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Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty a*Ml Lawi No Favors Win us and no Fear Shall Awe.' fern* VOL. 24. M'HENRY. ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1899. NO. 52. f. THE BEAUTIFUL QUEEN. THE ENTERTAINMENT PROVE8 A DECIDED SUCCESS. US: Lsrjt Audiences Present at Riverside Hall on Kach Evening--Mice Purse of Money Netted. "The "Queen Esthsr" entertainment Friday and Saturday evenings was the means of c )ngregating audiences in Riv­ erside ball that hare not often appeared there. It was well patronized each ev ning and the M. E. and Universalist societies will realisi a great deal more money from it thaa they anticipated. [ueen I^^TTTerhas been given here sey- eiat timPH and it never has been a fail lire, still never mwited praise any more highly than it did at its recent premuta­ tion, when it was ably execnted by Mc- Henry talent. It is not every day in the week that this cantata can be given and it is not every small city that has the sufficient talent to present it t ) the pub- lie, and Mr. Robinson, under whose direction it was given, is loud in praise of the talent famished for the entertain­ ment in McHenry. Those who have seen Qieen Esther know that it is no email task to get a proper harmony of the several part., and this was nicely provided for in th« execution of it here. The most import­ ant parts were taken by persons emi­ nently capable of such parts and the different choruses were well selected. Esther, the Queen, was taken by Mit-s Laura Wright, of Richmond. Mits Wright is a teacher of voice culture and an instructor on the piano. She has a ewe it, musical voice and the execution of her part was greatly appreciated by the people. She is certainly an accomplished singer and won mauy admirers by her charming voire. The part of Abasoerus, the King, was taken by W. A. Crit-ty. This was one oi the leading parts and was well executed Hainan, the king's counselor, was the part taken by T. J. Walsh. Mr. Walsb is the possessor of a fine voice and hat always taken part in entertainments, which were given to aid the church soci­ eties of McHenry. Mrs. T. J. Waleb took the part of Z^resb, Hainan's wife. Mrs. Walsh is an exceptionally fine sing­ er and well accomplished in the art of music. The rendition of "Do I Wake or an I Dreaming" by Mr. and Mrs. Walsh was a rare treat. The part of Morde^ai, the Jew, could not have been alloted to one more atle than Dr. A. E. Auringer. He has a pow­ erful and clear voice which has been well trained. His sol s were very apprecia­ tive. Miss Kate Howe who took tfce part of Mordecai's sister, has a very sweet voice and rendered her solos in' a manner that was pleasihir to all. Mrs S. 8. Chapell, as Pr phi-tees, was fine, Her every gesture and movement re­ vealed the f act that she. has had training in elocution. The part of High Priest was taken by John Barbian and to say the least he acted his role to perfection.' He has a good bass voice and his solos were well received. W. N. Wyckoff, at- Hegwi, did well. He has full control o< a l ich bass voice and reached the 1 iwest tones with ease. Mrs. A. E. Auringer. as the Jewish Princess, rendered her solos in a creditable manner. Her abil­ ity as a singer is well known to McHenry people. Barbara Thelen won the good will of the audience as the Median Prin­ cess. Miss Rosina Reynolds made a favorable impression as the Persian Princess. Although young, she is the possessor of a beautiful voice, and with the proper training she will have a voice equaled by few. J. D. Lodtz acted the part of Captain of the King's Guards in a way that would be of credit to anyone He has a good tenor voice. As the Beg­ gar, 8. 8. Chapell won the applause of the audience. Misses Mayme Bestey and Nettie Schiessle took the parts of the queen Y maids, and the parts of Zeresh'e attendants were taken by Misses Lillie Heimer and Anna Bickler, who sang very nicely in the several choruses Misses Myrtle Sliaipiu and Pearl Lincoln and Messrs. Fred Karges and W. N Wyekcff took the parts of Mordecai's friends, while Joe Barbian, M. D. Weber, M J. Thelen and Ben Smith acted as th* king's guards. Ha? tie Lamphere, Mamie Granger, Maude Granger and Fannie Granger acted as pages and pe» formed their respective parts very creditab'y. The scarf drill was one of the beautiful 'features of the entertainment. It wa? participated in by se.ven young ladies Those wbft took part were; Misses-- I>nora Stevens Florence Searlee Altia Kim hall Jcnnje Smith Berrice Perry Elsie Howe ftusina Reynolds HE IS A BAD BONE. Steal* a Hone and Buggy wd Is now In ' jaii. • Serious Runaway. Monday morning an Fred Willey was driving on Main street toward the depot, the wagon tongue slipped from the neck yoke, and in an instant the wagon ran against the horses, frightening them to such an extent that they dashed down the street, passed th° depot and into a Utch near theroaiLei^/The shoulder of one oftKe'horses was d slocatml and isagrent lies to the owner. He. was offered $125 for the animal a few days before, X ffln Batter Market. Batter firm on the Elgin Board of Trade Mondav; offerings, 307 tubs, 207 selling at 19c. Butter was the same last week, and one year ago was 10* ' will hi^'lfe'l^rst bote that he tver picked when he faces the VcHenry county grand jury n**xt September, lie is no# in the county j iii at Woodstock for horse stealing and no one q lestions his receiving the full penalty of the law. He stole a horse from Michael! Donovan, of Alden, and a baggy from rbos Barrett, of Hartland, Saturday night and was on his way to Chicago when he was apprehended by Marshal Walsh, of this plac>, naar Wauoada Sunday noon. Mr. Donovan missed his bice dapple gray horse from the barn Sunday morning and be went at once to Harvard and notified Marshall Burke, who has achieved more than ordinary notriety as a burglar appr-heuder. The "big officer" at Harvard spread the news far and wide by means of the telephone He notified Marshal Walsh, of McHeury, and he made the capture. The McHenry officer knew (hit if the horse tbief came here he would cross the Fox river bridge and he drove over town to see that the b id/e was guarded. He learned from parties at the J.J Buch place that <MJitnmy" Bone, well known to the people of McHenry, was here a short time before, driving a nice gray horse and had departed for Wau­ conda. Mr. Walsh secured a rig and left for that place and made the arrest near the village of Waucouda. Marshal B irke was here to rec >ive tin prisoner when he arrived and took him to Harvard, where be was given a hear­ ing Mocday and bound over to the <rand jury. Mr. Bone lived for many years around McHenry. He came here about sixteen years ago and made this his place of ibode for nearly ten years. He seemed to fully understand the seriousness ot lis crime and said he was willing to team i trade. He stole a horse from V(r. Donovan and the buggy from Mr Barrett, but not being satisfied with the tuggy, which was somewhat old, be discarded it and stole a newer one from Thomas Miles, of Hartland. Where Am 1? Latitude 42°--21'--North, Longitude 87°--39' west of Greenwich, on a lake, about four miles north-east of McHenry, III. Editor Plainobalrr:-- an you settle i vexing question? I came to thi* beautiful lake la*t week to spend the summer bnt unless I can get help at once must either drown myself or become a candidate for sr»m« lunaHc asylum. When I left home I promised my father that I would write and tell him where to direct his letters. 1 asked a friend and was told t<» have th<*m directed to Mc­ Henry with Pistakee Lake added. My first letter came and my friend who landed it to me remarked: "I wonder where yoar fellow learned to spell. It should be Pistaka." "Oh no," said my xnisin, "it is Pwtaqua." I said nothing 4ut looked it up in the Chicago papers and ono of them had it Pistacuh. Then ( appealed t > the encyclopie lia and bt-ereit was Pisbtaka. What shall I do? Miss Nomkr , We give it up. The oalv safe *ay is to write Pistaq>ia alias Pistakee' alias Pistacah alias Pishtaka. [Ed ] What a Story. The following is from an esteemed ex­ change: "The 66.000 cows in McHenry county represent an inyesnment of $2,500,000 " When our worthy assessors will reed this they, no doubt, will laugh. The facts are that the assessors did not find nhat many head cf cattle in all McHenry sounty, and the statement that there tre so many head of cattle in McHenry iounty dosen't imply 1 hat all these are rnilchers. Cattle means anything and ev­ erything of the bovine genus of .animals, ind the assessors of McHenry county re­ turned but 62 012 head of cattle found in the eountj- at the recent assessment Then, think of this enormous vnIui-- #2 500,000 This would be over $37 per head. We are mighty glad that the writer of that article wasn't an as< -tessor in the county. The Glorious Fourth. The following is from the Richmond (i-tz -tte: " The people of Illinois and Wis- 'ousin are invited to celebrate in Ricb- nond The usual races and sports ill ake place in the morning on the public sq'iare, spec al attention being given to Young America in the arrangement of rbe program, which is in charge of H. M Hasting#, G. A. Osmond and P. K 'Wright. At 10:30 the fourth annua' road race over the Richmond-Gartoa Junction course will be run. The Driv­ ing Park a sociation will hang up some good purses aud a great sport is a certainty. The entries are nuraorou« and the horses well matched At night everybody is invi'»d to attend the dance at StoBel's ha'l, West McHenry, thereby rounding out a day of pleasure. Pat Riehinord on yourjjst-far July 4. 1899 SUMMER AT THE BAY. QUIET THIS WEEK ON ACCOUNT OF COLD WAVE. Nany Interesting Events to Take Place Next Week--The Yacht Race'one of the ^Features. / Matter* at the Bay have been quiet ths 'week, but an o itpo iring of people is ex pected next week. The yacht race last Saturday was won by Commodore Hertz, who beat His opponents by nioe kminutes. j plextSaturday will, occnr the great yacht race bt tyeen the Pistakee Yacht Club and the Fox Lake (lab. This will be a gala day for the summer reeorfers at the Bay and at Fox Lake. MUST PAY TAXES- Judge Gillmore Decides in Favor of Me- ' / Henry .School District. WAR ON TUBERCULOSIS. The Pistakee Yacht club has now the1 latest membership of any yacht club hereabouts; numbering 220 bookia »re7 Commodore, E I win Alexander ry L. Hertz Vice Bloomgren Secre­ tary, and W. N. Gunton Treasurer. Captain John Anderson, of Chicago, has purchased a part of Coon Island, fn Pistakee Lake, and will build a cottage there. Mark Solomon and wife, of Chicago, have taken the O. W. Owen cottage for the summer. W. M. Gunton and family and N. F. Olson and wife, of Chicago, now occupy th jir summer cottages at Pistakee Bay. At 3/ineral Springs Hotel there have been .several new arriva's. They are: Everett Hunter, Thos. A/mchin and wife, T. J. J/inchin^D. H* Lipsey, wife and child, C. C. Harris. W. J. Garrett, A. F. Sooer, Fred Hart, wife and son, M-s. Pratt, Dr. and Mrs. Lindstrom, Miss Annie Wetterlund and W. Becker, all of Chicago; R R. R jma, Minneapolis; L 8 Taylor, Elgin. One of the attractions at Mineral Spring* Hotel Sunday evening will be the beach bonfire. Amphion Ringing Club, of Chicago, ar­ rived here Wednesday evening and sev­ enteen of them are staying at J. J Buch's. There are fifty in all, but they have not all arrived as yet Several of them will stay at Joseph Heimer's. The special regatta week at Fox Lake wiH be July 3, 5, 6, and 7. The Pistakee Yacbtclnb will take part in this. TO S2LECT A COLONEL. Jtlcked by a Hnmw -- Henry Wilson, who resides on the Nunda road, was kicked in tbe face by one of his horses Saturday and for a '.time the wound seemed serious. Dr. Wells was calle^f and a3m?tflsterBd "tte necessafy-medfcal ajtt and tbe patient Is rapidly recovering. TMantegimelit Will Decide hy B&lot for Their Leader. v • An election for colonel of the Third Illinois will be held at Rock ford Monday, July 3 Mayor Shands will preside at the"meeting. Lieutenant Colonel Fisher, of Rockford, of the old Third, will in al ih obability be elected as Colonel as he has largely been instrumental in reor­ ganizing the old regiment. In the new regiment Rockford Sfrill fur nish two companies, Elgin two,. Aurora two, and one each from Poatiac, Kanka­ kee, Oregon and Bel videre. Rural Telephone System, Mareellne ir: *lo*iyji inl irma as tB^t) a farmer's .telephone system is about to be installed in Mi Henry county. The mov* was proposed by Hunt Bros , of Green­ wood, who have for some tima past OemJ working for that purpose,! Many~rirm- e?s fn Greenwoodancf Hebron town­ ships will use the phones and the farmi- iug community in general will soon fall in line when they realize the benefit and advantages to be derived from such an exchange Let the formers take an active interest in this matter. Rural telephone systems are common in many] states and why not take advantage ofj th i s move by ass i s t ing in p lac ing Mc - j Henry county on an equal footing with many others.--Woodstock Democrat. Want Recruits. The 15th Infantry, United Statrs soldiers, is enlisting new recruits A recruiting office is opened at Ft. Rheri- dan. Men are wanted between 18 and 35 years. Those who go to ibe Philippines will receive $15 50 per month, aud if mustered out there wil' e-tch receive f500 mileage, aod this will enable them t>o settle coiufortably in tbe inlands should they desire As s rule men get into any regiment they desire and always into tbe branch of tbe service they choose Meet At Woodstock. There was a meeting >f the b iard of review of th* counties of McHenry, Boone, Lake and Winnebago at Woodstock Tuesday. There were pre­ sent Marcus Norton, county clerk of Winnebago county, and J. M Rhodes, chairman of the boa *d of sun^rviors of the same county; County Clerk A. L. Headee aod Me-srs. Easton aud Smith, of Lake; Wm Bowley, county clerk of Boone, aod Messrs, W. A. Cristy, Geo F. Rushton and Chas. d. Robb, of this c^uuty. Threshers Combine The Trpshermeu's Association of Mc­ Henry, Boone, K ineand DeK*lbvcoou- ties has been organiz'd, which was com­ pleted at a recent meeting at Marengo. The purpose of this is to establish a uniform rate for threshing of grain. Jodgfe Gillmore rendered a decision tn the Chicago & North-Western railway school fax case Wednesday. He decdied in favor of the school district The rail­ way company declined to pay their por­ tion of school tax, which amounts to over $600, on tbe ground that there was a technicality in the levy. This will be a great saving to the school district here as the entire tax is small for this pur­ pose The case of the village of MeHenry against tbe C. N. ft. Co was decided ia tbe company's favor, which tax amounted to about $116 The case of the township of McHenry against the same company was decided in favor cf FARMERS OF MCHENRY COUNTY MAY LOSE THEIR HERDS. . ASSESSMENT ROLL. WlilBe Published in The £latadealer Next week. <? The Plaindbalfb will publish next week the assessment rolls of McHenry and Greenwood townships. They have already been forwarded by County Treasurer Axtell and the work of pre­ paring them for publication has begun. Thb Pl.aindral.br will make a special feature ot this next week and each tax payer should see jus*, how the assess­ ment of 1899 has been made. Every tax payer in McHenry and Greenwood will want to see how property has been assessed aad The Plaindkaleu is the only paper in McHenry county that con tains t ;is list. Subscribe for Thb Plain- dealer. a FOURTH OF JULY BALL. Ctnad Dancing Party at Staffers Evening of July 4, Kail Come with your best girl to Stoffel's hall on the evening of July 4 Then you will have a chance to participate in one of the grandest dances ever held in Mc­ Henry. It is to be held in the new ball, which will bs dedicated on that evening. Music wilt be furnished by Baernstein's orchestra of Chicago and no better or< chestra can be secured fur dancing par­ ties. Tickets to dance are f 1 per couple. Rupper will be served in the hall dining room at thirty-five ceDts per plate. A general admission fee of twenty-five cents will be charged all spectators. Re­ member this will be a program dance and is bound to be an enpyable one in every respect. The ft >or managers are: Jay Gilbert, West McHenry; M. D. Weber, McHenry; Berne Bell, Ringwood; James Overton, Rolon; H. F. Greely. Richmond; Geo. Mullen, Woodstock; Ray Thomas, Ostend; W. H. Wilbur, Vunda; Ed. Pratt, Wauconde; James Murry, Yolo; John Powers, Terra Cotta, aud John Lane, Fox Lake.' Large Communion Class. A large class were giveu First Com-1 munion in "*t, Mary's Catholic church' Hunday. R«v. Father Kirsch made this an impressive occasion as it was the first in the new cburcb. Those who con- Htituted the class were: Mary Weber, Prances Buss, Margaret Blake, Mary Freund, Catherine Justen, Millie Law- rencp, Eliz ibeth Niesen, Mary Meyers, Helen Stoff I, Lucy Simon, Margaret Schrfeiner, Emma Thelon, Christina Weber, Mary Weber, Catherine Winkles, \una Weidner, Johannah Wfidner, Louisa Zmih; and Masters Geo. Freund, Michael Englen, Casper Bickler, Peter Bauer, John Leickpm., Willie Heimer, Peter Justen, John Miller, Henry Simon, Chicago May Demand An Inspection of All Milk Imported for Consumption in ThatCity. "The Board of Trustees of the Illinois Society for tbe Prevention of Consump­ tion will meet nt-xt Saturday to outline a plan for the prevention of the sale of tuberculous m lk. The board has been invested with original power, aud the executive work of the society will be per­ formed by it '* The above is what the Chicago Sunday Tribune says. With the co-operation of Health i otnmisMomtr Reynolds, the board rxpfct* to ptirt a movement for a city ordinance providing for a milk in­ spection to prevent the safe" of tubercu­ lous milk. It means this. That mitic shippers will have to furnish bicago with milk from cows not infected with tuberculosis Every cow so d seased must be slaugh­ tered and sent to the frying vat. What a calmity will befall farmers, a great many of whom depend on the sale cf milk to pay rent and taxes. . In the Bel videre Daily Republican of June 23 there appeared an extended ar­ ticle written at Woodstock, wuich said that tbe farmers of McHenry county were in an open state of war against the st*te inspection of cattle. It contaiued about the same facts that appeared iD an Elgin paper on the s «me date, with the exception that tbe Woodstock special to the Bel videre paper was ar­ tistically '"blown." Here are a few ex­ tracts from it: "McHenry county is in tbe throes, of a panic over tuberculosis. Not that its cit'z»ns have bound themselves to pursue the disease germs to their anni bilatioii, but because germ hunters from Chicago, acting under the direction of the State Board of Health, are bobbin? up with big badges of authority, climb- iug pastu.c fences and conducting in­ spections to ascertain whtther the coun­ ty's (1(5,000 milch cows are sending in fected prolucts to the markets." '.f vL'.AIong the country roads and in the dark nooks ot the lanes tbe farmers met t in solemn converse, and strangers in the district are regarded with bus picion until they disprove0 any connec­ tion with the state commission. Loud protests are raised airainst rumored fu­ ture inspections. Farmers insist they cannot tell at what moment a state vet­ erinarian may tramp across their fields and cause the transformation of a bunch of cows worth |50 each into a mess of "tallow *nd sich"--material worth a figure not sufficiently dignified tb wear the dollar mark." Willie Stoffel, John Weidner and Joseph Scbaefer. Told of the Kins of Spain. A writer in the London Telegraph tells the following story about the king of Spain as throwing light on that royal lad's life: "One day, during his history lesson, the king asked his professor to tell him how Spain came to lose I'hili, Mexico aud other Spanish-American colonies. The story was narrated so tlirillingly and artistically tliat the royal boj' listened spellbound aud con­ tinued after it had ended to sit ab­ sorbed ii> meditation. At last a thought having struck h>m, he looked up to his professor and inquired: 'What must 1 do in order to get back those countries for Spain?' 'The first and most im­ portant thing of all,' replied the cau­ tious and diplomatic pedagogue, 'is that your majesty should--should-- grow up to be a man. When you are a man--' 'H'm!' muttered the lad, dis­ enchanted, 'when I'm a man it is not e history professor's advice that I shall be asking. I shall have a prime minis­ ter to tell me then.* " Will Go to Richmond "Queen Esther" will be given at Rich­ mond by McHenry talent on the evtn- iogofJuly8 It will be under the di­ rection of M. E Robinson, and will in­ clude tbe same personation that took part in it at McHenry, Leopards. Though the leopard will sometimes, as all readers of Mr. Selous' books know, break into a hut and kill a man at night, it is usually very much afraid of him by day. A noted hunter has himself more than once beaten a leop­ ard to death with his stirrup when he had no other weapon handy. Valnable Cargo of Robber. Recently a shin of only 2.500 tons car­ ried from Para*Brazil, to New York, a cargo of rubber which wa3 insured for $3,000,000. FIJI* All Christianised Now. Fifty years ago there was not a Chris­ tian on the Fiji islands; now there is not a heathen. Advertise in The Pj^aimokauw. VOLO, Frank Sexton is working in MeHenry thin week. Vernieand Winaie Tjrraace w&re Cary visitors Sunday. Dr. Rossd^ntahar has visitors from Munda this week. Mrs. E. G. Gale, of,Elgin, was here on business Sunday^ • „ Mary Raught will visit Waukegan friends this week. i Natalie Stoxen, of Wa iconda, It visit )ng relatives h*re. i Mrs. Raymond and Helen wereChicago visitors Thursday. Fraacis Converse, of Chicago, is visit­ ing at J. Waltod's. Mrs. Torrance returned from the lospital Thursday. } Frank Djrller, of Ivanhoe, was a Volo (Ciller Sunday evening. I Dr. Rossdentsher is painting tbe inter­ ior < f the. M. E. church. Otis Murray visited his mother, sr uth of Wauconda, Sunday. Mary Kepple, of E'gin, is visiting at her uncle's, C. G. Huson's. Mrs. Monaorhan and son, Arthur, are Milwaukee visitors this week. M.a. Gill returned fro n Chicago Tues­ day, where she has b*en visiting ber children. John Rich'ird'ton w«4 ia Chicago Thursday. H<> b jught a flie new bicycle W.il«th»re. C. G Huson and w fa wahJ; to Chicago Saturday pv^riiog, where they will vi-dt i i-uiig f »r a f i# da7H. Mesdam h R inght, Kir*in, Hu*on and Ravmofifi attended W. C T U con­ vention at G<-ay's L ike Tue-td-ty. There will be a t-ocial at tbe M. E church Wednesday evening, Jan 28 for the benefl r, of the Sunday-School. Lena Wirfz came home from McHenry Sunday. She is quite poorly and will remain at ho;ne uatil she regains her health. On Tuesday, J one 27, at the Fort Hill church, occ ired the funeral «>f Mrs William R>chardson. Shediedquite suddrnly Sunday morning at tbe home of h»r dauiher, Mrs. Douglas Wait, wh re she and her husband h ive lived for some time. She leave* one son, irlanrio, of Gray.s Lake, and three daughters, Mrs. Wait and the Mesdam* s Horton. FROM OUR EXCHANGES Interesting News Items from All Parts of |v:\ tfce Coantgr. The annual meeting ot the McHenrv County Ab-t-act Co. wai held in this city recently, when report! of its officials were submitted. Officers for the ensuing year were re-elected as follows; President--F. F. Axtell. Vice President--J. J. Murph^/ ^ Secretary--Geo. L. Murphy. ^ Treasurer--W. C. Eichelberger. Tbe directors whose terms expired were Geo. L Murphy and W. C. Eichel­ berger, b:»th of whom were reelectd. --Woodatock Sentinel. It might be interesting to our readers to leiro that Congressman Hitt contrib­ utes over f 400 per year in the way oi taxes toward maintaining our couuty and state institutions, His personal property this year is listed at over f 20, 000, his posessioiis along this line in the city of Washington being scheduled by the Mt. Morris assessor. Four head of horses are included in the list, being as sessed at $200 each.--Oregon Republi Two McHenry Cyclists. Geo G. Slimpin and N. F. Colby, of this place, will enter the Richmond road r>ces next Tuesday. Mr. Slimpin is The oat crop promises to bS very heavy this season. The growth of straw is usually large, and in some fields it already lays flat on the ground. The weather is favorable for corn and it is pushing to the front with giant strides, so to speak. ' The outlook for potatoes is excellent, new crop of the home-grown variety reported from some of the growers of early garden truck--Marengo Republican. Some big difference between the amounts paid as taxes on personal prop­ erty last year and the schedules filed by the same persons under the new law are discovered by the assessors from time to time when they glance over the field books turned in by the deputies. One of the greatest differences yet noted in Chicago, is that of a banker living on Michigan avenuA. Last year this man paid a tax cf f556.39 on #45,000 of assessed property. This year the satne man schedulod $433,218 of taxable property and hiB tax on a 1 per cent basis would be $4,332 18. An. other case is that of a man living on Drexel boulevard, who last year paid $61.40 tax on $5,000 and this year scheduled $80,000. Of Prairie avenue property owners one man eel edules $447,275 and pays $2,472, while latt year he paid on only $5,000. Still an­ other scheduled $6,500 last year aud $545,000 this year. Three members of one family on Prairie avejpue scheduled $348,000 this year, against $5,400 last year. Mrs. Emmon Blaine, of Lake Forest, of the McCormick family, and dangh- ter-*'n-law of the late James G. Blaine, went to the assessor's office in Chicago and gave the assessed valuation of every oit of property she had. amounting to $1,560,000. She said if every one would do the same thing we would never have any more trouble in this couutry between the rich and poor.--Waukegan Sun. , WOODSTOCK Miss Mary Spooner visited relatives in Harvard from Thursday till Tuesday. Tbe W. C. T. U will holds, its theetiog next Friday afternoon with Mrs. ('. L. Woodard. Miss Bessie Wright entertained Dr and Mrs I. B. Carol us, of Sterling, the first of tbe week. The Presbyterian Sunday-8chool will hold their annual picnic at Crystal Lake, next Friday. Miss Tillie McElroy spent Tuesday night of last week with her brother and sister at Harvard. John Howe expects to take asmQnth's rest with relatives in northern Wiscon­ sin, leaving next Saturday. Mrs. Mary Dyer, son, Alois, and Mi>s Charlotte R-nich were guests of Miss Minnie Stefler at Algonquin a few days this week. Messrs. D. I. Cooke and J. D. Miles, firmer students of Todd's Seminary, were the guests of Prof, and Mrs. Noble Hill the forepart of the week. About forty^flve of Miss Gladys Thome's little friends helped her cele­ brate her seventh birthday on Thursday last and they bad a lovely time. Miss Ernma Furer returned from Lock- port Saturday, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Fred Blakeslee, and children, who will spend the summer here. Attorney D. T. Smiley and family re­ turned from their cottage at Pistaqua and, accompanied by Miss Sybil Hen- drick's, leave about July 1 for a trip to California. o Kxtending Their Business. Kimball & Wycoff, the laundrymen, are increasing their business teach week. They have agencies at Richmond, Ring- wood and Wauc >nda. Their work guar­ antees the best of satisfaction and it is being complimented each week. They have worked hard since starting their laundry here and the public should take a ketn interest in seeing them ad­ vance They are worthy gentlemen and The Plaindealer takes pride in recom­ mending this hQme institution. IN CALM, SWEET RE8T. 8. W-GRANGER DIES AT HIS HOME . IN MILWAUKEE. $ •m Races at Woodstock. The Woodstock races will be Jaly 13, 14, and 15. Thes e are the dates. Don't allowed a handicap of two minutes and j forget them. F. G. Arnold, thesecretary hirty seconds, wbd* Mr. Colby is given j is certain that it will be one of the a one minute handicap. biggest meets ever held in Woodstock. • 'SI? Joseph Schaefer Expires at His Home West of This Place Monthly Morniaf-- /. ,'"lt Funeral Wednesday. •M'f?; • .. /"' The following is from the Milwag)oM . ; lEvening Wisconsin, which gives a full account of the demise of imephen~~WT granger, brother of Senator Granger, of * this place, whosedeath-oeeered at Mil-" y« ^ waukee last Saturday. Senator Granger t"" , and wife attended the funeral Monday,/ wMch was held at iSfflwanlfler" "" ^ »' "Stephen W Granger, one of tbe old- ; ^ est practitioners at the Milwaukee bar, 1 died ac noon at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. H. D. Sykes, at 270 K»- "i, waunee street. Mr. Granger had been ill ; Tor the past six months, but his condi* tion did not become serious until a fs#- days ego, when he began to fail rapidly. -- f' Mr. Granger has been an attorney and J : resident of Milwaukee since 1858. Ha * was born in New York state Septempsr .i 6,1834. Up to the age of 14 be at- . tended the district school and later at-t t|| tended the Walworth academy. Aftar teaching school for a number of year% he began the study of the law, finally eft* ... J tering the National Law school at Poughkeepsie, N Y. He graduated ip .. ^ the spring of 1858, and in the fall ofe ,. that year came to Milwaukee to reside. % • . > "For many years Mr. Granger was prominent in politics, although he never held public office, refusing to become a I candidate for any political,position until 1873, when he accepted a nomination for assemblyman against Alfred J. Cary, the *•> Democratic.candidate, who defeated him 1 by but three "votes. For prior to 1876 Mr.^nan; chairman of the Repablii mittee. \ "Mr. Granger was marr 1861, to Ella A. Bennett, the late Russell Bennett oh*the Lake. Three children survive him, H. D. Sykes, S. A. Granger, who been his father's law partner, and <f oh)k Milton Granger. Rev. D. T. Denmaa* pastor of tbe First Baptist church, had ' .1"' charge of the funeral servioes." - --4 Joseph Schaefer. , V" Joseph Schaefer died at his about a mile north of this place, ear^f -^1 Monday morning. rHis death came very " 'j suddenly and owing to this County Coroa- er Wernham, of Marengo, was summoned ^ and an inquest was held Monday. Tha jury consisted of the following: H. C. j;1^ Mead, foreman, Jjimes E. Wernham, .. ; ,\J Harry Wightman, John Dermont, Jotoj} V | Brents ana Nicholas Justen. , The.decedent was a son of the lata Nicholas Schaefer and was about fortgr years of age. He was married and leaves a wife and four children.. Thirteen yeava , ~ ago he was married to Miaa Lizzie Sabls^ , of Volo, a daughter of Mr. aod Mrs. G» Sable, who are now residents of thai. place. \ The children are: L'uie, Gertie, Henry ^ and Mary. Besides this he leaves aft ' i-'r. aged mother, two brothers aad two ^ sisters, namely: John A. Schaefer, ot ' Ringwood, and N<cholas Schaefer, who ia located in the west, and Mrs. Henry Kennebec and. Mra^ Joseph Justen. jit Itingwood-iThe funeral'services wen "• held at 8t. Mary's Catholic chnrck \ Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock, with ft \ - solemn High Mass by Rev. Fathej*./ ^ Kirsch^) The pall bearers were Joseph • : BTSSe, Matt Blake, John Wirtz, Augu?6 ^ Hoff and John Hoff. The interment was in St. Mary's Catholic cemetery. sV ^ WAUOONDA. : » ,*v\1 Wauconda will m* celebrate tli ^'5 ' Fourth.. , M. W. Hughe made a trip to Chicago v Monday. L.Hill, of Chicago, spent Saturday - : with his parentb here. / Miss Lucy Spencer, of Chicago^ li ; visiting ber parents in this place. jtr$;- ' W. A. Goodwin.wife, and son, Scott, pf ^ Nunda. spent Sunday with relatives here. - '* ftfies Nelson, who spent last week wit% Mrs. A. Stevens, returned to Chicago Sunday. The concert given by J. L Sears aa4 pupils Saturday evening was wel * '1 ' attended. ? •• - Miss Alta and Master James Power*, of Barrington, were tbe guests of the# 'A-'-"' aunt, Mrs. W. Bangs, recently. - V Mi8S Mary Spencer returned hoass j"' Tuesday from Chicago, where she haft v been attending school tbe past year. ^ Messrs. and Me ;dames Brown, Whi4» ^ com, Ambros Hill and family are among those spending the summer in Wanc jnd%^,'n%|* % Tbe King's Daughters will give an tea . cream social Saturday evening, July 1, :^| at the home of Mrs. C. L. Pratt. Evpy~ oqe is invited to attend. ' "» I.eave for Btirope. Hon Gej. R. Lvoa, of Wauk^tao. an# wife will depart on July 4 for an extendei% ••• trip through Europe. They will eojourft in England, Holland, France, Germany ^ ^ and Italy- • Railroad a«$ure Go. The railroad from Fox Lake to *S3t /tyville is a certainty. The material already on the ground and its erectioft has begna. .. ..LJf. v ^ h, ^ Chueft K*l«sla» >•••,* St. Mary's Cat holic church will give ft picnic in V# heeler's grove, just across th* river, on July 4 and 5. Thtire general amusemeats of ftll kiada. W It ii i