Illinois News Index

Highland Park News (1874), 23 Jul 1897, p. 2

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"y Y The population of the city Tues- day at 4 o'clock p. m. was 3,010; how many have been added' since, we can’t say. ‘Labt winter it was only 2,999. The Railroad Men’s Home has 22 worthy inmates and that shows whether the Home is a good instit~ ution or not. Thu 0:30 train for Monday morn- ing reaéhed this city at 10: 05. The trainlnen stopped in Waukegan to see how the vote stood for the hand sonmt girl 111 the Bluff city. Harljy Clampitt and wife have gone to Manistique on a vacation trip of a week. They went up on the Luddington, an elegant lake steamer. Later they will visit John T. Raffen's ranch in Wyoming and trap bison, deer, etc. Harry Mille’mulehas a circus every day on his own hook. He starts off for home every chance he gets and when some one tries to stop him he strikes into a canter and finds a patch of grass and feeds. He is a wonderfully intelligent animal. Mrs. Postmaster Dooley is taking private lac/ans on a wheel each Ellen» ing in thg soft mellow lightxof the glomning. She, is rapid] y becoming an expert, and will soon be among the professionals on the streets. She is proving a most obliging and capa- lile assistant in the postolfice, and her wheel will facilitate her little journeys to and from the office. Robert C. Rafl'eu and James Burns took a ride over to Fox Lake Sunâ€" day, to see Clinton J. Spencer. who is putting in some delightful vaca- tion work over there and "cleaning out” all the higlrspecd yachts on the lake, and pocketing the prizes; They left the Park about 9 o'clock and were there in three hoursfa trip, as they made it of 40 miles up hill and down, chiefly the former they thought. It made. a W-milo ride for the day, and made a hole in “Clint‘s” larder. , Just after our last \vevk‘s issue was mailed lust Week Friday the 4 o'clock freight came in with a strong, vigorous and healthy looking mun slvoping on a buffer of one of the film. As tho train was equipped with air brakes and it stopped here for water, ho was thrown 03' his sent down hetwoen the cars. where one truck ran over him, cutting off one arm and svvering his body through the waist. Ho was about 3‘7) years old. Dr. Knight hold the inquest tho sumo evening. The man's name was Ira Burr. from Crimson. Ohio. and his re-mnins worn buried in Lnkv Fon'st. OF LOCAL INTEREST. THE HIGHLAND PARK NEWS. T0 THE PEOPLE OF HIGHLAND PARK:- 0000 Chase 8: ' Sanborn. (SIGNED) CANNOT GUARANTEE THE WE FRESHNESS OF ANY COFFEE REPRESENTED TO BE OF OUR IMPORT- ATION IF PURCHASED IN HIGHLAND PARK OUTSIDE THE STORE OF EVANS BROS, OUR SOLE AGENTS. WE

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