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. •*•' - u. nimi *> . fc'iy ' -rrr --r-----* * • 44 Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; Ho Favors Win us and no Fear Shall Awe." ' , J S VOL. 2. n -:4 M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1876. 5 L M ^ s. - * NO. 11. . ' ' •. -. A-' .i.s v-v- . Published Every \JTertnesday by J. Van slyke Editor and Publisher. Office in Riverside Block, ' Over Smith Bros. & Oa's Store. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year, (in Advance,) .... .$1 SO If not Paid within Three Month?,, 2 08 Subscriptions received for three or six months in the same proportion. BUSINESS CARDS, II. T. JiliOWS, M. I). PHYSTCIAX and Snrareon. Office in Brick Block over F. G. Maves Clothing Store Water Street, McHenrv 111. E. A. BKKRS M. D. PHYSICIAN and Surcreon. Office at residence, two doors west of Post Office, McHenry nt O. J. HOWARD, M D. PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Office a t of Howard & Son, McHenrv, 111. F. J. BARBIAN. CIGAR Manufacturer, McHenrv 111. tory No. 171. Orders solicited. Fac- RICHARD BISHOP, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Office in near of Murpliv & Bishop's Bank North Side Public Square, Woodstock, III. GEO. A. BUOKLIN, NOTARY, PUBLIC, Conveyancer and In­surance Agent. Office at Bncklin ft Bteven's Store, near the Depot, McHenrv, III. E. E. RICHARDS. HA8 a complete Abstract of Titles to land in McHenrv County, Ill'nois. Office with County Clerk, Woodsto'ck, 111. ROBT. WKIGHT. Manufacturer of Custom Made Boots and Shoe?. None but the best of material tised and n 11 work wavrnnted. Shon Northwest corner Public Square, Mi'Henrv, JlL BUSINESS CARDS. E. BENNETT, M, D., SURGEON and Accoucher. Diseases of Women a Specialty. Office and Residence on Clay Street, Woodstock, IlL W. II. BUCK, M. D.. HOMEOPATHIC Phvtician and Surgeon.-- Office East Side Public. Square, Wood­ stock, 111. Office hours 11 to 12 A M., and 2 to 4 P. M. W. H. SANFORD, Merchant Tiiilor. In the store of C. H, t>ickh»son, Sail aide of Public Square, WOODSTOCK, ILL. A srood Stock of Fine Cloths for Suitings al­ ways on hand. Suits made to order ana a fit warranted- Give me a calL W. H. SANFORD. Woodstock IlL, Sept. 27th, 1875. Waukegan Cigar Manufactory, E. M. DENNIS, Proprietor. Manufacturer and Wholesale Dealer in CIGARS, TOBACCO, --AND-- Pipes of Every Description. 55 GENESEE STREET, WAUKEGAN, ILL. M. ENCELN. UUN- SM I T II. Will change niuz- FR. IIECJITLE. HOUSE, Si~n and Carriajre Painter, McHen­rv III. Will do all work promptly and at reasonable tates. E. M. OWEN. GENERAL Dealer and Manufacturers Aitent in Leading Farm Machinery. Prices low and Terms favorable, MCHENRY ILLINOIS. GEO. SCHREINER. SALOON and Restaurnnt. Nearly opposite the Parker House, McHenrv 111. SQfFirst-Class Billiard and Pool Tables. J. BONSLETT, SALOON and Restaurant. Nearlv oppoeite Owen's Mill, McHenrv, 111. Fresh Oysters •erved up in any shape desired, or tor sale by H)p Can. JOS. WIEDEMANN. saw# s ALOON and Restaurant. Near Mcllenry 111. Boarders by the day or week at reasonable rates, moats at all hours. the Depot "ie day or Warm ami cold «®"Good Stabllnsc for Horses, MCHJSNHY LIVERY STABLE. H. F. WIGHTMAX, Proprietor. rigs, with or without drivers, furnished kt reasonable rates, done on short notice. First class fnrnished Teaming of all kinds W. W. ELLSWORTH. BREEDER O the Celebrated Magie Hog. Also Light .tnd Dark Brahma Fowls. Pi •hipped to all points by express. P. O. dress, Woodstock, III., ll%* ROBERT MURFITT, AW ATCH-M AKERof 18 years experience, has located at "Nunda, and will Kive his atten- K, fion to the Repairing of Clocks, watches, &c. Shop in Watson Co.'s Drug Store. All Work 1 Warranted. PETER LKiCKEM. REPAIRS Watches, Clocks and Jewelry of all kinds. Also Repairs Violins in the best possible manner, on short notice and at rea­ sonable rates. Also Violins for Sale. Shop Aral flour North of Riverside Blpck, Mcl|enry III. w. ' r», .•V"--" zle loaders, both single and double, l6jto breach loaders. Keeps on hand all kinds of Gun Ma. terial. All work warranted. Shop Southeast Corner Public, Square, McHenrv, 111. O. W. OWEN, WATCH MAKER & JEWELER, MCHENRY ILL., Dealer in all kinds of American and Swiss Watches, Clocks from the best factories in the country. Silver, plalcdware, Silver Spoons, Ac., ALSO AGENT FOR THE Wi TTTE Estey Org*an ! Which we believe to lie 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 Besl Musicians in the'World. I also sell other Organs at less price* than the Kstey, but can't ruccoininend tliem to be as good. • O. W. OWEN. July 28. THE <>wi:>s Fox River Valley Mills. H. D. LUFF, Proprietor. McHenrv « • - - Illinois. TRADE REVIVING. There is no longer a doubt that a brisk trade has started up in all the Atlantic cites, as well as in Chicago^ St Louis, Memphis and New Orleans. In New York many of the wholesale and ratail stores were crowded with custom­ ers last week; and the indications are that the merchants of that city will sell and ship more goods to the couutry this year than any previous season since 1870. And the revival of business in New York means an improved trade throughout the country. In point of fact, New York is so much the center of trade and commerce in this eountry that when business languishes there It is dull ."everywhere, and vice versa. The great metropolis has been in a perturbed condition during the last three years; it has experienced the most terrible*financial disasters; "and the effect has been felt in the remotest corners of our great country. And after all the city has been the great sufferer. The country has been in a comparatively healthy state during all these*months of panic and financial gloom. Good crops have been raised and they have brought good prices. It is true that here .and there a man will be met with, who fancying that he could make money faster by en­ larging his possessions, went into debt, and he finds himself cramped. But people free from debt have not been embarrassed. And the. same is true Jo f communities. Those which have beon careful to keep out of debt, which have?pald fo/ what they have bought, have been in easy circum­ stances. We say the country has bOen in a sound conditio^ during" the past six or eight years, It'didn't go crazy when everybody in the city was becoming a millionaire by speculation, and, its sufferings have not been severe. If no great amount of money has been made, not much has been lost. We know that real'estate has declined in price; but what of iit ? What difference does it make whether one's farm will bring 310,000 or $5,000, so long as it is un-in- cumbered? We take it it will produce as much in the one case as the other. Everybody will be rejoiced with the xtljfep.rinir «->.*»»-* the my. Tor the ]n?t tbrseTejrfc *WS have heard only cries of distress. Those cries have had a depressing effect upon the country. They have tended to make timid men even more timid. It has produced stagnation. It has caused many persons to think they were to be overwhelmed by some great dis­ aster who were in no danger whatever. With the revival pf trade in our cities it will be found in a brief time that the couutry was never better off than at present. MCHENRY HOUSE. McHenrv, III. John Kargcs Proprietor,' Centrally located and the best of accom, modations furnished. Charges reasonable. in irii >ioN r> no USE. RICHMOND ILLINOIS Frank Foster Pro­prietor. Good accommodations for all parties. Samplerooms for Salesmen. Livery Stable attached. Public Hall for Lectures, Shows &c., The McHeary Brewery. King & Herbes, Proprietors. THE best of Beer Shipped to any part of the eountrv and warranted as represented.-- Orders solicited and promptly attended to. FRED. RENICH, CIGAR MANUFACTURER, -AND- WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. PATENTS. Persons desiring to take out Patents, or de- tiring information from the U. S. Patent Office should consult F. A LEHMANN,SOLICITOR OF AMERICAN ANI> FOREIGN PATENTS, Washington, D. C. Examinations tree. NO PATENT NO PAY. Send for Circular. CONSTANTLY ON HAND. CUSTOM: " GRINDING iSone promptly, and satisfaction guaranteed Thankful for past favors a continuance of patronage is respectfully solicited. «9"The Highest Market Price in Cash for good Milling Wheat. II. D. LUFF, Successor to Owen Bros. RE • OPENED. The Riverside House, McHENRY, ILL. The undersigned having leased tho above Hotel for a term of vears, newly Furnished and Re-titted it in the best of manner, has opened it por the accommodation of the Traveling public, and all others who may favor.hiin with a call. This House is beautifully situated on the binks of the Fox River, and but a short distance lroiu the Steamboat Landing. Two Steamboats run Aailv to Fox an<i Pistaqna Lakes, a few miles above, the best Hunting and Fishing Grounds in the Northwest. Large and airv Apartments for families- during the Summer, Boats and Oarsmen furnished at Reasonab c Kates. Free Buss to anil from tlie Cars. No pains will be spared to promote the com} fort of guests, and frofti a long experience m the business I flatter myself ^ the most fastidious. w"A GOOD LIV ERl IN CONNECTION WITH THE HOUSsE. a®"t>oarders by the Day most Reasonable Terms. or Week on the JACOB WEBER, Proprietor Fpr Sale. The undersisned offers for Sale, iije Brick Store on Water street, in the village of McIIenry, now occupied W Mrs. C, H. Morey, as a Millinery Store. It is 14x35, the "I'l*®]" •tory being finished off as s resu^nce, Tkhms SEASONABLE, . Inquire of C. 11. MOJIBT Mcileury, IlL Nov, 1st 1875, NOT A MAN OF HIS WORD. Two weeks ago, when Mr. Lathrop was in Aurora, he expressed a willing­ ness to submit the congressional diffi­ culty in this district to an arbitrament of the State Central Committee. He went home, and word soon came, through telegrams in the Chicago pa­ pers, that he refused. A week ago, when called upon by Messrs. Rising, Eddy and Loop,--the petition of two thousand voters pre­ sented him, and a last * request made that he lend his aid to a settlement of the difficulties in the Fourth District, and to a strong union of the Republican party in face of the common foe, he pfitmiised to give his written answer Snine o'clock the following morning, ai answer is not yet received--but the same anonymous authority, tele­ grams to the Chicago papers, announce that Mr. Lathrop's friends will not al- Nkv him to reply, and that he deems the mission of Messrs. Rising, Eddy and Loop, and the petition of 2,000 vo- 1$rs, a personal iusult, and he will run if he receives but oue vote. During this Campaign we have aimed to speak kindly of Mr. Lathrop. We believed him, and still do, "a man of ktpdl.V impulses and honest motives. Vi e did think him a man.of strong char­ acter--but cannot now. While it would require a man of moral purpose, of iron back bone, perhaps, to refuse a dishon­ orably proffered nomination, when ptfessed upon him by the men from whom he receives his business pa^on- , by whom he is daily surrounded, jand who have worked for years and their money freely, to procure jUfe prize they seem to place in his ;--yet one would think it re­ quired no very great strength of pur- f^se, no superlative determination in f^e right, for Mr. Lathrop to carry out t|e promises made in Aurora;or, least pi Jill, to write the letter he promised iJtr. Rising. ^|The man who fails in these smaller Joints, is not of sufficient strength of Imaracter to represent this District. Ijf $annot muster courage to write t«e letter promised, notwithstanding e objection of the schemers who are king to place him in a responsible it ion by a nomination dishonorably is there anv likelihood that wrttlu enforce ineirigu reform piineiplcs*to which he pretends agalust the pressure of these very cor­ morants for office who now compel him to forfeit I'is word to Joseph Rising? The idea is preposterous,--Beacon. SGt?"Where are the leaders? Why do they not work lo unite the two factions 'and bring harmony and peace in the Republican ranks again in this District ? Arouse yourselves. Be men,or be mice and crawl into your holes and stay there liatavia News. The professional leaders; Mr'. iV<sw»«i are the machine politicians,«and almost to a man for Lathrop. They do not wish peace, oxeept they can compass their ends, tlie election of the man whose nomination was procured, by fraud. They have crawled into their holes, and the people will emphatically bid them stay there. Those who are opposed to Mr. Lathrop are by no means vindictive. It is their determ­ ination to compel the men interested in it to realize that suoirthings cannot be rppeated in the future; and still further, since Mr. Lathrop declines to place the matter in arbitration before disinterested parties, and to suggest any method of righting the gross wrong inflicted--to place before the people and elect the man legally and honorably entitled to the nomination. It is, doubtless, true, that some innocent men may suffer in this matter--but it is only because they are so intimately associated with the culprits tl at their interests cannot be separated. There is nothing vindictive in the contest waged bv the opponents of th^ fraud--itissimplya fight for right and for justice.--Aurora Beacoji. fi^-For many years the four-mile running time of the great race horse, Lexington, 7:19f, was not surpassed, but after a time Followcraft gained a quarter of a second over this unprece­ dented speed. Recently the horse Ten Broe^k cleared four-miles at Louisville, in7;15J--four seconds faster than the fastest time of old Lexington. Ten Broeck is owned by a member ot the celebrated Harper family, and by the achievement of that day won for his owner the handsome -urn of $100,000, Farm For Sale. THE undersigned offers for sale his farm in the Town of Greenwood, consisting of 240 acres of tirst class land, under a good state of cultivation, well watered, prairie and good Timber adjoining, good buildings, r ruil in good variety, in fact everything constituting a good farm'. Will be divided if desired. Terms very low, Inquire on the premisesof GEO. H. UABBItfOV. Greenwood IlL April I<Hh, 1S7& If there is a meaner or more sav­ age Indian in the world than the Sioux it is a Ute. And these Utes are now putting on H hostile face toward the whites in Southern Colorado and New Mexico. A jus'ter, stricter policy than any yet exercised n^ust be extended to the aborigines of the West. "Mind Your Own Business." This is aliomely phrase set in clear words. No one can mlsunderitand the meaning. Those words should be let­ tered in pure gold, and put up conspicu­ ously In every business place, and in every dwelling. There is such a dis­ position with the vulgar to be curious. They are admirably fitted by nature and low breeding to busy themselves about those things with which they have no right to meddle, and they are in every community engaged in their miserable calling. Ifthey do not ac­ tually lit:, thejigct but a grain of the truth, and pervert the whole of it. The contemptible sneaks would go into your very households, and they are in the best of humor in bespatring with their filth the noblest and most virtu­ ous in society. They know your busi­ ness much better than you do yourself, and are free to declare how you ought to conduct it. They are both men and women, all of one school, or class, and wherever they see fit to meet in council they discuss everybody to their heart's content, and break up, when they are obliged to, each one itching for the time when they can gather again. Wherever they are, they generally like to leave together, fearing otherwise, that they themselves may be just as effectually raked over. The preachers, the teachers, and the business men, every lady and gentleman, all have to receive their full share. The sanctity of every home is invaded. We expect such things will be until Lhe millennium comes. Until then, such persons, like flies and mosquitoes, must annoy. They feed upon gossin and slander with as much relish as the carrion birds do upon their nourishment. So­ ciety should look upon them with su­ preme contemnt, and hold them up to the young to be shunned as vipers. f0r»The Croqueting business mwst be stopped. There must be laws en­ acted against it, if no other means can prevail. It was only last Monday that a Somerville (Mass.) doctor, in at­ tempting to encourage a patient to take allttle recreation in the game of croquet, was attacked with a mallet and injured to a degree supposed to be fatal. His offence was in running three arches without a break, wnioh^isalways dangerous. . CASH will buy Sheetings, Prints, Cotton Flannels &c., at WHOIESALE PRICES, freight addded. At Lansinif & Evanson's McHenry. OUK PHILADELPHIA LETTER. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 27, 187& Just beyond the west end of Machin­ ery Hall, In the open air, is the first locomotive ever run in America, and which is attached to two" passenger care such as were used in 1833. Both the locomotive, cars, and the track up­ on which they stand, are such curiosi­ ties in their way,- In comparison to those used to-day, that I give below a full description of them. The rails are not attached to wooden cross-ties, but to great square stones, upon which are placed thin blocks of wood, as it was considered unsafe in those days to run an engine which weighed 9 tons on rails affixed to anything so frail as wood, The rails are much lighter than those used to-day, were rolled in England, and then shipped to America at great expense. The locomotive,"John Bull," was built in England in 1831, and then shipped to America. On the arrival of this locomotive at -Bordentowu, Pa., it was transferred from the sloop, on which it had been brought from Phil­ adelphia, by means of wagons to the only permanent track ot the Camden & Amboy R. R. Co., then completed about | of a mile iu length, and about one mile from Bordentown. The ma­ chinery was then put together, and a tender constructed .from a whisky hogshead placed on a small 4 wheel platform car, which had been used by the contractor in the construction of the road. The connection between the pump of the locomotive and the water tank was made by means of a leather hose made by a shoemaker. The en­ gine first began to run In 1833, and took the place of horses, which had been used up to that time. The cylinders are 9 inches in diam- ter, have a 20 inch stroke, and are placed underneath the front end of the boiler, In between the two front driv­ ing wheels. There are two pair of those driving wheels, 4 feet 6 inches in diameter, which are not coupled to­ gether, so that the force of the steam on the piston is exerted on the rear pair alono. The cow-catcher consists of two long wooden beams, which have their rear ends pivoted to the outside ends of the shaft of the front pair of driving wheels, while the front ends of the beams are supported upon a special pail TTatvny-y Srgy-y order to prevent this catcher from raising upward too high, it Is held down upon the rails by a coiled spring. There is no cab for the engineer and fireman, and the only protection what­ ever given to them from the cold, heat, wind,rain and snow, is that the front end of the roof of the little tender pro­ jects slightly over the rear end of the locomotive. The funniest feature is a covered seat, such as is used on wagons but only large enough for one person, which is placed on top of the big cov­ ered box that forms the tender, and which seat is turned so that the person sitting on it looks back over the train. What that feat is for I cannot imagine unless a person was placed in it to keep a watch on the cows, and to let the engineer know when they wdre catching up, so that li$ cohld go a little faster, and thus prevent them from, walking into the rear end of the train. The two cars are each about 30 feet long, and look more like the "Black Marialis" that are used to convey pris­ oners from the different stations, than passengers cars. The windows are about 12 inches high, by 6 inches wide, are not made to be raised or opened, aud are furnished with sliding curtains. Above each seat is a veutilator 2 feet long by 6 Inches wide, so that each one can ventilate for himself. In Machinery Hall there are about a dozeu locomotives of all kinds and sizes, one of which is or*e of sixteen purchased by Dom Pedro to be sent to Brazil and is named after him, The locomotives built iu England and Am­ erica difter principally iu two particu­ lars. ThetAmerlcans place their cylin­ ders outside of the driving wheels while the English place theirs in be­ tween them, under the front end of the1 boiler. The Americans never use driv­ ing wheels larger than about 5 feet in diameter, while the Luglish have al­ ways made them from 6J to 8J feet in diameter. As long as the track is per­ fectly level, the immense wheels are just what is needed, but as soon as grades are encountered, they only im­ pede the progress af the train, and the English are now beginning to realize it, and are dlscaidlng these immeuse drivers and adopting the American plan of never having them over about 8 feet. To the Americans are due some of the finest and best improvements in the locomotive. America has built the largest passenger engine ever made, also the largest coupled engine, but the latter was a fatltre, owing to tho false theory on which it was built. As a general thing the English run their cars fasfer than the Americans, but this is owing to better ballasted roads, and more uniform levels. The best work put by Americans upon their engines is only abont equal to the ordinary work of the English, owing; to the fact that the English have better skilled workmen, and better mtftal to work s with. There is a duty of 33 per cent* on locomotives, but even if this duty were removed, the Engl'sh could find no market in America for lb«lr en­ gines. , In the extreme western end of the grounds Is a glass factory, where the whole process of making tumblers, and other glass articles may be seen. About the only improvements that ap-« pears to have been adopted in this art for nearly 20 years, is the use of a steam1 engine for the purpose of compressing- or blowing air, which is conducted around in pipes to the different moulds for the purpose of cooling off the plun­ gers of the moulds. Among the many articles On exhibition and for sale is a glass bonnet, made in the lateststyle. Every part with the exception of tho lining is made of glass, and so light, fleecy and beautiful are the flowers and ornameuts on it, that no ono would ever guess of what material it is made. It eau be worn, but not very comforta­ bly, and is strong enough not only to bear ordinary handling, but to be packed away for transportation in a trunk. It took the workmen 4 weeks- to make It, and Is offered for sale at •150, There are also two working glass engines, one of which is a non-conden­ ser, and the other a condenser. The condenser works a fountain, and pumps up water which falls upon and runs a. glass water wheel, while the other en­ gine works a whole gang of glass rode drills. Among th& Italian collection of stat­ uary are two life sized figures, repre­ senting "Joy" and "Grief," "Joy" is a little boy about 2 years old, with noth­ ing on but a shirt that does not reach to his knees. In his right hand he is squeezing a little bird as hard as he can, and His face is a picture of merri­ ment aud laughter. "Grief" is the same youngster, who has suddeuly wakened to the fact that he has squeezed his little pet to death, and stands hold­ ing ii disconsolately out iu his hand, while weeping bitterly. Another statue represents a littte crying child, in a very short dress, who ^^^he ̂ lggfhPhOst-orWe officii Into one of his eyes. At his feet Ilea the fragments of a broken cup which has fallen from his grasp. This bro­ ken cup Is so prettily finished, and so highly polished, that it looks like gen­ uine china instead of marble. I would like to compare the different exhibits of statuary, but it is so ex­ ceedingly hard to distinguish foreign from American work. For instance, the largest portion of the Italian col­ lection is sent here simply for sale, &nd have evidently been purchased by reg­ ular dealers in marbles for that pur­ pose only. For all that is known, the verv finest of them may be American or English work. Italy has, however, by far the finest and largest collection, though some of the American-statwa,, are as flue as any other. Manyyears ago, a gentleman in a subordinatejjepartment of the Bank of Ireland discovered a device more useful than hair-spllttlhg, though of the like nature; he found out the way of splitting bank notes, so that each note became two, and to all appearance were the same as when they were one, including, of course, the water-mark and all the rest of it. He Was an ho»> est man, and informed the government of the result of his ingenuity; where­ upon, on his solemn promise of never revealing his secret, they made him governor of the bank. Another gen­ tleman, but who unhappily is a rouge, has lately made his appearance in Lon* don; he has Invented a certain acid which causes the writing to disappear from the check, and then he fills up the blank space according to his aspirations His modus operandi is the following: He procures a real check, drawn by a good name, for seventeen or nineteen pounds ; the word pounds is obliterated so completely that no trace of the orig1- inal writing can be discerned even with the microscope, and the words "hundred pounds" inserted in its place, two ciphers are added to the figures, and then the thing is done, sinee all the other parts of the document, in-' eluding the signature, arequite correct. This ingenious plan is causing great consternation in London, and the gen* tie man who invented it could get n good round sum to retire from business. j@-4'Prisoner at the bar," said a pompous Judge, "you will soon appear before another, and perhaps a better Judge." jjyTheysay that the politician wlfli, isn't enthusiastic in the cause of hi| party is uo politician at all, and thi|., may be the motive mental power whlc4 forces some politicians to extremes.