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PURELY PERSONAL , J. H. Miller was a Chicago caller Sat- ... ttgday. Dr. and Mrs. Ross spent Saturday in Chicago. t Mrs. Spaulding was ft Chicagovisitor Tuesday. John Swadish was a Chicago visitor • last Friday. " Peter Schreiner has been seriously ill the past week. ' O. N. Owen transacted business in 4he city Friday. Jos. Diedricb transacted business in Chicago Wednesday. "Cassie Eldredge visited at Algonquin Friday and Saturday.," N. EL Barbian was a business caller ft the city Wednesday. Mrs. Geo. W. Besley has been serious­ ly ill tbe past few days. Clark Jacobs of Nunda was a Mo- Henry caller yesterday. Dora Stoffel is home from the Elgin academy for tbe holidays. Mrs. W. <j. Evanson and son were Chicago visitors Wednesday. . Chas. D. Schoonmaker and son, C&arles, were in Chicago Friday. Miss Annie Miller spent tbe first <4 the week with friends in Chicago. Miss Rosina Reynolds spent Saturday and Sunday with Chicago friends Mrs. John Krause and son. Walter, Vfikited at Nunda last week Friday. Ed. Cobb is here to spend the holiday Vacation with h's mother and brother, v Henry Poile of Wheaton called on McHenry friends a few days last week. Ed. Granger spent Saturday and Sun­ day with his brother, A. C., in Chicago Jas. Fitzsimrnons of Chicago is visit­ ing at the home of Mrs. M. A. Searles. ,)T. L. McOmber and son, Lewis, were in Chicago Monday to see Santa Claus. Miss Josephine Engeln of Kenosha. Wis., is the guest of home folks this week. Mrs. Wm. Carey and son of Spring Grove were shopping in Me Henry yes- . fifday- Fred Glasshagle and daughter, Ida, visited with John Krause and family Sunday. x Will Kimball of Chicago has been vis­ iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kimball. Mrs. Hicks of Palatine was a guest at tbe home of her daughter, Mrs. W. C- : Svanson. last week. John Kranse and Chas. Miller of West Chicago visited with John Krause and fitnily over Sunday. W. D. Went worth and two youngest daughters went to Chicago Tuesday -to interview Santa Claus. Theo. D. Talmadge of Hutchison, Kas, palled on Geo. E. Osmun and family a few days ago. Paul Woostet, Everett Sherman and Floyd Snnderlin of Woodstock spent Sunday with friends here. i Mr. and Mrs. JoLn Davis of Kenosha, J Wis., are visiting tbe latter's parents, i Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Mead, this week, j Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Gilbert of Chica- ' go are visiting at the home of tbe lat­ ter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Colby. Sam'l McDonald's son, Henry, came home from Nunda this week on account of sickness, having contracted a severe oold. Don Richards, Will Connelly, Ada Richards and Ida Haniford of Wood­ stock attended the party here Saturday evening. Miss Nellie Clemens of Charlevoix, Mich., is here to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Clemens. x Mrs. Wm.Huson, The Plaiudealer's Vblo correspondent, was in McHenry Tuesday and made a pleasant call at this office. Sam Zimmerman, who has been at \ tending Armour Institute in Chicago, dame out Saturday evening to spend the holidays with his parents. Miss Katie Suhreiner of Aurora, John fk&reiner'and Mrs. Wm. Smith of El­ gin were called home Tu« sday by tbe serious illness of their father, Peter 8chreiner. Mrs. Paul Brown of Glenooe is here caring for her father, O. W. Owen, who is still very feeble. We are pleased to state however that he is holding his own with a stout heart. Geo. B. White, agent for the valvaline Oil Co. of South Chicago, was here yes terday inspecting the McHenry agency • of which W. H. Strawser is manager. He found the local business in a most satisfactory condition. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Parker, former residents in thi$ vicinity, now of Far«o, 8. D., are visiting at the home of Charles Granger near Wauconda. Mr. Parker {•successfully conducting a three-qnar tier section farm near Fartfo, making a specialty of raising hot-ses for marked A Ronton Train Wrecked. 2,, While on its v»y to Belvidere early • Friday morning the Borden condensed milk special ran into an open switch at : Harvard and collided with a work train. / The injured are F. A. Rhodes, Chicago, /' engineer work train, jumped, internal injuries; Eastman, fireman work train, fell from cab, sustained broken shoulder; L. E. Krauder, Chicago, engineer milk train, remained at bjs post, internal in­ juries; Carl Hansen, Janesville, fireman milk train, jumped, colliding with a switch signal, both arms broken. Phy- sfcian* in charge of the injnred are of fhe belief that they will recover. Items Clipped from Tbe Plaindealar ef December SO, 187S. Thermometer 30 degrees below aero Tuesday morning. Party for the benefit Of the German school at the McHenry House tomorrow evening. Sunday was a bad day on the feet Wooden shoes had to be resorted to in several instances. The youngest daughter of Joseph Buch died on Wednesday last of mem­ branous croup, aged three years, five months and thirteen days. Tickets have been issued for a party at the Parker House in this village, and Tidmarsh's Quadrille band of Waucon­ da will furnish the mania Joseph Wiedeman had his annual family Christmas tree last evening, and it was as fine a one as we ever saw, be­ ing beautifully illuminated with wax tapers and well fc&ded with preeents for all, especially the little ones. There is now more snow on the ground in this section than has been known for a long time at this time of year, there being from fifteen to eight­ een inches. On Saturday it snowed all day and, what is remarkable for this latitude, the wind did not blow. There is one good thing about this electric light When a man's collar button gets away from him and starts on an exploring expedition across the room, he can look under the bureau for it without resorting to the dangerous and unsatisfactory expedient of laying a glass kerosene lamp down on its side on the floor. That is, if the impression we have received' is correct, that the electric light makes all light and no shadow. NO CONCESSIONS MADE. Strike of Men Working at Hordes lee Howie Not a 8ncc«*sa. McHenry was the scene of a strike, on a sin all scale, Monday, which did not tcouic i nviwuij tvi nuc Dbiiavio. AUC men, about fourteen in number, who work inside the house, have been re­ ceiving $1.76 for a day's work, but on Monday some of them concluded that the work was worth $2.00 and induced their fellow workmen to make a de­ mand for that amount. ' Tbe demand was met with a flat re­ fusal and the men were given the privi­ lege of remaining at the old wages or walking out. A few stuck to their work, while most of the men quit. It was impossible to get men to take their places at once an.i as a consequence the quantity of ice running up the slides was diminished during the rest of that day. On Tuesday morning, however, most of the strikers went back to work and now all iB serene at the Borden. The men working outside receive $1.50 a day, being twenty-five cents less than those who work inside receive, but tbey have made no demands for more pay. It is true that the men in the bouse are compelled to hustle in keeping the stream of ice cakes out of the way, but they receive the same wages that is paid at all ice fieldB throughout this region. Klegant Home. Nick Bohr's house on Green street is nearly completed and is one of the best in McHenry, which is saying much, for we have several elegant homes in the village. The bouse contains ten rooms besides several closets, halls and bath room, all finished in oak and cypress. The plumbing is all outside the walls, the pipes being bronzed. Tbe basement is divided into several apartments, for furnace, fuel, vegetables, laundry, etc. Everything about the house is thorough­ ly modern and tbe mason work especial­ ly is the finest in McHenry. Mr. Bohr is an excellent workman in that line himself. He put forth his best efforts and took plenty erf time in doing the work. The front porch is built entirely of cut stone, while on both porches the posts rest on Corinthian columns made of cut stone. Cement walks exteud from tbe street to the front and back doors. Mr. Bohr and family are now occupying the house altho the interior is not entirely finished. ^ Emergency Warning*. Postmaster Waite has received the following letter from Willis. L. Moore, of the U. S. Weather Bureau, which speaks for itself: "I have the honor to bring to your attention the fact that the name of your office is on the list to receive the 'Emer­ gency Warnings' of the Weather Bu­ reau, which are sent, when occasion jus­ tifies, by telegraph at Government ex­ pense, for the benefit of the public. " 'Emergency Warnings' are issued by this bureau when the conditions are favorable for tropical hurricanes,, or storms and cold waves of unusual se­ verity, and I shall be pleased if you will give these warnings as wide a circula­ tion as possible for the benefit of agri­ cultural and other interests in jour section." Good Money In Well Ked Hogs. John Phalin delivered to Wattles & Eldredge forty-four seven-months-old hogs weighing on an average 345 pounds each. He received 4i cents a pound, or nearlv $460 for the bunch. The hogs were grade Chester Whites. They were fed and cared for by Patrick Conway, who is entitled to the blue ribbon -as • successful feeder. HAPPENINGS IN M'HENRY cANO ADJACENT COUNTIES. A Miscellaneous Assortment of News Items In Condensed Form For Gosven- lenee of Busy People. Presiding Elder Earngey, of the Rockford district of the M. E. church, has been given a raifee of salary from $3,000 to $2, 200. Forty acres of land In Caledonia township, Boone county, sold the other day at $105 per acre. The place is un­ improved aud is not fenced, but is good farm land. The Borden condensing factory at Woodstock is nearing completion. Milk bottling will be the first operation, but it is expected to condense milk in the near future: . Patrick McCabe, undoubtedly the oldest resident of McHenry county, died at his home in Hartland Friday morning, aged 102 years, and was buried the following Snnday. Nunda Herald: The general store of Earl and Carl Colby at Speucer, Wis,, burned Tuesday night The " loss was total, with some insurance. The store was set on fire by enemies of the owner of the building. The boys are expected home this week. Jrs. Anna Simons, for many years a lent of Johnsbnrgh, died Thursday, Dec. 18. at 7:45 p. m., at the Northern Illinois hospital in Elgin, aged about seventy-one years. Up to one year ago she resided in Johnsbnrgh, but since that time she has been atr different in­ stitutions for treatment, she having be­ come feeble minded. She was born in Schleiten, county Bittburg, Germany. There are three step-children living, as follows: Barney Simons, Chicago; John Simons, Johns­ bnrgh; Mrs. LncyjBuch, McHenry. The busbuud died about four years ago. The remains were brought here from Elgin Saturday by Undertaker Jacob Justen and the funeral was held at St. John's church, Johnsburgh, Sunday morning. Rev. Fr. Mehring officiating. The tollowing relatives from Chicago attended the funeral: Bartlett Simons and wifr; Mesdaines Philip Seller, Hen­ ry Anhold, Jos. Buchhard, Michael RoisepAnnie Jacobs, John Schneider. / CARD OF THANKS. The relatives desire to express ttieir thanks thru these columns for the as­ sistance of neighbors and friends during the days of grief. SueeamlM to Paralysis After aa Illness sf •tight Days. Ajred Sixty-eight Years--Fu­ neral Monday Morning. Mrs. John Walsh died at her home in this village on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 10, at four o'clock, afcer an illness of eight days. Mrs. Walsh suffered a stroke of paralysis on the 11th of this month and despite the best efforts of medical skill and the best of care, the disease spread, finally reaching the vitals. At no time was the brain af* fected and the patient was conscious to the last. She peacefully passed away, surrounded by the sons and daughter at the h6ur stated above, and if she suf­ fered she did not reveal the fact tu the loved ones, accepting the call from on high with true Christian contentment. Mrs. Walsh had been in poor health for some years, and the children were at all times anxious about her condition, believing that heart disease might event­ ually cause her death. She under­ went a severe nervqus strain several years ago that, shattered her health. During a long illness of her son, Dan, (who died about seven years ago, aged thirty-six years) Mrs. Walsh insisted on SANTA CLAUS AND CHRISTMAS. toys at Fstsadrtfe One of the first tragedies ofTira^ls when the child begins to doubt the ex­ istence of Santa Clans. In recent years there have oome forth somber writers who have argued that it was sinful to delude children in any way, even for the sake of cultivating the imaginations. The Puritan con­ science developed to the extreme point has been responsible for a large part of this work, and its most earnest teachers have been women, many of whom had no children of their own. It would be a loss of time to argue with them, for their logic brooks no resist- anco, and they can quote all the human and divine authority against yon. You cannot take logic , and establish by its rigid rules justification for telling anything but the exact truth, and yet if we all told the exact truth what a world of misery it would be! The sta­ tistics of suicide would probably inter­ fere with the population figures within a month. We must, therefore, Tegard good old Santa Claus as a concession to ideality, and if we cannot have intellectual li- sense in the support and embellishment of our ideals, then we must give up the real joys of life and live by arithmetic. If we take from^hildhood the fancies that belong ^o it^we rob)it °f ,t8 r®*! happiness. A strictly / matter-of fact child is one of the mo^t pitiful things on earth, and a life lived out along these lines is as mournful as a funeral procession. It is a great gratification to note the increase of a decision in education as well as in home training to stimulate the imaginations of the children. It is this work which gives the great­ er promise in after years of tbe larger discoveries in knowledge. The child who has his dreams may in after years dream some of the greater thing* of science, and it frequently hap­ pens that the fancies of one generation become the realities of another. Our greatest philosopher told us to hitch our wagon to a star. In that ex­ pression he gave the idea of hard work and high aim, of the ambition above mere pulling and plodding that lifts civ­ ilization to a loftier plane and humane effort to larger miracles with each stage of the world's growth. Good old Santa Clans is much more Those who condemn Christmas or than an ideal of our greatest holiday. who would discount Santa Claus utter- He is distinctly useful; he is a pro- ly underestimate the value of the day test against human selfishness and and the character of the patron saint against the stress and greed of these We are the heirs of tfoe ages, and days, when the universal scramble is what we do, and what we wear, and for money and personal advantage. what we think, and what we have, are No man understood the spirit of simply the improvement upon what Christmas better than Charles Dickens, centuries of heredity have brought -and he used a phrase which sums up down to us. the situation in a peculiarly telling ef- Originally, tbe span of time which feet. He says Christmas is the time has become the Christmas-tide was a when we should leave our boarding pagan feast, with pagan ideals and pa schools, where we spend the year doing gan observances. It was a saturnalia, sums in arithmetic, and go home to rest aud not a season of peace and good and enjoy ourselves. will. Santa Claus rings the bell and lets It took many years to lift it from its the grown-ups, as well as tbe little debasement, and even fifteen oenturies ones, out of their tasks for a season of failed to make it anything like what it better things, and he is a poor worker should be. who is not glad to drop his problems of Four hundred years ago in England it dollars and cents and rnsh to the enjoy- was a round of revelB presided over by ment of those things which have to do the Lord of Misrule, and in Scotland more with the human heart than with the pocketbook. We have couie to the stage of prog­ ress when the mere act of selfish ac- the Abbot of Unreason managed the gaming, tbe conjuring and tbe pastimes until the Christian preachers thundered against the evils of his reign and parlia- cumnlation cannot be considered the ment dethroned him by solemn law. •noblest work in life. We even have millionaires who declaie that it is a sin to die rich. We have sensible men and women who estimate their usefulness by what they give, and not by what they keep. From this the spirit has been raved without the sin" and the very absence of logic from the observance of the day constitutes its chief charm There is, for instance, every reason why a man could save his money by not The most practic al church is the one making Christmas presents, and yet at from which radiates the mo*t -enter- the same time there is every reason prises of charity and benevolence and why he should spend his money by mak practical philanthropy. Into otir na- *n8 Christmas presents. tional life has c.me the broader view destroys all the rules of Science wherein selfish business considerations by taking sunshine into homes which give way to the profitable exercise of the 8an cannot enter- genei-osity He pats npon deHth itee,f fche 8mi,e All of these tendencies and influences of life and he starts the whole year with those fancies freshened hearts and finer ambitions. may be traced back to aud kindnesses which we throw around childhood--and the greatest prince of all this goodness is Santa Claus. Of course, Santa Clans is illogical. He exists just as surely as Uncle Sam To deny the existence or the useful­ ness of such a saint is to commit a crime against the most precious joys of life, to draw clouds over childhood and to rob the unfortunate of the only and John Bull exist, and in far greater pleasures tnat come to them in the reality to the thousands who look to dreary years. bim for remembrances and favors. He enriches us by impoverishing us. He takes all our money and gives us back a lot of things which no money can buy--good fellowship, love of fam­ ily, the smiles <>f children, toleration, good cheer, K<x»d bumor. good living. \ So on Christmas day, says the Illinois State Journal, put Santa Claus over all rules of business, above all convictions of politics, above all thoughts of self, and let him hold full sway in the thought* and hearts of yourselves and those around you. A new importation of horse* from France arrived at Oaklawn, the Dun­ ham farm, last week, coming through from New York by express ii» .26 h> urs The special train consisted of five cars containing 70 head of horses. The ex­ press charges from New York to Wayne were $250 per car, or $1,250 for the train. Wants $S,000 Ditinagen. The first suit to be filed in Lake coun­ ty as a result of tbe wreck qn the St Paul road at Round Lake last summer was entered Thursday in tbe circuit court, in which William Jackson of Fox Lake sues the company for $5,000 dam­ ages for injuries snst.iined in the wreck Bis attorneys are Messrs. Orvis of Wau- kegan aitdtha case is fixed for the March term. JWhile several suits against the company were filed in Chi- caK°. this is the first case in which the plaintiff is a Lake county person and in which the wreck matter will be heard in Lake county. b« Whom Luiiiciug. nursing him at all times. For ten Last week a local character at Lake weeks sbe was constantly at his bed- Geneva been me tired of loafing about side, with scarcely any rest whatever. Toang Ladles' Card Party. Have yon made arrangements to at­ tend the card party to be given at Buch'8 ball on the evening of December 29, under the auspices of tbe Young Ladies'society of St. Mary's church? It promises to be a great social event. A progressive cinch game will begin at eight o'clock, sharp, prises to be award­ ed to the wiuners. After the game re­ freshments will be served, then dancing will be in order. Mr. and Mrs. Hapke will furnish tbe music. Do not fail to attend this party. Yon will surely be royally entertained bjr the ladlst, .. the streets during th»- intense oold • weather, and like Brainy Bowers de- ' vised a plan whereby he could procure cheap lodgings. He therefore stole au overcoat that hung in front of a store, fully expecting that he would land in the county jail when captured. The marshal had uo difficulty in recovering the coat, but was onto the hobo's gaibe and would not. make an arrest. ,_>bis aronsed the ire of the bum and he gave the officer a severe berating. Every village should have a .-tone pile for such characters or vagrants. He is Popular. Waukegan Sun: According to the expresniou of a political leader of Mc­ Henry county to a Sun reporter, Lurnan 1'. tloy of Woodstock, .VlcHenry7 comity, will in all probability become a candi • late for secretary of state on the Repub lican state ticket. Mr. Hoy is secretary of the state central committee and is a prominent politician in this district, and is also secretary of the state board of pharmacy. ing a former McHenry boy: "A-sel Stevens, who left the clerkship in the spring department at the wire works to take charge of the new milk depot, was surprised to receive from fellow employes of the department a handsome gold watch as au evident^ of their regard for biin." Receive* a Gold Watch. The Waukegan Sun last week con­ tained the following paragraph concern- with sympathizers of the bereaved By this sbe proved her devotion to her children, altho it meant the ruination of her own health. Since the day she was strickeu with paralysis the chil­ dren have surely shown that the loving mother's devotion was fully reciprocat ed They have constantly been at her Itedside, doing all in their power to comfort her during tbe last days on earth. Mary Pendar, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Pendar, was born invlreiand on tbe 2nd of February, 1886. Sbe was inarri"*! to John Walsh forty-five years axo, »'id they resided in Ireland until 1»71 ,wh«n they came to America, lo­ cating at Kox Lake. In ltt72 tbey came to McHenry, where tuey continued to reside up to the present time. Niue cliiliieu were boru to Mr. and Mrs. Walsh, six of whom, with the father, who is eighty-two years old, are left to mourn. Two infants died in Ireland. Those who survive are John, MqHenry; Mrs. Mntdoou. Robey, lnd.James M., Chicago; M.J. and Maggie. McHenry; Thomas P., Grayslake. All but the latter were boru in Ireland. The funeral was neld Monday fore­ noon at ^t. Patrick's church, Rev. P. M. O'Neil officiating. The chuh-h was family aud friends of the deceased. t. : Half Kh4»h to State Teachers' Meeting at Springfield, ill., Yia the North-Western Line. Excur­ sion tickets will be sold at one fere for round trip on Dec. 29, 80 and.81, limited to return until Jan. 1, 1904, inclusive. Apply to Agents Chicago & North- tfesternity. Dea 81. The Jury in the case of Mrs. Mclntyre and daughter vs B. H. Anderly and James Triggs awarded to Mrs. Mclntyre $2,500 damages, because of the death of her husband while intoxicated shortly after having drank at Anderly V bar, Mr. Triggs being made a party to the suit as owner of the building in which Anderly conducted the saloon. The defense set up a theory of nqjurder and was supported by testimony of ex­ pert physicians. Dr. Weil of Peoria, who with two others held the post mor­ tem over Mclntyre's body, stated posi­ tively death was not due to alcoholic poison, as claimed by the prosecution, but from strangulation. This was con­ sidered damaging evidence for the pros­ ecution, but Dr. Weil afterward quali fied his statement by saying he believed the man's condition was such from al­ coholic poisoning that he was too feeble to shake off the conditions that made him strangle to death. Attorney Quinn for the prosecution made much of this evidence, his point being that Mr. Mclntyre was lying on the ground in such a cramped up condi­ tion that when the choking oame o- him his feebleness prevented him from stiaightening out and shaking off the strangulation. On this point, the liquor having been purchased from the defend­ ant in tbe suit, the plaintiffs claimed that had Mclntyre not visited that sa loon that night, and had the attack of strangulation come on he would have been himself enough to have overcome the choking, and thus he would likely have lived. Quinn's plea was a splendid effort and the defense believe his oratory had more induence with the jury than facts in the case, and that a reversal of the ver- diot is certain if a new trial is granted for which they ask, or in the event of an appeal, their last recourse. They feel very oonfident of ultimate victory. A NOVEL 8CHEME* Of Rabbit Hunting Devised by Pal Man. Lake Otto Muehrcke. the well known Fox Lake resort proprietor, got a half col­ umn in the Snnday Tribune on a unique method of hunting rabbits--the use of a phonograph instead of the ferret. Before starting out on his shooting trip he takes his ferret to the machine in which he has inserted a fresh regis tering cylinder. Pinching the creature before the instrument, he accumulates a series of hysterical squeaks upon the wax cylinder, which is calculated to bring terror to the biggest bunny that ever holed up in the woods of Lake county. Then with the machine under one arm and the gun under the other, the hunter is ready. Before a burrow showing fresh tracks in the snow, the hunter places the detonating barrel of the machine, clicks the starter, and in a moment there is a series of excited shrieks, and chatterings, and squeaks and gnashings of teeth reverberatiug through the bnnny burrow, making the Miller's station dug out and the automatic trio look lees than thirty cents. A Washington park hostler couldn't hold the rabbit from bolting, and at the psychologic moment the hunter takes the cottontail on the jump. Nearly FImiIwI. During the cold snap last week the water pipes at Gilbert Bros.' store froze and all efforts to thaw them out were without result Tbe faucet on tbe second floor was left open without Mr. Gilbert's knowledge, and Snnday nigbt, when no one was near, the ice became loose and the water flowe-i. By chance Orten Gilbert pat«ed the store late in the evening and heard the water run ning in the building. It was but the work of a moment to shnt off the stream, but not until a miniature lake had formed on tbe floor. No great dam age was done, but had not Orten been passing at the opportune hour, Gilbert tiros, would now have a large quantity t>f "watered stock." One Week of Graoe. Subscribers who are delinquent thm years or more should bear in mind thai they have only one more week in which to make a settlement before account> are left in the handH of our attorneys in Chicago. Some have called and made arrangements to pay soon and they will not be included in the list. We ba\« been lenient to the last degree and cat- not spend the time to go after each ac­ count individually, and for this reas«m the business of collecting will be let . with the collection agents There ar. still many who are owing for one or two years. They are requested to call be­ fore the first of the year. Great Millinery Sate, For tbe best of reasons Mrs. J. H. Spaulding will offer for the nest six weekB their entire stock of millinery, also dress linings and trimmings, at or below cost. The entire stock oust be closed out within sixty days. This is a genuine sale and uo sham. Come and see for<jourself. It will pay you if you are not in immediate need of ribbons, velvets, feathers, ornaments, hats, etc., to buy at these prices. Also anyone knowing themselves indebted to ui are kindly asked to oome and settle same within that time. Respectfully, Mas. 4, a. s âwu*h% New Ada VMS Wwte; 3. Burwits \ 'v Osmun Bros. \ ^ S. 8. Chapel*. M. J. Walsh '/ . F. L. McOmber - Illinois Coputral B. R. '. 7. Herbes - • Klgtn Utrtter Maf-k«t, ' Butter ruled firm at 24 cents on board ̂ of trade, being one cent undgr Jpsfc week's price. The ontpht for the weefe was 448,000 pounds. * 1 , ' ?:• Toys at Petesch's. 1 i Inventory sale. Osmun Bras. Warranted dye work at SS, La wins'. Cut--cut--cut--on olothing.4 Q6mna Bros. ' v Read The Plaindealer advertisements^^ They are interesting *$1 Remember the card party: At hall, Tuesday evening, December 29. "The Mad Marriage, or The Gypsy's 8ecret" at Stoffel s hall January band 9. Mr. Harvey Price and Miss Dora A. ^ Besley were married in Chicago yester­ day. • ; ' The Plainuealer wishes Its restfeftr and advertisers, one and all, a Merry- Christmas. _ ^ Edward Anderson has opened a jxm- fectionery store in the Bonslett buildinc^ near the mill race. >' About fifty men are employed har­ vesting ice from the mill pond this week. The ice is of excellent quality,, about sixteen inches thick. 4$v The McHenry public sch.x>ls closed Tuesday evening for the holiday vaca-'^-; tion and will not open again until V January 11. That was not a storm eloud that hid/4 the sun Tuesday afternoon, nor was it an eclipse. It was only Depntv Sheriff Charlie Waudr&ck driving in iron j Woodstock. Merchants in all lines, especially y - dealers in holiday goods, have been do* -•'* .viis injf a rushing business this week.. Wheeling is good and people oome, to,"' McHenry from long distances. • Do not forget that a dance will be given at the McHenry House hall Tbnrs- g ̂ day evening, December 81. Good mus- ^ ic, good Bupper and a good time prom- ised by the jolly proprietor. Jos. Heimer. < ^ As in the past I am in the market for' 4 - all kinds of furs, paying the highest market price for same. Drop me card and I will can on you. 20 tf C. S. Howakd, McHenry. Thedanoe at St offers hall on Nwr ̂ Year's evening, January 1, gives prom­ ise of being a big success. Reed's full orchestra will be present and no pains will be spared in giving the patrons the best of everything. An elegant supper . will be served. ;• ,*.«$ f When any item of drug store goods is .̂ • i wanted yon will save time and money by coming to us fur it Oar aim is to; provide everything that a modern drug atore should supply aud to furnish the right quaaty at the right price. We want to be your druggixt Petesch. -> While eujoying the iioiiday festivities do not forget, the pleasant -vents that follow. Tbe McHenry Dramatic olub is preparing a play tbat will be just a little bit better than anything that has oeen presented iu years, "The Mad Jiarriage, or Tbe Gypsy a Secret " Be- member tbe dates- -.lauuary 8 and 9. During the next wee* many people will leave towu to uiafce holiday visit auu many people will be entertained .>ictlenry people. It v\ ill be impo^ tor tbe reporter to get all this u without assistance, yv e have >teui c-s ou both aides of towu, and would greatly pleased to havt* them filled n*. week. - With its last i-wue the harvard He1 <tld euteretl its lliu volume. Tue Hi •tid is a ui 4< t oi u>aiu*>s auu euteii ^rise. fbe only way rfe cau express our idea-* la regard t>» its in*<e up is *ay that auy country paper in Hhnois . oold tearu a 4e». tuiugs from The ileraid. i. , Tbe Domestic Scifeuce uldb will meet iu i he rooms oi the Ale lirury Pleasure tub ou Tuesday alu-ruoou at tbe usual uour Subject tor di.-~cus.-iou: " Gener- Aid to uousvkt fpittg " ludi mem­ ber is i> quested tu be prepared U> re* pond to roil call with a quotation or -uggestiou pertiut-ut to the aUne sub- f ject. Airs Wiu Sieveu* will read an ^ atereeting paper. iUl members sbo«ld | attend if p"wivh>.* ~ 1 Earl Waite, who receutly passed the civil service examiuatiou as railway mail clerk, received word from head­ quarter* Tuesday that he would soon oe called to duty as a substitute in the tenth divUiou, which includes Minn#* sot a and Wisconsin. His salary - $o he* gin with is at the rate of $8U0 a year, but he may not be employed steadily during the first few mouths, and hs may get a regular run at any time. Earl is a steady, industrious young man, ha* no bad habits, and we predict that be wilt not be long in reaching the top. Chas. Heimer also passed toe examina­ tion, but has not yet received a call " <?• '