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^ - *r. '• '• ' >;•. 7 t£rw&,- J ' w r w ^ j ' " f t - n r «"- '.V; ^ » • v- >'V5v ':t"-~ ' . ; A . •• - • • V 1 ,1 , .S 'V^, f1"! &* IT « \s ^r-4^ **••*»» ""Tf, X|v Wfv Vi" „ *' ; **• ' > * ;V/^/4\ $ •-/*%>**- #• ,* *f**t*Jr S fv ' , t" •. &&•. i; VOLUME XXV* McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1900. NUMBER 43 GENERAL COUNTY NEWS. INFORMATION GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. HERE AND THERE. A Miscellaneous Aixngatlon of Informa­ tion Interesting to All* Some of the Happening! In oiu County iiKCondenMid Form for Ilnsy People-- Exchange Gleanings. , Mrs. W. E. Clark, - of Capron, wag struck by a switch engine at Harvard recently and very seriously injured. McRoberts Bros., of Chemung* pur­ chased a 5-months-old, short horn, gray Durham bull last Thursday for $125. j Died, at her home in Woodstock, on Friday, April 6, 1900, Anna, wife of Stephen Kaiser, after a long illness with cancer. The premium list for the great Mc- Henry county Fair of 1900 is in press, and is expected to be ready for distri­ bution early in June. Died, at,her home west of Woodstock, on Tuesday, April 10, 1900, Charlotte Begun, relict of the late Bufns Austin, aged 75 years, 10 months, 10 days. / J. S. Brown, of Ringwood, was in Chicago Monday of last week to buy ^fixtures and goods for his drug storey which is now about ready for occupancy. Died, at the home of his parents in Woodstock on Friday, April 6, 1900, after a long illness of consumption, Peter Lee, aged 18 years, 5 months and 12 days. The neighbors and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Holmes, of Harvard, gave them a surprise Monday evening of last week at their home in that city, the occasion being their 50th anniver­ sary. Mrs. Mary Wood worth, relict of Dan­ iel Woodworth, died in Marengo, April 6th, 1900, aged 97 years, 2 months and 2 days. Her funeral was held on Monday afternoon April 9, at the First Baptist church. The best carload of cattle ever shipped from Ridgefield to Chicago was shipped Wednesday of last week, by Mason & Brass. They were all fat, and some of them would tip the scales at 1,500 pounds. Mr. McCartfley, living near Marengo, had a serious runaway Wednesday, of last week, resulting in breaking a leg for one of his horses, and smashing his buggy. The horses became frightened at the train. ^ Chester Shales, at Waukegan, son of Monroe Shales, of Nunda, was so un­ fortunate as to cut off the first finger of his left hand at the second joint, while chopping kindling with a. hatchet, a ^eek or two since. / William Brown, of Ringwood, who has been attending the Chicago College of Pharmacy, finished a successful term's work Saturday, of last week. He will accept a position in his father '$ drug store at Ringwood. Mrs. Rosina Thomas died at the home of her son, Homer E. Thomas near Rich­ mond, Friday morning, April 6, being nearly .80 years old. Mrs. Thomas maiden name was Tiffney. She was mariied to John Thomas in Darien, N. Y. in 1840. E. E. Richards, president of the state bank, of Woodstock, who has been con­ fined to his home on Jackson street by illness for several weeks, is rapidly re­ covering his health and will soon be ready for business again. Roy Skeels met with a severe accident at Audubon, Iowa, getting two fingers crushed under the car wheel, and is &t homeat Huntley, while he is nursing the injured members. He will return as soon as able for duty to his position as operator for the C. & N. W. Ry. Co. Statement of Ringwood Better Co., for March, 1900: Amount milk re­ ceived, 570,312 pounds; amount butter made, 26,565 pounds; amount money re­ ceived, $0,335.01; average price received for butter, 22.8 cents; average yield per 100 pounds milk, 4.657; average oil test of factory, 8.86T; average cost of manu facturing, 1 cent; average price paid for 100 pounds milk $1.06. The Woodstock Driving Park Asso­ ciation has all its arrangements for the summer race meeting to be held at *the Fair Grounds in that city, July 19 to 21, 1900, completed, and it prom- ' ises to be a big success in every partic­ ular. Heavy purses are offered and many good entries have already been made. - * Thomas Lewis, a fanner, was killed- Monday afternoon by a kick from a horse, at bis home near Crystal Lake TTi« dead body was found near a team of horses, in the field where he/had been ^ plowing/and the verdict of the coroner's "Jtffy was to the effect that death was caused as above stated. Deceased was a . tenant on H. F. Gibb's farm about a half mile east of Crystal Lake, where he had lived about eleven years. • i n Advertise in The Plaindealer. lu J. E. Glynch has sold his Wauconda creamery to Ernest Meyer. Libertvville is pretty sure of aa elec­ tric railway in the near future. Abner Strickland, aged 85 years, died at his home in Genoa Junction on Sun­ day. The Northwestern road will, spend $140,000 in a new depot and other im­ provements in Lake Forest. Henry F. Corbett, recently acquitted of assaulting Rev. and Mrs. Cheney, of Racine, is to be sent to the poor house in that city. E. W. Parkhurst, of Libertyville, de­ livered $150 worth of nursery stock on Tuesday which he had sold for the Chase Nursery Co., of New York. Thursday afternoon of last week Jos­ eph Hecht, who worked on the Brophy farm at Fox Lake, dropped ^ead jvhile caring for his horses. Friday of last week Charles Baddaker holed and dug out two young foxes at the State Line. There appears to be many of the animals on the flats. The engagement is announced of Mrs. Katherine A. Walsh, of Chicago, to George P. Renehan, of Gray's Lake, 111. The wedding will occur May 15th. Mr. Chauncy Lusk, one of the early settlers of Lake county, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wm. Thomp­ son, of Gray's Lake, on .Sunday, April 8. The Delavan L§ke Assembly will meet at Delavan Lake, Wis., Aug. 1,1900. A long list of the most talented orators, lecturers and entertainers have been se­ cured. The little daughter of L. C. Porter, of Fontana, Wis., fell into a pail of hot water Wednesday of last week and was scalded so badly that she only lived a few hours. The late W. H. Hintz, of Elgin, had a life insurance policy of $10,000, and on which he had paid only one premium. Last week the widow received a check for that amount. A man, name unknown, Iras found dead on the railroad track at Winfield, DuPage county, last week Wednesday night. The head was severed from the body. It is not known how he met his death. * Lake Co. Prohibition Convention will be held at Gurnee, May 19th, afternoon and evening. Hon. Hale Johnson, state chairman will address both meetings. Delegates to the State convention will be selected. Louis Ferry, the Kenosha youth who March 16, extinguished a fire at the Cen­ tral ^chool building in that city at the risk of his life, was presented with a gold medal by the Kenosha I^oard of J^ducation Thursday evening. The salary of Waukegan's fire depart­ ment has been fixed by ordinance as fol- ows: Fire Marshal, $660 per annum; Assistant Fire Marshal, $240 per annum; Driver of hose wagon, $540 j>er annum and firemen each $180 per annum. The remains of Mark A. Wolcott, a well-known citizen of Rockford, were found in the Rock River on Saturday morning last, where they had probably been since November last when he dis­ appeared from his home. The jury re­ turned a verdict of drowning when tem porarily insane. / A fast passenger train on the Illinois Central ran into a herd of cattle on the Redeker farm, on the east bank of the river below South Elgin, killing fifteen. The stock was owned. by John Hooker by who lives a mile south, and had broken out of the pasture and wandered to together when the train struck them. Congressman Hopkins' law firm at Aurora, Hopkins, Thatcher & Dolph, has been dissolved, Frank H. Thatcher retiring. Mr. Hopkins will join with former States Attorney Frank G. Han chett and the firm will be known as Hopkins, Hanchett and Dolph after May 1. Brush, Son & Hough Co., of Union Stock Yards, Chicago, sold one car of hogs on Tuesday for Bert Bark, of Sandwich, that sold higher than any hogs according to their weights for sev­ eral years. They averaged 278 lbs. and sold for $5.70, or $1018. Bert surely understands hog raising. ^ Wednesday Joseph Barnstable had on exhibition here a monster otter which he captured near his place at Trevor. The otter weighed 20 pounds and meas­ ured 45 inches from tip to tip. ) It is a fine specimen and quite a curiosity to many people around this section who had vKttfeigen one before.--Anttoch Ne Nearsilk--at Owen & MANY HAVE BEEN CALLED TO MEET THE FRIENDS WHO HAVSF GONE BEFORE. Mrs. A. H. Hanly Answered Death's Call Tuesday Evening of Last Week--Others Who Have Joined the Majority. v / Mrs. A. H. Hahly died at her home south of McHenry, Tuesday evening, April 10, at 5:80 o'clock, aged 81 years. Susan Sherman was born in Fulton, Oswego county, New York, Dec. 5, 1819. Fond of books from a child, she devel­ oped marked literary tastes as she grew to womanhood and was given the best education those times afforded. She taught school in the state of New York for two years and in the fall of 1840 came to Illinois with her parents. She took up her school duties in McHenry, using a part of her father's residence for the work as there was no school house at that time. October 3, 1841. she was united in marriage with Alexander Hamilton Hanly. Together they enjoyed a useful and harmonious life for nearly fifty years, the death of Mr. Hanly occurring Jan. 12, 1891, but a few months prior to their golden wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Hanly were both zealous workers in the Universalist church and they were familiar figures at both morn­ ing and evening service for many years. Their chief delight was found ill all matters pertaining to church interests, and of the vast amount of this world's goods that they were enabled to ac­ cumulate they gave with a lavish hand, nor ever turned an unheeding ear to the needy or troubled. Mrs. Hanly possessed a sweet and gentle disposition, tender and loving to the dear ones around her, loyal to her friends, hospitable to her neighbors and generous to a fault, always striving for the higher walks in life. Her lofty ideas and beautiful character were re­ flected in the sweet and smiling face so well known and loved, and the dekr, familiar figure will be sadly missed. During the last few years Mrs. Hanly has been in frail health but she has been surrounded by every little loving at­ tention that children could bestow and especially touching has been the tender care of the son, George H., who has de­ voted his entire life to promoting th«i happiness and wellfare of his mother. Five children blessed this union, one a daughter died in infancy, four sons survive: Samuel Benson, Chicago, George Hamilton, McHenry, JohniH Edwin, Chicago and Daniel Francis, McHenry. ^ ,v The funeral was held in the Uni­ versalist church Thursday morning, April 12, at 10:30 o'clock, Elder Slade, a life long friend of the family officiating. Many beautiful floral offerings bore tes­ timony of the high esteem in which the deceased was held, a pillow with the word "Mother" from the children and a handsome bouquet from the Willing Workers society , of which Mrs. Hanly was a member, being especially beauti­ ful. A .large concourse of relatives and friends followed the remains to their last resting "place in Woodland cemetery. The pall bearers were the four sons, and two grandsons. "Shall we meet our sainted mother In her home beyond the skies? Will we see ttie love-liftht beaming, - From her tertder loving eyes? Will our mother there be waiting. Waiting with her look so n^lld? Will she press us to her bosom, As she did when but a child? RESOLUTIONS OP RESPECT. At a meeting of the Willing Workers, of the Universalist church, held on Thursday afternoon, April 12, the folio wing resolutions were unanimously adopted: WHEREAS our All-wise Father in his infinite wisdom and goodness has Been him. She was a kind, good woman, a tender mother, and a devoted friend. She has gone to that world where there will be no night or darkness and error, and no broken ties of affection, and where under the culture of God's good spirit she will grow to purer beauty, and stronger goodness, and larger life; where the bright presence of the Father in heaven will open to her the endear­ ments and delights of a joyous reunion with the dear departed who have gone before. Her leaving has made vacant her place in the family by which she will be missed by a thousand little nameless circumstances. But one of the joys of the bereaved will be the glad memory of what she has been to them. If for the present trials are appointed to them, yet is it not that some more glorious discipline may effect its work­ ing within them? This is the way in which thejgreat and good have all been trained, and God's highest gift to the human soul is the patience it brings with it. It is the way in which life works with us all, and we have to gather up what is noblest and best, with a triumphant looking for a transcendent glory yet to come, in a world shining for us all in the heavenly spheres. We must not think of those gone as lost from our embrace in the home, but rather as present with us in a more spiritual way, still interested in us, in strictness of speech nearer to us than ever before. The spiritual world is a land of shadows no more when a cherished friend, a heart we have known and prized, has gone to dwell there; and in proportion as the number of the de­ parted is increased will it appear as a great reality to the soul. It cannot be to us simply as a shadow then, for we feel that we know its inhabitants. Familiar voices are speaking there; well known feet are busy in its blessed min­ istries. So that death in drawing near­ est tends at once to make the boundless future a familiar theme of contempla­ tion. The soul that has been bereaved looks upward, endeavoring to see through the cloud that is gently parted to receive the lost one out of its sight Nature prompts us to follow those gone, to their new abode; to inquire into their new life; to present to ourselves their new employments; and the spiritual V?orld n^ver beoeMw»J*alf so near and BRIEF NOTES. Reg»rdl : What Is Going on In the World Around. is Central made $406,174 of over March of 1899, last The nii an incr month. The United States appropriated $1,210,000 for its share in the big show at Paris. Marshall Field & Co., Chicago, have contracted to supply 20,000 cots to the Grand Army encampment There are 612 students in the North- western's college of liberal artS the largest number ever enrolled. Ex-judge Hazen, Mrs., Dewey's brother-in-law, says that if the admiral were elected Mrs. Dewey would run the government. There are 6,564 American exhibits at the Paris exposition. The stars and stripes float over a total area of 839,052 square feet. The government has signed a contract with the Holland Submarine Torpedo Boat company. It will pay $150,000 for the first boat and $175,000 for all others ordered. Eighteen courtrooms in the criminal court building, Chicago, have been given to the Grand Army of the Republic to hold reunions in during the encamp­ ment. The University of Edinburgh has con­ ferred the degree of LL. D. on Joseph H. Choate, the United States ambassa­ dor to Great Britian. He was given a most hearthy reception. Colorado Millionaire Strong has lost suit brought by Miss Lewis for breach of promise of marriage, And he must pay hA* $50,000. Another suit begun by a Miss Vance ispending. Clean Up. This is the time when spring cleaning is in fashion, and a word about our streets and allies may not be amiss. When you rake your yard don't dump the rubbish in the street to be blown about by the wind. Don't throw old shoes, cans or any thing of the kind in­ to your neighbors yard or vacant lot, and above all things don't sweep (this is for the particular benefit of our merch­ ants) paper or straw into the street nor throw banana stalks or skins where they will scare horses or be an eye sore to passerBby. All rubbish that can fit to call from our midst Sister A.®H. Hanly, a member of this society, and one of the oldest members of this church and WHEREAS in performing part of our duty to her we meekly submit to the will of the inevitable and while bowing to his infinite wisdom we extend our sympathy and consolation to her family and relatives, therefore be it RESOLVED, that in the death of Sister Hanly this society has lost an efficient member, her family a kind and indulgent mother and the community a generous and respected member. , RESOLVED, that these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the society and a copy be sent to the family of the deceased and also published in The McHenry Plaindealer. - MRS. J. VAN SLYKE, I R MRS. L. H. OWEN, \KA3M' TRIBUTE TO MRS. HANLY BY^H. SLADE. The deceased, Mrs. Susanv Hanly, passed to the better home April 10th 1900, making her 82 years oM at the time of her death, if the wrifcei^of this is remembering rightly whatwwas given r&-'; CHARX.RH H. GRANGER lUHAOBH OF THB WIL11UH LCHIiBR COMPANY real to us as at such a time. We follow them as they go, seeking clearer con­ ceptions of their dwelling place, much as we follow them here over land and sea in the fond meditation of affection. I should say that the marriage of Mrs. Hanly to the late Mr. A. H. Hanly took place Oct. third 1841; and thus were they joined, and traveled together hand in hand for nearly fifty years, when a little extension of time would have brought them to their golden wedding. They were life long devoted Universa- lists, and as long as health was spared to* them were very important aids to our Universalist cause. They loved the work of the church, and it was seldom that they were absent from any of its serviced, or any gathering of friends that brought them together in social re­ lations, and their money was freely given to strengthen and advance what­ ever seemed beneficial to the com­ munity, religiously or otherwise. To- (Continued on pipe eight). be burned should be, ash heaps spread out or cast away. There is a village ordinance which forbids the littering of the streets. Why not have our policemen call attention to this and see that this law is not violated. Would it not be a good plan to have the village hall and pumping station cleaned up, it will cost but a trifle. In a short time summer resorters will be passing through our village. Let us show them a neat yillage. Why not clean up, all of us. If the village board would send a team with two or three men or boys all over the village to pick up all loose stones, sticks, cans and other rubbish it would help the looks of the village very much and it can be done in a day or so Clean up, everybody. X. Y. Z. Important Notice. The Ladies' Cemetery Association w ill meet with Mrs. Ella Lamphere at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon of this week important business will come before the meeting and all interested are requested US be present LARGE ROLL OF HONOR M'HENRY 8CHOOL MAKES A GOOD SHOWING ; IT* ' Teachers' Report for the Month of Mjurekf; - Names of Those Who Have Neither Been Absent or Tardy Total attendance 189, average daily attendance, 176, which is divided among the various departments as follows: High School......S3average.;..JJi® .80 Fifth Room. ....12 " ..v..>,^..11 Fourth . " ....85 v " Third M...84 Second " .w.,.35 'f First : 41 " vY:;... .88 The following pupils have been neither absent nor tardy during the past montji and have made satisfactory grades ifi scholarship. HIGH SCHOOL. ; Nina M. Colby Jennie M. Smith Nina W. Colby Mabel M. Grang#?Pt Rose Huson Mamie E. Knox Jennie Walton Dora E. Stoffel Margaret F. Sutton Elsie Mae Howe Lynn W. Cristy Jay Earl Waite .; ^ Fred H. Eldredge Martin Knox 1 , ^ Chas. Buss Harold E. Cristy Thomas A. Bolger Willie Claxton > Winifred Griinoldby F. E. ANGEVINE, ^ FIFTH ROOM. Lizzie Bolton Ethel Owen .." Belle Gallaher Willie Thomas AGNES A. PERRY, Teachefcf'-"v- FOURTH ROOM. ' 1 ;• Dick Walsh Maggie Sc-hrei Bessie Smith ^ Carlton Ross Willie Nickels Hattie Lamphere Peter Justen gffi Bessie ZimmerauMK Willie Slimnin ^ Lena Stoffel Iva Mead ; ^ Lillie McGee •$f•] Grace Lee Charlie Heimer Chester Goodman Cassie Eldredge Annie Cleary „ Iva Curtis Fi^tiii Buss Delia Beckwith : ; MARY L. COBB, Teache*, THIRD ROOM. R ^ Caroline Spurling Florence Grangei^ Christina Weber George Freund • g Rosie Zimmerman Clayton Ross Emma Thelen Anna Zimme Josie Schaefetf',""r John Leickem Nellie Newiuna Irene McOmber JSllen Cleary !Myrtle Wattles Mary Knox George Meyeflr Willie Heimef Eddie Conway Lee Cleary Willie Gallahear Lulu Bvrd "-A- JESSIE M. BALDWIN, TEACHE&R^"1 Farmie Granger Johnny Long Pearl Claxton Leonard Phillipi Ruth King Julia StolFel Georgie Niekgls Dora Buchholf Bertha Wolff SECOND ROOM. Thomas Knox Emma Conway Tillie Stewart Walter Let*' - A-:'- ' 5 ^ ilil Ray Page a, Lueile Byri Gilbert McOmber Gerald Newman Maude Granger * FRANCES A. OSBORNE, Teache*. ROOM. Josie Adams Eddie Freund Elsa Block . , Henry Weber Mamie Cobb Leon Slimpln Marguerite Granger Roy Page Amanda Ibseh Edwin Ow«3& Emma Krause Arthur Meyers Frances Stoffel Nicholas Meyers Maude VanSIyke Mattie Laures Annie Yeske Marie Long Leo Aylward Hugh Gallaher Raymond HowarS Lyle Hazel ^ Harold Gilles KATE F. HOWE, Teacher. Weekly School Notes. By a Senior. Miss Mary Sutton visited several luf f the rooms Thursday. Maggie Buss has returned to school after her Illness. » Emery Kimball J^aS returned to his sohool work. Belle Gallaher presented the room with two fine pictures. Belle up to this time holds the banner for her room. Rudolph Miller is » new membcf^ the third room. - Eddie Rossman has returned to school after a brief illness, ••. Helen Kopsell, Victor Peterson and Frida Berner are newly enrolled pupils of the second room. .. . The pupils of the third room donated a fine picture of "The madonna and child." This adds much to the good g; appearance of the room. Michael Engeln is back after a long illness. • The Caesar class took an examination on Tuesday. Elbert Thomas has returned to school after a siege of the chickenpox. A Word of Warning. Hunters violating the law by shooting ducks and other game will do well to take warning, as we understand the game warden is determined to prosecute all persons so violating the law. Persons who would call themselves "sportsmen" are daily shooting ducks in the mill pond right under the very nose of the village, in direct defiance of the law. It is a shame and should and will be stopped. If the ducks were left unmolested a great many would nest here and those going further north would pass this way next fall in migrat­ ing south, thereby making good fall shooting. It is to the interest of all true sportsmen to see that the law is enforced and violators prosecuted. •• ACmzsHt For results, advertise in this p*pe& - V-ijL