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Wound the W» at the may w. - “Infill armada. let us aerioualy and coolly ponder. What in it we have got by all our m, which have been mayaud teroeiom? What advantage have we derived from the WM were paced. and which for the time. ve been aevere and numerous? What advances hare we made tenni- our objwt by the send- ing 0! a force which, by land and sea}. la no eontemptible strength ? flee the disorder abated? Nothing leaa. When I'aee things in thin aitu- atiou alter'auch confident hopee,bold pram'us and uctiVe exertions, I can- not. .for my’life. avoid a euapieion that the plan itself is not correctly right." [Burke on Conciliation with the American Colonies. The use of italics‘in the above quotation is ours. We do not pre- tend ting the- language and on that occasion applies in the letter to the question of improving St. Johns avenue, but it clearly ap- plies to- the spirit that has been shown towérde the property _ own- ers'on that stredthetween Central avenne and Sheiidanoad. . The consequences are strikingly simil- ar in both eases. It was admitted even by Alderman Obee in the city council recently that the prop- erty owners OUGHT m THE FIRST PLACE to HAVE BEEN oONSULTED, but. he immediately proceeded to argue that as they were not cen- salted in the “first place” they shall“ not be new, and though his motion to refer the matter to the city attorney instead of to; the Committee called for; the ihxfn‘ove. ment Was again blocked. And the people of Highland Park who ' want the' street improved and should have it improved can thank ‘theeenior alderman of the Fourth Ward for being .ngnin disappoint.- ‘ed. A ' ~ " “Our? astute.“ Wa‘,kegau’ cofitem- poraries are discuséing who is the best "Hello girl.” ‘Highland Park has her: out Molly beats the crowd on all the north shore. Milwaukee and Chicago included. A‘ THE ' SHERIDAN ROAD NEWSâ€"LEITER. Pm Mary. Our reader- vrill be glad to know that he cumming American Ex cre- counipany in looking over the Park reapeoting the feasibility of ea- titiiehing the free local delivery ay’ltern, having an oflce of their own. probably away from the depot, an agent, one or more delivery wagons as may be desirable. The whole matter is. a question of expense. They cant alfordrand we of course can’t ask them to spend more on this free delivery than the net receipts of the'ofice. Mr. Antiedel, the weeterh manager, having spent portions of three seasons here at the Park, has. pretty accurate ideas of what the de- mands are and of what outlay the business will vvarrant. Hence his final decision may he accepted as accurate and just from the business point of view, and there is no other way of looking at a matter of this kind. A lot of soldiers from the fort marched through our streets yester~ day afternoon on their way back to the reservation. They did not look very war'worn, but they did lopk as though‘ they could fight if they had a chance. ' Perhaps Gen. Bullet would like to have them a few day-s. If any errors, omissions. Headp- peal‘ in this week‘s paper, bear in mind the éd‘itor is deeply absorb- in thé fortunes of David Harum, John. Lenox and Mary Blake with great 'admira'tibn for David and his 3.911053 'tradin.” ‘ ‘ ‘ ' Henry Clay Basye . has the tax books and you can pay , taxes as soon as you ‘like, the comet the better; We believe his office i514 in the second bank building. Dfiwn in Vermont they used to makg a discount to those who paid before thebook went‘ up to the county collector and hence they had no and) long delinquent lists and big tax sales as we haVe. ' WANTED SEVERAL BRIGHT and honest persons to repel- " and honest persons to‘reper- sent us as managers in. this andclose by counties. Salary $9003 yeareud expenses. Straight, bouafide, no more, no less salary. Position per; manent. Ou‘r reference. any bank in any. town. It‘ is mainly office work oondtxe'ted at home, Reference Enclose self-addressed stamped en- Velope. Tue Doimuon COMPANY, Dept.‘3, Chicago. The ppublioans of the counties composing the' Eighth Senatorial. District of llIinois. are requested to' and Wm to a canvcntion to In held at the court house, in the city of Woodstock, ccunty of Mchnry. Ind state of Illinois, on Thursday, the 8th day 01 March, 1900, at the hour of 11 o ’clocII II. In, for the pur‘ pone oi pinning In nomination a sen- ator and rcprebcntativoa for the Legislature of the State of Illinois ; and to transact such other business .4 may regularly come before such convention. The several counties in said dis- trict will be entitled to the following number of delegates: Lake ................ 2'0. McI-Ienry ............ 2U. Boone . ’ .............. l3. Totalnumbei' of delegates . .53 'By order of the Senatorial co! mittee {of said district. A. C. FASBE‘I'T, Chairman. . D. T. 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