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' 5V" •mm* : <*i! "to i sr-^T": »; »A?«* A-i n ":•'*, V.fr . VOLUME XXIX. *v WcHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3* «9<>3. NUMBER 43 PURELY PERSONAL Ben Adams was an Antioch visitor Monday. 7" Peter Winkles was in the windy city Monday. JColon Ostrander of Fox Lake was in ,?J|cHenry Tuesday. Br. and Mrs. W. C. Besley of Wood- Stock Sundayed here. Mrs. D. G. Wells was a Chicago caller ; Friday and Satarday, Kov. M. W. Barth was a Chicago pas- •enger Monday morning. August Nordquist of Milwaukee spent Sunday with his parents. Mrs. Emil Pfeffer will apend a few dayB in Chicago this week. ' Miss Alice Waite visited relatives at Elgin a few days last week. Harry Bacon of Chicago spent last Thursday with home folks. Miss Lanra Smith, of Chicago visited With friends here Thursday. Mrs. W. C. Evanson visited friends in Chicago a few days last week. Miss Annie Sherburne»has been quite ill during the past two weeks. Miss Caroline Spurting is spending a week with friends in Chicago. Ed. Welch of Chicago spent Thanks­ giving day with relatives here. Guy Seward of Cary visited McHenry friends Thursday of last week. Gay Colby has been spending several days in Chicago the past week Mrs. Emil Snyder was a Woodstock visitor Monday and Wednesday. Miss Edna Story has been visiting friends in Chicago the past week. Dr. Armstrong of Richmond was here Tuesday on professional business. Mrs. Phillips visited friends in Chica- go a few days the first of the week. Eugene Matthews of Elgin spent Thanksgiving day with friends here. C. A. Douglass of Chicago was a busi Bess visitor here a few days this weeK. Dr. Golding and wife of Wauconda spent Sunday at the home of S. Reynolds. V. S. Lumley and Arthur Medlar of Woodstock were McHenry callers Mon- #7- Hon. and Mrs. H. L. Hertz of Chicago •^ent Sunday at their cottage at the Bay. Robert Huck of Chicago visited at G. ' & Osmun's Thursday and Sunday of last week. Mrs. Lou Scott is the guest of her sis- tor, Mrs. R. A. Howard, at Elgin this week. Mis. T. C. Meyers of Kenosha, Wis., was a guest of Mrs. Simon Stoffel last week. Miss Hazel Spaulding of Chicago spent Thanksgiving day with her grand' mother. Dr. A. E. Baechler of Chicago spent thanksgiving with E. W. Howe and family. Frank Thurlwell, who is doing mason Work at Antioch, spent Sunday with his family. Orten Gilbert of Chicago spent several days last week with his parents in this village. War then Kimball of Chicago spent Friday and Saturday here with his parents. Sam Wells of uhicago was the guest of his brother, Dr. D. G., a few days ry^fifackm« last week. Miss Mary^ffiackman of Chicago was the guest of her mother several days the past week. Mr. and Mrs Z. H. Osmun of Nunda •pent Thanksgiving with Geo. E. Osmun and family. A. C. Granger and wife of Chicago spent several days with F. K. Granger and family. T. Eden and Miss Vera Fitssimmons of Chicago spent Thursday with Miss Edna Story. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Walsh of Grays lake spent Sunday with relatives and friends here. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Frett and children visited with Chicago relatives Saturday And Sunday. Frank D. Shelton was home from Chicago and spent Thanksgiving day with his wife. Mrs. T. F.; Hayes and son, Charles, of Harvard were McHenry visitors a few days last week Mr. and Mrs N H. Pike went to Chenoa this week where they will spend part of the winter. Mrs. Margaret Knox and son, John, of Elgin visited F. Ward and family Thanksgiving day. Howard O'Neil and (frank Murray of Chicago were calling on McHenry friends Saturday evening Jamee Fitssimmons of Chicago spent several days last week at the home of Mrs. M. A. Searles. Mrs. Caroline Schacht of West Chi cago visited ber brother, John Krause, and family Tuesday. Mrs. Minnie Krause of Wheaton vis ited her brother-in-law, John Krause, »nd family Tuesday H. C. Mead transacted legal business, in connection with the Hubbard estate, at the county seat Monday. Misses Bertha Wolff and Bertha Schlosser returned to the city after a few days vi^itwith relatives and friends. A family reunion was held at the home of Peter Thelen on Thanksgiving day, nearly all the children being pres ent. Misses Annie and Katie Stengle of Chicago were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heimer the latter pirt of last wwkt ^ Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Smith and son, George, of Elgin, are visiting relatives. Mrs. J. B. Perry left for Havana Mon­ day where she will visit with her daugh­ ter, Mrs. H. H. Hanly, for a couple of weeks. John Justen, who now resides on a farm near Pistakee lake, will soon move to McHenry and occupy his bouse on Elm street. Miss Margaret Aylward and brothers of Emerald Park and Miss Lola of Elgin spent Thanksgiving with Frank Ward and family. Dr. D. G. Wells, John Barbian, T. J. Walsh and son, Dick, witnessed the Chi­ cago-Michigan football gpme in Chicago last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. F. Eggert of Chicago and Mrs. Quigley of Wheaton were the guests of Jos. Schneider and wife Thanksgiving day. Misses Bell Gallaher, Nina Colby and Lillie Heimer witnessed the Oliver-Mar­ shal Field foot ball game at Woodstock on Thanksgiving day. Mr. and Mrs. John Ralston left on Tuesday evening for Joplin, Mo., owing to the death of their grand-son, a child of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ralston. Mrs. Mike Freund, Mrs. M. Justen, Mrs. John J. Freund and daughter, Lena, Misses Annie Jnsten and Mary Freund spent Sunday in Chicago. Miss Clara W ightman of Chicago and Miss Ada Poile of Wheaton were visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Wightman from Wednesday-to Sunday. S. S. Chapell and family enjoyed the Thanksgiving feast at the home of the former's parents in Elgin. Mrs. Chapell and children remained for a few days' visit. Rev. Dr. Charles Gavin died last Mon­ day morning at his home in Chicago. He was well known in Lake county, having formerly held a pastorate at Liber tyville. Dr. Dawson, formerly of Wauconda, will assist Dr. C. H. Fegers during the next two weeks, Mr. Fegers' nephew, who has been assisting him, having been oalled away. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Went worth and children were guests of Lake Geneva friends on Thanksgiving day. Mrs. Wentworth and children remained there until Monday. Mrs. Bonslett and daughter, Mrs Simon Stoffel, attended a wedding an­ niversary celebration at Shermanville, 111., last week. Mrs Bonslett has since been visiting in Chicago. A. W. Reynolds, wife and son, LeRoy, of Cleveland, were guests at the home of the former's parents a few days last week. They left Sunday for Syracuse N. Y., where tbey will reside. Samuel Zimmerman, who is attend­ ing Armour Institnte in Chicago came home Thanksgiving morning and spent the balance of the week with his parent?, Mr. and Mrs. H. Zimmerman. Dr. and M~s. Albrecht of Waukegan and Dr. and Mrs. W. C Besley of Wood­ stock were Thanksgiving guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Besley. Mrs. Albrecht is a sister of Mrs. Besley. Mr. Dwelly and Miss Hohn of Chica­ go, Mr. Walters of Woodstock, Mrs. and Miss Dwelly, Mr. Draper, and Miss es Lena and Bessie Mason were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. Merriman Thanksgiving day. William C. Bryant, who is well known in this community, has recently re­ signed his position as traveling sales man for the Story & Clark. Piano Co , and has accepted a position with the Fayette S. Cable Co , as manager of the retail. Mr. Drahn, whose wife died last week, went to Chicago Monday, where he will reside in the future. During the time he has been in McHenry this kind old gentleman has won many warm friends who deeply sympathize with him in his sorrow and regret his departure. A. L. Howe left last Friday for his home in Portland, Oregon, after a two months' visit here. Mr. Howe is grad­ ually selling out his interests here, but his ftiends hope that he will retain enough property to prevent the break­ ing of all ties with his old home. QUARTER OF A CENTURY HAPPENINGS IN M'HENRY TWEN­ TY-FIVE YEARS AGO. Items Clipped from The PlalndMlcr Pub­ lished December i, 1878--Particularly Interesting to Old Pcaldents. Can "the oldest inhabitant" remem­ ber when . we bad better and more pleasant weather for the time of year than we have been enjoying for the past mouth? The enterprising little city of Elgin has treated herself to the luxury of a street railway. We have lofig noticed that for enterprise and go-aheadative- ness Elgin was far ahead of all other cities of her size in the Northwest. It only has to be demonstrated that a thing is practicable and useful and her citizens take hold of it at once. Sncoess to their new street railway, Our citizens had the pleasure, on Fri­ day and Saturday evenings last, of wit­ nessing the workings of the much talked of phonograph, and all who saw it and heard it talk pronounce it a won­ derful machine. It talks, sings, whis­ tles, and in fact, will repeat any kind of a noise that can be made by man. It is indeed one of the wonders of the age. The "boys" went up last week and dedicated the McHenry Club house. Report says they had a good time. Statistics of the yellow feyer are be­ ing made up. The total number of deaths has been about 13,000. In New Orleans the deaths were a little less than 4,000, the total number of cases a little more than 13,000. That is, about thirty percent of the cases were fatal. Allowing the same proportion through­ out the South the whole number of cases must have been about 45,000. ^ FLORA DE VOSS COMPANY Every Night this Wffk wt McHenry Opera Huuiw. Flora DeVoss and her excellent com­ pany are at the opera house this week, showiiig every night to good sized audi­ ences. This is the best company that has appeared in McHenry for years. Miss DeVoss has few, if any, peers on the conutry stage and she might easily take the same roles in which she now appears, before any metropolitan audi­ ence. She is supported by a good com­ pany, there being no poor material in the entire cast. McHenry, like all other small towns, has had so much experi­ ence with "barn stormers" during the past few years that it is next to an im­ possibility to draw out a full house for any foreign troupe. The Flora DeVoss Company, however, has convinced the people that it is possible to see some­ thing good, even in a small t.iwn. If they come next season we can guaran tee Ihem a full house every night for the entire week. It is also pleasing to note that Miss DeVoss has an advance agent who is a real gentleman and is not troubled with the big head. CORN SHREDDER. Football Accident*. A compilation prepared for the Chi­ cago Tribune shows that nineteen live" were lost as the result of accidents in football games during the season of 1903 In addition one boy was driven insane from the injuries he received and thirteen players were injured se­ verely, some of them being disabled for life. It was impossible to ascertain accurately the number of minor acci dents, but it is probable that hundreds of painful,yfrnt not lasting, injuries were received. While these figures may seem large, it must be remembered that they include all the serious acci­ dents. reported during the playing of hundreds of games throughout the en­ tire country, that the number of games played has been increasing rapidly of late years, and that the number of ao- cident§ is not large when considered in connection with the large number of games played. '•Silver" Corr"! Trial. "Silver" Oorr is on trial in Chicago this week on the charge of passing coun­ terfeit money. Several months ago he and a man named Johnson were indict ed for passing out spurious silver dollars in McHenry. The latter is now serving a term at Joliet. Anton Engeln, Oliver Moore, Emil Snyder, Jack Walsh, Peter Heimer and M. J. Walsh were called to Chicago Tuesday as witnesses. Fred Bohrnen of Pinto Ceuter Victim of Accident. Fred Rohrsen of Plato Center was the victim of a corn shredder accident Tuesday and was taken to the Sherman hospital at Elgin, where Dr. Pelton am­ putated one of bis hands that was crushed by the machine. Mr. Rohrsen is supervisor of Plato. It was found necessary to amputate the left arm between the wrist and elbow. --Elgin Courier. Where He Wu Golaar. "There was a Scot," said an English man, "who owned a tine orchard sur­ rounded by a hedge. One day as he en­ tered this orchard he saw a neighbor of his creeping on hands and knees through the hedge so as to steal some fruit " 'Sawney, hoot, hoot, mon!' exclaim­ ed the Scot reproachfully, 'wbaqr are ye gangin'? '•The discreet Sawney answered: " 'Bock agen.' " Capt' YOUTHFUL BANDITS •red la Indian* by POM* of Chtoago Police. Like a typical "Diamond Dick" 6t Nick Carter" novel reads the reoord of four bandits now lying in jail in Chica­ go. All the blood and glory ie there, as always depicted in the degenerating trash known as the "nickel library" literature. How smoothly those stories run! The hero is a "gentleman," al­ ways. He never fails to "get" his man and is always on hand in the hour of need. He is a terror to the outlaws. The latter are eyer alert and are seldom caught by the officials. They either die with their boots on or gain their liberty and eventually lead honest lives. It is, withal, a devilrmay-care life they lead- plundering, robbing and murdering, riding across the country, shooting at every living thing that stands in their way, with unerring aim. How easy it all appears to the youth who reads the story. Without the shadow of a doubt the four boys now imprisoned in Chica­ go were readers of just such trash. They evidently saw the "glory" or no­ toriety that awaited them. It has all come true. But, alas, the last chapter of the story is never told. It would spoil the effect and it could not be con­ tinued in the next number of "Diamond Dick" or "Nick Carter." These Chica­ go boys are now experiencing the last chapter. In it are the cries of the heart­ broken and despairing mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers; the awful days of suspense during the nerve racking trial and eventually the black csp and gal lows If the government would give less at­ tention to the sending of honest publi­ cations and devote more time to weed­ ing out the cheap literature, it would show a great deal more of good common j|m Lane's Advice to Reerniti. During the civil war a lot of young fellows at Oskaloosa wanted to enlist In the cavalry. Jim Lane t9ld them they would make a mistake if they joined a "boss" regiment. "I tell you, boys." he said, "it will cost you a hoss apiece to join the cavalry. As infan­ trymen you will be ordered to Missouri, and you can ride one horse and lead another when you come back."--Atchi­ son Globe. Discreet. Mrs. Dove--Henry. I think you are positively cruel! Here I've tried so hard to cook you a nice dinner, and you haven't had a word to say to me about it. Mr. Dove-Darling. I love you too much for that If I'd said what I thought, you'd never speak to me again.--Boston Transcript I p * _ I I . .yl ..JL His Box** Vocation. Hiram--That oldest boy of Zeke's is through school, and now ZekC is goln to bev him learn farmin'. D a v i d --Guess not The boy told me he was goin' to be a druggist. Hiram--Well, he ain't Zeke said this niornin' he was goin' to bev him take a course In farmercy.--Kansas City Journal. As in the past I am in the market for all kinds of furs, paying the highest market price for same. Drop me a card and I will call on you. 20-tf C, S. HOWARD, McHenry. EXCHANGE CLEANINGS. HAPPENINGS IN M'HENRY AND ADJACENT COUNTIES. WEDDING AT JOHNSBURGH. Mr, Jacob R. J nsten and Miss Rosa Meyer Married on Thanksgiving Day. We know of parents who allow their boys to lead the nickel novels in their own homes. Perhaps those parent* have never noticed the nature of the stories. If they have, and still allow them in the house, what can they ex­ pect from their boys? CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. McHenry Merchants Patting In Immense Stocks of Holiday Goods. Readers of The Plaindealer should watch the advertising columns carefully during the next few weeks. McHenry merchants are preparing for an unusual holiday trade and will put in immense stocks of goods suitable for gifts. They haye enjoyed an excellent fall trade thus far and to our knowledge no one from out of town has left this village without finding what they wanted. The follow­ ing letter was received last week and it speaks for itself: Volo, 111.. Nov. 24, 1003 Editor Plaindealer: I haye read the many articles yon have written concerning McHenry mer­ chants, and put it all down as "hot air." My wife, however, desired to go to Mc Henry and see how much truth there was in the statement that your adver­ tisers carried a better stock than ever before. You told the trntb all right and we were glad we went. We used to do all our trading in McHenry. but never saw so much goods at the stores. You are right about prices, too. You can publish this letter if you want to, only don't mention my name. Yours truly, AN AD READER. All Give Same Kxcuse. A story is told at the expense of a number of clerks connected with a Chi­ cago firm which recently moved it* manufacturing plant to Wankegan. As a majority of the employes still live in the city, a certain amount of grace has been allowed in the matter of re porting for work each morning. They were supposed to explain on the time register, however, the cause of any un punctuality. The first to arrive late generally led off with the words "Train late," "Punctured a tire," etc., as the case might be, and to this the other clerks invariably added "ditto." So ac­ customed had they become to the formal procedure that they scarcely ever took the trouble to see what excuse headed ihe list. The other morning the first arrival who was late conscientiously penciled in these words, "Wife had twins this morning," and to the amaze­ ment of the manager this extraordinary explanation wa& promptly "dittoed" all the way down. Nor was his aston­ ishment diminished when he saw the office boy's name included. Sherman Hill School. Report for the month beginning Oc­ tober 30 and ending November 80: Number of pupils 17 Average attendance 16 17-43 The following have been neither absent nor tardy during the past month: Frank Sayler Evelyn Sayler Allen Noonan George Kane Florence Sayler Frances Simpson Willie Simpson Loren Martin EMI£RY L. KIMBALL, Teacher. Advertised Letter*. Letters remaining uncalled for in the postoffice at McHenry, 111., Dec. 1, 1903: Iva Blacksmith George Weidner W. Ehlerdiug Stipan Baich When calling for above letters please say advertised. $ ROLLIN WAITE, P. M. The Plaindealer is adding new names to its list every day. Is your name on the roll of honor T Don't borrow. A Miscellaneons Assortment of News Items In Condensed Form Fot* Conven­ ience of Busy People. Newspaper report says that Michigan has raised apples enough to supply pie for the universe this year, but if so, somebody seems to have a pretty close grip on them when it takes from $8.00 up to get a barrel. The total enrolment of the Marengo schools is 391. The schools of McHenry county range about as follows in en­ rolment: Woodstock, Harvard, Maren­ go, Nunda and Crystal Lake, Hebron, McHenry, Richmond, Algonquin, Hunt­ ley F. EL Holmes of Riohmond, formerly part owner of the Richmond Gazette, has purchased the interest of H. M. Pratt in the Dundee Hawkeye, and takes possession January 1. Mr. Pratt goes to California for his health, and The Hawkeye will be continued by Messrs. Hoimes and Tompkins. Three hundred thousand bushels of corn were raised this year on 7,000 acres in the Kankakee marshes in Indian i. The land was practically worthless un­ til purchased by some Illinois farmers, who drained it and divided it into farms. The swamp contains 50,000 acres and it will all be uuder cultivation in a few years. Harvard Herald :aD. Herely & 8ons have sold their consignment of egg6, embracing 5,000 cases of 30 dozen to the oase. The purchaser is a New York merchant, who paid 20 cents a dozen on board the cars at Harvard, Hereley &r Sons realizing a profit of five, cents a dozen on the entire lot, which net? them a snng sum. A paper over in Perry county, whose editor's labors are so light that he has ample time to study the styles in female hosiery, says: "The story of Lot* wife turning to a pillar of salt can no longer be doubted. A young lady the other day put her foot up on a goods box to tie her shoe an& two young men who were parsing turned to rubber." Independent: Harvard friends oi Mrs. Martha Wilson of County Line, who left here several weeks ago for her old home at Porterdown, Ireland, re­ ceived word the latter part of last week that she arrived there in exaotly eight days from the time Bhe left Harvard. The boat was ready to sail upon her ar­ rival in New York City, which accounts for her record-breaking trip. One of McHenry county's pigeons, from Huntley, reached Texas, acoord- i g to a letter received by E. H. Cook of Huntley. W. C. Cole of Denisori, Texas, wrote to Mr. Cook that while hunting near his home November 9, ht shot a pigeon, upon the leg of which was a band lettered as follows: "EL H. Cook, Huntley, 111." Evidently the Ijird was one formerly owned by Cook, which had flown to the far away south­ ern state, there to meet a tragic death. Nunda Herald: The Knickerbocker Ice company shipped to Crystal Lake 190 head of horses, to be wintered on their farm. Part of these horses will be used for cutting ice here and elsewhere. The company owds abont 1,300 horses, used in its extensive business in Chicago during the summer season. M. A. Stewart, the capable superintendent who has charge of the farm at Crystal Lake and who supervises ice cutting it) the winter, reports about forty men under his management at ^.present When the ice crop is harvested the force will be increased to about 200. There is left in the bonnes this year 75 to 104) cars of ice which were not consumed during the reason just closed. LITTLE ONE CALLED. Mr. Jacob R. Justen and Miss Rosa Meyer were married Thurdsay, Nov. 26, at St. John's church, Johnsburgh, Rev. Mehring officiating. They were attend­ ed by Steye Justen, Anton Schmitt, Marguerite Justen and Susie Meyer. The church was filled with friends of the contracting parties. Immediately after the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride for invit­ ed guests. The house was filled to the limit, but all managed to get a seat at the table to enjoy the bounteous repast that had been prepared. Many costly and beautiful presents were left by the guests. The wedding dauce was given at Stephen Smith's hall in the evening, about 125 couples being present The bride and groom are both well known young people, being leaders in their social circle. The former is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Meyer, who reside on the farm just east of the Johnsburgh bridge. The groom is a son of John Justen. He is an indus­ trious young man of considerable busi­ ness ability and will undoubtedly make a success of his venture in life. Mr. and Mrs. Justen will reside on the farm near Pistakee Bay, owned by the groom's father, the latter having moved to this village. The Plaindealer takes pleasure in ex­ tending congratulations. " PI8TAKEE Y ACHT CLUB. Board of Directors Re-elected for Season of 1004. Inpmt Pmthter of Mr. and Bonslett Dead. Mrs. Wui Paulina, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bonslett died early Mon­ day morning after a short illness. The little girl and her twin brother were born on the 26th of May last. Mr. and Mrs. Bonslett have the sympathy of the entire community in their affliction. The funeral was held at St. Patrick's church Wednesday morning at ten o'clock, Rev. P. M O'Neill officiating. Rmli Pfeffer Surprised. Emil Pfeffer, who occupies one of the Musgrove farms, was surprised at his home one evening last week by a com |-a iy of in iphbors. He was celebrating his fortieth birthday anniversary and his friends came in unexpectedly, just to assist bini in the celebration. All present enjoyed the event and showed their kinri regards by leaving with Mr. Pfeffer a beautiful r«»ekiug chair. At the annual meeting of the Pistakee YaCht Club on November 19, all the old members of the board of directors wore re-elected. They selected the following officers for the season of 1904: fa Commodore--Fred L. Wilk. Vice Commodore--Alex. R. Beck. Rear-Commodore--Anthony E. Seyl. Fleet Captain--H. C. Wilson. Secretary--Henry L. Hertz. Treasurer--John C. Reebie. Judge Advocate--Kickham Scanlan. Fleet Chaplain--James Hedges. Fleet Surgeon--Dr. C. H. Fegers. The following members of the club will serve on the entertainment commit­ tee: Harriet Hertz. Antoinette Schillo, Neva Peters, Lenore Beck and A. R. Beck. Lost Hand in Corn Husker. Republican, Woodstock: Last Friday a young man uamed Campbell, who was working with the Kiltz corn husker on the Cahill farm south of town, got his left hand into the machine and had it literally chewed into sausage meat He was brought to the* office of4 Dr. Windmueller, where the pulverized b4nd was amputated above the wrist, and thus another unfortunate is added to the list of the corn husker's victims, who must go through life with a dread­ ful handicap. The patient is getting along as well as could be expected. The Idiot and the Pastor. One day the minister of Morebattle, a little town in Scotland, was criticising his congregation for sleeping during the service, and in order to give point to his remarks, he pointed to the town idiot, who sat above the congrega­ tion, and said: "There's daft Jimmie Grant in the loft; he's a fool and he doesn't sleep in church." "Aye, minister," broke in Jimmie, from his place, "but if I hadna bin a fule, aiblins, I wud hae bin asltep tae. --From Leslie'B Monthly for December. Notice. You are hereby notified that the sev­ enth installment of the water works tax for the village of McHenry is now due and payment of the same is hereby re­ quested. My office will be at my resi­ dence, except on Friday of each week, through the month of December, when I can be found at the hardware store of F. L. MeOmber, West McHenry. Dated this 24th day of November. 1903. H. M. MCOMBER, 22-8t Village Collector. Ca*hier in Jail. Francis B. Wright, cashier of the First National bank of Dundee which closed its doors last week, was taken in­ to custody Monday on the charge of embezzling $60,000. He was lodged in jail because he could not furnish $20,000 bond. If he secures bondsmen he will return to Dundee to await action of the grand jury. He has retained Judge Botsford of Elgin as his legal adviser. An English sailor who was watching a Chinaman placing a dish of rioe by a grave inquired: "When do yon expect your friend to come out and eat? "Same time as your friend come out to smellee flowers you put," retorted Li. Subscriptions D\ie. Ou the 7th of November we issued subscription statements that amounted to $1,200, but returns thus far have been very small. These ac counts should all be paid before January 1, 190*. AH accounts amount­ ing to $4 50 will be left in the hinds of a collection agency unless paid by the date mentioned. We W willing to give plenty of time, but the bills must be paid. Subscribers owing for one or two years are urgently re­ quested to call before the first of the year. Do not wait until three years baye rolled by. It is much easier to pay now. L O C A L B R I E F S New Ads This Week. J. Hurwitc ' Jacob Justen 4^ : S. S Chapell * ' F. A. Bohlander „ • Emil Snyder • ^ Elgin Butter Market. There were 325 tubs offered, with bidit of 25 cents, but no sales were made. The quotation committee declared the mar­ ket firm at 25 cents. Output fdr 4^ week 488,600 pounds. Read The Plaindealer "want" ads.. ? •Q.51 Have you noticed Osmun's stockot flannels? 1 - • 1 : ' mS'"" Big bargains '.n heating Stovee at MhK-, Omber's. ;*f Job work of all kinds neatly done jtt ,.3 this office. Read The Plaindealer advertisements. They are interesting. » Caps, Clothing. Shoes at prices hett«V than Chicago. --Osmnn Bros. "s Something of interest for you at Me-. Omber's if yon are in need of a heating stoye. A special price is being made for a short time on our line of heating stoniL F. L. McOmber. •K-: ' #^1 Anything in the hardware line from now to the end of the year at specially low figures at Osmun Bros. ; v For superior dye work leave yottr goods with E. Lawlus. Satisfaction guarantee-. I. 20-tf "* i A heating stove you are in need off We are offering our line at special low prices for a short time only. F, L Ugh; Omber. McHenry was visited with the ftw .-Jf snow fall of the season last Friday, jnat enough to nicely cover the earth with a. ? |j mantle of white. ^ ^ Jos. Heimer is making preparation ̂ to give a dance at the McHenry House ball on New Year's eve, December 81. Watch for posters. M The cold weather during the past ,lilt weeks has been unfavorable for COHn husking by machinery and as a conse­ quence the work has been slow. Coroner Joseph S. Maxon is a candi­ date for renomination. He sayB that h? is anxious for the office and will take ttll honorable means to secure the same. V ,"'VS! V Just enough snow to spoil the skat­ ing and not enough for coasting. Jnat imagine the feeling of animosity ex­ isting between the small boy and the weather man. If there are any whom we have failed to see who desire a lot of 1904 calendars they should call and make a selection at once. There are many nioe samplea left, but the time is now short. Local hunters shonld bear in that it is unlawful to use ferrets in hunting rabbits. No true sportsman would use a ferret for such purposes, aa rabbits are "easy game" under any <$r- cumstances. Work on the new Borden ice bouse ia progressing rapidly. From present dications the ice crop will be harvested earlier this season than in many years past. The ice on the pond is now eight inches thick, > > , Many people have complained abdst the slippery condition of the cement walk in front of the west side pnetoffioa. Why that particular stretch of walk should be more slippery than other cem­ ent walks is a mystery. How GML the defect be remedied? Leo. W. Walmsley, mail carrier «Br rural route No. 1, has purchased a regu­ lation mail wagon and will now make his long trips with some comfort. The wagon is entirely enclosed, thns shut­ ting out the cold winds. The wagon is, resplendent in colors and is neatly lettered. If you have anything to sell and real­ ly wish to dispose of it, try an adv ia The Plaindealer want column. Whetli* er it be a yellow dog or a 200 acre farm your chances are good for finding a pur­ chaser. Read the ads that appear this week. It is a good place, also, to ad­ vertise for tenants. The Woodman dance on Thanksgfe^ ing evening was a success in every waj. Will Reed furnished excellent music, aa usual, and the entertainment committee left no stone unturned in making the event agreeable to all. About 100 coup­ les were in attendance, a crowd that is easily accommodated in the large hall. Never before was stove wood as scarce as it is this year. There is plenty of timber in the country, in fact but little impression has been made in the foresta during the past twenty years. There was little wood cot this fall and this was all bought up long ago. Many farmers will commence cutting wood soon and all can be supplied if the roeda remain in good condition. The Hubbard property, at the corps* of Elm and Court streets, was sold for the third time last Saturday, John Hne- tuanu being the last purchaser. His bid was $1,150. Those who bid in the prop* erty on the two former occasions would not accept the property. The lot aloMw in comparison with other lots and prieaa asked for them about town, is wortli ft ,000. and with some repairs the h >ase will be made a comfortable residence Wt » K;|| • W: • % y:9 ... ^ ; rs "4 "58 .-.-JSI i • k