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VOLUME xxxiii. McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 33, 1908. ^JF A PERSONAL NATURE WHOM WE ENTERTAIN #«> WHERE WE GO. J. •• He Henry RatertJiIno a I.wrjre CampMf of Vlnl^prii burtiiK the Wwk-Whom ' We Kutertain. fe >W3 Mrs. J. J. Hille spent Monday in Chi­ cago. " v" J Ames B Perry was a Chicago visitor l^fjFnesday. Vf Wm. H. Harrison was • Chicago vis- '/j ^ \ $tor Tuesday.'" ' . * .;; ' _ ^ V V . t " !, J- J- Vydtal'waa*'li«e|lwiii fW^fa Kfc „f # *f Chicago Monday. \ J*. E. Hunter was a business visitor in ~ - Chicago Tuesday. ' , ~ * f M r s S , S . T o r r a u c e w a s a w i n d y c i t y V^^-frisitof Wednesday.. ?*.** •-•* Miss Caseie Eidredge was a Chicago ' ^4" >-.* ~#isitor Wednesday. .... > •ssgW1 ^ b Joseph Hetmer wasa Chicago visitor 4' % ,k Jjhe first of the week. f M. J. Walsh was a business visitor in $,,zj 4phi5ago Wednesday. "* C. G. Berner was a business visitor in VTClhe great city Monday. Ta J. Walsh attended to business in Woodstock Wednesday. H. H. Fay of Chicago spent Snnday with McHenry relatives. E C. Joslyn of Woodstock spent Sun­ day with McHenry friends. Harry Moritz boarded th« Chicago ,/ train last Monday morning. Geo- H. Hanly boarded the Chicago 'train Wednesday morning. Miss Eva Stilling was a Chicago pas- eenger Wednesday morning. : V M i s s D o r a S t o f f e l o f C h i c a g o s p e n t s '§anday with her parents here. Fred Bishop was among the Chicago passengers Wednesday morning. ^_ John Stoffel of Humphrey, Neb., is ^ J Visiting with McHenry relatives. " v lS Everett Sherman of Woodstock was She gnest of friends here Sunday. Isaac Wentworth of Belvidere was a recent gnest of McHenry relatives. Arthur Bickler of Elgin spent Sunday With McHenry relatives and friends. C. S. Howard and son, Gilbert, were business visitors in Chicago Tuesday, rChaa. G, Buss of Chicago npent Sun- **" 4(ay with bjw mother and family here. ' G. W. Besley attended to matters of business nature in Chicago Tuesday. 'f:4 Bernard Mueser attended to matters ^jjjif a business nature in Chicago Monday ^ H, Zimmermann was the guestxrf his ' ' v ~ U'J|»mily in Chicago Saturday and Sunday. - Miss Martha Wolff of Elgin was the • bluest of McHenry relatives last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. F. A- Parker sad Mrs. 8. Dermont were Chicago visitors Mon­ day. Mathias Weber and daughter, Lizzie, were Chicago visitors the first of the week. Mr. and Mra. Math Freand and Mas­ ter Albert Justen spent Monday in Chi­ cago. Math. Niiuskern of Spring Grove was a recent guest of McHenry relatives and friends. * Mrs. Mathias Leickein spent a few days recently the gueBt of Chicago friends. Mrs, B. G.^Sherman and daughter, Villa, were recent guests of Algonquin friends. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Young were Seats of Spring Grove relatives last tnrday. Henry Degen of Kenosha, Wis., spent a few days recently at the home of John B. Young. Mrs. C. G. Frett was the guest of Chi­ cago relatives yesterday and today (Thursday). Joseph Bart a attended the poultry show in Chicago yesterday and today (Thursday). Mm. Elmer Francisoo of Hereford, Tex., spent a few days this Week with friends here Miss Evejyn Dussell of Chicago spent Friday, Saturday aod Sunday with Miss Lena Stoffel. Mrs. Lulu Sherburne of Nunda was a guest of R. Sherburne and family one 4ay last week. John Neiss, Jr., returned last week " «fter a sojourn of a year and a half in Humphrey, Neb. Miss Kate F. Howe of River Forest Was the gue«t of herparents here Satur­ day and Sunday. Hoxie Smith of Genoa Junction was looking after affairs at the Borden fee- pryh ere Monday. Mrs. Henry Albrecht of Algonquin a guest of her daughter* Mrs. L. F. Block, here recently. ' Miss Maggie Schuran of Genoa Junc­ tion was a guest of Mies Cassie Eldredge , arfew days this week. ' Mr. and Mrs. D. Merrett of Waucon- ; A* attended a meeting of the O. EL S. hore Monday evening. "Mrs. C. E. Newell returned to Chica­ go last Saturday after a four weeks' "visit with Mrs. Merriman. C. E. Newell of Chicago spent last - Week Sunday with his wife and his iiiother, Mrs. M. Merriman. Bert and Eliot Newell of Kansas City, |o , spent a few days last week with »ir mother, Mrs. Merriman. ^ ;Mrs. Elizabeth Hunter was an Elgin visitor Tuesday. Mrs. Hunter and daughter expect to move to Elgin about March 1. 1 Mr. ana Mrs. Nick Adams of Little "ifells, Minn., returned to their home Monday after a month's visit with rela­ tives and friends in McHenry and vicin- TWO PRETTY WEDDINGS. Popular Young People Are Joined In Matrimonial Bond*. I* V A wedding which for some time past has been the talk of McHenry's young people was faultlessly performed at St. Mary's Catholic church in this village at 9:80 o'clock yesterday morning in the presence of a large gathering of rela­ tives and friends, the chief participants being Miss Anna Marie Kennebeuk and Mr. Gottlieb Christopher Boley The ceremony was a most impressive one. At the appointed hour the happy pair, attended by Miss Lizzie Kenne- beck and Joseph Rotherthel, marched up the center aisle of the edifice to the beautiful strains of a 'wedding Ituarch most capably rendered by the church organist. Reaching the altar the sac red wordh were spoken by Rev A Roy- er that made them wad and wife. The bride could not have taken .'the part more gracefully orpteAsingiy. (*o.vned in a drees of white silk and carrying a bouquet of bride roses, and wearing al BO a beautiful bridal veil which was held in place by a wreath of lilies of the valley, she displayed her charming personality as is only true of a model bride. The bridesmaid was very pret­ tily dressed in a gown of pink, and she performed her part in the ceremony in a most graceful manner. Aiming the special features at the church were the rendering of special mnsic by the choir and a sermon to the bridal pair by the pastor. At the conclnsion of the church cere­ mony the newly wedded ones repaired to the beantiful home of the bride's par­ ents on Maple avenue where a wedding reception was tendered them, covers being laid for sixty invited guests. The oiue was beautifully decorated with carnations, roses, ferns and large white paper wedding bells, while white and pink paper decorations were prominent. The table decorations consisted of car­ nations, roses and ferns. The presents received during the day were many, and were of the useful as well as the ornamental type. The bride, is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kennebeck of this village. She is a most pleasant and ac- coinpl shed young woman, possessed of a nature that has won for her many a dear and loving friend, by whom she is much admired. Thru her charming personality she has won one of McHen-. ry's most enterprising young business men. The groom is the only son of Mrs. G. IP RAUV WO ... ft'V" W manhood in this village, where thru .his genial disposition he has won the respect of our citizens in general. His acquain­ tanceship probably covers a territory as large as that of any other person iu Mc­ Henry. He is the junior member of the firm of Worts & Boley, the McHenry brewers, in which capacity he performs his duties in a painstakiug and most competent manner. Iu his business dealings he has always shown himself to be a man of integrity and modern ideas. In a social way he has repeated­ ly shown himself to be possessed of a genial and companionable disposition, whereby his general popularity remains intact. Mr. and Mra Boley left on the 4:: p. m. passenger the same afternoon amid a shower of rice for Chicago, where they will be the guests of friends for a few more days before returning to McHenry to go to housekeeping in the Merriman honse on Court street, which is already furnished and ready for im­ mediate occupancy. A number of young people accompanied the couple as far as Crystal Lake* where they were again given a shower of rice just before they entered the Chicago train. In Chicago they were met by another party of friends. Their many frieiMh here join with The Plaindealer in extending congratu­ lations. HEANEY-AYLWARD A wedding that will be of great inter­ est, and one that comes ab a general sur­ prise to their many McHenry friends was that of Miss Lola Ay I ward of Elgin to Mr. William Heaney of Chicago, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. Fr. Swanson at St. Mary's Catholic church in Elgin at 10.00 o'clock last Wednesday morning, January 15. The wedding ceremony was an im­ pressive one. The bride, attired in a dress of white silk crepe du chine with beautiful hat to match, took the part with much grace. She was attended by her sister, Margaret, who was becoming ly gowned in a dress of gray nun's veil­ ing and wore a gray bat. The groom was attended by John Moore, an uncle, from Chicago. Richard Ay 1 wayd of El­ gin and Tjhoe. Franey of Chicago acted as ushers. Lohengrin's wedding-march was very capably rendered by Miss Eileen Leigh- ton of Chicago, who also favored the party with many vocal and instrument­ al selections at the home later in the day. Immediately following the ohurch services the bridal party and guests re­ paired to the home of the bride, 257 Villa street, where an informal wed­ ding reception was held. The home was very prettily decorated for the occasion with red roses. White carnations and ferns. In the afternoon Jas B. Heaney, fa­ ther of the groom, took the bridal party and guests out for a delightful sleigh ENJOYS EUROPEAN TRIP F. A. PARKER TELL$ OF HIS TRIP ABROAD. In a Hut Intwrcmtiiig LsOrr, Written K»- peciHliy For The Plaindealer, "IMlf «»f What HP Saw. . ^ MR. SCHRKINKR, ( Editor McHenry Plaindealer, Dear Sir: In accordance with promise made you on leaving for Europe, I here <<ive yon a few notes of my trip, and being a former resident of McHenry it may also interest old friends. I left here Nov. 14, starting from New York on the 16th, on the Lncitana, one of the two largest, finest and swiftest ships afloat, the Mauritana being a sister ship of the same size and grandness. It is quite properly and rightly termed a floating palace, as money and ingenuity have not been spared in its construc­ tion, equipment or accommodation. Well, we bad a delightful trip across the Atlantic, six days from New York to Liverpool. We remained in Liver­ pool three days. Liverpool is quite a nice city of about ^hree fonrths of a million inhaoitant'. Not an,up to date city, by any means, but streets are well World, but instead fonnd a big, over­ grown town and to say that London Is fifty years behind Chicago doesn't half express it. It won't be a present Chi­ cago in a thousand" years. I believe Chicago is today the greatest city in the world. There are some good buildings in London, bnt not to boast of; in fact, they boast on old relics--churches, cathe­ drals, scnlptnre, arts, monuments and their batik, bnt they don't talk of mod­ ern things very much. I got tired see­ ing old things. The streets are well paved, smooth and washed every night. There is but one small street car line on the surface in the city and no elevated lineo at all. They are transporting the people off the st?eet8 in every conceiv­ able kind of vehicle made that can be drawn bv horses or electricity, includ­ ing the hack, hansom cab, double deck bus, double deck motor bus and auto­ mobiles; besides, there are many carts and whewl ri^s drawn by men and boys, carrying and delivering goods, and as times for the past few years have been good their business h^s grown and they are now wondei iug what they are going to do wit.h their immense street traffic.' I was talking with a man who was at the head of a tourist agency, selling tickets all over Europe and a man who EXCHANGE GLEANINGS. HAPPENINGS IN MtiENRV ADJACENT COUNTIES. AND Notice to Subscribers Under the new postal rulings subscriptions to newspapers are not permitted to become more than one year in arrears, under penalty of paying postage on each at the rate of one cent per each paper sent out. Under the circumstances- THE PLAINDEALER will be compelled to strike all names off the subscription list after April 1st that are more than one year in arrears, and place the names of those in arrears in the hands of a collec­ tor for collection. We are quite desirious of re­ taining all our old subscribers And will be pleased to'have them call and settled Don't delay this matter but call and square your account at once, thus insuring furthur delivery of this paper. (Continued on Editorial Page.) paved, smooth and clean. Here they have street cars on the surface, and a short elevated line, but still use the old- time bus. The cars are run single, are very short, bnt are double deck, carry­ ing about as many aUtve as below. The fare is a penny for a few blocks, where another charge is made, a penny being two cents of oni money. The bus charge is the same. There are some few quite nice stores, but not such as your people are used to seeing in Chicago. Neither do you see such goods as are displayed in Marshall Field's, Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co.'s, and other firms in Chicago, and I saw no stores in London or Paris that would corn par* with them. I believe our goods are made especially for the American trade, for people who have the money to buy such goods while there there is so little trade for them. The stores have nice show windows, but on entering you usually find that they are rightly named '"shops," as the room will be on the 8x10 order, while perhaps nearly all they have to sell is in the show window. It's an outside show, generally, no matter what the line of goods. The next stop was in London, 218 miles from Liverpool. You can go by several lines, but the Midland railtoai rnns a special steamship train and it runs the distance in 3£ hours, or 213 miles iu 210 minutes, without a stop. This is, of course, a very good train, but it is a short line and England's best train. You often hear it remarked over there that they have the finest road in the world. They don't seem to realize what we have in this country, with such roads as our New York Ceutral four track New York to Chicago train which makes the trip of over 1000 miles in 18 hours; or our C. & N.-W. and many other roads two to three thousand miles long, besides thousands of miles of branches, and also the great Canadian Pacific Rv., the only railroad corpora­ tion that can ticket a man clear around the world and not leave its own line. Their engines are very small, cars light and the accommodations one hundred years behind time. You enter the cars at the side, six or seven doors on each side swinging out in your face. About seven little apartments to each car holds six to eight people, if full, to each apart­ ment. Very ordinary cushions, board floors and a conp'e of foot warmers to each apartment, which are changed occasionally at stations, just as it' hap­ pens, or you go with cold feet. There are two ontside doors and a couple lit­ tle windows for light. If you wish to be more comfortable don't forget to take your blanket with you. The freight trains are immense. Cars are seven to eight feet long, open or box, four little wheels under each, and .1 should imagine one of Jim Hill's Great Northern Dakota wheat cars would car­ ry more goods than one of theee whole trains. A man can't stand upright in a box car. We arrived in London .ex­ pecting to find the greatest city te»4ip ought "to possess some good ideas. He made the remark, "Don't know what we are going to do with our immense traffic." I said: "Very easy proposi tion--very easy to rid»yourself of this congestion. It's certainly disgusting to an American the way this thing is now. A person actually takes his life in his hands when he attempts to cross a street." He said, "What would you do?" "Put on streetcars, build elevat­ ed lines." "Oh, ' said he, "elevated lines would spoil our city and surface lines would be very bad, as ears would have to keep straight in a line, where buses and wagons can do4ge around from one side to the other." So you see they have the "hidea. " I said: "You would have a nice time getting the peo pie off the streets with that outfit if yon had our Chicago and New York sixteen to thirty story buildings, with a little city in each onq of them to pour ont onto the streets at 6 o'clock. What do do you think you would do with them?" He said, "Build more tubes " Yes. they have one good modern improve­ ment. They have a few miles of donble tnbe, double track railway, that an American from Chicago, Mr. Yerkes, bad to go over and plan for them. The tube is 90 to 140 feet underground and built arch shape and are of brick. Each tube is separate except when you enter stations, then both are formed into one arch. The trains are usually about ten coaches, not large, and are run by elec­ tricity. Cars just about fit the tube. You are elevated and lowered to and from the train by lifts or elevators holding from 200 to 300 people, and the fare is a tuppence, meaning fonr cents, for Bhort distances. When I struck London the fare on buses was a penny or two cents in our money, but about Dec 15 the fare was doubled, or the same fare but the distance cut to one- half. The streets of Loudon are very narrow, only a few of decent width, and many not wider than our alleys. In the center, on account of the street traffic, there has been built cement plat­ forms 6 inches high, 8 to 10 feet long, pointed, with perhaps a lamp post in the center and an iron post at each end and side. The people can run half way and stop till they can see a chance to make the balance of the distance. The streets are lit by gas, as electricity, they say, is too expensive, and, like McHen­ ry, have cut it out and returned to the good old thing again. There are no fancy illuminations as are seen in onr cities. More money is spent and more light seen on half a dozen blocks in Chi­ cago than^n the whole city of London.' "Was in several smaller cities of England, bnt saw nothing of particujar_interest unless it might have been m"*ancient cathedral, the chnrch of England, which is first of all in an Englishman's esti­ mation. Spent over a week in the city of Gloucester with a very wealthy bank­ er, father of my Canadian friend, and was never more highly entertained or iContinued on test page.) Aftacellaneowii Assortment of Haws Items In CondeaMd form For C«ar«a- ieace of Busy People. f D„ T. Phalin, who has for the past ien years conducted a clothing store in Harvard, iast week filed a voluntary pe­ tition in bankruptcy. The liabilities are placed at $10,000 and the assets from *4,000 to |5,000f. J. D. Bee be bears the distinction of being probaWy . the only resident of Walworth county who can boast of hav ing'been one of President Roosevelt's schoolmates. Mr. Beebe is older than the president and left school shortly af ter Mr. Roosevelt started to attend. He hae several autographs of the chief ex­ ecutive that he prizes highly. An exchange says that Ringling Biros, have decided to abolish the Forepaugh- Sells show and next season will have only two shows on the road--their show and the Barnum & Bailey show, divid­ ing the equipment of the Forepaugh- Sells combination between the two or­ ganizations. And thus old Adam Fore­ paugh 's name passes out of recollection, while that of P. T Barnum's remains. Nunda Herald: The employee of the American Terra Cotta & Ceramic Co. have organized a mutual insurance un­ der the name of the American 8ick & Accident Benefit association, with a membership of 130. This pays a bene­ fit for both sickness and accident with an additional death benefit, and went in­ to effect the first of the year. H. C. Roberts was elected president and P. W. Rauhut secretary and treasurer. The plan is an excellent one. It is reported that 26,000 employee of tlie North-Western railroad company hwe signed the total abstinence pledge, a monster copy of whi^h, with the 25,- 000 signatures affixed, has been sent to the president of the corporation. The reason for this wholesale resolution is said to be found in the rule adopted by the railroad officials in reducing their forces to the usual winter basis. All total abstainers, according to this rule, were retained; only drinking men were Stricken from the payrolls, Hebron Tribnne: The contest over the will of the late Leander E. Merrick has been concluded in the county court Of Kenosha county, the will being sus­ tained. Hawley W. Merrick, of this village, is named as executor under the will, auu to to bo COugTatuiaied on his victory. Seven witnesses testified on the part of the contestants in regard to the sanity of Leander E. Merrick while the defendant of the will had eleven witnesses who testified that they con­ sidered Mr. Merrick of sound mind at the time of the making of the will. The attorneys for Mr. Merrick were Joseph I. Lang of Richmond and Peter Fisher of Keno&ha. Wm. Coffron of Hebron came to the end of his life's journey In a sad manner Wednesday of last week, his death re­ sulting from severe burns received from escaping steam and scalding water while repairing an engine. The unfor­ tunate man was engaged in shredding corn on the farm of E. E. Cornue, east of Hebron, when something went wrong with the engine. The trouble was locat ed in the safety plug between the boiler and the fire-box. After the fire had been drawn Mr. Coffron crawled into the fire­ box to make the necessary repairs. Be­ lieving the steam in the engine to be exhausted Coffron knocked out the safe­ ty plug and a stream of scalding steam and water which was still in the boiler poured out upon him. He attempted to crawl out of the small opening to the fire box, but became wedged in and could not move until help came, which was not until the steam and scalding water had inflicted fatal injuries. The unfortunate man was at once taken to Hebron, where he lived but a few hours. The funeral services were held at Heb­ ron Saturday. Grand Prise Maaque Dance. Yourself and friends are most cordial­ ly invited to attend a grand masque dance to take place at the HcHenry House hall Wednesday evening, Jan. 29. Floor committee: West McHenry, Wm. Krause; McHenry, Max Zimmer­ mann; Johneburgh, Wm. Tbiel; Ring- Wood, Joe Lawrence; Volo, Ben Wege­ ner; Spring Grove, Martin Schmitt; Wauconda, Piute Houghton. Six prizes amounting to about $25 will be distrib­ uted as follows: First prize to the best group; 2nd to the best costumed couple; 3rd to the best costumed gent; 4th to the best ostumed lady; 5th prise for the gent appearing in the most com­ ical clown or tramp costume; 6th prize to the lady appearing in the most com­ ical costume. Grand march at 12:00. Supper in the dining room at 85 cents per plate. Masquerade suits may be obtained at the hall afternoon and even­ ing, when Mr. Houghton of Wauconda will be on hand with a full line of cos­ tumes to rent. Music furnished by Mc­ Henry orchestra. Horses and baggage cared for free of charge. Tickets, when masked, 50c a person; spectators, 50c a couple. NUMBER 3i FROM SUNNY CALIFORNIA P. J. Cleary Again Favors Plaindealer Reader* With Interesting Letter. The first opportunity you have call and settle your account with The Plain- dealer, as we must comply with Uncle Sam's demands by asking each rod every subscriber to pay his or her paper 1 Los Angeles, Gal., Jan. 16> ipfc- McHenry Plaindealer, ; ^ T McHenry,. Illinois. ,T" Dear Editor:- Hoping that I will not be taking up too much space in your val­ uable paper, I will write a short letter to my friends and leaders of The Plain- dealer. I do not know as it would be exactly fair for me to attempt to take refuge in an apology this time. But acting under the supposition that there are no critics among the readers of The PlaiudeBler I wiU begin my task, My wife and I wish thru the columns of The Plaindealer to take this way of acknowledging the receipt of the sever­ al very kind and welcome letters that we have received since my last letter to The Plaindealer. We received three letters before brekkfast Monday morn­ ing, and had had several previous to that, but not before breakfast on any day. They were from Solon Mills, Mc­ Henry and Griswold Lake. Tuesday day morning we received three from West McHenry. All nice newsy letters. Two were enclosed in fancy envelopes, while the other was a plain, business envelop^. Bfct, say! This opened up fine. Thanks to the West Side bank, and . We have enjoyed very fine weather since we came here and might say we have had no rain up to Monday night. The dry weather is all right for the tourist as it enables him to be out sight seeing all the time. But it is bard on the farmers. Crops and pastures have suffered greatly for rain up until Mon­ day night, when we had a terrible gully washer. They say here that that rain saved the farmers of this section from ruin. Dear reader, I will try to give you a .description of some of the sights we witnessed and events we experienced during our short stay here. On New Year's day we went up to Pasadena to witness the Tournament of Roses. This is a glorious annual event here, similar to the Fourth of July cele­ brations back in Illinois. All of the business enterprises of the nearby towns were represented by large floats decked with flowers. But there was such an enormous crowd of people that we could not see much of the parade, and as the day was quite warm, being 80 degrees in the shade, we took a car back to Los Angeles in the afternoon, before the parade was finished. The nf the Los Angeles crowd had not returned up to the hour of midnight, due to an in­ sufficient number of cars. Since New Year's we have been ovtr the city to a considerable extent and to several of the parks. The parks are mostly small and not very attractive to one who has seen Lincoln park in Chi­ cago. Last Thursday we took in the sights at Long Beach. We saw the skeleton of a whale, and also saw two huge eagles in an enclosure made of wire netting. We had the pleasure of shaking hands with Rev. M. W. Barth last Snnday. He told us that he had not been well part of the time since coming here, bat that he is feeling better now. Monday afternoon we went out to see a place called Boyle Heights, a suburb on the east side of the city. We saw potato plants two or three inches high, cabbage plants just set out, beds of on­ ions three inches high and tomato vines in blossom. The children were all out playing iu the'vacant lots, barefoot and bareheaded. We were told that we must go ont to see Calvary cemetery. They told us it was just a little way out of the city. I was anxious to see a cemetery as the people here call this country "summer­ ly, sunny, salubrious, southern Califor­ nia," and I wondered if people here died at all or if they just wither away like flowers. So we started to see the cemetery and we walked ana walked till I thought we were pretty nearly out to where the eagle builds its nest. Then we walked some more and found the cemetery. We looked around at the tombstones and saw that the ages of the people buried there ranged from a couple of weeks to 85 years, with any number of tbem in the thirties, forties and fif­ ties. I Bat down and wrote in my diary: "Sunny, southern California, (salubri­ ous nit)." I guess wt en my letter is in print it will be longer than I intended. I forgot to mention that I witnessed a bail game and two boxing bouts the other day at Chutes Park. Jgmes Jef­ fries umpired the baseball game, but I don't know who refereed the bouts. At any rate there was some pretty hard banging exchanged. On next Monday, the 20th, we will move to 1233 South Olive street, where we will stay till the 20th of Febrnary, when we may start homeward. We had strawberries and cream for supper to-night. P. J. CLEARY. 1233 So. Olive street, Los Angeles, Cal. OUR WEEKLY PJCK-OfS ITEMS PICKED UP ABQUJ. DURING THE WEEIC1 What are Dotag la Oar Maay uttle City--News as Sees ky Tfce Representatives. Batter Market. Batter was declared firm tt Nf ONrttf on the Elgin board of trad® Meoda# Herdrich's Bitters and Tonic euro blues. j . The wild spring wave la pnttlm ft* damper on the ice harvest the*® days. A baby gp.ri came to gla«ld*n the toman of Mr. and Mrs. John Niefi&n l>mi • day, Jan. 17. Work of filling the Borden ice Mtmm here is going on as rapidly as the weath­ er will permit. ' A young florist came to live with Mr. '] and Mrs. John F. Miller at Rosedale on Monday, Jan. 20. < ' J -- . V " ' Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Woodboni flf Woodstock report a fine baby hoy, Sunday, January 18. Make your plans to attend the querade dance at the 'McHenry hall on Wednesday evening, Jan. 38. The first night of the early passed off to a nicety. It's the best thing that ever happened in McHenry. A lively fistic encounter Is said to have taken place on our streets early Tues­ day evening. No casualties are report­ ed. "1 Want You" to see the tambo' " girls at the Central opera house on Friday and Saturday evenings 31 and Feb. 1. Rumor has it that a gang of railway surveyors passed thrn McHenry fcwt week laying out the proposed ronta tot the new electric railway. A department store has been in the east end of the old Tip Smith block. A pair of overalls and a are noticeable from the outside. St. Clara court, No. 659, W. C. O. F., will hold a basket social some time iat the near future. Date and particulate will appear in these columns laittr. Every now and then we hear a report that the Riverside House has been eith­ er sold or rented, but up to the present time nothing definite can be learned, ^Now comes the report that the NofUs Western is to elevate its tracks so as to give the new electric line the right of way. Ohl Air bubbles and bad dreams! The stairway leading to the Central opera house has been enclosed. A new coat of paint on the exterior of the en- tire building will be the next improve­ ment in order. N 'M m: The ninth annnal meeting of the 'ii. linois State Historical society will be held in the senate chamber at the state capitol, Springfield, on Thursday and Friday next, January 80 and 81. | Edwin Whitson, senior member of the firm of Whitson Bros., one of the oldest firms in Woodstock, committed snicide last Friday morning about 8:00 o'clock by shooting himseirlhru the head. Daring a recent heavy windstorm the large tobacco barn on the old JoM Gibbs farm, now owned by Clay Baii4' of Chicago, was wrecked The bam was insured for *1m in the Curiae' American Co. \ Yoo Can't Afford tn MiM li. See the funny colored girls, the Ted­ dy bear girls, the wooden shoe dancers, the cowboy girls, the Indian squaws, the Colonial ladies and many other nov­ el features. Special scenery, elegant costumes, a full orchestra. Think of what it means! fl 75 for The Weekly Inter-Ocean and this paper for • ye«v It 's a special deaL After April 1 the names of all scribers who are one or more years Ik arrears to The Plaindealer will be takm from onr list. This we must do to com­ ply with the new postal law. Pay and save trouble. A most enjoyable time waa had ; the jolly crowd of dancer* who*tteoded the dance at Stoffel's hall last Saturday evening. Aldrich "s orchestra of mond was there with some catchy bh> sic that was capably rend wed. * Patrons of rural routes should remeaa- ber that it is necessary for them to dear away the snow around their rural boxes so that the carriers can deposit mail without getting ont of their w^» ons or taking chances of overturning. Stay at home all the while! "Whsffk the good of that, hub?" Couse aad see the lady minstrels and enjoy an even* ing of fun, music and song at the Cen­ tral opera house Friday and Satnrdftf evenings, Jannary 81 and Febrnary U 1 1"" -• -••• • The ice houses at the McHenry Brefg^ ery plane are now filled to the eave* with elegant eight-inch ice. The work of filling the houses this year was ac­ complished in less time than in any pre­ vious year in the history of the hona*fc A report has been circulated around town to the effect that the mill pond property had recently been sold, but aa far as we have been able to learn is nothing definite to the report, altho such a deal is net at all improbable, ae we understand that responsible people now have an option on the property. A letter from P. W Blake, who ntf sides at Little Falls, Minn, states thai they have bad no sleighing ae yet aai that the roads are iu excellent eonditioa. He also states that the winter ibere has thus far been an exceptionally tniki and pleasant one and that he does not heiiee* that they'll have any sleigh rides tfc«a» wlnftar.. 'fw~ ssa® V: w aj; T