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W*Si>.iri?J8!>AY S£--sfSUE* SQ*?2«.WM» ,fj.^ .. . w p«ui milt t§| ffSR CSPMKR BIJNt After much delay and debate, It his Anally been decided to investigate the famous cipher despatches and examine all person# known or suspected to be connected therewith. Why Congress has put oil this Inquiry until now. Is ^somewhat a mystery, but we suspect It | was because there existed In the breasts of certain of the nnterrlfled a hopeful expectation that benignant time would kindly cover the subject with the man. tie of oblivion,and thus render a seem­ ing defence of wickedness unnecessary. Or perhaps It was thought that a coun­ ter cry of "Fraud!" would smother the hateful subject and put it fOrever out of existence. But whatever the cause of the delsy may have been, public sentl- • ment, inspired and actuated by the ! vigorous appeals of the New York ; Tribune, has at last compelled action IK the matter, and as full and complete an investigation will be had as the deep and intricate windings of the in* s famous plot will admit of. The ln_ quiry Will not be confined to the Dem ocratic despatches alone. It will als# include cipher telegrams known to have been sent by Republicans. Honest and ; Impartial Republicans will rejoice at this, but there seems no reason to fear that anything damaging to the party will be elicited. Democratic Ingenui. ty has hitherto been taxed to Its ut­ most to find despatches of this charac­ ter inculpating and convicting Repub­ licans. It has used all the partisan ma­ lignity it possessed to besmirch and blalcen the names of Republicans who took a prominent part in the transac­ tions connected with the electoral dis- pute of 1876--77. But thus far all such 1 ellorts have been In vain. Indeed, If ? we may take recent elections as a criterion, they have had a rcactiouary / effect. We therefore see no reason fOr •> anticipating any evil results to the Repttbiican part?, or any of its mem­ bers., from revelations that may be | made In tfa« peitdiiig investigation. - Let the tefsrfry he full, fair and free • I<et the performance begin at once.-- .. Turn on all the lights, ring up the cur- > tain, and let the coparceners enter and v apeak their speeches trippingly on the tongue. They have had weeks and ' asonths In which to prepare and should MW be able to act their parts. Then £ let the Great Cipher himself appear § before the footlights and tell his tale Let him recount, like ancient Cat aline, "what fceltags, withered hopes, bitter, taming wrongs." he suffered at the ; hands of Koers, Nevy, Weed, and the I rest of that fiendish band. Let him : tell how he was "'cheated, bamboossled : by Japlta! His virgin aflectlons tri­ fled with in a mnsoenawy, pecunlawy manner,'" by designing tends and fel­ lows. Let htm show how he stamped | with indignation upon the base propose al to buy electoral votes with ^o- . peahagan," and how he depended sole I 1V upon "moral forces1* to secure his | election. 'Twill be a brave scene. • The sorrows of a poor old man will v then be pitied, and the gods of the gallery will drown the pit in tears.-- So,let the band begin! Ring up the oartain! Tarn on the lights! EDITOR PLAIN DEALER:--On account of the Young Folks Sociable, which occurred on Thursday evening last, at the residence of Mr.C. Fred Tryon, jp'rtosKb »>& I'i^jisrance held their 1 v<s&w5«r weekly ineetit'.ff on Wednesday evening. In consequence of the change of time, the attendance was not as large as it otherwise would have been, nevertheless, everything passed off pleasantly, and those who did go had a good time. The President, who was not present at his election on the preceding even­ ing, after calling the meeting to order, advanced suitable reasons and wished to resign, and Willis Brandon was at once elected to fill the vacancy. With but one or two exceptions, those who were expected to speak, responded to their names and did their part well. The next meeting will take place on the regular evening of the week, Thursday, Feb. 6th, the programme of which reads as follows: Singing. Read­ ing, Mw. B. Smith. Original, W. B. Carey. Song, Miss U. Sinltho Decla* m&tion, O. B. Whit more. Reading, Miss Carrie Ladd. Declamation, H. E. Potter, Dialogue, Ladles and Gentle­ men. Song, Miss Elma Ladd. Read­ ing, Miss Anna Waterman. Singing. Come one, come all. J. J. VAS*Y. • Secretary. |VTh« Blodgett investigation Is now in progress In Chicago, and at the present time has a bad look. While some of the witnesses against him are no better than States Prison convicts, and If they had their just deserts would have been there long ago, still there are others whose veracity no one oia question. We sincerely hope, for the honor of the bench, tie may yet be able to show clean skirts, but as we said before, at the present time it looks as though he would be obliged..tg get rn and out. ' COflCMT AMO BALL, For the Benefit of tb« Carman 8ohool * School By FRED. MAROU8, i! Mia! Hall, fnafer.t February 20th, 1879. THftCBTS for Concert, $1 per couple. Con* cert andttall $1.50 per eouyle. The Celebrated Violinist, < Prof. A. Rosenbcckei, from Chicago Musical College, the best Mu sician of the Northwest is engaged play some of his finest Violin llnvnerehor with oar best home and will Solos. The talent will assist to'make the Concert the best musical treat ever offered In the County, Manager of Coneertt • • 1.K Biskards. Music for the Ball by the NEW CHICAGO ORCHESTRA. Floor IManag«f«t. • , ^ . B. Walker, Harvard, „ J. A. O'Conner, Harvard, " y' * , Ohas. Don»elivs Woodstock^ , * *" *' • EniiJ Arnold-, Woodstock. , (0. T. Eldredge, MnHcmy*. . ,/J,! ^ cjoi. Wiedemann, McHem-jr, , , „ .."••'.'CharleH Wander*ck, Algoa^ilM,•*, i' J, . /vferry V/<»de!l, Richmond, •. ;, Charles Bice, Marengo, ; ' W ~ v B. Warner, N'ttnda. % ' i': to "reiSuw" have commenced a regular CLEAMIfi OUT SALE Ofall kimla ofGckxU continue for the next Steal Estate Trsnrfsil The following'is a. list of real estate trans­ fers for the week ending January K, 1878. Wm. D. Gates Ex to Anton Bock, lots 4 and 5 block 5, N unda. Helen P. Wilbur and lias to Charles Sums IX a in neX 6 43 8, (000. C. F. Benthnysen and w to Eliza Aid rich lot 8 blk 10 Hubbard's Sad add to Algonquin, <90. Eliza Aldrich and hus to Henry A. Ben- thuysen lot * blk 4 Algonquin, S17S. Henry Benthnysen to C. F. Benthuysen lot 8 blk 10 Hubbard's 2nd add to Algonquin, $500. E. B. V»n Alstine and w to John F. Warren lot ISO see 38 Mar >ngo, fSOOk Egbert E. Crandall and w to Albert Warren lot in sec 36 Marengo, $4®0l Jacob F. ft ells to Laura Wells *% lot 1 blk 6 Huntley Station, $1,600. John G. Pingree to Ellas Patriek lots land S blk 10 Marengo, $1,000. John Slenecka and w to Charles Bratzle* 80 a in nwJi sec 32 Algonquin, $3,500. Frank Pickney and w to Ferdinand Bed- liezch. Wm. Hartman and w to Alex. McPherson pt lot 4 Assrs. plot nwXsee » Dorr, #100. Martin Jackson and w to Lucia D. Ford ISO a of nllOa ewM 39 Sunda, $1,188. Lucia D. Ford and hus to H, H. Ford H0SS in swM xtinda. $440. Late Be«il(«y»en and w to Seiah !• VnMS lots 2 and 3 blk'14 If unda, $880. Morgan Knight to nelson Blakeslee 1 a in SWJi sec 4 Dorr, $260. * John o'Leary to Mlchal John O'Leary nX nejtf see 1, Marengo, $3,980. Rufas King and w to Alexander E. Guild nwX se }i and swX neX 20-100a in see 17 Dorr •L John Duff to Emily J. Mansfield lot 11 snb dlv hlk S Walkups add to Nunda, $100. John A. Sweeney and w to Tim Crawley wM »eJi sec*S2 Dunham, $1,8001 Abram B. Briukerhoff and w te Aks itA> wing neM sec 25 Grafton, $4^iMk Feter Hartlett Sr. to B.C. Jaflnrso* •H tX sirX sec I Dorr, $880. John Dak* to Wetsoa Bamsdell »•% 36 Grafton, $100, A. B. Coon, Master to J. Nancy Jones, wjtf avrM sec 14, WM and eX swjf sec U the nw* and wM neH see N all in Richmond, $14,4W). Joseph Draper and w to .fohn K. Durkee let 1 and pt lot * blk 13 West McHenry, $BS0. game to same lots 4 and § blk 12, $1,080. D. A. Stedman, Sheriff, to Teeple A Corson lot 90 sec 36 Marengo. game to Amos B. Coon lot 37 sec |M Marengo. THE WEEKLY NATION! A Literary and Educational Journal.-- Eight large pages of valuable matter every week. No space taker up with advertise, ments. The columns of Problems and Quer­ ies are especially valuable. Subscription Erice $1 per year, postage paid by the rub-slier. Simples free. Address, E. T. HAZKLTIME, Warren. Pa. FRED. SCHNORR, MANUFACTURER OF New Store, near the Depot, MoHENHY, ILLINOI9. Having removed to my new Store, I am now prepared to accommodate my customers in. anything in the line oi Custom-Made Boots and Shoes On short notice and warrant satisfaction. Being a workman of many years expe­ rience I am confident I can please all who giv me a call, and as I use none but the lestof stock can guarantee as represented. Give me a call and I will try and please. *Sf Remember the place, new Block, one door West of Story's Hardware Store. FRED SCHNORIt. MeHenry. 111.. Oct. SOth, 187$. - M^N'Ine Senators were elected last month to the Congress of the United States as follows: New York, Roscoe Conklin; North Carolina. Zebulon Vance; Pennsylvania. J.Donald Cam­ eron; Connecticut. Orvllle II. Pratt; Indiana. Daniel VoorheeS; Florida, Wilkinson Call; Missouri. Gen. James Shields--short term--Col. Vest--full term; Illinois, Gen. John A. Logan. Of the number three are re-elections, while tw@ others have before served In the Senate. Five of the numhfr are Democrats, and four Republicans* fGTRepresentative Cutler ht$v 4*»- trodooed a bill in the House to repeal SMtlou 4,706, and make it read as fol­ lows: "That all pensions now paid to widows, dependent mothers, or do- pondent sisters shall eontinue to be paid upon their remarriage, and any widow, depende nt mother or sister of * deceased soldier entitled to a pen­ sion if unmarried shall be entitled to He same whether they ar$ remarried ar not." The preamble recites that H» section as it stands Is contrary to ptbllc policy. SPECIAL NOTICE. In order to reduce their stock to tlye lowest possibje point, and to prepare for the spring trade, Bucklin & Stevens will offer un­ usual inducements in a, great variety of Goods to close. They have a few overcoats to close at a bargain. Also broken suits, Pants and Vests at cost and less than cost to close. Call and see, and they will suitjou in price. January 29th. 1879. Only thirty or forty miles 4is- t* from the City of Mexico are two of the best wheat producing valleys in the world, and yet wheat costs at wholesale there from #1J0O to 92.40 a fcoshel. and flour retails for 91.76 per twenty-five pounds. The Mexican tariff on foreign wheat is about 91.15 a bushel, and on flour, 98 a barrel. A barrel of flour, costing 90 In New York •hipped to the City of Mexico, Is worth 929 by the time it arrives, on •Mount of duty, freight, and other ',«ltarge«. BREWERY FOR SALE OR RENT The undersigned offers for Sale or » snt one half interest in the McHenry rewery. It is now doing a good busi- .MSS and Is in good running order.-- Plenty of Malt and Beer on hand.-- Will be disposed ©f reasonable lfap- iiied for soon, 'M JOB* aaaw. ' McHenry. X1L Jan. Sad. Wf. ^ ',v 'l ,i-J| '• 3"' * l 16 * mJ Carpenterville and Springfield Flannels, Overcoats, Mens' Fine Suits, Blue Flannel Shirts, La­ dies and Gents Underwear, Ho­ siery, Drat Goods# x»< h,; •; " V* »'•' • Nubias, Pelt Skirts, > Gloves and Mittens, BATS AITS CAPS. AND SHOES, in We also hate positive bargains •fiwii M Bleached Mu m; Mr Aaniat! Isrentoty eccisrs March 1st, and at that time Mr. T. j e , " • C. Schroder, who for several years has had the charge of my Eich*^f i; ̂ |; tnond business, assumes One Half interest. With a view to 4#^ ; >- ^ & E > Reducing Stocky I ham spi :'t.T ' J In many cases at Cost, and at less than the 6osf^'; of production* " •PW'ii >, rls Am Braad to Reduce Stoek if Prices Will Be > ,-p1 *: HIS IS TE STOCK LARGE, TOO LARO3e^! And consists of Everything usually found in a Country Store, the LARGEST STOCK of , -vl _ .Kilfi S3 THATCAU BE FOtJND IN MeHKMBf At DUNDEE my Stocjc is COMPLETE, X *m *WEEPIN§ jgrEjM V ^ ^ f "• '4* " " , b * * I f I f i f * • K i t ^ " ;4V M r u U > , i ^ me. £ r W e#etlno(jootts6ht^in but will take in exchan<*e choice But- t^F, Fresh Egga, Oats, efa ; i • A full line ot " Choie* Family .6ro6iH^ Always on hand at' lowest Cash rifzllmmoiis StLvansoii. f Near Depot, McHenry. $ ̂"" Don't Do r & fegBBgj ^ IB to V I ' o & P0 Tton't pajr War Frlaaa Ifacbiaerj, lmt call on torn Afrlonltnral o. CASH-ONE PRICE ONLY| Respectfully Yours, $R». r» February 4th, 1879. m lit- m *fmit :yfs ;;y -.j y;3lm ,u £ubli0 tJie JPeiiejSi o( ,1 ̂ v'f ; , Having bought $1,000 worth of Samples from Miller Co., ' Racine, Wis., at a LARGE DISCOUNT, I can and will sell the same WHOLESALE prices, for the next 30 day*. Remembtff these are not SNIDE GOtyDS, but the BEST the firm manufi*ctiire ̂ as they were made expressly for their traveling men's samples* NOW IS THE TIME FOR BARGAINS. Give me a call. No trAuble to stiow Goods. BOTTOM PRICES ,-*? "• •• IFWSFTJSR « ••• ON RUBBER GOODS# t MCHENRY ui CO CO -FOll- BOOTS AND SHOES 211 St 213 Madison St., BtfEL, COOK & 8EIXA8, Mannfrs and Wholesale Dealers. Don't fail to examine Goods und Prices when in Chicago. Stock New unrl Bought for Cash. Great flncements to Cash Btivers. U.K. BrEI.. Late with M. Selz ft Co. 0. F. COOK, I Late ot Whitney If. L.8KIXAS, 4 Cook A Co.. N. Y. MACHlKMr"at B oltom Flf Mi ef AOU area. Wi have received "The Illinois Te«r>Book and Almanac for 1879.', pub­ lished by Donnelley,Gaseette &Loyd Chicago, and edited by Norman T Gassette, It contains astronomlncal calculations for ft yearly and monthly calendar, for the State of Illinois, by Prof. E. Colbert, of the University of Chicago, correct at Chicago and Springfield, and, with slight deviation for all parts of the State; statistical Information pertaining to all the de* partmeuta of the U.S. government Illlinols and other States; certified election returns for Chicago, by pre­ cincts and wards, and for each senator­ ial and legislative district in the State and such other election returns for all the States and territories as could be obtained; time for holding the terms of the various courts in Illinois; sy­ nopsis of laws of , interest to farmers; trade statistics of Chicago and other cities of Illinois; sketches of the lives of many prominent Ulluoisans; statis­ tical knowledge invaluable to mer­ chants, farmers, lawyers, politicians, those belonging to secret organisa­ tions and to others who desire statisti­ cal information of any kind of local and general interest. It is a valuable book for every household. Price 25 oents. Addreaa tttt Publishers as above. [Is stock Ron»l»ta in part of feed Cutters, Fanning Mills. Corn 9lRill«ir«. Fe@<! Mills, Pumps, Plows, Drags, Cultivators, Wajwn; " Slelg nrorjr in use on or about th« Farm. Busies, Bob Sleighs, Cutter*l;Ctrr ular Saw lm shorter * pair of kind of TooT or Maebia* It yon want a --THE- COOLBY CRKAMKR Saves as? much is. b.>r in the Dairy «s •ab reaper in the <U?ld. Mckes more ami bettor Butter than any other known process, and with less expense. Th3 IliL'gins 9U0 Sweepstakes, xlv«n for the best Butter made by any Fao- tory or Dairy In the United States wa« awirded Hiram Smith, of •thelwygau. Wis., at the International Dairy Fair, New York, December, 1878, for butter ma<ie by the Cooley process. At the same fair, Jno. S. Murray, Delhi, 5f. ¥„ was awarded the First Premium for best Dairy Butter miule in N"e w York State; this butter was also made by the Cooley process. The American Dairynwm, a standard auth ority on the subject of Butter and Cheese, (itunlished in N. Y.,) speaking of the Interna­ tional Fair, Kays: "Samples of Butter, made l>v the Cooley Proresn liist June, were on ex­ hibition in line condition, .showing that taere is no question about the keeping qualities of ijli® butter made by the cold subm rged pw- cess. The Cooley Creamer will pay fir Itself ev­ ery 60 days, summer or winter. Send jfor Circular to HOMER WATTLES, Agent* McHenry, III. CHEAP. E. C. JEWETT, ' ;v'v l'£ ' ' ' < < • ' ' ^ WOODSTOCK, ILL & itcam <Hvem«»eatt»f ; * 4 i • , . . • i • Prevention is better than cure. Chedt a Congh or Cold at once which may lead to Consumption,by usin^ Dr. Marshall's Lung Syrup, an old reliable remedy which never fails. Price oply 23 cents. Sold by Colby Bros. McHeary 111. k f . i InJtliU line I am now prepared to do j ou work in the b^st of nqjanner. Reapers and Mowers, and all other machinery paired in, the best of manner and on short notice. Turning in wbod or Iron promptly done Arid inia ive me a call if in want of any- ng in my line. t f ,A : O.BI8HOP. . 1 iHeary, Dee. J7th, I8H. "We shall, in order to re duce our Stock before th© time of our Annual Inven­ tory, sell all Goods now in Stock We make these s ces but wil gains never b in this section. for a short time, guarantee you bar- Tore offered hm i.itsSts- tfoodstocl:, m, .|ui. 14th, 1879. PWiCHT & FORRE8T. Cor. Main Street and Public Sqnait