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Held regular meeting Tuesday evening with full board. A bond for $1500 was authorized. $500 of which is for” this year's repairs on the big fill near the Ravinia line on the Sheridan road south. The grist of somewhat drastic ordinances for cement sidewalks passed at the last meeting were suspended till further orders by the council. Alderman Phillips said Mr. Street had repaired his in good shape, and it would not he just to make him tear it out and put in cement, and he vas right and this led to “w; suspending of the whole lot, and then act on each one separately on its merits. Alderman Cushman urged this and made a capital speech on the folly and and wrong in making people throw away a lot of valk where the planks are good and only a few new string» ers needed. To our mind Alderman Cushman‘s position is thoroughly sound; these are hard ttmes; taxes are high enough without any of these special ones that can be avoided. Quite lengthy petitions, from prom iant citizens all over town came in for bridges over the raviuPs 0n the vxtunsion of St. Johns avvmw. (mo bridge a block north of (‘ity Engin- 4-,(‘r Bowen's home, and one up bu yum] High Street. just south of N. U. Munro's. It should be dum' ilt «nu-v with hmnv talent, \vm‘king mun and mutvrinl. \Vv new! nut gm out of tuwn fur a pmnul of nuil~. fur Mt-ssrs. Kuist, and Purdyr nrdvrwl nm- or two cufllnuds nut lung sincv. (me- ur two curllnuds not lung sump. While they are opening that strm't wo think it should he math: straight mirth. direct into tlw military grounds. on the east side of thr- Mrmrt- residpncv, and not have to mnkr- that turn up by thi‘ Benniug hausc-n corner. An ()rtlvr was mmlv fur 90H fool of 15inch lilv: with it thv Nnrlhl \"Q‘Sll‘l’ll folka will lay in tlwir gut tor tr) (lrnin that slough limir Michal-l hugguu'a. The police umnmitwo warn in- ulrm-lml l4: N'Plll‘l «m llw limm (-nl Highland Park News. VOL II CITY COUNCIL. HIGHLAND PARK, ILL., AUGUST 6, 1897. looted by the several justices' courts. So far as the police magistrate is concerned the city is still indebted to him from $15 to $20 for office rent, which he hopes to collnct in fines. Miss May‘ Purkhurst of High- wuod died last. Friday July 30th of typhoid fever after an illness of less than two weeks, at the age of 23 years. a We remember her during. during our residence up there, as a very bright Winsome little girl. living with lmr excellunh grandmother. As shvgrew uptn womanhood it was thelittlc; girl developed and matured. The same brightness, viv-» ucity and winsonw loveliness were, lwrs in all these years. She was not robust but rather leaned toward lmdily frzlilxmss, qualities she- inher- ited and could not shake off. luttv 21ml Inc-nt, “'er TlN'N' is a lzuls in this cih “ith a m‘“ l’imm-i- or Ullw r silk llrl‘SN IlliHlU by a Chicago ilmssnmku. in full Michigan Avvnm- stylv. We could nu-ntiun her nmm- but “1- (limt. hits ()f ()tlu-r lmlivs wuuhl f‘llVy lwr: wv rather spuil a gwwl local than «In that, MISS PARKHURST. ZIS glv. 'J. R. Bowman. 1’. Hi] .1. S. I’m”. Th;- intt-r :1! ()ukwnnds. The death of this young man Monday foronoon, August 2d, was a very sad event. He was the oldest. son of John Hart, and Well known in this city, where the family has lived about 20 years. For some years he was in the employ of the Chap- man-Smith Company in Chicago. where he proved himself a very capa- ble, efficient and valuable man. But his health has been poor for‘ some time, and he was obliged to abandon Th1- :igent for the now Chumlx‘rs‘ Encyvlopu-diu, llH' lNNl work of tho kind in tm- English lunguugo,‘ has been in town this week. Now that the public library will huw- some money it, should be in that, and also in tlw public school library for daily use by tho pupilh. \Vc- do now. or huvv owan about ovary valuablv (-yclopzwlia publishod. as the Brit tuiliczi, (lhumlwrs. and tho Kinorican, but wv are frank to any this new. fully Anwricunizml and upto-dzitv 1897 (‘rhzunlwrs is tlw bust in tlw whole list. lint, us hive it. in our libraries; forlunutvly it is tho ('lN'JIIL out, onv publishvd. Buttorick'N I’ultvrns ut .\li~-' l‘lr hard work. Last spring he was elected town clerk. almost without withour opposition, and so far. he has proved a capable and accommo- dating official, and in that line of work he had before him a promising future. Hewas frank, affable and courteous. qualities; which people like in a public official. He was also prompt and reliable. elementu which go to the makeup of a suc- cessful and trusted business man. His sickness, typhoid fever, was of some two weeks’ duration, and was a serious case from the first. He leaves his parents, three brothers and throe sisters, beside a large Cir» do of friends to mourn his death. The funvrul was Thursday forc- nuon {mm St. Mary’s church. and the burial in the family lot in Lakv Forest. dum- 4 EDWARD P. HART. NO. 10