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The man whose body was found in l the ravine beside the Sheridan Road below Ravinia Sunday. proved to be that of R. S. Sharp of ChicagOpwho‘, probably committed suicide. ‘He dis- appeared from his home a few days ago apparently in search of work. one was about 5'5 years old. Dr. . Knight came down and held an in« 1 quest »Monday and turned the body overr‘fov undertaker Prior for burial Tuesday. , Doctor Ingalls has been keeping his office warm for several days by burning old cycle ,.crates, barrel stave§,,§enee ickets ,and pickedâ€"up seg¢mgeeem [ya-w But .WedneSdaY ‘morning, when the election was over, and the other ,{ellow had won and left the doctor free to attend to his own business, he went into Rafien Baker’s and ordered a ton of coal. Business “pa 5; _ litics robe and : kills. Levelieadlefl doctor! A. W. Waldo of the Central Meat Market and Bessie Cheverton had their birthdays Sunday. The form- er was 28 and the latter 16 years old on that day. Mr. Waldo received numerous presents, a pair of choice kid gloves from his sister in Massa- chusetts and lots of other things and best of all a check for $1,000 from 3 l \ l his father in Libertyville; we saw ‘ both letter and check and thought that was the kind of a father to have. Mr. Waldo, Sr. knows his son is building a house and a few checks like that will come in hand); of course it was very nice for his father to do ‘ that. But it has Occurred to us several times sincerrthat ,perhapa our neighbor. both as a boy at home on his father’s farm and since he went into business for himself has always been the kind of a boy and young man to delight a father's heart; that he has not squandered time and alternate: and reputation and oppor- tunities in riotous living. ()n the whole we opineuthat-fi1,000 wae not misplaced. but such checks don't grow on every bush. ,,Owing to the sumrabuudauce of e tiou lfe _rt8‘.hq ’ 90 rs'gggpql r300“ of istnict N3; .1391“ not be ppblished gntilrnext wgsek. \ Earl Purdy is building a “sky parlor" for his bicycle trade. where hg can have fresh air and plenty of light to show off-«his wheels. There are and have been a great nymy wonderful things In Vermont (Ine of the latest is a cat in Bethel, which goes out and catches a part ridge for dinner, when the good Wife gets in a pinch through the minister ()1; some one else coming unexpected 1y to dinner. ,OF LOCAL INTEREST. We wasted lots of pity on (the un- ameesfnl candidates, but. we will never do it again. They had fun by the bu§hel all.§lny;_evexyhody talked about them,.:aked up all z. the mean things in their family history. their ancestry, how some of them were hung. or ought to have been» -â€"~ false of course. in toto,,but it‘all V adds to the fun. No, sir; next year we shall ”run for some office, where there will .be oppoeitiqnvsmas to have the fun, the nichpst, aweetgst and most en- during fun we ever had. Then the iirivil-ege, of hitting your eempetitors! Eity theeandidates? Neuter! \ 4 Waukegau, at a late hour,j took the edtice qt the NEWS and threw over its partisan methods and all handso pposed to. giving away the harbor united on Dr. Pearce for mayor, and what is more elected him. Sofa: this is a triumph of vbuznness methods 1n municipal poli- tics. We are, not Competent to de cidethe merits of the question at issue, but can approve the methods. THE HIGHEAND- BARK NEWS. ()ne improvement must go along with that of better construction and drainage‘of the roads. The wheels of all vehicles should have wider tires. In France. the width of tire is from three to ten inches», with the bulk of four-wheelers six inches. In Germany every wagon for heavy loads must have at least a four-inch 'tire; Austria requires a tire 4-; inches wide; Switzerland requires all draft wagons to have a six-inch tire. If we ’Were to build good roads our wagons. as now constructed would speedily destroy them. They are road- destroyers as wrtainly as if built for the purpose Go on and build the roads, and begin at once to reform the wagon wheels. Con- tributed. one piece of solldwsteel hub of rear wheel large with balls 2 inch; an, up- -to date, fin- de siecle wheel in every respect. The first Hibbard to bless America came here in 1636â€"«~ this “Hibbanfi' accompanied by “Lady Hibbard” arrived in 1897 ~ only 261 years intervening, and the geneaology has kept on improving all the time , »â€"0f the wheel, wemean. ' 'nurl Purdy is’ seumg the great: bicycle of. the world, the “Hibbard.” That illustrious name, would sell it if the machine had no merits of its own. but it has a superior sprocket, a pedal crank agd. shaft forged in .Iggpre, ygugprgpgsrty with’ D. M. Erskine, Jr., Co. , The cadets; down at the military WyMa h9ge_,and glorious bonfire Tuasday evening as the re» tmns game h; of the quonel’s elec- tion. - DUFFY BROTHERS. City Express. :Baggage and Dime Parcel 1 Delivery. TELEPHONE 25 To or from any Part of city. 'PMNOS AND FUflNIfURE .MOVEB. Highland Park Laundry, First Class Work At Reasonable Prices. HIGHLAND PARK, ILL. Goods sent fur and delivered to all parts of the city. Orders by post or telephone promptly attended to. Trunks Psrccls‘ A. (l. ORTLUND, Manager. Goods handled with cums! cure. Prompt utentlon given all orders. 25 (can. l0 Cent's.