The St. Louis Republic., 1901-12-12
Alton Note. and Perso.als.

-Piasa Lodge No. q. Ancien. Free and Ac-
last Wednesday. elected George r Davis wors
shipful master. Louis Berner senior warden.
The Board Of Director. OF the Alton Y. n.
ing. The reports OF the various officers We're
submitted.
The Alton City Council at the meeting last
Of Education in the selection Of lot in block
2 Of the city proper for the location of the
structure will be commenced within a few days.
The building will cost s5o.e5o.
AT the meeting of the City Council at Al
ton last evening Corporation Counselor B. j.
y Neili made special report. finding that the
" Hope Of i the Alton City % Court by the city
Council was legal. Judge Hope being judicial
se render
on the claim for an increase in salary by Judge
ses,b!y Of Illinois Increasing the salary Of the
Judge Of the City Court from sl.so to s,."eo a
present Incumbent was not entitled to the in
crease. as the act was passed during the pres
The Reverend {. H. solnsberx of Upper Alton
has received a cali to the First Baptist Church
..Professor J. H. Dickey Of the Alton High
School will deliver an auuress q, Frtlay evening
before the English classic. class at the spauld.:
Clubhouse on Samuel Taylor Co;eridse.''
The Alton Ministerial Alliance held a meet
ing in the Y. NJ Z. A. rooms at Second and -.ar-
herd pastor Of the Sixth Street n E Church. d..
liyersd an address on Time and raise is-
The Sigma Phi Literary SOCIETY of shuttle:r
College has elected Miss Nellie Mai;by president.
ef the Ssnner
at-arm.. MisssAmanda Johnson secretary, Louis
Haisht critic.
bors at Alton. has elected the following officers:
Oracle. Marsaret ienny; pas, oracle. Florence
Sadie Malaueny: receiver. Grace Barnes: cham
cellor. Daisy Copley: marshall. Clara Hawkins: !:
Nellie Jacoby. '''@'
of excavation Tor the new post office building 1t
Alton. which is being built at second and Amy
be started a. the beginning of i.ext week. and
the construction rushed to completion. as tine
Second and Market streets expired several weeks
ago.
&c Club ;ss at Aa S ii
stanley A Mckay Of Shurtlen College. The p.
Jackson. principal OF the Western a..iita,y
public.
mercial Club is making arrangements for on
Hard tournament between the members os the
on Belle street According to the niaa now being
perfected every member will have an opportunity
John J. Faulkner. the head Of the East st.
Louis Lodge OF Elks. was In Alton Yesterday
making arrangements for the installation of a
Saturday evening In the Temple Theater build
ing. A team from the East St Lcu;s lodge
will confer the degrees.
Justice W. B. Rose of Alton has determined
not to be outdone by ether city's marriage Ii
cen.e officials in tie Offering of prizes to patrons.
and has offered handsome parlor chair to the
best looking couple married by him within the
next twelve months. The contest will end on
December =. 1882. Justice Rose will be his own
Judge Of beauty n the contest.
AT meeting Of the Village Council Of Upper
Alton last evening. the bond Of John @. Seitx
as special collector for the College avenue paw
in rDyet. The bond uras fol md
the boodsnen were E. J. McPhillips Phillip
Br,,m and W. c. Slocum. The amount to be
collected for the Improvement will be 5000
and the period Of collection will extend over Ore