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Sf* ̂ Vf'-r v . :?•,; * S, t >; jHHP WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14, 1881. J.VANSLTKF,, K«lltor. |0r»Diftpttc1tee state that Prince Rtimirk, In a ipeech before the Ger­ man Reichstag aald that Germany WH not t« be governed after tlw Kngtlah pattern. The conduct of affair* WM In the hands of the Em­ peror and the Chancellor, and the sov­ ereign's responsible advisers, and vmld continue to be. Bismark pro- losted against the manner In which his name was being perpetually dragged Into the debates. A majority •f the members of the Reichstag are 4eeld«dlf opposod to Bismarck. and will endeavor to force his retirement. I^Some good suburban girls of Cincinnati made up two hundred yards of red flannel Into petticoats, and sent the garments, packed In a bo*, as a gift to the heathen of Libe­ ria. The Gazette says: "In the pleas- Mi month of July, when the mercury crawla op to 130 degrees In the shade, *Hd the Inhabitants lie sleeping In the tall reods, clotfied principally In their native blackness, when it is so hot that even the dogs are too lazy to howl at night, that Identical missionary bos arrived In sonny Liberia. At first the duSky population did not know what lo do with the contents; they were greatly puttied until at last one of the petticoats caught lire; then they knew it once from the smell of the smoke that they were intended merely as a Waudge' for mosquitoes. Thus the fettleoats have served a good, if not the intended, purpose, after all^* t6rJf Guiteau is a lunatic, there are people that would like a lunatic for a lawyer, just as Mr. Lincoln wanted to And out the brand of whiskey one -of lite most successful Generals was said to drink too much of. In order that he might send a barrel of It to every General In the army. One day, Guiteau spoke scornfully of his middle name, Julius, on the ground that "that there was too much negro about It." Now lt so happens that there is a negro on the jury, a little circum­ stance which Guiteau evidently re- nailed after this hasty remark had keen made. The next day, therefore, Ms maniac, this wildly insane person, who is utterly unable to distinguish between right and wrong and utterly unable to control his actions, made a little speech to the jury, showing the klfh respect he entertained for the Mlered race. The prejudice against the name •'Julius'* , was "contracted twenty years ago;" he "meant no dls- eourtesy to that race." This little - in­ cident, together with Guiteau's threat In the Judge that If he did a certain tWng "the court in banc would reverse him," and his sharp correction of Mr. SooviHe In Baying, "We admit the Shooting but not the killing." suggests the possibility that if he should escape •anviition, he might still make a good living at his profession, with the 4 'rep­ utation" he has acquired, and by leav- ®*iiie4»U>gy" alone. correspondence with thousands of claimants whose cases have been on the files for the past eighteen years. The fact that a sum so enormous may be expended by the Government to meet the demands for arrears of pen­ sions i»an admonition to Congress and the Executive to give cautions consul, eration to any similar project in the future. The great temptation to the presentation of fictitious claims afford­ ed hy Hie fact that the average sum obtained upon each application is 01,300. leads me to suggest the pro­ priety of making some special appro­ priation for the prevention of fraud, NUNDA- EDITOR PLAIN DEALER:--The Liter­ ary, which was to have m«t here this week, will meet In HHPs Hall, as no suitable place could be procured in Nun da. Dan McClure went to Chicago" Tues­ day to help C. E. McDonald in arrang­ ing for the opening of la saloon. Teachers meeting here this week Saturday, to meet at 9:30 A. M. A writing school Is in progress In the primary room, conducted by Wm. Wilcox, and is giving satisfaction. Fine papelrle brush and comb sets at Dickinson's. Wm. Morey Is called upon quite of­ ten to doctor horses. Wm. Is known to be quite successful in this direction. Since the older ones set theexample of getting married the middle aged and young have followed suit. James Robinson, of Ridgefield, carried off ono of our fair ones In the person of Mary Johnson. Tthappened at Mrs. John­ son') on Wednesday nlsrht and was a quiet affair. It is curiently rumored that M. F. Ellsworth and former wife are remarried, and that one of Mr, Featherly's girls to a Kansas man. Dickinson has the choicest line of Confectionery In town. There will be one and possibly two Christmas entertainments here, but an effort is being mad? to combine the two Sunday Schools and have only one which would be nice provided they can agree. . The change of time In the M. E. Sunday School was the result of dimin­ ishing the number of scholars and some of the teachers. How the matter will turn out time only can tell. A full line of autograph albums at Dickinsou's. Clark Durland' has rented the Mc­ Millan Mill property and is repairing it for usefulness. A. M. Clark has a barber to help him and is pronounced as;ja good one by the boyi, a Christmas Buy your little ones present at Dickinson's. They are getting very particular at the factory, discharging men for not being on time, which may work now. but they had better go a little slow for the time tcay come, as it has, when they cannot get help enough, rnd some of the same ones have helped them when 1 ii a tight place for accommoda­ tion and get repaid by a discharge when times are a little slack. Toys in an Innumerable variety at Dickinson's. ' C. E. Rowley lost a valuable »horse this week with what appeared to be the pinkeye. The rest of his horses are sick but doing \frell at present. iBBginSMrg MKMASt Tlsfe following is that part of the President's Message relating to peasiotit, and will pay a careful perusal. The reason for the long delay la the adjustment of claims Is made ptata: _ rnrsioxs. It appefft?* from the report of the Commissioner of Pensions that since 1880 789.063 original pension claims have been filed, 450.949 of these have been allowed and inscribed on the pen­ sion roll, 72,839 have been rejected and abandoned, being 13 per cent, of the whole number of claims settled. There are now pending for settlement Ml, ITS original pension claims, 22.704 of which were filed prior to July 1, 1880. These, when allowed, will in­ volve the payment of arrears from the date of the discharge in the case of an Invalid, and from the date of death or termination of a prior right in all Other cases. From all the data Obtainable It is estimated that 15 per oent of the number of claims now pending will be rejected or aban­ doned. This would show tlio probable defection of 34,000 case* and the prob- nble admission of about 193,000 claims all of which involve tho payment of arrears of pensions. With the present feroe employed, the number of adjudi­ cations remaining the same, ami no •ew business intervening, this number sf oliSins (193,000) could acted upon Ins period of six years, and taking Jan. 1,1884, as a near period from which to estimate in each cise an av •rage amount of arrears, it is found tha t every case allowed would require for the first payment upon It the sum Of 11,350. Multiplying this amount by the whole number of probable admis­ sions gives 3250.000,000 as the sum re quired for the first payments. Thi represents the sum which must be paid ttpon claims which were died before July 1,1880, and ar« now pending and entitled to the benefits of the arrears •ct. From this amount may be de­ ducted ten to fifteen million dollars far sates when the claimant dying, there Is no person who, under the Jaw would be entitled to succeed to tlie pension, leaving 8235.000.000 as the probable amount to bo paid. In these estimates no account ha« been taken Of the 38.500 cases filed since June 30th, 1880, now pending, which must receive attention as current business, but , Which do not involve payment of any Arrears beyond date of filing the Claim. Of this number it is now es­ timated that 86 por cent, will be al­ lowed. as has IMHMI *tat<;d. With the • present force of the 1'otisiou Bureau J 17edorks, it Is estimated Hut IT WILL TAKE gix YKAU3 8c dispose of the claims now pending. It Is stated by the Commissioner of Pensions that if an addition of 250 Clerks (Increasing the adjudiearin* fore® rather than the mechanical) double tl»e amount of work could l,e accomplished, so that thes« cases could %e acted upon within thre') ytfhrs. Aside from tho contf derarl'nU of Justice which inny be urged f„p Speedy settlement of the < On the flies of lh« Pension Office' no less important on tfcp scor# of ©mv.Inasmuch fully one-third of the clerical force of vl:C office is now io o ,vs ' , :a artcntiou WAUCONDA. SSrSUBSORIPTIONS for tue PiAINDBALB X will be received in Wauconda at F. B Harrison's Drug Store and at the Post Office . EDITOR PLAINDEALEU:--We always take pleasure in correcting erroneous Ideas', consequently when a little com­ pany gathered together Inst .Sunday evening for social and religious song, and parties outside with open but un* appreciative ears, hearing the music report that the little company afore­ said practicing for A cliivarde which, might occur shortly, we feel called up* on to correct the mistake. They had no idea of chivareeing. They were practicing just for pleasure. It deems strange that in this not&hly musical community any ono could have mistake en the singing for mere noise. The candidate for the ehivaree evidently considered discretion the better part of valor, as cigars, were (plenty Monday afternoon and evening, and all was quiet. A pleasant little surprise party met at the residence of B. K. Dtiers, Mon­ day evening, to celebrate the six­ teenth (?) birthday of Miss Eddie Duers. We omitted to mention the progress of the Samuel Taylor case last week, a young legal friend having agreed to write the matter up, but with the customary slipperyness of his profes­ sion, he failed to fulfill his promise.-- So far, the case has had about one trial and one sale a week and probably will continue tf> as long as they can raise money enough by that means fp pay expenses. Judging from about two square yards of attachment notices posted In the post office and other conspicuous places the case is one, of general interest. The school exhibition is to "occur Saturday Dec. 17th. ;not on Friday as reported last week. Mr. and Mrs. \V. II. Crisp have ar­ rived fronj Chicago, and propose or­ ganizing a company to play Rip Van Winkle. Quite a successful teachers institute was held at the school house Saturday, though as usual the attendance was rather light. The community was shocked Wednesday afternoon :o hear, that Ed­ die Wells was in a dying condition.-- In the morning he appeared as well as usual, and engaged In wrestling for a time with some friends in the shop; he seemed to have sustained no injury ho~vover, and worked as usual at his trade for the remainder of the fore- naon. At dinner he suddenly put his hands to his head and uttered an ex­ clamation of pain. He was taken to his bed, and remained in an uncon­ scious condition until 2 A. M., Thurs­ day morning when- he died. The doctors consider that his death was caused by a ruptured blood-vessel, oc­ casioned perhaps by the unusual ex­ ertion in wrestling followed by the severe labor and bending necessary in shoeing horses. The funeral was large­ ly attended in the Baptist Church, Elder Urooks preaching the' sermon. Henry Wells has sold his farm to Christopher Hasskey. Rev. Mr. Denison has declined the invitation of tiie Baptist Society to become its pastor. •WK 4 " W-*. , » 'i • ? m FINE* Holidw GOODS !: • .̂ 1 b o o m i n g T ew Oppotfte tVrry « S&rtiBV l f _.. Never before; have we of­ fered so large a stock, SUCH A Variety of appropriate Christmas Gifts. STEVENS & SCHNORR W1 Illinois JACOB BONSLETTJ* Has just returned from the city with the finest stock of Goods for 9 the Holiday Trade ever brought to this place, consisting of articles f both useful and ornamental. When looking for Presents do not failf* to examine my stock, af it is all new and fresh, (no old Stock, V aiikj will be sold at the - i LOWEST LIVING PRICES. f . Anything1 from a common Chair to the finest Parlor Set can btf found at thi« store, and of the best make and finish to fee foon^l in the market. * ^ Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to at reasonable rates First-class work guaranteed, Undertaking. We have a large assortment of Burial Cases and Coffins always o# hand and made to order on short notice. Our goods are first-class, and prices within the reach of all. We invite all our firiends to give us a ' / McHenry, March 15th, 1*881. call, JACOB BONSLETT. Santa Claus has Arrived And Established his Headquarters at JOHN B. BLAKE'S, Where he has on Exhibition everything in the Holiday Present line from a China Doll to a fine Camp Rocker or a full Parlor Set. There is nothing in the Holiday Goods lino but what, can be found here, It would be impossible to enumerate, but one must see for them selves to appreciate what 1 am oll'ering to the buying public. BUY Holiday YOUR Presents, OF GREENWOOD. EDITOR PLAINDEALER:--The ap­ pointment for the first meeting of the Singing Class, which ^as to have taken place on Saturday evening last, was deferred for one week owing to the failure to obtain the books iu time -- From present indications the d iss will be well attended as was evidenced by the turnout on Saturday evening. Mrs. D. W, Soper, accompanied by her Mother, Mrs. Westerman, started on Saturday last for a visit among relatives and friends at Dundee and Elgin. D. \V. followed the next day. He intends taking In tiie "Village" of Chicago before liie return for the pur­ pose ot obtaining his stock of Christ­ mas goods to accomodatc the demands of his constantly increasing trade. The 8;aging for painting the spire of the Baptist Church was erected the past week. We are Informed that 6. F. Baldwin has a fine young horse for sale, weigh­ ing about 950 lbs. Any one in want of a horse of this kiud will do well to give Fred a call. Mr. Elani Page, of Leavenworth Kan., cousin of Mrs. Geo. HotchkUs, is here ou a short visit. Mrs. P' Dailey was called to attend the funeral of her Mother on Friday last at Marengo. J. H. Garrison our Librarian, informs us that the Library is very poorly patronized, not averaging one book per month for tiie past year. Why is this? A wedding occured on Friday last at the residence of Mr. James Beatty.-- The contracting parties were Mr. Henry Agnew of Rockford, III., and Miss L. Beatty, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Beatty. llockford is to be their future home. A very pleasant little gathering is reported to have met at the residence of Mr. Geo. Hotclikiss, on Friday even- in}; last, composed principally of scholars, a2COinpani(>d by their teacher, Vrooman, of the Graenwood school! Auction Sale. Notice is hereby given, that on Wednesday, the 4th day of January, 1882, bstween the hours of 10 A. M. and 5 P. M., at the residence of W. 11. VVillard. deceased,situated at Barre- vilie. 3 miles northeast of Xuuda, ami 6 miles south of tiie village of McHenry, I will ofler at Public Vendue the per­ sonal property of said decedent, con- sising of the following, viz: '26 milch cows, 2 span work horses, 1 brood mare, 1 two year old bull, 2 yeaning heifers, 1 barrel churn.3 mowing machines, 2 sulky cultivators, 2 diamond tooth cultivators. 2 plows, 2 harrows, 1 sulky hay rake. 1 corn planter, 2 lumber wagons, I spring wagon, 1 set bob sleighs, 1 set double harness, 1 water tank, and other articles too numerous to mention. Also a large quantity of choicp hay I n stack. Free Lunch at X^on. TKliMS OF SALE. All sums of 810 and under Cash Over that sum a credit of ono vear will be given on approved Xotes at per cent interest. No property to be removed until settled for. Mas . MARY WILL At tn , Executrix. GEO. H. STEWART. Auct ioneer . a n ow it is fin- Mr. Until January 1st next $250 will buy a splendid 7^ Octave Upright Piano at O. W. Owen's. See the line stock of substantial Hol­ iday Goods at Butler & Warner 's . N'unda. Their stuck is completo in everj" pai 'ticular. Very appropriate would an Estey Organ be for a Oliristinii4 present.-- It can be bought very low at O. W. Owen's. See those line Toilet JJesiey's Drug Store. Sets, at GOLD SPECTACLES, At Besley's Drug Store. A flue assort­ ment. Just received this morning Christ mas Goods. We have got "win. The finest line in tiie county. V KURY A MARTIN. SELECTED. For the Holiday trade, a large line of the latest novelties in ail depart­ ments. STEVENS & SCHNOKR. MARRIED. .v V I lKATTY--At the rcnidence of the IJi i ' le a j i n em*, Dec. Sch, hy the Rev. R, K. To. l l , M \ .Hii ios Airnew of Mil l for i t WinneSa^o Co , I I I . , nsi . l MU* Miim L. IJeat t younjreat . ia i i j rhier „f Beat ty )o.1, Mci lenrv Co. I I I . o l ( i reenv I BOUGHT My S U I T At E. LAWLCS' In Lansii's Block IRIcHenry III. GO TO E. Lawlus, ij uiiu limit! 4s to Suit tiie Times. Also Remember tiie Reliable --PLACR TO-- GEORGE W. BESLEY The finest stock to select from in town if you want the useful as well as ornamental. Tnilet Sets, Dressing Coses, Writing1 Desks. Wax dolls, Florence hand Mirrors, C'eluloid Artograph Albums, and in short a general assortment of Goods for the Holiday trade, which will be sold as chcapas the cheapest, ("all and see. We also have the best stock of. Ever brought to McHenry county, among which can be found tho Ronnor Library, Princess Library, Harrison Smith Safety Lamp, and a fine line of Bracket and Hand Lamps of every description, which will bo sold at prices that dofy competition. Call aud see them' before purchasing. -- -- . -- -- _ _ _ ^ Physicians Prescriptions Carefully CompouudeJ. Give meaCali. C. W; BESLEY. McHenry, 111, Oct. 10th, 1881. BUY FURNITURE JOHN B. BLAKE. I Santa CI-ins has tn:i<!e hi* Head­ quarters over at Flfzsimmons Evati- sona. where lie is .displaj ' ing various nrtu-les nepfnl f*n<l ornamental, suitable | for Clirismas presents. It ir.ay pay to you to iiill in perhaps. Ar><! t»f i a I r ie Sui t , ns he VHS thr* f inest !»nrl Mi ' ; lar tc<!«i ' • toc.k of Ci- . - lhUig a t Oti- icasro Pr i ­ ces . l ie i l l <o kee;>» For ' . ipu m>il l>omp«tic f lni 'n , •« hi ' t i 'mj wi l l mitke to ' . r r lor i t the low I 'M i»i ' i«c-b. I i . l -AWtU.- i , BOOTS AND SHOES. We have just received an immense Stock for the Fall and Winter trade, and can show you the finest line of these goods ever brought to McHenry County. Remem­ ber we buy and sell for cash, buy our goods at bottom prices, can and will give you such great bargains that it will pay you to come from any part of the county to trade with us, no matter how great the distance. We keep a full line of the Selz celebrated custom made goods constantly on hand, both fine and coarse, for men, women and children. •if W. H. D WIGHT, Woodstock, H. • / Santa Claus will surely ^ arrive at Wauconda about 15th of December and will make it heardquarters as usual at Harrison's Drug Store and Book Haunt.r- Bring the children to see him. I am daily picking up here and there in the city beautiful and useful goods far holiday presents for all sexes, ages and conditions and will have my purcha­ ses shipped to w auconda about Dec 15, when I invite you to come and inspect them. I refer with pride to my pfst efforts to supply you with Christmas goods and assure that I shall endeavor to do better than ever this year both in quality and price. ' F. B. HARRISON. GARFIELD n Momoriu m The l i fe ar .<1 publ ic 8er vices of the Nat ion 's hero. Bv Major Buiulv. Com- piet lo elate. Writ ten a t Mentor , l>y invi ta t ion, utr ler the direct ion of M r . ( i i i r i l e ld . Contains ?» s teel portrai t o< Uari le l ' l , fa i thful portrai ts of mot- i ier , wife and chi ldren; a lso numerous l ine ensfrar inirs ; <53 cont ldiMit . i :« 1 le t ters , c .overinir f»nd explain­ ing his whole career ; ten or iginal tes t imonial le t ters from Wil l iams College c lassmates; extracts from im por tan t speeches and wri t ­ ing* ; endorsement l»y Cnl. It'Htk'f M aim _ the P r e s i d e n t i n r i \ - r i / b o t i k . A . d e n t * p o n i / i i t f H making i io </ ' (»*; / . i t is the most a t t rac . iv . ! . authent ic and best . Pr ice , 35. Agents wantfd ivpr</irh">f, WJ"Send •M.i 'O for tonus ani l outf i t , i i ic ludi n^ coov of the book. Ad­ dress, 1 XDEI'IvX UK NT I'Uiii.IMIIXa CO., 34 <£ 26 Madis m tiL, Chicago, 111 EX-SOLimS, and their HEIRS should a l l semi for sample copv of that won­ derful puper the \V»rl,d and fraldi >\ puli l i -hed a t W.inhinsr ton, 1>. I t contains Stor ies of the \yar , Cauip I i fe , scenes from the Hit t io Field, and a thousand things ol interest to our country 's defemte s . I t is the great sol l iev* ' pnper . I t contains al l the laws ami instru •- l inos re la t ing l . i Pensions and Ii- ant ics f i r soldiers and t l ie i r heir#. Every ex-soidi . r slioiiid enroll his name under the' V-'orld •m I iS : ( / i l i ' i i i iu ' r a t oni 'c g i -ht foi l , ' col i , inns, weeklv. #i . iHta year . Sample f ree . A.ui ivs . , W(»KI.1)A,ND801-DIKK, Box Wasi iUigton. I ) . O. Bufaln Knlips, * froat Rohe«, auU. Oors« Blankets at 1'.: O' ^ Mat iin'ii. v Sty "It;