The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-04-20

j. j. Ball, of Norwood Park, H.,
spent Monday evening in this city.
Tom Graves has returned to his
work in Chicago University, after a
short vacation with his parents.
A. E. Buckhauser has purchased a
lot from ". j. Martin on South Ex-
change street, and will erect residence
during the summer.
Mayor James German asks us to
extend his thanks to his friends who
remembered him with so many and
such beautiful floral tributes.
It is reported that some of the alder
men installed last night are not prop
erty owners, and under such conditions
no action of the City Council would be
legal The trouble should be remedied
at once.
The case of assault and battery
against Mrs. Nicollet Gelatt, was de-
cided in Justice Slater's court last
evening. The defendant was found
guilty and fined So and costs, amount
ing to 1922
The following students of the Col.
lege of Commerce have taken positions:
Addie L. Wright with Fl. M. Baldwin;
John Hegeman with the Chicago Brass
Company, and Ray Button with the
Badger Brass Co.
The bicycle season seems to be now
on fair way to open. And from the
number of wheels already out it would
indicate that the craze was going to
discount last year. Dealers anticipate
a big business during the coming
summer.
The managers of the Badger Brass
company announce that there will be
no cut made in the wages OF the
striking pressmen. They also claim
that only four men struck, and the rest
were laid off on account of a lack of.
material.
Mrs. G.. M. Bennett gave very
pretty party to about forty children on
Saturday afternoon, the occasion being
her daughter Etheps seventh birthday.
The afternoon was spent in playing
games, music and dancing. Dainty
refreshments was served. Mrs. Bennett
was assisted by Mrs. Thomas Bennett,
Misses Jennie and Louie Hill and Myric.
Ethel received many beautiful presents.
Wirth's dancing school and social
drew large crowd to Simmons hall
last evening, and everybody seemed to
have had a splendid time. The feature
of the evening was an amateur cake
walk, in which the prize, fine cake,
was won by Miss Spencer and Mr..
Larsen. An exhibition cake walk by
two little children from Milwaukee was
also pleasing feature.
One hundred and fifty employees of
the North Western railroad came down
on Kenosha yesterday and put in new
switch for the Chicago & Rockford
Hosiery works, for use in connecting
the new building which will be erected
in the near future. Work on the
building will begin this week. The
mason work will be done by contractor
Tully.
A few days ago the Northwestern
road received the largest engine it has
owned and one of the largest ever
built. 1t is over five feet longer than
the company's other large engines and
has four drive wheels, z feet in height.
It was built especially for the mail
train on the Galena division and will
run IS miles an hour. The cylinders
are 1926 inches, while the water
capacity is $500 gallons. 1t can run
108 miles without replenishing its
water supply. The engine is being
run over the road for few days as a
sort of test and will soon be pulling
the mail train. The company has
-ordered four similar engines, one of
which may be used on this division and
the others will be sent west.