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Buttericks patterns for sale at Miss Erskine's. Mist-1 Beatrice Alice McCafl'rey leaves us Monday, to Hoot-pt a posi- tion as teacher in one of the South Chicago 80116018f * Miss Catherine P. Dailey, who has spent the summer here, returned to her Chicago winter home, 8 Washâ€" ington Place, Wednesday. The summer boarder and the 5111111 mer renter is becoming a scarce urti cle; the summer resident will linger till after the l101idays,1 if he i»; wise and he is pretty generally. Track laying on the electric road began last Saturday morning, and reached the railroad station that night. Kt that rate of progress the city limits will be in sight in a few days. “Adult‘chickens” are what Mrs. Rover, the cooking authority, styles old hens and roosters, as sold in the shambles. Oh yes. our meat men as well as the summer boarder, know what adult chickens are. It seems to us it is about time for Frank Green and his “Home Talent” troupe to put another enterâ€" tainment on the boards. We begin to realize that another indoor circus Would meet a long-felt want, espec- ially as the price of milk and gro~ ceries is going up so rapidly. A new street crossing has been laid down on Prospect avenue at the Denison corner, and like so many laid during the year it is below the street level So that the mud and water stands on it during the rains and melting snows. Look at those on 'either side of Central avenue east. There is no need and no good occasion for such shabby work. The footbridge across the ravine into the grounds of Ravinook has vlicited much admiration, for its rus- ticity, and last Tuesday a distin- guishedlady artist came and sat on the porch steps while she painted it. But like Melchesideck, who she is, whence she cam}: or whither she went; we know not: we only stole glimpses of her canvas as she used her brush. and it was "perfectly splendid,” of (3001788. We took a'momeutary peep at the Higlrlandl’ark club reading room the other evening and found all the leading magazines and illustrated papers on file. neatly cased in Em- erson hinders, besides the lwginnings of an excellent library. To our heart's delight We found the Centu~ ry Dictionary and Cyclopedia of names in ten volumes, half mama-n. and the sight moved us. ABOUT TOWN. ROBERTSON NOLAN, Lumber and Building Material of All Kinds. OFFICE AND YARD: ST. JOHNS AVENUE. IN LUMBER DISTRIBT. TELEPHONE 67. Tln. Furniture and Pianos Moved, “Packed and Shipped. Doors,Blinds, Glazed Sash, Brackets, Mouldings, Screens. All our lumber is tlloroughly kiln dried and we gu rial to be equal in quality and wgrkmanship to any ma(le_ DUFFY BROS Express, Baggage and Dime Parcel Delivery. Are responsible for all goods while TELEPHONE 56- Hard and Soft Coal, Sawed and Split Wood, Kindling. Sheet-Iron and Furnace Work Done to Order. HIGHLAND PARK NEWS . KUIST, INTERIOR FINISH IN PINE OR HARDWOOD. MILL WORK OF ALL KINDS. ' Stoves, Ranges, Housekeeping Goods. Trunks, 25c.; Parcels, 10c. T0 or from any part of the city. Gobds handled with greatest care. Prompt attention given all orders. DEALER MANUFACTURER OF WARREN, SR., m HARDWARE, . DUFFY, Manager. We guarantee our mate- made. Send for estimate flighlgnd Park. "I, In our hands. HIGHLAND PARK.