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MP* samwpia --mmjm • ». . •'! Hra^'rTrjFi wip>xf:3pA^ •'i^u, i8T6^ J. VAN SI.YKF,, Fxlkor. 'The Crerton. Ilk, Times says: **lt looks now as if General Ilurlburt. is not to be shoved aside so readily as *m at flrst thottght in the 4th District. This is as it should b«. as he Is a than of decided influence ill CojnjgTOftfe. and one whom the Republican party •can* not afford to spare this time.* _ _ _ _ * ffSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS', . . (fir A disruption in the coal exchange of Chicago seems quite imminent* At « meeting on May 31st. an animated discussron was indulged in. resulting In the following prices for hard coal: Nnt coal, $7.75 per tou; range $5 sinail large egg $7,50. Sftveraj hteiubere of tfefc exchange have -algti}* fled their intentiori of withdrawing. 1®"*"A curious circumstance lias pc Wrtred in connection with the cise of Charles L. Bobb. the distiller 'who died at Peoria, 111,, the day before he was to have been sectenoed. The day pre­ vious to his death his father, Charles Bob'ty tn anticipation of the $ls000 penalty, called at the Marshal's office aad left that amount with that oflieor to cover liia sou^ Hue. The dead man's-administrators have made a de­ mand on the Marshal for the return of the money, but the 'Marsha^ refused to deliver it up, autl ronti$jes( J;6^iQ possess?#*!. , 9&TA New York dispatch .«nys: "General But tier giv^it an emphatic denial to a Jliu^lislieiV statemeift that he was instrumental iji- bringing the notorious BlaineJetters to light. Thfe General say*U1 eagitieer nuch a farce as that? Do von suppose that if 1 had been Mr. Mulligau's counsel, or the planner of tlie attack on Blaine,! would have permitted Mulligan to go to Washington with those letters, un­ less he also had 66pies and pbotogriphs of them? Jfo felVi And then, if filaine desired to buy the originals, he could buy them. When the time came t0 4i.se the oertiiied copies, they wouid^bc foHh•"coming.*' 4 .. Anii 1 BfS^Xot so many men alfe ttifching Into the Black Hills is, there were. One party of forty men have Just re­ turned to Cheyenne after unsuccessfully attempting to fight their way through the bands of hostile Sioux which barred their way. They left behind the re­ mains of one poor fellow who had been killed arid scalped by the^savages. . One would think that even thft craatest' of adventurers would have their' ardor dampened by the .facts which are com­ ing oirt abbat tliisBlacttrallfe 'eotinWft All the authorities agi*fee that gold does not exist there i n p&yixrg qnanti* ties; that the rcgioi ?S lio# swarming with idle men, most .of*, whom would leave if they had money enough tp get away, aad that the approaches are iu- flnteit with the most warlike of savages. This condition affairs does not seerit'1x> offer strong inducements to even per- •ohs of the mo.st roviug disposition. 'How aggravating the experi­ ences of a man whose eye is fbied on the White House, and whose hopes cluster about Cincinnati or St. Louis! Not more changeful Is a fickle maiden's fMe than thfc features of the political situation with reference to the suceess of ambitious seekers for a Presidental nomination. ,W.q can j^ve - to "•'tl"ty­ ing hopo to any of thee® statesmen The political future la shrouded in doubt. But there tp the consolation that we shall know <poon just who the candidatesare. Lotus, therefore, all await the result in patience, and In particular let the aspirants for nomina­ tion keep cool and happy. Perhaps they may get the prize, and pcrpaps they may not. Perhaps too, J11 the long ran it will be better for them'tftwt they Should not get it; It is never safe to assume that because w6 are very eager for a thing we'should have ' it. More­ over, Mr. Charles Francis Adams says the most disagreeable years of his father's life were passed In the ,White House. Grant, too,It is said, wishes he had stayed General of the Army. WES* J "A Wimi> TO coi >tiiY rt ni iNiu r.s", 1 al»9?W:lj^a«l.tlf^rSt.^haiiui 'JLeitdf#, 4, which by .fctye way is.oiie ql the Spiciest papers ,ou our, exehan^o list,} intheir issue of June 9th.: hup * sensible article on the inconsistency of country publishers advertising the city papers for almost nothing, to the great detriment of their own journals. Be­ low is what they say: As foolish a thing as our country exchanges can possible dtr'is to till their columns) with "press not ices*' of all kinds of publications. And it seems to us if country editors could see an inch beyond their nose*, they would see it so. Mnuy of thent doubtless think it has no effect, but it has. Every . single "notice" has some ellevt--and a perpetyal stream of them a very serious effect, Every country editor sees and knows the beueficial results' of judicious advertising--and tlisfe pi'ess notices, are most skillfully written au\ertise- mentsthey are droped from the hands of experts. Theu by What foolish rea- 'soiling do we come to the conclusion that these advertisements dto their atithors noigood ? r ,-•> • We claim that, In the end, it would be much cheaper for every publisher to pay cash for Just What reading matter he needs. Then* ninety-nine country offices in every hundred would not be overrun with papers and maga­ zines that are neVer opened, ond coun­ try homes would not !*• filled with cheap metropolitan publications, to the exclusion of the home paper, which really does more to build up its own locality, than all other publications com bitied. In our oplhiori the most disastrous blow which cotfntry publishers, i'giio- rautly or otherwise, inflict upon them­ selves,is in printing the prospectuses sent out by the metropolitan^ dailies, iipr,which thev are sent in exchange. They take especial pains to advertise tlieir weekly issue*4 and come in direct competition with the home paper. We have Seen this demonstrated before our very eyes, time and again. ' We would join "rt league to-day1, and stand by it till 'we starved to death, if it hrou^ht starvation--binding our­ selves now and forever t:> advertise no publication ojf God's green ear^h. Let these metropolitan journals dy thuir own advertising. They don't think they give us their publication. They know they get value received and fre­ quently many^times that. And If they make so much Out of* it. the country publisher must lose sbtnethlujjt if they can a(tord it he cannot. And'here is another point worth con­ sidering. whieh, perhaps, doesa't aifect the country publishers pocket--but it does his manhood, if he's got. any. lie never gets decent treatment* from these city chaps, either personally or in print. They don't know what courtesy means. Who had not noticed the coarse vulgar, ungentlemanly flings of these musk bedaubed city shobs, 'man3* of whom are so shallow they cannot cast a shadow in the sun? We feel like let­ ting them alone. We want them to paddle their own canoe* We don't feel as though we ought to cut our own financial throat simply to inflate their pocket-books. We endorse every word of the above. Ft ia an evil which we have been fight­ ing aguihs^itor years, ahd are resady now to join tmy league to accomplish' thi desired end. The city dailies charge4he,pupiic $12 "per yearfor(tlieir papers,,.^ut w,hen a, coimiry editor waVttsoile he is asked to send his paper and give an -amount in advertising equivalent to from $20 to §35 in addi­ tion. t>ut with such injustice. 'Let every country publisher say lie'will do no more of this business hereafter, and if our city friends want afly^ advertis­ ing let them do it themselves. We will pay |or', bur reading and they mtjst do their own blowing. Our very manhood, to say nothing of our pockets, demand this. |£9»The coinage for the month of May at the United States mints was 10,215,634 pieces, of ft total value of $5,695,850. Where has it gone? ^This is one of the largest issues ever made from our mints, in the same length of time, and it seems as though some of it ought to get into circulatiou before long. •'/ • * • - B©"A" fcnrious sight at Woodstock Vt.,the other day, was a man gathering ice from the White river, ia good con­ dition for storing, while * little way off corn was up high enough for hoeing. The ice was in a jam. Dinners '25 Woodstock. cents Yankee Bakery. MVLightning plays strange freaks Sometimes. During the shower on Frl day of last week it entered the dwell­ ing of Michael Kegan, 011 Captain An derson's farm, n*ar Woosung, and stirred up things pretty generally. It entered the dwelling at the chimney, passed d<wn the stove pipe to the •tove, where it melted one leg of the stove, crossed the back of a lamb lying inits track, passing to the door where it struck a pitchfork Which it split to slivers, crossed the room again setting Are to * bag of rags lying in the corner, and of course paralyzing the family with fear. When Mike came too, lie began to inquire after the children and when he found thatno one was seriously injured, his delight Jtne?w no bounds. Jn relating the occurrence to a neigh­ bor Mike exclaimed: "and didn't I **»arqh with puld Billy Sherman to the and all that, but niver iu all me life did I have close a shelve as that."-- ,£H*to.Pre48. The Old Settlers- Meeting. ii<:ovejsei). A Flcafeant Day itud si 1 ^ ' Crowd. s f t ; . * : f a . ' rA t an earl y how on Wedrtipsday ̂ horn- tnff iuct we started for the Old Se,ttlers Meeting, at Waukcgan, expecting theivby to get ahead of the crowd, and avoid the flu*V« and cohfusion, but in this vj^ w< r« only partially successful, for ihnny. with perhaps the same aim iu view, had also got an early start, and when we artivod within a few miles of Waukegan we found ourselves in a gen eral blockade of teams, all pushing ahead and anxious to gpt at the end of their journey us soon as possible. From seven o'clock until nearly noon t'ic crowd kept pouring in, until it real­ ly seemed that "everybody and his family" must surely be there. We heard many estimates 8»ad© upon tiie number in attendance, but they were so widely different that We sliall not' at- ten^ptyan estimate of, Wr oWij. Suffice to §ay the prt^wd was,immense, and all seemed to enjoy themselves in the best of manner. The procession was an im­ posing one and WM'ffityilpi'iiour'^ass-' ing a grlyen point.^ -V. 'l Oii arriving at . t^ej .jFair Grounds, where the general! eiXeriBises of the day were held, the first in'order came the dinner, which was spread hi the various exhibition buildings, each town being assigned a particular space, provided with tables. Tiie citizens of Wauke- gan furnished some 1,200 pounds of oaeted becf^, and numerous hampers Of biscuit, sandwiches, edkes, pies, etc., wUch were liberally d&alt out to invit­ ed guests, and all othefi *who applied. The repast was entirely 011 the Picnic plan, all families* bringing their, Own supplies, and was enj6y(ed wi|^j teiOre than usual zest. ' , ' .<!-i At 2 o'clock the exercises at the stand commenced, which consisted of speech­ es, Music by the different Martial and Brass Bands, Singing by the Waukegau Glee Club, reading of letters written by Old Settlers who -now reside in other States, and finally, the prosenta- tation of the Old Settlers' Champion Flag for the largest ftttcndance? to the town of Benton, by the ITori Richard Bishop, in a few appropriate remarks, and response by Mr.'^Ferry of Benton. The Hon. Johh. We lit Worth and Judge Blodgett, the two principal speakers announced for the occasion, failihg to put iu sui appearance, the speaking fell entirely 011 home talent, who, as they themsplvcs expressed it, come "Illy prepared to stand the brunt of the battle," but theyH responded promptly t*> the call, audi the breach, was filled and tl»6 large fin-owd well satisfied:^ ' ( t Speeches Were m^tle by the JIou. Richard Bishpp,J'^resident of the Old Settlers Organization^ Judge T. 1,). Murphy, and N. IjonneHy of Woodstock H(jn.?Gfeo. Gage, of, McIIehfy^aniff John G. Rdg'an, SSsq., of Lake County. / Our space this, week will not permit of eveu a synopsis of their speeches, ̂ >ut sufiice to say, they were decidedly appropriate to the oocasiou, each relating his ex­ perience, hardships and trials duriug the e|irly settlement of Lake and 31c- Heury Counties,# and following the changes from then to the present time, interspersing thetr • remarks' with numerous anecdotes and incidents that were both pleasing and instructive. Taken all In all the third Annual Reunion of the Old Settlers of Lake and McHenry Counties proved a highly enjoyable affair throughout, and will long be remembered with pleasure by all who paritcipated. The weather was all that the most sanguine could have hoped for, and nothing occurred to in the least mar the. pleasure of the occasion, and all went home with the firm determination, if life and health were sparod, to be at the Rc-Union one year hence. McllENRY, Th note awl open Democratic Co* Convention. The Democrats of the several Towns of McHenry County, are requested to meet at their several places of holding elections, and appoint delegates to at­ tend a County Convention, to be held at the Court House. In Woodstock, on SATURDAY, JUNE 17th, at one o'clock P. II.,'on some day previous to the 17th inst. The Convention Is to be held for the purpose of electing dele gates to the State Convention, which will nominate State Officers, and to ap­ point delegates to the National Demo­ cratic Convention, to be held at St, Louis on the 22d of June, and also to appoint electors for President and Vice President of the United States. The rato of representation from the sever­ al Towns will be four for each one hun dred1 votes cast at the last General Elec­ tion, and one for each fractional vote of fifty. All opposed to tho present Administration of the .-.flairs of our Government, are cordially; invited to attend and participate in the proceed­ ings of the Convention. By order ofthe County Committee , Woodstock, June 2d, 187t>. Th® pew American Sewing Macjiine, the best in the market. They ate war­ ranted in -everr particular, run easier, ike less noise. Call and see jtiiti "A „ *4 It.is the universal 'testimony that the Rochester and Buffalo Boots and Shoes, for which we are the sole agents in this village, are relatively the best and cheapest in the market. Give them a trial. « P. D. SMITH. GRAND CENTENNIAL - ** t C E L E B R A T I O N ! AT McHENRY, ILL. f -A' Tuesday, July A, '70 ^ " J, , ,>;< 'Speaking l»y our best Home Talent, Steamboat Excursions, S;\€k and Wheelbarrow Iiaces, M Base Ball Game, and other amus­ ing and instructive exercises will be the order of the dat. out for the big Posters iir a few days. • i : - - \ H - Executor's Notice. ATK of Herman P,c.ualkiji tn £ vj b;; i,* in r * denrtynort havini; ieftfled ttem^nve ft a term of years, newly FurnUboit " manner, will te<j it In (he best outlay, June 26th, '16, accommodation of the Traveling , and all othor.^ who m«y favor him with Thi* House is beautifully situated on *•*#" f kn V/i v I'lVCiT ^ ilistfJce t*om the Steam boat Lanrtinjr. !Two Steanljoats run daily to Fox and Fistaqna I.akd*. a few miles al»ovc, the best Hunting and FishlnK Grounds in the Northwest. I<ar(re and (iiry ApartHients for families during the Suniver. Boats and Oarsmen furnished at Reasonable Kates. M Bass to aoi iron the Cars. wilt 1)0 spared to promote the com^| forwifguests.'/iiul trorn a lonur experience iu thelnisiness I fla tter invnelf tli;v.t I can please the/moflt fastidious. <iOOI> TilVERY" IN roNNEOTlON WITHT^IIE HOUSE. Oratid Opening Party w" 4t lbe given on the Evening of July JACOB, WBBEB, Proprietor.! i Administrator's Notice* ESTATE of Solomon B. Domn deeeased. , The-nnderBifjned having been apijoioted Administrators of the Estate of Solomon B. I>onvn late of. the County of McHenry, and State of Illinois, decea«e«f,hereby give notice that they will appear before the County Court of MrHeuvy County, at tin' Court House, in WoVH'toek; at the July term, on trhe third Monday in July nextat which time all perfirtius having claim.s af?;unf<t said Estate, are notified and requofited to attend for the purpose of having the same adjusted. All persons lt». debted to sai<l Estate, are requested to nuike imuiediate payment to the undersigned, Da- led.(Uils lst #ttne A. D. 187«. ' • •-! . 'v:t ' . FKANK B. DoRiff'ir K • " • .'I J. II. DoilAN, ,,,M , •" ' •" ' • AdminiBtratbt'S. ..ji ' • •" » - "•'Ml' ' " --1---- -- . • Executor's Notice.- ^ TTWT'ATJ; of IMmairi R. Mead l>eco*l«ed. Vj 'The undersigned having been au|K)intod Executor ofthe la*t Will and Testaniont of William s. Mead, late ofthe County'of Mc­ Henry, and State of Illinois, deceased, hereby give 'notice tliat he will appear before the County Court of McHenry County, at the Court Hoiiae* in Woodstock at the June Term., <»ii the third iftonday in June next, at which time all persons having claims against sstia Estate are notified And requested to attend for the .purpose of having the same adjusted. Air persons indebted io said HsUtte Are re­ quested to make injmediate puymciit to the undersigned. Dated this first day of May A. 1). W7G. J. W. CRISTY, Exeentor. t Stoddard, wv. i 77 m M is?' ft.. if <f ^".3 y? I it'TuiS h }>L Is.now fillcMi to bye^flowing with Machinery of nH kiada, wbio^ he ia prepared to furnieh at Low FIGUKES and warrant as representd^I. t 1 ' ' A ..... We have the Celebrated M ; • w EROCH & DOTY PLOWS ! ... ^ are WARRANTEl) to Sco^pr;^ any Soil. In Blows of any kind. ,fj ; ; • • .(.i it ® fei«. K , ii-tf uA ; J .spr-firms . » -t"* i;.r\ • c'an suit you :g\ Thr Dayton t Sulky Dump Rake WhiclpS; ̂ no ^iiiwno^' no|j fail to ipilV sit my Warehouse; and examine one to** yoUrseltV. ' ffs 1 [m- ,-^aJVf ,'fear.:4'4Wii3P W (V'ufff' Oi l jj / • -r.:< A <ti A tk.i-1 I I >'ioj.rlt:ffo IK. J,".-? I, -aiii mrs 'tiio*! •gtuMai mm* x,vi hi Tmv V ; IN HOWE'S BLOCK, MCHENMY, 'tfw ILLINOIS HA^"just "received a large and well selected took of ' Hat|fhCaj*s,, Boots and Shoes, •fir NOTIONS, i f iro<* o i* i e : Which ht) is offering to the buyinp pjibliq r At Prices to Suit the Times. Id'My Stoek Of Hats and Caps comprises the latest style*.ami will l»e sold low for Cash or Heady Pay. CALL AND SEE. L. STODDARD. Mt'ljonry, Ill., May Jflth. 1876., r f -- ; ' J 7 P T Jlwers ̂ hU mn -.i • ii.irymntMi fsidlii*- ,f?vacvi ^ e I handle. the' WM. AfifSpH Wood: and tli^ McCoKMicK, both of which fire «o well known by;4he F.irmlng t^iniinity that thtey liiejBd no r'ddoi^ei^atioii., These •hines can be tested beside any jtherein. f the iuarket,! having heo|t, 11 Jf •Jfi A 17 f'd( sot; oat NAILS! LAX' •dt ; *il • 4«i(l t:' I is '. 52j Kl d H IH H K| 15 Ijpkist Side i 1H*!"1 • pee; dpnoi eased-The nndersi'.^nejl having be Executor of ti»e LiWJ WiH ,Mid 'l estameitt" bf Herman IJi n.-ilkin, l*i« of lii«> County -of M«"- H-'iJirv, aiv! drives notice that he will appear before tin- County Court of Utollcnry Countv, at the Court House, in Woodstock, at the July Term oil the third Monday in July next, at whU'i time all person* h.ivini? claims agninct said iisiati- are notified and requested' to actend for the purpose of havJnp the name udji^red. AH person* indebted to said Kstate artj' fe- qTl'"ii»Ml to make immediate paviiient lo tlie umier.si£ued. Da'.eil thif :»t!i <i"iv of M.iv »v. I>, W79. IlJiMU £xi-uwr. ff •^rfffrW-1 •:.a * t l"i 1 " » l Public Square, ILL. : FovpytliV Hay Scales. Counter Srales and Portable riatform.Scales, for Sal© l>y O. Bikiiop. « Tlie Pearl'Gati^j Plow has no equal, Tf'or sale liy L. IVaneisco. Shop opposite the Parker House. ,ia hiauy fiolds aad never foiled ^ -rrtrt-^yr ai ir IM . i'ti'Mrtiitf- vro .ie»ii w<w J'h; :ot V HHO' K J ^ O J O - S I F T - . M I L , - U J T T -ft to «! <«-4 • .-rf*! tr>r ms.rtJS0 _iL'« • v WAG-ONS I ̂ fWAG-ONS ' •». •. uiw.'l' In Wagons we beat the world# Wo keep the! celebrated Blake 4 Wag-on,, manufactured expressly for us; which we warrant in ©yety ^ t particular. In short there is nothing ju the line of Agrienltnrid > | Machinery, .'Tools,- &c.,. but what we cftn furnish yon andatj«ricc8. 'J Tliat Defy • McHenry^ 111.; April 10th, 1870. a-j -i¥+* 2M. -T4 - O.. BISHOP. " . » >'(«<• •> , • ii'iy.. •'.TX n n 1876. 'H «'f'; ^'4«-.. , , WJ»" m ?!•. f t " " " ' i i, f* s| BIJCKJZNTSS. STEVENS,. . NEAR THE DEPOT, M'HENRT. i Have & ouinmer J.ra46> i Gompl^^pejnerttl Stock for1 the Spring if. i *. -. S* S ' ' y la •W mrrki > -t ..diUJ.fr i&'tfts&W #1.'.i.r {r.A-o; M *$¥¥*$• :» '»* « i' *• \ ;rni •> FOB CASH. ;'v r f - I^TTlie Ilfgliest^r^t.JP^,;i»r JiUTTER A^K.'ECSG^;^ Ca.' h or Trade. •; 'l>. * t ,.n .**r1 McHenry, 111., 3d, *'4 : , f :; M yv.,t ; fX • \ 4 ' >. ".v • > . - ' *j- h BUCKLIN & STEVENS. " ' i R.: rJSfip • .,H < it -.v-V-mr < A. :p ' v; lL. M W?f!' lit- iikiU oJifj -i: i w , i'f i i viim^ 0' There's MULions |n It. ; ? • <-wm «i IK ' •• •= 'i ;.;>'ha» ' Buying t$$ 'Jtn.if H ii'f! cf V»*v i;' .fit* '-'r'm • •' 4H F R A N C I S C O , Opposite the Parker House, MCHEWBY, -' _ _ WTi -a He ̂ s setiing; celcbjrated Union Corn Planter, fh® ^!ie Two Horse Ohampion Cullivutor, the Best Ganuf Plow in the Mmr-1 ket, Carr, Scott & Oo.'s Threshing Machines, tlie 'celebrated wO-r!3 wheeled Kirby Reaper and ower, i ml'.; and other first cla«* The Improved MKADOW LAKK MOWER, and other first >I;iehi»e«T- 1*Hc Klrby Ke'aper">iit)d. Hfowur Is now acknowledgedIto havfc no euiml, a»<l will be sold as low as any other first class Machine in the Market, 90^. lie member 1 will u'ot be undeTjold wh^u first, class ..Machinery is fil coiJK^- petitiou. Call at my Shop'and examine Machinee and learn Prices. lj(5i ..' " FRANCISOO- McHenry, May 10th, 1670.