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Fred Schumacher has secured tho agency for the gmphoplmue. Any uue contemplating the purchase of one of those ins’trmneuta‘ are invited to call at his place euzd examine it. At the firemeu's meeting last Fri- day night, the same board axid tficers which have. served the past your, Were reelected for the ensuing year. Place your orders with Dale Sweet [and for the famous Original Alle- gretti chocolate creams for the holi- days. Will be here fresh for Christ Fred. W. Schmnzu-hcr. since Mr. King retired, has induced G. W. Muerklin into the soda water box in his store. Between sodas. they are hot now, he will put up prescriptions of all kinds with numn-ss and (lis- patch. Our City Attornev 8’11”“ is i“ lewning and met with a gr‘efut suru Dt‘m‘w- H" has “0‘ “W“ “1‘." WU : cuss. The pmceefls. uuumntjng to strong since his tusslv with carlmnk- iuVPl‘ 3‘01)” “-3” he (leVUteJ to 0],, 19“ and a change) “I“! "0'“ were ""3 mining furl. Mix. for 'tho (-hnrc h. (it-red. llt'llct‘ thi> grip. mhvu with u The cast of the playgmls 21.5; fullmvs: l“- ( t) Colur‘ulu. Arizona 'md ' mnl ‘ t ' CAST or CHARACTERS. Meliituhle l’lunkett.. ..Mrs. C. (jail SquireBellinghum. . (loo. \V‘ Turner i possibly other semicivilized portié‘ns‘ of our national domain. not includ- i l l mu Hm“- Julius Caesar ........... a . 0. Jewel Paml (lieu-r informs us he has Cl'llllll“ mgr/lo“: Mrfi‘ J- “- 0611111811 . l . . . a few more flocks- of hrst l'lzb‘m tur~ ’ FIR-“T TREBLM. law-e out in Lake Cunntv speciulh' ' Sylvia ngl’llllgillt‘- ‘ - » - - - - - - l - - ‘ ' I ‘ - ' .. . , , , , . resvl‘w‘d for tlw holiday tr:ulc~.§ ) """" ', ‘ '_; ‘Mlm', Bill‘ 313““ r“ ~ ‘ ; I rmlenct- l ctunhu. .‘IlSS Jean (,olluis luwry poultry man knows that n ? Putty Dzilr)’mplel Miss Mnutl Cullins mm u “right on“ snap" to W ”n t Dollv Emlimlt . . . .Mrs. A (x Jewel . . . l ‘ _ the hmshmgy muclnfi of nilcculeuce. i » “axons. “11“” and ‘l‘l‘ll’lY- 11“” ‘5 Wh-‘ltE-h‘fl‘lnlilll (‘n'wn ...... J, W. Ingram Mia (iivm‘ has (lulu'. Place your SundyMcPlu-rsnn ..... Thomas (lull [oh Pvltigrvw. . , . . . . Samuel Penm- i l . Uf‘ll‘r vauly. wards ‘md eight. uldermvn “o m; tend to have an editorial nu Hue sub- ject llt‘\[ “wk Land one which will nnllw the ul(lv.~.t lnlmlntunt feel as though he hml ram-wed his youth. Better anluscrilw for llw NEWS now it) as not to miss; only $1.01), from nuw to January l. ”99. llli Hax‘ing looked up ”w 91:1“ we find it obligatory on Hll' Council‘ to rv divide thv city so as to have four wards ‘md eight uldermvu We in; tend to have an editorial] nu Hue sub- Mrs‘ Biughzlm ““9“de a rout-p tinn give-n by hm' daughter. Mrs Dr. N. T. Jauuiomu. uthr hmm- on the wuth side. in (:‘lxicugn sun’s dzxughtr-r-in-lai“ t-eiving It w; {I The Baptist?" haw urrdngexl with Mr. Vines m supply tlwirclmrvh till June. preaching suu'luys‘. doing what pastoral Work hp mm and mmdnct the: weekly pruyvr'Him-ring. whivh henceforth will ho held Friduy. in- stead of Wedm-sduv awning“. He wuth side. in (:‘lxicugn. Mrs. Jumit‘r sun’s dzxughtr-r-in-lai“ assisted in re» t-eiving‘ It was an wry {lelightful mviul event. Dr. Jzunivsun is known ‘4‘ tlw [Hinhis member of the Xu- timml Rrpuhlimn wunuitfixfli; as Well us 21 leading man in hispurty‘ in this state and in Chicago. stead 0! \\ edm-sduy Hymn-,3“. tie nth-“(kt ) M's dutiw in thv Chicago [‘uiwrsity «luring thv \VUt‘k, and he may (-ul'ngr‘utulut» hille‘” if he! (1 ma nn.‘ Im-uk dawn. Ur svriumly ' impair hi‘ lmdth In ”1th «lnuhle‘ labors, Ed. 1“. Morris‘ Lyric Swan (Hm- (Jlui). om- uf the Ir-uding ('uiurm] 0r- gunizzninns in tln- country, is to upâ€" .u-zir :if 51('i)-Vllili(i.\‘ hail. Thursday. Dec, 30m. in :m ciilc-rtalimm-nt in aid ui thv Hnim- fur Agni ('ulni'mi Pimple-.21! (iii-mam .\ “full inmsr hilullili In- in ElitUlHileH'c‘: it i~ for u incrimrimh chui‘iiy and besides. it is not wry uhvn IHH' Iio'inlli."i1g~ill‘Slu‘h singilig its is pruinisml ushy Hu- American: Speak Better English. As a people. Americans use better English than is used in any other Eng- lish-speaking community in the wm‘hL In England it is well known that thv in< habituxns of one county often cannot understand the speech of their neigh- bors across the line. A university bred Londnnrr is as much at sea amid the pntois of the Yorkshireman or his brother from 155st as would be an Imiâ€" inn Mhuvv company A BOUT ,TO \V N . :Zuchan Whitman). V . ,. iGlefTersun J.«uu- ‘ 1. V. , plurtin Luthm .luj’co, . .‘ gBeujumiu F Brown. Ff ! ' (NCLAsSxm-m . T. L H01 11- 11:15 left Ururdepunv I (Mr s phutmrmph ~1,1‘21|L1:1'\ :11 Fart 1 1b 911011111111 and has «1111.: 111111 1111511111“ {It Hunm- 11's A 111w builflinfr 15 htimr built on “nuke-3.12111 111emw,upb) V1111 Luau s. M11151- diuleusions are?!” by 1'14). It ‘ [1 ‘is :1 twwsmry frame: building whivh. it in said. will 1191111141111in [1) an Evanston 111:111 21:: :1 51110011. The 11111111111! sailies of wit by “19111111121151 three days,1 011 11c 1'111'111112-1 actors. 115 we“ the-1r outlandJ 511,111,051 1511 (11511111113, excited the 1m: rriment The 1111111 511111011 will 1 23rd of tl11- 1111111111 {1111' the ( 1 mo 1111111. 1 thouUh for the first time introduced 1 111 the capacity of 11 stage artist to 1 The €010“ "”119 E30913“ the Highwuuti111111110, was "10911911 1111111110011 “UMW” 10“” N 11111 11101-11 fluttering manner. as 111151 f0" ”‘9 [“51 f9“ 1‘1101 ' 111511 \Irs. C D (11111 11511111111: P11111113; “1.1.,- $11.11. ”1 has 1111-1111 911. B1111 1101111" was conspicuous 11111111011] 11 fine {1111111111 pic-.1111 its 1111se11me.The singinu of {ht- 11111 “11110111”. 111' [31,111.111111115911 songs was 11111: of the P1111118 of the , . 1 The. 1111111111 01' 1111: comm 111: 1111 of the 11111110 2111(11911Ct‘..(}fi0r"8 W. Turner. 115 Squire: Bellinghum, :11- awning 11111111111111'ith 11 gr‘eut 3111' which 15111111119 11'! cuss. The: [)l'tu‘f‘efli. amounting 111i 111'er $10.11”. will be (1e1'111e11 to (111» . _ 1 , v11ecesszuv to 1111;111:111- 11f», 1111111111,: 11111. Mm. for the 0111111: 11 1 W this 1111111111 15: "\\ 111011 is V8 Jeremiah (‘n'wn ...... J, W. Ingram Sandy Mul’iu-rsun ..... Thomas Uni! Job Pvttigrvw. . , . . . . Samuel Penm- Haduc Tomatock. .Jesse 'B. Dtanmzm V .......... '. lMiszl Belle mers Prmlenct- l’ctijnlm. Misx J eun Collins Putty Dnlrymple‘ Miss Maud Collins. Dolly Emlivwlt . . . .Mrs. .-\l C. mel Nancv Jean Mul‘ris Sally Ann‘CurexV Penelnpc- \Vhitv Patience Styles, . J. T. Pluzml ul' leic:1g.)!ms plum (‘El‘dred ’fmm Baird 8: Warm-r the two story fruuw <turt- 0n Highwotd :n‘enuv, just (‘Llsl of Jim railroad, which was (x:trllpic-d fm‘ MI '8ng by Mrs. :\‘ J. Stumwuhu Thy build- ing is h) h«- mm'vrl w tlw vacant lot just south of M. Uihhs' plug-u nn' Wank-gun nwmw. wth the (MOM will upvn il‘KElIHUlL Bt-tsy Martin. .. Mum‘s Simpkins fiftwn in numbvr, . um mtu bert Skidmuu-N fuur hurm- rig last Sutur- (luy turning. and mm Out. In Lil». art} ville us (111* High“.m«lâ€";delugntinxx to the Unmd Ti mph”; lmmr: {which was held at film! film-v. Altlunxglx fl ff mm was held an Um! pun-v. Although the roads wen- wry rougl and mud- dy. tlw team maule- guml tilm- 21ml thv mvmherx‘ of NW party took the bilZ‘dl‘ bv Mun“. TIN-y :n-rivml hem: bilzur by M unrlv h'und pleasant evening A un-nmriul survin‘ of Hm K. Hi I‘. wa'. rmul lust Sunday fuftrrnmgn an 2:30 for the lam- H. S. (Inuprr. 'whu was a memixgr nf that lodge. le ritual was beautifully wlr-mn'nm! vi- fem-ting Thn- singing: \\';\~ by :1 hr A party uf l HIOHVVOOD HAPPENINGS. ‘(KLVD TRILIH‘F, i1) S S B IH 0. t} )I'illll .‘I l'.‘ Miss Mabel Gr MES ‘Bel’fth'n ‘ .MiSs Lulu Miss Mamie ‘5. (1“ \V. Turm-r H. Hm‘t Hollie-n .Juv Dvmnzm W. Bchnuro .T. L. Horm- S.(‘ulhcr1wu tm-mbe-rs, into Bert i m y Ben Bvll CUX Inn»! dica' quartet cumlmeled (rf the. M1936» SheltODQMiss Sava ‘uud Mrs.-Geo. W. Turd‘er. Remus; figre made by Mr. Hicks of La fie Geneva. the brother-niJaw of Vth ,. deceased, and the elllogy. written Hy J. W. Ingram, was read by F. S. Cblbertson. The ceremony lasted forlabout an hour andwas a beautiful testimonial to the popularity of tlib dead man mid to the sorrow {or bi untimely end. flog Martyr. of Lom’un, Make. a Liv- lng by A\\nklnx People. Up at throw ociock in the morning, 03 to rousv the early hx‘uorms trump ing through (he p0q10<1 sheets in an sorts of weatherâ€"that is t! w “Uri; of Mrg Marmr of London. night “nu-h- niun, says an exchange. Shc goes from house to house armed with a lung hum- hon rod. l'pon the \\'ii.du\\'s of her (-nsmmz- rs she hangt;K until. as she puts . ”Hwy ‘10] ':~ an shear; 1. wniknow Hwy'ro nwnLo rig'htgerirmirh." .Itme- durvs. duvh laborers Ind fm'lory hands an‘ hcr'custmncrs. I or lilfle girl helps imr. and lu' \\ con thejfi thew v-nrn about 2.) shillings :1 \\ eek. K 1 i - . The Hitrh School; will close the 23rd of tln month Wt the Christmas \ucation i The :uhjoct of 11119 coming delmlg which is to Hike p’lJ it? the ‘23rd of“ this mumh is: "\\ h‘ch is the mure necesszuy to uwdeni- lifv,’ “00d or iron 1’" , Miss Blic-k has re‘ after an absence of Nellie Palmer has the Rust three days, sickness. ' The coloré of the Excelsiof society haw been flouting lover the school for the past few flags. But Meg was not permitted to enjoy the fruits of her viétory long. When she knocked down é foreman for inâ€" ‘a‘ultingvher. her activity in leading the strike was punished‘ and she was dis- missed. Mm: used to \vork‘tin a rope factdry for the noble ’sum of “six an' six“ :1 weék for ten hours' ‘wqu a day. \Vhit'h being 'uiterpreted mk‘mns a wcokly in~ come of $1.60. It is ‘ sum which does not provide one wit 1 the comforts of vivilizntion, and, updn the advice of le-zulcrs in the Women‘s union. Meg- stirred her assooiutqés up to demand higher wages. The" demand was re- fuéod and the women went on a sh'ike that lasted 13 wccké; in .the dead of winter. Then the ¢mployer gave in and the women were §allowed nine shill- ings a weekâ€"452.25. Now she is her owtn boss, bli‘t she is still active in the Wémen’ 5 union. She has the cause of the women “omens sukeenly at heart thntxshe has become an authority on work and-wages in her district. She attends night school to learn to read sind write. in order that she may more effectually help in the. great war of labor against capital in wLich she strongly believes. Curlouu Facts Shown by 3 Census 0! Thole “‘ho Prnqflced In 1820. In the year 1820. under the authority of the state of New York. an enumera- tion of the lnfl'yers untitled to‘practicc at the state or locnl‘cdurts was made. The regulations fonadniission to the bar at that time, salys the New York Sun, were simple ‘a 6 easy to comply with. Nevertheless t ere were found to be only three. lawyer on Staten Island, 13 in Westchester, 63in Albany, and 45 in Onondaga. ‘Monrte county had not then attained the di tinotion which it has had since the gr wth of Rochester into a, city and it had within its borders only 17 lawyers, while Columbia coun- ty, which has since lven to the bar of the state many learged jurists, had 32. and Dutchess county :52. The peopl?‘ of Long Island were ev¢n less inclined to litigation than than they are now f0: iu therwhole of Suflolk county there were six lavlyers only in Queens counâ€" WHEN LAWYERS WERE SCARCE. ty there wge but five. and in Kings county (it in very diflerent now) there were three only. 5 In Boome county there we‘re five law- yers, in Greene 21. in Putnam three. in Steuben 12, and in Tioga. 14; but per- haps the lawyer of tliat period who en- joyed what might in these days he called an eaSy snap was the one member of the New ’Ybrk bur who resided in Orleans county. After 1820 there was a large increase of law? er! in New York state and in 1834 the numbered 2.084. A New “alum. The me“ spot-ms (if 1:; mm cf: minutive size tni‘ (.‘S‘l-i and with > cars. has been f;,"\l_Lde:(':ll‘ 11w \ah Popocntamt‘. in XL 31» 1. Miss Stewart has presented to the. hon], 21 fine frame“ picture of the HUMAN ALARtM CLOCK. HIGH SCfi iurned to school Six Weeks. ' 00L. been absent for on account of fig; 1;}; OFFICE. CENTRAL AVENUE AND FIRST STREET "WM! D C PURDY IS AGENT ; g . FOR HIGHLAND PARK. g fimwmmummmummmmmmwmm“amount: Nuts, Candies, Oranges and Fruits ' ‘v .‘....0i all kinds for the Holidays Groceries, my and Fancy Goods, Boots, Shoes. HOLIDAY . GOODS 1897 MR5. A.’ BOCK, § - ‘DUFFY BROS’ ExpreSs, Baggage; and Dime Parcel Delivery. TELEVHONE 36 Hard andfi-Soft Coal, Kindling, Wood, Lumber. urniture and Pianos Moved, ’ “Packed and Shipped mmun r1. Jrv JOHN MIDDLETON. Sewer Pipe, Lime and Cement. Building Material of All Kinds. Trunks, 25c.; Parcels; 10c. To or from any part of the city. Until you have sm-u the line Mm. A. Buck has for yuu tn select from. She curries it full jinv «21' Holiday (buds fur presents. etc. of every description. Also :1 mos} cumpknw stock of Hm" goods are fresh nmw slimy worn and prices are wamuahiu An ins-spe-L'Hnn is sniicitml.‘ ' BF sure and not buy your J. H. DUFFY, Manager. Highland Park. III‘ TELEPHONE NO‘ .32 Ii I) Lunhum Mrs Dr Bukcr Exnmnr L‘lnh \V \\' Flinn 'l‘ 1) Hull 3 ”app 5 \\‘ Junuw , M rs T 'l' \Vmsun l’mf \\' ”10131-11 an't 'l‘ruxvl L‘ Wim‘hcsH-r ’J I. I’m] (icorgv Rubens ('hurirs M Green Dr Bmgcn l-’ nd A ludcex lrnnk Silimmnn I) A Driu UH A- L n t]_}__(yxllquhtr TELEPHONE 24 Huwkin: DEALER IN CENTRAL AVENUE. Mm. Duffy “HUN": Smith City Hail M Mun James MCsz’J 1-5 tram Mrs A “(wk Mrs J Grant Miss Elskun fl Ffinnzp L (i Xm- 3 “311nm?! M L'glm‘ifll M Gibbs R J Shem R G Chandlcr Mn: D (‘ Punn’ Mrs P 0(th () H Brand M 0.7139101! .I Burk (image Smith. C ariés Lam-n 2, Shackle! L Sites ; M Dugan A S Campbell M Rngaz: F 'l'hurn Jhluy Rudolph L‘ulmwl David-v A J St j’cfig-r Sunshinz stoves . . Dr in mm (1 I) l unjmn Jzum-s-Lnrkm [)rfl‘ 1) Conan. 'I' 1" Clayton H I. anun H Duck W E Emm Fred (in-ensla-ic J “musk-r Miss LaHar B F fi'hlunm’hcr Chum-s H Baker W “"qump'tnn Drjugalls kw of ourwstom' as who are using Following are a VRVh‘! [the compmhiuu “‘1 1.: *dub buhixnm's. the- p The annual rimming ofl lhnd Park Club for mm of regular busine-u-f lwar-l and the election vfuilivers suing year. was lwhl at house on (he evening: of ‘ After hearing the varic from the SH‘TI’lHT).' treas man of tlw home- (-4ij chairman ml the entérrail mittee. all of wlnk-ln Wrre factory. the “rum wvrr ca new officers. and Hw rvtil dent announmd {hr fullQl men as unanimously «led for the ensuing yam Robert w. Patton; first dent. Franclr DrIEVerenz‘ president Kenneth ll Sr rarer. Ausnn C. Margaux Ford 1". Hall. Danir-l c: bour Bmwm Busm'll D Fred P. Boyntun. A! the conclusiuu «If the re‘irinz I)r(“'ili"li1, N Shields. read his n-pur! substance. was as IuHuw‘ Gentlemen of Uw Hi; born of a sense of my, fill the office as I feel i filled. Tlm alfaiN of t order that it shall he c the ljglnesl (lrgn-v ml 5 occup, aver, consnlvr of the lime and tlmugh and dimtnrs. Tn lw a tive club. tllerelslmuld' many plans mlvancexl a internal fires of the aglow. have m"; membe and the peoplvlm. llw "qui \‘iw 'lo kmm “h happen nexl. and make siders fuel that llar} ar swim If Sm i1. tlnis clulfl‘ that l- have 110‘ lie-n dbl past war. to dmute aw and attention to the all club as I think an 8X01 shuuld. and l heva ml of directurh all'leel as l have gin-n u (-uxnillvrah ()ur aftemiou to mar-tin; missions of our? club's l belie?» haw V um-rnnfl good Wurk. hut in wire esty “e leaw you 1-) i3: hive le-n gmul and lain of not. 0an the me featurvs in 'lw (mm-ms is the ellh‘fluluhmhl (1 the unfit tr) in; and vx: sititm Um' ran lull in l he a member oflllmt cu 01W 3 great deal ml 11'“ urganlizatiun in Mr. Va chairman of that (mum cu lalmrrrh. A} l! ‘ standing 0f; mu rlun. _v therqmrt of ill» ”my: think you uill agree w; VOL III. 1y “mum-mm.«~me we bau- lx-eu paming several, y-an hark. 1h much dim~u~~inxi as 1!) “Cream- mu \uting an THE CLUB ELEC