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TELEPHONE EXCHANGES. ^Hell Telephof«. ; are the names a«tf ^wibers <if the patrons of the MrHt'iuy and West SoHcnry t>.\i*han#es of the Chicago Telephone Co. Residences oiily are spwitU-d. All others Are business houses. <.„•> 81MON STOFFEL, Manager. •?&•> vS JB4 Aurlnfcer Dr. A. E. r233 Niesen M M r V ; x , J Rarbian Bros Bnrblan N Br . 9 SS<-Uy I! !•' 801 Roswell H C W Brand John f *12 Buch .1 J fl Burke Thoi 3 Besley, G. W. 1 C h a p e l l S H r Dermont Mrs S frl Enffeln An ton S« Knjreln M >1 Enneln M r JKJ Feaers Or C H #B4 Frett Bros & Witt ••>3 Gilbert Bros 383Owen LHr 221 Owen O W r 381 Owen O N r 314 Owen & Chapell 2 5 2 O ' N ' e i l l R e v . P M t 211 I'asei' L r 263 Plalndealer 262 Kosedale 284 Rixss Dr F 0 2fl2 Boss Dr F C r 254 Hupp A O r 342 S>ntmers Geo r 321 Spurting Dr A C r 372 Stoffel S r 304 St otFel S postofflee 5 Stoffel Simon 3 Gilbert Bros tollsta273 Story J I r »3 Hazel E. .T. r j&i llanly Geo A r 8 T v : t H e r t z H L r SIM Hottz & Stilling JS04 Howe A L r .*52 Howell M Ar 81H .Tlisten Jacob r 3*4 J usten N J J8£i Lampliere C. E. r 812 Laniphere Ray r 151 LorimerWmr 282 Story Julia A f 323 St afford R VV 231 Village of McHpnry pumping st at ion 261 Village of Mcllenry ELLIPSE OF THE SUN, ^ To«*l Obaeu ration, Will Be WitneiHHNloii the 88th of Next May. president's res 234 Village of Mcllenry public school 302 Wattles F H 311 Wells Dr D G 7 Western U Tel Co Mcllenry Ore'm'ry 371 Wightman Harry " Company. 214 Wightman Harry r 184 McHenry Journal 222 Wheeler E S r ,-':|81 McOmber F L 242 Whit ing W E r TOLL STATIONS. 2 rin^s, Pista.lv o'e Bay. Ben Stilling 3 rings. Joluisburg, John F Lay 4 rings. Solon. \V H Davis, 10c toll 5 rings. Spring Grove, A Neisli, IOC toll Cltlxen«' Telephone. - The following are the names and numbers • &I the patrons of the Mcllenry and West Mc­ llenry exchanges of the Citizens' Telephone 'jbo. Residences only are specified. All ©tilers are business houses. F. E. BELL, Manager. 13 Auringer Dr A E 16 McOmber F L 13 Auringer Dr. A E r 21 Meyer Geo r J53 Adams, C M, Johns-23 Mertes Joseph, Pis- hum. toll station takee Bay 100 Bell F E, Central 23 Mineral Spring, Pis- 80 Buch J J takee Bay t9 Bacon Wm r 42 Mc Henry Laundry 89 Boley G F 43 Magueson G L Rose- 45 Barbian Bros dale 4 Cristy W A r 10 Miller John 82 Cristy W A 23 Nell George, Jotans- 15 Chapell SSr burg 55 Clemens H E 24 Owen & Chapell 65 Clemens J C 24- Perry & Owen 49 City School 37 Pumping Station 86 Dermont Mrs Sarah3S Postofflce. Mcllenry 40 Depot C N W Ry Co36 Park Hotel, W Me- J53 Dighton Station 6 Evanson W C 8 Evanson John r ll Fegers I)r C H 11 Fegers D r C E r S3 Erickson H > 18 Friedly A C 8 3 G r a n g e r F K r 12 Granger ( has 22 Heimer Joe 81 Heimer John 3 Holtz & Stilling S3 Heman burg 19 Hazel E J 48 Het zel J 35 J usten Nick 44 JustenJake 43 Jensen H N Henry 1 Plaindealer 41 Summer George 50 Snurl ing Dr A C 28 Si'mes Henry 47 Schiessle Robt 14 Story Miss Julia A 34 Smith 11 C 27 Schneider Joe 23 Simes, Dighton sta­ tion 2 Wells Dr D Joe, Johns- 2 Wells I>r D r 55 Wilting Will Wilbur Lumber Co. 9 Wightman Harry 30 Walsh M J 17 Wattles Frank Co. Phone No. 9. Long Dist. Phone No. 342. QEO. SOMMERS Plumbing Gas Fitting and Sewerage Also Agent lor Eagle Acetylene Gas Hachine Gas Fittings, Gas Fixtures and Carbide for sale- All kinds Brass Valves and Iron Pipe always on hand. WEST M'HENRY, ILLINOIS. F. WATTLES (Successor to R. R. Howard) Proprietor of the West Side Meat Market All kinds of Fresh and salt Meats always <>n hand Oysters in their season. Vegetables and Canned Goods. Come and give me a trial. J*. WATTLES. West McHenry, Musical Instru­ ments And everything that pertains to flusic. WEEK'S HISTORY. Astronomers all over the world are looking forward with deep interest to the 38th of next May, when will occur a total eclipse of the sun. G. E. Lums- den, F. R. S. Af, gives the following anticipatory description of some feat­ ures in connection with the phenomenon: Every eye must be turned to the west, for whatever else we succeed in doing we must not fail to see the lunar shadow as it approaches. We may not live long enough to witness another eclipse under such auspices. Let us make the most of this. Forbes, who observed at Turin the total eclipse of 18t2, said that he was so confounded by the awful velocity of the shadow, which swept toward him from the Alps, that he felt as if the great building on which he was standing swayed beneath hiih and began to fall overman the direction of the coming gloom. The rapidity of its motion and its black intensity produced the sensa­ tion that something material \^s flying over the earth at a speed "perfectly frightful." "v Striking, indeed, is the almost in­ stantaneous substitution, as in a dissolve ing lantern, of one picture for another, the one showing the sky with the black­ ened sun like a blot upon it, the other showing the sky suddenly draped in the mantle of night, upon whose sable bos­ om glow planet, star and coronal halo, and also roseate jets of incandescent gaseous matter leaping upward from and failing back upon the sun. Now we photograph, sketch and color most assiduously, not losing a single second. We lay down the positions of planets, comets, if any, and of bright stars. The eclipse is taking place in the constellation of Taurus, between the fine red star Aldebaran and the Pleiades, We look to see whether Alde­ baran is able to make its presence known by shining through the gauzy Structure of the corona, and how many of the bright stars in Orion and other constel­ lations can be detected. We glance about the horizon and note the rich color-tones, ranging from black, in the zenith, through browns, purples, crimsons and reds, to yellow lying along the rough sky line thirty miles away, where the sun is still shining, though with a partially hidden disk. We notice the ashy tints around us, reflected in our own faces. But a sudden glow along the western edge of the moon warns us that totality has gone like a flash and that we have time only for a quickly exposed photo­ graphic plate or two and for watching another lovely dissolving view, the fad­ ing out of ail conquering day. Almost instantly the landscape brightens and becomes familiar. Not until now, as we feel the warmth of the solar . rays, did we suspect a passing chill. New life throbs everywhere. The black lunar shadow has swept majestically by us and is already out on the Atlantic, rushing toward Europe. Its vast track behind us is sprinkled with thousands of people, spellbound by the wondrous vision vouchsafed them by nature, who, for a moment, as it were, has lifted but a corner of her robe and allowed them to gaze upon glories, the impressions of which will never fade from memory. A Card. I, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a 50 cent bottle of Green's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure your cough or cold. We also guarantee a 25 cent bottle to prove satisfactory or money refunded, tf Julia A. Story. JLiberal Offer. The large and increasing circulation of The Iowa Homestead in this county is a matter for congratulation to the publishers and to good farming, for, of all the papers of its class in the country, it is easily the best and most helpful. Its Special Farmers' Institute editions, issued with the regular edition the first week in each month, have been for years the admiration of all practical farmers. Written wholly by farmers, they are full of actual experience and smell of the soil. We have been fortunate enough this season to secure terms for The Homestead and its 1 cial Farmers' Institute Editions, to­ gether with The Poultry Farmer and The Farmers' Mutual Insurance Journal, four of the most valuable farm publi­ cations in the country, that enable us to offer the four in connection with our own paper for $2.00 for the entire five, one year. This is emphatically a good thing, and no farmer in this country should fail to take advantage of the offer. For a large line of thoroughly practical farm reading nothing has ever been offered before that eqnals. it. A county paper, a farm paper, a poultry paper, a farm insurance paper and the Special Farmers' Institute, all for $2.00. Come in and order them. tf News from All Parts of the Great World. HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NARRATE!*, AH tin iMWt Good Niwi, Foreign Kvmta Which Are of Oeneritl Interest, D1*m- tera, Crimea and Other Subject* Chroni­ cled in Condensed Form for Um Bmj Reader. THE BOER WAIL The railroad to Klmberley is open and Methuen will proceed there With reinforcements at once, and large sup­ plies will be forwarded to the town. General Hart has occupied Colenso after a brief engagement. The Boers from there are in full retreat. Lord Roberts is Hearing Bloemfon- teln. General Kitchener with a large army is stil pursuing General Cronje. General Crouje is surrounded at Paardeberg drift, but is offering a stubborn resistance. The British are shelling the Boers vigorously and ex­ pect to capture the whole force. The British lost nine officers killed and thirty-nine wounded, including Gener­ als Macdonald and Knox. In reply to General Cronje's request for an armistice of twenty-four hours to allow him to bury his dead, Gener­ al Kitchener told the Boer commander that he mnat ttght to a finish or sur­ render unconditionally. Gen. Cronje's position is reported hopeless. British forces under Gatacre near Moleno were routed with heavy loss, Captain Montmorency being'among the killed. Buller has advanced slightly nearer Ladysmith, fighting his way. General Wynne has been Wounded. Boers have a strong position at Globler's kloof. Late dispatches from Lord Roberts tell of continued fighting with Cronje's army. It is officially announced at thr Lon­ don war office that General Cronje sur­ rendered Tuesday morning. A German writer doubts Britain's ability to defeat the Boers and still feel safe in her colonial possessions. WASHINGTON NEWS. The president has sent to the senate the name of William Vincent, of Illi­ nois, to be surveyor of customs for the port of Galena, Ills. The Hawaiian bill was amended by the senate to prohibit importation of contract labor. Opposition to tariff feature of the Puerto Rico bill is growing and may defeat the measure. Senators opposing the Nicaragua ca­ nal treaty think its ratification will en­ danger the Monroe doctrine. Treasury department officials say currency has| increased 245 per cent, since 1879, and that the per <&pita amount is now $20. * • THE CKIHINAL KECORO. At Clinton, Mass., Arthur Payne, 15 years old, was sentenced to be ban­ ished from the state for two years in the district court after having pleaded guilty to a charge of forging a check. Hurley A. Stokes, 25 years old, a fireman on the Wabash railroad, shot and instantly .killed himself in the presence of his wife at Chicago. A tramp engaged by Mrs. John Parry, of Chicago, fo help clean her house, disappeared with $200 worth of jewelry. A veiled woman with a revolver at­ tacked and robbed aged Mrs. Burke at Chicago. The coroner at New York decided that Dr. Franklin Caldwell murdered Mrs. Hayes and then killed himself. BUHINfiMS NOTKS. Spreckels Sugar refinery at Philadel­ phia, owned by the American Sugar Refining company, has started up on full time. Specie shipments from Chicago this month have averaged $35,000 a day, an increase of 20 per cent, over February, 1899. All the old officials of the Washburn and Iron River Railway company in Wisconsin have been discharged. New men have taken their places. The glass fruit-jar manufacturers, who represent 90 per cent of the out­ put of the country, have formed a sell­ ing agency, which is to be located in Muncie. Ind. It is reported that H. C. Frlck and others will in the near future erect a steel plant on Monongahela river front­ age Just below Monongahela City, Pa. Receivers have been appointed for three states for the United States Milling company, the flour trust. The Chicago Building Material coun­ cil has ordered unions affiliated to pre- hibit their men from working in yards or mills supplying non-union builders Plans for the development of the Calumet electric system at Chicago, mapped out by the late General Mc- Nulta. are expected to Buffer fro in his death. MILO HOWE, - West McHenry, HI. For Advertise in The Plaindealer.-- A Fiendish Attack. An attack was lately made on C. F. Col­ lier, of Cherokee, la., that nearly proved fatal. It came through his kidneys. His back got so lame he could not stoop without great pain, nor sit in a chair except propped by cushions. No rem­ edy helped him until he tried Electric Bitters which effected sueh a wonderful change that he feels like a new man. This marvelous medicine cures backache and kidney trouble, purifies the blood and builds up your health. Only 50c at Store. MISHAPS AND DISASTERS. Joseph Glowacki, John Jezaita and Stanislaus liezlaus were so badly burned bj^an explosion of molten steel at the Illinois Steel works, Chicago, that they will die. Seventeen persons were hurt in a wreck on the Wisconsin Central near Curtiss, Wis. % Robert Pezzoni and Joseph Dorsa were killed by an explosion of giant powder near Monangahela. Pa. Russell Luke, aged 18; Rusdell Hodgson, aged 19, and Gertie Luke, aged 10, ^re burned to death in a fire at Blackwater, Ont. One woman lost her life and several girls were injured in a fire in Phila­ delphia. Four men were killed in the Mount Pleasant mine at Scranton, Pa., by the breaking of a mine carriage. 7 • NOTABLE DEATH*. Anna Cabot Lodge, widow of the late John Kllerton Lodge, and mother of Senator Cabot Lodge of Massachu setts, is dead at Boston, aged 79 years. Dr. Leslie E- Keeley, Inventor of the Kecley cure for drunkenness, is dead at Los Angeles, Cal. William II. Beard, the .noted painter of animals, died at New York, of apoplexy. He was 75 years of age. Rev. W. H. Brooks, D. P., for many years secretary of the Protestant Epi* copal diocese of Massachusetts, Is dead at Boston, aged <59 years. General John McNulta of Chicago died suddenly at the Hamilton House, Washington, of heart failure. Joseph Bridgeman, widely known as a prosperous pioneer merchant of Mus­ catine, la., is dead, aged 83 years. Henry Clay Miner, wealthy New York theatrical manager, Is dead, aged 58. Colonel William S. King, a national character for the past forty years died at his home in Minneapolis.' He was born in 1828. tLycurgus Laflin. an old Chlcagoan. Is dead at Old Point Comfort. B. E. Cook, who as a captain of New York militia did escort duty to General Lafayette on his trip up the Hudson river in 1824, is dead at Northampton, Mass., aged '97 years. 4 Rev. Edward Lorenz, editor of the German periodicals of the United Brethren church and for more than forty years a prominent minister in that denomination, is dead at: Day* ton. O. TBK FIRE KBCORAw • The old Ingrahamvllle, R. I., mill was burned, with a loss of $140,000 to the Chariton Manufacturing company. Fire burned the business part of Halls, Tenn., causing a loss of about $50,000. A slight fire In the fhoe factory of Thayer, Maguire & Field at Haver­ hill, Mass., started the automatic sprinklers. The water was not turned off and everything was flooded. The damage from water is estimated at $100,000. The heading factory of Henry Wrape at Paragould, Ark., was burned. Loss, $60 000: Fire at London, Ont., destroyed the Masonic Temple, the loss being near $200,000. Fire destroyed completely the in­ terior and contents of the Manufact­ urers' building, 51 to 55 Jefferson street, Chicago, causing a loss of $G9,- 000. OI>I>S AMU KNUN. The Populist national convention will be held at Sioux Falls, S. D., May 9. Tom Sharkey knocked out Jim Jef­ fords in the second round of their bat­ tle at Detroit. The Edgar county (Ills.) Republican convention split, Tanuerites naming one set of delegates and Cullomltes another. John Root of Chicago knocked out Ed Denfass of Philadelphia in fouj| rounds at Chicago. The next national Democratic con­ vention will be held at Kansas City, Mo., July 4. With the end of General Bates' ex­ pedition military operations In the Philippines will close, police work alone being needed. General Lawton's widow has writ­ ten a letter expressing her gratitude for the fund. The house of commons rejected by 232 to 136 votes the Irish evicted ten­ ants bill. Mrs. Fred D. Grant has sailed for St. Petersburg, In response to a cable- *im announcing the illness with ty­ phoid fever of her daughter, the Princess Cantacuzene. The Leipzig Tageblatt declares Eng­ land is jealous of Germany and that war is inevitable. The University of Chicago faculty barred many athletes on account of low standing in studies. Benjamin Wood, editor of the New York Daily News, Is de$d, aged 80 years. Conflicting testimony in the Marcel- Habert treason trial will lead to a duel between General Jacquey and Senator Lecomte. Washington's birthday exercises, at Chicago were held at forty-six schools and at the Auditorium. The French senate has sentenced Deputy Marcel-Habert to five years' banishment. He was implicated in the Deroulede fiasco. The new Vanderbllt railroad line be­ tween Pittsburg and Chicago is said to be assured. A crowd of boys pelted a British flag hanging before the residence of Consul Wyndham, at Chicago, and was dispersed by the police. Norwegian and German sailii^ ship­ owners may start a line to run from Chicago through the Canadian canal. LaSalle county. Ills., Republican con­ vention instructed for Reeves for gov­ ernor. Carl Schurz spoke at Philadelphia against keeping the Philippine islands. Chicago Republicans urge Judge Hanecy and Judge Carter to "stump" the city together. French papers violently attack the American government for "Yankee in­ trigues" in Martinique. Ex-Senator Gorman spoiled Mr. Bryan's plan for an early national con­ vention. Peculiarities In E. S. Dreyer's sys­ tem of bookkeeping were revealed at the trial of the, former banker at Ghi- 8 •• r*:'J " r,y: FOR PURE DRUGS AND MEDICINES, NOTIONS TOILET ARTICLES, STA­ TIONERY, SCHOOL SUP­ PLIES, BOOKS, FINE CHINA AND GLASS­ WARE, ETC. CALL ON - JULIA A. STORY - M'IIENRY, ILLINOIS - - - s. 11 HL THE P. N. Corset WILL GIVE YOU PERFECT FIT, STYLISII FIGURE, LONG TIME SERVICE. No Better Corset K*Can Be Made for the Price. 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McHenry. JACOB JUSTEN. cago. A Russian army of 50,000 men is concentrating in the interior of Per­ sia. Anti-imperialists adopted resolutions blaming McKlnley for the expansion policy- The house will vote on the Puerto Rico bill Tuesday. Russia has sent a warship to Bandar Abbas, on the Persian gulf. Britain sent one after it. General Anderson denies that Amer­ ican authorities promised independence to the Filipinos. Pronounced weakness In the stock market has followed news of British success in Africa. The shah of Persia is making war­ like preparations In hostility to Great Britain. Professor Eliot of Harvard spoke on religious beliefs at the University ol Chicago. The Rock Island road will have cars fitted out for traveling schools for its employes. Lyman E. Cooley says the Chicago river's condition will have to be radi­ cally changed to protect navigation in­ terests, and blames the sanitary trus­ tees. The Republican conference commit­ tee failed to agree on a compromise Puerto Rico tariff bill. Uiiiversity of Chicago men are charged with neglecting the "co-eds" at college social functions for "outside" girls. P * In all that IStiOOQ Iowa Affords the Best! f f f f v f Royal Union Mutual Life f ROfECIION THAI PROTECTS! Insurance Company, of De Moijies, la. Net values of all Policies deposited In | Approved Securities with the State of V Iowa, who acts as your Trustee. ^ •P W. A. CRISTY. District Agent, West Mdleuy. Ml. % ̂ Good Local Agents wanted. 23 J aaa Sis fisa C:::od: c:sa:; Wholesale Prices Users. Our General Catalogue quotes them. Send 15c to partly pay postage or expressage and we'll send you one. It has 1100 pages, 17,000 illustratiobs and quotes prices on nearly 70,000 things that you eat and use and weajf We constantly carry in stock all articles quoted. Th« Tallest Mercantile Building in the WorM* MONTGOMERY WARD It CO.. Owned and Occupied Exclusively By Us. 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