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eiFj er. WEDNESDAY, SEPT.190th, 1876. JT. VAN 8LYKE, Editor. THE WUMBBAOO FRAUD. The friends (or we might mora truthfully call (hem hU enemies) of Wm. Lathrop, still persist in keeping him before the people of this District MA candidate far Congress, while nd- Tlses from the best Republicans all ©•er the Disriet Indicate that he will be surely defeated by a large majority No honest man eau cast his vote for this fraud without making himself a party thereto, and fchey will not do it. He is not the nominee of any Conven­ tion, but was put forward by a minori­ ty, and is really the candidate of Winnebago county only, and if we are reliably inforrtied canuot. under this fraud, carry the full vote of his party in that County. ; ; Some who are under the lash of the Ring, we have heard say, "we know he was nominated by fraud, but for har­ mony sake we will support liii an" In the language of an exchange we would say, "you are setting a fearful examr pie, and one which no honorable man can follow. If you want to drife «v- ery iota of honor and decency out of politics, just turn in and support a fraud, because it has succeeded. Don't do tliis if you have the least care fof the purity of politics. If these Ring leaders, who in this matter are continually whining about party feality and policy, have the good of party instead of their own selfish ends at heart, wtty do they not come out honestly, acknowledge that a great wrong has been done, and right it as far as lays in their power? Unless they do this, and throw this fraud overboard, defeat is as certain as that the sun will rise on the morrow. The people of the 4th District are too intelligent to allow this dose to be crammed down their throats ' BKTTER TIMES COMIJIG. ' I The skies are growing brighter. ! For four years hard times has been a most unwek-omed guest in nearly every city, hamlet and dwelling in the land. The war left Its marks, and one of these was the unwarranted extrava­ gance which the business success of that period gave birth to. Business of all kinds was inflated, conducted "on a margin," to use a Wall street ex­ pression, and it was necessary for it to get back ioto 4ts normal channels. Experienced observers say that it has nearly reached this point, but in the reaching of it what havoc has ensued. Failure has followed failure, and the history of these disheartening times may be read to-day upon the counte­ nances of many an unsuccessful busi­ ness man. . Extravagance lias given place to economy, and care iuttd forethought now characterize the management of busi­ ness of all kinds. Men who were do­ ing business with,little or np capital have as a rule beeu compelled to suo» cumb. while their stronger neighbors continue in trade. This weeding pro­ cess may not have reached Its end quite yet, but it is evidently near it* ./Prices are getting down to hard pan. This is particularly so in dry goods, boots •ndshoes, and clothing, and is a natur­ al consequence trade in these branches Is looking up. Never before were there so many purchasers in New York from the South and West as at present. The people have included that the bard times are about over, and this will go far towards making so. It is mentioned, as a "straw," that all the mills in i all River are running at ft profit--the first time since *73. SENATORIAL CONVENTION. As will be seen by proceedings else­ where, the Senatorial and Representa­ tive Convention, which was held in this village on Saturday last, nominated Hon. M. L. Joslyn, of Woodstock, for Senator, Hon. F. K. Granger, of Mo- Henry, and Hon. W. A. James, of Lake, as Representatives. The two latter gentlemen were nominated by acclama­ tion, which speaks well for their popu­ larity airtong their constituents. Mr. Granger is now nominated for the third term, and will receive ths almost unan­ imous support of McHenry county, his straight-forward course having made him justly popular among both parties. Col. James has served one term, and is now renominated^ THE ELGIN OUTRAGE. The Belvidere Standard, in their report of the Elgin outrage, says: When this great outrage upon the rights of the people of Kane County was thus deliberately accomplished whoa the known majority in that Coun­ ty Convention was thus slaughtered, three was nothing else for the friends of justice and common honesty to do, eicept to withdraw from a convention so disgracefully managed, and the del egates from McHenry and Boone delib­ erately left the convention. Six out of the twelve delegates elect- ek by the Lord Convention also with­ drew and refused to take part In the crime. Yet this remnant of a Con­ gressional Convention went on, allow­ ed the six who remained from the fraudulent delegation from Kane County to cast the 12 votes of that county, and flually elected Mr. Lath- rop. • Remember the Lord Convention did not authorize those who might be present to cast the vote of Kane Coun­ ty nor to fill vancanies. Yet these six tne unauthorized, remained of a con­ vention managed by fraud and vio­ lence, and representing only 83 of the 101 delegates were permitted to cast the tote of Kane County. The name of Gen. Hurlbut, we We glad to say, was not presented before Is sham convention, and our dele­ gates did right when they retired, be­ cause the act of that body struck at the fouudation of all civilized govern­ ment. The burden of this gross and wicked wrong is now cast upon Mr. William Lathrop, for he has accepted the nomi­ nation. He will have full opportunity to learn the real facts, and to hear from the thoughtful people of this district, We especialy commend to his atten^ tion the Aurora Beacon of Saturday, articles from which reproduce in auother column. The feeling all over the distriot is intense, and no one can wonder at It. It is not a fight of candidates, but of principles. It is not a question between Mr. Hurlbut and Mr, Laahrop. but between right and wrong. No blow has ever been struck so fatal to the Republican party in this district, for it gives evidence of fraud and wrong doing supported and maintained { within the party, and by meu who claim to be champions of reform. *S~The Elgin Bluff Ofysays: "Re publicans who feel the shamefulness Of the fraud that nominated Lathrop will not easily be persuaded to vote for him. however much a division of the party may beregretted.lt Is a question whether it be not better to put Into office some good man, even though he be on the opposition ticket, than to lay aside all thoughts of principle for the take of party. Which shall we do?" From the Aurora Beacon. FIRILL HE WITHDRAW. 7 From a condensed report publlshe d elsewhere, ii wll be seen that the out­ rage commenced on Saturday last at Geneva, has been ^consummated at Elgin, in the nomination of WM. LATHROP for Congress by means of the fraudulent Kane County Delegation. While the delegates from Winnebago and DeKalb, who did the voting, may have known but very little about the merits of the case, the men who induced them to pe rpetate this outrage upou Kane county--Talcott, Fraizer, Waterman, Gates, Babcock and others knew perfectly well the enormity they were committing. They knew that they were sacrificing the principles of truth and honor, upon which the Republican party is based, for the advancement of their personal ends. They knew that they were making a precedent, which, If honored, will make every Republican Convention a pandemouium. and its proceedings the fiat of mu&cle and brazen injustice. If such rules are to obtain, conventions are barren farees, and nominations worthless results. We to-day bclive Wm. Lathrop an honorable man. Webelive that he will not, for any personal advantage consent to what he knows to be fraud and injus­ tice. He has not taken the opportunity to investigate matters calmly and dis­ passionately. He has been surrounded by over zealous friends, who have kept from him a true knowledge of the facts. Mr. Lathrop, as a Republican;as a well-wisher of the Republican party; as a resident of the Fourth District of Illinois, once, carrying inscribed upon her banners 14,000 majority cannot afford to bear honors bought by the disfranchisement of a legally consti­ tuted majority. We therefore'call upon Mr. Lathrop to give this matter personal investiga­ tion To carefully study the creden­ tials presented at Elgin; to read the sworn report by the phonographer at Geneva; to bear in fnind the testimony of Mr. Davidson and Mr. Turner, at the Elgin Convention; to hear argument upon both sides, and then decide whether, as an honorable man* he can accept a nomination thus presented. lft»Thc Greenback Convention, which met at Elgin ou Thursday last, nomi­ nated Rev. W. S Balch for Congress, but he declined, when they nominated John M. Curry, of Dekalb, who re­ sponded to a call and in a happy speech accepted the nomination. WHAT SPECTACLES! The sympathies and Indignation of the civilized world have been Invoked by tidings of the atrocities committed by the Turks in Bulgaria and other of the nominal Ottoman provinces. The slaughter of thousands upon thousands of innocent persons, unarmed men, wo­ men and children, has been the theaie of report and heart-sickening perusal for months back. The sacrifice has been going oa until a very recent date, If not Indeed up to the present time, but (t has not been without provoking stern remonstranoe from some of the European powers and indignant com­ ment from the press gene rally through­ out the world outside of Turkey. But while all this ruthless carnage has been going on in the eastern hemis­ phere, the barbarously cruel campaign in Cuba has passed from observation and care among the nations not direct­ ly concerned. Spain Is still keepingup her bloody crusade against a strug gling people, by all the means at her command. Her oppressions, her exac­ tions, her savage warfare, are nowise abated, but we are permitted $o hear of them only by her distortion or occa­ sional stealth from patriot sources. But the sacrifices In life are costly to the mother country as well as the col­ ony. A contemporary furnishes some appalling statistics in these respects. Spain had, when the war broke out, a force of some fourteen thousand men on the island. She has sent thither since October, 1868, reinforcements of not less than twenty thousand each year--in some years they have far ex­ ceeded this figure--and she has to-day not over forty thousand men in Cuba fit for service. The total loss of men to Spain, occasioned by the war, can be safely stated not to have been under 180,000 for the past eight years. That a large portion of the agricultural dis­ tricts of Spain are running to waste for want of hands, that women till the fields, that manufacturing interests of all sorts are dying out through scarcity of labor, are no wonder; but that Spain should not, before she is utterly bankrupt in men and money, abandon so costly and hopeless a strife, can be aecDunted for solely by the want of moral courage on the part of her lead­ ing statesmen. But if they dare not do their duty, they may well be stimula­ ted to it by the sufficient protest of other fraternal powers. Are now Receiving tfceir Fall and Winter Stock of - 7 ^ The St Charles Leader, demo­ cratic, says; "We desire to have this fact distinctly understood: That as between Mr. Lathrop and Mr. Hurlbut we have no choice. In our reports of party quarrels we have aimed to be, and have been, just and truthful. All of Hurlbut's followers will admit and nine-tenths of Lathrop's. We have no desire to keep the quarrel open, but if our friends will fight, they may look right into these columns to see justice done to both factions. If our reports haye favored Hurlbut lately, it is because he is the injured party, and not because we care to help him. J&~At the Iowa state fair, at Ceder Rapids which opened Monday, were ex­ hibited Capt. W B Babies and wife the biggest "babes" in the world. The woman is better known as Miss^Anna Swan, the Nova Scotia giantess, stand­ ing seven feet eleven and one-half iuches, and weighs 413 pounds. The man Is the same height, but weighs 478 pounds. They were marrlod in 1871, in St, Martin's church, London* before Her Majesty and a large concourse of people. JMaT'The Illinois State Falr, wh!ch was held at Ottawa was a failure on account ofthe rain. The total receipts for the week were only about #7,000, while the expenses were #14,000- The board at a meeting decided to pay but half of the premiums at present. The managers have no doubt ot their ability to meet all their obligations, but it will take time. INDEPENDENT Greenback Meeting. Jfij^-At the Democratic District Con­ vention, held at Elgin on Thursday last, the Hon. John F. Farnsworth was nominated for Congress, and Moses Dean, of DeKalb, as a candidate for member of the State Board of Equali­ zation. There are now two regular nominations for Congress in this Dis- trict^ viz: J. F. Farnsworth, Demo­ cratic nominee an John If, Gurry, on the Greenback ticket* General Crook won a battle with the Sionx Indians on the evening of the 48th. Two hundred first-class ponies, 5,5C0 pounds of dried meat, an immense number of buffalo robes, and two hundred dogs were taken, besides large quantities of dried fruits and other eatables, which were a God-send to the soldiers. The whites displayed great bravery, and were a credit to the American army, The Indians attacked numbered from 800 to 1,000 warriors, and they suffered very heavilr. Gen­ eral Crook's loss was lig ht. There will be an Independent Greenback Meeting at Riverside Hall, McHenry, lit!, Saturday, Sept. 23, '76, Atternoon and Evening, for the purpose of organizing a Green­ back Club, and furthering the Independent and Greenback Cause generally. HON. JOHN M. CURRY, Nominee for Member of Congress for the Fourth District, on the Greenback Ticket, will be present and address the meeting. Also other eminent Speakers from Chi­ cago are expected. A Cordial invitation is extended to all, irre­ spective of Party. The Ladies are cordially invited. Per Order Committee. And will give great Bargains for CASH. They have an immense stock of Mens', Boys and Youths' Boots of all kinds, which were bought very low and will be sold right down FOR CASH. People attending the County Fair will do well to call and ex­ amine Goods and Prices. ( - ' . ' . DWIGHT & FORREST, Corner Main Street and Public Square, • ' * WOODSTOCK. - - - - ILLINOIS Dated Sept. 20th, 1878. It will Pay You to go to Woodstock and Buy a STOVE, OF At the The Old Gpods to be Closed- Out Regardless of Cost, TO We would rftSpoctfulfy Announce to3 6W friends and patrons of McHenry and vicinity, that we nave concluded to make a sweeping sale oi our Goods, and have in consequence thereof reduced tho prices to such figures that will ensure a speedy sale. The Goods in question consist in part of Hats anil Caps, Groceries, Crockery, k, k We are constantly in receipt of new and desirable lines of Goods, which we are selling at lowest market quotations. Call early and secure Bargains. l^iPThe highest market price paid for all kinds of Produce. LANSING & EVANSON. 1876. 1876. ID SUMMER TRADE. BUCKLIN & STEVENS, NEAR THE DEPOT, M'HENRY. 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, in Caeh or Trade. BUCKLIN & STEVENS. McHenry,7111., April 3d, 1870. Tlie Largest Stock in the County. At the Old Stand of J. £. Vasey, RINCWOOD, • • ILLINOIS, Have just filled their Store with a Large Stock of STOVES, Both Cook and Heating, which thev are offer­ ing to the buying public at BOTTOM PRICES We have also a line assortment of Table and Pocket Cutlery, and other Goods that are usually kept in a country Hardware Store. In connection with our large stock of Hard­ ware we have opened up with a full line of The Best Tobacco and Cigars To be found in the Market. OUB STOCK ^OF* Rubber Goods, Ad., are of the best sniunifac- ture, and we extend an invitation to all to come and see us before purchasing elsewhere All goods sold at thd Lowest Cash Prices. VASET * HOLMES. Blngwood, Sept. 18th, 1876. REMOVAL. BLAKE & NO, HAVE removed to their new Store on the corner opposite the Iirick Olnirch, where they will be happy to see their old customers and as many new'ones as may see fit to call. A Full Stock of Furniture of all kinds, at prices as low as the lowest. BLAKE A BRO, M. ENGELN. C*TJ IV- SM I TH. Will change muz­ zle loaders, both single and double, &|to breach loaders. Keeps on hand all kinds of Gun Ma­ terial. All work warranted. Shop Southeast Corner Public, Square, Mcllenry, III. Now is the Time to Buy FOR. THEJAMPAIGN. O. BISHOP, At his Agricultural Warehouse, McHenry, in addition to his large stock of Has also put in a Full Stock of Builders and Heavy Hardware ! Hand Rakes, Scythes, Forks, Nails, Horse Shoes, Iron, and Blacksmith's Supplies Generally, which he now offers to the buying Public. 40-Remember these goods are being sold at Prices to suit the times. Call and See. O. BISHOP. McHenry, I1L, August 8th, 1876. -AT-- New Cabinet Warerooms, NEAR THE DEPOT, MCHENRY, - ILLINOIS, Come and See Before you purchase elsewhere, as I have a full and complete • Stock of everything in the Furniture Line. fCjfHDon't be afraid to Come. Anything in my line Manufac­ tured to order and satisfaction guaranteed. Repairing done to order, JOHN SHOEN. McHenry, 111., Septv5th, 1878. WO