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ĵ ê eary Jlaiii3calep. WEDNESDAY. JANl 24th, 1877. #. VAN SLYKE, Editor. The Electoral Count Bill pro- Mnt«(l by the Joint Committee to Con­ gress is meeting with opposition from both parties, and if passed at all it will b« after a bitter fight. For ourself we .can see no necessity for anysuch action tiy Congress. The Constitution is clear and explicit on this point, ati<! any such action is a clear unsurpation, ami fhauld net be countenanced. f0"More "crooked whiskey" business has been discovered in Chicago, not­ withstanding the fearful example made not long ago. A building osten­ sibly occupied as a cabinet shop was raided by the detectives, and a still of the capacity of 20 barrels a day found la operation. Three men, besides the •ngineer were arrested aud held to bail in $2;000 each. SflFMaj. Comstock, detailed by the Secretary of War to inspect Eads'im­ provements at the mouth of the Mis­ sissippi riv»r, reports that a channel twenty feet deep and two hundred feet wide has been constructed. Gen. Hurlbut was one of the prime movers in this important work, and it is gener­ ally believed a permanent channel of even a greater depth than this will be maintained. |&~Our Member, Hon. F. K. Gran­ ger, is Chairman of the Railroad Com­ mittee, the most important Committee in the House, besides holding a promi­ nent position on the Warehouse Com­ mittee. on Revenue, and oil Rules. Hon. W. A. James is Chairman on Ca­ nals and River Improvements, and is also on the Committees on Peniten­ tiary. and Public Buildings aud Grounds. Hon. E. M. Dennis is a mem­ ber of the Committees on Penitentiary and Revenue. M^The Senatorial contest at Spri ig- field still waxes warm, twenty-eight ballots having been taken with no choice. How long this will last is now uncertain and who is to be the winning man no one can tell. Gen. Logran shows a solid front, and'no disposition is manifested by the Republicans to abandon him. The opposition on the contrary are scattered and on Monday abandoned John M. Palmer, taking up Anderson, Independent. On hi in the Democrats and Independents cannot unite. On the last bailor Logan lacked /our votes of ati ele^tion and^ Anderson fourteen. DON'T UNDKKST.VND IT. There are a great many who do not understand the cause of the existing stringency ia money affair*. People seem to have no money; hence, collec­ tions are slow. Those who are in the habit of settling their little bills the flrst of January have found great diffi­ culty in doing it tills year. Now the trouble is, the people owe to» much. They are too itiuoh involved. That was the difficulty in 1873. The great I panic in that year resulted from the fact that nearly everybody was head over heels in debt. Jay Cooke ami J other great operators owed immense sums of money and when asked to pay It they were unable to respond. Jay Cooke and ̂ thers owed more than they could paj\ So they suspended. Their failure embarrassed some and crushed others. It was a sort of general order commanding people to stop going into debt and prepare to settle. And the injunction has been heeded. Those in­ debted have been paying up during the last three and a quarter years. They have done admirably. A good many are out of the woods, and others are where they can see out. Meantime times have been close. They are always close when people are getting out of aud not into debt. « They are Unusually stringent at this lime because taxes are being paid, while the farmers have not disposed of their produce. If the surplus pro­ ducts of this country were converted into cash.even at present prices, money would be abundant. The people are not poor; at least, our husbandmen are not. They are affluent in everything but money, and they have what will bring thai when tiiey are ready to sell. There must be an improvement in our local finances at an early day. Very soou the funds which are now being gathered up by Hie collectors of taxes will be to a great extent paid out again and go into general circulation. That will afl«n'd sensible relief. And by and by the fanners will sell their surplus products; that will help still further. We expect money will be plenty enough within ninety days, and confidently believe that the year just entered upon will be a reasonably prosperous one. We tan discover no reason for discouragement on the part of anybody. Depend upon it the times are growing better. We are getting out of debt ; and the lessening of our obligations will be sure to bring the relief we all so mucli desire. Froccvdlng" of the McHenry County Teacher* AMociutlom, f&~The financial condition of the State of Illiuois is now probably bet­ ter than that of any State in the Union. Although the bonded debt of the State amounts to $1,480.000, there was a bal­ ance in the treasury, October 1,187G, of #2,408,959. The receipts during the two years which the last report of the treasury covers, have been $9,202,169 and the expenditures $8,979,747. Our State tax is comparatively a mere trifle and our great costly new State House has been paid for by current re­ ceipts without seriously burdening us. Taxes are heavy but they are princi­ pally the school and local taxes. Our State and county burdens are trifling. J6TA correspondent of the Chicago Tribune thinks that the moral of the Ashtabula accident is--iron cars. "Let the cars" lie savs, k*be built entirely of iron, like many of the baggage and ex­ press cars now in use on the New York Central Railroad. Let them be heated by steam from the engine or bv a fur­ nace underneatli the car, so arranged that by no means can fire get into the body of the car. Use less glass surface for windows. Many persons lost their lives by being pierced by the sharp- poiuted fragments of glass left in the frames in which they are set. Have the doors open outward.* that they may not be blocked and fastened by any thing that might face against them. We have iron steamships and iron buildings, why not iron railroad cars? MFThe Sioux Indian Commission has submitted to the President a treaty which they havjs made, by winch the Sioux surrender all claim to any coun­ try lying outside their permanent re­ serve as defined by the treaty of 1861. including the Black Hills, and the Uuited States agree to furnish them with substance until they become self- supporting, and to guarantee them schools and instruction in the agricul­ tural and mechanical arts. A delega­ tion of about ninety of their ins-st in­ fluential chiefs and headmen, who have risited the Indian Territory to make a personal investigation in reference to their early removal to it, was fa­ vorably impressed with the superiori­ ty of its climate and soil to their for­ mer possession. TI1K IVHKAT TIUDK. The recent important advance in the price of w heat iu all the markets of this country is worthy of more than a passing notice. Since last August, N»>. 2 spring %TU®aJ th$ spee)ftlati_YS! g£$de in Chicago, has advanced from 85 cents per bushel to $1,26|. which is an ap­ preciation of forty-one and three-' fourths eeuts per bushel. On the closing day of 1875, the price was ninety-seven cents per bushel, which was twenty-nine and three- fourths cents below its present value. The average price per bushel for wheat in Chicago, on the last day of December, for the last seven years pre­ vious to the year just closed, was $1.04, the lowest point being 86 cents (December 31st, 1869,) and the highest was $1.20 at the corresponding date in 1871. The recent steady advance is attributed to ashort crop in the wheat producing sections of the Northwest, a strong foreign demand, and a possibly {upending European war. According to a statement of the London Financial Chronicle, "the imports of wheat into the United Kingdom from the close of harvest to December 2d, have been for 1874. 19,408.582 bushels; for 1875. 29.323, 015 bushels; for 1876, 15,678,342 bushels; and the supply of wheat afloat must be ma.ntained at the high point of 16,000, 000 bushels to keep the British markets at their present figure." Any decrease iu this supply would be followed by an advance in values. With a great drouth iu California, threatening to at least very much shorten the coming crop iu that large wheat producing State, and the further supply from Australia being largely diminished, and the visible supply iu this country being about six million bushels less than a year ago, it seems possible that prices may be carried still higher. The eftect ia to add to the property of our agricultural districts, maintain the steady flow of gold back to this country, aud by thus keeping the balance of trade in our favor, prepare the way for an easy resumption of specie payment |letatNunda, Sjiturd: Called to order at 10 30 A President. The Secretary being ab­ sent W. W. Parsons was elected Secre­ tary pro tem. Next was a discussion in regard to what should be done with Article 7th of the By laws. Moved and carried that the last part of said article bo amended. 1__ Moved and carried that three hun­ dred of the general blunks for the use of teachers be prepared. Miss Hlakesley then read an tssay on the rewards of the teacher. Messrs Morton and Wheeler were appointed to prepare a programme for the afternoon session. N>xt was a discussion in regard to what should be done to secure punctu­ ality aud good attendance in our schools. J. A. Baldwin, Miss Blakesley, and W. W. Parsons were then appointed,to prepare a program mefor the next meeting. - ." Adjourned until 1,30 p. m. Miss Cumins was appointed critic for the rest of the day. The committee on programme for the afternoon, made the following re­ port: Reading. N. E. Leach. Methods of Reading. A. F. Parsons. Benefits of Rhetorical Exercises, Mrs. Morris and] John Gracey. * Mr. Leach then conducted the reading exercise, which was followed by a short discussion of -the benefits o| Rhetorical Exercises. Intermi-sion. •> Moved and carried that the account of Murphy & lloy against the Associa­ tion, be paid by ah order on the treas­ ury. The committee on programme made the following report, which was on motion accepted and adopted. Next meeting to be held at Huntley on Saturday, Feb. 10. Geography tor older pupil*, Mrs. E. S. Hubbard. What amount of Physiology, R. Morse. Essay Mrs O. II. Lincoln. General Informa­ tion. X. E. Leach. Compositions and Declamations, O. II. Lincoln.. Essay. A. F. Parsons. Intermediate Geogra­ phy, Miss Francisco. Discussion. Re­ solved that corporal punishment in our schools, should be dispensed *vvith. Leaders. T. L. Morris, Aff. W. L. Klein Querj Box, C. Stone. The contents of the Query Box was then discussed. A. W. Cumins reading the queries. Critics report read and accepten. Adjourned. A. 'V. Cr M INS President. W. W. PARSONS, Secretary pro teni . sjs 1UREKA! ;tc" i • Eureka f pay you to purchase your Drugs, -* Ml kinds of "W oolen Goods to be Sold at and * * Below Cost for Cash. --AT THE-- AT McHETOlY, ILL. Red Front Druj Store, WOODSTOCK, 1XX> JOHN S. WHEAT. Woodstock, Dec. 12th, '70. You ara Inter33ted in Th!s worth worth worth worth worth worth worth Ladies $f>.00. 7 00. 5.50. 7.50. 7.00. 4.75.- 2.00,. Wool 75 cts., and: NEW Home Blanket?! Horse l l lnnkotat 1 Do not-pay more' than pair for One Buckle. Six* pound Horse lilankcts. Buckliu & Stevens. n»=ar the Depot. LIST S W Wo would respectfully annotiiKe to our friends and patrons that in order to reduce our \V inter Goods we have concluded to offer our entire Stock at prices that cannot tail to ensure a speedy Stile. Bel<m we irive a few quotations: Ladies Double Shawls, all Wool," $3.2*5, 5.50, •* " . 4.00, " " " 6.00, u Single " " 5.50, »• 44 44 3.75, " " " 1.00, 1'reakfast Shawles, rill Wool, at less than hs.lf price. Hoods &c., to suit purchaser. Ladies Wool Jackets $1, worth $1.75. Mens Wool Jackets, $1.3 j worth $2. In Cloth­ ing we oiler 1 Lot Oveicoatsat $5.50, worth $8. 1 Lot Chinchilla Beaver at $7,"worth $11. 1 Lot Plain Beaver at$7.50, worth $.12. 1 Lot Chinchilla Fancy at $11, worth $17. Mens Suits, $7, worth $11 and upwards. Men and lioys Winter Caps at half price. Men and Boys i»n<*k and Calf Skin Gloves andi Mittens at Cost. Ladies and Gents Wool Lined ^hoes at Cost- Ladies an 1 Gents Underwear at Cost. We otter all our Checked and IMain Flannels, Waterproof Cloaking in all shades and styles* at New York Coat. Our stock ot Groceries is complete. Particulars attention is. given to the sale of Choice Teas and Coffees, and we guarantee that" money will he saved on all leas bought from us whether in small or* larire quantities. \\ e would ask any one iu want ot Bargains and' wlio i'AY THE CASH to call on us as we mean business BUTTER, EGGS AJJD POULTRY WANTED IN EX­ CHANGE FOR GOODS OR CASH. LAT>HI]>« Ac Mear Depot, Mcllenry. Boj'P Clothing, at F. G.Mayes. r . K J.K1FC! EN A SON. I l l AGE, Wairon and House Pointing one on Short Notice. All Work war­ ranted. Mcllenry III . , South of t l ie Public Sq i t i i re. CAI1J <l(i ;VM\ LiXJitY, C. & N-"VV. LINES. no country in the world are there so many land owners a« iu France, there being over 5,000,000 peasant land proprietors. This makes a spirit of independence and begets thrift. Every­ body pays taxes, being in some ca^es as low as 1 per cent a year. It Is iu this way that France procures its large revenues. James Cionlon Bennett Jr. lias lost during the last ten days more than half of his good reputation, and has de­ based the editorial profession of Am­ erica. The world knew him as a prince among journalists, of boundless wealth, iiidomitable courage, enterprise, am­ bition with a manly love of manly sports, and of chivalric generosity. Now he appears as a drunken bummer, iueulting by gross and repeated bru­ talities the fsiir young girl to whom he had pligi'ted his troth, and when casti­ gated its lie deserved to be. by her broihe r and protector seeking a solace for his wounded honor through the "code duello." hitherto unknown among the editors of the Northern States of America. We hope he will be punished for this latter oilence with tlie utmost rigors of the law which lie has violated. Cbeap Clothing, at F. G7Mayes, THE CHICAGO A NORTH WESTERN RAILWAT Embraces under one management the Great Trunk Kiiiwav l . ines of the WEST au>« N'OKTIl-WKSl t , mid, with i ts nuiiu 'rou* l iranclies HIKI ronnections, lorinn the tf lmrtciU and qun'kest routi ' between Chicago anil al l points in I l l inois, WirtcoiMin. Northern Michi­ gan, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, California and the Western Terri tories. I ts Omaha and California Line Is the shortest and host route bet ween Ohica «o Mnd al l |Mii»ts in Northern Il l inois, Iowa, Nebraska, Dikota, Wyoming, Coolrado, lUah, Nevada, California, Oregon, China, Japan and Austral ia. I ts Chicago* St Paul A Minneapolis Line- is the short l ino between Chicago and al l points ni Northern Wisconsin aud Minnesota, aud for Mi l ison, St . P. tul , Minneapolis , |»u- luth, aud all points in the Great Northwest . I ts LaCrosse, Wiaoaa k St. Peter Line Is the be-i t route between Chicago and La­ crosse, Winona, Rochester , Owatunna. Man- kato, Si . Peter , New irini ami al l points i l l Southern and Central Minnesota. I ts Green Bay & Marquette Line Is theonlv l ine between Chicago and Janes, vil l i*, Watertown, Foil du lac, Odhknsh. Ap­ plet on. i i reen Hav, Kscanal>a, Nearaunee, Marquette, Houghton, Hancock aud the Lake Superior Country. I ts Freeport & Dubuque Line Is the onlv route boi ween Chicago and Elgin, Kockfor I , ' Freeport and al l points via Free- port . I ts Chicigo & Milwaukee Line Is . t l ie ol I l .ake shore Itoute, and is the only one pa-sinir between Chicago and Evanston, Lake Forest . Highland Park, Waukegan, l tacine, Kenosha and Milwaukee. Pullman Palace Drawing Room Cars are run on al l through trains on this road. This is the* ONLY LINE running th- 'se cars between Chicago and St. Paul and Minne­ apolis , Chicago and Milwaukee, Chicago and Winona, or Chior.go and Green Itav. Close connec t ions are uut<le a t Chicago with the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, Mich­ igan <'entral , Balt imore and Ohio, Pit tsburg, Ft . Wavne, & Chicago. Kankakee Line and Pan i l in l ie Unites, for al l points EAST and SOUTH-EAST, and with the Chicago and Al­ ton and Il l inois Central for al l |>oii i ts SOUTH. Close connections are also made with the Union Pac.i t ic U. IL, ulOmaha for al l far West points. Close connections made at junction points with trains of all cross |>oiiits. Tickets over this route are sold bv al l Cou­ pon t i cket agents in the United States and Canada. Remember you ash for your t ickets via the Chicago & Northwestern Railway and take none others. New York Office, No.*415 Broadway; Boston Office, No, 5 Slate Street ; Omaha Office, $45 Farnhain street; San Francisco Office, Jai Montgomery Street; Chicago Ticket Oflice j . 6 'J (Mark Street , under Sherman House; 75 Canal, corne r Madison Street; Kinzic s treet Dt*|»"t , corner W. Kinzic and Canal Streets; Wells Street Depot, corner Wells and Kiucie streets J For rates or information not at tainable from your home t icketaircnts, ipply to MABVIN HTJGHITT w. H. BTI fKETT, GeneralSupt. Gen' l Pasaei .ger Agent V 31. N U N D A - - - - - I L ! I N O M I am Round to StU the Lev,est. M* us Buffalo Lined Runts . Jfine Calf, E.\lI'M Ki". Co< <!. 8r.'.."it). Youths Boys, $|.«i«. R>:1il.<.rx. 40. «0 at'il 75 cts. W laian-" Ki t button >i*s, Si !e Luce, C ilf. sc'vo 1 or pc:rgc I, 92. Fine Gott #2.50. Cloth, *1.50. Mi>s Kid si le l.vce. Button, and ^1.50. t'V'iil Irens. 75 ct -. ^sl an l iJL.T). Biiiios. cts. 75 cts. and Jl. New •it<K'l; just received. Tinware.* ail kinls. stove pipe -i'i 1 E! !> > v <. t <. eic'i. I keep lli-hop's Colcbi-ilr* I Fiouv. Young Hyson IVh, 50<*ts. Japun best, 00 cts. Gmip'>vvdttr, 75 c| i . . Imperial. 70 cts. liberal deIuction> oil 5 tis. Groui.d Java Coffee. 'J5 cjti,. and .1 sets i.f •.ilx er Spoon- iu every 4S pounds. 1 »ell Corn siarch and Gloss Starch for 10 cts. Salerutiis. Yeast (".ikes and Soap S ct.-., 15 bars lor #1, 7 for 50 cts. Fine Cut Tobacco. 50. 75. aiid SHi do. Plug, 00 and 7ft'cis. Suiok. iiur, !a in I 10 '*t<, llirhi'iii. 70 ct a pound. Mixed candy. '20 ct-., Fmci, ;H> cts., stick, is cts. New stock (Colore I Cnck«*r\ cheaper than ever. Notions of ill kin 1 Euvebipes furnisiu'-Wmd printed for 10 ci-*. a b inch, ;i ori5**ts» Ilorlerel bv in til send a cent stamp for i iosiatre. Best lot ("i rars in town, 50 for* 1. l arge-lock Pipes and Mooters ar­ ticles. Pure I! tvm is, 5 cts. Highest price paid for B itter in 1 Ergs. Life and Fire In­ surance Axeut. Insure in the Protection of Chicago, which is the cheape-t Li-fe Insurance Coin p i n v. It ins pii I two imlii-ies in thix i town <d'**i,5'l0 one l ' or Mis. B uii-ter an I one for Josial i Walkup. Cil l<>niuc for birgains Nan la. 111. , X I. M. 3Uill«i y. Administrators E4 Natlce. TATE of Catharine Freund dece-»«e<l. The un Icrdvruu ) ( i tvi> g been aopointft l Administr.itoi of t ' i»• Estate of r.atlKirinu Freund lateof the C unit v of Mcllenry, and State of I l l inois,docease I , I ierebv tr ive notice that l ie will a;ipear befnvt the Countv Court of Mcllei irv Countc, at the Court ll< n-e il l Woodstock, at the April term, on the third M mday in Ann I next , at whi 'di t ime a' l l pc*r- m>nshaving claims a«rainst said Estate, are no- t i l led and re«i tested to at ten I for i he pu rpose •ifhavinir Ihe srmu* adjusied. All persons in- debteil to said E<ta t e are rc«i lies! ed to niffke ini inediate navment t« the i i"der»i :ned. Dated this l~;h lav of , |>nuarv A. D . 'S77. JOHN M. M w, A luiinisiraior. I Would respectfully announce that On and After Jan. 1st, 1877, I WILL SELL Groceries For Ready Pay Only. Also that I will sel l the Choicest Goods in mv line for as Lit t le or i .ess nione_\ than cat* be found eLewhere. Thankful for the l iberal patronage bestowed on 'me in years past , , and with the compli­ ments of the season, I am, Respectfully Yours, FALL" ill nil TRADE. BUCKLIN & STEVENS, NEAR THE DEPOT, M'HENliY. Dry Goods, a full Stock. Boots I Shoes in abundance Clothing a Full Line. flats and C aps for all. f^TOioiVe Groceries, Fine Tons, Csiy It nits, C100 k cry and Glas» Ware. Tlie Hicliest Market- Price for BU'lTKR LGGS, ANI> POULTRY T in Cu»h or Trade. BUCKLIN & STEVENS. Melfe-nrr. in.. Sepf. 2WT. 1876. It will Pay You to gD to Woodstock and Buy a STOVE OF HENRY COLLY, -DEALER IN-- Mcllenry, Dec, B. CILBERT. •ji-ui, i«:r.. I PIMPLES. WILL Mail (Free) the recipe for prepar­ ing a simple Vegetable Il i lm that wil l re­ move Tan, Freckles, I ' i inplct t and Blotches, leaving the skin soft , clear and l>eautiful; r lso ii iMtriK't ionw for prolucing a luxuriant grow tl i of hair on a ball head or smooth face. Address Hen. Van lelf A Co., Box 5121, No. 6 Wooster St., New York. The Largest Stock in the County. POINTS, OILS, Painters Brushes, Dye Staffs &c., &c. Physicians Prescriptions * Carefully Compounded. STA TIOK EBY. We have a fneJStock of Cap, Bill , Note and Mourn in Paper, which \vc are selling very- Cheap. A l ine assortment of the latestStylea Box nd Fancy Papers, constantly on hand. All Goods Warranted A8 represented and Satisfaction Guaranteed. Patronage Solicited. H. COLBY. Mcllenry, July 27th, 1875.