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The roof and some of the siding melon the White house. by Sylvan Dells. The golf [Slaye'rs have donned their furs and ulsters. Edward Ingalls has the contract fur stringing eight miles of wire for the electric railroad folks. Litigation is painfully sea rce. only one cage for each ‘of our justices this week. Prosperity can never return on such small business as that. While Russia and Japan are con. tending for control in China, don’t, forget our little Chinese settlement, W0 Hung, the laundryman. He pays his hills and “was-whee" all right. Mayor Evans is happy over the advent of n bran new daughter to his hume Thursday morning. ()ct. L’Ist. We have not yet learned Miss Evans‘ name. The firm of lngalls Brothers has dissolved and Messrs. D. A. Driscoll C0. succeed them in the same stand and will engage in the manufacture of bicycles in addition to their repair work. They will reâ€" min the tin, sheet iron and furnace work of Mr. Driseoll. Next Sunday afternoon they ex- pect six carloads of engineers. fire.- men and trainmen with their wives and best girls out to visit the Rail- road Men's Home. Among those expectmi are P. M. Arthur, grand chief engineer. of Cleveland, Ohio; l’. H. Morrieeey, grand master of the Brotherhood of Trainmen; F. P. Sargeant grand master, Brother» hood of Loeomotive Firemen, Peoâ€" ria; E E. Clark grand chief con‘ «ludor of the () R. C. Cedar Rap ids. Iowa: Mrs. Murdock. grand mistress of Ladies’ Auxiliary of Brotherhmul of Locomotive Engin- eers; Hon. L. S. Collin, president of the Home and ex-railroml commis- sioner of Iowa. Rev. J. P. Brush- ingham of the Portland street Meth- mliet church will giVe the opening address at 2:31lo'clm-k'p. m. Highland Park News. VOL II. ABOUT TOWN. HIGHLAND PARK, ILL, OCTOBER 22, 1897 President Lom, of the electric road, was in town Monday, we presume to see if all the conductors were collect- ing full fare of the passengers. It looks as though Secretary Alger would insist on probing the brutality at Fort Sheridan to thqbottom. The one thing Fort Sheridan and, the army can‘t afford is an official whiteâ€" washing. Robertson Nolan have leased to the Street. Electric Railroad compa- ny a strip of land for a car barn, large enough for two cars. etc. Mr. Rolwrtson is bossing the job of building the barn. Robertson Nolan received three car-loads; of lumber and five of coal, last week. Their business has rapid- ly increased from the start. necessi- tating additional help to handle or- ders promptly and properly. The e'ectric road will be in Fort Sheridan. at the depot, this week and you can go up on it to the court martial, Sec'y Alger and Gen. Brooke have ordered to try Levering for his treatment of Private Hammond. To be sure the cars may not _be running, but you can scorch along on the rails. The Electric Light company star- ted 0n the use of crude oil for fuel last Saturday. and you can see how much brighter the lights are. all but that lightning hug of an affair down on the F. C. Brown corner. \Vehave obserwd a kind of oily smell about our lights. and could not think what it was. The annual meeting of the north shore chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was held at. Mrs. Van Schaick’s the afternoon of the ilth inet.. for the election of of. ficera. as follows: Regent, Mrs. W. C. Egan; Vice Regent. Mrs. F. Fis- cher; Treasurer. Miss A. R. La Bar; Register. Mrs. Vim Schaick. Mrs. G. B. Cummings. Membership commitA tee: Mesdames. Francis Thorn, H. P. Davidson. G. B. Cummings. E. S. Boynton, and F. B. Green. After the election refreshments Were servmi and a social time enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Warren are off attending the state meeting of the B. Y. P. U. The editor has one or two houses at very low rates for the winter for the right parties. The youngest child, a boy, of William Smith died Sunday and the interment was in the North North» field cemetery. The only child of George Garrity. aged 5 months, died Monday. The burial was in the new Catholic cem- etery, west of the city. The first meeting of the Indus- trial Club and Kitchen Garden school was held at the club house last Saturday afternoon. Life is too short for so long a name as that for a society. Prof. W. A. Wilson‘s popularity as a teacher has extended across the lake and enticed pupils thence to our school here in the Park. And still some people here are opposed to it! This long continued spell of dry weather is further protracted to en- able Messrs. Henry Clay Sampson. Kenneth R. Smoot and the Presby- terian church to get in those cement sidewalks. The last one is all “set" and ready for use; let it rain. The Symphony Concert study class meet with Mrs. Benj. Jones Wednes- day afternoon. Mrs. Theodore Thomas and Mrs. ‘ Arthur MW of Chicago read papers. The meetir‘fgl.r was a preparatory one with respect 0! a permanent organization and the ladies interested were much encour- aged. The B. Y. P. 1'. 0f the Baptist church had a song service Sunday evening, with a stirring address by Mr. Phansteele, the preacher at the Presbyterian church. as the expected speakers from Chicago. not knowing one of the evening trains had been taken otf got left. It was a delight. ful. profitable service. The same kind of service. will be held every Sunday evening. for the present at lenst. NO 21.