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f.t'l '.J% :'.r; :S:*r - ••' ' A * " ' ' * '•' > r"1 *• •' 'JU ±=2S ; w P - ^ . V*4 ' " i' v : -•^ i •si ::;.s; sb «« Pledged but to fruttt, to Liberty and Lawi No Favors Win %** amf no *< Awe." i*<g' •ji>-»;.." j*... M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, ^inuiuD CtiMnr "mmornmtoAt *t; 0j V AN JSI*1r K'J&.£ IB:AKP ?EOPE»TO«';':^- in Pekovskyjs Block, 4»M0W8OUVh*Vthe PostO®**; ,;v SETBSCRIPTIO: On« Year (la Advance) «. ft Kot I'aiJ within Three Month* Saoeocwtion^ received for three Blathers tfcp same proportion. & i.UO or pis Wif Kates »i Advertising. We announce libeAl rates for advertising a the and en leavor to state hem so plainly that they will be readily an* ' Mfitoftil- 'Ph#y iir« M follows: >rISSfctfMmeye**' • - • ,v?* * If 2 S (ftehesone yew - * .. » w • X wtaraa one yeiif - , >*.. .• •, •- . • *?•*» .# Ooiataaoaeyasr. •> •«*-•% * 80 oo Oolamn ona year - - - - loooo (tei'Wb okeaas the taeaiarenent of one InchAoWn|bd column, single column width. ?, Yearly .advertisers, at the above rates, have I the privilege of changing as often as they ehooae, without extra charge. Reguiar advertisers (meaning those having ttaMiBgcarda) will be entitled to insertion ef IMVIMiotlees at the rate of 5 cents per line '•-•a«Sr#Be:k. A.H others will bo charged 10 eeifta per tino the flint week, and 5 cents per Un^forWkeh aulweqaent week. ®ifto*Mnt advertisements will be charged at the rate of 10 cents pe line, tnonpareil type, same as tills is set In) the first Issue, and S cants per Sine for subsequent ir.fiv.cn. Thus, an iBOh ^dvertisement will cost «1.00 for one we*k» ftSO for two weeks, •S.oo for three so on. The PLAINDKVLBB will be liberal in giving adltoclal noticos. but, as a busin*as ru'® »* wul require a snitahle fee from everyljo«ty seeking the use of Its columns for peountary viain. • W States WarGlaia Ape; -•*- BUSINESS CARD8. l i * P. 0-COLBY, D. D.». »'HTTl<T. ^ennlstonit III Spe-'al atten" tioi nod t > reg-»l ttmg children's <e th-Parties cominsc fron •» di stance w-»uM 'to wet to g've tun l» n *>Mce by mail Offl %<\ Ken>ia'| block, corner Main stri-et and PuWic -quar ? >»r .• 1 •. ' • a.';- O J.iHOWARD. ItiD. PHYSICIAN AND 8URGRO . McHepry, ill Office at resliwttf e, one door w at of J. A.Story's Drugstore. AH. FEGER3, M. D- TO I AN AND SURTIEOM, Ills, office at Ke»idence. XtBnn ^ DR. A. B1 AURIWEFT, IIHYSICIAN ASD^UKOEON "office In O*. > JT nt d* bpll«:n*, W et •« Henry, III. ^ Residence, hoaae lorm-rty wonpird by Dr. 0sbfinie, Alt piofassional eails promut y *t MKIII d to " F. L. SHKPAKD JR. T. BHBPABD. # SHEPARO ASHE PAR O, I A TTORNKYS A* LAW. Suite 612, North- iV »ru Offi'-e Building, Ohioago9 111* uaSaUv Sireet 46 ly "f fe KNIGHT « BROWN, TTORNRYS VT LAW. U S. EXPR^ITJO/A Building, 87 and 88 Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. Y=9« VOMLEY, TTORSTBY A® LAW, A^D AOBFTLTOF^TN OODSTOOK, /LL. In Park tlouse. ttrst floor. •' ^OSLlhi 4| OA8K*. «T« AT LAW, Woodatde*^I»r iaeas will receive pH»» pt atMln- C. P. BARNES, A TTORNKT, ftoiicitor, and| OoQBsetor, A. Oolleetione a specialty. WORTL»#TOOK, iLMWOfB. A. M. CHURCH, hciaker ami Jewetor adredTwenty-Five State Rt Cht- . n. . Speeial attention given to r«- «nevw»tches and Uhronometers. sortmeat of Goods in his 11B pairing «rAt ii ^ Vlalti ME s an C B'It-l­ and Oi gaii. week, fhnrsdays, «n< !•< »»K*P*re<i to Term" reason ble can be een at of »oove LamM SMITH, JSc Jeweler ILLINOIS •toek of Cloaks, Watches ana Je > • son hand. Special attention ng fine watohes. Give oa* P SM/TB. SAtESIVie*! L-cal »nd irav«!uig to PBtou* well known house. Von nee«t rraoital t - wrr-sent'a firm t itt wiirrant* |Mr< s»"cV nr't.oiiox Htnl true 10 name. IK ALL THE YE&B. fio per month tn thatltf&t m»n Ap|>b ^uickstaiing a^e. MAY ENSLAY 'MM HEALTfi Y ic. f OR ^ALK BY JOBK cHenry, Woodstock eo#LiN, Illinois. Prosecutes all elassss and kinds of claims against the ,41 n I ted states tor px-Soldisrs, their Widows, Depeudent Relatives or lleirs. A specialty is ma<le^ is proaetming old and rejected claims. AH commun'catioBB promptly answered If Postage Stamps are enclosed for reply. ? ^ . V- . H- COW4UA • Office at RMMWBM, Madison »t.. Woodatocc. Illinofa. •ilS 9 For Sale at Living Prices l>y the Hildas signed. Call ou or address FRANK COLE, 8PR1NO QROVB. 1LI. epriBC ̂ ie^ Ill , Nov 12. l«8o. Im.'j 4l^ r, nws rr * ̂ •V- :r' <$;• . • r«AHK B0«i ATTENTIOIlf Farmers and It will pay thoee looking for CHOIO£ <r*r *, J to nail at atjr I can furnish cow. Fresh milkers or springers, premise? before purchasing. suoh by the car load or single PORTER H. WOLFRUM OHBUumi Farm abqut tour sUles BMrthweat of Harraad Illlnola ; *. •... i Barbian. i- I Barbiaa BARB IAN BROS. Wholesale and Retail DBAUUta IN FINE CIGARS, Me HENRY * ILLINOIS Reinv now pleasantly lo-ated in our n wj store, former y »M*.o«p ed by attlioff Hroe , w«^ ar«» n»W prep'irejl imiffer to hes:iioking pubf1 I c a fine line fCitrara of ur i«B ma mlae.; tuic, t pettier with -in'»k'.iig aad chewing Tobaeco oi the best brands, ^ Pipes a Spscialtyf We have a*^ry large asuortment a-i4 »»>ry handsoroe pattern*. * C>»LL AND8BB US. r , Buuuua* n»OB: Mr.Henr*«sjBt*.JaBe«MW. - HEAR THE DEPOT* (TEST MoHEN RY, ILL Keeps ope: Public a Fin for the aeoomiBoaauoB of tM at-OIaa* Saloon and Restaurant, Where he will at all times keep the-beat brands of Wines, Liquors and Gigara Cto he found In the market. Also Agent For ,• fBANZ FALK^ ir. v.' Ifi'.w&akei" lagtt 8iu. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al- »ays on band, cheaper than any other, quail- y considered. Orders by mall promptly attended t0k,.:T **'• GOOD STABLIIW.PVR HORSQb - • and^iee qs. t;-'-. #-. Robert Sohiessle. Wea* McHenry. 111. '9WfU • w111WLI A. Englen's ULOON AND RESTAURANT. MoHENRY, ILLINOIf. * SIMON STOFFEL, raw FWt 1 > l l M mm Of Capital, 6,098,315. Rockford, of Hockford,!!! Capital, 802,448, , if Haniirt, Xsa* Capital, 92,823,213. ^ £uanranae carefnlly and eafely planed on all clasee* of prop< rtv against fire, t gbtB'ng, an' tornado, either tor cash or on lonir time, without interest Fire policies on live stock cover aamf in hull ingoron f«rni igainst loss or •iMniairo by fire or lightning an-i against linhtuii-g 4iivwhere May, straw, stalks «nd fO(fi!Sr Si!"" ('ST:'"vd bv one jiOli«?y in buiiuinK or suirks on farm Grain. *e< ds and mill feed arre covered tinder o e sum n buildinsr or on farm Insur nc® <rsns»< rrcd to othfr locsli- tlrs free of carge. tiasoiine orol' stove and ftenm tbreshei permus granted In noliries free of charge tSo»sf*hold goods of every description, includii g coil, wood and provf- st >n- a I coveied under on^ item Oompl't* records kept of s*l! (iolici<'s,roni1iti<'nB,aS' ign- ments and transfers made. Call for list of over 7BQ jiolie; holders in above companMB. SlmoB StolieU : ' ( T S I H i P W P ^ Y *'1 -v H. Miller 8c Son, ^ -DBALERS Vfmh £*0*%'- • "1- • > MARBLE & GRANITE, Tablets, Bio. -Cemetery Work of every <le- script ion nearly executed at Hi* Lowest Pricea. S&tisfictioa Qauanti^. Shops at McHenry and Johns- burgh, III, where at all times can be iound a good asaortment of finished wort r Respectfully, - » llenry Miller & HOB. Wauoonda Antl-Horse Thief Association •*~ .wnoMo, ' ABTBUK COOK, Pres. EOOAB QIIB>, Sec'y. JAB. MDRKAT, V. •- E'B UtkBKBT, Treat OIBKOTOBB. jrBoav- Edgar Greea. JfyanK'ThomM. KIDBBB. Henry Wenien,, fl F Hughes, Morna fwa, A J Rayaiond, Veank Thomas. A Cook. .. AO Bangs ........ tb E Ui'bert.v B Hill . H F Hughes....... J F tfonev cr ok Thomas ... t-iliwr liroi B ... A J Knymond t,eo Pr«tt ........ Mo- eo B^ai-h. .. . J imes Mm ray. ... J U Mi-csi e Henry WerdBB.... J K (*i s nun Ira Mmith .......... Delon Ames .......\ ueoJo'ee ........ 1 Bacon K P»<i«i<»ck . •. U C "mith Mot tor<l at*MB>BS. M trtlr Morse P u >arch ffoughtOB Ge-i w-irroil ......* T llairis . .. . 8 H ll irris ....... ... Ed> in C«ok......,rV .. ....Seth Turner ... W. M i lo gh ...... Stebbins Ford ....... P \ N un^key R F JOHN-.ton ... .. _ Wsrr n Poweia ... Geo Bales . . ... .. ilas Mo. sgh«n, Jt .. Raitic t Ha r son ... John spencer. ... .. .. O W Dunk lee .... . ...Cnant'i- Itavlin..... .. Mlchai 1 ^laven ... ... Quo staxoB .... ....Gliding Br a .. .... .. r V Hifwiim i.i.iMi; ij'fr- J) ng., I" •. ;;T-U" .v.. Fine Kentucky Liqtiors Fretch JBitters,> ; UeHeniy Lager -AND- Seklitz Milwaukee Eettle Beei ^ any quantity front ^Sniit ^IBBS to liO barrels. x II RETAIL Mmr in bottles, ke»a or<'R»e at cheap aa the cheapest.. / : * . * - Wi; ft1 ^ sen at S?aM»Edble PTMJBB,..' AH aqfl we me and WE TELL YOO lifting new when we state tliat it pays to engage 1B a permanent, most healthy and pleasant pun- Bess, that returns n profit for every dav's work. Suoh is the l>usiiH-3< we offer the working class. We teach them how to make money rapidly, aud SwaiUee ever> otie who follow? our iiistructions thfully the making of B300.0I) a inontli. Bvery one who takes hold now and works will _ SBrely and speedily increase their earnings; there can'be no qnestiou about it; other* now at work are doing it, and you, reader, can do the same. Tills is the best paying business that von have ever hud the chance to secure. You will make » grave mistake if you fail to give it a trial at once. If you grasp the situation, and act quickly, you will directly find yourself in a most prosperous business, at which' you can surely make and save large sums of motley. The results of only a few hours' work will often equal a week's wages. Whether you are old or young, man or woman, it makes no'Uitfereiice,-- do as we tell you, and suc­ cess will meet you at the very start. Neither experience or capital necessary. Those who work for us sre rewarded. Why not write to day for fell particulars, free ? E. C. ALLEN A CO., Box No 420, Augusta, Ha PENSIONS! The Disability Sill IB a Law. Soldiers Disabled Since the War are Entitled* D«pendeBt widows and pare> ta tit d» pendent whose «>«» died fmn t*e etreats of amy WTlces are ireluded It you «iah yuurolaim speedily and successfully prose­ cuted, Bddre a -V ' JAM18 TAURUS* . R ' ' ; • W AS H f N U TON n. 0. - f^ommissioner of Pett6i<».«. Horsemen, iook Here. 2 have a fine stock of H rftes, among which arc •• Y« img Green Moui tain »ior*nn," "Itor. rill Oharle^." ;*B<1 oin-'rs. Call an-t see t'>ese Horses before making arraugeuients else­ where. N. S COLBY. Me Henry. Ill . May 10. mi. Ul auTCn Wide awake workers every. ww nl i til where for ••'•henn's Photo, uraph where for "'•liepp's Photo, of the World," the gru-iwwt book on orvpnn'il e-»rih; ostmt fiiw.ooo; reinii for \H Irr X#3 26. < a-h or inmalimenifi; mam ftJUXll 1 U moth illu« rated circulars *nd terms fiCi",-lai y output over l.>'m volumes. AaBnts wild wit snoces*. vlr, Tnom is L. ^PHOTOCHAPHfcf-'j" W'oomer, O . #W in 40 minutew; R«v, J: How­ ard sdr on, I. vot » N, V., fini aflmurs; a T;RO^"IR"'E'«0F THE vim in on c «Hlii rreigh paid Aturess " *» "1111 GLOBK Hi BUB PtTBMHMIhG O , ~£t OhOStBUt *t . Phila.. Pa. nr S.8 .Nutrborn St. Ohi n*o. lef^as ACME BLACKING IS DMPCT at 20 cents a bottle than any other Dressing at 5 cents. A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAYS becnn&e shoes once blackened with it can iw kept c\>an by wsishing theni witlt water. People in moderate circumstances find it profitable to buy it at £0c. a bottle, because id * "" what they epeni shoe leather. for Blacking they save in cheaper pay $10,000 Reward for a recipe that will enuble us to moke WOLFF'S ACME BLACKING at such a price that a retailer pan profitably *ell it at 10c. a bottle. This ofier is open until J an. 1st, 1893. WOLFF & RANDOLPH, Philadelphia. Oid jurniiurt painted *ith PIK-RON (this is the name-of the paint), looks like stained and varnished new; jvmiUirt. One coat will do it A child can ppply it You can change a pine to a walnut, cr a cherry' to mahogany; there is.no limit to your fancies. All rctaUem sctitft. •' > 4 T 3 3 0 3 A.NCE P P Y O T O ; LIFE t 1 •'^k. N P K O I 4j- • • iff.. r ':C5?f ?' '/"ss. ^ ":.:4 .* * : * tt- JOHN P. SUITE : At the "Litt'e Store Around the Corner^' Has a fine line ni Qold and Silver Wat<*het» now in Htiirk. and eing desirom *»f turning them into f-anh in th«< afc<»rte»t poHsible time, in order to fill <n with his liyii day stock, viU sell you a &old or Silver W^tch Cheaper Ihaa tba Cb aaest . r ^ t •mm .. • ^t' .v - 4 ' %: : s • •' pod.fll. Mi jsdod ipp will U*f %*• GOLD FILLBD .-s:A; ;• u ' ' * AImo«t_0lv«a Away. If you want a W»tch do not. tail ti» cal', as I can suit you holh in»t\l«and 1 »rice, and wamnt them to be just as represented. Call and »e© Also a fine stock of ' . Clocks, Jewe^ty! And in fact pv*»rytbin? usually kept in a first, el »f>s jewelry store, which will be eold caeajaJur cash JOHN P McHeory, Sept. 27,^ ^GEN r«ll la and we the i the Royal T«Hors of in every rwjieet. < prices. A fit wnrrant BflT.BTlBg' DBABTWlT. Cdlted by WM. H. COl ---WOODBTOCS, SIX.- m "7b earn for MM MM* tat 6orn« the battU, *md for M< Widow and Orphan*." --LIHOOLW. "FYientUPdp. Charity, Lay ally- Worthy torn of Patriot ftotkm" fe km Its Directory* - VHBintY FORT MO. (48. \ J " the Fi -at stid Third T ur day »V%n. ings ot Baca month HO MFAD, Orm. •WOODSTOCK FOBT,. KC 106. . Meets flrat aad third Monday even lags of B»4h month. K, I. RICHARDS, con-. tniKTI i POST. HO «9H» Meet* the *ec'f d and fourth Tuesday BVBBlBga of «Bea mot> t h WM. R. ST Clatb, Co*. HABVARI> roar, no W - Meets the aecono »na ronrto MondBy even lags ot eaoh month. J, D. Cun, Com, MABBWOO POST, No. W, Meet* evsry See rd and Fourth Friday eTeninpa of e&'h month. BR MOBBM, Oca. WkrOORDA FOB*. *0 8#t». Posf meets every aecond and four h Satnr day evening In G. A. K Ball, Main st A. L. PSIOB, Ckm Colonel Forbes Relief Corpfe, 708, hait been instituted, with thirty-eix^charter membera, at La Plata, Mo. The Iowa State Soldiers' Borne at M&mhaltown has 300 inmates. Col. J. H. Keatley ia the present commandant. All the soldiers^homes are fast filling up with those who -have been away on furlough daring the summer and early fall months. Mrs. Lemuel W. Gosnellt who died in ChieajfO last vteek, lived many years in Baltimore, and was noted for her cumin* trations to wouuded aoldierf in the hos­ pitals in til* latter city during the dvil war. * During the month of August there were three camps of Sons of Veterans organised in Colorado, one in Illinois, three in Iowa, three in Kansas, one in MH^nchusetts, two in Michigau, one in Minnesota, three in Missouri, and one each in Montana, New York, Ohio, Ore* gun, Pennsylvania, making 23 in all, with a total membership of 438. This wus sary good for a dull Butntner aaoath. Wo Banger ef Bankroptay*' Just at er the surrender of Lee at Ap­ pomattox, the public debt of this coun­ try amounted to #(i4.50 per capita, and the interest charged then amounted to f4^>7 per capita. Since that time this country and people huve prospered as none other ever prospered on the face of the earth; at the same time the debt has Ibeen reduced to f 9.75 per capita and the interest to 35 cents per capita. Our soldier hating statesmen need not fear the immediate bankruptcy of such a country over a few million in pensions to the men who saved Abe nation.--Rocky , . : f ' yjBtB«tfceOrphans, ^ The Grand Army of the Republic com­ mittee on the Soldiers' and Sailors' Or­ phans' Home viwited the institution to­ day. Th« committee, which conduits of P. C. Vierliug and T. C. Hubbard, Chi­ cago; G. S. Bohr, Rockford; M. 8. Peters, Watseka; C. F. Webb, tfloomiagtob; James Skiuner, Areola, and J. A. Free- land, Joliet, were accompanied by De­ partment Commander Harlan, Assistant Adjutant General Fred P. Spink, and Major Rowland, superintendent of the Soldiers and Sailors' Home at Quiney. The result of the inspection was highly satisfactory to the oommictee. Mujor Rowlaod presented to the committee •210 in cash from the old soldiers of tbe Quiney home to be used in buying Christ­ mas gifts for tbe children. The commit­ tee decided to employ a drillmaster to organise the children into companies #u ttem» went R , , C a r r i e d a V l a g Mrs. Eliza E. Culler, wife of Uapt&in Cutler, of Illinois, one of the Senatedoor- keepers, died yesterday at Garfielu Hot- jpital, from exhaustion following a surgi­ cal operation for cancer. Mrs. Cutler has been active in charitable works in thin city for many years, and has been especially prominent in Grand Army re­ lief work Mrs. Cutler bore the distinc­ tion of being the only woman who ever carried a flag into battle. This occurred at Fort Douelson, when Mrs Cutler rushed into the midst Of the fight wilh the Aug which hir husband's company had left behind, and she continued to sparry it during the aqgrm until, the Colo-' nel of the raiment ordered her aboard the transport. When the regiment was mustered out after tbe war a committee, was appointed to formally present to Mrs. Cutler the Sag she bad so bravely rescued, (t has been one of her most cherished possessions ever since, and uow forms the winding sheet in wjbich she w»ll|N»bark»d. - ,»-*•*, • •>*«• la Mttl^r "Humorous things were always occur- Jng on the battlefield," said Eli Perkins (Major Landon) in his Milwaukee Sol­ diers' Home lecture. At Malvern Hill a Confederate Colonel ran ahead of bis regiment, and, discovering his men were not following him, uttered a flerc^ oa'h and exclaimed: "Come on! Do yon want to live for­ ever?" The appeal was irrosistable, for the Colonel's queer exhortation laid down bis life soon after. One of our brave men, Jim Stillman, Was badly wounded in the Chantilly fight which killed Phil Kearny. The next day we took Jim, who was a good Christian, to the Washington Hospital, where he eventually died. After his death our Chnplain, who knew Jim was a devout Christian, went over to the hospital to hear about bis last hours. "So Stillinau is dead!" he said to the gcodut&tuml English nur*e. "I ehonld so like to have spoken to him once more to soothe his dying moments. Did be dfe happily?" ' O, yes," said the uuregenerate nurse. "I soothed his last moments as best 1 Could myself." 11 : -; "What did you say to Kim?" asked tbe Chaplain. :ks "O, 1 taiked vary soothingly to him." ^ps'tJ^'you're mortal bad.' l a'ii,' se* "e, >. • *"Jim,' sea I, 'I don't think you'll get bettw>' ' "'No,' sex 'e. "'Jim,' see I, 'yoa're going fast̂ \ ̂ , "'Yes,'sec 'e. "'Jim,'sex I, 't don't think soldiers can 'ope to go tfo 'eaven.' "'T)o you think so?' sex 'e. " Perhaps, Jim,; se%l, y^R mjw«o ^p 'ell.' .. '* f ' '-Perhaps so,'Sesi; j " Jim,' sez I. 'you ought to be very grateful as there's a place provided for you, and that you've got somewhere to go to, and I think 'e 'ward me, sir, and then 'e smiled and died.' "This," said Mr. Perkins, "reminds me of the experience of Chaplain Twitcheil, of the 5th Conn. Chaplain Twitcheil is now Mark Twain's clergyman, and, they say, does a good deal of the humorist's thinking. 'There was in ttty regiment,' says Twitcheil, 'a splendid soldier by the name of Corporal Jones. The Corporal fought himself down to a skeleton, and finally went to the hospital. Un recover­ ing from his dangerous sickneas 1 felt it my- duty to have a serious pastoral talk «ith him, and while he convalesced 1 watched for an opportunity for it. As I sat "one day on the ride oi his bed in the hospital cent charting with him, he asked me what the Spring campaign was going to be. I told him I didn't know. "'Well,' said be, 'I suppose that Gen­ eral McClellan known all about it.' "'General McClellan.' said I, 'ha* his plans, of course, but he don't knoir. Things may not turn outran he expects ' "•But,' said the Corporal,'President Lincoln knows, doesn't hi ?' " 'No,' I said, 'he doesn't know, either. He has bis ideas, but he can't see ahead any more than Gen. McClellan cap.' "'Dear me,' said the Corporal, 'it would be a great comfort if there was some­ body that did know these things,' and 1 saw my chauce. '"True, Corporal,' I observed, that's a very natural feeling; and the bU sse.-i fact is, there is Oue who does know every­ thing, both past and future, about you and me, and about thisariny; wholyiows when we are going to move, and where to° aud what's going to happen; knows the *hole t.biag.' '•'O,' says the Corporal, 'you meai< old Scott 1'" Serenaded by 80,000 Swallows. The swallow nuisance continues with unabated v%or at the Naval academy, Annapolis. From 8.000 to 20,000 swal­ lows gather every evening in the five or six maple trees in front of the superin­ tendent's residence and make evening and morning hideous with their cries. All efforts to drive them away have failed, and a bell and gong are kept go­ ing at intervals to drive the pests from the Wo trees next the superintendent's bouse. Every year. this disagreeable' rendezvous is maintained by the swal­ lows.--Baltimore Sun. Transferrins * Pension by Marriage. A peculiaf marriage was celebrated at San Antonio Wednesday. C. J. Enuis, aged eighty-six years, an old Mexican war veteran, who was in a dying condition, was married to Elizabeth Baccus, aged seventy-seven years. Ennis is in receipt of a monthly stipend of eight dollars from the government. In gratitnde to the woman who is now his wife and nursed him for the past two or three years he desired that the marriage take place, so th%t his dutiful nurse will re­ ceive his pension after bis death.--Qor, New Orleans Times-Democrat. Lovers Drowned Together. Miss Lola Burnett and Mr. George Kennecntt, engaged to be married, fell through the ice while skating on a pond about three miles south of Nebraska City and were drowned. No oife was with them. Their prolonged absence led to a search. The bodies were recov­ ered. Miss Burnett was a graduate of the high school here. Kennecutt 'was the son of a prosperous farmer. braska State Journal; General Armstrong, of the Hampton institute; Virginia, although much - im­ proved in health, still gives some evi­ dence of his paralytic shock of a yea| or two ago. •• The queen's preferences are now ag$5 to be toward Devere, the Irislr poet, for the vacant laureateahip. „ris • '.-v-vfi , "V Bates ftur tho HoUdays. On December 24, 25, 26 and 81,' and on January 1 and 2,1893, the Chi­ cago & North-Western R'y Co. will sell excursion tkskete at very favorable rates. For tickets and further information apply to agertaO. 4 Jfc W. 8>, '• Tlw tnsw^nul Ball. " Art interest in:,- featnre has arisen J respcct to tbeinn n^nration of Pre T'levoland. March 4 next year jpg "Satnnlay. The discovery of has ledi to some disenssjon propriety of holding the inatifirf on Saturday ntflit, when Sunday.! ing mnst necessarily be ushered in J the first stroke of V2. Intiniry of who have been •prominently idetj^ with the inauguration c-eremonies-i vions years shows that this qpestioq need not occasion concern. In the first place, the event kne the inanguval "baflT is in. fealitf^ ception merely. ThCthrong in at ance is always so great as to pr dancing. In the second plate, it .with rare exceptions, been brought to a conclusion by midnight, even when w considerations of respect for Snnday < tered into t}?e case. A ball 6n Friday | nigh# would be inappropriate, * postponement to Monday night . be an injustice to the thousands of ors who would be compelled t6 leave the city before that time. There is no likelihood, therefore,"that th» time hon­ ored precedent of an inanguri^ata ball oh the evening of inaUgtiratkft^i|r will be departed from whea Mr. CTevelantl is inducted into office.-- Washington Post. Canght Two VThales Bnd One of the whaleman on tbC; La Ninia has a .little roiroBfc .Hit .. name is William Stevenif iiwBy . hsal ^'v"f been a sailor on coasting ?esswte|itr sev­ eral years. Ten months love with a pretty aud estimable ladv at Yaquina bay. Stevens wnapBu^ to get married, but, his funds were low; ' i f (•» it was arranged between the two lov- r-. •rs that William should go on a what- .V-. iug crnise and on his rotorn the nnptM knot should be tied. * William caine down on the next steamer, but found that sailors who bad . never been on a whaling voyage were regarded as green hands, and that when old timers were clamoring for a chauce to shipa new man had very little show. However. Stevens persevered, and per- suaded Captain Worth to take him oa . Wfiitelaw's whaler, the schooner La i . f Ninia. The green hand proved the mas- ^ J cot of the trip, and he killed the only two whales taken on ttye voyage.. They v j were big fellows and prodnoed S.500 pounds of bone. % W-*>\ Stevens has consequently come into funds, and more funds than usually Ml A to the lay of a whaleman.--San 'Si ciaco Chronicle > >: •• •' • " - • » ,V '.jf» k.*?-'" Cruel Wnkims. j, ^ An iron bridge was being eractedlhra ? railroad in the outskirts of the Ht^r e( Paris when one of the workmen dropped . a piece of ^ron heated to white heals the moment a boy of fourteen IftMflt V - the place and the workman called-#(R X •.. .? £ to him that he had accidentally dH^ppaA .' ̂ the piece and that the t>oy shouhi hand. - f- vjs it back to him. The poor boy, not per- • • V, * ceiving the danger, grasped the iron .with ,. both hands and immediately dropped it "-i Zs*i) again, nttering a fearful cry of pain. He was answered by loud laughter from ^ v,s* the workmen, as cruel as .they were % j-- stupids The perpetrator of the feat, mifecalled a joke. has b^en arrested, the r. poor victim of his cruel folly having hi* i right hand burned so severely tbat tut will never recover- the full use of it.**' *' *j# Chicago Journal. The OreM Rm tt^ . ^ - * $i?M Jtecall the horse show. Pkirly now, »»,. -.' 1 as between man aad num. Which Was *• really on exhibition, the V^eaee# family . > or the horses? What did tfie boys about - * V town pay a dollar to see, women and.v,-"'^^ dudes or horses and ponies? Why wet* ^ $600. $700 paid for the use of a bo* |a'̂ ' the horse show six consecutive nightK ; f, Was it for love of horses, was it for it^ * terest in breeding, was it because o£ajty knowledge of thoroughbreds? . It wroU •* '• ^ " be nonsense to Bay so. '^Everybody,, including the" Veneers "themselves, , knows very well that the people in th@ , boxes went to show tbeuiselves. and the | : people on the promenade went to look f '; % at the social exhibits.--Howa^ll•••!le,|^!^MW^.;^?^. York Recorder. ,<\ •+M A Protest Against IMkr RntTi I learn' from The Herald that oa % Thanksgiving day a tallyho coach drove .f past the cottage in which Mr&'€gBCSbUMi 'I is domiciliated at Lakewood,- aad' Baby Ruth heard the notes of t ttllj bugle for the first time. Ureal Juptterl Are we to have, this .nauseous twaddle i > about Baby Ruth every day in the wcettf " Some day Baby Ruth will have ber tirst > glass of champagne, her first eye tooth.*' and her first talking doll! Are the great newspapers, to chronicle all these excit­ ing events? Keep me posted about the liospidar of Hog isiaud. but let Baoy Ruth slide.--Cor. New York Advertiser.. S**; Mr. Gladiitane's Right (land Stan. Sir William Vernon Harvourt. the well know,n English sttiiesatan. been chosen to lead tbe Liberal party ia '|p„ the absence of MV. Glatlstone. is a triple ^^ chinned man of ponderous pJiy*d«jue, v ith a bland, persuasive manner, and though, professionally a ramfuiut Bad* ical takes particular pride iu the fact" that he isia trace his desc&nt in broken male line through the roy*t house of Plautagenet to the year Heis aow sixty-live.--New York An. Enitrmon» Biillkla. An enormous bull buffalu. wbicfi shot ill'Montana about a year ag» ai how on exhibition in a Buffalo window, stands nearly l» bauds* measures t> feet 6 inches in length weighed when shot about 3.000 pun In a shingle mill at Grar's Wash., recently, the eotirt wori kept running all day on a si stick.^which made 1^.3c'0 siiiugl^. A San Francisco firm is about *tft mence the reviv^l '^f whal' Antartic ocean, which has ried on for \ A BAKWEL. of Tack* lor Oaote B«a Gittsrt s, oa tba