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jVEEXLY PERSOHAL §1 coots or A WEEK n an busy uttie muoc SECT BY PLAINDEALER I|EI 4*1.1*11 ' fiii Sy8*INTO OU* omcE - :•*$ • ' ' .- „ v Miss Mame Sehaa(err j9Wt Snadftjr ; .- in Elgin. .. ' | c. H. Fegers was a business visitor ; Chicago Monday. > V.|-;Everett, Hunter transacted business '-^|Rl Chicago last Friday. >'J. '-I; M. D. WilkinK was a Chicago visitor Friday of last week. ;» T Miss Maude. Gtttoger •Jot Chicago icdsy with home folfce. ;w'-|fMiss Floranco Howe was ^Visitor on Saturday of last week. ' ,hWiB. 8imes> was a business transactor (a the metropolitan city Monday. I. A. Hungerford attended the funer- vljifl? of a reiativ'e at DeR alb Sunday. ^ Frank Cobb of Chicago spent Sunday . -'^fth his wife and daughter here. ;'«,;.Mi's. E. Lusk attended to business jfestters in tUe windy $ity Tuesday.; ^Simon Stoffei was among the Chica- :(0 passengers Wednesday morning. Mrs. Theo. Sehiessle was among the <, <5hicago passengers Tuesday morning. ^jGlenn Robison of Chicago spent Sun- - (tiy as the guest of McHenry friends. Chas. Stoffei of Milwaukee, Wis., •pent Sunday as the guest of home jWks. Miss Clara Stoffei spent Saturday laid Sunday as the guest of Dundee JMends. *Geo; A. Stilling attended to matters of a business nature In Chicago last Saturday. T. L. Grot of Ottawa attended to business matters tort the latter p*rt qI last week. ^ Mrs. Anton Barbiah went to Chica­ go last week Friday fen* a week's visit ^frtth relatives. Misses Florqpgc^and Graqger %pnt Saturday as the guests of rela­ tives at Elgib. f Richard Wnyof Richmood passed Sunday evening as the guest of Mc- Henry friends. | Arthur Wrede of Chicago was a gueat ' ot his parents, £§r» apd Mn. ,£ouls Wrede, Sundajr. ^ i v C. W. Ed^ar^s of, Chicago was shak- hands with' friends -in town the 'IcBt of the vps$l{. jHarold Veitz and Joe Hoffman of fiUkicago were guests of McHenry friends |||s first of the week. Tfaos. Knox of Chicago spent Sut^day ^ak a guest in the home of his parett)4* Mr. and Mrs. John Knox. Mrs. J. ̂ E. ^heeler PfMp^d a tew days the first of t,he week 'as the guest Of relatives at, Bel vide re. M. J. Walsh attended to matters per-, tflning to his mercantile businesi In Chicago last week Friday- M i-s Earl Smtyh pf Woogatock passed lay last week with her parents, Mr. Mrs. F. E. Huteon, hero. " . - Miss Kate F. Howe of River Forest ijjfent Sunday in the home of her par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Howe. Gilbert McOmber of Chicago wap entertained in the home of his parents, lir. and Mrs. F. L. McOmber, Sunday. - Miss Marguerite Granger of Chica- was a guest in the home of her Aether, Mrs. F. K. Granger, Sunday. ^ Jtfrs. B. Krueger and grandchild of Chicago were guests of the former's daughter, Mrfe.*C.r: J. Hoeft, the past two weeks. Leonard PhflHps came out from the . oily Saturday evening to spend Sun­ day in the home of his mother, Mrs. Bfhma Phillip*. ^ Mrs. Sarah Dermcpt and "^daughter, lirs. Frapk V. Cobb, and her daugh­ ter, Gladys, were county seat visitors . one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Pedersenof Ring- „ paod were pleaaant callers last Mon­ day at the home of t|ie latter's mother, Mrs. Alice Simpebn. F. J. Barbian attended *to business matters at Milwaukee, Wis., and other (Owns along the north shore ori^Mon- dtjgr and -Tuesday of this week. J. D. Lodtz wai in Chicago Monday to see his wife, who is recovering nice­ ly from an operation recently per­ formed at Mercy hospital in that city. Mrs. Dwelly and Mr. and Mrs. Au- Sit Walters of Woodstock and Mrs. erman of Harvard called on Mc. and Mrs. Merriman last Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Barker and daughter of North Crystal Lake passed Sunday as the guesta of Mrs. Barker's gpirents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Freund. Frank Schumacher came out from Chicago Saturday evening to spend Sunday as a guest in the home of hiB parents, Mr. and Mrs- Wm. J. Schu- ' nacher. . ? .and Mr/ ̂ -H. Fajr and daugh­ ter, Kathryn, V, 3j<» drove to this village in their. \ * Ford run-about httt Sunday and \ guests in the home of Mr: and Mrli V W. Howe. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. l^yan, Mrs. A1 Wat^ns and daughter, Gwendolyn, of Chiea^b and Mrs. Frank Grotte and daugjtoers of Elgin called on relatives JM^nenry and vicinity last Saturday. . Mr. /dnd Mrs. Ben Bonslett drove cmt frt>m Chicago in their . Ford run- . ahout last Saturday afternoon and spent Sunday as guesta of the former's moth­ er) Mrs. Margaret Bonslett, and other • ^BisiAToa. h^re»t '• : - f • »W0tNM OCETS MEW tttRMD V * • •fG CS0WB ATTENDS OFENOIO OT pOAO SATORMY .Numerous McHenry residents, who flame Originally from the vicinity of Wauconda or who have ever visited the pretty little place} will read the following account of the opening of the village's first railroad with con­ siderable interest^i^he names men­ tioned will touch a tended chord in many memories. , ', "Uncle" William Tidmarsh wel­ comed the arri val of the first train with his old civil war band. He is a civil war veteran himself and his original band shrunk to four pieces, but those four pieces were out. Prac­ tically every person in Wau^pnda who playo a musical instrument learned from "Uncle" William, who is a mas­ ter of many instruments and a com­ poser of' music. He is eighty-three years old, but jspry as a man half that age. All the old timers seem to stay young in Wauconda./ The account of the opening erf the railroad, which is laid frotny Palatine to Wauconda, reads like history of several decades ago*" the passing of the stage coach and the doming of the railroad. It follows: WauoDnda, May 13: Ambrose Bangs, driver/of the old Janesville-Chicago stage in days when John-A. Logan and Stephen A.-Douglas "threw their lug-, gage on behind," waved his hat Satur­ day at the engineer of a switch engine which had jolted a string of coaches into Wauconda, 111. "How's the road, Jim?" tatted Bangs, just as he would have shouted to a brother driver sixty years ago. But thevsaluation was that of the ancient for the modern. \The first railroad. of any kind ever known in Wauconda, almost as old a town as Chicago, operated its first train Satur­ day. And Ambrose Bangs was there with some 5,000 Lake county folks, builders,and owners of the road and other celebrators of the occasion. Mr. Bangs is eighty-three years old and dean of the old stage drivers, There were other drivers present-- "Bill" Hicks, Henry M. Davis and Ned Duers--all old timers and all mightily interested in the "new con traption," even tho' its noisy bell sounded the death knell for staging "Tain't much like it was in the '40s," observed Bangs. "Thesn we drove 200 miles every week, put up our horses over on the West Side in Chicago and weot across the ferry to deliver our mail at Clark street." Then the "old timers" were joined by another--"Joe" Brockelman, bent and wrinkled under the weight of eighty years. Mr. Brockelman is .known ail over Lake county as the "Sage of Quintin Corners" and yester­ day he experienced the thrills of his first' ride on a railroad train in fifty years, It was fifty years ago that Brockel­ man and Hans Schmidt, a neightour, began "boosting" for a railroad. They bet each other that neither would ride on a train until a railroad .was built thru their property at Quintin's Cor. ners. Schmidt died two years ago. Brockelman waa one of the first pas­ sengers yesterday, when his wish came true. Grandma Gerry, whose husband went west with die gold rush in '49 and never came back, celebrated her one hundredth jrfrthdaj last week. She, too, was there, a passenger on the first train. And when the puffing switch engine, nicknamed Maud, had ceased its braying all the old timers got together and listened to the music of Wauconda's civil war band, now a band of four pieces, but still under the leadership of "Uncle" William. Tid- marsh. ' Peter Nimsgsrn, sixty-nine- years old and "still a hoy," waa there riding a great chestnut stallion as marshal of the day and leading a parade in which old chief of Wanconda and all his braves were impei-sonated. The old stage coach--in reality an old-fashioned buck board--was conspic­ uous in the parade. And in it, dressed as "ladies" of the ante-bellum days, were Mrs. C. L. Pratt and Mrs. B. S. Hammond, relatives of Ambrose Bangs. Mr. Bangs held the reins. Wauconda never knew such' a hub­ bub as that, of Saturday, for all the young folks were there as well as the old. Every church and &uuuui bell was ringing when "Maud" steamed .in. And "Jim," the engineer, saw tp it that "Maud" did "her" share in aug­ menting the racket. ~ Charles H. Patten, president of the new railroad--the P. L. Z. A W.-^and Justin K. Orvis, the secretary, were accompanied by the entire commer­ cial club of Palatine on the initial ride. President Patten drove the proverbial golden spike. There was a big dance. over at Murph^s pavilion on the shore of Bangs lake in the evening. Peter Nimsgern forgot all about his sixty- nine years and led the Virginia reel. Ambrose and "Ned" and "Bill" and all the others joined in. They danced and sang in celebration of the passing of the stage and the ooming of the railroad. ^ Arrange to attend "Her Last .Dollar" GER|MS lipiCE LOCALS PTKIPtY STARTS DjUILY AfyD.lfOSES ' • % ^ - v . ' . . . & ft.*:'" SALISBURY PITCHES GQOO GAME AFTER FIRST MNflM, HAVING IB STRIKEOUTS TO MM CREMT. It was a jubilant bunch of Germans that left the ball yard here at about 4:30 o'clock last Sunday afternoon. That our German friends had good cause to be in that mood we do not dis­ pute, as tbty had the satisfaction that afternoon of once more hanging defaat over the heads of our young athletes. Johnsburgh won the game for the simple reason that the Germans phtyed . the better ball, especially in th»- field-' 'er t*ien ma^e a hslk ipg department. Had McHenry shown the dWeOeer displayed by their sturdy enemies the result might .have been different. But they didn't, thus the defeat. As on the previous Sunday McHenry plainly showed the lack of practice and drilling but displayed a slight improve­ ment with the willow. While the home boys lost the contest they will tind some consolation in knowing that three of their eight tallies were of the unadulterated variety, two of which were made off the speedy Joe Miller. When a team can get two earned runs off a man of Miller's calibrl that team this Lirt,e had l>taen covering first base second stanza. Bobby Knox opened the proceedings, with a peachy two- hagger to left. Behlke flew out to Theleh and Aebischer straightened out one of N. Miller's twisters for a double, the hit«corin« Knox. This ~as Mo- Henry's first tally and an earned one at that. Mummery fouled to the catch­ er and Gibbs ended the inning by send­ ing a loflg fly into the awaiting hands of the center fielder. McHenry did not aoore again until the sixth when Johnsburgh made £hein jk present, of three tallies. Page wfent out on a fly to King. N. Freund went tt> first after being hit by a pitched ball. He then stole second. Peterson went to first when Freund ftiled to hoid the third strike called on the lat­ ter, N, Freund going to second. Mil- which advanced both runners one notch closer to the pay station. Knox fanned and Behlke would have met his death in the same manner had Freund caught the third strike. After recovering the ball, which had buried itself underneath the dead grass and brush, Freund, in his attempt, to stop the base runners, opened the way for a series of wild throws during which the three runfters scored. This |>erformance sorted a general argument* in which "players and fans took jlfcrt . Fla\ wafe not re­ sumed until the ump had declared the runs valid. Joe Miller, who up until OPS AS TAKEN FRCM THE COLUMNS OF CXvoAjfuES, • •AH MISCELLANEOUS ASSORTMENT OP NEWS ITEMS IN CONDENSED FORN FOR BUSY PEOPLE. The annual hill climb at Algonquin will take fJlace on Thursday, June 19., It cost about 1127,000 tb pay the Woodstock city bills for the year just ended. Five girla and two boys will gradu­ ate from the Richmond high school this year. A monster Fburth of July celebra­ tion will he kfcld at wautcegan this is deserving of credit and we take pride in giving the home team a hand on their accomplishment of this feat. That the, locals are made of the right stuff was shown by the manner in which they went after the visitors after that heart-rending opening inning when the German speaking gents amassed a total of six runs, which at the t ime appeared to'be enough tow in the game, but later on proved insufficient. • Salisbury, a former Lane high School star of Chicago, graced the mound for McHenry, and, after the first round, pitched splendidly. Only for his south­ paw delivery many of the fans would have passed him for our friend Bending. His features, his position in the box and general playing are very similar to those of our former diamond favor­ ite. Salisbury was a bit wabbly tt> begin with and before . he got his bearings six fleet-footed German^ had crossed the counting station. This all hap­ pened in the first inning. Salisbury started off by hitting the first two men who faced him. Both runnera advanc­ ed a peg when Huck, who started to catch for McHenry, let one of the south-paw's jumpers get away from him. John Freund scored the two runners with a single tocenter. Freund stole second and completed the circuit on John Miller's single to right. P. Freund was safe at first on Gibbs' er­ ror, the inisplay also advancing Miller to third. P. Freund stole .second and both runners soored on Joe-Preund's drive to center, the batter going on to second on the throw to the plate. Ae- bischer nailed Thelen's tty^or the first out. Huck let Michel's third strike slip thru his ringers which not only gave ttie batter life at first but allowed Freund to score as well. Huck then gave way to Behlke, who donned the mask and mitt. N. Miller was safe at first. onjGibbs' error, but oould get no farther as the next two men struck put. The visitors aeored another tally in the second. John Miller led off with a double to right. Joe Miller's sacrifice sent the runner to third. P. Freund dumped a grounder to Bobby Knox, who failed in his attempt to get John Miller at home. P. Freund displayed his prowess by pilfering both second and third. Behlke failed to hold Joe Freund's third strike but recovered the ball in time to head off the gunner at first. P. Freund tried to make home on the play, but was caught by several feet when Gibbs shot the ball bode to Behlke. Johnsburgh soored three more runs in the sixth. N. Miller fanned. F. Freund was safe on Gibbs' error, he stole second and scored on 8chaefer's double to center. Schaefer then stole second and scored a moment later when Behlke made a bum throw to third in his attempt to catch the runner off the bag. John Freund reached first on Knox's error and^was advanced to third on Joe Miller's singly to center. P. Freund grounded to Knox, who headed Miller off at second while John Freund went home on the play. Page tried hard to double the batter at first, but failed. Gibbs worked the "lost ball" stunt on P. Freund, thus retiring the side. To make sure that they would h*ve enough to win the contest the Ger- mans gathered in three more runs in the eighth. N. Miller went to first after being hit in the slats. A moment later, he was tagged out by Page, who fielded F. Freund's grounder perfectly, but made a bad throw to first to com­ plete the double. * Freund stole second while'Schaefer was striking out. The runner scored when John Freund's grounder got thru Gibbs. Freund went to third ou Joe Miller's single. At this critical stage of the game Salis­ bury made a balk which allowed Freund to score aad Miller to reach second. Miller stole third, but got no farther as P. Freund struck out. in a creditable manner, took his place in the box, while his younger brother went to first.. Right, away quick the mighty Joe began moistening tfife ball with his excess saliva, which he'evi­ dently brought with him for this par­ ticular use. He retired the first man who faced him on strikes and the In­ ning was over. * Miller's spitters caused t.he/First two men up in the seventh to fan. Salis­ bury was passed and advanced to third on Page's single. Salisbury went home when Miller threw wild to third in an attempt to catch the little pitcher off the cushion. Freund ended the round by fanning. The eighth inning came very near being Miller's undoing. PAerson, the first man up for McHenry in the round, shot one thru King and reached second before the ball was relayed into the diamond. Knox sent an easy grounder to Miller and was thrown out at first. Behlke singled, the hit allowing Pet­ erson to score. Miller's throw to first to catch Behlke off the bag was a little off, Behlke taking second on the play. Aebischer came up and leaned on one of Miller's fast ones for a double, the hit scoring Behlke. Mummery sacri­ ficed and was thrown out at first, while Aebischer went to second. Salisbury tried awfully hard to do something, but had to console himself with a meek grounder to Miller, who threw the run­ ner out at first. This ended McHen­ ry's score getting and placed the game into the opened arms of the bofa from Johnsburgh. The tabulated score follows: PO I 0 IS 4 I JOIiNHItlKUH K F. freund, ss ft 3rd b. .it fteliHffer, If.. S John I' lcund, <• ,.4 J. Miller, 1st I. k p....2 P. Kreund.C f I Jo»> KrcuuU, r (. 1 Tlu'lou, b .8 Michels, 88 0 King. :ird b jv.,0 N. Miller, |it b 0 If s ~W PO ,1 I " i A j S t ~T A 3 -•0 • a » McHENBY • R Pftire. 2nd b .0 N. Kreund, r f.ft I Peterson, C f t Kuox, sg 1 BuoU. <• .T:-..,0 Helilke. c S At'biM'her, 3rd b 1 Mummery. 1 f 0 GlbUx, lit b 0 1 9 * 1 Hallsbury, p 1 0 - 0 t, 8 8 27 10 G. Frouod batted for N. Freund In niath. Euriittd runs---lolmshurgh, I; McHenry., 3. Left on bases--McHenry, 4; Johnsburirh, 4. Two ltn.se hits--Scluiefer, John Freund, Kuox, Aehisc.lier, 2. Struck out by Salisbury, 18; by Nick Miller, 8; Joe Miller,6. Hit by pitcher. Frank I reund, Soliaefer, Knox. Bii.se on balls -Off Joe Mlll-er. 1. SOORK BY INNINGS Johnsbunth I 1 0 0 0 3 0 1- 0--13 McHenry « l 0 « « 8 1 » •-« GAME NEXT SUNDAY Nejct Sunday. May 18, the locals will go up against the Woodstock Ath­ letics. The county seaters have been playing together during the pist few seasons, during which time they have won seventy per cent of the games played. Only a couple of weeks ago they defeated the Union team, which shows that they are some therc; Salis­ bury, who twirled for McHenry last Sunday, has been signed for the season and will occupy the box next Sunday. The McHenry boys are improving with each game and surely expect to win next Sunday. Go out to the game and lend your support to the home team. Game called at 2:00 p. m. Gen­ eral admission, 25 cents; ladies and children^ 15 cents. Our business has been biiHt by giv­ ing our customers reliable- gpods at right prices. Petesch's drug store. WILL BOLD PICNIC THE FOUftTO Mrs. George Nell informs us that a fourth of July picnic will be held at her Columbia paijt -grounds and that arrangements for the big event are now under way. More particulars will appear in these columns iff' later is­ sues. . JOHNSBURGH DANCE POSTPONED On account of the .severe electrical storm of last evening, the dance ad­ vertised to lake place at Smith's hall, Johnsburgh, did not materialize, but ill be held at that place on Monday evening next, May 19. year. The celebration will be held under the direction of the Waukegan council, Knights of Columbus. Extensive improvements have been made on the Methodist church at Solon lately. New windows and doors have been placed in the edifice, the interior remodeled and new seats installed, the improvements'costing about $500. Prof. E.^ C. Fisher has been re-en­ gaged as superintendent of the Dundee schools with a moderate advance in salary. The popular school man turned down a flattering otTer made hiin by the board of education of West Aurora. At Hampshire on Monday 100 regis­ tered Holstein cows brought $42,000. A five months' old bull brought $4,500, while otie cow was sold for $1,500. 'Jphe sale,was held by T. E. Getzelman and waa attended by a number of New Yorkers. Plans have b«en submitted for a $60,000 addition to the National Envel­ ope company's factory at Waukegan. With the completion>>f the new addi­ tion the oompany expects to double the pay roll. Three hundred men and women now find employment there. The village council of Harrington has appropriated $1,500 for the purpose of oiling her streets. Harrington is a saloon less town and this is only one instance where she is far ahead of many of the towns and villages of this section which have the revenue of a dozen or more saloons. According to newspaper dope the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois will build a half-million dollar power house at Marengo. It is the in­ tention of the company to electrify every town, city and interurban rail­ road not included in the A. E. A C system in McHenry, Lake, kane, De- Kalb, hoone and Cook counties. Chas. J. Wightman of Grayslake has been recommended as the next post­ master for that village. The present postmaster's term does not expire un­ til fall, when a change will be made. Mr. Wightman worked very hard for the Democratic party during the last national campaign and election, and according to the Grayslake Times is entitled to the postmasterahip, which pays about $2,000 per year besides allowing for^slerk hire, rent, etc. A change is to be made in the par­ cels post stamps. The new stamps are to be smaller than those now in vogue and different colors will be used for different denominations, instead of having all the stamps one color as at the present time. The numerals will I1I8O be larger. While the new stamps may not be as well liked as those now used they will be much more practical, according to advice sent out from the office of the postmaster general at Washington. At the present time the only way the denomination of a stamp can be detected is by looking lor a small number on either of the lower corners of the stamp. On the new stamps the denomination can be told by the color, the same as the regular postage stamp. , Crystal Lake Heittld; Robert' Haeger of Algonquin, McHenry coun­ ty's original Holstein-Priesian man, in conjunction with Theo. Getzelman of Hampshire, has purchased and added to the Getzelman farm at the latter place $10,000 worth of blooded stock from/Syracuse, If. Y. Mr. Getzelman has added to his stock Johanna DeKol VanBeers, mother of Johanna McKin- ley Segis, the prize bull for which he has refused $18,000. The cow oost $7,000. She has a record of forty pounds of butter per week. In addi­ tion to Johanna DeKol VanBeers, the local men bought three other Holstein cows,for which they paid more than 91,000 each. Mr, Getzelman and Mr. Haeger were in the east for two weeks. Mr. Getzelman was taken ill at Syra­ cuse and has been confined to his bed- sinoe his return. ^ - - '• ' COUNCIL FTtOCEEWWar Council Rooms, May 13, 1913. The board of trustees met in special session for tHe purpose of nominating a village marshal. The meeting was called to order by President Stoffei. Trustees present: Barbian, Ohamberlin, Fisher, Nickels, Spencer and Weber. President Stoffei, with the eoosent of the board, nominated Linus F. New­ man to serve as village marshal with a salary of 950 a month. Ayes--Charn- berlin, Nickels and Spencer. Nayes-- Barbhin, Fisher and Weber. , Motion carried. On motion by Fisher, seconded by Spencer, the board adjourned. Motian carried. SIMON STOFFEL., President. FIELD MEET NEXT SATURDAY NoHENKY BOYS EXPECT TO BKENG HOKE ' SOKE OP THE PKIZgS Next Saturday is the day set aside for the holding of the track and field meet at the fair grounds at Woodstock and a number of McHenry public school students are going over with the intention of bringing home some of the prizes. The schools enrolled are Harvard, Woodstock, Marengo, Hebron,. Rich­ mond, Crystal Lake and McHenry and the order of events is as follows: Fifty yard dash, 880 yard run, run­ ning high jump, 220 yard dash, 440 yard dash, runnng broad jump, shot put (12 lbs.), 100 yard dash, standing broad jump, pole vault, 220 yard hurdles, relay (One-half mile). A loving cup will be presented by the Woodstock Business Men's association to the school winning the highest number of points. Specially designed athletic emblems (gold, silver and bronze) will be given to contestants winning: first, second and third places respectively. - A great half mile relay will close the events, in which teams from all the seven schools will compete. This is a revival of the one time famous annual Mc Henry ooilnty track meet. A11 are invited. McHenry will be well represented, as many of the school children as well as older folks have already made-ar. rangements to go over. The ITEMS OF LOCAL IMBRST latest and best of moving pic­ tures at the Central Wednesday, Sat­ urday and Sunday. Ady t DANCE NEXT SATURDAY All arrangements have been Com­ pleted for tfie holding of a social dance by the members of the Just Us club at Stoflfel's hall next Saturday evening, May 17. By giving several very suc­ cessful leap year dances last year the young ladies of the Just Us club have won an excellent reputation as enter­ tainers and the event next Saturday evening promises to be just as enjoy­ able an affair as the dances of last year. While this is too late for a leap year party, the girls have decided to hold the event to give The boys an opportu­ nity to return the favors that were shown them during leap year, so it's up to the boys to make good on. this occasion. Walsh's Chicago orchestra, the same musical organization which assisted so much in making last year's dances so enjoyable, has' again been engaged for this occasion and the young folks can rest assured that the best in the way of music will be at hand. Dancing will heginat 8:30 p. m., and tickets will he sol*-at, 76 cents; spec­ tators, 25 cents. A cordial invitation is extended to aH< Adv MS nctp Or IT RABHSMflt E- romots Drams wgr f*| WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IN THIS VIL- LAGE AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY-- OTHER SHORT PARAGRAPHS. .•£-v¥: i Buttar Market. c.J"- Butter was declared firm at38 cetttt on the Elgiti board of trade Monday^ , Drink grape julep at; McAllister^ fountain. , That old floor can be made like new with chi-namel from McAllister's. Miss Lillian Russell's great rtUM|.- track comedy Sunday evenfng, May 2$. That new, delicious drink, orange julep, is sold at McAllister's fountain. J. W.. Smith has been painting aad getting his air dome in readiness tgr the opening, which takes place KXHU The regular monthly meeting of the Knights of Columbus takes place at Stoffei's hall this .Thursday evening. Quite a few from here are planning to take in the fietd meet at the Wood­ stock fair grounds next Saturday, May 17. :f- A class of boys and girls will receive their first holy communion at - St. Mary's Catholic church here fielrt &h|»- , day morning.* ' ' : " ; #1 ' * U?: • Jfr1 • You are invited to attend a social /given by the Dorcas society at the ^ Woodman hall on Friday evening "j|-i this week. A good time is assured. ' -. \ ̂ If you are interested in health aad " ' accident insurance, why not let tlM ' ';v home agent write you up in the Badg- V -11. er Casualty Co., backed by your battta people? Jas. N.Sayler,'agent. Phott* 77-M. 48 y;. '•mP. Her Last Dollar" at the Central opera house Sunday evening, May 25. MOTHERS' DAY A mothers' meeting will be h61d in room four Friday at 2:30 p. m. This meeting is planned as a benefit for the child thru a greater co-operation of mother and teacher, or, in a broader sense, the home and the school. Al- tho these meetings have never been held in this school, they are a great benefit in schools where they have been established, as the training of children cannot be carried out as we would like it unless the parents help the teachers and by meeting and dis­ cussing their mutual problems they can work in harmony. We all realize the need of transforming certain con­ ditions and strengthening other con­ ditions which surround school life to­ day. An invitation is extended to the mothers to be present or auyone in­ terested in the welfare of the school child. : Respectfully, FLORENCE £. HOWE. CENTRAL OPERA HOUSE MAY 28 "Per Last Dollar" will be the offer- ifcg by the Flora DeVo6s company at the Central opera house Sunday even­ ing, May 25. This play was made famous by Miss Lillian Russell and will be seen in McHenry for the first time, and, in fact, will be presented for the first time on a popular scale Sunday evening, May 25. Mr. Kotnour has lately succeeded in arranging for this great race track comedy and has all spccial scenery for the proper mounting of the play. The very best comedy drltna that the Flora DeVoss oompany ever presented is assured with polite vaudeville betweeb all acts. The caste embraces twelve acting people. The very best production eve" given by the Flora DeVoss company is the assurance of Mr. Rotnour, Adv PATRONS' DAY Last Friday was patrons' day at the McHenry public school and as a result many took advantage of visiting the place and viewing the work of the scholars which . was displayed in the various rooms. The display was the best ever produced in McHenry and our oounty superintendent of schools is said to have remarked that it was the best he had seen in the oounty this year. The program in the after­ noon was exceptionally good and was enjoyed by many. ATTENTION. PARNERSt If interested in insuring your cattle, horses and mules against DKATH from ANV CAUSK see the local agent, Jas. N. Sayler, 'phone 77-M. Adv Exoavation for the erection of a new home to be built by F. J. Kargea & Water street is well under way. Mil*. KargeB will occupy the place himself and will rent the house that he BO* occupies. m We understand that a petition is lin­ ing circulated on the West Side tor the purpose of condemning one of the ( buildings in that end of town, which has been a public nuisance for some years past. McHenry was quite well represented ' at Wauconda last Saturday when that' village celebrated ihe opening of the new railroad. It sure was some evefet for the citistena qf that eat«rprUaf little village. #*'• The hypnotic wonders, the Mack* appeared before a capacity audience at 'J. , the Central opera house last Sunday * ^ evening. Their work was the bait ever seen in this village. They wem - advertised to remain here for CNM ' " ^ week, but owing%o lack of patronage on Monday evening they left town ti>». :,/.l following day. The program of the movie Central on Saturday evening of th|b week is as follows: "Courageolte ?%<|| Blood," a Lubin western drama; "Hp Swore off Smoking," an Edison com- / ^ edy; "How a Horse Shoe Upset a Hap- py Family," an Edison comedy, * •- xm "The Signal of Distress," a vitagraph . ^ drama. Also a good program for Sua*- day. ; . Adv . A petition is. being circulated abotffc town for the purpose of ascertaining 1 ^ ft ^ how much money can be raised bjf ' popular subscription for the purpofft Jv of purchasing oil for our streets. The committee in charge of the petition is ̂ meeting with excellent encouragement - ' and it now looks as if the streets of . V the village will be oiled at an eartjr date. . ' Work on the new Bowman bottling. plant at Ringwood is progressing ve^y f a v o r a b l y . T h e t w o l a r g e b o i l e r s h a v e _ & 5 a l r e a d y b e e n p l a c e d , w h i l e t h e w o r k * r • J ' M on the 80-foot chimney and well ispr^ grossing nicely. The building will one of the largest and most substantial of its kind in McHenry county. Bricks cement and steel will be used in i^ construction. . . - : Frank Schaabel has rented a build? ing in North Crystal Lake and will open a branch studio in that village next week. Mr. Schnabel is a first* class artist and should be accorded a j good patronage by the enterprising • 'L $"• people of North Crystal Lake. MR • Schnabel intends to spend Thursday, *7 .^ ̂ Friday and Saturday of each week in ^ ^ North Crystal Lake. - ' Lewis Bishop, the Water street ton* sorial artist, has been confined to hijg home thru illness during the past V^-.^ weeks. Milton Ott opened the shop take care of the business last Saturf*^ ' day, but otherwise the place has beej v closed. We understand that Bishop is desirous of selling the estai* ', , * Jr: lishment. If this ia the case we wi^f V say that it would be a good locatio$i: ivSp for a first-class barber. i ( ^ The moet severe electricti Horn 1 the season struck this village and vicinity last night shortly after eight ( v o'clock. The homes of Wm. Bacon, and Chris. Stegeiuann were struck by 'r ^" - lightning. Fortunately but slight daiu» age waa dooe at either place. Light* , r ning also struck a barn on the ftirm of •' v Jas. R. Jack man in Nunda township^';^ The farm is occupied by a family by *• y*| .the name of Walter Duval. - '• "" M. Nleaen's. ' v-.'> "