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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8th, 1876. F, 'VAN SLYKEi Ktiitof. The annual grasshopper legisla­ tion has-begun in Kansas with the pas­ sage of a bill giving a State bounty, of '$» a bushel for grasshopper eggs and fifty cents a bushel for young grass­ hoppers. |@rThe end is come to Carl ism for this time. A cable dispatch says. Don Carlos has crossed the Spanish frontier Into France, and another one states that the chief members of his provin­ cial council have taken refugo on French soil. This, news will bring a cessation of lots of contradictory stories and speculations from that quarter. "A good example to governors who temper justice with too much mer­ cy has been set by Governor Ludington of Wisconsin, who, when opportuned re Ctently to pardon a criminal* refused, 'saying: HI believe the {lecisiotis of our courts arrived at after frill and fair hear­ ting should not be Inttfrfered \vlth ex­ cept upon the most grave considera- *tfc>nV summing up of the legisla­ tion of the present congress does not ^IrrJwthtrt business has progressed at a bffrfck-neck rate of speed. Two tliou- *sXnd one hundred bills have been in­ troduced and referred in the lower House, and the same body has passed about seventy, mostly pension bills. Only eight bills have passed both houses, and one bill has been vetoed by ^the President. Does'the Woodstock Sentinel tiiean to say that the gentlemen who hfcve represented Northern Illinois in our State Legislature, sine® Mr. La­ throp* s time in that body, have neither ability nor brains? Hear what it says: "He (meaning Mr. Lathrop,) has been a Testiient of Rock ford for thirty years, and represented his Countv in t lie State Legisla­ ture AT A TIME V, IIKK XnKTIlKTtX ILLINOIS 8ENT MEN OF ABILITY A>'« 1JKAIK6 TO THAT BODY." Or perhaps it means that as Mr. La- ttrop has at one time associated with men who had '"ability and brains** there fore the people, without further recom­ mendation, should send him to Con­ gress. IQ^Phil Sheridan'says if the Gov­ ernment will furnish him 10,000 men, and endow him with full power to act his own discretion, he will take charge of the Texan frontier aud put a stop to Mexicans rai ds. lie proposes to . give the Mexican Government thirty • days to prevent any further raids; and after that, if any occurred, he would cross the boundary, aud punish the "yellow-bellies" on their own soil. Uncle Sam had better let Sheridan try it. The border outrages will not cease until the Mexican bandits are made to feel and fear the power of the United States to protect its citizens. §®"Messrs George P. Rowell & Co. Proprietors of the American News­ paper Reporter, New York, have made, arrangements with the Centennial managers, whereby a building is to be constructed on the Contermial grounds to exhibit flies of American Newspa­ pers. It will certainly be one of the features of the Centennial. We are sure the scheme will not .fail for want of executive ability, as the firm above named are able and reliable business men, and one in whose hands this great undertaking can safely be trusted. Every newspaper ma'n in the land should aid them to the extent of their ability. *' SSTThe Evening Journal says "The selection of a successor to ex- Secretary Belknap has not been made yet. We hope the President will call to his Cabinet a man like George S. Boutwell, who owed his appointment to the Secretaryship of the Treasury to the indorsement of the Republican party, and not to a personal freak, and who was not ashamed to live within his means. During all the time that be held that position, he and his wife and daughter were boarders in modest lodging?, making no ostentatious •'parties." and sporting no "style1* In any respect. The country is In sore need of conspicuous examples of repub­ lican simplicity t6TSpringfield, the capital of Illi­ nois, is reduced to a pi table and dis­ graceful condition through the attempts of plundered citizens to resist illegal and unjust taxation. The debt of the city, nearly $1,000,000, was crcated un­ der former administrations . and the amount of taxation necessary to meet the interest thereou, added to that re­ quired for -current expenses exceeds the ilimits a3'lowe«l by the constitution. jAbout a yeas* ago Judge Zane issued an 'Injunction restraining the Mayor and Council from .oolteeting illegal taxes, •from-4?reatiug a debt, or from drawing . * warrant upon an empty treasury. In order to force -a dissolution of this tiqjunction the Mayor and Council have disbanded the FireiDepamnent and ipolice force, abrogated the street lamp «<H>Rtracts. closed the city prison, turned (loose the prisoners, removed aHI city utfflcials and employees, -end all .the functions of the body corporate £U00pra^ally suspended. vmsmto-tmim For the Platnde^WU FOWKR OP ATTORNEY. Knowing that we represent a large majority of the Republican voters of the county in the sentiments we have expressed, we fling our banner to the breeze: For Congress, Fourth District, lion. Wm. -Lathrop, of Winnebago.-- Woodstock Sentinel. k Now, Mr. Editor, you were connec­ ted with the Sentinel four years ago at the time the present editor and pro­ prietor, nominally, purchased that sheet, and therefore "know how it is yourself." IIow that it was purchased, not with the nominal Editor's money or influence, but according to the gen eral and accepted opinion, the major part of the capital for the purchase money was furnished by John F. Farna- worth, and the balancfe by individuals sworn to his interest at the time.--• Some of those parties, not fancying the idea of ageing down with » sinking ship, took to their life-boats and have lived with the Republican party and have actively given it their support. Not so, in all respect with the Sentinel, as you and every careful reader well knows. It has shown a determination to wander "oft* in the wake of its Lord and Master, John F. Farnsworth, and erased every star from the Republican banner u ̂ pleasing to that gentleman's eye. Notwithstanding all this it claims to have the Power of Attorney from "a, large majority of the Republican voters of tlic County" to dictate a nominee and forestall the action of the Congressional Convention. Why should the Sentinel, which has not wavered one jot or one tittle, in its allegiance to Mr. Farnsworth, from the time of that gentlemans defeat at Elgin uearly four years ago, claim to have such power of attorney from the peo­ ple at this time, when at every election since the said Elgin Convention, not­ withstanding the fire intherearon the pait of the Sentinel, the people have pronounced decided condemnation of its course and the course of its Lord and Master, whose servant it is. In rfgard to Sir. Lathrop, there is no desire, at the present writing, to create auy issues with him. So far as the pur­ poses of this article are concerned all is conceded to him claimed by the Sentinel but tliet gentleman will do well to watch the move 'inaugurated by the Sentinel with some scrutiuy, lest he find too late, that his flattering encomium is made in the interest of one whom the people in former days delighted to honor, but have twice rejected because^ of his wanderings after false Gods; lest too late Tie finds,, in the language of Joice, "this is only a snare," a mere taint iii another direction than the one apparent on the face. In regard to the attack of the Senth- ncZiipon Gen. Hurlbut, but little ueed ton said. It is only necessary to allude to the characters, as proved, of those who brought charges ̂ against him, and to the honor, patriotism and ability of those who, after a rigid search for ^tes­ timony to sustain the charges, declared it to be the blackest kind of black­ mailing, and paid him a tribute in the most positive vindication; they being no less personages than Abraham Lin­ coln, Edwin M. Stanton, John A. Raw-7 ' K lins, and others, if not equal in posi­ tion political, were certainly entitled to credit. The men are few who occu­ pied a prouder place in the confidence of these great and good men, than did General Hurlbut. The men are few who occupied so many varied aiid so impor­ tant positions during and since the war, that have made less mistakes than he. The Generals were few who won brighter laurels than he at Pittsburgh Landing and Hatchie Bridge. The Generals were few who were more highly esteemed by the boys in blue than was he by the Division under his command, who under his lead won the distinction, the proud, iminortal name os the"**Bloody Fourth." And since he has been in Congress he has been the people's faithful servant, indulging in no pompous criminal extravagance, so common in this -fast age, quietly and unassumingly daring to do whatever opportunity, ability, and careful, faith­ ful study dictates, trusting the conse­ quences to a clear conscience and the judgment of those who placed liim in that honorable position. Republicans of McHenry County, beware of the snare that is vet for' your feet. Beware le«t too late you discover this move of the Sentinel to be in the interest of John F. Farnsworth who so basely deserted you four years ago, because, forsooth, you preferred, after giving him your support for four­ teen years, to cast your suffrages in another man's iavor^ and as you believ- in your own interest. If the signs of the times are kn indi­ cation of what you may expoct. " the lost cause" of John F Farnsworth is about "to reassert itself* and you are about to be called upon, by fiftne of th6 aforesaid power of attorney,^ to allow the Sentinel to cast yo§P influence add votes in a direction that will lead to the nomination of Johh P. Farnsworth. and not of William Lathrop< These signs, some of them at least, arc the Suppers and Festivals just at this time being had at political centers, at which may be sfeen the political vulcatt6 forg­ ing the chains they expect the "large majority of llepubucan Voters11 to wear with the docility of the former slave, l»epublican voters of the county, be Kw!PveiT>?fl- "Look wel1 to your ballots. Place not the thong in the Ring-masters hand, lest its smack shall to endure" ^at'^8 ^00 keenly for treemen icoarocLAST. v , JANSKJf, MoCXURG & CO. yfe have gldined'the following facts th regard to this establishment <t>f which Chicago is so proud. The house, as a wholesale and retail book establishment, was founded some tweaty seven years ago. One of the members of the firm having retired just after the great fire its name was changed to Jasen, McClurg & Co.4 Mr. Jansen has been connected with, the house almost from its inception, and Gen. McClurg and Mr. Smith have been for a number of years active members of-the firm. • ' ' ' y. It is but recently, however, that this firm has gone into the publishing busi­ ness so extensively. Its catalogue, fbr the number and character of works produced, will now compare favorably with many of the older and larger Eastern publishing houses. In addition to their own publications Messrs. Jansen, McClurg & Co,, have their imprint placed upon large edi­ tions of Eastern publications. For in­ stance, General Sherman's Memoirs, of which they took 2,000 copies; and of Livingstone's Africa thev took 1,0C>0 copies. They have also taken an edi­ tion of 2,500 copies of Will Carleton's Farm Legends. Of the Encyclopedia Britanniea they take more than any other firm in the country, their list of subscribers now reaching Over one hun­ dred copies. All the works issued by this firm hatre been endorsed by all the Eastern crit­ ics, as to their mechauical execution. They will compare favorably iu this respect with the publications of the leading Eastern publishing houses* | The house is also found to be o^e of the most honorable satisfactory houses in the whole cauntry to deal with and we are glad to know that they are building up a large trade throughout the country. NAILS < .--jf-i BARGAIN COLUMN. - ViJiaga Lot For Sale. Lbt 1. Block l., West Mclieury, containing one acre oi luuu, W lucn id well feuoea au i on \v lucii la an Oieharu^ot good fruit, id now uuercd tor sale on reasonable lenus. it la one oi tne most tujairahie Ijtiuuiiig places in the \iuiige. for lui'iuer particuluid inquire at tllJ l'LAI2vl>EALER (JUicO. 'Mciioury, ill., ALueu 1st, 1876. : ,i i#»ijri' For Sale. ^ Thoroughbred tinori Horn Bull, four . yuura oid past. A. very liuo annual. Will i,e to.d at a ruaa. uaoicg ii" ap^iliou i>/i" Bu.uu Can be.ujeu ut uiy iui'm,.uue niiio Wi»i oi M ilclJ-y l/eJxH. * ii. C. AlKAi>. "'iuoilvury, ill., D'eU 15th, 1876. Horse for Sale. A good five year old Horse, sound and truo iu every iiarticuiai, well broke either uouble or Bingle. Will bu aoui reasonable lor either cash 01- approved paper. Inquiry at tlic 1'LAiNliliALliKollioe. For Sale. The undersigned o liter a ior| Sale, Store 011 Water otreet, in _t^u the 'Ifc lck _t^ie village of .Luolluiiry, now occupied uy ilis.U. ii. as a Alniiilery More, it is 1-1-v.w, ttie i;]>pei' story being liuisheit on as* residence. TMtsLS iiKA^OJSAliiiE. iuquire of C. H. Moitifr iUciie<iiy, ill. \uv. 1st 1875. For Sale. A few Choice TnorougiKned Berkshire Pigs lor &aie. Slock rcocutiy 4u;parted lxoni ^.igland, and very hue. • E. M. OWEN. iMcIIkn'HY, Sept., 20th, lSTfo. For Sale, a Good Farm. one L,ake Croasings, on e~oy terms. i) or iurther iiuornmtion apply to It. Mlsllbl*, Attornuy, At Murphy Bishop's liank, Woo*latocK, 111. Dated ouly *23d, OfKighty"Acres witliiii one hundred and sixty rods oi Crystal House aud Lot lor Sal£|. SITUATED near the Xippersink Point, on me noieu Hunting and jbialiing Grounas of ± ox and i'lstaqua 1-aKes. The House is well built and capable of accommodating twenty persons. There is a good stable, two acre« of choice land and one of the best spring of water in Ali llenry County. Any parties con­ templating building a Omb House will ttnd this a grand opportunity. Will be sold on] the most reasonable terms. Jb'or further Partieu lars inquire at the PLAiNi>EALKB Oflice. For Sale. The Wheelei the village plat of McHenry, farm, situated SOJrods south of containing 200 acrcs-ofprairie, and 86 acres of timber, •with a good brick house, cistern, two pumps, and usual sfpenilaares, Al so 150 acres of tim­ ber joitfing tne village of McHenry on the east, together with the personal property. Inquire at the premises, or address J. TSrHEEL>ER, McIIenry. P. S. Household furnituns, etc., together with actual possesskm: can be had forwith uy purchasers. # For Sale. The undersigned offers 'or Sale his property, situated opposite the Riverside House, in McHenry, on the most reasonable terms. There is a good ami substantial building, suit­ able for a store or other business, the upper part of which islltted up for a residence. Con­ nected With thisas four acres of choice land, a good barn and some fruit. Persons contem­ plating fmrchasihg will lind it to their inter- eat to call iMd look this ijropertv over. X F. A. lllBllABD. McHenry lit. Aug. 16th 1875. 3 d % h M H AT East Side Public Square, WOODSTOCK, ILL. s"t 4: AGENT FOR P. P. MAST & GO'S CELEBRATED SPRINGFIELD, OHI6|! Keeps Ccmstant̂ te;handl̂ d oflfeiS to the farmers, Ijeading Parm Machinery, Of all kinds, among wftfch can be found the celebrated Buckeye Grain Drill, Broadcast Seeders, Junior Cultivator, Plow Sulky, which con be attached to any Plow, Champion Sell'-Duinping iiake* &c.f &c, ; -- o:-- -- • . " HENRY COLBY, --DEALER IN-- PAINTS* OILS, Painters Brushes, Dye Stuffs &c., &c. Physicians prescriptions Carefully Compounded. STATIONERY. Wehave a fine 8tock of Oft Bill, Not® and Mourning Paper, which we are selling very Cheap. Aline aseortines* of the latest Styles Box aud fancy Papers, constantly on hand. All Coeds Warranted v» represented «a<S Satiafa'ction Cluaranteed. Patronage ̂Solicited. H. COLBY. McHenry, July 27th, 1875. Dissolution. * Notice is herebv fjiven that the co-partner­ship hf*Tetf>?ote existing between D. 8. Smith, J. c, Smith and P. D. SWlith undeT the nrtn name of Sttiith Bros. •'& Co., is this day dtssolved by mutual cortsent. The business will hereafter be conducted by Philo D. Smith at thp old st.i-rid. All notes and accounts due the Firm will be settled bv David S. Smith. All parties having claims against the above firm will present the same for adjustment. SMITH BROS. & CO. McHenry, 111., March 1st, 1876i JUST RECEIVED. A full Stock of Boots & Shoes Rubber Goods, &c.« for the Fall and Winter trad« which I can and Will sell at prices that DEFY Competition. Gooi>» Warranted at repre*- Rented. GAll and <3. At P. W. BLAKE'S, - OPPOSITE PEKRf & MxiiiiN's SXORB ^ MoIIonrj, XU. * ; PAPER IS ON FUJS VV1M JQ8. WIEDEMANN. SALOON; and RESTAURANT Plows ! Plo^rs I PloWi ! All leading Plows kept constantly on hand and at Lowest Prices# Don't V)uy until you see them. Also see the celebrated Buckeye Broadcast Seeder. It cannot be equaled. Prices Low and Favorable Terms. Cash and Close Buyers are invited to inspect stock and com­ pare Quality and Prices, as I will not be undersold in the same qual­ ity of Machinery in McHenry County. E. M. OWEN. McHenry, ill., March 7th, 1876. Fall and "Winter Trade. BDEKLIH & SIMS, NEAR THE DEPOT, M'HENHY. Are now prepared with a full and well selected Stock of Goods, imct am continually receiving large additions from New York* Boston and other mar­ kets, and are offering them at Lower PricOS than ever before noted in the history of Mclieury. * IN DRESS GOODS, Are found Alpaccos, Armnres, Jonas, Rep#, Poplhis, Royals, Snrges, Cashmere* I.»uslree. Plaids. Empress Cloths, &c. -New Styles Repellants, Flannels of all kind^T Edgings, Laces, Fringes* Trimmings, BnUoiis, Collars, Cuffr, Si Tic Tics, the best Dollar Ki<T Gloves, Ber­ lin Gloves; Hosiery, Nubias. Searfrr, Felt and white Skirts, Tucking, Veils, Shawls, Fancy Articles and Notions ©f all kinds. Table Linen, Napkins, Tow­ eling, Blitnkets aud Bedspreads. Clothing for Men and Boys. Hats &nd Caps, For the Winter's cold. Boots and ShO03i a full Line, and Rubber CoodS. Crockery and Ginhh-VYtiro. B@u Choice Groce-.- ries and fine Teas a Specialty. Canned Peaches by the Case. In fact every­ thing usually called for in a Genkiias, Stock, and for Cash or Ready Pay we "will not Im? TJndcrsold. S^-The Highest Market Price in Cafth or Goods for Producc.'^jR. BUCKLBN Sl STEVENS. McIIenry, IH^ Oct. 27th, 1875. SALE $15,000 Worth of Goods t • wxt.ms&'sr* DATS,, Regardless of Cost! Onr Senior partner, 15. R, jrsjre in StorU-Breeflinjy in the S"M"fTIf, having long entertained a desire to en- , . Far West,rt has just "romplete«l arrangements with his'son in Nebraska, for and extensive stork Ranjre, and is ImhuhI to try that land of cheap jo-azinjr; an«l AdverliitesOoatraotseanlMXDade. _ I 1X)V"T I BoArd At Wiedemann's | But wish 1 Did Near the Depot* NldHenry* III. ISTWe nlso keep t>ie Celebrated MlllMttkee Xagor.Bctr constantly on hand. in order that he may be ablfl to carry ont his clieri.shed purpose, we now offer our"entire' stoefc of Goods regardless of Cost, to close. We herewith annex a partial Price List, enough, htm- ever, to satisfv anyone that we are selling at New Vork Wholesale Prices OUIl TERMS--To our old customers, who have always been PROMPT in pavinpf their ac- emmts, we will, if desired, give a credit of CO.days, interest from date of purchase Otherwise our Terms will be Cash Merimac, and all other best make Prints. .8 cts Wamsutta, second jrrade ft cts Best domestic Ginghams 12>f cts Second Grade do : 8 to 10 cts A line assorted Brilliant Alpaccas 20 cts A large line corded Alpaccas, (atl colors( 25 cts A choice selection English Crown Plaids 27 cts All Grades Black Alpaccas and Mohairs A full line of Colors in Merinos Pacific Poplin, Cashmeres and Empresses Extra heavy Eastern Wool^Shirting?Flannel 36 Red, Orange and WhiteJKIannels, all grades Oarpenterville shirting Flannel 54 cts Good Full Width Cotton Flannel 9 to 12 cts Best __ --14 to IS cts Best Brown and blue Denims ,20ets Best Cotton Battine in the market, IS cts Clarence Darpet Warp, 27^ cts All Grades and Colors of Waterproof. Stark and heavy Brown sheeting 10 cts Best'Yarnwide flno brown sheeting <> cts Medium Weight -- 1 to8 et» Farmers and|mochanlcw Cottonade...... 25 eta Medium to good ... If to 2» ctl Afull line of Ticking 1.... ..14X to 22 ct« A large stock of mens and vomena shirtsiand drawers 40 to $1,00 Wall papering per Roll 7 to 12 ct« Stark and Grain Bairs 29 ct« A full stock of Buflaloanii Rochester Custom made Boots and shoes at manufacturers price* $3000 Worth of mens'youths'and boys Clothing We cannot qu'ote prices, but'guararitee to'sav« you from $2 to $5 per suit on fBoys and Youth* and $i> to on mens wear A fnll stock of Oil Cloths Curpe tings.' Trunks, Felt skirts and shawls, Best Young Ilyson Tea in the, market--#1,00 Good 80 ets Best Japan Tea in the market t« <iood fflfiti Babbet's best Salaratus 10 cts Kirk's Savon Soap, four Bars for 25 ct» Ashton Dairy salt per sack.. 18 ct® BestIlaisins.. » et« We areafithorized by the owners of the Store to offer it for Rent, and will give possession in time for the early Spring Trade. Will sell our Store Furniture and Fixtures very low and on Easy Terms. Smith Bros. & Co. McHenry, Nov. 1st 1875. P. S.--All parties Indebted to as by Note or Account, are earnestly request' ed to make immediate settlement, as our accounts must and shall be closed. Smith Bros. & Coj