y-A PERSONAL HAPPENINGS. 0*& Klfcln Batter Market. • On the Elgin board of trade Monday, butter was firm at 24c. Offerings, 36 >ftabs, with no bids. Sales reported dur ing the week, 10,235 tubs. Mrs. Frank Ward is quite seriously Aimers is numbered with the ̂ M. J. Walsh was in Elgiofo apend i^unday. - .' ' ' ' W' ; F. J. Barbian spent Saturday in llohnsburgh. - Will Bacon is again around after a "short illners; " S. S. Chapell was a Crystal "Lake cal K* ler Saturday. ,f4*v Is John J. Miller » Jfohnsburgh ' ] : n Visitor Monday. f * Mibs Joana Doherty was an Elgin vis itor last Sunday. W. L. Smith was calling on Ringwood fiends recently. v Miss Dora Besley spent Sunday at her home in this village. Miss Jessie Baldwin spent Sunday at " Tier home in Nunda. Warren Moss, of Spring Grove, was a McHenry caller Friday. . Frank Barbian was a business visitor in Wauconda recently. Thomas Kane, of Woodstock, was a McHenry visitor Monday. Earl Barnard and wife, of Ringwood, were recent visitors here. Mrs. G. G. Holmes was the guest of friends in Chicago last Sunday. ® E. C. Joslyn was in Elgin to spend Sunday with friends and relatives. E. H. Thompson, of Woodstock, spent several days in our village last week. John Knox is spending a portion if •-lis time with his brother at Terra Cotta. . Dr. F. G. Ross has purchased a boat from John Weber. The price paid was $12. Mr. and Mrs. H. Zimmerman and two ; 86ns were visitors in Chicago over Snn- . day. John Wightman, of Chenoa, spent the first of the week with relatives in our village. G. H. Granger went to Elgin last Sat urday to be the guest of relatives over Sunday. Miss Julia Frisby visited friends in Ringwood Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Miss Nellie Frisby is spending the week in Chicago visiting with her many friends. Miss Katie Neisen, of Johnsburgh, visited relatives in our village several days this week. Mrs. F. C. Ross returned last Satur day morning from a visit with friends in West Chicago. F. M. Powell, of Chicago, spent sev eral days of last week visiting at the res idence of E. J. Hazel. Mrs. John Walsh, of Fox Lake, has Jjeen the guest of friends and relatives here for the past week. George Smith came over from Elgin Sunday to visit with his many friends and relatives in this village. Joseph Heimer is having the interior of the McHenry House re-decorated. E. B Perkins is doing the work. Mrs. F. L. Manning and daughter, of Maple Park, were here Wednesday hav ing dental work done by Dr. Ross. Mrs. A. Bartlett and son, of West ^Chicago, were here Wednesday guests at the home of Dr. and Mrs. F. C. Ross. Mrs. M. A. Searles and Miss Searles will return home the first of the week with an elegant line of spring millinery. Mrs. H. M. Jensen returned from a two weeks' visit with friends in Chicago and Galewood last Saturday evening. Ferdinand Frett has returned to bis home in Chicago after a pleasant visit at the residence of his brother, Charles Frett. Albert Reynolds was out from Chi- --cago to spend Sunday at the residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Rey nolds. ^ Martin Thelen has returned from • Wauconda and will remain a few weeks at his home here to recuperate from his recent illness. O. J. Holbrook came out from Chi cago Sunday evening to spend the first of the week looking up the Bell Tele phone interests here. Mrs.P. S. Fletcher and P. S. Fletcher, have returned to their home in Indianapolis, Ind., after a brief visit at the residence of O. N. Owen. R. H. Owen will be here from Chica- the latter part of this week. All ting having their pianos ed will do well to note the fact. Miss Julia A. Story was a visitor to the city both Tuesday and Saturday of .last week. She was purchasing her spring assortment of goods and notions. Messrs. and Mesdamee John Claxton, Will Whiting and Charles Page were among the number from Mchenry who were in attendance at the nineteenth taarriage anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Francisco, of Ringwood, Friday, jKarohgl, Guy Clemens is-quite ill. Milo Howe spent Tuesday in Green wood. Eugene Matthews spent Sunday in Elgin. Hon. F. K. Granger is a Chicago visi tor today. i Dr. Armstrong !® here from Rich mond today. - C. P. Barnes, of Woodstock, was in town Wednesday. Mike Wortz visited his parents at Volo over Sunday. Master Lyle Hazel spent Sunday With friends in Chicago. Robert Kimball has resigned his posi tion in Woodstock. Geo. Bacon, of Ringwood, was a Mc Henry visitor Friday. Peter Weber spent the latter 'ffcxt of last week in Chicago. Mrs. C. H. Fegere visitor last Saturday. Eric Stone was over from Woodstock several days this week. John J. Miller was a business caller in Chicago Wednesday. Grover Kimball has been on the sick list for the past few days. Miss L. Stocking, of Greenwood, spent Friday in our village. Will Thurlwell, jr., was a Chicago visitor several days last week. Mr. and Mrs. H. Becker have re turned from a visit in Waukegan. Will Schreiner was over from Hebron to spend Sunday with home folks. Marcellus L. Joslyn is in town today looking up his telephone interests. Miss Deborah Cooper, of Lake Bluff, is the guest of Mrs. Ella Lamphere. Mrs. Walter C. Evanson was the guest of relatives in Palatine Monday. N. B. Kimball and John Dermont transacted business in Woodstock last week. Miss Celia Frisby is here from Chicago visiting with her many friends and rela tives. Miss Rosina Reynolds was the guest of Ringwood friends the latter part of last week. Miss Ella Spaulding is looking up new and dainty easter bonnets in Chicago this week. Frank Rohm, representing the Chi cago Newspaper Union, was in town Wednesday. Attorney D. N. Smith, of Chicago, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Snaith. ^JosepIiBuch jr., came out from Chi cago to attend the funeral of John Schaefer, Monday. Mrs. Ella Lamphere returned from a a visit with her many Elgin friends Wednesday evening. S. S. Wells has returned to Chicago after enjoying a pleasant visit with Dr. and Mrs. D. G. Wells. Miss Pearl Lincoln returned to Nunda last Saturday after a pleasant visit at her home in this village. Miss Clara Wightman was out from Chicago to spend Sunday with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Wightman. George F. Blethen, of Janesville, Wis., is in town today, the management of Telephone Co., April 1. Mrs. William Hicks, who has been the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Walter C. Evanson, for the past week, re turned to her home in Palatine Mon day- William Rothermel has returned to his home in Springfield, 111., after a pleasant visit with relatives and friends in and around McHenry. Miss Altia Kimball has been ill for the past week and unable to occupy her place in The Plaindealer office. It is hoped she will again be with us after a short rest. F. E. Bell accompanied his wife and two children to Chicago this morning where Mrs. Bell and the children will remain with relatives for some time^ Mr. Bell will return this evening. C. H. Knight, of Chicago^b^nl^Thurs- day evening last witn Dr. and Mrs. Brown. He was accompanied home on Friday morning by Mrs. Knight, who had been the guest of her parents for several days. Mr. and Mrs, Chas. Harrison and daughter, Miss Alice, from McHenry, were down to attend the recital given by Prof. Sears and class, last Thursday. Miss Alice is one of Prof. Sears' pupils. --Nunda Herald. Frank Parker, who has been visiting friends and relatives in and around Mc Henry for some time, has returned to his home in Sioux Rapids. Ia. He is proprietor of the Parker House of that city and is doing a prosperous business. C. W. Peters and the Hon. H. L. Hertz and sons were out from Chicago to spend Sunday at the Bay. Mr. Hertz says he is anxiously looking forward to the coming season and is having many inquiries regarding the Bay as a sum mer resort. He will assume the Citizens' Bell's Mocha and Java Coffee, ^Oc per Owen and Chapell's. Horn Flesh l« High. With all the talk a few years ago that electa ic and cable street railway lines, coupled with the numberless bicycles which have come into general use had ruined the industry and that they would never again reach a price where it would pay to raise them, the price has steadily advanced the past three years until at the present time the horse market was never stronger. Breeders who have the right blood strain can get almost any price for their offerings now, and those who keep in touch with the pulse of the market say the young sters now coming on will by no means supply the demand. The building of speedways in various cities is bound to keep the demand beyond the supply for several years. At a sale in the yards in Chicago last week the sale of 21 head of coach horses knocked off to the highest bidder, averaged $200.00 per head. This was no fancy stock, largely adver tised sale, pimply the regular day's business sold from what is termed there the "bull pen." The highest price paid was $800.00 for a bay gelding, 16 hands high, 6 years old and was bought by G. W. Leighy who is connected with the Barber barns at Polo, Ogle County. ' Ewiter Flirty. An Easter Party will "be held at Stoffel's Hall, West McHenry, HI., on Monday evening April 16, 1900. Music by Baernsteins celebrated orchestra, of Chicago, consisting of five pieces. Floor Co.nmittee: W. McHen?y T. P. Walsh; Wauconda, H. Geary; McHenry, Matt. Weber; Volo, J. Bowers; Ring- wood, Ed Whiting; Dighton, H. Dalziel; Richmond, H. F. Greeley: Barreville, Robt. Matthews: Spring Grove, W. Lichty; Nunda, Walter Wilbur; Solon, W. Copley; Cary, H. Newbold; Grays Lake, Al. Thomson; Woodstock, Frank Belcher. Tickets, $1.00. Supper 85 cents, per plate. Spectators 25 cent*. Horses cared for and baggage checked free. SIMON STOFFEL. " There is more Gold Medal flour made and sold than any other flour on earth. This proves it is the very best. Try it. Owen and Chapell. Egfpt In Winter. To secure eggs through the cold sea son it is necessary first to hatch the pullets so they will begin to lay about the 1st of October; second keep, no birds more than 2 years old', third, have sub stantial, warm but well ventilated houses; fourth, nutritious and stimu lating food, with plenty of exercise. Whether eggs should be stamped with date of shipment is a question to be de termined by circumstances. Guaran teed eggs are better marked, and this should be done by the producer.--Ed ward Brown. A large stock of Wall Paper just op ened at Owen and Chapell's. Must Wear Badges. The census enumerators of all counties in the United States will be required to wear badges. A contract for 60,000 bad ges has been given out, and they will be ready June 1. The badges will be made of German silver an inch and a quarter wide and shaped like a shield, sur mounted by an eagle. Across the face of the shield will be the words "United States Census 1900." Spring Hats and Caps at Owen and Chapell's. Pingree Shoes fit the best--at Owen and Chapell's. Henderson's Little Red School Houee Shoes--at Owen and Chapell's. ' 'Secrets of Success; or, Our Business Boys" by the Rev. Francis E. Clark, founder of the Young People's Society for Christian Endeavor is a book of good and wholesome advice for boys. See the advertisement in another col umn. The Werner Company, publish ers, are offering it at a special price, tf. The finest line of Ladies' Wrappers in town--at Owen and Chapell's. Lewis Ackerman, Goshen, Ind„ says "DeWitt's Little Early Risers always bring certain relief, cure my headache and never gripe." They gently cleanse and , invigorate the bowelB and liver Julia A. Story. Want Column. PASTURING:--I huve 100 acres of Rood pasture land, well watered, and with shade trees, to let for the season for grazing cattle and horses. On the old Kittle farm four miles southeast of McHenry. Inquire of I. D. BURKE. 39-2t TJM3R SALE--A thorough bred short horn. Durham, two-year old bull. Apply or write to \V. E. Colby one and a half miles east of Spring Grove P. O. 111. iftMt "CV)R SALE:--A good work-horse, cheap. ™ Apply to W. E. Oolby, Spring Grove. Ml. 39-4t WANTED--Men to learn Two months completes. barber trade. No expenses if you will work for us. $30 monthly paid. New opportunity for our graduates. Catalogue ana particulars mailed College. Chicago, 111. free. Moler Barber TTH tU SALE: quire at the farm of east of Volo. Four heaver draft horses. In McCabe, Hi miles i» 3t TTH)R SALE--Four sound horses--from 1100 to -T ItiOO pounds each--cheap. Call at my farm, 1 mile south of the village and see what I can offer you. 2~t ED. KNOX. U; NION SOLDIERS- I will purchase additional rights of all who honiesteaded less than 1(50 acres prior to June 22. 1N74, even if they abandoned their claims. Will buy frac tional* of ever so small, also Government Land Warrants. Agents wanted. R. K. Kel- ley, Land Attorney. Kansas City Mo. 37-41 "WTAN'TED-SEVERAL PERSONS FOR DIS- »» trie£ Office Managers in this state t o represent me in their own and surroundings counties. Willing to pay yearly 8(500, payable w e e k l y . D e s i r a b l e e m p l o y m e n t w i t h u n usual opportunities. References exchanged. Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope. S. Al Park, 890 0a*toa BuUdlog, Chicago, WH9 king Powder Made from cream erf tartatj^ Safeguards the food against alum* , Alum baking powders are the greatest menaeets to health of the present day* WOTM. BAKIHO POWPgR CO., NEW VONK. ' VOLO. Amos Compton has gone to Elgin to work. • \ " > . Miss Mary Do We* visited relatives in Wisconsin last week. Mike Wortz, of McHenry, visitefl his parents here Sunday. Miss Katie Pfanestiel is wording for Mrs. Elijah Richardson. • Mrs. Harry Nicholls was a jLXucago visitor the first of the week. John Diethorn, of Haine^mle, is do ing plastering and papering in Volo Johnnie Richardson, our merchant, was in Chicago buying goods Monday and Tuesday. Otis Murray went to Johnsburgh Mon day afternoon to commence work in the creamery. Mrs. James Kirwin and Mrs. A. J. Raymond visited Gray's Lake friends Thursday. Lee Murray and his sister. Miss Agnes, of Wauconda, visited James Murray and wife Thursday evening. Paul Vogt is our mail carrier now. Joe Vogt, our former mail carrier, will work for Bert Paddock this summer. What a British Army Corps Ia, The British army corps, as nominally constituted, numbers 36,259 officers and men. A large number of these are "techincal " troops, in charge of the pon toons, field telegraph, railway appli ances, balloons, field batteries, and field hospitals. Eliminating all of these tech nical troops, the strength of a division in infantry, cavalry and artillery is 9,- 449 men, with eighteen guns; of an army corps, 80,799 men, with 102 gum. Chase and Sanborn's Coffees--at Owen and Chapell's. Red Dragon Tea, the Wty^best, only 50c per lb.--at Owen and Chapell's. Yuco,America's greatest Breakfast Food--at Owen and Chapell's. M. B. Smith, Butternut, Mich., says, "DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the vary best pills I ever used for costive- ness, liver and bowel trouble." Julia A. Story. Webster's uiammoth packet seeds--at Owen and Chapell's. * Stafford's Dill Pickles--at Owen and Chapell's. Buy your Seeds of us. You get twice $be quantity for the money, at Owen & Chapell's. To Take Thin, pale, ansmic girls j | need a fatty food to enrich ! I their blood, give color to ] | their cheeks and restore their ] | health and strength. It is ! \ safe to say that they nearly | < | all reject fat with their food. | > •«** If* <}•#!>;» A T THIS TIME OF THE YEAR many people solicit your business. Every one tells you that they have superior goods And give you the best values* pccassionally a firm comes along and tells you that they have something better. "You do not believe it, because you have heard the story too often. In calling your attention to our new Spring Stock, which is of the choicest of all the eastern markets, while you may not fully realize from our adver tisement that we can do much better in every respect than any other store in town, a call will convince you that we are right. One thing you must bear in mind, that while we have not as pretty a store front as the others, we assure you we can suit you in your spring supply just the s^me and you do not have to pay for the other fel low's extravagance. For this week we are offering exceptionally good val ues in every department, such as you will never be able to duplicate again. We need the money and you need the goods. Call and be convinced that we mean business. If you can't come yourself, send your children and they will buy just as cheap as you will yourself. .. OWEN & CHAPELL McHenry, Illinois. m m 5 w s » ft ft ft ft ft ft s ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft 5 * Spring and easier Clothing* •• • To the trade of McHenry and Lake Counties:-- Our unusual large line of Men's, Boy's and Chil dren's Spring and Summer Ready Hade Clothing that looks and wears like tailor-made, is now in, and while there is a slight advance in all material, we can candidly say that our prder was placed early, and our stock bought for spot cash, which enables us to sell you clothing at practically the old.price. You are in vited to call for booklet giving common sense pointers on why you should look at and consider clothing we offer to sell you. For those wishing something bet ter than ready-made clothing we have a very com plete line of samples from one of the largest tailoring establishments of Chicago, and can take your meas ure at any time for Top Coat, Coat, Vest or Pants, tit and price guaranteed. Our Spring line of Selz Shoes Is here and very complete, in Men's, Women's and Children's. We show the right styled Spring Hats in the proper shapes and colors. Special attention is given to Overalls, Jackets, Shirt* and Plow Shoes for farm wear. All kinds of carefully selected Garden and field seeds. PIUIK GROCERIES: Jersey Lily Flour Is equalled by few and excellent by none. Yours for Sprlug Trade, JOHN J. MILLER, - West McHenry, III. I I I C O D L I V E R O I L is exactly what they require ; gj it not only gives them the im- $ portant element (cod-liver oil) * in a palatable and easily di gested form, but also the hyp6- phosphites which are so valua ble in nervous disorders that usually accompany anatmia. SCOTT'S EMULSION is a fatty food that is more easily digested than any other form of fat. A certain amount of flesh js Kjiecessary for health. You can get it in this way. We have known per sons to gain a pound a day while taking it S 50c. and ft.00, all druggists. TO SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. Our stock of Spring Shoes is now arriving daily and is one of the largest and best assorted stocks to be found in the town, and our styles are new, nobby and up to date. Prices are marked to sell them. Dress Goods in all the Leading Shades and Styles. Easter Clothing: Our safnple book of Spring and Sum mer Clothing is ready for your inspec tion. 500 samples of imported and do mestic suitings to select from. Call early and leaye your Measure for a new suit \ Yours, truly, West McHenry, 111. - n, J. WALSH, i. ' z- ^ >1? " J.' 7