The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-01

81 the CITY, 1HG 4uuuSlI1SS VI CuS
city in all lines have had remarkable
growth and the prospects are bright
that even the splendid record of the
past twelve months will be surpassed
during the year to come. A short &C
count of some of the events of interest
during the past year follows:
january
/. Kenosha gives the New Year a
noisy welcome.
3. Mrs. Clarissa Lieber, of Pleasant
Prairie, found dead in bed.
4. Kenosha Lodge No. $50 B. P. 0.
e. instituted. Something doing.
S. "Uncle" Sam Houston dies at
the home of his daughter in Mil
waukee.
8. Midnight blaze does great dam
age at the Lippert foundry. George
H. Taylor appointed Superintendent
of the County Schools to succeed Will
liam Griffith.
g. Kenosha Daily Gazette suspends
publication. Green goods men flood
the city with alluring propositions.
10. Attempt to wreck North West
ern train south of Kenosha.
IL. Report of Fire Chief shows that
FIRE losses in Kenosha during the year
amounted to $16,670.46.
Is. Jason Lothrop celebrates his
eighty-second birthday.
ID. George Yule elected President
of the Balm Wagon Works.
IS. Charles Oleson drowned at Twin
Lakes.
10. Fire destroys old Park City Hall
II. Managers of the Bristol Tele-
phone Company apply for permission
to enter the city. Old firm of Bode
Bros. dissolve partnership. Sons and
Daughters of the American Revolution
celebrate Washington's wedding day.
IS. William James Melville, founder
of the village of Russell, ILL.,, dies.
10. John Mutz is drowned at Camp
Lake.
20. L. M. Polhamus, of Chicago, ar
rested on a charge of numbering an
infant. First smallpox case in the
county discovered at Camp Lake.
d. Insurance agents in the city an
nounce large increase in rates.
%. Kennard bakery damaged by
Ere.
q. Death of Leonard Bacon. James
Todd wan0ers from home and nearly
freezes to death.
80. L. IN. Polhamus, arrested for
murder, discharged from custody.
February
8. Nick Williams, crazed with
drink, creates panic at the city poor
house. z. G. Simmons Gymnasium at
Kemper Hall dedicated.
4. Kenosha asks the Government
for a new Postoffice building. Still
waiting.
S. Pabst Brewing Company pur-
chases the old Gottfredsen brewery.
Marriage of Miss Caroline Russell and
George B1ackman.
s. Kenosha Retail Grocers' Associ-
alton organized. Annual feast of
choir boys at st. Matthew's church.
2. Mrs. Anna Morris meets violent
death under the wheels of a North
Western train.
10. Bernard Balster, of Wheat1and,
celebrates his 95th birthday.
IL. Opening of first Kenosha Poul-
try Snow. Sudden death of Mrs.
Frances Barber. Miss Lizzie Berns
and William E. Hooking elope to Chi
cago.
10. Capital stock of the Chicago
Brass Works increased to $350,0OO.
is. Gold discovered on the Irving
farm in the town of Pleasant Prairie.
10. Kenosha Y. M. C. A. athletes
capture the State pennant at the State
meet.
IL. Death of T. L. Carter, Presi-
dent of the Carter Manufacturing Co.
Grace Smell Coffin given her fourth
divorce by a Kenosha court.
18. Elks Club is robbed.
20. Mayor German demands inspec-
ton of all passengers coming to Keno
sha from Racine on account of small
pox.
d. Stephen Gait, pioneer of the
county, expires in Scotland.
D.. Kenosha offers the Government
site for the proposed Naval Station.
%. H, Riley meets instant death in
a railway accident.
%. Reorganization of the Carter
Manufacturing Company. Hollis Lane
dies suddenly. Porch climbers rob the
residence of G. E. Remer. Death of
Alonzo Burgess. Death OF Charles
Cogswell. Death of Philip German.
March.
/. Grant Hotel closed. Mrs. F1oyd
Frost resigns as teacher of music in
city schools.
2. May Vaughn the actress attempts
suicide in Kenosha. Congress APP
propriated $4,000 for the Kenosha
harbor.
8. Charles Reinardy appointed oil
inspector by Governor LaFo1lette.
S. Wagon shops of Nicholas Pirsch
Quilted by fire, loss $1,000.
6. Kenosha Green House and
Nurseries purchased by Rev. H. D.
Ramp.
8. Death Of David O. Thomas