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-•*i" . ' _ % ', • -. "..V - |' • wv * ' fe f -, -ir"% 1 jrmm Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favors Win us and no Fear Shall Awe." VOL. L M'HENKY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1876. NO. 52. ]|«j|eBpy l̂ainiealeF. Published Every Wednesday by J.TAIV SLYHE Editor and Pnblieher. c© in Riverside Block, ^ Over Smith Bros. St COu*« Store. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: i« Year, (in Advance,) .. $1 50 f not Paid within Three Months,......;...2 00 iubscriptions received for three or six months n the same proportion. BUSINESS CARDS. • II. T. RltOWX, M. I>. HYSICIAN and Surjrcon. Office in Brick- Block over F. Ci. Mnves Clothing Store ater Street, McHenrv 111. E. A. BE EltS M. D. •HTgicrAS and Suvjreon. Office nt residence, two doors "west of Post Office, McIIenry O. J. HOW AST). M P. iHTSioiAN and Surgeon. Office at the store of Howard & Son, Mcllenry, Til. F. J. BARlil AN. CIGAR Manufacturer, Mctlenrv 111. tory No. 171. Orders solicited. Fac- RICIIARD BISHOP, A TTORNEY AND COITNSET OR AT 'LAW. J\ Office in re:ir of Murphv & Itisliop's Batik North Side Public Square, Woodstock, 111. GEO. A. BUCK LIN, NOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer and In-snrance Apont. OH'M-I at Burklin & Steven's Store, near the Depot, McIIenry, HI- E. E. RICHARDS. HAS a complete Abstract of Titles to land in McHenrv County, Ill'nois. Office with County Clerk, Woodstock. 111. D. A. POTTER, RICHMOND, ILL., Notary Public and Con­veyancer, IT. S. Claim, Insurance a Collecting Agent. FR. H KOI IT I .E. HOUSE, Sirni and Carriage Painter, McIIen-ry 111. Will do all work promptly and at reasonable rates. E. M. OWEN. GENERAL Dealer and Manufacturers Agent in Lending Farm Machinery. Prices low and Terms favorable. MCHENRY ILLINOIS. s GEO. SCIIREINER. ALOON and Restaurant. Nearly opposite the Parker House, McHenrv 111.* WFirst-Class Billiard and Pool Tables. J. BONSLKTT, SALOON and Restaurant. Nearly oppoeite Owen's Mill, McHenrv, 111. Fresh Oy sters •erved up in any shape desired, or tor sale by the Can. «TGOOD STABLING FOR HORSES.jr* JOS. WIEDEMANN. SALOON and Restaurant. Near the Depot McIIenry 111. . Boanlers by the day or week at reasonable rates. Warm and cold meals at all hours. 4®~Good Stabling for Horses. MCHENRY LIVERV STABLE. H. E. WIGIITM AN, Proprietor. First class rigs, with or without drivers, furnished at reasonable rates. Teaming of all kinds done on short notice. W. W. ELLSWORTH. BREEDER o the Celebrated Magie Hog. Also Light.'ind Dark Braluna Fowls. Pigs •hipped to all points by express. P. O. Aa- dress, Woodstock, III., ranted. ROBERT MURFITT, A WATCH-M AK ER of 18 years experience, has located at Nunda, and will give his atten­ tion to the Repairing of Clocks. Watches, &c. Shop in Watson & Co.'s Drug Store. All Work. PETER LEICKEM. REPAIRS Watches, Clocks, ant! Jewfilrv ni all kinds. Also Repairs Violins inthe"best possible manner, on short notice and at rea­ sonable rates. Also Violins for Sale. Sliop drat door North of Riverside Block, McHenrv IU. MCHENRY HOUSE. McHenrv, 111. John Karges Proprietor. Centrally located and the best of accom­ modations furnished. Charges reasonable. RICHMOND HOUSE. RICHMOND ILLINOIS. Frank Foster Pro­prietor. Good accommodations for all parties. Sampleroonis for Salesmen. Livery Stable attached. Public Hall for Lectures, 3hows &c., The McHenry Brewery. King & Herbes, Proprietors. THE best of Beer S*hipped to any part of the country and warranted as represented.-- Orders solicited and promptly attended'to. FRED. RENICII, CIGAR MANUFACTURER, -AND-- WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. For Sale. The nndersi'jned oilers for Sale, tne Brick Store on Water street, in the village of McHenrv, now occupied bv Mrs. C. H. Morev, •8 a Millinery store. It is Mx.'lft, the upper •torv being finished ofl'asa residence. TERMS? BEASONAIM.K. Impure of C. IL MOKEV Mi-Henry, III. Nov. 1st H75. For Sale. The undersigned offers or sn le his situated opposite t!i«- Riverside House, McHenrv, on the nio.-t reasonable terms. There is 'a good and substantial building, suit­ able for a store or other business, the upper part of which is i l l ted t ip for a residence. Con- nee ted with this is four acres of choice land, a good IKHU and some fruit. Persons contem- plating purchasing will t in. i l i t to their inter •8t to call and look this property over. F. A. Ill LIBARD. McIIenry I1L Aug. 16th 1875. BUSINESS CARDS. E. BENNETT, M. D., , SURGEON and Accoucher., Diseases of Women a Specialty. Offlceand Residence on Clay Street, Woodstock, 111. W. H. BUCK, M. D., HOMEOPATHIC Phytician and Surgeon.-- Office East Side Public Square, Wood­ stock, III. OiUce boars 11 to 12 A. M., and 2 to 4 P. M. " Waukegan Cigar Manufactory, E. WL DE£1K!S» Proprietor. Manufacturer and Wholesale Dealer m CIGARS, TOBACCO, --AND- Pipes of Every Description. 55 GENESEE STREET, WAUfeEGAN, ILL. O. W. OWEN, WATCH MAKER & JEWELER, MCHENRY ILL., Dealer in all kinds of American and Swiss Watches, Clocks from the best factories in the country. Silver, platedware, Silver Spoons, &c., ALSO AGENT FOR THE Weber and Bradbury Pianos AND THE Estey Organ ! Which we believe to be the best Organ in the market. We think we know that bv experi­ ence, and we believe it, for it is backed up by the Bes1 Musicians in the World. I also sell other Organs at less prices than the Estey, but can't reccommend them to be as good. O. W. OWEN. July 23. R.URPHY & BISHOP. BANKERS. Office North Side of Public Square, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. TRANSACTS a General Banking and Ex­change Business. Deposits Received.-- Interest allowed oil Special Deposits. Buy and sell United States Bonds,, Gold, Gold Exchange, etc. Exchange on all principal cities in Europe for sale. Woodstock. 111. rrni i-: owens Fox River Valley Mills. H. D. LUFF, Proprietor. McHenry - - - - Illinois. CONSTANTLY ON HAND. CUSTOM: GRINDING Done promptly, and satisfaction guaranteed Thankful f^»r past favors a continuance of patronage is respectfully solicited. ttiTTlie Highest M*r*it Price In Cash for good M'illing'Wl»«sii;fe 11. D. LUFF, Successor to Owen Bros. W. H. SANFORD, Merchant Tailor. In the store of C. II . Dickinson, East side of Public Square, WOODSTOCK, ILL. A good Stock of Fine Cloth# for Suit ings al- wa vs on hand. Suits made to order and a l i t warranted- Give me a call . W. H. SANFORD. Woodstock III., Sept. 27th, is75. 'kN IIOOT B I T T E R S . THIS BITTERS, for its intrinsic properties, is known as one of the Best Tonics of the Age. As a hixntive Liver Chaining, Blood Purifv- inir Medicine, i4^+H^*-rrTftT^ss^«ll l ' r ior . I t should be taken in t iuanti l ies from a Tablespoon full to a small wine glass full three t imes a day, according to the strensrth and age of the lnva- id or the degree of sickness. For Sale by the Cass or Bottle, --BY-- L. IvAPPLER, Patentee, Woocl^toolc, ill. Village Lot For Sale. Iot 1. Block 1. , West McHenrv, containing J one acre of land,« which is well fenced and on which is an Orchard ot good fruit , is now offered for sale on reasonable terms. I t is one of the most desirable building places in the vil lage. For further part icujars inquire at the Pr, . \TM»KAi.KU Office. « McIIenry, 111., March 1st , 1870. Farm For Sale. THE undersigned offers for sale his farm in the Town of Greenwood, consist ing of '240 acres of l irst class land, under a good state of cult ivation, well watered, prairie and good Timlier adjoining, good buildings, Fruit in £ood varietv, in fact evervthing consti tuting a good farm. Will be divided if desired. Terms very low, Inquire on the premises of GEO. II. GAKBISON. Greenwood 111. Apriyt8tb, 187#.. THE FACTS OF THE DEADLOCK. Ifsouiething is not done iu Congress soon to break the deadlock b«tween the two Houses, the Government all over the country may be seriously em­ barrassed. There has been a great deal of rhetoric expended on this mat­ ter, but figures have been somewhat scarce. The deadlock arises from the fact that the House has ventured on a retrenchment which the Senate con­ siders in a great measure to be imprac­ ticable. The series of the bills passed by the House bearing."'on this subject are twelve in number. The firt is the Military Academy bill. That was passed on the 3Jist of last January. The •Senate has consequently had five months to .consider It. The facts of it are as follows: The Department estimated that 8458,470 would be required to run the institution for the next fiscal year,1 though only $304,740 was required for that purpose during the year just,, ended. The House cut down the amount to §231,221, which was a reduc­ tion of $200,229 on the estimates, and of $138,499 over the current yeal*. The next is the pension bill, but that was something upon which no paring could be done, for it is composed of fixed amounts. The estimate of the department was $29, 533,500, and that sum exactly appropriated by the IIousC. This bill- al.«o passed the House on the 31st of last January and has since been iu the hands of the Senate. The (Jon- sulorand Diplomatic bill was attacked with a broad ax, It passed the House on the 10th of April last. The amount asked was $1,352,485--that amount con­ ceded $022, 547.50. This is a clean cut down of the salaries of ministers and' legations everywhere. Some people think that if iu the present condition of the w orld the whole service were abolished no great haim would be done. The consul alou^ are now needed and they pay for themselves--that is to «ay, the fees the}' receive about pay their salaries. The Fortification bill was. pretty 'much-hacked to pieces. It passed the House on the 15th of February- $3,- 400,000 \\ us asked, but only $315,000 was given. Who shall say that this is not a wise retrenchment, seeing that in.the present state of military science a sand battery has greater powers of resistance than the most elaborate masonry? A couple of days bombard­ ment knocked Fort Sumter into a cocked hat. Hut out of the Legislative •Judical and Executive bill money was shoveled by the million. It was passed on the 25th of last April. The amount asked was £20.^36,307--the amount giv­ en $13,009,801 Gl. There was expended uudejr this head last year $18,734,225, but the country is not unfamiliar with the war. It cos^s millions now to run a Federal Jtldical district where a few thousands used to sitlliee. For rivers and harbors--perhaps the most meritorious of all the items-- 814,301,100 was asked, but only $5,872,- 850 was conceded. For dcficiences $2,722,471 70 was nsked, and only $071,- 48G 73 voted ; tor postoftice $47,939,805- 99 was asked, $33,739,109 voted; for Navy $20,871 ,G66 40. asked, «12,482,855 40 voted, which would render diHkult any further cos,tly beating of the tom-tom for the frightening of foreign nations; for Indians, $5,787,005 05 asked $3,979,- 602 11 voted; for army, 33.3-18.708 50 asked $23,331,070 voted; sundry, $32,- 560,475 asked, 13,626,981 54 voted. These several items make a reduction of $G4,608,027,50 on the estimates of the Departments and an actual reduction over the expenses of last year of $39,- 421,901 50. This is what the House has done in the way of retrenchment. If it is prac­ ticable, it would no doubt be a great relief to the overburdened masses. This series of bills was passed by the House between the 31st of January and the Gth of June. In a great many of these reduction the Senate has refused to concur, but no official statement lias yet been made of the condition in which the several bills left its hands. THE INDIA NSh We have a war upon oar hands. The entire press opinion has condemned the present peace policy of our country which permits such horrible massacres .to be made by the aid of the govern­ ment. The Sioux Indians are furnish­ ed with arms and ammunitions under the pretext that tl^ey are necessary to their hunting expeditions, while at the same time they are furnished with pro­ visions and clothes by the general gov­ ernment. The philosopher that would treat wi'tli the Indians, and especially the Sioux, through the scheme of mor­ ality presented by most of the theo­ rists, would, if he Avert, present to par­ ticipate in making peace, which is too seldom the case, find himself scalped and stretched out on the plains. Those who take a practical, common-sense view of the situation from a natural love of life friends and his race, readily concludes that the best method to save precious lives will be to annihilate the warriors and cease to furnish arms to hostile tribes for the purpose of self- destruction. The sickly sentimental peace policy of the government has, in the death of General Custer, and the destruction of his command, received its just rebuke, Members of Congress no\y see the full force ot the Indians power for destruc- tibn. and seeing are not loth to take an active part in remedying the evils whice have proven so disastrous to the lives of our soldiers. There has never been any pros­ pect of the success of the parties who have been trying to open the doors of the Philadelphia Exhibition on Sun­ days. The great majority of the Cen­ tennial Commissioners are opposed to Sunday opening in a way that admits of no change of judgment; and they have been made to feel that the weal­ thy and influential portion of the com­ munity was on their side. Neverthe­ less they agreed to listen to arguments in favor of Sunday opening; and on Thursday last, a number of representa­ tive men delivered such arguments be­ fore them, but when the vote on the subject was taken, Friday, it was found that three-fourths of the Commission­ ers took ground, as they had always done, against Sunday opening. It is of no use to agitate the subject further, so far as the hope of practical results is concerned. Dinners 25 Woodstock.. cents Yankee Bakery, KISHWAtlKEE CLUB. Club met pursuant to adjournment at the residence of Osgood Joslyn, on the afternoon of July 12, 187G. The best methods of securing hay and grain crops w ere quite fully considered, and it was the general opinion that grass should be cut when iu full bloom. Cut when free from dew. sav from 9 A. M. to 1 r. 31., and put the same in small bunches before 4 r. M. Hay thus treat­ ed can be put in barn or stack much sooner than.many believe. If a trifle damp, and considerable green use sladed lime sparingly. Salt recom­ mended to restore color to bleached hay. Graindent free from dew and be­ fore quite ripe, shocked and capped, recommended as the best method. The subject of the Club experiments came up incidentally, one member stat­ ing that thus far in the season, an acre of on which was sown one barrel of sifper-phosyhate, stands ahead of a like acre on which was spread twenty loads of barnyard manure. This subject will have some attention at the next meet­ ing, to be held at the residence of L. W. Sheldon, August 16, one o'clock p. M. The subject to come under discus­ sion at this time is, 'The best methods of securing and disposing of the crop." G. W. Dietz, J. Frink and I. Boies will open the discussion. The Committee to report September question consists of L. W. Sheldon, Z. Goodrich and O. Joslyn. Tiios. McD KICIIAHDS Pres. |®*Mr. Wm. D. Robinson wffb for thirty-two years has been Cashier of the Xew York Cue-tom House, and has received and paid'-out over six thous­ and millions of dollars, died Inst week in Xew York. His opportunities for speculation were boundless but no breath of suspicion of his honesty ever tarnished his fame and not one c?nt was ever- lost to the government through him. In the midst of numer­ ous defalcations it is pleasant to think that ninety-nine out of an hundred of those to whom great funds are intrust­ ed pass through life as guileless,as he. BgafTwelve months since there were two couples married in this city at precisely the same hour; a child was born to each at the same hour; last week both children died at the same hour, and were buried at the same hour in two adjacent sections at Oakland Cemetery. The parties are in no wise related, and, we learn, are not even acquaintances. Mutual friends have observed and reported these re­ markable coincidences.--Atlanta ((?a.) Commonwealth. 95th RE-UNION. l*he re-union of this gallant old regi­ ment takes place this year at Geneva Lake, Sept. 4th. As the tftne is draw­ ing near, the various committees will need to be looking up their work in or­ der to report at the next meeting at Harvard, on the first Ttiesday in August. At the preliminary meeting held last November, the following committees were appointed: Capt. A. S. Stewart, Lt. Walker, Q. M, Southworth and Sargt. Early were appointed a committee on tents, aftd ordered to make requisition on L». Gen. Sheridan for the same. Capt. Xish, Lts. Southwortb and Walker were appointed a committee on grounds. Maj. Loop, Capt. Berkley, Lt. Wood, OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. WABHIHGTO*, D, c„ July 20th, ISM Oft® of our Sunday papers very hap^ pily expressed how Intensely hot ttea weather in th?s city is by saying, that his Satanic Majesty had come here o» a visit, but after staying a few hour# had been compelled to return to the' regions of bliss below to cool qJT. Orf last Saturday and Sunday, there werff thirteen cases of sunstrofce, nearly alt of which proved fatal. . The massacre of General Crtster and his Command, instead of uniting both of ihe political parties in Congress to at once take steps to prevent the re­ currence of such an affair at any time in the future, has served as the means of rather widening the breach be­ tween them, and been the cause of bit* Col. John M. Southworth, 8th Cavalry, and Col. Oilman of the loth were ap­ pointed a committee on correspondence aud invitations. Lt. Col. Avery, Lt. Wells and Capt. Tryon were appointed a committee on music. Committee on Finance--Capts. Nish, Skellenger, Sarg. Iloren, Lts. Hoffman, Barber and Sarg. Randall. Committee on Hospital and Hospital Stores--Surgeons Green, Merrltt and Groesbeck. Commit tee on Rations--Capt. J. Eddy, Lts. Cutter, Alderman, Sarg. Andrews, Lt. Keeler, Lt. Geo. Eckert, Lt. Wedg­ wood, Frank Packer, Sarg. Reynolds, and Sarg. Boswortli. ^ On motion it was resolved that each one be requested to furnish themselves with beds and bedding, blankets, etc., and also rations. Congress has granted a pension of $50 a month to Gen. Custer's widow and a like sum to his father and mother. This is well, and it will be still better when suitable pensions are voted to the widows and orphans of the brave fellows who fell with Custer. These deserve pensions, and probably need the generous aid of the Government more than Mrs. Custer, or the General's father and mother. It is understood that the committee will report a bill for the purpose at an early day. The sooner it is done the better it will please the people.--Post &'Mail. EASTKKN WOMEN. The only news ^received from the theatre of war in Europe since our last review of events is more romantic than political.. Though it seems now pretty certain that one of the three Servian army corps has been defeated by the Turks, the military aspect of the ques­ tion remains yet unaltered, and a big fight is daily expected in the neighbor­ hood of Nisch. But we are told of a quite new feature in Eastern warfare. Women in the East, and especially Turkish women, were wont to im­ itate those Corinthian spinsters who threw tiles from the roofs of their houses upon Pyrrluis's troops trying to force their way through the streets of the Grecian cftv, and who even suc­ ceeded in killing Pyrrhus himself. It is said now that the Turkish'women fired from the windows with revolvers on the Servian troops, when the latter entered the town of Belina. On the other hand, the Christian women have not yet followed the example of their Missolonghi sisters who killed cach other rather than fall alive into the hands of the Turks; it is stated, in fact, that the latter have'violated and after­ wards killed all the Christian ..women of a captured Bulgarian town. We hear, besides, of flvo and six thousand killed and wounded, at the same time; and this war threatens to£be as bloody as that of 1827, and those carried on by All Pacha, the ferocious Vlion of Tebe> len." • - - The report is repeated, from Indian sources, bnt still needs confir­ mation, that Sitting Bull, the chief of the hostile Sioux, was among the killed in the fight which resulted so fatally to General Custer aud his command. The same report states that two other chiefs were killed at the same time, together with about 400 of the Indian warriors. How little things reveal the real greatness of some men. When Sam Cox called Cliairmau McClernand a sneak and a coward, Mac's Adam's apple rose afcd fell like the craw of a puffer pigeon, but beyond that he made no sign.--Broofttyn Argus, ggjT'An Irishman went to the theatre for the first time. Just as the curtain descended on the first act an engine in the basement exploded, and he "was blown through the roof, coming down in the uext street. After coming to his senses he askedr "An' what piece do you play nixt.?" £@T'There is a good deal of consola­ tion just now in the thought that a man who drops a fivedollar bill into the contribution box suffers just as much from the heat as one who puts in a Counterfeit quarter and takes out a couple of good ten-cdnt pieces for change.--Norwich Bulletin. fgp- A Chicago surgeon called in the night to perform an operation, put the necessary instruments in a bag and started. A policeman stopped him, examined the contents of the bag, re­ fused to believe that they were not burglar's tools, and arrested the stur­ geon. Hgf The future pitcher and catcher of some champion base-ball nine were observed yesterday practicing with a half brick done up in an old stocking. This is what may be called the ragged edge of the game. ter recriminations. The Republicans say that the slaughter is a powerful ar­ gument against the reduction of the Army as proposed by the Democrats, aud that they will now oppose it more bitterly than ever. The Democrats re­ tort by saying that if the three or four thousand troops spred all through the South,for political purposes, were only sent to the frontier, the Army would be amply large enough even after the proposed reduction; and that the re­ cent changes in the military depart­ ments of tfre South is simply for the purpose of more effectively using the Federal troops to Insure a Republican victory next fall. The ten days extension of the fiscal year having elapsed, another extension of ten days has been made, so as to keep the wheels of the Government In motion, but little hopes are felt that the dead-lock will be broken even when this extension is up. Both parties have been so loud in their boasts of what tht'y would and would not do, that neither one now feels that it can consistently *'eat crow," and recede from the stand which they have taken. If the Lord, in his divine goodness and mercy, would only send the whole troop of them out to grass for seven years, as he did Nebuchadnezzar, of old, we Wasliingtonlans,at least, would bow in meek submission to his will and heartily sajr, amen. We have again been called on to en­ tertain a Royal visitor, in the person of Don Carlos, the late would-be King of* Spain. Unlike Dom Pedro, he does1 not make the slighest attempt to go^ sight-seeing, or to study our Institu' tions, but spends his time principally in smoking and trying to keep cools Although able to gpeak English, he re­ fuses to do so, but is willing to converse in Spanish, French or Italian. His whole policy seems to be summed up in the short sentence "Let me alone and mind your own business." It is said that he is being closely watched by the' Spanish agents, as be is suspected of being on his way to Cuba for the pirtv pofe of raising an insurrection there. The Impeachment trial is still going on, but bids fair to be much shorter thai was expected. Tnus far no materially new evidence has beeu adduced. Afr»~ cording to the story of Marsh, thechltf witness far the presecntion, he paid' Belknap regularly it portion of what he got tor the Fort Sill Tradersliip, bat' had no regular agreement with hisn?' but, although he had no regular agree-*' ment, either Belknap or his wifo w%- always around when the money WW due. M^s. Belknap lorded it with a hfglf hand in society, and snnbbed Mrs*' Marsh because she was only a **Post Trader's wife." Mrs, Marsh knowing' that her husband bought many of the fine feathers that helped to make Mrs. B. a fine bird, said *A Port Trader's' wife it every bit as good as those who' take bribes from Post Traders,w and from that one remark comes all this ex" posure. PATENTS. fta^-The use of tne editorial vwe" prevails in the South, as will be seen bs the following remark in the Pvris (Tenn.) Intelligencer'. *If we escape the hog cholera this season, there will he a large Burplus of pork next winter." ^Doctor," said a lady to her ptiy^ sician, "don't you think the small bon­ nets that the ladies wear nowadays havh a tendency to yroduoe congestion of the brain?" "No, madam, where you see one of those bonnets no brain to congest. B@-A well kuown saloon keeper at Albany made a bet of four dollars on Friday that he could eat a fried eel weighing eight pounds, with soda* cracker accompaniement, at one sitting, and wash down the little collation with a gallon of cider. He won the bet, and is actually looking for another* victim. Phil Sheridan thinks the regu­ lars can attend to Sitting Bull without calling out any volunteers. Never the-" less, wouldn't it be better to make ** sure thing of it next time. General* ^"Xo objections to spetfdW few weeks with the family at Saratoga- or Long Branch." concludes a recentf advertisement of"Situation WantedJ^ How obliging Bridget's getting to> hef FancrXote and Letter Paper, wtt|i envelopes to match. Very neat stytn* At O. W. Owen's- ^ C's