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Miss Cadie Temple is visiting friends at Wataga.

R. A. Boggess was home from Williamsfield over Sunday.

Mrs. Dr. Blackman of Dixon, Illinois, is the guest of Mrs. Dr. Harkey.

Mrs. Brown Evans is absent from the city, on a visit to friends at Victoria.

Capt. J. W. Temple of Victoria, was in the city last Friday, the guest of Dr. Hunt.

Mrs. Lou Cronister of Lee County, is in the city visiting with her father, Mr. Henry Welty.

Sheriff Neal, of Rushville, was here last week, on a visit to his sister, Mrs. J. W. Tate.

Mrs. James Edgar, who has been spending the winter in Montana, returned home Sunday.

Miss Schultz, of Monmouth, visited in Knoxville the first of the week, the guest of Mr. J. S. Brewer.

Miss Mary Ackerman, who is the charming young "pedagoguess" at Victoria, worshipped here last Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Quigley of Elmwood Ill., were here over the Sabbath, the guest of Rev. J. M. Waddle.

Rev. L. B. Myers returned the first of the week from Sciota, Illinois, where he has been conducting a successful series of revival meetings.

George N. Taylor, of Chicago, assistant state secretary of the Y.M.C.A., was here last Thursday arranging for our boys to hold a meeting at Maquon.

Dr. John Brewer of Monmouth, was here over Sunday, visiting with old friends. Dr. B. was formally for a number of years, a resident of Knoxville.

Misses Lena McGill and Grace Evans, two of our schoolmarms who are directing young ideas at Rio and Maquon, were here on Saturday, swapping experiences.

The Rev. Mr. Rudd, Mr. C. E. Chandler and Mr. Somes, are attending the Diocesan Convention at Warsaw. Dr. Leffingwell is detained at home, by a severe cold.

Miss Lloyd and Miss Leffingwell went to Bloomington last Friday, and were bridesmaids at the wedding of Miss Cornelia Ewing, which took place last evening at St. Matthew's Church in that city.

Messrs. Charles, Sipherd and Butt, left this morning on a hunting and fishing excursion. They will not be home until they get some fish, and as they took some extra change with them, they will surely make a good haul.

The following strangers have been visiting at St. Mary's this week: Bishop Lenard, Salt Lake City; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crawford, and Miss Hobson class of '88, Chicago; Mrs. Judge Partis, and Miss Nellie Oxley, St. Louis; Miss Files, New Harmony, Indiana.

Mr. Fred Kreidler, postmaster of Michigan City, Indiana, made us a pleasant visit last Saturday, on his way home from a tour of the Southern states. Mr. Kreidler was enthusiastic in his praise of our beautiful city, and especially of St. Mary's, the educational institution which has made Knoxville favorably known everywhere.

Alderman Parmenter, C. S. Russell, City Marshal Duncan and several others went to Peoria on the suit brought by the P(i or l)ano Company against Alderman Parmenter, for the price of a machine which he swears he never bought. We do not know what the verdict of the jury will be, but believe they will say what two juries have already said, that he did not buy this machine. This suit has already cost thousands of dollars and has been the indirect means of a man losing his life, and there ought to be a law preventing such suits being continued. After a few moments deliberation, the jury returned a verdict for Mr. Parmenter.

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