December 8, 1900
LAKE ZURICH.
Mr. Hogan was in Chicago on business Thursday.
James Dymond was a pleasant visitor here this week.
H. Hillman drove a herd of cattle to Long Grove this week.
Wm. Buesching transacted business in Barrington Thursday.
Mr. Eichman, who has been on the sick list is able to be about again.
Mr. and Mrs. Dettman are the happy recipients of a beautiful new piano.
Henry Seip was attending to business matters at Wauconda Wednesday.
The village trustees have decided to have the streets lighted. Quite an improvement and will be welcomed by all.
Farmers in this vicinity complain about the condition of the roads. In some places they are almost impassable.
Messrs. Fox and Clark have returned from their trip to view lands in the state of Mississippi and say that investments there will bring good returns.
The new church was dedicated Sunday and the crowd of people in attendance was the largest assembled in the village for years. Three little ones were given baptism. The services were conducted by Rev. Hoffmeister of Palatine and several ministers from other points.
WAUCONDA.
M.W. Hughes transacted business in the city Tuesday.
Martin Thelen of Bunker Hill was a pleasant caller in our village Sunday.
J.A. Forbes who was on the sick list a few days last week is convalescent.
Daniel Slipper returned to the village Tuesday after an absence of six weeks.
John Ladd of Lake Forest spent Thanksgiving in our village with his mother.
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Grantham are entertaining relatives from the city this week.
Mrs. McCabe returned home Sunday after visiting with friends at McHenry last week.
Miss Nettie Murray, who is teaching school in the city, was at home on Thanksgiving Day.
Mrs. Woodhouse and daughter, Miss Helen, returned home Monday after a visit with relatives in Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. P.B. Johnsot of Nunda were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Neville the first of the week.
Messrs. Orton Hubbard, L.E. Golding, C.W. Sowles and H.T. Graham returned to the city Sunday, having enjoyed Thanksgiving at home.
Miss Florence Grace, who has been ill for the past two months, is again convalescent and is spending the week in our village with Miss Mary Glynch.
The Ladies’ Aid society will hold a bazaar in the church parlors the 13th and 14th of the present month. You will fins it a good place to buy your Christmas presents. Supper will be served both evenings from 5 to 10 o’clock. Thursday evening, the 13th, will be an oyster supper served. Friday evening there will be a good supper and good program. Come and enjoy a good time.
At the services held in the Catholic church Sunday Rev. Father O’Neil announced that he would be able to give our congregation better service hereafter, and beginning December 16, services will be held every alternate Sunday at 10 o’clock instead of 12, and promises other beneficial changes in the near future, one of which we hope will be services every Sunday. Father O’Neill has been our parish priest for the past 24 years but now his health has began to fail under the strain and he feels the need of an assistant which he was unable to secure until his late request.
The Waukegan Sun piano contest closed at 6 o’clock last Friday evening and the last week, as we predicted, proved the most interesting, over 8,000 votes being cast in seven days. The count was commenced at 7:30 o’clock, Mayor Vedder of North Chicago, C. Gordon of Highwood and H.E. Maiman of Wauconda, acting as judges in the presence of A.K. Stearns at his office. The result of the three leading lodges were as follows: I.O.O.F. Fort Sheridan, 6,983; M.W.A., North Chicago, 6,579; M.W.W., Wauconda, 2,756. Fort Sheridan won by 404 votes. Although the Mystic Workers did not ge the piano they ran a good race considering the support we were able to gather from the community.
Village Board. The Village Board of Trustees met in regular session December 3; all the members present. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. Following bills were referred to the Finance committee, approved and ordered paid:
Wauconda Leader, printing
$12.50
Fuller & Wentworth, oil
$32.25
C. Rawson, labor
$ 1.50
W.H. Lampher, hauling gravel
$ 8.25
Andrew Oaks, gravel
$ 6.40
Wilbur Lumber Co., lumber
$65.37
Wauconda Fire Dept
$ 5.00
E.J. Reilly, salary
$41.00
The village clerk was instructed to notify parties who have obstructions on Maple avenue and Osage alley to remove the same would be removed by the village authorities. A resolution was passed giving authority to an appointed committee to proceed to open the avenue and alley herein mentioned at the expiration of the 15 days after the said notice had been served.
QUENTIN’S CORNERS.
Miss Amelia Baecher is home on a visit.
Miss Mary Courtney was here calling on friends last week.
Fred Kropp, jr., was calling on relatives here Saturday.
Fred Smith had the misfortune to loose a valuable horse by death recently.
Clarence Knigge spent Thanksgiving day at Lake Zurich with Wm. Buesching.
Mrs. Fred Hockmeyer of Palatine, formerly of this vicinity, is here visiting among old friends and neighbors.
Wm. Knigge of Arlington Heights visited here last week. He has grown a full beard and looks like an old Boer colonel.
Fred Graves is shredding corn for quite a number of farmers in this vicinity. Fred is a hustler and is giving good satisfaction.
Our local hunters have been bagging considerable game the past few weeks. However, we have not heard many new hunting stories, or how a life was saved by a spliced gunwad.
Mr. Herman Junker of Quentin’s Corners and Miss Barbara Batts of Wauconda were united in marriage at Chicago on Wednesday of last week. On their return all turned out to give them a royal serenade. They received a number of handsome presents.