The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-22
NEWS NOTES.
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bureau.
Jack Deignan, of Genoa Junction,
is spending few days with Kenosha
friends.
Jacob Madison and Miss Harriet
Button, of Silver Lake, have been
licensed to wed.
1t is reported that fifty new houses
will be erected by Racine capitalist
in the Tanck subdivision next spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Martin have
gone to Los Angeles, CAL, where they
will make their home for the winter.
The young ladies' of the city are
planning leap year party to be held
at the Guild hall on the evening Of
Dec. 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. K. Nc Masters, of
E1gin, ILL.,, have come to Kenosha to
spend the holidays with friends in
this city.
Coal dealers of Illinois and Wiscon-
sin are planning to form union to
protect themselves against the east
ern jobbers. h
Do your holiday shopping with the
home merchants. You can do as we'll
here as you can in Chicago and you'll
be better satisfied
Racine claims to be the hea1thiest
city in the state. In the past month
but three cases of contagious disease
have been reported in that city.
The Northwestern Railway COM
pany has offered special rates for the
Kenosha teachers who will attend the
State Teachers Association at Mil
waukee.
All the county officials who were
elected at the last election have
qualified fer their Offices. They will
go into Office on the second day of
January, 1905.
The official count shows that the
primary election law got less than
so per cent vote IN the state, and on
this vote the majority in favor of the
law was 50,264.
Eugene Sullivan of this city was
one of the successful candidates for
state pharmaceutical license at the
recent examination he1d by the state
board at Madison.
Governor LaFo11ettew will beinaugu-
rated for the third time on January 2.
None of the Keno,ha Republicans
has been asked to take a leading
role in the Inauguration plans.
Sheriff elect Vietch has troubles of
his own just at present. If he appoints
deputies for every applicant he will
have an army of deputies almost as
large as the governors army of game
Wardens.
Judge Belden has granted divorce
to Grace Herbst from her husband,
Henry Herbst The complaint shows
that the couple were married in Feb
ruary of this year but never lived to-
gether. Desertion was the charge.
The Borden Company paid out
$13, 500 to their patrons in and around
Genoa Junction last month, at the
rate of $1.3 per cwt The Wilmot
factory paid $1.03, the difference be-
tween the two amounts being the
price the farmer pays for the skim
med milk he feeds to calves and pigs.
The dangerous practice of boys
catching rides on passing s1eighs has
resulted in a number of bad accidents
this winter. Farmers and others
claim it is impossible to keep the boys
off. When ordered away they laugh
and when touched up with the whip,
parents threaten arrest on charge of
assault and battery. Often when boys
are forcib1y thrown off, they get even
by throwing snow balls and rocks at
drivers.
Independent 1ong-distance te1e-
phone lines to Chicago were made a
practical certainty in conference
between committee appointed by
the convention of the Interstate In
dependent Telephone association and
President Albert G. Wheeler of the
Illinois Tunnel company. President
Wheeler said there would be no
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The association also considered the
question Of uniform telephone rental
rates in cities of the same size.
The true story of Ruth Hofer's re-
1ations with Zion City and the Dowie
family was learned today. 1t was
also learned that the return of the
young heiress to Switzerland was to
raise money on the Castle Lieburg,
owned by her mother. With money
she cab1ed back to Dowie, large pay
ments on the last insta1111ent of the
receivership debt were promised to
the creditors of Zion today. An
nouncement by Deacon Barnard that
checks we're being made out caused
the creditors committee to defer I'M
til later in the week trip to Zion
City scheduled for today.