The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-03-07
LOCAL ITEMS.
Now for the primary election.


after a three weeks siegeof tonsilitis.
Miss Grace Larrabee, of Chicago,
spent Sunday with relatives in Keno
sha.
Henry Foster, of Be1oit, spent
Saturday evening with friends IN Ke-
nosha.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Nye, of Edge
water, spent Sunday with relatives in
Kenosha.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Hartl, of 1917
Pearl street, are blessed with a TX
pound girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Clarke, of Evans
ton, spent Friday afternoon with
friends in Kenosha.
Congressman H. A. Cooper is handi-
capped. That injured leg may make
it hard for him to run for United
States Senator.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Orson
o. Fox was held from the late resi-
dence in Pleasant Prairie on Sunday
morning with interment at the Ke-
nosha Cemetery. a
The City Council took no action in
regard to the Hanson saloon on Grand
avenue at the meeting Monday even
ing, but the property owners in the
neighborhood will make hard fight
to have the place closed.
City Treasurer Steinmetz is still at
work on his books and few of the
delinquent tax payers have been al
lowed to settle up. 1t is evident that
the amount of taxes ultimately left
unpaid will be very small.
The regular Saturday night cooking
main was pulled off last Saturday
night north of the city, and as in the
past the Kenosha men got their share
of the money. Some of the Kenosha
birds are developing championship
possibilities.
The Laf1in-Rand Powder company
is still having trouble. A big mill
owned by the company at Knoxville,
Tenn, was.destroyed by an explosion
on Friday and three men were killed.
This is the third mill to be blown up
since the first of January.
The social highwayman seems to
be at work insKenosha again and it is
reported that an .overcoat belonging
to A. NJ. Neergaard was stolen at the
Danish Brotherhood hall on Thursday
evening. The police are making
every possible effort to locate the
thief.
Congressman Cooper has put an
end to the Be1oit postofice fight by
appointing Dave Worthington, editor
ofthe Beloit Daily News. The appoint
ment was confirmed by the Senate
on Saturday evening. Cham. Inger-
soil, the veteran Cooper man, retires
from the Office after fifteen years of
service.
No date has as yet been set for the
hearing of the contest of the will of
the late Nancy Glover. When the
matter was adjourned the date was
left open and no word has been re-
ceived from the attorney for the con-
testing heir since that time 1t is
thought possible that the contest will
be dropped.
Carl Maegaard, secretary of the
United States Civil Service Board in
Kenosha, says that there is still
enough time left before the Clerk
Carrier examination March 9th, 1907,
to file applications. Anybody wish
ing to take the examination should
apply at once to the secretary for
blanks and instructions.
The matter of the escape of John
Bnrk from the county Jail will be
taken up by Judge Belden at the
March term Nof the Circuit Court. It
has been found impossible to take the
matter up at an earlier date. Just
what will be done in the case remains
to be seen, Former Sheriff J. H.
Veitch is still seeking to find Burk.
Overseer Wilbur Glenn VcliYa is re-
ported very seriously i'll at his home
In the sacred city. 1t is said that he
is com pletely exhausted by over work
and it may be weeks before he is
strong again. Overseer Vo1iva has
been constantly on the go for more
than three weeks visiting different
sections of the country to strengthen
the Dowie movement.