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VOLUME XXVIII. McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 33, 1903. NUMBER 17,; DIRECTORY * S * « *« DAVID G. WELLS, M. D. PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND OCULIST. Office and residence corner Elin and Green streets. McHenry. C. H. FEGERS, M. D. pjEYSIOIAN ANI) SURGEON. McHenry. »' 111. Office at Residence, corner Court ud Bm streets. Telephone 333. KNIGHT & BROWN. Attorneys at law. 100Washington **• street, Chicago, III. C. P. BARNES. 061- ,etc. hi. D. T. SMILEY. ATTORNEY. Counselor, Solicitor and No- "* tary Public. Will give prompt and Im­ mediate attention to ali business Intrusted to bit Ciu-o. Office In Hoy's Block. Woodstock, II THE NBW DEHTIST as THE WEST 8IDK DR. R. G. CHAMBERLIN Office over Beftley's Drag Store. Hours from 8:90 a. m. to 5:30 p. m CONWAY & RAINEY RINGWOOD, ILL. Qteain Fittings, Wind Mills, Steel and Wood Tanks, Farm Machinery. WELL WORK A SPECIALTY. Jails from out of town promptly attended to. A. C. SPURLING, Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist. West McHenry, 0®ee at residence first ••ii.nU door weal of Methodist church Illinois. Geo. Meyers General Teaming of all kinds. Excavating and Qrading. IcHENRY - - - - - ILLINOIS. Telephone, Market 451. LAflBERT Q. SENG BUFFET Headquarters for McHenry and McHenry county visitors. John Scharres, t Fifth Ave., Chicago. Bar Tender. REAL ESTATE Farms, Lots, etc., bought and sold. Insurance, both Fire and Life. Agent for i&tna Life Insurance Co. C. R. THURLWELL, Ovor Chapell's Store. McHenry, 111. H. C. MEAD, Justice of the Peace and General In­ surance Agent, including Accident and Life Insurance. Agent for Continental Casualty Co. Insure with home agents, smooth-tonghe strangers sometimes lead people astray. . WEST MCHENRY. - - III. C. R. THURLWELL Attorney, Counselor and Solicitor, Col­ lections, Real Estate, Etc. Office over Chapell's store. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. F. C. ROSS, D. D. S. McHenry Illinois Over Petesch's Drug Store, next to Bank. SOCIETIES. MASONIC. MCHENRY LODGE. NO. 158, A. F.and A. M.-- Regular Communications the secongi and fourth Mondays in each month. 8. 8. chapell. W. M. JOHN EVANSON. Secy. W. C. O. F. St. Patrick's Court. No. 187. W. C. O. F.. meet the First Saturday and Third Wednesday evenings of each month, at Forester Hall. MRS. MARY COBB. Chief Ranger. Mas. KATHJ»VN ADAMS. Secretary. _ M. W. A. Regular Meetings every Second and Fourth Wednesday evenings of each month, at Stof- fel*6 Hall, W. P. STEVENS, Consul. H. O. MEAD. Clerk. *~~~ O. O. F. Meet First and Third Sundays of each month in Forester Hull. ANTON ENOEI.N, Chief Ranger. JOHN NEISS, Recording Secretary. Locis OKHTKL., Financial Secretary. JOHN J. BARBIAN, Treasurer. Trustees' John Helper, Anton Bngeln. Ben Lauer. C. O. F. St. Patrick Court No. 748. C. U. F. Meetings held the Second and Fourth Monday evenings of each month in Forester Hall. John Fleming, C. R. Walter Bolger. R. S. Chicago & North-Western. ' Effective Oct 12, 190t • WEEK DAY TRAINS. NORTHBOUND MoRenry. 7.15 am Via Elgin •.48 a m 8.06 a m Via l>es Plaines #:4H a m 3.30 p m Via Des Plaines 4.40 p ui 5.01pm Via l>es Plaines 0.47pm SUNDAY TRAINS. 8.45 am.. Via Elgin 11.14 am 0.10 am Via Des Plaines 11.14 am SJttpm..., ...Via Elgin 4.53 p m VIIK DAY TRAINS. McHenry. SOUTHBOUND. 7.38 am ........ Via Elgin 10.10 a m 8.88 am Via Des Plaines... <. . V.55 a m 8.00 p m ..Via Elgin ;....5.4f> p m SUNDAY TRAINS. 7ittam.... ..Via Elgin 10.10am 6:56 pm.... Via Elgin. 8:45 pm Passengers taking <7:32 train from stations north of Crystal Lake can change at Crystal Li ake and arrive in Chicago atU:25 a. m. "Watch The Kiriiievs." "When they are affected, life is in danger," gays Dr. Abernethy, the great English physician. Foley's Kidney Cure makes sound kidneys. Sold by N. INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS. Items Concerning Local Aflrin Ffcsked Up by the Way. New Ads ThU Week. W. C. Rvanson--Flannels and Shoes. M. J. Walsh--Fall and winter goods. Chris Schmidt--Bath room fixtures. J. Hurwitz--More bargains. K. G. Dekker--Removal sale. Gilbert Bros.--Grocery snaps. Elgin Batter Market. The offerings of butter on the board of trade amounted to 10,500 pounds. Bidding opened at 24 cents and ad­ vanced to 24|, at which 5,400 pounds were sold. The official market was made firm at 24} cents. The sales for the week were 488,700 pounds. "Kathleen Mavourneen." The frame work of Mrs. Knox's house is rapidly nearing completion. A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Givens on Saturday, October 18. Rev. and Mrs. F. W. Miller have moved into the new Universalist parson­ age. H. E. Wightman will soon move into his own house, now occupied by HV. J. Schumacher. Irish wit, fun and lots of itatStoffel's hall Friday and Saturday evenings. A rare treat for old and young alike. "Kathleen Mavourneen" at Stoffel's hall Friday and Saturday evenings for the benefit of McHenry Camp, No. 97, M. W. A. Mrs. M. A. Searles has a fine new as­ sortment of ready to wear and ladies' tailored hats and is prepared to show you beautiful styles in dress hats. Dr. Chamberlin, the dentist, and wife are now house-keeping in the front rooms over Fvanson's store. R. O. Lamphere occupies the rooms in the rear. Peter Rothermel and Miss Lizzie Glossen will bow before Hymen's shrine, announcement of the approaching wed­ ding having been made at St. Mary's church. A. C. Matthews purchased eleven head of three and four year old cattle of Geo. Hanly last Saturday. They were fine looking animals and will make good beef. The bnilding occupied by Oliver Moore is being re-shingled and other­ wise improved. The Parks house, oc­ cupied by H. C. Mead, has received a fresh coat of paint. The carpenters have nearly finished their work on S. S. Chapell's mansion and he expects to move about the first of November. M. W. Merriman's house is now ready for the joiners. Stafford & Goldsmith will soon com­ mence processing pickles at the factory here. About 6,000 bushels were taken in. Sixty thousand would be nearer the amount that should have been re­ ceived. Prof. E. C. Fisher expects to move in­ to the new house opposite the school building next week. W. F. Gallaher will move into the Smith house thus va­ cated and F. H. Bolander will occupy the house vacated by Mr. Gallaher. In honor of her sixth birthday anni­ versary Miss Edith Petesch entertained a number of her little friends last Fri­ day afternoon. It is safe to say that the little ones ruled the house for a few hours. At any rate they had a good time. "Ad" and "Bill" were in town Tues­ day noon and gave one of their disgrace­ ful performances, using all the vile words in their vocabulary, just at the time school was out and children were passing along the streets. As near as can be ascertained "Ad" was about "$4, 000 in the hole." Is there no way in which these vile exhibitions can be sup- pressd? L. B. Evans, manager of the Stafford & Goldsmith pickle factory, was mar­ ried to Miss Grace Mooney at Joliet, Tuesday, Octoder 14, at three o'clock p. m. For the present they will reside with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ward. Mr. Evans came to McHenry only a few months ago but during that time he has made many friends who will be pleased to extend congratulations. F. A. Holly, who has been employed in the Plaindealer office for the past two years, has given up his position and expects tp seek a more lucrative posi­ tion out of town. Mr. Holly has been an efficient and faithful workman, and has the best wishes of the management of this paper in whatever work he takes up. The vacancy thus caused in the Plaindealer force will be filled by Mrs. Byrd. Peter W. Blake writes from Little Falls, Minn., announcing the death of Mrs. John Weingard, Thursday, Octo­ ber 16. Mrs. Weingard was fifty-two years of age. She leaves her husband and eight children to mourn. J. M. Blake of this place is a brother of the deceased. There are also four other brothers living, as follows: Philip and Joseph, of St. Michels, Minn.; Peter W., of Little Falls, Minn.; aad Jacob, of Wisconsin. Deputy Fish Warden Rother, of Fox Lake, and Mr. Triggs, the Chicago man who has contracted to clean the carp out of Fox river and the lakes, recently pulled in a mnskalonge that weighed 58} pounds and measured nearly six feet in length. The worst part of the story is, they were compelled to let the fish go, for according to law they can retain nothing but carp. The Wilmot Agitator is responsible for this story. Petesch's White Pine Cough Syrup. OF A PERSONAL NATURE. PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW AND PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW. A Weekly Budget of Personal Matters Picked Up Here and There ky The Plaindealer Scribe. A. C. Friedly had business in Chicago Saturday. Mrs. F. L. McOmber was in Chicago Friday last. - Mrs. J. J. Reser spent Sunday at Ge­ noa Junction, Ed. Whiting spent Saturday and Sunday in Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. S. Covell were Chicago visitors last Saturday. Chas. Slimpin, of Elgin, visited friends in McHenry last week. O. W. Owen transacted business at Genoa Junction last Friday. Misses Kate and Elsie Howe and Har­ ry Fay were Chicago visitors over Sun­ day. John Eyanson went to Boston, Mass., Monday morning where he will spend a week. Mr. and Mrs. Dillie, of Chicago, spent Sunday at the home of Prof. F. M. Goodman. Jonathan Larson, of Chicago, spent Sunday at the home of his sister, Mrs. Louis Pouse. Mrs. Louis Pouse went to Chicago Saturday night where she spent Sunday with relatives. Miss Dora Besley will go to Rockford tomorrow to visit friends and attend a teachers' m'eeting. W. C. Evanson has given up his posi­ tion as traveling salesman for the John­ ston Candy Company. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Miller attended the golden jubilee at St. Michel ohurch, Chicago, last Sunday. Mrs. Wm. Gierke, of Chicago, has been the guest at the home of her uncle, R. Holly, the past week. David Parker, of Libertyville, was in McHenry a few days the past week greeting his many friends. A. G. Stevens, of Waukegan, and Lute Lincoln, of Elgin, are at the Bay this week, hunting and fishing. Miss Iva Mead and lady friend, of Elgin, visited at the home of the for­ mer's parents over Sunday. Henry Block, Henry Kamholz and the Misses Annie and Lizzie Rossman drove over to Woodstock Sunday. Ben Buss, accompanied by his father, drove over to Burlington, Wis., last Saturday, returning Sunday. Hon. Henry L. Hertz and son, Martin, and Mr' and Mrs. C. W. Peters spent Sunday at their cottages at the Bay. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Hubbard, of Nunda, were here Sunday to see the former's father who has been very ill. Irving Creech, of Chicago, who spent the summer at Howell's villas, was the guesji of Miss Etta Colby Sunday last. R. W. Stafford came out from Chica­ go Monday to look after his pickles. It is feared that some of them are begin­ ning to sour. John Scherman and wife came out from Chicago last Friday night and spent a few days at their cottage at the International Village. Mrs. C. H. Fegers and Miss Lillie Mo- Gee, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schiessle, Mrs. Quigley and O. N. Owen were Chi­ cago visitors Monday. Geo. Gilbert has gone to Chicago where he will seek employment. Jay Gilbert will conduct the business here alone, although the former still retains an interest. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Daley and son, of Cary, were in McHenry Monday of this week calling on friends. They also called at the Plaindealer office and re­ newed their subscription. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Lester, of Piano, 111., old-time residents of Ringwood, were calling on friends in that village and in McHenry last Sunday. They left Ringwood about thirty years ago. Mrs. Fiske, of Chauncy, Mich., who has been visiting her brother, C. A. Guerin, the past three weeks, returned to her home Tuesday, accompanied as far as Chicago by Mr. and Mrs. Guerin. Miss Stella Nordquist went to Fvans- tan Saturday morning to attend the ceremonies in installing the new presi­ dent of Northwestern University, Prof. Edmund James. She returned to Mc­ Henry yesterday. Odes Steele, of Casper, Wyoming, vis­ ited his cousin, Mrs. J. J. Reser, last week. Mr. Steele has been on a sheep ranch at Casper for a few years an J was on his way to Dixon, Hl.s where he will attend school. J. D. Lodtz and family went to Chi­ cago Sanday where they attended a con­ cert given by the Svithiod Singing Club in the evening. These are the same singers that entertained McHenry peo­ ple at the Universalist church one even- ing this summer. Mrs. E. Lynn Preston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. McOmber, has se­ cured a position as manager of the mill­ inery department store of Kroeger Bros. Co. at Milwaukee. Mrs. Preston was for six years with Gimbel Bros, in the capacity of head trimmer and for the past five years ha« had charge of the millinery work room of Siegel Cooper & Co. • of Chicago. She has many friends in McHenry who will be pleased to hear of her advancement. In former years she was employed by Mrs. M. A. Searles. AN ERROR CORRECTEO. The Bowman Dairy Company's Prices do not Equal the Borden Prices. An article which 'appeared in The Plaindealer last week, (and we " are sorry to say it was not credited to the paper from which it was clipped) was entirely wrong. The statement was made that the Bowman Dairy Com pany's prices are 1 cent higher than Borden's, which is not the case how­ ever. The person who wrote the ar­ ticle probably based his calculations on the Borden prices of last year. The average contract price by the Borden Company for November, December, January. February and March is $1.48, while for the same months the Bowman Company will give only $1.41 2-5, mak­ ing a difference of 1 8-5 cents. The Borden Company have not contracted for the month of April, so only the five months named above can be taken for comparison. If the total for the six months last contracted for by each oom- pany is taken into consideration it will show that the Borden Company has three cents the best of it Noonan-Reideitel Wedding. Will Noonan, a former McHenry boy, was married at Dundee last Wednesday. The Hawkeye has the following to say regarding the wedding: "At the bride's home on Wednesday evening, William H. Noonan and Clara Louise Reidesel were joined together in the holy bonds of matrimony. The home was beautifully decorated with white flours, relieved by green foliage. Attired in a becoming dress made of white silk mull with white satin ribbon trimmings, and carrying roses, the bride's prepossessing appearance was the admiration of all. Her sister Louise played Lohengrin's wedding march. Rev. E. D. Wyckoff, who performed the ceremony, sang "Oh! Promise me." A reception followed the ceremony. Many handsome and valuable gifts were presented to the couple. ' 'The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Noonan of McHenry. For the past two or three years he has lived at Carpenters ville and is employed by the I. I. & B. Co. He has made many friends in the neighborhood during his residence here. Mrs. Noonan is the daughter of Mrs. Dora Reidesel, and en joys the respect of all who know her. She has been employed at the condans ing factory." * Beet Well fn Town* Wm. Bonslett claims that he has the best well in McHenry and there are few to dispute his word. On the land wljich he recently purchased of Stafford & Goldsmith is a dug well over 50 feet deep and eight feet in diameter. It ie bricked from the bottom to the top and is in as good condition now as when built several yean ago. After the well had been dug a four inch tube was sunk until flowing water was struck, when the well was filled nearly to the top and remains in that condition today Since Stafford & Goldsmith put in' the city water the well has been used but little. The only good Mr. Bonslett can get out of it is to cut it up and sail the pieces for post holes. Was Filled With Shot. Dr. Wells was called to Fox Lake last Thursday night to extract shot from the body of a man named Ole Gulaker. It seem&that Gulaker and a companion were out in a boat looking for ducks or mud hens and in some manner the gup held in the hands of the other fellow was prematurely discharged, the heavy load peppering Gulaker's flesh in many places. He mast have been leaning over at the time the gun went off for the shot struck him all the way from his toes to his bead. The doctor suc­ ceeded in extracting fifty-three pieces of lead, but could not get them all at that time. Although the man will be stiff and sore for some time to come, his injuries are not serious unless blood poisoning should set in. Qnlek Work. The highway commissioners have done another good piece of work in put­ ting in new stringers and laying a new floor across the river bridge. In some places the old planks were nearly rotted through and the stringers were in no better shape. Simon B. Kelley, of Ringwood, took the contract for doing the work and the commissioners made no mistake in giving hlui the job. Friday morning he put seven men to work, having everything cleaned np before dusk. One span was taken up and replaced before going further, thus allowing teams to pass at any time dur­ ing the day. The regulation three- inch bridge plank were used for the floor. One Hundred Dollars an Aero. Bradford Smith has sold his farm of thirty-eight acres to Jos. Blake for a consideration of $100 per acre. Mr. Smith will move to town and occupy the Wm. Smith house. What line of business he will take up he has not de­ cided. For the past seven years he has worked Joe. Diedrich's farm in con­ nection with his own. Anton May, who has been workijig for^MrT"Smith the past two years, has bought all his former employer's livestock and machin­ ery and will remain on the farm until spring when he will move onto Mrs. Kate May's place near Johnsburgh. Mr. Blake claims that there iB enough moulding sand on the Smith farm to keep his teams busy for twenty-five years. RALLY WELL ATTENDEQ MANY REPUBLICANS AND A FEW DEMOCRATS IN THE AUDIENCE. All the Coanty Nominees were present-- Speeches by Howard M.Snapp, K.D-Shart- leffand O. H. Gillinore. Despite the fact that this is termed an off year in politics, and but little inter­ est is taken in the campaign, there was a goodly number present at the Republi­ can rally last night. All (the county republican nominees were present as were Hon. Howard M. Snapp, of Joliet, candidate for congress from the 11th district, and Hon. E. D. Shurtleff, of Marengo, candidate for the legislature from the 8th district. All these gentlemen, %nd they are a fine lot of men, made it a point to meet and shake hands with the voters of Mo Henry, and they were gratified in their desire to a considerable degree last night. Messrs. Snapp, Shurtleff and Gillinore each delivered a short address in the order named. Geo. R. Lyon of Wauke- gan was not able to attend the meeting. None of the speakers made what might be called a political address, nor did they dwell for any length of time on national political affairs. Their one ob­ ject in making a tour of the county is to impress upon the minds of the Re­ publicans the importance of getting out to vote on the fourth of November, and voting the straight republican ticket, giving "bolters" or independent candi­ dates a wide berth. Mr. Snapp avers the independent candidates for the legis­ lature who are poppinv up in the state are soft-headed Republicans of whom Billy Mason is making dupes. Mr. Shurtleff declares that the Republican losses in 1892 in Illinois were not caused by an actual majority of Democrats but by the indifferent and stay-at-home Re­ publicans. The other speakers also pointed out the importance of going to the polls, admonishing the Republican voters not to become inured with over- confidence. Although this is an off year there are congressmen to be elected and these congressmen make the laws. Vote for the regular Republican nominees in November and do likewise in 1904, there* by giving the country six more years of prosperity and full dinner pails. After the meeting a lunch consisting of hot coffee and sandwiches was served. Withal it was a profitable meeting and we believe the candidates made a most favorable impression. Scheme Would Not Work. Some time ago Sears, Roebuck & Co., of Chicago, set out to start a grocery store in every city in Illinois, with the idea of underselling competitors and driving them out of trade. One of the first stores was opened at Pontiac. They threatned to annihilate all the groceries and a few other stores in the city. But they have a few live business men who qoqld also sell twenty-two pounds of sugar for one dollar, tempor­ arily, for advertising purposes and they refused to be annihilated. And so Sears, Roebuck & Co. have sold out their en tire stock to S. A. Rathbun and will hie themselves back to the village on the shores of Lake Michigan, from whence they came, and sell goods for cash in advance at a good profit, "and you pay the freight A Pleasant Party, Martin and Liftgie Schinitt gave a par­ ty at their home on Monday evening. Tne young people indulged in dancing until a late hoar when refreshments were served. The following were present: Misses-- Josephona Wlngarten Emma Molidore Aiuiic .1usten Katie Freund Maggie J usten Bosa Meyer Anna Diedrich PAT SULLIVAN SHOT. Taken for a Burglar by O. Thayer Grayslake Last Tuesday Might. of Katie 1'ltgon Annie Mary Freund Anna Stilling Annie Wingarten Auuie Pltzen Mary Pitzen Messrs.-- Jacob Brefield Frank SUK'k Will Brefield Bernie stilling I'eter Bowers Mat Lay Robert Yajfl Fred Diodrioh Beruie hohaefer Nick Wlngarten John Stilting John Bowers Hi-nry Stilling Fred .1 usteq WH1 MoMdare JQMII Freund Prud J usten Robert Si-haefer Mike J usten "Nick Schmltt A shooting occurred at Grayslake Tuesday night of last week in which Patrick Sullivan was the victim. Sulli­ van, whose home is in Big Hollow, was mistaken for a burglar and shot by George Thayer, a prominent citizen of the village. Mr. Sullivan died of his wounds Saturday evening, Oct. 18. The particulars of the shooting are that at about 2 o'clock in the morning the Thayer family was awakened by someone prowling about the house, entrance to the residence having been gained by the unknown visitor by the breaking of a door. Mr. Thayer secured his revolver and started an investiga­ tion, thinking his visitor was a burglar. Encountering the fellow Mr. Thayer shot twice and both shots took effect, bringing the man down. Upon further investigation Mr. Thayer was startled to find the intrud­ er was Patrick Sullivan, whom he well knew. He immediately hustled for Dr. Palmer and everything possible was done for the wounded man. He was removed to his home at Big Hol­ low. Sullivan moved to Big Hollow from Elgin about twelve years ago. He has a wife and seven children. At the time of his escapade Sullivan was intoxicat­ ed and as he has hitherto borne a fairly good reputation his entrance to the Thayer home in the dead of night is set down as a vagary of a drunken man rather than attributable to burglarous intentions. No blame is attached to Mr. Thayer for the shooting. His inference that a man in his house at that of night was a burglar, was but natural as well as his protection of person and property by the use of a weapon. After Sullivan's death a coroner's ju­ ry composed of A. J. Raymond, John Dalziel, F. Harvey, A. D. Buell, B. Wooley and J. A. Strang investigated the whole matter, with the result that a verdict fully exonerating Mr. Thayer was returned. The remains were taken to Elgin Tuesday by team and the funeral held that afternoon at two o'clock from the Baptist church. •W- Automatic Bells. Through the solicitation of Agent Ben Buss the Northwestern R. R. Co. has decided to install the automatic alarm bell system at the crossings in this vil­ lage, the material being now on hand awaiting the workmen. Although this system is not as satisfactory as the gates, it is considerably better than no danger signal at all, and the citizens of McHenry are grateful to Mr. Buss for making the demand. The bells ring automatically whenever a train ap­ proaches within a certain distance of the crossing, giving a driver or pedes­ trian plenty of time to turn back or de­ cide what to do. Organise a Club. Last Friday evening Miss Edith Conyne entertained about twenty young people at her home, progressive cinch being the principal diversion of the evening. The ladies have organized a club, with Miss Rosa Jnsten as presi­ dent and Miss Edna Story as secretary, and expect to give a card party every alternate week during the winter months. The gentlemen will contrib­ ute to the winter's pleasures by giving a dance each alternate week. In this manner latere will be something doing every week during the winter. Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs | and colds and prevents pneumonia. Take J no substitute. Sold by N. H. Petesch, sonic h Rural Mall Routes. Speaking of the success and popular­ ity of rural free mail delivery the ^Har­ vard Herald says: McHenry oounty is well supplied with rural free delivery of mail, as there are at present eighteen routes, which means that $10,800 are paid an­ nually to mail carriers, Marengo has five routes, Harvard and Woodstock four each, Hebron two, Nunda two and Huntley and Union one eaoh. There are in the oounty 9,900 persons who get their mail left at their homes daily, and to do this the eighteen carriers make a total of 450 miles which is near­ ly as far as from here to Omaha, Neb: Let the farmers bear the fact in norind that they are the only people in the country who enjoy the free delivery system, and the fact the number that are so served at present is more than the combined population of Harvard and Woodstock, Hebron, Marengo and McHenry, while the cost of the same is but a little oyer $1 per capita. Talk of Democratic Paper. Since the purchase of the Woodstock Democrat by a syndicate of professional men of that oity, who will oonvert the same into a Republican paper, leaving the Democrats withont a paper of their faith, there is a great deal of talk relative to starting a Democratic weekly paper. The matter, in fact, has got beyond the stage of talk and it is now stated as tf probability that a Democratic paper with J. D. Donovan at the head is pretty certain to be started at Woodstock. Mr. Donovan has disposed of his farm implement business and many of his Democratic friends are paying his next move will be to organize a stock oom- pany of well known Democrats to launch a Democratic newspaper. If he should, it is oertain he would enlist the hearty support of the party throughout the oounty for there is no more popular or better known Democrat in the coun­ ty than is Mr. Donovan.--Harvard Her- aid. EXCHANGE CLEANINGS, HAPPENINGS IN M'HENRY AND J ADJACENT COUNTIES. ' " I '•iH • SM A Cool Reception, Today William Desmond of Hartland, McHenry Oounty, the man finally chos­ en by the Democrats of this district as the nominee for the legislature was in Waukegan "looking over the situation." Mr. Desmond has just returned from a trip in Iowa and is about to open his campaign. He says he will canvass Lake County thoroughly and that he thinks he will receive the support of the Lake County Democrats. Mr. Desmond is an affable sort of a man but he met a rather chilly recep­ tion among local followers of Democra­ cy. The turn-down which Lake has re­ ceived at the hands of McHenry and Boone is not forgotten and the impres­ sion prevails that Mr. Desmond will have to cover the county very carefully to secure hardly any votes and that he will in no event be able to poll much of a showing in Lake County.-- Waukegan Gazette. v_ Eljpta lodge. No. 117, A. F. & A. M has purchased St. Joseph's church in that ci A Miscellaneous Assortment of NetM. i":i" f'i Items In Condensed form For Convafc*' • lence of Busy People. Dog poisoners are getting in their nw ' ^ farious work at Barrington. "' fr­ it is reported that the Borden coo- densing factory at Algonquin will be1 enlarged. John P. Tripp has sold his farm ij» .r the town of Spring for $13,008, the»^; ; / being 130 acres. ^ ^ The St Louis exposition is to be with* ' ̂ i ji a midway. The dance h«.ll« are to be located outside the gates. Bert McLain, of West AlAm, shot ft ^ v\sj blaciv eagle last week that measured .J seven feet from tip to tip. ,, , Burglars entered M. W. Hughes' store at Wanconda Saturday night and stole ' several guns, revolvers and razors. Adolph Stern, an inmate of the asf* lum at Elgin, committed suicide laii§ week by hanging himself to his bed. The street carnival at Belvidere en&» ed in a riot in which one policeman and several citizens were roughly handled. Experts claim that the lace made at Dowie'B factories in Zion City is equal in every way to the genuine Notting* ham lace made in England. Emil W. Naeher was electrocuted while on duty at the electric- plant si Barrington last Thursday morning. He received a shock of 2,000 volts. John J. Burke, formerly publisher of the Antioch News, has secured a po* sition as general solicitor and circulation manager of the Waukegan Sun. ,,f The old Lakeside Hotel and bar room at Wanconda has been closed for the. first time in many years, the proprietor, Mr. Schendorf, having found farming more to his liking. The fiftieth anniversary of Elgin lodge A. F. & A. M. was celebrated Friday evening and the gathering was probably the largest assembly of Free Maimmjr; that ever came together in Elgin. The largest pickerel ever caught fii ^ Delavan lake was taken out by E. QL French of Darien last Saturday, its weight being thirty-five pounds. Thfr monster was five feet, nine inches in length. f Charles Eoppen was completely part? * lyzed at Huntley last Monday afternoon by a bolt of lightning which strnck the wind mill on his father's farm just as he was pulling the wire rope to put mill out of commission. v Wm. McDonald, of Calumet Height^ Cook oounty, is experimenting with peat found in the bogs near that city, and should his experiments prove at all suc­ cessful, peat, properly prepared and dried, will be put on the market in conk* petition with anthracite* J. D. Donovan, the farm implement dealer of; Woodstock, has disposed of his business interests to Chas. Schaaf and Fred Schutt, who have already tak* en possession. Mr. Donovan's reason for selling is owing to ill health. H* has been in business there for thirty years or mora ^ Chas. Wendt of Algonquin, Louie Smith of Cary, and Joa Houghtailing of Oak Glen, lost thumbs and fingers iB ; , corn shredders last week. It is pleaft» ing to note that there are fewer acclk ^ dents this year than last This is profr*y \ $ ably due to the new style of machini*: -; j which is now being put on the markei-"'*":";',;^ The mushroom season has just closed at Algonquin and it is said the crop wai - brought into the village by" the wagon, load. Gathering, drying and shipping, ^ mushrooms has got to be a lucrative business in that vicinity and many pea^t ^ ' -il pie are engaged in it From 40 to | cents a pound is the average price paHLy V--'? in Chicago. • A. Perlet of Hartland has a crop of - ^ % corn that is a record breaker for this ' : ̂ - | year. From one field of six acre* ha \ will receive a yield of 304 bushels per ' acre. He has already husked part off *^v ^ this and from one-half acre he has cured 103 bushels. Mr. Per let's cot% (, i| was planted early, as he is a firm bet» j liever in early planting for oats andf corn, and this year's corn crop prove# the value of early planting --Harvard -/'-f, * Herald. . •1 -sJ I '4 ' "I •1 New Photograph Studio. JV N. A. Hueman has purchased Urn >> building formerly occupied by Dr. AtK^1 ringer as an office and as soon as neoee-r^f sary improvements can be made, in- < eluding a plate glass front, he will ^ move in with his stock of goods. In | connection with his jewelry business haw . A will open a first-class photograph studio* By careful study the past year Nick ha*; | aoquired considerable skill in the photo*' graphic art This is something that}^ McHenry has wanted for some years, ̂ and we have no doubt that Mr. Hue-* 'p'|| man will find plenty of opportunities :^:Jj || to display his skill. He expects to get j into his new quarters about the first of November. Win CO to Klrklaa*. . " J Geo. G. Richards will close the Riv- 0 erside House on the first of Noveinbe*^ and go to Kirkland, 111., where he hast leased the Morris Hotel, an old «stab->^ lished house. Mr. Richards expects to»*| open the Riverside again in the springy In the meantime the building will un­ dergo some much needed repairs. He** will leave all his furniture here as ho* purchased the contents of the Morris* and will convert it into a Ma- House. The prioe paid WVi $5,500. • White Pine Coogh Syrnp oorik. ! """WASti.*'r-.wdKi