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VOL. 2. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1876. ||e|leDry Published Every Wednesday by J. VA1\ SLYKE Editor and Publisher. Office in Riverside Block, Over Smith Bros. & Co.'s Store. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPT ION: One Yfcnr, (in Advance,). SO if not Paid within Three Months,...^ 2 00 Hnhscripllons rccoived for three or six months jn the same proportion. BUSINESS CARDS. II. T. BROWN, M. I). PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Office in Brick Block over F. G. Maves Clothing Store Water Street, McHenry 111. K. A. BEEHS M. O. j3HT8iriAJf and Snrjreon. Office at residence, two doors west^of Post Office, M«\IIenry III. A J. HOWARD, M D. >HY8TCIAN and Siirpeon. Office at the store of Howard & Son, McHenry, 111. F. J. BARBIAN. CIGAR Manufacturer,'McHenry I1L tory No. 171. Orders solicited. Fac- RIClfARD BISHOP, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT I.AW. Office in rear of Murphv & Bishop's Bank North Side Public Square, Woodstock, 111. GEO. A. BUOKLIN, NOTARY PUBLIC, Convevaiicer and In­surance Agent. Office "at Bucklin & Steven's Store, near the Depot, McHenrv, 111. E. E. RICHARDS. HAS a complete Abstract of Titles to land in McHenrv County, Ill'nois. Office with County Clerk, Woodstock, 111. ROBT. WRIGHT. Manufacturer of Custom Made Roots and Shoes. None but the heat of material used and all work warrairte.il. jEhopNorthwest corner Public Square, McHenry, 111. FR. HECHTLE. HOUSE, Sitni awl Carriage Painter, McHen­ry 111. Will do all work promptly and at reasonable rates. E. M. OWEN. GENERAL Dealer and Manufacturers Agent in Leading Farm Machinery. Prices low and Terms favorable. MCHENRY ILLINOIS. s GEO- SCHREINER. AT.OON and Restaurant. Nearly opposite the Parker House, McHenry III." S®"First-Class Billiard anil'Pool Tables. • J. BONSLETT, SALOON and Restaurant. Nearly oppoeite Owen's Mill, McHenry, III. FreshOvsters served up in any shape desired, or tor sale by .^jhe Can. ' . •* « *»*GOOt> STABLING FOS HOUSES.jjqr JOS. WIEDEMANN. SALOON and Restaurant. Near the Depot McHenry 111. Boarders by the day or week at reasonable rates. Warm and "cold meals at all hours. S8~Good Stabling for Horses. MCHENRY LIVERY STABLE. H. E. WIGHTMAN, Proprietor; First class rigs, with or without drivers, furnished at reasonable rates. Teaming of all kinds 4one on short notice. W. W. ELLSWORTH. BREEDER <> the Celebrated Magie lion. Also Light And Dark Brahma Fowls. Pi<;» •hipped to all points by express. P. O. Ad­ dress, Woodstock, III., Warranted ROBERT MI RFITT, AW ATCII-M\K ER of 18 years experience, has located at Ninula, and will give his atten- ^ tion to the Re pairing'of' Clocks. Watches. &<•. Shop in Watson & Co.'s Drug Store. All Work PETER LEICKEM. REPAIRS Watches, Clocks and Jewelrv of all kinds. Also Repairs Violins inthcWst possible manner, on short notice and at rea­ sonable rates. Also Violins for Sale. Shop flrst door North of Riverside Block, McHenry HL ' McIIENRV McHenry, III John Centrally located ami the best ofaccoin modations furni*tued. Charges reasonable. HOUSE. Karires Proprietor. RICHMOND HOUSE. RICHMOND ILLINOIS. Frank Foster Pro-prietor. Good accommodations for all parties, ftainplo rooms for Salesmen. Liverv Stable attached. Public Hall for Lectures, Shows Ac., The McHenry Brewery. King & Herbes, Proprietors. THE best of Iteer Shipped toanv part of the country and warranted as represented.- Orders solicited and proinptlv attended to. FRED. REXIC1I, CIGAR MANUFACTURER, -AND- WHOLESALE TOBACCONIT. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. PATENTS. Persons desiring to take out Patents, or de­ siring information from the U. 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. For Sale. T*he undersigned offers for Sale, me Brick A Store on Water Street, in the village of McHenry, now occupied bv Mrs. C. IL Morey, •a a Millinerv Store. It is 11x85, the upper •tory being finished off as a residence, TKUMS REASONABLE. Inquire of C. H. MOBET McHenry, 111. Nov. 1st 1875. BUSINESS CARDS. E. BENNETT, M. D., SURGEON and Acc.oucber. Diseases'of Women a Specially. Office and Residence on Clay Street, Woodstock, 111. W. II. BUCK, M. D.. HOMEOPATHIC Phvtician and Surgeon.-- Office-Knat Side Public Square, Wood­ stock, 111. Office hours 11 to 12 A. M., and 2 to 4 P. M. W. H. SANFORD, Merchant Tailo-i*. In the store of C. H. Dickinson, East side of Public Square, WOODSTOCK, ILL. A good Stock of Fine Cloths for Suitings al ways.on hand. Suits.made to order .and a lit warranted- Give me a call. ' . W. H. SANFORD. Woodstock III., 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- O U TV- SM I T H. TJ-.-. Will change muz- f ^ rio 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, Mcllenrv, 111. From the Ratava News, TIIF, OVERTURES OF PEACE. Within a few days after the EL, convention Mr. Lathrop and C, "Marsh went to Aurora, at which tlril# 3jfir. Marsh made a proposition to Mr. Rising and other gentlemen of Auror*, in the presence of Mr. Lilthrop, to sulj| rnit the matter of the Congressional muddle to the State Central Commit­ tee. It was thought to be the voice of Mr. Lathrop and his friends, and satff factory to Mr. Marsh, as hie was a meOJr her of the committee. Gen. Hurlbut being informed of wrote a formal letter to, Mr. Lathrop, proposing that arbitrament. It w$8 rejected. That proposition by Mj. Marsh, apparently for Mr. Lathrop, fit * everything that Mr. Lathrop liaS done V toward surrendering that which not belong to hi.ij; the stolen, nomine tion, stolen by Lord, and appropriate® by Mr. Lathrop. Mr. Lathrop. at Harvard, before tlif Elgin convention, stated that he dltt not. want the nomination unless it wpl unquestionably the wish of the party| At Elgin he made the statement "th*f if it would strengthen the party jfijg me to step one side, I will be happy do so." One reporter reports the statement "that if lie stood in the^vay of pea6t| he would gladly step one side," and uit>r«fe to the same effect The Chicago -Tribune of 'Sept. 8ltv says: "At this stage of the proceed* ings the lion. Wm. Lathrop, the notnif nee of the convention was introduce and made a few remarks, deprecatin the hard feelings which existed at the convention, should he be the cause, ill 4 any way, of injuring the jfarty or cau*$ he would forever regret it. He earnest-- O. W. OWEN, WATCH MAKER & JEWELER, McIIENttY ILL., Denier in all kinds of American and Swiss Watches, Clocks from the best factories in the country. Silver, platedware, Silver Spoons, Ac., ALSO AGKNT FOR T1IE Weber and Braillwry PUM AND THE Estey Orjjan ! ,, -t Which we believe to l>e the best Org.in in the m:irkel. We think we know that bv experi- ence, iind we believe it, for it is 1 Kicked up bv the Besl Musicians in the World. prices than them to be I also sell other Organs at less the Estey, but can't reccommend as good. O. W. OWEN. Julv 23. THE OWIO.XS Fox River Valley Mills, H. 0. LUFF, Proprietor. McHenry - - * - Illinois. CONSTAN TLY< )N II AN IX CLSTOM GKI\m> « Done promptly, and Kiti^fV.c :ion guaranteed Thankful for prist f-ivors M continuance of patronage is respectfully solicited. «5"The Hig'te^t Mtrket Price in C.ish tor good-Milling Wheat. II. D. LUFF, Successor to Owen Bros. Closing Out 11 Bipkr NUNDA, - - ILLINOIS Having decided to close my business at this place I now offer mv entire Mock of Goods at COST. They consist in part of Dry Goods, Clothing, • Boots ttiid Shoes, Hats and Caps, Choice Groceries, &c., &c. ®5"Give me a Call and Save Your Money, by buying Goods Cheap. ROBERT R. ROTHGEUBER. Nunda, 111., Oct, Hthj 1375. HARD TIMKS. A common sense vffeW of hard times was given by a gentleman this evening thus: The unwarrantable extravagance of the people. Illustration, number one: A prominent lawyer, in one of our small cities, when about to leave town for a while, asked his mother what present she wished him to bring her. She replied, "a calico dress if you please." "IIow many yards?" "Ten." Turning to his wife he said, ̂ And what present will, you have?" "A silk dress." "How many yards P" *Thirty.n The one represents the former generation, and the secret of easy times; tire other, the present and hard times. Case number two: In another city, sitting by the side of a gentleman of the town, they behold a lady pass. The friend asks tor his judgment as to the amount of property represented on that lady's apparel Declining to give judgment himself in the case, the friend replies,--it is two thousand dol­ lars. v. Returning to the first named city, he tells us that good workmen now are working for teu cents per hour, to whom ho has formerly given three and a Half dollars per day: and from the same city twenty thousands dollars was taken on a single train for the Centennial. Croakers may charge these hard times to the Government if they choose, but the trouble is mainly to be sought nearer home. We are coming down from the high prices of war times to rock bottom,--and some had soared so high on borrowed pinions that they fall rapidly and stroke hard. Yet the cry of hard timed makes a good politi­ cal maul. ^ • Judging from what our exclian- ly advocated all attempts to reunite' S!l.v* froui what we have, personally the party so it flight present a solid front. If he was in the way at any time he would gladly step aside to restore! harmony. Thanking the convention he bade the in good night." On Oct. *2d. Messrs. Itising, Eddy aifl Loop, representing the delegates fr Kane, McHenry and Boone, present# petitions to Mr. Lathrop, signed t}»y sixteen hundred voters, for the very purpose of showing him that he, aa< lie alone, was in the wav. That if h isecn, and from private advices, there is ageuuine revival in business, andja fair prospect of better times. New York has not known such activity in trade in'years; and other cities feel the change there to in quite u degree, tiring a presidential campaign not such increase of business could be justly expected, since the effect'of such campaign is more or less depressing, as a rule. But despite this, real im­ provement is manifest, and in various would step aside the District Coiuu|it-J^vays> With an unusual amount tee wduld have to dall ftttfUw'Uli*' geuerally set in motion, with fair crops tion. For that purpose, and that atone, those gentleman went to Rockford to see Mr. Lathrop, believing that he would live up to his word given at Elgin. Tbev spent their time and money for parly good. Mr. -Lathrop refused their request. Failing, they then granted the prayer of the peti­ tioners, and convened their delegates at Marengo. Either (lias. Kellum. Gen. Dustin or Judge Murphy, would probably have been the nominee in the new conven­ tion, had Mr. Lathrop "steped aside." The party in great force took one step tor peace, aud the ̂ pnly one that could be taken, and toolt him at his word. . Gen.JIurlbut took l.im at his word, to arbitrate, v Mr. Lathrop backed from his quasi proposition made by Marsh--to arbi­ trate. Before the Central Committee Gen. Hurlbut made every proposition to Mr. Lathrop that was fair, promising not to be a candidate himself. Mr. Lathrop has never made a prop­ osition for peace, and has spread ink to show why lie cauuot do as he prom­ ised at Elgin. The man that hasn't backbone enough to do what is right for rights sake, is aii object of pity, and gives a lie may­ be to a long life by being too weak to be honest. and moderately good prices, complaint of hard times ought soon tocoase. The country will not again see such abnor­ mal prosperity as followed directly upon the war, and grew out ot it, nei­ ther in $}ie interest of common welfare should it. But we look for a healthy growth in public confidence, and the dawn of a.truly better era than as a people we have yet been blessed with. Indee if we do not greatly mistake, the dawn is already here. a®" Winnebago county politicans complain now, as they have complained for 20 years, that they have not had a Congressional candidate from that eounty. It is sii:gnlar---aiid- yet, after all* would it not be better for that county to grow a man big enough to command the fair vote of a Convention, and thus honorably win, r ;ther than to steal a nomination, in defiance of all decency and fair dealing; and to hold on to the stolen goods in spite of all evidence and in the face of a tremend- onsly large body of the honest Republi­ can voters of the District? A££?*It is quite amusing to hear the ring politicains whistling to keep their courage up. One of their pet consolers is the little farce of figuring up Wm. Lathrop's imaginary majorities. Judg­ ing from the vain boasting of some of his newspapers, each one has tlie vote of its respective locality i-afe in its vest pocket, and scarcely a • solitary vote have the editors the magnanimity to concede to the opposition. "Solid" they say. Yes, the old political mana­ gers are solid for. Lathrop, but they cannot count on the people to sustain the Geneva and Elgin Conventions. The people are solid for integrity, fair­ ness. and the right of the majority to rule, and are therefore for the man who represents these principles in this contest. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbnt.-- Aurora Beacon, A majority of the locomotives in use on Canadian railways were made in America, and American locomotives are in general use on most South Anier- 4can railways, while on the continent ! of Europe, especially in Russia, they | are in high favor. The export of i*ail- , way cars as well as of locomotives is quite large, amounting ill some years j to over a thousand. JI^'The three papers in this district outside of Winnebago county that sup­ port Lathrop, are the worst looking papers, tyographically, that are print­ ed in Northern Illinois. The Belvi- dere Northwestern, looks more like a poster, than a paper. The Harvard Independent is published in a place where they have no minister, and con­ sequently have not the fear of the Lord before their eyes, and the Wood: stock Sentinelnol able to support itself, is published by a stock company. Isn't comment unnecessaryJielvidere ' Standard. NOT A BAI> MISTAKE.--A young Par­ isian, noted for his grace and readiness as a second in numerous duels, was ask­ ed by a friend to accompany him to the Mayor's office to affix his signature as a witness to the matrimonial regis­ try. He consented, but when the scene was reached forgot himself. Just as the Mayor was ready for the last for­ malities he broke out: "Gentlemen, cannot this affair be arranged? Is there no way of preventing this sad occur­ rence ?" Imagine the feelings of the godfathers and godmothers. ftfctT Canaris, the gallaflt Greek Ad­ miral who, fifty odd years ago, with forty-two associates, took the sacrament and devoted himself to death in sailing two fireships ,into the midst of the Turkish fleet at Scio,succeeding in de­ stroying the Pasha's ship, with many hundred 'iiieu,is alive'at Athens,a hear­ ty old salt of eighty-two. OUK PHILADELPHIA LETTKR, PHII.ADEI.WHA, Oct. 18, 1876. Ill less than three weeks the Centen­ nial is to close, as the Directors have determined not to extend the time a single 'day beyond November 10th. the time originally set for closing. Those who do not see this wonde»ful exhibi­ tion will miss a rare treat. The at­ tendance has reached an* average of about 92.000 a day, and is still increas­ ing. Every effort is being made by some of the most Influential Phila- delphians to prevent the Main Build­ ing from being torn down, after the exhibition is over, so as to use it for a Museum, like the Kensington, in En­ gland. The siamese exhibit having failed to reach this country in time, no space was allotted it, and hence it could not be exhibited. The Emperor then made the whole collection a present to the United States, and it will soon be exhibited in the Government Building, and after the exhibition will be sent to Washington to form a part ot the* Smithsonian treasures. Among the exhibits iu Machinerv Hall is a very flue display of wire, and wire cables, of every size and descrip­ tion. Among these is a section of the cable that is to be used in the con­ struction of'the great bridge across the East River, between New York and Brooklyn. This cable is about 16 inches in diameter, is composed of 6,0§0 No. 7 galvanized cast steel wires, and' will bear a strain of 22,300,000 pounds. It4s by far thj largest cable in the world, and will span the largest space ever crossed bj' a single span of a bridge. The Americans lead the world in bridge building, and the American sys­ tem is being followed by all other Na­ tions. Among the saws exhibited, of which there is a very fine collection, is a cir­ cular saw 100 inches in diameter, the largest in the world. In this line Am­ erica is now the acknowledged leader of the world, and to-day the Americans sell their saws in large quantities in Sheffield, England, the very centre of the steel trade. Owing to the scarcity of wood iu England, the large circular saws such as may be seen in nearly all of our saw mills, are not used at all. In all England there is not a 800 acre tract of i iuiber lrfhd. To-Uie F NO. countries make no effort to compete against the Americans in this line at •^all. Owing to the universal ass of machinery by the Americans id' do everything that can possibly be done by it. they have made a >pecialty «*f line and to day excel the world in small steam engines. In marln* engines, the English cannot be surpass- ed, as they build more in this line than any other country, and have had more experience. The larger stationary English engines are little more than a fcopy after the American Corli«s engine. Those engines in Machinery Hall are models of beauty in compactness, finish and lightness. The fallowing are the appoint­ ments for the Rockford District of the Rock River Conference of the M. E. church: H, L. Martin, P. E. First Church, H. Crews; Court-Street, C. E. Mandcville; Third-Street, W. H. Burns; Winnebago Street, R. S. Cantine; Win­ nebago, A. B. Smart; Byron and West- field. B. H. Cartwright, Bel vide re, N.H. Axtell; Garden Prairie, L. Clifford; Roscoe, J. H. Reeves; Rockton, L. An­ derson; Round Prairie, O. E. Burch; Poplar Grove, G. L. S'. Stuff; 'Harvard and Chemung,M. G. Sheldon; Big Foot J. M. Glendeuing; Richmond, S. Earn- gey ; Ringwood, R* Gilespie; Solon and Spring Grove, to be supplied: Xunda, Philo Gorton; Dundee, W. P. HIU; Woodstock, A. Newton; Frankli&ville, G.C, Clark; Elgin, W. C. Dandy; Har­ mony, J. W. P. Jordon; Marengo, H. J. Huston; Cherry Valley, A. H. Schoon- maker;New Milford, J. Adams; Har­ lem, J. Odgers; Charter Oak, W. F. Do- lap; McIIeury, to be suupliod, Eld. Hitchcock goes to Harrington. Eld, Crtches is returned to his charge. Lake Circuit, Lake Co. Eld. W. P. Gray goes to Turner, in the Chicago District. Sydney Smith once undertookte make maxims after the manner of Re- chegoucauld, and to communicate them to Lady Holland, and this was his first, and, we believe, his last: " After having lived half their lives respectably, many men get tired of honesty and many woman of propriety." Our polit­ ical parties seem to be exemplifying tills maxim; for having passed through the flrst half of band saw. The French do not me the American hand saw at all, but use only those that are placed in a frame, like our wood saws. A year or two ago, a traveling salesmen for one of our saw manufacturers went to Paris with an assortment of our hand saws, but not only could not sell them, but was laughed at for trying to introduce such things. He left them with the French dealers to see if they could get their carpenters to use them, but some of these dealers who have since visited the exposition, say that they still have them on hand. Owing to the abundance of wood in this country, and tlio use of machinery in everything that we make, America •supplies England' nearly altogether with carpenter's levels, gages, and oth­ er such instruments. The English stick to hand labor and refuse to use machinery until they 2nd. that Yankee ingenuity and "push*' are driving them riut of the market, and then they do so from sheer necessity alone. This is the case in the manufacture of fljes. The English still make their flat files by hand, while the Americans use ma­ chinery altogether, and make t,liem just as well and many times as fast. The taper saw flies, which can only be made by hand, areliearly all made in England, and imported to this country. The gig saw manufacturers are very fully represented in Machinery Hall, and some of the fancy specimens of their work are so beautitul and intri­ cate as to make it hard to believe tnat they are saw work alone. Among the English machines is one that goes a long ways towards solving the problem of how to use coal dust for fuel in generating steam, and is said to save 20 per cent in fuel, and to generate 25 per cent, more steam from this otherwise almost useless article than can be done from lump coal. The slack is thrown iuto a hopper, that is placed in frontt>f and above the furnace, and from this hopper the dust is drawn by a revolving screw, which forces it into a horizontal tube that is uot quite as long as the furnace is wide. From this tube the dust falls through open­ ings iii its bottom, upon pairs of oppositely revolving armed wheels. The arms of these wheels throw the coal into the furnace and deposits it as evenly on th* tire as can be doue py hand. As these wheels are made jid- justable, the coal can be. deposited in larger quantities in one part of the furnace than the other, if so desired, and can be made to feed very slowly or very rapidly. * The steam engine exhibit is very large and fine, but are nearly altogetli- ^"American. England h^sbut a single, portable engine, while the other rmilM&w"•* tfie-^la "li ignore all decency. Defamation of personal character is* the order of the day, rather than discussion of political measures; so that a stranger, laudiug upon ourstiorea and reading our news­ papers, would be justified in believing that, like the man who aforetime went down to Jericho, lie also had fallen into a community of thieves. BIG GOLD DISPLAY.--There is now in this city, says the Salt Lake Tribune, the largest, richest and finest collection of gold specimens to be found in the world. They were taken from the At­ lantic Cable mine, Deer Lodge county, Montana. There are 300 or 400 speci- mens, ranging in size from the common nugget to vtitcks weighing fifty pounds, literally tilled with gold, and are pro­ nounced by miners as btitig the richest collection ever taken out of any ore mine since the discovery of gold. Mr. S. Cameron, one of the owners of the mine, is en route to the Centennial, and was induced to come to this city and exhibit them here, charging a small admission-to pay Incidential ex­ penses. The specimeus are well worth seeihg. tfST The Win ne peg Free Press no­ tices the arrival of immense herds of buffalo within eighty miles of Bed River, after ten years of total absence. From all accounts the.herds «ire migrat­ ing eastward. The Sioux Indians are residing at Devil's Lake, in Dakota, have already been on a great hunt, and have returned to their homes with an abundance of buffalo meat and a uum- ber of robes. Travelers from the Northwest, who have lately come iuto Winnepeg, report very large numbers of buffalo very much farther east thair heretofore, and the Free Press urges the importance of legislation to prevent their wanton extermination. tSFSpain means to go on with the war in Cuba cost, what it may. She ha» made a loan from Spanish capitalist of from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000 for ten years, at ten per cent interest. The bonds are guaranteed by the Customa of Cuba, The rate of interest is an in­ dication that the Spanish capitalists de not consider the security of the best order. The government has appointed Martinez-Compos, who first proclaimed Alfonso King, Comnii.nder-in-Chief of the Spanish army, while Jovellar re­ mains Governor-General of Cuba. The insnrrctior. instead of being crushed is: gaining strength. SEWING MACHINE FOR SAL IL If you want one of the best Sewing Machines iu the market for half price, call at this office, where the Machine can be seen aud tested.