Eggs are only 22 cents per dozen now, and about as cheap as beefsteak and pork chops.

The Stockton News says that on Jan. 10, Mr. George Schap and Miss Elsie Parker of Stockton were united in marriage.

Mrs. Margaret Crittenden, who has been ill for some time, is reported much better, as is Mrs. Ann Cliff, who has also been very ill.

Mr. W. N. Miller went to Chicago on business last Friday and Miss Mary Ellen Killough had charge of his store during his absence.

The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Feeley, of Galena, who has been suffering from a growth in her throat, is said to be getting along nicely, as the Dubuque specialists say that there is nothing to indicate cancer or any serious trouble, and it is thought that is will not be long before the young lady is entirely free from the trouble.

Mr. Hugh Campbell sold his span of horses Monday to Mr. Henry Frazer of Pleasant Valley.

Somebody's cow floated down the river Saturday forenoon, but it probably will not tend to lower the price of beefsteak.

Mr. Thomas Morris, formerly of this place is now employed on the Waterloo, Iowa, police force. Tommy is certainly big enough to scare an ordinary man to death without hitting him.

Miss Lillian Miller went to Galena Thursday to spend a few days with friends in that place. Miss Mabel Donnelly taking charge of the millinery store during the lady's absence.

Friday afternoon while Mr. Stephen Jeffers was busy gathering boards out of the river as they came floating by, he slipped into the drink over his head, but his early swimming days stood in good stead and he managed to swim and flounder out. Mr. J. now has the honor of being the first Hanoverian to go swimming in the year 1907.

On Wednesday of last week, Dr. Cottral, assisted by Dr. Smith of Elizabeth and Dr. Boots of this place, performed a surgical operation for appendicitis on Miss Margaret Campbell, which is said to have been a thorough success. Dr. Cottral is achieving quite a reputation as a surgeon, as the above is only one of several successful operations which he has performed on people residing in this vicinity.

Pleasant Hill:

Local Brevities

We understand that Mr. Hugh Campbell purchased a fine span of heavy horses one day last week from Mr. Bud Rodden. We did not hear the price, but understand that it was not a small one.

We are indebted to Mrs. Clara Marcroft for some postal cards which contain side and front views of the new Hanover bridge. The pictures are exceptionally good, and are for sale at the H. White's jewelry store.

Mrs. Mary Glessner, mother of Mr. A. W. Glessner, of the Galena Gazette, died at her home in Galena, last Thursday, of pneumonia. She was about 70 years of age. The funeral was held at the late residence at one o'clock, Friday afternoon.

Last week, Mrs. C. A. Williams received a paper from Aberdeen, Scotland, where many of her relatives reside, which is filled with accounts of the great snow storm which recently swept over that country. Trains have been snow bound, ditched and several collisions have occurred in which quite a number people have been killed. The snow is twelve feet deep in places, and nothing like such a storm has been known in that section for many years.

Jan. 30, 1907

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Craig, Mrs. N. B. Craig, and Mr. E, N. Kuhns were Galena visitors last Wednesday.

Mrs. James Robinson returned last week from Langdon, Minn., where she has been visiting her son, Mr. William Robinson.

Mrs. Margaret Craig returned last week from Langdon, Minn., where she has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Edmund Ross. She reports her little grandson as flourishing, and with every promise of becoming a great man.

PAY UP

All parties knowing themselves indebted to me, will please call and settle at their earliest convenience, as I need money, and am only asking for my just dues.

Respectfully,
Peter Thill

Mr. William Cardiff of Chamberlain, S. D. came last week to visit his father, Mr. Thomas Cundiff of this place.

Feb. 6, 1907

Mr. Clint Farwell finished filling his ice house Friday.

Mr. Peter Thill, Miss Lillian Miller and Mrs. Elmer Morris have been on the sick list this week.

Mr. Elijah Kirkey purchased the Perry Jeffers house, which Mr. Joseph Lawton purchased a few days ago, sometime last week.

Reserved seats at the Railroad Mass Meeting last Thursday night came high, one hundred dollars apiece, and yet there were something like forty people who paid the price.

It is reported that Mr. William Phillips has sold his 120 acre farm just south of town to Mr. William Virtue for $62 per acre and that Mr. Phillips will emigrate to Kansas where he owns a 160 acre farm.

The Hanover Band is becoming an organization of which the village can well be proud, for it is playing more like the old band of which Hanover once boasted, than ever before since its organization. The band boys certainly deserve much praise for their arduous work and strict adherence to duty.

22 degrees below zero this morning.

Mr. Milton Pratt, who has been having considerable trouble with a fractured leg is reported to be getting along nicely at this writing.

It is rumored that a certain Hanover young man was married to a young lady in this township sometime last June, but he hasn't offered to set up the cigars yet.

Mrs. A. L. Clay, of Waterloo, Iowa, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Henry Winter.

Mrs. Emma Gregg, of Seattle, Washington, is helping care for her mother, Mrs. Ann Cliff and her sister, Miss Eliza Cliff who is also confined to her bed by illness.

Mr. and Mrs. G. I. Dimmick and daughters, Alma and Jean, of Apple River, visited Mrs. Dimmick's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Speer, several days last week, returning to their home on Monday. They also attended the Dollar Banquet Friday night.

Feb. 13, 1907

Mr. Robert Kilpatrick had a Pitcher phone placed in his residence last Saturday.

Pay your taxes if you are not a tax dodger, for the books are now open and so is the safe in the bank.

Mr. Ben Harkness shipped his fox terrier to Stockton Saturday to Mr. Clifford Hurlburt, the Stockton poultry buyer.

"Tony" Stephan of Scales Mound, and well known as the fast first baseman of Galena base ball clubs in former years, is now electric engineer for the city of Chicago. Tony was the successful applicant in the examination of a class of twenty-five for the position, which is a responsible and lucrative one.-Gazette.

Mr. Will Chapman will move his family from Yankton, S.D. to Julesburg, Col. this week.

A Case of Immersion

Mr. John McKinley, well known in this section as a good, old-fashioned shouting Methodist, is said to be in danger of seceding and joining the Baptists, or some other church which believes in immersion.

Several of Mr. McKinley's neighbors have been cutting ice from a pond on the farm of Mr. Grass, and last Friday morning where they went to work they shoveled off the snow around the place where the ice had been cut the day before. When Mr. McKinley arrived he asked some of his neighbors if they had brought a change of clothing, as he thought that possible some of them would get a dunking before night and need the extra clothes.

Mr. McKinley is an orator of no small ability and when he gets warmed up to his subject, he rather likes himself, and waves his arms and gesticulates quite wildly at times. On the morning mentioned he was in the middle of a warm discussion, and standing with his back to the big home in the ice.

He had just reached a particularly interesting point in his discourse and with a sweeping gesture, stepped back to view the effect of his oratory on the boys, and this proved his undoing.

When the gentleman stepped back he stepped into the open water and with his arms still wildly waving he went to the bottom with a terrific splash. John says that he didn't feel very cold until the water started to run down his neck inside of his collar, and then he felt a chill creeping over him, but he managed to keep his head above water until Mr. John Gamble reached for him with a pole.

After considerable fishing and splashing Mr. Gamble landed his fish, and Mr. McKinley was bundled into a fur coat and driven to the house of Mr. Stephen Morrison, where after donning three pair of trowsers and refusing a fourth pair, and putting on all the shirts that could be spared, he hugged the stove until thoroughly warm, and is feeling none the worse for his immersion, and now his friends are wondering whether he is going to stick to the Methodists or not.

Feb. 20, 1907

Household Hints

An onion for soup should be stuck with six cloves and added after the stock has been skimmed.

The very best way to keep violets fresh is not to put them in water, but to throw over them a handkerchief thoroughly wet, and set them in a draft.

After washing and thoroughly drying bed quilts and "comfortable" fold and roll them tight, then give them a beating with the rolling pin to liven up the batting. It will make them soft and new.

Several people have asked us who Mrs. Agnes LaSalle of Manchester, N.H. is. To those we would say that the lady is a sister of Messrs. J.W. and Jonathan White.

Last week, Mr. Benjamin Eadie, the treasurer of the Hanover Railway Co. sent $6400 to Galena to pay for the right of way to the Great Western at North Hanover, and the work of grading will be commenced as soon as the ground is in condition to be worked.

The Women's Missionary Society of the 1st Presbyterian Church met at the home of Mrs. Herbert White Friday afternoon, over twenty ladies attending.

Five years ago Hanover had no telephones except the Bell central but now many people in the village and a great many more farmers have phones in their own houses and places of business and it would be a difficult job to induce most of them to get along without telephones, and five years from now people will wonder how they ever lived in Hanover so many years without a railway.

Don't forget the Washington's Birthday Social at the Town Hall next Friday evening.

An exchange says that President Roosevelt has signed the service pension bill, entitling all honorably discharged soldiers of the civil war with a pension of $12 per month when they have reached the age of 62 years, and $15 per month when they have attained the age of seventy years, and $20 per month when they are 75 years.

The Savanna Journal says that Fred Freeman and Miss Mary Handel of Derinda stole a march on their friends on Feb. 12, and went to Mt. Carroll where they were married. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Handel of Derinda , and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Freeman. It is said that they will take up their residence on a farm belonging to the groom which is located in Dakota.

Sheriff Meffley has appointed R. A. Oliver, Stockton; Thomas Duffy, East Dubuque; Andrew Murphy, Vinegar Hill; and J.R. Lamb, Hanover as deputy sheriffs.

Clint Farwell has a new show case in his restaurant for confectionary which is a large and handsome one. The case is about eight feet long and four feet high, and contains various shelves for displaying candy to advantage.

Mr. Charles Ensch went to Stockton yesterday.

Mr. William Noton has decided to quit farming and in consequence will sell his farm property at public auction on the Dick Mosley farm about half way between Hanover and Elizabeth, on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 26th.

He will offer for sale, a good black team, weighing about 1,400 pounds each, seven head of cattle, consisting of one milch cow, five yearlings and a calf.

He will also sell two hogs, fifty chickens, 300 bushels of corn in crib, 100 shocks of corn, a stack of oat straw, a farm wagon, top buggy, set single and set double harness, a bobsled and cutter.

Feb. 27, 1907

The Washington Birthday Banquet

Given at the Hanover Town Hall, last Friday evening by members of the Epworth League was one of the largest and most successful social affairs which has been held in this village for years. About two hundred people were present to enjoy the elegant four course banquet.

The hall was decorated with the national colors, red, white and blue, and flags were to be seen everywhere as the large room was draped with flags and bunting.

The tables were resplendent with silver, china and fine lines, and an artificial cherry tree, emblematical of the renowned Washingtons' proverbial honest were on each table, with ripe cherries glistening among the green leaves, and the name cards were in the shape of hatchets, each one representing the identical hatchet with which the father of his country chopped down the famous cherry tree.

It was after seven o'clock before the guests were invited to partake of the bounteous banquet for so great was the crowd that the committees were unable to accommodate all, as many came who had not handed in their names, and therefore the League was unprepared for the immense gathering of people.

After the guests were filled to repletion by the four courses which contained most of the comforts and luxuries of the season, the program of the evening was opened by a violin solo by Mr. J. W. Dickinson, Mrs. H. J. Collins acting as accompanist. 'Tis needless to say that the solo was well rendered and received the applause it deserved.

Mrs. Mary Keene Turk, was unable to be present, but Miss Maggie Stafford read her toast, "Sirs!". There was considerable play on words in the toast, which was as original as the writer, who needs no introduction to Hanover people. The toast was well received by those present.

Miss Nina Winter gave a vocal solo which was exceptionally well rendered and also loudly applauded.

Mr. James Sykes responded to the toast, "The Hatchet", and gave an extemporaneous address which was one of the best of the evening, and it seemed to please all.

The Misses Carrie and Nellie Graham gave a piano duet which was well given and highly applauded.

Mrs. J. W. Dickinson gave a reading, which according to the opinion of most people present was about the best selection of the kind ever given here, as the lady acted the role she assumed to the entire satisfaction of all, and so greatly were the audience pleased that she was obliged to respond with another selection, which was also well received.

Dr. F. W. Boots was down on the program for a vocal solo, but was called away on professional business, and therefore unable to respond, much to the chagrin of the guests.

Mrs. H. J. Collins responded to the toast, "The Cherry," in her usual spirited manner. The lady handled her subject with ease and greatly pleased her hearers, and was hugely applauded.

The program was ended with a violin and piano duet by Mr. Dickinson and Mrs. Collins, which was well rendered.

Rev. H. J. Collins acted as toast master and his Irish wit and humor greatly aided in amusing the guests and the gentleman's abilities as an entertainer ware too well known to need any laudation here.

This is the second Washington's Birthday Banquet give by the Epworth League, and also the most successful one they have given, and the members of the League have every reason to feel proud of their efforts at entertainment, and also of the financial success of the undertaking, for while the charges were but half a dollar, their receipts were almost one hundred dollars. Those taking part in the program also deserve much credit for their work, as do the various committees which provided the banquet and decorations and program.

In The Long Ago

We are in receipt of a dance announcement, sent us by a friend more than one thousand miles away, which we publish below.

The old times will see many names with which they are familiar and the younger generation my find it interesting to know that some of their ancestors knew how to make a social event a success, for some of those interested in this dance were among the most prominent people of their day in Hanover and vicinity.

If we could but reproduce the printing, styles of type, etc. it would be a more than ordinary interest to printers, who would certainly be astonished at the styles of printing in the long ago.

Christmas Ball,
At The
Hanover Hotel,
Thursday Evening, Dec. 25, 1856

Managers

J. White, Jr. and John Phillips
Music, Atherton's Band. Prop. A. Montgomery
Dancing to commence at 4 o'clock P.M.
Supper at 10 o'clock

We understand that Mr. John Folan is now janitor at the opera house, vice Mr. Walter Atchison, resigned.

If Hanover has either a ball team or ball ground next year it is about time that some of the fans were getting together to secure a ground, for without that there will certainly be no ball team, and the ground is worth all the money it costs if for nothing more than exercise for the boys.

The Stockton News says that William Kuhns, well known here, fell from the coal chutes in the Stockton yards on Tuesday of last week. He fell a distance of sixteen feet and was quite badly bruised although it is said that no bones were broken. He was taken to the home of his sister, Mrs. Wm. Miller and a physician called, who feared that he might have sustained internal injuries.

Mr. John Folan took charge of Mr. Thurman Miller's mail route last Thursday.

Mrs. Bert Pierce, who went to Savanna a week ago to attend the funeral of her grandfather, Mr. Moses Raymond, was taken ill while there and unable to return to her home until Monday afternoon.

Mrs. Margaret Craig was called to Langdon, Minn., Thursday by the illness of her daughter, Mrs. Edmund Ross and her baby boy, both of whom were suffering from an attack of erysipelas, but she has written that both are much better.

Messrs. George and Sam Kennedy are manufacturing butcher knives from old files, and it is said that they turn out a first-class article. We wouldn't mind turning some of our files into butcher knives if we could get a dollar apiece for the knives.

Mr. John Calvert is learning the baker's trade with Mr. Clint Farwell. John should now become a great favorite with the ladies, for a man who can bake and do the cooking is in great demand among the fashionable young ladies who either do not know how, or dislike to bake and cook.

Houses are becoming very scarce in Hanover, and there will be a good deal of moving this spring, too. There has been more interest in village property and more changes made since the railway mass meeting than during the entire year just past, and yet there were people who thought that a railway would have no effect on real estate in this village.

Mr. A. B. White received a telegram Monday morning from Manchester, N.H. announcing the sudden death of Mr. Josiah LaSalle, a former resident of this place.

Last Saturday the house of William Flynn, on the Galena road, near the tunnel was destroyed by fire. It is supposed to have been caused by a defective flue.

One day last week, W.N. Miller sold 126 rolls of wall paper to Mrs. Wm. Eadie, and still she hasn't enough to paper the entire house, although W. N. still has some paper left.

Mr. Herbert White sold a Farland five-octave, 290 reed church organ to the people of the United Presbyterian church. This organ has a pipe tone, and is like the one recently purchased by the M. E. church from Mr. White a year or so ago. According to local gossip, Mr. Frank Ravenscraft sold his barber shop to two different parties last week, and also bought two residences and yet some people say that business and the demand for real estate has not increased since the railway project became a certainty.

Mr. Ed. Richardson of Warren spent Sunday with his family in this village.

Mrs. Anna Davis of Reedsburg, came last week to see her mother, Mrs. Sullivan, who is quite ill.

Mrs. Ella Jenks, of Baraboo, Wis. came last week to see her mother, Mrs. Sullivan. Mr. Robert Speer, wife and son went to Aledo last week to visit Mrs. Speer's parents.