The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-06-22


his brother.
81 Rowan of Milwaukee spent Tues
day evening in this city.
The front of the Grant House and
the Echelman store rooms are being
given coat of paint.
Mrs. W. Fl. Morrison and her sister,
Miss Charlesetta McHenry, spent
Monday with friends in Chicago.
Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. Emily Ell. Rad
cliff, Mrs, Sleeves and Miss Winitred
| Hewitt, of Racine, are the guests of Dr.
ana Mrs. Hewitt.
The City Council Monday evening
decided to erect shanty near the
Main street bridge for use of the bridge
tender as tool house.
Frank O'Hare had the misfortune to
have the end of one of his fingers
nipped off by a power press at the
Brass mill yesterday afternoon.
The residents of South Main street
are again kicking to have the street
paved. The matter will be brought up
at the next meeting of the Council.
William Upton has purchased very
valuable horse to match his bay mare
Bellemont which he recently purchased
from Rev. Fl. S. Roblee The new team
is said to be one of the finest in the
state of Wisconsin.
The usual summer story of a big
hoterto be erected on the lake front in
this city is going the rounds again.
The plans for the scheme are just as
vague as ever and it is probable that
it will go no further than plans.
Quite number of the stone cutters
employed in the construction of the
Simmons Library were laid off last
evening on account of scarcity OF
stone. The report that the men had
struck is denied by the superintendent
1t seems that if the summer is a hot
one the city will be forced to put
electric fans in the Council chamber.
If the meetings are as hot as they have
been for the past few evenings the
aldermen will lose all interest in the
affairs of the city and remain away
from the meetings altogether during
che heated season.
The patrons of school district No. 2,
Somers, presented their teacher Con-
rad Shearer, with a beautiful photo
graph album at the close of the term
last Wednesday. He has taught in
the district for the past four years, and
is highly pleased with the gift.
The German Brotherhood gave a
very enjoyable dancing and social
party last evening at Columbia hall. A
large crowd was in attendance and
everybody reports very jolly time.
The music for the party was furnished
by the Stemm Bros. orchestra.
A strolling Italian orchestra made
sweet music on the streets this after
noon. One of the players, boy about
10 years of age, attracted great deal
of attention on account of his work on
the violin. Although very young
street musician, he was master of the
instrument.
The summer closing season is on at
the different bicycle factories and from
now on the forces will be greatly re-
duced. Both the Sterling and the
Sieg Manufacturing company have laid
off large number of men and more
will follow. The season has been a
very successful one, and although the
season at the Steg factory was late in
opening the managers are perfectly
satisfied with the seasons work.
All efforts to find the body of William
Borkenhagen who was drowned at
Hooker Lake Sunday have thus far
proved without result. John Mahaney
of the Kenosha life saving crew who
was searching for the body yesterday
to find it as the bottom of the lake is
covered with a growth of tall weeds
and tangled grasses. An effort was
made to find the body by means of
exploding jugs filed with slack lime,
but this course also proved futile and
the search was practically abandoned
last night. A watch will be kept over
the lake and it is expected that the
body will come to the surface within
the next ten days.
The annual retreat at Kemper Hall
opened last evening and is under the
direction of Father James Otis Sargent
Huntington, son of Bishop Frederick
Dan Huntington, of the Central New
York diocese. Father Huntington is
one of the best known men in the
Episcopal church today. He is a
member of the monastic brotherhood
and is not connected with any one
parish, but goes about the country do
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