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< ̂ • " Pledged butto Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favors Win us and no Fear Shall Awt." VOL.13. •,'. • .v y \v: i :" M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1888. NO. 45. Ĵ e}[efifj pitiilealer. PauLisaao ETEKT WEDMBSDAT BT V A N 8 L Y K E | - EOITOIt AND POOPBIKTCML I Office in Bishop's Block, --OWOSITE FIKHT & ovn'i „ f KRSf* OP SUBSCRIPTION. (in Advance) $1.60 ff Not Paid within Three Months...... .. 3.09 > *; Hnbscriptions rooeived for three or six Imthi ia the ume proportion. Rates of Advertising:. x, Wm anaeunce liberal rates for advertising fli the PLAIN'DBA.LGR, and endeavor to state 4h*m M plainly that the? will be readily un- lore t««l. TheyareasieUew#*. . :'l lacfe *n« year -V "" . . 500 laches ens roar - " . . • 10 00 S laches one rear • . • ; . 15 ne 'M Oelnmn one year - . " . . ." In 00 ' Column ene year- • . . WOO Oelumn one year . . . . . 10000 / Inch means the raaainrement of one .^frcli dewn the column, single column width. • ;,* Te<Wlr advertisers, at the above rates, have -Ihe privilege ef chanRinar as often as they fheMe, wltheut extra charge. Begnlftr advertisers (meaning those having Standing cards) will be entitled to insertion #f local notices at the rate of 5 cents per line i'laeh week. All others will be charged 10 jtaats per 'in# the first week, and 5 cents per une fer each subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged ?• : • i^-.v ;>• 14 St the rate of 16 cents pe line, (nonpar*il type, same as this is set in) the first issue, and •Jcents per Une for subsequent issues. Tims, In inch advertisement will cost f 1.00 for one week, $1.60 for two weeks, $2.00 for three weeks, and so on. / The PLAmDRALn will be liberal in giving *jMlteriftl notices, bat, as a business rule, it frill require a suitable fee from everybody Seeking the uae of Us columns for pecuniary f*in. BUSINESS CARDS. H. T. BROWN. M. D. 0HTS1OIAN A.ND SUROKON. 0«ee at jf Residence, McHenry, 111. O. 0. FEGERS, M, D- r>HT8lOlAN 1ND StTUtiEON. McHenry, I lilt. Offlce at Rettblenne. O. J. HOWARD, M. D. t>HY«OIAN AND StTRGEON, McHenry, 1 111. Offlce at Residence^ one door West ff M. K. Church. BARB IAN BROS. CIGAR Manufacturers, McHenry, 111. Or­ders solicited. Shop, ia Old McHenry, IB Kelter Block, third door west of Riverside Livery Stabfe« •J B. WIGHTMAN, Proprietor. First f~l. class rigs, with or without drivers ntrnlsbed at reasonable rates. Teaming of ill kinds done on short notice. . UUHlUK/W-ii-J NEAR THE DEPOT, WEST MoHENBY, ILL' Keeps open for the accommodation of the * Public a Flrst-Olass Saloon and Restaurant, Where he will at all times keep the beat ? ^Af*#cl8 of Wines, Liquors and to be found in the market. Also Agent For . FRANZ FALK'S MILWAUKES LAGER BEER. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al- Says en hand, cheaper than any other, quail-' considered. Orders by mail promptly attended to. aOOD MTABLlUTa FOB HORSES. SWOall and see us. Robert Sohiessle. West.McHenry, HL SHOOK AMD RESTAUR 07. MeHENRY, ILLINOIS. Kentucky Liprs, French Bitters,. McHenqr Lager Beer, J. SeUitz Miitanlee Bottle Beer, In any quantity from a Soitz CH&ss to 5C0 barrels. ; 4T V!r HO ELS ALE on RETAIL Beer in bottles, kegs or case as fhaap as the cheapest. Wo buy none but the best a»d tell at ReaseaAble Prices. 'k Gall aad see me and I will me M«<*reU. ANTONY ENGELN. McHenry, IllM 1886. BUSINESS CARDS. WM, OSBORVE, M. T>. PJTYlOlAV AND IT RttKOtf Office at the Parker House. West McHenry. Calls premp.ly attended today and night. V, PAUL BROWN, ;A TTORNEY AT LAW. U. 8. Express Co.'s J\. Building, 87 and 8S> Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. M. F. ELLSWORTH, TTORNEY at Law, and Solid tofln Chan L eery, Nunda, 111. Oreroeata, to all the lttMi itylea, al * Siolela. ASA W. SMITH, TTORNEY AT LAW and Solicitor]!In k. Chancery.--Woodstock, III. MART G. BARBIAN. WORKER. All kin<1 of Hair H Work dene in first class style and at reasonable prices. Rooms at residence, north­ east corner of Public Square, McHenry, III. D1 DRS. C. E. WILLIAMS & DAHLIX. ENTISTS Residence Dnndee. Will be at McHenry. at Parker House, the 10th 11th 26th and 26th of each month. When dates occur Saturday or Sunday I make my visits on the following Monday, and the first day of snch visit occurs on Friday, I will stay but one day. Unite! States far Clitii Apcj OF WM. H. COWLIN, Woodstock, - - Illinois. Prosecutes all classss and kinds of claims against the United States tor ex-Soldiers, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made in prosecuting old and rejected claims All communications promptly answered If Postage Stamps are enclosed for re pi v. TT.Vf, H. COWH>\ Office at Rbsldenoe, Madison St., Woods toe*, Illinois. Attention Horsemen! MOIIENRT, III , April 1st, 1888. I would respectfully invite the Public to call and examine m j stock of Horses before making arrangements elsewhere. No bust, ness done on Sunday. N. 8. CO!.BY M'HENRY TLX & ROGERS' Quintette Orchestra, ' HTNG WOOD ILL. Are prepared to furnish First Class Mu*i<* to the Dancing Public at Reasonable Kates. J, Smith, 1st Violin. M. Rogers, 2d Violin and Prompter, Kobt. Madden. Clarionet, C, Curtis, Cornet. K. Ingalls, Basso. Address all communications to Jerry Smith, Ring wood, Illinois, or Mort Rogers, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, « ill xi»? prices. A IUUKIKUIUV and k ej Strongly Bound rlioto- liU RS yi'urli AUunn, S'IJ x ld'i incli'ii, ciil fi'ios ait.! c.iaos, liuldine 22 VUKPS of Cab-, inet aii'H'nrd jiiftuvcs so,it for 60rents, n-tnil price, tt. '> A Srd S'iimli IMiatOiirapli Album. Kid's KmhosHcd puildcd uohi odjr«), extension clttsp, hoiitinj? -12 paBcx of (,«ti;ii>t and C*rd Pictures sent'for ?i .oo, retiiils for K 111 trstrated cjrctilars (•DCC 11,0 n|l<,v'" a"<l rtlCE KlNFR STVLE8 or Fnnhw * MoMaUIn, Cincinnati. Ohio. Wi "j- iiinstrateo circulars ALBUMS 0. G. ANDREWSe GENERAL SPRING GROVE ILL. Sales ot Stock, Farming Tools and Goods of all kinds attended to on the most BIASOMBUE TSRUS. C. G. Andrews, Spring Grove, 11^ Spring Jrove, Sept. 3th, 1885. ll-ll-3m E. LAWLUS, Warrants a Fit or no $ We make Suits to order of the oest Cloths, Foreign or Domes­ tic. AT THE LOWEST PRICES i'bat good Goods can sold HK AtiSO Cleans and Repairs Clothes Neatly and on short notice. Me a Oa.ll LAWLUS. lHth. McHfinrv. .Jan SIBLEYFS l for our Ilmstratei Catalogue JOSLYN * CASET. ATTORNEVS AT LAW, Woodstock IIU All business will receive prompt atten- JOHN KLEIFCEN. HOUSE Painter, Grnlner, Calciminer and Paper !i;»nger. ltesi'leiu'e one Block West of Riverside House. Work attended to promptly and on reasonable terms. A. M. CHURCH, Watchmaker and Jeweler NO. 112 SOUTH CLARK STREET, Chi­cago, III. Special attention given to re­ pairing Fine watches and Chronometers. WA Full Assortment of Ooods in his line 31 for 13 Weeks. The POLICE G AZETTE will be mailed, securely wrapped, to any address In the UnltedSta'es for three months on receipt of ONE DOLLAR. Liberal discount allowed to postmasters, agents and clubs. Sample copies mailed tree Address all orders to .4 BICHABD K. FOX, FRANKLIN SQUARE, New York. "MAY GOD BLESS Y(HI.' A Boston Paper-Hanger's Trouble and how he got out of it-Plain Wordsfrom the Sunny South. ATTENTION! Farmers and Dairymen. It will pay tliosn looking for CHOICE COWS Fresh milkers or springers, to call at my premises before purchasing. I can such by the car load or single cow. PORTER H. WOLFRUMi j ,.f CHKMVtlO. Farm about four miles northwest of Harvanl, Illinois. JOHN P. SMITH, Watehinakcr Jfc JeweleP) MCHENRY. ILLINOIS. AITNE stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew­elry always on haud. Special attention given to repairing fine watohes. Give me a call. JOHN i»- SMITH. SEND Tei?etabl«, Flower, Field Plants, B'ilb-% Implem'ts. F C mail on application. {*!>CiCi Don't neglect writing fer it. UBA1C S1BUY & GO. Rochester, N. Y. Chicaga, IU. ttt-ws. VAialt. Uhli V^Urk Ik. I D. NKDHAM'S SONS 1X 6 - J1' Dearborn Street, OBICAOO 111 Clover UteBtt HheumatlBm, Dyspepsia, Siok Headache, ConstipaUontPll«k cular. Menuoi FOR SALE at H. V. Store, McHenry. Whoopini iASI_ on paper. SHKFARD'B Hardware Pump Repairing, CEMENTING, ETC. the undersigned is prepared to do all tobs ia the line of Digging Wells, Kepairing Pumps, Cementing Wells, or vill put in New Pumps On short notire and warrant satisfaction. In Ihort will do all work in this line. Can > furnish you a new Pump, either wtod or iron, warranted, as cheap as any other man. Good roforences furnished if desired. If you want a Well Dug, a Pump Repaired or a new Pump, give me a call. •^Orders bv mail promptly attended to. Post Office, Jonnsburgh, 111. L. BANTES. JohnsDurgh, 111,, May 25th, 18s5. When we are in trouble we cry for help When we are relieved we often forget to be thanktnl. Bnt not always, (Mr. W. VT, Griftin, of Trout Creek, St. <?lair Co., Ala writes: "I had a nad attack of chills and fever. My system was full of malaria, For two years I wa« scarcely able to work at all. Sometimes ittT heart would palpitate for two hours at a time. M7 legs would get cold to the knees, and I fully expected to die. In September, 1881.1 bought a Kittle ol Shaker Extract of Riots, or Seisrel's Curative Svrun, of yonr ngent, Mr R. M. King, and before I had taken the first bottle I felt better, and in a short tbne was able to go to work. May God tiless you for the you have done." Mr Wm J. McCann, J>9 Randall st, Boston, writes: "Six months ago I began to throw npmv food after eating. I thought I was go ing iiito consumption. I soon hegtn to have pain in the chest, stomaata and sides. I got little sleep and a wok« ah tired out. I once lost five pounds in four days. I began using Shaker Extract of Root*, or SeiRel's Srriio, and when I had finished the sixth bottle'I could eat three square meals; a day, and go to sleep the minute I struck the be I. I am a paper hanger by trad4, and have worked Soldiers' Department, CONTRTBtTXO Br WK, H. COWLIK. every day since t took the second bottle, and gained IS pounds. I ou<fct to be thankful and I am This remedy opens all the natural passages of the body, expels ttie poison from the blood and enables nature to rebuild what di­ sease has destroyed. Shaker Extract of Rootl, or Seigel's Svrup is sold by all druggists, oj? send to the proprl- etor, A. J. *Vhite, 54 Warden St, New York. I Howe's Block, MeHENRY^lLLINOlS, CHAS. A. B4RBEE, Prop. We take pleasure In announcing to the < ceno of BIoRenry and •wrouuding coui hat we keep on bandit tfti times* fall ai »f all kinda of • " "Jf BAKER'S SUPPLIES, Arid hope by a close * Mention to business to •nerit the patronage of the Public. From a ong experience In the bnainess we are eonll- dent that we can please a*|»" SBS40, And in short ever will be keptou ham CAKBS, the Bakery line «« CHICAGO*1*^ MORTH- WESTERN RAILWAY. Penetrates the Centers?^! PopulatlonSIn , Iowa, > Wisconsfa, . Hteota, Dakota, Nebraska M Wyoming? Tts train service ts carefully arranged to meet requirements of local travel, as well a§ to furnish the most attractive routes for through travel between important Trade Centres. Its equipment of day and parlor cars, din­ ing and place sleeping cars is without, rival. . its road-bed is perfection, of stone ballast­ ed steel. The Northwestern is the favorite route for the commercial tiaveler, the tourist and the seekers after new hemes In the golden Northwest. Detailed information oheerfully furnished by BERNARD BUSS. Agent, McHenry, III. J. M. WHITMAN, Qetii Manager, y H. a WICKER, Traf f ic Mmu&r. . & P. W1LWS, General Paxtenger AgtnL Fresh Every Day. A FULL STOCK OF Confectionery and Cigars, Caunecl All of the best quality and at the lowest pricea. Call ami see us. CHAS. A. McHenry. March 27th, 1S83, ~|>SSALKB IN--- J , Oats, Eye and Hill Feed. Prices as'Low AS THE LOWEST Call f nd ^el figures before buy­ ing elsewhere. Will guarantee you satisfifeHloa iu every particu­ lar. Don't Pay Anyone To Buy Ym F@sd lor Yon. Large uew Warehouse at the Pickle Factory in West McHenr), Ilia ois. W. A. CBISTY. C A. R. Directory. x'BBiraTlFosT jro. 6t3. THeetsthe First and Third Saturday evenings of each month. L. E. BEKNBtT, Com. miCHMOND P08T WO 286. Meets the soooad FriJij evening of each month. Wsi. Pit ACOCK, Com. WOODSTOCK POST. WO 10& Meets flrst and third Monday evenlngslof each month. v Wn. AVBBT, Com. WTTN1DA POST, WO 226, Meets the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month. WK. BUTLKX, Com. HARVARD POST, HO 259. "Meets the second and ronrtn Monday even itgsot eaoh month. E. J W^nxTL*TOir, Ooa. MAREMOO POST, NO. 169, Meets eve>7 Second and Fourth Friday evenings of eaoh month. JOHN W. QRKIW, Oom. WAUCOSOA rosr, wo. 3«8. Post meets everv second and fourth Satur­ day evening in G.'A. It. Hall, Main St. WARRBW K. POWERS, Oom, L-E-0 (Elegy) ON XT LKQ. Wftile/% bi/]a toldierjcho lost his leg al the battle of JPtxir Oaks Uood leg, thou wast a faithful friettS, And truly hast thv duty done; I thtnk tliea most, that, to t he end» * Thou.divtst not let this botv run. that in the tlghlt, r.e«*» Strange paradox! Where I ot thee was thus bel-e I lost mv left leg for "the Kight," a And yet the right's the one thaVa tell! But while the sturdy stump remains, I may be ab'e yet to patch it, Fornjrcn now I've taken pains v# make an L-'E-U te match it. -BREEDERS OF- Practical PidDter .ani Decorator, HEBRON, ILL. Decorating, Paper-Hanging, CAL CIMINING, GRAINING. Done on abort notice and satisfaction gnaran- 3 Call on or address, ^ < H. FISH. MORGAN HORSES, Bid Polled Angus, And Jersey Cattle. milsida Farm, West McHenry, III. Our Morgan Stock is all pure bred, and originated from the best Morgan stoak in the (Jnlted States. Old Gifford Morgan, who stands at the Head jf our Stock, is one ot the best bred Morgan uorses in the country, and can show more and '•etter all purpo e colts than any other horte in the West. We invite the inspection of our stock by hmiemen and all lovers ol fine animals.. A few full blood Morgan Oolts and young torses for sale. Also one matched team, full ••loodr. $ In fettle we have the full blood Shovi Horn •vuti h we are crossing with the Red Polled Angiisand therefore instead of sawing off.the 'iorus we are breeding them off and with <ood suoeess. A few Heifers and Balls, both pure bred •ihort Horns and the cross above mentioned Cor sale. J. R. Saylor 4. Soait VMibBMu, niu r«ifc m. *** Along the Skirmish Line- The O. A, R, has psrsisteatly de- maadsd that DO man who ssrrfed his country faithfully shall be humiliated by eouslguraeot to the peorhouie. The Matsoa bill waats to make* a compro­ mise oo the humiliation, aad edminis* ter it in broken doses. The wonderful labor of the meuo- talo, which resulted in bringing forth a "ridloulouB mouse," has been paral­ leled by the live months' iucubatien by the Invalid Pension Committee o. a bill te give a crippled veteran three cents a day! Kll Foster, now a carpenter In Chi- cage, is one of the 11 survivors of the 15 Unleu officers who dug the tunnel out of Llbby Prison. He Is 61 years old His eseape was made en his 37th birth- day, and Mia sccuat it as his "second birth." Report of certificates l«sued during week ending April 28, 1888: Original. 1.253; lucrease, 260; reissue, 159; rest oration, 28; duplicate, 13; accrued, 139; arrears, Act of March 3,1883, 2; Order of April 3, 18S4, 2; Either a veteran deserves nothing or he deserves enough to procure the absolute neoessaries of life. Either the Government should give him enough te keep bim out of the poor- house or it should let him go there al together. This being half-way in and half-way out of the poorhouse is the most Intolerable situation of all. Simon Mix Post, No. 95, Department of Minnesota G. A. R , Pipestone, is very proud of its last record. At a meeting held last week they mustered In Martin Ely, who was 84 years Of ajfo May 7.' He was a member of a Wisconsin cavalry regiment and was all through the late war. The first Wisconsin man killed la the war of the Uulou was Myron Gardner. In a skirmish a twelve-pound ahot from a rifled cannon penetrated bis groin. Th<£ missile, for twenty-five years in ptf£$!sion of his sister, Mrs. T, A. Simpson, of Arcadia, has been given to the State Historical Society. The man who received the shower of sand in his face when the same shot struck is now a State House employe. The House Committee oa Invalid Pensions recently appointed a sub­ committee, consisting of Chairman Matson and Messrs. Walker and Morrill to.take under consideration and re­ port to the full cooamlttee on the various bills now before Congress look­ ing to the repeal of the limitation elause in the Arrears of Pension act. Gen. Black, Commissioner of Pensions, has estimated that it will take be­ tween 9200,000,060 and $300,00®,000 to pay all claims for arrears of pensions should the clause be repealed. Sonsd Doctrine. O. P. Morton, the grand old war Governor ol Indiana, who was a glaat in the day of giants, said in the Sen ate, in the course of a discussion of the Equalization of Bounty Bill, intro­ duced by Gen. John A. Logan and ard- vacated by bim| with all the (earnest­ ness of his ardent nature: Mr. President, justice to the soldier cannot always bo deferred. It Must and will triumph sometime. If it does not come this Congress It will come at some ether Congress. It is a part of the war debt--as much as the 5 20 bends or tho 10 40 bonds. It is founded on tho same principle of jus­ tice. It is an obligation resting upon this Nation, and if it takes 129,000,000 or $50 000 000 can make no dlfierence. It is a detit this Nation honestly owes aad enght to be paid. In other words let the bounty be equalized; pat all honorably discharged soldiers upon the same basis; pay them at the same rate. They are entitled to it. The justloe of it no man can dtspnto( and ihaliiillUili blU contemplatts. I am for it. I vote for it with all my heart. What Senator Marten said.about the debt due in regard to tbo bounties Is equally true with regard to other portions of the debt duo Irona the Nation to its defenders.* The following Is an Sjxtraot from a recent speech made in the Senate by Senator Ingalls and which hits the Mnail squarely on the head:" The soutli should be thankful that It did not have to foot the entire pension bill, as Prance did after the Franco- Prussian war. And yet here, said he, we have the jailers and murderer* of Andersonville, Belle Isle and Llbby Prison, sitting under the flag which they attempted to pull down, legislat­ ing for the country which they en­ deavored to destroy, and trying to pinch, and belittle, and minimize the amounts to bo paid to tho mutilated and disabled survivors of the Army of the Union. New York Herald: Tho most stren­ uous and implacable hater of Repub­ licans ia the States, even Mr. Dana himself, will look not without pathos upon the retirement of N. P. Banks from the United States Marshalship in Boston, The office was humble, the emoluments meager, and Banks, we believe, needed the money. He had been in his day one of the forenest men ef the Union--Speaker of the HOU96, Governor, Major-General com­ manding, much nearer the Presidency than nine out of ten ef the gentlemen who lie awake at night waiting for the serenaders to annouuoe their nom­ ination. Taking it all around, he <nl£ht have had his office, and we question If the President could have done a more to oo regretted act, oven by Democrats outside of Massachusetts than to deprive him of i|j| AN APP£ To the Committees on Pensions in the Senate and House of Representatives. To you I wieh to talk for a few Moments. Where were you when we bared our breasts to the rebels, faeed the oaueon's mouth and had our bodies torn and mangledP It was then you were very anxious about tho welfare »f the Union soldiers. It was then yon thought of those brave) boys who were defending our country and flag, fighting for your homes and our homes. It was then you were full of sympathy ;Bdt, oh, |God! how the i.tpsd ol a few years of peace have changed friends and patrlsts. Had it net boon for the pensioners where would you haye been, your country and your homes? How much per year would you take for the loss of your eye, leg or arm P How mucb^wouid rou take tosufier year in and year out. fhiuk of the thousands of arms and legs which lie moldering in Seutberu graves. Think ot those hospitals where wejlay for months faltering be­ tween life and death. Think ot the guttering and privations we endured for years, and will ti!l death relieve* us. Think.of those Southern prisons where the dead-line meant death. Put yourselves In our places, and then ask vourseIves this question: Are these cripples asking too much for their suffering and loss? Answer those questions down deep In your owr» hearts, and then act aceordingty'r-A Lett-Hand Friend. v M How He Loves Them Stew, "* Now York Press: After rldiouling wounded veterans in his pension votes and going fishing on Decoration Day, President Cleveland made a discovery. What he discovered was tho fact that there are not only a great many vet­ erans left In this country but also a large number of other citizens who ardently sympathize with tUom, and whose Inextinguishable debt of gratl- ;ude to them for their Bufferings for the country's preservation makes them keenly feel and promptly reseat any slight or insult inflicted en them. Mr. Cleveland has gotten these taots through his epidermis, and as this is Presidential yoar and he wants to be re-elected, he is going to cultivate the veterans. He has consented to review the Decoration Day parade to Brook­ lyn. He will look down from a grand stand with patronizing air as the vet­ erans march by bim aad leave him behind, as they left him behind when they marched to tho front twenty- seven years ego. Perhaps be will utter a few sententious generalities on tbo duties of patriotism. The vet­ erans will please not forget that Mr. Candidate Cleveland stands ready to assure them of his most distinguished consideration--this yoar. Why pretend, Mr. Clevelandt Jfo body will be deceived by it. Noboby expects it of you. It Is unreasonable to expect a man who stayed at heme writing herd books to feel his boart beat faster and bis blood tingle with the tire that burned the shrines of treason to ashes. Not only dees the coin of bypoefisy not pass at par in this country, but It will not pass for anything of value. It will oomo back to you for tho bad penny that U t». What it Will Do. A streog attempt has been mOT* to prejudice the veterans agaiust the Disability Bill, as recein nended by the G. A. R. National Pension Com­ mittee and passed bj tbo Senate, on tbo grouiithii It would bring relief to a very email number of deserriaf persons. This, like ail tbe charges and asser­ tions against it, is untrue, generally and specifically. A careful study of the statistics «f the Pension Bureau and other reliable | sources ef information will shew that i it will give lmmediato, substantial isd justly-deserved relief to an lmmenee •umber ef persons. Under the first section fully 30,000 dependent parents will be placed upon tbe pension-roll. Under the second section at leas. 40, 000 disabled and dependeel veterans will be given #12 a month. Under tho third section ovef 30,000 widows will be plaesd on tho roil at |1S a month, and thousands of orphan*, whoso number cannot now be ceaveni* ently ascertained, will have their ak lowance raised . froA the skim-miUt j diet of «2 a month, te the (note goner., ' ^ J ous provision ef #5. 1 : . Consequently, at least 100,000 persona % '\ will receive substantial and immediate 1 relief from the passage of tbe bilh The G. A. R. Xational Peasion Com* mlttee planned most wisely wbea thejr ; framed the bill. They are the best |U; informed asoti In the country ea tbe > vji subject of pension legislation, and whatever they do can be relied oa aa ||g| the best possible thing to do. In this, ' as In all things, they have planned *$4 with the highest wisdom and added ; much to their reputation for sagacity .[0 ; and devotion to tbe interests of tho comrades. They had every reason to ^ | ; expsct the passage of the bill as soon as Congress met, and that it wauld be > "jf \ even now doing Its beneficent work. Taey are entitled to tbe enthusiastic " v' gratitude of the veterans of the eouo- try, and their widows and dependent ' $ relatives. No men could have dono ^||Li better than Comrades Merrill, Tanner, Wagner, Kountz and Brust taste deae. j The best thing to do now la for every commrade to insist with all earuestness.lposslble that tbe House of Representatives pass the bill at one* in the shape that it came, from the "VV' Se nate.--National Tribune, * \V»S KBPGBMOAN OOSVBK. ' ^ -i 8BNAIOKUL moa, , The Republican Convention of the Eighth Senatorial District was held at . ^ the Court House in Woodstock last thursday. The convention was well Httteaded«*«Mi - fHW»-ftat»ty jiiwaeeleMfesi^l throughout. The convention was called to order by A. C. Fassett, Esq., he chairman of the Senatorial Com- mittee.-whe nominated Mr, Reubea v; W. Coon, of Lake county, for tempo- V| ' rary chairman of the oonvention -mo- tion carried. On motion Mr. A, H. 1 ^Jf } Keeler was made temporary secre- "'Mi iary. On motion of P. K. Granger, of ^*5 McHenry County as there were no con- , j testing delegations, a committee on > \ I credential was dispensed with, and v:J.,-' ihe chairmen of the different delega- lions presented their credentials to the secretary, who read the names of . ^li­ the delegates, such delegates or their ,*4|U substitutes to be the delegate* to tho s ? M convention. ., On motion tbe temporary organise- . *,jFj tlon wts made permanent, and after a "/'if"' few remarks by the chairman, the convention proceeded with the busi- • I uess before it. Mr. Granger, of Mc- ' I Henry oounty moved that tbe eonven- tlon proceed to npminate three re pre- <entatlves for the General Assembly, , two from McHenry county and onef..'"^^^ from Lake Cennty, and asked for a ; <& * oall of counties en tbe vote. The eoall ' resulted as follows: Ayes--McHenry, f , 24; Nays--Boeae, 14, Lake, 19, aad the motion was lost. a-iff* Mr. Fassett, of Boone, nominated ff • Hon. C. E. Fuller for State Senator nlL aud tbe motion wasc trried unanimous­ ly. Mr. Fiian, of Lake, nominated Hen. Charles A. Partrtdge, of Lake, and Heu. F, K. Granger, of McHenry, nom­ inated Hon. G. $. Seuthworth, of Mc- lenry, for Representatives to tbe General Assembly, and tbe motions were earried unanimously. It was moved and earried that tbo chairmen of the delegations preaeot three names from each county as mem* ' hers of the Senatorial Committee, and that the committee select their ownr chairman, and such committee was re- ; ; f ported as follows: Boone--A. C. Fas- *' J, eett, W. R. Dodge, W.JF. Hoyey; Lake : ,|£|[ --J. F. Clark, I. R. Webb, S. H. Fllnn; :'rY&- McHenry--F. K. 3ranger, Lester Bar* , V*| ber, and Geo. ff. Bunker. ••(£ The nominees of the convention be- og called for, came forward, and were presented te the oonvention and made short addresses, after which von tion adjourned. A. H, KEEI/ER, Secretary. g .v%f; fll^Tbe gentleman of color who drew $15,000 ia a lottery a few month* ago was arrested last evening on a charge of disorderly conduct, and iu default of money and friends ho lan­ guished In jail all night. Whtlo be lasted he was a "blood," but his race was a short one. Tbo sudden rise aad preoipitous fall of "Lucky" Benson will serve as a moral for many a tale. However, asoralists will do well to remember that be didn't fail to a lower depth than he started from, and bo will insist that while he was "palattag the town" ho had run wblcb be couldn't hav* enjoyed had it soft been for the lottery ticket. There an sev­ eral ways ef looking at' tbligfc li nil j -it '* "i i (5fUjj i I - -is • 7 >*>'.