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“n.3, B. Wat-fin. one of the new Inn-gen 'of the Hallie to: Aged and Diubled Railroad Ken. situated in High-ad Park, who» likeness tho Nude-Linn preeenu below, :3 though a change! to most people of the Perk, is one of- the but known nilroed men of the west. ' Bow in Yum county. New York. Hay 8th. 1834,- Mr. Wuhan com- menced nilmdiug in 1853, in the capacity 0! min" boy on the Toledo, Norwalk and Cleveland railroad, J . T. Simpkin being his conductor. Shortly after he was appointed bram- manon the night expreaa,-~Joah Tayo‘ lor conductor. , {In the {all (if ' 1856 he wontwlowa and in’lSfiQaaeured a position onithe Duhuque 8: South- Weatern as brakeman. running be tween Dubuque and Moteoello. In 1862 he entered the employ; as conâ€" ductor, of the Chicago, Iowaand Ne- braska railroad (now Iowa division of C. N. W.) continuing with that ,road until 1868, when he resigned -and went to Michigan to act as yard master and conductor for the Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan road From '1880 to 1890 he was omduc tor on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern railroad. The Home takes. care of all die. abled and supennnuatod railroad Vmenwbe they from the United States Canadé or Mexico-and is bated less than one mile south of Highland The R. R. MOI" flout. T. 3. WATSON. THE, SHERIDAN ROAD NEWS-LETTER. Purh. It will“ of two resident» lmildingeSherus. sheds Menthol“ (lneolthe henna-"end the lot on whieh it studs. lormrlyln’ecn es the Paige place, has not been the property of the Home. until lstely, it hsving been rented by the Home from the Wagukegan Building and Lana sssocistionmho ownedit. Some time sgo the Wanke‘gsn people noti- fied Kr. Wstson that the building unless purehssed would hue to be vsestsd as they, wished to reslize from it. Assoon se possible s meet in; of the board of directors of the Home use called and the nutter placed before it. As the running ex- penses lied ex'hsneted Ill money; svailable for use the board wse et s lose what to do until Mr. L. S. 00(- fin, the president, .who bee been o true friend snd supporter of the. in- stitution since its inception, come to the rescue, advanced the money necessary for the purchase or some, and once again mod the Bone from dissolution _"Futb0t” Cc fin, as he is aflection- ately known to all railroadem, Is the iriend of all knights of the rail. He has given most liberally of his time and money in endeavoring to lighten the; burden of the railroader. He has on many occasions engineered legis- lalion in Washington and elsewhere whieh has behelltted them. Mr Coffin was the inatigator oi the law coibpéllitig all railroads to equip insight earswith airbrakes and automatic couplers, which has been the means. of minimizing the loss of life on railroads. THE LAWN, PICNIC. The ladies of Chicago 8. I. A. No.1 picnicked on the spacious lawn of the Railroad Men :9 Home Thursday. It was an ideal day, and enjoyed by all. About fifty were present, among them bein ' Mesdames Jennie Kane, F. Wg Mnlbon, A. G. Spats, F. Carlton. William Rowe, A. Tolson, E. .Moore, J. Adams, Cook. H. A. Fdnke, D. G. Stannard, H. H. St. John, B. Bohrig, J. C. Valpelle, W. 3.6113 of Chicago, and Miss Jeannette Paradise, St. Louis; Mrs. F; D. Fletcher, Ma uette, Mich; Mr. Z T. Dodit Ltd Fayette, Ind, Rev. and Mrs. Richard Gal-ton, Burlington, 1a., 4 ‘Mifl Hue! Eda, Wuukegcn; Min Both Fairnice, Oh' . They were charmed with the one and the‘ surroundings, a well as. the manner in which it is being mun- Born In it. and In. Adam Ohlwein, a bright, twelve pound baby boy. New Finney hu an ha 103 with the Ram bruit and will learn the trade and intricacieu of the newspaper business. ' A skilled Optician of mu years mfiouoe It Schneidar he's examine your eyeund inform you if they require glasses. No expense for examination, and very little for glasses; they deal direct- ly with the manufacturers. Through the eflortsofcity mar. ehal Leach the team and outfit reported stolen in Waneondn, an uocounf of which was mentioned in last ioeks' NEWS-LITTER, has been recovered and the thief ar- rested. It was recovered in South Chicago. The prisoner is lodged in' Wanxegan jail. The Baptist church has Voted to settle Rev. Robert M. Babb, units pastor for one‘year, while he is oompletixg%his poet graduntsstud- ies in the niyersity of Chicago, He is giving two years special study to the Bible which gives the, church the. rare chance of a: man of ability and training for a very moderate sum. The call Was wot, ed Wednesday evening andfwag unanimouq and very enthusiastic. ,. Friday’s Chicago Tribune ca 3 legal proceedings are about , to commenced by the city of;Wauke-’ gnu to compel County Treasurer Foote to return emeaeive' commia~ alone, alleged" to be charged by him aa'eounty collector for hand- ling'tax money. The trouble arises from different constructions put ‘on the state law. Hex-“020m it has ‘been egatomary for collectors to chargebnt ,1 1' cent . commission, but Collector cote reads the law’ as allowing him 3 per cent. The point hinges on the punctuation of the law and never has been judiciL ally paased (on. It is of ‘import- anee to cities in the smaller coun- ties of the state. ' Btiy that birthday present of Schneider d5 Cooke. A fine as- sortment to choose from.