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WEDNESDAY** PR1L :i, I$»i DONE EES WHOLE DUTY. > Chicago done her whole duty on Tues- last by electing, a jRepubjiean Mayor arid the entire Republican ticket by 40,000 majority. It was a decided victory not only for Chicago but for the eutire State. RtSfffcn democracy wae buried beyond rosurr^ctlon, All hail, *€hieaj>o. i If you can make it convenient to call w*thin the next few days it will afford us much pleasure to show you the NEW STYLES OF. SHOES. JUST IK, / »"'Birtt«r on TDe r.igniitoard oFTrade on Monday was firm at 20c, all sates, 26,640 pounds, being at that price. Of­ ferings were 30,3160 pounds. Price last week, 19-J4@20c; last year," 210 21^0. --~ ; , J-i KST'The next Republican national con­ vention will not be run for the purpose of vindicating any man or any idea, but for the restoration of the control of the gov­ ernment to the Republican party and the consequent return of general prosperity. "It would be impossible to say more if one talked or wrote a week than was said many years ago by an old.. minister who was asked if it was proper to dance. "To dance properly is proper: to dance improperly is improper." 'The Atlanta exposition managers should try to persuade the southern rail­ roads, wh|ch are now cutting passenger rates, to keep the fight, ^oing during the exposition. But it's railroad tickets to business cards that they would not suc­ ceed. Railroads seldom get into a rate war when the passenger traffic is good. I®* The Nebraska Legislature has pass­ ed an amendment to the State Constitu­ tion, which debars all who become citizens there after five years from the righ| to vote if they cannot read and writ^. It has also provided.fa? the pay­ ments a sugar bounty when ?5 per ton is paid for beets. t®*It is currently reported that tide < f emigration is setting back into Nebraska and Kansas this spring. Large numbers of families are crossing the Missouri river bridge at Omaha on their return to farms they deserted last rear. Fi om Ne­ braska City and Leavenworth, also, long trains of prairie schooners may be seen wending their way westward. If the practice becomes general it may be difficulty to secure city officers. The village board of Madispn, 111., were convicted Monday by a jury in the cir­ cuit court of a malfeasance in office in not suppressing a well-known gambling resort in that village. The section under which the defendents were convicted, provides'that every person holding a office who shall be guilty of any palpable oiilission of duty, shall be fined not exceeding $10,000 and may be removed from office. The new anti-lottery law recently passed by congress is far reaching in its scope. It not only debars all sorts of lottery literature from the mails, but also prevents express companies from carry, ing such matter. Furthermore, the post­ master general, upon evidence "Satisfac­ tory to him that anyone is conducting a lottery or similar enterprise or scheme to defraud through the mails may forbid the payment of money orders or the de­ livery of registered letters to him. I®" Wm. M. Springer, of Illinois, and Constantine Buckley Kilgore, of the former commonly known as "bound­ ing William and the latter as "buck" among their fellow Congressmen, have been appointed United States Judges by President Cleveland at a salary of $5000 per annum. The districts are in the northern and southern( parts of the Indian Territory and were coated by the late Congress, ostensibly to" check in­ creasing lawlessness in that section, but practically to make places for statesmen who were retired by their constituents last fall. (ST*A meritorious measure has been introduced into the State legislator* which should become a law without de­ lay. It provides that naturalization of citizens shall take place in the day time and that each person shall pay his own fees. In Chicago it is a common thing for the courts to grind out naturalized citizens at the rate of about one a min­ ute, at night sessions, just before election, the expense attached to such work being defrayed by election "bummers" and "ward heelers," who have no compunc­ tions of conscience as to the method* used to defeat the will of the majority, in the city, county orStato - ' I6T"Senator Hale, of Maine, whose' opinion has been sought as to the prob­ able action of the Republican national convention,exprepsee his views in a man­ ner which the friends of Thos. B. Reed will hardly regard as enthusiastic. Mr Hale also accempanies his opinion with something of a sneer at the methods of the press. He says: "It is requiring a good deal to ask a man to forecast Pres­ idential prospects and probabilities more than a year in advance; Newspaper en- terprise in this case,ban only been ex- gpeded by the newspaper editor in Mis­ souri, who asked the individual inerrV)erp oi the Supreme Court to write to him giving their views in advance as to the . constitutionality of the idcoihib tcix A good deal of talk is already h'eiug made about the next President, and there is a general feeling with both Republicans and Democrats that the former will carry the country at the next election The general sentiment in New England favors Reed, and from what I can see and hear, I think this extends generally throughout the East, arid this, with the great personat i^erest felt by the rank and file of the party all over thecountry, will make him a most formidable candi­ date. if the convention were to be held in three months I think Reed would be nominated, and afterward elected. I will not undertake,turther to penetrate the intwe." LETTER FROM NORTH CAROLINA. ASHEVILLB, N. C^ March 25,1895. JSDITOK PTAAIBEALEITAs we have got to reckon ourselves among the wan­ derers, I think it best to let o.ur old friends know Of our whereaboutsVocca-. sionally, so that we may not feel com­ pletely lost ' among these mountains. This place, as you know, is one of the famous health and summer resorts of the Blue Ridge region. It has an elevation of 2,500 feet, and a population of about 14,000. I wish I had the gift of .pen to give you some idea of the grapdi#yaod^ magnificent scenery and beauty on every hand, but imagine a plateau or bench (as sometimes caypd) in the mountain, of sufficient extentTo not seem hemmed in, and made up by gently swelling and various sTzeu eievationsr bo" aB 'td "glve almost every street and house'in the city as grand a view as the mind can picture, and then that plateau completely sur­ rounded bya lofty ridge (some 600 feet in heighth from the Window where I am writing) at just a sufficient distance to bring, into view .its every point, with its fringe ofstrees and rocks and summer cottages clearly outlined against the clear- blue sky, and its beautiful drives, much Of which are also in plain view, winding along the mountain side from point to point, and you can gather some conception of its beauty. jBut the great center of attraction is the views irom the groundsr and balconies of the Battery Park Hotel. Tins is situated on one of the highest of the many elevations within the city, and is in almost the ex­ act center. It is a grand building, and from its verandas the beautiful homes, the well kept lawns and unique concepl tious of architecture are to be seen al around you. Off yonder, about four miles to the soufh, is seen the famous castle ot Vanderbilt looming up against the sky in all its grand beauty. We made up a party and drove out there yesterday and would attempt ,.tp give you a description of it if I could, but that is way beyond my powers, and 1 will only say that irom the point three miles from the castle, where we got our pass to enter thf ground, it was a drive over a broad and splendid paved road­ way, ad fine as can be found in any city. This drive follows the course of a stream of clear mountain water, in a winding, tortuous course, almost up to the man­ sion, and wherever it needed protection from any cause it was done by a very nice cui£ktone wall and this was screened from view by various kinds of flowering vines, and then the whole distance on either side to the width of from 40 to 100 feet or more, as needed, carefully set out to Various kinds of vines, trees and flowering plants, and so arranged as to almost defy one to say it was not nature's own work. Even the numerous arched stone bridges over the little stream were screened from view by some artifice of this kind. Now with all this and the fact that at no part of the drive can be seen more=than a few rode of roa1^ owing to its windings around the points of the mountain to follow the course of the brook', so that it seems as though you were continuolly dashing through a tangled maze of vines, trees and shrubs that completely envelop.you fron^ top to bottom of the mountain side on either hand, and one can readily see that it is a drive probably not excelled in grand beauty in the world. The brook is ai'so brought in so ingeniously as to add to its beauty aand utility. Look at it. You see nothing more than an ordinary brook of clear water, with here and there a pool formed by the. damming of the stream by those big rocks that have tumbled into it from the mountain. Well now, look again, perhaps it will occur to you that they had a very happy fac­ ulty of tumbling in just where a few such would most easily form a very natural looking pool, and where, under the cover of some friendly overhanging rock or bush, the shy speckled beauties would like to hide. " That, then, tells the story, and many a one is taken here and all these mountain brooks produce them in pertection. This road is all drained in regular city style, and while behind the span of good travelers yesterday we dashed around a short curve and. whew ! I thought we had fallen among Rip Van Winkle's band of revellers, but they were only about a dozen workmen with their brush brooms over their shoulders going to their work sweeping the road. Yes, sweeping the road. Michigan Avenue is far behind in point of tare to this, and that to lead to only one house. As I said 1 can give you no description of the house. Only a few of the rooms on the upper floor, I understood, are finished, and no admittance is the invariable rule.' Suffice to say then that the house is built on a broad rounded projection from the mountain side, that slopes away for a mile or more to the Swannano'a and Broad rivers, at a decline in altitude of perhaps six or eight hundred feet. We alight just at a point where this projec­ tion starts out from the mountain, pass through a great, elegantly carved stone arch, and find ourselves at one end of what I suppose is called a peristyle. This faces the house and about thirty to forty rods from it. It is a massive cut stone structure, with carved figures, fountains, ete. It is solely for a point of observa­ tion. The top is reached from either end by a broad walk of rough tile, Hj-oteete on the outer side by a wail of proper heighth, and running diagonally from end to center and from center to end at a moderate incline until the top is reached, at an elevation of about sixty feet. But 1 cannot tell you as it should be told, nor even mentio#the many wonderful things of this wonderful place. Of the great, beautiful hot houses and grounds, (?f the elegant stables, the main door of which alone cost about $1,500, wTth" its acres of mountain side, covered with just enoucrh of beautiful pines and then filled in wi.th all kinds of vines and fruits, of the dairy houses and herds of Jerseys, etc. There are nOw employed several hundred men -making brick, quarrying stohe and keeping the little engines run­ ning from placeto pRce at all sorts of work. When it will He finished I do not know, but am told he expects to have things in shape in about a yehr'. The weather here is all one could ask. •Just about cool enough for comfort, and the elegant turnouts are going in every direction. We expect to 'be here about ten days and will then start for the rvorth, making soma stops on the way fl Cl Tltft f Aril 3 * Supervisor's Report. STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) f MCHENRY COUNTY,, YA .Town of McHenry. \ The following is a statement by W. A. Cnsty,Supervisor oi the Town of McHenry in the county and state aforesaid, of the amount of public funds received and ex­ pended Jjy him during the: fiscal year, just closed, ending on the 26th day Of March, 1895, showing the amount of public funds on hand at the oommence- meptof said fiscal year, the acnount..of public flutnds received, and' from what source# received, the amount of public funds expended and for what purpose ex­ pended, during the fiscal .year ending as aforesaid. The said W. _ A.. Cfisty, being duly sworn doth depose and say that the fol­ lowing statement by him subscribed, is a correct statement of the amount of pub­ lic Juads on hand at the corn nieuceuunri °? t^e fiscal year above stated, the amount of public funds received and the sources from which received, and the amount expended and the purposes for which expended as set forth in said statement. • * . W. A. CRISTY. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 26th day of March. 1895. JAMES ROBBING, J. P. fr uricfis received and f rom what sources received Amount of public flings on hand at the commencement of fiscal year com. mftntag March 28.1894 ... 517 61 Sept. 11-. Kec'd from J B Pei*ry co treas 110 57 Mroii20," J H Freunci, col.-.. 7.15 43 Total recoi pts ........... $1343 61 Funds .txpended and, for what purposes expended 1881.,' . ' : • " • • \„ '< Krch &S, J Huenisnn, 2 and'a meet'gs.. " J Yait Slyke, pub sup's report April 3, J R Frennii, jii-Jge election... • " A S Wright, clerk election. ... A G/F-Sdredgo We are introduci g a high grade Spring Shoe, made.expressly for this store, dependable in every way. We know thev will please You. This store is bristling with Spring Bargains in every corner. Perhaps we can save you money. W A Cristy, judge John Miller, clerk 3 .. G .. 3 .. 3 v. 'i 1 3 3 May 5. Lay & Adam. acct Mra Simoaa poor bill ........ 24 .-. " J.ucy McLean, burial ex , 2 50 Mav 28, McHenry Co. Democrat, pub'g ticket 1893-4 5 .. June 27. J Stafford, 2 coffins poor farm 28 .. " J B Perry, eo treaa. poor iarm bills 168 93 Oct, 9, J Huemann, assessor's ser ... . 125 .. Oct 29, Lav & Adams, act Mrs Simons poor bill, 51 80 Nov, 3, 11 W McLean, poor acct 3 .. •' J Simon,jsaw'g wood MrsGibbs 2 25 '• W A Oristy, stationery, etc... 1 70 Nov. 15, JuBtrn Bros, coflin for Mre Winkles' boy ... 13 .. " Mo-rlson family, transients.... 6 24 Nov 29, C Eegers, attend'g Wilson boy 50 1895, Jan. 7. C Carls, acct poor 3 ... Ian, 12, U W McLean, acct poor.. 5 .. Feb. 7, " " " 11 . C & N W R*y acct McLean 4 92 C Kulinert, bill ,C Karls, poor account . .. ... 42 50 Mrch 20, Hanly Bros, wood, MrsGibbs 11 25 " " " " J 3utton. 4 .. " " " rent " 50 .. '* J Simon, swg wood Mrs Gibbs. _ 1 5" Mrch 26, J H uemann, judge of election and auditors meeting 4 50 " E H Thompson, treas road com, Sheep money 21 " Wilbur Lumber Co, coal Mrs W nkles 33 76 " C H Granger, eer town clerk.. 23 85 " F Iv Grander, taxes Gibbs lot.. 1 66 " D Parker, thistle com 40 .. " J Van .">iyke, pm. notices, tick- _ . ~©tsand printing tickets.. . . 26%. " C Ku.huart, act O Karls p'r bill 37 50 " Perry &Owen, oct Mrs Win­ kles, uoor bill 51 .. i- ' Peny & Owen, act Mrs Gibbs 31 76 " O Feger«, it'g IVlrs .Simons 8 .. - " " C A'iams, bill Mrs Sin.ons. ... 37 .. " J Lay, poor bill C Karls 12 .. " J J MiHer, poor bill li McLean 3 75 " H C Mead, 3 auditors meetings 4 50 " MrsSlafter, on poor bill 68 73 " .las R bbinp, 2 aud'rs meetings 3 .. " VV A Cristy, 3 4 50 " " poor masters ser.. 25 .. . DA Whiting sheep kl'd, dogs 33 39 •' W Thoi'as, " •' " 7 58 '• J M Carr, " " «« 35 64 " Wm Covell, " " " 30 34 " CC Colby, " '< •• 3 03 " H Wagner, •< 5 31 ThosiCarr, " '• •' 1Q 16 A P Col by. ' •' •' " 28 44 I Harsh, \vitns fees sheep case 1 .. W '1 hon as " " '• go W Tnomas. " " " 511 C Thompson-*!•» " " 511 Thos Carr " " « 5y J Claxton " '• •• 1 RRherburne " " 50 K Noonan •' " " 50 J LSoyle " " '« 50 C.Ho ward '• " " 50 T Walkington " " 1 ... W Harrisoa " •' " 50 P Weld rich ' " " 50 H C Mead, justice fees " 14 55 J RoObins '• " " 16 50 Total expenditures.. >12-24 49 Annual Statement. By the Treasurer of Township No. 45, N. RaDjre 8, East, McHenry couutv, Illi­ nois. 1or^th#yiaar Beginning April 2, 1894, and ending April 1, 1895. ACC'T WITH SCHOOL TRUSTEES. T/j RECEIPTS. , A U _ . ELGIN, ILL SATURDAY, April 6th, i J We will plaee on sale the A. D, Martin stock of And in order to stay will meet prices with any and all, as the following will show: Five Piece Parlor Suits, $19.79. No. 1 Wilton Couch, $8.89. A large Plush Rocker, $2.49. Single Lounges, in Tapestry- Carpet, $4.35. I a&so have a full line of new Furniture of every description, Carpets, etc.,and I will not be under­ sold Call and see me before you buy. |3|PUndertaking and Embalming promptly attended to Hearse in connection. I can and will save you money. A good Jacob u vu iifciiiu tit ue- ginning.. $1157 81 Rec u from Co. Sui>t .-. 506 23 Kec'd interest 146 05 Township fund paid in 530 00 Total $2340 09 EXPENDITURES. Township fund loaned $ 650 00 Distributed to Districts.., .r)46 80 Treasurer'^ salary 100 00 Incidental expense 72 Publishing former statement.... 4 76 Township fund on hand at end­ ing 1037 81 Total $2340 09 ACC'T WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, RECEIPTS. Qfn hand at beginning $5034 78 /Distribution to Trustees 546 80 SvTa^es., 5080 25 1 uition 157 96 Other Treasurers 316 40 District Bonds sold. 7507 50 District property sold 1 511 80 II. R. and back tax 1079 25 Total ; $21234 74 EXPENDITURES. Paid out for District No. 1...$ 852 23 2... 12989 27 " " " 3:,, 36157 4... 25022 a" " " " 5... 181555 7... 379 05 " -8... 900 ^ " 10... 9644 " i3.:. 8i i On hand at ending, April 1 4400 26 Total ....,$21234 74 The above statempnt ie correct. O. N. OWEN, Treasurer Subs^prned and sworn to before me day of April. A I). 1895. . JAMES ROBBINS, .T. P. as we feel inclined.- BILLY S, MORGAN STALLION, will stand at the barn of the nndersitrned, on^-half mile north of McHenry village, for the season of 1895. PEDIGREE: Billys was sired, by PrinciB S, by Saylor's VoungrGifforfl Morgan Black Hawk, bv Hanly'a Morgan Black Hawk, by Gifford, by Wood burybyjust'n Morgan. Ham of Prince 8 by Oolbv's .Y,oung Gr«en Mountain, by Turner's Sir William, bv Green Mountain 2i, by Giffordj by Woodbury, by Justin Morgan. „ Grand-dam of Prince 3 by^'anly's Yopnfjr Mo*gan B'af-k Hawk, by General 6iffordvby Gifl'ord. by Woodbury, by Justin Morgan. Dam of Billy S l>y Grey Eagle, by Black Hawk, bv Sherman, by Justin Morgan, Grand-dam of Billy 8 by 8h«rman*s Morgan D^tiahco, bv Boston Tiger, by Cock ot the teock7"tjy" Slier man, by Justin Morsran D«m rf Sherman ' s Morgan Defiance by Woodbury, by Justin Morgan. Terms made known on application. BRADFORD SMITH. The price on Barb Wire, (Slid- den) steel, galvanized, thick set, will be $2.09 per liuiidred. Steel wire Nails, 8 and larger, -2c. per pound; per keg, " $1.25 to $1.85. GasoSirie - Stoves, 2 burner, worth $4, for $2.39. Don't Miss This Sale. Our Grand Display of Easter - . . . ' • W I L L B E O N E X H I B I T I O N W ednesday, April 10, Thursday, April 11. Friday, April 12, Saturday, April 13. Are negotiating for the pur­ chase of a $2,000 stock of 7 \ GROCERIES. Spot Cash is Tshat wiH hay Spot Cash is what will sell Watch for Particulars. THEO. F: SWAN, GREAT DEPARTMENT STORE . ELGIIS. ILL, F S E D Q A U E E , We have for sale Clover Seed, Timothy Seed, all kinds of Garden Seeds, and the following choice Early Rose, Early Ohios, Snow Flake, Burbanks. Ogr prices are Low. SPEAK QUICK. We have a large stock of HAISH'S ELI BARB WIRE, At lowest prices ever known. We wish to supply your and will make prices to merit your patronage, wants J, W. CRISTY & SON, ; Ringwood, 111. Millinery Opening this week, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We display in our opening (second floor) a magnificent col­ lection of Paris and New York styles of fine Millinery, whiclu nvill be pronounced by competent and unpredjudiced judges asf vbeing the most brilliant and beautiful selection ever brought tot }this city. Many original designs are included, products of our ownVv 'workroom. Our prices are as low as possible, taking into consideration^ ^these beautiful specimens of highest*millinery art. ^ Miss Emory will do the honors of the house and would be^ ^pleased to greet you. 3HE3B»3B WIS I With Lower Prices Than Ever. JUST THINK, A Good Carpet Lounge for - $ 4.50 A Nice Wilton Rug Couch, - 10.00 A full Parlor Suit, - -- - 20.00 Children's Carriages, - 3.50 and up # And all other goods in proportion. UNDERTAKING AND EMBALMING. Always carry a complete stock of Undertaking Goods,' and- soon' will be out with a BRAND NEW H *5ARSE. Yours Very Truly, ^.J.JUSTEN, Wc»t McHenry, March 27,1895.