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Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law| No Favors Win u* and no Fear Shall Awe.' VOL. 16. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1890. PUBLISHRD ;KvBitr WKDKBSDAT BT -if. V AIV 8LYK KS.V- BDITOR AWO PROPRIETOR. 'tHHce ill Bishop's Block, . . FM«T * pw***/.,?. i . .. - • • OP srrBVJRiPTiuif* One Ye.ir (In Vt^aac.er .......fl.50 If Not Paid within Tlireo Months...... .. Lfli) <*II inscriptions rweifrt for three or- six months in the same proportion. w ; k k (2 - v Kates of Advertising. > We announce liberal rates for advertising *i the I'MiVfiKViiKR, and enleavor to state ffien *• plaiilv that thev will be readily un. er *<•••>•» I. Thev are »i follows: 1 Tn«h line vevr . • • • ' 2 Inches one veair • • - 10 no 3 Inches one year - - is W) Sf Column one year . • . . 80 oo H Column ene year. • - - - fiono §• Column one year - • - - - ion <10 , One inch meani the meamreicent of one <nch down the column, single column width. 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COWLIN, Woodstock • - Illinois. .^Prosecutes all classss and kinds of claims against the United States tor ex-Soldisrs, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made in prosecuting old and rejected claims. All communications promptly answered If Postage Stamps are enclosed for reply. WM, H. COWL1A Office at Resldenee, lftadlson St., Woods toes, Illinois. Attention Horsemen! MOHBNBT, III , April 1st, 1838, I would respectfully invite the Public to call and examine m7 stoet of Horses before making arrangements elsewhere. No busi­ ness dene on Sunday. N. 8. COLBY M'HBHBT ILL J. COHPTON, Aeent for the HOME, OF NEW YORK, Capital, #§,931,1 OO. AND THE JSTNA, OF HARTFORD, Capital, 010,071,550, Fire tested, time tried Companies. Insures against K<re, Llghtmagand Wind storms, at the most reasonable rales. For insurance and turiher p trticuiars apply to J. Compton, Volo. 111., who has been 36 years in the ousi- nest, and always gavo entire satisfaction in aa-e of loss. Volo, 111., May 20th, 1890. MEN WANTE0. To represent our well-known nursery in this county, for town and country trade. Good pay w'eekly. A steady position with a nur­ sery of over thirty years' standing, and a know.i responsibility. Wewanigood, lively workers, and will ,»ay well. Good references required. A ppiy-ti u ick^ stating age. CHAdK BrtOTdEtti UOMPANl, 37-m2 Chicago, ill. The Police Gazette, Is the "lily Illustrated paper In the world containing all the latest sensational and sporting uaws. No Salo -n Keeper, Barber, or Ctuu doom can afford to be wiuiout it. It always makes friends wherever it goes. Mailed to any address in the United States securely wrapped, 13 weeks for |i. Send i'ive (Jeuts tor sample copy. BICHABD K. FOX, t KAMKLiir Squabb, Now York ATTENTION! Farmers and Dairymen. It Will pay those looking for CHOICE COWS Presh milkers or springers, to call at »jr premises before purchasing. I can furnish snoh by the car load or single cow. PORTER H. WOLFRUM, CHEMUNG. Farm about four miles northwest of Harvard, Illinois. JOHN P. SMITH, Watchmaker 4c Jeweler, MCHENRY. ILLINOIS. AriNte stock of Clocks, Watches ana Jew-elry always on hand. Special attention given to repairing fine watches. Give mo a call. JO AY p. SMITH. Agents Wanted 1 LlBBRALUnUTBKII8 win be given to introduce our new book $ HOME Brilliants: BIBLE STORIES, The greatest success of the year, and some, thing entirely new In the boos line. Royal Q'tarto; sizo, 9Jixli;^; finest of paper; large tvpe; 32U illustrations. full page, two of tbem printed in nine cot >rs; retail price only 12.50 Thousands will be sold for Holiday Presents. Those first in the field will reap a harvest, Act quick or you will miss it. FORSHEEJT MACMAKIN, Cincinnati, O. r, J. Barhian- i. J.Barbuta BAR8IAN BROS. Wholesale and Retail OEALBKS IK FINE CIGARS, MeBENRY ILLINOIS. Raving leased the brick building ono door Routhofthe post office, we huve opened a retail ttore, where, at all times can be found line cigars of our own manufacture, together with smoking and chewing tobacco of tho best brands. Pipes a Specialty. W« hKve a very large assortment aad some lytndsome patterns. CALL AND S*E US. mi, SIUON STOflEL, Agent for | £h®"jXjj'-Br0®kly»- \ Rockford Insur ceCo RIR^, LI ;'\toinz and Tirnalo Insurance placed Bifelv and with despatch in either of above companies. Policies corrected, changes anditransfers made. Call on or address Simon S^ofiel. West KeHnnry, Illinois. WAVERLY HOUSE, WM. H. ROTNOUR, Prop., WodbSTQCK, > - ILL Samol* Room on First Plo*r. Quintette Orchestra, McHENRY, ILL. Are prepared' to furnish First Class Musle to the Dancing Public at Reasonable Rates. J, Smith, 1st Violin. Robt. Madden. Clarionet, C, Curtis, Cornet. L, Owen, Trombone, B, Ingalls, Basso and Prompter, Address all communications to Jerry Smith, MeHenry. 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Can fnrnlshyou a new Pump, either wood or iron, warranted, as cheap as any other man. Good references furnished if desired. If you want a Well Dug, a Pomp Repaired or* now Pump, give me a call. WOrders by mail promptly attended to. Post Ollce, Johns burgh, 111. L. BANTE8. Johns burgh. III., May 25th, 1885. -BRBJEDBR8 OF- YFORGAN HORSES. Short Horn, Bid Polltd A&guf, And Jerse7 Cattle. Hillside Farm, West MeHenry, III. Our Morgan Stock la all pare bred, and ariginated from the beat Morgan stosk In tho United States. Old OilTord Morgan, who stands at the >f our Stock, is one of the best bred Morgan horses in the country, and can show more ant^ better all purpose colts than any other bors* In the West. We invite the Inspection of onr stock by hsrsemen and all lovers of flne animals, A few full blood Morgan Oolte and yonng torses for sale, Also one matched team, full •iloods. In Oat tie we have the fnll blood Short Horn viuch we are crossing with the Red Polled.. \ngus and therefore instead of sawing off the torns we are breeding them off and with tood suoeess, A few Heifers and Bulla, both pure bred Short Horns and the oross above mentioned for sale. _ J. R. Saylor A Sons. W*st McHenrv, 111.. Feb. 27th, 1888. L. W. NICHOLS, JR. 0ein WatcHM- JEWELER AND 1HGRATER, RICHMOND ILLINOIS'. -li«« neatty and gtc--Hr WM.J8TOFFEL. ---Agent for-- r FIRE, • LIGHTNING, ^td JAeeideataltlnsuranee. . rvA»so Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Alabama, and California Laiids. Call on or address WM. STOFFEL, MeHenry, til: s WANTED. Local or Tmvelinjp. N To sell onr Nursery Stock. S*lary, Expense* and Steady Employment guaranteed. CHASE BBOTEIStlCOMP&WY. Jtooheater. 9. T. RED PEPPER, NO. 7476.: BY ONWARD Standard and Registered. The grandest individual Stallion ever brought into Northern Illinois, with a three year old trial, one half mile, in 1:15^. Is per- manentlv located at Crystal Lake, Illinois, only u miles from Kltrin, and 40 miles from Cbictgo. Book full to July 10, ltOMt. Will make a fall season. Book now open. For terms and conditions addreas, W. T. PALMER; ai-im Crystal Lake. Ifl. IT _ 9 E R R Y A OWM, Bankers, McHENRY, - • ILLINOIS. This Bank receive* deposits, buy« and nelU Foreign and Domestic Ex­ change., and does a • General Bankin| Business, We endeavor to do nil business 'en­ trusted to our care in a manner and upon te:ms entirety satisfactory to our customers, and respectfully solicit it he public patronage, MONEY TO LOAN; On Real Estate and other first class security. Special attention given to col• lections, lt INbUBANCB In First Class Companies at the Lowest Rates, Tours Respectfully, PERRY A OWEN; S0LDIE3S' DSPARIUSHI, Edited by WM. H. COWLIN, •WOODSTOCK, ILL. "Tocare for him who ha* borne the battle, and for hi* widow and crrphant."--LINQOLN, "Friendship, Charily. Loyalty-- Worthypon*.of Patriot Father*." C- A. R. Directory. V'HBNBR POST NO. 643. Meets the First JThuvsday evening of each month.' L. E. BENNETT, Com. WOODSTOCK POST. BO 108. Meets first and third Monday evenings of eaeh month. W. H. MOMKOB, Com. WVWDA POMP, WO 226. Meets the seoond and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month. C- F. DIKB, Oom. HAKTAKO POST. NO 90ft. Meets the seeond and .rourtn Monday'even ings of eaoh month. f JoritN MARSHALL, Com. MAKBNOO POST, NO. 169, Meets every Seoond and Fourth Friday evenings of eaoh month. B. R. Moaaia, Gem. WATTOONDA POST. NO. 36». Post meets every second and fourth Satur­ day evening In G. A. U. Hall, Main 8t. ARTHITB OOOKB, Com, ~^THC AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. ' Affords unrivaled facilities for transit be tween the moit important cities and towns in Illinois, Iowa, Wise «nsln. Northern Mich, igan, Minnesota, North ani rtoulh Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming The train service is carefully adjusted to meet the requirements of through and local travel, and iucludes FAST VEST1BULED TRAINS Dining Cart. Sleeping Cars k Day Coaches Running Solid between Ohioagoand* ST. PAUL. MINNEAPOLIS, COUNCIL BLUFFS. OMAHA. DENVER AND PORTLAND, ORE. PULLMAN Jt WACNER SLEEPERS Chloago to San Franoleoo WITHOUT CHANGB. , COLONISTS SLEEPERS* Chicago to Portland, Ore. AND SAN FRANCISCO. Free Reclining Chair Cars CHICAGO TO DENVER AND PORTLAND, ORE\ Tia Connell Bluffs aad Omaha. For the time of tra<ns, tickets and all infor­ mation, apply to Station Agents of Chicago A North, western Kail way, or to the General Passenger Agent, at Chicago. IF. H. NIL WMAN, J M. WHITMAN 3d Vice PretL Oen'l Manager. W A. THRALL. B. BUSS, Uen, Pus* 4C 2 'k'L. AgL Agent, MeHenry, M No. 9701. Record 2(26. Will be for service at the barns of George W. Owen, MeHenry, Illinois. TERMS, $50. One hall payable in Cash, balance by Note due six months from serv ice without interest, Interest after due at S per cent. "GeorgeO." was sired by Lakeland AT>dallah 351. by the founder ot our trotting wonders, old Rysdyfces Hambletonian, 10. Dun or George O n by Autocrat, a son of George M. Paiclieu, 30, record She paced at six years ol I a halt mile in 1:06^, and at 17 years a full mile in 2:27. "GeorgeO." has had very limited advan- tages in the stud, never having bred a stan­ dard bied mare, but his colts are all very speedy and sell tor long prices. He sired a two-year-old with a record of 2:19. trial % mile in 1:22 to Road Cart. GK0SGS W. 0W2H. Mo Henry, lllinoi*. MONEY TO LOAN on farm laud, on time «unl in amounts to suit borrowers. In- Alonv the Skirmish Lino. Tbe W. R. C. at Nashua N. H., has a relief fund of f580.07. The Illinois Division of Sons of Veter­ ans is second in membership. Corps No. 6, W. R. C., Maiden, Mass., realized $850 from its recent sale and entertainment. & The official history and roster of Min­ nesota troops in the civil and Indian wars will be published daring the cur­ rent year. The formal opening of the National W. R. C. Home, Madison' Ohio, took place July 17, under the personal subervieion of Miss Annie Whitteumayer, National President. During the month of May 103 canipp, with 2,191 members, were added to the Order of Sons of Veterans. During the month of June sixty-three camps and 1,508 members were added to rost ers of the several divisions. Mrs Phil Kearney, widow of Gen. Phil Kearney, is at Cape May, where she owns one of the iLaudaomeet cottages on the beach. Mm. Kearney was the famous Kentucky beauty, Miss Diana Bullis. Henry Wrighter, of Susquefcanna, Pa., a soldier in the late war, has been grant­ ed a pension of #72 per month and f 15, 123 arrears. Wrighter is blind. All non-commissioned officers mustered out after April 28, .1802. by reason of being rendered supernumerary.on consol­ idation, are regarded as mustered out because their services were no longer re­ quired and are entitled to full bouuty. If a claimant ^rho has been pensioned under a special act, establishes his claim under the general law, he has a right to surrender his certificate under the special act. and in lieu thereof, take such pension as he may phow himself entitled to under the general law, by reason of the express provisions of section 4,715 R. S. The Illinois Association of Union" Ex- Prisoners will hold its next reunion at Clinton, Illinois, Wednesday and Thurs­ day, October 1 and 2. Every Union ex- prisoner of war in the State is most cor­ dially invited to attend the reunion. A royal welcome will begiven the "old boys" by the citizens of Clinton. Additional Encampment Notes. The colored posts of the Grand Army made a tine display in the parade. The boy drum corps from Denver and Leadville, Col-, attracted much atten­ tion. . President Harrison and cabinet hon­ ored the Union veterans by their attend­ ance at the encampment. The Massachusetts Mexican War veter­ ans held their annual reunion and dinner at the American House, Boston, Mass., Aug. 14. Salem, Mass., citizens and soldiers gave General R. A. Alger and staff, Mrs. Gen. Logan, and other distinguished members of the G. A. H. and W. R. C. a warm hearted welcome Monday, Aug. 1. The universal verdict of the veterans places Boston foremost in generous wel­ comes, unstinted hospitality and patri­ otic greetings. The first United States flag that ever floated was presented to Paul Jones in 1789. This flag was carried intheparade. The flag has but twelve stars. The Department of Illinois, under the command of Wm. L. Distin, commander, made a very creditable appearance in the grand parade. The department held the position of honor, right of the line, on account of seniority. The department headquarters during the encampment were at the Hotel Brunswick. The grand parade was a special feature of the encampment. About 30,000 vet­ erans and nearly 4,000 Sons of Veterans took part. Six hours were consumed in passing a given point. The posts taking part were nearly all uniformed, and dis­ played a greater number of flags and banners '"than on any previous Grand Army occasion. Several, departments carried the battered bullet-riddled battle- flags ol their respective States. The pa- rale was a grand success. I The increase of work consequent upon the passage of the Dependent Pension bill pervades several of the departments, and a? a consequence many of the em­ ployees who had arranged for their sum­ mer outing are compelled to spend it in town. The Pension Office, War and Treasury Departments have each called for an increase of force, amounting in the aggregate to some 500 clerks. Cases are being disposed of as rapidly as possible, though as nearly .'$00,000 new claims have been filed already, progress will nec­ essarily be slow for some time to come. General Grant's Remains While Congress is taking the first steps toward making the National capital the final resting place of General Grant's re­ mains members of the Grand Army of the Republic in Washington are quietly dis­ cussing a very novel method of conveying the great soldier's remains from New York to th at city. Their proposal is that the casket containing the body shall be carried the entire distance on the shoul- dera of veterans who fought under Grant. The plan, as thus far talked about, pro­ vides that members of the Grand Army post whose headquarters are the nearest to the tomb at Riverside Park shall carry the body from the tomb until tiiey reach the territory of the next nearest post There the remains are to be transfered to members of that post, and so on all tho way to tho capital. Eaoh post would of course, have relief squads stationed at short intervals along the route. The Dark Faoed Veterans The colored members of the Grand Army and particularly the distinctive colored posts, must have felt very much at home in Boston. It seemed" as if the crowd which witnessed the parade often took especial care to select the dark- faced veterans for an extra round of ap­ plause. Sometimes the colored men were visibly affected by these unusual demon­ strations. Yet if one once stops to think there is nothing at all surprising in it. It was Massachusetts that first discov­ ered the worth of colored troops, and the fidelity and valor of the colored regi­ ments which this State put into the field are held in grateful remembrance by our citizens. It was a common matter of re­ mark that the colored veterans were an exceptionally fine body of men. The official reports presented to the twenty-third national encampment, dat­ ed June 30, 18^0, gave tlie number of comrades in good and regular standing, 382,617. Total members then suspend­ ed and delinquent, 28,088, making a total membership as borne on the rol'e at that date of 410,080. Total No. of comrades in goad and regular standing wtts 427,981 Total membership b'rne on rolls.458,230 No. posts reported June30,1889. ,6,711 No. posts reported June30,1890. 7,175 No. deaths during the year 5,476 No. of hew departments 2 I wish to urge upon comrades the im­ portance of securing at the earliest possi­ ble moment, the individual record of the services of the enlisted men. The history of the war will never be written until it includes such record. Let them be depos­ ited with their posts and they will be pre­ served. them, one of the Johns and one of th# :; Charleses, were sons of the third Mrs. Brandon. ^Fhey were both taken prison* i era at the battle of Chickamaoga and placed in Anderaonville prison. John died in the prison. Charles was there twenty-one months when he escaped. Alt", the rest of the sous were children of th« second wife. They were, in every impor­ tant battle of the war, and all lived to get home when the war was over except Peter, who was killed at Shiloh. These boys all came , of good fighting stock, for their father was a famous*? Indian fighter himself, and a veteran of of the war of 1812 and the Mexican war. When Western Pennsylvania was tho frontier, and the Indian fighter was the most important and indispensable per-> son in the settlements, Charles Brandon, according to all tradition, was one of the best and moat daring of all the active foes of the red men. His father was killed by Indians when Charles was only ' three years old, He himself was made1 a prisoner and lived with the Indians: twelve years, hating them more the longer be was with them. At the age of / 15 he escaped, and after learning his mother tongue, spent all his time until they were driving away to more remote settlements in hunting and killing Indians. He was 51 years of age when the war of 1832 broke out, and he was one of the first to join the American army, and was in it when peace was declared. He was 74 when he enlisted in the Mexican war. "The third wife of the virile old fighter is living at Moundsville, hale and hearty at the age of 67. She is over six feet high and as straight as an arrow. Of her thirty-five children and step-children, she knows positively of the whereabouts of but fifteen. The rest are scattered about the country and dead. The thirty- five children were all sons." V A Family of Fight rs. "If it came within the line of his inquir­ ies," said W. C. Moyer of St Clairville, West Va., "the census enumerator for Moundsville, near where I live, must have found about as wonderful a domes­ tic history as any enumerator will run against elsewhere in this country. I refer to a family of the name of Brandon. The father of that family, Charles Brandon, died when he was 96 years old, but his youngest was then less than a year old. He died just as the civil war broke out from a broken heart, his wife refusing to live with him any longer, and brought suit for divorce against him. He had at the time thirty-five living children and had been married three times. His first wife bore him only two children. His second wile died after bearing him eight­ een. At the age of 75 he married Sarah Barker, she being 16, and the youngest of sixteen children. She lived with him twenty-one years, bearing him fifteen children, and then left him, taking her 1-year old baby with her, and sued for a divorce on the grouuds of incompatabil- ity of temper. Brandon was then still hale and hearty, but the desertion of his wife broke him down, and he died within a month after she left him. When his third wife married him the oldest of his twenty children two previous wives was 39, and the entire twenty lived under the paternal roof. The young wife reared all of the twenty that were young enough to need rearing, besides caring for the fifteen of her own^ the oldest ot whom was put 20 when she left their father. The family of thirty- five kept together for many years after fathers death, and if the patriarchal Brandon had lived a few months lo nger he would have seen seventeen of his sons enlist in the Union army. It is a ques­ tion if in this or any country an instance can be found where one family ever be­ fore contributed seventeen sons to their country's service. There were two Chaleses and two Johns among these brothers. The names of the other thir- tee were Simeon, £vans, Peter, Joseph us, Hiram, James, Van Buren, Jacob, Abraham, Alexander, David, Andrew, and Ruse. Besides these, three of Charles Brandon's sons served in the Mexican War. The seventeen brothers were all in Ohio and Indiana regimenta. Two of Kominatsd for Governor. :%4" CoL Henry 11. Markham, nominated t if "f* by the Republicans of California for the ' " Office of Governor, was born at Wilming- ^f| *•= ton in 1840. He enlisted in the army in 1 *|f ^: 1862, when 22 years old, and served for • ^ three years in the war. His retirement? j in June, 1865, was caused by a hip ^ wound received from a shell while with . ^ Sherman in South Carolina. After th© t. war he studied law, and for a number of_ years practiced in Milwaukee, but incapacitated by hiswoundgave up pi Lice. He went to C&!ifortit» itt eating at Pasadena. He there recovered his health, and is now slight inconvenienced by this old wound. He is President of the Los Angeles Fur­ niture Company, and is a director of the > Los Angeles National Bank, and the (Ml A Supply Co. of Southern California. Per- sonally Col. Markham is of imposing; , 1 presence, being an inch over six feet in j height and weighing over 200 pounds. \ <'*lt r5i The Latter Came at Last' " J ust like a man! November 26, 1864, Mrs. Hodges, cf St. Louis, mailed a letter .^1 to her husband who was with Sherman's V,' g aruiy. On reaching his" regiment the > letter was given to Captain Bixby to be « delivered to Mr. Hodges. The Captain S» yl;' naturally put it in his pocket. A few 14 1 weeks ago he found it in the same pocket /I ̂ of the coat, yellow and dingy with twenty^ -* ^ | fi ve years incarceration, but otherwise all _ ̂ right. He immediately mailed it, and Mr. % \ f Hodges received it in St. Louis, the city from whicht it originally started. The \ news was a little old, but the family en~ joyed reading it.--Washington Post. During the civil war a man, great in his own eyes, was, by some influence,, appointed a Brigadier-General. His sense of his own importance was greatly increased. He could hardly speak of anything else but his new dignity. Meeting a "homespun" Yankee one day he accosted him thus: "Well, Jim, I suppose you know I have been appointed Brigadier-General?" "Yes," said Jim, I heerd so." "Well, what do folks say about it?" "They don't say nothin'," replied truthful James; " they just laugh." A REMARKABLE LETTER. ^ The following letter from Mr. W. ;£)j& Thomson, of Columbus, Wis., is pecul­ iarly interesting: "My wife," says he, "has been treated for her head, stomach and nervous prostration by three doctors in New York, two in Chicago, one in Phila­ delphia, one in Cincinnati, and at the targe institute in Buffalo for sixteen months. They all failed. But one bot­ tle of I)r. Miles' Restorative Nervine helped her wonderfully." This should be used in all headaolies, backaches, changes of life, nervous disturbances, tits, rheu­ matism, etc. Ask at Besley's drug store for a free trial bottle and Dr. Miles' new book on the Nerves and Heart. A FORTUNATE WOMAN. Mrs. Mary L. Baker, of Ovid, Bffefc., ™* has reason to be very thankful. She was a great sufferer from heart dwease for years. Wiis short of breath, bad hungry spells, pain in side, fluttering, faintness, etc. After takiug two bottles erf Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure, she says, "I am better than for twenty years. My miud and eyesight have improved wonderfully. 1 advise all {>ersous thus afflicted to use this great remedy." G. W. Besley, drug­ gist, recommends andguartuitees it. Dr. Miles' work on heart disease, containint? marvelous testimonials, free. , j> CHICAGO MERCHANT TAILORS, First class in every respect, have mt E. Lawlus, Tailor, three hundred more ? samples of their cloths, to take orders and measure men for suits. Good fits and low prices on the very best goods in the market is what you want *ud MJ* humbug. E. LAW1A&* Opposite Riverside HoteL •fi X-