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The McHenry Plaindedlet PUBLISHED EVKKY THURSDAY BY 1H[ NcHtNRT PLAINDEALER COMPANY. Y. K. GRANGER, W. A. CRISTV, J. B. PERRY, Pres. Sec. Treat). E. J. HAZEL, Manager. Office in Justen Block, two doom north of Owen & Ohapell's store. ̂ TEL.KPHOJTH8S ' „ ling Distance, No. 202; - Oltisens', No. 1 TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION: tJtfeye&r 11.50 Subscriptions received for three or six Months in the same proportion. Thursday, flarch atar, 1900. NOTICE. The figures on the lahel after your name tell the date to which your subscription is paid. For instance, if the label on your paper reads Sept. 1, '99. it means your subscription is paid t© Sept. 1, '99. If you do not underst and fefint the figures on your paper represent the date .tp which you think you are paid, notify us, living date and, amount, of your last payment, and we will try and adlust the same: VILLAGE CAUCUS. The voters of the village of' McHenry are requested to meet in caucus, at the city hall, on Saturday March 31st 1900, at 2 o'clock p. m. for the purpose of nominating one village president, three trustees, one village clerk and to trans­ act such other business as may come be­ fore the meeting. CORPORATION COMMITTEE. Auditor's Notice. Notice is hereby given that thea town auditors will meet at the office of W. A. Crisjty, supervisor, Tuesday, March 27th, at 2:30 p. in., for the purpose of auditing all accounts against the town of McHenry. CHARLES B. HARMSON Town Clerk. to transact such business as may peisu- ant • to law come before the meeting. Given under my hand this 20th day of Maidh A. t). 1^00. . C H A R L E S < B . H A R M S E ^ ^ Town Clerk. "Tins Rev. Mr- Sheldon's journalistic experiment seems to have been chiefly productive of a row among the owners of the Topeka Capital over the division of the spoils. COLOSS AL crosses are to be erected this year on nineteen mountain peaks of Italy to commemorate the nineteenth century. The crosses will be cut from marble, granite or whatever stone char­ acterizes each region and will bear an inscription. ALTERNATES. * 11 . 1 . 1 . 2 .10 . 2 Hampshire 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 Kaneville Plato Rutland St. Charles .. Sugar Grove. Virgil 3 1 1 1 1 2 10 2 2 1. 1 , 1 2 1 1 ON March 6 the senate passed A house resolution directing the secretary of the interior to open negotiations for the re­ quisition of land in Calaveras and Zuo- lumme Counties,, Cal., containing the mammoth tree grOVe. This will hedd tiff the plan of converting the big trees into lumber. : • GOVERNMENT SHOULD BUILD IT. There is an encouraging probability that congress will decide in favor of the construction of a Pacific cable owned and operated by the government, in­ stead of a private cable to be granted a subsidy amounting to about two- thirds of the cost of construction. This is the position taken in the majority re­ port of the senate committee and in the strong minority report submitted from the house committee, and the indica­ tions point to the support of this posi­ tion by a majority of the two houses when the time to vote comes. It cer­ tainly seems wiser and more business­ like to invest the amount required for the construction of the cable and to re­ tain the ownership and control than to expend nearly as much in the shape of a subsidy and have nothing to show for that expenditure except the general public and commercial benefits that will result from securing telegraphic com­ munication with our new possessions in the Pacific. Under the existing condi­ tions the weight of argument un­ doubtedly is in favor of government ownership of the cable, and this should serve to pass the senate bill through both houses. Republican Congressional Convention. The Republicans of the counties com­ posing the Eighth Congressional District , of the state of Illinois, are requested to send delegates to a convention to be held at the opera house in the city of Aurora, "On Thursday, May 3d, 1900, at 11 a. m. for the purpose of placing in nomination a candidate for representative in Con­ gress, for member of the state board of ^Equalization and also for the purpose of ^electing two delegates and two alter­ nates to the national Republican con­ vention to be held at Philadelpia, June 19, 1900, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come be­ fore said convention. The Several counties in the district will be entitled to delegates as follows: Kane 41 DeKalb. McHenry 17 DuPage 14 Grundy .11 Kendall 7 Total number of delegates 109 The several towns in Kane county will be entitled to delegates and alternates as follows: DELAGATES. Aurora 11 Batavia 3 Big Rock 1 Black Berry 1 Burlington. Campdon... Dundee Elgin Geneva EXECUTORS NOTICE. STATE OF ILLINOIS. 1 ,. _ MCHENRY COITNTY, T Estate of Mrs. Mary E. Howe, deceased. To the Heirs of said Estate: You are hereby no­ tified that on Monday, the fifth day of March, litOO. the Executor of the last Will and Testa ment of said deceased will present to the County Court of McHenry County, at Wood­ stock, Illinois, the final report of the acts and doings as such Executor and ask the Court to be discharged from any and all further duties and responsibilities with such estate and his administration thereof, at which time and place you may be present and resist such ap­ plication, if you choose so to do. ALBERT L. HOWE, Executor. The Stag Beetle. As you walk by the hedgeside a strange noise suddenly arrests your at­ tention. It is the buzz of an insect, but loud enough to startle you. It might be mistaken for the reeling of a night jar, but it is perhaps more like the jarring hum of a fastly driven mo­ tor car. The reason of the noise is that the beetle has with great pains climbed up a certain height from the ground, and in order to ascertain whether he has got far enough, he erects himself on his stand, lifts his wing cases, shakes out his wings and begins to agitate them violently, turning this way and that to make sure that he has a clear space. If he then attempts to fly--it Is one of his common blunders--he instantly strikes against some branch or cluster of leaves and is thrown down. The tumble do^s not hurt him in the least, but so greatly astonishes him that he remains motionless a good while; then, recovering his senses, he begins to as­ cend again. At length, after a good many accidents and adventures by the way, he gets on to the topmost twig, and, after some buzzing to get up steam, launches himself heavily on the air and goes away in grand style.-- Longman's. •••••••• •••••••• PROBATE NE Total 41 41 H. T. ROCKWELL, Kane County, M. F. WALSH, McHenry County, CHAS. A. BISHOP, DeKalb County, F. H. LORD, Kendall County, FRANK CLARK, Grundy County, J. H. ASHLEY, DuPage County, Congressional Committee. Dated this 3d day of March, 190(). • "Ntrtiee of Klectlon. Notice is hereby given to the voters of the town of McHenry, county of Mc­ Henry and State of Illinois, that the Annual Town Election for officers of the said Town will take place Tuesday, the 3d day of April, A. D., 1900, being the first Tuesday in that month, to elect the following officers: viz: one-Town Clerk, one Assessor, one Collector and one Commissioner of Highways. Elec­ tion will be held at the following places: Election District No. 1--Woodman Hall, Ringwood, Illinois, Election District No. 4 2--Village Hall, McHenry, Illinois. Polls will open at 7 o'clock a. m., and : close at 5 o'clock p. m. The annual Town Meeting for the i Town of McHenry will be held at the v? same day at the. Village Hall, McHenry, JQlinois, and will open at 2 o'clqck p. m. WMMUMWWtlMMM MARRIAGE LICENSES. Oliver W Fitts, Carpentersville and Emma Finn, Carpentersville. ^ Charles R. Darrall, Woodstock, and Mary E Herdklotz, Greenwood. Hillearns Scwickerath, Chk^jo, and Bella Smith, Chicago. ; 4 - PROBATE NEWS. Estate of Fred Arthur Seale, minor. Receipts exhibited and guardian dis­ charged. • ' .1' Estate' of Eleazaf It Pomeroy* Re­ port of condition of estate filed. s - Estate of Margaret Tymeson. " final report filed. Estate of Mary E How®. Final re­ port filed. ' ' , - Estate of Orson C Digging. Proof of death. Petition for probate of will filed. Estate of Edwin D & Frances H Atis- tin, minors. Report filed/ , Estate of George Burton. Petition for letters of administration filed. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. „ Charles II Cash to WillianrL Cash, v •» Jot 1 of swSi also wVi se,^ Sec :J0, ex­ cepting right of way of railroad,, Alden...... .$ 2000 Jason L Marks <& w to George (ii lebel, pt lot 40 of assrs plat, sec 35, Mareuro 2150 William O'Brien to George Griebel, pt lot 40 of assrs plat, sec 35, Marengo... 225 Orton F Phillips & w to Mary Lalor, wlA of ne!4 sec 20, Hebron 8200 Frank Hula & w to George Rutledge, lot 4, Mk 1, Algonquin 1 William L Cash to Charles H Cash, lot 1 of nw>4, sec 30. Alden 1000 Frederick H Bell & w to Joseph Justen, e!^ of lot 2 of nw'4. also nw54 of nek, sec 4, excepting land of C & N W KB, McHenry 4200 Lewis 11 Owen & w to Patrick J Cleary, pt lot 2, blk 2 West McHenry 400 Charles S Owen & w et al to same, east (tO feet, lot 2. blk 1, West McHenry... 400 John Mueller & w to Nicholas F Freund ne'4 of nw frl % & 11 pt of nw frl X, sec 5 & n pt neii sec 0, excepting burying ground. McHenry 7160 Richard King & w to Thomas King, sw of nwM sec 10, Hart.land 850 Harvey R Perkins & w to Charles Quackenbush. eJ4 lot 1 of nwl-4 sec IS, excepting strip 9 rds wide off s side, Chemung 1855 George Burton, per admr to Harvey It Perkins, lot 1 of nwl-4 sec IS, except­ ing strip 9 rds wide off s line, Che­ mung 3711 75 Same to Killings Burton, sV4 lot 1 of sw 1-4 sec 7, excepting w 6 acres, Che­ mung I960 50 John Stuchlik <& Frances Stuchlik to Gottlieb Gaedke, wV4 of nel-4 sec 29, excepting pt in se cor. Algonquin 5440 Harriet A Hibbard to Elsie A Teckler et al, e% ofnel-4 sec 24, Grafton 1 &c Same to same, nw'-i of lots 3 & 4, blk 4, JT I'ierson's add 11 to Crystal Lake.. 1 William Dworak & w to John Dworak. pc in nwl-4 of nwl-4 sec 20, Algonquin 75 00 Annie Fr 'derickson et al to Louis Munch, nwl-4 of swl-4 sec 23 & sel-4 of nel-4 sec 22. Nunda 1 Mary E StClair et al to Herman Lang- hoff, 120 acres in v.'/s sec 15, Dorr 6600 George Eckert & w to Robert J Beatty. elti-i ft . lot II, blk 1, Strodes' addn to Woodstock 500 James H Durfte to Helen A Durfee, lot 1 in blk 13. Hobart's addn, Woodstock 1 Laura E Stratton & h to Francis P Gates, vl/s of sel-4 sec 10, Hebron 6HC0 Poking Oat For Alma Mater. No doubt the casual observer has of­ ten noticed how unceasingly bequests flow into the treasuries of cex-tain uni­ versities, but he may not know that the alumni of those institutions, partic- ularly the lawyers, have it always on their minds to secure, or at least to Suggest, bequests. One of these men, a prominent cor­ poration lawyer of this city, was speak­ ing of the custom the other day. He explained that a lawyer and his client usually sit down to talk over the gen­ eral subject of a will. If the client has more than enough money to meet the actual needs of his family, he common­ ly says something of charitable or edu­ cational institutions, generally In a vague way, which makes it quite nat­ ural for his lawyer to suggest as a def­ inite object Ills own alma mater. The lawyer referred to had himself secured several bequests, one of them for the sum of $500,000. "But." said he, smil­ ing, "a young lawyer in my office has just cut me out of $100,000. which he put in*a will for his own alma mater. It was a very good stroke on his part, the more so because our respective uni­ versities have been bitter athletic ri­ vals for years."--New Ydrk Mail and Express. It Lead«, Wherever it has been introduced, Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin leads all other remedies in curing constipation, indi­ gestion and sick headache. It only costs 10c for trial size (10 doses 10c). Lar^ge size 50c and $1. Julia Story, Marie Antoinette's Necklace. £t must have been in 1802 that Mey- eibeer paid his last visit to London, and I saw him at one of the Philhar­ monic concerts, which were then held in the old Hanover square rooms. There was quite a flutter of excite­ ment when the little old man, looking extraordinarily wizened and wrinkled, even for his age of 08, came into the box. I noticed his piercing eyes and hooked nose and perhaps as much as these a magnificent brooch of rubies and diamonds that blazed in the cen­ ter of his shirt frill, which he wore In the fashion of 1830. The stones flash­ ed and glittered with every one of his quick little bows to right and left, and the rubies connect themselves with a tale of his great predecessor in Paris, the mighty GlueU. After the first triumphant perform­ ance of one of Gluck's operas the queen sent for him yo come to her box to receive her congratulations. Half dazed with emotion, excitement and fatigue, the old musician, rising from his obeisance, clapped his hands to his eyes, crying with horror, "Blood, blood round the queen's neck!" "It is only this, Gluck," said Marie Antoinette, hastily snatching off her necklace of rubies and holding the rip­ pling gems toward him, and Gluck looked again and saw the fair, white throat rising unharmed and stainless. He died in 1787.--Cornhill. "The Seat The Sea!" We all went one day, says W. J. Still man in The Atlantic, to Coney Island, on the southern shore of Long Island, since a popular bathing place for New York, but then a solitary stretch of seashore, with a few bathing boxes and a temporary structure where bath er9.might get refreshments. We drove out in my brother's buggy, and as at a turn in the road I caught a glimpse of the distant sea horizon I rose in the buggy, shouting, "The sea, the sea!" and in an uncontrollable fren- ey caught the whip from my brother's hand and slashed the horse in wild de­ lirium, unconscious of what I was do­ ing. The emotion remains ineffaceable after more than threescore 3'ears, one of the most vivid of my life. And how ecstatic was the sensation df the plunge into the breakers, holding fast to my brother's hand, and then the race, up the beach before the next contber, trembling lest it should catch me, as if it were a living thing ready to devour me. They never come back, these flrst emotions of childhood, and though 1 have loved the sea all my life I have never again felt the sight of It as then. Prond of HI* Label*. '• A dlstangy looking young man board­ ed a Fourteenth street car at Massa­ chusetts avenue the other night. He was carrying a, leather suit case. Pasted all over the suit case were la­ bels indicating much foreign travel- steamer pasters slapped on at Dieppe, Havre, Ostend, Bremen, Cherbourg, Liverpool, Yarmouth, Naples, and rail­ road labels that bore the names of all lines all the way from Constantinople to St. Petersburg. The young man of iistangy appearance p&t the suit case down between his legs, and all the peo­ ple in the seats opposite began a fas­ cinated sort of inspection of the labels. A stout man with several of the com­ ponent parts of a jag wlm sat next to the young man seemed to regard the labels with particular interest. He stooped over and deciphered them carefully and elaborately, and then he looked up at the owner of the stilt jase with a leer. , "Been around right Smart, hain't jrou, podner?" he inquired. The young man regarded him with a •mile. „ 1 "Never been farther away from Washington than . New York In my life," he replied, without any hesita­ tion whatsoever. "I got that whole bunch of labels for. half a dollar at a little money exchanging joint, down near the Battery, in New York. Hot scheme, isn't it?" The franktiess of the statement so dazed several of the passengers who overheard it that they got off at the Wrong theater.--Washington Post. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take LAXATIVE Bromo Quinine Tab­ lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's sig­ nature is on each box. 25c. He Fooled The Surgons. All doctors told Renick Hamilton, of West Jefferson, O., after suffering 18 month from Rectal Fistula, he would die unless a costly operation was per­ formed; but he cured himself with Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the best in the W6rld. Surest pile cure on Ear jh. 25e a box, at Julia A. Story's Drug Store. Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis­ courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor and cheerfulness soon disappear when the kid­ neys are out of order or diseased. Kidney trouble has become so prevalent that it is not uncommon for a child to be born afflicted with weak kid­ neys. If the child urin­ ates too often, if the urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause of the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made mis­ erable with kidney knd bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp»Root is soon realized. It is sold by druggists, in fifty-" cent and one dollar sizes. You may have a sample bottle by mail free, also pamphlet tell- Home of Swauip-Root. ing all about it, including many of the thousands of testimonial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and mention this paper. McHenry Market. These markets are corrected weekly by our leading merchant:;: llutter, creamery, per lb 24c I Butter, choice dairy, per lb.. 22e Eggs fresh, per doz .lie Cheese, per lb 18c Pot atoes, per bushel ;i0c Reans, per bushel $2.00 (ieese 054c Ducks. Live, per lb tffeTc Hens, Live, per lb. Q%c Spring Chickens. Live, per lb <c Veal, Live, per lb * 4@#c Veal, Dressed, per lb Oat s, per bushel 35c Corn, per bushel SOfrrlJHc Kye 50fe.->2e \\ heat, pefhuMhcl (Wfr' tMte Barley, per bushel 35(f/).40c Timothy, per bushel Si.45 Clover, per pushel $t>.00 Buckwheat, per bushel Hay, per ton |8.50@$9.00 C. & N. W. R. R. TIME TABLE. McHENRY, ILL. OOINO NORTH. * William* Bay Passenger 10:00 A. M.-- G * " " Freight.... 11:10 A.M.-- (J * " " Passenger 4:55 P. M.--W +Lake Ueneva Passenger 4:55 p. M.-- G * " " " 7:11 P. M.-- O GOING SOUTH. JLake Geneva Passenger 7:!J2 A. M.-- G •Williams Bay Express 8:25 A. M. W * " " Passenger 3:18 p. M.-- O " " Freight 2:40 p. M.-- G Daily. *f)all.y except Supday. +Sunday only, G Galena Division. w Wisconsin Di­ vision. McHENRY POST OFFICE. Mails arreiv and depart from McHenry as follows: MAILS DEPART. Mail Closes. Leave Depot. South 7:00 A. M .7:32 A. M. South 8:00 A. M 8:25 A. M. South ;$:00 p. M 3:18 p. M. North 0:30 p. M u 6:51 p. M. MAILS RKCKIVED. North 7:32 A. M South 10:00 A.M. North..,. 3:18 p. M South 4:55 P.M. South..! 8:50 P. M .TOHNSBURG MAIL. Leaves McHenry ...10:30 A. M. Arrives at .lohnsburg 11:30 A. M. Leaves .lohnsburg 12:30 P. M. Arrives at McHenry 1:30 P.M. UOLMN WAITK,'P.M. WEST MoHINRY POST OFFICB. Mails dose ten minutes before departure of trains, and arrive at the same time of the McHenry mails. SIMOSR STOFFKUP. M. BARBIAN BROS. Makers of Fine CigaiS, "Our Monogram" IO cent Cigar Leads Them All. Our Leading 5c Brands: "Olivette" "Barbian Broa. Best" ••Sliver" - "Bee Hive" ••Empire Cuban" N * •I- •g- «* • 4 * •i *§• 4 •§ t <# 3 * * * 4 •* * •t «£• $ I I i «* 4 * < 4 •* <• <- * 4 * i $ * «§• 4 «%< * 4 n for a short > • •§» 4* Story! The Plaindealer will give ten dollars in prizes for three short Easter stories, the money to be divided as follows: First Prize - $5.00 Second Prize $3.00 Third Prize = $2.00 Stories must be original, containing between 1,500 and 2,000 words, and must be at this office on or before tjie first day of April, 1900. The decision as to th£ merits.of the stories will be made by three impartial judges, to be selected by The Plaindealer. Any person, old or young, may enter the contest. No manuscripts will be returned. You Can Try For further particulars address The McHenry Plaindealer (0. McHenry, Illinois. * * » * -§• * *• *> * * > > * 4» 4» * * #• » Cl* U. $. 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