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Smith was a business visitor "4§h Chicago last Friday. k-£ R. B. WalsB boarded the Chieago ,in Monday. morning. F. J. Barbian was among the Chi- j^ago passengers Monday. • , Prof. W. N. Sears of Barringtori . %|vas a McHenry visitor Sunday. . » F. A. Bohlander was a Chicago pas- '.$|enger last Thursday evening. Thos. Kane was among the Chicago passengers last Thursday evening. Mrs. John McEvoy passed the first of the week with Chicago relatives. Miss Elizabeth Thelen was a busi­ ness visitor in Chicago last Friday. Fremont Hoy of Woodstock was a • business visitor in town last Saturday. Mrs. Nick Martin was among the Chicago passengers last Friday morn­ ing. W. E. Vogt attended to business (Hiatters in the metropolitan city Mon- - <*ay. C. G. Buxkhartsmeier of Chicago Jiras entertained by McHenry friends ^Sunday. ' Geo. Jones of Lenark, 111., was the -guest of McHenry friends over the #eek end. ^ Mrs. Jos. May left Monday evening lor a visit with relatives in Iowa and Minnesota. " Everett Hunter attended to busi­ ness matters in the metropolitan city last Friday. Jos. Stenger of Cary spent Sunday as a guest in the home of his brother, C. W., and family. Jacob Justen attended to matters of a business nature in the metropolitan city last Saturday. C. W. Stenger attended to matters of a busihess nature in the metropoli­ tan city last Friday. Charles and Leonard, Frett spent Saturday and Sunday as the guests of Chicago relatives. - John Trapp of Chicago passed the tatter part of last week as the guest of McHenry relatives. - ' fid.' Adariis of Chicago was a Sun­ day guest in the home of his sister, Mrs. Frank Thurlwell. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Landwer and son, Keith, w.ere guests of Barring- ton relatives Sunday. Frank Zuelsdorf of Chicago Heights spent the week end as the guest of his wife and family here. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Martin and sons, Clinton and Loren, were guests of friends in Chicago Sunday. John R. Knox saw the Chicago White Sox trim the New York Giants in Chicago last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs, Peter Engeln and daughter, Frances, were guests of friends at Grayslake Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Besley and children of Woodstock spent Sunday as the guests of McHenry relatives. Mrs. Kirk S. Craine of Solon Mills was a guest in the home of Mr. anil Mrs. A. G. Barbian the first of the ^ week. Miss Margaret Meyer of Kenosha, Wis., was a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Stoffel the first of the week. Thos. Bender spent a few days last v.^ek as the guest of relatives and friends in Chicago. No, Tom is still single. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Price and chil­ dren of Wauconda were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Sayler. Mrs. Geo. H. Johnson and son spent the first of the week as guests in the home of Mr. #nd Mrs. A. K. Burns in Austin. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. J. Heimer of Chicago passed the latter part of last week as the guests of McHenry rela­ tives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. John Engeln and daughter, Virginia, of Crystal Lake " spent Sunday as the guest of Mc­ Henry relatives. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Burns and little son of Austin were guests in the home of Mrs. Burns' mother, Mrs. F. K. Granger, Sunday. Miss Anna Frisby passed the latter part of last and the fore part of thi? week as the guest of relatives and friends in the metropolitan city. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. McOmber, daugh­ ter, Corabel, and Son, Lewis, motored to this village from DeKalb Sunday and spent the day as the guests of relatives and friends. Major and Mrs. D. A. K. Steele of «~1jjChicago passed a couple of hours last ^Saturday as guests in the home of , £r. and Mrs. D. G. Wells.- They were ieni oute to Lake Geneva. Miss Lillian Pouse passed Sunday ^iaa the guest of her brother, Atty. A. . H. Pobse, who is in training at Fort "llSheridan. She also spent Monday at- >tehding to trainees mnttsrs in the RACES AND BALL GAME For Beaeit of Our Soldier Boys at Camp Gran& * , windy city. T Art'atfgtnifnts for the 4i*Ming of monster patriotic races and ball game for the benefit of the McHenry coun­ ty's soldier boys, who are in training at Camp Grant, have been completed and the big event will take place at the fair grounds, Woodstock, next Saturday, Oct. 13. Those who have planned the big doings wish to have it distinctly understood that no man or set of men are to receive any benefit from this gigantic undertaking outside of the soldier boys from McHenry* county. This does not mean the soldier boys from Woodstock alone, but includes every man who has been drawn into service from any town or community in this county who is now in training at the big camp. All the net pro­ ceeds will be placed in a fund for these boys. Thus every man, woman and child in McHenry county and be­ yond is urged to be present and do their bit towards making this event a record breaker. An excellent speed program Jias been arranged and will consist of the following races: 2:15 pace Purse, $150 2:24 pace Purse, $150 2:25 trot Purse, $150 Besides these there will also be a running race, best 2 in 3 heats. The baseball game will be between Union and Woodstock. It was first decided to have the McHenry and Lake Geneva teams battle out their differences on this special occasion, but when it became known that both teams had disbanded for the season and that it would be next to impossi­ ble to gather the players together the authorities were forced to change their plans, with the result that the Union and Woodstock teams were se­ lected. As both teams are made up of excellent baseball material the fans may rest assured of seeing a lively contest. George Moriarty, the well known American league umpire, will officiate. * The Woodstock band, wider the direction of William Krause, will be on hand to furnish the music for the occasion, which means that this end of the day's entertainment will be well looked after. Let's all pull together and make the fund for the boys, who now are or soon will be in Uncle Sam's service, a big one, sufficient to meet any re­ quirement or emergency which may arise. These men are* sacrificing ev­ erything to meet their country's call and we owe it to ourselves to back them up in every way. Remember, every dollar over ex­ penses goes to our soldier boys. Al­ so remember the date, Saturday, Oct. 13. Program starts at 12:00 o'clock, noon. Gate admission, 50 cents the person; grand stand, 25 cents. Auto­ mobiles, 25 cents. Children, under 14 years old, free. In the evening of the same day a big dance will be given in the armory for the benefit of Company G. Good music will be provided for the occa­ sion and dance tickets will be sold at 50 cents each. Ladies free. Enjoy Husking Bee Mrs. E. S. Young entertained a num­ ber of friends and neighbors at an old fashioned husking bee on Monday aft­ ernoon, which afforded the ladies present no small amount of amuse­ ment and a satisfactory garnering of the golden harvest. After a chicken dinner, served by the hostess, the fol­ lowing ladies proceeded to establish a new record in corn husking: Mes- dames W. D. Wentworth, John Smith,] Al. Krause, F. Deutschmann, A. A. j Landwer, Jas. T. Perkins, J. C. Holly j and J. J. McCarthy. A prize was of­ fered to the lady husking the largest number of ears. Mrs. Jas. T. Perkins was the winner, husking 526 ears. Lunch was served before leaving and the ladies are wondering why corn husking machines were ever invented. To Be Sold For Soldier®' Benefit 'Princess B," Kentucky bred saddle mare, six gaits under the saddle, also lady driver. Standard bred and reg­ istered. Donated for benefit of Mc­ Henry county soldier boys at Camp Grant, Rockford. This mare will be sold in front of the grand stand at the fair grounds, Woodstock, Satur­ day, Oct. 13, to the highest bidder. Entire proceeds of sale go to the soldiers' benefit fund. A former owner refused $1000 for this mare. Absolutely sound and in perfect condi­ tion, 8 years old and is donated by a resident of McHenry county. The mare can be seen at Green & Beatty's barn in Woodstock all day Friday and Saturday morning. Mile of Pennies Imagine a mile of pennies reaching from the depot to the river bridge. A valuable mile, being \Vorth exactly $884.80. Ladies of the M. E. church hope to raise this amount by gaining a foot at a time. There are only six­ teen pennies in a foot, an amount small enough to be within the reach of all. Save yotr pennies to kelp ## and a jreod WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITERS CAMP GRANT BOYS AS TAKEN FROM THE COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES - MbwiiwMMHH AwBrtwml of New* items in Condensed Form For Bus} People Genoa Junction ball a case of scar­ let fever. Public d*mces are being given at a hall in Waukegan every Sunday night. The season's last races at Harvard will take place on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 20.' Judge Charles H. Donnelly of Wood­ stock has just completed his twentieth year on the circuit bench. Special trains over the C. M. & St. Paul between Elgin and Rockford carried large crowds to and from Camp Grant last Sunday. Peter Bros., the Algonquin machine shop men, have donated about $600 Worth of cotton wadding to the Amer­ ican Red Cross society to date. At a recent meeting the member­ ship of the board of directors of the Wauconda Trust and Savings bank was increased from six to seven. The city of Harvard is going after the dog owners and as a result a num­ ber of fines have been paid for failure to secure licenses for the canines. Harry Smith, who resides just outside of Grayslake, last week sold his farm tb A. S. Rife of Crystal Lake. The farm brought $300 per acre. A liberty loan committee has been appointed at Genoa Junction, Wis., with a view of encouraging the buy­ ing of liberty loan bonds in that com­ munity. The business men of Antioch have agreed to close their respective places of business at six o'clock on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings of each, week hereafter. Preliminary work on Cary's new municipal park is to begin at once. The site for the park covers nearly seven acres of land and was purchased at a cost of $3,300. Theo. F. Swan, pioneer Elgin mer­ chant, is receiving congratulations from old Appreciate Gifts of McHenry pie Received Mtfnday Peo- Camp Grant, Rockford, III. Oct. 8, 1917. To oUr Friends in the McHenry Cities: On this day we, the* boys from Mc­ Henry, assigned to Co^ F., 432nd In­ fantry, at Camp Grant, received a liberal contribution of all the neces­ sities of camp life, even including the paper, envelopes and stamps used in sending this, our thanks. About noon there arrived a Buick in camp manned by a goodly crew in the persons of Messrs. John Knox, Max Anders, Emel Geier, Arthur Schroeder, Carl Patzke, George Jus- ten and Henry Wright. Even had they come without the offerings of the people or McHenry, they would have been welcome. At is was they were thric^ welcome. We wish to thank all those trades­ men for the liberal supply of "smokes" and tobacco sent. They shall certain­ ly make our leisure moments more leisurely, and make our stiff drills more light. Owing to the fact that some of the cards of the donors were misplaced or lost, we shall mention no names, but shall extend our thanks to all. It really looks as tho every person in town handling smokes had contributed nobly. Soap and combs were indeed1 wel­ come additions to our meagre toilet sets. They show us that the folks at home keep close tab on our wants and do not give indiscriminately. Further, we might say, there was not a useless gift in the lot. Safety matches accompanied the smokes. Several decks of cards were pre­ sented, which will aid in passing the long winter evenings in the barracks. Eats were sent galore. We are sure the tradesmen who so cheer­ fully gave of their stocks will not feel hurt when we tell the ladies that we are saving the best until last. We have as yet not started to eat of the cakes and pies and fruit, put up so carefully by the hands of McHen- ry's mothers and sisters, but our mouths are watering in anticipation jeHN BEIHER LAID TO REST LIBERTY LOAN BONDS MRS. PETER MILLER IMED LAST SATURDAY associates and friends on • 0f that glorious feast we shall soon the completion of a career of fifty have. years as an Elgin merchant. Rev. Theodore B. McCdrmick of Shannon, 111., has been appointed to St. Margaret's parish at Cary, re­ cently made vacant when Rev. J. M. Lonergan was called to Gamp Grant. The Grayslake Times in last week's issue made the suggestion that of­ ficials of the Lake County Fair asso- We are proud tonight that we are the contingent "from the town of Mc­ Henry and we will all try to make McHenry proud of their contingent. As you have seen, we do not know how to express our thanks on paper, but if you could be with us tonight and see us puffing away on those smokes and smacking our lips over ciation come over to McHenry county those goodies, you would then know and learn how to conduct a successful fair. Several lots, lying along the west front of Fox river near Algonquin and owned by a Chicago man, are be­ ing dyked and improved for summer resprt purposes. When all improve­ ments are completed the spot will be one of the prettiest along the river at Algonquin. Dr. Windmueller of Woodstock, who was recently commissioned a captain, is now on duty at the base hospital at Camp Grant. His practice at Woodstock is now in charge of Dr. Glenn E. Wright, who during the past year or more has been located at Crystal Lake. Marengo now lays claim to the largest as well as handsomest garage in McHenry county. Dark brick. Bedford stone trimming, cement and steel were used in its construction. The building is 150x80 feet in di~ mensions and has a floor space of 12,000 square feet. Playfully shaking a step ladder Upon which her sister was standing caused the death of Jolan Delap, three and one-half year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Delap, who re­ side on the Lake Geneva-Delavan road. The ladder was upset and fell across the victim's stomach, while her sister, in the fall, landed on top of the ladder. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Manley and Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Tanner have just re­ turned to Harvard from a twenty-six days' automobile trip thru eleven states. They made the trip in a big Cadillac, car and for nineteen out of the twenty-five night they slept in tents beside their car. The distance covered was 3,130 miles and the long­ est day's run was 313 miles. Walter Jurs, who deserted Camp Grant a short time ago, has been re­ turned to the fold. Shortly after his disappearance from camp he ap­ peared at the home of a brother at South Bend. The brother brought him back to Algonquin last week and turned him over to the proper author­ ities. Jurs was drawn into the ser­ vice while employed on a. farm near Algonquin. „ ' Appelbaum & Stern, who a few months ago opened a skirt factory in the Atlas Belting company building at Harvard, will vacate their quarters some time this month to make room for the Black Cat Textiles company, the largest hosiery factory in the United States, which is tp open a branch factory there. It is expected that the concern will give employment to from fifty to sixty people at the outset. Women and girls fox the most part will be employed* that your gifts are being appreciated. Tell all the boys hello for us and tell all the girls we will have a lot to tell them when we get back, so be sure and wait for us. Remember that this is all a good joke on the kaiser. He'll see the point when we spring it. Thanking you again we, the undersigned boys from McHenry and West McHenry, will close our letter and enjoy your hospitality. Write to us separately or collec­ tively «nd we will be ticjcled to hear from you. We are, Your boys, Edward Rossman. Michael E. Degen. Stephen G. Adams. Henry T. Quinn. George T. Burke. -*Nick Franzen. Jacob Franzen. Olaf Peter Olson. I^rnis Zeman. Homer M. Harper. A Complete Surprise Miss Lillian Geske of Algonquin was responsible for a very enjoyable surprise party in honor of Miss Elsie Wolff here Sunday evening. The party, consisting of thirty young friends, came in autos and Miss Wolff, startled by the noise of many autos outside, stepped to the door to ascer­ tain the cause, when to her delight she was greeted with a whoop "sur­ prise." She was beside herself when she recognized friends from Elgin, Dundee, Algonquin and Crystal Lake The party took possesion of her home and later repaired to the Woodman hall, where games were in full swing, and the evening passed only too soon. A cafeteria luncheon was seized. Ladies* Aid Society Hie Ladies' Aid society spent a very pleasant afternoon at the beau­ tiful home of Mrs. Wm. Spencer on Thursday of last week. The ladies filled an order for aprons, after which delightful refreshments were served. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. A. Eddy on Thursday of next week. This will be an all day meet­ ing for the purpose of finishing more quilts and members are requested to b* present Card off Thanks In this public manner we 'wish to express our profound thanks to those who in any way assisted us during the last illness and after the death of our ne. Especially do we wish to members of St. Mary's court rs for their assistance, and the floral offerings. lena Hefaner and Children ̂ nMr. Heimer Was One of Founders of St. Mary's Church--Mrs. Miller Was Born In Germany Once more the Almighty has seen fit to call from our midst a man who has been a familiar figure in this 'vil­ lage for a period of thirty-five years or more, thirty years of which time being spent in business here. We refer; to the death of John Heimer, who passed away at the family home here early Wednesday morning, Oct. 3, 1917. Mr. Heimer retired from business activities in the spring of 1911 and just at a time when he was nicely set­ tled in his new home and enjoying the fruits of his labors he was called away. The deceased first showed signs • of ill health last April and from that time on his condition gradually grew worse. In June he went to Chicago, where he entered Mercy hospital: in the hope that the very best of medi­ cal attention and the best of care would restore to him his former good health, but all tb no avail. Returning from Chicago his Condition grew steadily worse, altho he was- given the best of care and attention that loving hands could bestow. He took to his bed about six weeks before his death and from that time on he grew weaker and weaker each day, until the call of his Maker ended his life's troubles and pains. Mr. Heimer was born on Sept. 27, 1856, on the old homestead, just this side of Johnsburg, which he purchased from his father some years ago. Here he was raised, attended the com­ mon school and grew to manhood. At the age of twenty he went to Chicago, where for about four years he was a faithful and trusted employe at the Tobey & Booth packing house. He returned to Johnsburg in 1882 and on Feb. 9 of that year he was united in marriage to Helena Blake, the ceremony having been performed by Rev. Father Fegers in the brick church that was destroyed by fire some years ago. Shortly after his marriage he came to McHenry, where he purchased the frame building in which he conducted a saloon business for a period of thirty years. The building was purchased from Jacob Bonslett and previous to its coming into the possession of Mr. Heimer was used as a furniture store. He con­ tinued in the saloon business until the spring of 1911. During the years that he was en­ gaged in business in McHenry he was instrumental in bringing many im­ provements to the village. He served as a member of the village board for, several terms and was a member of that body when the present system of waterv rks was installed. He was also one of the founders of St. Mary's parish here. Besides this, he was a' man who was ever ready to boost a worthy cause and never avoided a duty that meant a betterment to the village and community. He was a member of the Johnsburg court, C. O. 1$; and when a court was organized in this village he had his membership transferred to St. Mary's court, No. 594. He was also a char­ ter member of the McHenry Pleasure club. During the years of his residence in this village he was always highly esteemed by everyone who formed his acquaintance and we dare say that there are few in McHery who did not know him. The deceased leaves, besides a grief- stricken wir'ow, seven children and four grandchildren. The children are as follows: Lillian, Annabelle and Leo, who reside with their mother at home; Wm. M. Heimer and Mrs. A. W. Bickler of this village; Mrs. Geo. C. Steilen of Chicago and George, who is now in training at Camp Grant. He also leave three brothers and two sisters, as follows: Mathias and Henry of this village and Stephen of Kenosha, Wis.; Mrs. Gus Trapp and Mrs. Louis Uecker of Chicago. The funreal was held from St. Mary's Catholic church at nine o'clock last Friday morning, Rev. Edw. Ber- thold, pastor of the church, perform­ ing the last sad rites, including a ser­ mon, in which he paid the deceased a fine tribute. The remains were fol­ lowed to their last resting place in St. Mary's cemetery by a large gathering of relatives, friends and acquaintances. Both the McHenry and Johnsburg C. O. F. courts turned out in a body. The pall bearers were: J. F. Freund, John Neiss, John H. Miller, John J. Buch, John Pint and John King. The sympathy of our people is extended to the .bereaved onesc Mrs. Peter Miller Mrs. Peter Miller passed away at her home in this village Saturday, Oct, 7, at the advanced age of eighty- four years. Her death was recum bent with old age, having spent the past year declining on her death bed with no other apparent suffering ex­ cept that of old age. iMMie to Be Poshed In Mc­ Henry County (CkmtintMd on last pace) uAt a recent meeting of the bankers of McHenry county, held at Wood­ stock, where twenty-three out of twen­ ty-five banks were represented, Carl W. Stenger, cashier of the West Mc­ Henry State bank, was elected coun­ ty chairman of the second liberty loan and Chas. F. Renich, vice chairman and county publicity man. McHenry county will be expected to raise $1,415,925. Of this amount the'quota from the various companies incorporated and doing business with in the county will be deducted. McHenry county, with C. W. Stteng er as chairman, will make a big drive to put over its quota of the secono liberty loan now being offered by the government to the people. A meeting will be held at this court house, Woodstock, on Monday even ing, Oct. 15, to further direct the cam­ paign work of making the bond salet for McHenry county. T. J. Walsh has been appointed chairman of the executive committee for securing McHenry's share and F G. Schreiner, publicity man. They will accept the task of directing the work in this village and community. The work of organizing is progress­ ing rapidly. In addition to the above named the following have' been ap­ pointed to head the local committees as chairman, vice chairman and pub­ licity men, respectively : Algonquin--E. C. Peter, C. L. Bratxler. I Alden--Frank Cnrtis, A* D. Wise­ man. Cary--Chas. G. Allen, J. A. Stenger. Crystal Lake--W. A. -Goodwin, W. S. Cobb. Richmond--Dr. Wl. E. Foster, W. H. O'Brien. Ringwood--H. W. Allen, F. G. Schreiner. Johnsburg--Alfred Debrecht, Ben J. Schaefer. Marengo--C. B. Whittemore, J. H. Patterson, Roy G. Scott. Hebron--E. L. Lines, A. D. Wise­ man. Huntley--F. H. Ferris, J. F. Wendt Ridgefietd^-Ftoyd E. Howe, Fred Hartman. Spring Grove--N. N. Weber, Vivian Esh. Union--C. Aekerman, W. E. Nulle. At Harvard Robt F. Marshall has been appointed chairman with the publicity man to be named-later. Woodstock--David R. Joslyn, P. R. Forman and Chas. F. Renich. With such leaders as the above named men for the various towns the total subscription must be forthcom­ ing. Mr. Stenger will visit every town and district in the county in the interest of the second liberty loan and will put forth every effort to fulfill the duties of the office for which he was so wisely chosen. ITtJIS OF LOCAL 1ATLRLST AS PICKED UP BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS DURING WEEK 1 What People Are Doing In This VB- iaste and the Immediate Vicinity-- Oiner Short Paragraphs Butter remained the same, 43& cents per pound, on the Elgin board otsj trade iast Saturday. « v , Coal bills are" a large part at yottr aving expenses--reduce both by using Coie'o itot Biast heaters. Floyd E. Covalt is a delegate at the Masonic convention held at Chicago this week. He is making daily trips. A baby girl arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Covalt last San- day and F. E. is bearing up bravely under the weight of his added nihilities. There will be a meeting of the local council, K. of C., this (Thursday) evening. Members are requested to be present. „ Candidates for McHenry's fool ball team were out for practice last Sun­ day afternoon and it begins to look as if we are to have a real team this year. On account of the busy season the joint meeting of the boys' and girls' clubs will be postponed Saturday and no meeting will be held until further notice. Our streets were repaired with fine crushed stone this week, an improve­ ment that was sadly needed and one which is appreciated by the geaMral public. In honor of Columbus day the Hoy Banking company's bank a$d the West McHenry State bank of this vil­ lage will be closed all day Friday, October 12. A basket social will be held at tin Prairie schoolhouse on Wednesday evening, Oct. 17. Conveyance leases Petesch's at 8:00 o'clock. All are cor­ dially invited. t Local cigar manufacturers and «*• ; tail dealers in cigars and tobacco have received blanks for the purpose of taking inventory of stock on Mmi on which the new war tax will apply. fall New Business Enterprise Chas. Pelicon, who during the past several months has been employed by J. J. Vycital, and John Pikner, a for­ mer employe at the Vycital store, have purchased the plumbing, heating and sheet metal department of Mr. Vycital and will hereafter operate same under the /title of Vycital's Plumbing, Heating & Sheet Metal Work Co. The workroom and head­ quarters of the new company is lo­ cated in the basement of Vycital's five and ten .cent store, where the man­ ager of the new concern, Mr. relicon, will be pleased to meet you. Both of the yoyng men are experts in their line of work and, no doubt, will meet with success in their undertaking. Later on they expect to do all kinds of automobile repairing and will put in a supply of automobile accessories, etc. Expires Suddenly J. M. Hoyt, who has been a resident of this village "since April, died sud­ denly in Chicago on Saturday last, where he had gone <$> look after in­ terests and expected to return #ith his wife, who was the guest of her daughter there. Heart trouble is re­ ported the cause. He was the oldest Danish resident in the city of Chi­ cago last year and was a member of the G. A. R. His funeral was held in Chicago and, burial took place at Mt. Olivet Monday. Mrs. Peter Wirfs qf this village is a daughter of the deceased. Walter Fay Write Home A letter to his parents in this vil­ lage from Walter Fay, who is en­ camped at Key West, Fla., states that he is well and making advancement in class instructions and hard at work preparing for final exams. Comment­ ing on the weather he says: uIt is certainly fine here, no more mosqui­ toes, about 75 degrees and a fine breeze all the time." Reports regard­ ing movements of his company we will be obliged to withhold on account of restriction on the press since the re­ cent world war. J. J. Schaefer, Op. D., Eyesight Specialist, Centerville, McHenry, HI. Office hours, 9 to 6 daily; Wednesdays and Saturdays to f JO p. m. rtw A stranger exhibited a suit of black bass at the depot last Sunday evening, which were the finest we have seen in a long time. The- e»tdi made at Pistakee. % F. A. Cooley this week pordmaed the Chas. Johnston farm, consisting af 193 acres, together with stock-and -ma­ chinery. Mr. Johnston will vacate at once and move with his family to nesota. The summer train schedule mWM discontinued next Sunday, when the regular winter schedule will go into effect. Travelers will kindly bear this fact in mind and acquaint themselves with the new time table. The first number of the entertain­ ment course was filled by the Glazier Jubilee Singers at the school auditor­ ium Monday evening. The perform­ ance was well attended and tha ers fulfilled all expectations. -:; The forty hours devotional servieaa came to a very successful close at St. Mary's Catholic church last Sunday evening. The services were well at­ tended each day and splendid sear- moto by the visiting Father ahnild bear fruit. Rev. Eugene Magesney, S. J^ of Chicago will be preacher at the forty hours devotion which will be held at St. Patrick's church Monday and Tues­ day, beginning with higu uuitaft- day at 10 o'clock. He will b« itt* for confessions on Saturday. Martin May brought to this office on Monday of this week a sample of raspberries that were picked on bis farm near Solon Mills last week. Mr. May informed us that Wm. Sterna and family, tenants on the farm, en­ joyed. several quarts of these berries last week. I. M. Kuebler, traveling of Palatine, passed away at his late home in that village last Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Kuebler has made regular trips to this village during the past few years and in this manner won the respect of many of our peo­ ple, who extend their sympathy to the bereaved ones. P. J. Schoewer, McHenry's p»ea*«r blacksmith, is quite ill at his homo here. A short time ago he was kicked by a horse and, while the injury did not trouble him much from the outset, it gradually grew worse, until he was forced to take to his bed. His many friends in and around McHenry sin­ cerely hope that he may sown re­ cover. i ii • i ̂ "" Just before leaving Cary for Ids new charge at Camp Grant, Rev. Joe. Lonergan was given a farewell partgr, at which time he was presented with » $117 purse by his former parishioners. Immediately after the presentation was made the popular pastor turned the money over to the church to swaD a $1,000 special that is being raised for church expenses. True chari^f.