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Show in LlCE iV CITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD. v-' The room in the city and county in building- which has been occupied by of the board of public works, land and ! water commissioner and plumbing- in- w peetor, is hereafter to be used by the V? ?rce public library- It is thought that !':: the juvenile branch of the library will w be moved there, but this matter will rlr ome up before the next meeting' of the .1. library board on Apn'l 12. I in A number of Chinese restaurants are I A bring opened in this city, to the dismay 1 r - of Caucasian restauranteurs. and the I v- latter are particularly aggrieved be- i cau.se, as they claim, members of trades I unions patronize these "China joints." I j Chinese restaurants? are more cheaply I , ,, conducted than the others, hence the J j,J large patronage, and hence, likewise. I ejaculations of woe from the "white" I j,, establishments. I Mr. E. Burke Spencer, the well known j j operator in the Western Union Tele- I irraph office in this city, is actively en- I gaged jn the work of adding- to the I , membership of the Old Time Telegra- y pheis & Historical association. There is said to be an interesting 10- I j'J ma nee back of the engagement of M. T. Donovan, who lives near Spring- I field, O., and Miss Frances E. Welch of I j "( this City. Mr. Donovan is now in ? ' ' Springfield on a visit, it being the first I lime he has been there for eighteen j years. In 1W7 he went to Alaska. On I ' ' The pt earner returning was the young ' v . ilfy whom he is now engaged to be fJt married. The steamer encountered a M gale and Miss Welch would have been '. drowned but for the bravery displayed j .of by Mr. Donovan. An acquaintance I V; Mas formed which resulted in an en- I Si' gagement. On May 1 the young-lady I ( wjl Iro to Springfield and the wedding I will take place at St. Raphael's church I in that city. Mr. Donovan is an exten- I tnvo breeder" nf linrwps and hai riwned Ijn some of the best racer? in the west. He n possesses several hundred acres of land In this state and is well off in this world's goods. |