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m " " 1 ^ QU ASTBB OP CENTURY v Clipped From The Piaindeaier of Twenty-five T«an Ago "VThe Riverside skating rink will iften to the public Saturday evening. A clay pigeon shoot was held at Shilling's summer resort on Thursday. vV A mask ball will be given at the jllcHenry House on Wednesday even- •:i£g, Feb. 3. The social, held by the ladies of the Universalist church, took place with 'Jirs. John I. Story at the Hotel River-,, side on Friday evening. The work of filling the ice houses Ift this village and vicinity will be commenced this week. Business in that line will be rushed for the next two weeks. Mrr. John R." Brents was taken to Chicago on Saturday last, where an operation will be performed for the removal of a tumor, from which she is suffering. < Mark W. Dujiham, probably the be t known live stock breeder in the country, is dead at his home at Wayne. Mr. Dunham has imported Qg high as $250,000 worth of horses from France and other countries in one season. A number of our people attended an entertainment given by the Modem Woodmen in their new quarters in the old Congregational church in Ringwood Saturday night. The "sttpper was furnished by th^ Woodman ladies. A cold wave struck this vicinity on Saturday night and the murcury fiis been hovering between twenty and thirty degrees below zero ever since. Sunday night was the coldest yet, the thermometer in some places marking thirty-two below zero. February 3, 1897 Dick Walch has been quite sick the past week. Petw Blake and wife, who reside just north of this villagfe, are both seriously ill Mrs. John W. Smith is reported quite sick at the residence of her son at Smith's corners. Mrs. E. H Walker has been quite gjfck at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. A. Cristy. The social at the Riverside hotel on Friday evening last was well attended and a good time reported. The youngest child of E., G. Howe died suddenly on Thursday night last. The child w as about ten months old aiid was buried on Saturday. H. C. Mead is at Springfield this U«ek attending the convention of the Modern Woodmen of America, being a delegate from McHenry camp. The cold wave that is just moderating i< claimed by the weather bureau to have been the coldest "spell* that has been in this country since 1871-72. The annual meeting of the California pioneers was held at the Tremont House, Chicago, on Saturday, Jan. 23. Dr. H. T. Brown of this village and C. B. Curtis of Elgin were in attendance. Miss Dorlesca Granger received a telegram on Saturday announcing the death of her sister who resides at Neenah, Wis. Miss Granger only returned from there last week, where she had been visiting the past three iVR>nths. About two hundred and fifty hogs and one hundred and forty sheep were shipped from this station on Monday last. C. T. Eldredge shipped two cars of hogs and one of sheep and Frank Roney of Wauconda one c&r of hogs. Mrs. John R. Brents, who was operated on for the removal of a tumor at the German hospital in Chicago last week, passed away at that institution at about eight o'clock on Friday evening. Her funeral was held from the M. E. church in this village on Sunday morning, the pastor. Rev. J. R. Clark, officiating. She was laid at rest in Woodland cemetery. The pall bearers were all members of the board of education of this district and thfe G. A. R. post, of which Mr. Brents is an honored member, attended in a body. • < Chancery Notice - ; F. B. Bennett, Solicitor. :• •'». State of Illinois, ) 'i', McHenry County, )ss. In the Circuit Court of McHenry County, January Term, A. D. 1922. Richard Thompson, Complainant, vs. Abby Martin et al, Defendants. In Chancery Bill for Partition. Gen. No. 20453. Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a decree made and entered by said Court in the above entitled cause on the 26th day of January, A. D. 1922, I, A. J. Mullen, Master in Chancery of said Court, will, on the 11th day of February, A D. 1922. at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the east dcor of the Courthouse in the city of Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois, offer for sale and sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash the following described real estate in said decree mentioned, towit: All that part of the West half of lot number two (2) of the Northeast quarter of section number three (8) that lies West of the Westerly line of the right of way of the Chicago Northwestern Railway Company. Also the Northwest quarter of section number three (3) containing one hundred fifty-seven and eighty-eight hundredth (157.88) acres of land, more or less (excepting and reserving therefrom all that portion thereof which lies on the Northwesterly side of thej center of the highway which crosses said quarter section near the Northwest corner thereof; also excepting and reserving therefrom a piece of land ten (10) chains and ten (10) links in width off from the entire South side thereof; also excepting and reserving therefrom the right of way of the Chicago Northwestern Railway company; also excepting and reserving therefrom all that portion thereof which lies East of the Easterly line of the right of way of said Chicago Northwestern Railway Company). Also a part of the Northeast quarter of section number four (4) bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at a post where the center of the highway intersects the East line of ..aid Northeast quarter and running thence south along said East line to a point ten (10) chains and ten (10) links North of the Southeast corner of said Northeast quarter; thence West parallel with the South line of said Northeast quarter to a point nine (9) chains and forty-four (44) links East of the center of said highway; thence North sixty-eight (68) degrees West eight (8) chains to the center of said highway; thence Northeasterly along the center of said highway to the place of beginning. All in township number forty-four (44) North of range number eight (8) East of the third principal meridian. Also the South half of the Southwest quarter of the Southeast quarter of section number thirty (30) township number forty-five (45) North, range number eight (8) East of the third principal meridian containing twenty (20) acres of land, more or less. All situated, lying and being in the County of McHenry in the State of j Illinois. " a. - Terms of Sale: Purchaser or purchasers to pay ten per cent of the amount of their bid on the day of sale, balance to be paid when the deed is delivered. Dated this 26th day of January, A. D. 1922. A. S. Mullen, Master in Chancery of the Circuit Court of McHenry County, Illinois. 88 Auction Sale! Chas. Leonard* :: Auctions* Having rented a farm for share rent the undersigned will sell at public auction on the old Clarence Colby farm, located 5 miles northeast of Crystal Lake, 4* miles south of McHenry and 1 mile west of Burton's Bridge, on • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1922 commencing at one o'clock, the following described property, to-wit: 22 HEAD HEAD GRADE HQ|<» STEIN CATTLE --consisting of-- ' " 17 Milk Cows - Si* ^with calves by side* fcftfaMMfc new milkers and close springers; Holtein bull 3 years old; bull, 1 year old; 8 Holstein heifers each 1 year old. Hay and Grain Two tons timothy hay, 5 tons alfalfa hay, 6 tons alfalfa and clover mixed. All in barn. 100 shocks corn n field, 2 tons husked corn in crib, 1 tack of corn. 30 chickens.-- Machinery, Etc. / Piano grain binder, milk wagon, spool of woven wire, 110 gallon gas tank, cook stove, and other- articles too numerous to mention. r. Terms of Sale: , : "X All sums of $10.00 and under, cash; over that amount a credit of six months' time will be given on good bankable notes bearing interest at the rate of seven per cent per annum. No property to be removed or possession of same given to purchaser until settled for with clerk. CHAS. PEARSON. C. W. Stenger, Clerk. ADDITIONAL EXCHANGE Thos. E. Graham of Long Lake lies announced that he will be a candidate for the legislature in the spring primaries. Mr. Graham was representative for several terms as minority candidate in the Democratic party. Jackson E. Reynolds, former Harvard boy, was recently elected president of the First National Bank of New York City, the second largest bank in the United States. Mr. Reynolds is now in his forty-eighth year. The number of births recorded in McHenry county during the year 1921 exceeded the number of death by 177, the former showing a total of 471 to 294 deaths. Marriage licenses issued during the same period totaled 266. Men employed on the ice fields in Lake county are this year being paid 25 and 27 cents an hour. Where the scale is 25 cents the men are paying" $7.00 per week for board, while those employed on the fields where 27 cents per hour is b^ing paid are obliged to pay $8.00 for board. Harvard Herald: Applications for loans on McHenry county farms are being received at the headquarters of the McHenry County Federal Loan bank at Woodstock, where long time loans are made on farms and those who become borrowers automatically become members of the federal land bank organization, which last year paid 8 per cent to its stock holders. Loans already negotiated aggregate $158,000 on McHenry county farms, A. J. Gafke says, and applicants on file total $45,000, he says, so that March 1 will witness federal bank loans at more than $200,000, it is claimed. An attractive feature of payment is the long time offered, a reasonable, interest per cent and the opportunity of membership in the federal bank, which is under government supervision and therefore is secure in every way, Mr. Gafke says.