The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-09-21

Oscar Rectro spent Monday with
friends in Chicago.
Elmer Hansen has accepted a position
in the Starkweather drug store.
B. Hindes of Racine spent Monday
evening with friends in this city.
John Nelson was arrested Monday
evening by Officer Orth on a charge of
intoxication.
Griffin Mcclellan has returned home
after a weeks vacation in Milwaukee
and Michigan.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Bell of Milwaukee
spent Monday evening with friends
and relatives in this city.
Adam Boettiger, Of Chicago, spent a
few days with his Cousin H. and j.
LANCE, of Truesde11, the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Hendrickson and
Mrs. M. Hendrickson of Chicago spent
Monday evening with friends in Ke-
nosha.
A great deal is being said about the
Kenosha Poorhouse. In a prosperous
city like Kenosha there should be no
need for a poor house.
Mrs. Ellen Dean who has been visit
ing the family Of ]. G. McHugh for the
past few days returned to her home in
Chi11icothe, Mo-, this morning.
Mrs. Floss Anderson has purchased
the Y. M. c. A. building and it will be
moved to a lot at the corner of Tx
change and Pearl street to be used as a
boarding house.
The defendants in the Seery damage
cases have filed their answers in the
Circuit court, and the cases will prob
ably be called for trial before Judge
Siebecker, of Madison, on next Monday
morning.
BERTHE Schmidt, the infant daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Schmidt, died
Tuesday at the family residence at 173
Pleasant street. The funeral will be
held from the house on Thursday after
noon. The services will be conducted
by the Rev. E. z. Dornfe1d of the Ger
man Lutheran church.
The term of the Circuit court is rap
idly nearing an end, as far as the cases
to be heard before Judge Fish are con-
cerned. The jury was excused this
morning until next Monday. In the
meantime the Judge will take up few
of the cases on the court calendar If
they are ready for trial.
Fourteen licenses were issued for
hunters by the County Clerk this
morning. The hunters in the county
are complaining that the justices in
the outlying towns are not forwarding
applications as promptly as they
should. The justices should forward
the applications for such licenses as
soon as they are received.
John McLinden recently convicted
of loose and 1ascivious conduct with
his sister Helen McLinden, was brought
before Judge Fish this morning and
sentenced to term of nine months IN
the county jail. The sentence has
caused considerable comment among
the attorneys of the city. At the time
of pronouncing sentence the court
made no comments on the case.
William Anderson, recently convict
ed of assault with intent on Marie
Schie1ie, has filed motion for a new
trial. For this reason sentence in the
case has been suspended and will not
be made until after the motion for
new trial is argued and decided. He
is still in jail.
Two brothers named Nielsen, who
live in the neighborhood of West Main
street, created no little disturbance
Sunday afternoon by the pounding of
a couple of young horses which they
were trying to break. The residents
of that part of the city are making a
vigorous protest, and claim that the
horses were shamef111y treated, and
should be looked after by the humane
agent.
It is reported that real first class
scrap occurred at the depot Saturday
evening, in celebration of a wedding.
The groom went home early in the
morning, but when he arrived he was
so smashed to pieces that the bride
was not able to reco11ect where she
had seen the face before. AS far as
can be learned the matter was not
called to the dignifed notice of the po-
lice, and no arrests have been made.
Peter Sorrenson, who has been in
Minnesota for the past six months,
returned to his home in Kenosha yes
terday afternoon, and his return was
made the occasion of a very pleasant
surprise party on the returned traveller.
The affair was worked up by number
of young ladies of the North side, and
about eight O'Clock fifty friends of the
young man took the Sorrenson home
by storm. The evening proved a very
pleasant one indeed.
The Golf team of the Kenosha Coun-
| try club will go to Oconomowoc Thurs
day to play the deciding game in the
tournament with the GAINESVILLE team.
The strongest players in the local club