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91.33%! OOUNC IL. , In the Council Tuesday evening the chairman of the Finance Con1~ mitt“ pry-outed n etntement show- ing the existi condition of vil- lage finances, which it up- red that it wouldreqnire about F2250 in addition to the year’s revenues to carry the village over till next April, when the taxes to be levied this year will become available. The matter of a loan» to meet this deficiency was con- sidered. It was euggeetedthat it be made large enough to provide 8900 to pay fora survey and plans for I sewer system and for ma- cadamizi the roadway in the WWW-'1 t was . thought 83,500 would be mficient. The village nttorney expressed the opinion that the Council had power to borrow without being authorized bynrote of the people, and-Chair- men King was of opinion that the def tlonewonld be. readily taken eta: (write of interest. Mr. W.‘ V H. Johnson, who was in the lobby, , being called on for an expression in regard to the sewer survey, ex- ,ipr'eeeed his positive belief that-the .mnjority of consent nweesary to euthorize a sewer assessment could not new be obtained, and he named property owners holding Ia ma- Jerky who wonld_retueefl to» sign. On Chairman King’ 3 recommen- dation, the annual levy was fixed at $6, 500, end it was ordered that ”an ordinance be prepared for the September meeting. The matter of the loan went over for the time, and a meeting was ap inted for the 23d to give it furte er consid- eration. \ h ‘ Dr. 0 D. Swain andwife areatay- ’ing at Waupm, Wis. Mr. Johnsonwas doubtful whether under: them circumstance», it would be judicious to borrow to meet the mat of a survey, while he Was strongly in favor of it if they had the money in hand. He, however, somewhat qualified this opinion befol‘e closing the die.- (3111361011, and Wes understood to assent to the plan of providing for this 111 the loan. lmmusuumu:5muha mm:tuma¢ “.U‘OCHRGOIififi DWW...‘CUIIOC“C§ .I. CUWIflfiquUQOUC; (new: Department. THE SHERIDAN ROAD NEWS-LETTER. M!- J. R. Cook hum” Wau- paca, Win. Mia Olive Swain is visiting Min Marian Dru-17. at Wilmetm; Hr. Fred Beebe wu them of Mr. J tick Fanning our Sunday. It. Will Muir of Chicago was the guest of John Day. jln. Tuesday. Mrs. Gurgorson, “Chicago, in the guest of Mn. Home, Vernon avenue. Mr. and. Mrs. Coomba, of Chieagq, are visiting Mr. Thomas H. Murdow. Mia Beanie Day in the guest of Miss Beanie Boyingtan, Evauston. Mr; Ward Case and son, Guylord, are visitingur. Case’s father, Mr. G. Dr. J. 11. Cook has theplouure of a viaibfrom‘ his mother, whose home in It Elgin. Mrs. Ban Newhall is suflaring from a' sprained (snide,~ the result .of a, slight accident in the city. She let: for North Manitou Island Saturday. Mr Melville. E. Stone had a large house party last Saturday evening. and a part of the entertainment of fared to his guests was a oqncert by the Glencoe band. The new and elegant residence of Mr. James K. Calhoun, on the east. éide of Greenwood ave, is. completed and. is undergoing its “finals.” pre- paretorj to occupancy. Miss Annie Lane and her brother George'have gene to D-uxbuty, a huâ€" burb of Boston, 'to visit their grand. mother. They expeét to film in Niagara Falls on their way back. 1t; :3 now too late to indulge re. grate. but just think what a thing of beauty ‘Harry’ 5 Pond might. have been all these years if it had been devbted to {he caltgre of pond limes. A number of Evanston people who are camping on the shore just north of the village had a Christian En- doavor rally Saturday night and thirtyvone persons spent the night in the tents It was a sort of "Tent of Grace” if Mm. Luck will permit was the Illusion. The Baldwin’s btoko amp Tuesday, after I month's oo- journ In the wiklemeu. The Glencce subway is becoming more widely famous than its projec inn could have ever anticipated. As an obstruction to travel on the elect tie it has for some time past been the subject of almost daily bulletins in the Chicago papers; and the thou- aaudaero trumped acioss it‘ to get the connecting car, north or south, made its personal acquaintance in a way not calculated to fill them with afectionnte regard for it. The bicyclers are once more in hot water. The matter of enforcing the ordinance against riding on the sidewalks was brought up by Coun- cilman Calhoun at the meeting Tues- day evening, and, the clerk was in- structed togive notice that on and after the 2let inst. the ordinance wodld be rigidly enforced without regard to condition or roads or any other conditions. ’Mr. Arthur Culver has “ gone for a soldier "again. He has enlisted in the Thirty-third U. S. volunteers and is at Fat Sheridan awaiting orders to join his regiment at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, whence the regi ment will proceed direct tothe Phil- lipines via San Francisco. Arthur was in the Cuban .war. beforeSanti- ago, in company G, First Inf. Illi- nois Volunteers, and is: hardly yet ,well of the malaria contracted in that campaign. He is a gallant lad and his Glencoe friends hope he may win high honors Mrs. James Vandervoort Ridg. way of Hinsdale, gave the con- eluding lecture. of the series on “Travels and Art' In Southern Eu- rope" before the Woman’s Library club,_..i;n._the thus of Mrs. John C. Parry, oursday afternoon, after which Mrs. Parry entertained with tea. The; series is ,a most interesting one. being finely illusl hated, undois especially profitable to persons contemplating: trip to Bumps, as it wouldmiable them to 'stematize their sight-seeing and ereby save time. A number of them who have heard these lectg urea hope to have a full course on Fiance and Germany.