hair was gray before
he was 80.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-01-07
Germs Killed by Heat.

In view of the destructive effect of
sunlight, especially OF the blue to the
ultraviolet rays, upon bacteria In win
ter, Professor II. Marshall Ward would
explain the comparative freedom of
waters under the blazing hot summer
sun from bacteria, as against the more
abundant infection OF the same waters
in winter. Pasteur and Miguel found
that the germs floating in the air are,
for the most part, dead-kllled, the
author holds, by the sun. Yeasts which
normally vegetate on the exterior of
ripening grapes are destroyed, accord
ing to Martinaud. II the heat be very
intense, and Guinti has observed that
the ingress OF sunlight binders acetic
fermentation. When the typhoid bac-
illus falls into turbid, dirty water in
summer 1t finds a c%ongenial propagat-
ing place. The dirt furnishes 1t food,
absorbs heat TO Increase the warmth,
and keeps off the hostile blue and violet
rays.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-01-07

along with the others. But, unlike the
others, the diamond back refused TO
bite him, ever when scratched between
the eyes with a spear of timothy a few
days ago.
Suggs was on his return home after
an itinerary embracing the county fairs
and fall sessions of Circuit Court In
Egypt. He wore new store clothes,
and his pockets bulged with silver, the
offerings Of the awe-struck witness 20
of his miracles. Just after a hearty
dinner a score Of his followers hsd
gathered about the hotel porch, and ST.
las was urged to show what he could
do with the snakes for m last time
before he returned to his little lonely
log cabin just over the Pope county
line. What he did and what followed
Is only what he had done with impun-
ity a hundred times before.
He opened the box and thrust in his
barred arms.
The snakes coiled and writhed about
his arms. He drew forth the wrig-
Cling, kissing mass and let the snakes
wind about his neck and hang across
his shoulders. The big rattler did no
more than give a keener buzz and
shriller whirr than had ever before
formed the note of his formidable rattle
and chung with his back and yellow
folds closely to the old mans arm
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-01-07

able and impartial manner In when ne
discharged his duties as minister Oh
public instruction under the premier
ship Of Count Badeni. he enjoys me
confidence OF all. His wide knowledge
OF affairs and his diplomatic methods
recommended him to the high position
to which he has been appointed. IL
Is thought that he will devise some
amicablc means Of patching up the OK
listing differences of the German and
Bohemian speaking people Of the en-
pire. The baron is one Of the most
scholarly men Of the empire and IN
orator OF no mean ability. His speeches
before parliament have always attract
cd Il throng. He Is the author of Sow
oral legal works. The people love him
and delight to refer to him as Il self
made man. His father was n captain
OF police in the City of Vienna. The
son was educated at the famous Their
csianum Academy, which was founded
by Empress Marie Thcrcse, and he
fore the revolution in 1SiS was attend
ed only by the sons of noble families.
In 1873 he entered official service In
the department OF wal and public IN
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-01-07

Suggs lifted his hands as il about 20
begin an e~xhortation. The big RATHER
quick as lightning uncoiled and struck
the poor old self-deceived. mentally
bec'ouded evangelist just above the
right eye. Suggs groaned, staggered
to q bench on the hotel porch, a doctor
was quickly summoned, a freshly killed
chicken clappcd to the rapidly swell
ing bitten part, u quart of whiky
poured into his mouth, all in vain.
Within a n hour he was dead. His
boZful of snakes escaped under the
plank sidewalks and in the hish weeds
that evergreen the adjacent vacant lots.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-01-07

a chorus OF fifty who can sing, a ballet
under Carl Marwig, a military band
scenery by Gros and costumes by An
derson are also announced by the man.
agement.
Anecdotes of Quin, who was consid.
cred an actor of the "old school, when
Garrick was an intrusive youngster on
the London stage, were many and often
bright. Quin's demeanor was always
formal and austere, his self-respect
was exaggerated, and he was naturally
indignant n night when his manager
asked him to go / efore the curtain and
apologize for tho absence OF a mere
dancer whose name was on the bill.
He complied as follows: Ladies and
Gentlemen: ] am desired by the man
ager to inform you that the dance IN
tended for this night is obliged to be
postponed on account OF Mile. Rollau
having dislocated her ankle. / wish
to goodness 1t had been her neck"
While a comparatively large number
Of plays founded on Dickens Martin
Chuzzlewit" have been produced in the
last forty years or so. Pecksniff has
never been much OF a role. He was
not at Mrs. John Woods Olympic IN
the early sixties or in Halliday's TON
Pinch" In London later. In Mr.. Will
lard's recent production of a play made
by himself out Of the Tom Pinch cpl
sodes his first comedian, j. G, Taylor,
plays Old Martin. the cart thai was
played by Davidge in the old DAYS.
Mr.. Wizards portrayal of Pinch has
been highly praised in various cities.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-01-07
INFLUENCE OF THE VOICE.
Soft aud Musical Speech One Of wo-
mans Cre,tcst Cbarma,

"fn tTettest thHrWHs
Eleanor Morton Parker. writing OF
The Voice" in the December Wom-
ans Home Companion, says:
1t has long bcen conceded that a
pleasant voice Is II OF woman's great.
est charms. And many of us can veri-
fy this truth for ourselves by recall
ing the sweet influence of some wom-
an. who like the lovely Cordelia.
spake In accents soft and low. A pref
~ face and n musical voice go well
together, but of the two the latter Is
preferable. The power Of a truly good
woman possessing such n gift cannot
be overestimated, especially IL she Is
refined and intellectual. Her harmo-
Nous tones fall with n restful cadence
upon the car of the invalid. They are
peace for the weary, balm for the sor-
rowful, and are frequently more eff
cacious than n sermon In touching the
obdurate hearts of the hayward.
"On the contrary. we sometimes
lind rare beauty OF feature seriously
marred by the i%ncongruity Of a dis
agreeable voice. II Is said Of the En-
press Eugene that the stranger was
cnraptured with her wonderful beau
~, but the moment she spoke all ad-
miration was forgotten In the unpleas-
ant sensation caused by her harsh
Spanish voice. American women as
a rule are not blessed with particular
ly musical voices. The colds, catarrh
and bronchial trouble to which the
sudden changes Of our climate subject
US more or less affect the vocal or
gans. In fact, soft, ripping utterance
seems to belong more generally to
lands of eternal summer. Yet any
woman. no matter how great her nat
ural defects may be. can, with few
exceptions, bring her voice within a
becoming key, and by proper care and
exercise cultivate distinct, well-modu-
lated tones. And 1t Is her duty to do
so, since nothing will more certainly
bring upon her social ostracism than
neglect In this regard.
We are tired OF being tainted by
foreigners with our boisterous. loud
talking girls and women. when wa
know that many OF those who make
such unfavorable impressions upon
strangers are at heart kind. gentle
and refined. Let us hope that with the
present movement for physical cul-
ture and voice culture and
every other kind Of culture.
the noisy. garrulous woman OF
strcet-car and watering place fame
will have 500 passed away. and In
her stead come Il being who will not
converse az though every n within
hearing we're deaf, and she were
bound to finish the sentence she Is
bent on uttering that very momen or
never. There Is no greater assurance
Of n happy home than "A calm. we'll.
regulated voice. and the woman who
possesses 1t has won half the victory
toward social and domestic success
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-01-07
FEAR FOUL PLAY.
Postmaster w. l.. Giilham OF Upper Al
ton Ia Sill Missluy,


ton Is Stiil Missing.
No word has been received from w.
l.. Gillian, the missing postmaster of
Upper Alton. Ill. The United States
authorities have taken possession CT
the p%ostofice, through his bondsmen.
who have instructions to withhold the
books from him should he return.
Members of his family express the ut
most confidence that his affairs both
in the Office and in his private business
will be found perfectly straight. They
profess to have little fear that he will
return and explain. but the fact that
he has sent no word since the matter
has been published broadcast, where
1t must have met his eyes, If alive, is
in itself alarming. There are rumors
abroad that tend to reflect upon his
character and temperament. but these
are so utterly at variance with his pre-
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-01-07
ROYALTY TO DE MATED.
A Russian GRAND Duchess IL Looklnu
for u Suitable Husband.

for u Suitable Husband.
Sixteen years old and a first cousin
of the car. the Grand Duchess Helen,
Is not likely long to remain in the ma
trimonial market. In fact, roya
matchmakers have already begun Il
cast about for a suitable husband fol
her highness. Her father Is the Grant
Duke Vladimir, brother OF the lat,
Emperor Alexander, and her mother
Is the Grand Duchess Marie, born u
Mecklenburg, a family which has sup
piled several consorts to the reigninI
house in Russia. The Grand Duchea
Marie Is n clever and intellectual WON
an. There is little of the typical high.
bred Russian about the young CRANE
duchess. In fact, she resembles al
English girl, and, like most English
girls, spends much of her time in In.
dulging In outdoor sports. Like most
Russians, she Is extremely fond O.
music. and during her frequent visits
to Paris with her parents she is often
allowed to accompany them to the op.
era. As II is the Russian custom for
the daughters Of the imperial house 10
appear at public festivities ut a much
earlier age than are the children OF
other royal families, the grand duchess
has already appeared at many Of the
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-01-07
becoming Mannish.

A Springfield reporter has discovered
that confirmed athletic habits, en-
couraged by the example OF successive
college football games in town, have
resulted in a notable increase in the
size of the feminine hand and foot.
At the Springfield glove counter. for
merly the demand was for fves and
fives and a half, but now six and six
and a half is a fair average. Tho same
tendency is noticeable in Shoes
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-01-07

his Gtrange doings drew around him
by opening the jaws of that RATHER with
his thumbs vas a dead man. Suggs
claimed that he had a divine mission,
and proved It by passages out of the
Scriptures which clearly showed that
no others but those called Of God could
immunely handle rattlesnakes, copper
heads, cottonmouths and water moe
casins. Siias Suggs was as years old.
lie was a failure al q farmer, n Tor
sixteen years had made his living as
a silversmith. The peculiar religious
phase of his character developed about
i've years ago, when he evolved a sort
of theology from the Bible in which
snakes and Christianity seemed to bear
about equal parts. According to him,
Christ's mission on earth was to repeal
that law which ordains enmity between
mankind and the snake, whose persua-
sion brought about the fall. Sucgs
was very careful about his snakes.
They could bite him as much as they
would, but he invariably handled them
as though they were glass and he was
afraid of breaking them. In the All
tumn he turned them loose among tho
rocks Of Illinois, and he said they al
ways came back in the spring.
In his big deal box he carried a four
foot rattlesnake, three or four copper
heads Of various sizes, a fivc-foot cot
tonmouth CT highland moccasin, sew
cral water moccasins, and a putting ad-
der. For several months this strange
man had been going from town to own
in Southern Illinois and Western Ken
lucky and Tennessee preaching with a
rude eloquence that wonderfully stirred
the rustic sinners ranged around, and
afterwards performing miracles before
the affrighted gaze OF thousands. His
followers claimed that he performed
miracles, for how else could he plunge
his bare arms into a big box of with
Ing, wriggling, Kissing snakes, the
most deadly known on the continent,
allow them to bite his hands and arms
time and again, and live. And he aid
this and then demonstrated that the
snakes had not been rendered innocu-
Gus by the removal of their fangs by
letting them Immediately afterwards
bite chickens and dogs. which speedily
died. Then he would let the same
snakes bite his hands and arms again.
But all this time Suggs himself was
unable to frame an explanation Of the
big rattler's failure to bite.
Just after his story was told in the
Journal in June, this huge diamond
back RATHER was captured in the Bay
Bottoms, and, on Suggs' return from
Nashville, presented to him for mir
acle purposes. Suggs thrust his arm
into the rattler's improvised den as
Lonchalantly as though reaching for
the best rolled Conestoga in a box and
drew him forth, remarking at the same
time that unless his "pizen works
were in working order, he didn't need
him. Inserting his thumb between the
rattler's jaws, Suggs examined the
venom glands, dues and fangs, with a
careless air, and then pitched his latest
ophidian arrival into the cracker box
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-01-07
EOgIIsh HumOr.

A gentleman went to look over a
house that was to be let furnished. He
was pilotcd through the rooms by a
very pretty housemaid. AS he, was
leaving he turned to the girl, saying:
And are yea to be let with the
house?" mo, sir" she replied. III
am to be let alone."-London News.