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Highland Park News (1874), 4 Mar 1898, p. 1

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|$[k|l»crrd}rctu'\:hlr1¢ ering Plants. d Crockery, ‘ark. ll nois. >od, Kmdh‘ng. rent. nds. L’flBER DISTRICT. f All Kinds. 'RST STREET. '1» par!!!“ 1: spun/n. zod. Lumber. .OUSCS, ON. ice Candi INN WA RE, HIGHLJ ‘D PARK CS. The town board meets next Mon» day. when Messrs. Fletcher and Hoâ€" gan will "draw straws” for the lopg term. We suppose it mattem not That little onwhorse affair so call- ed a “town meeting" comes this year. April 5th, four weeks from next Tues- day. {ve presume in the Young Men's Club House. It seems to us such a little insignificant afl'air, compared with null town meetings in New Eng land. where the town is the practical unit. Who will be candidates for assessor. clerk etc. We know not, though we have never been obliged to go out of town yet for candidates. men for the lowest offices. so we can name them So far as we have heard there are ‘ used edition of the ordinances. as no candidates in the field in ward 1prepared h." city fAttorney “WOOL tWU. unless Mr. Fritsch is up for ”L ‘ About half past elefien the councilad- elmtion. In ward three we under- Journed. stand Dr. Ingalls is in the field; when? Th d. “T?“ . ther Col. Davidson will be a candi~l e '1 itor “as not atthe meeting. I - l v . ’ . . date. we. know not as heia in Florida- l him]? kept at home; by ‘lhd‘ .18 tech The fourth ward seems to be all at l “E“ {gluimwn as a; Slight Indispo- sea yet. That ward is sum“ like a smon. t nanotea Mr “113 report ware church we knew down east, when it ‘ taken by one 0‘ thd publ'flwm‘ came to electing a new board of dea- : cons the pastorlsaid, there was “finch i made a brief but very sensible speech a superahundancc of good material" gun ”‘9 communication 0f the treas< that it was very diflticult to decideimer' Both partiga can't I” right. whom to have. It is currently re- l the thing for the céuncil todo is first ported that there are fully forty first i “be “"9 3")" are right"-â€"aud “1““ if class men over there, as candidates you are. 30 ahead: and so the problem of selecting two We did “0t km“! '35 the 9””“9'1 good men is a difiicult one. \Ve hope i 90““ get through hue meeting “'ith' they will simmer down by next week tout "‘9' "genial prq‘sence” 0‘ the 9d‘ We understand iAlderniHn Cobb While Mr. Brand’s specialties are not exactly in that line. he is a good level headed. sound business man with no hobbies to ridenr pet schemes to carry out. And we are greatly pleased that the first ward has no other candidates and we trust will not have any, thereby settingzl noble example to the other wardx Then in ward one there are strong German and Irishelemeuts. intelli‘ gent, thrifty and progrvssive and these men fittingfy. indeed we may say admirably represent those elga- ments. Then they are Working iii perfect harmony, the friends of Mr McCatfmy will support him and Mr. Brand also and Mr. Brand's personal friends will turn around and do the same for Mr. McCaffreyâ€"rand that is as it should be Mr. MoCafl'rey, as a practical mechanic of sound judgâ€" ment, prompt and raliable, will beof great value to the city if any improve;- ments are made in the city building. etc. or in the matter of bridges.streets and sidewalks, these are his special fields of knowlege and experience. He is also a good all around man,’ from all we can léarn f Good Selections. Ward one is firist in the field with its candidates for uliiermen and these are theflmen: Michael McCafirey and STEP. Brand. They are bnthxex‘ velh-ut business men, have lived here many years. havepmved their ability and wund judgmignt as such and are perfwtly fatniliarjwith “It“ needs of their own ward and of the city as well They are both realestate own- 9rs and pay taxes’ and special assess- ments. are in favor of u mnsvrvative. judicious system of local improm- mental. They are both also interested in the healthy growth of Highland Park. are solicitous for its matvriul and moral welfare and neither of them would do anything to lower the moral tone of this city. VOL III. TH E POLITICAL POOL. The Other Wards. Town Meeting. The ‘1 k Highland, Park News/Six Eitor of the Naws. [in it ‘neemfi 'they ican. Thus one by: one the. illusions 101' early life dissol he and fade away jas mists befure the’ morning sun! i The hills amounted to about $500, afor the month. i The Club has jukst organized with, the following :boi list of members: a Miss Isobel Sr :1. chairwoman ; Miss Viulu Shiflds. secretan'. ' stsearâ€" limar~ , Bessie Sites. : Mary Hustler. Mmm-«a Miller. EleamuflSmmu Mice: Frssenden. A; Annie Sum. CQ-lesn- Robinson. Mmguritc Rnlxinwn The Junior-Art éIlub gave. an in- formal dance Satufilay'evening. Feb. 26th, at the homje of Mrs. Viola Shields. We nndérstand it was a very successful and enjoyable affair. urer. Both partiéa can't be right. the thing for the céuncil todo is first “be sure you are right"-â€"â€"aud then if you are. go ahead._;E We did not know 'as the mum-,1] could get through hue meeting with- A comnmniwtion was read from the treasurer in w lfiuh be said that. Eon lagal adfice, he ould not be held frespousible for the -ity funds. if the g mayor and alderm I) could check the [money out of the air. The matter ‘wagroforrod to: city mm to {report at a special Questing forc that ‘purpose. The smirk submittbd‘ the {notices of the alumni)! election. desig~ mating polling placés as follown: 1:3"! sone city building: iward two. D. M. “Erskine H office; erd three, Raflen :and Baker 5; ward fuur the Bruno“ house. heretofore uQed as a polling plate. I Norgs The editor was nbt atthe meeting. being kept at home: by whm is tech- nically known as a; "slight indispu- sition." thanotes hit this report ware taken by nnq bf thd publishers. The council listened for nearly tun hours to the reading of the new n:- vised edition of thé ordinances. as prepared by city :Atturney Smoot. About half past eleéon the council adA journed. i A rebate of 25 p¢r cent was orderâ€" Y ,ed on the water uipiu down First, ;street as it cost ur1lv7.)per cent of.I ithe assessment (0 l y it. The billtslI :were passed and or yered paid. Mrs. ; gFlorence L. Show asked to have an ‘ Jall'ey. of no earthl_ 3 use, on one side.- Iof her grounds clusi‘d, in fact they ‘ wh the ground allfaruund it and it: i is a nuisance: to fife street and allay 5 [committee f f Tuesday evening Gui. Davidson, a- lone being absent. 5Ti-e residents at and near the Henry:! L. Street corner lfipetitinned for the nitstomtionof their :01d are light, to H16 committee on Estrogen-x. Bids for Tie Winch water ;uiain 1500 feet 0n Linden avenue. ithat is from the H. . Sampson cor- .nar‘to the Gen. F nt corner. were opened and referret tothe street oom- ; miiteewith power. ){diregfiir Adams :has proposed to pui in a fine steel Thridge on Waverly pvenue. just of! :tha Sheridan wad, iimvided the cih 'will pm him the mist of a wood one ;sav 900.111“! the )uncil want the {proposition in writing. who gets the short 56m“ in \villjbe re elected and so hug». both uu-n fill out the {nllterm for hich W( sup- posed they were Oliginally elected. Bessie Sites. Mmm-«a Miller. Mice: Frasenden. L‘g-lesn- Robinson (.‘ity («mm-i! mot it regulkr “ion A NEW ACLUB. CITY coQNCIL. HIGHLAND PARK. 11.]... MARCH 4, I898. year to get the run of things. thing,y Mr. Hogan has put his llilllll on isthe excessive water rates the county has been paying the city of Wuukegnn. (M “huh-gun supplies the county with water. but course the city has been charging too nun-h. Mr. Hogun thinks, and so he i-s pry ing into it. meter Mr. Hogan. and let the county pay for So in :1 Variety of ways he in looking out for Insist on a What it gets and no more. the wunty's interest. Some towns don’t amount to a “row of pins“ in the board just be- ()llf‘ "" V . .nu --‘--.. """"h v‘vluIrI-IIJ . was a visitor in the Park. Monday. Mrs. L.l‘1.‘\\'ilvox of Townsend. .\lont.. in visiting for a short time with Mr. and Mrs. (‘harlw l’atchen. Herbert Corey, whohaa been visit- ing with (‘olonel Turnley the past twu weeks. returned to his home in Chicago. Tumlny. George B. and Mrs. Cummings spent Tuesday e\ ening with their son. t}. Willis. and Mrs. Cummings at their home in Lake Bluff. i Mrs. H. 1. Morris and daughter i Bessie. visited with Mrs. Bishop of cause they send up ordinary men to-, Lake Blufl a few days this week, the county board. That hflfl not been DwrfiehlE policy for the last Hearing here Monday and returning f Wmlneaday. Thosupervisum llll't‘! m-xt Mun day. down stairs in thv mmrt hnnw. and the ('ircnit ('uurt lilo-MN up ntairsthv smm- day in the- court roun‘. There i< Ink uf "~prin;,: Work” for thv board at. thi~ tiuu- ..{ the year 311‘“! m- zm- glad tn kl‘um' that our Dm'rlir-hl rl'pl‘I-~v'lttiltt\u~ haw mmlv thvir mark up thorn. We- a“ kuuw what Mr. HMt-ho-r's rm-urtl is in the board as an ahlv and vigor our; man and we“ un- . glad tn knnw that Assistant “.1“. Hogan has gut his hand well in: tho- \vurk. us it generally taken it m-w uum about .1 ‘ The. verdict of today is summed , up by Professor Saintslmry. who ‘says: "In the creation of living char- lactvr he stands simply ulmu} among lnovvlistn; above even g[Fit-ldimg, ftliougli hi1 characters mav have sonwthing less of unassiwm-nu: much , above Scott whose consummate auc lcefiseu are accompanied by not a fem l jifailures, and out ofsight of almost ‘ lpwry one else, except Mime Alw'en, ; ’whose World is diflamnt. and. as a: ‘ world. somewhat less of final) and and blood It is nut no much the holding up of the mirror to life- ah' rtbr- presentation of life itself. ' 3 Tim story of Thackeray's brauti l ful and unselfish life was touchinglyi I told the silly and shallow charge of Icynicimn still urged now and then, 1 b) those who never read his books l , was refutod; and tho comatej lexwllenoe of his wor; wu pointed I [out ‘ . H . ' After the Icwturo there was :I spir ited discussion of the merits and de merits of (‘2erer as u write-r. a dis cussiun in which “the Sage- uf ('lwl- sea" was on the whole rather ruugh ly bundled. We trust that everyone who‘ hoaidl flaw-tum. this lecture went home to read "The W H WIllmut 0‘ Deerfield W88 In Newcomes." the greatest novel. take l town §gturday. it all in all. in our language; or if} Mm Colonel Turuley was a Park not j‘TlIe Newwmm' then “Henry :Iinitor Tut- Mlav ! Eamund," ”\anih Fair," or ”â€"9011 Adolph Limlrztrmu is another vicA dennis" “hich are only a little lc-sn ' lim 0" ”H‘Rril'l"'- RM“- ‘ II” u H 1mm... ;: ..A...n.....u .n Tu rvzul Thackeray. and to Inna him is a liberal Him-Minn. [x mums nuuuge in than» days Hm! were ever was a time when Thacker- ‘. uy'u rank as the greatest uf English ‘novg-lists. and am! of the. suprmnis! ‘hrtists in the whole field of literature ‘ was c-n-r disputed. Professor Rolle'x Int-lure «mThm k eruydelivwgtd at the Highland Park (‘lub on Tuesday evening was (bur oughly charming. It cotfltl Tnol be otherwise with anch‘n lecturer and finch a subject. Even u; dull mun could scarcely fail to intére'st and move m if he talked to us about Thackeray. and Professor Rolfe is not a dull man ‘ COUNTY BOARD. THACKERAY. Hvrhi rt (. urvv. whohaa been I-isit “"‘lm‘m 0“ ““901" “"3“”? “4an ing with (‘ ulnnel Turnley the past mud” and Form» A} h'ml" man tun “w -k~ re- turm-d to his homr in I baa the contract ( h“ Ml”- Tummy - I The officers nf tlu- Blufl (‘ity rail lh-orgv B. and Mrs. Cummings : way were owr tln- line Thumlay, spent Tuesday awning with theiriand it was given out. unnflicially, mu. t}. Willis. and Mrs. (‘uulmingalthat it would he in (lll‘ffltillu by the at tlII-ir homo in Lalw Bluff. , :middle of the mouth. ‘ Mrs. H. 1. Morris and daughter i C. (l. Phillipa homer in up un Bessie. visited with Mrs. Bishop of stilts. “e undc-rbtaud that Messrs. Lake Blufl a few days this week, E Morton Zimmer will build the new leaving hon- Monday and n-turningifirnt story under it. .lmvph Riuux Wmlnmday. [rent it up lik» II ru-kvtr lh-orgv B. and Mrs. Cummings ripe-m Tuesday ¢-\ ening with their son. U. Willis. and Mrs. Cummings at tln-ir home in Lalw Bluff. Mr. Allen. of \Vuukegau. president nfthvSowrigu Lubricatinguunpnny. was a visitor in the Park. Monday. was a visitor in (be I’arli; Moiuiu}.§ Alderman ”be“ h" M“ having ' Mrs. L. EfWili-ux ”f Townsend. ; tussle with the grippe. Just for fun. Mom. in visiting {or a short ‘imci Thin "101'"ng work WEN begun on with Mr. and Mrs. (‘harlw I’atchon. {the house to be erected for Max "H...” Gun,“ whohaa been visit- ;Siinpmu on Lincoln avenuv. between Wilhmn “asthma candidate fur county tra-zmure-r. mu u \iaitur inthe Park. Friday. Jumps ()‘('unlwr. Mrs. Sheet” and Mr. J. Dillon 01' Chicago. spam Sun- day with Mf. and Mrs. J. (7. Dufl'y. Lru'rvnm- MvBird U! Chicago. \‘in HM! with Mr. «ml Mfr-i, G. \V. Ruikm uwr Sunday )“hs Laura Wmslmg ut ‘Nortb Nurthlivld. is u \Mlor at ()rkun' H. Brand's. Mrs. McFarlam-. who has been \‘in- Hing friends» in (‘hicagm returned Monday. Miss Mumic- Dulfly hnn hum visit ing frivuds in (‘hicuguncwral wwlm Rm: A. A l’fmmtivhl will eru-L‘ for l’a-stur Thun'n Sundu) H'vning. ”Wang h) ”19* rumiuue-d illmmsuf Mr. Thurvu 1 Another m-rc-l “whim“ has («m r to light. a marriagc- kem! 500va for gwarly a month tn an” but a in" inn 1mm» friend» Un Fn-hnmr)‘ NHLMinn‘ “Kittie. Laotian], u! thin pity. wm. mur !ri0d in Kenmhn to Lemuel Walker. normal,- of Highland Park. Tho-y i were uttunded by Minn Eva Nuxnzund Michapl Lennard. Since tlwirinar. Iriugv thn- young can}: 9 have rmide-d :at the home ofthehridr'n mother. I24 '(hikstrefl. win-h- [buy will n-umin :uutil' hpring. Adolph' Nelson u I cutout; ibumflkint - Adolph Limlrztrmu is another vicA tim of thvgrippv. Mm. H. H, Thurrn is l'Ullfilll‘d to her huun- hv iHm-ss. cold. Tbv grown), Mr. Walker, is a ("'rr penter by trade. and a steady young man. “‘0'” Hkilléd M his trade. The Daily Sun. Mr. Hugun has his vyr nu mun- nlln-r things by Wu) nf impruu-mvmfi. name an A. \V, “'nlilt). line of \'o‘! non. did when he wvm iniu :Hw butml: zu ll wlu-n n {vw timid nut-h held their breath and Midi “Tm. tut. don‘t tmwh (hum things: the) are» named." his did put lllh hands on them and-some nld idols lrll and gut broken and some dollars. several hundred», went in!“ tin» Lulu» (‘mm 13' irrasur)". Awm'am Hagan i~ Working ulmig similar linens and rm we will jun! limp him tlwrr. hwnt\'._\'1-ars and \w- dun‘t want any 5PEUAL MEET|N0 OFJDUUNCIL- elm-up [unlit-y intmdm-wl mm. 7‘ Thu nil r l~\llnb;‘ hnh‘ nn ul‘:nlun\m PERSONALS. John Sullivan In sick with the grip. John Hart is laid up“ with a bad MARRIAGE LEAKED OUT. iwusin’govommeflh he ahduld have ‘5. {power of immediate suspension of a Park f ”mom! from "“3“" “’9 ('5‘! Inlrahal H" poliug or in fact any appoidtive i uffiwr. Frank T. Dufly is confined to his bums with the grippe. ' Jump}: Fromm has an attack and in uufl'ering much from me grirppe. The ultra-l lighting bin 0! $240 ‘ was ordered paid and I 35 bill to the fire department Ind than the :aldermau with stalk! berosim buckled dull] to the work 0! hearing ind Enormctiug the revised édition of ‘he 3ordinancen is prepared and red by jthe Ittomey { Alderman Cuuhmnn suggeued one excellent mention to the elect that u the myorbthahudof'thl ('invrum." (‘ut this am R. if you mn‘t rvnu-mher (iregury ‘be Great in A. D. 5“) introduced the custom of sprinkling tubes (In the first four (hymn custom alxnlinlmd at the time Of the Refurmutiun. The-y were known durâ€" ing thmw Inn centuries as the “Dies (‘invrum." (‘ut this out and keep LENT. Lo-nt hogan last week Wadnaoday. Feb. 23. or as it is known Ash Wedâ€" 110M183“ In ”19 first venturim lent began nn Sunday. but in 4“? A. D. it was punhed back {our days and stark-d with Ash Wednesday, so u m make the h-nten season full forty days. Auh-Wulnesday in 1899.1”! {all Feb. 1501. and On Feb. 28,1900. m New“ executive of _ wholo W It was a qun-t, harmonious meet in}; throughout Mr. Smoot mportbd that uuch unthnrity wan Very doubtful and suggestul an amendment 0‘ the urdinuum- wovntly pawl. which «lune and tlul bank of dvylxdt will lN‘dULV notified. There war also unlut‘ minor matters of detail n- fipecting the new methuda of opt-r- utiug the tmauury depunment satis- facturily adjusted. so that hsncn- lurth ei'erything will go on smoothly we trunt. After We left the council vhamher, we undérsund Mr. Groun- «lado asked the council to w‘itbdrlw the notice sent by them to hthmdu. man holding them responsible for city funds and said he accepted the ordinance as amended. The coun- cil agreed to do no. 4 le city council held an adjourned Inwtiug tn hour tlw fit; attorney's ropmt an the new tmiinaun‘ utTt-rth g the city treasurer. to wit; that portion which pmvidw: that:in certain case‘n’thc' mayor and vbairman of the finance committee mm high chucka and (haw the city‘s tummy out of the baukfof depooit. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. NO 14.

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