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VOLUME XXX. McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1904. L PURELY PERSONAL The ball game at the park last Satur­ day between the McHenry RegtilftTS and the Ostendr team was mostly a pitchers' battle, that is most of the put-outs in the game were due to the mysterious curves of the pitchers. Walsh was feel­ ing real «ood and retired fifteen men ^without hitting the ball. Whiting struck out ten men and allowed only four hits, while only two bits were recorded off Walsh's delivery. Only seven innings were played as the Ostend players were compelled to go home. The following score tells better than words: M'HENRY WINS ANOTHER- Walnh'a Benders are too Much for the Ball ToHen from Oatend. Peter Heimer spent Monday in Elgin. Mrs. John J. Buch was a Chicago vis­ itor yesterday. Miss Jessie Wells visited in Chicago a few days this week. R. E. McClean of Woodstock spent Sunday with friends here. - Miss Curr of Elinhurstwas here this week giving music lessons. Garry Bacon of Chicago spent Sun­ day with McHenry friends. John Ralston was out fron Chicago Sunday to visit his parents. 1 Casper Bickler of Chicago was the guest o' his mother Sunday. u L. W. Jackson of Chicago spent Sun­ day at the home of S. Reynolds. Stephen H. Freuhd transacted busi­ ness in the windy city Monday. Miss Clara L. Wightman of Chicago is home for the summer vacation. W. T. Wells of Chicago spent Sunday with his brother, Dr. D G. Wells. Eugene Matthews of Elgin was the guest of McHenry friends Sunday. Mrs. Minnie Buchert is spending a few days with her son at Richmond. Wm. Thurlwell and Will Kranse were Elgin visitors Wednesday of last week Mrs. W. F. Gallaher and daughter, Bel, were Woodstock callers Wednes­ day. \ D. F. Hanly, John Hueman and John Relihan were Chicago passengers Tues­ day. Miss Susie Nimskern is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Young thiB week. Mrs. Ami! Dittert of Chicago has been the guest of Mrs. Geo. Schreiner for a week. Mrs. Price of Genoa Junction- spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Price. Mrs. George Sommers of Worth, 111., is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. A. C. " Friedley. Miss Bernice Kimball spent Sunday with Hon. and Mrs. P. A. Armstrong at Morris, 111. Miss Bertha Buchert is spending the week with relatives at Richmond and Genoa Junction. Marjorie Hill of Chicago is visiting with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Wightman. Mrs. J. J. Davis of Kenosha is here this week, the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Mead. James Knight of Chicago is here this week, visiting his grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. H. T. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Walsh of Elgin were Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walsh. Mr. and Mrs. Farnswortb of Chicago are visiting at the home of the latter s sister, Mrs. J. D. Lodte. Mrs. Lulu Sherburne and son, Fred­ die, of Nunda visited last week at the home of B^H. Sherburne. Mr.andalrs. O. R. Stubenranch and daughter of Chicago are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Miller. Henry Poile and son, Lee, of Wheaton were guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Wightman the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Guerin of Green­ wood were in McHenry Monday calling OO friends and making purchases. Jesse Simpson returned Monday after spending nearly two weeks with rela­ tives in Chicago, Ivanhoe and Volo. Mrs. M. D. Smalley and daughter of Chicago visited oyer Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs Anton Engeln. Mr. and Mrs. John Young attended a family gathering at the home of Frank Nimskern in Spring Grove last Sunday. Captain Howard Perry and family of Denver are visiting at the htf&V of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James B. Perry. Mrs. S. Stoffel and daughter, Dora, left Monday morning for St. Louis to jtttend the fair. They will accompany the Royal League excursion from Chi-' cago. Mrs. Emily Parrish of Ravens wood returned to the city Sunday evening. She cameont Saturday evening with her son, Preston, who will visit awhile with the Sayler children. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Colby of Lake Geneva spent Tuesday with Mrs. A. Wolff and family. They left on Wed­ nesday for Pecatonica, 111., where they will make their future home. Mr. and Mrs. John Fay of Chicago are here this week enjoying their annual vacation. Mr. Fay, who is a great base ball enthusiast and also a good player, is coaching the Regulars in their prac­ tice games. Raymond Moes, the Plaindealer's ef­ ficient Spring Grove correspondent, was in McHenry Monday and took din­ ner with the editor and family. He was here getting out advertising matter for the celebration at Spring Grove tb Fourth. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Schoonmaker and children visited at the home of the for mer's mother, in Elgin Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday evening the ed­ itor attended a meeting of the alumni of the Hampshire high school, from which he graduated in 1091, over sixty members being present. Very Low Rate* to Clnetamtf, Ok to, Via the North-Western Line. Excnr sion tickets will be sold July 15, 16 and 17, with favorable return limits, on ac­ count of International Convention B and P. Order of Elka. Apply to agents Chicago A North-Western B-'y. Ad 17 the tale SCORE McHenry A. B. K H PO A E Justen, 1 f 4 2 0 0 0 0 Gibbs c 4 1 1 15 4 1 Heimer, 2nd b 4 2 0 2 0 0 EldredK«, s s 4 1 1 0 0 1 F. Sctareiwr, c f 4 1 1 0 0 0 Cobb, !Jd b 4 1 0 1 1 1 Multhews. r t 4 0 1 0 11 0 Zimmerman, istb 4 0 0 n 0 0 W. Scliroluer, I f 1 0 0 0 I 0 Walsli. p a 1 0 0 0 0 Total as » 4 21 G 2 Ostend A. B. K H PO A E Edgar Thomas, c i 3 0 0 0 0 0 li. iiollitt'husii, lstb t 1 0 8 0 1 H. Whiting. I f 8 0 0 1 0 0 Ebert Thomas, 3d b 8 0 1 0 0 2 Martiu, c 4 2 0 0 1 1 Pederson. 2ud b 3 0 I 2 3 2 Draper, s s a 0 a 1 0 0 A. Hollarbush, r f 3 2 0 0 0 0 Ed WiiitinK, P 4 0 0 0 0 0 Total 20 5 2 21 4 a Two base hit^-Eldredne. Struck out--by Walsh, 15; by Whiting, 10. Base on balls--off Walsh, 3; off WhitiiiK, 4. Game Next Saturday. NSxt Saturday the Regulars will meet the Elgin Crescents on the local dia­ mond. The Crescents played several games here last season aud proved them­ selves to be a formidable bunch of ball tossers. The same players are with the team this year and it should be much stronger than last season. The game will be called promptly at three o clock. Admission, 25 cents; ladies and children, 10 cents. CLEANING THE LAKE6. Weed* and Mack l)l»appe»r Before Dredge, Aiitlocli. the Chicago summer people who live around the shores of Fox lake an i Pista- kee bay, saw a queer looking craft mov­ ing across Fox Lake the other day, and hundreds of strangers were unable to make it out, says the Waukegan Sun Of all the strange looking craft on this favorite water wayf this boat, which is called the Antioch, is the oddest, jyhen seen the other day it was towing a long string of pontoon floats. But this boat has been the most use­ ful that has ever been brought to the region, for it has reclaimed hundreds of acres of shore land and has bniltislands. aIt has been doing work for nearlv all "the big Chicago colony that is located at the lake and bay. The boat works on the hydraulic system of dredging. By means of a submerged cutter and scrap­ er it takes out the great growth of veg­ etation on the bottom by the roots and cleans up the slime and undesirable depths. By a suction pipe all of the loose refuse is taken through a length of pipes off to the lowlands, where it is de­ posited. Thousands of cubic yards of gravel and sand are thrown up and spread out in places where a marsh has existed for years. All of the reeds and rice stalks have been taken out, which gives each home a clear sheet of water and a bank in front. The work has been continu­ ous, the boat passing along the shores, cleaning up the property of one owner after another, until miles of clean shore are seen. Supt. Trumbo says that the Antioch, which was built shortly after the rail­ road reached the lake, will be kept on the waters until one the most extensive improvements that was ever planned for any Illinois lake has beeu finished. The boat has a record of 1,641 cubic yards a day. ** FAIRBANK8 IN COLLEGE- .Ml, The Senator'* Struggle Depleted In He's Monthly (or July. Lea. EXCHANGE GLEANINGS. HAPPENINGS IN M'HENRY AND ADJACENT COUNTIES. Young Fairbanks, by farm work and wagoh making, had saved forty-one dol­ lars by the time he reached the age of fifteen years. With it and one suit oi clothes he entered Ohio Wesleyan Uni­ versity. He turned to account his ru- iliiuentary knowledge of carpentry by working on Saturdays for a local con­ tractor for one dollar and twenty-five cents a day. A few weeks after young Fairbanks arrived at college he fell and split his only trowsers beyond immediate repair It was necessary for him to borrow a pair from a fellow student, and the loan had to be continued because he was denied credit for a new pair at the stores of the town. He had to send home for his mother to make him an­ other pair. Working in coll ege during the college year and in the harvest fields in vaca­ tion, he was graduated from the col lege aud its law course at twenty. At twenty-two he was admitted to the Su­ preme Court of Ohio and later he went to Indianapolis. Fourth of July Excursion Kntea, Via the North-Western Line. Excur­ sion tickets will be sold at low rates to points on the North-Western system within 200 miles of selling station July 2, 3 and 4, good returning until July 5, inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago & North-Western By. Jui 2 A MiacellaneoUH AMtortment of News Itema In Condensed Form For Conven> fence of Uuay People Elgin is to build a new $60,000 school house. * An average of 400,000 people cross Brooklyn bridge every day. The Catholic church at Libertyville was destrctyed by fire Sunday, June 19 All of the interior furnishings were saved. The Lake Geneva Good Roads asso­ ciation has paid out $200 per day for the past five weeks for work done on the road around the lake. Twenty-five hundred Wall street clerks have been discharged recently. This means that suckers are growing fewer in number or that Wall street has all there is to get. Nunda Herald: Last Thursday even­ ing the Algonquin band reorganized, with a membership of 24. Geo. H. Helm was elected president, secretary and treasurer. J. Briggs of Carpenters- vilie has been secured as director. It is reported that Mosgrove brothers have recently fallen heirs to a fortune of $100,000.--Nunda Herald. The above article should read that someone else will fall heirs to that amount soon un­ less the Mosgroves mend their ways. Hebron Tribune: Geo. W. Conn, Jr., has disposed of his Oldsiuobile to E. F. Stratton and gone back to the reliable horse. He says that while horses some­ times go when you don't wan*, them to, the antos don't go when you wiuit them to. The averaee yield of tobacco in Wis­ consin for the past twenty-five years has been 1,22? pounds per acre, for which the growers received an average of 7 cents per pound. The total value of the state's tobacco crop during that, time was $43,000,000. The supreme court of Illinois routed the city ot Chicago recently and decided that Adam Wolf, city treasurer from 1895 to 1897, properly retained $82,799 in interest, as provided by a city ordi­ nance allowing him 60 per cent, of the income of the city's money and a state law allowing him 25 per cent. A few 17-year hwnsts have made their appearance, but they are simply the aAvauce guard of the army which is due next year. Some people claim that, this is the year for the locusts, but it is not. They were here in 1854, 1871, 1888 and will be here in 1905 if they are on time, and they surely are.--Marengo Republican. It is now proposed to authorize post­ masters and deputies to open letters on which no postage stamps have been placed te learn the name of the writer and avoid sending it to the dead letter office. If all who write world have their name aud address printed on the envelopes they use, as the post office department requests, no such trouble would arise. The largest plow in the world is owned by Richard Gird of San Bernar dino county, California. This immense agricultural machine stands 18 feet high and weighs 36,000 pounds. It ruDS by steam, is provided with twelve twelve-inch plowshares and is enable of plowing 50 acres of land in a day. It consumes from a ton to a ton and a half of coal in a day and usually travels at the rate of four miles an hour. To Huntley, 111., belongs the honor and the glory that might come from the claim of being the largest milk mar­ ket iu the whole country. Over 1,200 cans of milk are shipped from that sta­ tion each and every day in the year, which is. in roqud numbers, about 81,- 600 pounds. This does not include the milk that is turned into butter, into cheese, into condensed milk, into cream, into sugar and other products by the factories located there. WIN GOLD MEDALS. MImm Mabel and Florence Granger Take ' First Honors at Coucert in Nunda, •t the annual concert of the Nunda Mendelssohn-Shakespearean School of Music and Oratory last Tuesday even­ ing gold medals were v on fcy Misses Mabel and Florence Granger of this place. They were tied for first honors aud were each given a medal. In its article regarding the concert the Nunda Herald says: "The second annual programs given by the Mendelssohn-Shakespearean school Tuesday afternoon and evening were fairly well attended, and the ef­ forts of those taking part were from ev­ ery view-point successful. The rendi­ tions were very clever and' given with an ability that spoke much for the ear­ nest application anil the careful train­ ing given them by their instructors. "The final number on the program, with the exception of a selection by the orchestra, was" ft" cornet solo by Miss Elizabeth Whiting. In the short time in which Miss Whiting has been study­ ing she has attained a proficiency which is remarkable, and she gave for her number a very difficult oomposition, disappointing the audience, however. LOOK FOR GOOD SEASON. HOTEL MEN AT PISTAKEE PRE­ PARED FOR LARGE CROWDS. Nearly all Cottages at the Bay and along tlic River are now Occupied--Monster Crowd Booked for Saturday. Miss Antoinette Schillo entertained a number of friends over Sunday at her Pistakee Bay home. P. Barzen and wife and R. Weis, wife and daughter of Chicago stopped at Buch's resort over Sunday and succeed­ ed in landing a fine string of fish. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Newmeister of Chicago were Sunday guests at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Hunt, who oc­ cupy the Howe house on the river. The cottages at Rosedale will soon be occupied by the owners. ~ Mr. and Mrs. Johu Scheruian and Emil Lash have been out for some time. Emerald Park, one of the coolest and prettiest spots on the river, will soon be filled with life. F. X. Brandecker of Chicago, who spends nearly all his spare time fishing in McHenry, caught a fine string of black bass and p$bkerel last Sunday at McCollum's lake, the entire bunch weighing about fifty pounds. It was the beet catch of the season. SCHOOL DISTRICT CENSUS. Taken Last Week by Prof. E. C. ttsher- Shows a Population of 1878. L O C A L The school census of the McHenry district was taken last week by Prof. E. C. Fisher, showing a total popula\ tion of 1278 and the number of families represented, 316. Following is the rec­ ord in detail: Male Female Population, all agesl. 807 871 Under 21 years. 272 884 Under 6 years.... 64 85 Between 6 and 21 years.... -208 249 In other schools 9ft 40 Since the census was taken it lias been discovered that there is too great a difference between the number of children of school age and the actual number enrolled in the schools. This is a deplorable fact and is a condition that should not exist ih an enlightened community. There is no apparent rea­ son why parents should take their chil­ dren out of school before they reach the age of sixteen. There are some who do not wait until that age is reached, but allow their children to drop school work two or three years younger. Why is it If Have these parents no thought of the future of the boy or girl? It can­ not be the cry of poverty, for there are not six poverty stricken families in New Ads This Week. W. C. Evanson Joe. W. Freund Block & Bethke \ Wm. Bonslett R. H. Owen Variety Store Butter Market. Butter was firm at 17} cents on Elgin board of trade. Last week market was 17} cents. One hundred and ninety tube were sold at 18 cents. Total offerings were 240 tube. Qn ac­ count of Monday falling on July 4, the board will meet Saturday, July 2, at 11 m. SPRING GROVE WILL CELEBRATE. Grand Parade, {Speeches, Band Muiic, Ball Game and Fireworks. Spring Grove will celebrate the fourth .of July iu the good old fashioned way, all the program of the day to take place in Westlake's park. There will be.a parade of business floats, led by the Johnsburgh band of thirteen pieces, and the band will furnish music at the park all day. Speeches will be made by the Hon Fred L. Hatch, president of the board of trustees of Illinois University, and by the brilliant Waukegan attor­ ney, E. V. Orvis. The usual interest­ ing races and other contests of skill and endurance will take place, for which suitable prizes will be offered. During the afternoon and eyening a dance at the pavilion or town hall will attract the young people, for which the Johns­ burgh orchestra of seven pieces will furnish the music. In the afternoon a red hot ball game is to take place. Bring your dinners for an old fashioned picnic lunch. Ten Years In Bed. "For ten years I was confined to my bed with diseaselif the kidneys, "writes R. A. Gray, J. P., of Oakville, Ind. "It was so severe that I could not moye part of the time. I consulted the best medical skill available, but could get no relief uutil Foley* Kidney Cure was recommended to me. It has bfeen a God-send to me." Sold by G, W. Bee- ley, Wesjt McHenry, IU, McHENRY NATIVES. ' 1 ST-si' - • .• '.c, •;» ^V&'i - 6 " v *' ' • ) < r • „.,v "V*. • - w3V • i... • .&* .-.-ffljli .* Photo by Huemann. MORNING'S CATCH IN POX RIVEIL by denying a response to a very enthus­ iastic encore." Miss Whitingr1 a former McHenry girl, is the daughter of Amos D. Whit­ ing and sister of W. E. Whiting. Miss Katie Buch, the ten-year-old daughter of John J. Buch, also came in for a share of the honors by getting hou- orable mention. She lacked only one point of winning the silver medal. AN OLD SETTLER. Solon Mills Loses One IU West Cltlwms- James Overton, one of Solon Mills oldest and most respected citizens, died at his late home Sunday morning, June 26, aged 78 years and 19 days. Jauies Overton WHS born at Orby, Lincolnshire, England, June 7, 1826. Mr. Overton camp to this country with his mother, three brothers and two sis­ ters in 1844. They arrived on English Prairie on July 4th. His father and oldej>bfofcher came two years before to secure for theui a home. He worked for Jonathan Inieson for a number of years at from • 11 to $13.50 per month, and saved money enough to make a payment on a small farm in the town of Richmond. He was married to Miss Harriet A. Rowson at Waucorida January 81, 1853, and settled on his farm. He purchased the place where he resided up to the time of death, in 1861, and has lived there ever since. Four children were born of this union, William J., Richard W., Addie A. and Ruth A. The two last named died after growing to young womanhood, and Richard passed over the river of death some four years ago. William, his old­ est child, and hid loving wife survive him. . For many years he was one of the leading stock buyers of this section and was known far and near for his square dealing and truthfulness He was a man of strong convictions of justice and right, and was never afraid to exercise his beliefs. From his early manhood he has taken great interest in county affairs and served as one of the executive board of the McHenry County Agricultural Society. He has been a great sufferer for the past six years, yet no one ever heard him complain. He was ever con­ siderate toward others. The funeral services wer-» held from the church at Solon Mills Wednesday afternoon, Rev. E. C. Lumsden of Rich­ mond officiating. Interment took place in the 3outh cemetery of Solon Mills.-- Richmond Gaxette Into each life some ruins must fall, Wise people don't sit down and bawl; Only fools suicide or take to flight, Smart people take Rocky Mountain Tea at night G. W. Besley, All the hotels are better prepared this year than ever to care for large crowds. For Saturday, Sunday and the fourth of July the hotel managers inform us that every room is now engaged. AH the cottagers will also take care of their full quota of guests. Five of M. A. Howell's cottages on the river are occupied for the summer by Chicago people, as follows: Prof. Nickels, superintendent of Evanstou schools, and family; Judge and Mrs. Geo. Trnde; Henry R. Casson and fam­ ily; Mrs Renwick and son; Daniel Otis and family. The city schools are now closed for the summer and it will not be long be­ fore all the cottages at the resorts and the hotels will be taxed to their fullest capacity. Some predict that there will be a decided falling off this season, ow­ ing to the fact that many will attend the fair at St. Louis and give up the usual summer outing. It will b# thus in many cases, no doubt, but as the re­ sorts around McHenry are growing more in favor as seasons pass, there will fee enough new pleasure Beekers this year to make up any deficiency. The first yacht races of the season were pulled off last Saturday despite the high wind. In class A the Creole won, with Miss Neva Peters as captain. Andrew McAnsh's new boat, the But- tinsky, won the honors iu the class B race, while in the cat boat race Ethel N came in first, with Lenore a close second. Miss Harriet Hertz will not enter the races this year and as a conse­ quence we will hear very little of the fast and prize winning "Tuck." Following is the schedule of the races for Saturday, Sunday and Monday next: SATURDAY, J^LY 2. 10:00 a. m. Second regular race- sloops. 2:30 p. m. SeconcLxegular race--cat- boats. 8:00 p. ip. Dancing at ciub house. SUNDAY, JULY 8. 2:00-p.m. Flag parade. MONDAY, JULY 4. 10:00 a. m. Special handicap race-- sloops. 2:30 p. m. Special race--catboats. 8:00 p. m. Informal at clnb house. Warning. You cannot have good health unless your kidneys are sound, for the kidneys filter the blood of impurities which oth­ erwise act as irritating poisons and break down the delicate organs of the body and cause serious trouble. If yon have kidney or bladder trouble and do not use Foley's Kidney Cure you will have only yourself to blame for results, as it positively cures all forms of kidney and bladder diseases. Sold by G. W. Besley, West McHenry, 111. • - ---- • 7^'* * ' the district. We kn^pv of several boys (with parents in moderate circumstanc­ es) who can be seen on the street any school day, and their knowledge is lim ited to the manly art of smoking cigar­ ettes, using big cuss words and other­ wise following the example of the loaf­ ers with whom they are bound to asso­ ciate. Parents must certainly know what theee boys will amount to when they reach manhood. In this age of progress it is the young man or woman of education and ambition that will prosper, no matter what vocation they take up. The boy who loafs during school days as described above not oniy loses his chances of entering a profes­ sional career, but is totally unfit for the trades. Brains are required cm the farm, in the work shop and in the office. If your boy is not prepared for any of these what can you expect toj the future? What a blessing it would be if Mc­ Henry might set the example for her neighbors next fall and put every boy and girl between the ages of six and sixteen in school. Will you do your duty ? ANN POWERS DEAD? Passed Away Last Thursday Kvenlng at Her Home in Nunda Township. Miss Ann Powers died Thursday even­ ing, June 28, at the home of W. J. Welch, at the age of seventy-one years. The deceased was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, on Tuesday, the fifth day of March, 1838. She came to America with her parents in 1846. The family resided for a short time in Vermont and then moved to Lake Geneva, Wis. They remained at the latter place only a short time, however, finally locating in Nunda township, where Miss Powers continued to reside up to the time of death. The father died while the fam­ ily were lesiding in Lake Geneva. The funeral was held at St. Patrick s church in this village Saturday morn­ ing, Rev. P. M. O'Neil officiating. Court Muiit Decide. The board of supervisors of Lake county has decided that the board is not the proper body to pass upon the legal­ ity of the existence of the village of Hainesville, that they would not pass upon that point, but at the same time' the board refused to grant a license for a sal on at Round Lake. This refusal, however, is taken as a stand which prao- tically concedes the legality of the in­ corporation, as the ground on which the license was fought was that Round Lake is within two miles of the corpor­ ate limits pf the village. An ad in The Plaindealer "want"ool- nmn will bring results. Volume XXX. (are you going? TotheVarid l̂ Wher Store. The Plaindealer begins its thirtieth ̂ year this week. '. v ^- Several young ladies residing on Mate street enjoyed an outing at McCollum'a lake yesterday. The Ladies Cemetery Aid society n|fl| meet with Mrs. Ella Lamphere Tnesdtgr July 5, at 8 p. m. ^ : -if A little girl named Viola May came ftt, live with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harrison of Ringwood, on the 22nd. Leave your orders for dye work Anything from a feather to an overcoat. Oppoeite Riverside. 45-tf E. Lawlu&i The Plaindealer will be sent to aaf; address on trial three months for twen­ ty-five cents, and will be discontinued at the expiration of time unless other-., wise ordered. Try it. L ? Mr. Horlick, brother-in-law of R. 1 Inness, proprietor of the Riverside House, has opened a livery stable in the Riverside barn, having put in several new rigs. He will also run a 'bus for the hotel. , • • ,.;f: Peter Schoewer has put in oemeikl walks about his house. This is really the only kind of walk to build if it is put down right It always looks well* , is not hard on shoes and skirts and lasts; . , a life time. , f The Chicago flyer was delayed here about ten minutes Wednesday morning owing to a hot box. Not having the necessary materials on hand for repairs the disabled car was run onto the aiding ̂ and left here. J The McHenry House is being painted. We always thought that Jos. Heimer had excellent taste, and now there is no doubt about it If bright colors will attract business* a few more clerks will be needed at the McHenry House. S. Dal ton of the firm of Bechstein 4b ': & Co., Chicago, purchased Rev. M. W. Barth's black horse this week, pay­ ing $300 for the same. It is a good horse and well worth the money to the man who now owns it Mr. Dal ton has a summer residence at the Bay. A large number of neighborly neig^»;',^ bors assisted Robert Sutton yesterday in raising a barn on the Ed. Sutton place. The barn is 50x60 feet and is arranged for convenience in handling hay and car­ ing for cattle. P. J. Freund has the oontract for the carpenter work. . -- Rev. Mecca Varney of Clinton, state superintendent of franchises, Illi­ nois Woman's Christian Temperanoe Union, will deliver several lectures in McHenry county in the near future. She is an able and interesting speaker. Dates will be given later. Watoh fWp them. - The Elgin Crescents and the Regulars, will cross bats at Gage's park next Sat­ urday, July 2. The former team is com­ posed of a number of swift players who will give the home players an argument worth seeing. Turn out and see the game. Admission, 25 cents; ladies and children, 10 cents. ^ ^ The coaches on the milk train did ai4 f v v present a neat appearance when they .struck McHenry Tuesday morning. On ̂ one side they were burned to a crisis and were as black as charcoal. Several buildings near the tracks in Lake Gene­ va had burned during the night and the coaches, which stood on a siding, nearly met the same fate. ; \ | The stereopticon lecture on "Darlwwl America" at the Salvation Army tent last Thursday eveuing was attended hjr a good sized audience. The slum life in the cities was faithfully depicted, and it was a revelation to the scoffers to learn the work accomplished by tha Army in those districts. Major DaB0> stated that an average of 25,000 drunk­ ards and 7,000 fallen women are rescued every year by the Salvationists, while many thousands of the destitute iPtC ̂ cared for. . , The married men and a team com­ posed mostly of the members of the Reg* ulars engaged in a game of ball at the park last Thursday. The old fellow® were good, but lacked the necessary number of scores at the end of the game, the result being 17 to 7, in favor the Regulars. The tables wan turned on Tuesday of this week, how­ ever, when the young fellows were de­ feated by a soore of 7 to 3. The princi­ pal features of this game were Reeer'e sensational one-hand catch in right field and Heimer's long drive hit to left fieML Had Gallaher kept his hands off the fepQi Joe would have made a h6me na. ^ \4v' m- an .55