Mr. A. J. Shaw is absent on one of his Texas trips.

Mr. John Rider is on his way to Ohio to visit relatives.

Mrs. Silas Russell has gone to Moline to visit her parents.

Mrs. (Friend?) Smith is here caring for her sister Mrs. ? M. Smith.

Attorney H. C. Adcock of Chicago is calling on acquaintances here.

Mr. DeWitt Smith of Texas, is here paying relatives an agreeable visit.

Mr. and Mrs. William Berry are spending the week in Danville visiting relatives.

Dr. Bateman has returned from a trip to Maine and looks hale and hearty.

Miss Jessie Lawrence, of Gilson, is favoring friends here with a pleasant visit.

Mrs. Julia Biedermann and Mrs. G. Rosenau, of Chicago, are calling on Galesburg friends.

Rev. J. W. Bradshaw has arrived home from his trip north, and looks much better and stronger for the trip.

Miss Helen Tenney, sister of Mrs. P. F. Brown, left Tuesday for the East where she will spend several weeks.

W. H. Bixby, the irrepressible, has been appointed train dispatcher on the Grand Trunk, at Battle Creek, Michigan.

Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Lawrence started Tuesday on an extended trip east. They will be absent several weeks.

Dr. Crane is supplying the pulpit of the Universalist Church in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, during this month.

Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Ayres, of Stamford, Conn., their little daughter Clara, and Miss Mamie Cook, are visiting Mrs. McCall and family.

Luke W. Sanborn is a great uncle. On Wednesday Mrs. Nellie Wetherbee gave birth to a plump handsome boy, regulation weight.

Mrs. Sarah Will, of Cleveland, and Mrs. Fannie Detwiler, of Canton, Ohio, are favoring their sister, Mrs. Nancy Lambert, with a pleasant visit.

Mrs. W. B. Barnes and little daughter of Sandwich, are paying General and Mrs. M. S. Barnes and Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Rearick a pleasant visit.

Mrs. Hoffmaster, of Knoxville, has rented the property located at 508 N. Kellogg Street, and is now moving in. She intends to make this city her permanent home.

Miss Emma Livingston and Mrs. W. B. Livingston left on Thursday morning for Wichita, Kan.. Miss Emma goes with the intention of making that city her home.

Hon. J. J.Tunnicliffe started for the Atlantic Wednesday. He had a fishing rod over his shoulder. Among other things he said that he is going to take a good bath.

Judges A. M. Craig and A. A. Smith and George Craig and Ben Smith have returned from a month's visit at Old Orchard Beach, Missouri. Mrs. Judge Craig also returned.

Mr. J. Johnson, of Holdredge, Nebraska, is here spending a few days. He is receiving treatment for a disease of the eyes. He is the fourth one of his family who has been here on this errand.

Rev. Ed Carr is making a bicycle tour of Germany.

Mr. Thomas Harrison has returned from Iowa city.

General P. S. Post is off on a tour delivering speeches.

Mr. Timothy Moshier has returned from a trip to Kentucky.

Mrs. N. P. Swanson has come back from a long trip to Iowa.

Miss Lizzie Johnson, of Chicago, is in the city visiting acquaintances.

Miss Fannie 0. Powell, of Chicago, is the guest of Galesburg relatives.

Mr. Charles Clarkson is in the city, having returned from his trip east.

Mr. and Mrs. Merrill, of Winchester, are the guests of Miss Jennie Miller.

W. ?. Davis, who has been spending the summer in Canada, has returned home.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Yarde, of Alexis, visited the family of I. R. Greene this week.

Mr. and Mrs. George T. Holyoke have returned from their visit to friends in Kansas.

Mrs. Calvin Eiker has arrived here from Bairsburg, Iowa, and will visit here a few days.

Miss Katie Gatton, of Virginia, is here visiting her brothers, C. B. and W. R. Gatton.

A letter states that Professor Bentley has reached Southampton, England, in safety.

Misses Ida Fay and Laura Maher, of Woodhull, are visiting with Misses Mae and Adda Cone.

Mr. F. M. Ferguson and wife, of Redfield, Dakota, are making Mr. W. L. Fischer a short visit.

Chris Hoffman is spending a couple of weeks in Deadwood, Colorado. He brings his sister back to school here.

Miss Annie Thompson, of Toronto, Canada, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. William Davis and family.

Miss Jennie Conger has returned from a visit of several weeks with friends in Boston and other eastern points.

Rev. J. B. Worrell has returned home from his vacation trip east. He looks much the better for his enjoyable rest.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bell, of New York City, are in the city summoned by the serious illness of Mrs. Dr. Bell.

Herbert Flower is absent on a trip to St. Paul, Minneapolis and Lake Minnetonka. He will be gone a month.

Miss Lennie R. Lindsay, a niece of Mr. A. R. Stoner, has been engaged to teach the Harper school during the coming year.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Webster have gone to Sycamore, having been called there by the serious illness of Mrs. Webster's father.

Mr. Theodore Beeny and wife, of Marysville, Calif., are visiting the family of their relatives, Mr. R. H. Beeny, on West Main street.

The Misses Lillie and Clara Grindell, of Platteville, Wisconsin, are guests of their aunt, Mrs. M. J. Fletcher, 448 South West Street.

Mrs. Frank Becker and son, visitors here for two weeks with Mrs. U. Norton, left Friday morning for her home at Galveston, Texas.

Mrs. J. Bird, of Slone, Iowa, and Mrs. S. Hollingsworth, of Storm Lake, Iowa, have been visiting their brother, Mr. M. M. Bird, the past week.

Master George and Miss Julia Johnson, children of Mr. N. A. Johnson, a former Galesburg citizen, but now at Easton, Pa., are here to see acquaintances.

Mrs. Alfred A. Spooner, for some time at the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Eugene W. Welch, left Monday night for her home in Tahoma, Washington Territory.

Mrs. H. W. Hyde and daughter, Miss Mary, who have been with Mrs. Collins since her husband's death, left Thursday for their home in Moline.

Harry W. Baker is taking a few weeks sojourn in the East. He is to attend his cousin's wedding in New York. He means to visit Niagara and other places of interest.

Mr. A. B. Moulton has accepted a position and the Santa Fe land office at Denver, and has gone there to make that city his future home. He has our best wishes for his future success.

Mr. Ed Butler, of Chicago, and Miss Lillie Colliflower, of Bushnell, were married Monday by Judge Sanford. They made a nice appearing couple and the wedding was a tony one.

On Thursday Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Salisbury left on a trip west. Mr. S. will be absent but a couple of weeks. His wife has in view a pleasant and extended journey through the mountains.

On Wednesday Mrs. F. C. Rice and daughter Miss Caddie left for the East. Miss Caddie will spend a year in Boston in the study of music. She has a fine voice and shows promise as a vocalist.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Roberts have returned to Morristown, New Jersey, having bade "good-bye" to Galesburg. Mr. Roberts took with him a carload of horses. Mr. Roberts was for two years a citizen of Galesburg.

Dr. and Mrs. Welch left last Monday for Ottawa to attend a reunion of the 53rd Illinois regiment, of which the doctor was surgeon, and also the reunion of the "Big Band". The doctor and his wife will be gone about a month.

Mrs. A. R. Stoner left Tuesday morning for Niagara Falls, Toronto, New York City and various other eastern cities, in company with a party of Bloomington friends. Returning she will stop at Springfield, Ohio, her old home. She will be absent about two months.

Hon. and Mrs. F. A. Willoughby left Monday for New Haven, Conn. He will return in time to be present at the October term of the Circuit Court. All those desiring to do business with Mr. W. should consult Mr. W. A. Bryan on Cherry Street.

John Wilson and John New are said to be the names of two young men who rode from here on bicycles to a station in New Mexico. The last 60 miles of their long trip they were compelled to make by train on account of rain. Both they and their bicycles came back on the cars.