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vorxTMjj xixvn. WEEKLY RRSOittL RDB OF A •ittWSYUim WME. MCHENRY, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY, MAX 9.1012. 1? PLAINDEALEK RETOKTEM AND HANDED INTO OOI OmCE IT Ml Peter B. Freund w*r a Chicago vis­ itor Monday. Rev. D. Lehane w?** Chicago vis­ itor Tuesday. Alford Krauee wis a Chicago visitor last week Saturday, Louis Eiseomenger was * Chicago visitor last Saturday. G. H. Haniy was a Cfeteago passen­ ger Monday afternoon. Dr. N. J. Nye boarded the Chicago train Tuesday morning. Q. A. Sattem was a North Crystal Lake visitor on Friday lwpt. A. Wagner boarded the Chicago train last Saturday morning. Dr.' C. H. Fegers was a M*4imm, Wis., visitor Friday of lost veefc. Walter Warner &t Elgin wm the guest of- MfiSenry friers .Sunday>. Kenneth Burns of Chicago spent Sup-- day as tjxe guest of MeHeaury friends. "Chick" Farweli of FJjfto spent Hut- day as the guest of McHenry Meade* ; Wm. Stoffel, Sr., mm a Iwnsiiifi* '-is-: itor in the metropolitan ei&j Tuesday. Arthur Titus of Chicago spent Sun­ day as the guest ef McHenry friends. !$i$aes Ainun Kuox aoi Margaret Buss were Chicago visitors last Satur­ day- Mr. and Mrs. K. S. Crahae and daugh­ ter were reoent guests of Solon rela­ tives. Miss Rose Justen spent a lew days last week as the gueat of Chioago rela­ tives. Frank Sehoabel was a busiaess vis­ itor at SorthCrystal Lake one day re­ cently. Everett "ftMnter attended to business matters#* Madison, Wis., "last week Friday. Miss Gertrude Marquavdt of Chicago spent Sunday as the guest of Miss Rose Justen. Misses Ella Mollohan and Eleanor Phalen were oounty seat visitors last Saturday. Mrs. F. L. McQsaber and daughter, Corabel, spent Saturdayta the metro- polltan city. F. O. Gans attended to business mat­ ters in the metropolitan city on Friday of last week. William Winchester was the guest of Elgin relatives and friends the first of the week. Michael Sehaffer of North Crystal Lake wfts the gueat of McHenry rela­ tives Sunday. Capt. and Mrs. S. M. Walker of Chi­ cago passed Sunday at their summer home on Fox river. L. H. Knigge attended to matters of a business nature in North Crystal Lake one day recently. vEb. Gaylord of Woodstock spent Sun­ day in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Gaylord. Mr. and Mrs.. Mark Solomon of Chi­ cago spent (he week end at their sum­ mer home at Pistakee Bay. Richard B. Walsh of Chicago spent Sun4ay in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walsh. Frank Schumacher of Chicago was the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Schumacher, Sunday. Frank Block of Ridgefield spent Sun­ day at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Block, here. Mrs. Fred Deolittle and daughter, Gladys, spent last weekias the guests of relatives.. afc<Grayslake, 111. Misq Dora Hutson of Woodstock spent Suajdiiy at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Hutson, here. Alford Pause, Gilbert MoOmheraod Leonard Phillips of Chicago spent Son- day at their respective homes here. ' Miss Kate F. Howe of River Forest, 111., spent Sunday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Howe. Miss Katie Kennebeck of Woodstock spent Sunday at the home of her par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kennebeck. Mr. and Mrs. Mason and two sons, Harold and Marshall, spent Sunday afternoon with. Mr. and Mrs. Mevrl- man. John Schreiner of Elgin spent a few days last week at the home of his par­ ents, Mr. atul Mrs. Peter Schreiner,, here. Miss Susie Schreiner of Woodstock was a guest .in the honae of,her par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Qshreiner, Sunday. Mr. and- Mrs. N. F. Steileo of Chi­ cago spent Sunday at the home of tho former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Steilen. Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Besley and chil­ dren drove over from Woodstock Sun­ day and parsed the afternoon at the home of H. E. Prioe. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Walte of Lake Geneva, Wis., spent Saturday last at the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Watte. Mrs. Ed. Thompson and children of Ringwood spent a few days recently as the guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pint, here. Mrs. Dwelly, Mr. and Mrs. August Walters and Fred Walters motored ov«r from Woodstock Sunday afternoon in August Walters' new auto and wiled on Mr. and Mrs. Merriman, fraottY rirnic scbool mm M.H.S.MTS N *-MEXT QAHE AT MBOIg, 10 The sophomores ace now reading some of Bryant's poems. 1 The fifth room is now adorned with a beautiful bust of Shakespeare. The juniors and sophomores had tests in physiology and geometry last week. The last week's issue of "Current Events" contained an interesting ac­ count of the Titanic tragedy. The commercial geography class is drawing maps of the United States and Canada, showing t$e distribution of different industries. K'HKNRY, 10; WOODSTOCK, 3. On laet Saturday afternoon the M. H. S. boys defeated Woodstock by the score of 10 to 3. The feature of the game was the pitching of Martin and the hitting of the home team. The McHenry team made four runs in the first inning. A single by Bickler, a sacrifice by Bonslett and hits by Bol- ger,' Conway, Loomis, Martin and Nickels netted four runs. They scored two more in the fourth, two in the sixth and one each in the seventh and eighth innings. Total, 10. Woodstock scored one in the second and two in the third. Total, 3. With Martin en first in the sixth, Nickels hit the ball for a home run. The boys will play in Dundee Saturday; batteries, Martin and Bickler; Kaush and Brein- .Y EXCHANGE ITERS NSflf er. WOODSTOCK AB K H E A SB BB Green, ef Mttruni, a Putney, U o...,. FainthfHM, > • Conley, totb Stuessy, r t Howard, r ( Botgers 3d b Magee, p e e 1 i 0 1 8 0 3 1 0 0 10 0 i e o 0 2 0 t o o 0 0 0 Total IcHENRY .a 8 » t 4 3 2 AB R II £ A SB BB Bickler, o.. Bonslett, M b Bolger, si Conway, Mb Loomis, is f Martin, p... Nickels, 1Mb Stilling, 1 f Bacon, rf . .... # ... ft ... 5 .... 6 ... 4 ... 4 ... * ... 4 ... 4 2 2 » 1 2 3 i 3 1 1 3 0 Total' 40 10 15 8 9 4 1 . K H E Woodstock..0 # 1 2 0 0 0 00 3 92 McHenry 4 0S0201 1x 10 15 0 Struck out--toy M&gee. 4; by Putney. 4. Hits off Magecs In 7 Innings'; 10; off Putuey !n 2 in­ nings, S; off Martin, 8. Magee knocked out of bo* lu seventh. Home run--Nickels. Two base bite--Martin, 2; Nickels, Bolger, Bickler. Sacrifice blt--Bouslets., IlillED IN POX LAKE VEJrCJUlAY AFTERNOON WHEN LAUMCM m CAIMMT m STORM. Seven persons, six of them Chieago- ans, were drowned in a heavy storip that struck Fox Lake yesterday after­ noon. They bad set sail in a launch from the Lippincott hotel, intending to be con­ veyed over to the Bay View hotel for an evening party. The hotels are about two miles apart. Shortly after the launch started out guests of the Lippincott hotel heard screams. One body was recovered this morn­ ing andfeacording^o a telephone mes­ sage received by Undertaker Jacob Justen summoning him to the lake, all bodies have, in all probability, been found. The dead are: Mr.and Mrs. Louis Hansen, Jack Hoefer, Lewis Truschke, George Russell, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hume. Mr. Russell was a liveryman at Ingle- aide, 111. The street addresses of the Chicagoans are not known. LMT B*Jfg « PIVPRgmg House Landlord F. O. Gans of the Riverside House wishes to announce that the last dance until the latter part of the summer or early fall that is to take place at his resort will be held next Saturday evening, May 11. Mr. Gans has a new entertaining scheme in mind which he expects will pay him better than the dance hall and it is for this reason that he announces the last dance. Special preparations are being made for the event which give promise of terminating into the one big event of the season. Everybody turn out and enjoy the last dance. Heimer's orches­ tra will furnish tbe music. Dance tickets, 75 cents. ME KUUUB* GOBS TO MICHIGAN. Joe Miller of Johnsburgh, who has won considerable fame as a baseball pitcher during the past few seasons, left here Friday afternoon for Chica­ go, from which city he went to Mar­ quette, Mich., where he has signed up to pitch for the team representing that city. Mr. Miller is not an unknown quantity up in the northern state as he has played there before and the manager of the Marquette team knew just what he was doing when he signed the Johnsburgh speed artist on his team. Mr. Miller was accompanied by his wife. iiay numr at jomminraa. A May party will take place at Smith's hall, Johnsburgh, on Tuesday r#vening, May 14. Manager Smith, thru years of experience, knows just about what the young people expect and never disappoints his guests. On this occasion he will, as usual, do every­ thing within his power to bring the event to a social success and you will be royally entertained if you turn out. Kett's Johnsburgh orchestra will fur­ nish the music. Dance tickets, 50 cents. A cordial invitation is extend­ ed to alt. TOWIWmr EXEKC1SSS. The Nund«% township exercises will be held Friday evening, May 10, in the Prairie school, district number 42. An Interesting feature of the program will be a spelling contest between the best spellers of the schools in this township. This contest will be con­ ducted by Supt. A. M. Shelton. ANNA BOLUJCR, Chalnwm. *tsc«&t.AM!*|M AssoKTMorr or irrtfp ITEMS IN CONKNSEft F»R« PFv0iPI<E. Work on Lake Geneva's fcetttttfel new hotel will begin at onoe. 125,000 people moved from ttyp Unilr ed States to Canada last year. Licenses were issued for ten saloons in Woodstock, one less than tor last year. „ Milk producers in the vicim&y of Harvard propose to erect and ran a cooperative milk plant m a matter of self protection. Superintendent E. C. Thomai been elected superintendent of the Woodstock schools for another year at a salary at flWQ. Mr. Thomas has served as superintendent for the past three years. The cit^ of Genoa had its streets oiled last season and It proved so sat­ isfactory that the city council has made an appropriation for oiling in front of public buildings, and property owners have also signified their willingness to pay their proportion. On Monday, May 20, the contract for the work of paving some of Wood­ stock's streets will be let. Those to be paved are the streets surrounding the park and one block each way, the paving to be of brick. The cost is estimated at $34,400, of which the city will pay $11,680. Four pretty girls of the graduating class of the Crystal Lake high school, who objected to the sombre e»p and. gown, have thwarted the entire clan. They voted against the cap and gown in class meeting, but the scheme car­ ried overwhelmingly. Then they car-, ried their fight to the school board and won. Abraham E. Smith, editor of the Woodstock Sentinel during the civil war period and for some years there­ after, has been calling on McHenry county friends during the last week. The former Woodstock editor and also postmaster of that city in the 00's has been American consul to British Co­ lumbia for several years, being Sta­ tioned at Victoria, and he is home on a furlough. £. F. and C. W. Phillips of Delavan, Wis., resumed excavating some of the numerous mounds on Lake Lawn farm this spring, with the result that on Tuesday they found four ancient skele­ tons buried under three layers of* burned clay. The skeletons were in a very excellent state of preservation and the skulls seem to betoken a race of men differing materially from the Indian. Little of interest was found in the mound in the way of weapons or pottery. D. F. Quinlan, 4he hustling real estate agent of Woodstock, Wednes­ day suffered a broken arm, as a result of being thrown from a grading ma­ chine on which he was riding while doing some work on his farm, the Joe- lyn-Dike farm, near Ridgefield. The accident was caused by the grader, drawn by six horses, striking a big boulder under the surface of the ground. Mr. Quinlan was thrown in the air and falling struck his arm against one of the iron wheels. The deadly hat pin claimed another victim last week wjien Miss Marie Lemvig of Elgin received a serious and painful wound in the right eye by be­ ing stabbed with a pin that protruded from the hat of a fellow passenger on a Chicago street car. Miss Lemvig was wounded by the pin when the woman who was adorned with the large headgear arose from her seat. The accident blinded the victim for a short time and it was feared loss of sight would result, but altho a close call it is now hoped it will not be <*erious. An order for a consignment of helv­ ing goods to be shipped to Antwerp, Belgium, has been received by the Atlas Belting company of Harvard. Two other orders out of the ordinary in the size of belting have been re­ ceived from the well known house of Geo. B. Carpenter & Co., Cfelcago. One calls for the largest size of ma­ chine belting manufactured by the plant. It is to be 8 ply, 36 inches wide and 530 feet long. This immense belt is to be used at Algonquin, III., by the steam machine in a big sand and gravel pit at that place. The second big order from the Carpenter house of Chicago calls for an 8 ply belt, 24 inches wide and 600 feet long. Two hundred young ladies, student* of the Sterling township high school, are indignant as a result of the most drastic order ever issued by the high school faculty. In brief, the faculty has decided that female students must hereafter appear in the school rooms minus corsets, French heels and hair rats. In explanation tbe faculty as­ serts that on numerous occasions the various classes in nature study, botany, etc., are obliged to take hikes into the woods and as a result- cf the high heels and corsets many girl students are ill the next day. The ban on rats is issued because it is claimed that th» rivalry among the fair students in hair dressing is detracting tHeir minds from the studies. mmm or out CASH SYSTEM r- *• fiOCfDKAK BSUEVE8 STSTE* SBOWuD BE ADOPTED QENEKAU.Y. West McHenry ,111., May 4,1912. To the Editor: I *fsn& with pleasure your little ser­ mon an delinquent subscribers and wish to say a word in Indorsement: I deem it one of the misfortunes of life when a young married couple open their first account pith <jhe local trades­ man, and any effort* to overcome this teodataey or to correct it when it has become a settled custom, is commenda­ ble and should not be lightly passed over fey anjr »or all to whom it applies. The results sire farther reaching than may be apparent at a glaaee and are usually overlook109 apeocrat of the custom being so prevalent. It is only the more thoughtful who analyse the subject who can see that a tradesman may be bankrupt and at the same time be apparently doing a good business. But it resolves itself into this: A dealer, to be successful, must have on hand either the goods or the money. If he has neither be knows pot how he stands and is at the mercy of his debt­ ors and in turn he is frequently driven to asking credit of jobbers and whole­ salers, and when disappointment «omes to many of them thru slow collections it has its influence on the market. They begin talking uhard times," and If continued for a few months a "panic" follows, and all experience a sense of depression whether affected or not. Most frequently the people are not the sufferers, for wages and clerk hire are seldom reduced, nevertheless they take up the "hard times" cry and will gath­ er in their lounging places and around the grocery store stove and very wise­ ly wonder when and where it will end, but they seldom or never dig deep enough to see that if they paid for what they bought when they bought it and the dealer did the same the whole­ saler would not disappoint the jobber nor the jobber the importer and all would be happy, solvent and success ful. The dealer could discount his bills as all tradesmen should, and gaining thereby at times enough to pay a clerk's wages and his freight bills. Tradesmen should refuse credit to everyone. On an emergency a blotter charge or slip in the drawer covering absolute necessities might be made to be paid at a stated time and failure to redeem should bring absolute refusal subsequently. I know that some will think that this method is liable to work a hardship, but such is not the1 case. Instead, It is a correct lesson on home management, it induces econ­ omy, encourages thrift, inculcates in­ dependence and bespeaks local and national prosperity. The people who are apt to be the most profoundly aggravated by this business-like way of doing business are the ones who seldom trouble their minds by figuring out results and any dealer who can curb them and set them to thinking is doing them a good turn, altho thanks and praise may come in slowly. During a married life of over forty years my family have never had a book account with any tradesman or dealer and it was during periods of depression or "hard times" that we profited most by our qash or do without method and the poorer a family may be the greater is tbe saving when the noble mother goes in person to the store, asks the price, reflects upon the cash in hand and buys accordingly. The practice of giving credit more or less Indiscriminately in the city is really demoralising. Some people find it cheaper to move to another locality than to pay their just debts, and just so soon as settled they start in deliber­ ately^ fleece other merchants, get­ ting as much credit as possible, at times buying beyond their means and requirements, staving Importunate dealers off with hard luck stories till they have gone the limit, then depend­ ing upon the ease with which one gets lost in a large city, change their .resi­ dence and sometimes their name. It is not an act of kindness on the part of tradesmen to "carry" people who fall behind. Their future is no more promising than their past, and a family who cannot manage to live hon­ estly on a small income will not do so when the income is greater. No sir! For honesty and prosperity do business only for cash! 1 saw the idea work out very nicely One day when I was in a grocery store. A poorly drest man entered just as the dealer was opening a pail of nice fresh oysters and as he eyed them wistfully asked: "How much are oysters a quart?" "Thirty-five cents!" "Well, give me a quart of beans." So Uncle Sam, while looking after ye editor to see that he gets all post­ age due, may be introducing a farther reaching system of honesty and econ­ omy than he thought for. F. M. GOODMAN. HEIMEK & BICKLEB'8 OftANO OFEfftMO. Heimer & Bickler, successors to John Heimer, will hold a grand opening at their place of business in Centerville on Friday evening of this week. Hei­ mer's orchestra will furnish the music and a dandy lunch will be served. Messrs. Heimer and Bickler extend a cordial invitation to the general public to be present. TWO WCB' WDXfKS mtFORIHD UST WEEK. WM TAKF8 CHARLES' LE MISS BE»- BPCHERT. MUh»r^Btcid*f. A wedding of more than passing in­ terest was celebrated at St. Mary's Catholic church here last week Tues­ day morning at nine o'clock, tbe bride and groom of this event being Miss Anna A. Miller and Mr. Casper M. Bickler, Rev. A. Rover officiating. The bridal party entered the church and marched thru the center aisle to the foot of the altar to the strains of a beautiful wedding march capably ren­ dered by the church organist, Sister Ancllla. The bride, attended by her niece, Miss Martha Althoff, of Kenosha, Wis., never looked prettier than on this occa­ sion. Her gown was a white serge suit. She carried a white prayer book and wore a black and white milan straw hat. No flowers were used. The bridesmaid wore a su^it of tan. The groom was attended by his brother, Theodore. After the ceremony the couple, to­ gether with the members of their im­ mediate families and a few invited friends, gathered at the Oak Park hotel at Pistakee Bay, where the re- on took place. The day also marked the seventeenth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. J. Mertes of the Oak Park hotel, the latter a sister to the bride, and it was for this reason that the reception was held at the Bay. Thus a first and* seventeenth wedding anniversay was celebrated in one family, a very singu­ lar event. The event was one of a most enjoy­ able nature and the day will go down in history as one of the grandest ever passed by those present. The newly wedded ones were the re­ cipients of many useful as well as orna­ mental presents thruout the da)r, which were tendered them by relatives and admiring friends. The bride is the youngest daughter Of Henry Miller of this village. She was born and grew to womanhood in McHenry and the immediate vicinity She was until the first of April em­ ployed in the store of F. A. Bohlander. She is an accomplished and popular young woman of the village and num­ bers her friends by the score. Her possession of a sweet alto voice has on many different occasions delighted Mc­ Henry citizens. She has always been a member of St. Mary's church choir and has appeared in a number of home talent plays and has sung at many a benefit entertainment and social func tion. She is admired by all who have the pleasure of her acquaintance. The groom is the fourth son of Mrs. Theodore Bickler of this village. He has always made McHenry his home, where he was born and grew up. After leaving school he followed dif­ ferent vocations until six or seven years ago he started to learn the car­ penter trade. He was employed by his uncle, Mathias Weber, the carpenter, until about three years ago, when he entered the employ of E. Hunter, the local boat manufacturer, and ever since that time he has worked at the boat factory. "Cap," as he kno#n to every­ one, is one of those jolly, good natured fellows who makes friends easily. He is one of McHenry's most popular young men. He, like the woman of his choice, is a member of St. Mary's church choir and has also appeared before the footlights on different occasions. The couple have already gone to housekeeping in the John Justen cot­ tage on Elm street, which had been furnished and made ready for imme­ diate occupancy previous to their wed­ ding. They are now at home where they will be pleased to meet their friends. A long, happy and prosperous voyage upon the matrimonial sea is the wish expressed by their many admiring friends. Barn* r-Bn chart. A very pretty home wedding was solemnized at the home of the bride's parents in this village at high noon on Wednesday of last week, the principals of the event being Miss Elfreida Otelia Berner and Mr. Charles William Buchert, the officiating clergyman be­ ing Rev. Kuehnert of Crystal Lake> Just as the hands of tbe clock point­ ed to the noon-day hour the happy pair entered the parlor to the strains bf Mendelssohn's wedding march \tky capably rendered by Miss Irene Buhr. The bride was very becomingly gowned in a dress of hand embroidered French voile and carried out her role in a tjost graceful manner. She was attended by Miss Elsie Deubel of Chicago, a friend of tbe bride. The groom wore a blue black suit and was attended by his brother, Will­ iam Buchert. Pink and white carnations were used for decorating purposes and the cozy home surely presented an air of fes­ tivity. After the ceremony the happy pair, together with their parents and imme­ diate members of their families, sat down to a dainty wedding dinner, which had been prepared by Mrs. Frank Bubr. The afternoon was very pleasantly passed, while Miss Buhr delighted the guests with some very pretty musical numbers. The bride is the only Slaughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Berner of this place. She was born in the East, but has made this village her home ever since a child of three years, her par­ ents moving to this place at that time After leaving the McHenry public school she took up a course in short­ hand and stenography and since com­ pleting the course she has held good positions in Chicago. During the past three years she has been employed as stenographer in the offices of the Swift Packing company of Chicago, where her services were highly appreciated by her employers. She gave up her position in Chicago on the first day of April of this year, since which time she has made her home with her par­ ents. She is a young woman possessed with a pleasing nature and has many friends both here and in Chicago, among whom she is quite popular. The groom is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Buchert, who reside on a farm a short distance south of this village. He was born and raised in this vicinity, where he has spent his entire life. He is a young man whose character ranks among the very best. He is an employe of the Borden Mflk company at the McHenry plant and, like the bride, enjoys a wide circle of friends. Mr. and Mrs. Buchert have already gone to housekeeping in the cottage located on the corner of Front and John streets on the West Side, which is owned by the groom's father, where they are now at home to their friends." Those who witnessed the wedding ceremony besides the parents were: Mr. and Mrs. A. Buchert, Misses Augusta and Bertha Buchert, Albert and Henry Buchert and Charles Geske. The Plaindealer joins their many friends and' acquaintances in extend­ ing congratulations. VIUAGE COUNCiL PROCEEDINGS VILLAGE OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES ARE NAMED. 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 Council Rooms, May G, 1912. The board of trustees met in regular meeting with President Miller presid­ ing. Trustees presents-Barblan, Fisher, Freund, Nickels and Weber. Absent-- Chamberlin. The minutes of annual and special meetings were read and approved. The president appointed the follow­ ing committees for the ensuing year: Finance--Chamberlin, Barbian and Freund. Streets and alleys--Freund, Weber and Barbian. Sidewalks--Weber, Chamberlin and Freund. Public property--Barbian, Fisher and Chamberlin. Waterworks--Freund, NickeU and Weber. Miscellaneous--Fisher, Barbian and Nickels. The following bills were read and approved by finance committee: George Meyers, Jr., lbr on st $18.00 Neptune Meter Co., meters 50.40 McHenry Plaindealer, printing & pub pro. 39.00 Wilbur Lumber Co., coal ... 11.36 James B. Clow & Sons, lead pipe 27.74 Valvoline Oil Co., gasoline 30.80 A. Engeln, rent hose cart house. 10.00 M. J. Walsh, dirt 32.25 Public Service Co., street lights. 93.00 Herbes Bros., lbr on w w._ 30.85 John H. Miller, president service 3.00 R. G. Chamberlin, trustee service J. W. Freund, " " George Meyers, " " F. J. Nickels, " " Wm. Stoffel, " " M. Weber, " " On motion by Nickels,^seconded by Barbian, the bills were ordered paid. The treasurer's report was read and on motion by Barbian, seconded by Freund, the report was accepted and ordered placed on file. On motion by Nickels, seconded by Weber, Carl W. Stenger was appoint ed village treasurer for the ensuing year. The bond of Carl Stengn- as prin­ cipal, with George H. Ilanly and C. H. Fegers as sureties, was approved. On motion by Freund, seconded by Weber, Jos. I. Lang was ap[>ointed village attorney for Un ensuing year. On motion by Nick Weber, Geo. Rothenn village marshal. On motion by Wei Freund, John Walsh village policeman. Motion by Freund. s» er, that the village marshal and vil­ lage policeman each receive fifty dol­ lars per month as salaries for the en­ suing year. Motion carrie.d- On motion by Fisher, seconded by Barbian. Dr. R O. Wells, Chas. Harm- sen and Ben J. Brefeld were appointed members of the board of health for the ensuing year. ' On motion by Barbian, seconded by Nickels, John Walsh was appointed superintendent of waterworks for the ensuing year. Motion by Freund, seconded by Bar­ bian, that the superintendent of water­ works receive ten dollars per month as salary. Motion carried. On motion by Nickels, seconded by Fisher, the meeting adjourned. JOHN MILLER, Pres. H. E. PRICE, Clerk. NUMBER 1 1 1 ----«Hi-- * "•*-- AS PICKED DT BY rUUNDEAUX K- rOHERS DURING W0EL LACE AMD THE OTHER SHOW PJ THIS m- vwniitir- ls. seconded by ] was appointed r. seconded by was appointed anded bv Web- Batter Rnlat Butter was declared firm at 30 eesto on the Elgin board of trade Monday. Chicken feed at M. M. Niesen's. 40tf S. & W. paint and floor varnish at Petesch's. 44 Every day is ice cream soda day at McAllister's drug store. 47 A carload of new buggies with Ideal tops, the 1912 sensation, at Wm. Stof­ fel's. 41-tf A wedding dance will take place at Eagle hall on Wednesday evening. May 15. Colorite--colors old and new straw hats--all shades. 25c per bottle. Fbr sale at Petesch's. 40 A girl arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Smalley on Tuesday evening of this week. Send your laundry or suit to Mc­ Allister's before Wednesday and get it back Wednesday noon. 41 Staver buggies, the kind that givw satisfaction and are sold at the right price. Math. Freund, McHenry. 31 Before buying a buggy see our Ideal top. Something new--a full line to select from. Wm. Stoffel. 41-tf A dance will take place at Stoffel*s hall, West McHenry, on Saturday evening, May 18. More particulars next week. I am agent for the Staver buggies and would like to explain the merits of this buggy to you. Math. Freund, McHenry, 111. 37 M. M. Niesen, the Centerville gro- ceryman, can supply you with seed po­ tatoes. He has the Early Rose and Early Ohio varieties. 40-tf H. E. Buch will open an up-to-date ice cream parlor and confectionery store in the Buch brick block near the bridge next Saturday. There will be no services at the Uni­ versal ist church next Sunday, but on the following Sabbath the Rev. E. L. Conklin of Elgin will preach. Roy Bohlander has taken the pes|k tion of bookkeeper at the Borden mule bottling plant at Hebron. He entered upon his new duties this week. Since May 1 the employes at Terra Cotta are putting in ten hours a day. McHenry is quite well represented at that factory at the present time. Carl W. Stenger, cashier of the West McHenry State bank, has purchased the corner lot on Main and Third streets of Wm. Bonslett and will erect himself a home on same. Ground will be turned next week. The biggest catch of fish reported to this office so far this spring was landed by Lewis Bishop and John Engeln on Tuesday of this week, when the two anglers succeeded in ridding Pea river of thirty-one beautiful black bass. Some catch. May oat sowing is such an unusual thing that farmers with good memo­ ries say that such a state has not ex isted in thirty-one years, but this spring May oat sowing is quite gen­ eral. The spring of 1881 a similar con­ dition is recalled, for that year all of the oats were sown in May, as die snow did not leave the land until late in April. James T. Walsh, who at (me time edited The Plaindealer, returned to his home at Hartland iasi Hesk aftor a two months' confinement in a hospital at Glen wood, la., caused, thru typhoid fever. When Mr. Waist was taken 111 he was employed by the Chicago Reo- ord-Herald as one of that daily's ooun- try agents. We are glad to hear that he is recovering nicely. Conductor James Furney of Lake Geneva, Wis., has made his last run on the milk train which passes thni here every morning and evening. He was placed on the pension list by the C. & N. W. railroad company lsat week. Mr. Furney has been a familiar figure on this division for quite a num~ ber of years and was one of the oldest railroad men in point of years of ser­ vice on the Galena division. Stephen F. Smith of Johnsburgh called at this office on Saturday morn­ ing of last week and paid us another year's subscription. Mr. Smith is just recovering from a six months' lay-up, caused thru a fall he received last winter and in which he received two broken ribs. Mr. Smith was chopping wood at the time of the accident. He was in the act of swinging a stick of wood into position for chopping when he slipped and fell across the wood, re­ ceiving the above mentioned injuries. While not yet entirely recovered, Mr. Smith is able to navigate and is gain­ ing rapidly. The Leap Year dance given by tha Just Us club at Stoffel's hall last Sat- urday evening proved even a greater success than the girls' first attempt some weeks ago. One hundred and ten dance tickets were disposed of. The crowd was the largest and best that the hall has entertained in year*. Walsh's Chicago orchestra furnished the music and certainly was there wigh the goods. All told, the event w*a one of the brightest held in McHenry in uiany a moon. We have nut hcasd what the girls intend doing with tfe* "velvdfc." , jK-