Dixon Evening Telegraph from Dixon, Illinois • Page 5

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No. 119 West First St. a full job lot of The very latest and moot fashionable Ptyle? ever shown in the ity, in which I will give you prices that are astonishing. Call at once and select your styles. S.

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I 2 SUBURBAN SIFTINGS Hints and Happenstances the Surrounding Towns and Villages XACHFSA. July a raicv Fourth of July. Mrs. Foot and children of Rock Island are spending a few weeks at the Coliln Dysart home. Miss Sada Shenk of Dixon was a visitor in this vicinity Monday Mr-.

Samuel Wallace and mother, Mrs. Kitzmilier, of Aaron. Ohio, are visit.ng at the home oi Wilson Dysart. Mrs. Clarinda Zarger of Dixon was a guest Sunday at M.

L. An ice cream social wi.l be held at Crawford's Hail next Saturday evening July for the benefit of the Lutheran church. A cordial invitation is extended to alb THE KINGDOM. July Bryant of Moline has returned to her home after a pleasant visit at the D. J.

Wetherbee home. The young folk- enjoyed a poverty party in Henry new barn last Thursday evening and some of the costumes were very striking. Will Floto has purchased a new surrey. Mr. and Mrs.

Chas. Wiesz of Palmyra visited at L. R. Fioto Sunday. Miss Ethel Girton of Palmyra is visiting relatives in this vicinity.

Will Floto went to Tampico Saturday to assht in organizing a Knights of Globe lodge. The people of this community will have a picnic on Andrus' Island, the weather permitting, today. Mrs. Masylvia Gull and Miss Sylvia Stevens contemplate making a tour of the we-tern states this summer. Miss Stella Dutcher of Hillside visited Miss Myra Bachman Sunday.

WOOSUXG. July B. Prescott wa? a Dixon visitor Saturday. John Reagon of Dixon wa? in town Friday. Mr.

and Mrs. Philip McGrath welcomed a baby boy to their home last Wednesday. Miss Allie Brimblecom l- borne from Chicago for her summer vacation. Mrs. Nellie Coffey and Ray of Greenfield, Iowa, are visitor? at Lawrence Cavanaugh's.

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry SDyder of Dixon visit with friends north of town Sunday. A. F.

Moore was a Dixon visitor Tuesday. Miss Minnie Treat of Polo is visiting at the Ueichard home. Mrs. Patrick Nat le returned to her home in Dixon Saturday. Erwin LaGrange of Nebraska, visited with his cousin C.

E. Morgi last Thursday. George Miller of DeKalb is here visiting with Quite a amber from here took in the Street Fair at Freeport the Fourth. Wm Scholl of Dixon was in town Tuesday. NELSON.

July Some thirty friend- of the Misses Lease surprised them at their home south of town last Friday evening and a good time is reported. Mrs. J. B. Stitzel and children are on a visit to relatives in Austin and Ch icago.

Miss Mollie Portenius expects to spend the coming week in Princeton. A fine 10? fie son came to gladden the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles mitt last Friday a. m.

Mrs. Hannah Jones and daughter spent Sunday with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Miller, and Earl drove to Sterling Sunday and spent the day with G.

W. Palmer and wife. LEE. July 4th a good celebration was' held at Lewis farm, known as the Bakan place, four mile- southwest of this place The program consisted of a parade of calathumpians. good speeches, reading of the Declaration of Independence, races, ball game, dancing and a grand di-play of fire works in the evening Mr, and Mrs.

O. G. Edwards drove across country and attended the funeral of the lady's mother, Mrs, Gehaut of West Brooklyn. The oratorio of Queen Esther wan presented in the M. W.

A. hall for the third time and was enjoyed by a lull house, Mr. Murray has purchased the house 1 and lot owned by W. H. Clinite: the latter intending to move to Sterling.

ASHTON. The Junior League enjoyed themselves ut a picnic at Hunt's Grove lust Wednesday. Meedames Week? and Earl last week entertained their brother, Mr, Tolsted, of near Creston. The new firm of Hamel Henning have opened a largo general store on the corner one dour west of L. G.

They are well and favorably known and deserve eucce--. The Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian church gave an ice cream social at the Williamson hoi Friday evening. Music was furni-hed by the Band and and all enjoyed themselves. David Madigan La- sold his handsome property on the hill to Ca-par Krug for and as soon a- he can dispose of his household furniture, he and hi? wife will go back to Ireland for a year's visit. The highway commissioner- are advertising for sealed proposals to build a hard road from corner east This is a good move.

C. Wetzel returned la-t Wednes- pav from Grundy Center, ova. where he bad been To att- nd the funeral of hi? father. Paul i. The Va 0 f'-om i-M 1" THE BEND.

Mrs. Jacob Wohke of Amboy visiting at the home of her parent', Mr. and Mrs. J. M.

Santee, Mr and Mrs. Gillman of the Kingdom were pleasant callers last week. Mr. John F. Blackman entertaining over Sunday Henry of Parsons, Ivansa-.

The Directors of the Bend School had a meeting Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs G. G. Rosbrook, Mrs.

W. Wasiey and children spent Friday at Rosed ale. T. F. Rosbrook has been quite ill.

Some one was kind enough to throw -tones thru the -chool house windows. It generally happen- on Sunday and is done by a crowd of young men pa-slng by. This matter had better be Icoked after. Samuel Rennet has returned from isconsin. Mr.

and Mrs A Frenzel were visited at the home of T. F. Rosbrook last Wednesday. Mr-. Santee and Mr- Wonke -pent Sunday at the S.

A Bender home at the Kingdom. Mis- Mabel Buckaloo ha- returned home from her duties at Adeline. Al. Brierton has returned from Indiana. A.

J. Wolford and wife spent Sunday at La Moille relative- The road near White Rock is greatly improved. MARION. July 3 Mrs. John Morris left for her home at MoCaok, after a pleasant visit with relatives here.

Earl Ackert is visiting his parents for a short period. He recently graduated with honors from the State Normal University at Normal, 111. Lewis Levan is now hauling to the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk factory and ha- bought a new wagon therefor. Those of this vicinity who have signed contract? lately are Lewis Levan, John Kehnie, Henry Kanken, Breckon Herren, Chas. Drake August Bose, David Fischer and Geo.

Ortgiesen, sr. James McCaffrey, the former milk hauler for Wal' on Thursday evening was pleasantly surprised by a number of his old patrons of this locality, who left him an easy chair re a reminder of hi- kindnes-es. The evening was spent with games and dancing, after which refreshments were served. School closed Friday in District No 8 The bowery dance at Myers' place Friday evening wa- well attended and a good time is reported HAHMON Harmon Brunt was badly injured by a vicious bull. Swart.

Bros have sold one dozen Dee ring binders: Geo. Hill ha? been selling McCormick binders Mi-- Susie Hill has returned home from Minnesota. Whooping cough has become epidemic here. A number of adults have it. Anson Hill-went to Chicago with a carload of last week.

Oats are getting ripe. There are better prospects for a crop than for a number of years. Corn here looks very good so far. potatoes look well, but if the dry weather long the crop may be cut shor t. The cog-wheels of a cornsheller cut off the end of one of Edward Neit kes fingers.

Teams drew rock la-t week for the new house of Tho- Long. Daniel Leonard's son, who had been visiting with his parents for a few days, returned to Chicago week Farmers were drawing considerable grain to market last week. The jury has apprahed the land along ttie proposed route of the new ditch. The farmer- have-commenced making hay and that the yield of tamo hay will not be large. Zeller and Hutchinson are shipping out large quantities of grain every week.

The boys and young men seem to enjoy themselves evenings playing football. J. Kelly's new house will soon be ready for the painter- and plasterers. Thos. Haley of Marion has been drawing lumber to put up a new barn.

B. E. Parker has put up a uew barn feet on his place. iail PRANK LIN GROVE. Wm.

Bazner bad a public sale of hi8 household gc id-on Saturday last and everything sold very well. Haying has begun and quite t.n amount has been cut. At the M. E. church Sunday Rev.

Oneal delivered a patriotic discourse wnlch was very interesting. C. B. has completely renovated his barber shop and now calls it "The Wm, Clemens, a former resident of thi- city and well known to many of our citizens, died at Strong City, Wednesday morning. The remains arrived in Dixon Friday and Saturday were interred at Lighthouse.

Henry Hausen is home from school, having completed a year's cour-e. Cyrus Suter has his house under fair headway. A. B. Bates and wife visited Sunday at Walter Webb's in Dixon.

Olia May, aged years, 11 months arid 12 days, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Brown, died at o'clock a.

June 30. The funeral -erviees were held at the house at 2:30 p. in. July 1, by Rev. Dornblaser of Dixon, assisted by Rev.

C. W. Anthony of Franklin Grove. Among those who attended the funeral were Wm Herrick and wife of Dixon, Oscar Eicholtz and wife of Elmer Clingan of Dixon, Uri Kime and wife of Nachuea, Chri-tian Parker and wife of Nachusa. Died, on Saturday morning, Ezra Withey.

aged years. The funeral wa- held on Monday, July 3, at 2 p. m. Mrs. A.

E. Dow, accompanied by her niece, Miss Mabelle Black, left for the east Friday and with Scott Dow as escort, will visit Niagara, go down the St. Lawrence, out among the Thou-and Isles, and thence to u-ett- and aine. Mrs. Belle Thompson has gone to Dallas Center, Iowa, to visit her -on, Grant McLean.

Daniel Cash of Chicago out last week to -ee hi- father, who 1 -till very ill. Mrs. Lager ha- had the oh: barn on her home lot torn down and a new one built at the back of the lot from Spring street. Most of the merchants closed their -tores from 11 o'clock a.m. to p.

iron the Fourth. Annie Black -pent the Fourth with ML- Alice Haines in Mendota. Mrs. Krehl is visiting her da igh- ter, Mrs. Wm.

Keimer of id John Stewart ho am from Baton, where he has been selling hor-e- Mi-a Minnie Hausen ha- returned from Elgin for the summer vacation. She ha- been retained in the corps of teachers for the next -chool year at an increased salary SOUTH DIXON. July account of improving and repairing the in-ide of Eman 1 church, there will be no services next Sunday morning or evening. While several of the young people were having fireworks in the yard at V. LepleyL, Jdlius Lepley of Dixon burned the inside of his hand rite badly.

Charles McNitt and family spent the Fourth in Rock Falls. The young married people bad a picnic at the home of Arthur Mis-man on the Fourth. Quite a number of the young people celebrat-d the Fourth In Em an el ConnpirHC) Fitlleil. Ome upon time there lived In Idea veil worth the late Leu T. Smith, whom all old timers remember, and General Powell t'laylon.

Smith was In York olio hen lie was approached a chap who said he had on the string a rich friend from Cuba, who was anxious to start a big faro game and wanted him to deal for him. lie to Smith that tie would take up the offer Smith should taekle 1 he and he would co-operate with Smith, so that together they could roll the Cuban of $50,000. Smith sent up stairs for Clayton and told him what gambler had proposed. AH three started out to see the Cuban, and they found him surrounded by everything refreshing that money could buy. Smith and Clayton ate and drank and dnoe and went to the theater and had all soils of fun at the expense for three or four days, all the time having under consideration the proposed eonsplraey.

Finally, when they were through with their business in New York, they thanked the gamblers for their hospitality and suggested that they look for suckers elsewhere than from among frontiersmen from Kansas. It. was estimated that gamblers spent, at least 81 .000 entertaining their in tended victims. Kansas City Journal. Tlie I nt rul It I' 11 1 Mummy.

We saw tin- outer gardens and the museum, the chief attraction which Is a magnificent marble sarcophagus decorated with has reliefs of Alexander the Great. The collection of statues, bronzes and sarcophagi is interesting and Immense!) valuable, and I would like to Copy some of the do script ions from the guidebook, but space forbids. One Egyptian mummy case bad a kind of inscrip tion on it. The guide furnished me with a liberal translation. The king on inside of the case, in spieerv and line had caused this injunction to be placed on the lid of Ids sarcophagus: not disturb these mortal remains, for there is naught within this casement except my poor body.

There is neither gold nor precious jewelry to rewftrd the The antiquarians who unearthed the sarcophagus did not this appeal. When they examined the mummy wrapped inside of the box they' found several pieces of gold clasped in right hand, which proves that an oriental will lie even after Egyptian For. Chicago Record. Mn kin the of It. In hull iveetiliy a 1 inth girl was invited to a party at a friend's hou.s«».

After tea different: games were engaged iu until it was time to go home. As the guest? were leaving the hostess offered little girl a bun. thank you, said the girl. could not cat any The hostess th told her put it in her pocket. relied the mite; full but tin- time i come 1 will bring a basket Times.

Hht- was demolishing (as he believed; Darwin and his theories a task which la- frequently engaged in he triumphantly wound up with the question: we are monkeys, where are our The lecturer, who had been speaking his full hour, was startled to hear in reply Iron, one of the .1 ucv have sat on them so long that they are worn This is the greatest dairy country' in the world, yet in some oi the older European countries two or three times as rauch milk and cheese are consumed capita as in the halted States. Some royal crowns are merely silk wadded caps ornamented wit! jewels end pendants. EOE ZEUERSTT. A fine 10 room house on W. 2nd at $18; a 7 room house on 1st St, west of arch, at $15; a modern new house on North Side at $18.

IFOIR S-A-JUIE. 7 room house on East Chamberlain street, with hall, closets, cistern, well, lot 75x150, price $1,800. A nice 7 room house on lTpham street, third house from Fellows street. This house has 3 osets, a pantry, good cistern; also on lot is a good barn and coal house; lot 50x175, price $1,600. An elegant house with 7 rooms, hall, closets, barn, well and eustern, on Highland avenue, and is a bargain at $2,500.

A large 10 room house, lot 150x300, North Crawford avenue; fcrnace, cistern, well, fruit and shade trees. A rare bargain for $3,100. We have a long list of residences and lots. Call on us before purchasing. JOHNSON AVERY, Dixon, III Brown Block.

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