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WEEKLY PERSONAL ITERS AND GOERS OF A WEEK IN •UK BUSY UTTLE VflJAflE •3 Y--. |S SEEN BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS AHB HANDED INTO OUR OFFICE BY OUR ; V - T FRIENDS f* » Hiss Edna Phalin wm a Chicago ***" v ; ftor last Friday. , Miss Kathryn Laughlin spent a re- b^'/Sent day in Elgin. . Miss Cecelia Caspers spent Saturday ^';,.:4|nd Sunday in Elgin. t' y'-Z Richard Wray boarded the Chicago j^^||rain Tuesday morning. Mrs. C. W. Goodell spent Tuesday ,the metropolitan city. Mrs. T, J. Walsh boarded theChica- v X^#o train las£ Friday evening. •}', / I James B. Perry boarded tht train ' .f»r Chicago Monday morning, v J. W. Kimball was a business visitor *; f|it the county seat last Saturday. il;. % Mr. and Mrs. John Claxton spent the r VV^eek end with friends in Dundee. Mrs. Elizabeth Buss has returned t\ • firom a visit with Chicago relatives. * 1 Edwin Heimer left Monday evening Ji'- $f>r a short visit to Milwaukee, Wis. ^ ; .ti John D. Lodtz was a business visitor the metropolitan city last Friday. > M. Sohiller was among the Chi- 'vijago passengers last Friday morning. - ^ J. C. Buck art of Harvard was a>busi- '(. , 1|e«p visitor in town Monday afternoon. . < i Chas. G. Buss of Chicago spent Sun- jay as the guest of McHenry relatives. ^ Casper Herbes of Chicago spent Sun- p» the guest of McHenry relatives. M, D. Wilkins was among those to the Chicago train Tuesday morn* fhg- " Mrs. George Phalin was among the fehjftago • passengers last Friday morn- . Everett Hunter attended to business jbatters in the metropolitan eity Tues­ day. ' Ed. ftickels and Frank Justen spent v - Itonday at Milwaukee and Racine, g;.%is. • £';*? " Miss Alta Wehtworthv is spending l^lfce week as the guest of Relatives in »4^hicago. ; v Fred Eldr0dgeofEvanston (tnd B. A. ' _ liurray of Chicago spent Sunday in . ,|lcHenry. • 8. Harbst of Ghieago spent Saturday • Sunday as the guest of McHenry :*s ffelatives. \ iL; / Granger Smith of Elgin spent Sun- day as the guest of friends and rela- here. ' Peter J. Frennd was a business vis- _^tor in the windy city Tuesday, | Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hutson and son, ^-jjlerlin, spent Saturday and Sunday as f Vie guests of Woodstock relatives. Mrs. I. A. Hungcrford and sons^ '.i-^ail and Wayne, were Milwaukee, P^Vis., visitors the first of the week. £5", Frank J. Barbian attended to busi- Qess patters at Waukegan and other "y -: lake shore towns the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Mansfield of -* fVoodstock spent Sunday as guests in _:: <':,ihe home of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Bas- '•SC. *<5 Mrs. C. W. Goodell and sister* Miss ;. -Ifthel JFones, of t*dd, 111., returned .Monday from a four days' trip 'to Ten- f i nessee. -f Frank Schumacher <jf Chicago spent ^ ,Sunday as a guest in the home of his jparenta, Mr. .and Mrs. Wm. J. Schu- • / saacher. : ' • Mr. and Mrs. W. Monearand daugh- ||v /|er, Helen, of Solon spent Sunday as : Iruests in the home of Mr. and Jtfrs. J. 'T fT. Kimball. Leo Schuenemann and Mrs. Charles . ). Heimer of Chicago and Mrs. Eliza- y l^eth Hunter of Elgin were Sunday •; iue«te in ^e hotne of Mrs. Josephine Heimer. ^ Wm. F. Holts Mid Thoo. Schiessle ^ left Tuesday morning for Green Bay, *\ • Wis., where they went to take in a ^ ^hoot. They expect to retorn home tVv, tomorrow. - ' ' „ . .. Mr. and Mrs. George Wirfs and Mr. Mrs. Eb Gay lord motored to Mil- • i '- ^aukee, Wis., in the former's automo- /' '^lle last Sunday and spent the day as ^ ' ^y.-the guests of relatives. Mesdames L. C. Kuhnert, Joe Dow- w'ley, J. Schuenemann and Miss Klein : faotored out from Chicago and passed ? V Thursday of last week as guests in the P v- '^omeol Mrs. Josephine Heimer. Mr. and Mrs. A. A Landwermotored |j% ' lo Janesville, Wis., last Sunday and •Pent ^h® day as the guests of relatives. hey were aooompanied by Mr. and |4«. Sam Naeher of Harrington. ' Miss Theresa Barbian is enjoying a j-',* two weeks' vacation from her duties at | the local exchange of the Chicago Tel- iy-"V:;'J»phone company. She is spending the ^ 'lime at Lake Geneva, Wis., Chicago, f f Elgin and other points. |* Mr. and Mrs. Peter^choewer, daugh- . ler andi two sons spent Saturday and pfe Sunday as the guests of relatives at » v Jieloit, Wis. They were aooompanied ,- V..Jjiome on Sunday evening by ^Mrs. Jos. *' J$choewer and daughter, who, remained , ^./imtll yesterday. > ir Mr. and Mrs. James Perkins and Sv^slaughter, Adeline, are spending a _ ' j^ouple of weeks as the guests of rela- ,i • T lives and fHends at Yorkville, Chica- • ftnd Gary> Iq^* Mr* Perkina is en- J*, two weeks' vacation from his 0"^ duties at the local exchange of the I^ME NUHP^ OF f»It*& AT SECULAR HONTHLY MEETING ' Council Room, Aug. 3, 1914. village trustees met in regular session with President Stoffel, presid­ ing. • • , Trustees- present: Barbian, Cham- berlin, Heimer, Nickels, Spencer a*}4 Schumacher. The mip\ive8 . of t^e last regular meeting were read and approved. The following bills were approved by the finance committee, with the correction of the light bill: Standard Oil Co., oil $ Legal Adviser Pub. Co.* license & postage... T. J. Walsh, auditing books.... W^m. Bonslett, auditing books.. . Anton Krurapen, lbr on streets. Public Service Co., lighting sts. S.«0 .17 3.00 3.00 15.75 93.00 Bi Lateral Fire Hose Co., hose. 423.36 F. L. McOmber, supplies 4.76 W. G. Schreiner,-postage & sup 1.50 Wilbur Lumber Co., lumber ^ cement 43.28 McHenry Plaindealer, printing. 51.30 W. G. Schreiner, auditing books 3.00 Wm. Spencer, auditing books .. 3.00 Ji^cob Bickler, gravel +. 1.20 Henry Ahrens, lbr on bridge... 150.00 L. F. Newman, marshal service & meals ___t. 51.50 Wm. Davis, gravel ....... .. 8.85 Hubert Kaspers, lbr on st 1.25 Everett Hunter, gravel.' ... 10.95 C. G. Frett, gravel 2.10 John J. Vycital, lbr & supplies on water works. 15.87 M. J. Freund, lbr on street with, team -v.---- 50.50 Henry Kinsala. lbr on ww.. 2.25 James Revor, police service 50.00 Frank Thurlwell, lbr on street. 3.75 Motion by Schumacher, seconded by Heimer, that the minutes be approved as read. Motion carried. Motion by Cham berlin, seconded by Sohutpacher, that the settlement of the unpaid bills for sidewalks be left to V. S. Lumley, the village attorney. Motion carried. „ •.' Motion by Hei(fe«C»a seconded by Spencer, to pay Henry Ahrens $150 on part payment of his contract for build­ ing the new bridge near Spencer's mill. Motion carried. Motion by Barbian, seconded by Nickels, that the ordinance for the tax levy of $1500 be passed. Motion carried. Motion by Nickels, seconded by Schu­ macher, that the bills be paid as read, with the deduction of $5.00 on the elec­ tric light bill. Motion carried. Motion by Heimer, seconded by Nickels, to adjourn. Motion carried. Simon Stoffel, President. W. G. Schreiner, Clerk. FW FLORA DEVOSS AT TRE CENTRAL Miss DeVoss and her own selected company of players will visit McHenry for one night next Sunday evening, Aug. 9. It has been three years since Miss DeVoss has had her own company on the road. For this season she has made her own selection of players and from the hundreds of performers that are at liberty she has selected only those known to her as the very best talent in the popular field of amuse­ ment. Mr. Rotnour, her manager, feels safe in announcing the very strongest cast of players that has ever been connected with his management, embracing eleven people. Not only is the cast extraordinary, bqt added feature vaudeville will be one of the main features with Miss DeVoss' com­ pany. Miss DeVoss invites the ladies of McHenry and vicinity for inspection of her foreign tailored gowns' which she will wear." The play for Sunday evening will be "The Easiest Way," one of the very late real pronounced successes, which her leading man, Mr. Harry Sherman, has selected for her. Not in the history of the Flora DeVoss company has there been assembled such an array of popular talent as is now associated with Miss DeVoss. Prices for the evening are popular with advance sale of tickets now sell­ ing. . , M. E, CHURCH NOTES • Sunday school, 10:00 a. in.; public worship, 11:00 a. m.; Senior league, 8:00 p. m. Mr. Gaylord is not to well, but is improving again. f| uv ^ Some say and feel that the vorlct is growing worse. We are analyzing some of the causes at the morning services. You are cordially invited. Those present las$ Sunday evening will not forget that service very soon. Another important and good service next Sunday evening. We will study the boy that "made good." We are planning Ui give an entertainment at the Hippodrome soon. Look, for an­ nouncements. You cannot afford to miss it. Miss Leone Perkins will have charge of the E. L. notes in the future. «. F. A. Shipley, Pastor. NEW CEMENT BRIDGE Onto of the most notable road im­ provements that has come to our no­ tice of late is the apm cement tunnel bridge which is fcow under construc­ tion near the Spencer mill on the West Side. The cement work is being done by Henry Ahrens and by tonight the structure will be ready for filling in. The arch is 30 feet in length, while the sides of the structure are 24 feet in length and 8 feet in height. With the new structure completed the bridge will be 30 feet in width. The old bridge was of the old wood type antf exceedingly narrow. The im­ provement will not only &dd to the ap­ pearance of the street, but to the safe- mcomwteiAL COURSE STUDENTS AT S'ORY BIGB HAVE CSOKEOFTKOaKHStS-'i •#! ADDITION OF COMMERCIAL COURSE WBUL." BE W5LCPH£D BY HANY WI»ER USE OF BUILDING HOPED FOR After the oomple&>n of the new addition to our public school building the board will be better «ble to pro­ vide practical courses of study, as well as to make them more thoro. There was a resolution passed some time ago to provide the necessary arrangements as soon as possible for becoming ac­ credited with the State University and other higher institutions of learning,. This will be accomplished without fail for the coming year. As an added service to the pujbllc, a complete commercial course will be extended to a!l students at the begin­ ning of the fall term. A very able in­ structor has been employed, who has had special training in commercial work. It is intended that a complete business course be provided if there is a sufficient demand, so that the student who, pursues either the two year course or four year course will have all the fundamental and practical principles which will fit him for the business world. The three courses which follow are subject to change before or at' the opening of the school year: ACADEMIC, OR COLLBQg PREPARATORY First year- Latin I English I Algebra I Physical Geography i Botany i Second year- Caesar English II Ancient History Plane Geometry . Third year- Cicero, or Gernlttt t English III Solid Geometry i Algebra i American History and Civi<£ Fourth year-- Virgil, or German II English IV Physics English History i Zoology i rf •" *-t FOUR YEAR OOMMSBC&4& First year-- ~ English I ' *- Algebra I Physical Geography 1 Botany i Penmanship and SpellhMjr . Second fcew^-t . , j Business English Plane Geometry . Ancient History - . Penmanship Commercial Geography • >• Business Arithmetic f. Third year-- English II y German I American History and Civics Bookkeeping, or Stenography and Typewriting Fourth year-- German II Business Law 4 Rapid Calculation 4 Bookkeeping, or Stenography and Typewriti|a|f | TWO YEAR COHMEataMl First year- Business English Physical Geography J j- Botany 4 i. Business Arithmetic 4 , Penmanship. Bookkeeping, or^ _ Stenography and Typewriting Second ^ear-- English' I or II Business Law 4 Commercial Geograpl)t]r { • Penmanship Bookkeeping, Or ?;- Stenography and Typewriting Civics and Economics . Music, drawing and physical culture will have a place in all courses. It seems but just that with the com­ pletion of the zisvr addition, having a lower room 40x80 feet, that a wider ase could be made of our school plant than just to benefit the children of school age. Why not make it a center of social and civic activities so that all tax payer* may derive some benefit from the money they pay towards its support? All social and public gather­ ings of an educational nature might he held in this auditoriuoq. The board must use up all available funds in the erection of this addition and it is suggested that if there are any public spirited citizens who wish to assist the youth of the community and*do something for their lasting ben­ efit, any donations of funds for furnish­ ing appliances will be appreciated and gladly accepted. ^ A committee might be appointed, consisting of several members of the bpard, '•the superintendent and several citizens outside of the board. The aim of this committee might be, first, to provide practical courses of study; second, offer a place for wholesome recreation for boys and girls during the evening; third, to provide popular lectures and entertainments during musical club; fourth, to assist in the organization of men's and women's clubs and to further the idea of public discussisn of civil affairs, ctc. With work of this kind, it is certain that the public school plant would be an important factor in the highest de­ velopment of all physical, social and moral qualities of the community. The teaching corps for the year 1914- 1915 is as follows: High school--At E. Nye, superintend­ ent, mathematics and science; C. E. Sm&Uey, commercial and history; Miss B, Mae Small, Latin and English. Music and drawings-Miss Jessie M. Cameron. The grades--First, 'Miss Pearl Clax­ ton; second and third, Miss Clara Stof­ fel; fourth and fifth, Miss Fanny Grang­ er; sixth and seventh, Miss Kathryn Knox; seventh and eighth, Miss Agnes Dodge. BULL NOOSES HAVE CANDIDATE B. J. PECK OF HARVARD TO MAKE RACE FOR COUNTY CLERK In speaking of the candidacy of El- well J. Peck, Bull Moose candidate for county clerk, the Harvard Herald of last week said: El well J . Peck, New York Life In­ surance Co. agent in this city, will be a candidate for county clerk on the Progressive party ticket and4ie is not likely to have any opposition at the September primary, according to local and county leaders of the new party, who say Mr. Peck will have a clear field and that he will be a formidable contender for the offioe at the Novem­ ber election. Petitions for Mr. Peck have been in circulation during the past week and they will b! filed next wjeek. Lon O. Dig-gins has been the local leader in the Peck-for-county*clerk movement and it is claimed the petitions ^ere signed readily. Mr> Peck has been a resident of Har­ vard for about ten years, coming here from Unadilla, N. Y., his native home, to become a clerk in Axtell's Exchange Bank and remained there until four years ago, when he gave up his posi tion. which was that of bookkeeper at that time, to devote his energies to the life insurance company. He became a writer for the New York Life and has covered the local field thoroly in the meantime, having won many prizes for the volume of business turned in and high compliments for his work. Here in Harvard where Mr. Peck is well known his ability and integrity are unquestioned, and all will readily concede his fitness for the office he seeks. A handicap, however, is the fact of his smftll circle of acquaintance, but this can be overcome, his friends say, when he enters on the campaign, which will not ceally take place until after the September primary and which will cover the two months pre­ ceding the November election. E. V. McAllister has just received a large assortment of 10c and 15c novels. A HEAD-ON COLLISION Two automobiles, owned by Wood- stook and l'istakee Bay parties, met in a head-on collision on the Pistakee Bay road at about two o'clock last Sunday morning. The accident occurred near the home of Peter Diedrich. The road at this point is exceedingly Sandy and as the two drivers of the machines went to pass each other they collided, with the result that both machines were temporarily disabled. While all of the occupants of both care were badly shaken up, only one., Harold Gil- les of Woodstock, required medical at­ tention, which was given him by Dr. Wells of this village, who was called into attendance. Mr. Gilles' Injuries were not at all serious and since the accident has fully recovered. You'll like our drugs and. price*. Both are right. Petesch. LITTLE FORD TURNS TURTLE While driving along the highway on the Rosedale road, northeast of this village, on Sunday afternoon, a little Ford roadster figured in quite a serious accident. The machine was occupied by George Montcur, Jack Harding and another young man of Woodstock. At a point where the accident took place the driver of the car turned out to pass another car when the little Ford went into the ditch and turned turtle. All of the occupants of the car were more or less injured. Dr. Wells attended them. Mr. Montcur, the driver, got the worst out of the deal and since the mishap he has been confined in the Woodstock hospital, where his injuries are being treated. WAS EXCELLENT PLAY "The Divorce Question" was pre­ sented at the Central opera house last Sunday evening to a large and most appreciative audience. The drama and company which presented it was easily the most powerful that ever visited McHenry and Mr. Smith, the manager of the Central, is surely to be congrat­ ulated upon his success in bringing such a high-class attraction to this vil­ lage. The piece, considering th"e room, was exceptionally well staged, while the special scenery added to the success of the play. Should the com­ pany ever return to McHenry, the house will be far too Bnutll to accom­ modate the crowd. WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS AS TAKEN ntOFI THE C0LU1WS OF OUR NANY EXCHANGES MISCELLANEOUS ASSORTMENT OP MEWS ITEMS IN CONDENSED FORM FOR BUSY PEOPLE Lake oounty has a population of 55,685. The city of Genoa, 111,, has decided to have her main street paved. ^Woodstock's new depot will be ready for occupancy about the middle of next month. , ' Labor day will again be celebrated at L»ake Geneva, Wis., according to the News of that city. The Harvard Boy Scouts are enjoy­ ing a week's encampment the shores of beautiful Geneva lake. New dining, cars of the most modern type .have been installed on some of the C. & N. W. railway trains. Elkhorn, Wis., property owners will be assessed 28 cents a lineal foot for sewer privileges on their streets. The picnics at Deere Grove park on the Palatine-Wauconda railroad are drawing immense crowds each Sunday. The city of Belvidere has passed an ordinance setting a fine of 925 for any person found intoxicated upon the streets of that city. The citizens of Alden are working together in a harmonious manner with a view of establishing a township high school in that village. The annual Lutheran missionsfest was held at Crystal Lake last Sunday Visitors were present from every city and town in McHenry county. Company G., I. N. G., of Woodstock left that city last Saturday for their annual encampment at Springfield The company numbers fifty men. Ray McGee, who is employed in the Wein department store at Woodstock, is taking a course in window trimming at the Koester school in Chicago. Editor Roy Scott of the Richmond Gazette, with his staff of helpers, en­ joyed a vacation last week, the publi­ cation being suspended for one issue The village board of Grayslake has let the contract for the water mains for their new system to C. H. Bartlett company, their price being $11,989.96. Barrington has removed its last two sections of board side walks. All of the board walks in that village have now been replaced with wide cement walks. It cost 91,316.00 to Install the art street lighting system in the city of Genoa. The expense of plaoing in the new system was borne by the city, business men and private citizens. The C. F. Hall Co. has finally decided to locate at Elgin. The company has r e n t e d t h e n e w F i s h e r b u i l d i n g a t M i l w&ukee and River streets in that city and expects to open up for business at a very early date. Andrew Jank, a motor boat engin­ eer, was drowned in the waters of Lake Geneva, Wis., one day recently, when an explosion took place in'the boat in which he was jriding> Just how the accident really happened no one will ever know, as the unfortunate man was in the boat alone when the drowning took place. Richmond Gazette: A 3 per cent dividend was declaredly the Farmers' New Era Telephone company at its semi-annual directors' meeting held in this village last Saturday. Every member of the company's board of di rectors was present at Saturday's meeting as business out of the ordinary was up for consideration, the pro|k>si- tion of absorbing the McHenry County Independent line 'being the means of calling out a full attendance of di­ rectors. Manager Chas. Hood of the Independent company appeared before the meeting and sought to dispose of the stock, lines and equipment of his company to the New Era people, but the-consideration asked was too high in th,e opinion of the directors of the local company and no steps were taken toward putting thru a deal. It is stat­ ed that the Independent c<Nppany has been desirous of disposing of its lines for some time and is anxious to sell to the New Era and Chicago Telephone companies. The Independent lines cover a large portion of the county and the company operates three ex­ changes, onfe at Spring Grove, one at McHenry and one at Woodstock. The company's stock represents a value of about 940,000, tho it is stated it will sell for considerably less than this amount. The price asked, however, seems to be a little too high for the other companies, tho it is thought that eventually the Independent lines will be taken over by one or the o^her of the larger corporations. { SUHHER RESORT DOINGS MAFT FLN ̂AS BOAT BURNS ONFISTA*|$ LAKE THURSDAY ITERS OF LOCAL TOEST dufiktti ifiid At IL cIL I ROGER C. SULLIVAN Roger C. Sullivan, Democratic can­ didate for United States senator, has scheduled a trip thru several of the counties in this part of the state and will arrive in McHenry at 9:00 o'clock next Tuesday morning, August 11. In a letter to The Plaindealer Mr. Sulli­ van informs us that he is particularly anxious to meet as many of the Demo­ crats in McHenry and vicinity as pos­ sible and will appreciate a large turn­ out on this occasion. Everyone who can should turn out and shake hands with the distinguished gent when he A cotillion was enjoyed by the mem­ bers of the Pistakee Yacht club at the pavilion at Pistakee Bay last Saturday evening. The event was very well attended and proved a most enjoyable one for all. One of the especially lively spots at this time is the Honey Dew Gun ciub gounds on the banks of Fox river, near McHenry. The past two weeks have seen a large number of members of tl)at club at their pleasgj^t country home and from now until the end of the season general activity will pre­ vail at that place. Venetian night was celebrated at Pistakee Bay and lake last Saturday evening, the beautiful event bringing out an unusually large crowd. The grounds and shores of that body of water were most beautifully as well as artistically decorated with thousands of lights and the sight was a most pleasing one to say the least. The boat parade was also a very pretty event and, all told, Venetian night of 1914 was a success. That the motor boat spirit has npt died out at Pistakee Bay is seen by the fact that owners as well as follow­ ers of the sport are now trying to get together on a race to be pulled off be­ tween six of the fastest boats at Pis­ takee Bay and a like number from the Fox Lake fleet. The idea is to arrange for a series of races to be pulled off at Pistakee Bay and Fox Lake. If the project goes thru the first race *111, in all probability, be held at Pistakee August 16. The members of the Pistakee Yacht club, their families, friends and re- sorters in general are promised a rare treat at the club house pavilion next Saturday night, at which time the members of the Pistakee Young Ladies' Yacht club will present for their ap­ proval a two-act musical comedy en' titled "Love Abroad." The play was written by two of the members of the club, Mrs. Florence McAnsh Foreman and Miss Frances Reed, and 'tis said that the play will be one of the very best ever offered at that place. The cast includes the following young ladies and gentlemen of Pistakee: Misses Dorothy Wilk, Loretta Solomon, Mar­ guerite Thjomoe, Ruth Wilk, Harriet Patrick, Alice Hedges, Helen Frie stedt, Jane Small, Mildred McRoberts, Gwendolyn Reed; Messrs. William Small, George Morris, Houghton Les- Benden, Byron McAnsh, Fred L. Wilk, Jr., and Harry Hedges. Tickets for the event are now on sale and are sell­ ing at 50 cents each. 1^'- BmI Bums at PUUkM Baf / ^ What is believed to b#* oner most unusual verdicts returned by a coroner's jury in this vicinity was read last Thursday afternoon at an inquest held over the remains of George Jacob- son of 2052 North Albany street, Chi­ cago, who came to his death in Pista­ kee bay last Thursday, when a gaso­ line launch in which he and a number of friends were riding caught fire fol­ lowing an explosion of the engine. Following is the verdict: "We, the members of the jury, find that the deceased was scared to death when a launch in which he was riding caught fire." Mr. Jacobson, aooompanied by his wife and a party of friends, including Percy Wilson, his mother, Mrs. Alice Wilson, an^ Miss Evelyn Scanlon of Chicago and Thomas Stanton and Mrs. Martin Stanton of Round Lake, was on his way to McHenry when the acci­ dent occurred. The motor backfired, then exploded, setting the boat on fire. When the explosion took place Jac­ obson was standing near the side of the boat and fell over backwards into water. Other members of the party escaped with the aid of life pre­ servers, with the exception of Miss Scanlon, who was taken from the wa­ ter by a rescue boat which put out from the "shore when the accident was seen. Efforts were made to reach Jacobson before he sank beneath the water for the last time, but they proved unsuc­ cessful. After the rest of the party had been taken to the shore divers and drag nets went out and searched the bay for several hours before they re­ covered the body of the dead man. It waS finally pulled to the surface and taken to the shore^ where the coroner was notified. There is said to have been no water found in the man's lungs and for this reason it is thought that he died of something other than drowning and consequently the strange verdict of the jury who later sat and heard the evidence in the case. While wording of the verdict in the Pistakee death is considered to be un­ usual, in the extreme, doctors declared that death thru fright is not at all an uncommon 'occurrence. A weakened condition of the heart will cause the victim to drop dead when put to an ex­ traordinary fright and it is believed that this was the case with the Chica­ go man. His heart is known to have been in a weakened condition and it is believed that he died before he struck the water. Tho i'ouuuu& biouyLi, to McHenry by Undertaker N. J. Jus- ten and from here we*e shipped AS PICKED UP BY PLAINDEALER RE­ PORTERS DURING WEEK - Wv WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IN THIS VB*» LACE AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY-- OTHER SHORT PARAGRAPHS . Batter Markat Butter (Mi the Elgin board Monday sold at 28 cents per Wm. Simes sells lightning rods. Fly Shy and Creonoid cow spray a£ McAllister's. You can't go wrong with a Flora De­ Voss company ticket. .ksk tap McHenry made ice cream. Fresh daily. C. Unti. SI Gibbs' ice cream is best by test aad is sold at McAllister's. You'll like our drugs ani prises. Both are right. Petesch. Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Winkel of Deer- field, 111., are the happy parents of a baby boy. - The McHenry public school will open for the fall and winter term on Tues­ day, Sept. 8. ^ The Social Workers meet with Mln Nancy Frisby next Saturday afternoon at the usual hour. 'imm : m A baby girl arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Smith on Wednes­ day morning of this week. , FOR SALE--A limited suppiy cucumbers and onions for pickling. - A ~ ; choice crop. Inquire of Wm. Dunaa, \ West McHenry. m *e snipped 101 be the verj I village. A pick-up team from here went over to Volo last Sunday afternoon and cleaned up the Stars of that place to the tune of 10 to 7. Another fair sized crowd witnessed the ball game from the standpipe last . Sunday. Well, that's one way of 400* ' ing the game without paying. Two hurdy-gurdy outfits, each carry­ ing a monk, made visits to this village during the past week. They carried away a few of our nickels and dimes. The old barn on the John Huemann property on Pearl street has been razed, which not only improves the property but adds beauty to the entire street. Three colored gents made the rounds Of our thirst emporiums last Saturday night and furnished vocal and instru= mental mu»ic to' those who cared to lis^eh. The hat \tas passed at each stopping place. $ The Hunter Boat line will - mn ex* Icursions to Wilttwft, Wis., via Fox riv er and the chain lakes every Wed­ nesday during /the summer season. Boat leaves Riverside dock at 9:00 a. m. Round trip, 85/Cents. 6-tf QrouOd wqf£ broken on Tuesday of this week fo</ a new cottage to be erect­ ed on the John Huemann property just north ojjfiis present home on the cor­ ner of l&arl and Court streets. It be­ gins to look as if the building boom iar on. The ball game at the baseball park on Monday afternoon between the team which defeated the Centerville squad a short time ago and a pick-up team from the West Side was won by the former bunch, the score being 12 to 9. Each of the Borden employes has been granted a two weeks' vacation. The boys started in some weeks ago and each week two of the boys age taking advantage of the rest. Two employes have also been laid off indef­ initely. ' Miss Lydia Tietz is probably champion girl swimmer in McHei^. Yesterday afternoon she swam from the Riverside pier to Rosedale and re­ turn without stopping, a distance of | mile. Is there a girl in McHenry who can beat this? The ice cream social given by the Ladies' Sodality of St. Mary's Catholic church on the lawn at the home of Mrs. Gertrude Miller last Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon and evening proved a decided success. Tho ladies cleared 941.21. Rev. Karl Oestenkoetter, who has taken temporary charge of St. Mary's Catholic church here, is watching the war movements with the keenest of interest. He has three brothers who are now serving in the German army - aud he is anxioi's to see the present trouble settled without going to a long and bloody war. The concert at St. Patrick's Catholic church last Thursday evening brought out a large crowd. The program was one of the very (test of the kind <aver->- rendered in this village and those who took part were tendered many compli­ ments for their splendid work. As a result of the event the church triiniy was considerably enriched. Miss Cassey was here on Tuesday in the interest of the lyoeum bureau which is to put on the fall and winter entertainments here. A oommittee of business men who have interested tho.u'iselvcs in the coming com*sv< met that evening and from all reports the coming series oI entertainments will the very best eve* presented in tirio fi* «fs M it I i ;P 'j OS? .vd v$M i H <x y $