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.1 ' < - * - • * . ,-'~t **- ^ ^ f • H < /-K "m.xte in » ' I *•••'•*" WEDXESDAY. JAN. 17th, 1$77. jr. VJLJNT SLYKE, Editor. MTUOSC «f the #12,000 lately missed from the U. S. Cash Room In Washing­ ton has been restored, presumably by Fred. 8. Window, on* of tho Clerks, who was afterward arrested, and found In possession of two of the still missing #100 bills. Winslow was formerly manager of the f raudently conducted Scandinavian Bank of Chicago, and the nan who procured his appointment to « responsi ble place under the Govern­ ment has now a new responsibility up­ on hie own shoulders. MTTho Hauford-Stillifft* which caused so much excitement throughout the country some time ago, will soon come up for trial again. Mr Robert G. lagers® 11 has beon retained to •asistin the defense, and the prosecu­ tion will be conducted by the new* state's attornney, Mills, assisted by Mr Van Arman. The day has not been, set? but in all probability it will be taken up very early in February. Judge McAllister, the one before whom it was tried, will preside at the coming trial. MTThe subject of outrage* upon American citizens upon the border of the Rio Grande by the revolutionists, Is occupying the attention of our gov­ ernment, and orders will soon be issued to our army and naval forces in that quarter with a view to thefr protection, a* there is now no govemflMnt in Mex­ ico to wliieh an appeal can be made for that purpose. As regards tlte Indian marauders who cross into Texas, the question is likely to be brought to the attention of Congress whether outrages ou American citieens shall be permitt­ ed to oontinue or whether this govern­ ment shall take into its own hands the manner and methods of redress. MP*The question whether the United States government or the stockholders of the Centennial Exhibition are first to be paid from the pretits of the Ex­ hibition is to be decided by the Conrts. A bill in equity has been filed in the United States Circuit Court, at Phila­ delphia, in which the Board of Finance desire the Court to direct what shall he done with the balance of about 92, 000,000 which they have on hand. The Assistant Treasurer at Philadelphia claims $1,500,000 to be returned to the government. The bill passed by Con­ gress appropriating that amouut was ao obscurely drawn as to afford a peg to hang a doubt upon iu rc fere nee to tho refunding of their money. MT It was shrewdly suspected JL time Hie buildings on the Ceoteunial grounds were in construction, that the beautiful and costly stone edifice erect- «d by the city of Philadelphia was in­ tended for soraeUting more permanent thau a Memorial Hall or Museum of Art. The intention is now made mani­ fest by a message sent to the City Councils by Mayor Stokely, who sug­ gests to them that they request the State Legislature to enact a law chang­ ing the capitol from Harrisburg to Philadelphia. When that is effected, the new capitol will have an elegaut capitol, with which thousands of their fellow countrymen have the most de- 'lightful associations. MT*The confidence of the communi­ ty in the integrity and trustworthiness of financial institutions has again been fearfully shaken oi late. The failure of the Continental Life Insurance Com­ pany has been quickly followed by the collapse of the Security Life, in which the deplorable feature is tho fact, Which investigation shows, that, in •pite of the sworn statements of its •flairs, its insecurity must have long bs«» known to its leading officers. That with that knowledge they should have continued to receive payments from their confiding patrons implies a lack of moral rectitude, which it is hard to connect with such honored and hereto­ fore unsullied names as had inspired a feeling of security in the Security Life. e. This year the decline iu gold is the simple and inevitable result of natural causes. No legislation has influenced it. Natioaal thrift and economy are at the bottom of it. In­ stead of a constant and heavy foreign expenditure for luxuries which we could live without, there It ft balance In our favor thia year of a hundred and twenty million dollars.*3 Gold is coming to this country at the rate of from two to three millions a week, and the specie deposit in the New York banks has increased some six millions since the first of November. Wer* it not for the anxiety and suspense about politics, which lays an embargo upon business enterprise of all kinds, our industrial and commercial horizon would now be bright with the sunshine of re turning prosperity. It is for the interest of every man, woman and child in this country to have the dis­ pute settled at the earliest possible moment, and all talk about resistance and rebellion stopped. The , influx of specie and the general forbearance and economy of the people are doing for our finances what neither legislative nor financial theories could accomplish. MT An attorney in this city, «rho is supposed to speak semi-officially, inti­ mates very strongly that none of the surviving sufferers by the Ashtabula bridge disaster will be remunerated by the railroad company, as the accident was "an act of God,* for which the company is not responsible. Jf this report is true, then that corporation will show despicable meanness, and not succeed la Its purpose. The re­ sponsibility eannot be shifted from the company. It is responsible for at least one thing, overloading the bridge at a time when its supporting powers were weakened by the prevailing frost. As the damages sustained by the loss of life and limb amount to about $500,000. the public may prefer to risk the ver­ dict of the courts rather than to rest upon the decision of the oompany. -- Journal. 19*Persons rescued from the rail­ road disaster at Ashtabula say that their sensation when the brfflge broke and the «*ars began to fall into the abyss, was something unspeakably hor­ rible. The time between the crash of the bridge and their reaching the fro­ zen water, sixty »r seventy feet below, seemed interminable. l,We went down, down, down," says one of the passengers, "and as we went everything was as silent as the grave; but when we had struck, a terrible shriek arose from the wreck.'1 The narrator adds, after describing her escape, "Before we had got up the bill, the whole train was on fire;we heard the shrieks of the woun­ ded and dying, and the whole scene was as bright as day." MTOur New Year is simply the sticking of a peg to mark the passing of the centuries; a notch cut in the endless tally-stick of time; ft futile endeavor to measure the duration of eternity. And, reader, did you ever think that we are liviug now. in e ter- nity? We are. Even In its restricted sense, we are living in the eternity of the ages past. And in its broader sense, every second of all the centuries gone and yet to come, goes to make up eternity. Therefore, We are living in eternity. So that Addison's"Eternity, thou dreadful thought," is not so dread­ ful after all.--St. Charles Leader. JW-Charles Gray is dead. Fe w peo­ ple know who Charles Gray was but there is a story to li!s life not of the usual humdrum order. He was eccen­ tric in habits. had no relatives in the world, so far as is known, and lived all alone for thirty-five years at Por*, Byron, Hock Island county 111. He used to drive a stage between Daven­ port, Iowa, and Dixon, 111., before railroad times, that being on the mail route to Chicago. A day or two since he was found in his lonely heme at Pou Byron--dead in his old arm chair. In his house were found Government bonds to thf amount of $13,000--»a little fortune left without a known heir. JM^Talk about bonauzas! The corn crop of the United States this year amounts to 1,295,000,000 bushels. At forty cents per bushel, a fair average price the country over, this would be worth $518,000,000. On the other hand, the estimated yield of our gold and eilver mines for the year will Ue $85,. 350,000. With the natural tendency of mankind to talk and think about showy things, we say and hear more about the eighty-five millions of precious metal dug from our western mines than the hftlf billion dollars' worth of corn which tho country raises, consumes and sells without thinking that it has done any­ thing noteworthy. Add to the |corn the wheat, cotton, potatoes, and fruits produoed by the farmers of the United States in ft single year, the resources ot the gold and silver miues seem trival. '"•-h • -V * MFA bogus silver half dollar haa been detected in Chicago, where it is believed they are made, which, it is #ftid,.can only be detected by weighing, iOf course it is lighter than the genuine. Jit Is supposed .t;p he plated, and the in­ side consists of ,Wc*ek tin and other base metaL It hp* jtjy# friug Of the genuine. g&^Those who are troubled with chapped hands will be interested in the following: Remember that one can have the hands in soap-suds with sott soap without injury to the skin if the handsale dipped in vinegar or lemon iuice immediately after. The acids de­ stroy the oorresive effects of the alkali and make the hands soft and white. Indian meal and vinegar or lemon juice used on the hands wiien roughened by cold of labor will heal and soften the in. Rub the hands in this: theu wash oft thoroughly and rub in glycerine. Ihose who suffer from chapped hands in the winter will find th!» comforting, i^Clippijig horses is a great and beautiful art. It is ravishingly de­ lightful to the humane mind to see a thin-skinned horse being driven about the streets all shaved ^uid ridged up, until he looks like a corrugated wash­ board, while a man in two overcoats holds the IIMI over the shivering steeds. $9**People talk about the "dear old school house" and the "dear old oaken bucket," and *11 that, but if we renjem- ber aright, in our boyhood days it was the "dear eld bridge" under which we used to hfde away from school, and the "dear old mill-pond" where we used to lish, - MARENGO. ~Mt«s Mattie Adams, of Mormony, had a very pleasant surprise from her friends on New Year's night. Mattie has been the organist in Harmony Church a number of years, and at the close of a surprise party on that eve­ ning. her friends left her a purse of $30, as a token of their good-will and es­ teem. Pleasant. -•Mr. E. P. Vail, who is baying and hr.ndii.hg a large quantity of the best dairy butter made in this vicinity, sent some samples to the Centennial exhibit at Philadelphia, and has been awarded a premium therefor. This is no small compliment to our butter manufactur­ ers. nor to Mr. Veil's skill as a judge of butter. % - --To give our readers some Idea of the extent of the. Milk and Butter business of W. A. Bois & Co., we give the following figures, as furnished us by their banker, Mr. B. S. Parker. Amount paid for milk and butter for the six months ending De6. 30th. $50,640,17. This does not iudude large transactions in stock. --There will be an Oyster Supper and Donation Party given at the resi­ dence of Capt. John Eddy, iu Harmony for the benefit of Rev J. W. P. Jordan, on Friday evening, Jan. 19th, Oysters will be served in all forms from 2 o'clock until 10 O'clock p. M. Thus giv­ ing opportunity for people to come and go as may be convenient. One and all are invited. Tickets to supper $1,00 per couple.--Republican. J©"1 Neither ancient nor modern in­ genuity has ever invented an imple­ ment more frightful and appalling to climb after a fellow than a wheelbar­ row. If you doubt this, let some long- legged and unfeeling savage chase you around for a while, with one of these vehicles just grazing you heels at every step and coming on at the appareut rate of a thousand miles a minute. KKMEMBKK THIS. Now is the time of year for Pneumo^ nia, Lung Fever, Coughs, Colds, and fatal results of predisposition to Con? sumption and other Throat and Lung Disease. BOSCHEE'S GEKMAN SYRUP has been used in this neighborhood for the past two or three years without a single failure to cure. If you have not used this medicine yourself, go to your Druggist, Henry Colby, aud ask him of its wonderful success among his custom­ ers. Three doses will relieve the worst case. If you have no faith in any medicine.just buy a Sample Bottle of BUSCHKE'S GERMAN SYBUP for 10 cents and try it. Regular size bottle 75cents. Don't neglect a cough to save 75 cents New Goods daily arriving at Lansing & Evansou,* to be sold at bottom prices. Give them a call and judge for yourself. / WOODSTOCK, Dot. 14th, 1876. lean and do, willingly testify that for depth, finenss, and richness of tone, elasticity, of tonch, and durability. I have never seen the "Estey Organ" equaled. I certainly do not expect to see it excelled very soon. Yours 1'rulv. >lks. BELLA HALL. Teacher of Instrumental and'Vocal Music O. & N - W. LITVEN. THE CHICAGO A KORTH.WKSTEHX HAILWAT Embraces under one management the Great Trunk Railway* Lines ot the WEST ami NORTH-WEST, and, with its numerous Branches and connections, forms the shortest and quk.Le.jt mute between Chicago and all points in Illinois, Wisconsin, Northern Michi­ gan, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, California and the Western Territories. It<j Omaha and California Line Is the shortest and best route between Chica go and all points in Northern Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Dakota, Wyoming, Coolrado, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, China, Japan and Australia. Its Chicago, St- Paul A. Minneapolis Line. Is the short line between Chicago and all points in Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota, aud for M:i lison, St. Paul, Minneapolis, i)n- luth, and all points in tho Great Northwest. Its LaCrosse, Winona & 8t. Peter Line Is the best route between Chicago and La­ crosse, Winona, Rochester, Owatonna, Man- kato, St. Peter, New Ulm and all point* iu Southern and Central Minnesota. Its Green Bay & Marquette Line Is the only line between Chicago and Janes- ville, Watertown, Fon du lac, Ushkosh, Ap- pleton. Green Hay, Escanaba, Negaunee, Marquette, Houghton, Hancock and the Lake Superior Country. Its Freeport & Dubuque Line Is the only route between Chicago ami Klgin, ltockford, Freeport aud all points via Free- port. Its Chicago & Milwaukee Line Is the old Lake shove Route, and is the only one passing between Chicago aud Evanston, Lake Forest, Highland Park, Waukegan, Uacine, Kenosha and Milwaukee. Pullman Palace Drawing Room Cars are run on all throiigh trains on tfcia road. This is the ON LY LIN E running thjse cars between Chicago and St. |'aju and Minne­ apolis, Chicago ami Milwaukee, Chicago and Winona, or Chioago and Green IJay. Close connections are made at Chicago with the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, Mich, igan Central, ItaItimoro and Ohio, Pittsburg, • t. Wayne, & Chicago. Kankakee Line and Pan II hi lie Unites, for all points EAST and SOUTH EAST, and with the Chicago and Al­ ton and Illinois Central for alj points SOUTH. Close connections are also made with the Union Pacific It. It., atOuiafta for all far West points. Close connections made at junction points with trainsof all cross points. Tickets over this route are po)d by all Cou­ pon ticket agents in the United States and Can Ad a. Semeinber you ask for yoijr tickets via the cngo $ Northwestern Uailway and take none others. New York Office, No. 415 jQro^dway^ Boston Office, No.fi State Btreet; Omatia Office, 246 Fapiharjf Street; San Francjaco Office, 121 Montgomery .Street; Chicago Ticket Offloe-). 62 Clark Street, under Shejjnaji House; 75 Canal, writer Madison Street; Kipzie Street Depot, corner W. Kinzie and Canal Streets; Wells Street DepolL corner Wells apd Kinzie Streets, N For ratos or information not attainable from your home ticketagents, ipply to MABVIN HUGHITT W. H. 8TI ?NETT, GeneralSupt. Gen'l Passenger Agent .. . ' Eureka!- It will pay you to purchase your n • '•Jh At*; FOR <3o DAYS ONLY. • • -T 7v,' ;pv * of "Wooleft Godcls to be S6\d at andf F • • • • T.- . . . AT -AT THE- Red Front Drug Store, WOODSTOCK, ILL. JOHN S. WHEAT. Woodstock, Dec. 12th, '76. You are Interested in This NEW PRICE LIST BY IRA M. MALLOKY, NUNDA - - - - ILLINOIS I am Bound to Sell the Lowest. Mens Ilutr.ilb Lined Boots Fire Calf, W.5H. £ itra Kii>, *U.Mi. Good, fci.50. Youths H .v-, $1.90. Kubbers. 40, Ml and 75 eta. Woiuans Kid button <lioe*, $>.ri0. Side Lace, $2.25. Calf, sewed or pegged, $2. Fine Goat $2.50. Cloth, $1.51). Misses, Kid side lace, <<2 Button, #1.75 and $1.50. Childrens, 75 c'ts. $1 anU $L-5. Baltics, 30 cts. 75 i'ts. and 41. New stock just received. Tinware, all kind*, stove pipe and Elliows, 2:5 cts. each. 1 keep Billion's Celebrated Flour, Young Hyson Ten, 50 cts. Japan best, 60 cts. Gunpowder, 75 « U. Imperial, 70 cts. l iberal deductions on 5 lbs. Ground Java Coffee, 25 cts,, and 3 sets of Silver s noons in everv 48 pounds. I sell Corn Starch and Gloss Starch for 10 cts. Saleratus, Yeast Cakes ami Soap 8 cts., 15 bars lor $1, 7 for 50 cts. Fine Cut Tobacco, 50, 75. ami !K) cts. Plug, 00 and 75 cts. Smok. inp, 35 and 40 cts. Durham, 70 cts. a pound. Mixed candy. 20 cts., Fancy, 30 cts., Stick, 18 cts. New stock Colored Crockerv cheaper .ban ever. Notions of all kinds. .Envelopes furnished and printed for 10 cts. a bunch, 3 or 25 cts. II ordered liv nvul snnda 3 cent stain p for postage. West lot Cigars in town. 50 tor $1. Large stock Pipes and Smokers ar­ ticles. Pure Havana.?. 5 cts. Highest price paid for Butter and Eggs. Life and Fire In. surance Aj^ent. Insure in the Protection of Chicago, which is the cheapest Life Insurance Company. It lias paid two*policing in this town of $2,500, one for Mrs. Banister and one for Josiah Walk up. Call 011 me for bargains I. M. Mallory. Nunda, III., Nov. 8th, 187K. I Would respectfully 'announce that On and After Jan. 1st, 1877, I WILL SELL Groceries For Ready Pay Only. Al»o that I will «ell the Choicest Good* m my line for as Little or Less money thau can be found ehewhere. Thankful for the liberal patronage bestowed on'me in years past, and with the compli. mcnts of the season, I am, Respectfully Yours, B. CILBERT. McHenry, Dec. 28tli, 1876. REMOVAL. m & HO, TTAVfJ removed to their new store on th« IT corner opposite the Brick Church, where they will be happy to see their old customers and many new ones as may see lit to call. A A Full Stock of Furniture of all kinds, at prices as low as the lowest. BLAKE A BSO McHenry, Aug. 14th, 1870. 'S MoHENBY, ILL. We Would respectfully announce to bur friends ail# patrons that in order to reduce our Winter Goods we have concluded to offer our entire Stock at prices that cannot fail to ensure a speedy Sale. Below we give a few quotations: Ladies Double Shawls, all Wool, i( it n " Single $3.25, worth $5.00» 5.50, worth 7 00- 4.00, worth 5.50. 6.00, _ worth 7.50* 5.50, worth 7.00.. 44 " 3.75, worth 4.75. " " " 1.00, worth 2.00* Breakfast Shawles, all Wool, at less than half price. Ladies Wool Hoods &c., to suit purchaser. Ladies Wool Jackets* 75 cts., and $1, worth $1.75. Mens Wool Jackets, $1.35 worth $2. In Cloth­ ing we offer 1 Lot Overcoats at $5.50, worth $8. 1 Lot Chinefiilt* Beaver at $7, worth $11. 1 Lot Plain Beaver at $7.50, worth $U. 1 Lot Chinchilla Fancy at $11, worth $17. Mens Suits, $7, worth $11 and upwards. Men and Boys Winter Caps at half price. Men and Boys Buck and Calf Skin Gloves and Mittens at Cost. Ladies and Qents Wool Lined Shoes at Cost. Ladies and Gents Underwear at Cost. We offer all our Checked and Plain Flannels, Waterproof Cloaking in. all shades and styles atls'ew York Cost. Our stock of Groceries is complete. Particulars attention it given to the sale of Choice Teas and Coffees, and we guarantee that- money will be saved on all Teas bought from us whether in small or large quantities. Wre would ask any one in wau.t of Bargains andL. wno PAY THE CASH to call on us as we meam business BUTTER, EGGS AND POULTRY WANTED IN CHANGE FOR GOODS OR CASH. LAI> NINa Ac: EVANSOPf, Near Depot, McHenry. FALL « 1MB TIN BUCKLIN & STEVENS, NEAR THE DEPOT, M'HENRY. Dry Goods, a full Stock. Boots I Shoes in abundance Clothing a Full Line. Hats and Caps for all. t^gT"ChoicelGroceries, Fine Teas, Can Fruits, Crockery and Glass Ware. ISF" The Highest Market Price for BUTTER EGGS, AND • POULTRY, in Cash or Trade. BUCKLIN & STEVENS. McHenry, 111., Sept. 23d, 1876. ^ It will Pay You to go to Woodstock and Buy a STOVE OF The Largest Stock in the County. HENRY COLBY, --DEALER IH-- Painters Brushes, Dye Stofli &c« Physicians Prescription* Carefully Compounded. STATIONERY, We"have a flnerstock of Cap, Bill, Sol® sad Mourn in Paper, which we are selling T«» Cheap. A line assortment of the latent Styles Box ml Fancy Papers, constantly on Inm, All Goods Warranted As represented and Satisfaction Guaranteed. Patronage Solicited. H. cot.fr. McHenry, July 27th, 1875.