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tor. >AY. DEC, J9, 1886. •LYKE. Editor. D A D1?l> found on r AITtkEtfile at GKO. P. A 001*8 Newspaper AdvertUing It 8pr«e« fttrwetX where advertising TO KNEW YORK of John A. Logan. country was shocked on Mod* morning when the sudden and Startling new8 flashed over the wires -Gen. John A, Logan is dead!" Few •vtffe knew that he was sick, and those tofrn did not tor a moment suspected •III'danger was anticipated and conse- qpently the announcement came like a dap of thunder from a clear sky. John A. Logan, the warrior apd stfciestaan. ^€he noblest Roman of tikcm Jail," is no more and a Nation OHMirns. Few public men ever held a Warmer place Jn the hearts of the peo pie than John A. Logan, and there Is BO public mania the Nation to-day that we could so ill afford to lose, and fait death must be regarded as a public «$ttaBitr. It Is safe to say that not •tiee the death of Lincoln have the people of the North been so shocked. profoundly stirred as they will be by the death of Logan. tfiTBntter sold on the Elgin £bard of Trade on Monday at 31 cents Offerings small, only 215 tubs. There was no very great demand. i$rln 1868 General Grant and Hora­ tio Seymour were opposing candidates for the Presidency They both died in 1885. In 1884 John A. Logan and Thomas A. Hendricks were opposing candidates for the Vice Presidency They died Within about a year of each other. 19* This is a curious Idea which we And attributed to President Cleveland In the columns of the Cincinnati Eu« quirer. It Is that he can be elected to asceond term without New York, be­ cause he is convinced--such is the story--tha the can carry Massachusetts. New Hampshire and Connecticut, against any one, while In the North­ west, Michigan, Wisconsin and Min- aesotawill enable him to sail on In triumph and snap-ihis fingers at the Empire State 'President Cleveland is suffering from another sever attack of rheuma­ tism. . The pain is confined at present to the knee, and be has remained In bed since Friday. He waa to have IHMMd Chrlstmaa Dav at his country residence, but, by direction of bis physiolan Dr. R. M. O'Reilly, he remained in bed all day. Colonel La- la solMiqns lest false reports |d about the Presl- owing to the fact of satta from the effects The President at last r^fttfta was somewhat better. •GfSenator Jones of Florida, Is still In Detroit, but it is said by some of his friends that he will appear, in the Senate after the holidays. A Michigan member of Congress, in answer to a question as to what Jones was doing •all? u0h, walking up and down by Miss Palm's house, and making an ass of himself generally," It is thought his mind Is unsettled, but he dresses with great care aud maintains his dignified appearance. It is thought that no Sen­ ator will this winter pair with him, as no man wants to be in the list of non- voters for a whole session. But Jones draws his salary with g-eat regularity ml Editor Plaindeaucu.-Another fall of snow. Poor sleighiitg yet. Did you eat turkey? We dld. ;(T,v, What did "Santy" bring yonf ^ Ask "Jim" what time It Is. , . We chew black Jack. Dick gave his mule to Cleveland, Jr. Our Christmas tree was small but well filled with som« very nice pres* ents, and as usual some innocent jokes were there In the shape of tin watches, black Jack, wooden inules and mittens. Miss Etta Kittle spent Christmas with her brother Willie. Mas:er Elon Harrison ate turkey with his brother Clyde, at Lake Gene­ va, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Roberts, of Clin­ ton Juuction, Wis., spent Christmas with Mrs. Roberts parents, Mr. and Mrs, C. W. French. H. W, Allen and wife returned from their wedding tour Tharsday evening. The B. B. met them at the depot and escorted them to the Alien mansion where a reception was held in honor of H. W. and wife. Jerry Smith has opened his boot and shoe shop one door north of the Post Office, where he may be found ready to do anything in his line." Grimolby & Pint are building some pretty cutters. Buyers will do well to call and see them. The Indian show at McHenry is well patronized by the boys of this place. We know nothing of Klckapoo Cough Syrup, but have heard Klckapoo war whoops for a week. October milk 91.03 at Oatma.is Fac­ tory. It is with sorrow we are again called oil to chronirle another death. It has been sick so long that death came as a relief, and now our poor, sick, bed-rid­ den Cemetery Aid Society is a thing of the past. We have one thing in this village the people should be proud of. It is our6chool, a report of which can be seen in last weeks Plaindealek. Mr. Nlckle is still at the bead and. as usual a number ot outsiders grace the bench­ es. E. W. Robblns has the lower room and under his care come all the little ones. Meetings at the US. E, Church are to be held evenings again. If possible Presiding Elder Van Horn will be with us. We hope to ba able to give in at least a score of names before the meetings close. FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT. Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Langham spent Christmas with Major Nobles, at Richmond, Mr. C. Harrison had a fine Christmas present put in his barn, a fine Alderny cow, from bis sons F. and P. Harrison Martin Spaulding'haB returned from the East and is keeping house. .Our young people are all talking about the New Year's Party. To dance the old year out and the new year in is fun. The Christmas Tree exergjlses pass - ed off very quiet. Bdt few presents of any account. "Now Bobe, I put tnem in the hoven to warm," The Salvation Army of Ring wood has been drilling for the past four weeks and trying to enlist recruits, but with poor success. This week it will be reinforced with some old vete­ rans, but the general assault will be made on Thursday and Friday nights. It is expected that the citadel of Satan will be carried by storm and there will be a shout of a new ring In the camp. I wish one and all a "Happy New Year," and don't forget to snbsoribe for the Plain dealer. think they are feeding their cows pretty high; this Winter. H B. Cur­ ler regards the cows as t milk produc­ ing factory --profitable in proportion to the amount ot nutritious food yon can persuade her to consume ;*nd heie Is the daily bill of fare for each of his sixty cows: 1st. 45 pounds ensilage; 2d, 8 to 12 quarts ot braa and shorts; 3d,IJbushels of sheafs oats and early cut swoet corn, with the cern all on run through a feed-cutter ;4th, two good feeds of al 1 the early~«ut timothy hay they will eat. Mr. Gurler Is now producing 1,100 pounds of milk since bis cows have calved* t&*The buisttess community at Rock ford. 111., and' elsewhere, were much surprised to learn on Saturday that the N. C. Thompson Manufactur­ ing Company, of that city, had made^ an assignment. The liabilities are!, stated ac over 9200,000 and the assets 9350,000. Over a thousand working people are thrown but of employment, many of whose wages are largely over, due!> *;< • ' Some Foolish People. Allow a cou^h to run untl It getsl be­ yond the reach of medicine. They of­ ten say OhZ it will wear away, but In most cases it wears them away. Could they be Induced to try the successful medicine called Kemp's Balsam, which will sell on a positive guarantee to cure, they would immedi­ ately see the excellent effect after tak. Injr the ilrst dose. Price 50c and 91.00 rial size free, at Geo. W. Besley's, McHenry. WmW •.... • T'. * ayine: an i v * - * ^ % * i & f ^ ^ • mm. A l&t m' hi . * _ . Infancy Water Seta, Mush and Milk Sets, Chamber! Sets, Hanging Lamps, Fancy Glass Ware, Box Paper, Al- mms, Hand Bags, Silfe We have on hand a • ""iu • w -BREEDERS OF--- MORGAN HORSES, Short Born, Had Folltd Jersey Cattle. Hillside Farm, West McHenry* III. Our Morgan dtock is all pure bied, and originated from the best Morgan stock in the United States. Old Gifford Morgan, who stands at the head of our stock, is one of the best bred Morgan hoises in the country, and can show mere and better all purpose colts than any other horse in the West. We invite the inspection of our stock bv horsemen and all lovors ot fine animals. A few full blood Morgan Oolta an«t youni horses for sale. Also one matched team, ful bloods. In Cattle we have the full blood Short Horn which we are crossing with the Bed Polled Angus and therefore instead of sawing off the horns *e are breeding them off and with good mceeES. A few Heifers and Bulls, both pure bred $h«rt Horns and the cross above mentioned for sale. J- R- Saylor A Sons, West McHenry, 111,, Dec. SOth, 1886 'j jv&r mcmvsD of addition to their stock 9STA cotemporary tells u* that| there Is Democracy in Cleveland's ad­ ministration and something else. Per-1 haps it is Mugwumpery. There is a little two year old In town who ha? a | grandmother. Not lone ago the little fellow was playing with a basket of | clothes pins, and he found among the clothes pins a chip of codfish that had accidentally' found its way into the basket. Taking it up and smelling it j with a sort of displeased and disgust-1 ed look oo his face he ran and showed It to his grandmother with the point-1 ed remark: "Grandma, here's some-1 th'.iig else.1' •6^What with deep snow and dearth of water the Dakota railroads bare been having a bad time. The Manitoba road reports 200 cars of wheat snow bound at Wllmar. Trains for Minneapolis and Duluth, loaded with wheat, are compelled to keep dropping ofl cars at way stations, and when thsy reach their destinations they have little more thin the caboose loft. T1}0 St. Louis road Is greatly troubled for water, besides the diffi­ culty from drifting show. The Hastings and Dakota lacks water, es­ pecially in the James River country, lo some cases having to send engines fifty miles away, and fill water cans and haul them to the points where needed. The same line has been foreed to run night trains to get through. •OTDakota will undoubtedly apply st this session of Congress fer admis­ sion as a State. Having a population of over 600,000 they have a better right to be admitted than almost every Other territory that has galnsd ad­ mission % The ill-advised movement last year of a lot of unscrupulous place- hunters, of dividing the territory and electing all the necessary officer#. In advanoe, was a little too barefaced and to find an Indorsement at the last ^HUon of Congress. The plan was too |**dy-mada and came to grief. If }ta is uot admitted at this session, enabling act passed, the fact will th>t she is rejected by because the new be Republican ir explanation of i mcb occur. -Ex, j?:! -• County Teacher's Meeting, The McHenrr County Teachers' Asso­ ciation met at Woodstock, Saturday, Dec. 11.1886. Called to order at 11.30, by President F. H. Burt. Meeting j opened by singing, "Work for the Night is ComingMinntes ot last session were then read and approved, j The Ilrst paper before the Associa­ tion was one on "Communication,n read by J. Kline, followed by general discussion. The plan of deportment roll-call did not meet with approval, | 12KM, meeting adjourned till 1:00. Talk on Communication continued, 1:30. J. C. Brown read a paper on "Roots in Arithmetic.1' An outline, in two parts. Involution and Evolution, was put upon the board. 2:00. Geography, led bjr Mr. Hart. This paper was divided Into three parts; bow to classify pupils, what to teach, and how to teach. Mr. Hart thought best not to use the tezt«book in geography. No one else agreed with him. 3.00. Reading, The Good Time Now, ] by MissFoote. Owing to Mr. New­ man's absence, the paper on Pre-his-1 toric America was omitted. Prof North then gave bis views on Reform­ ed Spelling. 3:30. Reading in Lower Grades, F. H.Burt. 4:00. Association adjourned to meet at Woodstock, Saturday. Feb. 12tb. 1887. OOR. SEC. [We would suggest to the Secretary of the Teachers' Association that it would be well to send proceedings for publication a trifle earlier than a month after the meeting is held. We think it would be full as interesting reading for teachers and others.-- Editor.] Winter Goods fine line of Good suitable for SSrFreu VvmrocK, alias Jim Cum mings, Tom Weaver, a West Lake street laundry man, Ed. Kinney, coal dealer, W. W. Halght, an ex-express messenger, and Oscar Cook, a Kansas City cooper, are under arrest In the hands of the Pinkerton National De­ tective Agency for the robbery ot an Adams Express car on the 'Frisco Road, Oct, 26 last. Fotherlngham, the messenger In the charge of the car who was suspected of complicity, is still in jail in St. Louis. With the men 910,000 was recovered, leaving over |40,00® yet te turn ujp. And invite those who wish Desirable and Substantial Pres ent, to call and examine their stock. * . They are now showing one of the finest Stocks of Dress Goods CLOTHING^ -AND- Underwear, , l&rer Shown in McHenfy. Thiy H&7« Ihdi a 139) ss In Knocking out high Prices, and are now showing their cus­ tomers that it is for their iuterest to trade with them. GROCERIES. A full Line of Choice Family Groceries always on hand. Call and see us and learn prices before purchasing elsewheie. ALTH0FF BROS. \ ' ' ' • ' At Greatly Bedticed prices. % aiss 1 y •• M-m OWEN fast approaching Last chance to #uy at Is now receiving his - Mifl- . - Rockford Flannel 25 cents. Shirtingstma,6 to 9 ^orthp^ ™ double, Extra goo^ Qotton Flannel 7 cents. Vermont Yarns 25 per cent below manufacturers cost Jag Rockford and Elgin mens' low Shoes, $2.00 worth double. Corsets 25 cents. We have about 150 pair Laf dies Kid Shoes, forme* price $3 now $1.65, all No. 3. • • - • LAWLUS, Warrants a Fit'or xvo He makes Suits to order of the best CHothSj, FQpi^n or Domegr tic* , «i,, , t\ ' *'1 price. Quick, GOOIJ GOODS WAt 30#WN liOW omer Maine Street and Public B<rn*r*. If. H. 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