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PPfflSPSPSipil Vto-o*' 'vU 1 k V - * , <• fcin ^ -:4 ' : #-" . •*.'> ' . : •wrnrTBT-ar^y*.hi f';f %' v, K,s,r? • j *; -•« P-SS8S I- *»« '* ' "Piadsod but to Vfutft. fty tibertv a? "g • avers Win us and no Fear Shall Awe.'* VOL. 2. jy[«J[enry Jiaiiiealer, Published Every Wednesday by JAJV SLYKE Editor toil Publisher. 8 Office in Riverside Block, :,, „ Over Smith Bros, & Co.'a Stow. BUSINESS CARPS. E. BENXETT, M. D, SURGEON and Acconcher. Diseases of Women a Specially, Gftceamd Residence on Clay Street, W oodstock, IlL w. H. BUCK;, M. 3D., IIOMKOPATniO Phvtjcian anil Snreenn. XX Office East 8ide Public Square, Wood- toTp M* °ffice hour8 11 to 12 A. 1L, and8 ! , TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: , A (In Adran«,).v ...... ';H Tf not Paid -within Three Months, 2 08 * r" 4* Subscriptions rcccived for three or six months " . |a the same proportion. BUSINESS CARDS. H. T. BROWN, M. I». fc>ittYSTCIAN and Surpreon. Office in Brick I Block over F. G. Mayes Clothing Store Water Street, McHenry 111. B. A. BEERS M. D. PmriftCTAK and Snrareon. Office atresidencoy two doors west of Post Office, McHenry 111. O. J. HOW3URB, M 'D ^HTfcTCTAw and Snrggon. Office at the store of Howard A Son, McHenry, III. F. IT. BARBIAN. CIOAR Manufacture*-, McHenry III. tory No. 171. Orders solicited. Fac- W ATTORNEY Office second story Bishop's new S. PRICKETT. AT LAW. McHenry, nit Block. RICHARD BISHOP, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Office in rear of Murphv & Bishop's Bank North Side Public Square, Woodstock, 111. GEO. A. BUCKLIN, NOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer and In-surance Agent. Office 'at Bucklto & Steven's Store, near the Depot, McHenry, III. E. E. "RICHARDS. HAS a complete Abstract ot Titles to land in McIIenrv County, Ill'nois. Office with nonntfy Clerk, Woodstock. 111. ROBT. WRIGHT. anufactarer of Custom Made Boots and irl Shoes. "None but the best of material •used and all work warranted. Shop Northwest <r.orner Public Square, McHenry, III. C. W. ROBERTS, M. D.', T>HYSICIAN AND STTRGEON. J _ tention Rivcto to Diseases of Children, V(tw», It,i. Special at" Women and HERM VNN KUNTZ. BOOT AND SHOE MAKER. Howe's Block. McHenry, 111., is row prepared to make Bortts and Shoes to order on short notice and in the be*t of manner. Having had a long ex perienoe in the business he is confident he can give entire satisfaction. He uses none but the best of stock, and warrants all work, as represented. Pino ^Vork a specialty. Re- pairinjr of all kinds promptly attended to, €fire me a call. W. H. S AN FORD, Mercliant Tailor. In the store of C- H. Dickirison, East side of Pnblie 8qware,v WOODSTOCK, ILL. A srood Stock of Fine Cloths for Suitings a), ways on hand. Suits made to order and a lit warranted- Give ine a c*lL W. H. SANFOBD. Woodstock III., Sept 87th, 1879. ; M. ENCELN. crt? iv - sre i 'fee FR. HECHTLE. HOUSE, Sipn and Ornamental Painter, also Fancy Sketches, Scenery, Ac., McHenry Ull. "Will do all work promptly and at rea­ sonable rates. «. M. OWEN. ENERAL Dealer and Manufacturers v5T Agent in Leading Farm Machinery. Prices low and Terms favorable. MCHENRY ILLINOIS. GEO. SCHREINER. SALOON and Restaurant. Nearly opposite the Parker House, McHenry III. 0~First-Cla8s Billiard and Pool Tables. J. BONSLETT, SALOON and Restaurant. Nearly oppoeite Owen's Mill, McHenry, IlL FreshOvsters served up In any shape desired, or ior sale by 'the Can. OS-GOOD 8TABLING FOR HORSES..jr* 1 VP. W. ELLSWORTH. BREEDER O the Celebrated Majrie Hose. Also Light.ind Dark Iirali ma Fowls. Pigs shipped to all points by express. P. O. Ad- dress, Woodstock, III., Will change muz x- *1© loaders, both !»,- ' - S<- *' f " 8iB«,e Rnd double, iri to breach loaders. • • • « • • . / • > f v e e p e o n h a n d a l l kinds«f Gun Ma. ""•T" teriaL All work warranted. Shop opposite Perry & Martin's Store, MoHenrv, 111 I T , #t reasonable MKJHTMAX. Projivietor. First class riKs, with or without drivers, furnished able rates. Teaming of all kinds ilone on short notice. PETER LEICKEM. 1 REPAIRS Watches, Clocks and Jewelrv of all kinds. Also Repairs Violins intheliest (possible manner, on short notice and at rea- •sonible rates. Also Violins for Sale. Shop flrst door North of Riverside Block, MeHenry MCHENRY HOUSE. McHenry, 111. John Karges Proprietor. Centrally located and tlie best of accom­ modations furnished. Charges reasonable. F. KLEIFGEN & SON. CARRIAGE, Wagon and House Painting done on Short Notice. All work war­ ranted. McHenry III., South of the Public •Square. MATTHEW KARGES. HDUSE, Sign and Carriage Painter. Also Calsominmg done in the best of manner. All orders promntlv attended to and work 'prirranted. Residence at the * McHenry House, McHenry, 111. O. W. OWEN, WATCH MIR & JEW ELI cv , 1 . , milt . ^ - M^reNttr ILL:, Dealer in all kinds of American and Swiss Watches, Cbwks fr»>n» the best factories in the country. Silver, plated Ware, Silver Spoons, CVC»F ALSO AGENT FOR THE Weber and Bradbury Pianos AND THE Estey Organ ! Which we believe to be the best Organ in the market. Wt^ think we know that bv experi­ ence, and we "believe it, lor it is backed up by "htliev K Bes1 Musicians in RICHMOND HOUSE. RICHMOND ILLINOIS. Frank iSster Pro-prietor. Good acoommo<lations\for all parties. Samplerooms for Salesmen^ Shivery Stable attached. Public Hall for Lecmres, Shows Ac., FRED. RENICH, CIGAR MANUFACTURER, -AND-- WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. JAMES ROBBINS, the World. I also sell other Organs at less prices than the Estey, but can't recconimend them to be as good. . , M O. W. OWEN. •My 2S. M'HENRY, I] THE SFFKCTS OF THE \YJ COUNTltV. •IS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1877. NO. 42. be I th 41- ,o BIG BARGAINS -IN- --DEALER IN- Agricultural Implements SOLON MILLS, ILL. MANUFACTURERS AGENT for the Cham. pton Reaper and Mower, the Gorlium Corn Cultivators anil Diamond Plow, war­ ranted to scour in any soil, the Forest City Seeil Plow and Steel Beam Stubble Plows Corn Planter*,, Horse Rakes, Ac. Will take Cash or Good Notes in exchange for any and all of my Goods. Post Office, Solon Mills, III. CURTIS & WAITE, House, Sip, and Ornamental PAINTERS, ICcHENRY ILLINOIS. Calsomlning and Paper Hanging done on abort notice and in workmanlike manner.-- Also Graining of all Kinds in the best manner Satisfaction guaranteed in every instance. Orders left at the Drag will be promptly attend Store d to. of H. Colby, Curtis 4k Walt©. KcHeary, JtL, April 16th. 1877. if S, CAPS, St. Slightly damaged by Water in the lateflre, at Noa. 192 and 184 Madison St., corner Fitth Avenue. The Immense Stock of Scott <to Co., Wholesale and Retail Hatters, comprising all the leaciing styles in BUSINESS and DRESS IIATS. has been removed to 1 8 3 M a d i s o n S t r e e t , nearly opposite their old stand, and will be closed out at 25 to 50 cents on a Dollar. Come early before the best are gone. SCOTT A CO., Wholesale and Retail Hatters, removed to 183 Maoison St., near 5th Avenue. McHENRY, ILL. This House havinsr been newly Furnished ant1 Refitted, we are now ready to receive Boarders by the Day or *Veek, on Reasonable Terms Rooms with or without Furniture. COIST & McCREERY, Proprietors The McHenry Brewery. King & Herbes, Proprietors. THE best of Beer Shipped to anv part of the country and warranted as represented.-- Jrders solicited and promptly attended to. Though our commercial with the two belligerents aw#? atively insignificant, the cia !• the East cannot but have diate and considerable beai American commerce. Of Russia and Turkey and her have furnished England and tluent--principally England average yearly supply of graii^ ing in ihe aggregate to absas 4s,; bushels. This supply win net cut ofi, but the two belligerents; probably together not fcssth&cir lioo and a half of men in the feed, will be constantly in the as buyers of grain and provision Any grain deficiency in arising from war or other cauee$^ be eiibstautially supplied fl­ unked States. Owing to a p#: system of cheap rail and wate£ portatiow from the graiu growiu, tricts of the West to the Atlant board, American grain has of steadily crowded Russia cerea British markets. In the pres static* no other grain-growing dpi can successfully compete with usitr plying an extraordinary dem:uxl' breadstuff* for military consumes! This enlarged export of grain and visions promises more money to agricultural classes, increased stdit to railroad business, and a pr revival to some other branches o; dustry. The sending abroad of d meats and live stock, which has gr so rapidly during the last eigh, months, will be increased by the sian-Turkish war. As yet there il| demand for Autericau fresh be of it the Continent,/hut it is under that several speculators are now ab1 with the intention of introducing and we have heard that the Gci- steamers will soon be fitted up, refrigerators for the export oi" f beef, the same as the English stead now are. The exportation of beef commenced in October, 1875, wit shipment of 3G0,000 pounds from port, which had increased to 6,262, pounds (valued at #5L7,762) in M last. The consumption of Auierii beef in England has surprised most sanguine, shippers on this sid< War and war rutuors have Tli« exportation of fresh meat l'rom this country is likgly soon to become a great feature of our international trade. But while war will probably increase our sales of food products, it will to very nearly the same extent check the consumption of cotton, petroleum, and other raw materials, for which Europe looks chiefly to us. At the same time the existiug prostration of trade abroad must b« greatly augmented by the closing of European markets, and large lines of certain descriptions of, manufactured goois must be shipped to this country and sold for the "most they will bring. American markets will Iterative .outlets for whatever » un­ saleable in the great centres of Euro­ pean trade, and imported goods will fall in value he rev a decided gain to the great mass of people, those who con­ sume tea, coflee and cigars, as well as to the wealthier classes who drink foreign wines, dress in broadcloth and silks, and indulge in expensive European luxuries. Our manufacturers will prob­ ably be shorn of a portion of their profits by the great influx 'mf British, French and German goods forced oft at ruinous prices. Yet, while our trading and commer­ cial interests will be variously, and not always Wneficially, aflected by war in Europe, W financial condition will be strengthened and improved. Our Gov­ ernment securities will be free from the distrust attaching to the great bor­ rowing nations of Europe, any of which are likely to be drawn into the conflict. It is not, from present ap­ pearances, probable that the struggle will long be confined to Russia and Turkey. Prudent European investors will, therefore, naturally single out United States bonds,no\r prominently and favorably known in all European money markets, as least likely to be afteeted by the contingencies of the war, and as presenting every guarantee of safety. In the main, the war will benefit us both commercially and finan­ cially, though probably not to any as­ tonishing extent. At a Texas baby-show it was a long time before anyone could be found to act as judge. Finally five men were found to act on condition that the awards should not be announced till the judges had ten minutes the start. The mothers sat in a circlc. babies in lap. The judges made their rounds, compar­ ed notes, handed the result to the spokesman and ran for their dear lives. Fancy Note and Letter Paper, with envelopes to match. Very neat styles. At O. W. Owen's. WASHINGTON CORUIKSPONDKNCE. Preparations for the J&ctra Session-- A. two months Session Probable--*A. IT. Stephens--Scxt Speafcerxhij)-- • Pre&idenC s new Rule--City Improve- I, ihents--Personal Items, etc., etc. 9t\v, " , WAsmxOTOx, D.C.,May 7th, 1877. Great preparations are on foot, pri­ vately and individually as well as pub­ licly and among political cliques, for the coming Extra Session of Congress, concerning the convening Of which everybody is in more or less of a quan- dry. This big whirling world we live in is almost as full of little worlds'as it is of lives, and the turning of many of them is of as much consequence, in one way of looking at it, as is the revolu­ tion of the one great mother world of *11. So the little personal schemes and plans in -connection with this extra session are each as important to the schemer and planner as are the deep plots fcnd purposes of the greatest pol­ itician in regard to the saine, or even as the one great purpose of the session, to make army appropriations. Who can tell the innumerable chances that are depending upon this same meeting of Coagress. Great things turn on such little hinges sometimes. Some are planning to meet such a Represen­ tative here and get such a movement attended to; 6ome are expecting an appointment through Senator such-a one, this summer; reporters are making arrangements about their seats; board­ ing places are being secured; merchants and other trades are rejoicing over the prospect of an unusually lively season in their business, and many and many are the balls big and little that are being set rolling for this one small act of the Presidents calling an Extra Session.-- "Behold how great a matter a little fir«s kindleth!" Congressmen are hoping for a short session. It is said tliat twu weeks would more than suffice for the absolutely necessary legislative busi­ ness, but strong apprehensions are en­ tertained that one matter and another will be brought up and the session be continued two months or more. It is a general belief that much time will be consumed in discussiug the Army 4.p- printiou Bill, predicted on tbe move- Jilt which is now in progress to com- 1 a large reduction iu the Army es- bllshmeut. Such ft measure will uwiiit. Investigations win also be pro­ posed into various expenditures of pub­ lic money In the Navy Department as well as several others. Alexander II. Stephenst who has been confined to his hotel by sickness for several mouths, has become so far con- valeceut that lie begun to take morn­ ing drives two weeks ago and this week he argued a case before the Su­ premo Court. He has been very anx­ ious to be in his seat at the opeuing of the next session to cast his vote for Speaker. This question of the Speak­ ership is also agitating many minds.-- Randall will make a desperate try for it, and Gen. Banks is his most formidi- ble opponent, but it is said that he cannot beat Randall unless some Dem­ ocrats support him. A rumor is now afloat that tho Southern Democrats are determined to elect one of their own number to the ofiiee. For some time past the President has been trying to devise some means of overcoming the annoyance lie has ex­ perienced from oftice-scekers ever since he has hiincelf been in office and has at last hit the nail on the head by publishing the rule, "Applications for appointment must be made in writing aud presented at the proper Depart­ ment. Personal applications to the President will not be considered. Among other improvements about the city two are especially noteworthy One is the Bartholdi Fountain to be placed in the U. S. Botanical Gardens, and the other is the Naval Monument which is to stand at the west side of of the Capitol grounds. The founda­ tion and base are nearly completed and the pieces of the Statuary comprising the monument will bo brought from the Nary yard as they are needed.-- This monument will be about forty feet high and is of fine marble. It was designed by Admiral Porter and exe­ cuted by Franklin Simmons, an Ameri­ can Sculptor at Rome. The Bartholdi Fenntaiu is the one that attracted so much attention at the Centennial last summer. It is still at Philadelphia but the basin is now iu readiness and the fountain will be brought to this city at Once and probably will be iu position and operation by the first of June.-- Pennsylvania Avenue, tho largest and broadest in the city, leading from the Capitol to the White House, is being newly coYicieled, and it is proposed to hold an open air ball on it the evening of the 4th of July. v' Mr. Algernon Sartoris, ex-President Grant's son-in-law, with his wife and baby, Jules Sartoris, will sail from Baltimore for Europe on the 17th of May. . MAXWELL. . v MttttlRT ON THE It At fc. •WfJiav# been frequently asked :MWhat is the difference between a railroad dining car and a Pullman Hotel car?" That there is a vast difference is well known by those who have had occasion to use either; but' the tin traveled public are not fully advised as to the poiats of difference. The old-fashioned railroad eating-house I*. alas! too well known: its peculiar, hastily eaten m*n!« have been partaken of by two many thous­ ands to be forgotten. The dining car. then, is this well-known eating-house placed on wheels, attached to the train at the usual eating huurs, and hauled ftlong for thirty, forty or sixty miles, until the meal has been served, when it is set off on a side-track, and is-by the next train hauled back to its starting point, and so it runs a few miles for eaeh meal. To get meals in this car the pansAnger has to work his way through the train white it is under full motion--pass from car to car, running the risks of falling between tho plat­ forms, and finally finding tli§ car at the rear of the train. Then comes the meal, which must be hurried through with to give chance for other hungry passengers to take your place, aud you must force your way back to your seat, and again run the risks of your platform passage while the train is at full speed. In such cars you pay seventy-five cents for e ach meal, even if you take or need only a cup of coffee and a cracker. Bear in mind, in no case do these dining cars accompany the train from starting point destination. They are always 4,cut off" and taken on as we have described. With the Pnllman Hotel car the case is different in every respect. These cars are sixty to sixty-six feet long, have sixteen wheels under each, are built strong, so as to insure steady, quiet run­ ning, without the usual unpleasant side motion. Each Hotel car contains, in the order named, the follow! n<r nftm. | partments: . let. A cosy, neat and clean little kitchen, fitted up with a range, au ice and meat bo*, rows of shelves covered with bright silver and brighter glass ware, and all the appliances needed for preparing a sumptuous meah 2nd. A compact China and glass closet in which is kept the table ware and table linen, sutlery, etc. Railway. That these car* are attract* Ing a large share of the California travl el, both ways, might easily be conjecture ed Any road deserves to be patronized that is eifterprising enough to give tho traveler such facilities as are freely tendered by tho Chicago & North Wes- 4 tern Railway on its California Hue. We have neglected to say that, In these Hotel cars, the meals ar•ala. j carts--you pay for what yon get, «c<? nothing more; and this at virj reason-- * ^ able rates.--The Tribune, April 7thf 77. ^ iu.LlNulg l'ATEStl -'f- i', ' 1 ilit of Illinois Patents allowed by the U. S. Patent Office, for the weekjV* • ending May 1, 1877, is furnished this*! J paper by GILMORE & CO., Solicitor*. ! 629 F Street. Washington, D. C. Tho; Patents will be issued in two weeks from the date of the allowance. ^ S. Babcock & C» E. Masfl^Sprlngfleldf HI. Deutal tool. J. Campbell, Chicago, 111. Process of preserving meat in transit. I. & Doten, Bristol Station, 111. Spec­ tacles. A. D. Hoffman, Chicago, ill. Wire colling machine. J. F. Kingwill, Chicago, IB. Drive- chain, 5 M. L. Palmer. Trivoli, 1)1. feather renovating machine. ' D. C. Stover, Fretp^ p.. garbed < fence wire. ' - *' J. F. Woolensack, Chicago, HI. Tian- som oitener. R. W. Alexander, Galttbnrg, 111. Cultivator. ..,'T 0. & F. Haiso, Atlanta.- 111. Railroad, signal. ' R. E. LeUon, Quincy, 111. Reed or­ gan actions, V F. M. Martin, Cambridge? IB, Hair­ spring studs for watches. 1.W. McGaney, Chicago' lll. Hose- carriage. B. F. Stoiter, Rockferd, 111. Gages. D. Brobston, Chicago, 1)1^ Hoisting apparatus. A. F. Brooking, Milton. Ilt» Recipro­ cating churn. H. W. Farley & M. C. Richards,0>we- 4 go. 111. Tubs, pails, casks, &c. T. J|jHolmes, Mason Citj^ Ill. Har­ row. J G. H. Jaoob% Winnebago,ill. Tire-1J till "oF'thie ca r, and rernifng'aii air-£hamber to prevent the smell of the cooking victuals from reaching the saloon por­ tion of the car. 4tli. The grand saloon. This is fit­ ted up with twelve, fourteen or sixteen sections, with space for tables between each, and in these the meals are served. You, while on this car. own the space you occupy as much as you do your room at hnme, and noonechn hurry you while at meals, nor are you forced to give it up to allow any other person .to occupy it. At night, as if by magic* this saloon is changed into a boudoir, and here your couch is prepared, and here you rest yourself isolated, and a8 eeperated from your fellow-travelers as you would be in your own bed-chamber. 5th. An elegant drawing-room, with room for six or eight persons. This is found alone in these magnificent cars. In it. you and your family or party of friends may be as secl«:ded as you please or you can slide open the end and have the company of those In the grand sa­ loon. 6th. Charmingly-arranged lavatories are partitioned off. and arranged in two distinc 1 compartments for the seperate use of ladies and gentlemen. These la­ vatories are supplied with pure water, clean towels, combs, brushes, and, in fact everything the most dainty may desire for the perfect performance of an elab­ orate toilet. 7th. Then follow conductor's and porters, rooms, linen closets, etc., etc. It will thus be seen that this oar Is, as its name implies, a perfect modern hotel, with all of its appliances and com­ forts complete. * This car is taken on at the commencement of the journey, and is part of the train to its destina­ tion. In it you get your sleeping com­ partments and your meal accommoda­ tions, while neither enroach upon the other. Envious dining-car employes, who are paid to decry this form of Ho­ tel car, cannot, with anything like truth on their side, give any valid or conclu­ sive reasons for preferring the dining to the Hotel car. and they only chatter in favor of their dining, car because they are paid to do so. These Hotel ears have run from ITew York to San Fran­ cisco and back with the Emperor Dom Pdro--with Jarrett & Palmer's party that traveled at almost lightning speed --with many a party of California bo­ nanza kings; and all join in pledging their honor that the cars are incompar­ able. Two lines of these celebrated cars run between New York and Chicago, and one line between Chicago and Omaha. It may be needles to say that this 1 ast-named line runs over the steel track of the Chicago & North- Western J. Pratt, jr., Princeville, HI. Three horse equalizers. A. Quincy Reynolds, (ifhicago, HI. Automatic fruit dryers, P. J. /Sl'hmitt, Chicago* IB,Qrate-bar« for boiler-furnaces. > F. L. Williams, Tamaroa^^ UTttt- locks. THE FLAG OP THK PROPHET. A Correspondent of the Inter-Oc&m asks: "What is the flag of the Prophet» and why, if the Sultan unfolded it, would the vent be of such terrible sig­ nificance, as intimated in the dispatch^ es." "The Sanjak Shrif, or flag of the Prophet, is regarded by the Mohamme« dans as their most sacred relic. Me- hammetlan writers tell the story this JfSt way: Mohammed, the Prophet,captur- ed the Koreish in battle, and out of his turban made his flrst battle flag. This descended to his successors, and went into the hands of Omar, the real foun­ der of Mohammedan power. It waa kept at Damascus, tbeu at Bagdad, and was Anally deposited at Constantinople where it has been guarded with the greatest care for three eentories. It ia covered with forty-two wrappings of silk, and kept in the interior chapel of the Seraglio. The bringing forth of this sacred relic would be an appeal to all Mohammedaus. Nations friendly to the Sultan advise him not to take such a step, as it would antagonize aU Chrii* tiaa nations.'* tsCt#.':. woBtan'a The exact value of a broken heart has been decided by an Ohio jury, and we hasten to put it on record for the convenience of persona consulting quotations in reference to that particular commodity. At McAr- thur, in that State of Federal office-hol­ ders, & Mi*. Fannie Trace well brought suit against Edward D. Dodge, the wealthiest widower in Vinton county, claiming damage for breach of promise in $10,000, and after occupying several days in listening to the testimony of about forty witnesses bearing on the- character of the plaintiff and other poiuts in issue, and wrestling all night with each other over the verdict, thejr finally found for the plaintiff*assessing her damages at $67.50. What weald have bees the effect upon the verdiotif the defendant had been a poor man is* of course, left to conjecture, thoiffk there i* reason to believe that the d age to the lady's fractured heart w«#£< have been proportiouably smaller; PRINTS in new and desirable styles at 6 cents per yard at Lansing & Evan- son's. The cheapest and best Pictures In the county at the Fine Art Gallery of L, S. Gorton, MoUenry.