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rf^Pi V v - x f r ' ' - ' • < t y > * f % ' K . " - • - . y w -•"; V ' X - ; " / } ' *."̂ ' f « " ' X < - ' Z & * ! ' * * * ' T i y ' - ' " ^*'T.*f^vy^tf 1 The Mdlnry PlMulei PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY Wt NdlENRY PLAINDEALER COMPANY. W. K. GRANGER, W. A. ORISTT, J. B. PSRBT, Pres. • Sec. Treas. E. J. HAZEL, Manager. Office in Justen Block, two doon north of Owen & Chapell's store. TKiiXPHoms: Long Distance, No. 808; - Citizens', No. 1 ttRMs or SUBSCRIPTION: Utile year &.50 Subscriptions received for three or six Ibonths in the same proportion. Thursday, flarrh 8, 1900. NOTICE. Hie figures on the label after your name tell •he date to which your subscription is paid. |for instance, if the label on your paper reads Sept. 1, *99, it means your subscription is paid ti> Sept. 1, *99. If you do not understand that the figures on your paper represent the date Ho which you think you are paid, notify us, giving date and amount of your last payment, iud we will try and adlust the same. / « Republican Caucuft. fit© republican voters of the to^ra of jttcHenry are requested to meet in town Caucus, at the city hall, in the village of McHenry, on Saturday. March 17," 1900, «t 2 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of nominating "township officers, and, to transact snch other business as may come before the meeting. COMMITTEE. Republican Congressional Convention. The Republicans of the counties com­ posing the Eighth Congressional District of the state of Illinois, are requested to send delegates to a convention to be held at the opera house in the city of Aurora, on Thursday, May 3d, 1900, at 11 a. m., for the purpose of placing in nomination a candidate for representative in Con­ gress, for member of the state board of equalization and also for the purpose of selecting two delegates and two alter­ nates to the national Republican con­ vention to be held at Philadelphia, June 19, 1900, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come be­ fore said convention. The several counties in the district will be entitled to delegates as follows: Kane 41 Dekalb McHenry DuPage Grundy. Kendall Total nut The seven be entit as f c 109 s county will and alternates SATES, ALTERNATES. pr. ..11 11 3 3 SHPrck 1 1 BHtck Berry ... 1 1 Burlington .. 1 1 Campdon , 1 1 Dundee 2 2 Elgin 10 10 Geneva ..a 2 ' Hampshire ..2 2 Kaneville ... 1 1 Plato .. 1 1 Rutland 1 1 St. Charles .. 2 2 Sugar Grove .. .. 1 1 Virgil . 1 1 Total ,41 41 H. T. ROCKWELL, Kane County, M. F. WALSH, McHenry County, CHAS. A. BISHOP, Dekalb County, F. H. LORD, Kendall County, FRANK CLARK, Grundy County, J. H. ASHLEY, DuPage County, Congressional Committee. Dated this 3d day of March, 1900. PROBATE ME WS ley. lalsey Fink, land W FORTIFICATIONS NOT NEEDED. Admiral Dawey is quoted as saying that the fortification of the Nicaragua canal--if built--would be useless, and that the great American navy will be a sufficient protection for that water­ way in case of war. His language was as follows: "Fortifications? Why, of course not. As I understand it, the canal is to be and should be a neutralized commercial pathway between the two great oceans. To fortify it would simply result in making it a battleground in case of war. Fortifications would be enormously ex ensive and o Our fleets will be a sufficient guarantee of the neutrality and safety of the canal in time of war as well as in peace." The idea that the canal should be for­ tified is most generally entertained by those who have not made a study of military problems, and it is natural that fortifications should appear to be the right thing. to those who take a broader view, and especially to those who, like Dewey, look at the matter with a professional eye, fortifications appear to be not only useless, but an actual incumbrance. Probably there is no man whose judgment upon a ques tion of this kind will be received -with more respect by the American people thah Dewey, and his utterance ought to strengthen the sentiment in fayor of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Yon Have Seen Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin advertised ^ • -^for months, but have you ever tried it? If not, you do not know what an ideal stomach remedy it is. * A 10c bottle (10 |doses 10c) will show you its great merits as a cure for constipation, indigestion and sick headache. Regular size, 50c <{tnd $1, at Julia A. Story's. Real Estate Transfer®. John G Hartman to Fred W Bart* man, 2 lota in Ridgefield, SI. Thomas Rowson to Charles S McNett, land in Nunda, $123. Sarah Jane Babbitt «t a l t 6 t a m e , 5 acres in Nunda, €30. Beathea Henderson et al to Cnarles S McNett, land in Nunda, $700. Gertrude McCauley to James Shields, land In Al len, Ezra J Avery to Carl F Fredrick, land in Chemungr, $7000. Carrie S French to John H McKinlay, property in Algonquin, $5000. Lucy H Compton to Elmer N Cannon, land in Woodstock, $2000. Elmer N Cannon to L B Compton, land in Dorr, $4450. Spencer Cotting to Edward M Stew­ art. land in Richmond, $8500. Fred H Oiilerking to Otto Boris, Jr., land in Seneca, $7000. Teressa Bassler to M D Hoy and son, land in Greenwood, $1900. 1 N Mqzzy to August Winklimrn, Sand in Coral, $300. G B Richards, special commr.v to Caroline E Flanders et al, lind in Seneca, $1. Sarah M Clothier to Laura E St rat- ton, land in Hebron, $1. Fred Selchow to Jason D Hakes, land in Seneca, $1950. C L Lead to George P Goddard, 1 lot, C L Meads E O Leach et al, addn. to Hebron, $200. George P Goddard to Mary J Stew­ art, same, $1200. Herbert E Douglas to Almon G Dick­ er son, land in Hebron, $10000. Fred Selchow to August Karow, land in Seneca. Herbert N Town to Mary E Conkli part lot 173. Aasrs plat, sec S, $1450. James Allen to Ch in Crafton, §0 Fremen land in Ri Edgar S S" in Alden, $1! Halsey Fink to Oman O Fink, same, $150. Atldison J Deitz et al to William P its, land in Riley, $500. arcellus L Joslyn to Alice N Joslyn, in Woodstock, $1. •u A Ross to Frank Carr, land in Coral, $800. William A Ross to John Miller, land in Coral, $7200. Lizzie Rowlands to P A England, land in Crystal Lake, $200, Patrick Barry to William Barry, land in DunKam, $1800. Wm H Qowlin to Henry Burdick, part lots 3 and 4, blk 5, Emily H Hutchins addn to Woodstock, $350. Ellen Sweeney to John Sweeney, land in Hartland, 8525. Walter S Stewart to Frank C Slavin, land in Hebron, $1. PBOBATE PROCEEDINGS. Estate of Fred Arthur Seale, minor. Final report approved. Guardian to be discharged on turning over heir­ loom of family to ward. Estate of Reka Kammine. Final re­ port filed. Estate of minor heirs of Reko Kam­ mine. Same. Estate of Mary D. Ellis. Proof of Death. Wm. C. Hohrnstein appointed administrator. Bond, $200, filed and approved. Appraisers appointed. ^ Estate of nelen Walters. Proof of death. Perry C. Skinkle appointe administrator to collect. Bond, $1400, filed and approved. Estate of Phrocine W. Frisbie. Proof of death. John J. Whiteside appointed administrator. B jnd, $1500, filed and approved. Appraisers ap­ pointed. Estate of minor heirs of George Har­ ris. E. B. Smith appointed guardian. Bond, $3000, filed and approved. Estate of Charles W. Fillmore. Proof of death. Petition for probate of will and letters testamentary. Hearing set for April 2, Estate of Albert W. Young. Same. Estate of Geo. Barnard. Final re­ port approved. Estate declared set­ tled and executor discharged. Estate of Wm. H. Sherman. Will approved and Elizabeth Sherman ap­ pointed Executrix. Bond, $300, filed iointe Estate of George Harris. Inventory and appraisement bill approved. Estate of Dorethea Sender. Ap­ praisement bill approved. Estate Of Patrick Bilesty. Widow's selection approved. Estate of Patrick Corr. Report of sale approved. Estate of Henry Meyer, Inventory approved. Estate of Minor heirs of William H. Maher. Same. Estate of Ellen L. Brickley. Final report approved, executor discharged, proof of heirship made. Estate of Mathias Lay. Final re­ port approved, proof of heirship made. Estate of Catherine Harrison. Ro port of sale approved. Estate of Geo. A. SarL Appraise­ ment bill filed and approved. Estate of James M. Cowen. Final report filed. Estate ot Eugene N. Day. Proof of death. Wm. D. Gates appointed Administrator. Bond, $200, filed and approved. Estate of Henry Wettlsufer. Re­ port of sale approved. E>iate of C. Roscoe White and Lewis White, minors. Request of minor for appointment of guardian. Calvin J. Hendricks appointed gnat dian. Bond, $501, filed and approved. ' Estate of George Burtim. Report of sale of real estate filed and a - proved. Estate of Elisha S. Merriman.' Fi­ nal receipts exhibited. Estate de­ clared settled and administrator dis­ charged. _ 4 Ciaim day was had Ilk the following estates: Harry P. Bourne, Augusta Peterson, Jennette Hennette, John Timni} Percy A. Tap pan and Daniel Sweeney. ^ MARRIAGE LICENSES. Frederick Wilktna, Union, and Min­ nie Schmidt, Union. William C. Lee, Chemung, and Mag­ gie E. Miller, Chemung. f Fred Hertell, Huntley, and Carrie Rudat, Huntley. Frank C. Stewart, Hebron, and Lucy A. Greene, Hebron. Free Complexion Bean tiller; " We want every lady reader of the McHenry, Plaindealer, to try Dwight's Complexion Beautifier, the most ex­ quisite toilet preparation. It is pure and harmless, makes the face smooth as vel^ vet and fair as alabaster. To induce a fair trial of it we will for SHORT TIME ONLY SEND FREE a full size, Fifty Cent box to every lady who will send us her post office address and SILVER DIME to pay for packing and postage. Only one FREE box to each address, but ladies may order for her friends. Each box mailed separately. Send this no­ tice and your order AT ONCE to D. W. CUSTER & Co., Huntington, W. Va. Feb. 22, 1 y. How Balzac Wrote. Of all literary toilers Balzac was tainly thejaiflttccei At the fiPFprlrited columns of fer pasted into the center of. several large sheets. On this margin Balzac would work, sketching his characters, composing the dialogue, and perhaps altering entirely the original plot of the book. For four or five times this process was repeated until at last the columns had assumed the proportions of a volume. This extraordinary way of building a book naturally ran away with a considerable share of the profits on the work.--Golden Penny. Grand Excursion to Old Mexico Via Chicago & North-Western Railway, to leave Chicago Tuesday, March 6,1900 under personal direction of Mr. J. J. Grafton, an experienced excursion man­ ager. Entire trip in special train with dhring car. Tour is arranged to include all the principal points of interest in Old Mexico, and ticket covers all expense. Only limited number can be accommo­ dated; secure space early. For descript­ ive pamphlets and information, call on, or write agents Chicago & North-West­ ern R'y. 88-3t Principals' Association. The next meeting of the McHenry County Principals' Association will oc­ cur at Woodstock, Saturday, March 10. The following is the program: 1. Spencer.--R. O. Moon. 2. The Practical vs. the Ideal in school life.--D. M. Mills. 3. The Recitation.--Supt. W. H. Hatch. What can be done to improve our reading?--Prof. Angenbaugh. 5., Science in the High School.--G. A. Collins. " 6. Taylor, chapter 18 to end.--C. O. Fife. F. E. ANGEVINE, Secretary. We have saved many doctor bills since we began using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in our home. We keep a bot­ tle open all the time and whenever any of my family or myself begin to catch cold we begin to use the C mgh Remedy, and as a result we never have to send away for a doctor and incur a large doctor bill, for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy never fails to cure. It is cer­ tainly a medicine of great merit and worth.--D. S. MEARKLE, General Mer­ chant and Farmer, Mattie, Bedford county, Pa. For sale by Julia A. Story. Agents on salary of $15.00 per week and expenses; the greatest agent seller ever produced, every stock and poultry raiser buys it on sight. Hustlers want­ ed. Reference. Address, with stamp, American Mfg. Co., Terre Haute, Ind. y 82-ly What's Your Face Worth? Sometimes a fortune, but nevejr, if you have a sallow complexion, a jaun­ diced look, moth ]^tches and blotches on the skin,--all signs of Liver Trouble. But Dr. King's New Life Pills give Clear Skin, Rosy Cheeks, Rich Complexion. Only 25 cents at Julia A. Story's Drug Store. 1 W?. Great opportunity offered to good, reliable men. Salary of $15 per week and expenses for man with rig to in­ troduce our Poultry Mixture and Insect Destroyer in the country. Send stamp, American Mfg. Co., Terre Haute, Ind. 82-ly "Secrets of Success; or, Our Business Boys" by the Rev. Francis E. Clark, founder of the Young People's Society for Christian Endeavor is a book of good and wholesome advice for boys, the advertisement in another col- erner Company, publish- ng it at a special price, tf. Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys. Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. All the blood in your body passes through your kidneys once every three minutes. The kidneys are your blood purifiers, they fil­ ter out the waste or impurities in the blood. If they are sick or out of order, they fail to do their work. Pains, aches and rheu­ matism come from ex­ cess of uric acid in the blood, due to neglected kidney trouble. Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady heart beats, and makes one feel as though they had heart trouble, because the heart is over-working in pumping thick, kidney- poistined blood through veins and arteries. It used to be considered that only urinary troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all constitutional diseases have their begin­ ning in kidney trouble. If you are sick you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, t^ie great kidney remedy is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases and is sold on its merits by all druggists in fifty- cent and one-dollar siz­ es. You may have a sample bottle by mail free, also pamphlet telling you how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. , Home of Swamp-Root. McHenry Market. These markets are corrected weekly by our leading merchants: Butter, creamery, per lb 24c Butter, choice dairy, per lb 22c Eggs fresh, per doz 11c Cheese, per lb 18c Potatoes, per bushel ,» ' ^ 50c Beans, ueniMHiMMHi 12.00 • ttttc 3@7c M c 5;per lb 7c 4<§}tte 7 per bushel 28$?i25c Corn, per bushel 300 30c Rye 50@52c Wheat, per bushel #4<5 MR- Barley, per bushel 35@40c Timothy, per bushel $2.45 Clover, per pushel 36.00 Buckwheat, per bushel Hay, per ton |8.50@$9.00 C. & N. W. R. R. TIME TABLE. McHBNRY. ILL. GOING NORTH. •Williams Bay Passenger 10:00 A. M.-- G Freight 11:30 A. M.-- G Passenger .4:55 p. M.--w +Lake Geneva Passenger 4:55 p. m.-- G 6:51 p. M.-- G GOING SOUTH. tLake Geneva Passenger 7:32 A. M.-- a •Williams Bay Express 8:25 A. M.--W " Passenger 8:18 p. M.-- G " " Freight 2:40 p. M.-- G *Daily. •Dally except Sunday. tSunday only. G Galena Division, w Wisconsin Di­ vision. MoHENRY PQ8T OFFICE. Mails arreiv and depart from McHenry as follows: MAILS DEPART. Mall Closes. Leave Depot. South 7:00 A. M 7:32 A. M. South 8:00 A.M..., 8:25 A. M. South 3:00 p. M ; " 3:18 P. M. North 0:30 P. M .6:51 p. M. MAILS RECEIVED. North ..7:32 A. M South 10:00 A.M. North. v.3:18 p. M South 4:58 P. M. South 6:50 p. M JOHNSBURG MAIL. .Leaves McHenry 10:30 A. M. Arrives sit Johnsburg... 11:30 A. M. Leaves Johnsburg 12:30 p. M. Arrives at McHenry 1:30 P. M. ROLLIN WAITE, P. M. WB8T MoHBNRY POST OPPICS. Mails close ten minutes before departure of trains, and arrive at the same time of the McHenry mails. SIMON STOFFEL.P. M. ft " BARB I AN BROS. Makers of Fine Cigars, "Our Monogram IO cent Cigar Leads Them All. Our Leading 5c Brands: "Olivette" "Barbian Bros. Best" "Sliver" - "Bee Hive" "Empire Cuban" 9 9 THE MOTDAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NCW YORK RICHARD A. McCURDY PRESIDENT STATEnENT For the year ending December 31.1899 According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York INCOME Received for Premiums I'ron all other bourcci . DISBCKSEMEXTS To Policy-holders for Claims by • $44,524,S19 - 14,366,>*>57 9 ) Poller Death To Poliry.holders for Endow meats, llivldemds, etc. • For all other aecoaata 1/ • C:«,C29,0;9 42 i«,;»n,057 n ia,'2H8,444 1-1 ASSET3 Ualted States Boadi and clier Securities • First liien Loaaa oa Boad sad M o r t g a g e . . . . Loans on Bonds a ad other ETo« curities - - . . . Loans on Company's Policies . Heal Estntf! Company's 12 OfOee Buildings, ami other Proper* t i c s . . . . . . Cash in Banks and Trust Com* p a i s i e s . . . . . Accrued Interest, Not Deferred P r e m i u m s , e t c . . . . (3$,097,480 63 s::s,:&a,4ci ri f4,;94,^l C3 0).330,000 Ct 4,3.4,030 CJ £3,180,5^5 C3 1 3 , 0 1 2 , 4 5 5 C 2 .6.960,637 4t (301,844,6*7 L2 LIADILITirj • Policy IUserfes, ete. - • $251,711,988 Ct Contingeat tiaaraatee Pnad • 4i,9&2,&48 ii Available for Aathorised Divi­ dends ... . #- • . 2,180.060 60 $301.844,&S7 lasnranee aad Aaaaitlea la toree - - . Si,052,065,211 «i I have carefully examined the foregoing State­ ment and find the same to be correct; liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARLES A. PRKLL&K Auditor ROBERT A. ORANNIS3 VICE-PRESIOEHT WALTER R. GILLETTE ISAAC P. LLOYD FREDERIC CROMWELL EMORY MCCLINTOCS General Manaj"• si Vice-Preside. Treasure. /.ctuar . Chas. H. Ferguson, General Agt., Chicago, 111. C, A. Wetzel, Dist, Manager, Eva&ston, 111. t. ' Everything in the line of Smoked, Canned and Salt­ ed Fish, at Lowest Prices. OWEN & CHAPELL McHenry, - - Illinois. , j - > ' • L , ' . -A Fish for Lent I During the Lenten Season we will have a complete stock of Salt Fish, White Fish, Spiced Herrifig, Sweedish Herring, Smoked Fish; Etc. at correct prices Another car of Seal of Minnesota and Fancy Flour Try a sack--only $1.00. Per bbl., $3.90; H Goods delivered promptly in f t g West McHenry, 111. & r Yours truly, n. J. WALSH, Silk Ribbons, heavy all silk, 3 to 6 inches wide, per yard, - .III tlb Also a large assortment of Ribbon. Remnants, 5c per yard. Shoe bargains daily. Come. Wert McHenry, 111. ^ WALTER C. EVAN50N f- f "•.mm. 'X