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• Four below zero Wednesday.
• Ice harvesting is in progress.
• Sunday is groundhog day.
• J. M. Harden, of Colorado Springs, is here visiting his daughters.
• Born, to R. H. Beveridge and wife, on January 27, a son.
• Dirt for sale for lawn or filling by Fred M. Ball. Call up telephone No. 7.
• F. W. Fry, who is in the employ of Sears, Roebuck & Co. has moved to Chicago.
• Donald Gurnea, aged ten years, is seriously ill with inflammatory rheumatism.
• V. Ramacciotti, who has been ill with typhoid fever, is able to sit up and be about.
• Mrs. T. Klopp, of Kankakee, was visiting her sister, Mrs. A. J. Favreau, this week.
• Morris Karsten has gone to San Diego, California, to visit his father and sisters.
• Mrs. E. B. Howe, matron at the county farm, has been seriously ill the past few weeks.
• The bakery of J. G. Schwartz in the Karsten block has been purchased by August Sprecht.
• Wm. Hammerschmidt was elected president of the Illinois Clay Manufacturers Association at a recent meeting held at Peoria.
• The tuberculosis test finds many hogs and cattle affected with the disease. A breeder and stock raiser of the present day demands the test before paying high prices for blooded stock.
• Mrs. Sabria A. Jewell returned home from Rising Sun, Ohio, last week where she was called to attend the funeral of her oldest brother, Steven R. Winchell who was a resident here in the fifties, residing north of Wheaton. Mr. Winchell was 79 years of age.
• Valentines! Valentines! Valen-tines!! at Hiatt’s.
• T. M. Hull, wife, and daughter, Miss Myrtle, left Tuesday for Englewood, Fla., where they will be havened from northern February storms. Delos Hull and wife of Oak Park are at Englewood, the brothers and sisters having spent several winters there together.
• An order went into effect Tuesday whereby rural route mail carriers need not fish pennies out of mail boxes and care for out-going letters. The mail carriers carry a supply of stamps, stamped envelopes and postal cards and the patrons are supposed to supply themselves with all necessities.
• Wm. W. Benton has been out of service the past week being chief nurse in a grip case, he being the patient. Ray Stockton has been operating the rural delivery wagon, he being the substitute.
• Geo. A. Plamondon is occupying his new home. The old farm house has been sold to Adam Dernbach and will be moved onto his lots, corner of Hale and Illinois streets.
• Wheaton needs an auditorium which will seat from 500 to 1000 people. The Circuit court room was too small to accommodate the crowd visiting the farmers institute this week. The attendance is increasing each year.
• Officials of the A. E. & C. have dropped the case against David Rood, the conductor who was charged with forging a pass and he has been allowed his liberty. Rood will not return to work for the company.
• The Senior Loyal Temperance Legion of Wheaton is an organization of young people over thirteen years of age interested in the cause of temperance. A short time is spent at each monthly meeting in studying the subject of "Alcohol and Man," the rest in a literary or social program. A prize contest is being arranged for. All young people are invited. The next meeting will be at the home of Mr. P. W. Campbell, corner Union street and Wheaton avenue. Mr. Ralph Wheaton, President, Geraldine Kellogg, Secretary.
• Charles Ward, who stole Hageman’s livery horse, was taken to Joliet Tuesday by Sheriff Gorham.
• Silas Smith, who has been an employee of this office for a number of years, is now employed in the News office.
• Mrs. John Metzger of Kirkland, and Wm. Geisler of Shannon, sister and brother of Mrs. W. W. Renton, were visitors this week.
• Martha Millner, aged two weeks, will return with her mother, Mrs. Melvin Millner, from the Baptist hospital, Chicago, Sunday.
• George Plamondon has purchased from the Jas. H. Hill estate the Spring Brook farm living directly across the road from the Chicago Golf club, also the old Ballou farm on the Batavia road now occupied by Louis Schultz. The Spring Brook farm consists of thirty one acres with a large house and barn. The Ballou farm has seventy-six acres with farm buildings. The purchase price for both properties was $30,000. Harry B. Tufts made the sale.
• Joseph J. Miller who resided at 618 N. West St. was at Oak Park on business Monday. About 11 o’clock in the evening his body was found on the Northwestern railway tracks. The verdict of the coroners jury was that he came to his death from shock and injuries received by being struck and thrown from the tracks by a train. Mr. Miller was 45 years if age The funeral will be held from the Baptist church today at twelve o’clock. Interment at Rose Hill.
• Local union No. 1527 of the United Brotherhood of carpenters and joiners elected officers Monday night as follows: William Lair, president; Charles Reuiter, vice president; John Stolz, recording secretary; Joseph Stockton, treasurer; Donald McIntyre, financial secretary. The union meets regularly twice a month in room 3 Central block and welcomes members of the craft from Elmhurst, Glen Ellyn, Winfield, West Chicago and Lombard.

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• Skating was good on streets and sidewalks last week.
• The infant child of Frank Damm died last Friday morning.
• Wm. F. Vallette is planning to move to LaGrange in the near future.
• The infant child of Ray Stockton died on Wednesday.
• Clarence Chesbro has moved to the Secker block flat.
• Miss Betsy Monk, of Batavia, formerly of Warrenville, died on February 3, aged 74 years.
• J. Schmidt, of Chicago, an uncle of Mrs. J. H. Kampp, died in Chicago on Sunday.
• On account of the icy walks a "going down" club was organized last week.
• Miss May Abbott has been taken to the home of a cousin at Ravenswood, where she will be sent to school and cared for.
• Mrs. Julia Spring is attending Mrs. Ella Phillips at the Halmenian hospital, Chicago. Mrs. Phillips is rapidly gaining strength.
• Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schacht, on February 4, a daughter. To Mr. and Mrs. George Hesterman on February 9, a son.
• Don’t forget that tomorrow is the last day of the discount period for January gas bills. Gas office open until 8 p.m. February 15.
• Mr. Groundhog should have had a band to play that grand old melody, "He walked right out and turned around and walked right in again."
• Mr. M. J. Kalb of the Chicago Market is agent for the Bach Fur Co. of Chicago. Highest market prices paid for all kinds of furs and skins.
• Mrs. H. Rounsvelt, sister of Mrs. Frank DeWolf, left for her home, Sonnet, Mass., on Wednesday. She has been spending the winter here.
• The Mary Beecher farm, consisting of 315 acres directly south of Winfield, has been purchased by Chicago parties and is being subdivided into small tracts.
• William Blank is quite seriously ill in this city. At the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. W. Vanderhoof. He is now in his 85^th year.
• A half dozen farmers, patrons of the Lisle creamery, were called before the State Board of health in Chicago on Tuesday charged with watering their milk.
• Frank I. McChesney, now of Batavia, formerly a farmer residing west of West Chicago, died of pneumonia Monday, aged 73 years. He was at one time a prominent turfman, being the owner of Silver Duke, the fastest trotting horse in the county in his time.
• C. W. Guild is attending the lumber dealers convention in Chicago this week.
• Miss Hazel Reber is teaching the Copenhagen school in the southern part of the county.
• One of the public schools in Aurora was closed last week, owing to an outbreak of scarlet fever among the pupils.
• Wm. W. Steven purchased the Holt property which was recently sold by order of court.
• Fred Grote has been acting as baggageman at the C. & N.W. depot during the illness of J. Moehler.
• The mother of Joseph Stockton died at Maywood February 11, of old age, aged 89 years. The remains were brought to Wheaton yesterday for interment.
• Henry Bradley, West Chicago; Wm. Reutijer, Elmhurst; E. A. Guild, Wheaton; Albert Jones, Warrenville and F. H. Rathbun, Naperville, have been summoned to appear in the federal court, Chicago, as candidates for the February grand jury.
• The greasy looking Gypsy fortune tellers who worked Wheaton Tuesday were smooth articles. They would work their victim up to a point where he would take a silver coin from his pocket into his hand for good luck. The fortune teller would then take the coin and expectorate upon it for additional luck and then the owner of the coin would want the silver cuspidor to go with the expectorator. Much 16 to 1 silver changed hands.

A telephone system for dispatching and reporting trains has been installed at the local depot. The human voice has been found more trustworthy than dots and dashes.

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• Next Tuesday is St. Patrick’s day.
• The Elgin watch factory is only running four days a week.
• Automobile wheel chains are ruining our newly paved streets.
• Mrs. E. W. Plane and daughter Grace visited at Elburn the past week.
• W. O. Pratt and Adam Kuhn are serving on the United States petit jury, Chicago.
• Mr. Arnold J. Minor, of Naperville, has been a guest at the J. H. Ott home the past week.
• Mrs. W. E. Gary was called to Marion, Kansas, last week, owing to the illness of her mother.
• Clinton Hull is the happy possessor of a new pony. His companions are being treated to buggy rides.
• S. A. Hartman returned home this week from a visit with his parents and relatives in Pennsylvania.
• E. S. Jayne has purchased of Wheaton Bros. eleven acres of land east of the Chicago Golf club grounds.
• Harry Brooks was taken to the Presbyterian hospital, Chicago, on Tuesday for treatment. Earnest Brooks, who was ill with pneumonia, is up and about.
• Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith delightfully entertained a number of friends at dinner on Monday, the occasion the wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Smith.
• S. G. Patrick did not go to a hospital but is staying at the home of Mrs. B. L. Eilenberger, on Naper-ville street, where he will be glad to see his Wheaton friends at any time.
• The Ladies’ Missionary Society of the First Congregational church will meet with Mrs. Morris, Friday, March 20. Tea and wafers will be served by Japanese waiters; 10 cents.
• R. B. Rawls and wife are expected home from California in a few weeks. They will return by way of Phoenix, Arizona, and bring the remains of baby Ruth with them for interment here.
• Seed potatoes, Early Rose, Early Ohios, Triumphs and Rurals will be on sale at Sutcliffe’s as soon as car arrives. There will be some good stock of eating potatoes also.
• Mr. Walter Most left Saturday night on the White Sox special for Los Angeles, California, where the famous Chicago pennant winners of 1906 will go into training for this season’s games. Most is one of the new Sox pitchers, and is from Elmhurst.
• A supply of beautiful and durable, but slightly shelf worn Bibles, originally costing form $3 to $5, are on exhibition and can be secured at from $1.00 to $1.95 at the Bible Depository, located in the Woman’s Exchange store on Hale street.
• Tomlinson & Sons write insurance.
• The saloon keepers of DuPage county do not exhibit a very shining record for law observance. During the twelve months ending March 1^st, 20 per cent of them had been indicted by the grand juries of our county. Some were indicted on more than one indictment and each on several counts.
• Dr. Wm. R. Martisius, the Osteopathic Physician who has taken up Dr. Baker’s offices and practice, solicits public patronage and is well prepared to treat the acute as well as chronic diseases or any other ailments of men, women and children. Office hours, 8 to 10 a.m. and 7:30 to 10 p.m. Sundays by appointment. Suite 206-207, Secker Block. Phone 2732.
• Last week there were several reports of a red breasted fellow seated upon a cherry limb, piping chip, chip, cherry in a plaintive manner. The warm spring sunshine is blamed for dilatory tactics pursued by usually energetic people today, who are suffering from their first attack of spring fever.
• E. N. Hurly, R. McCormick and others left for Mexico Wednesday in S. M. Felton’s private car, on a timber land exploring trip.
• A practice fire alarm was given in the Naperville school Monday and the building emptied in one minute and twenty seconds.
• The assessor will find a dozen dogs missing in Glen Ellyn when he makes his rounds. The dog poisoner was abroad in the land.
• Cigarette smoking is preparing several Wheaton young men for the undertaker and they will be in his hands in the not distant future.
• Mr. Waymond W. Brooks, of Chicago, and Miss Elizabeth W. Saunders, of Hinsdale, were married in this city the 7^th inst. by Judge Herrick.
• Dr. W. L. Guild, of Wayne, was called to Buffalo, N. Y., on account of the illness of his brother, Rufus Guild, who is suffering from appendicitis.
• The heirs of Edwin Johnston, who was killed by the cars at Hinsdale in 1895, were awarded a verdict of $3,000 by jury in the circuit court Wednesday. The case of P. O. Albrecht, who was killed by the cars at Naperville in October, 1906, is now on trial.
• H. C. Ritter, formerly in the teaming business at Wheaton, now of Hinsdale, has formed a co-partnership with Wm. Ehlers, Jr., for the sale of Waukesha and Neptune distilled waters. Mr. Ehlers is proprietor of the Park hotel at Hinsdale.
• Friday, March 20, on the Prairie Ave. Stock Farm. One mile west of Gretna, E. S. Fairbank will sell cattle, horses, hogs, farm implements, 500 bushels corn, 40 tons hay, corn fodder, etc. Mr. Fairbank is in poor health and must quit the farm.
• Some of our walks have been in an almost impassable condition on account of the slush and water on the same. Get busy with your shovel and get a little beneficial exercise, and receive your fellow citizen’s blessing, instead of his malediction at having to wade through six inches of snow and slush.
• The German automobile, Protos, the vanguard at present of the New York to Paris contestants, left Chicago last Saturday for Seattle and the frozen wilds of Alaska. The German flag fluttered gayly over the hood and cheers marked the progress of the car through the streets of Wheaton Sunday morning. The car was laid up for repairs in the Glen Ellyn livery stable Saturday night.

Wheaton has not had a saloon in over twenty years and is equipped with all modern improvements necessary for a well regulated city. It has been our custom to pay our taxes in cash and not with boys.

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• April 7 – Town Election.
• April 12 – Palm Sunday.
• April 17 – Good Friday.
• April 18 – School Election.
• April 19 – Easter Sunday.
• April 21 – City Election.
• Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John Luxon, on March 28, a son.
• Masons are repairing defective work about the court house.
• Born, to J. H. Lynch and wife on March 15, a son.
• Mrs. J. P. Hubble was called to Missouri Wednesday, owing to the illness of her mother.
• Harold Gordon is in the Chicago Homeopathic Hospital, undergoing an operation on the shoulder joint.
• S. L. Rathje is occupying his new home. Chas. Dollinger will occupy the Padgam home vacated by Mr. Rathje.
• J. T. Bacon, plasterer and brick mason, has located at Glen Ellyn and would like to furnish estimates on work in his line.
• A bottling plant at Roselle is talked about. This country is so honeycombed with factories and bottling plants, that the financial loss would be something awful if the cows should go on a strike.
• John Reisch, who has been working in the barber shop of Adam Dernbach for several months, has returned to Chicago. Fred Zook will fill the supply until a regular man is secured.
• Mrs. A. A. Gates, of St. Charles, formerly of Wheaton, celebrated her 82^nd birthday Sunday. Her son, John W. spent the day with her.
• H. F. Belz is making a success of his dying and cleaning business established in Wheaton a year ago. Good work and fair treatment has increased his business so a new delivery wagon has been added to his equipment for the accommodation of patrons. It is not necessary to take suits to Chicago for renovation, pressing or repair. Belz can do it for you.
• William Hirsch, who left his family in Germany about seventeen years ago and came direct to Naperville, working for the farmers in that vicinity until last fall, since which time he has worked in Naperville, was found dead in his room Monday, kneeling beside his bed. He had taken a razor and severed an artery in his wrist, bleeding to death. As he had no relatives in this country, the remains were interred at the county farm.
• Call up Joe Sauer, 2052, for first-class electric wiring. Estimates cheerfully given.
• H. C. Paddock and son of Arlington Heights, spent last Sunday in Wheaton. Mr. Paddock was in the newspaper business here about twenty years ago, publishing the Illinoian.
• Aurora has such poor streets that a man was drowned in the mud at the corner of North street and Smith ave. Saturday night. The drowned man had helped to pay license money which is supposed to be used for paving streets.
• The house of Frank Sturges of Elmhurst, was entered by burglars during the dinner hour Monday and a solid gold watch and chain and a gold pendant extracted. The thieves got away with the valuables.
• Saloonkeeper Wandschneider of Elmhurst scratched his hand last week, blood poison set in, and he died a few days after the accident.
• The many friends of Mrs. W. C. Rudd, mother of Mrs. C. A. Prout and Mrs. W. E. Gary, are pleased to learn that she is improving. Mrs. W. E. Gary is still with her mother in Marion, Kansas.
• Dr. Don Vanderhoof, accompanied by his wife and daughter, are on their way home from Vienna, where he has been very successful in the study of eye, ear, nose and throat diseases, in which he expects to specialize. During his stay in Vienna both he and his daughter underwent a serious attack of diphtheria. They are visiting points of interest while on their way home and are expected in May.

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