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Mrs. Monshsn, who has been quite seriously ill for the pest two weeks, is slowly improving. Mrs. Zopfl oi‘Chiesgo is visiting her uncle, W. D. cox. durinve month of Angus. City Clerk William Himmler left yesterdsy morn- * ing on 11' ten day‘s vaestion which he will spend in the east. afier translating important business ss Oshkosh, Wisconei’n, this evening. - . The regular meeting of the eitfeonneil nu .. x-held fiésdny evening. Nothing but. the regular business was transected; » Mn. BMW-or. wile of Serum Budohuur o! For! Sheridan tell from her whee! one day this week and injured her nnklo quite lover-cl]. A stance-“umbile Incident occnrred in the thy this week in which one of mu- eitiuue wu the mum. A lunchhc driven et a 3 rod specd wee (ulna up Wenkegen Avenue when it etrnck- the “ocean-cloned unison. knocking him down: end mnnmg over hie foot. The occnpnnuo! the whine won equal to an situation. tad too]: the uni: to his home. where the lujnfln were found io-be slight. The number of the automobile wu not. when. but“. undead My a," it in I“ right, as “I. dump. were fully ”id. Ill-t. John Stupey wu “ken thk nook to the Aumtm hoopiul, where the is to be oponled upon 10: upmdieltk. Ir. “d In. W. J. Welch hue bun «taping It. Sliver Luke thin wk. Mk3 Ellen Cox, who ha been spendihguweek's Vim-don with friends in Rambo ond Chicago. bu manned her post It the post ofloevwindow. It is understood by the politicians thu Mr. Guggin, who Wag defeated in the Vnominafiou' for Oount’ySu‘perintendensof Schooia at the Republican may » convention; Warm? "Warm iri‘fi "'in’d‘eé pendent candidate. If this is true our friendJudge Pane bide fair to have more than a fighting chance to capture the ofiice. ' The Board of Local Improvements held a meet- ing Thursday afternoon and approved the- passage of several sidewalk and water min ordinances. . The pupils of the Highwood Schools were given I pic‘nic on Judge Pease‘s grounds one dav this week and enjoyed themselves without. stint. Jul- ius Laegeler Won their everlasting. gratitude by furniahing unlimited ice cream, and others saw to it that there was no lack of cake. '1 here were 147 children present. Charles Gordon attended. the Democratic (ion- mnsional convention at. Ruenswood Tuesday as delegate from this township. The other delegate, John Hart. was unapla to attend. At the conven- tion Charles L. Young of Chicago was nomlnlted A special meeting of the city council was held lut night for the purpose of passing ordinances providing for the construction of about two miles of cement sidewalks. as stated in last week’s News. Ordiaances were also pissed for the laying of sev~ on! wster mains in side streets, and also for the extension of the. present water main system. . W, E, Felvey attended the national convention of Eagles at Milwaukee this week \us delegate from Bighwoori Aerie. Among others who attended from this city were William iiostetter, Dr. Wesoott, George Conrad and David Meninger. . W/Mt People @477 Doiflg for conglo- from the non: convoy-icon! dist-riot. ond book! A. Brody of Wonk-(on woo Wanted for membor of the State Bond of Bqnilluuon If. John Hodge of Bookofellor. detonud endl- dnto A for county superintendent ot .‘ohoob. bu boon unmet! no principal at the Highland nobod- tor the coo-tog you The mkorteochonore tho some as last rear. with tho exceptional ”in 'Joonnn Swnnoy. who was principol for oovoro‘ you-o. The steel construeuon on the now right of my ofthoc. M. I. R. 8. Ian heen'ooumnecd and will be pushed to;0lpoody conclusion. Thu. mu remin- ; lugs mum o‘ lilting m be don on‘ the north. Al the trolley. m not yet up. the count-action can me being healed by one o! the oompeny‘e "gun engine. The-umbrella certainly undo a. fine sufi shade several gimes for One of the young ladies and the gully, mm they had was the time went entirely The Odd Fellows ("'0 5 each! end dune; in their hall Wedneedny evening.- A hmnunber were present. Including the Rebekah lodge from Evanston Ind IOVQI‘II from Wnnkepn. After the dencing refreehnnenfs were served. end 3 very en- joyable evening was mated by 0.11. Théy were greatlv unused with catching fish. Witching the mud turtles. and watching closely for a snap. shot. picture every ten minutes. For one at the party had 0. camera in his white vest pocket. (Contributed) The Den Plain River was gmtly honored Sun- doy, August 5th, by hovlng the prlvelege of enters mining the honorable Mm. Grant and five of her grand children, including Bob. Also her two sons and doughur-in-low. The sparkling sulphur water was enjoyed by those who cared for it. .7 .V‘_- vâ€"v-u'l too‘ fast? for in?! they hind £21m time they might have caught 11,15 or 18 bound'blsck bass or pick- erel. ‘ “ ' Bull Head. Some thingsr‘ko without saying," as we say. They are self-evident, end need no explanaiion. They tell their own story, as it were. Thai; is sometimes they do. land sometimes they do not. Here is a. case of the latter eon cited ‘by a New York paper. ’ ~ . A pair of bushy whiskers shoved themselyes into the money order window and the voice behind the whiskers eaid: ‘ “Git me a money Order.” The clerk shoved him out. a blank application. When it came back, filled‘ont, the clerk as id: “Veil!" said the voice behind the whiskers. “vy didn’t. your“ me a fo'reig‘n blmkfi’ "Why didn't‘you uh for‘ono?” “loin gootness.” aid the ' voice behind the whiskers, "do I look like I wuntod Idomesflc blnnk?”-â€"[Epworth Herald. “Here,\. this isn’t. right. It‘s for Dresden, Ger- many, ""1 you '0 got. it on 5 domestic blank. You want a foreign blnnk.” - in Higbwood Told By His Looks A Busy Sunday “I dined It. theICeI-lton with the Howard Decide in Mndon,” n globe trowel- Enid, "Afterward; we took our eolee on we nised pletforn of the foyer, where the orchestn pleyn end when yolgetnn excellent view of the smart hondon world. “II. Gould enter-tuned In with tie awry o! herb-t. belloon trip. She land stayed up Illch longernnd gone much 1 'rther than Ind been Intended. hi?” “ “A amperage cot-non was once too 3W til} flu. Gould sud. "The trip.‘ the sleet-tn!) No need of hurry down min to nniwer the tele- phone. Get nu amnion. Formerly $1 per month -.-now fifty cent... Anyone can afl'ord it. Telephone the manager nnd place your orderâ€"nuw. Chicngo Telephone Company. "Then she told no how : womua preached one morning a temperance lemon to her hdtbund, who wu “flaring from the elect- of the night before. "1‘11. [mt trouble with you. George.’ the noun: d you cannot at, “No.” burn to In: “109." George. Md you will have fewer hudnchu. Csn you lot lie hue 3 little money this morning?" . “No." acid 00:11.. with tpptrent eue.’ " We nneommleente pus into the night From the 10nd banquet, end damning lave A tremor in men’s memories. faint and sweet- And frail on music. Features of. our face, The tones of the voice,the touch or the loved hand Perish end vanish, one by one, from earth; Meanwhile, in the hull of song. the multitude Applauds the new performer. One, perehnnee, One ultimate survivor lingers on. And smiles, and to his ancient heart recalls The long forgotten. Ere the marrow die. He too returning, through the curtain comes. And the new age forgets us and goes on. Catéh The Thieves. mar-burglars downstslrsâ€"silverwean-revolv- ersumasksâ€"smlthy footsteps. Woman upstairs ~slone-4frightenedâ€"dsm not. make an out-cry. But if she has on extension telephone in her bed- chsmber she telephones the police withontdlsturb- ing the burglars end without danger to herself. Extensions now cost only fifty cents per month. Telephone your order to the Manager. .Chicago Telephone Company. ~ " - Mmy of our' patrons know theTnIue of tn 0:- ten-Ion telephone. But all do not. know that tho maul chm-ye has recently been reduced from 81. to 50 cents per month. Why not. telephone the Mann- ger' tadâ€"order “It: vah'mble Quintin-amen lt once! Chicago Telephone Company. .Lesson He Easily Learned ,' aid 1. ‘esn nuythlng be too' unoccu- Don’t. Slide The Banister It Is A Fact um, . nanny. ‘wu u mu. too Robert Louis Stevenson. â€"Exch:ngo.