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Cowips r* ' " 'T v> T-- ' ?pr :vc-fs7;""<̂ r' ^ y ĵV • * ' V 1 ~*V& «fy KSSSfes ret- - •££* <•» .a • v •- *»* ' ;, ?> " H"' ^ ' "&&>-«-*&lvm. inw • ^ WEDNESDAY, AUG. lltlr, 187$. *T, VATV ^YKn Editor. the present time there is a *var of silent scheming between Jay ;» fkould and other railroad officials for . the control of the Pacific trade over the - NIHfferent routes across the mountain?, '... JkVhiie these big flfth are quarreling .^'ith each other Smaller fry" nrny es­ cape their snares. . - |£-Great damage is re portal,* in Indiana wy the recent heavy rains. In Fourteen counties it is estimated that the damage will reach the enormous sum >f $12,000,000. This the Journal says is mdoubtcdly somewhat exaggerated,, but .that the loss is heavy thejre is no doubt. l|jn Illinois the damage, if any, i;< very abundance of >jfc»ason will demosi^ftrate to the farmers a|the Importance' 'df having'as many, ; -',$uouth8 to feed a? possible, outside the ""tlom*?® of Agriculture, After all, the mm aire not sitch horrible nui- Cancels t<fr ttss*'" WiUWn that they have ' ̂ ot stomachs to fill and bodies to cloth, i %»d those help make h better cash jnur- „ * let for all the farmer raisers. We all """>%egin to aee this at last. ' fT""*1-- „•*, * After five years of vaiil endeavor 1 3|« ferret oiit the Nathan murderers* it *|ht last comes out that one Michael Ryan ;' Xv:is employed to do the bloody deed, f hd that Washington Xathan, son of he murdered man, was an accomplice ...:.<'H"%hereto. jtie developments in the case r: ^promise to make it one of the most as- ' founding and sensational of modern tMmes, Implicating a number of men ligh in position, who figured before ^hC public in the palmy <];iy|ofJudge ^irdoza, Tweed and Fisk. I i(,. A fast SKail. fiy Washington dispatches we see hat the Superintendent of the Railway al Service, is about conswraatingan rangement for a fast mail train be- ween Chicago and New .York. The ludson River, New York Central, Lake hore and Southern have been decided , Hipon as the route, and the service will ~*f ^gin October 1. Twelve stops only %vill be made between New York and ^Chicago, although mails will be ex- ^ y phanged at every station. The time • from Ne\v York to Chicago wilt be 2*"thirty-six hours. r' v| .IS^Let all the worltFand New Jer­ sey rise and give thanks. A vender of lightning rods in Butternuts, N. Y., put a rod, took a patent hornswoggling Hiote of a farmer for ten dollars--alter- 4®d it to two hundred dollars--sold it ifend at last was convicted of forgery.-- too up thou bad mau. May your resting v \>lace be in States Prison, or in the fiery " JJnirnace where lightning rods are cop- r tipped and not a drop of rosin from he clouds your duced ^contrivances ints to ever come within forty feet of our blistering pelt. Tally one for the ustice and the lightning of the law hat has at last struck in the right >laee. . =a= -' • te Chicago Tribune takes a flsrery cheerful view of the business out­ look. It says: "The country is richer Jo-day, In its freedom from debt, than Ivhen it was in the fabulous expecta­ tions which exploded in 1873 Product- Ion--the annual addition to the aggre­ gate wealth of the nation--has gone on f teadily, and to-day there is more real, Substantial wealth in the country than ji|here was when the bonds of the-Norths •ifern Pacific Railroad were counted among the assets. So long as this pro­ duction goes on, so long as credit rests upon substance and not upon wind and water, so long as men live-witliln theij incomes and do not consume as much as they produce, their prosperity will 4-ontinue, and storms like tha|i 'o£ 1673 Hill not be possible." • s j. - mi r»<*\ f@TA correspondent of the Chicago jEvening Journal, writing from Mount Pleasant, Iowa, in relation to Jfche crops |n that section, says: "Would like to say a word on the •Crops, for the benefit of a good many #vho don't see anything but discourag­ ing reports. Tins is always"the case at this season of the year. * One would ihink we were going to have a famine from, the reports, while on the contrary we will have one of the largest crops of Everything this year that we have ever had. Take it in this and adjoining counties, where We have seen nothing t>ut ruin for the last six weeks; it lias . now cleared up, and crops were never in better condition, with the exception Of oats, which will require a little more /time to gather in. Our crop of corn tvili be one-third larger than ever, and #hink that is generally the case every­ where where the farmers have put their time in their fields, in the place of grumbling over their unborn crops. .Iftilwttot being a wheat secTtffh, we have nothing to say on this cereal, only that we will enough for houre coi ' r • * g&fr Mr. Blivins, an old bachelor of |l , -^oiliester. who is much absorbed in t:-. politics, visited the widow Graham the fv other day. just after reading Grant's V letter, and ftsked her what she thought fv 4>f a third term. Now, the widow has | t>een twice married, and in response to ^ the-question she made a rush for the as­ tounded Mr. Blivins and taking him tightly in her arms, exclaimed: "O, you -dear iruuiL What a happy woman I am f At last accounts he had V locked himself in his wood house, and ^ was endeavoring to explain things to THE BLACK HXU8. Again the news comes from the %tack Hills that gold exists in paying quanti­ ties, and this time it is from Professor -Tanney himself, who lias heretofore re­ ported rather adversely. He now says he has found gold in paying quantities on both Spring and Rapid (.'reeks, twen ty or thirty miles northeast of Harney's Peak. The deposits are the richest found in the Hills, About two hundred miners had deserted French creek and followed him there, and miners were pouring in froni all directions. Never­ theless, the Professor says, the future wealth-of the Black Kills will be in its grass lands?, farms and timber. This Cits readily be believed. Gold has ncv- er made any country wealthy. Califor­ nia has often been mentioned In evi­ dence of this fact. When the colonies were first being settled the appearan- *ces were altogether with the Southern sections on account of their gold.-- Sterrilc and rocky Massachusetts had re.ally io be settled by mistake or under compulsion, as it were, for the Pilgrims must have borrowed someones stilts when he wrote his "Brilliant Wedding." There are some who can see no great amount of "splendor* in a small, dingy, meeting house, with Its windows dark­ ened and kcrtmcne lamps burning in broad daylight. His condition must have been "brilliant",'"splendid,^ eti*., When he was unable to tell the differ­ ence between kerosene and "gas." Still it was a fine thing to have "the cere­ mony twy dblj/ an?I (tflcientfy per­ formed." The County Agent of the.Singer Com­ pany has been much talked about dur- ing the past week, and some who en­ vied him his prosperty and the costly -surroundings of Ins borne told others, who repeated the lie, that Felt owed the Singer Company four thousand ^dollars, or thereabouts and that the said Company were about to close him out, but the fact appears, upon his sliowing, to be that the Singer Com­ pany owe him two hundred dollars, and youi readers need feel no surprise if they learn that he has sVmt up, and did not mean to go there when they-l closed out the Singer Manufacturing first started. Yet Massachusetts, and In fact all New England, has long out­ stripped moire favored sections in the race for. wealth. In most- or the gold producing sec­ tions in the West, md>re money has been spent in.tliem in searching and digging for gold than has been taken out. It will, doubtless, be so in the Black Hills. Thousands ajrg^rushing there for the treasure that but few will ever enjoy. They will paye and prepare the way for a more steady, permanent, wealth pro­ ducing population, and not until the time for the latter arrives can the real' value of that section be determined. Yankee Riflemen. The American Bifle Club have finish­ ed their round of shooting contests with the Irish, Scotch and English, on their own grounds, and are now reputed -to be the best marksmen in the world. In this, their competitors in the Uni­ ted Kingdom agree and they have heaped upon them all the honors pos­ sible in the most ungrudging fashion. With these kinds feelings towards the Americans, the latter are about to take leave of their trans-Atlantic friends and return to the United States, where de­ monstrations of appreciative welcome are waiting to be accorded to them wherever they go. Next year our Brit­ ish neighbors will return this visit, and it is possible that the chaplets of vic­ tory may be transferred to their brows. At any rate, the Americans will have to look well to their laurels or they will not be able to retain them; for although they have beaten' their rivals in the contest of this year, there is no disput­ ing but that it was but a bare beat af­ ter all, with but little to spare. The fact is, the shooting was magnificent on both sides, when 3-fo(ot square bull's eye was hit three times out of 4 at a distance of 1000 yards] WOODSTOCK. EDITOR PLATXDEALER The "Hub" of McHenry Co., is almost without a Council, and great is the rejoicing among those who think "Old Rye" is, or should be. king. From its first or­ ganization the Aldermen of the North Ward have looked at every question through license spectacles, and thus their votes have embarrassed the ad­ ministration of Mayor Jefferson, who has been averse to being compelled to decide by his casting vote every ques­ tion that comes before the Council. Legal advice was taken by Aldermen on both sides, which resulted in the presentation of a bill for fifty dollars as compensation for such advice. Al­ lowing the Judge's bill by the Mayor's vote brought things to a focus, when a motion was made and earried to dis­ pense with the office of nigM watch­ man. So Wm. Sherwood must seek some other mode of earning a living, and Alderman Sherwood found his ho­ tel business so exacting, that, although willing, lie is no longer able to give to the city two hours of his valuable time once a month. It is said that the re­ maining Aldermen from the North Ward also find it inconvenient to be present, at the Council meetings and disagreeable to learn at each new ses­ sion that tlie vote of one man in the West end of that chamber is better than fhe votes of those sitting on the North side, so they have determined to force upon us the expense of an ex- traelection. On. Saturday last Charlie Bafrows had the forefinger of his left hand ta­ ken oft' and the thumb of the same hand* injured by a circular saw in his fathers shop. Charlie's acquaintances are all his friends, and the accident to so prom­ ising a young man is mu6h regretted- Dick Friend while fighting a bumble bee with a switch struck his foot against the sharp edge of an axe, considerably damaging his big toe,, The pounding at tlte pickle factory sounds much more like a boiler shop fhsui it does like putting cucumbers In­ to briue, nevertheless the fruit of the vines begin to cprae lii lively. Mr. Blake of Harvard, lias the con­ tract for furnishing blinds to the Court room, which is made to include the| Jury room, Council room, and Grand Jury room as well. The mystery is that the Board of Supervisors were so very magnanimous a& to leave their room, on the South side of the building to have the benefit of the sunshine while they provided for the rest of mankind. Company and th^ turned the tables. The new barn of Ladd Austin will be ready for business this week and he means to give the fire BO second chance at him. The "Loafers Roost," on the East side of the park, is kept warm all day Sunday and late enough evei|ings to keep rfefined ladies away from the pump. Our authorities" either cannot or will not clean out these unclfean birds. Perhaps it woidd be well to provide them with a more attractive loafing place in order that the timid may rfbt be driven away from the Spring House by these parasites. The PLAIN DEALER has made a godd impression, in appearance leaving noth­ ing to be desired, and owing allegiance to neither the White Rose nor the Red, it would seem that you have taken the tide at Its flood. May It lead to for­ tune. ODD. D. C. MALLORY, SUNDA, ILL., ̂ Has Just receiver! a full lipe of New Goods which he is selling CHEAP FOll CASH. y • . Dry .Goods GROCERIES, Hardwar e 9 c. Ladies and Children^ Khoea we make a spec- iality of, and always keep ;i full lin^ of wail Paper, and Window Shades. All kinds of ^Patent Medicines, Blanc,hard Churns, Syrups, Teas, Coil'eea, Kerosene, very cheap. The Millinery Department,^ Under the of an experienctW Foreman is cowplete with the latest, styles of Hats, lJon- nets Ribbons, Laces, Oolj#n'jS Cuffs &e. Particular attentioirgfven to Conveyancing and Collecting. D. C. MALLOlir, J ustice of the Peace and Notary Public. Nuuda. July 27,1875. OF ALL KINDS* ̂ At Prices la! Sefy Cs^elitlBi! ;*vr ' XULI/S SAFES, Fanning Mills, Whec|fcarrows, Planter^, ^ t ̂ ' ^ " For Sale at the Depot and on the ruins of R. B&hop'f Agri­ cultural Works. ^ -W^a- TEE. BISHOP WASONS, GREAT • ^ # -j' ^35? l X'f-' •• - 77 -t.-- -v' 'is,v * „* < f .* ii8" ' " T Boots, Shoes. •ri 'It' We herewith annex prices of a few of the many articlcss which we are Belt ing AT COST OR BELOW, preparatory to receiving Goods for the early . Fall^Trade: "v..'.'"".- '• ' GOOD DMESS&PIIINTS, - - - ' " DRESS PERCALES AND CXETONN&$ - GRENADINES, BEST DOMESTIC GINGHAM^.>': to 12^ Wyrth I3| to Mf Also a large line -of- BUEMESES ARMEURSPOPLINS, BLACK AL- PACAS* WASH PQPlrfNS, &c.< : ':^yW&rth 18 ^111 ft) 36; Worth 35 to » • ^ jr'; . • V E R Y O H E A F l . . GOOD DOUBLE FACED OTTOMAN SHAWLS FROM »li6 TO «9^0. •X A LARGE STOCK OF V Ladies anil Mia Clctli, Oil, &oat aii Kit --ALSO-/ Men and Boys Clothing. At Oreatly Reduced Prices. That have beon in use for ne$r ly ono quarter of a Contury, that I will to be well madO) of seasoned tim­ ber and second to NONE IN THE MARKET. k have a large demand for Chpice Table Butter for Chicago trade, for which we will pay the highest price in exchange for Goods. Smith Bros. 6c Co. I also have on hand the McHenry, July 27th, 187^. THE PLAINDEALER, JOB PRINT1G CUPPER. argains! Bargains ! Dayton, Ohio and Rockford E3TAE0.I8HMENT IS NOW IN COMPLETE JRUN- NINQ ORDER, AND BEADY TO DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING rROM THE SMALLEST CARD •mul aim In addition to that I have the Standa1 ENOCK AND DOTY PLOWl^-P'^AT COST- Of Rockfonl, tc turio warranted to scour in any SDII. If not ih v cun he returned. Also the Ceiehratoii William Anson Wood and the McCormick NQW IS THE TIME AND ALDRICH <to SMITH'S Is the Place to Secure Them. OREAT CLOSINU OUT SAT.K --OF-- Remnants, &c., Below Cost for the next Thirty Bays, as we want the nwmey and room for our Fall purchases. » A large line of DRESS GOODS at 20 to 30 cents per yard. Pigues at 2ft to 25 cents. Percales at 15 to 20 cents. Lawns 10 to 12 cents. Linens and Grasip i e are daily receiving new and seasonable goods whieh we will sell at as low prices for Cash or Ready Pay as any llonse in the West. Have added largely to our stock of GROCERIES, and now have as fine % line as found in the market, including a choice selection of Japan Teas, new rop. JOSais"Please try them, % ALDRICH & SMITH. ^ Richmond, 111., July 27th, 1875. THERE IS NO USE IN COINC OUT OF TOWN , TO PURCHASE ANYTHING IN THE LINE OF TO THE LARGEST POSTER On Short Notice AND AT REASONABLE BATES! '>"n /-/ A 0 V * N C C li £>' r *• Th<J.Dof|erel editor ̂ GIVE US A CALL. ISTOVE8, TIN WARE, FARMING TOOLS, to, When a better article Can be Bought for LESS MONEY at the Hardware Stor% )fV To be found at houses. before, both Ware- Call and Examine Purchasing Else­ where. O. BISHOE McHenry, 11L, August 3d, 187&.' 0 ' --OF-- John M. Smith, AT THE POST OFFICE. o - , We have STO VES that make frozen men laugh, and sell them Checqaer thcui you dan Steal Them. We also manufacture Tihl, Copper and Sheet Iron Ware. ' Into any Shape or-'Yessel desired. We make a point to do JOBBING OF AIX KINDS, PrOmpfty, and Warrant it done well. We make Tinware a Speriatty* beodliue we think on this we are Master of the Situation. Come and See JOHN M. oMlTxl* r McIIeniy, I1L, Aug. 2d, 1875. ,