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g Highland Park N EW- Candilflte cigars were pretty gen- erally m evidence Saturday evemng up about the news stores. New shirt-waists and Easter drHHs ,Q‘UUdf-i at Miss Erakine's. The teachers of our public sghools enjoyed ? a holiday Wednesday. They visited other schools near by. Eerl Purdy says the, hieycTe trade has opened up fine so far. The fact is our yuungf mu have to have 1: bike whether they have shirts and board or not. M}. Stanton of Chicago, a whilom residvnt uf this city. has taken the Henry C. Street house for the sum- mer. E: an M. Snow hzw been ropluc ing the- deadhues in his purkWa) “1th live ones.(1e()rge Brown did the work and he knows ho“ in plant 11 treé su it can live. Major \ ail has put up a high wire {mice around his new gardvn lot. -..ut's to kvep out the Weeds and his neighbor's hens; just What some uf our neighiwrs Hunt {0 do. Don't forget that tomorrow night should see your petition filed if you wunt any city uflicv. Thorn is no \':Ic:ni('y. vxwpt in tho- trvusnry (lu- purtnwnt: and standing mam thun- nniv. The city cmuwil meets uvxt 'l‘m-a (lay owning. \vhvn lhe- 01d mc-mlwrs will look over “In ave-um of tlwir la 4mm and think- nf me- ll!)1i"‘Wll(‘h The» vuumtil ('lmmlwr will know thc-m nu mum Sumo nm- lm»; lw-n driving trams up on tln- nmv Snmpwn Parkway. (lu‘wn in Central :iVmuw. chopping tlu- turf borders all to [llf‘t‘flsfi This is wholly unnm-csmry «m :i pm'ml sire-0f like that. Min and Mrs. D. M. Erskiiw. Jr.. with Mrs. (7010le Davidson. hmk in Hm Moody mvotings Wednesday, and they gut into thv building: tlw Au- ditorium authorities knvu' vnuugh tn rc-cugnizethe civic dignity of our \vnr'fln' ex muvor. VOL I ABOUT THE CITY . HIGHLAND PARK, ILL., APRIL 2, 1897. For mortgage loans on- real estate. will on D. M. Erskine. .lr.. Co. When our town and city elections are over and We know who into he city treasurer. supervisor and assistant and congress adjournn and the mem» bers go home to planting corn and weeding onions. prosperity will materialize. lf we read the statutes aright the election of our school board will occur Saturday. April 17th. two weeks from tomorrow. or Saturday before city election. Pick out your camlidates, and be ready. Women vote at this election. and we don’t have to file petitions. ' her. 'Every one can p~;(l(lle ticke . . huttonhole voters and Show ' his gallantry for cultured, refined and yapable women candidates by voting for some in- competent man. Great and glorious countrv this. Elsewhere we have spoken of the : proposed new town hall. One thing 3 more. should not be forgotten. By ' and by when you and I. and a few nioreold fogies like us. have gone i to that hourne whence no old fogies return. thank heaven. the city of a Highland Park will be enlarged to vmhruw- all of East Deerfivld. 21nd ' then tln- city hull and town hall will want to he in one building. Lot us ‘ want tn be in one building. lwt us lwur that in mind. and enlarge the city hall accordingly. when we do anything. Chicago will 500” 0va tn the cunntthwund tlwu 1.0x! will ht- Highluml Park! Se-v'.’ Just om- your ago Wednesday. March illst. Rm: Harry W. Rc-ed of Waukvgan came down to this oily. in thwstillness of tho m'uniug hour. and at thv homv of lhv bride's mother unitml Miss Anna Rhe-os Hammond and Charles Henry Wat rvn iu marriagv. and vvvrylmdy was pleased, m'e-n Mrs. Grundy, who usually sews something wrongV in every such Pvem. said it was just as it should he. The NEWS joins with the people in (-ongratnlatiug our frieudx on passing the first lnilvstmw of their \\'c'(l(l¢‘(l life. Have you seen the nmv Easter hats at Miss Erskine’s? Mrs. Charles Gruthrie and (laugh- ter left the Park last Sunday night for Chicago. after spending a pleasent time with her sister. Mrs. Wm. Tillman. Maurice Hodges was called to Racine by the death of his“ father. Owing to the deep mud which makes the roads almost impassablg, the auction of fine horses by Coe Genty has been postponed two weeks. until April 17th; Don't forget the date. ' Ihey had a "patent" school meet- ing; down in Ravinia Saturday night todop the building of the new schoolhouse. and had out every vot- er in the district and “downed" the eastsiders. But if We are are right. ly informed the district had voted to purchase the lot and had done it: had voted to build and bought brick and sand most of which is on the spot. and perhaps let contracts. Then this Saturday night meeting was not legally called and was not legaly conducted. so that it would seem scuttled in two resrmts. The directors will go on of course and build that house and it will cost just $2.999. ()ur sympathiesgo out toward No of our Park ladies \\ ho secured tick ets and went in “ednesday to attend the Momly meetings. They had made all needful preparations for a pleasant and profitable day and reached the Auditorium only to find the doors closed and be told that HUN“) people were inside and no more would be admittml. The crowds were innnense. the surging' and pressing like the World's Fair. 01" course they were disappointed, but what surprised them most, of all ”was to find so many Chicago and suburban sinners anxious to be COIL \erted and lead :1 befte -r life Like the good “ixes they are. the money they intended for the contribution box. they brought home and gave to their husbands." NO 18