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:, ^ .&* *£ --At* oT t> '«>** •' '"" . V ! jjejjeirf piusSetler. WEDNESDAY, JULY 5th, 1876. J. VAN SLYKE, Editor. CMLATVORMS I/OSIKO Tacril' :. FBOMtKJEKtM V'i- The Republican platform is the .most noncommittal that has ever eminated from that party. It pictures a sort of Utopia, bat promises little. It thinks highly of the Republican party, which ia natural. We do not know roat it re­ ports to any high ooloring in setting forth it#historical value. But there is nothing very deflnate In the subject of finance, except that the national debt should be paid in coin. It holds that Senators and Representatives ought not to be begging for offices for their supporters; but they have always dona - so and will continue to do so to t he end of the chapter. The Republican plat­ form does not propose on this occasion to, stop them, unless the faint appeal to their moral sensibilities shall have the desired effect. It gets off some fine words on the subject of official respon­ sibility, fcftit they Are not brilliant enough to throw light on the subject. It amounts tt> little more than a decla­ ration that public servants ought to be good boys, and should not be so much given to stealing. If the party made a public pledge that it would devote it­ self in the event of sucecss to the ex­ tirpation of Rings, and to legislation to prevent their being organized again some substantial progress would have been made. The platform recommends an amend­ ment to the Constitution to protect the schools from sectarian influences, which "is right and sound enough, but upon which there is no likelihood of any issue being made. It is also given up whol­ ly to protection, but in such mild phrases that criticism is entirely dis­ armed. If it is pointed in anything, it is that no more lands shall be gran­ ted to railroads. But there are not "tauch'more of any value to give away. We do not know but that this yearning for land for the people may in the sequel be transmuted into the purchase back of lands already granted. Noth­ ing whatever is said on the subject of railroad subsidies, which may be re­ garded as singular, from the fact that several projects of that nature, some of them gigantic, are now pending be­ fore Congress. The Chinese plank was whittled down to nothing, and a sicle glance is taken at Woman's Rights. The only abuse on which a fierce on­ slaught is made is polygamy, but Utah will not vote for President this time. There can be no doubt of thei - fact that there is less positiveness and less directness about this profession of faith on the part <of the Republican Convention than was ever before no­ ticeable in a representative convention of that part}'. It has little about it of the old audacity and heroism. It takes as little upon its back as possible, which means that the offices are very desira­ ble. But after all, it may be hyper­ critical to find fault with it on these grounds, for the reasouthat little fal th Is now placed in platforms. „ Perhaps the non-committalism which we are considering is to be regarded as a sign of the decay of an institution which has made our politics more un­ real than those of any other people in the world in the enjoyment of any form of representative government. It was the substitution of a piece of paper for the services which a man should have rendered to his country to entitle him to high office, and of a rhetorical flourish, whose principal in­ gredient was insincerity, for the his­ torical record of a party which is the only thing by whioh it oan be fairly Judged. It may be set down a*> a fact that a good platform alone will not oarry any party to victory in this oentennial year. The most ringing declaration of principles would fall flat beside a bad nomination. The man is likely to be his own platform in this fight, and in reaching that point, we only TO turn to the sphere of common sense. It is not In the power of any convention to manafacture candidates to order. The candidates must already have made themselves.' A Now Iiounty Hill. The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill for the equalize t ion of bounties. The rote on the measure stood 131 to 46, the negntl** vote being mostly made up of South* ern members. The bill. If it becomes a law, it is isti mated, takes from the Treasury between nine and t«n millions of dollars. Under its provisions all en­ listed men, soldiers, sailors, and ma­ rines, are to be allowed #8,33£ per month for the period of service be­ tween the 19th of ApH!„ 18B1, and 9th of May, 1865, deducting all bounties previously paid under United States or State law. The bill is not to apply to substitutes, or men who were dis­ charged on their own application fbr other cause than disability Incurred In the service, unless such discharge was obtained with a view to re-Inlistment or to accept promotion, or to personal discharged on the ground of minority. They have everything en a grand scale in California. There is a hive on the eastern slope of the San- Fernando range in Los Angeles county which men have tried several times to capture and have as often failed. It is a rift which penetrates tho rock to the dept h of one hundred and sixty feet. The openiug is thirty feet long and seventy feet wide, with two passages. The bees come and go in solid columns about one foot in diameter. Efibrto have been made to decend to the store of honey in the rock, but the men were invariably driven back, and one man lost his life. The hive has been known four years, and it is estimated that there cannot be less than eight or ten tons of honey in it. A man who lives in a cabin not far from the spot, gets more honey than his family can use from the leakage. It flows out of a small aperture in the rock like a spring. He has a honey fountain at his door. A man named Henry Osborne, down in Robinson, Crawford connty. unprovokingly killed a man named William Kelley on the 17th of last month, and was barely saved from lynching before b6ing put in jail. On Friday last, while Sheriff Henderson was attending the hanging of Johnson at Terre Haute, Osbore cut his way out from the cell to the hall, and when the Sheriff returned in the evening on opening tlie door Osborne knocked him down several times with a stick of wood and would have killed him but for his wife giving an alarm which brought sever}?! persons to his assist­ ance. The citizens gathered, and af­ ter another desperate struggle took Csborue out iuto the Court House yard and bung him to a tree. The Sheriff is dangerously hurt. #@""The fact seems to be tolerably evident that though the Centennial Exposition is a success in every other way, it cannot be a success financially. The amount of 88.500,000 has been ex­ pended to organize it. The $500,000 received Cor licenses to restaurants beer-sellers, and all sorts of privileges, reduces the net cose to $8,000,00. In, order that this sum might be realized from the ticket sales, would require over 100,000 paying visitors every day. The average daily tickets sales have not amouuted thus far to $25,000--not half the sua necessary to assure suc­ cess. Of course when the Government voted money in aid of the Exposition, it did not expect to get it bade,though provision was made for it if a surplus remained. f^Land and water says that the last ncr rpaper from the East informs us that a Chinese giant of extraordinary height has been discovered. His name is Chin M Tszu; he is nearly 7 feet 4 inches high, and weighs 207 pounds; he is 37 years old, and a native of Shan, tung Province. He is taller by 2 1-2 inthes than Chang, and is believed to be the tallest Chinaman ever on exhi­ bition. He is now on his way to the Centennial at Philadelphia, in charge of an Italian showman. He was picked up in Chefoo, where he worked as a coolie, and has an enormous appetite. On his way down to Hong Kong he was allowed fourteen bowls of rice and vegetables to each meal, and he ate it all without complaining. •fi^-The question of the opening of the Centennial grounds on the Sabbath has received much attention of late, but as yet the managers have remained firm and the gate* and buildings have remained closed from Saturday night until Monday morning. Perhaps one thing that helped to decide the ques­ tion was the very quiet but firm remark of the man who furnished the mam­ moth engines with which the machine­ ry operated, that in any event those engines should not be set in motion on the Sabbath. The grounds and build- ings are now kept open in the evening. jgp-Four members of the famous Cincinnati Black Hills party, who were reported to have been massacred on the way out, have reached Sioux City on the way home. They deny having met any Indians, and exhibit their un- mutilated scalps in support of this as- sertion. They say some of the miners on Deadwood and Wliltewood creeks are doing well, but the majority are not meeting With any success. Dinners 25 cents Yankee Bakery, Woodstock. WPWThere Is a certainty that at least one branch of tiie Henry Ward Beeoher litigations will be lively again. Mr. Moid ton has won his appeal to the Supreme Court. In Mr. Moulton's suit against Mr. Beecher for defamation of oliaraoter, the defendant demurred, on the ground that there was no ac­ tionable cause for damage against Mr. Beecher In the proceedings under which Mr. Moulton was indicted. Mr. Monl ton took the ground that the pro­ ceedings--which were subsequently quashed by the District Attorney's nolle prosequi--constituted a libel. Tho lower court accepted the view of Mr. Beecher's counsel, and granted a demurrer. The General Term has set aside that demurrer. And now tho fat Is In the fire once more. OT»Qeorg« Washington Americas Snodgrass writes to the Chicago Trib­ une from Ripon, Wis., that he Is about to set out for the Centennial with hts patriotic contributions to the horrors of that exhibition. He will, ho says, be attired in a Centennial suit of clothes, made on the stars and gripes pattern; his wheelbarrow is similarly palnto d, and decorated with the star spangled banner, and its contents are thirty- seven enameled brick, each bearing the name and coat of arms of one of th# States. FQUNQIRY AW® m- VCXLO, Illf mm'-a&m FOR SALE. A House and Lot in the Village of Richmond, favorably situated near the business centre of the village, with a good cistern and well, a largo, well-fin- ished barn, well located for Livery and Sale Stables. Terms, a part cash, bal­ ance secured by mortgage. For parti­ culars address or call on D. A. POTTER, P. M., Richmond, 111. YACHT FOR SALE. This Yacht was built last season by Lobdell Bros., and is one of the best in the Northwest. Can be seen on Long Lake. For further particulars and terms call on or address, C. & L. Lobdell Yolo, 111. Residence in Town of Grant § mile South of Long Lake. I Nome, Sweet HomeI A commodious one within three min­ utes walk of the Public Square. Do You Want One Cheap? For which you can pay in monthly o\ yearly installments, or in one payment^ as you choose. By adding a smalt per cent to the monthly rent you are now paying, in a few years you can have a home of your own, by applying to ASA W. SMITH, P. M., Woodstock, 111. If You "Want BARGAINS --IN-- Hardware, AND f©"The LaCrosse Democrat says: "The old Winnebago chief, Neehaga, made his appearanee in this city yes­ terday. having arrived in safety from Fred Moore> Nebraska reservation. His son 'Jo.' who is civilized and culti­ vates a farm hi Jackson county, went out there this spring and paid the pas­ sage of his father home, while he is coming in a canae. Nee-ha-ga is prob­ ably the oldest living human being in Wisconsin, and is from 106 to 120 years old, He was a very old man when LaCrosse was first settled, over 30 years a^o, and is still hale and hearty, and preserves his taste for fire-water wijjh remarkable freshness. He still bears with him his badge--a skunk- skin tsbacco pouch--ai^ will probably he here during tho next quarter of a century." / . Tin-Ware, -GO TO- There may not be gold, but there s no question about the quantity of lead in the lilack Hills. Every In­ dian ha* a gun full of it, and isn't stingy. Dinners 25 cents Woodifcock. Y ankee Bakery, Dinners 25 W oodstock. ceuti< Yaukee Bakery. Ales, Gale & Co.. Jrojrieten. The nndersipned have just started a Fonn, dry ami Machine Shop, and arc now prepared to <to all kinds of Casting for Machinery, mf short notice and in the best of manner. We also manufacture the celebrated Gale Wina Mill. Repairing of all kinds done promptly and satisfaction Guaranteed. Threshing Machines repaired on short no­ tice. OnJern solicited. ANNES, GALE ft CO. Volo, in., July 6th 1878. RE - OPENED. The Riverside louse, McIIENRY, ILL. The undersigned having leased tho above Hotel for a term of years, newly Furnished and Re-littod it in the best of manner, has opened it For tho accommodation of the Traveling public, and all others who may flavor him with a call. This House is beautifully situated on the banks of the Fox Kiver, and but a short distance from the Steamboat Landing. Two Steam boats run <aiiy to Fox and Pisianna Lakes, a few miles above, the best Huntins; and Fishing Grounds m the Northwest. Large ami airy Apartments for families during the Summer. Boats and Oarsmen furnished at Reasonable Iiatee. Free Buss to anH from the Cars. No pains will be spared to promote the comj fort of guests, and from a long experience in the business I flatter myself that I can please the most fastidious. SWA GOOD LIVERY IN CONNECTION WITH TnE HOUSE. JACOB WEBER, Proprietor. A M M A D U S , BAY COLT. This celebrated Running Hors'e was foaled in 1871, and bred by Col. James1 A- Grimated, Lexington^--Ky. Sired by Rivoli, Rivoli by Revenue. Revenue by Imported Trustee.-- Kivoli's IXim Topaz by Imported Glenooc.-- 2<l Dam Eliza, by Rubens. 3d, Little Folly by Highland Fling. 4th. Harriet by Volunteer.-- Ammadus llr ;t Dam Nellie Gray by Lexing­ ton, foaled 1SSM. Bred by James Rich. Down­ ing, owned by Jas, A. Grim stead, Lexington, Kentucky, 'id Dam Prunella by Imported Glencoe. 3d Dam by Imported Iledgepaid.-- 4tn by IJertrand. i SSTThc above Pedigree was taken from the Stud Book. Below we give the Record of the Races in which Ammadus has contested: Lexington, Ky., Au£. 18th, 1874. Sweepstakes for three year olds #00 each, 1*. P. $250 added, the second hor»e to save his stake. Mile heats >vkth six nominations. A. llankins b c Ammadus, by Rivoli, dam Nellie Gray, 3 11 A. Buford's ch g Kilburn, by Ringmaster, dam Ontario & 2 I. W. Be'atty. b f Nina, Bonta' 4 2 I. A. Faulds ch c Bonnie Meer 3 4 j$< Time of heats 1:45J, 1:4G|, 1:49*. Lexington, Ky., Sept. 15th, 1874. Purse 6750. $600 to first, 100 to sec­ ond. 50 to third. III Stones b c Colonel Niligan. 1 A llankins' b c Ammadus, 2 B G Thomases ch f Haiscm, 3 T I McGibbon.ch f Nellie Grim, 0 I II Faulds ch e Bonnie Meer, 0 Time, 5:50$. Track in very bad con­ dition. ' Galesbnrg Driving Park, Oct. 6th, 1874. Stake for Colts and Fillies 3 years old $50 each, half forfeit, with 200 added by the Association*. Value of stake $475 4 3 dr 1 2 2 1 3 0 Purse East Side Public Square, WOODSTOCK, ILL. PATENTS. Persons desiring to take out Patents, or de- airing information from the IT. S. Patent Office should consult F. A. LEHMANN,SOLICITOR OF. AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS, Washington, D. C. Examinations free. NO PATENT NO PAY. Send for Circular. llankins' b c Ammadus. 90 lbs Brady b e George Rice,87 lqs Reynolds b f, 87 lbs, Whites b c Wral, 87 lbs. MuMcesch f Chequitr, 87 lbs Sumners b f Viva, 87 lbs Time of heats 1:46$, 1:48. Mile beats best two in three. Stake for colts 3 years old, Oct. 8th, 1874. £50 each, half forfeit, with 180 added by Association. The second to «>i78 entrance. !>««>* of two miles.-- Value of stake $375. llankins' b c Ammadus, 90 lbs 1 Bradles b c George Rice, 80 lbs 2 Mulkes ch f Chequita, 87 lbs 3 Reynolds b f, 87 lbs, © Time of heat, 3:41}. Northern Indiana Fair Grounds, Fort Wayne, Ind.. Oct. 27th, 1874. Mile hts. best two in three. Purse §400. 250 to first, 10 to second, 50 to third; Murphy's b g Wargig, llankins Ammadus' Milligan's b c Roscommon, Time of heats 1:46, 1:46}, 1:48. Running Race at Fort Wayne Oct. 29, 1874. Two mile heats best two in three $300, 150, 50. Hankins' Ammadus, 1 1 Murphy's Wargig, 2 2 Jones'Lady Washington, 3 3 Time of heats 3:42, 3:41}. Peru, Indiana, May 17, .1875 for all ages $400. Hankins' Ammadus i'lfttners Lottie Moon, Jones' Gloster, Iiays & Jordan,s llildren, "Time of heats 1:45}, 1:46}. Peru, Ind., May 19th, 1875. 2| miles, for all ages, $300. llankins' Ammadus, 1 Plat nor1** Tarrie Hart 2 Gleen's Modoc 3 Conlish's Disney, 4 0 Time of dash, 4:30}. Dexter Park, July 6th, 1875 Purse of #300 for all ages Tw^ mile heats. Haukin*' Ammadus 1 1 Sumner's Reality, 2 2 Miner's Talmoth, 3 3 Time of heats, 3:47}, 3:49}. •Quincy, Sept. 24th, 1875 . Purse of 500 for all ages, four miles llankins & Co's Ammadus, 1 Harrison's Talmoth 2 Vanduskie's Sea Breeze, 3 time 7:41}. Same place Sept 25th, purse ot 500 for all ages, two mile heats Harrison's Talmoth, •Conlish's Ammadus, Baker's Queen of Diamonds Time of heats 3:38}, 3:41 •Ammadus broke his leg at mile and half in second heat. For further particulars inquire of THOS. KNOX. Mcllemry, 111.. June 18th, W76. E. M" OWEN* ACE NT FOR ALL V ji fTjs k* A . Among which oan be found tl>« ;Tt, Bertrand & Sames Celebrated Sulky Cultivator That Stands without a Rival. Also sevoral other Leading Cultivators, ' r, Dash of 1 1 2 dr 3 2 1 The Peerless Reaper and Mower, the Walter A. Wood Reapers and Mowers9the Meadow King . And the Warrior Mowers, All of which are first class machines and sold on Reasonable Terms. 251PAlso the celebrated Kenosha and Racine Pumps, Ilav Carriers! Horse Forks, &c. -- --o -- Prices Low and Favorable Terms. CASH AND CLOSE BUYERS are invited to inspect slock and com­ pare Quality and Prices, as I will not be undersold in the same qual­ ity of Machinery in McHenry County. E. M. OWEN McHenry, 111., June 27th, 1876. 1876. 1870. R T BUCKLIN & STEVENS, NEAR THE DEPOT, M'HENEY. Have a Full and Complete General Stock for the Spring and Summer Trade.. Uniformly Low Prices FOR CASH. The Highest Market Price for BUTTER AND EGGS, 111 Caeh or Trade. r BUCKLIN & STEVENS. McHenry, III., April 3d, 1876. There's Millions in It. What? Why, in Buying Your Agricultural Implements! -OFT-- L . F R A N C I S C O , Opposite the Parker House, $ McHENRY, - . - ILLINOIS. He Jis selling the celebrated Union Com Planter, tho One and Two Horeo Champion Cnlttv.;^*, tho-Best Plow in the Mat- ket, Carr, Scott & Co.'s Threshing Machines, the celebrated two- wheeled Kirby Reaper and Mower, The Improved MEADOW LARK MOWER, and other first class Machinery. The Kirby ileapwr and Mower is now &cknow?eo£r«a lo haro 110 equal, an.; will beeolu :is iow as im.y o:,hei c .nT, 1< ach.r-.j_ 11 •--»« I.an^ct. B@»iieuM*aibcv 1 will not be uuJersoId v/hev. <i:&. c.:au. lurtc.y is la com petition. Call at my Siiop and examine Machines aa*i le^rn I rices. McHenry, May 10th, 1876. L. FRANCISCO- A . R E I D , --DBALEB TN-- Boots k Sloes, WOODSTOCK, IWj., Has determined to give his customers the BE3T VALUE for their MONEY to toe ob- tained any where in the County. Iw ° er do 00 he has Reduced his Prices! Materially, and opened ft Beautiful Stock of the most desirable new styles of LADIES AND GENTS SHOES, the trouble to call and inspect his Goods and Prices. ^.Remember the place, East Side Public Square, Woodstock. A. REID. Woodstock, III., M»? 30tli, !87ti. Administrator's Notice. ESTATE of Sol-nnon y*t. dweafied. 1 The ttn-l^Ttjlpne! in vine becti appointed Administrators o,f t! e Kataie <>f Solomon B. Dora.ii late of ihfc Cou ily of Kciionry, and State of Illinois, deceased, horuuy -tfivo notice that they will tpr.oa/-before the Co.inty Court of M'-^*cnry Count?, at tr.e Court Honee, in Woodsiock, at the. Juiy To'/m, on ti»© third Moii'lay in Jv.ly rextr-,t whic.i iili person# having =* arriuist nai.i KoUi .-j, c o r.otiCert ami requcsU'-tl to attc; fi for ihe purpose of having '.he aime a-ij.sstci. Ail person* in­ debted to mii<i Kbt:ue, are rc unetwi to mftko immediate luiyiaent to the u; ieTsiyned. Da­ ted this ltit day oi' Jane A. i). 1 FKAW: 1V-RAK J. H. DOKAN, Administrators. L. Stoddard, IK HOWE'S CLOCK, McHENRY, - - - ILLINOIS HAS inst received a largo and well selected etoj& of Hats Gaps, Boots and Shoes, NOTIONS, Groceries, &c.9 Which he is offering to the buying v'^-ic At Prices to Suit the Times. stock of Hats and On «;S '•nw]«ri«es the late i- s|v]<5*, and vii: b" sol l low for Gash or Rtia-iy Pay. CALL AND SHE. { L. STODDARD. MoIIenry, 111., May 30th, 1376. * Tlie Peail Ga.ig Plow lias no equal. For naif by 1,. Fr tncisio. Shop opposite the l'urkei IIou«e.