, 1874-10-25

The Trustees met yesterday, but transacted
no business OF any importance. Several petit
tions for water-pipe were received and referred,
with instructions to prepare ordinances few
bills we're allowed. and Hcenses granted, after
which the Buard adjourned.
The applications for water still come in, and
now number over hundred. the pipes have
been capped, in t;senty-four instances. mostly
during the past week, the busy Col Foster hav-
ing all he can do to attend to them.
The voters Of the town will have their last
chance to register Tuesday. The Board OF Reg
istratioo will be At the Town-Ha1l aud at Engle-
wood all dag for the purpose Of allowing tho
tardy to register
Mr Charles E. Hequembourg, the contractor
for wate.-piTes for Lake, in communication to
The TRIBUNE der1ed the assertions tia: he was
behind hand. or that he uwll1ing TO test his
pipes, He states that BY the terms Of the COLI
tract With the town he was requite ed to lay 25
miles OF pipes, tnree Of which were to be
l,,d by Nov. i, and the rest by June l,
1875. Up to the present time ho has
laid q miles, and savs ho will have
waiting till next year. as he had perfect right
to, to finish his contract Although as yet no
time has been fixed for the public test, he is NOS
afraid TO test his pipe and xll be ready to do 30
any time afta1 Monday.
RIVER FOREST
4 most pleasant sociable took p'ace Friday
evening at the residence Ct Mr. Counts. There
were present. among others, Mr. and Mrs. Nc
Kellar, Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, Mr. and Mrs.
Odell, a1r and Mrs. Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Thatch-
er, Mr. and uzs. Blair, Mr.. and Mrs. keyes, Mr..
and Mrs. Hoffman, Mrs. Drake, Ars- Gillespie,
Mrs Jones, Misses Stevens, Christmau, Nickel
lar, Moore, Lavmau. johnson, Andrews Mesars.
Odell. Rattle, Layman, Thomas, Mckcnar, Cost,
3Ir. and airs. Thatcher aud Mr. md Mrs. Dove
and Mlzs Wilson, OF Plqua, Q.
Tho evening Was maGo pleasant By singing,
bv the acting of cha1ades, and by short addresses
by Messrs Andrews, Dove, and Thatcher. all
present seomed to enjoy themselves to tho ut
most The sociables OF the people ~ River
Forest are we'll attended, and are freed from all
needless formal.y and restraint
The next soclnblo will take place at the resi-
dencc Of Mrs. Blair Friday evening, Nov. 6.
Mr Dyoe and lady, and Miss Wilson, OF pi-
qua, O., arc visiting relatives IN this village and
The attempt to organize singing club has
been abandoned
oAE PARK.
The tableau Of ''Pilgrims Progress was re-
peated last evening at Unity Church BY the Bap-
tiBt Society. The curtain rose promptly at
o'clock, and there Was less delny between the
presentation Of the scenes than during the for
mer evening. The tableaux we're in somo re-
spects presented in a much more satisfactory
manner than before, and there vas noted i'm
proremens in the management OF the Calcium
lights, to which was attributed to considerable
extent the failure OF Tuesday evening. Tie
music for the occasion vas furnished ~ 4tss d!
Nellie Wood, organist Miss Gregory, OF Chi
cago, soprano Hiss Mabel Buchanan. alto.
MI J. q. Thompson, bass. aod 4. ";
shafrer, tenor. Some OF the singers were not in
good voice. Mr. Thompson called forth loud
Ai&~~ and "a 0Yt0r m n
in which he sang the solos, "Rock Of Ages and
"Renernber II e, o Lord" He was once eu-
cored. and an attempt to induce him to s1ng q
third tino was made.
Mr. Curtain is the happiest man in Oak Park,
and the cauae Of it all Is that yesterday morning
Mrs. Curtain presented him with twins
Thursday the Union Club and tho RedoTa
Club will unite their forces in union dance at
Mr. Austin's 1all. Those club parties nro very
pleasant, enjoyable affairs, especially 80 as they
do not demand any enforced full dress attend
aDce. -
This town is just now favored By nature with
perfect carnival of autumn onk-leaves; and
gathering them. forming them into Wreaths aod
bouquets, which arc taGked to Bristol board,
pressed, and Vanished, and sent to distant
friends as mementoes Of the prairie, is favorite
pastime with young and Old
WHEATON.
Wheaton is fouriahing town OF 1,50o
Inhabitants. located on the Galeua Division OF
the Chicago Northwestern Railroad, and is
one Of the most pleasant rcsideuce suburbs OF
Chicago, being Is miles out About ai1t7-hVe
business men Of Chicago reside here, among
whom arc James Warrack, British Yice-Cousul,
George Maze. Mr. shierson, H. Dingmau, D. E.
sedgwick, J, L. Bent. cspt- J. J. Cole. Col f.
F. Valle:te, J. G. Vallette, Elbert II. Gary, Noah
E. Gary, Frank s. Webster, G. H. howard, J.
II. Chapman, II. G. Hazard. J. L. Doll
niger, ]. E. Blunt, Dr. L. H. Hiats, Judge
J. Il. Knowlton, T. D. Platt. Rufus Blanchard.
E. n. Fisher, 4. E. Brayu,er, H. L. Kellogg. be-
ing more OF 3 resident than business town.
The place IVES started about twenty-eix years
ago by Erastus Gary, aud J. c. and ": L: Wheat
on, whose lands met in the centre OF the viii
lage. Since that time = steady growth has de-
ve1oped the present conspicuous suburb.
Afsera litigation Of seven years; Wheaton vas
decided by the Supreme Court to be the county
seat, in pursuance Of an election held in June,
1868, and. since the vote aod removal At the lat-
account Of the Bailey murder-trial, nnd the
Sprague-Graig breach-of-prom,se case, In which