The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23

The ssocean wave' which delighted
crowds the past few weeks, pulled
stakes Sunday night and left for
GAINESVILLE.
A game between the Interstate
league team and the Kenosna Grays
would probably make pretty inter
esting proposition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Moore have
returned to their home in Des Moines,
low, after a weeks vacation with Mr.,
and Mrs. Ralph Moore.
The steamer I. W. Stephenson which
had a struggle in the gale off Kenosha
on Saturday morning cleared for Chi.
cago Saturday evening.
The posts supporting the mail boxes
are being moved further inside the
curb. Too many of them were being
broken by careless drivers.
Fridays storm spoiled the fishing,
and the men who like to spend the
Sabbath jerking out the elusive perch
had hard time of it Sunday.
Work on the new Jeffrey factory is
progressing very rapidly. The factory
building promises to be one of the
finest factory buildings in Kenosha.
The new editor of the Democratic
daily in Kenosha has not as yet ar
rived and the basement bargain is
still collecting dust at the same old
rate.
The horsemen of the city had an in
teresting racing matinee at the Uhlein
Park Sunday afternoon. Many people
went out from Kenosha to witness the
races.
The postmasters in the different
cities of Wisconsin are planning to
form an association for mutual benefit.
They will meet il Milwaukee in
September.
The work of installing a new heat
ing plant in the Frank school will be
started this week and the work will be
completed lbefore the opening of the
winter term.
A tennis tournament is being ar
ranged among the members of the Ke-
nosho Tennis Association. Play in
the tournament will begin the latter
part of this week.
The half.mi1e track that is being
built at the Jeffrey factory will be
completed this week and nearly all of
the testing of the carriages will be
done on this track.
The Cresents of this city were de-
feated by the Wilmot base ball team
Sunday afternoon by score of D to 4.
The game was played on the diamond
at Silver Lake before great crowd.
The funeral Of the late Henry Hege-
man was held from the residence in
Antioch on Sunday afternoon. The
remains were inferred in the family
plat at Wilmot. A number of Kenosha
people attended the funeral.
Miss Agnes Junker was pleasantly
Saturday evening at her
home on Park avenue, Those present
report very fine time. Refreshments
were served at midnight. Games were
the feature of the evening.
The Milwaukee, Racine & Kenosha
Electric Railway company should be
forced to furnish better facilities for
the transfer of passengers between
Milwaukee and Kenosha. The cars of
the company we're crowded to the doors
Sunday, and many people had to re-
main standing during the entire trip.
John A. Fletcher, of this city, has
been selected as manager of the Rio
Grande Valley Land company, new
corporation recently formed in Chica-
GO. The company will develop large
tract of land in the Rio Grand Valley.
Mr.. Fletcher has made the preliminary
report of the work to be done by the
company and the success of the ven
ture is now practically assured.
Nearly all of the returns have been
made for the Elks-K. of P. base ball
game and the profits of the game will
be in the neighborhood of four hum
dred dollars. This fund will be turned
over to the treasurer of the Hospital
Association at once. Funds for the
hospital are coming in slowly, but the
committees are in no way discouraged
and feel assured that the money will
be raised before the summer is over.
The Orioles took fall out of the
Kenosha Kids Saturday by score of
q to 0, only two Kids seeing third
base. The feature of the game was
the pitching of Knutz of the Orioles.
Sunday the Victors of Milwaukee fail
ed to put in an appearance and SO a
game was arranged with the Ben
Slater Stars which resulted in the de-
feat of the Stars by score of to 4.