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Covers Johnsburgh,* 5 Ring wood, Solon, - •. ^" Rarreville, Ostend, Spring Grove, Terra Cotta and Wauconda Coversm Volo, Ridge- field, Greenwood, Fox l*ake, Dightov,, Pis- taqua Bay and trjbu- •£- tary rural districts. VOLUME XXVIII. McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1902. NUMBER 5 DROWNED IN THE RIVER * MISS CHRISTINA WEBER LOSE8 LIFE WHILE BATHING. Dives From Boat Into Deep Water and Fall* to BUe to the Birbcc--Body Re- ct/rered this Morning. Miss Christina Weber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Weber, was drowned last night while bathing in the river near Howell's Villa. Between nineand ten o'clock last evening Miss Weber and Bliss Lillie Niesen went ont in a boat to find a suitable bathing piace, both being food swimmers it is claimed. Christina jumped into the water first and called to her companion to follow. Lillie com­ plied, bnt shortly went back, to the boat saying that the water was loo deep. Jin the meantime Christina had taken an­ other plunge, out failed to rise to the snrfaoe. The alarm wae at on once giv­ en and a party of men were doon search- tog for the body which was not recov­ ered until this morning. The victim was probably siesed with cramps or held at the bottom by an un­ der current. A MOUNTAIN OF ICE. Iceberg as Side Attraction at Voi Lake. Reeorters in the vicinity of Fox Lake are just at present experiencing a novel sensation in the shape of watching a mountain of ice melt away beneath the hot sun and rains which have prevailed thereabouts for the past week. An iceberg as aside attraction was not advertised by the hotels at the lake bnt a peculiar aocident has produced one and it is the occasion of much inter- •st. Wednesday afternoon a hugeioe house filled to the top callapsed. For some unknown reason, at two o'clock the building began to divide at the top and, like a lily opening, the mammoth struct­ ure separated and with a rumble like an earthquake the wooden structure crumbled to the ground and the moun­ tain of ice was left standing. The building fell as oompletely as if it had been prearranged. The crash was terrific as the building standing over fifty feet high, was 200x180 feet in dimensions. Fortunately nobody was near at the time though a party passed just before the accident occurred, The icehouse was owned by Cintella & Kelly of Chicago and was only built a year ago. It stood at the south side of the lake, but a short distanoe from the Mineola hotel. In the structure Were about 45,000 tons of ioe, nearly the entire winter's supply as but little had been removed this season. The ice now stands as one solid mass and while it is fast melting away it will be weeks even in the hottest weather be­ fore it will have disappeared. The ac­ cident represents a complete loss to the owners. s Pleasure Party. Jacob Brefield gave a party in his new barn last Sunday night and all present enjoyed the occassion to the limit Those present were: Misses-- INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS. I ten Concerning Local Afklrt Picked Up by the Way. Ida Do we Mary H toe It Ann to Weingart Katie Steiuaoerfer Alma StfUiiiK Altaic Diedrleh Josoylilno Owen Mury Hammes t.ry Fround se Toenlan Xgle J usten tie Freund liillo lletterm&n mitte Hosing Hfitle Ross Atina Hose Christina Weber Miwwrs.-- Mat Schaefer Jacob Welngart George lire field John liauers John .Tusten MlknlMtnun Nick Weingart Peter Brown Robert Vogt Peter Miller Job n Toenlan Martin Scbmltt Jacob Sobaefer Geo rue Wegener Henry Stilling Bernard Stilling Fred Justen Anna Wegner Mamie Anderson Lizzie Schmitt Rose Vogt Josephine Weingart Anna Stock Katie Toenlan Cell a. Hosing Emma Molldor Annie Freund Kose Meyer Mamie Althoff Josephine Brufeld Katie Pitzen Emma Toenlan Agnes Duanlll Joe Wegener Nick Bauers Jacob J usten John Stock Frank Stock Peter Bauers Henry Dowe Albert Miller Bernio Rosing Henry Hetterman John Stilling Jacob Freund Lue Althoff Fred Diedrich Tom Thompson George Wirfc The Wo«<»rflil Do rem Light. Good store light is a necessity, not a luxury. The well lighted store is the cheerful store. The cheerful store is the well patronised store. Why not follow the lead of enteiprising mer­ chants all over the country and install a "Doram Light System'?" Doram Lights give a stronger, whiter, steadier light than the electric arc and cost only ono tenth as much to maintain. Their safety is beyond question. Gasoline is supplied under air pressure to each lamp 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 you what a perfect light is. and yet simple to operate. Yours respectfully, C. G. HOLMES. Agent for MeHenry county. 4-4t HBI I luaae at Plngiw. A teBiifli storm in the vicinity of Pingree Grove, Saturday afternoon, did considerable damage. Various small buildings were blown down but the most serious damage was in the yards of the Elgin Brick and Tile company Besides the damage to the company's property two persons were quite seri­ ously injured. They are: Henry Krumm, manager, leg broken near the ankle. Henry Krumm Jr., leg broken ift three places below the knee. Wew Ads Thin Week. S. S. Chapell--Ladies' Wrappers. W. C. Evanson--Shoes. J. Hurwitz--Special bargains. C. M. Adams--General merchandise. Gus Carlson--Fly Nets. Elgin Batter Market. Butter dropped a cent on the board of trade. The offerings were 2,040 pounds and 600 pounds sold at 21c to F. R. Moles. The butter was from the North Aurora factory. The quotation com­ mittee made the official market firm at 20c. The make for the past seven days was 720,000 pounds, a decrease from the previous. A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Shoemaker last Thursday. Ed. Shelton has moved into the rooms vacated by C. D. Schoonmaker. The Willing Workers meet in the church parlors next week Thursday. This paper and The Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean together $1.75 for one year. Ground was broken last week for Perry & Owen's new house on Wauke- gan street. A nine-pound boy is now a star boarder at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wattles. It arrived last Satnr day. * The Olivers wiir run up against the Elgins at Woodstock next Saturday. Lovers of good base ball should see the game. R. Waite has some extra fine sweet corn growing in his garden. We know ^ts good, for he gave us a generous sample last week. That special arrangement we've made with The C hicago Weekly Inter Ocean --$1.75 for both it and this paper for one year--has caught on big. Some person or persons entered Mat Weber's saloon Sunday night or early Monday morning and tapped the cash register, securing about ten dollars. The brick for the venier work on J. J Bucb's stable arrived this week and the brick layers will commence work to­ morrow. Nick Bohr has the contract. The editor has moved into the new house on Waukegan street, recently built by N, J. J us ten. And, by the way, its no snap job moving household goods in July. Breakfast, or the want of it, works differently in oatkind and humankind. A breakfastless cat is the loyingest sort of a beast.--Marion Hill, in Leslie's Monthly for August. Some of the few bicycle riders that are left in MeHenry seem to take it for granted that the side walks were especially built for them, much to the discomfort of pedestrians. - The Wauconda ball team will come to MeHenry next Sunday and endeavor to give the MeHenry aggregation a few pointers on the national game. Game will be called at 2:30 p. m. The Ladies' Cemetery Aid society will meet with Mrs. C. A. Guerin Tuesday afternoon, August 5, at three o'clock. Regular monthly meeting. All are urged to be present if possible. In speaking of the recital given by Miss Leach and her pupils at Richmond last week, the Gazette says that the in­ strumental numbers by Miss Granger of MeHenry were accorded liberal ap­ plause. One dollar a year for The Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean. $1.50 a year tor The MeHenry Plaindealer, or for both, by our recent special arrangement, $1.75 for 52 weeks of genuine news from far and near. Those who tarry by the sea will find in the, short story "De Profundis, by Francis Howard Williams, in the sum­ mer fiction number of Lippmoott's Ma­ gazine, a subject to pause over. It is saturated with American life and char­ acter. While switching near the depot Tues­ day a flat car was badly demolished and the tender of the engine was punctured. The engine had just run a car into the siding and in backing to the train, which stood near the enrve, the engineer failed to see the slow-up signal in time to stop. There was a crash and one car and tender were put out of commission for the present. The ten o'clock passenger train was delayed about an hour and a half. In several places along our streets weeds are overhanging the side walks in such manner that it is impossible for people to pass after rain or heavy dew without getting the lower part of their garments wet. On Waukegan street, near Xiamphere's stable, not more than half the new walk is available. We do not know whose business it is to cut the weeds, bnt it is some one's business and should receive attention. It's only a matter of a few hour's work at the most. OF A PERSONAL NATURE. PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW AND PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW. Sensation at Crystal Lake. A report comes of a sensational affair over Crystal Lake way in which Ernest Lawson was the central figure. It is said that Lawson has been paying un­ due attention to a married "woman until it became notorious. Last Saturday night he and the woman met at a barn dance. During the night a fight oc­ curred between Lawson and the woman's brother. Lawson got the best of it. A crowd of indignant friends of the husband got together and started after Lawson with a shotgun, threatening to kill him. He left town quickly. Miss Villa and Master George Smith Jr., are visiting at Grandpa Granger's. A Weekly Budget of Personal Matters Picked Up Here and There ky The Plaindealer Scribe. Dick Thompson was in Chicago Mon­ day. Ed. Whiting was a Nunda visitor Sunday. E. C. Joslyn is Entertaining his sister, of Elgin. Walter Simes was a Chicago visito Saturday. Ed. Dekker visited his brother, K. G., over Sunday. Harold Cristy came oat from Chicago to spend Sunday; P. J. Freuia«l and wife were Chicago visitors last Frsday. John Walsh, of liong Lake, was a Me­ Henry visitor Tuesday. L. E. Travere spent Sunday with friends at Downers Grove. Clayton Wilson is enjoying a vacation from his work at Harvard. O. N. Owen and daughter, Ethel, went to Chicago yesterday. Jas. M. Walsh, of Chicago, spent Sunday with relatiyes here. Mrs. Frank Ward went to Chicago Saturday to visit her mother. Miss Lizzie Thelen, of Elgin, has been visiting her father the past week. H. C. Mead went to Waukegan yester­ day to attend to business matters. John Bickler, of Chicago, has been visiting his mother the past week. Earl Waite is here from Woodstock having given up his position there. Geo. Smith and Will Krouse were Genoa Junction visitors last Friday. Mrs. Hammett and daughter, Alice, of Irving Park, are at K . G. Dekker's. Mrs. Chas. Givens and daughter, Miss Laura, were MeHenry visitors last Friday. Mrs. J. C. Wagner and children, of Evanston, are visiting her mother, Mrs. P. Smith. Dr. H. T. Brown is entertaining his brother and wife, of Rice Lake, Wis., this week. Mrs. and Mrs. Herman Kamholz spent the first of the week with friends at Marengo. Mrs. A. H. Hill and children, of Chi­ cago, are guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Wightnian. Miss Josephine Engeln and lady friends, of Chicago, were visiting here the first of the week. * Mrs. John Peet and son, of Chicago, have been guests at the home of T. L. Grot the past two weeks. Miss Barbara Wiedemann, of Elgin, spent a few days at the home of Mrs. Geo. Schreiner last week. Frank Mathieu was a guest at the home of his wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Meyers, last week. y Geo. Smith, Lew Bishop and Will Krause went toi Chicago yesterday to spend the balance of the week. Henry Kamholz caught a fine string of black bass at Hanly's race last Sun­ day. The largest weighing 4} pounds. W. A. Cristy and son, Lynn, left yes­ terday for Yellville, Ark., where they will remain for a period of six or eight weeks. Miss Josie Gage of Tipton, Iowa, who has been spending the summer with her grand father, Page Colby, is at present at Walworth, Wis. F. L. McOmber and daughter, Miss Irena, were Chicago passengers Tuesday morning. Miss Irene will also visit friends at Oak Park. Mrs. W. C. Antisdale, of Chicago, is with the family of C. C. Colby for the summer. Mr.* Antisdale is superinten­ dent of the Continental fruit express. The MissesJuliaand Mamie Schoemer, of Chicago, who have been spending a two week's vacation at the home of N. E. barbian, returned home Sunday evening. Mrs. Walter Evanson returned Friday night from a trip on the Great Lakes, stopping at Mackinac Island, Harbor Springs, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baldwin and family returned to Chicago last week after a month's sojourn at the residence of W. A. Cristy. Mr. and Mrs. Cristy returned from Chicago last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Boyer, who have been visiting their daughter, Mrs. E. C. Fisher, left Tuesday for Green Bay, ac­ companied by Miss Eolia Boyer. From there they will return to their home in St. Louis. Will Laughlin left on Tuesday for a few weeks visit in Wisconsin and Michi­ gan, taking in the most important sum­ mer resorts through the central part of Wisconsin. He will also take a trip on the great lakes stopping at the moet im­ portant points. The following named young people tumbled into a hayrack last Saturday night and wtire hauled to Wauconda where they indulged in dancing until dangerously close the Sabbath morn: Misses Estella Clayton, Pearl Nellis, Rosina Reynolds, Rose J usten, Elsie Howe, Pearl Morgan and A^tna Bickler; Messrs. Albert Reynolds, F\A /Holly, Leo Jackson, Harry Fay, Armon Whit- comb, C. R. Thurlwell, Frank Shelton. There were also a number went over in single rigs, among them being Misses Blanche Nellis, Maude Clayton, Annie Rossman, Mary Engeln; Messrs. Fred Thurlwell, Harry Eldredge, Herman Kamholz, Star Brink and John Kaox. CHAS. NORDQUIST WRITES. Tells How People "Toboggan*1 Pike's Peak Railway. Down Victor, Col. ^ July 20, 1902. Friend Charley: I am going to impoe^ on your good nature again and ask you to write an­ other letter tor me and promise it will be the last "Tobogganing down Pike's Peak." Who ever heard of such a thing?. I'm sure I hadn't, and for the benefit of those who are in the same boat I was, I will tell yon about it. Charley Gill- more, who runs the restaurant in Colo­ rado City, where We ate, told us about it the morning before we started. He also told about the other schemes that were tried to get out of walking down after a hard trip up. One was to get a flat rock and knock a sort of groove in it to fit on the rail, and then take a long stick in each hand to keep your balance with, sit on the rock, cross your feet on the rail in front for a brake and you re off at any speed you want. Pretty hard on shoe leather, but some wouldn't mind that to get out of walking. He said the tailor next door tried it once but got a rather soft piece of granite and was getting along fine when the stone wore ita two and he turned abont five somersaults over the cog rail in the middle, like a rabbit hit with a charge of No. 7's when he is at full speed, and got up pretty badly bruised and con­ cluded that walking was good enough for him. In the morning at the sum­ mit we enquired about the toboggan and they said they used to have them but they were too dangerous, as several got killed on them. They had a devise that worked on the oog as ,a brake and the best time made for the nine miles was fifteen minutes, but the clerk Baid he had gone two or three miles at tne rate of two miles a minute. It would take a whole lot of money to tempt me to go around those curves at that rate. A little stone on the rails or in the cogs would cause them to jump the tracks, and that is the reason they quit using them. I was surprised to hear the other day that it was only 12 miles to the snmmit from here and that it was better walking than up the cog road, so, though I said after I had been up once, that once was enough for me, guess I'll do like Joe Jefferson in Rip Van Winkle, and say "we just won't count this one," and go up next time a party of young fellows start from here. In the depot at Cheyenne Mr. Claxton and I got acquainted with a cow boy who was going to Denver to visit his folks for a month or two. His father is head rancher for the Warren Live stock Co., which has ranches all over the west from Montana to Texas, but the largest and also one of the largest in the world he told us was around Cheyenne. They had abont 300,000 head of sheep and he didn't know how many cattle. It is govern­ ment lpnd and they have 700 miles of fence on it, which he said the govern­ ment was going to make them tear down. He was a tipical cow boy and a very interesting talker and explained things as we went along. He said they had a snow storm every month in Chey­ enne. A little way out from Cheyenne he showed us an elevation which he said lacked a few feet of being 10,000 above the sea and from there on it was down grade all the way to Denver, about 100 miles in all I think. The country was barren looking and rolling, but the grass is sweet and very nutri­ tious, so that the cattle looked well. As we neared the Colorado line I said: "Well, John how do you like this countryT" And he said he didn't think he would want to farm it there, but I told him to wait 'till we struck Colorado. Pretty soon Tom, the cow boy, showed ns a couple of antelope so far off that we could just see a couple of specks where they were, but Tom was so used to the air and distances that he could tell which way they were looking. A little farther Tom said, "There is our line fence," and as we passed it he said "Now you are in Colorado." In the twinkling of an eye we passed from a barren pasture into the finest garden ever laid out. An irrigating ditch with water running in it all the time came down from a 400 acre government reser­ voir fed by the North Platte river, and made things green. They were cutting their Grst crop of Alfalfa, first of four, which bear in all, here, about IS tons to the acre a year. That Bounds big but you wouldn't doubt it if you saw the fields cut and standing. Great big cocks heaped up so close together you wonder how they drive in to get a load, and they get from $12 to $18 per ton for it. We passed great big fields, not patches, of potatoes, where they raise from 500 to 1000 bushels per acre, the finest eating in the country. If you doubt the 1000 write to the state agri­ culturist and he will tell you that a dutch man raised 1000 bushels per acre a few years ago and got a prize for it, and 500 is a common crop. We also pass acres of fruit trees, berries and garden truck, with men and women weeding and caring for them. Tom says, rather contemptously: "That's the way they work down here." A cow boy hates to see the irrigating ditches, as it takes his grazing land from him. Their ranch used to run to Greely, about 30 miles from the line and looked just like the rest of his land in Wyoming, THEY'RE ALL CONFIDENT CANDIDATES FOR MINORITY REP­ RESENTATIVE FEEL HOPEFUL. Matter Will Be Settled In Harvard August 7, When the Convention Will Be Held in That City. Harvard Herald: One week from next Thursday, Aug. 7, the Democratic senatorial convention for the eighth district will be held in this city, and three legislative aspirants and their friends are anxiously awaiting the out­ come. The candidates are Wm. Des­ mond of this county, C. V. O'Connor of Belvidere, the choice of "Little Boone," and Peter Mc£>ermott of Waukegan, with the indorsement of Lake county. The convention will be composed of fifty delegates, twenty-six being neces­ sary to nominate. Of the three men McDenhott was the most sanguine and aspirant candidate at the start. He put in his hardest licks in carrying Lake county, and then con sidered himself as good as nominated. But recent developments have caused him to view the situation with more uncertainty. He first tried to bluff the MeHenry oounty politicians by emulat­ ing the report that O'Connor was un­ der pledge to land him Boone, so all that wopld be left for MeHenry county would be to make his nomination unan­ imous. This report has been denied by O'Connor, and now the Lake connty bunch of practical politicians are in the "slough of despondency." O'Connor was in a measure forced into the fight. His record while in Springfield was such as to receive the approval of the best legislative critics in the state, and when certain parties attacked his record and went so far as to say he could not carry Boone county the Belvidere merchant was compelled to vindicate his official course and also manifest his home strength, which he did overwhelmingly, carrying every town in the county. Supervisor Desmond received the in­ dorsement of his home county without any solicitation on his part. He accept­ ed the honor tendered him and intends to win honorably or not at all. Mr. McDermott is a member of the Waukegan city council and is Baid to be a very popular fellow, having a multi­ tude of friendB in Lake connty. Mr. O'Connor conduct-- a clothing store at Belvidere and is popnlar with the busi ness men of that city. His clean record while a member of the legislature has added to his popularity not only in Ftoone county, bnt in the eighth district. Mr. Desmond is a farmer, which occu­ pation be has followed since boyhood. He is in no sense of the term an office- seeker, hence he has held no "fat" jobs. He was elected supervisor of Hartland eleven years ago, and prior to this held the office of assessor of that township, which offices came to him without any solicitation, as has his county's indorse­ ment for representative in the legisla­ ture. Mr. Desmond's strength is not confined to the members of his own party, because he enjoys the confidence and esteem of a large following of Re­ publicans, who would be pleased to see him nominated for the post of honor he seeks. From all circumstances the conven­ tion here in Harvard will be an inter­ esting one and the outcome is hard even to forecast. The opera honse will be used as the convention hall and the hour of assembly will be about 1 p. m. MEETINGS ARE HELD. Where Shall the Dam be Located' Question Is a Sticker. Pursuant to the suggestion of the executive committee of the Fox Riyer Navigable Waterway Association, a meeting of MeHenry people was called at the city hall last Friday night to get the sentiment of the village with regard to the location of the dam. Not more than 100 persons were present, includ­ ing few business men. A motion was made recommending that the dam be located at Colon 's point, about half a mile below Emerald Park. When the question was put before the meeting not more than a dozen men voted, all in favor of the motion. But from ob­ servations however, and talk among our citizens during the week, it is evi­ dent that a great majority of the people would like, the dam located at Emerald Park, provided that by so doing Mr. Reynolds' water power will not be injured, which that gentleman olaims will surely be the result. The residents of Emerald Park held a meeting at that place last Sunday to formulate ways and means of seenring the location there. They are going at matter in the right way. An organiza­ tion was perfected with Jas. Heaney, president and H. J. Armstrong, secre­ tary. A committee was appointed to confer with the dam committee at its meeting in Chicago today and it is the wish of all that some settlement will be made. If the dam is located at Emerald Park the residents there are ready and willing to pay their share of the cost, but if it is decided to go above them they intend to put up a fight It is indeed a confusing proposition for the building committee to overcome. EMERALD^ARK MEETING. Resident* Below MeHenry Form Pro­ tective Association. EXCHANGE GLEANINGS. HAPPENINGS IN M'HENRY ADJACENT COUNTIES. AND SEES NO CAUSE FOR ALARM George A. Hunt Says Farmers Are at No Great Low by Recent Rains. (Continoed on page four.) George A. Hunt of Hebron has written The Harvard Herald concerning crop conditions in the county. He has taken exception to an article published a few weeks ago concerning the dreary ont. look for farmers. Mr. Hunt puts it tersely when he says there is no small loss without some great gain. He holds that the recent wet weather has been a grand thing in more ways than one. Wells and cisterns have been replenished. Mother earth has been thoroughly soaked and forests that were dying out have been given a new lease of life. The farmers of McHenrv oounty have little cause to complain when they fail to treat their oats for smut, which would be a saving to them of from $15,- 000 to $20,000 annually. Mr. Hunt concludes his letter by say­ ing that tillers of the soil should look pleasant long enough to be thankful for the excellent condition of the pastures, lnxnriant meadows, promising corn crops, garden truck, raspberries, etc. Alfalfa, cow peas, pencilaria, pumpkins and potatoes are looking splendid and corn that was planted the middle of May is over six feet high. To snm up the situation there is no cause for fault finding on the part of the farmers. Cheer up, boys. Oats are selling at 67c per bushel, corn at about 70c, hogs as high as $8 per hundred and cattle $8.50. This promises to be one of the most pros­ perous years that MeHenry connty far­ mers have ever seen. M. W. A. Memorial Services, Ringwood Camp No. 597, M. W. A., will hold memorial services next Sun- day, Aug. 8, at 2:30 p. m. at Ringwood. Hon. O. H. Gilmore will deliver the address. All members are requested to wear their camp badges. Foresters will come in uniform. All are most cordially invited to attend. To the Editor -- It was mentioned in The Plaindealer of last week that a meeting of the resi­ dents of Emerald Park and others inter­ ested in the location of a dam aoross the Fox river, would be held at the Park on Sunday, 27th instant. The morning rain kept everyone at home, but the bright, cheerful sun after the noon hour invited scores of people to take to their boats and by 3 o'clock the vicinity of the Park re­ minded one of the Chicago parks, with their throng of pleasure seekers. At 4 o'clock, those feeling interested gathered together on the lawn of Mr. H. J. Armstrong and one after another the cottages began to pour forth a stream of chairs and in a few minutes a great circle was formed in the restfnl shade of the broad-spreading branches of mammoth oaks and rugged shell- barks. The meeting was called to order and after a brief preliminary discussion The Fox River Protective Association was successfully launched into the tur­ bulent waters of business activity. Mr. James B. Heaney being elected perma­ nent president and H. J. Armstrong, secretary. The meeting was marked by expres­ sions of kindly feelings and interest re­ garding the subject in hand and altho all sides and phases of the matter were freely considered and unreservedly dis­ cussed, the best- of feeling, confidence and harmony prevailed and the word was not once prononnced with an "n.' The question of incorporation was laid over for future consideration. It being suggested that after a meeting - of the representatives of this association, with the executive committee of the Fox River Water Way Improvement Association, an amicable adjustment of any points of difference might be made and further action along these lines thus rendered unnecessary. After considering the location as adopted by the people of MeHenry at the meeting held by them on Friday last, it was fonnd that the point in­ tended had been mentioned as Colon's Point instead of Kirkland's, which is a short distance below the first mentioned and is the alleged available location intended. It was agreed upon that if the structure be placed at or near the point mentioned, no suits for damage would be instituted. The following resolution being offered, was adopted: RESOLVED: That we, the residents of Emerald Park and others interested in the sit nation at wbich a dam may be located in the Fox riyer, agree to lend the Fox River Water Way Improve­ ment Association our moral support, provided the dam be placed a reason­ able distance below Emerald Park, while, if any attempt be made to locate said dam north of this point we pledge ourselves to oppose it in the moet strenuous and efficient manner. A committee of k three was appointed to confer with said executive committee nnri ascertain if possible, their desires and intentions and to what extent our interests are mutual and to what extent antagonistic. F. M. GOODMAN. Car Load of Cattle. Ed. Long arrived from Minnesota Wednedsay morning with a car load of fine cows, fifteen of which are milkers and the balance springers. Wattles & Long claim this to be the finest lot they ever landed in MeHenry. They will be sold at private sale and can be seen at the driving park. A Miscellaneous Assortment of Newa - Items In Condensed Form Tor Conven­ ience of Busy People. Deacon Wm. Reed is 08 years old and keeps closely to his arm chair. Last summer he was able to raise quite a garden--Nnnda Herald. Fred Parks, the 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Parks of LaCrosse, Wis., drowned while bathing in Crystal lake Wednesday afternoon. Last year thera were 1,846 marriages between whites and negroes in New \ork state. 920 white men married negro women and 926 white women married negro men. By the mandate of the executive com­ mittee of the Republican County Com­ mittee, which convened in Waukegan Saturday, the republican county con­ vention is to be held in Grayslake Au­ gust 23. Harvey Cox, an old resident of Al­ gonquin township, while hauling hay on Tuesday lost his -balance and fell be­ tween the horses, striking on his back with force suffcient to dislocate three vertebrae of the spinal column, and in­ ternally. Mrs. Sophia Ekdahl, living Ij south of Marengo, has received an order from Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, wife of the president, for a lace handkerchief, to cost $75. It is said that Mrs. Ekhahl is one of the finest lace makers, and has snpplied the royal houses of Sweden with her work in that line. Geneva Republican: Suppose a news­ paper man every time he hears a "<"> criticise him or his paper, should re­ taliate by holding up to public gaze the faults and shortcomings of said fault­ finder, what wonld be the result? Ttia editor may not know it all, but he does not live in a commnnity long without knowing a deuced sight more than ha publishes. Royal Bearer of Cork Screws. The following article is clipped from the Chenoa Times. It may interest many MeHenry people to learn that Andrew Rnpp is still pushing npward: "Yesterday morning, at the flush of * dawn, refreshed by a long and restful sleep, might have been seen our "fight­ ing mayor" accompanied by the Hon. Andy Rupp, the- royal bearer of cork­ screws, cuts, checks and some cash, leaving the city on the early morning train for Bloomington. It was "the commencement of the beginning" of a great campaign. This morning's Pan- tagraph bristles with evidences of their invasion of the precincts of Blooming- ton and the announcement that the captain is 'the fighting mayor of Che­ noa, an independent democratic candi­ date for the legislature, and stands a good show of being elected.' After tfeia all other political stars are expected.^*, sink." Annual Institute. ( ' The MeHenry County Teachers' In- *' stitute will commence Monday, Augiut 11, 1902, at the high school building in Woodstock, 111., and continue five days. Joseph Carter will have the subjects of Arithmetic, Grammar and Agricul­ ture. Benj. H. Scudder will have Literature U. S. History and Pedagogy. W. C. Smith will have Singing and Art Miss Edna Keith will have charge of " * the Primary work. These instructors will not fail to make the work of the institute instructive and inspiring. Every teacher in MeHenry oounty •; should attend five days. ' School offioers and all who are in­ terested in school work are invited to attend. Slot Machines. The Epworth League, young peoples' society of the , Methodist church, has sent ont personal letters to every person in town, who has a slot machine de» manding that they remove the same before August 1. The League'evidently mean business, judging from the tone of the letters. They threaten prosecu­ tion unless the demand is complied with. There is a state law and village ordinance forbidding the nse of slot machines and members of the * League know that they have a clear case, bat that which has aroused them to action • is the evidence that young boys have • been allowed to gamble in certain places. Potatoes Grow on Vines. It is not necessary to go to Iowa tp And the variety of potatoes that gro# directly on the vines. C. G. Berner of this village has two rows of such pota­ toes, the entire crop of which is banging to the vines and none in the ground- They are perfectly developed, the only difference being that bunches of leavei sprout ont from the aerial potatoes. A farmer near Marengo also has souse of - these peculiar spuds. Cucumbers Wanted. The MeHenry County Democrat last week stated that Stafford & Goldsmitjh would probably close up their factor? in this village. Such an ids* must have originated with the Democrat fe­ ttle firm mentioned have never contetar plated anything of the kind. The tiartt load of cucumbers was taken in at tt# factory last week. The crop pwniam to far exceed last year's. • / f,?;i • - ^ - - • 4.