, 1875-11-07

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! The Misses Terry, Of Chicago, former resi-
| dents Of the Park, have been spending portion
! Of the week with friends
| The Union Club witl give one Of their enjoya-
t bla parties Thursday evening, at Temperance
Hall. The first party Of the season. given twe
! weeks ago, WAS SUCCESS, aud pleasant hope;
are anticipated for the assembly to be Giyen this
! week.
The Hon. George F. Foster. who has been
very i'll during the past week, ia now slowly re-
covering.
a great deal Of anxiety has been expressed by
persons who frequently noticed that the small
school-boys, during recess, make the railroad
their ground. When train ls approaching
tt1ey liza down on the track, dare each other to
reuala quiet until the train ia within short dis
tance aud then scramble off, It Is = dangerous
trick and school authorities ought TO prohibit
the practice.
Thursday sud Friday ereninea th.re VAS given
in Temperance Hall. for the benefit of the Baptist
Society, au Old Folks Concert" The rig
inator Of the pleasant affair WAS Mr.. 4. ". Shaf-
fer, who has worked for weeks. aud has recel:ed
as his reward the thanks Of the Baptist Society
and the entire community, who enjoyed the
benefit Of his work, in the successful concerts OF
Thu1sday aud Friday. The costumes Of the
lsdias and gentlemen we're unexcepnonally elo-
CANT. Mlss Nellie Ward wore IN elaborate buff
silk, with court train Of bun brocade, with doR-
e1a in natural tints and trimmings Of black lace
ilair ions bgb in puffs, powdered sno. white,
dressed with long dropping pln1nes and diamond
o.lamen.s. Her attendant, Mr. Nash, was re-
splendent ia black velvet and SILVER The SOLO
lists Of the evening we're Miss Lizzie Lyon, Miss
Coaweli, Mrs. Middleton, aud Dr.. McLaren, all
Of whom we're received fayorhbly, Aiss Con
of d large number OF floral tributes.
During the latter part OF the evening the
bouquets fell 10 showers, ana a!l Of the ladies'
taking part, including Mra. Middleton, Mrs.
Miss McDougal1, Mias Case, Miss Lyon, and
Miss Woods Tere presented with one or more.
1Iessrs. shafrer Nash, smith, Cash, s1eLafen,
Futbeck, Ermay, Owen. aud Benty were tho
male singats. The orchestra Of the evening
was made up entirely Of homo talent, and exc
cutcl finely the several selections.
Iii. Counts, OF River Forest, wts recently
brought TO his bona from the city very Ill. He
grow rapidly worse, aud feats were felt that he
tTould not recosar, bat under the tre2tment OF
Dr.. Cash, OF Oak Park. he is doing finely.
Tho members OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church heid meeting Thursday evening in the
church pa1lors, ut which 1t WAS decided to pro-
ceed immediately with tho work On the upper
part Of the church
Mrs. Whipp1e, while attending to some do
mest1c duties, met with painful accident; the
window fell, crushing her band quite severely,
Mr- George 4, Ingalls,, after 81 absence OF
nearly q year in Europe, returned to the Park
aud bis family on Thursday.
The house OF Mr. Gray, editor OF the Interior,
was entered by burglars, or the ATTEMPT was
made, Tuesday evening. The invaders tried to
take out one OF the large panes Of glass Of one
of the windows fronting On the veranda, but it
cracked, and with such a noise - to Wsxen the
family in time to see the men disappearing down
the walk. Mr. Charles Weleh's house WAS also
tried the same night. They succeeded in getting
IN Mt. 5hnubla's barn aud taking harness.