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•ptJW ?fZ . •' v- *»r •». T • .V* '-S* • >r- V» . < • •.-' :i. • • r' .v*-,- • -a. M- />•' -• EXCHANGES. Iji.: ? t Bell Telephonf. '-;V : The foi'(»wii>g aro t he namt's and numbers Of the pat rons of t he Me Henry ami West McHenry exchanges of the Chicago Telephone Co. Residences only are specified. All -Others are business houses. \ SIMON STOFFJ5L, Manajreft.-- 1; 824 AurtnRcr Dr, A, E.j-233 Nlesen M Mf 232 Barhiun Brmt'xf' 3X1 Owen L II r 253 Harliiaii N Elt; 221 Owen O VV r 2 Boley G F f^^:-3Hl Owen O N r 301 Bos well H C : HI4 Owen & < !hapell " 291 Brand John P O* Null I Kev. P M r 212 Buch J J 241 Pager L r 201 Burke Thos 3<tt Plalndealer 343 Besley. G. W. 2(52 Rosedale 211 Chapell S S r 2S4ltoss DP !•' O # i 322 Oermont. Mrs 8 302 lioss l>r P C r 281 En gel n Anton 254 liupp A Or 283 Engeln M 342 Soirmiers Geo r 251 Engeln Mr 321 Spurting Dr A O r 333 Fegers Dr C H 372 Stoffel S r 264 Fret t Bros & Witfe 304 Stoffel S postofflce 303 Gilbert Bros ^ 5 Stoffel Simon 3 Gilbert Bros toll 811127".! Story J I r 203 Hazel E. J. r 282 Story Julia A r 243 Hanly Geo A r 323 StUfford R W , &53 Hertz H Lr 231 Village of Mcllenry 203 lloltz & Stilling pumping station 204 Howe ALr 261 Village of Alclienry 352 Howell M Af , president's res 313 Justen Jacob* 234 Village of Mcllenry 344JustenN.I public school 283 Lamphere ('." E. r 302 Wat tles F 11 312 Lamphere Rfiy r 311 Wells Dr D G 351 l^orimer ffm r 7 Western U Tel Co 244 Mcllenry Cre'm'ry 371 Wightman Harry Company. 214 Wight mau Harry r J84 "McHenry Journal 222 Wheeler ESr 381 McOmber F L 242 Whiting W E r TOIX STATIONS. • 4 $ rings. Pistakee Bay, Ben Stllltii(f ~4 '•& rings, Johnsburg. John P Lay ».<§ '4 rings, Solon, W 11 Davis, 10c toll "d rings, Spring Grove, A Neish, 10c toll Citizen*' Telephone. The following are the names and numbers of the patrons of the McHenry and West Mc­ Henry exchanges of the Citizens' Telephone C o . R e s i d e n c e s o n l y a r e s p e c i f i e d . A l l others are business houses. P. E. BELL, Manager. IS Auringer Dr A E 16 McOmber F L t8 Auringer Dr. A E r 21 Meyer Geo r 23 Adams. C M, Johns-23 Mertes Joseph, Pis- burg, toll station takee Bay 100 Bell F E, Central 23 Mineral Spring, Pis- 30 Buch J J takee Bay 29 Bacon Wm r 42 McHenry Laundry 39 Roley G F 43 Magueson G L Rose- 45 Barblan Bros dale 4 Cristy W A r 10 Miller John SgCristy W A 23 Nell George, Johns- 15 Chapell S S r burg 55 Clemens HE .24 Owen & Chapell 55 Clemens J I! 24 Perry & Owen 48 City School 37 Pumping Station 36 Dermont Mrs SarahHS Postofflce. McHenry 40 Depot C N W Ry Co30 Park Hotel, W Me- 23 Dighton Station Henry 6 Evanson W C i Plalndealer -» 8 Evansou John r 41 Summer George " U Fegers Dr C H 50 Spurling Dr A C 11 FegersDrCHr 28 Simes Henry 23 Erickson H 47 Schiessle Robt 18 Friedly A C , 14 Story Miss Julia A 33 Granger P K r 34 Smith H C 12 Granger Chas 27 Schneider Joe 22 Heimer Joe 23 Simes, Dighton sta- 31 Heimer John tion 8 lloltz & Stilling 2 Wells Dr D 23 Heman Joe, Johns- 2 Wells Dr D r burg 55 Whting Will 10 Hazel E J 7 Wilbur Lumber Co. 48 Hetzel J 9 Wightman Harry 35 Justen Nick 30 Walsh M J 44 Justen Jake 17 Wattles Frank 43 Jensen H N Co. Phone No. 9. Long T>ist. Phone No. 342. GEO. SOMMERS Plumbing Gas Fitting •«*i Sewerage e> Also Agent for Eagle Acetylene Gas Jlachine Qaa Fittings, Gas Fixtures and Carbide for sale--- All kinds Brass Valves and Iron Pipe always on hand. WEST M'HENRY, ILLINOIS. Musical Instru­ ments And everything that pertains to flusic. MILO HOWE, • West McHenry, 111. WHERE PA QUlf. ww mm uy m trvmvw^ 8." ' rt ' a .».tS' * j Wu lmtrnctlnK Hi* Little Jra M<. W«i Met by fe Po»er, Pa ' Yes," r- 4,I'^ve In ^ave me for a Christmas present about loine strange things. It seems that man, cannot create something out of aotbmg." "Yes; that's true. Men may take dre and make Iron out of It, or sand and convert it into glass, or wood and make piper of it, but it is not within the range of human possibilities to make even so much as a pinhead out of noth­ ing. There must always be the orig­ inal element to use as a basis." "And it says that men cannot re­ move from this earth anything that is found upon it, no matter how many times they may transform it from one thing to another." "That also is an everlasting truth. Everything comes from the earth in the beginning and returns to the earth in the end. The tree that is converted Into paper came out of the earth, and finally it finds its way back Into the .earth either as ashes or decaying mat­ ter. Not so much a s a gra in of sa It can be removed or absolutely obliterated by man. Everything that man uses re­ turns in One form or another to the original element from which It was produced." "Par "Yes." ; -A "What becomes of the light when you blow R out?" "Oh, don't bother me any more! This is the third time I've tried to read this article! Mow, I don't want to be inter­ rupted again!"--Chicago Times-Herald. Conspiracy. m Hans, while playing at his friend Pepi's house, has broken a window and Is chased by Pepi's father. "Run through the mud, Hans!" cries Pepi. "Dad's got his slippers on!"-- Piiegende Blatter. Strong Clew, "Do you think you could identify the burglar if we caught him?" asked the chief of the metropolitan detective force. I never saw him," replied the vic­ tim, "but he was a very small man." 'Why do you say that?" asked the chief. 'Haven't I told you he got Into our flat without any trouble?"--Philadel­ phia Press. A Bit of the Colonial. Ezeklel loved Mercy madly, but it was necessary, since they were colo­ nial, to be very quaint about it 'Wilt ^thou come and bake my bread?" asked Ezeklel accordingly. 'No," replied Mercy, with candor, "for I shall not need thy dough." - From this we gather that Mercy was somewhat rich In her own right.--De­ troit Journal. Jewelry Watches Clocks Rings Chains Bracelets Diamonds Scarf Pins Etc. Silver­ ware SCHNEIDER, - McHenry, 111 A Recognition of Gpnlua. "Well, sir," said the proud parent, "I ain't a bit sorry that I give Bill a good eddicatlon. You know he's been an gone an Writ a book." •Do tell!" 'Hit's a fac\ An what does you reckon? Well, sir, t'other day I ketch- ed a man on a railroad train a-readin of It--jest a-readin of it!"--Atlanta Constitution. A Vain Old Buck. He--I have been to a dance or some social affair every night now for a month. ^he--I should think it would tell on you. "It would If I didn't have the consti­ tution of a young girl."--Life. To Find Ont Who's Who. "All this wranglin in Washington about social precedence is ridiculous, don't you think so?" "Yes; society's rank ought to be set­ tled by civil service examination."-- Chicago Record. first The Heartleaa Brute! Mr. Growler--What's this? Mrs. Growler--That's my sponge cake. Mr. Growler--Wliadye make it out of? „ A bath sponge?--Baltimore Amer­ ican. HISTORYOFWEEK Items of Interest from All Over the v'jtV. World. 1 't, _ PRGPARKO 111 CONDENSED FORM. Event* Reported by Telegraph Given In Short Paragraph*--One Woek's Happen­ ing* Chronicled to Suit the Bnay Reader --Crimen, Casnaltle* and Other Matters of JPublfp Interest. THIS BOER WAR. Lord Roberts reports that the cas­ ualties at Driefontein Saturday were sixty or seventy killed and 321 wound­ ed on the British side. The British buried 172 Boers at that place. Lord Roberts has entered Bloem- fontein, unopposed, and raised the British flag over the buildings of the Orange Free State capital. President feteyu has moved the capital to" Kroon- stad, a strongly fortified town 100 miles north, where the Boers are con? centrating. Lord Salisbury rejects peace over­ tures from Kruger Steyn through President McKinley, and war will con­ tinue until the republic is crushed. Strong commandoes are massihg at Warrenton, where the Free Stater# are going to make a stand. Genral Clements' brigade has effect^ ed a junction with General Gatacre's troops at Burgersdorp. A patrol has left for Aliwal North to join hands with General Brabant. Boer leaders, including Presidents Kruger and Steyn, declare willingness to end the lighting if assured the two republics would remain independent. THIS WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES. Aguinaldo's infant son, who was cap­ tured in November and who lias been Buffering from smallpox, is dead. The Filipino junta in Manila has be­ come active and General Otis has ta-' ken steps to prevent trouble. WASHINGTON NEWS. Conference report on the financial bill was passed by the house. Bill now goes to the president. Postmaster Gordon of Chicago ia In Washington looking after matters .con­ cerning improvements and facilities for the business and service of his of­ fice. President McKinley has signed the financial bill and it is now a law. The postal savings bank bill has been advanced another step by the house committee. Senators Proctor, Davis, Simon and Mason have declared for free trade with Puerto Rico. The director of the census has ap­ pointed the widpw of Bill Anthony, ^>f "Maine" fame, a clerk in the census bureau. Congressmen and senators have 15.- 000,000 packages of seeds to distribute among their rural constituents. During the past three months the patent office issued 735 more patents than during the corresponding period of the preceding year. The senate has declared, 36 to 17, that the constitution does not extend to Puerto Rico. IN THE POLITICAl> FIELD. Congressman Louis W. Emerson was renominated by the Twenty-third New York district Republican conven­ tion. New Hampshire Prohibitionists nominated Josiah M. Fletcher of Nashua for governor. The Tennessee Democratic state convention will he held at Nashville on May 10. Massachusetts Republicans will se­ lect national delegates In district con­ ventions April 17 and 18. Indiana Republicans think General Harrison would accept the hominatioh for the presidency. Milwaukee Populists have renom­ inated Theodore Fritz for mayor. The caucus election in Mihvaukee resulted in favor of H. J. Baumgart- ner for mayor. W\ J. Bryan, it is said, will not at­ tend the national Democratic conven­ tion. The Georgia Democratic committee- has decided to hold the state primaries May 15. The state convention will be held in Atlanta June 14. Republicans of Milwaukee nominated Henry J. Baumgartner for mayor. THE CRIMINAL RECORD, Mrs. .T. Dvorak encountered an al­ leged burglar in her flat at Chicago and with a catsup bottle pounded him on the head and silenced him until the police arrived. M. A. Shay of Marysville, Mont., committed suicide at his room in a hd^" tel at El Paso, Tex., by shooting him­ self through the forehead. Francis Truth, a "divine healer" of Boston, has been arrested charged with using the mails to defraud. Rev. Robert Brakeili, of Hiawatha, Kan., has been sent to prison for seven years for horsestealing. A Nervous Uncle. "The society of children makes a man cheerful." "That's so. When I get away alive from my sister's two boys, I'm glad for a week."--Indianapolis JournaL Violent Supposition. "What made that horse tear up the avenue so?" "I suppose he had a permit from the superintendent of streets to do it."-- Boston Commercial Bulletin. Almost Human In Its Egotlin. "Curses on my fatal gift of beauty? muttered the alligator, moving briskiy toward the swamp to escape the hunt­ ers who were after . Its hide.--Chicago ISriboaa. _ X * steel company ari $75,610,104, and ad­ mits profits in 1880 of $21,000,000. Swift & Co., -packers. Chicago, have leas* d the $1,(KH),000 plant of the East- ma nn company in New York. A stock dividend of $1,000,000 has been declared by the Chicago Tele­ phone company. Rates of lire insurance have been advanced about $1,(MX),000 by the Chi­ cago Under writers' association. F. G. Foisy, piano manufacturer of Montreal, has failed. Liabilities, $75,- 000. Five hundred miners employed at the A. J. Davis colliery at Warrior Run, Pa., struck because they claim to have been docked excessively. The directors of the Western Union Telegraph company have declared the regular quarterly dividend of 1% per cent. The Standard Qll company has Just disbursed $23,000,000 of dividends. The state of Indiana has instituted receivership proceedings against the Live Stock Exchange at Indianapolis, .alleging that it is a monopoly and seeks to restrain legitimate competi- tion. • . .. William Cunningham, well-known wholesale dealer in woOlehs at Sfc Paul, lias filed a petition in bank­ r u p t c y . / ' . • - ' ' ' Under the new financial law Clifcago national banks will put over $1,000,- 000 of new notes in circulation. v MISHAPS AND DISASTERS. . Albert Aten, 15 years old. in jumping from a street car, at Chicago fell under the wheels of a truck and received in­ juries from which he may die. Lizzie Moore, aged 72, a paralytic, was burned to death in a midnight fire at Cincinnati. .Tames Guy of Etna Green, Ind., Is dying as the x*esult of a horse falling on him. NOTABLE DEATHS. General John J. El well, of Cleve­ land, a hero of the civil war, died late Tuesday night. John F. Gowey, United States con­ sul general at Yokohama, Japan, is dead. Ex-Judge William Fullerton, who was one of the lawyers in the trial of the Beeelier-Tilton scandal case, died at New burg, N. Y., aged 83. Clarence A. Webster, the well-known newspaper artist and writer, id dead at Alameda, Cal. Rev. W. Shumway, for fifty years a minister and a resident of Baraboo, Wis., is dead, aged 85 years. Herman Detternian, editor of the Westbote, one of the best known Ger­ man editors in the country, is dead at Columbus, O. Archie Middlemass, one of the best- known Scotsman in the northwest, is dead in Milwaukee, Wis., aged 58 years. General Henry Harnden is dead at Madison, Wis., after a long illness. He took part in the capture of Jeff Davis. Justin Dewey, judge of the superior court of Massachusetts, and cousin of Admiral Dewey, die in Km*in "•fie!'! Charles A da ms, of Cincinnati, Was shot and killed by his wife because he struck her. Cicero II. Thompson, a saloonkeeper at Valentine, Neb., shot and wounded Privates Austin H. Millaman and Ar thur London, soldiers at Fort Nio­ brara, who attempted to assault him In his room. ' The trial of the men alleged to b« Implicated In the assassion of Senator Goebel, of Kentucky, has been post­ poned to Friday. iThe state was not ready. While John Smith was walking near Red River bridge, near Clarksville, Teun., he was attacked by an un­ known white man on horseback, who fired two shots, both passing through his body. He will die. Frank DInsmore, charged with the murder of his wife and John Haue, has been sentenced to be hanged at Lexington, Nebr John R. Haines, the Topeka, Kan., ticket broker recently convicted of murdering Charles Watson, was sen­ tenced to fifty years in the peniten­ tiary. Sergeant F. W. Golden of the Ken­ tucky militia is said to have turned state's evidence and revealed the plot which culminated in William Goebel's assassination. pr:r Mass., aged 63. Herman E. Taubeneck, known as the former chairman of the national committee of the People's party, is dead at Seattle. Wash. Walter L. Miller, a distinguished jurist, is dead at Abbeville, S. C. THE FIRE RECORD. The building occupied by tine E. W. Swisher Cigar company and the Co­ lumbus Cigar Box Manufacturing company, at Columbus, O., was de­ stroyed by fire. Loss, $70,000. At Miamisburg, O., a few miles south of this city, fire destroyed the Ro|hchild tobacco warehouse and dafnaged other adjacent buildings. Loss, $150,000. The plant of the Davenport, la., Canning company was totally de­ stroyed by fire. Loss, $150,000. The John Shickler block and the dry goods and grocery stock of H. S. War­ ner in Oswego, Ills., burned. Loss, $10,000. The Music hall at Quincy, Mass:, ha9 burned. Loss, $58,000. Four business blocks were burned at Southwest City, Mo., causing a loss of $100,000. The Port Gibson, Miss., compress, in which was stored 2,000 bales of cot­ ton, was burned, causing a loss of $100,000. Fire destroyed the Academy of Music at Quebec, causing $50,000 loss. Charles Auburn, the stage manager, saved his wife and children with some difficulty. ODDS AND ENDS. Advices from London, England, con­ tradict the reports that Lord Paunce- fote, British ambassador at Washing­ ton, had .sent dispatches to the British foreign office in regavd to the Nica- aguan canal treaty. The sub-committee appointed to ar­ range for the coming national Demo­ cratic convention is in Kansas City, Mo., looking after the preliminaries of the gathering. Jimmy Miqhaels will return to cycle racing after brief experience as a jockey. BU SI N Andrew Carue Frick suit says t In the ets of th« As the result of an investigation Of the affairs of the hospital ship Mis- sourt the quartermaster general has directed the dismissal of Captain Dil­ lon, master of the ship, and the third officer. Kentucky's warring political leaders have agreed on a truce, pending set­ tlement by the courts of the governor­ ship contest. Distress in Puerto Rico increases as remedial legislation by congress is de­ layed. "Sapho" was suppressed In the mid­ dle of the first act by the police at Kalamazoo, Mich. The Ohio house has passed the Grif­ fin bill appropriating $1,000,000 for the Toledo centennial. The north half of Colville Indian reservation in Washington will be thrown open for settlement about May 1. The German flag has been hoisted at Apia, Samoa.. Harry M. Weldon, sporting editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, who was stricken with paralysis Feb. 25, is gradually recovering. ^ A careful Inspection of peach orch­ ards in Berrien county and southwest­ ern Michigan discloses the fact that the peaeh buds are In fine condition. Reduced rates , will be given to; G. A. R. men attending the national en­ campment in August. Maud S. the famous trotter is dead. 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URNITURE U R N I T U R E Undertaking Specialty IT is not necessary for us to make mention of all the articles ,ii* the furnituxe line that constitute the immense stock in our store. You know all about it. Furniture prices have advanced during the past few months, but we luckily had a good supply on hand at the time prices went up, and can still offer you bar­ gains. Seeing is believing. Come and see. McHenry. JACOB JUSTEN. Wl------------I P!iL!P JAEGER General Commission merchant i Stal 1 1 & 3, Fulton St. J Wholesale Market, Chicago, Illinois. Special attention given to the sale of Dressed Beef, Mutton, Hogs, Veal, Poultry, Hides, Etc. ---- Butter and Eggs This is the oldest house on the street Tags and price lists furnished on application. COLD STORAGE FREE. • tMSMM IMMSM Wholesale Prices to Users. Our General Catalogue quotes them. Send 15c to partly pay postage or expressage and we'll send you one. It has 1100 pages, 17,000 illustrations and quotes prices on nearly 70,000 things that you eat and use and wear. We constantly carry in stock all articles quoted. Th« Tal'ert Mercantile Building in theWorM. MONTGOMERY WARD * CO Owned and Occupied Exclusively By U«. MickW At. a MmiUon St.. chic^T SSff Ojs siiiii iSpSp!*