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' • |* ' • ' - ̂ " 1 ' , . *< - , • - •*'£ - v ".M •• - •- < . • • • " : " 1 i'.. ~V J ,»'*"> " " b'Hf t . . Jt.. _ * Jf^cory yiaiatlealsr. WKDtfESDAf, AUG. 28th, 1878. . VAN 8LYKK "*UI--ii Li •= .,M Editor f OB CONGBE881 4th DISTRICT, 8. A. HURLBUT, OF BOONE, net to the Decision of tha RepubH •v» crtn Congressional Convention. CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION. the ttepnbliciin voters of the several coun­ ties com posing the Fourth Congressional Dis- Slriet of Illinois rtre requested send dele- -'Jrates to a Republican District Convention, to JLe held at EU'in on tiie Uti» day of September, f87S, at one o'clock P. M., for the purpose of [tominatiuir a person for member of the lower 100 ̂ e of Congress to be supported at the grei^, tral election in November next, and for trans Ming such other business us shall properly |ome nefore said convention. The oasis o'f I'tf presentation will be the vote cast for He - biinlic tn Piesi ienti'tl Electors in November |S78, and the ratio will !.e one ueiepire tor fvary four huudred votes, and one delegate d-litinnftl for each fraction of two hundred fr over, so cast. Under this apportionment he representation in Mid oonvent ion will be s follows: ;jCane 5.3JM votes . ..........13 delegates lViiinel>ago,4.B05 votes. ,v 11 m fIJeKalh 3,67!) vote#.....i'..... fT- llcUeury '|,4S! vote*..»•»&£'> •• fc.'t. lloone . 1,905 votes t yr In pursuance of a resolution of the last Congressional Convention, held at Elgin, jKept. 7. I87t> this committee recommends that the-County Conventions for the election of •ielegates l>e held on a uniform dav, and sug­ gests the At day of September, 1878, for snch •Conventions. CHA8. JvKtXrM, D. B. WATERMAN, W. A. TAt-coTT, A, B. COON, , ' . O. H. WRIGHT, Cong. Centra] Committee. EPUBL1CAN COUNTY CONVENTION. The Republican voters of McHenry county re requested to send delegates to the Repub» ic;*n County Convention, to he held at the urt House, in Woodstock, Saturday, August 1st. 1378, at 1 o'clock p. TO., for the pin-pose of fleeting nine delegates to represent McHenrv bounty at the District Convention to he helil Eltfin, Sep. fith, to nominate a candidate for ^oagress for this district, and selecting dele- JtTte« to represent Moffenrv county in Hena- foraland Representative Convention to noini- Ji ite candidate for the Legislature; also tor the purpose of putting in nomination candi- "lates for the office of Sheriff, and Coroner of cllenry county, and for the transaction of uch other business as mar properly come be­ fore the Convention. The several towns will be represented as follows: .18 7 10 12 2 11 12 16 Kilev........... ..... 61 Dorr irengo unham ..... iiemung........ Iden. lartlaaU eneca;.... ...,y, oral ........ Uraftou. ' ... 7 .rai 8 ; 1 . 8 .11 - »l Greenwood.... Hebron . Richmond. .... Burton McHenry Nunda Algonquin.... Total 178 The following resolutions were adopted by the Republican County Convention one year ago: Hexolved, That hereafter the Republican ggygOounty Committee lie requested and instruct- that in calling future County Conventions they fix the term of holding the various town Caucuses so as to have them all held on the same day, at the place of holding the last town meeting'! in the various towns, and that h County Conventions be held on a Satur- ay unless in extreme cases of emergency, j Resolved, That upon the call of the County $i$Dommittee or Coiintv Conventions hereafter, town committees call caucuses in their re- . elective towns, and open polls and hold said polls open a reasonable time, not less than two honrs, and receive votes by ballot; and that said town committees be the judges of Votes polled at such caucuses. In pursuant to the above resolutions this Committees recommends that the Republican voters of the several towns hold their prim flry meeting for the election of delegates on Saturday, August, 2ith, at 1 o'clock p. m. O.'Sb SorTH WORTH, J, B. BAHCOCK. OBO. H. WHITE. Co :nty Committee O ; CONGRKSSIONAL. Since our last issue nearly all the Primaries in this county have been held, and the result has been.a glorious Victory for Gen. Hurlbut, his candidacy having been endorsed by a large ma­ jority. The King politicians spared neither time, money nor unmitigated lying to defeat him, but the people have learned these fellows and will be no longer deceived. We think it can be truly said that the King havc lost their hold in this county, and hereafter .the people will have something to Bay as to who shall be their servants. In Woodstock was this ^defeat of the wBlng the oilost gratifying, for there was the headquarters of Utese political tricksters. But on Saturday their slate was broken and the pencil lost, for which the voters of that town deserve the thauks of every honest man in th« county. The result of the Primaries on Sat­ urday enenres the vote of this county in the Congressional Convention for Gen. Hurlbut, and we therefore have the gratification of knowing that McHenry County does not endorse the fraud of two years ago. Besides this we have the assurance that Kane will fall iuto line, which, together with Boone, will ensure his nomina­ tion on the 6th of September. SOT The epithet "brainless black­ guard." as applied to Keruey, by some papers, does not fall short of the truth, for he is not only an ignorant, ranting fanatic, but iq also dishonest and ras­ cally in his dealings. The> Secretary of the Kearney movements in Califor­ nia says that Kearney ruined . the movement there; that he gathered around hiin only the rude . and ignor- iint, aud re polled de^ aud ititelli- gent people, and tha^^fs rather the doukey of the* work^ipm^a than the Hon. Kearney's gre*te*t ai|biii®n is to make money. Iliseuruest protesta­ tions of true sympathv^ith the work- lngmen ware the merest shams whole corner in California h , one of open profani ty, abuse, i and rascality. "Kearney losf standing in California,'H says the .„vr retary, "by hi's frauds, ii^ falsehoodg. and bad manners/ fle ^oiues to you, pot the conqu<?ri4jg Hoti his boasting pretends, but^ihe braying ass. who IpiowliB out his dispair as tiiough it wttre a note of triumph ^ GOODS at cost and-* beiow, to -c'Nie l»tu«P. S«|^r#,#8ar the pepot. 'WS: TTIK CONGUKSSIONAI. Qt'KSTION. EI>ITOR PLAINDEALEU:--- Though somewhat late In the day to discuss the congressional question we risk a few thoughts on the subject. In con­ sequence of Democratic aud rebel su­ premacy in the lower house Republi­ cans everywhere see, admit and gener­ ally apt upon the necessity of selecting the best and strongest men they have, men ot acknowledged ability and. ex­ perience, to combat the old foe, and ward oft the dangers that now threat­ en the national life. This view of the case lias again brought Gen. Hurlbut to the front. He has bee 11 tried and not been found wanting. The lower house has had few, if any, abler men in it, and the universal te'stimony W friend and foe is that the Fourth Dis­ trict was never more ably represented than by liini. His record is his recom­ mendation. He needs no other. The admitted fact that he has'more power with the authorities at Washington while out of Congress than his suc­ cessor has while in it is sufficient! to In­ dicate whom our choice should be. We make no personal attack on Mr. Latlirop, but yt u and your readers will not dispute with us when we say that he amounts to just about nothing in Congress. There never was a time wheu the Republican party, and through it the people, needed able and practiced men there more than now.-- The"8igii8 of the times1' are ominous, and those^who met aud conquered the enemy in the four years' war are the meu best calculated to meat and com­ bat successfully the same foe in the halls of legislation. Gen. Hurlbut was a faithful aud successful soldier and officer in the Union array, the true and tried friend of Lincoln and Grant. Mr I.athrop stttf d at home to make money in those years that "tried men's souls," and now on the basis of money he can conduct a campaign that want of abil­ ity would otherwise exclude him from. His record in Congress is a few votes, and the regular drawing of his salary, and beyond that the Fourth District, with its large Republican majority, might as well have not been represent­ ed at all. Mr. Lathrop was elected by > plu­ rality and not a major:ty'of the Votes cast at the election. Again his nomi­ nation in the Republican Convention was the result of fraud so barefaced that those who participated in it could not defend it. In accepting the result of that fraud lie went before the peo­ ple with his reputation tarnished.-- Party allegiance and a Presidential election gave him a seat in Congress, but the people have not forgotten it, «nd are resolved to be no longer repre­ sented by the man who stale the nom­ ination, or accepted it knowing it to s^e stolen. Is it any wonderhe amounts to nothing in Congress? How can we expect him to be aman there when he sacrificed his manhood to get there? But what is stranger still he asks the party "of great moral ideas" to endorse the fraud practiced upon it by renom­ inating him, and his claim is support­ ed by many of the so-called leaders of that party. The majority of the party are opposed to him, and if money and political intrigue again secure his nomination, the Greenback candidate, Mr. i&^ams, will stand a good chance for an election. The Republican par­ ty, from the very,nature of the mate<- rials comprising it, must^ rid itself of such frauds or go to pieces. u The Sentinel of last week, for the first time, came out for Lathrop,:- an d in its editorial columns made the statement that Mr. Hurlbut would probablyi;aotfbe-»candidate, when at1 the very time that was written Mr. Hurlbut was In Woodstock actively engaged in the canvass^and the writer knew it. The statement was purpose­ ly made to deceive the people, injure the prospects of Gen, Hurlbut and as­ sist Lathrop. The owners and ostensi­ ble editor of the Sentinel know that a large majority of the par$y favor the election of Gen. Hurlbut. and this at­ tempt to deceive is a confession of the weakness and uuworthiness of their" candidate. It is a bad cause that needs deliberate lying to support it. Ttyere is another feature of this case that we touch lightly. The editor of the Sen­ tinel is a member of an orthodox church, a professed christian, and it is a compliment to Christianity that such men are expected,to be truthful. will charitably suppose that ho is not the guilty party, for "our brother the Adjutant of the, 124th 111.," was in town last week on business--&c. Our Caucus last Saturday resulted in a surprise to many. Nearly ail ex­ pected Lathrop to carry the town.-- His side was well organized, on hand at the minute, with printed list of del­ egates. When the meeting was open for business W. E. Smith proposed that ballotting be dispensed with, and dele­ gates selected in the manner formerly practiced. The Hurlbut men objected, aud it was finally agreed that each side should ballot for its favorite can­ didate for Congress, the winning side to select trie delegates to the County Convention. Before the caucus the Hudbut men offered to compromise, and fnake no contest if allowed orie- third of the delegation, but this was refused by the "Adjutant." They then said they would do the best they could, and went to work, though with little hope of winning. The ballot was a fair one, aud those .two hours When the votes were counted and showed a majority of three for Hurlbut--the editor of the PLAINDKALKR can guess the rest.--- Poor"Gard" and pompous John M.. looked as though their bite would have been dangerous to health, while the trembling hand and elongated face of the "Adjutar t" indicated feeling too deep for words, or a sudden palsy,-- The "ring" was broken and the frag­ ments were objects of pity. The bal­ lot in our caucus system had received an unexpected endorsement, and the result was so sui prising that even Gen. Hurlbut himself sent back a telegram asking if the dispatch sent him was correct. We rejoice, and express the hope that the ballot in the caucus may hereafter enable the people to control it. DO«k.Au&nst 26 th, 18*8. x COUNTY FA lit. EbfrOR PLAiNDKAi.EU:--It was voted at the meeting of the Executive Board in January last^ that "the General Su­ perintendent and Secretary lay ofl and stake out lots on the fairgrounds to be used by applicants for feeding the people, for restaurants, booths, etc., and a stipulated price to be fixed for the same." In accordance with tne above resolu­ tion the grounds will be laid out and arranged, aud all societies or persons can and will be supplied with the space they desire;churches, of any denomi­ nation, have the privilege of just as much ground as they want for accom­ modation of their particular friends. This ofier is not made to Woodstock people alone, but is opeu to parties in any part of the county, or even outside ol the county, not those who are mem­ bers of the society only, but to all per­ sons who may choose to avail them­ selves of tiiis favorable opportunity of turning au honest pe 11113*. By a resolution of the Board no gambling institution will be allowed op the Fair Grounds, and any person findi ig'the resolution violated, will confer a favor by reporting it to the officers of the Board. Friends we desire to make the coming lair a success. We have en­ gaged the brilliant orator, General Kilpatrick, to address you on Friday, the lant day. The Superintendent has put the track in nice condition and in­ vites all who wish to test the speed or durability of their steeds, to come and occupy it to their entire satisfaction. The President will be happy to meet you, aud all the officers will put on their smiling countenances aud greet you with a cordial welcome. Men of McHenry County: This fair belongs to you, to each of you individ­ ually, and to all of you generally. With you rests the success or failure of this organization. It cannot run in the interest of any individual, or class of individuals, unless you neglect your rights and allow it to be done. If men are elected to fill the diiierent offices in the Board that you dislike, the blame attaches to you, for neglecting your opportunity to place meu there of your own choice. Men, for once, be alive; be active; begin now; resolve to come to the fair; buy a membership ticket; make the fair excel any pre­ vious one, aud wheu the annual elec­ tion comes round, be on hand, aud select men of your choice, who will make ours one of the leading fairs of the State. Make yourself happy, aud I k'.'ow nU the /present/ officers will be happy indeed. . . . . . A . fl^Vlf the farmer improves his farm he improves hi* financial Condition.4-- The more valuable he makes it the more his capital stock is Increased, the larger will be his returns, and when he dies the larger will be the patri­ mony lie leaves his family. Fix up the old home then. Clean out the fence corners. Destroy the noxious weeds. Grub out the hazel and sassa­ fras. Burn out the stumps. Clean off the logs aud stones. Make a para­ dise on earth of your farm, for are you not to live 011 it while you remaiu on earth and will not your family live on it wheu you lie in vouder grave yard? Plant out good orchards so that your family may enjoy the good fruit that vou had the foresight and energy to provide for them.--Country Gentleman. Charles F. Williams has been sentencefl in Portsmouth, N. II., to three years Imprisonment. Ills crimi­ nal career is remarkable. During the war lie was a notorious bounty jumper aud was sentenced to be shot, hut Lin­ coln changed the penalty to imprison­ ment for life, and Johnson pardoned him. Afterward, he served several terms for bigamy and assaults. In his Intervala.of freedom he was a public singer, a clown in a circus, and a Meth­ odist clergyman. In the latter charac­ ter he was successful as a revivalist, his sermons and singing being Wjuder- fujly effective with sinners. He was always able to get good pay In the form of collections, and, having se­ cured a sufficient sum, he went to some largo city to spend is in debauchery. f t House and -Lots for Sale. THE undersigned offers for sale his house and two lots, situated in the village' of Mcllunrv. There is a good house, barn, a good well of water, cistern, a line orchard, all kinds of small fruit, and in short i^ a very de- siralde place. Will be sold on reasonable terms if applied for soon. Appiy to J. s Mi-Henry, lit, May 28th, 1878. S. I1INES. PICE CURRENT, --REPORTED BY-- Agricultural Dealer, • - $ ; MEHENRV, - - ILLINOIS. Wheat, 90 cents per bushel. Oats, 20-cents per bushel. Corn, $9 per Ton. ^ 4^ Hogs, (Live, $3.50@3.75. Now, in accordance with the above Prices, Platform, Spring Wagents, No. 1, should be sold for $75. Lumber Wagons should be sold for $40, No. 1 Plows bhould be sold for $10. Feed Cutters,--three! kinds-- the Star, Hock!nvalley and Bell City, should be sold for $50. All Pumps in proportion, ac­ cording to depth of Well. Call at my Warehouse and see my stock. a BISHOP. McHenry, 111., August 27th, 1878. FROM THE-- Blivins' Mills or Spring Grove Grist Mill. Yoss & Sietaleben, Proprietors. Raving put this Mill in first class order/ we are now prepared to do Custom Grinding On Short Notice and Warrant Satisfaction. FlOHr and Feed Constantly on tail And Sold as Low as any other Mill in the Countv. «fcir"The Highest Market Price in Cash Paid for Good Milling Wheat. Give us a call and we will give you satis­ faction, * VO-S & SIERER3LEBEN. Blivins' Mills, 111., Aug. 27th, 1878. 1878. 1878. LAUER & BECKER, ["VW Near the Depot McHEIMRY, - ILLINOIS. Have just received their Fall and Winter Stock of Ready.Made Clothing, Hats, Caps, ami Gents' Kni'iiishing Goodtf. W3 Will Not Be Udersold. Give us a Call. LAUER & BECKER. McIIenry, 111., .Aug- IWtli. 1H/8. Executor's Notice of Filing Final Settlement. STATE op ILLINOIS, McHenry County. EstatC'Of Herman Jienalkin deceased. To the Heirs of said Estate. Vou are hereby notified t(sat on Tuesday, the 17-th day of Sep­ tember 1878, the Executor of the last M'il! and Test iment of said defeased will present to •the County- C'Hirt ot McHenry County, at Woodstock; Illinois, a final report of his acts and doings as such Executor, and ask the Court to l>e discharged i-rom any and all furth­ er duties and reiponsihilir.ies connected with said estate and the-administration thereof, at which tinw; and place you may be present and resist such application, if vou choose so to do. HKNKY MIM.KR, Executor. mu. IBSTHEICE S1TIN win miff IIFEI8. Then is a curious story about somenathw vines which are extensively advertised oowa> • days, and have only recently been put upon the market. Dr. Underbill, the well-known grape-grower of Croton Point, died in xSTX. Some of his heirs entertained temperance views of such extreme kind, that they wera unwilling to allow the stock of wines then on hand to be sold or any more to be made. The grapes have sometimes been sent to market, and sometimes left to decay upon, the vines. It is only now that the other heirs have succeeded in arranging for a settlement of the estate and the sale of the wines on hand. Among these is a wine of the vintage of 1864, described as a "Sweet Union Port," but suggesting the Imperial Tokav more than any other European wine, and being wholly unlike any other wine of American growth. Its purity, age and mellowness are remarkable, and Doth physicians and wine- fanciers have a special interest in it as the ©West native wine now accessible in any con­ siderable auantity. The whole stock is in the bAuds of the well-known wholesale grocery house of the Thufbers.--•N, Y, Tritmmt, Nov. 19, i8fj. -aft-..,-' •. - ouncement The above speaks for itself, bat we wonld add (hat this is the pure juice of the grape, neither drugged, liquored nor watend; that it has been ripened and mellowed by age, and for medicinal or sacramental purposes it Is unsurpassed. It can be obtained from most of the leading Druggists throughout the United States, and at wholesale from the undersigned, who will forward descriptive pamphlet, free of charge, on application. - • Respectfully, etc., H. K. It F. B. THURBER & 00. ' Wt* Broadway, Rmtdt and Hmdam Shmtbt N*w-Yowc. MONTHLY MADR. Agents wanted O .nnty rights given pratls f,.r the sale ot seven well-known Standard Medicines needed in every family; -reputation world- wide; established manv vears; made by a celeb.aied physician; "proofs of evidence given. An industrious, eneriretic person can make snug permanent inroiue and verv liberal Connsi by addressing with reference, thestnut Street, Philadelphia. There** Money In it Ibr ONE PRICE ONLY ! CASH ONLY ! Goods at Unheard <A LOW PRICES. Quality the Best and everything as repre­ sented or Money Refunded." DO YOU BUY AT THE FOLLOWIfJtJ PltlCES? 112 lbs Rice, i«e Boys Pants--Good, Bovs Vests--Good,S0|No. l Baking Powder. Hoys Coat^ . .. 1 ft«)3 lbs Tea, f< Mens Suits % 00i4 tba Tea, | 00 Mens *uf1s--Good,.|N 75to 7 00 overallsr leather trimmed, so 10 lbs A. Sn'g tr 1 00 11 Ths No. 1 Raisins,.... . . . 1 0 0 14 »s No. 1 Currents 1 00 I5tbs Dried Apples, J 00 11 lbs Kest Dried Apples,.. 1 00 13 lbs Best Halfs Peaches,. 1 00 Uhotce Syrup, " Gboice Pared " 1 00|6 tti Oround Ooifee, 1 Best Japan Tea,... T 70 Best Young Hyson Tea.... 80 Best Y.ll.A Jap. for price, SO Axle Greese, 08 Stove Polish, 05 Fine Cut Tobacco. 80 Stove Polish, Tacks, 06 Choice SYRUI Best Prints, 05 Best Prints, 06 Coats'Cotton, 06 Good Corsets .. 35 No. 1 Blaek Alanaca....... 25 All wool Cashmeie--Extra 65 Table Linen 8ft Ladies Hose,.v..u 0(5 Gents Hose, .*.Tr. 06 Ladies Black Ties--best,. 25 Wo's shoes--cloth Abntlon 100 Misses Shoes--11 to 2, 1 00 ^ood Boots, 1 75|7 I sell cheaper than my neighbors because I buy cheaper, and say to any ofie coming to buy of me, you will be more than satisfied. In Clothing, (Boots and Shoes and General Merchandise, my stopk is three times what it has been in former years. My Bankrupt stock of Clothing is now being sold atr less rates than other dealers can buy. Hats and Caps, Trunks and Valises at much below regular prices. Am weekly in the market, buy for cash for two stores, and do secure bargains which I more than divide with my customers.-- Our interests are mutual,, and my constant aim will be to sell yon goods at such prices as will convince you that I am selling Genergl Merchandise cheaper than any store in the Northwest. Come and see me and I will do you good, and in this way you can make money easier than you can earn it. C. F. HALL, Chicago Office, RICHMOND, III. 122 FKANKLIN SrHEKT. C. F. HALL. DUNDEK, III, Great In Prices, TJnequaled .bargains. Selling Regardless of Cost, FOR THE NEXT 0O DAYS AT P. D. SMITH'S NEAR THE DEPOT, McHENRY. Now is the time to improve the golden opportunity and reap the grand harvest of-Low Prices. VYe mean business and will guarantee that you never can buy cheaper. We now offer our entire stock ot General Merchandise, consisting of a full and complete assortment ot Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Crockery, Groceries, &c., &c., at such prices for CASH ONLY as will greatly reduce our stock preparatory to removal to anew field of operations in Kansas. We have not the space to prepn?e & special price list, but will with the fnllo^t to-ene ami all that we will save you a large percentage on all goods you buy of us. Linen Suits and Summer Goods of all kinds bolow (Avst. Brmg along your family and call and examine goods and learn prices. YOUKS TRULY, ORA C. COLBY. HENRY COLBY. COLBY BROS., Having pun.based the entire stock of Dry Goods, Groceries, &c., ot Smith. Aldrich & Haythorn, have removed to the Store in Riverside Block, where they are now prepared to meet their customers and the public general ly with a large and well selected stock of Dry Goods, Groceries, READY-MADE CLOTHING, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Crockery, Glass-Ware, &c., Acc. Which they will sell for Cash or Ready-Pay as cheap as any other House in tpe County. Our Goods are all fresh and have been bought with espe< ial reference to the wants of the people of this community, and vve WILLi rV*>T BE IJMJKRSOLD, We also keep our usual stock of Di® Medicines, Pits, Oils, k, And as heretofore, will spare no.pains to - please our customers in this line. i^hysielaus Prescriptions Compounded in a careful manner and by none but experienced hands. Thankful for past favors, we solicit, a^d hope to merit a contiuu- ance of the same. COLBY BROS. McHenry, III., May 7th, 1878, s t f \ •£;, -J* mailto:3.50@3.75