The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-11

G. A. Wilson Of Beloit. spent Sunday
with friends in this city.
Fred Wilson of Milwaukee, has come
to Kenosha TO make his home
Miss Grace Bergman of Chicago, Wis
tied friends in Kenosha Sunday.
Mrs G. D. Barnes and son, are visit
ing with Mrs. Barnes parents at Lans-
ing.
Alex Sommers of Grand Rapids,
Mich, spent Saturday with Mrs. J. R..
Cole.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Junker of Con
gress street are rejoicing over the birth
of a son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Piper are rejoic-
ing over the birth of a daughter The
happy event occurred Monday evening.
Mrs. Walter johnson was taken to
st. Mary's Hospital in Racine Monday
evening for an operation for appended
It's.
The Misses Mile Kluender and
Louisa Nelson gave a cut glass shower
on Saturday afternoon in honor of Miss
Laura Leicht.
Attorney H. E. Bemis of the law
firm of Turner, Hunter, Pease & Turner,
Milwaukee, was the guest of friends in
this city Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Hastings, Miss Jennie
Hastings and Attorney Henry Hastings
have returned home after a ten days
visit in New York.
The Bailey Mercantile Company of
Chicago, which has had branch office
in 'Kenosha for some time is planning
to open a regular store here.
Sheriff Charles Pfennig has sold the
Sykes property on Deming street, re-
Gently purchased by him to B. F. Stahl
for consideration of $4,000.
The trotting bred stallion Grafton
King, by Grafton 2:13, the champion
race horse sire in 1905, will be at Mum
gen Livery barn every Saturday for this
season. *dw20
The Masons Of the city are planning
to celebrate ST. Johns Day, June "a,
with an all day picnic at Paddock s
Lake. Lodges in surrounding cities will
be asked to join, the Kenosha lodge in
the celebration of the day.
The joint school picnic given by Flor
ence Boyle and Cathyrne Eddy, near
Kenosha Saturday, was well attended,
dinner being served to over $50 people.
The feature of the day was the ball
game between the two schools.
Manager j. e. Williams of the Bijou
theatre of Oshkosh has been in Keno
sha for several days seeking to secure
lease of some Kenosha theatre for
summer vaudeville. So far as can be
learned he has not succeeded in his
quest.
The fire department was called out
just before ten O'Clock Monday even
ing on account of a small fire at the
home of Frank Conley at the corner
of Garden and Brockett streets. The
flames were extinguished by use of the
chemical and the damage did not ex-
ceed fifty dollars.
Letters have been received here tell
ing Of the suicide of Harold Meade, a
son of Charles Meade, formerly of Ke-
nosha, who was. killed at Waukegan
some eight years ago. Young Meade
killed himself at his home in Los Ange-
les, Cal, shooting himself through the
temple with revolver. He died in
stantly.
The Central graduation exercises of
the county schools will be held at Pad
dock s Lake, on Tuesday, June %,
1908. Beginning at 1000 a. M, the
program will consist of songs and reel
tations by the graduates, address to the
class and comforting Of diplomas by the
| county superintendent. A base ball
game and other field sports will be in
progress during the afternoon. A cor
dial invitation is extended to the pub
lie. }. j. Kerwin, Co. Supt. Schools.
Gross earnings of the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad for April show
a decrease of over 100000 as compared
with those Of the previous month,
though they are considerably better
than in February. AS compared with
the figures for the corresponding month
last year, the loss was $1,004,315
Against this loss in gross, however
there is to be set down reduction in
operating expenses, amounting to $685..
POI, so that the decrease in net earn
ings for the month was but $49,114.
Misses Ida Boyd, Grace Rehl and An
ma Gaven, three young women employed
at the Hilker- Wiechers factory, Racine,
established a good walking record Sat-
urday between that city and Kenosha.
The girls started out to beat the pace
set for them early in the week by a
party of three women. They left Ra-