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Mrs. Ruble loft Saturday last for the winter in the south to vscupvthe rigors of our northern Illinois winter. Her headquarters will be in New ()r- 1 ans. Mrs. Ashton will have charge of the “Maples" (luring Mrs. Rohlv‘s uhsvncv. so the charming ('irclv 0f lumrdvrs remains unhrukr-n. Irene Lister has spent the holdays at home. Mrs) 0. Moore of the Port Clin ton district has gone to Quincy t0 the burial of her father. whn died last week in Dakota. T. M. Tucker} our whilom Ravinia reporter, has moved to Chicago. A Happy New Year, or it will be. if you subscrilxe at once for the NEWS. C. C. Cheney and his sdns will he Home from their Southern trip in season for the schools next week. Mrs. Van Schaick was home in time for her home Christmas {estiv ities. She left her son enjoying himself and doing well. We are reading Dr. McClure‘s lime book “Possibilities." and will tell you about it next week. In the. meantime, you won’t make any mistake if you buy it at 01109. - MissCarrie Ritter, of Milwaukee, is visiting with Peter Hint-z, on Sec- ond street. ~ No. you alvays knew advertising did not pay. but Fred. W. Schâ€" machor says the ads of his candies in the NEWS sold his stock all out. on short notion, and said also. ‘fl am abundantly satisfied " The Naus acknowledges tlw r9 ceipt of a very handsome honw (-z-il ondar from J. B. Denman. tho High- wood Lumber and Coal man. We wish our frie-nd and neighbor success and as beautiful a home as the am- which adorns his calendar. Miss Virgie Field, of the Univer- sity of Chicago, is in the city for New Year's. Cecil Whitmore has been at M. R. Williams’ since Christmaa, with his mother. VOL I flighlandPark News. LOCAL ITEMS. HIGHLAND PARIShlLLq JAN. 1, 1897. Gieser Bros. have the largest meat market 111 this city and lots of first class goods in it and east Eiders are steadily finding it out every week. The subject for the sermon next Sunday at the Presbyterian church will be, “J esus‘ Temptation to Avoid the Cross." Rev. S. M. Johnson, pastor. The entertainment at Goldberg‘s Opera House Christmas evening was very fine and the large audience which greeted the playwrights went away more than satisfied. The Electric Vaudeville company will ap- pear Thursday.Jan. 7th. with a troupe of firsbclass performers, having a fine wardrobe. Popular prices. - C. W. Kirk was in the city Satlnt day greeting his hosts of old friends on the streets and at their places of business. and they Were all glad to see him. He is looking better than when he went away, his life in Evanston is so free from burning, Wring‘eare. The amount of work and energy and time and study he put into the late campaign is known only to the recording angel. But it was wearing; it was worse. it was exhausting to the last degree, and now this winter he is resting and re- cuperating. That's what he is in Evanston for. We all hope he will he so fully rested by spring as to come back and be a Welcome leader among us. 7 Ladies Relief and Aid Society have their headquarters over the NEWS oflice. Now, don't make any mistake and send your old clothes to the wrong place. A. L. DuBois. 0f the Electric Light company, is home with his bride, from their wedding trip. Their home. for the present. is at F. M. Evans' 011 Central avenue. This evening, December 3lst, at her father's home in Chicago, Miss Jennie, eldest daughter of Charles L., and grand-daughter of the late S. R. Bingham, of this city, will be married to Mr. Ward Kimball. a prominent young business man of the "same city. W wimmavwmmmrt W” A Massachusetts editor last week wished all his readers a “Happy New Year,” and then told them thev would be happy if they believed in the American Union and paid their bills! Russell D. Hill, who has rente’d one of the elegant R. G. Evans‘ houses on Central avenue,was married Monday evening in Trinity Episco- pal church, Chicago, to Miss Lucia E. Green. daughter of Judge John W Green. They take a wedding trip and will be at home after Feb ruary 15th in this city. Paul, the only Son and heir of our esteemed neighbor, Edmund Norton. who is acadet in the Orchard Springs. Michigan, military acadeiny, has spent the holidays in the “Park. He stands in the upper rank in his class and about 5.10 in his stockings, showing they live well up there and have a fine corps of instructors. Paul was always a good boy. ' Some people thought those $25 fines last week and costs, about $20 more in each case, pretty rough on the Fort Sheridan Schacks. But bear in mind the legalized saloons, four of them up there, pay at the rate of $83.33 each per month for their license and these? schacks .can afford to be raided any little while and then make money. What the people are bound to do is to wipe them out entirely. and they will do it; don‘t you forget that A. P. Dunn. the “CornenStore” news man. is off. no one. knmvs where, for a little holiday trip. Now when a waiting anxious public bears in mind this 1s one of the very busy seasons of the year, they recog nize the significant fact that only the most important and pressing business would call him away. Coupv led with this fact is the. further fact that this time of year is when Cupid. as well as newspaper publishers. reaps his harvest. Verily. Mr. Dunn's absence is another of “Cu- pid's lapers". of which we have had one or two lately. N05