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IT-EC X X-TLF ^ ; Covers Johnsburgh, ' ' Ringtoood, Solon, --^ jTf Jiarreville, Ostend, *r Spring Grove, Terra •*4Jotta and Wauconda Covert Volo, Bidge- £ field, Greenwood, Fox 4^;;^ Lake, Dightov,, Pis- ,u'& ; taqua Bay and tribu• , 1 tary rural diltrict*. VOLUME XXVIII. MCHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JULY 24, I9O2. f. 'iV*r j NUMBER 4 | DIRECTORY JJJ DAVID G. WELLS, M. D. PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND OCULIST. Office and residence corner Elm wd Green streets. McHenry. C. H. FEGEB8, U. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. McHenry. *• 111. Office at Residence, corner Court and Elm streets. Telephone 333. KNIGHT & BROWN. A TTORNEYS AT LAW. 100 Washington " street, Chicago, III. C. 1». BARNES. A TTORNEY, solicitor, and Counselor. Ool- " lections a specialty- Damage Suits, etc. Office at Woodstock, 111. "I D. T. SMILEY. A TTORNEY. Counselor, Solicitor and No- tary i'ubllc. Will' give prompt and Im­ mediate attention to all business intrusted to his care. Office in Hov's Block, Woodstock, II H. C. MEAD, Justice of the Peace and General In­ surance Agent, including Accident and Life Insurance. Agent for Continental Casualty Co. Insure with homo agents, smooth-tongne strangers sometimes lead people astray. WBST MGHBNBY, - - III. C. R. THURLWELL Attorney, Counselor and Solicitor, Col­ lections, Real Estate, Etc. Office over Chapell's store. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS. Items Concerning Local ABhlri Picked Vp by the Way. F. C. ROSS, D. D. 5. *£0 McHenry Illinois Over Petesch's Drug Store, next to Bank. Tns N«W DENTIST OH THE WBST SIDB DR. R. G. CHAMBERLIN 0 Office over Hours from Mey'a Drug Store. 8:88 a. m. to t:M p. m. CONWAY & RAINBY RING WOOD, ILL. c «team fittings, Wind MiIfe, CMwel and Wood Tanks, Farm Maohinery. WELL WORK A SPECIALTY. Sails from out of town promptly attended to. A. C. SPURLING, Veterinary Sargeea and Dentist. Olei at resldenoe drat 4uor wesi of Methodltt church West McHenry, Illinois. Geo. Meyers General Teaming of all kinds. Excavating and Gradlnf. IcHENRY - - - - - ILLINOIS. Telephone, Uarket 451. LARIBERT Q. SENQ BUFFBT Headquarters for McHenry and McHenry county visitors. John Schirru, 91 Fifth Ave., Chicago. Bar TeaSer. REAL ESTATE Farms, Houses, Lots, Etc., sold and rented on lowest commission. A Lao North and South Dakota farms located In Red River Valley for sale. For terms, prices, etc., apply to C. R. THURLWELL, Over Chapell's Store. McHenry, 111. SOCIETIES, MASONIC. MCHENRY LODOK, NO. 158, A. F.and A. M.-- Begular Communications the second and fourth Mondays in each month. S. 8. CHAPKLL. W. M. JOHN BVANSON. Secy. W.O. O. P. St. Patrick's Court, No. 187. W. C. O. F.,meet the First Saturday and Third Wednesday •venlngs of each month, at Forester Hall. MRS. MARY COBS. Oblef Range Mas. KATHPVN ADAMS. Secretary. M. W. A. E Regular Meetings every Second and Fourth ednesday evenings of each month, at their all, over Evanson's store. W. p. Bravura. Consul. H. C. MBAD. Clerk. C. O. F. Meet First and Third Sundays of each month In Forester Hall. ANTON EKOBTX, Chief Ranger. Joan NEISS, IitM'ordlnK Secretary. Louis OKBTKI,, Financial Secretary. JOHN J. HARBIAN, Treasurer. Trustees- John Heimer, Anton Engeln. Ben Lauer. , C. O. F. St. Patrick Court No. 746. C. O. F. Meetings held the Second and Fourth Monday evenings each month In Forekter HaH. John Fleming, O. B. Walter Bolger, B. 8. Chicago & North-WesUm. Effective June 15. 1902 WEEK DAY TRAINS. NORTHBOUND OHK>. NORTHBOUND MCHENRY. UK am Via Elgin 11.34am 8J4."> a in Via I)es I'lainrs 10.10 a m 3.30 p in Via Dcs I'UlnOS 4.40 pm 4.00 pm Via Elffln <1.54 p m §.01 p m Via Des Plalnes.. .6.54pm SUNDAY TRAINS. 9:00 am Via I)es Plainus 8:37 am £.45am Via Elgin 11.14am §.16am Via Des I'lalncs 11.14 a m M p m V i a E l g i n . . . 5 . 0 0 p m WEEK DAT TRAINS. SATURDAY OKL-Y. l t f l f l p m . V i a E l g l p 3 : 0 0 p m Leave annrRnnnan Arrlre McHenry. SOUTHBOUND. Chicago. f.3K am. Via EIkId 10.10 a m g.33 am Via Dcs IMaints .#.50 a m S^OO p m Via Elgin. . 5.45 p m S:03 p m.. Via Des l'lalm* 7:45 p ni MONDAY ONLY. 7:lS»m Via I>es Plaint* 8:K a m SUNDAY TRAINS. f.agam Via Elgin 10.30 am JiOH p m Via Des Plaint* 8:25 p m ]4t pm Via Elgin 10 30 pm Passengers taking 7:32 train from stations •oith of Crystal Lake can change at Crystal Lake and arrive in Chicago al0:26 a. a. New Ads This Week. F. C. Going--Groceries. | * W. C. Evanson--Lawns and Dimities. KI«in Batter Market. Waddam's Grove offered 30 tabs of butter on the board of trade, no other lots being placed, 21 cents was offered and refused. The quotation committee de­ clared the market fine at 21 cents. The sales of the week aggregated 800,000 pounds. A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Knox last Sunday. E. W. Howe has secured the contract for building M. W. Merrimau's honse. The foundation for M. W. Merriman's house was commenced this week by Nick Bohr. N. H. Petesch, our hustling ice cream vender, filled sixteen orders for Pistakee Bay last Sunday. The Willing Workers meet next week Thursday in the Universalist church parlors at the usual hour. Lightning killed three cows, owned by Chas. Mathews, on the Wm. Hoff­ man farm, last Thursday. The Ladies Aid society of the M. E. church will meet on Thursday of this week at 2 o'clock with Mrs. Reser. See Prof. Thomas and his group of college bred ponies, very interesting and amusing, under canvas, McHenry, Mon­ day, July 28. See Madam Merille and her group of performing Siberian wolves with Bosco's Trained Wild Animal show, McHenry, Monday, July 28 Henry & Benson, of Carpentersville, will do the carpenter work on S. S. Chapell's house. Chris Schmidt has se­ cured the plumbing contract. See Prof. Fitzer and his five educated lions giving a most thrilling perform­ ance, with Bosco's Trained wild animal show, McHenry, Monday, July 28. Don't fail to see Al. W. Fish, the fun­ niest of all funny clowns. He makes them all laugh wi£h C. H. Bosco's Trained Wild Animal show, McHenry, M o n d a y , J u l y 2 8 . ; * D. G. Nellis has sold his blacksmith business to Adam Ibsh and secured em­ ployment at Waukegan where he com­ menced work this week. His family will not move a present. Geo. Curtis has secured the contract (or painting the stand pipe and com­ menced work this week. It is a job that will require careful engineering and plenty of nerve on the part of the workmen. A new map of McHenry county is being compiled, and it is to be a fine piece of work, says the Woodstock Sen­ tinel. The men working on it are ar­ tists'in this line; taking great care to make it correct Rev. W. L. Boyer, of 8t. Louis, -will occupy the pulpit at the M. E. church next Sunday morning. Rev. Boyer is Mrs. E. C. Fisher's father In the evening at 8 o'clock the services will be in charge of the Epworth League. The Olivers will play the Jefferson Greys at Woodstock next Saturday, July 26. Game will be called at 3:00 p. m. sharp. The Greys are one of the strongest teams in northern Illinois and will no doubt give the typewriters a hard tussle. Oats are down in bad shape through­ out the country, many farmers stating that it will be impossible to save more than half the crop. In many places the heads are beaten into the ground and rotted. It will surely be a trying year for harvesting machine*. Miss Fannie Granger will lead at the J. Y. P. C. U. meeting next Sunday. Subject: "Lesson from Bible brothers. Cain and Abel; Joseph, Moses and Aaron; John and James; Peter and An* drew." The Junior Sewing Circle will meet with Miss Lucile Byrd next Satur­ day afternoon. The prices awarded at the basket social at Johnsburgh last week were won by Miss Susie Smith of that place and Miss Maggie Schumacher. The former was awarded a clothes basket for bringing the largest lunch basket and the latter, who presented the hom- lieet lunch basket, received a common .market basket We are in receipt of an anonymous letter from Pistakee Bay and also a spicy little piece of poetry, all protest­ ing against the dsUi. Under urdkary circumstances anonymous letters^' are thrown into the waste basket instanter, but the poetry is so rich that we would really like to publish it if the writer of the letter will send in his or her name. Part of the steel for the Johnsburgh bridge arrived this week and is being hauled by Geo. Meyers. The masons are now working on the last pier, and owing to the height of water no little trouble is encountered in keeping the water outside of the coffer dam. The north side of the piers are shaped like a snow plow and shod with steel for the purpose of breaking'up the ioe during the spring freshets. OF A PERSONAL NATURE. PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW AND PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW. Back to the East. Jay Van Slyke, who founded The VcHenry Plaindealer and edited the paper for nearly twenty five years, has engaged in the same business at Ithaca, N. Y. During the past two years he has acted as manager of the Algonquin Citisen. His household goods were shipped this week. Leave orders Petesch's. for ioe cream at A. Weekly Budget of Personal Matters Picked 17p Here and There ky The Plaindealear Scribe. Mrs. H. M. Jensen has been quite ill the past week. F. A. Schnorr. of Ashton, S. D., is here this week. Miss Macy Dake, of Chicago, is visit­ ing May Welch. Emery Kimball will teach at Ostend the coming year. John Brents was a Chicago visitor the first of the week. Peter Engeln was a Chicago visitor the first of the week. Miss Irene Biggs, of Chicago, is visit­ ing at Knigge's this week. Miss Margaret McDonald spent Sun­ day with relatives in Chicago. Mrs. Chapman, of Elgin, is visiting at the home of Mrs." Ben Sherman. Fred Goodman was a guest at the home of his parents over Sunday. J. Shoemauher, of South Bend, Ind., was a visitor the first of the week. Miss Gertrude Freund is here from Chicago this week visiting relatives. Mesdames T. J. Walsh and John Ralston drove over to Nunda Tuesday. Miss Hazel Law, of Waukegan, is the guest of Dora Stoffel this week. Miss Lulu Freund, of Chicago, is vis­ iting her aunt, Miss Rose Huemann. Chas. Orre was out from Chicago over Sunday and camped at McColluin's Lake. Mrs. Mary Turnes. of Chicago, spent a few days with Mrs. S. Stoffel last week. Miss Mary Hammers, of Chicago, is visiting relatives and friends in this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Owen were out from Chicago Sunday to visit the for mer's parents. Miss Edna Story, of Nunda, and Miss Vera Fitzsimmons were McHenry vis­ itor last week. Miss Mabelle Wheeler, who has been in Oshkosh the past year, is at home for the summer. Peter Freund and wife and the latter's sister, of Minnesota, were McHenry visitors last week. Miss Anna Freund, of Chicago, is visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Diedrich. Mrs. A. F. Law and daughter, of Waukegan, are guests of the former's sister, Mrs. Ben Gilbert. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Chapell, of Elgin, were guests at the home of their son, S. S. Chapell, the past week. A. Engeln and daughter, Mary, went to Belvidere Saturday to attend the funeral of A. J. Thompson. Fred J. Tarnes, of Washington, D.C., was the guest of Misses Dora and Lena Stoffel a few days last week. Chas. Morris, of Chicago, spent Sun­ day at Henry Degen's, and caught a nice string of fish on the river. Peter Bowers of Volo, and Mr. and Mrs. Mike Freund were guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Regner Sunday. Miss Mary Blackman, of Chicago, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Geo. Schrei- ner, and will remain two months. Mrs. John Klapperich, of Stacyville, la., has been visiting relatives at Johns- burg and McHenry the past week. Master Elmer Portman, of Austin, returned homo yesterday after a few weeks' visit at the home of Geo. Frisby. Mrs P. N. Welch and Daughter, Anna, of Glencoe, Minn., are visiting W. J. Welch and family, atGriswold Lake. Mrs. Jos. Justen, of Ringwood, who was so seriously injured last week, has nearly recovered from the effects of the fall. A. W. Reynold^ and the Misses Clay­ ton, of Chicago, spent the first of the week at the home of the former's parents. Eld. Long went to Minnesota Sunday night to purchase another car load of milk cows which will be sold here about the last of this week or the first of next. Dr. J. St. John, of New York City, was a guest at the home of Oliver W. Owen over Sunday. Mr. St. John has property in Chicago which he is repair­ ing Chas, A. Going has returned from New Jersey and entered business for himself at 103 Lake street, Chicago. He deals exclusively in stove and electric mica. Mr. and Mrs. B F. Thomas returned to their home at Belvidere Tuesday after spending a couple of weeks with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Engeln. Mrs. E. D. Spikes, of Oshkosh, Wis., is a guest at the home of her daughter, Mrs. EI S. Wheeler, at Rose Lawn farm. Mr. Spikes is expected the last of the week. MP: Henry Collins and daughter, Gertrude, of Chicago, left for their home Sunday evening after spending a week at the home of Henry Degen, south of this village. Architect Abel, of Elgin, was in Mc­ Henry the first of the week. He was employed by S. S. Chapell and also by Perry & Owen when (die new bank building was erected. Dr. F. O. Ross, John D. Lodtz, John Bishop, Frank J. Barbian, John Heimer and Geo. Gilbert pitchsd a tent down the river last Thursday and enjoyed a full day's fishing. 'Tis said that many fine specimens of the finny tribe were landed. Peter Justen is jumping counters for M. J. Walsh. Alva Brown, of Chicago, is spending his vacation at Grandpa McDonald's. After a month's sickness, Majctin Stoffel is again behind the block at Frett's market. Mr. Boyd, of Walworth, a former McHenry resident, was calling on old friends this week. Miss Agues Vangen returned to the city after a two weeks' visit with Miss Margaret McDonald. Rev. S. W. Lauck will attend the Epworth Grove camp meeting near Belvidere next Sunday. Jack Walsh and wife and Miss Katie Walsh went to Antioch Tuesday for a two days' visit with friends. Mrs. D. F. Hanly and Miss Maude Bennett went to Elgin yesterday to visit Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hanly. Mesdames S. and J. Nad en, of Plat- ville. 111., are visiting at the home of S. W. Lauck. They were former parish- ODers of Rev. Liauck's charge at that place. Ed. Whiting attended the ball game at Nunda Saturday, when the Nunda team was defeated by the Terra Cottas, the score being 10 to 6. There was $25 up on the game. Mr. and Mrs. Math. Heimer, son Henry and daughter Delia, John Heimer and daughter Katie, Mrs. Henry Heimer and daughter Grace, Mrs. Peter Niesen and Mrs. Jos. Heimer attended the funeral of Miss Katie EJucher in Chicago Sunday. . WEEKLY |CROP BULLETIN. S. Department or Agriculture Report For Week Kndlng July 21, 1002. Though there were a few days which were favorable for haying and harvest­ ing in the northern district, most of the week wap so rainy as to prevent farm work. Great injury to growing crops resulted from these rains and the winds which accompanied them, extensive areas of bottom land being flooded and much corn and small grain being broken down. There was also some injury to grain in shock. In parts of the central district farm work was interrupted but little, and the rains which occurred were beneficial rather than injurious. In the southern district the weather has generally been too dry. and in (he extreme southern portion the drouth is becoming serious. Oat harvest is about completed in the southern district, is well advanced in the central district and has begun in the northern district. The heavy rains and wind of the past week have caused much damage by lodging in the northern and part of the central district, and harvesting will be very difficult. The difficulty is still further increased by the wet condition of the ground. In some localities oats are beginning to rust Corn has suf­ fered somewhat from rain and wind in the northern district. Much of it has been broken down and many fields flooded. The prospects are still general­ ly good, however, in the region of heavy rains, and very fine in the other parts of the state, except in the extreme south, where the crop is beginning to be injured by the drouth. In other parts of the south rain will soon be needed. The Wonderful Doratn I.lght. Good store light is a necessity, not a luxury. The well lighted store is the cheerful store. The cheerful Btore is the well patronized store. Why not follow the lead of enterprising mer­ chants all over the country and install a "Doranj Light SystemV' Doram Lights give a stronger, whiter, steadier light than the electric arc and cost only one-tenth as much to maintain. Their safety is beyond question. Gasoline is supplied under air pressure to each )apip through a seamless wire tubing. The tank is away from the building, Doram lights save money and give satisfaction in every way. Write for further facts, or better still, come and see them in operation at my place of business on Main street, West Mc­ Henry, 111. Will demonstrate to yon what a perfect light is, and yet simple to operate. Yours respectfully, C. G. HOLMKS. Agent for McHenry county. 4-4t New National flank Bills. The Nunda Herald says that the new national hank bill, isaued by the govern­ ment of the United States to national banks under recent decisions governing style, portraits, etc., are now in circula­ tion. In the three denominations, the 5's, f 10's and $30's, entirely new word­ ing is noticed. Instead of the words "nationdf currency," in a half circle in the top center, there appears the words "National Bank Note Issued by the United States of America." We will have to take Beatty's word for it; bills of those denominations are not drifting this way. A Bushel of Fan. Prof. Clair M. Agnew will give an ex­ hibition of hypnotism and mesmerism in Stoffel's hall on Friiay and Saturday evenings of this week, under the auspi­ ces of the M. W. A. Those who have never seen a performance of this kind should avail themselves of the oppor­ tunity. There is nothing more ludi­ crous than a lot of people under the in­ fluence of a good hypnotist. Mr. Agnew has been giving private exhibitions of his skill during the past week and all pron ouncing his work good. Admission IS, 20 and 26 cents. ABOUT THE LOGATII SHALL THE DAM BE LOCATED AT M'HENRY OR EMERALD PARK A Question That in Puzzling the Execu­ tive-. Committee--All Argument)) are Reasonable. Shall the dam be located at McHenry or below Emerald Park'! This is a question that is causing no little anxiety among persons interested. No one wants to see Emeral Park cut off and then on the other hand the water power at Reynold's mill must not be impaired. The committee would like to locate the dam at McHenry, thereby giving the village an opportunity to secure cheap power for electric lights if desired. It is argued that if this is done the village will have a deeper interest in the dam and will protect it and keep it in repair. If decided to locate above the creek out­ lets the people below and the committee may compromise by constructing a lock, thereby making it possible for boats to pass through. The cost of building the lock would of course be paid by the peo­ ple below. Some of those interested were approached on this subject, this week and they seem to think it a good way out of the difficulty. Emerald Park property owners will hold a meeting next Sunday to formu­ late plans for securing the location of the dam below that place. It is pleas­ ing to note that there is no ill feeling over this matter yet, and it is to be hoped that the thing will be settled amicably. Some of the committee accompanied by an engineer, came down the river Sunday to look oyer the grounds. It is quite certain that the dam will be built this year. To do so it would be neces­ sary to build the entire structure under water more than a foot from the surface. The fears of the people at Wilmot might be alleviated when they discover that the committee does not intend to back as much water onto the low land as nature herself has done this summer. Council Proceedings. Council Room, July 21, 1902. Special meeting. Present: Chapell, Engeln, Eldredge, Granger, Rothermel. Absent: Stoffel. The meeting was called for the pur­ pose of passing the annual appropria­ tion ordinance and to transact such other business as might properly come before the board. , On motion by Chapell seconded by Rothermel the minutes of June 2 were amended so as to read, "that one half of the cost of the bridge ($1717.50) be paid by the levy of a general village tax" instead of "by special assessment" as in minutes of that date. An ordinance entitled "An ordin­ ance providing for the levy, assessment and collection of taxes for the fiscal year, A. D. 1902, " was read. The annual appropriation ordinance was then read. Motion by Chapell, duly seconded, that the ordinance be accepted as read. Yeas: Chapell, Eldredge, Engeln, Granger, Rothermel. Nays: None. Motion carried. On motion the board adjourned. F. H. WATTLKS, President. JOHN STOKKKI., Clerk Freak of Nature. John Huemann hands us a Stacyville (la.) paper which contains the article below. We have not heard what brand the editor of the paper in question drinks. "Quite a number here have noticed a peculiar condition with re­ ference to thuir potato vines. At a dis­ tance. in some cases, ol a foot from the ground there are potatoes growing on the vines in every respect similar to the ones in the ground, some being as large as hen's egsjs. The reason for it must be there is not room in the ground for the immense crop that is growing so they must find room to grow on the vines above the ground. A new variety of the tubers may thus be developed this year which may become very popular hereafter, for it surely would be much easier to pick potatoes like apples from a tree than to dig them out of the ground. Brown'* Jtfftal Polish- V. E- Brown, of Woodstock, having secured patents in the United States, Canada and England on his patent metal polish, is now prepared to put the same onto the market and will hustle for sales, brown's metal polish is guaranteed to be superior to any metal polish now on the market. It will do the work satisfactorily on any kind of metal, and the thorough trial given it by the manufacturers war­ rants them in heartily recommending it to the public. It is the only metal polish manufactured that is guaranteed free from acids, so that there is no danger of loss or damage to metals on which it is used. It is perfectly adapted for pblishing silver and plated ware, and will not injure the most valuable articles In the household. STROLL TO CRIPPLE CREEK. Another Interesting Colorado From Charles Nordqulst, Letter Notice. All accounts of six months or over have been placed in Attorney Thurl- well's hands for collection and parties knowing themselves to be indebted to me will please settle with him. Respectfully, F. C. Ross, D. D. 8. When you awake in the morning feel­ ing like the end of a misspent life, your mouth full of fire and your soul full of regrets, take Rocky Mountain Tea. Great medicine. G. W. Besley. Victor, Col., July 13, 1902 Suppose you take a stroll with me to Cripple Creek today. It's Sunday after­ noon, 2 o'clock, and we've been to church and had dinner so we feel at peace with the world. It's clear and sunshiny and though nice and warm the air is bracing and you feel like a game cock set down for a shuffle. We can go over by two or three different trainB and two trolley lines, the high line and the low line, but we'll walk for the exercise and fresh air and will take the low line track. It's only five miles and good walking, a little hard on shoe leather, but we would rather pay the shoemaker than the doctor never had much use for the latter any­ way, may be all right in a social way but in a professional way would rather agree with McFadden. If you don t know what McFadden believes, read Physical Culture, only costs you 5 cents and if you find it hard to obtain send 5U cents and your name to me and I'll se that you get it for a year. Barnum says the American people like to be humbugged, and I guess until people ' 'get wise ' such people as Drs. Hood, Warner, Lydia Pinkham and McLaugh­ lin with his electric belt fake will be able to pay large ad bills and still make money. We hope that some day every body will know what nature's cures, bathing, exercise, tresh air, and simple, proper diet, will do to keep them well; anyway send in your subscriptions. I'll get a premium out of it so somebody will get some benefit out of all this spiel. Well we leave the rooms on 4th street next to the Star grocery and go south across the Rio Grande tracks to Victor Ave., the main business street in town. On the north-east corner stands a fine pressed brick building that would be a credit to Elgin, Aurora and many larger towns in Illinois. In the corner is the First National Bank. Kitticorner across the street is the Boston store, not the junk shop we have in Chicago but a nice gents' furnishing store. An easterner with his eyes open sees lots of things here to wonder at, so let us cross over and see what lines of goods they handle. In the windows we see Hanan shoes and Knox hats at prices that are the same as DeMuth or Shayne would charge you in Chicago for the same articles, not so large a line to choose from to be sure, but the goods are as good. Look up and down the street now, it's crowed with men, mostly well-dressed young men between the ages of 20 and 40. I say men as you may see three or four hundred men and not a dozen ladies among them. Not that they are afraid to go out on the streets, simply that they are a scarce article. Stop a minute and look close at some of them or ail of them, you'll notice they are broad shouldered, deep chested and strong looking, eyes are bright and complexions clear, and you wonder why it's the rule, instead of the exception as you find it in most cities of this size in the east. It is be­ cause they are so that they are here, if they were not they couldn't live here at nearly 10,000 feet altitude. I haven't heard a consumptive cough since I've been here, though Colorado is full of them, por have 1 seen a Cholly boy with his cig, he is out of his element here. These men are mostly miners who are working night shifts now and are out for the fresh air and sunshine. At the corner of 4th street and Victor Ave. the low line has it's terminus so we start west on our way to the creek, but let us stop a bit and see what is the excitement around the street car that causes the crowd. Out of the car jumps a short fat kid and digs up 4th street and after him the con. "Go it fatty" his friends encourage, and fatty gives him a merry chase and the con gives him his money's worth for a block when the light air and incline tells on him and he is all in on wind. We ask a kid what the trouble is and find that fatty had gone in the car to take a final punch at a Creek boy who had the nerve to come over to our town alone. He escaped with his life to take refuge in the car, but fatty wasn't satisfied and got the con after him. "This is what they did to me the Fourth after the ball game over there" the kid sayB tn us that we spoke to, pointing to a broken nose. . Makes me think of the time our boys used to have in Johns- burg. We start west on Victor Ave. on the only level bit of street in town, otherwise you are either going up or dow hill. A little way down the street we see a miner pushing a car of ore across the road. All days are alike to tl^p miner except legal holidays. He w6rl«s 8 hours a day for two weeks on » day shift and then changes two weeks to the night shift. On night shift he starts at 7, takes one-half hour at midnight for lunch and quits at 4.80 in most mines. We wonder how he throws the lags to cross the street car tracks and stop to inspect them. Turning south at the end of Victor Ave. we stop at the next turn to look. A prettier bit of mountain scenery would be hard to find. Looking back we get a fine view of Victor at the head of the gnlch and skirting the base of the mountains. Away up on top of the Saddle is the Portland mine with its two large, red shaft houses, to the left and a little EXGHANCE GLEANINGS. HAPPENfNG8 1N M'HENRY ADJACENT COUNTIE8. AND (Continued on page four.) A Miscellaneous Assortment of Me Items In Condensed Form For Com ience of Busy People. The Bowman Dairy company contem­ plate locating a bottling plant at Nunda. In accordance with the annual custom The Harvard Herald and Independent will not be issued the week of July 81, nor will any job work' be done during the Week. The Hebron Tribune will not be issued this weea. The McHenry County Telephone Cot has purchased the Marengo exchange of the Chicago Telephone Co. The people of that city were afflicted with two ex­ changes and aufieretl the same incon* venience as McHenry did before the consolidation. Harvard Herald: The two creamer­ ies at Capron receive daily 60,000 pounds of milk. Of this amount the factory gets 25,000 pounds and the Far­ mer's Friend creamery 35,000 pounds. C. D. Robbins is manager of the latter plant and keeps a force of six hands. Lake Geneva Herald: The anony­ mous letter writer is abroad in the land. Several of our citizens have received such letters. Of all things to be des­ pised and detested the man or woman who attacks the character of a person by means of an anonpmous letter iB the meanest and most reprehensible. Nunda Herald: Attorney L. IX Lowell, while in Elgin on business Sat­ urday talked with the head engineer of the Elgin, Aurora and Chicago electric railroad, and was assured by that gentle­ man that the company operating the road intended to run it north at an early date--possibly this yeat. 8atpa your nickels and take a ride. Nunda Herald: A number of im­ provements have been made at the Terra Cotta works, among them being the building of a 100-foot brick smoke stack. Additions have been made to the boiler and engine rooms. Tuesday the com­ pany started the new 125-hone power engine, which behaved nicely. The company likewise intend to install a dynamo and be ready to produce eleotrio light on dark days and eveningB. A Sterling man who believes in the saying "see a pin and pick it up, all that day you'll have good luck," saw a - pin in front of the postoffice a few daja ago. Bending down to get it, his hat tumbled off and rolled into the gutter. His eye glass fell and broke on the pave­ ment, bis suspenders gave way behind, he bursted the buttonhole in the back of his shirt collar, and but lost his neir false teeth. But he got the pin.--Ex. Nunda Herald: Earl Waterman of Spring Grove Tuesday afternoon was fined $25 and costs on the charge of carry­ ing concealed weapons. The case waa brought before Justice W. P. St. Clair» State'8 Attorney L. D. Lowell appearing to prosecute and H. C. Mead of Mo- Henry defending the young man. The defendants took a change of venue and Police Magistrate Gardner . heard the case, at its close assessing the fine noted above. Waterman paid the fine. Mike Rohan was down from Spring Grove aa a witness for the prosecution. The weapon which it was charged Water­ man carried was a revolver. Last weetc government surveyors sur­ veyed as follows: Beginning at Burton's Bridge and going west on the road to Barreville, thence towards McHenry one mile or so, and than cross the river and go east for one-fourth mile, thence south to Griswold's Lake, than tb Mr. Wilmingtons, where they cross the river, thence south along the river to Burton s Bridge, <the place of the begin­ ning. I saw the surveyor, and man told me as above, so the National is the first to give the news. «Nunda National. Government surveyors and agents have been going over considerable ground during the past year and no location has yet been decided upon. On Monday, July 14, Eugene Smith committed suicide by shooting himself in the head, on the old Morley farm at Fox Lake. In the morning Mr. Smith and his son and son's wife drove to "Klondike," Fred Smith and wife in­ tending to cross the lake in a boat to visit with Mrs. Smith's parents, near Spring Grove. After leaving his son ha tied his horse to the fence near the old and deserted homestead on the place and he must have committed the deed sometime in the forenoon.' His hone being tied to the fence all day attracted attention of neighbors who went in search of him and found him dead ip one of the outbuildings. It seems en Sunday he borrowed a revolver from L. M. Hughes for the purpose, as he said, of shooting a troublesome dog that had been around his hen house, but whioh seems to have been for the purpose Of committing the rash act, for everything points to the fact that he had ooatM^t^ v plated taking lus own life. j.-iM Lars* lee House Collapsed Our Spring Grove corresponds** that the immence ioe house built at Fox Lake last winter oollapeed Tuesday afternoon, and it is a complete wreck. It was built in a very insecure manner. Fortunately no one was injured, it oo» curring when no workmen were near. A great many men and teams have been employed in the vicinity lately, and it would have been almos for all to have escaped had employed there that aftern<