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

Saturday with friends in Chicago.
James Crane, of New York, is the
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. Fl. Hurd.
HI. A. Bergstrom, of Milwaukee,
spent Sunday evening in Kenosha.
Miss Nellie LaVoy is spending few
days with relatives in Rockford, I'll.
Prof. Rose, the pianist, has opened
studio in the Pugh building on Park
avenue.
J. A. Fletcher left Sunday evening
for an extended business trip through
the East.
W. D.. Armstrong, of Waukegan,
spent Sunday with his wife in
Kenosha.
Mr.. Andrew David is spending a
week in Burlington visiting relatives
and friends.
Mr.. Charles Martel has gone to Chi
cago for a weeks visit with relatives
and friends.
Mrs. B. P. Hutchinson, of Chicago, is
the guest of Mrs, Rouse Simmons on
Prairie avenue.
Charles T. Torrey and Horace Black
man returned to their work in Chicago
Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil. Sheridan, of
Green Bay, are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. J. Meyers.
Mrs. Ethlyn De Diemar, of Ravens
wood, is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. P. c. Torrey.
Mrs. Frank Fowler, of Waukegan,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
friends in Kenosha.
Chester Barnes has returned home
after business trip to Oklahoma and
other Western states.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Walker, of
Evanston spent Sunday afternoon
with friends and relatives in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Weyke returned
to their home in Chicago Sunday after
spending a few days with friends and
relatives in this city.
One of the best romantic dramas
extant, "The Prisoner of zenda" will
afford an evening of pleasure to
theatre goers on next Sunday at the
Rhode opera house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Stewart enter
tanned large party of their friends at
a card party Saturday evening at
their home on Wisconsin street.
Those present report very pleasant
time.
President Roosevelt is planning to
make visit to the Fox River Valley
in the near future. It might be well
for the people of Kenosha to invite the
President to visit this city on his re-
turn trip.
Charles T. Thorne, former resi-
dent of Kenosha and at one time an
employe of the Simmons factory, was
seriously injured in railway accident
near Boise City, Idaho, on Tuesday of
last week. 1t is not1thought that the
injuries will prove fatal.
The funeral Of the late Anton Pitts
was held from St.hGeorge church on
Sunday afternoon. The service was
largely attended, many of the early
settlers of the city gathering to pay
last tribute of respect to the memory
of the deceased. The remains were
inferred in the family plot at st.
George cemetery.
The funeral of the late Capt. Lew
Mont was he1ds on Sunday afternoon
from the undertaking parlors of
Thomas Hansen. The Rev. E. C.
Kunkle read the funeral services after
which the remains were inferred in the
city cemetery. Many of the friends of
the deceased Captain followed the re-
mains to their last resting place.
C. M. Thorn, a former resident of
tl1is city, who is now engaged in the
coal business in Chicago, was recently
lined fifty dollars and costs for selling
short weight coal. The Kenosha M an
was caught by the agents of the city
sealer and when load of coal which
had been sold for a ton was weighed,
it was found to contain only 1925
pounds. The coal had been sold to a
widow for ton and the court fined the
Kenosha man the heaviest possible
penalty.
Reports from county clerks received
by the state game warden show that
72,447 resident hunting licenses we're
issued to Wisconsin citizens this year.
This means an equal number of
dollars revenue, but as 10 cents on
each license goes to the county clerk
as a fee, the state gets a total of
Sos, POP, which is nearly $4,000 more
than last year. There we're 2o3 non
resident deer licenses issued this year.
as against 228 last, and 200 non
resident general licenses, compared
with 204 last year. The revenue from
this source is $9,925 this Ryear as
against 81, 740 last.