, 1875-12-27

have met, and mot At tho lonse Of Mr. Taylor
thht tho tay Of tho mcetinG SHOULD 1lavc ice,,
saturday: and that Saturday should iinve hcor,
3irs Taylor. 1t might eeem that there was
! homo Intention IN It,. II 10. tho knnvleago was
uacd 10 Tho pnannntaat OF rurpoHrs. with ihtcil.
! lions Of tho ktndllcat. an the largo number ot
friends aud asqnalnsa''cos caino thronElng. it,.
surprised Mt tlrss then e1asifled and inoveil ut
this kind remembrance Of tho dag Hu married. to
t}1om att. nn.l Mira. TAYLOR rrcniycd tl,o waru,
congratulations that evidently CHINO docpur tnn
| thn lips.
Tho la,lics i,al provided tho supper, and nfsrr
Y was rarlahen OF witt, ts1o roc.Al enjoyment
Afr. and MrH. Taylor rcturnod 10 tho parfor mud
found another surprise III tho shape Of n com.
r!cta sot Of china, d1nuer and tes, with acycraI
Other articles Ut gasa nntl silver. Appropriate
remarks and Eoot wiA!ses III behalf ot tho
LADIES' benevolent Society aud tho fricnla Of
tho congregation were made ly President Dlnl,ch
arl. Of Wheaton College, foitnHoa by II, e..
from iraf. Stratton Tie response % ot air "G Tay.
ior y aa made utth much feeling aa ho thanked
thom for this unexpected mark of .',o
esteem. contldonce, and affection, In whirl,
bo was held by hIs congregation: In
horcd TINT tilne would but bind their hearts
c'oRor toget!cr n confidence n,.l friendship mud
trusted tu br allowed to ahhro and HympRth!xo
with the,rs swa AZ vol as Joys.
t'!lariea d. Itlt OF Wrs.sle. Iowa, arrived
in Wheaton. zs,rrshay to visit Ills rolntlvoa lii
this place. according to h,s r1lal custom.
Tho now ala>onlc Hall viii bs publicly lodi
Gated, mud u "I'!cers Of WHEATON l.adsn No.
2tD. A. L. x a. NJ, installed Wednesday ovenng
by u. 4. eastman. u. u. II.
Tho grand prian spoll1ng-scloot camo off Aa
advertised, Monday eFenng. Tho spelling bc-
Bnti about O'Clock. Alogsrs. Gary and Fehcr
For tin,c everything went OIL smoothly. but
whom modern goosrapica! names. sneh MS kuon-
l.un and fanFtsc-h,nn wcre lannrhcd At tho
claaH shere was fearful havoc. Finally. only
alr. Frank Comfort tho champion and winner
Of Tho psizo.-a copy Ut Wel,stcr's Unabridged
Dict!onaEy. price 5l2. As thoro still remained
tino. the class a.aln took the tlonr. wheu Nfr.
N0ah Gary, Who lad withdrawn from tho pre-
vicus contest, wha declared victor.
i Sninlay-schGol concert waH hrld nt the Bn1,-
list Church Christmas E*e. pEcaouts nero given
to tlIs scholars Of tho Hnnday school, mud to u
number outside OF tho achoo'. Yhero wau large
Attendance aud n pleasant time.
Two Ut thu llorse-t -thioyeH confined In tho tnil
cnn'o 1oat oseaping Monday hight. Having n>no
0 10y at eheet-iron uni wo'lnd around IL Hoina
brnonl-wre, thpv unlocked their tcl.dour, which
admitted tlietsl to the roGt, in which tlloY woro
inc'osod during tho day. With n bar Of irun tbey
wcut to wnrk to prv out ono Of tho gratnss of
tho enst window. which would hare given tilem
safo egresa out doors. Tho watchman heard tho
nuisc. found out tho ca.,Be, Awakan9d the Sheriff,
AMI thltH tho eHcaOo was prevented. Tho Hnner-
Sisofs had ordered that tho wiudowa of tho JUL
be maae more secure, hcnco tho bnBte Of tho
psiaoncfs it! attemptin. 10 ESCAPE. AZ thoy know
It wan tflnr Inst opportunity.
All tho SundAy-acluos OF Wheaton again
united In q quArtory roylew Ecrvice at the Col
lego Chapel yestoruhv Mt &! p. IN. In the oyoning
At tho aario TIaoe tAero wr,H Union Sabbash-
aciool service, having for its 1natn topic, "Tho
bunl1AY-school LesaoflA OF tlie Year"
1lss. Lucinda Grover, ono Of the Oldest rcHi-
detltH Of thu county, wis burtcd Wednesday.
Thcre is q vsenton OF Wheaton College. tho
next term beginning Jim. 6. Tho publlc SCHOOLS
lc1in tho hnnnay aftor NON Year.
The Philadelphia socicty OF Wheaton COL
logo was visited by thu Indies from tho .4e!ioran
aud Chrcstomathean Societies. A l.,asant avcu-
ln5 wRs Naaeei. md the question wn4 hrciiel in
THO negative by tim three young lady iulgou aud
critics. II il would bo c,irteouh TO lint TINT
there could Gs any improvement in WEcntnn
College club Lnattara, 1t wonid no Hggested tint
tf,ose eithor bo fewcr clubs or onBor nntnes. 1t
would bo real charity to tho ignorant but Jealous
,upler htun.bIing biinaly about among Excel
Hiors, observation-disclosures, ihilasaelphians, and
AcIiorans' Saciaties in tho anxlotY to hnyo his
nympashies in tho right place. aud growing moro
had more bowiidored III hs search.
ELNlIUnSr.
ElmLurst's boars'ing.sc'lool has vacation
until tic Monday after Nov Year.
Airs. N. II. Turner, tho new lady ticket.atlllt-
OF Of tho Northwestern Railroad, ls making her
uDIuA a. IHEbtDk Ill ElunHFat.
Tho German Suntiay-schooia had their annual
Chrstnias.trcc under tho auHpices Of tue Cor
1nau Lutheran Evangelical College. Tie largo
rooms In tho south side Of tho bnilding wc,o
prottlY decorated, and ChrlatmaH-troo Of
most generous size, brilliant and beautiful with
whatever could Attract tho childish fancy, stood
iu tho conlIo OF ono OF tho 1oomB. I'hoEe
must havo been about 400 present, children
mud 1,,1t ,n 1Fr >t,n Ts,.n
OF tho institution, mado short and Interesting
atldresa to the audience, and thon cstcchized tho
SuIday-achool childrcn.-aI1, OF courae, In tito
Gpr,nan lang,thso. Afterwards, the children, to
the nn,nbor of over q hundred, marchod around
tho Cbrst,nAs-tres, each III turn receiving n bag
Of nuts and caudy. and q "prctzul nearly as
1ar9o ns somo Of tho little themselves. who
laughed all ovcE thoir llttle round chubby faces,
and no doubt wished that CHRISTMAS came ovnry
day, nj thoy bundled their treasures home.
The college haa vucatlOu Until aftor tho boil
days.
X yagrant prcsonted himself at the depot tho
iass cold day and stated that ho was on
by b., way way, to E!kin' and told = ,G ,Gl.t.
money was given him With which to buy food
b1t it Was afterwafd found that ho apeut that
aud also pnwncl his coat for whisky. Lnsor In
the day ho was found some distance up tho
rade, drunk aIao, still waH ablo to moyo out Of
tho way as q good quit As tho mau would III
oyitabIy perinh Ii lei whnre ho WAS, he was cur
1lcd into tho water. house, brick building con-
tinHsnt to tho depot. fire made up, with propo.
precautions takau that ho could do no harm II ho
should arouse, locked up, mud LETT to his sloup
A secona tlu.o tic man In charge Of .he building
looked tn.-hu still lny IN dend Htupor; but in
Tho morning whon he went In. 10 Its gsoat
hm&xemout he did not 400 him, aud aftor
looking several tiInea ID and unlor everything
lnrger than = pint. ho camo to tho inevitable
conclusion that he was not there. 1t tts supposed
that the yagrant came to his sonsoa sufficiently
to imagine himself ~ . lookup, iounl small
ladder, raisod hi1sult by it 10 ona Of tho win
tho other sido and thus escaned-from no pus-
Huer, aud liAs not bean hoard from since.
a GermAn ball took place at Myers Hotel
Christmas uight.
Tho kotIsHctliidY.
.Stw Fork San.
The combined capita! Of tho nothschilds is
stated by Emile Uuruouf. the woIl-known pub
tofA tr,l mi, 4l,a