, 1875-02-14

comes Pleasant Dcrham's white-nosed geld1og
Under the right lind Of circumstances, rhl.
ouartette will make the mile in 2:5u FOE ~
old gentleman, Esquire Stiles dt1vea rather rees,
lessly, and when he comes mad!y down tne roao
il behooyes slower animals to turn ous ana "aaE
n week or so for him to ret BY. DR.. Taylor
your Fifth Ward. Alderman Cla1ke's 1af9ef,a9-
law-hss light bay that don't take anybodye &
dust on IN occasion Of this kind and at tnls tme
OF tho year. N1auy's the tilt the Doctor -haS VIII
some Of tho ''boys" VINO think II theY can ~ "hiS p,
fas,er than he can put that old Pegasus OF h1s
Csger the course
Archie Sinclair did own a fast equine dubbed
srAodoc," but the animal began to assume sucn
iaanty, worldly airs that Archie sold u. OF gave
it away-I have forgotten Which-tof ieaz MIS- Mts-
Van Cott would be coming down hers and max
ing big TOW about it. And that's why sieve
Moore disposed OF that lightning cream he re-
Gently owned.
SOCIAL srAaNAToN.
The people Of kaukakee hare tnns 1ar aon9 .
nothing to give too present season tha usus!
prominence in tho aocal calendar. INSTEAD OF
tue customary round Of parties, balls. eociao'es,
ard stag6 anausements4 we have oeen tseateo
only to a sociable or two. perhaps, after our
Episcopalian and Catholic friends haTo done
will, their forty DAYS Of fasting and prayer, ne
shall witncss revival OF society-gatherng
'sFoR SWEET oHAR1rY'g sAKE
did number OF our citizeus mount the stage.
don tho buskio, and scream "ber-lud! = tho
other evening. Tho busgin was douneo ngofa-
tivcly. as we're the other portions OF tne cos
tune, owing to the bad effect ~hich the masquef-
ade st the North Sds Turners' Hall must have
had upon the costunpr, whose services hau
been engaged for a month previous. anu WHOSE
supreme will was consulted even to the postpon-
-iug Of ths entertainment until the dav after tno
Turner Hall affair. In the absence OF the propeE
costumlnc and the consequent disappointment:
tho "Carpenter Of Rouen" did not reca!se the
representation it might baVe otherwise obtained
We fear our amateurs attempted TOO mncn
comedy would have oeen better played and pa,ees
received. The net receipts vera over $9t, WHICH
will be given to the needy.
BUDDING GENIUS.
Ne have m 8-year-old youngater here who
has already gone into the publishing business,
aad who may sometime be heard from In the
ranks Of the literati- He is publishing month
ly magazine. by 8 inches in slza. He se:s the
type and works OF the edition himself, besides
filing the editorial chair and managing the
finances OF the concern. Fhe work Is all done
outside OF scnool-houta. He son Of Franklin
Crawford, Esq.
This community has }ost one OF its Oldest
residents 10 the death of Mrs. Mack. Her hus-
band wae the fret resident Methodist clergyman
in Eankakee. She MAS the mother OF the late
Col A. ". Mack, at one timc.a member Of ina
n!lnoia Senate. and subsequently Interested III
the publication OF the Chicago Republican,
Lemuel Milk 1na sold about 250,000 OF farms
in Kankakee and Iroquois Counties dining tho
mast few wee.1s. These lands have been adyer-
Used in The TRIBUNE
At 3 Catholic bazaar At ST. Mary. Iroquois
County. Z. H. Uhdron, SUPERINTENDENT Of the
Short Line (Cincinnsti. Lafayette l. Chicago)
nalload. sas the successful competitor over l..
Plerson, OF the Chicago. DanviIle 4 Vincannes
Railroad. for gold-headed cane. He received
nearly 1000 votes. On this occasion +. K
Gslarneau road-master OF the Short Line. was
presented with gold watch By the employees Of
the read.
Wha: are ths Changers doing for their suffer
ing brethren In Kansas? It is pretty plainly
intimated that the Changers are not improving
the occasion for exhibiting the true philanthropy
Of their ortct.
l. 14-yea!-old Kankakee girl recently became
q mother, md soon afterward youngster OF 16
was eeut out of town by his father Tae mother
ct the girl t.re around while after the event"
but no legal steps we're taken aud the matter las
been hnshel up in some manner. PAecocious
youth