The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-30

Miss Ida Redeker has gone to FOn0
du Lac, to spend a few days with
relatives and friends.
The Dickens club was pleasantly
entertained Monday afternoon BY
Mrs. A. E. Buckmaster.
Misses Helen and Anna Alban, o.
Rhinelander, Wis, are the guests o.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. p. Hewitt.
1t is reported that the first week
after Easter will see a wedding among
the society leaders of the city.
That same old chestnut about
"winter lingering in the lap of spring
was heard on the street today.
Politics seem to be the one absorbing
topic of conversation on the streets to-
Gay, and consequently news is scarce.
The Board of Public Works in Racine
has awarded the contract for the con-
struction of two school houses in that
city.
Col. j. j. Hoyt left this afternoon to
join his family at Ashville, n. O., where
they will spend the early months of
| spring.
Miss Anna Kimball and Jane Swift
have returned home after a weeks
visit with Mrs. W. S. Forest in
Chicago.
Charles E. Carey, Frank R. White
and Edward Sibley, of the University
of Chicago, are spending a few days
with Tom Graves.
The strike in the Beebe factory at
Racine has been settled. The settle
ment was affected through the efforts
OF President Mulholland.
Mayor Petit states that the errors
in the veto of the saloon ordinance
were simply clerical errors, and in no
way effect the validity of the veto.
Real estate in Kenosha is on the
boom. 1t is estimated that fully one
hLldred residences will be erected
during the coming spring and summer.
Harry Kupfer has withdrawn as the
Democratic candidate for alderman in
the Second ward. His successor on
the ticket has not as yet been selected.
T.. M. Eichelman, the Republican
candidate for school commissioner in
the Third ward, is deeply interested in
the welfare of the schools of the city
and shOuld hn plncta6
The sale of seats for the engagement
of the William Owen company has been
larger than ever before and every
indication points to crowded houses
during the entire week.
The ministers of this city are anx-
iously awaiting the action of the state
assembly on the proposed marriage
license bill. They hope that the SEN
ate will kill the meas ure.
The pest house recently ordered by
the Council will probably be built by
local contractors, as they promise to
build it as cheap as it can be obtained
from foreign manufacturers,
The directors of the Country club
held their regular meeting last night
and decided on the plans for the i'm
provement of the club house. The
work will begin~in few days.
Matthew Slush, of the M. R.. 6eK.
was in Kenosha Tuesday. Mr. Slush
is still looking for franchise through
the city, and seems considerably inter
ested in the pending elections.
Invitations have been received by
several local alumni of the University
of Michigan to banquet to be given
in Milwaukee on the evening of April
9TH, in honor of President Angel.
The bill introduced in the assembly
by Assemblyman Slade, providing for
the payment of R. S. Houston, for the
herd of cattle which was killed by the
state veterinarian, has been ordered to
a third reading.
Invitations have been issued for the
annual ball of Company E, to be given
| al OIQuOuSS hbll OA VAO OFOAAn6 Va
April 18th. The dance will be the
SWEETEST thing of a military nature ever
given in Kenosha.
All talk of an independent ticket
being placed in the:feld at the coming
election is bosh. The time for filing
nominations is passed and the two
tickets contain men enough to satisfy
the most careful voter.
Charles F. Kent, formerly of this
city, and a brother of Alex Kent, died
in Milwaukee Tuesday. The remains
will be brought to this city for burial
on Thursday, and the funeral will be
held from the 2:38 train.
Senator J. Y. Quarles, of Milwaukee,
called on Kenosha friends today. The
senator didn't care to talk of his recent
fishing trip, and so the reading public