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Published Every Wednesday by SLYKE Editor arid Publisher. Office in Riverside Block, Over Smith Bros. & Co.'s Store. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year, (in Advance,) ...$150 If not Paid within Three Months, --2 00 Hubserivtions received for.tli ree or six months In the same proportion. f BUSINESS CAKI>8. II. T. BROWS, M, I>. 13HYSICIAN an«l Surpeon. Office in Brivli Block over F. G. Mavcs Clothing Store Water Street, McHenry 111. E. A. BEEIiS M. D. PHYSTCTAX and Surgeon. Office at residence, two doors west of Post Office, McIlcnry m. a J. HOWARD, M D. , PHTgTCtAN and Surgeon. Office at the store of Howard & Son, McHenry, 111. F. G. MAYES. MERCHANT Tailor, and dealer in Read v Made Clothinfr, Cloths, Oassiimeros, Vesting Jfcc., One door north of Colby's Drugstore Mclleiirv 111. RICHARD BISHOP, ATTORNEY AND TOTTXSELOR AT LAW. Office in rear of Murphv & Bishop's Bank North Side Public, Square, Woodstock, 111. GEO. A. BIJCKLIX, kJOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer and In- _ surance Agent. Office at Bucklin & Uteven's Store, near the Depot, McHenry, 111. N E. E. RICHARDS. HAS » complete Abstract of Titles to land in Mellenrv County, Illinois. Office with Oountv Clerk, Woodstock, 111. D. A. POTTER, T>ICIIMOND, ILL., Notary Public and Con- It vevancef, IT. Collecting Agent. S. Claim, Insurance a Fit. IIECHTLE. HOUSE, Si?*n and Carriage Painter, Mcllen­ry 111. Will do all work promptly and at r«asonablc fates. E. M. OWEN. GENERAL Denier and Manufacturers Apcnt in Leading Farm Machinery. Prices low and Terms favorable. MCHENRY, ILLINOIS. GEO. SCHREINER. SALOON and ttentaurnnt. Nearly opposite, the Parker House, Mcllenry III. *B*First-Class Billiard and Pool Tables. J. BONSLETT, SALOON and Restaurant. Nearly rtf>poeite Owen's Mill, Mc.Hcnry, I1L Fresh Oysters •erved up in any shape desired, ot* tor sale the- Can. by WGOOD STABLING FOR HORSES, JOS. WIEDEMANN. SALOON and Restaurant. Near the Depot Mcllenry 111. Boarders by the day or yjjreek at reasonable rates. Warm and "cold at all hours. "Good Stabling for Horses. McIIENRY I.iViyiY STABLE.' H. E. WIG HTM AN, Proprietor. First class rigs, with or without drivers, furnished •t reasonable rates, doae on short notice. vers, Teaming of all kinds W. W. ELLSWORTH. the Celebrated Magie T>REEDEl£o the Celebrated Magie Hog. JO Also Ligft t And Dark Bualuna Fowls. ' Pigs .•hipped to all points l>y express. P. O. Ad­ dress, Woodstock, III., ROBERT MURJ&ITT, A WATCH-MAK KRof 18 years experience, lias located at Nunda,-and will give-lus atten­ tion to the Repairing of Clocks. Watches, Ac. Shop in Watson & Co.'s Drug Store. All Work BUSINESS CARDS. E. BENNETT, M. D., SURGEON and Accoucher. Diseases of Women a Specialty. Office on Clav Street, Woodstock, I1L. ' r^lTDIl LKiClvEM. REPAIRS Watches, Clocks ;...d Jfiwelrv of all kinds. Also RepHIrs Violins inthebest fw>-sil)l j niain:or; on short notice and at vea- •nnable rates. Also Violins for Sale. Shop Urst door North of Riverside Block, Mellenry III. MCHENRY HOUSE. Mcllenry, III. John Karges Proprietor. Centrally located and the best of accom­ modations furnished. Charges reasonable. RICHMOND HOUSE. RICHMOND ILLINOIS. Frank Foster Pro­prietor. Good accommodations for all Parties. Samplerooms for Salesmen. Liverv Stable attached, Shows «&c., Public Hall for Lectures, The McHenry Brewery. King & Herbes, Proprietors. THE best of ̂ Beer.Shipped to any part of the country and Warranted as represented.-- Orders solicited and promptly attended to. FRED. RENICH, CIGAR MANUFACTURER, AND-- WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. For Sale. The undersigned offers 'or Sale his property, situated opposite th«- Riverside House, in Mcllenry, on the most, reasonable terms. There is a good and substantial building, siiiu £ble for a store or other business, the upper liarl'of which i s lit ted u p for a residence. Con­ necters with this is four acres of choice land, a good barn and some fruit. Persons contem­ plating purchasing will find it to their inter est to call ami look this property over. I, A. IILBBAKD. McHenry 111. Aug. l'«th 1S75. For Sale. e undersigned offers tor Sale, uie Brick Store on Water Street , in the vil lage of cllenry, now occupied by Mrs. C, 1L Morey, "is a Mitftuerv Store. It is 14n.35, the upper Mtory being tlnishcd off as a reoiden.ee, £KKMS KKASONABI.K. IlliJllirO Ol (J. J4-. ALolii.1" " ̂clicury, W. II. BUCK, M. D., HOMEOPATHIC Phytician and Surgeon.-- Office East Side Public. Square, Wood­ stock, III. Office hours 11 to 12 A. M., and *2 to 4 P. M. Wliikegan Cigar Manufactory, E. M. DENNIS, Proprietor. ' V , __1 t Manufacturfir and Wholesale Dealer m CIGARS; TOBACCO, --AND-- "••// ' . '* Pipes of Every Description. •55 GENESEE STREET, WAUKEGAN, ILL. O.W. OWEN, WATCH MAKER & JEWELER, MCHENRY ILL., Dealer in all kinds ot American and Swiss Watches, Clocks from the best factories in the country. Silver, plated ware, Silver Spoous, ALSO AGENT FOR THE Weber and Bradbury Pianos AND THE Estey Orj^aii ! * Which we believe to be the best Organ In the market. We think we know that by experi­ ence, and We believe it, for it is backed up by the Bssl Musicians in the World. I also sell qther Organs at less prices tlwn the Est-cy, but can't receonnnend them to be as good. O. W. OWEN. July 23. MURPHY & BISHOP. BANKERS. Office North Side of Public Square, WOODSTOCK, .... ... ILLINOIS. TRANSACT^ a General Banking and Ex­change Business. Deposits Received.-- Interest allowed on Special Deposits. Buy and sell United Stales Bonds, Gold, Gold"Exchange, etc. Exchange on ull principal cities in Europe for sale. Woodstock. III. THE OW Fox River Valley Mills. H. D. LUFF, Proprietor. McHenry - - - - Illinois. FLOUR 1 FEED, CONSTANTLY ON HAND. CUSTOM GRINDIIVG 0 Done promptly, and satisfaction guaranteed Thankful for past favors a continuance of patronage is respectfully solicited. •'»The '-ffifrtiesf-MfflCrleftt \ifr-tCiah ' for good Milling Wheat. H. D. LUFF, Successor to Ow.en Bros. • W. H. SAN FORD, Merchant Tailor. In the store of C. II. Dickinson, East side of Public Square, WOODSTOCK, ILL. "A stood Stock of Fine Cloths for Suitings al­ ways on hand. Suits made to order and a lit warranted- Give me a call. W. If. SANFORD. Woodstock 111., Sopt. 27th, 1875. MOUNT™" ROOT B I T T E R S . THIS BITTERS, for its intrinsic properties, is known as one «f the Best Tonics of the Age. As a laxative Liver Cleaning, Blood I'nril'v- ing Medicine, it. has not its superior. It should bo-taken in quantities from u Tablespoon full to a small wine glass full three times a day, according to the strength and age of the lnva- id or the degree of sickness. For Sale by the Case or Bottle, --BY-- Li. KAPPLEK, Patentee, Woo<l»ito<'k, 111. Village Lot For Sale. Lot 1. Block 1., West McHenry, containing one aero yf land, which is well fenced and on which is an Orchard'ot good fruit, is now offered for sale on reasonable terms. It isono of the most desirable building places in the village* For further particulars inquire at the l'R,AINJ>KAI.KI: Otlice, Mcllenry, III., March 1st, 1876. Farm For Sale. THE undersigned offers for sale his farm in the Town of Greenwood, consisting of 240 acres of tlrst class hind, under a good state ot'cultivation, well watered, prairie and good Timber adjoining, good buildings, Fruit in good variety, fact everything constituting a >rood farm. Will be divided if desired. Terms very low, Inquire on the premisesof GKO. II . G AKiilSOX Greeuwooj J11, April 13th, 1370. WHO IS BANKRUPT ? Hot tbe couiitry surely; for it has met all itsengagements thus far; gov­ ernment bonds are in good demand and command a ^andsotne premium; and sustained by an industrious people who produce more than they are consuming while the public debt is constantly di­ minishing, the credit of the nation is all the while improving; in fact, it was ne^er better thaa it is to-day. " Neitherare the prduiing classes bank­ rupt. They are iu a sound condition financially. They are making money. They are betteroff than they were three years ago. -The financial crash of 1873 did not hartn them particularly, they saved something last year and the year before, and we cau discover no reason why they should lfot do it Vliis year. / Who tlieu is > bankrupt ? Mainly those engaged lit Speculation--people who buy to sell a£nin. These have suffered severely aud are still great suflerers. For a portion of these oper­ ators we have little sympathy. Per­ sons who '"sow to the wind"1 cannot complain if they "reap the whirlwind." Those who take chauces in ,the Wall Street lotterys hould not be disappoint­ ed if t'tey draw blanks. But there is another class that is en­ titled to sympathy. We refer to those engaged In legitimate speculation-- dealers ingrain and cattle and horses, in butter and cheese and in general merchandise. These have suffered fearfully, aud many well-to-do men have become bankrupts. The past three years have been rough ones for merchants. Even those possessing a good deal of capital, have been com­ pelled to succumb. 3so matter how closely they have bought, many goods have been certain to shrink in their hands, and scarcely anything has risen in price. The merchants as a class have made nothing in several years, and many have failed outright. They h^ve failed because of the impossibili­ ty of obtaining from their customers the cost of their goods with an adequate profit, Millions have been disposed of at'an actual loss. , The suffering, then, about which so much is heard, is among business men, merchants'ami others. All the com­ plaint about the times comes from them. We are mistaken. There are thousands of people who don't know anything about hard times, wlo are doing as well as ever they were, who are steadily amassing property, who utter louder complaints than anybody else. They complain because others do because they have got in the habit of finding fault with the times. Produc­ ers as a class are in independent, circum­ stances; they are not embarrassed; and have every tiling they require to, make them comfortable. It is the bnsinsse men of the country, and main­ ly in our large business centers, who have any just appreciation of the troub­ les existing in the linaitcial world, or who know anything about the depres­ sion and stagnation in trade. Among them will be found the people in em­ barrassed and straightened circum­ stances, those who are struggling to work their way through the bankrupts. It is in our large towns, among com- mereialmen. that the question cau be answered,*'Who is bankrupt?" The cotmtry does not know anything about bankruptcy, comparatively speaking, and but a precious little about hard times. It was seldom in a better shape than at present and has no good grounds for complaint. SUSPKNDKD ACTIVITIES. The country still presents anomalies that seem to require explanation. It is full of the products of the soil, the field, forest aud stream, aud of the fa­ brics of the shop, the bench, forge, lathe, and every other species of handi­ work. The granaries, storehouses and warehouses of the country were never more abundantly stocked with all the necessaries and luxuries of life, all the fabrics of art, and material enough to rebuild all the structures of the coun­ try. There is a scarcity of nothing in any of the products of labor. And yet we find a listless inactivity ruling in the fields of trade. Business is dull, and industrial pursuits outside of the great underlying one of agriculture. travel, which apperrs to be drying up at both ends. The condition of thiugs which this competition on their part shows, uncovers also the real situation of the country, and the great cause of the general inactivity. Pretty nearly everybody, east and west, has shorten­ ed up on purchase, under forced econo­ my if not from choice. The surplus products at the west And lessened de­ mand at the east, and the west is di­ minishing its purchases from the east. If there is less sold going abroad, there; is less bought also iu return, and this diminution in commerce is of course the result, and this aspect of things re- fiects the real condition ot affairs gen­ erally throughout the country. But it is, nevertheless a good symp­ tom. It shows healthy action in the business system of the country. It is proving that there is a disposition to abstain from untiecessary expenditure from overtrading.and from ̂ peculation. There is nobody, so to speak, now blowing up bubbles to'explode. New enterprises, are scarce , and only safe ventures will secure large investmsnts. The great thiugs lacking, to set the wheels of art aud commerce again in motion, are renewed confidence in the stability of the currency and the finan­ cial integrity of the government, a persevering course in private and pub­ lic retrenchment, a realization of the present vast accumulations and the un­ bounded resources of the country, and a generous trust revived iu the unrol­ ling i'utigg|. Looking all around on these signsH>f plenty on every hand, shouldn't the prospect therefore begin to brighten? OUR riIILAI>KLPHlA I-ETTKR. PU:I.ADI:I,I*IIIA, PA., May 27th, 1878. Scarcely more than a week liks elapsed since the opening of the Cen­ tennial, and yet tlicchauges that have been made aje truly wonderful, and all of them for the better. The space in the buildings are being rapidly filled up quiet and order reign everywhere, and the exhibition gives promise of the most perfect 'success in every sense of the word, except a pecuniary one. It is already admitted that as a pay­ ing investment to the stockholders, mi­ les the attendance should increase in a wonderful manner, the Exhibition is a failure. The attendance so far has scarcely beensullicieut to pay running expenses. A medical department has been or­ ganized uptm the grounds for the bene­ fit of those who may be taken suddenly ill, as there have been forty or fifty in­ stances of prostration fkmi fatigue and sickness. There are yet some changes which are called most urgently for, among which is the abolition of the French liestaurant. This restau­ rant has been given the choicest place upon the grounds, being but a short distance from the maiu entrance, and just beside the lake with the large fountain in it. Anything mnre exorbi­ tant anil swindling than the charges for the simplest articles, can scarcely be iinagLned. Unless one is starving or a millionaire, I advise him to avoid the- place. The proprietor has already been summoned to appear before the Committee on account of -the charges made against him. Another change should be the removal of those two monstrosities, the Winged Horses, from iu front the Memorial Hall. Those Horses are of such an immense size, in the first place, as to completely dwarf the building iu comparison, and to make it look much fiatterand lower than it really is. The only excuse that I have heard from them is that "they are after the antique," and that they were bought very cheap. No one ever saw any living animal get himself vol­ untarily iu such an awkward, uncom­ fortable position. The artist has evi­ dently heard t lie jockeys expression, "head up auk tail ou$? and undertook to follow it. Their tails stick out be­ hind like sigu boards, the bodies and legs are heavy aud logy, the wings are too diminutiAe, the manes resemble Elizabethan liufi's, and the heads are held in such a position, that the under jaw almost touches the neck Of the female, who stands beside each horse, one is at a loss to know What she is do­ ing so near such a fiery, untamed steed unless it is that she is thrown iu to give good measure. She sticks out are languishing. Labor, except in thai branch, finds little or uncertain employ- iiike a wet Iiurse iu frout, a^d a banta ment, tailed rooster behind, and her skirts The great trunk railroad lines com- look as if the^liud been Passetl through plain of want of business, and are usin«- il " ringing machine, to llatteu out the every available means to secure all the lu oue unn siAe lu>idsa huge lyre patronage they cau, by rcductiou of I while the outward, touching the horses rates if in no other way. It would | ueok, as if in supplication that he seem that these interests are new suf- would put down his upraised foot, and lering at least equal to any other, and are feeling the stagnation in more ways than one. Their capacities, it is now believed, if not fully shown, are e\ en beyond what would be required to fulfill the greatest demands under the most productive aud prosperous state of the country. They are scrambling after tlic present stream of freight uu4 look as a sensible horse ought. Iu con­ trast to these monstrosities, within but a short distance of them, there is a liu^e bronze casting, representing a scene during the late war. The inon- eler inortar has evidently just been 'fired, and the little powder boy has sprung upon it in wild glee at the ef­ fect the shell will make, or has made, while the gunner, a great rough look it.g sailor, has fallen on his knees and one hand beside the mortir, and with his other hand he points eagerly in the direction which the shell has gone; on the otfer side is the Officer, who is just in the act of raising liis spy-glass, Anythingwmore true to life, or more spirited I have never seen. It i6 grand. The display of goods iu the Main Building is becoming finer and richer every day. The most wonderful piece of work in this hall, so far as beauty, skill and artistic finish is concehied, is. a Pagoda, made by S. H. Penley, for the exhibitioitof his wares. The frame work is made in the usual manner, and then every part is ornamented in the most exquisitively tasteful manner by flowers, and vines that are made out of small pieces of rattan reeds.--or the waste of the cane, used iu making chairs. The wonderful part of it is that each flower, each leaf, each orna­ ment is made of a large number of small pieces of rattan, that are first shaped, cut to the required size, and then glued together. No one leaf flow­ er, or ornament is made of a single pieee. The posts are ornameuted by strings of daisies, the sides of the house by bunches of flowers, and the eaves by hanging bells, while upon the roof is a great eagle. Mr. Penley says there are over 4,000,000 pieces of rattan used in the ornamentation, and that there were fifteen bauds kept constantly busy for over four months to complete it. In the Machinery Hall, America has the finest display of machinery, En­ gland and Prussia coming next in or­ der. In this Hall the great center of attractiau is the Corliss Engine, which was built especially for the purpose of driving the various machines pat on exhibition. It weighs 800 tons; will drive eight miles of shafting; has a fly-wheel thirty feet in diameter and weighing seventy tons; Is 1,400 horse power, with a capacity of being forced 2,500 horse power ; lias two walking- beams weighing twenty^two tons each; two forty-inch cylinders, of ten foot stroke, a crank shaft nlueteeu incjies' in diameter and twelve feet in length; connecting rods twenty-four feet in length and piston rods four and 6he quarter inches in diameter. The Utica Steam Gauge Company have one of their gauges placed about 800 feet away, connected to this engine by the means of wires, so that each stroke ot the engine is registered on the gauge by means of electricity. A persons passing by can see at a glance how many strokes the engine has made since it was first started in motion. The gauge registers up to 1,000,000 and then begins all over again. At any time desired, the gauge cau be turned backward, by hand to No. 1, but when it reaches 1,000,000 it automatically turns back itself. II. Disston & Son, Saw qianufacturers have the most showy exhibit in this Hall. Their case is twenty five feet high by forty-eight feet long, the whole of which is filled with every imaginable kind and shape of saws. The N. Y. Herald has a printing press in operation, which attracts large crowds around it. The paper is put upon the machine in a gre »t roll, from which it is drawn in proportion to the speed at which <he press works. As the paper passes iuto the press, it is cut into sheets, printed upon both sides at once, and then delivered upon the table in front, ready for distribution, at the rate of twenty thousand an hour. Just beyond Machinery Hall. is the Centennial Fountain, erected by the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America, but which is not yet com­ pleted. In the center of the basin, wliioh is forty feet in diameter, is circular mound of marble nineteen feet high, upon which is to be a statute of Moses, sixteen feet high. Out at the four points of the compass are mar­ ble pedestals upon which statutes nine feet high are to be placed, each pedes tal having four drinking fountains. Of this fountain I will speak more fully when finished. Every effort has, and is being made to induee the Commissioners to keep the exhibition open on Sundays, so as to give the laboring classes auoportuu- ity to be benefitted by it, but thus far without success. QUAD. flST^'Go away, leave me with my dead! Let me fling myself on his coffin and die there!" That was in Nebraska, six monjhs ago, and now the widow has auother trusting soul, and number one's portrait is in the attic face to the wall. J^TWhy does the operation of hanging kill a man? A physiologist gravely replied: * Because inspiration is checked, circulation stopped, aud blood suffuses ami congests the brain." ••Bosh!" cried Whately, "it is because the rope is not loug enough to let his feet touch the gruuud. Ol'K WASHINGTON UTTER WASHIXOTOV, I). C., May »th. The Committee appointed to investi­ gate the Government Pointing Office have-just, handed in their report, and * most damning thing it is. Thia Office has been under the charge of A. M. Clapp, for a number of rears, and has been made the subject of investigation* heretofoie, but Clapp lias always sue* ceeded in getting a report in his favor, 1 he present Committee have probttl .'-.j to the very bottom of the whole iusti- "1 tufiou, aud find that for years the management hits been one of fraud, speculation, and incompetency. Th« > loss to the Government on binding j alone has been between 070,000 a«<! ^ #80,000 a year, and about $14,000 a year on gold leaf. Clapp has been found / ^ guilty of perjury, dishonesty, ineouipe- \| teucy and of1 keeping no system ot JM>- 3 counts whatever,--besides starting his sou in business in Baltimore, under some other name than his own, and lo­ wborn all of the paper contracts were given at pretty much his own price. Clapp first appeared before the Com­ mittee with Counsel, aud pretended ^ that he desired nothing better than a full investigation, but when he found that he could no longer hide his rascal­ ity, he wrote the Committee a letter refusing to appear before them; again, upon the grounds that he is an Officer of the Senate, and not of the Houte^ and that the Committee have no> juris-» diction over him. This impertinence comes too late, aud, like Belknap, he will be^turned over to the Courts for trial. Some time since,liis utece wat married, in this City, aud at the wed­ ding a room was set apart jusjffor the reception of presents. Contractors, and those seeking contrajjts, understood the hint, and sucli air array of present* as is seldom se^n, was the result. ^ Ex-Senator Carpenter, iu the late Ottman trial in this city, told the fel- lowing anecdote: At the time of the *; proposed arbitration ..between thie Si Country and Great Britain, whfeh resulted in the settlement of the Alt* bama Claims, there was a hitch ht the porgress of the treaty, caused by what the Cemmitte on Foreign Affairs con- ^ ceived to" bo pure "cusseduess" on the part of the Queen, and a Western Senator said ta Mr. Fish, "Tel! the old lady to go to hell. Of course you will put it in diplomatic language."' Paymaster A. C. Clark, in hi» testi­ mony before the Naval Investigating Committer, a few days ago,gave a sad picture or how robbery aud crime are not only connived at, but protected by some of our legislators, According to hfs statement, Senator Sargent,of Oil* ifornia, has been keepiug a Paymaster*# clerk by the name of Pinny, at San Francisco, and no Paj'master could get the appointment to that Station with­ out first promising to keep Pinney as. his Clerk. Pinney is known to be a notorious scoundrel, and a defaulter to the Government to the amount of£760- 000. Sargent asked Clark if he wanted the Station, and told him he could have it if he would keep Pinnny. Clark re­ fused to trusyiis honor, property, and property of his bondsmen to the keep­ ing of a aeoimdrel, and Sargent pre­ vented hiru and other Paymasters who had Ilka vrise refused^ from- being sent to San Francisco. Gov. Kellogg, of Louisiana, is in thla city at present, aud is making the most urgent appeals to the President for Government Troops to quell the disturbances iu that State. Thus far he has received no other encourage­ ment thau that no troops will be sent there except what the law provide* for. The Attorney General, to whom the President referred Kellogg, was quite short aud curt about the matter, aud if the Attorney General aloue was to be cousulted, it is uot likely that such a request would ever agaiu be made. The whole matter will be finally settled at the Cabinet meeting that i* to be held to-day. The Senate is still engaged la dis­ cussing the qucstiou of jurisdiction iu the Belknap case, but ii}> to the pre*- ent time have come to no conclusion. If it is decided that they have juris­ diction, it is positively stated that 4 Belknap will lei the trial go by de­ fault. The door keeper of the nouse has been the cause of a great deal of anflise- meut aud annoyance to that body dur­ ing the past week. It turjs out that he is a vagaboud of the first water, and as iguoraut' as he is vaiu and con­ ceited, He wrote to a friend in Texas telling him that he now had so muc^i patronage aud influence that he has be­ come a "bigger man than old man Grant," aud told his frieuds to come ou aud have a "glorious time" with him. The letter has gotten into priut, called up his past infamous eareer, and will probably be the meaiui of relegating him to private life. It is the old story,, of tbe frog who wauted to bo as big aft the ox. liis vanity aud conceit havft killed biui, % i % (£>