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. T ^ • \* • PLAIN. MYBAB8AGO J. D. Lodtx, merchant tailor, has a f new floor in his shop and made other imp i u i) wiwn . Tha West Sid* Social Dancing club Is a imr Organisation which proposes to give parties every two weeks. Charles B. Whittmore of Huntley has been appointed public administrator for McHenry county by Got, %• ;vi\vy- **35 ' L '^v,« Harsh of Richmond at the home of the bride's pareirt&^ Sh Saturday. Married--At St. Gary's church, McHenry, on Tuesday morning, Jan. 4, 1898, by the Rev. Father Kirseh, Anton PfaflF of Woodstock and Miss Agnes Leickem of McHenry. The New Year party, given under the auspices of Valley camp, No. 97, M. W. A., at Stoffel's hall on Ftidiy "m A, Jteffa tawliepce witnessed the atfc» pictuias as given bgr Mr. Surrick at Stoffel's halt on Wednesday evening. There were about seventy-five couples at the New Year's party at the McHenry House hall on Friday evening. Marshal Walsh and Alderman Wentworth attended revival meeting at tike Campbellite church, Fort Hill, one day *** a *rand success and atlast week. | tended by one hundred and sixty-one Earl Barnard of RJngwood and Miss eo^,6IL The marriage of Benj. and Miss Jennie Chrpell will take | place at the home of the bride's parents in Elgin on Wednesday, Miss Chapell is a daughter of C. E. Chapell and a sister of S. S. Chapell of this village. L. ft. Giddings of Chicago has parchased the old Fitzshnmons farm near Barreville. There were 320 acres and sold for $60 per acre cash. • The Fitzsimmons brothers have also Isold the old Jones farm of 160 •for $65 per acre. left their MU||ice the little frmim-- and sH|H| off at* ••what rapid rate and whan tfcey! Hm corner Mar the mUnet <f -- * ** '«-»? COMERS AND GOERS OF wheels broke down and the horse be- Early Hatched Chicks produce Big Profits? Have Your Eggs Hatched Karly in Our Mammoth 47,099 Egg Incubator irtuprh are large proflts in poultry if properly handled. One of the essential steps in making poultry pay is to hatch your Qhicks early. .. Early hatched pulleta begin to lay In the early fall and continue through the early winter months when eggs bring the |^|h«8t prices. "• ' , Early hatched cockerels are marketed at high prioeawith aojtdditional cost for feed. ^ v The average farmer has not the tlm* to give proper attention to hatching early chicks either by hens or small incubators. Millions of eggs are lost each year due to lack of attention during the early hatching season. The modern way is to have your hatching done in mammoth iatubabonffeuch as ours. You do not grind your grain on the farm as in Qlden times. Bring your eggs to Our hatching plant the same as you take your feed to the mill for grinding. , * _ O u r p r i c e s a r e v e r y r e a s o n a b l e , f t c o s t a l a w t o h a t c h y o u r Jpfly chicks in our mammoth incubator than on the farm. Write for our catalog and prices for hatching in lots of 100 Hiawatha Poeltry Fanm m Winter Laying S. C. White Leghorns; Mammoth 47,NI-Egg Incubator PHONE H-f CRYSTAL LAKE, ILL. coming frightened and they had a genuine runaway. Both ladies wan thrown out opposite the Riverside Hooaat Mrs. Reynolds receiving a sefars gash on the forehead and waa otherwise badly bruised. February 28, 1898 John W. Pfannenstill has purchased of the Frank Cole estate the farm situated at the west end of McColhxm's lake, known as the Wallace Colby farm. One of the severest storms of the season commenced here on Saturday last and continued thru Sunday and Monday. Snow fell to the depth of nearly two feet on the level and the high winds on Monday piled It up into monstrous drifts. Jos. J. Frett and brothers of Chicago have purchased a lot of the Bishop estate, between the store of The west end of our village nar-jOwen A Chapell andthe Bishop mill, rowly escaped a serious conflagration j 50x132 feet, on which they propose to on. last Wednesday evening. The I erect a building early in the spring to Christmas tree and other decorations! be used as a wholesale and retail marin the window of the John Evausonlkel & Co. store caught fire from a lamp | At a meeting of the stockholders of and before it could be extinguished 'the McHenry Creamery company held destroyed quite an amount of goods, fat the village hall on Saturday the folcon si sting principally of silks and j lowing officers were elected for the A WEEK IN OUR MISY VILLAGE woolen goods. The loss was estimated from $300 to $600. On Thursday morning last Mrs. S. Reynolds and her daughter, Rosina, hitched up their family horse and started for Wauconda. When they 8 HOUR Battery The latest and best $a service. Callus. W. L Hewert ft TEL.IM-R :: McHRNRY. ILL. AiiSi F. Cash Department Store CO. s Dundee, met# "t- 20c $ti \ vi * ' ;.V' ?"if" i fv ^ The last three days of the present week Dundee and Carpentersville will keep open house for the hundreds of visitors who will be attending, if| our new Community High School, the DISTRICT BASKETBALL TOUR* ^JAMENT-- the greatest sporting event ever awarded to our community. ' Believing that some of our visitors may wish to combine busineai with pleasure, the C. F. HALL COMPANY (their inventory just completed) will put on for these three days a TOURNAMENT SALE. t# values offered, the following items may serve.as samples: tx ' ^ Sweaters for mien or boysfc* . j * blue or brown S1.00 1 yd. wide Heavy Striped Flannel, light colors. _ Women's Spring Dresses, crepe knit with paisley trim.-_ $13.50 & S14.7S Ratine in 5 different shades, , 1 yd. wide 49c Large Single Blankets* tan or gray •1*10 Child's Kid or Calf Shoes, sy2 toil... $1.49 4$Qmen's Felt Bedroom ] Slippers, brown, blue, ' ^ green, rose, etc 88c 40 in. Paisley Silks, new gbods $1.90 to $3.19 Black Foulard, figured, width|32 in. 50c New styles in young men's Suits. $13.50 to $20.00 Baby Blankets. 19c, 37c* 55c Women's Bloomers, short . 59c, 79c, $1.00 'Corsets in our C. B. line, all sizes $1.00 to $4.50 Men's Muslin Gowns, 15 16 only, at 87c a°d *1.10 Snappy Neckwear for men, knit or cut silk. _ * 39c to $1.00 Large size, plain white Turkish Towels 1®C New Styles in Women's ^-Spring Dresses, efe- *tgant taffetas.. $16-50 M 75c V Men's Bath Robes, only a left, on sale at half price ~ Lt. srnd dk. Flannels, 27 in., medium wt., 8 yds.-.$1«00 All Winter Coats at a discount, women's and children's sizeSi --4^: big reductions Hen's Spring Caps, our 41 new ones_$1.00 to $2.5$ I yd. wide Percales, light or dark 19c 22c, 24# ^ "Hisses' Kid or Calf Shoes, UH to 2 -$1.98 , Men's black, all felt Slippers 88c New Metal Girdles - 1 yd. wide Tweed Suitings for spring garments.. Men's odd Vests, all sizes. $2.65 Specials in Men's Suits, just rec'd..S15.00 '"$18.00 .Infants' Dresses 55c to $1.49 * ^/omen's Bloomers, dark sateens, long 98c to $1.69 Brassieres-.., 29c to 75f White Crepe Bloomers^. .~50c Boys'Sample Gowns. .^tQ75C/ Boys' J^piece Pajamas, 6, 12-75<| New Bertha Collars ^ . - -$1.19 to $1.59 ^ ®«ce Collaring, per yd. $1.19 to $1.25 K , 321k Veiling, several diff^fent shades, per yd._^_..... 10c Beautiful new crepe de chine dresses, spring ^ ^ m?; styles $16.75* ^ $18.50, $22 50 ensuing year: Directors, Thos. Thompson, president; Roht J. Sutton, Bernard Harrison, Wm. Bonslett, Chas. Page; secretary, H. C. Mead; treasurer, George Hanly. The Woodstock Sentinel is authority for the statement that there are sixteen camps of Modern Woodmen in McHenry county, with an aggregate membership of nearly 1400. The largest camp is Boxwood, No. 86, Harvard, with a membership of 163; Pebble, No. 6S, Nunda, has 161; Pleasant Grove, No. 55, of Marengo, 144; Progress, No. 229, of Woodstock, 113; and from that down to Harmony, No. 4061, with 11 members. On Tuesday morning a little before seven o'clock our citizens ware aroused from their beds by the alarm at fire. It proved to be in the store of John Fvanson A Co. The fire started in the basement and had run up between the ceiling clear to the attic. In less time than it takee to tell it the hose carts were run out, connections made with the hydrants and in twenty minutes time not a vestige of fire was Seft and West McHenry was saved from destruction. The cause is supposed to have bean a defective chimney. Wednesday, March 2, 1898 I Chas. Wright, who has occupied the | Mrs. Kearns house the past year, j moved to Belvidere last week. The Masonic social on Tuesday evenj ing was attended by about seventy- I five and was a very enjoyable gathering A. Pi McGee, formerly of Woodstock, was murdered and robbed in {Chicago on Friday last la broad day lijfht. w Rollin Waite has received the appointment of postmaster of McHenry in place of Capt. Snow, whose term expiree on March 1. John Haldeman died at Ida home hi Solon on Saturday morning after a long and painful illness, aged fiftynine years. His fufieral was held; from the Solon M. E. church. ] The plumes on women's bonnets grow more and more stunning. A' AS SEEN BY PLAINDEALER PORTERS AND HANDED IN BT OUR FRIENDS .'• ! Misa Helen Justen was a Chicago visitor last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. F. E Covalt were Chicago visitors Monday. Miss Verona Ntesen spent laat Thursday in Chicago. Chas. L. Page was among the Chicago visitors Monday. Edward J. Knox of Harvard called on McHenry friends Sunday. Mr. and 'Mrs. Clayton Hughes ware Chicago visitors last Thursday. Donald Givens spent Sunday aa the guest of relatives at Fox Lake. Jos. N. Miller attended to business matters in the metropolitan city Monday. N. J. Justen attended to business matters in the metropolitan city Monday. Miss Louise White of Harvard waa the guest of McHenry friends Sonday. Leon Miller of Chicago spent Sunday as the guest of McHenry relatives. Howard Wattles want to Chicago Monday to get a new rheostat for his radio. r Miss Anna Wolff spent the latter part of laat week with relatives in Chicago. Robert Taylor is spending a few days with relatives in the metropolitan city. - Misses Mary and Bernice Bonslett spent last Saturday in the metropolitan city. F. E. Covalt attended to business matters in the metropolitan city last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Meyer spent Sunday as gueete of relatives at Kenosha, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Goodell passed Thursday of last wade in the metropolitan city. Miss Kate McLaughlin was called to Elgin last Friday by the death of a close friend. Clarence Conway of Rockford spent Sunday ae the guest of home folks i south of town. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Buch of Chicago spent several days laat waak with McHenry relatives. Mr. and Mrs. David Johnson ot Chicago passed last wade with McHenry relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Jencks and daughter, Ruth, spent Sunday with relatives at Elgin. Frank Schoel of Chicago passed the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Schoel. Mrs. Wm. Foote of Woodstock spent several days last week as the gueet of McHenry relatives. Mrs. Jack Walsh- and daughters, Ellen and Mary Pender, were Chicago visitors last Thursday. W. D. Wentworth la spending a couple of weeks with relatives at Carpentersville and Elgin. Ray Walsh and Miss Nettie Hewitt of Fox Lake called on relatives hare last Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pults guests iq the M. D. Smalley homo at Woodstock over Sunday. Anton Oertel of Chicago was a week your house a pleaaant and attractive home. Clean, anapff wall pamper In the latest patterns will do the trick. Get it at Etfckaen's store. ATTENTION, FARMERS! Yon *!* lookinjrffor the b»st possible market for your cream. Therefore, please ship via express or baggaee direct to Peanall at Elgin. Make this your slogan for bigger cream profits. Cans returned promptly and check mailed for each shipment. Our stood patrons are increasing dally because of our excellent reputation and itandlng among the farmers. Send u« your cream andthe names of some of your neighbors so they too may have the benefit of our nikrket. Write tor tags, •hipping instructions and our quotations. * Ask yonr grocer when yon go to town tor Hillside creamery butter, known all over the fnited States. B. S. Pearsall Butter Co. Elgin, III. Agency Far Nclfeny L Leave Your Bundles Here JOHN STOFFEL, WEST McHl WEINSCHENKER'S ing 4aae by the Fnralture moved " linn of laafc PHONE 35 McHENRY fellow will soon have to climb to the;,^ in ^ home o( hj, p^t., top of the fence to see the church | steeple over madam's 1898 hat. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Oertel. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Warner and Married--At the home of the bridal of Elgin 8pent the week end mother in Wauconda on Wednesday JM gUe6te of McHenry relatives. 1 Leo Rothermel of Chicago was a week end guest in the home of his mother, Mrs. Elisabeth Rothermel. Miss Josephine Worte of Chicago spent the week end in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Worts. Jos. Stenger of Gary was entertained in the home of his brother, C. W. Stenger, and family last Sunday. Chas. G. Mertes of Chicago passed the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. J. Mertes, at Pistakee Bay. Miss Blanche Meyers of Chicago was a week end guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs Goo. Meyers. Mrs. John Peterson of Chicago evening, Feb. 23, 1898, by Rev. J. R. Clark, Frank Green and Miss Florence Ruggles, both of Wauconda. The dinner served by the ladies of the Willing Workers' society for the teachers and others on Saturday last was a grand banquet and largely attended. The ladies netted the handsome sum of $28.60. A sleigh load from Nunda, all schoolmates of Milo Howe, while he was attending school at that place a few years ago, made him a pleaaant call at his music store on the Weat Side on Saturday. The meeting of the McHenry County Teachers' association, which waa held !spent the week enc| in the home of her at the high school building in this vil-1 parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Winkel. lage last Saturday, was pronounced one of the best ever held by the association. There were nearly one hundred teachers present. At a meeting of the Willing Workers' society, connected with the Unieraalist church, held at the residence of Dr. and Mrs H. T. Brown, on last Thursday, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Presi- Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Newman and son, Bernard, and William Green were guests of relatives at Rockford Sonday. Dr. D. G. Wells left Tuesday morning for Montreal, Can., where he will be the guest of his parents for a few days. Mrs. Alsena Chapell of Chicago passed the latter part of laat week as dent, Mrs. J. B. Perry; vice president, the guest of her mother, Mrs. Alsena Mrs. John I. Story; secretary, Mrs. J. Smith. Van Slyioe; treasurer, W. A. Cristy; work committee, Mrs. E. M. Owen, Mrs. L. H. ( Owen and Mrs. C. T. Eldredge. You can now buy the famous United States G & J Cord tire at exceptionally low prices: 30x3Sfru.--$13.50 32x4 -$23.50 33x4 $24.00 v • McHenryGirige J. W. Schaffer, Prop. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Robison of Woodstock spent Sunday in the home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Welch. Francis and Edward Bonslett of Chicago were week end guests in the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bonslett i Mr. and Mrs. Herman Salzmann of i Woodstock were week end guests in i the home of the latter's parents, Mr. i and Mrs. Math. Baur. Mrs. John Montgomery and daughters of Oak Park spent the latter part of last and first of this week in the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Meyers. Mrs. Wm. Perkinaon of Chicago; spent a few days last and this week in the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs.4 Theo. Winkel. Mr. Perkins on was out > for a stay over the week end. j Miss Etta Powers, Edward Powers ! and Mrs. Mary Powers were called to Milwaukee, Wis., last Saturday by the serious illness of their sister, Miss, Anna Powers* who passed away that evening. Is the Cost of Your Insurance a Burden? is »o op ' *i v c" •\K Mutual Insurance Co few ,^5 , % \ t^'4 Whose record for the past cannot be met by any % Uite *fs($r ofwrtpcntlbn "itf eraffet?' ing why not co-operate in buying insurance? We ipsnge all kinds qI farm property--thwe isnon^kKylarge or any too small ^ wm All Losses f*aid • *; "Promptly and in FuB *vVmmvi^ TCK. V % For Further Information Call On or Addresi •1^4;.. ' - L S. Overtoil, Saleswa A- G. DkkersN, Secy. Solon Mills, 111. . Hebron, III. tirl Moneir, Sdesma McHenry, Ul. "$^0 FIRST ANNUAL T'-Hl/„i3 The Chamber of Commerce WOODSTOCK ILLINOIS Invites You to Come and Have a Good Time at the " iZ-H* * * ' -iM 'Ik Spring Festival MARCH 8-9-10 50 PRIZES FREE 1 'Automobile Show Farm Implement Exhibit --Style Show-i^i, and many other attractions Festival Opens with a FREE Luncheon, March 1 N««|. > -y,.; . , ' • «t the'. •' , Woodstock Armory CONE AND m THE FMY