The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-07-18
SHORT ITEMS.

P. Sch1ax spent Sunday with friends
and relatives in Sa1em.
Remember the w. r. c. social Satur-
day night at Simmons hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Dewey drove out
to Zion City Sunday afternoon.
Charles Lucas and family have
moved to their new home in Salem,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Holohan of Chicago
spent Sunday with friends in this city.
Mrs. Mary Olson of Racine spent
Sunday with the family of ]. F. Glib
son.
Byron Turk, of Chicago, spent Sun
day with friends and relatives in this
city.
Mrs. Christian Hansen of Chicago
spent Sunday with her mother IN this
city.
Quite large aggregation of Keno
sha people went to Zion Sunday after
noon.
Miss Edna Ames, of Fair Haven,
Wash, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B.
Ames.
Sam Workman formerly of this city
has opened a cigar and stationery
store in Chicago.
Joseph Cornhauer was arrested Tues
day on charge of assault and battery.
He paid a dollar and costs.
Miss Kate Seymour, of Toronto,
Canada, is visiting with Mr.. and Mrs.
+. Seymour, Congress street.
]. K. Balloon and family and Miss
Emma Shirley spent Sunday with
friends and relatives in Racine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P. Houston, Of
Milwaukee, are spending a few days
with friends and relatives in Kenosha.
Capt. Lew Mont is making prepara-
tions to open a saloon in the old Beck
place, 154 Main street, about August
1st.
Henry Jordan has been appointed
administrator of the estate of Michael
Zein, late of the town of Brighton,
deceased.
An unknown dog was run over and
killed by Northwestern train between
Prairie avenue and South street Sun
day morning.
The funeral of John Enge1hardt was
held from the late residence on Lake
avenue, Sunday afternoon and was
largely attended.
Born, Sunday morning, to Mr.. and
Mrs. John Thommesen, of 7O5 Grand
avenue, a daughter, pulling down the
scale at nine pounds.
Mr.. Fred Parker and Miss Maud
Parker of Racine spent Sunday with
friends in this city. They returned to
Racine this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bloxdorf return
ed from their wedding trip last even
ing. They were given hearty vel
come by their Kenosha friends.
DR.. Frank Airport, of Chicago, fer
mer Kenosha resident, spent the day
in Kenosha, coming here to attend the
funeral of the late George H. Francis.
The deafmutes of Milwaukee and the
Mutual Benefit Association of Chicago
will hold picnic at West Side Union
park of Milwaukee, Saturday, July 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. Meers and son, Ned,
have gone to Alpena, Mich, to join
camping party. They will probably
spend the remainder of the summer in
camp.
A fair sized crowd attended the ball
game at Grand View park Sunday
afternoon. The game was between
the Fort Sheridan's and the Athletics,
the latter winning by score of II to 9.
There is danger of petition being
circulated among the ladies of the city
to be presented to the Common Council
for the purpose of having main streets
kept reasonably clean as far as the
sidewalks are concerned and fairly
passab1e.
AT ali the races in Wisconsin,, Iowa
and Illinois Kenosha is pretty well
represented. Kenosha has it's full
share of good track stock aud before
the summer is over some thing will be
heard from one or the other of the Ke-
nosha stables.
Few people redl1ze the amount o1
damage done to the crops throughout
the county during the intense heat the
other day, when the thermometer re-
gistered 10Y degrees in the shade. The
hay in the fields was practically ruined.
The pasture lands were burned brown
as berries. The corn, oats, wheat, flax
and other crops were greatly affected
Even the fruit, the b1ackberries, the
cherries, the currants and other pro-
ducts suffered. The heat was SO intense
that in many places even the leaves on
the trees were scorched.