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• v*>* ' C " E '/ '* ( a&fc&7u> •$*&•'••. .v 3 ,. r. 5 i ;.W:l;,.c J^.X. '!§g " . < *v »# * WEDNESDAY, FfiB. 2?th, IS78. J, VAN SLYKK, Kdltor. gerThe Elgin Advocate pays: "An­ other congressional aspirant appears upon the scene in the fourth congres­ sional district. The Aurora people, with their proverbial modesty " men­ tion'* D. B. Waterman M a possible candidate. Mr. Waterman was at map time mayor of Aurora." •Col. King's farm on the Rio Grande consists of 100,000 acres, all fenced. He has been growing in wealth linos the war 'with Mexico, and now owns, besides the land, 22,000 horses, 60,000 cows, 75,000 sheep and 30,000 mules. He employs 300 Mexican herd- •m M*8t nf tin land has bee* fenced mt an enormous cost. : . Egypt h«s cmnsrlit the enthusiasm of the western countries of Europe in its reception of Gen. Grant. At Alex­ andria he has been received with all the honors at its command, while at Cairo a palaoe has been placed at his disposal by the Khedive and a special steamer to give him an opportunity of seeing the famous river which the heroic Stanlev ha* forever linked with the name of the United States, DKATff or AN OLD WAR VBTRRAN, *'Dfck,n the eld war hone of Gen, S. A. Hurlbut. died last W«dne»day In the burn of Geo. C. Stevens, 6ne mile west of BockTord city limits. When Gen. Hnrlbnt left Boone county to take command of his brigade in 1861, he took "Dick,'* then a dashing vouug animal, with liim. He was the constant companion of his master all through the war, and gallantly bore him on liia hack at Shiloh, and many other hard contested battles, passing through without a scratch. After his return home Gen, H. gave "Dick" his time and placed him in charge of Mr. Stevens, with strict order? to f«»d, water and faithfully care for the ser­ vant until death should overtake him. This was faithfully done until Wed­ nesday the 6th i»stn when at the afe of 27 years, old age relieved him of his cares and sent him to those green past­ ures in the happy land where all good Mr. Stevens gave Dick a good burial, dug the grave deep, and will place at the head of his resting place a board on which will be recorded some of his good deeds.--Hockford Journal. M^Those Eastern folks were to unanimous, and so vituperative, and so much accustomed to give the word of command and see the West obey it, that they could hardly believe the Western rebellion against their man­ dates on the silver question would be persisted ^n. Up to the very last mom­ ent they refused to believe it. They have been taught a lesson which, for their own good, we hope will improve their manners and the tone of their press. • |g*The report of the National De­ partment of Agriculture for 1877, now In course of publication, states that the yield of wheat in the United States for the year was 360,000,000 bushels, or 60,000,000 more than was ever before produced. Deducting the amount necessary for home consump­ tion in feod and seed, upward of 110,- 000,000 can be spared for export. The acreage of winter wheat for 1878 is greater than that of 1877. The corn product was 1,300,000,000 bushels, with corresponding yields of oats Aid pot*- toes. JK9*There are in the State of Ne­ braska, alone, over forty-six and a half millions of acres of land still unlm proved, while less than four million acres are under cultivation. Even with this small proportion improved, the State raised 80,000,000 bushels of corn and 20,000,000 bushels of wheat. If one hundred thousand Idle working- men with their families were to set to work on the unimproved and unoccu pled lands of Nebraska, the labor problem would be nearer being solved than it has been since the troubles commenced. The fifth annual convention of the National Butter, Cheese and Egg Association, will beheld at the Grand Pacific hotel, Chicago, March 6,7 and 1878. The executive committee hope to have a programme which can not fail to prove of interest to dealers in as well as manufacturers of dairy products, and as this industry is rapid­ ly growing into prominence in the states adjacent to Illinois, it may be expected that the convention will be largely attended by the dairymen of the northwest. These conventions are decidedly beneficial to the dairymen, and no one can attend them without being profited thereby, for they learn of many things before unknown to them, and we firmly believe that the dairy interest of Illinois and Wiscon­ sin has been benefited many fold by the conventions which have been held, and that the more conventions the greater the benefits. No one In the dairy*busine8s is too old to learn from the experience of the practical men who attend, and we doubt if any are so ignorant but that they can impart information to others. We hope that there will be a full attendance of the producers of milk as well as of the manufacturers of cheese and butter from Kane aud adjoining counties.- Advocate. Our Chinese Menace. The London Timet says: uWe cannot doubt that if the Chinese had found their way to America from the com­ paratively prosperous Eastern prov­ inces in thousands, they will pour forth in myriads from ihe famine-stricken districts of the north as soon as the way is opened to them. The Chinese difficulty may speedily become a great­ er menace to the United States than the negro difficulty was at Its worst, for the negro immigration was never voluntary, and ceased with the aboli­ tion of the slave trade, while If the Chinese tide once begins to flow iu force, it is difficult to see wfhe($ when It will stop." ft Tn HEM Uncle Sam's Harness Oil fills and closes the pores of leather, effectually presenting the entrance of dampness, dust, <fcc., and rendering the harness soft and pliable, while at the &ame time increasing durability. k. Salt Meats rU Allli The MeHenry 1ST MAM The undersigned having purchased the Meat Market of Win. Fisher, is now prepared to fnrnisb the citizens of McHenry and «ar- rounding country with * * Fresh and ' OF AL Sausage, Smoked Meats. Ac., AT THE Loweat Living Prle«ik w& si • . , - • - W" ufe *oeg! lining we notified a!! mir cus­ tomers that \v<! intended to do a Cash busi­ ness, and in trying to accommodate a few for • day or two we have moro on our hook3 than we want. We now give notice that after March 1st, we will not Hook a cents worth of meat to no man, woman or child. Take Q|ll>i,cp and gov^ngfourselves accordingly. Frett 6c Son. WcJfriTKT, !Tt, Feb. 20th, 1S7S. P. TILTON, tQENERAL At his old stand is now better than ever prepared to do all work in hi* line, in the best of manner and at LOW PRICES. HORSE SHOEING. Having associated ness with mo in the bast' ft®" Geo. W. Ben wick fell through *tgjfectlve sidewalk in the city of Elgi In the fall of 1873 and sued the city for $10,000 damages. He lest the first suit, bat upon a second trial before the Cir­ cuit Court in 1876 was awarded $3,000. The case was appealed by the city and carried to the Supreme Court, where the judgment was affirmed--but the city as&cd for a re-hearing and the case was remanded. Oa Thursday last the lodgment was re-afflrmed, and Elgin now has the additional sum of 91,500 to pay In the way of cost*. JOT Our government will of course politely decline any invitation to par­ ticipate in'jthe caucus of Kin^s and Emperors called to settle the Eastern question. How the territory of Tur­ key shall be partitioned among the powers is a question that does not con- corn us, and he who meddles with what does not concern him generally gets his bands full of trouble. It is enough for us to boss this continent In a peaceful way,leaving the military monarchies of the Eastern hemisphere to settle their own domestic disputes. Until we are ready to return the cour­ tesy by inviting them to interfere on this side of the water, we cannot afiord to poke our nose in their affair. |®*We have writers enough on polit­ ical economy to befog the intellect of the nation for a century to come, and so we beg the philosophers of the day to agitate their brains on the question of Indian economy, ttiRt is to sky rftonomy is keeping or killing onr sav. ages. Something must dc done in that way, and at once. A report from the War Department gives us the cost of our fighting the Sioux, to-wit; Money cost, 92,312,531; expenses in life and limb. 16 officers and 267 men killed, and 2 officers and 123 men -wounded. By this expenditure the army may have succeeded in killing 600 Sioux, or a possi ble expenditure of treasure to the amount of $4,600 for each savage obliterated, to say nothing of our own loss of life. The result was only to drive the Sioux into exile. These figures are simply for the skirmishes with Silting Bull, we suppose. The cost of the Nez Perees insurrection Is a separate matter. It is plain that we cannot afford to keep our Indians by killing them. Such wars,if occurring often, would soon bankrupt the coun­ try. There are needed, therefore, some (t practical Ideas for the management of savages in some other way than by the bullet and the bayonet. Who will be the coming statesman who will combine wisdom with practical philanthropy.--Post MR. T» DORIS, One of the best Horse Miners In the State, am better than ever prepared to do work in this line. WB'Ml Feet, Quarter Cracks, Ac., made a speciality. We respectfully solicit the pntrorage of onr friends and the public generally. W, F. TILTON. MoHenry, Feb. M?th, 1878. ' monthly, as fast as bo purchased, into "on dollars, and a sum sufficient to carry oat the ~*™omg provision of this act is hereby appro- Ki out ot any money in the Treasury not _ appropriated. And any gain or ligmorajje arising from this coinage shall be ac- >unted for and • paid into the Treasury, as pro- led under existing laws relative to the sitbsid- ry coinage; provided, that the amount of mon- , at any one time invested in such silver bullion KmKIKof 8\lch r«wltinjr coin, shall not exceed p,UOO,COO; and provided, further, that nothing in is act shall be construed to authorize the pav- j ' A? B1*ver, of certificate* of deposit issued lder the provisions of Sec. 254 of tne Revised iitutes. e. 2. All acts and parts ot aots inconsistent led C ®ro^181on9 this act are hereby re- I Sbc. 3. That immediately after the passage of |is act the President shall invite the Govern- enta of the countries composing the Latin won, so called, and of such other European Na­ me as he may deem advisable, to join the United fttes in Conference to adopt a common ratio be- i gold and silver. for the purpose of ©st&lb® »ng internationally the ass of bi-metnllie oney and scouring a fixity of the relative value -- m those metals; such Conference to be held i,, : ,... ' n- t:i ),iu>A .nifriff UMi^ifii.lpin'i t» Kut iJniT itlll "r»< .*U-u. In 4c i V- ifw ,f W't t' fti v.fl- f wlt h£tk ft'Hfo ,-'J rft'ii'M ftltiSKr.* * our Cost. Cm U" our . wjw • s '"iiHuifJ. r. "•r'.f t.im '•rfttt. offer tibLp 5cM of Overcoats at Gloves and Mittens % at greatly reduced prices.-- Flannels and Woolens at lower prices than ever be­ fore known. Nubias and Scarfs at half their v alue.-- Call and examine and get '•it for CASH, lit BUCKLIN & STEVENS And Thereby ntualiy acrrod upon by the I&ccutivcr, of the- ovemmenta joining iu the whenever tha iovernmentoso invitee, m. any Ham oftbei*. . have usni%d their willingness to unit® in lesune. The President shall, by and -.vith the rlvioe, and. (wnseni of the Senate, appoint u»e CtommiMionerB, who shall attend sueis Coe- rence on behalf of the United States), and (all report the doings thereof to the Preaiden 10 shall transmit the i - ~ same to Oongress. "V S-- naiBgi iha. an •^Advices from the war depart­ ment state that there is a fear that when spring opens there will be an­ other general ludiaa war with the Sioux. Several hundred lodges have left the Spotted Tail and Red Cloud agencies, and are now roaming In JiTorthern Dakota, where it is expected <*ey will be joined by Sitting Bull in Abe spring, or at least a part of his band, 7he«xpedition now putting Out at Fort Lftramie by Gen. Crook Is In-1 tended !to anticipate any Invasion of the Black ljiljs country, and will leave at once testrike these roaming bands from th«*ge-neie« before the snow is oil the ground and the grass has grown sufficiently for the Indians to fatten their ponies The whole trouble prises from tha .action of the gov­ ernment in eompfcjlfag Bed Cloud Und Spotted Tail to move their agen­ cies. A few thousand (dollars could Have saved the trouble^ tot under the Ijaw the President^eould not expand it jrithout authority from co*g*«»s. Rnd ^AUjgrees failed to gjiye hAw wtfbori^r. Twelve idiots, for we cannot call them men, have been found in Oales- burgh, who are willing to say that a brute in human shape, who boasts of committing thirty-four cold blooded murders, shall not be hung, but instead sent to States prison, where the chances are that in less than one year he wiil be a free man, and again ready to cut the throat of any unoffending citizen whom he may meet. In fact it is reported that he said on leaving the Court Room after his sentence, that all he asked was to get a chance at these who had testified against him. These twelve Jurymen must either ac­ knowledge themselves fools or knaves, aud deserve to be Incarcerated with the noted criminal who by their ver­ dict they have saved from ilia death he ao Justly merited. imminnnnw •hall GILBERTS BUTTER COLO*, WlJJ cojor white Butter so perfectly natural that an expert cannot detect the difference. Sold by Dmggiet# and Groceries generally. Try it. .Manu­ factured by A, 111. B. Gilbert, MsHeury, Ponee deLeon, when he visited the shores of America, sought long and arduously for the "Spring of perpet­ ual youth,*' that those who bathed1 therein might never grow old in ap petfanc. People of our day have in iy0ri discovered a substitute for this unfound spring, in Ring's Vegetable Ambrosia it few applications of which gives to wiilte or gray hair that dark strong and glossy appearance peculiar to youthful beauty. If any of <x*r readerg doubt tliip, Jet them try a bot> tie, and be uu*viiuarjJ th» truth onr assertion. FOR 1878. Janesville Fickle Co. All parties desiring to contract for growing of Cucumbers, -with above named company, will please leave their applications ior the same, at the office of the Crystal Lake Pickle Works be­ fore the 1st day of March 1878. A. J. RUSSELL, Manager. Foz River Valley Kills. R. BISHOP, Proprietof. McHenry - - - - Illinois. MR! FEED, CONSTANTLY ON HAHD. CUSTOM GRINDING Done oromptty. and satisfaction guaranteed Slaving just uut in a new Feed Stone, capable of grinding sixty Vue HeU of Feed per honr. I am prepared to do yopr grinding on abort no* tice. «~Tho HigHest^Carket Prle# paut for good Milling Wheat, R. |||HO>. McHenry I1L, Dmc, W77. Save Money >> ^ prices, your us. Will make it #o % - ..tit * * # '• j;?'n . vii J nun J.JLCA>y VJLA\J± JJL We will make large reductions on all Fall aud Winter Goods for the remain der of the month in order to reduce stock be for* taking onr annual Inventory January 1st, 1878. We liei-ewith auuex a partial Priue List vf good* 'most in demand for the seascy^. » ; f ' . Best Ginghams.8 to 9 cts. regular price 10to]2X ?rown Sheetings..6 to S ctB. " " 7 to 10c. rints to 6X •' •« 6 to 8 Cotton Dattiiip.... 11 to 1« " •• 14 to 20 A full line of Black and colored American and French Cashmeres 26 61), 7fi, 66, and (1, regu­ lar price 46 to 91.26. Pacific corded Alpaca 16 cts., regular price23c Heavy Grey Flannel 20 cts., regular price 30c Heavy Western ck Flannel 28 cts. regular regular regular price 35 cts. Heavy lied Twilled Flannel 2S eta., 8rice 3ft cts. leavy Red Plain Flannel 23 cts., ricc '.»8 eta. pr Hen's Knit Jackets (double) $1 regular pricc •1.26. Two Button Kid Glove* 7tf ets., regular prl«« .Ladies Beaver Union Cloaking, double #ldth $2 regular price f-2.f>0. 1.attics Felt Skirts $1.15 regular price tl.50. Mens Suits 97.SO worth fit Mens Suits $10 worth $12.50. Ment Suits $1*2 worth $15. Mens Suita $13 worth $16. Mens Suits $14.50 worth $17. Mens Suits $16 worth ?lfl. Mens Ovcrcoats wortli (6.(0. Menu Overcoats worth $8. Mens Overcoats $-t.50 worth $10. Mens Overcoats $10 worth $12.60. Mens Ovcrcoats $12.50 worth $15.* Mens Overcoats $1;"> worth $18, Mens Overcoats 18 worth 22. Also ft full line ef Tonths and Boys Suits and reductions. Overcoats at correspM^dtag Yours, Truly. P. D. SMITH. M E R C H A N T T A I L O And Dealer Invites the public to an inspection of his newly purchased Stock. l^iTPrices to suit the Times and Goods Warranted as represented. represented. CUTTING DONE AS ilSUAjU "1!̂ • Store One Door f3orth cf Colby's Drug St©r©» McHcnry, IU.. Sept. 12th, 1877.- ^ > GRAY HAIR tVcmihe SCALP ^&PS(VCNT BUOKLIir * STEVKSS. JfeSfnwf, Van. MM, int. GRAY, LIGHT, FADED, -AID- RED HAIR Aro changed try a few applications of the AMBROSIA to a beautiful auburn or to tho dark, lustrous colora of youthful tresses, liumors, Dandruff, Itching of the Scalp, and falling of the Hair aro at once eared by it. Wluro tlit htir follicles are not destroyed, it Will causo the hair to grow on bald heads. It is pprfamcd with extract* front Uragrmnt flowers. All who use it praise it. pulis, Con^hs, Eheiimaliso, Stiff Neck, Nenraigia, Dimiiea, Mk, loreThitui Tootihadw Are alleviated, and in most eases cured, by the Use of this PAIN ERADICATOR. It is an in­ valuable Family Medicine, affording relief be­ fore a physician can be reached. Procure, our circular describing above diseases and their proper treatment, and you will bless the remedy (hat brings such healing. For Sole by All Druggists. Prepared by E> |M« TUBBS A CO. ' ;Jfeoprietors of "Ulag'a Amteorift," 6 MANCHESTER, N. H. Bold by HENRY COLBY, McHenry, 111. To Consumptives. !E jwtvortiser, I.r. . in)? Sieen permanently cnre<l of that disease, Consnmp. tlon, by h elinple reniody, is anxious to makl known to bin fellow-suffcrers the means of. cure. To alt who desire it he will send aeop# of ihe penscription used, (free ofeharge,) witV tlie directions f«r preparing and at>iug tbf same, which they will tind a sure cure foi Consiur. »tion, Asthma, ItroncbitiK, Atv Parw ties wisliing tbe prescription, will please ad­ dress, K. A. Wilson, 191 Penn* St., Williams, burgh, N. V. PIAAPLES. Iiriirtnail (free) the receipt fora sim^te Vegetable Ifttlm that will remove Tan. Freckle*, Pimples and blotches, leaving th» skin soft, clear and beautiful; also instruc­ tions for producing a luxuriant growth ot hair on a bald bead or smooth face. Address, inclosing 3 ct. stamp, Ben Vandelf A Co., SO Ann St., New York. & inn MONTHLY MADE. Agents wanted County rights given gratis f.,r the sale of seven well-known Standard Medicines needed in every family; reputation world- wkle; established many- years; made by » celebrated physician; proofs of evidence given. An industrious, energetic person caa make snug permanent income and very liberal terms, by addressing with reference, til Chestnut Street, I'liliadelpliia. Errors of Youth. A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years 1 com Nervous Debility, Premature De. cay, and all the effects of youthful indiscre­ tion will, for the sake of suffering humanity*. send free to all who need it, tho recipe an<| direction for making the simple remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers wishing t# Krollt by the adviser's experience can tl® s# y addressing in nerfect confidence JOHN B. OUDEN, 42 Cedar St., New Torfc Land For Sale. THE undersigned has a number of pieces of Land which he offers for Sale, situatedII follows: 14 Acres of Timber Land, In Section 1, Nun. da Township. 40 Acres in Section 12, Nnnda. 20 Acres in Section 3, N inula. 80 Acres in Section 22, .Nundft, with tionset baru, orchard, well lenc*d and watered. H acres unrU v improvement and balance timber 1 will also sell mv Home Farm, containing l'ii Acres, gnod buildings, and under a gooft state of cultivation. Any or ail of the above will be sold on the most reasoiiftble terms. I also have on Section 22 ten tons of good Hay, put up in good shape, which I will sett for «3 per ti»n. JOHN FLWSRY. " McHenry, 111., Sept. 2Mh, J877,