The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-01-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Jason W1lIlduSOu, VI
Racine, were visiting Kenosha friends
Monday and Tuesday.
Governor La Toilette has appointed
Gen, c.. r. Boardman, of Oshkosh, as
Adiutant general of the National
Guard.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Fairbanks, of
Aurora, ILL.,, spent Sunday in Kenosha
as the guests of Mrs. Fairbank's
mother.
1t is reported that the little room in
the Y. M. C. A. building has been
rented to George Naylor for use as a
barber shop.
A large number of young men at
tended the meeting at Association
Hall Sunday afternoon, w. W. Cooper
led the meeting.
The census of Kenosha fifty years
ago was 1903. The city has not made
SO large a growth as might have been
expected in fifty years.
The Daughters of the War of 1922
have formed an organization in Wis
consin. Several Kenosha ladies are
eligible to membership.
The Kenosha Gas and Electric COM
pany are planning to make large ex-
tensions in their hot water mains as
soon as the weather will permit.
Burglars have moved from the town
to the country, but the work goes on
Just the same. They belong to the
class that never takes vacations.
The epidemic of pneumonia seems to
be subsiding and the doctors are now
getting a little we'll earned rest. The
cold weather seems to be the panacea.
Three suits have been filed against
Racine county to collect expenses for
caring for Corbett, the man who was
alleged to have shot Rev. and Mrs.
Cheney.
The Judge of the Probate Court has
received letter from the heirs of John
Bruzga acknowledging the receipt of
money left by the deceased at the time
of his death.
The police are still looking for bur-
glars and the offer of reward for the
return of the goods taken from the
home of O. H. Hoye has had no eff
feet on the thieves.
The attorneys have filed the bill of
costs in the Harf case and the action
is shown to have cost the city $1O6.oO,
besides a judgement of $500, which
still remains unpaid.
The rummage sale given by the
ladies of the Congregational church
was the most successful thing of the
kind ever given in Kenosha. 1t netted
over five hundred dollars.
It is reported that a Kenosha county
farmer is working on patent for
corn shredder which can be operated
IN absolute safety. This is certainly
boon to the agricultural world.
Eugene Burlington, a former resi-
dent of the town of Somers, but now
residing in Chamberlain, S. D., is
spending a few days in Kenosha as
the guest of his brother, George Bur
rington.
Eddie Hall still 1anguishes in jail in
Chicago awaiting trial for robbing F.
H. Otto of this city. 1t seems that his
political friends left him when they
were asked to put up bail to the extent
of $500.
If the County building is to be
vacated in the near future why would
it not be a good scheme to have it con-
verted into County hospital? This
is one of the greatest needs of Kenosha
county, and one which could be easily
supplied in this manner.
Mrs. VESSEL, an aged lady residing
on Prairie avenue, slipped and fell
down a cellar stair Friday evening,
fracturing the small bone in her right
arm. On account of the age of Mrs.
VESSEL it is probable that the accident
will prove very serious one.
The scrap" game is working in all
its glory again, and it is reported on
good authority that a well known
young man of this city recently lost
nearly thousand dollars in the lair OF
the tiger. Bout time the police were
looking things over again, amt it?
The Racine Journal says that nego-
tiations are pending for pool match
between Peter Schmitt, of this city
and a we'll known Oshkosh player
John Callahan, of Milwaukee, is ar.
ranging the match. One game is tc
be played in Kenosha, one in Oshkosh
and if third is necessary it will be
played in Racine.
A. G. Larsen, an employee at the
Simmons foundry, was badly burned
with molten metal while at work in
the foundry Friday afternoon. The
man was assisting to carry vessel
filled with the metal when it spattered
out and struck him on the leg. DR.
Spa1ding was called to attend him, and
he is resting easy today, but will prob
ably be laid up for several weeks.