Pohliahea mwwty wednwdar by jr. VAN SLYKE A Editor and Publisher. Office in Riverside IHock, 1 Over Smith Bros. & Oo.'s Store. : f TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION: Oiie T««r, (in Advance,)... -- --ft no fif uot l'ahl within Three Months,..........2 00 fsibscription? received for.threc or six monthB in the same proportion. BUSINESS CARDS. II. T. MtOWN, M. I), t jifYSICIAN nn-l Stirgooiy. OOlce in Brink J BWk over F. G. Moves Clothing Store Water Street, Mellenry lit. E. A. HEKRSM. P. PnTRirtAN arid Surgeon. ofllce a t residence, two doors west of Post Officc, McFTenrv IH. D. O. .J. iloW.VKl), M rem. Ofl ioi Mclfenrv, 111. PliTSTrTAN an'l Surgeon. Office at the store of Howard & Son F. (*. MAYES. MBItOHANT Taiinr, and dealer In Ileaily Made Clot June, (Mot hs, ("aHsinieres, Vesl inff &c., One door north of Colby's Drugstore Me.Henry 111. ClfJTAUD BTSflOV, ATTOUXEY AND COt N'Slir.OH AT LAW. Otli'-e in rctr of Murphc & ISishop's llnnk North Side Public,-Square, Woodstock. 111. GEO. A. RUCK LIN, "V^OTAItY PUBI.IC, Conveyancer «n<l In- HII ranee Agent'.' Of ice nt, Uucklin A Steven's Store, near the !>epot, Me Henry, Til. E. E. ItlOll AHDS. nAS a complete Abstract of Titles to land in Mel-Ienrv County, lll'nois. Office with County Clerk, Woodstock, 111. n. A. •piriJMOND, I!/T/., J|\> vevUncer, I'. S. CoHoctuig Agent. POTTER. N ota r y P n bl i c ft if<T Con- Claim, Insurance a FK. HEOIITLK. JJOI'^'R, Sirn and C.'rri:ige Painter, Mcllen- ry 111. Will do all wdrk promptly and reasonable titles. at E. M. OWEN. EtTETfA T^ fx»a)er and Manufacturers \T Agent in T., on dine: Farm Machinery. Prices low and Terms favorable. Moll KNItY, ..... ir.I.INOIS. GKO. SCHUEINEU. SAIiOON and Restiuran*. Nearly opposite' the Parker House; MclTenry III. •SPFirat-Olaas Milliard and Pool Tables. X. BHNNETT. il. I)., QtJEOEON and Accouchef. Dlwut KJ Women a Specialty. Offloaand Residence on Clay Street, Woodstock, 111. W. n. BUCK, M. D.. HOMEOPATHIC Pbvtician arid Burgeon.-- Office East Side l'ublio Square, Wood stock, 111, Office hours 11 to 12 A. M., and 2 to* 1>. M. - Waukenan Cigar Manufactory E. M. DENNIS, Proprietor. Manufacturer and Wholesale Dealer in CIGARS, TOBACCO -AND-- Pipes of Every Description 5o GENESEE STREET, WAUKEGAN, IX^L. O. W. OWEN, WATCH MAKER & JEWELER MCHENRY ILI ., Denier in rill kinds of American and Swiss Watches, Clocks from the best factories in the country. Silver, platedwarc, Silver Spoons ALSO AGENT FOR THE Weber and Bradbury Pianos AND THE Estey. Organ Which we believe to 1h> the best Organ in the imirket. We think we know that by experi ence, and we believe it, for it Is backed up by the Bes1 Musicians in the World. i' them to be the Estey, but can't rcccommcnd i flood. O. W. OWEN July Hi. MURPHY & BISHOP. BANKEES. Office North Side of Public Square, WOODSTOCK ILLINOIS. J. RONS LETT, 8ALOON and Uestenrant. Nearly oppoeite Owen's Mill, Mcllevry, III. Fresh Oysters »<>rved up in any shape desired, or for gale by fir JOS. WIEDEM ANN, ^AT.OON and Restaurant. Near tho Depot Mellenry II). Hoarders bv the day or •week at reasonable rates. Warm and "cold tneuls at all hours. W(io««l 9.tabling for Horses.„<mer MCHENRY LIVERY ST VRLE. IT «t I" done on short not ice . E. WTUII'i'M AN, Proprietor. First class rig:*, with or wiLhont drivers , furnished oMsilile rates. Teaming of all kiml* W. AY. ELLSWORTH. T>REEI>ER o the ( •••> hv.it^d Mlgio Heg. I Also Eight IWk i*.r/i.i.-,i>n Fowls. "I'igs uliipped toall i«iitit-< i.y express. O. Ad- <li •e«n, Wootlst.orU, Hi., _ i&z. "Warranted. KOLI:UT MUHYVV'V, AW A'i'Cl I - M A ER of lri years e>pe<'ience, lnis located at Nunda, and will jrive his iitton- >o to the R(«pairiuj$ of Clocks. Watches, &<*. Shop in W ii-on Co.'s Drug Store. , All Work TRANSACTS A c.hanjre Business. l)<>)Kisii,s Reeeiveil.-tleneral Ranking and Ex-iness. Dc Interest al lowed <>n Special l>ep< tor sab Woodstock. ^!iS. Buy and sell United Statea' lh»j«ls, Opld, Exchanire oil all principal cities in Europe III. THK OWENS Fox River Valley Mills. H. D. LUFF, Proprietor. -- RftcHenry - - - - Illinois. CONSTANTLY ON HANI). PETEB LEICKEM. ME PAIRS Watches, ('locks and Jowelvv of nl! kinds. Also Repairs Violins inthel>est possible liianner, i>n short notice and at rea- «onttble rates. Also VioHns for Sab'. Shop 4lr«t «loor North of Riverside Block, Mellenry ill. MoHENRT HOITSB. Kar ed a taodatione furniahed. Charges reasonable. ollenry, III. John Karges Proprietor. 1T1 Centrally located and the best of accom- RICLLMOND HOUSE. RICHMOND ILLINOIS. Frank Foster Pro. j rietor. (jood accommodations for all parties. Samplerooms lor S:i|«ainen. Liverv Stable attached. Public Hall for Lectures, 8hows Ac., The McHeniy Brewery. King & llcrbes, Proprietors. THE best of Beer Shipped to am part of the country and warranted as represented.-- Orders solicited and promptly at tended to. FRED. IlENICII, CIGAR MANUFACTURER. -AND- WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. For Sale. The u 'ndersiimod oirers t'«>r Sale , store on Water S t ree t , in the Mellenry, now occupUvl bv Mrs . ( ' as ;i Millinery Store. It, is IhJK, storv beinv liuislied off sis a iw-eleiv 11 ICAHONAI:I,K. lmiuire of M«Ilei irv, 111. Nov. 1st 1.S75. me Brick villfiiit' of II. Morey, the upper T I U M S C. li. MoitKV For Sale. The undersigned oilers %>r sale his property, siti^ate<i opposite the Riverside House, in Mellenry, on the ino.-a n;i.-onable terms. There is a good and subsiant i.-il Iwiildiiip, suit able for a Store or other business, the .upper part of which lsrittod up for a i'esid"nce. Co;i. liectud wi'lh this is four acres of > iioicu land, u g<HHl barn and some fruit. Person^ conteni. plating liot to Mellenry III. Aug. l'ith 1^75. CUSTO M GRNDING Done promptly, $nd satisfaction guaranteed Thar.!:fnl for past favors a eohtiiiiiiUice of patronage is respectfully solicited. ««J"The Highest Market Price in Cash (or good Milling Wheat. II. D. LUFF, • Successor to Owen Bros. W. N. SANFORD, Mei*ehant Tailor. In tho store of C. H. Dickinson, East > side of Public Square, WOODSTOCK, ILL. TTA good Stock of Fine Cloths for Suitings al ways on hand. Suits made to order and a lit warranted Give mo a calL W. II. S AN FORD. Woodstock l l l .^ept . '27th, 1S75. MOUNT1'*1 ROOT BITTERS. THIS BITTERS, for its intrinsic properties, is known as one of the Best Tonics of the Age. As a laxative T. iver Clcming. Blood Purify ing Medicine, i t l ias not i ts superior. I l .shoti ld be taken in ouantit ies from a TabIes]><K»n ful l to a small win« glass ful l three t imes a day, according to the strength and age of the lnva- id or the decree of s ickness . For Salo by the Case or Bottle, -- B Y-- L. KAPIM.EK, Patentee, Wootlsiock, 111. ig purcha»ing wil l t iud it Wl^heir inter call and look, this property IT. K. Village Lot For Sale. Iot 1 . l i l ock 1 . , Wes t Mel lenry , con ta in ing J one ac re o f l and , which i s we l l f enced and on which i s an Orc l i a rd 'o t good f ru i t , i s now cfTi j ivd f i ' - sa leon r< ;aso iu ib le t e rms . I t i s one o i t i i e mos tdes inv l i l e bu i ld in t r p l aces in the v i l l age . For fu r the r pa r t i cu la r s imju i re a t the l ' l .ATNDKAI .Kl i Of f i ce . Mellenry, 111., March 1st , 187<i . farm For Sale. rpiIE undersigned offers for sale his farm in I . the Town of ( ireenwood, consist ing of i i<) a<*ri 's i irs>t c lass umlcr a s lato of ••ult ivatio", wel l watered, prairie and good l imber adjoining, good buildings, Fruit in P> ><t variety, u, !;*<-l evervthing constituting a g- .od farm. Wil l be divided i f dcstrei i . l erni - very low, Inquire on the premise- , of Oko. II . OAKKlro.v. ' ireenwood III . Apri l Isth, 1^7^. RESIGNATION OF mtlSTOW. Secretary Brlstow, has retlgne •®w of Secrvt&ry of tlw TRE The caave for this sudden action to be this: Booth tho collector of toras at Baltimore and an ardent lin man, re more d four of the Cfci House Inspectors becauee they Blaine men. Brlstow on being ap! ed of the lact, promptly ordered men reinstated. This Booth refi^ to do, and appealed to the PresId* that Martin, Bristow'sappointing <F^rk acting under the Preedent> order, written a latter to Booth appro his action ;*that when Brlstow di ered that his authority had thus overruled through a subordinate, h«i M once removed Martin and sent hi^ ^s- ignation to tho President, which' latter accepted. Bristow Is the man in the Cabinet who was die^ by the thieves, and has been an sore to the robbers and plniide ever since he has had the manage of the Treasury. Ilis resignation, be a calamity to the country, and hasty actions of President Grant overruling his authority shonld be demncd by every honest man. WiS" Ever since the passage of tlfts act of Jan. 31st, 1873, which abolieliJI the franking privilege, member* If Congress have felt wretched about ^ Various bills have been introduce^ having a restoration ot the privilege in view--that delicious privilege b'f which on the oiie hand a Congressini|tt could send home his soiled linen to bt| washed in the bosom of his family, on the other he could mail to his ccw% stituants without expense his^apoeclie# not as he delivered them but as the# were printed in The Omgressiot^M Globe. Those halcyon days of the prtiB ilege--ah! how the mouths at the Cap? itol must water when fond recollection# restores them to view--those dav* when the party In power could f lsxwi the country with its campaign liter; ture under official signatures, or otherwise, and compel the post ters to distribute caricatuies venomous assaults on political op nents, without paying a cent of p tage! Well, last March Mr. jJjU>bert* obtained unanimo«|j coygfrdt, l^enaTC to fnfrotluee a bill which si ts ply and boldly renewed the frankin privilege. Perhaps it struck a few of the Sensitors, however, that such a proposition might excite some popu lar feeling that would interfere with Presidential prospects. So the Com mittee on Post-Oflices and Post Roads took the bill in hand and amended, is, and it was again brought forward last week. Tiie new measures'attaches some trilling formalities to the perfor mance of frankin, but it would practic ally bring abobt the old system again. Members of Congress kuow perfetly well how the public regard franking 1 r^tud, and with such knowledge should have sense enough to perceive that the rostoration of the privilege in any form will bring unequalilied odium on all concerned. OCR WASHINGTON LKTTKR f WASHINGTON, V. 0., June Mth, lft». r«t©rt wi#» »l?«n ea ¥«#• neiday, during the lnTAstigatloa of the (Government Insane Aiylum. A wit ness named Marsh mji he was sent to the Asylum because he was a dipsoman iac. Mr, Voorhees, counsel for the Asylum, replied very curtly that any one who got drunk ought to go there. Mr. Marsh at once answered "Hold on, Mr. Voorhees, this is hardly fair. If a In an were to be sent to the Asylum every time he got drunk, you would have been there all the time. I have known you now for twenty years, and I ha\e known the tall Sycamore of the TV abash many a time when he wasn't to tall, but was lying flat. Why, I re member seeing yon at a Democratic ineeting, when it took two men to hold fou up, while you were trying to make a speech. I know that you have not been drinking for four years, and I am happy to inform you that I havo not drank for seven years." Every one, except Mr. Voorhees, enjoyed the re tort verv keenly. The Committee appointed to inves tigate charges against Mr. Kerr for briber}', liayo made a report unani- inously acquitting him. When the re port was made to the House, tho vote was taken by rising, and 210 members i«oee to their feet, not one voting in the negative. A certified copy o^ the proceedings were sent to Mr. Kerr, who was dangerously ill at the time, and when received by him ho wept with joy. This was a very pretty tribute t© pay to tho Speaker, but was no more than Ids due. Mr. Kerr's life has been dispared of attimesfbut he is now much better and will soon be about once more. Gen. Belknap's Counsel have just no tified the Senate that they intend to call 107 witnesses for the defease. If this is so, then the trial will last fully three mouths. The country has narrowly escaped another disgraceful slander in connec tion with the Safe Burglary Trial*. The Marshal of tills District has just 'iimunced a list of the petit jurors, nmom* whom arc several of the most ®*The young nfen of Bulling ton, Iowa, have organized an "Anti-go-to- see-a-gi rl-who-che vvs-gum-i n-hot-weath society, the members of which pledge themselves to make iro call' up on young ladies who indulge in the de stroying ahblt of chewing gum through the summer months. In cold weather It don't make so much difference, but now, if a young man sits down on a chair on the back of which a young lady has stuck her quid while she sings, he can't get away without'a good deal of trouble, and when he does get loose, it costs him something to have his clothes repaired. The protective movement was started under the most favorable auspices, and what Is be-gum is half done. Centennial bell has just been finished in Troy, X. Y., by Meneeley & Kimberly, for Henry Seybert of Phil • adelphia, who will present it to the city, to be hung In Independence Hall. It is seven feet high, twenty four feet n circumference, and weighs 13,000 pounds. The bell contains 100 pounds of a cannon surrendered by the British at Saratoga, 100 pounds of a cannon captured from the Confederate army, and 100 pounds of a cannon used by the Union army, and is covered with ap propriate scriptural and other inscrip tions. man recently died in Zurich ho for 30 years made a remarkably big fool of himself. When young he fell in love, stud then became jealous. While in this condition he offended his sweetheart, who, to punish him, made him swear that he would not speak for 12 mouths. He swore. But she died before the 12 mouths elapsed, aud the lover concluded to remain dumb uutil he rejoined her in the next world. He k^pt his word, and for 30 years was never heard to speak. Dinners 2o cents Woodstock. Yankee Bakery, tiify. Tind nearly every one of them a personal friend to Gen. Babcock Babcock is now under indictment for having originated that infamous con spiracy that was to have consigned an innocent man to tho Penitentiary. Among the list are "Boss" Shepherd aud H. A. Willard, two of the vory men for whom Babcock is said to have plotted. When Harrington was tried for the same crime, this same Marshal packed tlie jury in the same manner, and the consequence was a [disagree ment of tne jury and he escaped. When about to be brought to trial again, Harrington confessed his guilt to the injured party and begged fpr mercy, but finding that ho could not get it fled the country. It will be a pretty spectacle to see a second crim inal tried by a jury of iiis confederates, for the same crime. The tracks are all leading to "Boss Shepherd's t'oor, and he is the person who was to have been benefitted, and yet he is now called up- oii to help decide the case. Ilalleck, the ex-Government Clerk who stole tho 947,600 from the Treas ury, has been granted * uew trial. He was induced to make confessions to certain officers under the promise that they should not be used against him, and then these officers wore placed up on the stand as witnesses. But the lowest aud meanest trick was played by tho District Attorney, who hired a a man to go to jail and be confined in the same cell with Ilalleck, to get Halleck to confess to him. The trick sticeecded, and then this man was also used against him. The Criminal Court is occupied just now with the trial of Charles G. Fisher ex-Assistant District Attorney, who stole indictments from the Court, and then attempted to sell them for what ever lie could get. The defense is go ing to try the pretty well played out insanity dodge, and call 120 witnesses to prove that Fisher is insane. Fisher was always considered a sharp, pushing fellow before he was caught, and un usually sane, but the catching part of ten makes a wonderful difference. Among Washington's contributions to the Cincinnati Convention is a Mrs. Spencer, best known here from her connection with the Social Evil move ment. She says that the married men are responsible for nearly the whole of all the prostitution, and that tuch a thing as a moral man is almost wholly unknown. As she has a husband she ought to know. While in this city, next to snubbing her husband, her at tention is pretty much taken up in trj'- ing to get Congress to pass a law against seduction. The Convention allowed her ten minutes in which to unburden her. mind about things in. general. / PATENTS. / OCR PHILADELPHIA I.KTTKB. PBIUDKIMA, PA., June 24th, WJH. Tfe« 1'ergMt puletlag at the Centcn- nlal represents that memorable charge by the Confederates at, the Battle of Gettysburg^, where they charged across the wide open fields that sepe- rated the two contending armies, up the hill ou which the Union Army was encamped, to the stone wall, behind which was planted a heavy field bat tery. It so happened that the battery was almost entirely unsupported at the time, but the gunners were too brave to desert their gtms without at least struggle for them, so when the Con federates reached the wall, the gunners clubbed their rammers, and fought As best they could. Of course such an un equal fight could not last long and the gunners were compelled to retreat and leave the battery in the possession of the Confederates. Before the Confed crates could do anything with the guns however, reinforcements from the Union army came up and the Confeder ates were compelled to retreat, and the guns which t hey had eo bravely cap tured but a few minutes before, were turned upon them aft they related down the hill. The painting repre senting this s£ene is 30 feet long, by about 18feet high, and covers the en tire end of the room in Memorial Hall devoted to American Paintings. The artist certainly could never have seen a battle, or he would not have been so prodigal with his dead and wounded. His principle idea appeared to be how many mangled and torn pieces of hu manity he could group together. Tiie dead who have just at this very instant been shot down, while in full motion, are represented with the pallid black ened faces and glassy eyes that come only hours after death, or where the person was wonnded and then died from the effects. .Too many figures are represented; the air is of a tinge that no mortal ever saw around Gettyfe- burgh; and Gen. Meade is represented some distance off, on horseback, look ing as though he did not care whether school kept or not. This picttno cer tainly can never take a high place in American art. either for conception, coloring, or anything else that goes to The engineshave just been set in motion, in the Agricultural Hall, and the machinery started for the first time. The building was unroofed in a violent stormj last spring, aud hence everything in it is unusually late. This building is in the extreme end of the grounds, and it may be owing to its distance away thatso few visit it, but it is realiy surprising how small tho number of its visitors are com pared to the other buildings. To agri culturists, I should think that this building would bo a sort of pocket edition of Heaven. Everything that is produced or used on a farm is here found in almost every conceivable form together with mauy agricultural pro ducts and implements of Forefgn Countries. Extending across the North end of the building is a long series of tanks of different sizes, in which are kept fish, turtles and horse-ehoe crate. Just across the aisle from the tanks, are thirty-six great glass tubes in which are samples ot earth from a^ many dif ferent counties In Minnesota. The tubes are filled to about the height of five feet with the earth just as It is found in that particular locality, and in nearly every instance, It is Is of a blackness that I have never before seen. In the center of the building Is a representation ef an old fashioned wind mill. The great enmbrous wheel is made to revolve from time to time as if actually grinding grain, while in the lower story of the mill, and all around its sides are samples of differ ent kinds of flour and meal. Your cor respondent was so verdant as to think that the grain was actually ground in this mill, and not finding anyone to answer his questions, he concluded to climb on a tour of inspection. The re sult was a battered hat, a whittendand soiled suit of clothes, and find a small upper room as innocent of anything in the shai>e of machinery as the palm of his hand. Hereafter he will be satis fied with what he caq see from the floor alone. One of the most interesting exhibits in this hall to me is a machine for mak ing fences out of all kinds of lumber. There is a saw for cutting the material to the proper lengths, a gang of augers for boring the holes in the posts, a cutter for leducing the ends of tiie panels to a proper size, and a tenoning device to shape the ends so as to ex actly tit the holes in the posts. These devices are all combined in such a sim ple perfect manner, as to be really a wonder. The posts' are all sawed oil square on the lower ends so that they will set upon the ground and thus no holes need be dug for them. ^ Mowing Machines, Plows, Cultiva tors, Seed Drills, and all Agricultural implements of the most Improved patk tern and designs are to be fonnd In thlf building, together with groceries, to» bacfe$, cotton and almost etrtiy product of the soil. Among the plow* are tw* from South Bend, Ind., which are Unw ished off with gold plate and mount? ings, and are worth one thu--aiul dot* lars each. The Judges of the Agricultural Ma chinery have detcrtninsd to do awa#^ with the old system of trials In th« field, and will form their Judgments of the merits of the machines just as tbejr stand in the building. Qtia». HOtti? "REAPING.--One of the moe# pleasant and noblest duties of the fam- ily is to furnish its memberswith goo«l reading. In times which are past It considered enough to clothe and feed and shelter a family. This was the sum of parental duty. But lately it has been found out that wives and children have minds, so that it becomes a necessity to educate the children and furnish reading for the whole house hold. It has been found out that the mind wants food as well as the body,, and that it wants to be sheltered front the pitiless storm of error and vice by- the guardian and friendly root of In telligence and virtue. An Ignorant family in our day is an antiquated In stitution. It smells of the musty past.. It is a dark spot which the light of the modern snn of intelligence has not reached. Let good reading go into & home, and the very atmosphere of that home gradually but surely changes.. The boys begin to grow ambitious, to talk about men, places, principles t. books, the past aed the future. The girls,begin to feel a new life opening, before them, in knowledge, duty andf1 love. They see new fields of useful ness and pleasure. And so<the family changes, and out from its number go honorable mem hers of society. Lev the torch of intelligence be lit In every household. Let the old and young. fi»> with each other ia. Introducing new and useful topics of oi investigation;, and la cherishing a love of reading,, study and improvement. Wlmt Tliey S»y._ publican Natiomil Convention' won a double victory for the country. Itnom^ inated a ticket which will be lieartly accepted and endorsed by the Repub licans and Reformers in all parts of the country. It won its second victory in the great triumph which the iutolli- gence aud respectability of. tho party- gained over the desperate politicians- who had attempted te capture the Con vention. Intellect and character ex torted victory from these who claimed > to have seeured it in defiance of the moral sense of the country. Tho Con vention has earnedtho thanks of tha Amerfcad people for the courage and devotion width brought to* the selec- tion of a ticket entitled to the r»*i>*cfc and confidence of the nation, aud Ibr the firmness with which.itrejected any other. « war. 3 c&lfeEstnad^,.. st - • tending a revival of r»Mgie«tt and had' . worked herself «$(• fche-extroia& plicfe of going to the good place fn a menent,. or sooner, if possible. As her frionde gave vent to their feelings, ah* like wise gave vent te bar feeft&gi,.nMl ac claimed: **I wish I was aJaae bng T* A brother of sable hne,staaiWi»g near by, inquired: 44 What you want lobe ON ffevfT "That I might My twny Aws,* "You fool nigger woodpecker fcetet* you fore you got half way dar,'r f&^Trained petticoats are uMtollS' coining into fashion this- season. We never saw one, but presume tfcey wHC be trained to pick up apple-cons and* cigar stumps off the sidewalk,- mid to- hang over the back of a chair at night.. It does not seem as if you eo«l«i train a petticoat to climb a tree, stiUeuu may be made to put on a good ninny friilfr^ iST'That Norwich man wh» courted bis wife fifty years before ho married her was a prudent fellow. Fifty years takes the strength out of most any arm and makes it unconvenient for a* wo man to get down on her knees to urge the head of the house to coine-wit from under the bed aud talk the' mattes over." <U--SM--Wf iiTIn Philadelphia they havrhnad- Kerchiefs with the declaration of Inde pendence printed 011 them in French, German, and English, so that onft oait now blow his nose in three lan^iHgM in the Quaker City. KSpA pair of pautaloona containing $141 were blown away by the Fremont (la.) hurricane. We suspect the wear er clung to sapling; but his suspender buttons couldn't have beeu ou very strongly. Dinners 85 oeuts Yaiike# Woodstock.