The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-20
John schmitt was a Chicago visitor

few thousand dollars out Of the con
test.
HIT. Houston, of Willamette, spent
Friday evening with friends in Ke-
nosha.
Mayor Peter B. Nelson, of Racine,
spent Friday evening with Kenosha
friends.
John Smikas and Miss Anna Lockide
both Of Kenosha have been licensed
to wed.
A. A. Wainwright, Of Edgewater,
spent Friday evening with friends in
Kenosha.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Jones, of Lake
Forest, spent Friday with friends in
Kenosha.
Conrad Shearer has declined to ac-
cept position as clerk in the Kenosha
postofice.
Well the world can now wag again.
Jefries has assured the public that he
can lick Corbett.
Frank Brown and Will Hannah, of
Waukegan, spent Friday evening with
friends in Kenosha.
]. L. McCordy formerly of this city
has recently been selected as chief of
police at Waterloo, Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hammond re-
turned home Friday after spending
their honeymoon in Detroit and Grand
Haven.
The ban has been placed on twin
ning' base ball in Zion City. The
Kenosha team ought to shine in the
Zion league.
Mr.. Frank Langan and grand
daughter, Miss Maty, have returned
after months visit with friends and
relatives in the east.
The work of repairing and removal
ing the Kenosha hospital has been
started and the board of directors will
see that the work does not lag.
Miss Lois Northway has gone to st.
Joe, Mich, to visit Miss Robiee. She
will also visit DR.. Northway at Stew
ensvi1le, Mich, before she returns.
Poor old Waukegan is having troub-
les of her own. Six different parties
are attempting to establish claims to
the ownership of the Waukegan har-
Dor.
Many of the justices elected in the
county in the last election have failed
to qualify, and for this reason several
of the towns are little shy on justice
shops.
| A large consignment of new books
has been received at the Gilbert M.
Simmons Library. They will be
placed on the shelves within the next
few days.
County Clerk William Crosby is busy
preparing his annual report of the
growing crops in the county. It will
be forwarded to the Secretary Of State
late in the month.
Kenosha sports we're all on the right
side at the prize fight Friday night
and little money was wagered. Cor
bett money in Kenosha was about as
scarce as the proverbial hens teeth.
| The Kenosha Electric Railway COM
pany has erected new sign giving
the time of the cars at the corner of
Main and Market streets. Street signs
have also been placed on the different
cars.
It is reported that Gustav L. Claus
sen, the railway promoter, was in
Kenosha on Friday evening but he
managed to keep out of the way Of the
police officers, who have a warrant for
his arrest.
Efforts are being made to arrange a
whist match between Racine and Ke-
nosha players. The Kenosha club is a
little shy of members at the present
time but it is proba BILE that team
could be secured.
The scheme to bri1d a driving park
betwee Kenosha and Racine is still
being urged by the horsemen of the
two cities and at an informal meeting
held at the Racine Hotel last Wednes-
day evening committees were appoint
ed to take up the matter and see If
property for track can be secured at
a reasona bic rate.
Milwaukee diocesan council will
meet in Milwaukee, Sept Is, when the
question Of the future name of the
Episcopal church will again be discuss
| ed. Celebration of the Holy Eucharist
and sermon by the Rev. francis H.
Stubbs, M. A. of Christ church, will
open the session. Deputies will be
elected to the general convention to
be held in Boston in 1904.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.