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VOLUME XI4V MoHSNRY. ILLINOIS, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 26. 1980 " WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITERS C \VMS TAKEN FROM THE COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES ^4; ^MJaeeUaneou8. Assortment of News Items In Condensed Form Far Busy '• People %* George Koeth, Jr., will open a firstfV, class dry goods store at Fox Lake GAS COMPANY ASKS RAISE Petition Filed With Public Utilities Commission of Illinois JOHN F. LAY MEBJUHDAY CONDUCTED STORE AT JOHNSBURG FOR MANY YEARS on or about March 15. Dr. G. C. Smith, dentist* at Richmond, has just installed in his office an X-ray machine of tip very latest design. \ ! Twenty-five cases of scarlet' fever were reported by physicians at Woodstock during the first three Weeks in February. ' Joseph Newman, one of the pioneers of Elgin's butter industry, passed away at his late home in that city last Saturday night. The electric railroad between Harvard and Geneva lake was put out of commission a couple of days recently on account of the heavy snow. A new community house for women employes is to be erected by the D. C. Cook Publishing Co. at Elgin. The building will be erected at a cost of $18,000. If a 100 acre tract of land can be secured Waukegan stands in line for the establishment of another immense factory, which is now seeking to locate in that city. The Oliver typewriter factory pay roll, for the year just ended, totaled $1,230,820.05. It is the hope of the company to increase this by about fifty per cent during the year 1920. The Women's club of Algonquin is extending its efforts towards the establishment of a public library in that village. If successful, the library will be located in the village hall building. The new pipe organ for the Methodist church at Crystal Lake arrived last week and has since then been installed. The organ is the grift of Z. H. Osmun of that city. The instrument cost about $2,000. Ji. contract for the construction of a sewage disposal plant has been let to an Eastern concern by the Greiss- Pfleger Tanning company of Waukegan. The contract price is said to be something like $50,000. Frank B. McConnell, cashier at the Richmond bank, has already announced himself as a candidate for supervisor for Richmond township. L. . B. Covell, the present incumbent, will not become a candidate. When surgeons at Augustana hospital, Chicago, sprayed the throat of Elmer Langiver, eighteen-year-old Barringon boy, with cocaine preparatory to removing his tonsils his heart became effected and he died. The Woodstock Typewriter company hopes to have a first-class baseball team in the field the coming season. Material Tor same is now being gathered among baseball men and fans now employed in that institution. Not a single objector appeared at a recent public hearing held at Crystal Lake for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the citizens and taxpayers of that city favored the installation of a sewerage system there Hebron is another town in this locality where the cititzens object to the "shimmy" at public dances. At a recent dance held in that village several couples were ordered off the floor for indulging in the objectionable "wiggle." Bonus checks were received by the employes at the Peter Bros, factory at Algonquin on Feb. 20. The checks were distributed among the employes who have been employed in the factory continuously for periods covering, two years, one year and six months. A. K. Normand has been named as the successor of Robert O'Kane, as manager of the Western United Gas company at Woodstock, the latter having handed in his resignation some timo ago. The newcomer has been employed with the gas company for some time past and recently has been stationed in the company's office at Elgin. To mate* room for the $1,000,000 building project of the Elgin National Watch company, store buildings in National street from Grove avenue to the railroad tracks have been ordered vacated before April 1. All of the buildings are to be sold and moved to other sites. A number of the structures have already changed hands and will be moved at once. Grey iron castings and agricultural specialties are to be manufactured in the Kelley foundry building at Marengo. Operations will begin just as soon as materials' arrive. A. J. Kelley of Marengo and George D. Tullock, until recently connected with the Trahern Pump company at Rockford, have formed a partnership and will operate the new industry. Hie postoffice building block at Harvard was sold last week by the owners, Mrs. Harriet L. Treat and daughter, to Harry C. Beardsley and E. G. Fernholz. The building is a three story structure and will con- ^ tinue housing the postoffice, which has occupied part of the ground floor for many years past. The second and third floors will be occupied by ike owners with their candy factory. A petition has been filed by the Western United Gas and Electric Company with the Public Utilities Commission of Illinois, asking that the commission authorize that company to add 30 cents per 1000 cubic feet for gas to the present rate. B. P. Alschuler of Aurora, the attorney who filed the application for the company, stated today that the company has held off as long as it was possible for it to do so before making ths application and that so far as he knows the Western United Gas and Electric Company is the only gas company in Illinois which has not increased its rates to the public within the past four or five years. He further said "the company now requires the increased rate because it is required to pay more for gas than it has in the past. The company purchases its gas from the Coal Products Manufacturing Company of Joliet, under contract at a price which, at the present day costs for labor, material and coal, is from 30 to 35 cents less per 1000 cubic feet than it costs to manufacture the gas. In this contract made in 1911 it is provided that readjustment of prices may be made on application of either company to meet changed coal and labor costs and a new agreement has been made which will increase the cost of gas to the gas company twenty-five cents per thousand cubic feet This necessitates an additional charge to the public of 30 cents per thousand cubic feet to melt this increased cost of gas to the company, the additional labor costs, the increased cost of gas lost in transmission and the additional cost to the company of making some of its own gas, and the' company must receive this increase if it 'is to con tinue to give good service to tile public as it has in the past. The gas company will not profit one penny by the increased rate, the entire increase being absorbed by the additional costs referred to. The com mission following its usual course of procedure will duly notify all municipalities and hearing will be held, at which evidence will be offered setting forth the increased costs to the Gas company." In the petition filed with the commission the company states: 7. That an additional charge of thirty cents per thousand cubic feet will not in the* opinion of your petitioner add any sums of money whatsoever to the net operating revenues of your petitioners, but will cover only the aforesaid additional costs to it, and your petitioner will not profit by such increases, but will be enabled only to maintain its present net operating revenues thereby. "8. That your petitioner has maintained its present schedule of rates for more than six years last past and has not during the more recent years increased its rates, though it would have been entitled so to do because of the greatly increased labor, material and coal costs to it, and that it now hereby makes its first and only application to this commission for authority to increase its rates in conformity with the aforesaid new schedule, prompted solely by the consideration hereinabove set forth." Corporation to Be Fined For Failure to File Animal Report SUBJECT TO FINE GEO. I. JMRSOR SELECTED TO SUCCEED F. E. COVALT WILBUR'S TAX BOOKS NEXT McHenry Township Taxes Again Payable at State Bank The tax books for McHenry township 'are expected to arrive at the West McHenry State bank on Wednesday of next week and from that time on until the books are returned to Woodstock there is bound to be unusual activity in that institution, For the convenience of the taxpayers here the bank "will be open from 8:00 a. m. until 5:00 p. m., thus giving all taxpayers an equal oppor tunity to take care of their obliga tions in this direction. While the state tax rate is some what lower than last year, taxes in general have increased very materially and therefore it will be wise for one to prepare for a "shock" before contemplating the trip to the col lector's office. While we do not mean to infer that the taxes will send us all to the poor house, the increase over last year will be very noticeable, "Prudence on Broadway In "Prudence on Broadway" we have a fetching title that also aptly describes the vein of subtle humor which characterizes this Triangle photoplay. Olive Thomas is the star and takes the part of a shy little Quaker miss of strict religious training and soon has wise and blase New Yorkers figuratively eating out of her hands. It will be well to bear in mind that there is nothing that can be taken as sacriligious in the entire production. Prudence just displays the natural desires of the young girl to enjoy life in a wholesome manner, according to her own dictates. To the pure all things are pure and Prudence was pure, bat mischievous At the Empire Sunday evening Had Been In Poor Health Since Last Thanksgiving--Funeral Held Hits Morning at Johnsburg John P. Lay, for many years a prominent business man at Johnsburg, passed away at his late home on his farm, one mile north of that place, at 10:30 o'clock on Sunday evening of this week. The deceased had beat ailing since last Thanksgiving day, altho his condition did not become serious until about a month ago, when he began to fail rapidly, and since which time until his death he suffered untold agony and pain. Leakage of the heart is attributed as the cause of his death. Mr. Lay was born on a farm north of Johns burp: on Sept. 23, 1856. Here he was raised and grew to manhood and on Thanksgiving day, 1877, was united in marriage to Mary Freund. In 1880 he with C. M. Adams formed a partnership and opened a mercantile business at Johnsburg, which was conducted under the firm name for a period of about fifteen years. The partnership was then dissolved and for ten years thereafter Mr. Lay conducted a store of his own. He retired from business activity about fifteen years ago, since which time he has lived at the home where |ie passed away. He was the father of eight children, four of whom, with a grief stricken wife, are left to mourn. The living children are: .Mrs. Peter Freund, Jr., of Johnsburg; Mrs. Jos. J. Miller of McHenry; Mrs P. R. Freund of Kenosha, Wis., and George, who reside? at home. The four children who have preceded their father were: Lena, Anna, Hilda and Mrs. Ben Justen. Mr. Lay, during the many years that he resided in the vicinity ot Johnsburg, proved himself a valuable citizen. Of an industrious disposition he was never more contented ttian when busily engaged in work which he had laid out for himself from day to day. He also proved a good neighbor, a true Christian and a man loyal to those he held nearest and dearest and many are the acts of charity and kindness exercised by him thru life and which will ever remain in the memory of those who knew him* best. •» He was a member of the McHenry council, Knights of Columbus, who turned out in a body at the funeral, which took place from St. John's Catholic church at Johnsburg at 9:30 o'clock this (Thursday) morning. Rev. Wm. Weber, pastor of the church, performed the last sad rites and preached the sermon, during which he eulogized the life of the beloved one whose body was being borne to its last resting place in St. John's cemetery. The funeral was largely attended. The bereaved members of the family have the heartfelt sympathy of the people of the entire community. Entertained A. W. B.'s Miss Jennie Mae Cooley acted as hostess at a "Semi Gab Stag party" given at her home on Waukegan road on Saturday evening of last week. This was a very unusual affair, five girls appearing in naval uniforms and the other five in formal party dresses. The local photographer appeared at an (appropriate time to take pictures of these five gabs and their lady friends. The evening was enjoyably spent in dancing, singing, telling high sea stories and putting to practise the acrobatic accomplishments of those acrobatically inclined. A five course dinner of extraordinary quality was served at midnight. The girls preent were: Pearl Carr of Chicago; Dorcas Foss of Ringwood; Genevieve Carey, Adele Heimer and Marguerite Overton. The gabs were: Mary Smith, of Ringwood, Jennie Mae Cooley, Mary Walsh, Rosina Freund and Rosemary Nye. After the party the guests were driven to their respective homes by the chauffer. From the records in theoffice of Secretary of State Louis L. Emmerson, it is clear that hundreds of corporations after March 1 will be subject^ to a fine of not to exceed $1,000.00 for failure to file annual report in the office of the secretary of state during the month of February of this year. Altho Secretary of State Emmern mailed to each corporation of record in his office on January 15 a blank form of annual report and urg-' ing upon corporations the importance of filing the same on or before March 1, it is clear that many corporations will doubtless not comply with the provision of the new corporation act which became effective July* 1, 1919. This act provides that every corporation other than banks, insurance companies, Building and Loan associations and corporations organized not for pecuniary profit, must file an annual report in the office of the secretary of' state between February 1 and March 1 of each year. A failure to comply with the provisions of said act subjects the corporation to a fine not tfc exceed $1,000. It is also necessary for the secretary of state to add a penalty of $20.00 and ten per cent to the amount of the franchise tax, which sum is to be collected by the secretary of state during the month of July of this year. It is pointed out by Alvin C. Margrave, chief clerk of the corporation department, that the secretary of state has not discretion in such matters, since the statute makes it unlawful for him to accept and file an annual report after March 1, without enforcement of - penalties perscribed by statute. TOOK FOURTH DEGRBB Seven Members of Local Council Are Members of Large Class To Meet Genoa Junction The two basket ball teams of the McHenry high school will meet the Genoa Junction teams on the home floor on Friday evening of this week. These two teams met at Genoa Junction some weeks ago, at which time McHenry was forced to return home carrying with them the losers' end However, the boys have improved their floor work considerably since then and hope to be able to turn the tables tomorrow (Friday) night. First game called at 8:00 o'clock. General admission, 25 cents. Every true follower of the sport will kindly turn out and assist the home lads on to victory. " IJ: Will Open Restaurant Mrs. Nellie Bacon has rented the store room in the Bonslett block on Green street, wherein she expects shortly to open a restaurant. She will make a specialty of serving short orders, while ice cream and candy will be handled as side lines. The family will also occupy quarters in the jivyjg rooms in the rear of the store. ^ -j- i' '• Artistic wall paper--g$t it at i'i Seven more members of the McHenry council, Knights of Columbus are now fourth degree members, having been initiated with a class of 753 in Chicago last Sunday afternoon. Those who were in Chicago and took the major degree were: Dr. N J. Nye, Wm. R. Bickler, J. H. Miller John R. Knox, Leo J. Stilling, Henry M. Weber and Earl S. Whiting. The degree work and banquet which followed took place at the Hotel La- Salle and was attended by 2,500 Knights. Among those present were men of national prominence, Admiral William S. Benson, U. S. N., being one of the prominent speakers as was Hon. Robert E. Crowe, chief justice of the criminal court, Chicago. Jerome J. Crowley, navigator, La- Salle assembly, acted as toastmaster at the elaborate banquet. Since last Sunday's initiation the McHenry council now has thirty-four fourth degree members, the largest of any council in McHenry county. This is an honor of which every member has rea^n to take great pride and one that is not shared by many councils outside of the larger cities. INCOME TAX DUE NEXT BlONTH AT At OCu of Collector of Revenue hi Each Federal District Guests of: Honor Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Gallahar of New York City were guests of honor at the regular meeting of McHenry chapter, O. E. S., held on Monday evening of this week. Both were former members of the McHenry chapter and during the sixteen years in which they made their home in this village they were quite active in lodge work here. Mr. Gallaher responded to a request for a short talk, which was thoroly enjoyed by those present. During the course of his impromptu speech he told those assembled that our former townsman, Prof. E. C. Fisher, is now being groomed as a possible candidate for the governorship of Illinois, which news was received with a hearty applause. Should Mr. Fisher decide to become a candidate for this very important office we feel quite certain that he will be given the unanimous support of every voter in McHenry township. That he is in every way qualified to discharge the duties of the state's highest office will be vouched for by everyone who has the pleasure of his acquaintance. The Plaindealer sincerely trusts that the reports are true that Mr. Fisher is to become a candidate for governor, as there isn't a man in the world whom we would rather see down at Springfield than our esteemed friend and former school head. „ Next Sunday at Methodist Church Sunday school will be at 10:00 o'clock as usual. At the morning Will Barter Upon New Duties Next Monday Morning--Resigns Kingwood Bank Position George H. Johnson, who during the past year or more has been employed as cashier of the Hoy bank at Ringwood, has been named the new manager of the Wilbur Lumber company here and will enter upon his new duties next Monday morning. Mr. Johnson succeeds Floyd E. Covait, who has been head of the local concern for a number of years, and who has discharged his duties with honor to himself and success for. hifc employers. The business is not new to Mr. Johnson, his eight or more years' experience in that line of work qualifying him well for the position of responsi bility which he is about to take over. For three years he was engaged as bookkeeper at the local yards of the company, while four years were spent as traveling salesman. Before taking the Ringwood position he was in charge of the yards of the Alexander Lumber company, located at Waynesville. III. He is a hustler and will, no doubt* make an excellent man for the com pany. The training received while employed as bookkeeper as well as his road experience and the management of the yards at Waynesville fit him well for the new position and his many friends, both here and at Ringwood, wish him success in his new field of labors. Mr. Covait, who thus leaves the em* ploy of the Wilbur people, after so many years of faithful service, steps into a business of his own as head of the newly organized McHenry Lumber company. For the present he will maintain his office and headquarters with Frank Justen in the building which for so many years was occupied by the West Side postoffice and which occupies a site just east of M. J. Walsh's store on Main^street on the West Side. Just as soon as weather will permit it, work will be started on the breaking of ground for the new McHenry enterprise, which is to be located on ground purchased by the company some time ago, and located just west of the railroad tracks. Mr. Covait, as well as the other members of his company, is particularly anxious for the weather to break so as to enable them to go ahead with their project and when work is once started same will be rushed with all possible haste, as it is the desire of the new company to be doing business early in the summer. Mr. Covait informs a Plaindealer reporter that he has received considerable encouragement from the people of this community and he believes that the field is plenty large for two lumber concerns. The Plaindealer joins the many friends of these two enterprising young men is wishing them success. Just who will succeed Mr. Johnson at the Ringwood bank we have been unable to learn, altho for the present Mr. Hoy's two sons, Clarence and Kenneth, will have charge of that institution. Both of these young men are already well known to most of the people of the community and thus we will omit an introduction. The former has spent more or less time in the McHenry bank and in this manner has won the confidence and respect of many of the people of the entire township and especially the patrons of the institution. He is also quite well acquainted thruout the entire Ringwood territory and with the assistance of his brother the bank there should not suffer thru the change made. Pneumonia Takes Daughter Edith Marion, the two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Nordin, passed away at the family home west of town last Thursday morning, following a two weeks' illness of pneumonia. Funeral services were held from the home on Friday afternoon with Rev. Kaufman of Woodstock officiating. Burial was made in the cemetery at Ringwood. Card of Thanks We desire in this manner to express our sincere thanks to the kind neighbors and friends for the assistance extended us during the last illness and after the death of our beloved daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Nordin. Entered at Elgin The Elgin basket ball tourriatoient will be staged on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week, March By March 15 individual and corporation income tax reports are doe ^ the office of the collector of revenue in each federal district. This year the tax will be slightly lower, ranging from four to eight per cent. All bonuses paid to employes are deductible, but gifts are not unless they are in payment for services rendered. The married man with only a wife who makes $2500 must pay $20.00 this year. The total tax may be paid at the time of filing the return or in quarterly payments of $5.00 each. The man with only a wife whose net income is $1,000,000 must pay $663,- 190,000. Net income is grogs income from all sources less allowable deductions and credits, but not living expenses. The normal tax rate on an individual's income is four per cent on the first $4,000 of income above specific exemption and eight per cent upon excess of income over that amount. The surtaxes, ranging from one to sixty-five per cent, are the same as previously imposed and are applied to income above $5,000. Tax obligations are imposed upon the corporation as well as the individual, but partnerships are not directly taxable. They are required, however, to make detailed reports of their business operations in order that the individual share of the taxable income of each partner may be ascertained. A few corporations are treated as partnerships. They are those whose income is to be ascribed primarily to the activities of the principal owners or shareholders who are themselves regularly engaged in the active conduct of the affairs of the corporation and are conducting a business in which capital is not a material income producing factor. While the corporation is subject to a normal tax it is not subject to a surtax. Instead, there is imposed upon its income an excess profits tax, which is based upon net income above a certain percentage of' earnings on its capital invested in the business. The normal tax on the net income of corporations is ten per cent. The excess profits rates on 1919 income are twenty and forty per cent, re spectively, as compared with thirty and sixty-five per cent on 1918 income. Merchandise inventories are important factors in the determination of taxable net income. They may be taken either at "cost" or at cost or market, whichever is the lower. Certain kinds of income, such as inter est from municipal bonds and certain government securities, are not subject to taxation. The present revenue act provides that every loss sustained by an individual, resulting from a transaction entered into for profit, can be deducted before arriving at the taxable net income. A loss, in order to be deductible, must be definitely ascertained and must be the result of a closed transaction. Members of a partnership or stock holders of a personal service corporation make individual returns and pay at rates for individuals on their proportionate share of the profits of the partnership or personal service corporations, whether distributed or not, in addition, on any personal gains outside of such business. Individuals are entitled to deduct from their net income before com puting income tax donations made to corporations organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific or educational purposes or for the prevention of cruelty to childern or animals or to the special fund authorized by section seven of the vocational rehabilitation act to an amount not in excess of fifteen per cent of the reduction, providing such donations are actually made on gr before December 31, 1919. Individuals are also allowed to deduct from their net income, before computing income tax, all city, county and state taxes actually paid during the year, except special assessment taxes, also all taxes on luxuries, amusement, tranportation, etc., except income and surtaxes, paid during the year 1919. Farmers' Income Schedule If you are a farmer, or a owner, renting your farm \ out on shares obtain from the collector and fill out form 1040 F, "Schedule of Farm Income and Expense," and attach it to form 1040 A^for income less than $5,000 and to form 1040 for income over $5,000. ; •3® worship the Rev. A. F. Clark, dis- 4, 5 and 6. The McHenry high school trict superintendent of the Chicago j team, which this year is entered in the northern district, will preach. Altho ! Watch city tourney, will play its first Dr. Clark has been seriously ill he ! game at 1:30 p. m. next Friday, when is regaining his strength and he is on! the locals meet the Wheaton highs, fire with enthusiasm over the work!Local fans are pulling for the Mcof the Kingdom of God. Those who Hepry team to win their first game heard him last fall will remember J and, no doubt, quite a few of the suphis ability as a public speaker. All j porters of the team wiil accomt»any are cordially invited to worship with j the boys to Elgin. fs next Sunday at 11:00 a. m. 1 3^ "Prudence on Broadway" at the Samuel J. Harrison. Pastor. {Empire theatre on Sunday evening, v-Q(^d*«tise with Plaindealer. JfW». * ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST AS PICKED UP BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS DURING What People Are Doing In TMi Tillage and the Immediate Vicinity-- Other Short Paragraphs K. C. Popp, who has been employed at the Rosedale greenhouses for some time past, has resigned his position there. Alreiriy oar hotel owners and proprietors are beginning to "brush up* in anticipation of a big season's ran of business. J. W. Fay now has charge of the stock room at the Terra Cotta factory, having started work there the first of the month. A number of the members of the McHenry association attended an important meeting of the milk producers held at Elgin today (Thursday). Leo Miller, formerly employed by Schaefer Bros., the local draymen, began work at the Wm. Pries market and grocery last week as delivery boy. A new lighting syfetem has been installed in the N. J. Petesch drug store and this week the interior is being newly painted and decorated. A. very noticeable improvement, indeed.' Wm. Cowen, of the firm of Overtoil! & Cowen, left Tuesday for Indianapolis, Ind., from which city he will drive a car to McHenry. He expects to arrive here the latter part of thei week. The McHenry chapter, O. E. &, will. hold a public card party at the Ma- ~ sonic hall here on Tuesday evening of-* next week, March 2. Everybody is*" cordially invited to attend. Admis** sion, 35 cents. Never before in the history of the * village has there been such a demand for modern homes as now. McHen«i* ry's population could be very materially increased if our village were able s to supply more modern houses. Never before has the' Terra Cotta factory proven such a boom to this village as now, when over forty of our people are employed there. The wages paid the employes are th4 highest in the history of the factory.' Thru the efforts of a number of ouf.'4•[ citizens and rural residents, the Mc» Henry-Crystal Lake road was once 4 more opened to traffic last week, after • ^ having been closed to travel for sonMr : time past on account of the heavy snow. Walter J. Simon of Lake Geneva, * Wis., passed Wednesday attending ^ to business matters in this village!* 4 He has just rented his home on Wash*. •'* ington street to Alvin Peterson, m m Will Return Tomorrow R^v. Edward Berthold, who suffered complete break-down a short time ago, and who has been recuperating at Sqjphur Lick Springs, will return to this village tomorrow (Friday) to resume his pastoral duties at St. Mary's church. His many friends, no doubt, will be pleased to learn that the trip to the southern springs has done him great good and that he has almost entirely, regained his health and th- , . will move his family there some time this week. • Altho the condition of the road* is anything but favorable, a number of farm changes are being made. this week. The roads, in many places* are in such bad condition that the hauling of heavy loads is utterly oof of the question. The Parks house, on the corner of '5 John and Center streets on the Wesl ^ M Side, is undergoing quite extensiv# v |§f repairs, including the installation of new electric lights. Geo. Buss an4 family will occupy the playe whe* tiie improvements .now are completed. Drop in. You are welcome to heaF *| : all the latest records on the Everett phonograph. We carry a .full Hmi . ^ needles and repair parts for all makef "f of talking machines. Expert repair*. ; ^ ing. Trade that ancient machine o| .'» < thine for an Everett No. 9. - } ^ Everett Hunter, Jr. The Fred Heuser meat market and v - grocery will open for business wit|rt ^ the Northern Illinois Jobbing companfH^. on the West Side tomorrow (Friday \ ; morning. The same perfect servic#' ' may be expected as has bean enjoyed ^ by the patrons of the place in the past. The regular meeting of the Parent- Teachers' association will take place at the school auditorium Wednesday evening of next weel^" March 3. A good attical progran^J',^ has been arranged and the entertain* • ment will conclude with games, i»; which everybody is invited to join. The rear partition in the Mrs. Chris*^^;^ tina Brefeld block on Main street on • the West Side, occupied by the Northern Illinois Jobbing company, is bein* ! torn out, preparatory to the housing ^ of H. E. Hausei *s meat market and ** ' grocery, which is to be moved from it*. : present location on Water street th* first of the month. * McCollum's lak* has given up many dead fish during the past week, dtufno doubt, to the lack of air on account of the heavy coat of we which" has covered that body of water during the past three months or mom. This is a very unusual condition, at" even the oldest inhabitants cannot recall a like occurrence. ; t' A school of instructions ems hnid by McHenry chapter, O. E. S., at Masonic hall here on Wednesday of this *$! week. Mrs. Jessie Dumser of Elgin was in charge and the attendance was most gratifying. The occasion proved an interesting as welt as nn^ instructive one and was thoroly •frfi 4| -* -»i?: • -;m - in attendance. Jr s ; :fe .&AJL wi'