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WEDNESDAY JUNE 22, 1881. Railroad Time Table. IJOING SOUTH.| GENEVA TJFTKE Pas senge r 7 :26 A. M Geneva Lake Expres s . 8:21 " Ben<jva Lake Freight ...1:05 p. M ooixo WORTH. GENE** Lake Fre igh t S:33 A. M Genevf t l .ake Express 3:52r. M B«n«va Laka Passens ro r 6 :52 " B. B r88 , Agen t . McHenry , 111 The Procession To the Old Set t le rs ' Meet ing for the ToWn of McHenry, headed by El l i s ' Martial Band, wil l s ta r t f rom the I ron Bridge, on the morning of the 23<1 ins t . , at half past eight , sharp. Let every­ one be on hand prompt ly on t ime- MBS. C .H. BEERS, o f th is v i l lage , i s visit ing at Grant Park , 111," from FRANK GOING arr ived home Michigan on Monday las t . W. G. BILLINGS, Deputy Revenue Collector , was in town on Tuesday. "THE Chinese must go ." For fur th­ er part iculars cal l at Bes ley ' s Drug Store. ^ WIDOW BEDOTTE and Pol ly Ann wi l l - both be a t Rivers ide Hal l th is Wednes­ day evening. Do not fa i l to see them. ORATORS who wish to s t rengthen their vo ' ees for the Four th of Ju ly should eat onions. HINTON WHKELKK, o f Blackberry . Kane County, spent a few days among fr iends in this vi l lage las t week. / G. T. HOWB^ OF Chicago, a former I rei ldent here , has been spending the week in th i* v i l lage . BIRD CAGES, the f ines t assor tment in town, at the s tore of O. C. Colby & Co. opposite Bishop 's Mil l . THE man who sees sermons in run­ ning brooks i s most ap t to go and look for them on Sundays when the fUh bite. ASTRONOMERS were out in la rge numbers Saturday n ight , to take ob­ servat ions of the ec l ipse . A new k in i o l te lescope (?) was used. I t resem­ bled a bot t le vory much. They seemed to be hard to handle , som* get t ing very i t iuc l i fa t igued before going homo. OLD SETTLERS and young se t t le rs , men and women, boys and g i r l s , males and females , the school teacher and the h i red g i r l , one and a l l . should go to the Old Set t le rs" Meet ing a t Wan- conda to-morrow. One of the most enjoyable ga ther ings ever he ld in Lake County i s expected . Tup meet ing of tne Supervisor . Assessor and Town Clerk , for the re­ vis ion of the Assessment for the pres­ ent year , and to hear compla in ts of e r roneous Assessment , i f any be made, wi l l be he ld a t the I 'own Clerk ' s of f ice on Monday next . June 27th . Al l those in teres ted should make a note . 'ANOTHER Grand Bowery Dance wi l l be g iven on the Pla t form, opposi te the ' Mui lget t Cheese Factory , on Tuesday evening, June 23th . This p la t form wi l l accommodate 48 couple . A large canvass tent has been secured to beu used as a s i t t ing room, where Golding & Brooks , of Wauconda, wi l l furnish Ice "Cream. Cigars , &C. Music Mc­ Henry Quadr i l le Band. One and a l l a re cordia l lv invi ted to a t tend. /-• - --- - - -. - J THE la rges t apple t ree we th ink we . lever heard <^f i s one on the farm of J . fs i i^r i i ian . West of th is v i ' lage . Soma fpnr t ies there v is i t ing a few days s ince I l i a d the cur ios i ty to measure I t . and the I fo l lowing i s the resul t : Across the top , j^for th and South . 39 fee t 2 inches .-- jpas t and West 35 fee t . Height 25 fee t jk inches . Circumference 4 fee t Inches . This t ree was wel! loaded wi th ! f ru i t las t year . We conclude i t i s an l (k j^»e t t ie r . Wi; f ind a knot ty problem in an ex­ change which must equal the famous f i f teen puzzle aml>co*t . s noth ing. I t i s i th i s : to form a sentence out of the twenty-s ix le t te rs of the a lphabet , in­ c luding the charac ter &. each le t te r to be used hut once , be in j careful to put in to the sentence each le t te r of the a lphabet . P ieces of card board can be cut out and a le t te r of the a l ­ phabet wr i t ten upon each, and they can be p laced so as to form a sentence . JOHN D.-NISH, mai l agent be tween th is c i ty and Geneva Lake, was sub­ jec ted to the . regular examinat ion in Chicago, Wednesday, and d id h imsel f grea t credi t by the resul t . The tes t cons is ts in throwing cards to a l l con­ ce ivable points . Of 1 3GS of these "ques t ions" l ie missed but e leven and lef t but four unanswered. His s tand­ ing was placed a t Q8.3 . be t te r than most o ld agents , who wi l l average about 90. This is n sp lendid showing lor a new man.--Elgin Envoy. iUVlSKSlOtt IIALL. The people of McHenry f ind sur- , rc„„ have the by f i l ing ° m mind the enter ta inment a t luver- DKOW.M.I). The fol lowing- d ispatch was rece ived by Capta in Hi l l on Monday evening: ^JIICAOO, Juac 20th, 1831. To STEAMER "LOTUS :" Tel l f r iends a t the Lake tha t A. C. Bel l and S . N. Wilcox are drowned in Miuuesota . No par t iculars . ALBKHT WILLET. Messrs . Bel l and Wilcox are wel l known here , be ing regular v is i tors to the Lakes , and we bel ieve were mem­ bers of the Cedar Is land Club. We wi l l publ ish fu l l par t icular .* as soon as rece ived. WE cl ip the fo l lowthg f&m the ' St . Paul and Minneapolis Pioneer Pres«, which may not be uninteres t ing to the many f r iend* of Miss GH)i 14 th is v i ­ c in i ty : '* -• emarkabte Progress of a y ouny Amer­ ican Padpfrrt-it, JTws Adeline Gat-en, of Minneapolis, Minn., at the Boston "STORMING THE BASTILK, " the lec­ ture adver t i sed two weeks ago. for Prof . Al lan Curr , of Loudon, Kugland, and a t tha t t ime unavoidably pos t ­ poned, wi l I come oi l next Fr iday eve­ ning, a t . the Univeisa l i s t Church, and no one should then fa i l to hear th is grand and thr i l l ing lec ture . Mrs . Curr . a lso a f ine reader and charming Elocu­ t ionis t . wi l ] read some se lec t ions both before and af ter the lec ture . I t i s sa id tha t Mis . Curr 'a lone wotdd draw a crowded house . A Quar te t te of Vo­ cal i s t s wi l l in tersperse the exerc ise# wi th some popular melodies ami the -evenings enter ta inment promises to be a good one." Let everybody come. WOODSTOCK- EDITOR PLAIXI>KALEK What a loss to your readers that Felo de Se is not as wel l^versed In female dress a? he i s . In female stomachs. But then, a per­ son who devotes h imsel f so c lose ly to the phjs io logy of ;he female s tomach cannot be expected to unders tand the in iuut ia" of a female wedding dress . A. A. Something must be done and that Gates of th is c i ty , and for severa l years I r ightquiekiv or there i s danger ami prominent ly connected wi th our pub- | disorganiza t ion ahead. We do not l ie schools and the par ish school# of S t . , , . „ . Mart ' s , i s now in Boston, where she has j m P u n * c l < > d e S e b , , t t h : l t y°«»S l i l W " spent the pas t three years pursuing her ! J ' 0 1 " : l ! U ' speaker who i s sa id to s tudies in the school of sculp ture , and j l i e on the eveof jo in ing the Granger i s about to go to Par is under the aus- ; . ) a , . t y pices of tha t ins t i tu t ion and Milder e i r - i cumstan . es of so f la t te r ing a na ture I 1 h e r o w a t o n e o f o u r resul t - tha t i t becomes a mat ter o t eons idera- ! ed in a f ine of three dol lars , f i f teen or JFOX LAKE. The Steamer "Lotus" Will on and after the 1st of Juue, make reg­ ular trips to Fox Lake, leaving Mo- l lenry at 6:15, p . M. dai ly . WALTER HILL, Capta in . School of Sculpture. Miss Ada (Ja tes , daughter of b le pr ide to our town. In a le t te r to ga in her fa ther ' s con­ sent , Prof . Bar t le t t . of the Boston school , wr i tes the fo l lowing in teres t ­ ing fac ts : BOSTON SCHOOL OK SCULPTCKB, June • , M IL A, A. GATKS--Dear S i r : Miss Adel ine wishes me to wri te„ von con­ cerning her proposed vis i t to Europe -- a reques t I has ten to answer wi th much pleasure . - The above school has for i t s chief l im the encouragement of persons of undoubted ta lent in the ar t of sculp ture . Your daughter has g iv­ en such e .v ideuces of tha t k ind tha t twenty dol lars cos t , and twenty or th i r ty dol lars a t torneys ' fees . Who shal l say whiskey i s not a good t i l ing , when i t can do a l l th is hy a few min­ utes work in s ta r t ing th ings? Steps are be ing taken , by^ gur c i t ­ izens to ce lebra te the Four th . JacobGuth . Sr . , a respected Ger­ man and old res ident of Har t land, was bur ied Saturday. « A big b low and thunders torm Sat ­ urday af ternoon, but have not learned Lameness i s the precursor of Rheu­ mat ism. Escape i t by heat ing Trask ' s Magnet ic Ointment a i id rubbing in thoroughly . Nobby Styles in S t raw Hats at Colby Bros . , Rivers ide Block. Business Notices. Reed' s Gi l t Edge Totoie restore! fH#- appet i te . . . . The Moline Sulky Pfrr t r *1 H" Owen 's . Parasols and Fans in a l l o f the la tes t s ty les a t Stevens & Schnorr ' s . - ' |Prof . Curr has lec tured 40 t imes in d i rec t to my family ,who are l iv ing m th is c i ty and tha t i s suff ic ient proof of | Par is . Her expenses wi l l be pa id , and grea t mer i t . "-- \ . }. Tribune. . . . s -be wi l l l ie ab le to lake advantage of "The lec ture was a-grea t success and the immense audience went away charmed, prof i ted and more than de- 1 iglited.'*--London Times. she i s ent i t led to be sent to France for j o f any daius^e , but on the cont rary we a te rm of years to s tudy. She wi l l IN order that al l hands may be able to Attend-the Old Set t le rs Meet ing , this off ice wi l l bt§ c losed a par t of the day to-morrow, Thursday. REMEMBER the Process ion for Wau­ conda wi l l s ta r t f rom the I ron Br idge prompt ly a t hal f pas t e ight . Be sure and be on hand. THE COMING COUNTY FAIR. The t im^ for hold ing the Fai r by the McHenry - County Agr icul tura l Board , a t Woodstock, has been se t down for September 13th , Nth , 15th and Ki th , and i fone is to judge f rom the ef ior ts be ing put for th by the Off i ­ cers of the Socie ty , th is year wi l l wi t ­ ness a f iner exhibi t ion than was ewr before held in the count}" . They are put t ing the i r t rack in be t ter condi t ion than ever before , and wi l l o t te r $1000 in Premium>' for t ro t t ing and running. This wi l l have t l ie tendency to br ing out some of the bes t horses in the country . the fac i l i t ies tha t Par is a t lor 'ds to s tu­ dents of a i t . i 'he chance to go under the above c i rcumstances se ldom occurs , unfor tuu / i l e l y . In th is case i t i s de­ served, and Miss Adel ine s imply re­ ce ives through an t i k t iown source the obl iga t ion tha t the communi ty owes to such persons . We.expect «»reat th ings ! f rom her . Very t ru ly yours . I T . i l . H VKTI.KTT. I The Boston Courier tHT May "29 s /T^i i I Miss Gate*, who i« highly admired lor j her ta lent a - a decora tor in model ing: , J w i l l go to Par is very . soon under the i auspices of the Boston school of sculp- ! tu re . She is the second pupi l sent to ; can see ni t ic l i good in the rapid growth of corn and o ther gra ins . ~ We i lo te a mi i 'h needed improve­ ment in the s idewalks in f ront of Mrs . Bent lev ' s . We note a lso t i ie cu t t ing , in some ins tances , of those swamps of sweet c lover which has become such a nui­ sance in our s t ree ts . , , Dacv 's new bui ld ing has assumed form ami comel iness , and i s a l ready being u t i l ized in s tor l lg h is nammoth s tock of machinery of whatever name o.r na ture , and i f i t has .no name, Tim wil l be qui te sure to g ive i t one and se l l i t to you. I f you do not . wish to Siloes lor the Million. We Il ia .*e p laced in the hands of Colby Bros . , McHenry and Xunda. an immense assor tment of our bes t sewed work, cons is t ing of Women 's a id Misses Goat and Kid But ton and Side Lace Goat and Kid Walking Shoes , Serge and Congress Gai ters , Goat and Kid f ront laee . a l l of which thev are se l l ing a t our wholesa le p i Ices wi th a smal l compensat ion added. Cal l and examine goods . ro i tUUSH & BROWX, Buf fa lo . X .Y . Kid and Lis le Thread Gloves in colors a t Steven* & Scbn<Vn's . a l l FOl i SALE. A commodious res idence , a t the cor­ ner of Madison ani l Vine St ree ts . Woodstock. 111. , convenient ly to bus iness , school and the churches . Two lo ts , wel l wi th f ru i t , both la rge and Pleasant ly s i tua ted , and wel l a r ranged. Good wel l and c is tern . - Terms easy . Apply to . ASA W. SMITH. ' Woods tock , 111 Fishing Tackle of a i l k inds at JSngeln's, in Howe's bluck, netr tl o new Bridge . The Furs t & Bradley bulky Flow a t E. M. Owen 's . Buckeye Force Pbmps, «t X. Owen's . Ail the Owen's . first-class Plows at 1. M. . The f ines t l ine of S i lver and Pl»t*«f Ware to be found in the county, at O# W. Owen 's . loca ted var ious s tocked smal l . A f ine ]o t»f Beady-Made Dresses awl fu l l Sui t s jus t rece ived a t Mrs . H. B# Nichols ' Mi l l inery Store , McHenry. German School Books , and Englffflr and German Mass Books , a t M. El f geln ' s Howe 's Block, near the br idge , GOLD FISH, " Fish Globes , and Food for Fish St M. Engelu ' s in Howe ' s Block, near the br idge . Cal l and see the splendid Stock of j Grani te Ware a t 0 . C. Colby A CoV Hard ware s tore . Foundat ion rocks and Gravel de l iv­ ered a t convenient d is tances f rom my residence. ASA W. SMITH. Woodstock. I l l New s ty le Bracele ts a t O, W. Owen 's Par is f rom i h i* school . S tudv a t Li - . . , nioges w " • • a par t of the programme b l , v > keep away, for I f you hang around there you wi l l buy something s i ie i u le i d j l to purr -Hi! . . Mis* G; IM ' . - sa i led f rom New York on the Ki th ins t . , in the Steamer Herder . German l ine , for Cherbourg , where she wi l l meet f r iends to accom­ pany her to 1 'a r i s . She is to have the Here tofore the Soj ie tv have made j fu l les t oppor tuni ty and bes t in*t ruc- SEE the new card of Dr . C. E . Wil ­ l iams, Dent is t , Dundee, 111. , on the f irst page of this paper . Dr . Wil l iams vis i ts Wauconda twice a month . MRS.C. A. IVNIGIIT, o f Chicago, who has been s ick at the res idence of her parents. Dr. and Mrs. II. T. Brown, iu this v i l lage , for the pas t , t ew weeks , in now reported as rapid ly convalesc ing. FOUND, be tween McHenry and JoUmburgl i , a Black Shawl , i 'he awn- Gilies Saloon, proving paying for this notice. proper ty and OAPT. JOHN* EDDY, o f Harmony, th is C O l i n t v .one of the soundes t S ta lwar t* in the Fourth Congress ional Dis t r ic t , made the PLAINDKALEII a pleasant ca l l on Tuesday. H. R. BALDWIX, o f Greenwood, who has been spending a few days wi th h is brother , S. D. Baldwin, in th is v i l lage , made our sanctum a pleasant ca l l on Monday. r___ MOORE, who invented the te legraph, and Bel l , the inventor of the te lephone both had deaf-mute wives . Li t t le comment i s necessary , but jus t see whata man can accompl ish when ev­ erything Is quie t . BOTH Steamboats made Excurs ions / to Fox Lake on Sunday and were wel l / patronized by our c i t izens^ There i« I no pleasauter way to s |>end a few \ hours on a warm day than a t r ip to the \ j .akes by Steamer . LOOKING around to f ind the meanes t man are you? Wel l , he i s the th ine: that subscribes for a newspaper and is ao mean tha t he never pays for i t . I t i s a smal l account , but the "beat" i s much smaller. MR. AND MRS. WM. COVELI. wi l l please accept the thanks of the Edi tor s ide Hal l th is (Wednesday) evening.-- The programme is var ied enough to please .everybody, and a l l the exerc ises adver t i sed wi l l be g iven. The ladies l iaving ' i t in- charge have spared no pains to make i t a l l r s t -c lass en ter ta in­ ment in every respect , Come and see . Poors open a t 7 :30 p . M. Remember the proceeds a le to bemused for the improvement of the Cemetery . THE t ickets for the Independence Par ty a t the Rivers ide House in th is v i l lage have been i ssued. . which an­ nounce tha t the music wi l l -be furnished by the McHenry Quadr i l le Band, and tha t the pr ice of the t ickets wi l l be §2.00. The Rivers ide ° House i s the most , popular dancing resor t i ; i the Nor thwest , and mine hos t Wightman has an enviable reputa t ion for ge t t ing up enter ta inment* of th is k ind . Xot l i ing wi l l be spared t lu i t wi l l t end to the comfor t o t those who a t tend, and a wood t ime may be expected a t Riv­ ers ide Hal l on the 4 th . ^™"\ JAST week a mat ; s tepped up to us and sa id he would pay us i f he l ived unt i l Sa turday n ight . We haven ' t seen h im s ince and presume l ie d ied on Fr iday. Another sa id l ie would pay M I S in a day or two. as sure as l ie was thorn . Query--did tha t man l ive or |vas he never born? Another sa id ho and family for a pal l of the f ines t ! i ioped to go the devi l i f he d idn ' t pay St rawberr ies we have seen for many a j iu thr^e ( iays . Have not seen h im day. They were of the Crescent Seed- • l ing variety , la rge , lusc ious and sa id to be very product ive . /^AT the Old Set t le rs Meet ing a t Wau­ conda to -morrow, there wi l l be a match Igameof Bal l be tween the "Lakes ides" ; of WaucOnda, and the "Rivers ides ." ' of | McHenrft All lovers of the Nat ional Game may look out for an in teres t ing t ime,as a good game is expected . W. R. SMITH, Trask ' s Agent f rom Aurora , who has been de ta ined on ac­ count of s ickncss , wi l l make his appear­ ance here in a few days wi th a fu l l l ine of Watches . Jewelry , &c. His goods are a i l f i r s t -c lass and h is pr ices reason­ able . SEE the new adver t i sement of F i tz- s immons & Evanson. to be found in another column. They are o t ter ing specia l inducements in a l l k inds of Goods from now unt i l Ju ly 4 th . Buy­ ers wil l do wel l to read the adver t i se­ ment and cal l and examine the i r s tock. H, H. NICHOLS has removed his Paint Shop to the room over Bonsle t t ' s Furniture Store , where those w| |h i>ig his services can hereaf ter f ind h im. I f you want to see a good job of Pa in t ing ca l l at his shop. He has no super ior iu this l ine in the county . JUDGINO f rom the f requeut use of the word "tony," as appl ied to indiv id­ uals , one would infer tha t i t meant something pre t ty f ine . The def in i t ion of the word in Webster ' s Dic t ionary? working people , and whe re i t wi l l do a Since , but suppose he 's gone . A man | t o ld us s ix mouths ago he would pay l i s as soon as he got some money . The Iman would not l ie , and of course has V | o t_had a cent ye t . THE summer meet ing of the Chica ­ go Driv ing Park wi l l be he ld June 25. 28 . 29 , 30 , and Ju ly 2 and 4, 1881. and promises to be the most in teres t ing event of the k ind for the year . Over two hundred and f i t ly ent r ies , a inon^ them some of the bes t horses in t h e country , have a l ready bean entered , and wi th the bes t t rack in the Uni ted Sta tes , the spor t promises to bf of ex­ c i t ing In teres t . The Four th of Ju ly , especia l ly , when tour g iea t races oc­ cur , wi l l be a la rge day, and the ent i re programme is one tha t cannot fa i l to a t t rac t a t tent ion and a crowd. Any informat ion concerning the meet ing can be obta ined of the Secre tary Mr. I ) . L . Hal l , by address ing ni in a t 110 Monroe s t ree t , Chicago. /^Bi SIN ess a t the Clover Dryer i* booming ni<rht and day. and they are ge t t ing a l l they can handle , a l l the empty rooms iu the v ic in i ty be ing t i l led wi th d iv ing blossoms. The bus i - ness here i s under t t ie personal super­ vis ion of John Doran, Mr. Clayson only coming here occas ional ly to see how i t i s progress ing . I t makes a l ive ly t ime for t l ie ch i ldren and many grown people , and is d is t r ibut ing a lar« ie amount of mor tey among the is simply "a s imple ton." Young ladies who wish to compl iment the i r beaux would do wel l not to ca l l them i4tony." They might as well call them fools and done with it. Teat i lea l of good. e bel ieve no T o w n in the county has so la rge a pop­ ula t ion who wi l l engage in th is bur- t - ness as Mcl lenrv , which fac t may in­ duce Mr. Clayson LO enlarge his wuvks here another year. the las t day the i r specia l ty , but th is year they propose to dnive threu b ig days . To . th is end they have been . 'o r - responding wi t ' i d i f ie rent notable* , and have rece ived favorable responses f rom many.of th" in . among which are the names of Gens . Sherman and Sher­ idan. Gov. Cul lom, Lieut . . Governor Hamil ton , l ion . John A. Logan, a i id o ther cqualh prominent men, one or more o t whom wil l be present each of the las t three days . This new fea ture , which cannot he lp but make the Fai r more in teres t ing , must be p laced to the credi t of the able and e l l ie i t -u t Sec­ re tary , A. S . Wright , who is spar ing r .o pa in . - to make the coming Fai r Exhi­ b i t ion a success in every par t icular .-- The Super in tendent , W. T . Palmer , i s a l so a prac t ica l s tock man, and is ev i ­ dent ly the " r ight man in the r ight place ." ' Tt t te ing *11 t feese f i»vora l ) le*s ig : i s In to cons idera t ion , we urge a fu l l show of ca t t le . horses , sheep, and swine; a lso vegetables and gra in of every species grown iu th in sec t ion , but ter and cheese mechanica l work . e tc . . and le t F lora l l la . l l he f i l led to i t s u tmost capaci ty wi th everyth ing wor thy of exhibi t ion . We bel ieve n<> sec t ion of the country can make a be t ter exhibi t than Mc­ Henry county i f a l l our people wi l l take hold . Let the compet i t ion for Premiums be l ive ly , but in a f r iendly -p i r i t , and then our fa i r wi l l be a grand -uccess . I f any of our reader^ who peruse th is a r t ic le have not a l ready done so le t them a t once prepare some­ th ing to he lp make the coming exhi ­ bi t ion a success , and by a f r iendly r iv­ a l ry add to the in teres t of the exhibi ­ t ion . We repea ' t . the off icers , have -pared no pains , and i f the people do the i r duty we shal l have one of the larges t exhibi t ions ever he ld bj T the Socie ty . ' Cyclopedia War ." The Cycl jpedia War ami the Li ter ­ ary Revolut ion are working wonderful and happy resul t s for the reader* of hooks , and searchers a f ter knowledge. The grea t "Library ot Universa l Know ledge ." i . s announced to be com­ ple ted , ready for de l ivery to purchas­ ers . the ear ly par t of Ju ly . I t i s prob­ ably t he la rges t and mo.- t impor tant l i te rary work th iscountry and the cen­ tury hav- seen. I t i s ba*ed upon Chambers ' Encyclopedia , the la«t Lon­ don edi t ion ot which is repr in ted en­ t i re as a por t ion of i t s contents , a la rge corps of American edi tor . - and wri ters id l ing there to , a va- t amount of in­ formal ion upon about l .">, ;mo , - i ib jec ts in every depar t ment of human know l­ edge . ( 'ham I ter ' s Encyclopedia , w hose d i -1 i ngui -hed mer i t i s uni ver- a l ly , known, i . - I l ie labor ious product of the r ipes t B ' . i t i -h and European scholar ­ sh ip , bu t be i ng a work o f l<«r«* ign p r o ­ duct ion i t I t . i - l ieeu na tura l ly def ic ient in i t - adapt ion to the wants of Amer­ ican readers . In th is new lorm i t i s most thoroughly Americ iu izcd , and becomes a t oni f the larges t and mod comple te encyclopedia in the Ih id , a t a mere t rac t ion of the co- t of any s im l ia r works which have proceeded i t . conta in ing about lo per cent m o r e mat­ ter than A ppl" tor i ' s Encyclopedia , a t less l imn one- l i t t n i t s cos t , and 20 per cent more (ban Johnson 's Cyclopedia a t a l i t t le more than onc- tour ih i t s cos t . The su per l a t i ve va lue and impor t - aucv of t ins grea t Euc\c lopedia . how­ ever , l ies especia l ly in the fac t tha t i t I s brought wi th in the reach of every one whoaspi iee af ter knowledge and cul ture , i t i s real ly a l ibrary of uni ­ versa l knowledge. I t br ings a l ibera l educat ion ea? i !y w i t h i i . the reach ot eveiy plow boy. Every farmer and every mechanic owes i t to h i in-e l t ' and to h is c l i ih i ren tha t *ueh a cyclopedia snai l henceforward torm a par t of the out l i t o f Ins home. To the in te l l igent man in every walk of l i fe a Cyclopedia i s indispensable . I t l> i ssued in var i ­ ous s ty les , iu 15 la rge beaut i tu l oc tavo volumes , varying in pr ice I ron) 4?15 lof t l ie ed i t ion in c lo th to Si5 for the edi ­ t ion in I 'u i l l ibrary sheep binding.-- Libera l d iscounts even f rom these ex­ t raordinary pr ices a re a l lowed to c lubs and the publ ishers , b e s i d e s , propose dur ing the next two months to d is ­ t r ibute $10. (MM) ea- l i in specia l rewards to persons wno torward c lubs of l ive , ten , or more subscr ihers . The Ameri ­ can Book Exchange. 704 Broadway, Xew York, a re the publ ishers . 'who wi l l send sample pages and ful l pa t t lculars f ree ou reques t . t ion in her favor i te s tudv. She i s to tor «ure . Probate Cour t i s in sess ion wi th a crowded cour t room. J . M. Kim bal l ' s lea . tn , whi le be ing changed f rom an empty wagon to a loaded one , near the ra i l road t rack a t Dacv 's , took f r ight , a t a puff ing engine . Ladles of MrHc. i ry and v ic in i ty don ' t buy your Hats or Bonnets unt i l you have looked a t and pr iced goods a t Mrs . -S . Sear les . Am now ot ter ing <j r eater bargains than ever . Al l work in ' epai r iug done on shor t not ice . Trble and Pocket Cut t le ry in endless var ie ty a t O. C. Colby t Co's Hard­ ware s tore . model d i rec t lv f rom l i fe , and pursue a ! p lunged over the dr iver and ran across the square wi th whi t f le - t rees a t tached, s t raddled a lamp po; t a t Nor ton & Anderson '* s tore and both fe l l in a p i le . ga ther ing a lmost ins tant ly , but separa ted and ran up Jackson- S t . . near the cemetery , where they were taken up and re turned, apparent ly not much in jured . The teamster ' s in jur ies a re not cons idered ser ious . The pip ing of the organis t i s heard on our s t ree ts fu l l course . Af ter th is i« comple ted . -he goes to Limoges . She i s p laced under no res t r ic t ions of any sor t , and is f reed f rom everv c / te and worry , wi th no thought but advancement and a happy re turn . b l ie expects to be abroad three years . Al l th is came very unexpectedly to her . Miss Ai ia Gates was born in Mc­ Henry , and is a daughter o t Mrs . I , . C . Gates . S i te spent four years a t D?le- vau, Wis . , school , and af terwards grad­ uated a t Mi uueapol is ,Minn. She l e aves many Warm f r i ends in Reeds Gi l t Edge Tonic c i res Fever and Ague. NEW GOODS. Look out for grea t Bargains in ClAth- ing . a t the s tore of E . Lawlus . iu Lan­ s ing ' s Block, as he has jus t re turned f rom the c i ty wi th anew s tock. I.ATKK. WOODSTOCK, ILI. „ June '21a t , 18S1 . Adjutant Wm. E. Smith , d ied a t h is Go to M. Engelu ' s for a l l k inds of Gun and Fishing Mate) ia l . iu Howe's Block, McHenry. WANTED TO EXCHANGE, Carpenter work for a good Horse or Cow. Persons wishing Carpenter work ani l pay in th is \yay should apply a t once to A. WENDKLI . , Mcl lenry . THE LATEST. We have a large invoice of those celebrated "Broadhead" Dress Goods in the latest styles. Everybody should see them before buying. STKVENS A/\SCHKORB- The f ines t l ine of Dress Goods in this market, can be found at Steveui & Schuorr ' s . P i les , chaf ing sores , chapped hands, salt rheum, skin disorders, burns, brui­ ses, sore throat, and all inflammation yield rapidly on application of Trask'a Magnet ic Ointment . Hams. Shoulders . Bacon, Sa l t Pork Lard and Corne.l Beef, at Howard's Market , near the Depot . WHY DO YOU COUGH When one box of Beslev'sTroches will cure you? Store oppossto Parker House . IF you want your Watch put in first class* Order, call on Robert Murfltt Jeweler , Nuuda, New Pr in ts , la tes t patterns, at pr ices from five cer.ts a yard and up­ wards, at Colby Bros., Riverside Block Mrs. H. II. Nichols keeps kid gloves in a l l shades . Panel Photos a t Mil lerVStudio . I f in seaerh of Bargains c / i l l a t C. F . Hal l ' s Richmond and Dundee Stores . Minneapol is and Boston--mos t dear of | les idence . in th is c i ty , a t 10 o 'c lock A. a l l i s Mrs^ Henry Tucker , of Har t ford , M. to-day. la te of Minneapol is . WALTCORTDA. «£-SUBsr!TLL»TtoN* %R the PT.ATNPEAI.KU wi l l IMS wr t tv r . 1 :<•%. ' : K. . f t , Ha r r i son ' s Or i i iV S to re ami a t t l i e Pos t Of f i ce EMTOR PI.AINUKAJL^i t t :--Wil l i t be U ple a s a n t d a y ? T h a t ' * t h e . . g r e a t q u e s - j t ion now, Before th is pap ' r reaches ! many of i t s numerous subscr ibers i t | wi l l be se t t led whether the Old Set - [ t i e rs a re to have another s tonry day ; o r not . We earnnMly hope not . The | repor ts tha t come f rom al l over the I two count ies show tha t la rge numbers I a re in tending to be present , and tha t grea t expecta t ions are be ing la id on the day. i f i t wi l l .only be s i ins l f iny , ! Wauconda is ready and wi l l g ive them al l a cordia l welcome. The commit­ tees having thq mat ter in charge met on Fr iday evening and made repor t of i t he progress accompl ished, and s ta ted the work ye t to b$ done. As °next . w e e k ' s p a p e r w i l l c o n t a i n a f u l l i a c - j c o u n t o f t h e p r o c e e d i n g s f r o m a b l e r j p e n s t h a n m i n e , I w o n ' * t a k e u p a n y j more room te l l ing something what i s j going to be,. j Severa l guns we re f i red to ce lebra te ; t he comple t ion of the log cabin ou Wednesday af ternoon. qui te l ike the Four th . In fac t , those With more so l id i ty than Cough, ho Is not one whi t behind h im iu dramat­ ic and humorous ef iec t . We have rare­ ly ever heard of anyone possess ing such wonderful versa t i l i ty , l ' rof . Curr has preached in severa l of our c i ty pulpi t s w i th very grea t acceptance He I* a recognized minis ter of the gospel , and comes wi th a l l needful commendat ions f rom the press and c lergy of the o ld country.-- Iinltimore Baptixt Visitor. At the Uuiversa l i s t Church, ou Fr i ­ day evening. June 24th . Bowery Dance. At. Wauconda, 111, . Thursday, June 23d, 1881, there wi l l be a grand Bowery Dance on the l a rge and splendid Pla t ­ form. in the v i l lage of Wauconda, a f ­ te rnoon and evening. Music , Waucon­ da Quadr i l le Baud. This i s one of the f ines t dancing p la t forms in the county . Whi le a t the Old Set t le rs meet ing don ' t fa i l to g ive i t a t r ia l . HIM. FL AUK Ki t P rop r io t e r s . For Sale. In Woodstock, a house and f ive acre* o t land, s i tua ted on the Chemung road, th i r ty rods Nor th of the Woodstock Brewery . I s a des i rable p iece of pro­ per ty , and wi l l be so ld reasonable . In­ qui re on the premises . JAMES GALL VGHEU. Newlineof black lawns , bunt ings , l ight summer dress goods , g inghams. With lace to t r im, 'a t S teyens & Schuorr ' s . ANOTIIKt : DlSCOYKKY. By In te l l igence rece ived f rom the Warner Observatory , Roches tor . N.Y. , i t appears tha t s t i l l another comet has jus t been d iscovered by Dr . Gould , Di­ rec tor of the Cordova Observatory . Ar- I t seemed j n r c .u t ino Republ ic ,South America . This comet seems to be the grea t comet of few lounds weie enff i i j j fh to ce lebra te j • ( j jnd is located in the Conste l la t ion the 4 th or any o ther day, so far as | ( > f t | I P ] )ove . Right Ascens ionC hours cannon t i i ing goes . and Decl ina t ion South 30 degrees . I t Mr. .1 . R . Wel ls has made a much needed i inprovment in bui ld ing a new walk in p lace of the o ld one running south of h is s tore and ra is ing I t a lmost a foot above the o ld one . I f he wi l l keep up the work by cut t ing down the one iu f ront of h is s tore about a foot , he wi l l rece ive the thanks of the com­ muni ty . There was a gent leman out f rom t 'h icagoon Fr iday ' ty ing to buy a farm Mus. E . W\ HOWK i s oflerine induce­ ments to purchasers of Mil l inery , Cloaks , Ac. (J ive her a ca l l . S tore four doors Nor th of Rivers ide House . "Wauconda Ice Cream Parlors, GOLDING & BROOKS. Would respect fu l ly announce to the publ ic tha t they have opened the i r Ice Cream Par lors for the season and are now prepared to furnish Ice Cream every day and evening, by the d ish or quant i ty . We also keep o: i hand Grocer ies of a l l k inds , Canned Goods , Not ions , To­ baccos , Cigars . Confect ionery , e tc . , which we are se l l ing as low or tower than any o ther house in the county , qual i ty of goods cons idered . When iu want of anything in our l ine we invi te you to ca l l , conf ident tha t we can p lease you both in qual i ty and price. GOLDING & BKOOKS. WAl'OONDAt IU.i June 1s t , t sMl . When in want of work in my l ine , g ive t in a ca l l and I wi l l t ry and please Robt . Murl i t t . Jeweler . Nunda, 111. i s not v is ib le I ron th is la t i tude and not known yet tha t i t wi l l be . a l thouth i t i s l ike ly to be as the comet of 1807 was d is t inc t ly seen . No apprehens ion need be had over the unusual appearance of comets dur ing the present y .ea"ras they do not possess the power to work in­ jury upon t he ear t h or any o ther p lanet . WE went there , WE saw i t , and we bought i t . Oh i t i s de l i c ious and you Didn ' t we te l l you tha t th is ought to have seen how my family en- place was ge t t ing an extended reputa- joyed i t . No heat ing up the house , t ion as a summer resor t . j but comfor t a t las t . Go and do the Mr. and Mrs . J .F . Lawrence , of Cl i i - same und you wi l l en joy i t to . W ha t cago, a re spending a few days a t the I P ra t t Hou-e . Mr . Lawrence ' s bus iness i Is loca ted a t 5*3 and 85 Fi f th Avenue. | l ie i s one of the la rges t ina i iufac in i r rs of gummed and cut labels in . the Nor thwest . Mis . Dr . Fr i tz , of Chicago, i s wi th ! M r s . C . M . l l i i l . Cupt . C. Dominy. of the ^Etna Life i Insurance Co. , spent the las t week in : our v i l lage , and ' took pol ic ies r .o the ! amount of seven or e ight thousand i do l la rs . ! ' "F l ip Flop." ' t he "unknown" corres . poudent of the L'tjjublican. i s wr i t ing an h is tor ic sketch of the v i l lage and i t s bus iness f i rms. Two in teres t ing ; a r t ic les have a l ready appeared and l ie • w i l l probably comple te the ser ies in l \ i i s l e t tV of th is week. He handles ! the subjec t ably and in a manner p leas­ ing to a l l . Tent Meeting at Wauconda. The ( l i t i s tadelphians of Nor thern I l l i n o i s and Southern Wisconsin , wi l l hold a two day* meet ing ou the grounds of A. Nor th , Wauconda, I I I . , Ju ly 3u and 4 th , 1881. Services a t I l ey ' s L>ru ]0 ; : ! ( ) M , and 3 :30 and 7:30 p . M. i House . Tl i ' ! publ ic a re cordia l ly invi ted to be present I i i i j l ' ' in hand. I BY OUPEK OF COMMITTEE. j i s i t? Why Mil ler & Kirk ' s ce lebra ted j Bread and ( J akes , for sa le a t L . Stod- i dard ' s . | V»riou» Cannes-- • Advanc ing yea r s , c a r e , s i cknes s , d i s - • a p ro in ime i i t . and he red i t a ry p red i s - j p o s i t i on--al l ope ra t e t o t u rn t he^ ha i r g r ay , and e i t he r o f t hem inc l i ne s i t t o : shed, pre maturely. AYKR S HAIII j V tGOK wi l l r e s to r e f aded o r g r ay . 1 l i gh t r . (1 h a i r t o a r i ch b rown o r deep b l ack , a s may be de s i r ed . I t so f t ens and c l eanses t he s ca lp , g iv ing i t a hea l t hy ac t i on . I t r emoves and cu re s daud r i i f i s nd humors . By i t s u se f a l l ­ i ng ha i r . n checked , and a new g rowth wi i l be p roduced i n a l l c a se s whe re t he f . d lu i e s a r e no t de s t royed o r t he g l ands decayed . I t s e f f ec t* a r e beau t i ­ fu l l y shown on h r .v shy , weak , o r s i ck ly ha i r , on wh ich a f i vv app l i ca t i ons w i l l p roduce t he g lo s* and f i e shues s o f you th . Ha rmles s and su re i u i t s ope r ­ a t i on . i t i * I ncomparab l e a s a d re s s ing , and i s e spec i a l l y va lued fo r t he so f t l u s t r e and r i chnes s o f l one i t impa i r* . I t con t a in s ne i t he r o i l no r dye . and wi l l no t so i l no r co lo r wh i t e cambr i c ; ve t i t l a* t s Ion ; ; on t he ha i r , and keeps i t f r e sh and v igo rous . FIRE WORKS Of a l l descr ip t ions , cheap, a t Bes- • , . e . o p p o s i t e the Parker Remember t ha t Bub Wi re , on ly $ cen t - pe r pound , a t O. C.Colby & Co.s Hardware Store . Eight Pounds of round Coffee for ! One Dol lar a t Colby Bros . . Rivers ide | Block. Mcl lenry . EMI'LOYMKXT KOK LADIES. -- The i Queen < i ty Suspender Co. , of Cincin- i na t i . are now manufactur ing and in- i t roducing the i r new Stocking Sup- | por ters for ladies and chi ld 'eu . and the i r une^ualed Ski r t Suspenders for l ad i e s . None should be wi thout them: our leading physic ians recommend them and are loud in the i r pra ise ! These goods are mauufactmed by ladies who have made the wants of | adies and chHdren a s tudy, and they • a sk us to refer them to some re l iable ' and energet ic lady to in t roduce them 1 in th is county , and we cer ta in ly th ink 1 tha t an earnes t so l ic i ta t ion iu every • household would meet wi th a ready ! rcspoin-e . and t i ia t a de termined worn in could make a handsome sa lary I ami have the exclus ive agenev for th is I county . We advise some lady who is ! iu need of employment to send to the i Company her name and address , and ! ment ion th is paper . Address . Queen | Ci ty Suspender Compa>iv. Non. 147 A I 149 West Four th St . . Cincinnat i , Ohio . ! Quinine and Artenio , Form the ba . - i s of many of the agi le ; r emedies in the market , and are the , l as t resor t of phys ic ians and people : who know no be t ter medic ine to em- i ploy for th is d i . - t re»s iug compla in t . , The ef fec ts of e i ther of these druyrs a re j des t ruc t iue to the sys tem, producing j headache , in tes t ina l d isorders , ver t igd , d izz iness , r inging in the ears , and de- ; p ress ion of the cons t i tu t ional heal th . Ayer ' s Ague Cure i s a veget mle t l i s - I coverv . conta in ing nei ther quinine , ar - | senio . nor any dele ter ious ingredient . ! and is an infa l l ib le and 'apid cure for ' every form of fwwr and ague . I t s I e f iec ts a re permanent and cer ta in , and no in jury can resul t , f rom i t s use . Be­ s ides be ing si pos i t ive cure for fever and ague iu a l l i t* form*, i t i s a lso a super ior remedy for l iver compla in ts . I t i s an excel lent ionic :»n«l p revent ive , as wel l as cure , of a l l compla in ts pe­ cul iar to m a i n iou>, marshy, and mi u m a t ic dis t Iic i s . L>y d i rec t ac t ion on the l iver and bi l iasy appara tus , i t s t imio . i tes the sy . - ieui to a v igoious heal thy ooi iUi t ion . For s i le by a l l dea lers . THE BEST THING For a cough i s Bes l^y ' s Trocl iea . - Try a box. i tore opposi te the Parker House . Cal l a t Mrs . II. 11. Nichols for Ladies^ Ready Made Underwear . We are o t ter ing ext ra bargains in Cheviots, at C«>lby Bros., Riverside Block Mcl lenrv . SCKEEN DOORS. I am now prepared to make to order and wi l l keep on hand a good supply or Sereen Doors which. I will sell at the Lowest Living Pr ices . I f in waul of these ar t ic les g ive me a cal l . J . B. BLAKJC. McHenry . May 11th . 1S81. ' A f ine l ine of Wal l Brackets at s laughter ing Pr ices , a t O. C. Colby & Co's Hardware Store . SEWING Machine Needles for every machine made, can be found a t M. En­ gelu's. iu Howe's Block, near the br idge . Every msfn , woman and chi ld that pays Cash for the i r good*, should t rade where goods are marked on that basis. Where they can save f rom 15 to 25 per cent . Where $5 wi l l ge t Miem more goods t l ia .u $7 wi l l a t a credi t s tore . S i EVENS & 5CKNOIUT. Twenty- two and twenty -four foot Fish Poles.only six cents each, at M. Engelu's. in Howe's Block, near the new Bridge . FENCE POST*FOR SALE. 2000 seasoned Burr Oak Fence Posts for sa le . Inqui re of JOHN DORAS. E. LAWLl 'S , In h is Merchant Tai lor ing Depar t ­ ment , keeps the bes t of Fore ign and Domest ic Cloths . Gents ' Furnishing Goods a t the very lowest pr ices , Lauer «fc Becker ' s o ld s tand, McHenry. Ten cent Momie Cloths , the s ty les iu the market , a t Colby Rivers ide Block, Mcl lenry . latest Bros.. O. C. Colby & Oo. a re now prepared to do a l l k inds of Jobbing, a t t i ie i r new Hardware Store opposi te the Mil l . SHROUDS. Jus t rece ived, a t John B. Blake ' s Surni ture and Under taking Rooms, . hrouds of a l l s izps . and in twenty-f ive difierent st j les. which will be soid at pr ices ranging f rom 81 to §o. FOR SALE. A very f ine Durham Bul l , one year o ld . Wil l be so ld reasonable . J , W. SMITH, FOR SAI E. 40 Acres o f l and i n Sec t i on J2, all f enced . A l so SO ac r e s o f l and , w i th a good house and ba rn t he reon , w i th t imbe r and wa te r i n abundance , i n Sec ­ t i on 22 . Also inv homestead on th« Crys t a l Lake and Nunda road. Good new hou*e. barn and o ther outbui ld ings .-- Apply to JOHN FLUSKX. Do You Want a Sewing Machine. I f you do, of course you want the b e s t , as i t cos ts no more . Theu why huv from an Agent who carries but o n e vi h ic l i l ie has f ixed up on purpose to show, when by going to the s tore of O. W. Owen, in Slc i le i i ry , you can have your choice of f ive , v iz : The Domes­ t ic . E ldredge . American, Improved Howe, and Si '«ger . We keep a l l these machines in s tock, and any lady who wants a machine can se t down and t ry them al l . and then se .vc t t t ie one whic t i su i t s her the bes t . The f i rs t th ree named, the Domest ic . Iddredge and American, a re three of the bes t loa chines on t lie market, and any one will be convinced of tiie I .to by calling at uiv s tore and t ry ing une themselves . Also a t ine - to tk of ' ' lock . - , W a tcheS^ Jeweh v . S i lver and PUiet l Ware , esu* be found a t my s tore . Or |£4us P ianos for sa l t? o r rent . a w. DW«M. McHenry , Apr i l P :h .