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"v • Xv V. •r- VJ-' VOLUME XXV. McHENRY, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, JULY ai, 1899. »•««. * •» flfe.tkL s9 i NUMBER 3 i 44>J NAUGHTY KISSING BUG. WATCH HIS PRANKS. HE COMES WHEN LEAST EXPECTED, |. 1 'Vtio Little Monitor; That HM Been Such • Terror to the Eut, on a Westward Out- Tr,p* >•""» |f . Who is ' 'Melanolpstes Picipes", Mid & 5» person the other day. "Why, he is that awful kissing bug," was the reply. v . Thuf the conversation went on and on the kissing bug was given due notoriety. For one whole week we have" been studying about this '"nervy" bug awl find all possible versions of him, and . also all possible descriptions, making him resemble everything from a camel to a long necked crane. Happily, how* ©Ver, we give our readers a good picture of him, which was taken after he had Mssed a pretty old maid. Here is one of the manny descriptions we find of V, Wm: V "The kissing bug resembles the bug commonly called the squash bug. He is, however, longer, narrower and dark- ; er. He is about f of an inch long and •bout an eight of an inch wide. On each side of his body are three legs, long and spindling, which he moves fast and With great agility. His back and sides are smoother than those of the squash bug and of a dull brown color, with few markings, if remembered correctly. r Hip beak is his fortune. It is long, sharp and mobile, not forked, as it has been described, but with a single, lancet- *like frong. On each side of his head are anteme, which are extremely sensitive ' and always moving. His armor is harder than that of the squash bug." <•'.*" ' It is not to manifest affection, which ' is so symbolic of the kiss, that this - * Haughty ^bug advocated a wide open j • policy, night and day, Sunday and Mon­ day; but it is simply for bread and but- That is the kissing bug has a long beak which he uses in gaining a living. JULY RACES AT WOODSTOCK. Held Thursday, Friday and Saturday iut Week. She races held at Woodstock last week Thursday, Friday and Saturday were well attended, and with the exception of the rain Saturday, the weather was very favorable. The first race called was the three minute class in which there were eight starters, which ended with the following results: J. M. Kind's Aleitble w... G. Walsh's Chestnut Girl. ing's J. W. Kyoer's Jack 81dne 14 2 6 11 21 13 5 5 S 2 4 1 2 2 4 53 2 3 4 53 5 4 4 3 8 8 5 5 6 * 8 8 7 * 7 7 H * pace, i , 1 1 1 13 2 2 4 2 3 3 3 6 7 5 7 4 5 6 5 7 4 7 8 5 « 4 6 dr. Thos. Harris' Emella lly. Wegehnkel's Bluck Queen -- G. I'. Powers' G. G. 1* H. S. Ames' Lady Alice... C. W, SublusUy's Decatur Wilkes. •Horse withdrawn. Time-2:»H<. 8ta4». 2:35*, 2 This was folioweil by the 2:1 with the foilowing result. Wilson Bros.' lticli wood F. t'. Leaven's Alice Andro............. W. Salastlon's How Siwlastlon. *...... R. ('richton's J akee N. Straight's Wellington ........ J. W. Kyder's lone M. E. Stanford's S. S E. G. Jones' Rescue Jr T!me-2:24*. 2:28*, 2:1«M, 2:22. Thursday's racing was concluded with the Woodstock Derby. The derby was a mile and a half dash and resulted in A. Lilley's "Sunell " being the winner, L. D. HaU'aL-yBarrier" second and J. R. Hand's "Bumonia" third. In Friday's events was the 2:29 trot with the following result: J. F. Reynolds' Nina V 2 111 Parker Bros. Interior Boy.. 1554 T. F. Leonard's Birdell 3322 Kobt. Porter's SwitfertVLast .... 4 2 S 3 Morrlsey & O'Brien's Maude Hanson.. 5 4 4dr Time--2:31-ii. 2:304. 2:2»>4. 2:2»*. Besides this there was a 5J furlong running race, and also a half mile running race. The races Saturday were started on a muddy track. A heavy rain finally caused them to be declared off after one heat had taken place in the 2:50 pace and two heats in the 2:45 trot. The purses were paid in full however. The results were as follows: 2:45 trotting--Crystal L.. first; Emella, iford. third: Blbble. •ysi second; Osmond Woodford, third; Jessie Swijfert. fourth--time 2:46M. 2:47. Me# and Black Queen also started. •(•inn* THE KISSING BUG. !, , j . 0nlike other voracious insects, such as -the mosquito, the bed 'bug and the flea, - who are not anxious where they get p -#rarm red blood so long as they get it, " the kissing bug prefers one particular fc JfeQt. Its bite.is not painful enough to ; 4 awaken its victim of the harm done. : A long, sharp drill is hastily inserted in Ihe lip, a quantity of blood is drawn Out and in its place is left a few drops Of most virulent poison. hs>. • • prof. William H. Ashmead, entomolo- fl^jgist of the Smithsonian Institution and ^National Museum, in % speaking of the kissing bug says: "The melanolestes picipes, vulgarly P-L" £nown as the kissing bug, belongs to •>» the species designated hemiptea, the/ Greek word for the half-winged. Itj will be noticed on examination that the) wings of the insect are half membran­ ous and half coreacous. "The family is a large one and goes NK? ttHder the general name of rudivilidae. I the members feed either on the juices of V V plants or on other insects. Their part- # fcular prey is the caterpillar. I have ^ T seen an insect of this family insert its beak into the body of a caterpillar and veritably suck it dry. t ' "The reduvidae are found in all parts of the country as far south as central S|"' Itfexico and as far north as New Eng- ^ - land. Both the seacoasts and the Xr--mountains sefve these insects as dwell* ^v..^|jng places- In New Jersey two distinct S^^pecies of the family are found--the picipes abdominals and the picipes ^-JJanelanolestes. These are also found in New York and Pennsylvania, j ; "As a rule the melanolestes picipes inakes his home under the bark of rot- Hjfcen trees. The insect runs with great •' swiftness and is hard to catch on that account. It flies mostly at night. f^V " Mot With An Accident. * Richard Thompson, who resides near - this place, met with a painful accident .v Thursday and is now under the medical • care of Dr. C. H. Fegers. Mr. Thomp- : ; son and his hired man were working in the hay field, and while driving in with •/ a load of hay they in some manner were thrown from the load to the ground. The hired man came down with full v force on Mr. Thompson's leg, breaking one of the bones between the knee and ankle joints. * Good Work. It has been the pleasure of the writer f to h ive heard very favorable comments t; on the workmanship of the half page ?; ^ad of Simon Stoffel. The credit of this i work is wholly due to C.D. Schoonmak- • |flr, foreman in THE PLAINDEALER office. K He is a skillful printer and is abundant- ^ ly able to do first-class work. Bring £ your work to this office and we will guar §: imtee ymi it will fee wett/done. 2:50 pace--Little Bock, first; Hp secona; '/Ag Zajr. third; Marry Belle fourth time 2:40,{. Mollarba. Flora Gray, Pilot Q. and Billy S. also started. There were also two half-mile running races through water two inches deep. In the first Scotch Girl was first and Holy Sally second, in 0:57. In the second Sugar Cane was first, Barrier second and Goodnight third in 0:58. MAY BE PURCHASED. Tlte Liberty ville-Fox Lake Railroad May Be 8old. MEETING OF FARMERS. HOLD A LIVELY 8ESSION WOODSTOCK MONDAY. AT The railroad, which is now in course of completion between Liberty and Fox Lake, is to become the property of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail­ way Co. This road is being built by the Cook, Lake & McHenry County Rail- roa<l Col, and it is now thought .that the enterprise was fathered by the St. Paul road, as will be shown. At the annual meeting of the stock­ holders of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul company in Milwaukee. Sept. 23, the question of purchasing the following companies will be acted upon: The Chicago. Milwaukee and ^St Paul in Illinois. / Chicago and Pacific. Chicago, Evanston, and Lake Superior. COok, Lake and McHenry Counties. Western Union. Central Illinois and Wisconsin. -- Have the Sam« Name Belvidere Republican.--By an odd coincidence the name of the man who returns the largest amount of personal property in Boone county is the same as that of the man who returns the largest amount in McHenry county, -- both John Murphy. The Boone county man--John W. Murphy of Spring, returns $105,000, and the McHenry county man, John J. Murphy of Woodstock, returns $150.080. The second is R. M. Patrick of Marengo, who returns $101,455. Game Law. So much has been said about the new GIVEN A PROMOTION. Viid Lleatonant Howard R. Perry Sent to Nam Hountan, Tex. The Question of Tufcercaloaia Waa Given Due Consideration and DlncmMd at Length. The meeting called by the executive committee of the fair association, proved a success, measured by the members in attendance. The meeting demonstrated the feet the farmers of McHenry county are aroused relative to the action of the state veterinarian in relation to the herds of cows examined by him. It also showed that they wanted to enter their protests against any further action in our county by the state officers. The meeting was prolific of good, in calling the farmers together and dis­ cussing the many questions involved. It was unfortunate that the discus­ sion of the questions involved was taken from the fanners, where it belonged and largely usurped by two or three profes­ sional men, whose evident wish and design was to farm the farmers in their respective individual interests. During the meeting many erroneous ideas were corrected. The fact was well estab­ lished that the state veterinarian had in no case interfered with toy herd of cows in the county only on the request of the owners of the respective herds, and in every case the owners were fully satisfied that the officers of the law only did what they thought their dnty to be under the law. - •-- There was quite a general idea that the action of the state veterinarian was based on some 4»ew law. But this was not the case. The action of the officers was wholly by virtue of the lair passed in 1885. No new law was passed by the last legislature, only to make an appropriation for animals condemned and destroyed under the provision of the law. The unfortunate fact is, that the appropriation is too small to pay full compensation for loses incurred. The meeting demanded radical changes in the law. The view taken by the meeting waa that all condemna­ tions of cattle were made for the protection and good of the public at large, and the cost ought to be borne by the public at large and not by the individual owners of the condemned animals. The resolutions adopted shows the temper of the meeting. The attempt to make the people believe the meet­ ing was called as a political move fell flat. The hearty endorsement given President Zimpleman expressed the good sense of the fanners assembled. State Senator Granger offered a verb­ al resolution that "we, the farmers and dairymen of McHenry county, in mass meeting assembled, do consider and claim our dairy cows to be in the best condi­ tion and health they ever have had in the history of the county, and we pro­ test against any and all supervision or interference by state veterinarians or any other persons except those employed by their owners," and it was unani­ mously adopted as the sense of the meeting. It was moved and carried that the chairman appoint a committee on reso­ lutions, which was done as follows: T. McD. Richards, H. T. Thompson, J. C. Ladd, Jag. Lawson, F. K. Granger, and A. W. Andersou, who made the following report: WHEREAS, The cattle industry is the para­ mount Industry in McHenry county; and WHEREAS, Much excitement is aroused in our county by the result of tile action of the state veterinarian In his efforts to enforce the law as he understands It; therefore we, the farmers and dairymen of McHenry county, In mass meeting assembled, do Kesol ve, That, from the best Information we can obtain, the state officers fairly and honest­ ly tried to Intelligently carry out the obliga­ tions of the law while in our county. Resolved. That we sympathise with all law­ ful efforts to provide pure and healtful food for our people. Resolved, That we. as farmers, are more in­ terested than anyone else in "the health of the domestic animals of McHenry county. Resolved, That as dairymen we are inclined to beleive that a good, healthy-appearing cow ought to give a healthier quality of milk than a thin scalawag cow. Resolved. That we demand that the law be so amended as to assure to the owner of any animal slaughtered by virtue of the enforce ment of the law full compensation for said animal at a fair valuation at the time the an­ imal Is killed. Resolved, That we demand such legislation by the state as will require every farmer run­ ning a dairy farm to keep Ills barns and *srem­ ises in the cleanest practicable condition, and that they be required to whitewash their cow barns as often as once each ye.ar. .Resolved. That we do not approve the slaughter of cattle suspected of tuberculosis unless the case develops Indisputable symp­ toms of the disease. We sincerely hope that the Illinois board of live stock commissioners will not permit the indiscriminate slaughter of cattle suspected of tuberculosis as it was First lieutenant Howard R ̂Perry, of ie 17th U. S. Inf., has been ordered to 't. Sam Houston, Texas, where he will ict as aid-de-camp to Col. Chambers [eKibbiny/ While on a trip to ' SHeridan Friday, on official business, he came out to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James B. Perry, and be­ fore departing he received the following order: "First Lieutenant Howard R. Perry, 17th U. S. Inf., will proceed to Ft. Sam Houston. Texas and report to Col. Chambers McKibbon, 13th U. S. Inf., commanding Department of Texas, for duty as aid-de-camp on his staff". Lieutenant Perry departs for Colum­ bus, Ohio, Sunday evening, and will PROTESTS ARE COMING. POARD OF REVIEW IN THEIR SEC­ OND WEEK'S SESSION. Question of Assessing Church Property Has Been Decided Upon by the Board and Such Will be Listed. Tomorrow will conclude the second week's labors of the county board of .review and the board is wrestling with Hta duties in a manner that will make ^e unwilling tax dodger come to time. • One of the important questions decid­ ed by the board is the question of assess­ ing church property. Attoniey-Gen- fcral Akin has rendered a decision on this question and holds that such prop­ erty is subject to assessment under the provisions of the law, and has instruct- jA the boards of review in the various make preparations to leave for Texas bounties accordingly. Heretofore the about August 1st. This is an exception- property was not assessed as it was ally fine position and his legion, of ^ understood to be exempt. By taxable friends in Mc Henry and McHenry conn- church property we mean par.s mages ty will be pleased to know this. LET PRETTY BIRD8 ALONE. Thejr are Great Annihilators of Trenpatfk- InS Insects, It is a common saying of late years that grasshoppers bave become and are still becoming numerous. People have observed this fact and have wondered if the day will come when grasshoppers will be as plentiful in Illinois as they are in Kansas and Nebraska. There is no use in guessing what the future will bring forth. -When an evil is manifest the only recourse is to find a certain remedy. There is a remedy for the grasshooper. The experiment station of the University of Nebraska has been investigating the matter and observed that certain birds have been instrumental in keeping down the grasshopper population. It is said that when the prairie chicken and other grouse were still numerous no harm whatever was reported as coming from the grasshopper. Quails, plovers, blackbirds, sparrows, hawks and even ducks are known to feed largely upon these insects. A single bird of any of these species will destroy thousands of them. Not only are birds lovers of the grasshopper as a food, but frogs, snakes and lizards feed upon them. It is to the interest of every farmer to Bee that birds of value are not slaughtered. They are the little boy's delight tfad the farmer's friends. Protect the tittle game law, which became operative July ® carried on In New York state several years 1, that it seems needless to further me - ^ tjie detriment of the dairy interests of tion it. The sale of wild game is pro- . tiiat state. hibited until Oct. 1, excepting ducks,! Resolved, That we believe the dairy inter snipe, plover and dough birds, which e-fV McHenry county demand that noeow niu|«e, e. , , ! in apparently good health and physical con- cannot be sold until Sept. 1. wooacocic < dltkm arid whose milk shows no taint of dis- could be killed in Illinois July 15, but ; eaSe, should be slaughtered by any board of the new law prohibits the killing until j commissioners or veterinarians without the Sep,. 1. Noil-resident hunters n.„s,p.y ; a licence of $10, and that only permits {en.s wlth SU(.h method, let us see that law them to hunt in one county in Illinois. repeule«Hor amended. Resolved, By the farmers of McHenry coun­ ty, t hat the offer of the Chicago Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis to send a leet- • V-&I. wmm f Electric Road for l»«»kalb. / It is rumored that there is an electric railroad to be erected between Sycamore , urer to our farmers' institute to spread this and Dekalb. It is further rumored that I dangerous scare, is resectfully declined, it will be completed during^ the present 1 or lands, aside from such property as is actually and exclusively used for places of public worship. The portion of the statute on this point reads as follows: "All church property actually and exclusively used for public worship, when the laud (to be of reasonable size for the location of the church building) is owned by the congregation." This comes under the heading of property exempt from taxation. Also under the same .heading appears the following: "All lands donated by the United States for school purposes, not soM or leased. All public school houses. All property of institutions of learning, including the real estate on which the institutions are located, not leased by such institutions or otherwise used with a view to profit". Taking into account the number of church parsonages in the county, and also other property of this class, .not included in the exempt list, it will add materially to the tax paying property. KIND WORDS. MURDER AT LIBERTYVILLC. Woman Kills Her Mother and Commit* Suicide. Then Voeal Music UwM>na> Miss Georgi Eldredge, of Richmond, Last Sunday there occured a great shooting atfray at Libertyville, Lake county. Mrs. George Kruger shot and killed her mother, Mrs. Christian Voss, wounded her husband and then killed •herself. The shooting occured at the H STrieder farm house near Libertyville The awful deed was the outcome of family trouble which had its existance will be here each Tuesday at the^hettfr- for sometime in the Kruger family. of Miss Kate Howe, where she will be pleased to have all those interested in vocal music call. She has at present a small class here. Miss Eldredge is a graduate of the Chicago Musical College of which Dr. F. Ziegfeld is president. She had as her instructor in vocal music John R. Ortsngreen, who is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, and later studied in Paris under Romain Bussine. For several years he sang the leading bari­ tone roles in the Royal Opera of Stock­ holm. Mrs. Kruger and her mother qnarreled several times during the forenoon and trouble broke out afresh in the after­ noon. She procured a revolver and fired the fatal shot, which resulted in the death of Mrs. Fass. Her husband stepped forward to prevent further shooting, but received three wounds, which sent him from the house in retreat. After leaving the house he heard two more shots, the ones that killed his wife. Mrs. Treider leaves two children, 7 and 8 years old. She was 33a nd her mother 80 years of age. T Wealth of McHenry County. 'i (From The Harvard Herald.) • - HE PLAINDEALER herewith presents a table that will be well worth preserving, as it gives information that will be found envaluable. The number of acres of land, improved and unimproved, in -the county, the valuation of the same, the number and valuation of city and village lots, the number of head of live stock and their value, and in short a complete table of the real estate and personal property in the county can be found here. . REAL ESTATE. ^ ' 'X Acres. 882,467.18 373.90 .» 882,741.08 Improved Lands. Unimproved Landfc. Tntol . .J. Total. Improved Lots... Unimproved Lots., Total * Number. .. .8,9951 .. . 2. 8RKS Full Value. $18,469,830 1,825 $18; 471,155 Full Value $4,625,165 207,055 $4,833,220 PERSONAL PROPERTY. ;v: Aidrti*!* Cos Horses..... Cattle Mules Sheep Hogs Engines. >....* Safes 4....: Billiard Tables... .i Carriages and Wagons Watches and Clocks Sewing Machines Pianos Organs Steamboats Merchandise Mechanics' and Manufacturers' .Articles.. Manufacturers' Tools Agricultural Tools,. Gold and Silver Plate Diamonds Moneys of Banks Credits of Banks Moneys other Than of Banks. Credits Other Than of Banks Bonds and Stocks Stocks Not Incorporated Property of Companies lfot Incorporated. Property of Saloons Household Furniture. Investments^ Grain on H Jnd All Kinds Other Property National Bank Shares Total Persoi Total Lands ©ptal Lots... Strand Total. Number. . .18,787 ..67,743 54 7,800 81,099 141 202 85 8,479 , 4,419 f 2,847! 622 806 $ f 1 Full Value. $ 663.015 L873.763 ~ / 1<635 '•*' 37,278 160,807 89,455 12,375 1,495 190,521 $5,460 83,925 69,540 81,035 1,075 748,605 46,517 41,945 286,641 2,335 5,820 173.769 89,464 702.797 1,961,960 41.775 6,100 82,015 10,225 480.799 26,575 52,129 113,635 105,200 Shares ion, aw • [>naL $ 7,959JS85 | dsji : : . . . . imtum j 4,832,220 | Brief IteM «i Comment Clipped Viwn Our Exchanges. Below are a few clippings ftuM met exchanges, in which the new dress and improved appearance of THE PLAIN- DEALER is noted: THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER ap­ peared last week in a new dress of type, making an improvement that was at once noticable and commendable, THE PLAINDEALER has long occupied a rav.lt among the substantial country papers of the state, but was never on a firmer basis than it is today.--Harvard Herald. THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALKR ob­ served its twenty-fifth birthday by appearing in a handsome new type dress throughout. THE PLAINDEALER is a g >jd paper.--Nunda Herald. THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER has Entered upm its twenty-fifth year, and is improving with age. During the last few months a marked improvement has been noticeble in this paper. The general make-up has been changed to more of a metropolitan style, and last •week it came to our desk in an elegant new dress. --McHenry County Democrat. THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER celebrated the opening of its twenty-fifth volume by appearing last week in a spick-and. span new dress of news and advertising type, presenting a very bright and neat appearance. There has been a -marked improvement in THE PLAINDEALER since it came under its present management and we congratu­ late it on its interprise. --Woodstock Sentinel. FROM THE BREEZY BAY. SEVERAL 8OCIAL FUNCTIONS HELD DURING THE WEEK. The Vox Lake Yaeht Races are Being Held This Week-Henry L. Herts'* Boat, "Pl»takee," in the Lead. This is the regatta week at Fos TjVm The contest is for a silver cup to be given by County Treasurer Knopff, of CdBk county. "Faraway" came in first in Monday's race, but in Tuesday's race, "Pistakee," Henry L. Hertz's boat, defeated all of its rivals, and at the same time beating all former records by four minutes. In the contest there were eight boats sailed. ' rThe" Ladies ' P is takee Bay Eachre Club met at the yacht club pavilion Wednesday afternoon. There were i.about fifty members present,} The hostesses oT*^l^"^aftern?>oir were Mesdames Hertz, Wilke, Wightman, Vinnedge and Misses Powers and Cunningham,/ The ladies who were pi WWirt fi Ufiji McHenry were Mesdames John I. Story, L. H. Owen. S. S. Chapell, Elmer Gorton and Miss Julia A. From Howell's Villa were MrsT Howell and Mrs. Miles. The prises 1 were won by Miss Julia A. Story and , Mrs. Fanny Garland. Congressman Lorimer has purchased a new yacht for his son, William. Itis one of the nicest boats at the Bay. WINNING BOUNTY"MONEY. 1 ' • Charles Stendish, of Seneea, Is the WsMMt* . chuck King. ...$81,263,060 THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER came out last week in a handsome new dress and looked as pretty as a girl of sixteen. Many improvements have been made under the new management and THE PLAINDEALER now occupies a front position in the ranks of weekly news­ papers.--Marengo News. THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER en­ tered on volume 25 last week, and emphasized the event by coming out in a new dress of type, and looked very neat. THE PLAINDEALER is now published by a company, of which Hon. F. K. Granger is president and publisher, W. A. Cristy is secretary, and J. B. Perry treasurer. We have known THE PLAINDEALER since the first number was issued, and esteem it one of our best country exchanges. Long may it prosper.--Marengo Republican. THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER came to us last week in a new dress, celebrat­ ing the opening of a new volume--the twenty-fifth. Since coming under the control of Senator Granger THE PLAIN- DEALER has undergone complete trans­ formation and this latest move is one of the best and most needed of the many improvements made. One of the most interesting features of last week's issue from a newspaper man's point' of view, was the half-page ad of Simon Stoffel, the West McHenry general merchant and fhsurance agent, and one of the inost enterprising and successful business men in the county.--Richmond Gazette. Ed. Morton, Jr., received a new flag for his new hotel Monday, which will float from the large flag staff on top of the hotel. The flag is 6x12. Ed. is quite patriotic.--McHenry County Republican. Let Sheriff* Beware The sheriff of La Salle county is under arrest for letting Henning, the bucket shop man, have undue liberties. It will be remembered that Henning was sentenced last December to nine months' imprisonment in La Salle county jail for fraudulent use of the mails. The sheriff is charged with allowing Henning too much personal liberty. This wiil be an eye-opener for sheriffs, who will do well to see that sentences of courts are obeyed. This particular case, herein mentioned, is a technical one and means that the prisoner Henning was not deprived of his liberty in accordance with the order of the court. This means that when prisoners are sentenced to serve a term in jail the sentence must be carried out to the letter. County Institute Meeting. County Superintendent of School Wire informs us that the annual institute will be held at Woodstock, Aug. 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18. J. E. McGilvrey, of the Illinois State University; David Felmley, of the Illinois Normal University; W. C. Smith, of Nunda; C. W. Hart, Wood­ stock, and Miss Phebe Gardner, of Aurora, have been secured as instruct­ ors. Mr. Wire says. "Teachers, this in­ stitute is yours, and for your benefit. You are expected to honor it with your presence." > Festive Evening M. W. of A lodge of this plaoe held a banquet Friday evening. The occa­ sion was the initiation of four members: namely: George Slimpin, E. F, Math­ ews, Geo. Pennington and Henry Do well/ The Ringwood M. W. of A. wSrer^own in full force and eighty seven sat down to the banquet supper, Taking it all in all it was a enjoyable affair and one to he remein At the last meeting of the board supervisors the woodchuck bounty waa raised. Or iu other words it was re­ instated. The first woodchuck bounty was twenty-five cents, was later made ten cents and finally at the last meeting the twenty-five cent bounty was reinstat­ ed. There was reason for it Those who had slaughtered woodchucks by dozens and scores refused to kill them at the rate of ten cents a scalp, so the price of woodchuck blood was raised. Charley Standish, of Seneca, known as the "Seneca Indian," ismaknig more out of the woodchuck bounty than any man in the county, killing 204 woodchucks in McHenry township two years ago in two weeks, thus making over $30. He CHARLES STANDISQK, The "Seneca Indian.*' 1 % did it and walked all the way from his Seneca home here and walked home. again with the scalps. Besides being a noted woodchuck and crow annihilator, he is an athlete. Had he been trained he would have made a record as a J runner. Today he is as alert as an > ̂ Indian and can tramp all day withont tiring. Many will remember the great road race at Woodstock twenty years ago," , yj when Charley Standish carried off ihe * plum. He ran 47f miles in eight hours. v-. The next man to him was Peter Kane. of Richmond, who ran 46 miles in eight' hours. Others in the race were: T. ! J Phalen. F. Grinnett and Lon Lawrence, vg- McHenry. Grinnett made 15^ miles. Lawrence, 26f, each retiring, but Mr. -- Phalen remained in and made 43£ miles, > and was only beaten by twelve feet by ; C. Collins, of Harvard, who won third \ money. Dan Duffy, Dorr, 83i miles; J. C. Fuller, Dorr, 30 miles; A. S. Brewer, Nunda, 40 'miles; P. & * Bennett, Richmond, 21J miles; B. Baker* Creenwood, 81; Mr. Bagg» - Hebron, 80Jf miles. , • >\| Lecture at Greenwood. The Rev. Dr. Young, pastor of Sim- son M. E. church, Englewood, will lecture in the Greenwood M. E. church ^ on Friday evening, July 21. the subject . * being "Common Sense." The lecture „• J is largely humorous and wiH be highly ^ entertaining. Those who have heaxd ^ J: the doctor anticipate a rare treat Ad- -1 mission, 25 cents; children free. Don t fail to attend. Races, at Richmond The Richmond Driving Park Associa­ tion will give their second matinee of he season on Saturday afternoon of ext week, July 29. There are three events on the card and the luanagnwmt: feels confident that they will fnniiafc some great sport under 18, '-m 4 vl \ * !