The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-03-20


City Engineer Moth is not worrying
over the city election just at present
Miles O'Malley, Of Chicago, is spend
ing a few days with friends in Keno
sha.
The A. d. Meise1bach company adj
ded a new force of workmen Monday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. G.. Merriman, Of
Chicago, visited friends Ia Kenosha
Monday evening.
A Waterman has been placed at the
Main street crossing of the North.
Western railway.
Wireless te1egraphy is to be tested
on Lake Michigan. The Goodrich
boats will be used for the experiment.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Yule, who
have been spending the past six weeks
in California, returned home Saturday
evening.
Eichelman & Hale, the new propr1e-
tors of the Grant House, filed an ap-
plication for liquor license Monday
afternoon.
From the dearth Of candidates It
seems evident that Kenosha people are
not very anxious to break into munich
pal offices.
Misses Grace and Mary Barrett, OF
Racine, spent Sunday in Kenosha as
the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Williamson.
It is reported that several church So
cieties in Kenosha are planning to
make an effort to purchase the old
Sixth ward school.
The report recently circulated here
to the effect that C, P. Garst had been
III arr;ed to Miss Clara Meiser, has
proved to be without foundation.
A. c. Hamlin, who has been en-
ployed at the Meiselbach factory, has
resigned his position and has returned
to his home in Cedar Rapids, Ia.
Mrs. Alice Gross has asked the per-
mission of the council for the erection
of store building at the corner of
Wisconsin and Exchange streets.
The.city hall was fumigated Monday
afternoon, but some of the aldermen
failed to drop around, and the voters
of the city will probably arrange for
f,,~+hax n1oa ,1iam
Charles Cogle, a Chicago commits
sion merchant, became violently in
sane in Kenosha Saturday. He was
taken to a private hospital in Wauwa-
tosa for treatment.
Mayor Nelson C. Rice and Mr.. Moi
fet, of the St. Joseph Knitting Works,
of ST. Joseph, Michigan, spent Sunday
with Alderman w. r. Anderson, and
other friends, in the city.
1t is reported that burglars at
tempted to enter the residence OF ]. z.
Stevens on Prairie avenue last Satur-
day evening. The men only got as Tar
as the kitchen, and secured only few
A small blaze at the grocery store OF
Luke Jones in Brassvi11e called out the
fire department just before midnight
Saturday evening. The flames were
easily extinguished and the loss will
not exceed fifty dollars. The origin of
the FIRE is mystery.
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Some opposition has been met by the
ordinance for the annexation Of a
small portion of the town of Somers to
the city Several other small districts
are DESTROYS of entering the city, and
the residents of these districts are
anxious that all the land be admitted
at once.
George p. Hewitt, formerly editor of
THE EVENING News, but now stu
dent in Harvard University, has been
elected member of the National His
torica1 Association. The honor of
membership in the Association has
rarely been bestowed on so young a
man as Mr.. Hewitt.
The Young Ladies Missionary So
ciety of Bristol will give an entertain
ment at the hall in Bristol on Friday
evening, March q. A sash and fan
drill, dialogue, recitations, and vocal
and instrumental music will constitute
the program, which will close with a
beautiful spectacular tableau. Admis-
sions 10 and Is cents. Supper 10c.
W. A. Colby, the veteran editor of
the Burlington Free Press, and the re-
cent founder of the Burlington Record,
dropped dead at his home in Burling-
ton last Sunday morning. Mr.. Colby
had been in the best of health, and
death is supposed to have been due to
the bursting of blood vessel. Mr..
Colby was well known in Kenosha,
and his death has caused considerable
sorrow in this city.
In chasing after news an editor of
ten has many difficulties to overcome.
The other day report came 20 us that
a Brassvil1e young lady had very
sore arm as result of vaccination,
but, just as we were getting the item
into shape the report was. fatty contra
dicted by the lady herself. who IN