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p! * fledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favors Win us and no Fear Shall Awe." • /•fkT' ; VOL; 15. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1890. NO 39. - ' K*[]carj JHaiifoler. PUBLIMHBO EVS*T "VTKOirEflD&r Br V AN 8LYKE,- • KOITOB AND PROPRIETOR. ' Offle* In Bishop's Block, , -JOwMiti PniT 4k OviVb 30B40RIPTIO*. «f'TM*(In A«rrJrteer Not Paul within Three Months 10D . ̂ inscriptions received for tkrM #r liz Months lis the same proportion. m Bates of Advertising. ' We announce liberal rates for advertising •% the 'Plunmkat.br, and endeavor to state 'Item so plainly that the? will be readily un- 'I *r stoo l. They an «• fellows: f/l-vl Inoh one year - • . 809 ;§ Inches one year - . . MOO '"•"-'•I Inches one year - * - 1#00 Column one year • ,» . M 00 Column one year- • • « • - 60 00 Column one year . t - 100 00 •One inch means the maa?ur<»ir.ent of one '%j|oh down the column,single column width. Vearlv advertisers, at the alx>ve rates, have ®e privilege of chansrinsc as often as they ooso, without extra charge. Regular advertisers (meanin* those having l.' igtanding cards) will be entitled to insertion if local notices at the rate of 5 cents per line each week. AH others will be charged 10 eents per line the ilrst week, and 5 cents per line for each subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged v Ml the rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareil • •f pe, same as this is set in) the first issue, and -cents per line for subsequent issues. Thus, dltt inch advertisement will cost §1.00 for one week, $1.50 for two weeks, 92.00 for three Jte«ks, and so on. The Pt.atndkai.br will be liberal In giving ... editorial notices, but, as a business rulo, it Witl require a suitable fee from everybody Meklng the use of its columns for pecuniary BUSINESS CARDS. O. J. HOWARD, M. D. SURGEON. McHenrv d« labile School Building. POT4GUK AND su»u»un. >i 111. 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Old Gilford Morgan, who stands at the head >f our Stock, is one ot the best bred Morgan norsee in the country, and ean show more and letter all onrpo .e colts than any other horse in the West. We Invite the iinspection of onr stock horsemen and all lovers of line animals. by A few full blood Morgan Oolta and young oorses for sale. Also one matched team, fall iloods. In Cattle we have the fall blood Short Iforn vineh'we are crossing with the Red Polled \nguS and therefore instead of sawing off the iwrn -fo are breeding them off and with food suceess, A few Heifers and Bulla, both pure bred Short Horns and the cross above mentioned J. R< Saylor A Sons. Wv<t McHenrr, 111.. Feb. 27th. 1888. L. W. NICHOLS, JR., JEWELER Mli All work t»*y ftaMTMIl GRATJ 02X nd preMpa^ 4CiaiL^« ft has permanently cured thousands of cases pronounced by doctors hope­ less. 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Having a thorough experience In making and adapting Spectacles to the eves, be is erabled to lit accurately in every case of abnormal vision known as PRESAYOPiA, HYPERMATROPIA MYOPIA, As well as weak sight, requiring various tinted glass. His improved spect«c fareof a perfect construction, which assist anil pre­ serve the sight, rendering frequent changes quite unnecessary. They center a brilliant- nessand distinctness oi ease and comfor^not generally enjoyed by persons ttMng »peeta- cles. His lenses are ground on the most 6 dentine principles, rendering the eye as clear as when in the full strength of youth. B. Mincer has some highly flattering* testi­ monials of some of the leading oculists of the state as to his ability n> lltting Spectacles. REMEMBER : He uses no Instruments; He tits the eye the llrst time; He made the eye a study for over Mrenty years; • ?•, He uses pure crystal lenses. He guarantees satisfaction; He treits weak eyes successfully; He saves eyes injured by using Interior glasses. He fits all kinds of glasses required by de> fee live glasses He nakes every variety of glasses. WOrders can oe left a t postofflce and wit receive* prompt attention. No charges for examinations or visiting patients at their iomes To promptly relieve and permanently care rheumatism or neuralgia, use Salva­ tion Oil. Fur fini? H' iUI <lnimnrtB at bottfe. i * C A. R, Directory* K'ngWHY POST HO. 613. Meets ,the First Thnrsdav evening of'eaeh month. * L. R. Bemh«tt, Ooo. WOO»STO0K FO#T, NO W8. Meets first and third Monday evenings of each month. W. H, Momi, Oons. Mirm>a POST, MO 228, Meets the second and fourth Tuesday erenlngt of each month. 0- F. Dike, Oom. HiRVARD FORT, NO 266. Meets the secona ana tonrtn Monday even tegs ot each month. John Marshall, Oom. Mavbnoo Post, Now W», Meets eve»7 Second and Fourth Friday evenings of each month. E. R Morkis, Oom. WAITCONDA r08T, NO. 868. Post tweets everv second and fourth Satur­ day evening in U. A. K. Hall, Main St. i ABTHUR OOOKI. Oom, Aloiur the Skirmish Line. Texas has thirty-seven Grand Army posts. Colorado Encampment at Denver, Apri 1 17. The membership of the Soto of Veterans is80,000. The aunual encampment of the de­ partment of Texas was held at San Antonio March 5. Monday evening, March 10T th« W. R. C. at Hartford, Wis., gave an entertain­ ment consisting of music, etc. I'ension legislation mu6t stand on e<iual and absolute justice. The veterans are neither beggars to plead for charity, nor cut-throats to say, "stand aad de­ liver." Are the soldiers who have received their irrears of pension saying or doing any­ thing for their comrades who have not fceen so fortunate? If not, why not? » The State Soldiers' Home at Fort Dodge, Kansas, was opened January 1st. It admits ex-soldiers with their wives and such children as are not large enough to earn their own support. General John Oobnrn, of Indian&polig, bus beeu*mvited to*<1eTivoiT the Memorial address at; Andersonville. Ua., on theHOt-h of May. 1 The National military home« a^ ||il- waukee, Wis., Leavenworth, itan., are crowded, and application for admission being refused. f It is a remarkable coincidence that the iiplace of durial of both Generals Grant and McClellan is named Riverside, one on the banks of the Hudson and the other ion the bunks of the Delaware, The 40th N. Y. (Mozart) lost, from first to last, 142 actually killed, 807 woutided, of whom very many died, and 208 mis­ sing, of whom a great porportion were killed or mortally wounded, making a total loss of 1,217. Post §17, Department of Kansas, says the soldier have been fed on gratitude soup thickened with sympathetic noodles long enough, and now they not only de- inaud a service pension but that they Will not excuse the Congressman who intro­ duces a pension measure without follow­ ing it up till they force a vote. A bill has been introduced into the United States Senate providing for the pensioning at the rate of $25 a month, from March 14, 1889, of all women who were army nurses during the late war, and who rendered six months service in camp, on the field, or iu the hospitals? General W. T. Sherman, although edu­ cated at West Point for the United States army, has not always been a soldier. He was for four years a banker in California; who studied law and was admitted to the bar in Kansas City, where he practiced for two years. He has also "farmed it" at various periods of his life. * Senator Ingalls, by request, has intro­ duced a bill in Congress to give to every soldier or sailor who served ninety days or longer iu the late war a bounty of $50 a year for every year's service or part of a year. If the soldier is dead, the money shall go, in the order named, to his widow,.minor children, father or mother, [n case a soldier or sailor was discharged for disability, he is to b« paid the bounty for the full time of his enlistment. 4^ny soldier who served as a substitute for pay is excluded from the benefits of the bill. The 8tnrs and Bsra. "Isit not about time that the Confed­ erate flag display should cease ? It never symbolized anything but disloyalty and treason, and it cost $0,000,000,000 and 1,000,000 lives to put it down. Let the 61 d Confederate soldiers cherish it in pri­ vate, as a sad memory, if they will, but cease to flaunt it in puttie before the ris­ ing generation, which should be taught loyalty aud>patriotism and supreme rev­ erence for the Star Spangled Banner, with its now forty-two stars. No other flag has any business to float in the atr mosphere df our coprfboti country. The Stars and Bars se^jjjPis nothing else but to keep alive sectional hatred. It irri­ tates to desperation every loyal soldier who braved the dire perils to haul it down. Jeff Davis was buried wrapped fa Confederate flags, and by his side, in the coffin, was his Mexican sword. Above his inanimate form floated the flag of the Union, the red, white and blue, and it was well. Let the lost cause, its emblems, and Jeff Davis repose together, bidden from loyal eyes, and let all eyes be loyal and all hearts be one in patri­ otic devotion. Then shall oar coun­ try progress and prosper a* never be­ fore, and leap to fulfill Hi brilliant destiny.'!^ . . _*• Thirteen thousand four hundred and eighty-two dollars and eight cents was reported by the posts as expended in charity during the j%ar. This does not include large amounts paid toward the relief of the Johnstown sufferers, com­ rades in Dakota and other localities. The largest disbursement for ch&rity is reported by General U. S. Grant post, No. 28, Chicago, the amount beimr $712.62. t^orl of the Pension Offios During the week onding Mar. 22,1890, 7,108 claims were received, of which 1,184 were original invalid; 733 widows; 3 war of 1812; 6 bounty land; 69 navy; 2 old war; 48 on account of Mexican service, and 5,068 applications for in­ crease. Number of rejected claims re­ opened, 725. The names and postofflce addresses of 6,869 officers and comrades were furnished for the use of claimants. There were 75,355 pieces of mail mat­ ter received; 57,880 letters and blanks sent out. The number of cases detailed to special examiners was 752; 725 reports and cases from special examiners; cases on hand for special examination, 11,218. Certificates issued, 3,833. The death of General Crook removed another historic character from the view of the present generation. The number of our gallant old army and corps com­ manders has become sadly reduced. Gens. Schofield, Howard, Stanley, Miles and Gibbon, are now the only ones which appear on the active list of the army. Gen. Crook's death at a time when he should have been in his prime is another illustration of how the terrible strains of battle and the march make irreparable ravages on the vital powers. There is little doubt that, with his constitution and heredity, if he had lived a peaceful life he would have been with us a secure of years longer. But he died as Grant, Thomas, . Sheridan, Moadey- bogau was and hundreds of thousands of less prom­ inent soldiers oi the rebellion have died, --because the awful straits of war had sapped his vitality until its strength and elasticity were gone, and he succumbed to the first additional draft upon it --National Tribune. month. The bill doubles the amount, and that is certainly small enough. The allowance to the veteran himself, if de­ pendent, is $12 a month. In the case of widows and minor children the cause of death, unless that cause bevicious habits or the violation of the laws civil or mili­ tary. The general purpose, in a word, is to soften the rigors of the pension law and secure improvements the justice of which are self-evident. The House ought to pursue the same conservative policy." "The ex-Confederates in the House of Representatives got off during the discus­ sion of the Pension Appropriation Bill their customary chestnuts about the enormous number of Yankee soldiers they mast have killed and wounded to produce such an immense pension list. The bad taste of this is simply frightful. It is the last thing in the world they should allude to. Heaven knows, no people claiming to be civilized ever in flicted so many wanton barbarities upon union soldiers as the so-called chivalry in their crusade for slavery. If, for the ? credit Of the American name, the people : of the North agree to forget these enor­ mities, the late rebels should not be those to awaken the frightful memories of star-' vationin prison-pens," massacres in the field, and assassination by stealth." Death of a Brave Soldier- In the sadden death of General George Crook, at Chicago, recently, the army of the United States has suffered an almost irreparable loss. In these days of universal peace the only fear of war for the people of our Republic is aroused by the Indians who are being slowly bat surely crowded out of their lands and into the ways of. civilization. These In dians Me more tractable now than they were a few years ago, but the Indian na­ ture is so enigmatical that not until every important tribe of red men has been assimliated by the process of civili­ zation in accordance with the Dawes land-in-severalty bill will absolute secur­ ity from Indian war and its shocking concomitants be felt by the settlers of the far West. General Cropk was one of the mostfcue- cessful Indian fighters who ever had com­ mand of United States troops. He was gifted with tactical craftiness, which was equal to the inherited cunning of the dian warriors, and his intuition of 3,466 tm 1 494 The annual report of the Assistant Ad­ jutant General for the year ending Dec. 31,1889, contains much of interest to the members of this department: Members in good standing Dee SI, 1881.. .<9,944 Gain by muster-in..... .. .. Gain by transfer ... Gain br reinstatement ... Gain by delinquent reports Total ..36,824 Losses-- '. J By death .*.. SIS By honorable discharge............ 14* By transfer 794 By suspension 2,183 By dishonorable dlsehartfB 9 By delinquent reports ... 7S9 Total loss . . . . . . . . 4 , 6 1 1 Members in Kood standing Dec SI. 1889 ..32,813 Net gain in memosr-ihip 1.H69 No of posts in good standing Dee ST. 1889. 557 Gain by muster in ...... 24 Gain by relnetateihent ... ..... ....... < Total 087 Lossss, by charters surrendered ... .... I Posts remaining In sttndlng 581 Net gain in posts 34 The six posts surrendering charters are as follows: Post No. 355, Rochester; Post No. 396, Downs; Post No. 407, Swan Creek; Post No. 493; Danville; Post No. 612, Camargo; Post No. 653, Buckley. • No posts in good etanding Mar 10, 1890.... S88 No members in good standing Mar 10, *9o31,440 The Senate Pension lill. "The Senate did well to reject all amendments to its dependent pensionbill. The eleventh census, which is to be taken this summer, provides for the enumera­ tion of surviving soldiers, sailors and marines, or their widows, and when that knowledge has been obtained and made available, Congress will have data upon which to base pension legislation. Until tken no radical change of policy should be made. It might involve a great deal more expense than had been expected or a great deal less. Legislation in the dark is dangerous business. The bill actually passed by the Senate is designed to simplify somewhat the proving of pension claims, and to render a larger measure of justice to pensioners without containing any very radical changes. It is now a long time since the war, and the longer it is the more difficult must it be to acquire testimony. Many witnesses are dead and papers destroyed. Procrastination is the thief of time, but time itself is the greatest of all thieves. It will be necessary under this bill only to show by competent and sufficient evidence that dependent parents are without other means of support than their own labor or the contributions of others not legally bound for their support; provided that all pensions be allowed to dependent parents Ader this act shall commence from the date of the filing of the applica­ tion thereunder, and shall continue no longer than the existence of their depend­ ence. This provision against back pen­ sions and the continuance of the pension after the actual dependence has ceased obtain throughout the bill. The present aUowauee to ataor chilr drtn whew thetaUwria M i* $2 a. strong that lie won among the red of the entire West the name of stealthy "Gray Fox." He was not only equal to the tactics of the Indians, bat he possessed leonine courage, matched with such an iron will, that the Indians -calne to understand that whatever the "Gray Fox" said he \vould do if he resisted the power of the United States government would surely be their punishment when they met defeat; and they also came to feel that they could place the most im­ plicit reliance in all of General Crook's promises in the settlement of their diffi­ culties with the wlrite settlers. Like Gen. Harney, who ended the costly Seminole war in Florida by hanging, every cap­ tured Indian to a tree pursuant to a threat he made at the time he began his campaign, General Crook kept his every promise to his Indian foes, and inflicted the punishment he announced he would mete out to them if they continued their hostilities. < Without withholding deserved confi­ dence from any officer commanding the soldiers of oar army, the people of the United States are warranted by the death of brave General George Crook in feeling fresh satisfaction at the recent advance of the Dawes plan of extending civiliza­ tion among the erstwhile hostile tribes of Indians in the West.--Milwaukee Wiscon­ s i n . " S ; - a 1W Pension ExpenAittuis The $103,871,709 which the House of Representatives has voted to appropri­ ate for pensions for the ensuing year is far in excess of the annual value of the pension roll. That, according to the last" report of the Commissioner of Pensions, is but $64,246,552.30, leaving $39,125,- 156.64 to be otherwise accounted for. Of this about $8,000,000 ia to make good the deficiency saddled on this Ad­ ministration by its predecessor in order to make a false showing of economy, aad the remaining $31,000,000 is for the pay­ ment of claims which have been hanging in the pension bureau for from two to twenty-seven years, and have only been recently allowed. When the United States gets down to ti business-like promptness iu adjusting claims against it the annual pension figures will be -n^> idly reduced. ,, But the expenditure of this great sum will be of incalculable benefit to the whole country. It will put ready money into circulation everywhere, and every man, woman and child in the country will get a share of the benefit. It will not fall into the vaults of the money lords, as the payments to bondholders and other fav­ ored classes do, but go directly into the pockets of the whole people. It will pay off thousands of mortgages upon little farms and homes. It will liquidate tens of thousands of accounts due gro­ cers, shoemakers, dry goods men, physi­ cians, landlords, and so on. It will go out in hundreds of thousands of rills to the workingmen, the farmers, dealers, and will quicken the bonnes^ everywhere, and givei (Mtastot'te tide • 4" ^teral j -Jbl iMH/ Ti i lWfa , * V,J, ?