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.~V'~' • S7: > , .*•« • . ^ • > *-V- -l*-V T'-X •»- >' •<: *';t : H *v > % <• •w > i .,v ^ 'j " >1 *"" ^ > "V. •* ! 7^ • <•>. ' * v.. >/*• "/»"> >•'£ *" r i" 4 -AL # * - ̂ t*a »* / , *1 . .. r. .. ,\W; /* &!immg:'mr' ? <*->\ .-• * '^"'V •W-'f. '*'•.•'; s*f" , : 1 ' \ • 1 V.j?) * v' ,V .-< * r; - • " • "i •» 4"\< 4 *",1 • 1 ' V -"* : *"«*.T J...>i jm "*/• WEDNESDAY, MARCH Stli, 187». VAN §LYKU, Editor. ,,, .T..aHr«» w*s expeditious In Angell's caw. He arrived In Chicago en Tuesday nl*ht; was convleted on )ila own confession and sentenced to leu years'* Imprisonment, on Thursday; a»fl taken to the penitentiary Friday^ where he will be known as 2,604. If the law WOT as speedily carried out ..r lifith other criminals, the era of crime Would soon wane, ~V^ |^*A member of the New Torkle* v^||lslature la championing a proposition tb make Alaska a penal colony. He claims that snch a scheme would be the . feeans of relieving the States of i grievious burden, would remove con Vict-l&bor front competition with free V ffrbcr, and while punishing the criminal Should tend to settle up, develop, and Stake profitable our>7,000,000 acquis!- JRepubH- ar- fSpThe Geheva, Illinois, PSon accuses us of appropriating an $icle from the Milwaukee Sun and pass­ ing It off as original* Now we wish to ijay to the Republican that he simply fles. The item in question, appeared in Ihe PLA.ixiMSA.LEit as a miscellaneous Item, and was both credited and quo­ ted. With two or three stolen arti­ cles In the same column in which lie |kak«s this charge, the young lawyer from Chicago who scribbles for the Jlepubticati will do well to go a Utile •'sSllOW* "• t In speaking of the Walking Imanla among Women the Chicago ^Newe says: "We have herolhes among 'Sue, but we do not appreciate them. Hvhile the pedestrian mania lasts, the woman who can do the most unnatural thing, and live, is the woman of the ®^|hour. The woman who does the most ;natnral thing and dies, is soon forgot­ ten. There is no prize offered on eartli |for the mother who can sit up 2,700 ^consecutive quarter hours attending to •the wants of a sick baby, nor for the 'mother who bends over a wash tub 313 days «ut of 965, to support a house full •of littlechlldfSen.. But the champion wimlta are waiting for them in the bet­ ter laud." IK" •Vf ) < JG^Rev. Joseph Cook appi ehends no .special danger to this country from i ^ Chinese immigration. He quotes offi- icial statistics showing that the Chiu- ,ese now in California contribute an- . t *" nually to the revenue of the State*over « , f IS,000,000. The amount of duties paid \ by Chinese Importers at the Custom r? House of the port of San Francisco is $1,800,000. And according to the re- pert of the Surveyor General of Cali­ fornia, these people have increased the value of the property in the State $290,000,000. The lecturer further states that the great need of the Pa­ cific Coast is cheap labor; that the cost of labor there has been so great that the manufacturers could not compete with the East; and that Chinese labor will render it possible for capital to develop a greater variety of industries " Another favorable feature is that many of the Chinese are becoming Christian­ ised. Over three thousand attended v Sabbath Schools; four hundred have been baptized; and. it is believed, a -f. ,> s. i'lfiji. * i * 1 . - • » thousand have accepted Christianity. & t i * - - , 8»uth and Southern Glatmi ^$tte day last week leading Congress­ men from the South declared, in the most unreserved and emphatic manner that they took no special interest in Southern claims, and that they ear­ nestly wished that the whole business was disposed of and out of the way. Tfeey talked well, nobly, patriotic­ ally, and a number of Democratic newspai>er8 called the attention of the country to their course and named them for general commendation. But ahu! it has already been made to ap­ pear that their line words were of sort that butter no parsnips; that they were Inspired by bounce and bun­ combe and not by patriotism. Eugene Hale, taking them at their word, of­ fered them a splendid chance to de­ monstrate the sincerity of their posi­ tion on Southern claims, by unitlug with him and tlie other Republicans of the House in instructing the Judi dary Committee to report a Constitu­ tional amendment forbidding the pay­ ment of such claims growing out of the war. But this meant business, and business was not what they bargained for. And so, imitating the man who declared he was Strenuously in favor of a cerjtuijrt law, but unalterably op­ posed tu~h* enforcement, they resisted motion. Suddenly cured of their anxiety to have Southern claims got out of the way, they pettifogged aud filibustered until the morning hour was consumed. It #as an edifying spectacle, and one whose significance the country cannot mistake, Southen Congressmen may talk against Sout ern claims, but when a 'proposltlon made to permanently shelve them, they and their rNorther«i political brethren are fountf wnMitif|. Actions apeak louder than words. Teachers' Association. Proceedings qf th* meeting of the Mo 'Jtenrj/ Cfrunty Teachers' Aaaoeiation, held at WoodMock\ Marchl»ts 187®. In the absence of the President the Secretary called the meeting to order at 10:30. Minutes of meeting read and ap­ proved. The first in order was an exercise in primary arithmetic, by Miss Jennie Lemmers. She would not have them learn the tables, as they were tn the book; would teach them to multiply and divide by the ordefs of units; would teach them long division the same as short division, and to indicate division both by the sign and by the fraction. Pronouncing exercise--Miss Kuaop- She proceeded to distribute the words to be pronounce. The exercise was conducted after the old spelling-down fashion. After the exercise the ques­ tion as to what is authority in defini­ tion was discussed with the following result: that geographical names are pronounced according to the best usage ot their locality; also that It is an er­ ror to think that the pronunciation given first Id the dictionary has the p r e f e r e n c e , ^ ' . - - . v . . . Mr. Starr Jippointed critic. Messrs. S.%Iort,on, C. A. Gardner and Miss Anna Crosby appointed as pro­ gramme committee. Word analysis by Prof. Wilkie, who proceeded to show the importance of studying the words analytically, and made important the following facts: that word analysis should be intro­ duced into all grammar and high school grades; that the study of words as to th«*lr parts was the only try<3 method of studying language. f Adjourned to meet at 1 ^ Meeting called to order at 1:25. Report of programme committee called for, read and adopted as follows: Place ot meeting, Nunda; time of meet­ ing, ICiOO A. M., March 29; roll call-- members to respond by giving some fact in regard to the great rebellion; pronouncing exercise--A. Gardner^ reading. Miss Mansfield; physical geog-L' raphy, S. D. Baldwin; school examina­ tions, A. W. Young; botany, C^f^r, Gardner; query box. reader to be ap­ pointed by the President. A resolution to omit article vli of the by-laws was presented and laid on the table for two months. A bill of sixty cents for stationery and stamps by W* W. Parsons, accept- and ordered paid. Discussion upon the following etvfc* ject:"The Utility of the Natural Sci­ ences in the Common, Schools."' Open­ ed on the afilmative by Prof. Wilkie with a paper full of earnestuess, and the usual beatifully adorned thoughts of the Prof. He stated that the young mind starts out in the field of percep­ tion aud the field a! nature glvei am pie room for the development of it; that/the child should pass f£om objects to ideas, from the kntmn to the un­ known, from the concrete to the ab stract, from syuthesis to analysis; and1 that it would be an economy of time ta introduce the study of natural objects into the common schools, and with greater facilities tliey may be intro­ duced. ^ The discussion was oprined On the i negative by D. H. Richardson He made it quite plain that the condition of the public schools would not admit of their introduction; teachers not fit­ ted to teach them, and that in the pre­ sent state of the common schools It would not he practical. The opening of the discussion by these two disputants called out a very spirited, interesting and somewhat lengthy discussion, participated in by the following members: S. D. Baldwin, Alex. Gardner. A. W. Young, W. 11 Hnrbftck, C. A. Gardner, J. Morton, W, Xickle and Mc I). Richards. Though the discussion was somewhat ^ broader than the premises, yet it is by these discussions (entered into with the right spirit, that the teachers derive the most beuetit from their nilngliug to-", get Iter. v HECK68. Pyslolfgy--W. H. Harback. Though the treatment of the subject was some­ what of a new departure, yet it was full of practical ideas and treated in a very interesting mauuer. He denied the existenee of the science of physi- *>l°gy. Living thingi acted upou dead things, rather than dead thitlgs upon living things; therefore food could not give strength. Strength was oi ly received through the relaxation and contraction of muscular tissue. A nat­ ural stomach wants only natural food. He believed that one meal a day was sufficient to sustain health. By motion the subject of physiology was postponed for t'jw&Uer dlsmunloit at some future time.' * . > j Adjournment. *. ' - ^ l; S. D. BALDWIN, President. M. J. JJ'aiUHT^cfi'euiry. fST The Key est A private letter firem St. Petersburg dated Jan. 27th, seys the epidemic Is a most fearful disease. It has spread Ix the Boi£tl}ern provinces at, a rapid rate. Thousands have died in the last five days, The vic,time live.only two hours and turn black as a iM»gro. All the physicians died within 24 honrs after arrival. The corpses were all burned, also the houses In which the people die. Whole towns were laid waste.-- In the past few days the government has placed a cordon of soldiers around the Infected provinces. Any who at­ tempt to break through are shot dead. The government does not allow the news to get out* The worst of all U, nobody can get out of the Empire. The Austrian ind German governments have placed a double cordon of soldiers along all the frontiers. All persons from Russia by railroad are stopped at the frontier and detained twenty dftys iti quaran­ tine, The baggage and clothing are disinfected, and If they prove all right |r0Pe- they are permitted to cross. ia on During the twenty days bif quaran-,»!nuto tine, the people are housed'in large sheds and barns without any accommo­ dations. It is much worse than the yellowie ver was in the South last summer. |]t I that was brought by a Tarter soldier a I and month ago, who on Leaving the Turk- tt ish territory pulled off from a dead 11 of Can- i,851,- aary nt at not gests •hibit from 'E. epi- e is [>ken ihore. dia- j dia- aeans Ger- that itton- will tlon. Tho bltt, *• ami »mcnded, «l to tbe Hottse and pwsed--Mr. Harria. , of the Committoe on Elections, reported tiona in ngw<t to tbe oonte«t®d-4a«ctt<m m the Third OoagmeionSl District clariiw that b7«. Frost (conteatant) L. B. Motculfe (aittlOK member) it, entttled tos Beat. _ F*BBUABT 98.--|a the Senate Mr, Bdmi reported • bUl farther to protect the oonetttntM right* at cltiseua, end punhih, violation* of nme. Vlaoed on the calendar....Mr. Bun* submitted a jp«sol«tl'jn proTldtag for the ^ % laVetitdfy dcctjra March l«tf and &£$hat thne Mr* J^o\T<»^utre"to^M»inec,and report"«C. Schroder, who for several years has had the charge of my Kich- the vrhoie subject of ordn»noea« it related to^moll(] business, assumes O ne Half interest. YVith a view to I army, navy and militia. vr. '• 1 i T^aldon the table, at ,ea... .Xha Senate devoted m««l «<^RedUClng StOClCy I HftV# to minor . »PProprJ9U<>n^bm«. ^ An ® ^ •flS )(•> !• ' Turk on the battle field a handsome silk shawl which he tied around his body, On arriving in his native town, he presented the shawl to hfs sweet- heat. She tied it around her body and danced aboqt for joy in a room in which were twenty-live people. In two hours she died, and in four hours the whole twenty-five died. In three days the whole town, containing 1,100 people, died with the exception of 43 persons who had fled. From this town the pest commenced spreading! •. the rul< bills. An in thTsiiaclenryWn of $950,000 to payDej Marshal* gave rine to a long political debatei Democrats opposing and denouncing it a« u propriation to pay men illegally appoiuted duct elections for party purposes.---Th« » discuaaed and finally passed toe bill proTidlnfl taking the oensiw ot ItSSO. ...The bill to modify tax on sugar was then taken up and occupied balance of the session. ITIBBTTABT ^7.-- I n t h e S e n a t e , Mr. T e l l e r, C ^ ^ ^ t _ the special committee to inquire into the all* lit many cases at cost, ana at less tnan tne cost violation of the constitutional rights of cltii _ _ . , daring the late elections, submitted the repotOT • rOCsUCLlOn* the majority, and said that the minority reset the right to submit a report. Ordered printed , ow , \ v. yr' Mr. Teller also submitted » resolu! continuing the committee until next slon, and authorising it to sit d the recess. Objected to by Mr. Bayard, laid aside,...The bill to pay arrears. pensions was discussed....The Biver and Hart Sundry Civil and Census Appropriatiou bills reported and placed on the calendar... -The St in executive session, confirmed s large numl I appototme^ts. The St. I«U<B Pos'.mastershl • suited in the confirmation of Hays, who BUCOI Filley, by a vote of 33 to 19. The oppositiof Hays was led by Senator Spencer, who took « y sion to deliver a bitter speech against the adnrf ^ --'l' tration The nomination of Stratton , | jT Supervising Inspector of Steamboats tor thai Yorfc district was rejected. Ibis was the cas§ had led to the unpleasantness between Gonkling and Eurxiside. The name was vej a large majority. Mr, Hamlin next took tl against the administration, and charged nomination of Fox for Collector of Customs gor was withdrawn in order to retaliat him (Hamlin) for his antagonism to the NOT uuuiniiu tints, and annealed ta the Senate# f- t- > > ' { K i; •^km Bound to Reduce Stock if Vtim HI Mi • •Wjfoiiiii FRED. SCHNORRI MANITFACTUItER OF And consists of Everything usuklly fbirnd in * Ooutttry StOye, withp^ the LARGEST STOCK of ^ ; • fe K IE 3pX>TJBiI> JUS The nomination of Stratton for steamboat inspector of New York dis­ trict in executive session was reported adversely,)ay Senator Conklln, which pfovoket^remark from Burnside, who itji^s understood, desired to secure con- irmation. Conkling followed with re­ marks which Burnside construed as re­ flecting upon him personally, and made a statement to that eflect. This was followed by a repetition ot the language of the New York Senator, which exasperated Bnfnside, who re­ plied: "I say to the Senate and to the Senator'from N£w York, with whom I have served on committees for several years, that I speak from personal knowledge when I say* I know of no one who can with so much readiness and aptness equivocate «rnd: falsify matters to snlt his views, as the Sena*^ tor from New York." The femark caused considerable excitement, but the presiding officer gave no opportunity for reply. At DUNifBH. ? StocJl i» GOMPLETEj laid I%am MAK1N . New store, noar the Depot, , t ^ MeHENRY, ILLINOIS. Having rebnved to ray new $tQre, I am n.ow prepared to accommodate niy customers in anything in the line ot m , a Custom-Made Boots and Shoes On short notice and warrant satisfaction. Being a workman of many years expe rience I am confident I can please all who give me a call. an«t as I use noue bu t the bist of stock can guarantee'as represented ^ Give me a call and I will try and pleasef ' #®"Ueraembev the place, now Block, one door West of Story's Hardware store. R R E D S C H N O R R MeSenry, TH., 0et. 30th, 18W. ' " tWEEPING REDTJOTIONSt ' ' - • i ^ . - ^ n> CASH-OWE PRICE ONLY. Yours, , February 4th, 1879 M . E N G E L N GUN-SMITH '. • ' DEALER IN- - FANCY GOODS, N0fl0N$, Jewelrr, Musical Instruments, Violin ai|d Guitar Htringt, ! TABLE afid POCKET CUTLERY Guns, Pistols, Ilcvolvers. Amnuition ot all kiada, ifiabiag Tacfcto, Ao. .1; In 6rder id Ace , «^jbaitticnd^dP ins^uliar CLEANING OUT SALE Of all kinds of Goods which will Also Cigars and Tobapco the best brands. °| I Having recently flllotl jay store WUha fires: stock of Goods I am now prciiare<1 to gi ve you bargains never l>eJ.'oro «ffare<i in this couiity.| MygpHxls were all bought for casli at a gre»t r6'lu<vtion from former prices, the ben eflt of which I propose to give to my custom «rs.- Call anil examine Goods and Prices b e convinced. % Carpenterville . and Flannels, Overcoats, Suits, Blue Flannel dies and tieuts UiidorwcarJ siery, Dress Goods, jjfield Mens' Fine Shirts, La-> d J83S&. o & FARMERS LOOK HERE. Belling all Jthe 111 REPAIRING Guns and Pistols Repaired en short notice; and satisfaction guaranteed. Map one deer So^.tfrof the Post aflloe. M. ENCELN. McHenry, «1„ March 4th, 1879. ^ ir«w Stock of Cloths. RftadiMKade OI<»thiu^, the Kail trade just received atLauer Becker's, near the Depot. (Fla.) VideUe X bonanza has beeu discovered in onr^Jiarbor. It was sup- the sp'onge was extinct in orhood, having been gath- ^ ^ rs ago. but suddenly, and by ^cctdent, it is ascertained that the neighboring bars are teeming with sponge of superior quality. We are in­ formed by a sponge merchant that a few small boats secured between 98,000 aud $10,000 worth of spouge in two days last week, and all within a lrtlf hour's sail of the whar " Having moved my Shop to Howe's Block, opposite Krett & Market, I un now pre. pared to make to order Boots and Shoes, OB Mh«si notice and warrant satisfaction.-- AI'utk!) «"x(»;vien<'e of mauv year* in the Vm.-iness I am confident that f can please the most fastidous. Prices-as LOT u the Lowest. Nubias Felt Gloves and IVSiftens, HATS BOOTS AND SHOES, •JtUBBER GOODS, 4c. '*>AS • ; ' "* " ' • <'J- • We also have positive bargains in . - Brown aid BleacM tatlis, V. V V- J^ Whicli vill .pigr.jp: ' ¥ In the market. Among them ar®. the Moline, Pern, Grand Detour*> Furst & Bradley, J. I. Caae au| Norwegian, all acknowledged thl> l>est made and at LOWER PRICES. them it trial to ' % . • V •• *Call and give be convinced. 1 am jtl§Q American Sousekeepert' Seals.: Patented May 16th, U9% Weigfe ink MIb«. $1.50,. exam­ ine. I a«ll no Goods on time bnt •will take in exchange choice But- ter, Fresh Eggs, Oats, etc. . • m • V > • ' •. v-V! Always on hand, at lowest Cash prices. - ' ! Fiizsimmons & Evanson. ; . Near Depot, McHe^rv.^ REPAIRING. Of all kinds promptly at Killed to. Clve Me a Call* Remember the place, Howe's lliopfe. Win. Dow. *cHenrr, llih 1879. A full line , Family Groceries, Bj Mall^ post- This is the best Family Platfi»rai Seal* for the price in the world. It Itss *o OOXPSTIMA, as regards Price* CoBrenience and Dnrabllltj* It Is used for putting up PRESERVES, Cook­ ing, Ac.; also for testing Qrbcers'and Batchers* Packages. It will often pay back its cost In a week's time. The Spring: Balance is made bv the most cele­ brated and oldest Scale-men in New York, John Chstillon fc Sou, and we guarantee the Scale oannot get out of order. The nut is adjustable; thus the TARE can h® obtained of any dish or receptacle used in weigh­ ing, without the use of weights or loss •* time. _ Other Platform Scales cost from IS.50 to $S.OO. W© want one active, wide-awake Agent In every town in the State of ILLINOIS, to whom we will give the Exclusive Agency for the town­ ship he selects for our Scale, and give him the best oDDortnnltv to clear 410 per o«3 At reduced prices. „ I ' v / , F o r k ̂ • Am SPRING WAGOH," * ^ I have tha "Courtland ImproviW Sear," which can't be beat, either in Price or Quality, and is tne only A No 1 wagon in the market,, CARRIAGES. CARRIAGE!^ I can" sell yon aJFirst-class Tojt Carriage for $80, and Warrant it for One Year. Who can aflord to ride in an open bugsry when Ik CARRIAGE ^ can'be,fought for those figures* Be snre and call, as we KNOW we can make it to. your interest to do so. _ . Everything .^pld on Its Merits. aJgI . . liemoui her the Old Stana^ op- posile the Mill m "111 OUBICi OUU fci'v »»•" ---- , opportunity to clear $10 per nay that was ever offered any man. The only condition^belngi| # Ptm MtFi OR KXOHANGK* a. ,> Ilavinj; ̂ >ved on my farm I now iffer my Store and other property, in flohnslnirgh for Sal«, or will exchange it for good Farm propertj'. If not sola will Rent It to a responsible party on reasonable terms. It U a fine location 4for trade. Call on or address . r. - mlSiESELEK, Mellenryi 111. uiwcu estv a *iv _ jfr.. that he commence operatione at once ana guar*- antee ua in writing thfft he will call on every fam­ ily in the township he agrees to canvass, and in« trodoce our Scales; and, in addition to giving our- Agent this splendid opportunity to make s?&ji?3SB?«»ijss•assjisisac. at,ft. address • TMXfi AMKBICAK SCALE Ctt, 80S La Salle Street, Chicaco^ . Ite ii'irae stirs like a trumpet and calls to the tray 1 That powerful new Temperance book, ' BATTLING %ZH DEMON, is soiling bv thousands. Cheapest, most com- lili'te and Intensely interesting lland-Uook and History of Temperance ever uro.lticed, rontaiMing'hiofrrujjliies of its Apostlec, thrill- ing account t of alt the great Movements, and mighty facts and nvginiicnts tor the cause. Flnelv illustrated. NoUiinc c*n compare: with it. More Atfents wanted. Write to STANDARD BOOK CO , St. Louie. Mo. 10. M. Owen. MpHenrt, III., Joly S2. M Fer information relative to KANSAS, Ul# the Leavenuorlh (Kansas) Appeal, a large eight page weekly paper, mntaining , paper, weeka sketch, nin^is atul illustraiions of seme one of the counties in lCantas. The better lands in this State are selling at ir >m 42.00 to ?(i.PO per acre, with a credit or from sis to eleven years, The great bulk of the Government land, which is as rich asttae richest in the State, is still open to tsettlera.-- Full information in regarit to soil, climate, preemptions, homesteads, markets, churches, schools, etc., wilt be found each week in Toe AppexL Price, #2.00 pjr annnm; months. Sample eeftta. ^^ddreas or 91.00 tor six copies sent'on recipt of 10 The Appeal, i LKAVBNW'OBZB, JTA|(8AI. f r . y