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•'•,-•;•*.v-': ••* " " *1 ., \ "i • ' •":• v- •- /.; - £ Pi 4'i"'; J> J| ">' * '1 * v.-m'i? VOLUME XXXVL MoHgNRY, ILLINOIS. THURDAY, FEBRUARY 2. I9LI. NUMHER 33. Wrm rERSMML ITEMS CORKS AND G0™S 0F A WEEK 9! OUR BUSY LITTLE VELAOL AS SEEN BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS AMD HANDED INTO OUR OFFICE BY OUK FRIENDS. A. M. Brown was a county seat vis­ itor last Saturday. John R. Knox took in tbe auto show in Chicago Monday. E: W. Howe was a business visitor in Chicago Tuesday. Chas. J. Heimer was a Chicago vis­ itor Saturday and Sunday. Dr. A. C. Spurling was a Chicago visitor the first of the week. M. L. Worts was among the Chicago passengers Monday morning. George Kramer hoarded the Chicago train last Saturday morning. Chris Smith passed a few days last week with friends at Rollins. F. E. Block of Elgin was the guest of McHenry relatives Sunday. C. E. Gaylord was a business visitor at the county seat last Saturday. Dr. A. C. Spurling returned from a trip to Florida last Friday evrning. Mrs. J. B. Buss and son, Eddie, spent Saturday last in the metropolitan city. George Meyers was amoug the Chi­ cago passengers last Friday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Math. Freund boarded the Chicago train last Saturday morn­ ing. F. J. Barbian was a business visitor in North Crystal Lake Tuesday morn­ ing. Miss Kate F. Howe of River Forest, 111., passed Sunday at'the family home here. O. B. Gilbert has given up his posi­ tion in Chicago and returned to Mc­ Henry. Miss Lucie Carey spent Thursday of last week as the guest of Elgin friends. Dr. and Mrs. R. G. Chamberlin took in the automobile show in Chicago Monday. Miss Mabel Granger passed Sunday as the guest of friends in North Crys­ tal Lake, Miss Lena Stoffel was entertained by Chicago friends on Saturday and Sunday last. Milo Loomis of Woodstock passed Saturday and Sunday at the home of his father here. J. H. Kennebeck attended to busi­ ness matters at the county seat last week Thursday. Mrs. Herman Kamholz and children of Cary were guests of MoHenry rela­ tives Sunday last. Harry Nicholls was among the Chi­ cago passengers from this station last Saturday morning. Chauocy Harrison and Howard Wat­ tles helped swell the crowd at the auto show in Chicago Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton E. Jones of Woodstock passed a recent day as the guest of McHenry friends. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Nickels and chil­ dren of Woodstock passed Sunday as the guests of relatives here. Mrs. John Miller and daughter, Mar­ garet, were among t)ie Chicago pas­ sengers fast Friday morning. Mrs. Fred Brown of Chicago passed a few days last week at the home of her father, Samuel McDonald- Arthur Bicklfer of River Forest spent Sunday and Monday as the guest of McHenry relatives and friends. Fred R. Goodman of Chicago was a guest in the home of his parents, Prof, and Mrs. F. M. Goodman, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bohlander and son, Roy, were interested sight seers at the auto show in Chicago Monday. Mrs. Iva Davis of Elgin was enter­ tained in the home of her parents, Postmaster and Mrs. H. C. Mead, Sun­ day. Mesdames P. W. Thompson and Wm. Moe of LakeGeneva, Wis., were guests of Mrs. W. D. Wentworth last Thuts- day. Miss Amy Lamphere of Carpenters- ville was a guest at the home of her uncle, W. D. Wentworth, Friday and Saturday last. Mathias Laures, Lewis McDonald, Lewis Miller, Emery Hartlette and John Feltz were over from the county seat last Sunday. Miss Dora S toff el came out from Chicago last Saturday evening to be the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Stoffel, Sunday. Martin J. Stoffel came up from El­ gin last Sunday morning and passed the day at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Stoffel. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Waite of Lake Geneva, Wis., passed a couple of days last week as the guests of the former's parents, Postmaster and Mrs. Rollin Waite. Lewis Pregler of Chicago spent Sat­ urday and Sunday at the home of Lewis Eisenmenger. While in McHenry Mr. Pregler made a visit to the local boat works and left an order for a 1911 launch. John Moffat, who has been a guest at the home of his cousin, Dr. D. G. Wells, for some time past, left Monday morning for his home in Montreal, Canada. Mr. Moffat has an excellent position with the Grand Trunk rail­ road company in Canada and that's about the only thing that is keeping him out of t&e states. PTHENRY PUBJC SCS9QL NOTES HcHENRY TEARS LOSE AND WIN WITH Examinations being over, the pupils are back at their regular work this w?eek. A number of our books have been received recently and will soon be placed on the shelves of our library. Misses Etta Powers, Minnie Knox and Mary Doherty, McHenry country teachers, were visitors in room three Friday of last week. The ninth grade will take higher arithmetic, while the tenth grade will take zoology in place of commercial geography this second semester. After the games Friday evening the members of the athletic association and a number of their friends entertained the Hebron teams at Stoffel's hall. Refreshments were served. All re­ port a fine time. The. following list of books has been added to the school library, purchased with the money realized from the Thanksgiving entertainment: FOR ROOM 1. In the Child World...Emilie Poulsson The Snow Baby Perry Story of Lincoln Frances Craven Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear . _ Classic, Stories McMurry Child's Christ Tales .Proudfoot Stories of Colonial Children. . Pratt FOR ROOM II. Kathleen In Ireland • _ McDonald and Dalyrimple Manuel In Mexico. .. McDonald and Dalyrimple Gerda In Sweden ..McDonald and Dalyrimple Ume San In Japan - McDonaJd and Dalyrimple Fritz In Germany. ..McDonald and Dalyrimple Rafael In Italy McDonald and Dalyrimple The Story Hour .. Kate Douglas Wiggins Little People of Japan FOR ROOM III. The Wizard of Oz Frank L. Baum Uncle Tom's Cabin ... . Stowe Heidi .Spy ri Sandy... ..Alice Hegan Rice Cudjo's Cave Trowbridge The Three Scouts Trowbridge Little Lord Fauntleroy Burnett Raising the "Pearl" James Otis Timothy's Quest.. ...Kate D. Wiggins FOR ROOM IV. One set of Carpenters' Geographical Readers--North Ameri­ ca, for class use. FOR ROOMS V AND VI. English Synonyms, Antonyms and Prepositions J. C. Fernold The Illini. Clark E. Carr The Making of gu) American Riis Story of My Life. Helen Keller Walden . Thoreau Crawford Mrs. Gask« II Story of the Other Wise Man Van Dyke Civil Government In the U. S. Fiske Nero Ahl>ott Cleopatra . Ablwti Eight Straight In • Row. In two of the most exciting games of basket ball ever pulled off in the town hall of McHenry, the McHenry girls lost to the Hebron girls, while the Mc­ Henry boys defeated the Hebron l»o\ s. At the end of the first half the Hebron girls had a safe lead and il looked like defeat for the girls, but at the start of the second half the McIIenry girls seemed to have new life. They kept gaining on Hebron until when the whistle blew for the , end of the game the score was tied. When the teams were tied they had to play until one side gained two points. The McHenry girls scored one point on a free throw and after battling about five minuus the Hebron girls won on a field throw, the score being 23 to 22, The boys' game was also exciting. At the end of the first half McHenry had a good lead, but when the second half started the Hebron boys came back strong and came within five points of winning, the final score being 17 to 12. Bonslett played a star game for McHenry, scoring thirteen points. The guards also#played a good game. This makes eight straight victories for the McHenry boys, and with three or four more games to play they hope to bring the championship home to McHenry. The line-up is as follows: GIRLS. McHenry Burke Bacon Rnbison Tesch Carey, Welch. Field throws L F. R F. - r L G R G -Burke. Vc 2; Hebron Helen Voss Johnston Bough ton Ehie Bacon, 4; 3; John- WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEPB AS TAKES ffiSn THE uriimriS Or CUi SASY EXCHANGES. Robison, 2; Helen, 2: ston, 4. Free throws--Bacon, 0; Helen, 3; Johnston, 2. Fouls--Hebron, 17; McHenry, 9. Refree, Carey. Umpire, Covalt. Time of halves, 15 minutes; extra time, 5 minutes. BOYS. McHenry Hebron Nickels.. . -- L F Cornue Bonslett R F Voss Thomas C Nickols Martin.... L G.. . Hewes KnoXi _R G Shugman Field throws--Thomas, 2; Bonslett, 2; Nichols, 3: Voss, 1. Free throws--Bonslett, 9; Nickols, 3; Voss, 1. Fouls--Hebron, 17; McHenry, 7. Referee, Covalt. Umpire, Carey. Time of halves, 20 minutes. MISCELLANEOUS ASSORTMENT OF NEWS ITEMS IN CONDENSED FORM FOR BUSY FEOFLE. Scarlet fever has broken out in the Knickerbocker ice camp at Twin Lakes and the icemen employed by that com­ pany are all under quarantine. There are now fifty-eight inmates at the county poor farm, thirty-four of whom are men. sixteen are women and seven are children, the latter ranging from six to sixteen yeajjs of age. Walworth correspondent to Harvard Independent: G. 8. Wickham was mowing hay last Friday. Think of it. in January. He was finishing filling Marshall Bros.' ice house at Geneva Lake and cut the hay to put over the ice. Richmond may have electric light service. Representatives of the North Shore Electric company have been in­ vestigating the territory and stated that it w as jtossible the company would locate there provided satisfactory ar­ rangements could lx> made with the village board on the question of a fran­ chise. J. S. Reek, who ow ns a big place up in Linn and farms it on an extensive scale, takes a lot of milk to the Zenda factory every day. On Jan. 13 he had 1200 pounds, which paid him $24. The fanner that can turn off 1200 pounds ol milk a day is making money all right, all right, when we consider that the stuff is worth $2 per hundred. In giving an account of the ki'ling of the team of mules, owned h\ K. Keating of Huntley, the Crystal Lake Herald states that throe years n: o a team of mules driven ti^v the same man and wearing the Stune set of harness were killed about the Mime hour at the same crossing by a north tiound car in charge of the same motoi- man. Central Illinois s|>ortsnTen are advo­ cating a change in the game law which will restrict the issuance of limiting licenses to citizens of the United States. It is argued that, three-fourths of the persons who violate the game laws in Illinois are foreigners employed as section hands by the railroads and who either ignorantly or w illfully kill all kinds of game birds and animals re­ gardless of the protective statutes. The Illinois prison site commission selected last week for the new peni­ tentiary a site a mile and a half north­ west of the present prison and just west of the central station of the draiu- age channel at IxK'kport. The tract includes 2,."j0U acres, of which NJO is quarry land. Architects and engineers will commence their drawings at once that the work of getting the grounds in shape for building may commence Jul\ 1. Harvard lndej>eiident: Madeline Rennison. the 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rennison. was seriously burned last Friday afternoon whil# attempt ing to kindle the furnace lire with kerosene. The dames puffed out suddenly and caught her before she could draw back out of barm's way. In addition to painful bums on her face and hands, her hair was badly singed. It will be the last time that she will ever use kerosene for starting a fire. Thieves entered the premises of Frank Rit/. two miles west of Maren­ go Tuesday evening ol last week and took a line driving horse, rubber tired buggy, robes and a fur coat and made their getaway. I'pon finding his loss in the morning. Mr. Rit/ notified Sher­ iff Henderson and police of the sur­ rounding country and every effort to catch the thieves is being made. They svere last seen near Richmond headed for Chicago. Chief of Police Msron St. John of Marengo is confident that they will be captured, Lake Geneva Herald: Last Wed­ nesday morning Oliver H. Walker showed us a very interesting "liud," and which is very uncommon in this section. While cleaning a mess ol ciscoes the night before, he discovered a small, round, hard and shiny sul>- stance, which on investigation lie be­ lieved to be a pearl. The next day he took it to a jeweler, Frank Rogers, who, after examining it critically and testing it thoroly pronounced it to be ai line pearl. It was about the size of a number four shot and seemed to be perfect. Two young men named Schutte and Panek of Algonquin had a narrow es­ cape from drowning at Cory on Sunday afternoon when they skated into the open channel from which the Borden company had just finished cutting ice the day previous. There *as a thin coat of ice formed the night previous which brolce beneath their weight, precipitating them into the cold and icy waters of the stream. Young Panek was the more fortunate of the two, being close to firm ice. and his rescue was easily effected, but Schutte landed in the center of the channel, and was only after the greatest danger and difficulty both to the rescued and rescuei*s that his life was saved by the heroic efforts of Ed. Adamek of Elgin, Frank Tomisky and Albeit Wascher and others of Cary. MRS. A. D. WHITING DEAD. PASSES AWAY AT HER HOMH AT NORTH CRYSTAL LAKE SUNDAY MORNING. Mrs. Amos D. Whiting, for many years a resident of this vicinity, passed away at her late home in North Crys­ tal Lake la~st Sunday morning after a short illness. Lois Bassett was born at Eden, Vt., Nov. 10. 1842. and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Bassett. Her grandfather was a patriot soldier of the revolution and fought at the Italtle of Bunker Hill. Her mother died in 1871 and her father in 187*. She was married in her native state March 21, 18M0, to Amos I). Whiting and immediately came to Illinois with her husband and located at Ringwood. There they remained eight years, when they moved to a farm south of Mc­ Henry, where they made their home until 1895. They then retired and took u p t h e i r r e s i d e n c e i n N o r t h C r s s t a l L a k e , i n t h e h o m e t h e y b u i l t , a n d w h e r e d e a t h c l a i r r v - d i h e w i l e a n d mother. Five children svere horn Cynthia. William K.. Hell, Lois 1 >. and Eliza­ beth. The funeral took place from her late home at i 1« veil o'clock on Tuesday morning of this sveek. Many trom Mc­ Henry and vicinity were in att< ndance. Interment took place in I n,on ceme­ tery. ST. MARY S PAROCHIAL SCHOOL REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY IS SATISFACTORY ONE. h a v i n g I h e h i g h e s t e l •age-, ior the m o n t h o f . h u m a n : < ; K A D K s. ( 'lit I ' M I V t r i ' l l Knmia 1 'int u;",, l i K A U K 7. Rosa 11 < rlies M:ir.\ Stolid. C 1 I A 1 I K ti. Lillian Stilling '•7% J u l i a . l u n g !Ni% C | ( A l ) K •> . Helen Freund <17% Verona Nicsen w t % U R A D K 4. Veronica Buss .. Anthonv Oertel l i R A D K Rosemary Nye w - K Joseph Regner i:i{.\ui: 2 . Adela Tleimer UK Rosina Freund C U V D K 1 . Joseph Kucli Katie K r e u n d TWENTY-FOUR HOUR SERVICE. Tim twenty-lour hour electric light and posver service went into effect here last Friday afternoon, the North Shore Electric company having completed the high tension service to this village at that time. The twenty-four hour service h:us been looked for by our [>eo- ple for a long time and nosv that it is here we ovght to l>e satisfied. The company's solicitor is now canvassing the village for the purpose of inducing our business men to install motors for l>ower. The Plaindealer is one of the houses that will install motors and hopes to be operating presses by electricity in the near future. WILL MOVE TO JOHNSBURGH. R l)r. Arnold Mueller, who has prac­ ticed medicine in this village during the past three years, will soon move to Johnsburgh to make his home. The doctor, since coining to McHenry. has picked up a fine practice in and around Johnsburgh and in appreciation of this he has decided to make that place his future home. The people of Johns­ burgh, since the removal of Dr. N.J. Nye, have been very anxious to scoure another resident physioian and nosv that their wish bits been or soon w ill Ir1 granted them, the people of that place are jubilant. ENTERTAINS THE JOLLY TWELVE. The mem Iters of the Jolly Twelve olub met at the home of Mi*. C. D. Ross lafct Friday evening, where they were very pleasantly entertained at progressive cinch. The delightful evening seemed to instill new life into the mcmlters of this meeting, as be­ fore the home-going hour had arrived all seemed to be in an especially happy mood. The high honors of the even­ ing went to Miss Irene McOmber, while Miss Lucie Carey was awarded the consolation prize. Refreshments wi're served. EXEMPLIFICATION OF DECREES. The exemplification of the first, sec­ ond and third degrees w ill be conferred upon a class of thirty-live candidates by the Knights of Coluipbus at Stoffel's hall next Sunday afternoon. State Deputy James Mahr of Chicago will have charge of the work and the Mc­ Henry council is preparing to enter­ tain several hundred visiting brother Knights Vho will be here to take in the work, which will begin promptly at twelve o'clock, noon. IS GRANTED A DIVORCE. Thru her attorney, Frank W. Joslyn, Mrs. Iva Davis, daughter of Postmaster and Mrs. H. C. Mead of this pjace, was granted a divorce from John J. Davis in the Elgin city court on Wednesday morhing of this week. Valentine post cards at Petesch's. WOMAN FATALLY BURNED Mores'institute neetings MRS. FRANK SCHUMACHER Or STRING GROVE MEETS TERRIBLE DEATH WHILE IN THE ACT OF FILLING GASOLINE STOVE AN AWFUL EXPLOSION TAKES PLACE. One of the most terrible accidents that has ever stirred the people of the peaceful little village of Spring Grove and one that has brought with it such great and general sorrow took place at the home of Frank Schumacher on Monday evening of this week. Mrs. Schumacher was in the act of filling the gasoline stos'e when of a sudden a terrible explosion of gasoline took place. The accident was wit­ nessed by a little son. who ran to the father who was in the store at the time. The family living rooms are over the store building, and when the fran­ tic father reached the kitchen where the accident occurred he found his W'ife a human torch, the deadly fiames en- cirvling her entire l»ody. In his mad attempt to quench the deadly ilames, Mr. Schumacher threw a pail of water upon his wife. This only made mat­ ters «-orse and before the blaze was finally extinguished the flames had done their deadly work, the victim passing away dining the night. Mi's. Schumacher lived only a few hours after the accident occurred and the agony and pain that she suffered is in­ describable. News of the awful kccident soon spread over the entire village and when the announcement of the victim's death reached the ears of the citizens a sad gloom seemed to fall upon the entire population of the town. ^I-S. Schumacher was a former Johnsburgh girl, having been born and raised there. The funeral took place from the Spring (Jrove Catholic church this (Thin sday) and was attended by a large concourse of relatives and friends from this village and Johnsburgh. Mr. Schumacher and family have the siucere ssuipathy of the people of McHenry and vicinity as well as Spring Grove. lien/.o cream for esch's. the hands at Pet- CARD PARTIES AT LILY LAKE. A series of card parties took place at Lily Lake last week. The first of the series w as held at the home of Miss Mary Steinsdoerfer on Tuesday evening, the second at the home of Miss Loretta Fetter on Thursday even­ ing, the third at the home of Miss Elizabeth Wegener on Friday and the fourth at the home of Miss Eva Miller on Saturday evening. Progressive cinch was the game indulged in and refreshments concluded the festivities on each occasion. Those present were Misses Rosa Millcrand Elizabeth Blake and Lewis Smith of McHenry, Isadore Feffer of Woodstock, Nick Stoffel of Humphrey, Neb., Misses Mary Steins­ doerfer, Loretta Feffer, Elizabeth Weg­ ener, Eva Miller and Messrs. Adolph Wegener, Joe and Irenes Feffer of Lily Lake. A fine time was had bv all. Valentines at I'etesch's. LOSES TWO FINGERS. Woodstock Republican: One day last w eek C. F. Gaulke, the Dacy block meat dealer, had the misfortune to lose two lingers on his left hand and has since been suffering considerable pain from the same. The fingers were amputated in a dried beef cutter, be­ ing taken off just below the knuckles, and in oi-der to leave a good job the surgeon had to remove them just above the joints. Mr. Gaulke bravely under­ went the ordeal without use of an anesthetic, and while regretting the misfortune that has befallen him, his friends hope he will not be greatly in­ convenienced by the loss. NEW POSTMA8TER AT WOODSTOCK. William McConnell will soon be the new |K»stmaster at Woodstock, accord­ ing to reports from Washington. Fred L. Renich, the present incumbent of the office, resigned his position some time ago. Mr. McConnell is capable In every way to fill the trustworthy position and will make an efficient [>ostmaster for the county seat city. HARD TIME PARTY. A number of the young people of this place are planning to hold a hard times party at Stoffel's hall, West Mc­ Henry, on Saturday evening of next week, Feb. 11. The event promises to be one of the biggest undertaken here in many years. Full particulars will appear in these columns next week. J. O. B. CLUB. T© SE HELD M ON FEBRUARY 7, 8, • AND 10. The officers of the McHenry county farmers institute have made arrange­ ments with committees in Greenwood, Riley, Franklinville and Ridgefield to hold local institute meetings at these places, as follows: Greenwood, Tues­ day, Feb. 7; Riley, Feb. 8; Franklin­ ville, Feb. », and Ridgefield, Feb. 10. The purpose of these meetings is to organize local clubs, to discuss im­ provement in rural schools; also the growing of alfalfa, silage, etc. The speakers secured are as follows: Geo. W. Hunt of Putnam county, H. H. Parke of DeKalbcounty, Geo. W.X'onn of Woodstock and Supt. A.M. Sheltcn of Crystal Lake. There will be both forenoon and aft­ ernoon sessions at each place, and the ladies will serve dinner at noon for those in attendance. Music and recita­ tions will be arranged by the local committees. Every farmer is invited to come and bring his family, take part in the discussions and participate in the benefit of the meetings. RAISE FOR RURAL MEN. RURAL MAIL CARRIERS TO GET SI,000 A YEAR. Beginning with July McHenry's four rural mail carriers will draw a salary of $1,000 $ year, an increase of $100 over their present pay. if the postoffice department bill passed by the house last week passes the senate. The in­ crease was an amendment added to the appropriation bill just before the final vote was taken. If the increase is granted it will be the third one to be received by the rural carriers since the department was put in operation in 1903. The original pay of rural mail carriers was $<i00 per ye»r. This was increased to $720 two years later and in 1907 to $900. McHenry's rural cttrritit^ are: D. Granger, Jos. N. Miller, John R. Knox and E. E. Bassett. All seats 10 cents Sunday, Feb. 5. at the Central of the J. O. B. club took place at the home of Miss Laura Barbian last evening. The prize winners were Misses Esther Miller, Dorothy Engeln and - Kathrine Pint. Refreshments were served. THIS IS GROUND HOG DAY. Today (Thursday) is ground hog day. The little animal of the ground made his appearance bright and early this morning. After taking a good look at his shadow he returned to his winter quarters to remain for another six weeks. Look pleasant, all. CATCH CISCOES AT LAKE GENEVA. On Wednesday of this week two of McHenry's familiar figures, Billy- Woods and the Terrible Dane, went to Lake Geneva, Wis., on a cisco fishing expedition. The former had previous­ ly made such a trip and was quite familiar with the grounds, while the trip was the first of its kind ever taken for the Dane. It was only natural for the latter's friends to put him w ise and among other things was told that the Badger City was absolutely on the water wagon. The Dane, taking his friends at their word, supplied himself syith a sufficient amount of the "squir­ rel variety" to keep him and the gent with the wooden name in good humor until their return to the land where it Hows, flows, Hows. Well, to make a long story short, the two returned to McHenry safely that evening and brought with them a nice bunch of oiscoesand perch, which their families and friends will enjoy for dinner today. The Dane is now trying to figure out a scheme whereby he can get* even with the fellows who put one over on him. WAUKEGAN GAZETTE SOLD. The Waukegan Gazette, one of the oldest papers In the state, has been sold to J. B. Hungerford of Carwfll, la., the new owner to take possession of the property about March 1. Smith Brothers, former residents of this village, have conducted the affairs of the Gazette for some years and have brought the publication up so that it ranks among the best small city dailies in the West. K. OF C. INSTALL OFFICERS. The McHenry Council, Knights of Columbus, installed its newly elected officers at a meeting of that body at Stoffel's hall last Sunday afternoon. Owing to the fact that the district deputy, the Hon. Thos. F. Rurns of Belvidere, missed his train on that morning, he sent word to M. J. Walsh to do the work for him. Mr. Walsh accomplished the work w ith credit. F. A. HOLLY TRANSFERRED. Genoa Republican-Journal: F. A. Holly, who has been running as mail clerk betw een Chicago and Savanna on the <\ M. -k St. P., has been trans­ ferred to the Burlington route, with a run from Chicago to Burlington, la. Before taking up work on the new route he will enjoy a two weeks* vaca­ tion. MEMORIAL SERVICE SUNDAY. A memorial service for Rev. E. H. Beal will be held at the Methodist ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST AS newt! tir BY n snroFatis «t rrams durinc week. WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOOM Of THIS VIL­ LAGE AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY-- OTHER SHORT PARAGRAPHS. StttUr N«rk(t Butter was declared firm at 25 cents on the F.lgin board of trade Monday. Valentines at Petesch's. Moving pictures at the Central Sun­ day, Feb. o. All seats 10 cents. Don't, forget the moving pictures and illustrated songs at the Central Sun­ day, Feb. 5. A girl baby arrived at the home' of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Freund on Sunday morning last. The moving pictures at the Central are giving the best of satisfaction and will be here Sunday, Feb. 5. Have yon seen our fire and ten cent counter? If not, better call in and HVI money. J. J. VjcitaL _ The next meeting of the McFT«w»*iy County Principals' association will held at Woodstock on Saturday, Feb» 11. Rehearsals have started for the *-• V play of the Empire Stock company, be given here the latter part of thi(^ month. Gray slake Times: John Stoffel of McHenry has purchased the stock atgfc" ' fixtures of the Bon Ton store and wlffy oontinue the business. A pleasant meeting of the members'•c' ,urch McHenry Sunday at eleven o clock a. m. Mr. Beal was the pastor of ti>is church from October, to October, 1908. His death oc­ curred at his home at t>419 Bishop street, Chicago, Saturday morning, Jan. 28. MASQUERADE BALL FRIDAY EVENING. Don't forget that the second annual big prize masquerade ball given under the auspices of the local aerie of Eagles takes place at Eagles' hall tomorrow (Friday) evening. It is up to you to go after one of the big prizes offered. Peteeoh 'a Cor dniga. Senator A. J. Olson of Woodstock ' has asked the legislature-for an appro- - * priatioh of $25,000 for the building of an armory at Woodstock. FOUND--During the holiday rusk in the store of Block & Bethke a sun# • of money = Owner can have game by- proving property and paying for this notice. County Clerk G. E. Still has for disp tribution a number of Russian part­ ridge. The birds will be distributed in several timbered places thruout the county. C. M. Nogle, a former McHenry boy» but now a resident of Woodstock, car­ ried away forty-five premiums at the poultry show held at the county seat recently. G. P. Chittenden, who for title p«#: six years has been employed by th* McHenry County Abstract company^; has been appointed to the office of deputy county clerk. Dinner will be served at the Park hotel next Sunday from 10:30 until 2 o'clock. All visiting Knights as well as those at home are invited to take dinner at this hostelry. Men and women, sell guaranteed hose. 70 per cent profit. Make $1 Or daily. Full or part time. Beginners investigate. Wear Proof, 3088 Chest­ nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 33-8t The Ladies' Aid society of the M. E. church will hold a Feast of Seven Tables Wednesday evening, Feb. 15. More particulars regarding this event will appear in these columns nest week. The eighth meeting of the J. O. B. club took place at the home of Miss Clara Freund on Wednesday evening of last week. Misses Esther Miller, Katie Pint and Dora Engeln were awarded the prizes. A (200 blaze occurred in the Genoa Republican-Journal office at Genoa, 111., last Friday evening. C. D. Schoonf-^ maker, former editor of The Plain* "'p dealer, is the owner and editor of th®'^%* Republican-Journal. ' Richard Fleming is now employed the implement store of Wm. Stoffel^ . ^ Mr. Fleming is an exemplary young* j " man of pleasing address and will makcif1 a valuable man for his employer. Mr» Stoffel passes most of his time on the road. John I. Sutton has given up his posi­ tion as bookkeeper at the office of then;, Wilbur Lumbur company here andjf has gone to Elgin, where he is assist^ ing his brother-in-law, Edward Larking'> if. who is conducting a first-class |jrocer/-" * * store in the Watch City. While it is often impossible to pre- ^ ent an accident* it is never impossible to be prepared--it is not beyond any one's purse. Invest 25 cents in a bottle of Chamberlain's Liniment and you are prepared for sprains, bruises and like injuries. Sold by all dealers. Illinois fish wardens have been seek­ ing to save fish in shallow ponds from perishing by cutting air holes in the ice. Due to the long continued drought the water in many lakes has been shallow and with the frigid temper­ ature of late the water has frozen al­ most to the bottom of the ponds and Other small bodies of water. An attack of the grip is often fal­ lowed by a persistent cough, which to many proves a great annoyance. Cham­ berlain's Cough Remedy has been ex­ tensively used and with good success for the relief and cure of this cough*. , , ^ Many cases have been cured after al|" . other remedies had failed. Sold bv al^ *