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WEEKLY PERSONAL ITEMS 3"*coners and goers or a ieek | iff - OUR BUSY LITTLE VILLAGE. •% - ^ AS SEEM BY PLAINDEALEK REPORTERS "• ' AND HANDED INTO OjU£ jHTKC BY OUR FRIENDS. Miss Eva Stoffel was a.Chieago vis­ itor Sunday. . V "*'/• . Miss Florence J}d#fe spent. Saturday • l*st. in Elgin.' / ?'JV-v-V' Vv .'." ft-- ^ Matthe w»<'irjHs' & Bfgtii- ^slSpr ^T.^riday of iaf;t week - 1*1:, .Everett Hunter passed Tuesday in 2' '• metropolitan city. *, ' Rverett. Hunter boarded the Ohicsgw train last Friday morning. „ •' John Spencer spent Sunday As tji« guest of Chicago relsttveSX^ : Richard Wrty of Riahmoh£ was a fWD BODY W PASTURr ' - '• : _ - .^'Sp TWO FARMER BOYS MAKE GHASTLY FIND NEAR FOX LAK^. Sunday evening caller ijn .town# ..-*V Simon Stoffel was a business visitor in-the'metropolitan city Monday. " Miss Fannie Granger passed Sunday as the guest of relatives in Chicago. Henry Frett of Chicago passed Sun­ day as the guest of McHenry friends. H. R. Buch was a business visitor in the metropolitan city last week Fri­ day. • " Uayinond Whiting of Lake Geneva, Wis., was the guest of borne folks Sun- - day. ' -,v:- " - , ' C. E» Gay lord was a business visitor in the windy city t'he fore part of the week. . . Mrs. J. W. Aebischer was the guest of ('hicago relatives. jfche llrtt pf tfie week.- ; V." : ; "j J. Fred Adams looked after his in* terests in Chicago the first of last ' >. week A Joe Sutton spent a couple of days last week as the guest of 101 gin rela­ tives. / t.- va Miss Leone Zimpelman Woodstoek was the guest of Miss Pearl ('laxton Sunday. Mi&s Lena Stoffel was the guest of Chicago friend« Saturday, Sunday and Monday.!. " J. W. Smith attended to business matters in the metropolitan city last week Friday. Miss Hazel Bertram of Capron spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mi's. C. E, Gay lord. |1. I), Smalley of Woodstock spent •* Sunday as the guest of his wife and daughter here. IVter Heiiner of Woodstock spent Sunday as the guest of lsis wife and daughter here. ,s- ; Miss Blanche Loomls of North Crys­ tal Lake was the guest of McHenry relatives Sunday. Misses Alice Hart and Erna Seiler of Woodstock were guests of Miss Lu- cile By I'd Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Hoelscher of Chicago spent Sunday as the guests of McHenry relatives. Harry Alexander of Heijron "passed Sunday as a guest in the home of'Mr. and Mr*. E. F. Thomas. ^ Arthur Fitzpatrlck of Chicago was entertained in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Stilling Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Tetlow of Elgin ... were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Overton Sunday. Ralph Van Natta of Chicago spent Sunday as a guest in the home o( his .parents,;Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Van Nat •>. r . •- • Richard B. Walsh came out from Chicago. Sunday morning to spend the day as a guest in the home of his par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walsh Eddie and John Thurlwell of Rock- ford and Fred Thurlwell of Chicago were in town last. Sunday to call on their mother, who lies seriously ill at the home of her son, Frank, here. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Feltz, Mr. and Mi's. Henry Kamholz, Mm. Fi*ed J. Nickels, A. J. Kamholz and Miss, Anna Block spent Sunday as. guests of 14r, and Mrs. Herman Kamholz at Cary. Jos. Buch came out from Chicago Saturday evening to spend Sunday as the guest of relatives here. He was accompanied home Sunday evening by , his wife and son, who passed the week among McHenry .relatives. Mr. and Mrs. M. J.Stoffel returned home last week We4nejsday from few weeks' visit with relatives at Humphrey, Neb. They were accoiii- Ipanied home by Miss Gertrude Van I)yke, a sister to Mrs. Stoffel, who is now a guefet here . . - . Those from a distance who attended the funeral of Miss Josephine Engeln i • • were: George Engeln of Danville, 111.; Mrs. Gertrude Meslein, Mrs. Joe Por- ~ ter, Mrs. Michael Engeln, Mrs. Lena ^ Welsh and son, Henry, Mrs. Max Klein agd son, Mrs. Louisa Wagner, Mrs. Helen Norton, Chicago; Mrs. An- '/?' na Zens, Waukegan, lll.,Theo, Meters, gf • Cicero, 111.; Mr. and Mrs. <>», Shel- •* don, Grayslake, I^i. £ Those from a distance to attend the funeral of Mrs. H. E. Wightman herp J- > )ast week were as follows: Henry Wightip&Oi I* VVightiqan, Mr. and Mrs. Harry E- Wightujan and son, Glencoe, III.; Mr. and Mi's. A. H. Hill,- two sons and daughter, Wilinette, 111.; Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Poile, two sons and daughter, Libertyville; Ktta Alexan­ der, niece, Chicago: Mrs. Ray Cannon, grundniece, ' liarrington, 111.; John Wightman, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wight- man, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Monroe, Jirs, Chas. Travis, Chenoa, III. While crossing the Michael Lentseg pasture near Fox Lake last Sunday two farmer beys came upon the cold body of a man, who, from all appear­ ances, had been<|ead for several (lays. The l»ody, when found', was in a sit­ ting position an^l fnozen stiff. The boys brought, the news of ttmir discov­ ery to their homos and the Spring Grove officials were , at once, notified. The Isody was taken to the latter vil­ lage, where, up until* the time of going to press, It has been unident ified. On Monday morning of this week word was sent to this pillage that it was the l»ody of Martin Theleu, of Peter Tlielen of this village, but later in the dav a telephone message was received from !iM^. ^eleij,' wUo 1sanow at Waukegan. • . • - Sereral oi her reports as to the iden­ tity of the body were circulated thru- out the village since the (iml of Sun­ day, one being'•<*,.the. effect that the cot"|»se was that of Stacy Clark. The l»ody is undoubtedly thai, of a stranger, who was unknown to the people of the vicinity in which it was found and as t here were no papers or letters ofTtny description to be found in the clothes lie wore it is quite tikelv that the body will Ije buried withi ut further inv'<istigatum. The ofliciaU of the village of Spring Grove have done everything within their fiower to have the tway l(lent ititd, but to no avail. _ The report that the l»od.v was that of Martin Thelen caused considerable excitement in this village on Monday morning. Jacob Justen, the East, Side undertaker, toget her with JohiivThelen of this place, drove to Spring Grove that morning to bring the body to this village, but upon their arriral there it wasdiscoveredthat.there was a mistake in identification and.that it was not the body of Martin Thelen. The telephone message froiu Mr. Thelen, which was received herfc some time during the forenoon, proved "beyond *a doubt that the former McHenry boy was alive aud well' ana . as a result the members of his family breathed a great sigh of relief. AS TAKEN rem TBE COIUSNS OF] : MR MAMY EXCHANGES. | SARHERS TO HEEfp ; ,' >•« *' . r" STOFfEL'S HALL NEXT SATURDAY AFTERNOON At ONE O'CLOCK. in wnnoctioa- #lth the meeting of the MeH«mry < 'otnity Soil Iinprove- m«mt "association-to be held at Stoffel's hall here at T o'clm'k next Saturday afieraoou t he farmers of McHenry and vicinity will hold.a business session. / • - - ; • • .k jt • Vuiti' s number of the farmers in T^hr Methodist I'.piscopal chuivlt-aT • i . . . ». . , , , 3 ! the vicimt \ ol McTieni North Crystal Lake is to be enlarged, ,. . . . _ . •* . . . disrilavcd UIIMC During a recent, series of services . . . ' . ..... . . '• -, i ioinittu tlie Sou held at the Harvard M. E. clvurehsixty ,. . . , > / ; t-ion aiiu,.1-1 weiecoaveitt . • ' d^ne -so sliould "interest, themselves in MISCELLANEOUS ASSORTMENT OF NE^fS ITEMS IN CONDENSED FORM FOR BUSY PEOPLE. The jtostotRce "at Woodstock now closes at seven o'clock evevV evening. i'v havr »1 ready progressive spirit by Improvement assoeia- w.ho have not already The stores of Harvard close at , O'clock every evening o^^pt V^e^eF days and Saturday*. x * '• • There 'are several ts&Mt -pQ#: in the vicinity of IKindee^ The. doetois" of Dundee are tieiilg kept, Kusy vaccin­ ating these days. The chairman of the Christ mas seal committee for the Lake County Tuber­ culosis institute. rei>orts -that $787 ^ worth of seals were, disputed of this movement without; furtheV delay, i as it is to t he. advaitlag*'ofevery."farm­ er to d\> si,>. . ' T)elo-i .I:OJH;S» the ctinsulting agri^nl- tnHkt w ho has; betMi employed bv the assocXatifin. will !>e present at the Hieftifi'r and will discuss soil condi­ tions and lariu^prohiems with the 'farm- erS; Mi ; .lames will arrive in Mcllen- at 10 o'clt.N*U that morning and will i;!:td to meet auv and all farinei-s him. season. i • . «. , . , . , , ... , , i whft wish to se» The business men of A\ mwKlwk v. ,, , . .. ] V.ver\ fanner should make it a jnnnt to Ik» fm-seui next Satui"day afternotin. ,.\V1 iiieu's, ladii's* auJ children's un- derwear selling at c«st and below at L. K. I lliu lv's. At • foi* a new lage. Tin ha *e organized a Retail Dealers' asso­ ciation. The credit- system is one of th^ first, problems t hat t he association- projioses t^> solve. The Crystal La|(e Herald is lM«jstving station house h»r t-hat vil- de|»ot. that is now doing service there was built in the early ")0's -and it certainly looks it. The Wilmot, Wis., Asritalor is aliout to suspend publication. This makes the third paper to quit business within t wo j ture «le,i years, the two other publications be- ( keeping ingtlie Genoa Junotion.Tiim sand 11 «•!>- cellcnt r ron Tribune. Dr. T. W. Bropliy of Chicago, w ho Wr. fKiMi Tnt utWS. Again we call the attend >n .Of our leaders to the insiile j.ages of The IMaindealei when reading today's issue. There imi w ill timl sonic exceptionally Huf stoi i»s. maga/.ine articles and lea- irim^nis. all o( which are in with the times and make ex- jading matter. For the ben­ efit ol our larm readers we have a very gooJ latin department written by the owns the Brophy stock farm mar Fox heMilsofth" Illinois College of Agri- Lake, was recently presented with a cui.iure which soil tillers should read, bronze bust of Abraham Lincoln at a Don't forget thisJunl after reading the testimonial banquet, given in his, honpl'. home news turn to the inside pages at the Hoti'T LaSalle, Chic:rgor j and get all there is in this week's Rev. Thomas IJ. -(^uayle, secretary issue, lyiie Tlaiudealer is doing every- of th^ Lake County Law and Order . t. ting wit,liin iks power to keep abreast leagW^'expects to go to Springfield tojof the times and our aim at all times Ladies' and children's high' priced $2.25 and shoes, id close them *oiit quickly, per-pair $1.39at L. F. Block's. PRETT/ SMALL BUSINESS. Th^o. Schiessle, projnii'tor Of the FJdelweiss buffet, outhe West Side, i-e- ports to this ollice that during the past week or more petty thievery has been carried on in his tie sheds. Dur­ ing the past week, he informs us, no less than four blankets have l»een de­ liberately stolen from the backs of houses while they were occupying places in his shed6. The losers of the blankets are up in arms and have made a demand that the guilty party or part ies lie caught at any cost, and if those who are now working oil the case are, successful in landing the thieves we can assure'them that ,no mercy will be exercised in seeing that they get, their just dues. It is bad enough to steal the'blankets, say nothing of hav­ ing the poor animals stand out. in the cold during these frosty mornings without, being blanketed. Those wh<# have interested themselves in keeping tah (and there are more than a few) have sworn vengeance and we dare say that we would hate to be in the Itoots of the guilty person or persons, which­ ever the case may lie. A person guilty qjf such a crime should be severely deJ|lt with and we sincerely hope thaf Unguilty ones will be apprehended. ICE RACES NEXT SUNDAY. C. F. Norager, the genial host, of the Orchard Beach hotel, has completed arrangement* for'a big skating tourna­ ment to be pulled off at ips place next Sunday afternoon- at two o'clock. He has already arranged for a number of Elgin, Woodstock and (Chicago skaters to be here on'that occasion to compete for the elegant, prizes Uiiieh lie will hang up. The out-of-town skaters have assured Mr. Norager that they will be here next Sunday and the pub­ lic may look forward to an interesting as well as exciting time. Euiil Geier of this place, who knows a thing or two aliout the game, and who a few years ago made C. A. Anflerson of Chi­ cago go some, will, if in shaj»e, get in­ to the race. Mr. Geier has-not been well all winter and is now recovering from a long illness, but bis litany friends here hope that he will be in such shape by Snndny thathe^wil! be able to participate in the sport. With weather permitting, a large crowd of out-of-town |>eople are expected in for tht event,.__ THE SOCIAL WHEEL. *ha ladies of the Social ^heel- passed a very pleasant aft,ernoon~at the att ractive home of Mrs. Frank Schna- bel last Saturday. Delicious refresh­ ments were served, among which was a b i r t h d a y c a k e f q r o n e o f m e m ­ bers, as well as a beautiful bunch of carnations. The next, rpeeting will be held at the Universalis!., chureli parlors on the afternoon of Washington's birth* day, February 22. A prografu appro­ priate for t he day is being prepared by the committee. Each member has been given the privilege of bringing a visitor on this occasion. lobby tor the promised county opt ion bill. Mr. Qiiayle "expects the bill to pass and become a law by a very small margin. Three inmates of the Lake county poor farm at. Liberty ville were re­ cently removed to the state insane hospital at 101 gin. TH^ three inmates were Mrs. Simes.of Lake Villa, Manda Gnstafson of Waukegan and Susie Coon i of Antii ch. ' The w ire mills .at, Waukegan were •closed down for seventy-live miuutes last Saturday morning while the ma­ chinery of that giant industry filled the water mains of the Lake county m >tropolis. A fit* In a private home was the Cause; According to exchanges the stock­ holders of the Public Service company of Northern Illinois, at. their annual meeting to be held on February 21, will eonslder a-proposition to form a merger with the Northwestern Gas, Light and Coke company of Chicago. The members- of the Lake Geneva Commercial club dined at the new Lake Geneva hot-el on- Monday even­ ing of last week. The club is coin- |)Osed of live wire members and surely ,is accomplishing great things. There were about seventy present at the ban­ quet. The Knights of Columbus have made a splendid r« fiord in piling up a sub; stantial mortuary reserve in their in­ surance department, according to Su­ preme Knight .lames It. Flaherty of Philadelphia, who was present at. the session of directors just adjourned in Chicago. The mort uary reserve is now M,2'iT>fU0tJ, which According to Mr. Flah­ erty is"~*l,22.">,0lX) more than is required by law for that purpose. The fb'bron plant of the Borden Con­ densed Milk company has been given the distinct ion of having won the prize offered by the company for the best show ing of efficiency for the month of October. The prize was divided among the employes afl«er..the decision was made recently. In view of the fact that some of the foremen were aWent part of the time, in attendance JM the dairy show in Chicago, it isdouhly commend­ able that the Hebron plant wain award ed the plum. i'eter Bros, of A.lgonquln have just put on the >narket a ball bearing ab­ rasive metal saw, for cutting steel, brass copjMir, aluminum and other metals. It is a wonderful little tool and will save its cost many t iniesover In any machine shop where there is any such work to do. By its use there is a great saving made in the stoek used, as it is not nee-, essaryto nick and break expensive steel. The saw also makes a clean cut and saves a vast amount of time, doing the work in one quarter of the time for- kVnerly' required. It is a machine that is bound to have a big s&le, as it "fills a'longfelt want." Peter Bros, are turn- ing out a number of labor saving ma- ' Chines at their Algonquin factory and * Ijave built up a very pros|wrous busi­ ness. They einplQ»T about fifteen .uiea Who are all expert machinists and also operate a large garage giving employ­ ment to several men in that depart­ ment. i»sn U'xL HERE FROM VERMONT is to give our readers their money s worth and then,.some. If you have a friend, neiglilior, relative or acquaint­ ance who is interested in McHenry aud "the surrounding country, who is riot a subscriber to The Plaindealer, send us his or h£r name and we will mail a sample copy to t hem. We are out to increase our subscription list by five hundred during 191.') and with this end in view we \v i 11 endeavor to pub­ lish a paper that will bring us the sub* sc-rijiers. Will you help us by sending us a name or two¥ $l:U0 ea|>s for 7-~ic: 7*>c caps at 50c and •>t>c ca|»s at .'He at L. R Block's. Adv TARGET SHOOT AT MERTBS'. Another target, shoot.will take place at, .los. ,1. Men es' grounds, Pistakee Bay, on Tuesday, Feb. l?i. Jyir. Mer­ ges has had considerable experience in this sort of sport and knows just how to handle an event of this kind. As a special inducement to the nimrods.who care to take, part in the shoot, he is offering three valuable prixes. The first prize wlll^ go to the participant "having the highest average of the day, the second Jo the second highest aver­ age and the third to the low average, ^Participants shooting the entire pro­ gram of 100 targets will lie eligible for the prizes. The shoot will begin about 10 o'clock in the morning and dinner will be served at the Oak Park hotel. Plenty of good shells will be obtain­ able on the grounds and a general in­ vitation is extended to lioth shooters aod spectators to 1*' present. V tine time is assured all. Adv Good fiction at Me A Ulster's--ioaned for a small sum. Adv POUND DEjMt ON WEST SIDE. " Louis Meng.*:f Frenchman, who up until a short time ago acted as aport^ irij^he Peter B. Freund buffet on the West Side, w as funnd dead in an out biuldittg in that, end of town on Wed­ nesday morning of this week. The deceased had complained of not feeling wejl of late, but his condition was not tooled upon as lieing serious by those wwP'knew him. The Inquest over his body was held at N. «T. Justen's under­ taking rooms this morning, the jury returning a verdict of death from nat­ ural causes. Tllie regular monthly meeting of tb« Knights Of Columbus takes place at Stoffel's hall next (Thursday) evening. Ice cresha for yonr Sunday dinner at Petesch's. Adv TAXES ARE NOW DUE. John Niesen JIHS received his tax books and may lie found at the follow ing places on the ^daysi mentioned: Mondayi^l. C. Debrecht's. .lohnsburg; Tuesdays, Bradley .V Foss', PJngwood: Thui-sdays, M. .1. Walsh's, West Mc­ Henry; Saturdays, N. H. . Petoeeh's, McHeury. Mr. Niesen can also be found at his residence ""Wednesday, Friday and evenings.- .'W-tf LECTURE NEXT MONDAY NIGI^T, We were incorrectly informrd as tQ the date5 of the next number of the *jal entertainment cours^e and in last week's issue stated that th^ next num» her would be held on Feb. 12. How­ ever, this is wrong, as Mr. Clark, the lecturer, will lie at the Central opera house next Monday night, Feb. 17. STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. The aunual meeting of the stock­ holders* of the McHenry Creamery company will lie held on "the 15th of February, 1913, afr the town clerk's offloe in West McHenry, at 1 o^loek p. J&. H. C, MEAD, Sec. MRS. WKHTNANWAS BORN WOKEN MOUNTAIN STATE. MRS. MARGARET CAREY BRAHAN PASSES AWAY AT ELGIN-BODY BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL. % Mrs. Jiw MeNviH. Mrs. .lames McNeill, an old and highly respected citizen of Fox Lake, passed away at her late home in that village on Sunday of this week. Her remains were brought to this village and iaid beside those of her husband in St. Patrick's cemetery here. Infant la CtlM. Death, again entered the home 'of Mr. and Mi's. Mat hi as .L, Freund, who reside just east of the river, on Tues­ day morning of last week and took from them their eighteen months old infant son. The infant had been ailing for about two weeks, whooping cough followed by pneumonia being the cause of the little one's death. The funeral took place from St. Mary's Catholic 'church here on Thursday morning of last'week, lie v. A. Royer officiating. This is the second child to lie taken from this home within two years and the cft.i7.ens of this place and vicinity extend the family th£ir (fcepest sym­ pathy. t Mm. Margaret C. Braha*. Mrs. Margaret Carey Bralian, who at one time was a resident of this village and during the laWt thirty years a citi­ zen of Elgin, parsed away at her late home In that city last Saturday;morn­ ing after an illness of several^years in duration. She was taken to li6r bed a few days before her death. The deceased was born in County Kilkmney, In land, eighty-five years ago, coming to this country when twenty years of age. Three years after her arrival in this country she was united iti marriage to John Brahan. Mis. Brahan was a devoutmemberof St. Mary's Catholic church at Elgin, a member of the Altar and Rosary soci­ ety of that church, and was also a charitable worker and highly respected by all. She is survived by four sons, .Tames and Edward, of Elgin; John, of the state of Washington, and Peter, pf Missoula, Mont., and by one daughter, Miss Bridget. Brahan. The funeral was held on Monday morning of this week at 7:90 o'clock at St. Mary's Catholic church in Elgin. High mass was celebrated by Rev. J. .1. McCann, pastor of the church. Her liody waK taken to the Northwestern station and brought to this village. The last sad rites were performed at St. Patrick's Catholic church in this vil­ lage at eleven o'clock on that morning and interment was made in the ceme­ tery adjoining the churoh. The body was followed to this village and Its last resting place by a large concourse of out-of-town relatives and friends. A large number of our |>eople also turned out to pay their respects to the former resident and friend. "--' Lwtr Paat. The many friends of Leroy Peet, of Ringwoqd, were shocked at the news of his sudden death which occurred at his home on last Saturday, Feb. 8. Al- tho he had been in poor health for two years, all thought he was improving until Friday evening. The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon at the Ringwood churoh, conducted by Rev. H. J. Collins. Interment in the fautily lot In the Ringwood cemetery. The subject of this sketch was born in New York state on July 4, 1847. When still a young man he oame West and stopped at Ringwood, where on January 28, 1872, he was married to Miss Alice Walkington. To this union six boys were born: Harry, who 4s in business in Woodstock; Freddie, who died in infancy; and Frank, Edward, Charles and Arthur, all of Ringwood In the spring of 1873 Mr. Peet moved his family to Blue Earth county, Minn., where he engaged in farming and car- penteMng for thirteen years. They then returned to McHenry county, 111., where he has made his home in the vicinty of Richmond and Ringwood, except for about three years he spent in the south on account of Mrs. Peet's poor health. Mr. Peet was converted in Mlnne sota in 1880, uniting with the Free Baptist church at Mapleton. Since coming to Illinois he has been identi Bed with the church in Richmond and Ringwood. To him religion meant exalting life, and he lived his religion. As a conrtactor he dealt with many people, and all speak in the highest terms of his honesty snd integrity. And altho. he held aome views directly contrary t« thOse>of some of his friends, yet he was true to his prino^ilos and jived up to the light he had. ; / And sOj ^God's finger touched him and he dept." CARD OF THANKS. The family wish to thank the many friends and- neighbors who helped tli.eni by labor and sympathy during their late trouble in the sickness and death of husband and father. MRS. ALICE PKET AND $ONS. twenty-two years ago the 19th of last November. She attended St. Mary's parochial school and made her first communion from St. Mary's chureh about ten years ago. The deceased was taken ill about three years ago and at one time it was thought she had fully recovered, until about one year ago, when the .sudden death of her loving mother, whom she worshipped, was too great a shock and since then she has been gradually fail­ ing. All that a loving sister and father could accomplish was dood for he«r, but to no avail. During all her suffering she toever complained and was always very thoughtful of others. Miss Engeln was known to her many friends as •"The Little Sister of Charity,"" as she was always kind to the sick and aged. She was taken sick Sunday at one p. m., and, realizing that she could not live many hours, called her father, sisters and brothers and bid them all good-bye, Altho it was very heart­ rending to them to see her go, none could wish her to remain and suffer as she did until the end. She will be greatly missed, not only by the mem­ bers of her family, but by close friends and neighbors. She leaves a heartbroken father, four sisters and three ' brothers to mourn. Jimbiiw. Clothe her In garments pure and white. Pill the Jewel iu a casket pretty ami light, Surround It with flowers beautiful and urlifht. Lay It-away carefully this .tewel so sweet-- When life's journey U ended u>- heaven we'll meet. M. B. S. CARD OF THANKS. The undersigned take this means of extending their thanks to those who lent their assistance and extended their sympathy during the sad hours of their bereavement. They also wish to extend their thanks for the many beautiful floral offerings, especially those donated by the McHenry Aerie of Eagles and' St. Mary's Catholic Order of Foresters. > ANTON ENGELN AND FAMILY. ITEMS OF LOCAL HVTEXEST AS MCKED UT BY rLAINDEALEK rORTEiS DUKHVG WSK. WHAT PEOPLE ABE DOING IN THIS VB*> LACE AND THE IMMEDIATE VJC1NITV- OTHEK Sll--T PARAGRAPHS. ̂ || tatter RUM, ' "11 Butter was declared firm it W cents' on the Elgin board of trade Monday. Valentines ^t Peteseh's. Adv Valentine post cards at MeAtfkier's. ' Rumor has it that the West Side is ' to have a new millinery parlor soon. 1 . Ail ladies', ^misses' and children's coats selling at less than cost at 1U. F. Block's. • Ad* ^<| Thre6 reels that are real on Wed- nesday, Saturday and Sunday at the ; ̂ Central. - Adv '* A few from here are planning to ^ take in the horse races on Bangs' lake, Wauconda, next Saturday. Fred Justen entertained a party of : friends at a fish dinner at his place on .' >' • Thursday evening of last week. - ; % Grant Randall, who resides west of J" town, will move to Hebron &bout the first of March. He has purchased a •' Jj farm there. rA|§ m i J Oraanaa Josephine Oreanna Engeln, who passed away at her home here Monday morning, Feb. 3, was born and grew to womanhood here. She TM born R«M A. Withtmaa. Rose A. Wightman, who passed from this life at her tate home atGiencoe, 111., on Sunday morning, Feb. 2, and whose body was brought here for burial in Woodland cemetery last week Tuesday afternoon, was a native of Vermont, having been born in the Green moun­ tain state on March 20, 1834. She was in her seventy-ninth year of existence at the time of her death. When a girl of ten she, with her parents, together with two other fam­ ilies, left their native state for the West, the deceased's family coming to Illinois. The trip was made overland via land and water, the greater part of the journey having been made in cov­ ered wagons. After a long and tire­ some journey the family finally settled near Lake Zurich^ She came to McHenry in 1837 and six years later on January 4, 1863, she was united in marriage to Mr. Henry E. Wightman, who for so many years conducted a livery business in this vil­ lage. The deceased made this village her place of abode almost continuously from the time of her first arrival until eight years ago, when she, with her husband, moved- to Chicago and four years later moved to Glencoe, 111., where she passed away. Mrfi. Wightman was taken sick about four months ago with acute inflamma­ tory rheumatism together with compli­ cations and during her entire sickness she was a great sufferer, at times en­ during untold pain and agony. While her passing away brought great grief into the hearts,of her husband and members of her nmily, death was wel­ comed by her as a.sweet relief to her aches and pains. Her death was the first to break the family ties, she leaving a heartbroken husband and the four children that had been born to the union to mourn, the children being Mrs. A. H. Hill of Wil- mette, III., Clara of Glencoe, 111., Mrs. H. J. Poile of Libertyville, 111., and H. E., of Highland Park, 111. All of the children, together with all of the grandchildren, seven in number, were out to attend the funeral. Besides the immediate members of her family, she leaves one sister, Mrs. Rollin E. Waite, of this village, and a large fol owing of dear friends. Mrs. Wightman was what is com­ monly termed a home body, devoting most of her time to the things that assisted in making the home cheerful and happy. Whtle-not very prominent in social life, her influence reached out and irtany there are who will greatly miss her and feel the loss of a stanch and true friend. She was a woman of strong character, always standing for what was right and always had a kind word of sympathy for those in trouble or distress. The funeral services were conducted at the home at 9:30 o'clock on Tuesday morning of last week, the Rev. Doug­ las H. Cornell, pastor of the Union church of that place, officiating. The remains arrived in McHenry on the afternoon train of the same day, inter­ ment taking place in the looal ceme­ tery. McHenry friends ami citisens in fem­ oral extend t6 the bereaved, faw^iy their deepest sympathy. V Men's $1.50 flannel shirts to close but at 81.00 each at L. F. Block's. Adv Btad Tbt Pl»iadMl«^ -V • tit: ' 'rVifJ ' <4 U The baby contest at the Central is becoming quite popular. The closing" of the contest will be announced soon, so vote for your candidate. Adv Geo. Stilling has received hts 1500 pound Veerac truck and it is now oa display at his salesroom in tlMS^uo^ block near the riyer bridge. - - Some of the youngsters went up to C. F. Norager's last Sunday afternoon to take part in the skating races. A. few of 'em came home with prizes. St. Elmo, one of the b&st dramas' ever written, will be produced at the Central opera house by a capable com • pany on Sunday evening, March 2. 35 Dredging of the Fox river from El­ gin northward will be advocated by Everett Hunter of this place at the Good Roads meeting to be held at the city hall, Elgin, tomorrow evening. Services at the Univers*list church next Sunday, Sunday school at 10:00 o'clock and sermon at 11:00. Come and bring a friend with you--you will be cordially welcome at either aervioe. At Wm. Bonslett's sale yesterday his firm mares averaged 1258.10, sell­ ing at 1290.00, #285.00, <275.00, 1228.00 and $212.50. This shows it pays farm­ ers to have and raise good, he^vy horses. ; , The big West Side robbery has cleared and all Is well. The money- disappeared and then reappeared and * all hands were on deck Monday more- ;' • ing. After all, isn't this a funny, fun- ny world? The farmers of McHenry and viein- '-'I| ity appear to be sincere in their de- mands for more money for their milk. Jy We are told that unless better prices "f] are offered the McHenry creamery wiii^ be reopened. „ V \ Some people never hand In an item < ^ of news to The Plaindealer, but If we,Tf5||;^ happen to miss an item in which they are interested they are sure to hand us a north pole stare that would freeie the liver of a polar bear. ^.v ;|| The program of the "Movies" at the Central for Saturday evening Is as fol-, A ^ lows: "The Two Battles/' a Vito- graph war drama; "The Sandjgro Dee"^^ a dramatic Biograph, and a ^fig com- '. edy that is funny, entitled "Two Gay Dogs." Entire change of program .j ". W e d n e s d a y , S a t u r d a y a n d S u n d a y . 3 5 ^ Postmaster J. C. Holly received a^ parcels post package from the Rev. A. ̂ Roberts of Homeland, Ga., this morn­ ing. The package contained some new «. lettuce, onions, flowers and strawber- ries. In a letter received from theC ^ ^ former McHenry pastor last Decemberft he stated that he expected to bo.eat-^ ^ ing new potatoes by Jan. 1. < ^ William B. Besley, brotherof 6. W., Besley, former West Side druggist, > ̂ ot but now a resident of Woodstock,; passed away at the home of his son,4 I Dr. Fivd Besley, in Chioago oq Wed-1 nesday of last week. The deceased r " was the eldest of six one time conducted Besley brewery. brothers and at\ ,:jf- the Waukegan - ' The postmaster general has ordered that all rigs used by rural mail earners •s»£>w iM. -'St be painted red, a bright and coosfftc' uous red. The order also applies letter boxes. Rural carriers do not": ' • ' ( , ' "j look with favor on the new order andr>-( say that they and their red wagons will be chased down the lanes, high ^ : M m ways and byways by bulls, turkey gob-! j- blers and geese, to say nothing of thav dogs along their routes. • •- jf There never was a newapaper ia aaf* locality that gave absolutely all th«£ news. It is often that a family missed several times. They get th«*' impression that the paper does noft( care to mention them or it has a grudgift, against them.\ It is all a mistake^; Po not be afraid to tefl the edttur have friends visiting you. It yolk' I think that the editor la showing pat­ riality, try and see it he doesn't tre^ ijou SA well it yoa yite btaa » nbinnfr $ T'-l i i-fJ "T •