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|IK8t jg|ggj||g ^sk:^Z WEDNESDAY. MAKCH T4tli, 1877. jr. VAN SLYKK, E<litor. *.OOVKKNOK CVLLON. Th*t th« first part of Governor Ctillom'8 administration is disappoint­ ing hits real friends is evident. Dur­ ing the hemted campaign before tbe State Convention, the Ring politician* throughout the Statu used every means both fair and foul, to defeat the nomi­ nation of Mr. Cullou), ^nd in this part of the State more particularly was the m«st shameful means used to accom­ plish their ends. This Mr. Ctillom knew, and through letters to friends denounced in the most bitter terms the Ring and Machine politicians, and signified that rather than be under the influence of any Ring er clique he would retire from politics forever. But just at tiie dawn of his adminis­ tration we find him charged with being in full sympathy with what is called the*Springfield Ring, and when the Senator from this District, Hon. M, L. Joslj'n, rises in his seat and protests against the interests of the people be­ ing trampled under fo®t, he is violent­ ly assailed by the Chicago Journal, the organ of the Governor, and called a "bulioou.' ' "circus, performer." and other hard names. But our Senator cannot be driven from his purpose by any such moans. He was elected by the people to see to their interests in the State Senate, and the blood suck­ ers and leaches at the State Capitol will do well to "stand from under." If Governor Cullcm thinks that to toady to the wishes of a Ring oft un­ scrupulous political leaches will make him more popular than to do his duty, and thereby please t'ie largt majority t« whom he owes his election, he will find out when too late his mistake. As we have said before the for Rings and cliques to rule is rapidly passing away, the people having made up their minds to assert their inalienable rights, and woe be to tiie man or set of men who dare oppose. The Constitution says this Government was "established by the people /W" the people," and not for Rings and cliques, who rule only that they may fill the pockets ot thein- aelves and friends. We hope our Senator and Represen­ tatives at Springfield will make them­ selves heard for the right, and we be­ lieve tliev will. ®BTT1I« Evening„ Jcumal of Satur­ day says: '"Ex-Governor Beveridge has been named iu Washington dispatches for every Federal office in Chicago. If there is any ba^is of fact for these re­ ports, then his course is positively dis­ graceful, and ought to bar him forever from all official life, either appointive or elective. To step at once troni the Governorship of the great State of Illinois into line with a rabble of office •eekers. begginir for anything and everything, would be an insult to the State. We prefer to believe that Governor Beveridjje is misrepresented in this matter, altho'ugh the fact of his being now iu Washington gives some degree of probability to the rumor. This is only in keeping with the «i- Gavernor's'aots while in office. Like some of liis/>efe, (and he had several we could name,) when he once gets tASte of the public pan he dislikes to drop the spoon. 8^" The Chicago Legal News gives in­ formation of the official heads of the State of Illinois in this way: "The na­ tivity and ages of the new State officers of "Mnois are as follew-»: Shelby M. Cullom, horn In Wayne counts, Ky., in 1829. is48years old. AndrewSbuman, Lieutenant Governor, born in Lancaster county,Pa., in 1830 is 47. George II. Harlow, Secretary of State, born iu Sackett's Harbor, X. Y., in 1830, is 47. Kdward Rutz, State Treasurer, born iu Baden. Germany, in 182& is 49. Thom­ as B. Needles, Auditor, born in Monroe county, 111., in 18:15, is 42; J. K. Edsall, Attorney General, born in Windham, Green county. N. Y., in 183Ms 49." 8J^°"It will be remembered that di­ rectly after a sett lement of the Black Hills was commenced, something over a year ago, au outlaw named John McCall in a inc^-t cowardly manner shot to death a soine\vh»t nested frontier character nicuamed Wild Bill. Soon after he was arrested and taken to Yankton, was tried in the United States District Circuit Court and was convicted, and on last Thursday wa* hung. The Forty fourth Congress went ont of existence last week, having passed all the necessary appropri ation bills, except those for the army and the rivers and harbors. It remains to be seen wethher a special session of the new Congress will be necessary*to pass these two unsuccessful bills. The tetal annual appropriations of the bills parsed at the recent session amount to $119,129 938 87, being a reduction of $2. 394, 886, 94. for the same purposes, as compared with those of the previous year. AN CNGKATKFUL CUlt The big man of the Rock ford Gazette, and6Postmaster of that city. A. E. Smith, has been in Washington trying to set the pins to enable liiui to retain his hold on that fat office, and in a re­ cent letter te%is paper, closes by say­ ing: I will laerely say in closing, that I had the privilege of being present at the closing hour ef the Forty-Fourth Congress at noon this <!av, and w i t n e s s ­ ed the last throes of the political death of the vulture who has for the past four years tn?'*-represented the intelligent constituency of tiie Fourth District, of Illinois in Congress. His power lias tie- parted, his fangs extracted, his oppor­ tunities for blackmail gone; he will now return to his carrion crew, and sink into obseurity, re.*ptct«d and re­ gretted by none. This is the language of a man who Gen. Hurlbuc had appointed to a $3,000 office against the wishes of a large ma­ jority of the citizens of Rockford. But this virtuous beef-eater sent up a Avail of anguish, "help me Cassiusor I sink," uttered profuse promises for the future, (entirely unasked by Gen. Hurlbut,)and with Some misgivings his appointment was recommended and procured. Now what did this great, -wine I and high-ton­ ed individual do? When the campaign opened last Fall, did he say to Gen. Hurlbut, I fin opposed to you and shall use all honorable means to secure the election of your opponent? Nothing of the kind. That would have beer just and manly, something entirely for­ eign to his nature. But on the contra­ ry he came out as the par;icular tool to do the dirty work of the Ring, and dur­ ing the entire campaign his sheet and his big mouth were both filled with the most contemptable and dirty lies, about Gen. Hurlbut, that ever disgraced per­ son ©r press. And now, on the eve of the retire­ ment of Gen. Hurlbut from Congress, with a record that any man might feel proud of, this ungrateful, like any other skunk, throws back his foulest odor. But his rantings are of no consequence. The citizens of Rockford want a new Postmaster, and no doubt will get one and then this beef-eater will be obliged to go back to borrowed brains for a livelihood, as it has been thoroughly proven that he has none of his own. jgjgrA "frozen Well" is among the wonderful things iu Vermont' and has puzzled the noddle of many a scientist. Mr. Cyrus Larkiu calls our attention to the fact,.and from a memoranda made by hiui iu 1871, we learn that iu Brandon Vermont, inlSGO, a well was dug forty- one feet deep. The last fourteen feet of the farth was found to be frozen, Mr.L. examined it in June, 1871, when ice was visible on thu well a little be­ low the surface of the water, (which was then four feet deep,) and extend­ ing several feet above the water. No perceptible change has takeu place since the well was first dug. and water has been taken from it during the whole period eleven years, for family use, except one winter when the water became solid ice and hud to be chopped out in the spring. A year or so since he had a letter from a friend in Brand- don, who stated that the well existed originallv. Several scientific men have examined it and none have been able to satisfactorily account fer the phe­ nomenon. Possibly the Elgin Scienti­ fic Association is equal to the situation and can elucidate the cause of this subterranean freeze.--News. uu> If ex-President Grant is able to fill acceptably one-tenth part of the many civil offices which report credits him withau intention to accept, he will acquire ytore * fame as a civilian than lie did as a soldier or as Chief Magistrate of the Nation. He is al­ ready accredited with an intention to become Manager of a contemplated Isthmus of Panama Canal, President of something like a score of banks and as many more insurance and mining com­ panies, and will probably lend credit and character to a dozen or more rail­ road projects^ As a matter of fact, however, he contemplates spending a season of leisure in Europe, and also contemplates a visit to the West India Islands. TO DAIRYMEM. Don't use any more Annatto for col­ oring butter, until you have tried a bottle of Gilbert's Vegetable Com­ pound. Try one bottle and if not as represented, your money will be re­ funded. f&~Ou Friday lasf Governor Cullom sent to the Senate the names of A. M. Jone&, of Jo. Daviess County. S. II. Jones, of Sangamon County, and Robert W. Dulaney. pf Clark County, for confir­ mation as Commissioners of the State Peuiteptiary at Joliet. jeafPostmaster General Tyner has received during the past week a num- ber of newspaper protests against the construction of the Postal law of 1874 s« far as it relates to the postage on back numbers of newspapers and perio­ dicals mailed to subscribers. The de­ partment has ruled that subscribers can receive all the back numbers of the volume for which they subscribed at the subscription rates of postage, but that numbers back of that volume must pay book rates. > fi®"The defalcation in the Chicago Post Office is not so bad as was at first reported. McArthur has grossly viola­ ted the confidence reposed iu him by diverting public fund? to his private use *° y , e extent of forty or fifty thousand dollars, but wc are informed that his bondsmen are responsible and that his assets are sufficient to make his bondsmen safe. T1IK CABINKT. The United'States Senate on Satur­ day confirmed all of President Hayes' Cabinet appointments, by au almost unanimous vote, except that ol Secre­ tary Sherman, which had previously been acted jipon. The entire new Cab* inet is composed as follows: Secretary of State--William M. Ev­ an », of New York. Secretary of the Treasury--John Sherman, of Ohio. Secretary of. War--George W. Mo- Crary, Iowa. Secretary of the Navy--Richard W. Thompson,of Indiana. Secretary <»f the Interior--Garl Schurz of Missouri. * Postmaster General--David M, Key, of Tennessee. Attorney General--Charles Devdhs, of Massachusetts, , MonmRY l@rA correspondent of the Elgin Bluff City writing from Chicago, utters our sentiments exactly when lie says: "Just here I clesiic to pay my respects tp a class of the most graceless and ras­ cally miscreants who, by the inscrutable mysteries of God are allowed to exist. If there is one single redeeming feature or trait of character pertaining to, or connected with, the professional Chica­ go divorce lawyer, 1 should be glad to have some one point it out to ine. It isiny misfortune to be obliged to meet some of these monsters in a business way occasionally, and I say without fear of contradiction that they are brutal by instinct,low, cunning, and utterly devoid of ewry consideration of honor oiy he proprieties of human life. It is a matter of wonder and sur­ prise tome that so many reputable and infiuental newspapers all over the land will aid and abet these scoundrels in their nefarious business, by publishing their advertisements. In the main part the money which these men pay. is the cost of virtue, honor, and broken homes or hearts." Boys Clothing,at F. G,Mayes. Notice to the Holders of Mctlenry County Orders. Notice is hereby given, that on the 31st day of March, 1877, I will pay the following $300 8 per cent Mcllenry county orders, to-wit: Nos. 51, 59,67,75 83.92, 101, 109,117,125, 134,142,150,158. lGt>,174. 182,190,199,207, 215, 223, 231, 239, 247,255,203,271,279, 287, 299, 311. 324, 342, 354, GO, 09, 78,88, 98, 107, 110, 12G, 130, 145.154,1G3. 172, 181 and 192. Interest will cease on the above county orders April 1st, 1877. JAii'Ks NIsIi, County Treasurer. W o o d s t o c k . K e l ) . 2 7 , 1 8 7 7 . The attention of parties holding Mc- Henry county orders, and the public gen erally, is respectfully called to the fol­ lowing resolution passed by the Board of Supervisors at their December ses 'sion. 187G. "Your committee on finance, to-whom was referred the matter of funding the 8 pei cent orders of this county info 7 per cents would recommend that the County Treasurer be instructed to oiler 7 per cent county orders to all persons holding such 8 per cent orders as may be called in for rede mptiou during the coming year* and to Relief or cash such 7 per cents to any and all persons de­ siring to invest iu them. We would further rcccommeu-d that said treasurer be instructed, whenever he shall have in the treasury the sum of $1,000 received from the sales of such 7 per cent orders or from other sources not otherwise appropriated, to redeem 8 percent orders of the county, giving due and proper notice of such redemption. JAMF.S NTBH, County Treassrer. *V© woul<! announce to our eu-ttomers «tid the public generally, that our facilities for CUSTOM GRINDING A l i E N O W Batter Than Ever Before! An<l that wc arc prepared to do all kinds of Grinding in the the biist possible manner. Merchants and Others W h o l i n n . l i e F l o u r a r e r s i » e < , i a l l y / . r e i | U ^ s t e d t o i r i v e i i s a < " i U , a s o u r d i f f e r e n t U r a i u l s o f F l o u r a r e n e e o n d t o n o n e i n t h e m a r k e t . T l t a n k i i r j r t h e j m b l i " f o r p n s t f a v o r s w e h o p e f o r a c o t i t i n u a n < * o o f t h e s a m e . A. H. HAKLEY & SDKS. M r H e n r y . I I I . , F e b . 2 0 t h , M 7 7 v Administrators Sale. IX the E s i ; » t o o f J a c o b B l a k e d e c e a s e d . B y v i r t u e o f a d e r r e t . i l o r d e r o f - t h e C o m i t y C o u r t o f M v H o n f c y C o u n t y a n d - H a t e o f I l l i n o ­ i s , ( • n t o r i ' d o n r < o o r d o n t h e 1 2 t h < l ; i y o f M a r c h A. l#77 , w e Will-sell a t I 'ublie A u c t i o n t o " t h e l i i i r h e s t a n d b e - ; ! , b i d d e r f o r c a s h , o n . ' t h e M t h d a y o f A p r i l , 1 * 7 7 , a t the h o u r o f l O o ' c l o c k M . - , o n t h e p i e u i-i-siis d e s i g n a t e d a s i n t h e O r d e r o f t h e O n i r t i n t h e f o l l o w i n g - d e s c r i b e d K i - a l K s t n U 1 < > f s a i o d e c e a s e d , t o . w i t : t h e u n ­ d i v i d e d o n e - h a l f ' o f J . o t N u m b e r o n e ( 1 ) i n B l o c k N u m b e r t h r e e ( 3 ) i n t h e v i l l a g e o f M c - I l e n r y i n the <; >ui ' tv o f M e l j e n r y a n d S t a t e o f I l l i n o i s , o n I he West .>ide o f F o x R i v e r . CVNIAKINK B i w Y K E , A d m i n i s t r a t r i x . S T K I M ! K S i I 'KKI .N; > , A d m i n i s t r a t o r . D a t e d , i L i s l i l h i ' a v o f M a r c h A . ! > . 1 S 7 7 . Notice. J h e r c h v f o r b i d a l l p e r ^ o u s f r o m s e l l i n g o r a i v i i i t r ! o i n y - S o n , J o h n l > ! ; : I t i u a i i , a n v s p i r i t u o u . s l i i | i i o r - i o f a n y k i n d , U e e r o r ' C i i l e r , a ^ I w i l l p r o s e c u t e a l l s u c h t o t h e f u l l e x t e n t of the law. BaHr.AK.v S>.'HKI:INEK. ' M c l l e u r y . 1 1 1 . . M a r c h b i t l i , H 7 7 . Administrators Motice- 1 J V ^ T A T K o f ( ' s i h a r i n e F r o u n d d e c e a s e d . I J T h e u ' i d e r s i - . . ' . ' > e d h a v i n g b e e n a p p o i n t e d . Y d n i t n i s t r a ! o i < • ( l ' , e E s t a t e o f C a t h a r i n e { • ' r o u n d 1 ; : t e » i f ! ! : " ( • ' > ; i i i t v o f M c H e n r y , a n d S t a t e o f I I l i n o i . - , I > c e i s c 1 , h e r e b v g i v e n o t i c e t h a t l i e w i ' d a p p e a r b . d o r k t h e C o u n t y C o u r t o f M c H e n r y C o u n t y , a t t h e C o u r t H o u s e i n W o o d s t o c k " , a i t h e A p r i l t e r m , o n t h e t h i r d M o n d a y i n A p r i l l i e \ ! , a t w h i c h t i m e a l l p e r ­ s o n s h a v i n g c l a i m s a g a i n s t . s a i d E s t a t e , a r e n o ­ t i f i e d a m ! r i . p ; e s t e d t o a t t e n d f o r t h e p u r p o s e ot b a v i n - / t h " - w o e a d j u s t e d . A l l p e r s o n s i n ­ d e b t e d t o - a i d E s t a t e a r e r e q u e s t e d t o m a k e i m m e d i a t e p a y m e n t t o t h e u n d e r s i g n e d . D a t e d l i i i s 1 - H h d a y o f J a n u a r y A . I ) - , W 7 . JOIIN'M. MAY, A d m i n i s t r a t o r . Executor's Notice. J" E S T A T E o f M a r v E D u n n d e c e a s e d . T h e u u d e r . s i / i r ' . l h a v i n g b e e n a p p o i n t e d E x ­ e c u t o r o f t h e 1 i - ; W i l l a m i T e s t a m e n t o i ' M a r y E . D u n n , l a t e o f I h e ( ' o n n ! y i d ' M c H e n r y , a n d s t a t e o f I l l i n o i s , d e c e a s e d , " h e r e b y g i v e s n o ­ t i c e t h a t h e v i l l a p p e a r b e f o r e ' t h e C o u n t y C . o i r t o f M ' ' H e n r y C o u n t y , a t ' l i e C o u r t H o u s e i l W o - » l s t o c ' k , a t t h e A p r i - I T e r m , o n t h e t h i r d M o i i - i u y i a A p r i l n e x t , a t w h i c h t i m e a l l " p e r M > n « . h a v i n u c t a i u i . - . a g a i n s t s a i d E s t a t e a r e ! i o t i : ; e d i i . d v . " n e s t e d t o a t t e n d t o r t h e p u r - ; > " > o l ' l i i \ H i , - . - n i n e a d j u s t e d . A l l p e r - - • i : « - i n d e b t e d t o s a i d E * ' a t e a r e r e q u e s t e d t o ! ! i a \ e i m m e d i a t e p a y n e - n t t o t h e u n d e r s i g n e d . H a l e d t h i s t i t i i d a y o f M a r c h \ D . , 1 * 7 7 . "JOHN L. DI XN. E x e c u t o r . NEW WACO^a S H O P ! ILLINOIS. * SMITH & SNYDER, --DEALERS IN LIME, CEMENT, Plastering Hair* Stucco, &c. CHOICE $7 Per barrel Or §1.75 I>EU SACK. \Vc Warrant this Flour "in every rospeet, and if not satisfactory the monev will be refunded. SALT $1.60 Per Barrel. Warehouse near the Depot Mci 'lonry, III. SMITH & SNYDER. P r o m p t l y a t t e n d e d t o . Give l o a C a l l E. FEKKIS8. M c H e n r y , 1 1 1 . , N o v . ' l i l t l i . \ s 7 ( ) . LAUER a BECKER, ' 'if' • -?•. ,ir f *1^ • 5$; j? j>; i |p •'4 •'•'••;» &-•;.! ;4 / f] t Furniture, Furniture i, The Best is the Cheapest. JOHN B. BLAKE, A the new Store of Blake & Bros., has now in Store one of the Lar- and Best Selected Stock of jA";1 -_gi aiui nest ocicciftt OIOCK. OI Furniture to be found iu McHetf- selling- to E . P E R K I N S W ' i '.iM v e - o e . - : ! ' i ; ' l y i n f o r m h i s f r i e n d s a n d t h e i . e i . ' e r a : ly ' t ' . a t l i e i s u o w n r e p a v e d , a I i n - | i , W : - 1 . I I • c I ' l l ! > l i i ' S t ; n . ' ! r e , t o d o ! !! l-i i . ' ! - o i ( r j . e - . i t e r W o r k o r \ v o r k i l l w o t i d j o f a n v k i a d , s u c l i e . s t h e \ \ o o d - \ \ o r k o f U t i . a - • , ' i e s . W a . t ' i < i i - , m a k i n g H e a t s , & < • . , a n d i n s l i o n e . n y t h i n ^ ' e i , o r i n ; i n e i l l a : i r - l - c l a s s ( ' a r ^ e n t e r S h o u . t r u n a l o i u r e x j i e r i e u c e i u t h e b u s i n e s s a n d i i - i n - , ' u o i i e i i a t i i n : 1 > L \ - > 1 t d ' i . u m h o r I c a n i n a i l c a - e s (iuaraiiiee Satisfnction ! GENERAL JOBBING Xear the Dopot, IMIcHSMRYj^- - ILLINOIS T h e s u b s c r i b e r s . i r e n o w ^ i r e ^ a r e d w i t h a S t o c k o f FINE CLOTHS o f a l l k i n d s , t o m a k e t ° o r d e r C o a t u , l ' a n t s , V e s t s o r e n t i r e S u i t s , o n " ' s l i o r t n o t i c e a n d o n t h e m o s t ."taonalilB Terms. i »r« ; o o d F i t s ( i u n r i i n - t e e d a n d a l l W o r k W a r ­ r a n t e d . W e a l s o K e e p a F u l l L i n o o f Beady - Made Clothing, GKINT8 Fr.mii Goofe, Hats, Caps, &c V l i i c h M ' i l l h e s o l d a s l o w a w a t a n y e s t a l d i s l i n i o n t i n t h e C o i m l y , C l o t h e s C l e a n e d i n t h e h e s t o f m a n n e r a n d < n i s h o r t n o t i c e , LAUEH & 15ECKEli. M c I I e i t r y , F e b . ' i i i l l i , l ; ; 7 7 . nil advance an be found gaat'iiwae**'* ,n r*1 " £ r. H: ; Parlor Suits, Chamber Sets, Kitchcn Furniture, ^Vall Brackets, Picture Frames, and in short everything usually found m a first-class i-urnitiire Store. OUR UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT Was,never more completo tlinn at presortt The Finest line of Coffins, Caskets, Gold and Silver Trimmings, to be found in the market. -5 QHN JB, BLAKE. McHenry, 111., March 6th, 1877* The Old and Reliable E. M. OWEN, Still Lives, and can be found on hand this Spring, at his Ware­ house, opposite the Old Owens Mill, McHenry* with a full line of Leading Farm Machinery, «ar Of all kinds, among which can be found the celebrated Buckeye Grain Drill, Broadcast Seeders, Junior Cultivator, Plow SvUky, which can be attached to any Plow, Champion Self-Pumping Uak$% &c., &c. Plows ! Plows ! Plows ! . All leading Plows kept constantly 011 hand and at Lowest Pricey Also see the celebrated Buckeye Broadcast Seeder. It is not equaled, Slices Low and Terms Favorable. li. II. OWEN, . McHenvv, 111., February 2.7th, 1<S77, Something New under the ' Sim.----Bead 1 Read ! J O H N I . S T O R Y , Would respectfully announce to the citizens of McHenry anc( vicinity, tjiut he has ja^t opened'at.'tho Old Furnituie stand, Opposite the Post Office, A NEW -AND aWfi ifl Consisting of Burcnus , Tables, Chairs, Lounges, Bedsteads, Looking Glasses, Pictures and Picture Frames, Wall Brackets, &c., &c. J-^ll none but the best of Goods, buy and sell for CASH ONLY, wild guarantee to sell at least 20 per cent lower thai* any other II ouse in the County. ive us a Call before Buying and Save Money. J©™ I. STORY. Mc-IIonry, UK. Fe\». 20t!j, 1877. BUCKLIN & STEVENS, NEAR THE DEPOT, M'HENRY. Dry Goods, a full Stock. Boots s Shoes in abundance Clothing a Full Line. Hats and Caps for all. E^HChoice Groceries, Fine Teas, Can I ruits, Crockery and Glasi Ware. r^rThe Highest ^larket Price for BUTTER EGGS, AND POULTltY, in ('asli or Trade. BUCKLIN Sl STEVENS. -McIIeiwy, 111., 8opt. 23d, 1870.