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c m. WEDNESDAY, .IRR.Y lutn, tsTc. J. VAN SLYKE, Kdltoi-. tSfAn election for Mayor in Chica­ go last Wednesday resulted in the loosing of Monroe Heath, the Repub­ lican candidate by a majority of K t250 ^>v«r the combined vote of McGratliand lUmbftll, Ids Democratic rivals. tV'By a dispatch from Kockford ih th« Cliieago Tribune we learn that the Congressional Committee for this Dis­ trict have decided to call the Conven­ tion for the nomination of Representa­ tives, for Thursday, Sept^ Tthj at Elgin. KST'IIayes and Tilden are offered a thousand dollars each to deliver a non- politcal lecture in October before Baylies Great Mercantile' College^ at Keokuk, Iowa; the money to go for charitable purposes.--Jiurlington Jfatvk the removal of. Postmaster General Jewell President Grant lias again committed an act that will leave a stain on the closiii'g hours of his Ad­ ministration. Postmaster General .Jew­ ell was one of the most honest and efficient men in the Cabinet, and people generally will condemn the action of the Presient in his removal. |®*The Chinaman in California, in the expectation of being driven from the country, are sending home the re­ mains of their dead, In cases where only the bones are left, scrupulous care is taken to miss none, as they believe that to leave one behind would imperil the soul of the dead person. A paper is spread by the grave, and upon it the skeleton is laid, piece by piece until it is completed. •A Vermont judge gave a whole- Rome little lecture, the other day, to a woman who applied for a divorce on the ground that her husband was a drunkard, and abused her. The Court asked her if she knew he was a drinking man when she married him, and she admitted that she did. The Judge eaid that when a womaij marries such a man, with her eyes open, she ought to stand by the risk she lias taken; and * divorce should not be granted. *A Washington dispatch says: "The following resolution was unani­ mously adopted by the House Commit­ tee of Civil Servicc on Saturday, in the absence of Gen. Hurlbut: Hesolred, That the several communi­ cations from J. K. Jones, directed to the Committee on Civil Service, be re­ turned to him. as we regard the same to be improper, irrelevant, and in bad taste, and should not be received by the Committee because they relate en­ tirely to personal matters foreign to the subject matter under investigation 1>y the Committee. i©* Gen Ilirrlbtit a* a Tneinl>erof the Congressional Committee on reform in the Civil Service recently had occa­ sion to investigate the operations of J. Russell Jones, the Campbells and other members of the Galena ring of politi­ cians in connection with their levying ja kind of black mail upon Miss Ada ISwcet and her father before her, to pay for their influence in securing the position of Pension Agent; and in his report we understand he sharply con- demhed them for their course in the matter; as did the people generally. On last Saturday Jones retorts at great length thuoijgh the Chicago Tribune, charging tha»- Gen. Hurlbut has acted with duplicity toward the-m and slang- whanging away at him about his habits during his service in the aruiy. Jones will gain no sympathy by such a-saults andthe Tribune debases itself by al­ lowing that set of politicians to use it as a vehicle for such an attack upon a Congressman who has done simply his dutfr in condemning their wrong doings^Iielvidere Standard. DON The Chicago Telegraph describes the Spanish "tramp*1 in thiswise: "With a slouched hat upon his head that, it is the thought within it, sheuld be cir­ cled by-a diadem, ami* under a .simple alias vwhich mocks the nalne once signed to royal pronunciamcutos of truly royal length, Don Carlos goes cavorting through the country, peering about,mumor has it, for an empty throne, or a site where one might be set Without serious uncertainty of its remaining undisturbed for » year or two. But kings arc not 111 demand, at least not -such kings as Carina. The fellow Is a prodigious fraud, of un­ bounded egotism and unstinted sol flshuess. .Yfith slight claim even for L pretender, he attempted by force of arms to prove his title clear to the tljrbne in which little Alfonr<j rat t les aroiuid, and made H dismal unci das­ tardly failure. He is but twenty- eight years of age, Austrian by birth, and doubly Bourbon in that his father was a priuce iu the Spanish house roy­ al, and his mother a daughter of the ex-duke of Modena. lie is Bourbonic even in marriage,Ws wife, who ha? re­ cently presented him Vith a son, be­ ing a princess of Parma, and neice of the Count de Chambord-»-he ol the white feather and banner,--grandson of Charles X. of France, and last fflttale JUeir of theXreucU Bourbons."" r ' " •--> -j""* <OtK WASHINGTON LOTKIt WASHINGTON , 1»; tvJiUy 13th, 1876. Probably in no other city iu the Union was the '.Fourth of July so litti* celebrated as in tho Capitol of the Xa tion. The military, and a great por­ tion of the inhabitants had gone to Philadelphia, Congress ha?l refused t0 buy us any fireworks, and so had it not been for two murders, the usual mini ber of blown off lingers, and a few lire- erackers, it Would have been a-thill time indeed for us. Tho most import­ ant event of the day was the finding of a little deserted negro infant, with 5 Angers and a thumb on each hand, and (5 toes on each foot, in the grounds just back of the White House. The owners are requested to ptove property, pay charges, and take the little squaller away. Jf this youngster can't scratch its way,through life, it ought to die. Senator Sherman introduced a bill' in the Senate on Wednesday, and which was unanimously passed, that the Government now take hold of and complete the Washington Monument, in this city. This monument stands in a tract of ground which contains about 30 acres, 011 the bank of the Potomac, in the lower part of the city, and is now 174 feet high. It was begun in 1848, and up to the present time has cost $230,000. It is intended to have it 485 feet high when finished, which will make it the highest structure in the world--being 5 feet higher than the Pyramid of Cheops^ft Egypt, and will cost §330.000 more, including'a wide terrace around its base. Forty mem­ orial stones have been couaributed to­ wards its completion by the different States and Territories, and when Dom Pedro was in the city he promised to contribute another from Brazil. -Ithas been said that there has been money enough contributed towards this mon­ ument to have not only finished it sev­ eral times over, but to have guilded it in the bargain. Where it has all gone to 110 one knows. As it has been stand- ins for years in its present condition it is a settled fact, that unless the Gov­ ernment does take hold of it, it will never be finished. Harney, who tried to ruin Speaker Kerr, feels very much hurt because he failed to do him any harm, and has ap­ peared by Counsul, before the Investi­ gating Committee and asked for anoth­ er chance at him, lie has probably been a little better drilled by this time, and has his little story somewhat better prepared, but it is safe to say that he will never have an opportunity to tell it again before this Congress. The only relic of the Freedmen's Bank is a large handsome brown stone building iu this city, which the credi­ tors of the bank are tryyig* to induce the Gove rnment to purchase for $325,- 000. The only dividend the bank has ever declared was 20cents on the dollar and if the Government does purchase it, another small dividend will be de­ clared. Anything more pitible than the sit­ uation in which the office holders of this city aro constantly placed can scarcely be imagined. They are ap­ pointed by Official influence, and when that influence ceases to be felt, they are -pretty apt to be asked to step down iuul out. Whenever a Presidential election comes they are subjected to an espionage that is a disgrace to a free country. Should they happen to have favored the losing side, they are sure to go; and if have not good influ­ ence, even though they were 0.11 the winning side, they are pretty sure to go anyhow, to make place for one of the "workers." Feeling that they have no certain tenue of Office, few care how they do their work, so they mintage to get along from day 10 day. Just be­ fore the Cincinnati *Jame«tion, Sena­ tor Morton had a clerk, from Indiana, discharged from the Treasury simply because the clerk favored Blaine lor 1 resident instead ol Morton. Some day ago Secretary Chandler dis­ charged one of the best Examiners in the Patent Office because the Exami­ ner did not go home to Vermont to vote. Secretary Bristow left the Cabinet with 110 very good feelings between himself and the President,, and no sooner was he gone than nearly all of his appointees were notified that "they were 110 longer wanted. Commission­ er Pra;t, of the Internal Revenue, has disagreed with the President in regard to some of the removals in his forge , and it isjuow positively stated that he is to go also. Mr. Pratt is an efficient, honest and feoilest* officer, ami one that the people cannot &flbrd to lose. Senator Morrill has decided to ac­ cept tiie Secretaryship ©f the Treasury as he considers the "dead lock*' between the two Houses as now practically at an end, but iu what manner it Ss At an end cannot now be seen. The Senate began to set as a Court of Impeachment in the Belknap case on 1 hursday, and has already exami­ ned a number of witnesses. All dila- lorj lnotioi-s, and objections to juris­ diction were. prompt^ overrwlled and unlet-* the House asks for a postpone­ ment the-trial Will go on until con­ cluded. The death of General Custer I'einovc* one of the most important witnesses against Belknap. Custer, after giving his testimony before the Investigating Committee some time ago, was very rudely treated by the 1 1 esidcut, and denounced very bitter­ ly in many quarters, and it is reported that he intimated th«n that he intend- M ed to throw himself in the very thick­ est of the light agaiiisfthQ Indians, as soou as he got back to the West. The officers and soldiers who served with Gen. Custer in the army will hold a meeting in this city to-morrow night for the purpose of taking some action expressive of their esteem for him as a citizen ami soldier. As a writer Gen. Custer was very entertaining, and his .sketches in the Galaxy Magazine for months-back have been very good. 1 he petition for, the pardon of Avery eouvicted in S,t. I.ouis for complicity in the Whisky Frauds, is now in the hands of the Attorney General. The document will again be referred to the District Attorney iu St. Louis, and Judge Taft will carefully read all the evidence before taking action. PATENT. HARVARD- / The Walker House is to be enlarged by an addition on the east side. The hotel business is getting to be the leading business here. --An attempt was made to break in­ to Carpenter & Hill's "billiard hall last Thursday evening, but the would-be thief was discovered in time to prevent his securing anythiiig. . --The yacht Dau n tie ss. capsized near Black Point, Geneva Lake, Saturday. A moderate breeze was blowing at the time, and the accident can Duly bo ac- co unted for by there being to much of a squall inside the boat. Ge.ieva pa­ per please eopy, --We M ould think that every Chris­ tian in Harvard would blush for shame when they aro reminded that they are too, penurious to support a minister. Xot a Protestant minister residing iti" a town of 2.000 inhabitants. For shame. Let's have 110 more preaching if we cannot afford to pay a minister enough to live on. » •^-We are happy to state that Chas. Frothingham, the engineer who so for­ tunately escaped from the wreck near Beloit last week, was but slightly in­ jured and has been able to be around eversince. It was owing to his cool­ ness and bravery that the entire train was not wrecked, and the 1st Regiment have promised not to forget it. ^-Old Dick R^an, a resident of Che­ mung, has been 011 his . muscle lately and has succeeded in getting every­ body in that neighborhood afraid of him. He was fined heavily several days ago for almost killing a man there the Fourth, and since then has been put underj>200 bonds to keep the jleace, for threatening to get up a 'fu­ neral for several of his neighbors.--In- dependent. HARK. Listen to the invitation all ye weary souls.come and find a refuge at Ford's Fine Art Gallery from all the cares and trials of this earthly tabernacle, and while you have the peaceful texpression of perfect rest, just allow him to catch the reflection, of your countenance, liis prices are reasonable, ranging from $2 to per do/en, according io the size and style of the picture. He is do­ ing fine work now, having recently en­ gaged the service's of Miss A. 31. Woodward, an Artist of refined taste and skill, one who cannot be excelled in the Art,'whi-ch fact can beea.-ily proved by visiting the Gallery, and examining the work lately done there. Extra pains taken witiu'liildreu. All pictures guaranteed to be satisfactory, other­ wise the money will be refunded. Now do not stay away on account of dark or rainy weather as the Gallery is well fitted with Sky and Side lights, there­ by avoiding ail difficulty .arising from the same. A specialty made of Copy­ ing and Enlarging pictums. All those wishing pictures of their friends to be copied do not fail to call, you will be more than. repaid. Headquarters for Stereoscopes and Stcrcoscopic Views at B. A. Ford's Fine Art Gallery, Me- Jlenry 111. Home, Sweet Home! A commodious one within three min­ utes walk of the Public Square, Do You Want One Cheap? For which you <*au pay in monthly or yearly installments, or in one payment as you choose. By adding a small jrer c»nt to the monthly rent you are uoiv paying, in a few years you can have a home of your own, by applying to ASA W. SMITH, P. M., Woodstock, ill. PATENTS. Fcrnojis desir ing to take out I 'atcnts, or dc- Kirinn information from the U. f>. l 'a tent OlUce should consult F. A. LEILMANX,SOLICITOR OF AMEUICAX AM) FOUEIGN' PATENTS, Washington, I) . C. Examinations free. NO PATENT NO l 'AV. Send /or Circular. James Robbins. MAXTFACTrKHHS AGENT for tho Champion l ieaper and MovvCr, the Gor- haul Corn Cult ivators and J)iaiHv>n«l Plow, warranted to Scour in anv soil , the Forest City Seed Plow and Slate l iuam Stubble Plowtt Corn Planter.*, Horse Kakes, &<•. JVill take Cash or Good Notes in exchange for any and ati of my Goods. Post Office* Solon Mills III., BAYLIES. l i lEAT ^Mercanti le College, Keokuk, Io%va, I on the Mi^iHsipiH. Prof.AVm.il . Miller General Manasrer. Nineteenth vcur. About sixty dollarn )iay al l ex|»(Miwe^, tor Meml»erslu|» ISoard and Stationery. .Hookkeeper.-1 , Penman, Keiiorters, Operators, Architect*, Survevor* and Teacher* thoroughly l i l ted. Eiigliwh branched free. Free Lectures by efninent Orators. Free-Festival* with JJraHw J$and in College Hall . Free furnished room* for #elf Warding," , ' iy '6legraphing free. Short hand wril ing free. Good Ixiarding clubs and famitv Ward. I tal l road fare deducted. Ji i iniense business in Keokuk. No vacation. Addres* Hay l i es College, Keokuk, Iowa. State whore you haw li i i .s uu\cytiacuieut, . FOUNDRY AND VOLO* ILL. Annes, Gale & Co., Proprietors. The iimlnrsigned hare just started ft Fonn- dry and Machine Shop, and are now prepared to 'do al l kinds ot ( last ing for Machinery, on short , notice and in the best of manner. ' We also manufacture the celebrat«d Gale Wittd Mill . IJepniring of al l kinds done promptly and satisfaction Guaranteed, f Threshing Machines repaired on 6hort no t ire. Orders solici ted. ANNES, GALE & CO. Volo, 111., July 5th 1870. RE - OPENED. The Riverside House, McHENKY, JLL. The undersigned having leaned tho abore Hotel for a term-of years, newly Furnished ami Ke-li t ted i t in the best of manner, has "opened i t For the accommodation of the Traveling public, and all others who may favor him with •1 cal l . This House is beautifully si tuated on the Iwnks of the Fox River, and' lul l a short distance from the Steamboat Landing. Two steamltoats ruiF^ii ly to Fox and Pistaona I. l ikes, a few miles above, the best Hunting and Fishing Grounds 111 the Northwest . Large and airy Apartments for families during the Summer. IJoats and Oarsmen furnished at Reasonable Kates. Free Buss to ai from lie Cars. No pains will be spared to promote the comT fort ofguests, and from a long experience in the business I f lat ter nivself that I can please the li i i is t fast idious. Art"A GOOD LIVEKY IN CONNECTION WITH THE HOUSE. "oarders by the Day or Week on the most Reasonable Terms. JACOB WKliER, Proprietor. .A. M 3X A. X> XT S . BAY COLT. r i ihiscelebrated Running Horse was foaled in 1 is?I, and bred by Col. . lames A. Grimsted. Lexington, Ky. Sired by Rivoli , Rivoli bv Revenue. Revenue by Imported Trustee.-- Rivil l i 's Dam Topaz by Imported Glencoe.-- I Dam Eliza-, by Rubens. : id. Lit t le Folly bv Highland Fling." t t l i . Harriet by Volunteer.--- 'Ammadus t lrst Dam Nell ie Gray by Lexing­ ton, foaled IS . 'IS . Kred by Jaines Rich. Down­ ing, owned by Jus, A. Grimslead, Lexington, Kentucky. I 'd Dam Prunella bv Imported Glencoe." 3d Dam by Imported l ledifepaid.-- it l i by Uertrand. • JfVf-Thc. above Pedigree was taken from the Stud l jook. r .elow we give the Record of the Races in which Ammadus has contested : Lexington, Ky., Aug. 18th, 1S7-1. Sweepstakes for three year olds $50 each, 1'. P. $250 added, the second lior.~c to save his stake. Mile heats with six nominations. A. Hankins b c Ammadus, by Uivoli. dam Nellie Gray, 2 1 1 A. Bnfovd's ch g Kilburn, by Kin^master, dam Ontario 3 2 I. W. lie at ty, b f Nina, lionta 4 2 1. A. Fauhl.s ch e Bonnie IWecr 3 4 . Time of heats 1 :45], 1:4(iJ, 1:40}. Lexington, KyM Sept. 15th, 1874. ruvpe 8750. 8000 to first, 100 to sec­ ond, 50 to third. 1 11 Stones b e Colonel Xiligan. 1 A Hankins1 b e Ammadus, 2 B (T Thomases ch f Ilaisem, y T I 31c(iibbou ch f Nellie (Jrim, 0 1 II Faulds ch c Bonnie JMeer, 0 Time, 5:50^. Track in very bsid con­ dition. Galesburg Driving Park, Oct. f i th, 1S74. Stake for (Jolts and Filliesy years old $50 each, half forfeit, with 2(H) added •by t he Association. Value of stake $475 1 2 2 1 y o nankins" b c Ainniadus. 1)0 lbs 1 1 Brady b e (leoriie Bice, 87 l«is 2 '.I Reynolds b f, S7 lbs, 5 3 Whites b c Wral. 87 lbs. 4 4 IMulkesch f (.'hequitr. 87 lbs 3 5 Simmers b f Viva. S7 lbs dr Time of heats 1:4(5{, 1:48. Mile heats 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 save .'entrance. Dash of two fniles.-- Value of stake $375. Hankins' b c Ammadus, 00 lbs ] Bradies 1) c George Rice, 80lbs 2 Mulkes oh f Chequita, 87 -lbs 3 Reynolds b f. 87 lbs, o 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 £ War^ig, Hankins Aniniatlus' Milligaifs b e Roscommon, Time of heats 1 :40, 1 :4fiJ, 1 :>18. Running Race at Fort Wayne Oct.21), 1874. Two mile heats best two in three '$300, 150, 50. Hankins' Ammadus, ] i Murphy's Wargig. 2 2 Joues" Lady Washington. 3 3 Time of heats 3:42, 3:41 J. Term Indiana, May 17, !1875. Purse for all ages $400. Hankins' Ammadus ] ] Platners Lottie Moon, 2 2 .Tones1 Gloster, ;{ n llays & Jordon,s llildren, 4 0 "Time, of heats 1:45;], l^U;]. Peru, 1 ml.. May IDlh, 1875. Dash of 2i miles, for all ages, $300. Hankins" Ammadus, i Phituer's Tarrie Hart o (Jleen's Modoc ;{ Conlish's Disney, o Time of dash, 4 :3<! :|. Dexter Park, .Inly <ith. 1875 Purse of $300 for all ages Two mile heats. ' ilankius' Ammadus 1 Sumner's Reality, 2 Miller's Talmoth, 3 Time of heats, 3:47^, 3:4!)i. Quincy. Sept. 24th, 1875 Purse Of 500 for.all ages, foui miles Hankins & Co's Ammadus, t ] Harrison's Talmoth 2 Vanduskie's Sea Breeze, 3 time 7:41|. Same place Sept25th> purse ol 500 for all ages, two mile heats Harrison's xalmotlu, 11 •Conlish's Ammadus, ^ 2 dr leaker's (.Juec 11 of Diamonds 3 2 Time of heats 3:38.}, 3:41. •AunmtdUs broke his leg at mile and half in second heat, For further particulars inquire of THOS. KNOX. Mcllumry, IU., June l 'J l l i , 1370. Filing ATTENTION •5S55R- O. BISHOP'S Agricultural Warehouse! Is now filled to overflowing with Machinery of /ill kinds, which he is prepared to furnish at Low FIGURES and warrant as represented. We have the Celebrated ENOCH & DOTY PLOWS ! Which are WARRANTED to Scour in any Soil. In Plows of any kind we can suit you both in quality and Price. The Dayton Sulky Dump Rake, Which is acknowledged to have 110 Superior. Do not fail to call at my Warehouse and examine one ;/ -fevt*; for yourself. o_ * ^ ' Reapers and Mowers. We handle the"* WM. ANSON 000 and the MCCOHMICK, both >i Avliich are so well known by the ^trniino- comiiuinity that they need 10 recommendation. These Ma- * I s i lies can be tested beside any her in the market,, having been 1 «('d in many lields and never found ^ IU >vanting. WAGONS ! WAGONS ! In Wagons we beat the world. We keep the celebrated Blake #Wagon, manufactured expressly for us, Avhich we warrant, in every particular. I11 short there is nothing in the line of Agricultural Machinery, Tools, &c., but what Ave can furnish you and at prices That Defy Oompotitioii. „ O. B3SHOP. Mcllenry, 111., April 18th, 187fi. If You Want BARGAINS A . R EI D; -DEALER IN-- --ix Hardware, Stoves, A M ) Tin-Ware, --GO TO-- WOODSTOCK, ILL., Has (lotcrminoil to save his cuHtouiors the l iKST VAM ; K ' for their MONK V to he ob­ tained any whore iu the County. Iu order to do so he has Reduced his Prices! Material ly, »cm(1 opened _ Beait t iful 'Stoek o£ the most desirable new styles of LADIES AND GENTS SHOES, IIo ifs confident of his ability to satis­ fy and jilcasc all those who will take the trouble to cull and inspect liis Goods and Prices. SFS^Uonieniber the place, East Side Public Square, Woodstock. A. REID. Woodstock, I1L, May 30th, 1876. Administrator's Notice. ? ST A I i : of >mon 15. Doran deceased. 1. » • » a * 1 "1"|||U|| J), I'l'l (Mi MV«'V«»ww J The underpinned ha\ inn been appoifcted Administrators of the Kstatc of Solomon B. l»oran late of the County of Molle. i iry, and Stale of I l l inois, deceased", hereby jfive n»tiro Il ia I they w il 1 a ]>pear l iel 'ore t l ie t . 'onnt y OJll l ' t of Mcllenry County, at the Court lions#, ill MoodMock, at the .July Term, <wi the/l i ird Monday inji i lv ne\iat which l ime al l juTsons haviir ir elainis against saii l Delate, are n#ti t ied and rei | nt>sted to at tend for the. | iurp#so of ha\innihe same adjusted. All pers<lis in- " ' to said Instate, are requested t imake rsinne<i debt i 1 1 • i i 1 e•! i . i t c j iay i i ient to t h e 1 1 1 . . 1 . . . - i ted this 1.--L i lay ol June A. 1>. ,IS7<>. 1 l i t V X K I S . I > o f A N J. 11. I><)|TAN, ' Adii i inis tutors. Da- L. Stoddard, East Side PuMic Square, WOODSTOCK, ILL. IN IlOM'E'S BI.OCK,/ McHENRY, - - - I ILLINOIS AS just received a lar^e and Kdl selected stock of Hats Caps, Boots aid Shoes, NOTIONS,/ C*IH>E<»riosJ ACC., Which he is otVerinn tothe biyit ifr public At Prices to Suitxhe Times. x M y s t o c k o f I l a t s a n d ( / p - c o m p r i s e s t h o latest Styles, and will "l .e scJI low for Cash or I Kea<ly Pay. CAM. AM) SIE. J" STODDARI). Mcllenry, 111., May . lotWl^X The I'eatl (ian^ I'ltA" has 110 e«juafe I'or sale ]>y I.. Fnitici4>. I^lioi) opposi the I'arkcr llou-e. / k