There will be a surprise party to-sight. Don’t even whisper it. iN Heultne, of Cincinnati, was one of 1* the visitors to town, on Monday,Jacob Royer, of Rockford, spent the ( Sabbath in the city with his wife. 1Charles F. Haas lias gone to Watertown, Wis., to spend a few days with friends. 11A h Blade, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was j the guest of his uncle, A. Blade, over the Sabbath. ,Robert W Smith and wifr. who were j visiting at Chicago and Naperville, I ( have returned home, jAnother cold wave la predicted by , the weather prophets. Just as though, it ought to be any colder.John Morse, an old resident of Rock-ton, died on Saturday morning. He was ftfty-Ave years of age.The committee on lire of the council I ought see that the city hydrants are at all times in good condition.= Capt. .T, W. Wolvin and daughter, of Peeatoniea, were in the city to-day, on their way home from Florida. jM. Herold^J.Doeserich, L, Shaler and I I. Cohn left for Peoria to-day, to attend j the A. O. U. W. annual meeting.Joe Cowley, one of the lively salesmen for the Freeport Wholesale Notion Company, was in town over Sunday.P H Murphy went to Springdold, ill., Sunday night, to look after his Interests as Railway and Warehouse Commis-1 sioner. 1Sunday Engineer Duncan, of the! Water Works company, put in his time I thawing out some of the hydrants that I were frozen, kMiss„. Ena Hutchison, of Mineral I Point, was in the city, the guest of Miss Mary Holder, taking her departure for Chicago this morning.Capt and Mrs 1F Kleckner and Z T j F Runner have returned from Peoria, where they were in attendance at the annual meeting of the GAR.George A Dunlap, who represents I Wood Bros, commission men' at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, was in town to-day, looking after some business matters,D C Stover returned on Saturday from Joliet, where he contracted to supply the Larapert-Bishop and Watkiri companies with, a large number of barb wire machines.Fred Yost and Anna Medike, Jacob P Hillman and Augusta Nix, and Joseph C Lambert and Louise Aigley have obtained marriage licenses from the County Clerk.Dry sermons are bad enough, but for the minister to preach them through