, 1875-02-07
And Lively Joliet Has Her
Jol1ities and Hi1arities.
Life at Highland Park, Oakland, and
Other Suburbs.


.7-h. Hnn Inf,n Mitchell oToS about thirty
Au0 Avn "o44
horses, Ill good onsA.
George s.oyens has sixty, tan OF which can stos
f.ster than three minutes.
=. ot1oin, a,oo ,'e - soo =. P',ssv rs1 5on
=. 80 f..+ 40 ha wants
aud green one that can tzoS ss last ~ ne "t@o''
to.
cs A.,~n baa about twenty IN his atabls Ill
- ~.
seoo oues, -.:..,.;.,h =, h,..l.
Charles my mas : Deauo'u. pa y. u>''
=. C. jennings pair Of blacks, veil matched
~ A1,c,ft ms severnl fine-pred opes.
To,r,n . r,~5r NJ r.npv hayr.
Ae1 1ouae' Po44 -
William Young, pair OF "htte-1ooteo olScKs'
n. H. Cottril has gray and black hne-coaseo
an1 nu, etansu NJ 49, ~. hah:rs mir y, ,o,tv b.x,
1o.. ae''e4' -. o<144'@1 : -. - s-h4 ~.
fali htnaoois l1iso 80 70. "'' A'~ 10'
finest carriage team N toe oty.
James Il. Smith drives gray and black.
,r,1:.. -. ~ b,,o.r 1,,a a mir of tnautiaa
Enas. Eaa-..o.a "o ~. - 1rr,<r,, gsldjno. rn11
10 s'ao'e1'' ps'@ - '@
Angus Smith, black and bay, lively steppera.
CT. Pierce, bays, white feet and face
John P1ankirton. palr OF blacks, IL handa.
John Antisdel, pair thAt trot IN three NM
utes-. ...
Henry C. Payne, bsy mares thst can tros IN
D DAVID Farsison, bay mares; three minutes.
John Eoeoeer's bays can trot in 2:a5:
c. T. bradly's bays a1e fine bred and excits Nd
mir4tion.
J. NJ WhalinEB "Jeuny 9nd mate Are be&u-
Hes-
J. G. divers chestnut mares are among tho
fastest poIa-teams IN tne osate.
g. +. Brown has new one eooo stopper.
4. l. Boynton'H Billy wilkes 1lots ID z:5o.
Robert uifi'e gray geldinG~ II = remarkable
roadster.
DR.. Fuller has fast PAGER.
s. S. Merrill drives " Kate LArk1n. bna hAs
trotted IN The fortiea.
Ben O.Neii has last mare;
q. n. Hampstead drives Ned fo1rrst
Charley Andrews pulls the 1eins over mo
black mara
CEa1leS Cottrin drives the 'tnohbicst mare
in the oily: She can trot close to three minutes.
E. q. Phelps, with his clipped horse makes
good show.
Ed She's drives good P" jumper
Herman Nunuem.chers sotrei il good ono.
: Treasurer Brandt thinks hls Frank is =
Gotsa1.
has shown remarkable gait in private, and no
doubt. with gentle ueage and superior horseman-
ship. Mr. Novel; will Jet ude behind the fastest
mare in the West.
HaEley Cole s,,,h has Maggie" and "Pr'nt'ns
Steele has Nellie, we'll known trotter.
Col Sawyer has Medic" Hood" Mol
lie" and Mazoman." The former cost Mr.
Brosdhead s. 600, and tho latter Sloooo.
GranKer vAlue8 'Howard at Slb,V00.
E. B. Greenleaf wouldn't take fortune Tor
his little PAGER.
Street mPHovEnE1s PROJECTED TOE 1873.
.E1tenEive improvements Of streets IN I'LL the
sectsona OF the city during the coming year will
attest the prog1erslve spHlt OF the people. NOT
witbstanding the increase in taxes over previous
yes1s. caa4ed By tho completion OF the Water
Works and extension OF the sewerage system,
owners OF property are clamorlng Tor parements:
for grading Of new avenues, and construction OF
premises which they front upon
In the First Ward, where ths most ehe1ole,
beautiful, and heAlthtul building sites nave here.
toforo been neglected, the grades OF nearly IL
miles OF avenues and streets haTo just been
fixed by ordinance, based upon surveys made
since the beginning of 'rinter: and there exists
spirited rivalry for the precedence OF improving
their surfaces by grading, gr1Yelog, snd
paving.
Prospect aTenue viii undoubtedly be finished
to ;ts northern limit
Farwell street aud Cambridge avenue will both
be graded and grAvelod. and several OF the
eroee-Streets Tecsnllv renamed-Wyoming
plAce, Isauhoo place, Konilwo1th place, and
other pretty and genteel appellatlons, NIL be
partia1iy improved. .
Tbs bill introduced IL the Legislature oJ NJ.
HARRISON. Of tho Fourth Ward, orders an i'm
proyemsnt OF an extent whicn somewhat
aetounds and alarms conservative taxpayers, but
vii no doubt be 1emun4rative to their inte1 ests
IN the end It orders tho pairing OF Spring
street, from the bridge to the caty limits (nearly
3 miles in length and 100 feet wade), without
The Intervention OF the usual proceedings and
lormalit,ca. The cost Of this work will be about
s135,o0o OF which two-afths will be pad BY The
.butsins lot. and three.afths out OF inc 9ato-
fund Of TIE Fourth Ward
On the south sioe streets VIII % maoe 70 .ne
rxtent Of she aVallaole ionos' u ts oniy ques-
lion Of the limit Of the ta1-levy in that enter
To giB q list Of these intended improvements
would fill moro space than can DO anordea; pnt
they mav be summarized N1th INC Iematk tna'
They ~'u oe more ea.enz,n ,nra ever oelo'o