The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-03

Mr.. and Mrs. "A. D. Ellsworth have
returned home after an extended out
ing at Twin Lakes.
FL. ]. Herzog of Corliss, supervisor of
assessments of Racine county. spent
Wednesday in Kenosha.
An effort is being made to organize
a company to build condensed milk
plant in tie town of Salem.
The Knickerbocker Ice company, Of
Chicago, is having survey made for
new ice house on Powers lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. James King, Of West
Superior, are spending two weeks with
friends and relatives in this city.
Miss Laura Huck and Miss Minnie
Wellmar, of sQuincey, ILL.,, returned
from a weeks visit in Milwaukee.
Louis F.ERahr has gone to Manito-
voc to accept a position as assistant
principal of.the High School there.
George P, Hewitt, formerly editor of
the EVENING News, was calling on
Kenosha friends Thursday afternoon.
Manager Rhode of the Opera House
has booked the Owen company for a
nights performance during the next
spring.
The September term Of court for
Kenosha county promises to be very
busy one and MANY cases are being set
for trial.
Charles Durkee returned to his home
in Elk Rapids, Mich, Wednesday
evening, after visit with his son
Harvey Durkee.
Seven new Italian families arrived
in Kenosha Thursday night. The
number of Italians in the city is grow
ing very rapidly.
The business of the Meiselbach
Typewriter company is steadily in
creasing and the plant is now one Of
the busiest in the city.
Doctors report that a number of
cases of scarlet fever are appearing
about the countyebut there is no fear
of the disease becoming epidemic.
It is quite a way from Pleasant
Prairie to Kentucky but the people Of
the town seem to have learned some
of the habits Of the Southern state.
Kenosha at thesspresent time seems
to be thes.mecca ofisinsurance agents
and no less than a;Idozen transient
agents are now doing business in
Kenosha.
Kenosha will furnish fully twenty
students for the American colleges
during the coming year. A ma ority
of the students will enter the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin.
Plans are being made for the build
ing of a telephone line in the town of
Somers but there is little reason to be-
lieve that the line; will be built this
year.
Caledonia, in Racine county, has
had mad dog scare and many women
and children have been bitten. It is
claimed that the dog escaped to Keno
sha county.
Real estate values in Kenosha seem
to be steadily increasing and lots are
being sold outside the city limits as
high as $500. 1t is expected that the
city will have real estate boom next
wear.
The wet weather has placed the
roads about the county in almost i'm
passable conditions and it is almost
impossible for farmers residing in the
western part Of the county to come to
the city.
Rube Waddell has been permanently
released by the Philadelphia American
League team aud he is now wander
ing again. He will probably reach
Kenosha in time to finish the season
in Kenosha uniform.
Mr.. and Mrs. John J.. Mayer eel
ebrated their silver wedding at their
home on Milwaukee avenue Thurs
day evening. The celebration was d
family reunion, many of the mem
bers Of the family attending.
j. L. Stevens who is probably the
Oldest resident in the county states
that the present season has been the
wettest season in the history of the
county. He states that more than two
inches Of rain fell on Thursday.
The state law in regard to the sale
of cigarettes and cigarette paper to
minors seems to be dead letter in
Kenosha but the police and district
attorney are arranging to make some
of the dealers in tobacco observe the
law more closely.
The Rev. Mr.. Boorgaard Of the Dam
ish Lutheran church who recently re-
signed the pastorate will not leave for
his new field of work in Mountcalm
county, Mich, until early in Novem-l
Der. AS yet the trustees Of the Keno
|sha church have not secured another
minister.