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" Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favors Win ua and no Pear Shall Awe." VOL. 2. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1877. Np. 25. eufy Published Every Wednesday by J.VAJV SLYKB Editor and Publisher. Office In Bivefside Block) Over Sqilth fcros. 8k C<x'a . •* TERMS OF BttftSCftlPTIOtf: )»« Year, (lh Advance,) .(1 (50 tf not Paid Within Three Months,.. 2 00 Snbscrlptions received for three or stxWonths |a the same proportion. BUSINESS 0ARDS. H. T. BROWN, M. I>. PHYSICIAN and Surgeott. Offlee in ttrick Block over F. G. Mavfts Clothing Store Water Street, Mellenry tli. P 111. E. A. BEERS M. IX iHTStciAN and Surgeon> Office attesidence, two doors west of Post Offiee, McHfer.ry <0. J. HOWARD, M D. HTRICIAK and Surgeon, Office at the atone of Howard A Son, McHenry, til. T. J. BARBlAN. CIGAR Manufacturer, MoHehrv 111 Fac­tory No. 171. Orders solicited. RICHARD BISHOP, A TWRXEY AXll COUNSELOR AT LAW. Office in vear of Murphv & Bishop^ Bank mrth Side Public Square, Woodstock, til. GEO. A. BUCKLIN, NOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer and In­surance Atrent. Office at Buckihi ft Steven's 8tore, near the D$pot, McHenry, 111. E. E. RICHARDS. HAS * complete Abstract ot Titles to land in MfHfflirv County, Illrnois. Office with County Clerk, Woodstock, III. ROUT. WRIGHT. Manufacturer•f OwsKsam Made Boots and Shoes. None l»*rt tt»e best *>f material «Hd and all work •warranted. ShopXTMrtlnrest •corner Psnblic Square, McHenry, Hi. • I FR. HECHTLE. HOUSE, Sitrn and Carriage Painter, WcHen-ry 111. Will do all work promptly and at treasonable rates. Cr tE. M. OWEN. ENTERAL "I>eaVor and Manufacturers . Agent in Leading Farm Machinery, rices low and Terms fiavoraMie. MCHENRY - 1LLTO0IS. G&Q. SCHREINER. SALOON and B^Staurant. Nearly opposite| the Parker House, McHem-y 111. ° SVFirst-Class Billiard and Pool Tables. J. BONSLETT, SALGtBVT and Restaurant. Nearly oppoeite Owen's Mill, McHenry, III. FreshOvsters •Mrvefl n piin amy rffcape «{jesirecL, «>r 4<w sate by tfie Can. «9^0(»D STABLIlfG FOR BORSE&<jar JOS. WIEDEMANN. SALOON and Restaurant. Near the Depot McHenry 111. RomMers by the day or week at reasonable rates. Warm aud cold Mais at all hours. S9"Good Stabling for Horses. MCHENRY LIVKEV STABLK. H. E. WIGHTMAX, f'roprletor. First class rijrs, with or without drivers, furnisher! at reasonable rates. Teaming of all kinds 4one on short notice. W, W. ELLSWORTH. BREEDER o the Celebrated Magie Hog. Also Light *nd Dark Brahma Fowls. Pigs shipped to all points by express. P. O. Ad- 4ress, Woodstock, III,., arranted. ROBERT MUUFITT, AWATCH-MAKERofiSyears experience, has loeated at Nunda, -and will give his atten­ tion to the Repairing of Clocks. ^Watches, Stop in Watson & Co/s Drug Stoi'«. All Wort PETER LEICKEM. REPAIRS Watches, Clocks and Jewelrv of all kinds, Also Repairs Violins in the west possible manner, on short notice and at sea- fondMle rates. Also Violins for Sale. Shop Ant door North of Riverside Block, Mctteg#y fU* MCHENRY HOUSE, "TLfcHenrv, 111. John Karjyes Proprietor. ITl Centrally located and the best of accom- iiaodations furnished. Charges reasonable. RICHMOND HOUSE. BICHMOND ILLINOIS, Frank Foster Pro­prietor. Good accommodations for all Sarties. Sample table attached. Shows &e., prieto irties. Samplerooms for Salesmen, Livery Public Hall for Lectures, The McHenry Brewery. King $ Herbeg, proprietors, THE best of Beer Shipped to any part of the country and warranted as represented Orders solicited and promptly attended to. FRED. RENICH, CIGAR MANUFACTURER, -ASP- WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS, PATENTS. Persons 4#e}jring to take #ut Patents, or da- Siring infompatton from tfe# U. S. Patent Office should coMttJt F, A- LEHM4NK, SOLICITOR OF AMB^IGAV ANI> FQREfGN PATENTS, Washington, D. 0. Examinations free. NO PATENT NO PAY, Send for Circular. For Sale. T>be undersigrted offers for Sale, ine Brtck on Water Street, in the village of McHenry, now occupied by Mrs. C. H. Morey, I a Millinery Store. It U 14x:i5, the uppjjr ory "being flashed off asi^ residence. TERMS ENABLE. Inquire qf C. II, MOREY Itaxj, IU, NOT. 1st p7& BUSINESS CARDS. E. BENNETT, M. D., SURGEON and Ac-oncher, Diseases of Women a Specialty. Office and Residence on Clay Street, Woodstock, 111. W. H. BUCK, M, D.k HOMEOPATHIC Phvtician and swrgeon.-- Office East Side Public Square, Wood, stock, 111. Office hours 11 to 12 A, M., and 2 to 4 P.M. CHARLES ROUSE. BARBKit- slnving, flair Cutting. Sham­pooing and everything pertaining tothe business done in the best stvle of the art. near the Depot, McIIenrv. W. H. SANPORD, Merchant Tailor. tn the store of C. H> Dickthson^ East tfde Of PaWic Square, ' woomtoc% ILL. A gt>0(l Stock of Fine Cloths for Suitings al­ ways ton hand. Suits made to of frer aud a lit warranted- Give me a call. ^ W% ft SAliFORDw Woodstock 111., Sept. f?th, 1875. Removed. FROM the I^rerside rtou.se t» the Brlfk Store, opj*>stte Owens' Milt, where I wilt open a lirst class Saloon aud Restaurants J J, WEBER. M.KNCELN. G U N - S M I T H . Will change mtvt- tle loaders, both singte and double, to breach loaders. Keeps on hand all kinds of Ma­ terial. Alt wwrk warranted. Shop Southeast Comer Piihlic, Square, McHenrv, 111. O. W. OWE£N, WATCH MAKER & JEWELER, MCHENRT ILL, Deafter in all kinds ot Americam aa< Watches, Olocks from the beat factories £n Cbe country. Silver, platedware, Silver figweea, ACy, ALSO AGENT FOR TSBE Weber and Bradbury Pianos AND THE Estey Organ I Which <we l»elieve ito be the best Organ in the market. We think we know that by experi­ ence, and we lielieve it, for it is backed up by the Besl Musicians in the World. I also sell other organs at less prices than the Estey, but can't reccouiiwend them to be as good. O. W. OWEN. juiv sa. IV E W t Maftet, JOHN LANSING, Having opened a New Meat Market, in his Blodk, NEAR THE DEPOT, Is now* prepared to furnish all who may ffiv« him a call with FRESH AND SALT KEATS Of All Kinds, PO UL TR r, SA USA G/J, &c.y&c At as Low Prices as at any other Market in he (County. I keep none but the best of Mcnts. and my Sausage is made by an experience<1 Sausage maker, and are warranted the best. <GSi~Give me a Call. JOHN LANSING. McHenry, Nov. 14th, 1876. JOTfl PAPER IS OH ITU! VfllW Whore AdvecUsinK Contractu nan b* nw"' NOTICE. 50,000 lbs. of fool Mi I --AT THE-- JANESVILLE WOOLEN MILLS NORTH MAIN STREET. f*HE subscribers wish to inform theiv patrons X and everybody that thoy will manufac­ ture their Wool into good substantial Cassi- mere ., Doeskins, Flannel and Stocking Yarn, on shares or by the yard or pound, on satisfac tory terms; or will "buy their Wool and pay the highest market price, and sell them good substantial Onssimeres at $1,00 per yard, and all other goods at the same rate. 'Will pay half cash on good fine lots, not too small. Will all other goods at the same ra jwy Express charges on all lots of Wool of 50 pounds or more and return the goods free ot eiiarge. Willcard their Wool into rolls for 6c i«er pound ; also card Wool the same day when brought from a distance, if i>ossible." Will dress their cloth on the usual terms. Carpets trashed; price Scents per yard, Farmers, pa­ tronize home industry. %Mt<f*. ' IN exchange for Goods, WW dfllGQy** Wool-Grease, Tallow fan! Wood, for which the highest price will be paid. F. A. WHEELER * 00. r Janeaville, Wie,.Xay 80th, 1878. GOOD SCHOOLS. EDtTOR t»I.AINDEALER ff« would like to occupy A little space in your paper with the subject mentioned And while tve do not expect to say anything new or startling, we would like to call particular attention to the subject as it has a great influence over all grades of society. Juit what the essentials for a good school are, has never heen agreed upon. And we do not purpose to enumerate all the requisites but wilhpresent a few thoughts in regard to the things which seem to us positively necessary, and. without which Complete success is impossible. One of the first is a good teacher We know the word "good" has a variety of uses but still it is the word we want. Much has been written as to the qualifi­ cations of the ucoming teacher," and if it be necessary that he possess all the wisdom and grace usually ascribed to him, he will be a long time "coming.'* A good teacher must have a good edu­ cation, aptness to teach and abilit}* to govern. His education should be something more than mere book-knowl- e<dge. He should not only bo able to reason from cause to effect and from effect to-cause, but he should have a large fund of information on all the practical affairs of life. By aptness to teach, we mean the faculty of so arranging and present­ ing facts as to make them easily un­ derstood. Many persons with a good education fail £u not being able to make gtl&in what they attempt to teach. These failures are frequently attributed to au indistinct understand­ ing of the subject by the teacher, but this is not always the case, for if it were so the former proposition would not be applicable as they would het have good educations. With his other qualifications comes che ability to govern, and this is by no means a common qualification, al­ though if it is true as claimed by some that when our school-boards do their duty as prescribed by the law it will talceall the responsibility from teachers In this respect, theu, of course, no abil­ ity to govern will be necessary. It is our opinion, however, that this qualifi­ cation will alw-ays be regarded as es­ sential to a good teacher. We have now spoken very briefly of some of the requisites for a good teacher, and in addition to these he should be a person of good habits, en­ ergetic and have a love for his work. Not that good teachers do or ought to teach merely for the love they bear the work for you might with just as much propriety expect the merchant to give von a piece of cloth becanse it is a trood artiele. or the mechanic to work lor nothing because he ia a skillfu workman. The successful merchanti has a love for his work, the skilled mechanic has a love for his, and if the teacher has not for his he is out of his place. There is more difficulty in dis­ tinguishing between a good and poor teacher than with other workmen as the mind is not shaped in one day or a year but if he shows no enthusiasm, no desire'to excel or even improve then we may Safely conclude he is lacking one important qualification. With your permission Mr. Editor, we will speuk in another article of some of the other requirements lor a good school. PED- SLKEJP AND DISK AMINO. Do we sleep withou; dreaming? The question has beefi discussed both by •ncients and moderns. Hippocrates, Plato, Liebnitz, Descartes, Cabanis and other eminent physicians and philoso­ phers take the affirmative. They hold, substantially,that it is the body which sleeps, the soul that dreams; that the former needs rest and that the latter does pot; that, while physically fetter­ ed, tljie souPs natural expression is in dream. The soul being immortal, in­ capable, independent of stay or stop, must neoessaily and perpetually dream Because we do not remember our dreams is no proof that we do not have them. Persons on waking will feel confident that they have not dreamed, aud yet during the day some outward happening or passing thought will by force of association recall the dreams they had entirely forgotten. It is even questionable if dreams ever go entirely out of memory. They may npt be reoolleoted for a week, a month or a year, but they $re some time, though in so vague and shadowy a man* nerqe to lose (heir identity.--Montreal Gazette. i^There is great difference in the two sons of Mr, Vanderbilt. William H. is a real man, strong and talented as his father, but of Cornelius, Jr., little can be Slid, and the less the better, The old Commodore understood his boys, for while he "provided for" Cor­ nelius, he munificently endowed Williati) H. with wealth for himselfftud his children to follow him. Boys CJothing, at F, G, Mayes, SPECIAL CORRIOSrOXDEXCS. The latest phaze of the war on Gam­ blers.--The New York llcrald to the Rescue--The attack on Murtagh.-- The Sleighing Carnival in Washing­ ton.--The verdict in the Bennett-May quarrel.--Grover, Cronin and a tnys- terious $8,000.--No progress in the Presidential Complication*^. WASniNGTOjr. I). C., Jiln. 8th, 1677 The gamblers have ta^eu heart oyer their new ally, as they considir it. the New York Herald. On Saturday it appeared, breathing destruction^ Mr. Mutagh, proprietor of the Republican who is credited with the paternity of the movement which in Ifcss than three weeks, has almost hermetically closed up every gambling den in this District, and which if properly directed and sup­ ported, Bids fair to permanently rid our city of this clan of Spongers. The President's peremtory demand for the resignation of the Police Commission­ ers has been complied with, but Mr. Murtagh was retained. The uew ap­ pointees are all gentlemen of estab­ lished reputation. Including among the numbers, Hon Fred Douglas. The character of the new Board is every­ where accepted as proving that no step backward will be taken in the fight against the leaders who are every­ where attended by the curses of ruined men and the execrations of thousands ot women who are compelled to witness with breaking heart* the destruction of husbands, fathers and sons who are unable to resist the mad infatuation for gambling, the indulgence in which has been made so easy in our city by the indolence, inefflcency or conni­ vance of our officials. The counter movement of the opposition, as fore­ shadowed by the Herald, is to be in- augerated by a member of Congress, when ah attempt-will be mtde to show that MT. Murtagh last winter solicited the aid of Chief Richards and several detectvoe with a view to enticing Mr. Whit&born, Chairman ef the committee that last winter investigated Secretary Robenson, into a gambling house or other places of evil report, arrest and make him notorious by a trial before tlie police court of this District. Alt this for the alleged purpose of destroy­ ing his (Whltthorn's) credibility and thus break the force of an anticipated unfavorable report. Mustagh has in vited the ill will ol an unscrupulous and a relentless enemy. He will be persued with purpose as deadly as that which esteemed a cardinal virtue among Molly Maguires. No stone will be left unturned that can contribute to the success of those who have vowed his destruction. He meets the the charge with an absolute denial and defies his enemies to do their worst. The war­ fare upon the gamblers is fast assu­ ming national importance, and what­ ever the result maybe upon individual participants, the fraternity of thieves and robbers are likely to be ground to powder between the upper and uether millstone of public opinion. The slelghiug which will render the first week of the year of grace 1877, memorable for many years, both be­ cause of its exceptional occurrence and because the entire community, almost abandoned itself to the rare enjoyment of sleighriding and coasting, was irre­ parably damaged by the heavy rain of Saturday and the succeeding night; and what was seared, is rapidly disap­ pearing under the influence of the mild weather now prevailing. No more an­ imated a scene, I verily believe could have been witnessed in any part of the world, than those of Thursday, Friday ftljd Saturday of last week, on Pennsyl­ vania Avenue. Every sleigh from the surrounding country, as well as many trom Baltimore, appeared to be in town. Large numbers of late importa­ tions from Northern cities arrived in season to participate; and that superb street, ten rods wide, straight as an ar­ row from the foot of Capitol Hill to the Treasury, was filled and crowded with every imaginable form of vehicle or runners, with their freight of revel­ lers, It was a sight the like of which was never before seen here, and not of­ ten, oertainly, anywhere. Hundreds ef the oocupants were in masquerade oos- tuuie--fantastic, historic, polltioal and religious events, were all represented, Even the horses seem to feel the con­ tagion of fun and frolio everywhere prevalent, banishing for the time the bitterness of political differences, and making carnival one of unrestricted good fellowship. Even a "corner" was effected in the hand sled market by the indulgent parents of the juveniles. One consequence of the heavy snows, saturated by the rain on the nearly flat tin roofs of a majority of the buildings in the Distriot, was not so pleasant. I venture to say that half the buildings of the city were found to be in $ leaky condition on Saturday af­ ternoon or during the night and almest every housetop was decorated by a ffhovellst" on Sunday morning clear­ ing the roofs of its burden of snow. Much damage itr some instance re­ sulted. add hereafter the roof will be as promptly attended to as the pave­ ment. Of course the fashionable swells, snobbs and Mist McHimzores of "soci­ ety" wer^ all profoundly moved over the Bennett--May affair. It Is regard­ ed. as- delightfully romantic--even "lovely." I believe the verdict of in­ telligent people generally. Is to the ef­ fect that Bennett deserved all he got and a gOod deal more; that he seems to have imbibed with other things the error that the possession of money ought to bring with it full liberty to outrage the feelings and sensibilities of others, with absolute exemption from punishment. But how much has Mr. May improved the humiliating po­ sition in which his sister was placed by Bennett's ignoble course? We have had our fill of those two typical Democrats of the Pacific coast, Grover and Cronin. The name of the latter appears destined to be handed down to remotest generations on ac­ count of his nose. Grover's effort to explain away the fraud he attempted to perpetrate at the expense of the people of Oregon, was a most igno­ minious failure. The few who chari­ tably acquitted him of a wrong motive before he made his appearance before the Committee, have generally with­ drawn all sympathy; and very fftw are fouud willing to apologise for eith­ er. After their testimony the couvic- tion can not be resisted that they acted their allotted part in a conspiracy set on foot iu New York, and that neither kuew or cared whether they were act­ ing in accordance with law or other­ wise. When the disbursement of eight thousand dollars, very intimately bear­ ing, apparently, on Grovers action, has been freed of all the mysteries by which It has been purposely surrounded we shall all be better able to judge of the motives underlying the perpetra­ tion of the outrage, and another proof will be added to the> already long list, of the honest methods adopted to sad­ dle the people of this nation with "Reformer" by installing S. J. Tilden in the White House, in violation of every principle of honesty and of rep­ resentative government. Congress did very little business last week, it being found quite impossible to obtain a quorum ill either House. The fact is that until we knew who Is to be our uekt Piesident, business in Congress as well as out of it. will only receive nominal attention. There ap­ pears to have been no progress made by either ths Senate or House portion of the Joint Committee appointed to devise a method for counting and de­ claring the electoral vote. MAXWELL. THE CAPITOL.-CONCLUDED. Statuary Hall.--Senate Chamber.-- House ef Representatives. WASHINGTON, & C., Jan. 8th 1876. The room formerly used as tha House of Representatives* is now the National Hall of Statuary, and was modeled af­ ter the remains of a Grecian Theater at Atheus. It is semi-circular in form and its roof is supported by columns of pudding-stone, or varigated marble, from Potomac quaries. In 1864 this room was set apart for its present use and Congress invited all the States to furnish one or more Statues, in marble or bronze, not exceediug two In num­ ber from each State, of distinguished citizens, now diseased, who had been residents thereof. Only Rhode Island. Connecticut. New York, Vermont, Massachusetts and New Jersey have as yet responded. Statues of General Greene, Roger Williams, Ethan Allen, John Wiuthorp anil some other Illus­ trious persons here, and also, the fa­ mous Vinule Ream statue of Lincoln, for which she received $15,000. A col­ lection of paintings for this room has also been commenced, but is not yet exteusive. The Senate Chamber, situated in the North wing of the Capitol will seat, including the galleries, abont 1000 per­ sons and the House of Representatives, in the South wing, 1,800. The bronze door, leading into the main entrance to the Senate wing, is another wonderful pieoeof condensed history. It is In two valves, one commemorating War and its couflicts, the other, Peace and its triumphs; and upon the panels of these valves are represented the Battle of Bunker Hill and Death of Warren, Battle of Monmouth and Gen. Lee. Hamilton In the seige" of York tew n. Death of a Hessian Soldier, "Peace** in Allegory, Ovation to Washington, In­ auguration of the first President and the laying of the corner stone of the Capitol. This door #iu Crawford's last work. It weighs 14,000 pounds and cost 956,000. . Above the door are Statues, by the same famous artist, of Justice and History, in American mar­ ble, The door Mid Statues were exe­ cuted iu America. Another of - Craw­ ford's productions may be seen above the enter entrance door of the Senate wing in which the history and condi­ tion ot the United States are set forth in a single group, which I will btit briefly describe. "America," in the center of the group, holds some laurel wreaths toward each of her citizens as have earned their honors. An eagl* and the rising sun support her. typical of the strength and youth of the natiba. Progress and Civilization are represen­ ted by a soldier, merchant, scholar and teacher; and the subduing of the for­ ests and savages, bv a pioneer hunter, andan Indian warrior lamenting oyer the extinction of his race. This piece of statuary is one of the richest adorn­ ments of the Capitol and many con­ sider'it Crawford's finest work. Of course I have omitted to mentloo many busts, statues, paintings and oth­ er decorations and ornamentations which may be seen in the galleries, stair-cases andante-rooms, which are none the less worthy of attention than many of which I have tried to write; but there are many places and objects in this ricinity which are extremely interesting that I wish t« tell you of and time and space would fail me, did I attempt to particularize more fully. The late snow storm obstructing many trains as it has, has delayed the return of many absent Congressmen and on this account active business has hardly yet been taken up. Thursday and Friday, however, a quorum was ob­ tained iu both Houses and several bills, petitions, Ac., were disposed of. suoh as giving 88 per month to soldiers of the Mexican, Black Hawk and Florida wars, or to their widow*&c. The Committees for counting the electorial vote have met severally many times but not jointly as yet. It is said that as soon as all needful auth­ orities and precedents are looked up these Committees will come together, drcide upon some plan for the counting aud submit with a report to Congress as will be so altogether satisfactory and (ferfect as to require little if any discussion or revising. The Commit­ tee is a good one and if it fails in ita object it would scarcely be possible t* appoint one that could succeed. Mr. Barnes, the New Orleans Tele­ graph manager, who refused to deliver up certain papers and telegrams that have passed through his affice relative to the election in Louisiana, was ar­ ranged before the bar of the House, on Thursday, for contempt, but at the re­ quest of his counsel, was granted till Friday at 2<o'clock to make his answer, which he did, at that time, in so able and forciable a manner as to cause the House immediately to refer the wholo affair to the Judiciary Committee thereby tacity surrendering their point. A similar case is before the Senate of W. C. Turner,an operator la Oregon, but yesterday, after a length? and interesting discussion of the sub­ ject and of the privacy and publicity of telegrams in general, the Senate, being without a quorum, did not finally dispose of the case but allowed it to ge^ ove r till Monday. M. M. W, Mr.- a HULK'S WEIGHT*; < -,of a certain town Ver­ mont. is not distinguished for liberali­ ty. His ruling passion is a fear of being cheated. The loss, whether real or fancied, of a few cents would glvo him more pain than the destiuctionof an entire uavy. He once bought a large cake of tallow at a country store, at ten cents a pound. On breaking it to pieces at home It was found to contain a large oavity. This he considered a disclosure of fft- pidity and fraud. He drove furiously back to the store, entering in great ex* citement, bearing the cake of talluw, exclaiming, vehemently: "Here, ycu rascal, you have cheated me! Do you call that an honest cake sf tallow f It is hollow, and there ain't near so rnuoh as there appeared ta to* 1 want you to make it right*" "CertainlyV replied the merch*«fes "I'll make it right. I didn't know this oake was hollow. You paid ten c»«ts % pound. Now, Mr. , howmtwhfe you suppose the hole will weigh J9*It appears that Great BrltftUwtr at least its colonies, suffered their new interpretation of the extlft* dition treaty than was expected. QRB* ada is unfortunately so near the UoHted States that its delinquents can very easily take refuge on our side the line, and our culprits as easily And shelter there. When the Canada fugitives were demanded of our authorities,, Secretary Fish had to reply (ti%t th» treaty was abrogated by the Qritim government he oould neither make or entertain a demand for a rendition of fugitives wtder it. This axplici though unpalatable deo!stoulia$ throw* a flood of light upon the tjtte&tlon thai bad heeusei prepiexing and tutric&tfe . 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