»'*, .*1 YU- F->&~ FMU . & 5T.'C^^.'V IS { Y T ^ Y - S"- P.'I'F'-VI Pledged hut to to Mberty and Law; Wo Favors Win us and no fear Shall Awe." VOL. ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1876. NO. 43. CARDS eirj MsiiledeF. Published Every Wednesday by J. VAN SLYKE3 Editor and Publisher. ' * in Riverside B1 Over 8mith Bros. St. Co.'a Store. TERMS OP STJBSCBIPTIOS: •% ipse Year, (in Advance,) ....ftSO If not Paid within Three Months, .a 00 aubscriptions received forjthree or six months U the same proportion. ••».•. BUSINESS CARDS, H. T. BROWN, M. 3>. TiHTSIOI tVX and Surgeon. Office in Brick MT Black over F. G. Mayes/ Clothing Store Water Street, McHenry III. " JE. BENNETT, It D.. StTRCiV.O'S and Accoacher. Disease* of Women a Specialty. Officeand Kesidence oil Clsv Street, Woodstock, III. W. & BUCK, M. D.> and i to 4 P. M. E. A. BEERS M. < TJBTRICTA* and Surgeon, Office at residence, JT two doors west of Post Office, McHeiiry A J. HOWARD, M D. PfTPTCiAN and Surgeon. Office at the storo of Howard & Son, McHenry, 111. P. G. MAYES." ~\f F.TtrTT aXT Tailor, and dealer in Read v Made ill Clothing, Cloths, Cassimeres, Vesting &c., One aoor north 6f Colby's DrugstoreMcHenry RICHARD BISHOP, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT T.AW. Office in rear of Murphv & Bishop's Bank North Side Public Square, Woodstock, 111. GEO. A. BUCKLES, NOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer and In-snrance Agent. Office at Bncklln A Steven's Store, near the Depot, McHenry, IU. E. E. RICH Alt DS. TTAS a complete Abstract of Titles to land XI in HIcHenrv Conntv, Illinois. Office with County Clerk, Woodstock, 111. ». A. POTTER, RICHMOND, ILL., Notarv P«HIIC *T>«F con-veyancer, U. 8. Claim, Insurance a Collecting Agent. * FR. HECHTLE. HOUSE, Sicm and Carriage Painter, McHenry 111. "JVill do ail work promptly and at reasonable r?tes. E. M. OWEN. 5NKRAL Dealer and Manufacturers Agent in Leading Farm Machinery. Prices low and Terms favorably. MCHENRY, ILLFNOIS. GEO. SCHREINER. .LOON and Re'tannnt. Nearly opposite the Parker House, McHenry IlL 0"Fir»t-Class Billiard and Pool Tables. • J. BONSLETT, SALOON and Restaurant. Nearly onpoeite ©weii's Mill, McIIenry, 111. Fresh Ovsters «*rved lip in any shape desired, or tar sale by ll»«:'Can. •& a^GOOD STABLING FOR HORSES. , JOS. "WIEDEMANN. SALOON and Restaurant. Near the ..Depot McHenry 111. Boarders l»v the day or «ro«k at reasonable rates. Warm anyl coiu meals at all hours. *®~Good Stabling for Horses.jnf 1I0HENRY LIVERY STABLEL Vfc4ftGUTUAX, Proprietor rigs, with or without drivers, furnished at reasonable jjntes. Teaming of all kinds done on short notice. W. W. ELLSWORTH. BREEDER o the Celebrated Magie Hog. Also Light and Dark Brahma Fowls. Tpigs •hipped to all points by express. P. O. Ad dress, Woodstock, 111., Mr ranted. ROBERT MURFITT, AWATOH-M AKERof Ml years experience, has located at Nunda, and will give his atten tion to the Repairing of Clocks, Watches, .&c. Shop in Watson & Co.'s Drug Store. All Work ^V%~?=?ieS3Si£; ' J,MtTER Ml1!, i • - ' •' •iV.i' J*fpj• •> ;-.s jmssiuie i,ij o -siw^t^^LLc"cA»«; i /'«V . T„- Invtlilo raffs'. AJfco Vioihfr • ar#t4oor MclIEXRY HOUSE. TMTcHenry, 111. John Karges Proprietor. 1Y1 Centrally located and the best of accom- modations furnished. Charges reasonable. RICHMOND HOUSE. KICHMOND ILLINOIS. Frank FosteV Proprietor. Good accommo«liitions for all parties. Samplerooms for Salesmen. I.ivery Stable attached. Public Hall for Lectures, Shows &C**^ The^fcHenry Brewery. King & Herbes, Proprietors. fjnHE best of Beer Shipped to any part of the ' country and warranted as represented.-- i Orders solicited and promptly attended to. ' FRED. RENICH, 6I6AR MANUFACTURER, -AND-- WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. ' Ifflp1: :--: -- • L. C. WCI^ A. A. SICE. L. C. RICE & SON, , D E N T I S T S , NUNDA, ILL. ^Satisfaction Gnaranteed on all _work. Teeth rw®tfleaned. Filled and Extracted in a careful and skillful manner. Artificial Teeth inserted .in full or partial plates, on all the basesknown to the profession. Call and have your teeth '^B^fyinined. OFFICE of L. .~C. Rice, West Madison St., Chicago. ^Office #f A. A. Rice, second door North of thVM. E. CSiurch, Nunda, IlL BEFEKGNCES. -- Wm. " Archdeacon, Nnnda; Rev. Frank Burr, Green St., Chicago, IlL JO-Will visit McHenry every Saturday.-- MBOOH *t the Parker House. Waukegan Cigar Manufactory* C. M. DENNIS, Proprietor. Mannfitolnte? and Wholesale Dealer IB CIGARS, TOBACCO, ' • --AND-- Pipe* of Every Description. 65 GENESEE STREET^ 1TAUKEGA1V, DLL. f O. W. OWEN, WATCH MAKER & JEWEI#, * MCHENRY ILL., Dealer in all kinds of American and Swiss Watches, Clocks from the best factories in the country. Silver, platedware, Silver Spoons, SBC., ALSO AGENT FOR THE Weber and Bradbury Pianos AND THE Estey Organ I j Which wo believe to be the liest Organ in the market. We think we know that by expert- ence, and we believe it, for it is backed up by the « Bes1 musicians in the World. I also sell other Organs at Jess prices than the Estey, but can't rebcoinmend them to be as gowi. O. W. pWEN. - July 23. - , MUBP«Y'& ^SHflP. BANKERS; ' • . .nt • - OMc<t North Side of Public Squ&re, WOODSTOCK - • - . . . . ILLINOIS. TRANSACTS a General Banking a change Business. Deposits Hvoeivcrt.-- Interest allowed on Special Deposits. Buy and sell United States Bonds, Gold, Gold Exchange, etc. Exchange on all principal cities in Europe for sale. ^Woodstock. III. THE OWENS Fdz Eiver Valley Mills. & H.IUFF, Proprtetor. McHenry • • « - Illinois, FLOUR k B - •-Vp0Wf8TA3tTLTo4l ^ otjsxoat GRUVBING Done promptly, and satisfaction guaranteed Thankftil for iiast favor# a continuance of patronage is respectfully solicited. 1. i" ' ;V.: T<> Owo|\^p.„4: •IS& WASiirsoToat Lirm. WAKHIITATOK, T>. G, MAY lStk. Iffc. tmperor of Brazil arrived here from i|i We»l on Sunday morning and proceoffed quietly to the Arlington. He was toon visited by the Brazilian Minister "*'ko after breakfasting with the itniirial party, accompanied his Majesty fti a flying trip to Arlington Height?, to the Ci Don Ped W. H. SANFOttd, " Merchant Tailor. Zn the store of C. H. Dickinson, East aide of Public Square, WOODSTOCK, ILL. ~A good Stock of Fine Clotha for Suitings al ways on baud. Suits made to order and a fit warranted- Give me a call. w. n. sANFoaa, Woodstock IlL, Sept. 27th, 1875. MOUNT1!* ROOT Tms BITTERS, for its intrinsic properties, is known as one of tho Best Tonibs of the Age. As a laxative Liver Cleaning, Blood Purify ing M edicine, it has not it* superior. Itshoul<l be taken in quantities from a Tablespoon full to a small wine glass full three times a day, according to the strength and age of the lnva- id or the degree of sickness. For Sale by the Case or Bottle, -BY-- L, KAPPLER, Patentee, Woodstock, 111. From thence they hurried >itol and asoetiding the dome, > gazing from the immense height, p oiipunced it tlie finest view lie had w jessed in America. At the froyai returned and pasted through t|»pold rotunda the Ensperor paused before Vinnie Ream'? statue of .Lincoln aiU pondering for a moment esdaiaredrLinc.oln. Lincolii. from thy life t hare«e*rned my best lessons." In the eveitig he visited the National jObservatop and viewed other worlds gfrora pnrs, through the colossal tele Jcope. On Ainday the party went the Senate Uiamber, where the Em ]peror llstenH to the trial of the " fallen Wsr H'uaStii with profound attention for nearly ® hour, from thence visited the ^lirte Honse where lie was greeted-corJlllr by the President, Mrs Grant, and Ml Fred Grant. Leaving the Executhl Mansion a tour was made throughUl the public buildings and on tire follwing morning the par ty left for ritiilelphia, the Emperor signifying his ktention of returning to the Capit*! tip first of June. Washington must now cursed with infanticide. "1'% police report several cases per ditmi wlwre infanta have been found'dea(ln the sewerfc, upon the streets and ol tjie vacant lots the city. 3jIostbf these have died from neglect at iVth, some have been strungulated,ifim*the!s left in their helpless infaiK-yAindor the cover flight.in deserted |eys and unoccupied - iuiiidings have stared to death. One mother has been clvlctedof the crime mnd sent to th« i>eitentiary, and PCV- eral more are^Uow h prison awaiting trial. The p^ice |e ttiing every ef- to guilty parties and by iaflictl.bg ;^|iaieb'ment stay the unhiun|in \>i-k,, A 1'be re are many w^nen employed in the Departments h<% at salaries rang ing from §30 per ii^.th to ^900 per annum, who nof mat j earsago moved in the highest #0eia;and fashionable circles in Washington Among them are the daughters an^ ives of ex-Cou- gressmen, ex-Foreigt Ministers, and other men who at on^ime controlled great political inlluen^. It was but few days since that l'tmaster Gener al Jewell appointed to.$000 clerkship a lady whose father w^foriaeily Min ister to on* of the iost , powerful Courts of Europe, and hose* presence Mr. Jewell sought »oretha|| twenty years ago, when a poor lecl^nic, for the purpose of asking so* trivial fa vor. • - It has been rumored hit, Speaker Kerr was to res'gn,but u^i inquiry it \ piras ascertained that he 1| ine^ely re quested an extension of a?leave of abseuce, owing to his feeb eondition. It is generally believed her<i that should ajracancy occur in t| Speaker ship, Mr. Cox will be choseto fill it by to^stoVer from his deep a^^catien anil oeeoslonaHy vfeiltui£« the street. Whenever 'he passes i| Wash ington Correspondence Buiea<|e casts furtive and black looks at I occu pants. The Grand Jury WlUi had formerly presented him, on issday, returned & true bill of ind^Hekt against him for malfeasauco iii ffice. The case will not be called btjfoythe fall term of the Criminal Court. I ' The Young Men's Christian Amo tion on Tuesday last, welcomed fits elegant parlors the Kcv. J.P. Glad|tie and Henry J. Wilson, Esq., ofEng^d, a deputation from the British (J|i- nental and general Federation for||€ abolition of Government Kegulatio»f Prostitution. Mr. Gladstone mad^ powerful speech against the evil, it Ing which he said "the United Statei the only civilized nation untaint[ with the sin of licensed pr^ titution and that knowing the evil that subject. It is the cause of great bitterness between the Departments and the Investigation Committees.-- The President is besieged with peti tions urging pardons for the convicted whisky men, but thus far has steadfast ly refused to show any mercy.--The city is beautifully decorated with bunting and from the hotels where praminent foreigners are stopping the flags of their respective nations are flying.--On Wednesday and Thursday the place looked like a great deserted village; thousands of its inhabitants having setback, the city Is -filled with strangers who have c%tne to inspect ^aUt,'eS °f the Capital. PATSNlfc Village Lot For Sale. Lot 1. Block 1., West McHenry, containing one acre of land, which is well fenced and on which in an OrchardVf good l'ruit, is now offered for sale on reasonable terms. It isone of the most desirable building places m the village. For further particulars inquire at the 1'T.AIMiEAl.Eit Office. Melleury, 111., March 1st, 1876. Farm For Sale. THE undersigned offers for sale his farm in the Town of Greenwood, consisting of 240 acres of llrst class land, under a good state of cultivation, well watered, prairie and good Timber adjoining, good buildings, Fruit in good variety, in fact everything constituting a good farm. Will be divided if desired. Terms very low, Inquire on the premises©!' GEO. H. GAKBISON. Grpenwood IlL April I8th, 1876. PIII1.ADEI.PHIA OSTTKB. PHILADELPHIA, PA., May 15th, 1878. Centennial Exhibition has been opened, and every American may feel justly proud of it. While every build ing under the control of the Commis sioners is finished and readyt very few of those ^belonging to private exhibi tors are even under way. The conse quence is that the grounds are disfigur ed by great heaps of dirt, lumber, and boxes, and the air*fs filled with the sound of hammer and saws of hundreds of workmen. Were It not for the sight of these unfinished buildings* the great nnsightly lioaps of debris, and the roads cut to pieces by the heavily la- dened teams, the exhibition would be all that the most skeptical could desire. Before another month i& past, however all these defects will have been reme died, and everything perfect working order. . A better place for the'exhibition could uot have been chosen. The 236 acres of Fairmont Park sot apart for it form a small table land, about 100 feet above the river, and which is diversi fied by valleys and grfeen slopes. Almost every available part of the grounds* is ornamented by fountains, flowers, trees, lakes, monuments and pavillions, wli|le across the valleys and drains are built beautiful light Iron bridges--all together forming as beau tiful a picture as. 1>have ever seen. Nearly every one in the country has been made familiar with til* appear ance of the building* t*y the lithograph and wood cuts tfiat have been strew broadcast over the land, but the build ings must actually be seen before their beauty and immense size can be appre ciated. A faint idea of their sine may however be given when it is stated that the main buildiugs covers 75 acres and haf the isles or passages are 35 miles long and that it takes about three days to go through them all, making the most cur sory examination of the things on ex hibition. In order to add to the conve nience of visitors a narrow gage rail road has beeu built around inside of the grounds, so that for five cents each one can make a tour of the grounds in about twenty minutes. Some of the engines which draw the pars are quite diminutive, while the curs are all opeu boxes, so as to give the passengers full view of the grounds, and are all made by different fiitns as an advertise ment. TUflre is also a chair company having chairs placed upon wheels, which ^an be hit$d wjrth p (*o,jmsh jreu. Mttoar." A visitor 4ias s>n3yiato sae-of-tljc?® chairs, tell the attendant where you wish to go* arid he will be taken there without the least exertion on his part. Several elevators have beeu erected outside of the grounds, in which visitors can be tken up to what appears to them to be an immense height, and have a full bird's eye view of not only the grouuds but Philadelphia and all the country around. The buildings under charge of the Centennial Commission are the Main Building, Machinery Hall, Memorial Art Gallery, Woinens P'avillion, Agri cultural Hall, Gouerument Building, Horticultural Hall And a number of smaller miscellaneous buildings. The main building is 1880 feet long,464 feet ide, covers 21 47-100 acres, and cost $1„GOO.OOO. This building is devoted to the exhibition of Dry Goods, Furniture fire arms, carpets, metallurgy, mining, books and scientific apparatus. The products of the United States occupy suits of the system of White Slavery \ nearly one third of the whole of the England, he had come to this counti* while the rest is, or will be to warn the American people agains'tilled with the products aud uianuf&c- its adoption." As there has reeentl^ures of Foreign countries. been an attempt to pass a bill through Machinery Hail comes next in size, Congress for the purpose of getting seeing 1402 feet long by 300 feet wide, revenue from this immoral source, theleslfies having a wing on one side that action of the Christian Churches is\ 208 long and 210 wide, The whole very timely, and wi^ undoubtedly de feat the measure. | Mr. Samuel Randall efc&trman of the Appropriation Committee, says that the Omnibus Bill,, will be ready for passage by the 10th of Juno and that with the hearty co-operation of Con gress au adjournment can be secured by the middle of that month. All the de- mandsof the House on the Depart ments for original papers have4 been deuiefl in accordance with a mosfage lent to Congress by the President on • V# ' ' • '• • . • - • - • illding covers 14 acres, and cost $762,- |>. The great attraction in this hall the immense Corliss Engine which is the greater part of the machinery. 4 whieli has between seven andeight ibs of shafting-geared toit. Here as ihe Sfyin Building, the products of trjuited States occdpy fatty three f^hs of all the space. tiorialHall, and a smaller building, its "Annex," is intended as aper- t structure. Is built of granite, et long by 210 wide, covers 1J acres of ground wad cost #1,500,000. This building is dtvoted exclusively to to the Fine Arts. Agricultural Hall, fhr the display of Agricultural implements and products, is 540 feet wide, by 820 feet, covers 10} acres of ground, and cost $800,000. . In this building the United States occu pies over one half of all the space. v The Government Building though tiot near so large or showy as the other exhibition building, is one of the most interesting of them all. It was bnilt by the Government at an expense of §60,000, covers two acres of ground, and is devoted principally to the display of the munitions of war, though the Smithsonian Institute, Interior De partment, and other brauches are rep resented. Horticultural Hall, like Memorial Hall, is iutended as a permanent Structure, is 383 feet long, 193 feet wide, eost nearly #252,000, and is de voted to the exhibition of flowers, trees, shrubs and vines. The are to be about 19Q buildings on the ground, but these will have to be described hereafter. The opening day was bright and pleasant, though the grounds were Soft And muddy from the rain that had been falling for several days before. In re sponse to the invitations of the Cen tennial Committee, President Grant and family, T. W. Ferry, Vice Presi dent of the United States, Secretaries Fish, Bristow, Chandler, Taft,Robeson, Jewell, and Pierrepont; ail of the Foreign Ministers; all of the members of both Houses of Congress; Governors of many States; Generals Sherman and Shefldart;the Emperor of Brazil and wife; and too many others to mention, were, present and took part in the openiug ceremonies. Bishop Simpson opened the exercises with prayer, af ter which the orchestra and a chorus of one thousand voices, /gave Whittier's Centennial Hymn. The singing was perfectly grand and completely drowned the musio 6f the orchestra, lion. John Welsh, President of the Centennial Board Of Finance, then made a brief address, after which the chorus and orchestra rendered Sidney Ladicr's Cantata uTlie Centennial Meditation of Columbia." Gen. Jos. T Rawley, President of tho Commission, then, amidst the most intense enthu siasm presented the exhibition to the President of the United States. Gen. Grant came forward, evidently very much embarrassed &nd was greeted with the wildest cheering and applause M,* soon as petfee aud quiet were re stored, he read his address in rather a low, faltering tone, stopping frequent ly as if trying to get a better control of hi 8 voice. When he announced that the Exhibition was open, and the American flag was unfurled, the enthu siasm of the mighty crowd boiled over and they gave vekt to wildest cheering and demonstrations. The Hallelujah Chorus was then given, when the march through the various buildings began, led by President Grant,Don Pedro and wife, and Cabinet. The chimes were rung, a salute fired by the artillery, and the bnildlngs were then thrown open for the first time to the public. Much to the surprise of nearly every scarcely more then three-fourths of tho spaco allotted to exhibitors have been taken up, the passages are choked up with machinery that is still un packed, and the floors littered over with bOxes. Fully two or three weeks will pass before everything is in full running order, and for the present, at least, I advise your readers to postpone their visit. The Commissioners should require all exhibitors to at once com plete their preparations. Ample space aud every facility, free of charge, has been givea them, and there is no ex cuse for such delays. Many persons have come here, and will go away sadly disappointed on account of this moom- pleteness. That the Exhibition will be in two or three weeks the finest the world has ever seen, no one doubts,but it should be so now. The Commiss lon ers have done a great work, and great credit is due them, not only for their spirit and energy, but for'the exquisite taste which they hiave shown in all their arrangeinents. It is estimated that fully 130,000 porsons were present at the opening, the greater portion ' of whom w ere caught in the pouring rain which came suddenly up and continued for hours. QUAD, IggrTrue to the last--uMan," say* Victor Hugo, "was the conundrum of the eighteenth century; woman ii the conundrum of the nineteenth century." An American editor* sglds, "We can't guess her, but will never give her up. No never." • PATENT®, AHTICLS «TH. Among the applications for patente, many are ridiculous in the extreme. One man applied for a patent for • method of rendering spirits visible He said that the Otlly f*Ananti wk* spirits do not make themselves vislbl* totM.se they love, is that the currents and disturbances of the a|r annoy and bother them. In order to overcome this objection, he proposed to Apply a station pomp to a rOom, suck the air all out, and thus form a perfect vacuin* The spirits then being troubled a* longer, would become v»«*bK A® those who are to see the spirits, after they <lo become visible, can not live in a room in which there is no air, and a» the pressure of the atmosphere woald crush in any substance which is trans parent enough to admit light and b« seen through, even supposing that the theory is true, how is it possible to get a sight of the spirits. Another asked for a patent for tha generation of steam by boring a hole down to the ceuter of the earth where everything is in a red hot or molten condition. Among the advantages claimed for this unique method is that there will be no danger of an explosion and no expense for fuel or engineers. A professor .once gave the following question to tils class, each one of the scholar> to think it over, and give" him aa answer on the following day: "Snp» pose a hole was bored through the cen»C t e r o f t h e e a r t h d o w n t o C h i n a , a n d * cannon ball was dropped into the hole* where; would the ball finally come to rest?" Next day lie asked the first bo/j if he had thought about the questional and the boy replied: "Ican't say that t have given much thought to the mailt question, Jnut T have given a good deal to a subsidiary one. How are you go« i'.2g"frc get that hold iliiuugii to China f So in regard to this invention. It ia not the expense or trouble after yott have the steam, but how Is the hole to be dug so deep. H Another inventor Wanted paten* for ar. artificial moon. His idea was ten have an immense balloon which was to | be moored in the air above the town or.j' city, and from which would be sus» 1 pended an electric light, or great 4re, : By me an 8 of this invention we were> to become entirely independent of theC, moon, and dispense with gas lamp* IA the streets altogether. " Still another wanted a patent jfor placing a large propeller wheel on the bow of a boat. The vessel was simpljr ^ to be started by a steam engine, and' "J then the forward motion ol the boat ; woald cahse the water to tnm the - wheel on the bow, and this wheel would in turn impart motion to another ^ wheel at the stern, which is to drive*\ the boat forward. The inventor's great ^ fear in regard to this invention waall that it would be impossible to build • | boat that would be strong enough to go through the water at the immense speed he expected to attain by means of his invention, and his great object was to invent some method to keep the boat from running more than fifty miles an hour. Another wanted to obtain a patent >. upon an embalming compound, and Z wishing to show hew well St woaid ^ preserve bodies, obtained the body of ^ an infant, embalmed it in his best man* ner, and sent the body to the Ofiioe ae a model. His model wariustantiy re* turned to him. Applications for patents for perpet ual motion are about as frequent aa ever. Many of these inventions show a great deal of ingenuity, but all of them an utter lack of knowledge of the simplest laws of nature. JSrCampbell, the U. S. Marshal, who helped extort blackmail from Miss Sweet, offers to refund. That is good as far as it goes; but it should not and will not relieve him from the odium of the gross imposition practiced upon the young lady. That piece of meanness can only be properly atoned for by n~ tirement from office, either voluntary or on compulsion. We are sure It would exceedingly gratify all sincere Republicans to see this "piece of mean ness" dismissed by the authorities at Washington without a single day's de* lay. What they are waiting for is more than we ean make out. * jj@-"I've knowed dat mule for three yeahs, and I don't think de animal would hurt a lamb, cause" This blank spaoe indicates where the lecture was interrupted, and the darkey for warded to the other aide the fence--by that same mule. / I®*The woman's rights question iwffems now fairly launched upon the sea of general discussion. A resolution Dsr elevating woman to the oftice of leader, steward, exhorter and local preacher-- (what more could be asked--) was pte» sented in the Methodist General defe at Baltimore. It was referred to an appropriate committee, and we shall expect to hear much! mere from ti uKutium. L •'/" Legal Blanks of all kinds for sale the Corner Drug Store of Murphy Hoy. Woodstock, 111. Orttars bf promptly attended) to.. MM