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Jfeflwj plunder. tTEDXESDAY. NOV. Slat, 1877. Ji VAN SLYKE, Editor. JSTPhiladelphia Times saye: Senator Blaine has g«a« home HE. and it is feared that he will net be able to re­ turn for some time. It is an open se­ cret that his health has »ever been fotd aince his suddea attack during the sitting of the Cincinnati Conven­ tion. He hasbeeo warned that he is in danger ef a return of paralysis if he efcalt not exercise the greatest car* gQT The Rochester Union saf»: "It Is predicted that more interest trill be taken in base ball next season than1 •rer. Merchants will close their stores, and every day on which a game is played (which will be seven days in a week) will be declared a legal holiday. The advantage will be that no promis­ sory notes will fall due during the season and everybody will be happy.1' !, The Bockford Gazette has the "fHkowtng: A particularly high toned Chicago Drummer, who prides himself •n his charms, forever lost hU pride the other day. He drove his fellow drummer wild in, a car by his atten­ tions to a comely maiden, to whom he showed his sample?, and whose hand he squeezed for half an hour. But when the train stopped at Elgin, a quiet old follow stepped forward and thanked him for entertaining the girl, remark­ ing "'She is hopelessly insane, and I am taking her to the State Insane Asylum bore. • ^iH^Hard times have caused a fearful * Increase of crime and vagrancy in New Hampshire. Farmers In sparsely-set­ tled regions say that they have never lived in such fear of violence from tramps, nor suffered so much from thieving from their granaries, poultry yards and clothes lines, and in more than a score of places "extra policemen are nightly on duty unkuown to the public. The State Prison has nearly double the average number of convicts from 1870 to 1875, They now number 175. with the promise of an increase to 300 by the tim« the Legislature meets. A !JH1K MCFltE COKR^IOK Editor Plainpealer :--Our atten­ tion has beeu called to a statement in your issue of Oct. 81st, from W. W, Ellsworth, directed to C. Street & Son. Now Mr. Editor we have hesitated to reply, from the fact it would call in question Mr. Ellsworth's reputation for truth and veracity, but after being called upon by your readers and others and out of respect to ourselves and duty to the public, we have concluded to reply and ask the use of your columns to vindicate ourselves from the insinu­ ations and false assertions that Mr. Ellsworth has endeavored to heap upon us. Mr. Ellsworth goes on to state after being much shocked and sur- prised to think we dare publish in your paper the premiums that we lawfully won in McIIenry Co., and elsewhere. He says, "I did not think that Street would depart so far from the truth.-- Street did not exhibit a hog at Mc- Heury Co., Fair in 1876, although he has circulated a card stating that he won a number of prizes at said fair." These cards are still in circulation and state facts. Mr. Ellsworth will please retract this false statement of his or prepare himself to defend the position he takes. ' These Fairs were made pub­ lic by means Of circulars and other prints, and fully sustain dk in our state­ ments above. With regard to the premiums in 1877 they are correct, but should have been printed Fairs and was printed so in the Richmond Gazetter. Editor will please refer to the note wo sent you and ascer­ tain if the mistake was ours. In con­ clusion we hold ourselves responsible to the public for the truth of our statements and for their publication.-- Mr. Editor it is with regret that wq have been drawn before the public and thus compelled to ask the use of your columns to defend ourselves from the foul assertions that have been thrown "uponqs. Yours Respectfully, C. STREET & SON. ,fe. « The suicide of W. F. Coolbaugh. Chicago, which was announced through the daily papers on Thursday last was a great surprise to those who Jcnew him best. The first impression was that his Bank was embarrassed, tout upon closo investigation his finan­ cial matters are found to be all right, Ahd then a rumor is circulated of do­ mestic difficulties. But the coroners Investigation failed to unearth any­ thing of the kind, and it will perhaps •over remain a mystery why this great man, in possession of plenty of this worlds goods, honored and respect­ ed by all who knew him, should thus Aqmmarily put an end to his own life. That he was temporarily insane no one -jrill doubt, but what cansed that insan­ ity will probably never be known. His loss will be deeply felt in business -||ircle& in Chicago. " J®"Chicago had more than her ahare of sensations last week, in the burning of Field, Lei tor & CoV mag nificent retail establishment, and tho •oicide of W. F. Coolbaugh, one of Chicago's most worthy business men •nd successful Bankers. The loss by ftie fire is estimated at over a million 4*llars. Three firemen wero killed and several severely wounded. The 4re was undoubtedly cauled by an Overheated stove on the third floor.-- IfTith the experience tkat Chicago has ||ad with the fire fiend it would seem that a little more care would be taken In and around these magnificent structures, but iu almost all of these jj§nfortuuate fires there is proved to l|e some one who has learned nothing V Bad experience. It Is said the J^uilding will be rebuilt at once, and In gjiie meantime the firm will secure tem­ porary quarters and at once resume business, thus giving employment to 800 persons, who were engaged in various ^capacities with the firm. EDITOR PLAINDEALER:--Mr. Ells worth said he would have to forbid me passing my cards at the State Fair, stating he had rather pay for them to be printed over, only print them to suit him. 1 showed the cards to H. F Eastman, who Represented the Stock Journal company, and he said they were all right. If Ellsworth pretends to be so truthful why does he state in the different Stock Journals that he took all first prizes aud sweepstakes for the past five years, until the No­ vember No. 1877, when he well knew we took one first premium on the first boar pig we bought of him, and Mr. Hunt took a number of first premiums in 1876. Ellsworth also *ays, he "is willing Street should blow as much gas as he wishes if he will only tMl the truth." Now, Mr. Ellsworth, has been here for two years to get some of our premium stock to take to the State Fairs, and appeared to be disappointed because he could not buy them. I began to think after going to different county fairs and taking first and second premiums, and one first at the State Fair in '77, that I could meet him at our County Fair, After being urged by a number of friends and officers of the society, notwithstanding, Mr. E., advised me to go to Waukegan Fait] and meet Mr, Hunt and he (Ellsworth)!*8 would let me have his boar '*Jaker „;v, volo. ; Editor l̂aixdealkr.--The Small Pox is spreading In Lake county with great rapidity* It started in the town of Fremont and was brought direct from Chicago by Mrs. Seip, a widow.-- She resides with her son-in-law, Wm. Nutmire. Mrs. Seip went to ^Chicago on a visit. After.she returned in due time was quite unwell and the old la­ dies In tho vicinity hastened to pre>- scribe sueh roots and yarbs as the com­ plaint required. But a physician was summoned and out came the Small Pox. Mr. Nutmire^s five or six little children now have it. Since writing -the above I learn four of the children are dead, anWfroni twenty to forty oth­ ers have it in the vieinlty. Mr. Nut­ mire lives about f of a mile southeast of Win. Gould's, oa the old Chicago road. The Germans there and here also believe they will not have it provided they are not afraid of it, so in tlier go, and so surely they will have it andl spread it also. Now there is no mis-' take about this for I have beeu there and conversed with Mr. Nutmire (but at a distance) about his family. Keep| away and go immediately to a doctor and be vaccinated every one. Mrs.$' Seip is confident she was exposed on the cars coming out to Barrington on the Northwestern road. She did npt| hear of a case in Chicago, but a woman on the cars with her was quite unwell and said she had been in Chicago atr< tending her sick husband. If such are the facts other towns along that line* know it by this time. The Revivalist Bell commenced again a series of meetings at this place on the 9th inst., and they are conducted on the Moody patent plan and the singing is of the Golden Stairs type and many do say T^in't no theorem* thing, Nor nothin' nunaged by a ring, No book can't tell you how it feels, Crnwliu' up your back from to'rds your heels. Now please all attend every day. Sing, -'Over the hills and far away." Vole will have a few scientific lec­ tures at an early date, so soon as the roads and moon will permit. A small admission fee will be charged. A Mc- Henry orator will first spread eagle on "In the beginning, God said let there he light and there was light." EDEN. Poland China Swine GOOD Pigs for eale that was sired by Boars that took First Premium and Sweep- stakes at State and County Fairs, from $15 to $25 apiece. We are shipping to some of the best breeders in the countrv. For particulars apply to C. STREET & SON, Hebron, 111 JOS. WIEDEMANN --PROPRIETOR OF THE-- Marat anil Boariiai House Near the Depot, McHENRY,- - - ILLINOIS. The Choicest Brands of Wines for Medicinal and Family use always on hand. All the ac­ commodations of a tf rat-class Boarding lions*. Charges. Reasonable. 9/SfJL ve&arkable frog story is told by )the Toronto Globe. A pine log was being sawed into lumber at a sawmill 5n Acton. The outside slab and one board had been cut off, and wnile the "workmen were turning over the log they were surprised te see a large toad jpoke his head out of a hole in which he iwas imbeded, and where he had barely escaped'beIng cut up by the saw. As the log was the fourth or fifth from the butt of the tree, his position must have been at least fifty or sixty feet from the ground. The animal was quite flat, and nearly as large as a man's hand.-- Be was perfectly blind, but when taken from his bed he made use of his limbs to crawl away. The tree was perfect- sound with the exception of a decayed •spot of about a foot in length below the hollow place in which he was im­ peded. How did. he get there and what did he live en? And is the story true?'" 'v. aodfP eta 1 would have no trouble to get firstlh premiums. I thought it Mr. Ellsworth p- bad an idea I would take first premium over Mr. Hunt that I would stand a good chance to show at our Woodstock Fair. I took one first and two second premiums, and the sweepstake ribbon was fairly won, on sews of any age or breed, by our sow pig that took first premium at the State Fair. Part of the committee had left and Ellsworth came to see huw it was--came twice- then went for the committee aud got them together and talked to them un­ beknown to me. What right had Ellsworth, according] to the rules of the society, to take rib bons off of other hogs and put them oi his own, without the consent of th Superintendent, unless he thinks he cat run the hog department to suit him self. Yes. it will relieve the society o appointing a superintendent or co miuee auother year, and then it wi be run smoothly andjuaficewillbe don to all. Now, about our sow "Jenny" taking third premium at Elkhorn.-- She took first premium in '76 and '77 and no other, as he can write to the Superintendent of the swine depart- ment, or Secretary, and ascertain the facts, and other county societies the same. Yours Respectfully, S. G. STREET. I. M , • J,W ' V. -.U. , . , f": . . ! « > » . « - S S S . & ..-f .f.ffci -j """' •jSfKj* "v 3&"* ) s / t g r-^pc- .z<m V* • » ' > « , ' \ r? >: «'+t' -* -.t; - •"MBS**? ; • • ' Jlt&t -tsilx-M, 4:#' « • '-0^./ . us. Don't wait till the last day in the afternoon when you want a picture ' taken for with the approach of the ; Holidays comes a rush of work that makes it impossible to do all unless yo« come in -time. So says John all A Care for Smalt Pox. "I am willing to risk my reputation as a public man," wrote Edward Hine to the Liverpool Mercurg, 4,if the worst case of small-pox cannot be cured in three days, simply by the use of cream of tartar. One ounce of cream of tartar dissolved in a pint of water, drank at intervals when cold, is a certain, never-failing remedy. It has cured thousands, never leaves, a mark, never causes blindness, and avoids te­ dious lingering." HEAVY WORK HORSES FOR SALE The undersigned offer for Sale a team ef Heavy Work Hor-ees, one nine and one four years old. Will be sold reasonable if applied for soon. Apply to John Brown. Four miles east of Mclleiiry aud one mile webt of Volo. XtSTGood Stabling for Horses. .mini i n~ - ur ine iSxecuttve, fTSBio au discussion, Mr. Garfield leading tho opp eition, and pointing out the danger of having aucl a law ou *it, statute book ae would have, in 1861, tiec the liandN oi President and wrought the di-Mtruo tion of the <Jo\ rnuient. Mr. Hooker'* amendment wae rejected--13'< to as. Mr. Atkiae then offered at amendment, as an additional section, providing that the officers assigned to staff duty shall not be en­ titled to additional rank o* pay. Agreed to. Monday, Nov. 12.--Skihte.--Mr. Conkling made a personal explanation W*ohing an allege*) interview with him printed in the STev York HeraM of the 9th. He stated that the report, contained many statements which he never uttered, evep to private conversation, and expressions of thought an<l language that never came from him Bilty were introduced by Mr. Wiiidoin to eat&V lish a Department of Commerce, and l» Mr. Matthews for the enforcement of JnJ^iaenD and decreee iu States other than those where re EE deredormade Mr. Maxey submitted a rend** tion instructing the Committee on Military Affai^ to inquire into the expediency of constructing dj fendive work* on the Rio Grande frontier.. ..M Booth was appointed Chairman of the Coiumitt on Patents, iu place of Mr. Wadleigh, who was r cently appointed Chairman of the Committee i Privileges and Elections....Mr. Voorhe« ewas 8wo in as a member of the Senate from Indiana.., .*11 Senate, in executive session, confirmed tBe appoii ment of John M. Stevens, of Maine, lis Minis to Norway and Sweden ; John Defreee,/of Indii m Public Printer at Washington ; Kcijtoth F as Solicitor of the Treasury ; and RoHert H. tenden, tlnited States Attorney for low*. HOUSE.--The Clymer amendment to the bill, limiting the number to 20,0(10, wen, but riding for stationing four full cavalry regimf the Mexican border, was concurred in by the on a call of the yeas and nay*, by vote to 127. The amendment'providing • that o when assigned to staff duty, shall reoeiv# higher rank or pay than their lineal T H E True Verdict. All will testify who trade wtlh us that they can buy More and Better Goods ®X>» tHE DOLLAR Than at any other house in Mo- Henry County. We hare no need to cry 3VO HUMBUG. A word to the wise will suffice. Chicago Nine Cent Store, Blake's Block, ilcUemy, HI; H CD CO CD Ms, O k H Q P pc, W o hd O p. o CD o a. G> CD 02 a P P pu CO CD CD P CD & C* • I • 4 . -k?--- faf&ltaNf X 80WBV rallies and Looking Glasses than any other House in the cohuty. , Jelow we ffive a ^ Jf" i- ost(m'r#Fa!>les, Solid Black Watnut, 85 cents per " * Bedsteads from $2 to $30. t Spring: Beds from $2 to $10. ^ a ^ }n<t ,« <v . ^ Wash Stand Bureaus from $3 to. $5. f - 4 f 6 » ; t y b , t # Bureaus from $8 to $14. «^ . «. t , , Wood Seat Chairs from $2 to $4.50 per se£t, ^ ** • ,vv*f. '.'"v Cane Seat Chairs from $4.50 to $15. .J J I Single Lounges from $7 to $10. Bod Lounges from $10 to J^L4. Picture Frames.--8x10 Rustic Frame, comj^lete ̂ 20 cent®.-- ! tustic Motto Frames 8 1-2x21, complete, 55. cents, and all other styles and sizes at the very lowest prices. Looking Glasses from 15 cents to $2. UNDERTAKING I have the most complete stock of Coffins and Caskets, of all •styles and sizes, to be found in the County, with Trimmings to cor­ respond, that I will sell at a very smalliriarMn. Give me a caU and I will be pleased/to shqw you my stock and »ive prices. ^ -•""®" ;/.V ' To parties wishing it I Will give oae years time on approved '£otesat 10 per cent. , : - * i ^ " Jonn X. btory, to sure 'urniture! *ii m AN ew andComplete Stock We will offer Special Bargains ill Men and Youths Busi­ ness Suits and Men and Youths Dress, SuitsA We also have a full line of Childs and small Boys Suits. Overcoats, Overcoats. . . i A complete line for Men, Youths and Boys, at Ex­ tremely Low Prices. Call and examinev Stock and Prices. U Smith, Aldrich <fc Hay thorn Riverside Block, McHenry. BUCKIP A STEVENS, UcHmvrŷ Augv* WUh 1877' y is to M It. TO SAVE MONEY, Buy your Goods for Cash or Produce. BEAD THE FOLIXJWING PRICE LIST) Good Prints 6 cts. Best Prints . . . 6 to7 flood yard wide Sheeting 6 Best v<l wide Sheeting ..7 to 8 Yd wide Bleached Sheet­ ing 8 to 10 Extra good Waterproof. 75 Carpenterville Flannels 46 Large line of piaiu Flan- nels 20 to 37 Cotton Batting--12, 15 and 18 Good all worn Stocking Yarn 90 Dress Goods, bargains. 10 to 40 All wool Blk Cash­ mere 70, ,85, and $1 Freueh BOne Corsets 40 Clarence and Peerless Carpet W»rp . 22# A full line of Rochester and Buffalo custom made Boots and Shoes every pair warranted Mens Suits |6to$20 B'oys Suits $4 to #10 Cotton Flannel 9 to 15 California Overalls leath er trimmed 50 Fair Japan Tea 8 lbs for (il Choice Japan Tea 50 Best Japan Tea warrant I ed best in market 75 Fair Itio Coffes 20 Choice Rio Coffee...2S Beet Kio Coffee 25 4 bars Savon S»wip..... 25 Fair Young llv^oii Ten.. 40 Choice Young'Hyson Tea 70 Best Young lly^onjTea. 86 Best Layer Raisins X box Layer Raisins.... 3 lb Can Peaches, best.. 2 lb Can Blackberries. .. 35 different styles Car. lie ting 50 to Wall Paper and Trucks full line 9 Tbs White Coffee Sugar 9# lbs C Coffee Sugar... 10 lbs Light Brown Sugar Best Sugar cured can- vassed llams 12 lbs Rice Fair Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco Good Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco Extra Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco Best Hardwood Butter Pails ti m •i* i % 7S These Prices are for First Class Goods. Every article Warrant ed to prove as represented or moaey refunded. P. D. 8MITH.