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W (Jh .4» I at The stars and strilms floated to the breeze from our new liberty pole Monday, the 22nd in honor of a man who died‘uearly 98 years ago on the banks of the Potomac. in Virâ€" ginia because his physicians thought therproper treatment. for oedema was: bloodletting or “hleéding” as the old practitioners styled it. So they bled the good man, and though lu- was the Father of his Country, had whipped the British, and boon pm. ident, he died. and you‘can look at a casket they call his. at Mount Ver- W-‘emhope those in charge will not let themovement for centralizing our public ofiioes and institutions in Athenaum.‘ drop or die of inanition. It is a vital matter. ' The building is there with plenty of room; it is also heated; lighted and provided with janitor service. and it Would add to the usefulness of each one of these several organizations if they were concentrated in one building. Besides, we think it, would put some life into some of them that aro- halt- ,â€"~We ARE extremely anxious about the new justices of the peace. We can neither add 'to. nor subtract from the stature. avoirdupois. or mental capacity of our preSent offi- cials. but we can see to it that the new men come up to the high‘Stand- 11rd of- this fin-de-siecle age. There are no claims of locality or persons. but the town is entitled to the best men. Look them out and make them accept the Office. w - ~ - » mg. Advertising Rid; nad‘e known on application n this office.g The Hfg'filand Park News. Published in the Interests 0! Highland 1’ark,Highwoqd and Ravinia, every FriIlIu afternoon by H F. 8: A. 1‘ Evans. Terms, $1.00 per year, 55 cents for six months, 30 cents for three months. LEWIS BJHXBBARD H. F. EVANS Office: McDonald's Building, St. juhns Avenue. Highland Park, Illinois. Entered at {he post office at Highland Park. Ill. .. as second class matter. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1897. ~ - w EDITOR. BUSINESS MANAGER; ,1! my also heard of but one name. that of W. F. Hogan. themuyor or president of the Village nf Fort Shoridun. After all Mr. Hogan has dune for that village. and he hues the best streets in the county. HEIVP perhaps one or two of ours and a few in Of course. the town Will re-elect Mr.‘ Fletcher as supervisor. and Ho far-as we linow, he is the only can, (lidate in the field. There'- is no pol itics in it as it is purely a business ()flicr. Mr. Fletcher has made a good su‘pvrvimr. he stands deservedly high among his assmiaté-s. which give-s the town a firHt class reputation ahruad, and his local mlmiuistratinu has lweu eminvntly satisfactory to the» people at large. and as it is all but the/niiii'ersal custom to gin- a: 1mm thg compliment of a re-e-lectinn. uni 1955 there Hl‘t‘ very Mirious uhjm-tiuus. and in this case there urv none. he will lw returned. with practical uni auimity, as “'9 trust. For assistant- supervisor we have This will take place Tuesday. April 6th, 1897. The officers to be elected are as follows, to-wit: onc supervisor, present incumbent, A. W. Fletcher; one assistant supervisor. a new office under our last census: atown ‘clerk in place of our excel- lent- ofl'lcial, E. "Lil7 Palmetieri one assessor. in place of John Finney.‘ who has served so long and so well: four constables. the two now‘in of.- tice. are W. F. Edwards and Fred Rudolph. and two more. in all four are to be elected: also. four Justices of the Peace. The present incum- bents are Daniel Pease. of Highwood. and D. A. Holmes, of this city. We presume they will both be reelected but the two new ones ought to be men who are at home during the day. as cases must. be. called between the hours of 8 a. m. and 4 p.ni.. and it. is very important that a town of this size. over 4000 inhabitants. have, a justice of the peace who can issue, papers and try cases during the day. Then there are some highway CURL inissioners to be elected. very im- portant offices to fill also. non, when you go" there, Washington‘s body is in wish. THE HIGHLAND PARK NEWS. EAST DEERFXELD ELECTION. and think it. if you EIGHT Y-ONE YEARS AGO. Highland Park wadthen one vast. howling wildernim‘s: the tall Mai-y oak trees covered all the bluffs, and filled the ravines; the foxes had their holes along these banks. the mink filled the ravines. the rabbits had their ’ne’sts or burrows. the deer stalked abroad. while the Indian fol- lowed his trail. pitched his wigrnam and buried his dead right here where we live. Chicago was just recoi'er- ing from the Ft. Dearboi‘n massacre. We do not remember all these things but others do. especially eastern people. The year lHIti was widely known as the “summerless summer." and We often heard of it in our youth as our parents remembered it. The win. ter was very warm. tires went out at times. and this till April. and then Waukegau, at a mere tithe of the cost of ours, and by his system of saloon licenses. he has made the sol» diers pay most of the cost. Besides after the Park, the bulk ofrthe pop~ ulation of the town is in Mr. Hogan's hailiwick. Hence. we conclude he will be elected. as that,» part of the town is surely entitled to represent- ation in the county board. ("It has large municipal interests outside the corporate limits of the tillage. alrio large property interests, and it my large sums in *taxes. so that from every standpoint. we think the north end of the town is fully justified in claiming the otlice. Now fellow citizens, please give us also two good new justices of the peace. men of wsent-m. candor. and some fitness for judicial duties. inch thick. letn‘vs of tlu- from \wn- killed as was tlw corn. In June, im- und frost wvn- (-ounnon, snow fell in Vermont to a depth of ten inches. as in Maine and New York. Juno [7”: 2| furnn-r lmt his sheep and went for them. Not returning. his wife alarmed tho. noighlxnrs, search wus made and lu- was found far into the night lying in a holhnv. nearly cov (-rml wilh snowuandlwth feet frozen. ()n July 4th, i0.» formed through- out New England. and‘ thv only mrn raised in mm locality mu»; \vlmrv (lu- ussbrinu‘ (-mm- on. it urew colder. '2 P5 In May buds fmzv. iw- was half an inch thick. letn‘vs of tlu- from \wn-