The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

«1‘»- z The Christnma entertainment of the l’rushyterians was held WH-lnesdu)‘ evening in the auditorium of the church. The school and its friends were out in force. They had one 0t the tine-st trees. tull, graceful and arranged with bags of candiesfetc” and electric lights, that all was easâ€" ily visible from all parts “of the uhureh. Major Harry S. Vail im- personated “Santa Claus" in his own inimitable manner and distributed the gifts to the Qatisfaction of all. A little girl poorly clad and; >0 wan and eager uent up toold Santa Claus," and told her sad stun She had no gift; (ould he not hell 1 her. He looked all about him and could find nothing. A bright idea struck him; he would ask some one to share his or her bounty ‘ with the poor, destitute 1l1il1l.And then sucli a. flu“ of egifte'. package-sh great and «mall. from all m er the house, 1 till Hery 1hild and teacher had con- tributed something, just tu1‘,'l\e Suiptural numbers. large lmskets, all filled. The general committee, had assigned some needy family to l each class. \\ 1th a general idea of : their wants. so that each pupil knew just who “as to receive his gift. Then Thursday all the teach, ers and pupils assembled at the (hutch and each class with its teach- er, took its gifts to thei1 homes. Superintendent Morris is entitled to highest praise for this e\1ellent 111et'l1od. , ”A __ a-..1._,-. A quer day 1 Tl Fort take to itw M, mus: by t Chic 1 best 'A '1 dere schc schc ' pup ente to tl from ' T hel1' nigl dele '(iec eel: Last Friday RN. P. (V. Wok-0H visited the school. The Harvard Observatory is in ..‘\l‘t‘il|lip2l Porn not Pennsylvania as thv printer madp {is sav 'last \VPPk Miss Sit-wart e-xlwcts to spend Christinas‘ in Northiield. Minn. Sin- uught in find‘ snow and sleighing there. Rollin M. P9350 sp’ént Mnnday aftvrnonn with us. HP is attending the- Northwustvrn l'nivvrsit)’ and is doing \vvli. l’rol. Wilson has bought fifty pounds 0f mud); lf tlw meessur and his family gtlt outside of all of that. thvru will he wnrk fur the doc- tm', erv.‘ r Mr. K. R. Smont was on a tour «)f ‘ inspection Monday and waclwd thv ‘ High Schon] just us l’rnl‘. \Vilnun : was prt-svntvd with u pvtiti<)n,signml ‘. by q-vz-ry svholur. zit-{king that school i vlne-w ()ll \Vt-dm-sdav inHtvnd of : 'l'hnrsdny. Prof. Wilmm handed the pvtitinn 10 Mr. Slmmt. who grant ‘ ml it with ”w n-murk ”121‘,“th 1101 Man :Il‘t‘ H'hurt I-nmlgh anyway." PRESB‘TTERIAN CHRISTMAS. HIGH swoon Nohas. Mr. and Mrs. Lutz and children will spend Christmas with Mm. A. J‘. Stensokn. The Yuung Men’s club gave a dmwv at their regular moating Salt» urduy night. THE HIGHLAND PARK NEWS. Harry Mckee has gone to Mil- waukee to spend (‘hristums with his grandmother. t A daughter arrived at the houil: of Herbert and Idgl Swanson last Sun- day night. All doing weir}. , A...“ ~ A quiet party. attended the Inasâ€" qué-mde ball at. Lake Fomt- "lust Fri» dayuight. A good time is reported. The genial sc‘rilw of the. Lake Forester. R. (}.\Salyards. intends to take the road and leave the afores'riid to im fate. - Mrs. Jennie Pl‘ebton will attend a music-ale to be given next Tuesday by the pupils of Mrs. Dr. Meyer in Chicago. Mrs. Prestou'isoue of her best graduates. . . 'A Christmas program will he ren- dered by the pupils of the grammar school Thursday afternoon at tlw school house. As many of the older pupils will take part. an excellent entertainment is assured. .Presents to the school children will he givvn from the tree by Santa Claus. ' The Modern Woodmen .of America held their annual election Monday night and elected George W. Turner delegate. The other otficers wore: George A. Turner, vonerahlv counâ€" sel: John Hill. worthy udvisor; Will‘ iam “'ard. clerk; Jesse B. Denman. banker; Benjamin Wilden escort: John V. (irnrrity, watclnnun; John Hallstroln, sentry; W. F. Hogan and J. V. (’lurrity. managers. The sidewalk fmm W. (7,. MoKPn- zit-'5 to Roger “'illiams iH'f‘ullt‘ is about half finished. H's ;. gum} thing: push it along! The Christmas entertainment M" the Sunday St”ll()()l was very successâ€" ful and everyone seemedé tn enjoy the children. The little tots took their places and parts as vets and. thanks to the ladies having them in (“.lllll‘gl.‘ ver\ fe“ mistakes occurred. -\ Iunel feature was the lump drill. which Mrs. lxellogg taught to t: u little girls. and "Little Builders" was well received. Miss Detweil. er’s rendition nl' “bye lne" was uu equaled thouvh \‘llt‘ (laimed tn lime an avid. Thv rm-itntiuns by Hfi‘ll‘ll RussellgMariun Kellogg. Murmurs-t Tuvkt-r :md smmrul others brought Cash Customers forth munds of upplansv. Tht- West For Genuine Bargains. Side- nnd [(llmvild wm wvll reproâ€" se-ntt-d. and Wu hupv Hwy will find "I‘M.“ pm-k Telephone No. 44_ tlu-ir way (Mom-rm Hw litth-vlmrvh. Chm.” 0m“, .30,” Chung," 01 gunman, ma’Hwoon HAPPENINGS. RAVINIA ITEMS. Everybody Eats Fancy Groceries Rev. J. G K McClure,D.,D.. of Lake. Forest has just issued through RBVflll of Chicago a little volume entitled “Possibilities,” brief dis- courses to his young people, we suppose. We have not mad the vol- tune but hope soon to have that pleasure. But Dr McClure has a 1m e1 head a warm, true heart liter- an ability and culture, and u world of consecrated common sense mind hencoihty- book must he of rare \alllP. GHRISTMAS Staple and 3'- Fancy Groceries Evans’ Groceries H. MILLS, . General Meat Market. The Highland Park Real Estate.- Man. If You Want to Sell or Exchange. ‘reshLSalt and Smoked Meats. Vist Your Prqpcfly with Wm be observed on Friday,, December 25th, I896. Then, and everybody Wints the best obtainable at that time. Have sustained their reputai tion since our openingday as being the choicest In quality, quantity and flavor in town. We are now handllnxvthe fin- est line of Ever sold In Highland Park, as an examination gwlll convince. Furthermore. we are charging for these extra quality goods. no more than others charge for interior goods. HENRY K. COALE, vans Bros, Poultry, Game and Fish in Season. Dealer in All Kinds of TELEPHONE 24.