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PURELY PERSONAL } E. C. Joelyn was at Rockford Christ- mas. Miss Tillie Felts is at ban* lor the holidays, L. E. Traver spent Christmas with Wauconda friends. Pat Conway visited his mother in isi- Elgin Christmas day. Sam '1 Weingart is seriously ill at his " ^ j, * home east of McHenry. E. S. Sherman of Woodstock spent ; (f.; Sunday and Monday here. John Kristan of Wankegan visited McHenry friends Sunday. Charles Schoemaker spent Christmas ,t r with his parents in Chicago. ; Ed. Walsh of Chicago spent Christ­ ie.mas with McHenry relatives. tif- Misses Mabelle and Edna Sayler are visiting in Chicago this week. Miss Laura La Moitt is visiting her > mother in Chicago this week I Ed. Lowell and Ed. Burton of Nunda '"called ou friends here Sunday •? Miss Edna Story is entertaining Miss ^ v Vera Fitzsimmons of Chicago. - Miss Tillie Feltz of Glen EHyn. • 111* «, ;1#.y is visiting home folks this'weet " Eugene Matthews of Elgin jMUsed Christmas with McHenry friends. Miss Jennie Parker of Elgin has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. W. Parker. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mead of Oak Park" spent Christmas with their parents. O. N. Owen and daughters spent Christmas with relatives in Chicago. Al. Krause, the cigar maker, spent Christmas with hid parents at Nunda. A. K. Nordqnist of Milwaukee visited ?•?- jhome folks the latter part of last week. Miss Vera Fitzsimmons of Chicago is ^fr^the guest of Miss Edna Story this week. Mrs. E. S. Wheeler and daughter, Lillian, were Chicago visitors Tuesday. Ben Westoff of Volo was the guest of \* < ? Ben Buss and family the past few days. t"? Mrs Jos. Buss and daughter of Nun- 'f'V;,.da were McHenry visitors last Thurs- \-->vf.day. Miss Anna Rossman of Kirkland, 111., was the gnest of her parents here Christ* $ mas. \ Chas. Boss of Chicago spent a few days' vacation with his parents last ' week. * Dr. A, E. Baechler of Chicago was a '/Christmas gnest at the home of EL W. ;§|fHowe. Star Brink and Miss Emma Matthews f took in the Christmas danoe at Wau- 1 ̂ Ubconda. : Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jueten went to .Chicago Satnrday to visit a week with ^friends. Ben Herbes of Humphrey, Neb,, is ~ visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. John Mrs. R. O. Lamphere of Chicago is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Besley. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pouse and chil- |dren were Chicago passengers Christ- |ma8 morning. Mr. Scott of Chicago WHS a gnest at tbe home of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Miller Christmas day. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kamholtz of Cary were guests of relatives here Christmas dsy. Miss Emma Givens of the Elgin Na­ tional Watch faetory spent Christmas with home folks. Mr, and Mrs. A. C. Friedley and daughter spent the latter part of the week in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Thurlwell of Elgin were guests of relatives here the latter part of last week. Dr. Chamberlin and wife were Xmas visitors at the home of the latter's par­ ents, Winneaka, 111. Mrs. H. S. Gregory and Leonard Phillips are spending the holidays with relatives in Chicago. Bert Stebbins, wffe and son of Dixon spent Christmas wi^k with the former's mother in this village. Mrs. A. P. Boss and grand-daughter, Bernice, of Aurora are visiting with Dr. F. C. Ross and family. The Misses Smith and Henry Schaefer of Johnsbnrgh visited Misses Annie and Marie Freund Sunday. Leo W. Jackson of Chicago was a . guest from Thursday until Tuesday at tbe home of S. Reynolds. Carl Mead of Woodstock is enjoying a several days' vacation at the home of his parents in this village. Mr. and Mrs. H. Zimmerman and son, Bdnny, were Beloit, Wis., visitors a few days the past week. Francis M- Alvord of Galesburg, 111., is spending the holiday vacation with his sister, Mrs. F. W. Miller. Chas. Feltz and Amos Wolff of Chi­ cago spent their holiday vacation with : their parents and friends here. s. S. Chapeli and family spent the latter pajl of last week with Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Getzleman at Algonquin. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Poile and children of Wlieaton are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Wightman this ':'week. • . II Mr. and Mrs. M. Preston of Chicago |were holiday visitors at the home of the . latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. McOinber. G. W. Besley and Mr. and Mrs. Har­ vey Price were guests at the home of vK.. ' Mr. and Mrs. RayO. Lamphere in Chi- 0:^ cago Christmas. s. Emery Kimball is spending the week with Rev. S. W. Lauck and family at Davis Junction, 111., near Rockford. Vetp and Loren an attending the Book- ford high school Chas. Felts was out from Chicago ov­ er Christmas. Mrs. J. J. Rdser is the guest of rela­ tives at Capron. Mrs. Maggie Gille* is visiting with relatives in Chicago. Mrs. W. C Evanson visited her par* ents at Palatine this week. Will Mead and family of Nunda have been calling on home folks. Amos Wolf came out from Chicago to enjoy the yuletide festivities. " Joseph Miller of Johnsbnrgh is Assist­ ing J. W. Freund in the store. Mr. and Mrs. Reser of Beloit, Win., are guests at the home of their son. Edward Knippfel of Woodstock spent Christmas with A. D. Loomis and fam- ily. f Mrs. J. W. Freund and children are visiting • a few days with relatives at Volo. Miss Vera Merriel of Chicago visited a few days with her aunt, Mrs. L. H. Welch. Mr, and Mrs. Thompson of Lake Ge­ neva werrgnes(tfe of W. D. Wentworth and family last week. Mr. and Mrs Will Kamholc of Glenn Ellvn visited with relatives and . friends Friday and Saturday. - Mibs Bertha Wolf and Miss Bertha Schossler of Chicago will visit in M<fc Henry during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. John Evanson and son, Walter, attended the fnneral of Nelson 8. Bryant at Nunda on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Eldredge and son, Preston, of Algonquin visited at £he home of C. T. Eldredge Sunday. G. Wahlbach and Martin Kullander of Chicago were Christmas ghests at the home of the latter's sister, Mis. Gus Carlson. Miss Clara L. Wightman of Chicago is enjoying the holiday vacation at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Wightman. -I Mr. and Mrs. Win. Garrsion and fam­ ily visited on Christipas day with the latter's sister, Mrs. i|. A. Thomas, at Genoa Junction. E. S. Harrington apd wife of Char- don, Ohio, are visiting at the home of the former's uncle, W. Merriman. The uncle and nephew bad not met be­ fore in forty years. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Davis of Kenosha went to Elgin Satnrday. after a week's visit at the home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Mead. Mrs. N. H. Petesch and children have been visiting at her mother's home in Chicago the past week. Mr. Petesch was in Chicago Xmas evening. Earl Waite is now running as mail clerk between Chicago and Fon du Lac, Wis., with headquarters at the latter place. It is a nice run and he may be kept there for »evefal months. A Mlatfloq at St. Mury't Charnk. On New Year's day Rev. Godfrey Schlachter, C. P. P. S., will begin a mission which will last eight days. Father Schlachter is an eloquent speak­ er, and will also give a few lectures in English. The opening sermon of the mission will be preached on New Year's day at 10:00 o clock a. m. The next ser­ mon will be at 7:15 in the evening. During the eight days there will be sermon * at 9.00 o'clock in the morning and 7:15 in the evening On, Sunday and Wednesday evenings the sermons will be in English. Everybody is wel­ come. Sunday afternoon at 9:80 there will be a conference for the married men, Monday at 2:30 p. m. there wilt be instructions for the school children. Tuesday afternoon at 9:80, ccnferenc for the married ladies. - Wednesday, at 2:80 p. m., conference for all the young people of the parish. Nelson 8. Bryant. Nelson S. Bryant died at his home in St. Louis Friday morning, Deo. 85, of pneumonia, after but a few days' ill­ ness. In the earl) eightiee be moved to Kansas and engaged in stock raising, together with importing heavy draft horses, and for several years devoted bis time to this particular indust y. It is said that he did more than any other individual of his time to advance the standard of heavy horse breeding in the state of Kansas. About eight years ago he moved with his family to St. Louis, where he resid­ ed up to the time of his death. He leaves a wife and two daughters. Mr. Bryant was fifty-four years of age, be­ ing the eldest brother of Mrs. John Ev­ anson of this village. The Card" Party'. It was a jolly crowd that attended the party at Buch's ball Tuesday, which was given under the auspices of the Young Ladies' Society of St. Mary's ehurch. The net receipts were about t< enty-five dollars. » Fi st prize was won by John Th len, the second being awatded to Miss Katie Weber. Miss Lizzie Weber captured the prize that is usually not coveted by competitors at a card party. The young ladies enter­ tained their guests in. a .pleasing manner. _J ' The W. T. E4ton~M*nnfacturing com­ pany's plant , at Liberty ville, the vil­ lage's chief industry, which went into a receiver's hands recently, is to be sold for the benefit of the creditors if the villagers do no come to its rescue. The company is sai l to have property worth $40,000 to pay debts of $84,000, yet for want of a little ready cash it has to quit. The residents are asked to take •took, but so far bava fjtilad to nspood. HISTORY OF THE Ytsn. BRIEF MENTION OF THE EVENTS OF THE YEAR 1903. OHlMliI from Ik* rile* wf Tlu PUtntoaler -i Saw thli Inane for Vatan Births aad Death*. JANUAKY. 1--New Year ball by M. W. A .. Mr. and Mrs. A. G Matthews oalebrate sil­ ver wadding. 6--Borden ice house filled. Ellen, daughter of Michael Knox, died. 11--Boy at bqone of John Damgard. 19--Mary C. Wilson died.. Delbert Bacou hurt at Ring wood. > 18-14--Farmers' Institute. 17--T. P, Walsh leaves MeOmber's store after ten years' service. .Mrs. Thos. Thompson suffers stroke of paral­ ysis. 18--Mo* L. A. Waterman died at Ring wood. 23--Masquerade ball at Stoffel's hall.. Ioe houses all filled. .Thos. Fischer lost hand in shredder. FEBRUARY. 8--Ground hog saw his shadow. 8--Elsie, daughter of Aug. Rossman, died. 7--8--Shoot at Ben Stilling's. .Mn. Adam Miller died at Johnsbnrgh. 12--First geese sighted. 14--Chas.-Page badly injured..Bogus dollars circulated in McHenry. 15--Infant son of Jos. Blake died. 17--Boy at G. W. Pennington's... Twenty degrees below tero. .John Der- niont died. 18--Edward Anderson and Matilda Myere married.. Guy Harrison and Jessie Richarasou married. .G. Burnett and Mrs. Rntb Turner wedi 21--Girl at Henry Heimer'a. 99--John Olson and Josephine Bnley wed. 96--Girl'at Fred Karls'. 27--Mrs. Geo. Turner died..Mrs. Tbos. Thompson passed away. MARCH. 8--Geo. HoWe married in Portland, Ore. 4--Claude Hntsonand Alice Harri­ son married. . 8--Boy at tbe home of Prof. -Fish^* . also at Peter Blake's. 11--Girl at Jos. W. Freund's. 12--Ducks flying, .roads bad. .Borden Co. makes contracts. 16--First boy at home of W. D. Went­ worth. d0--Jacob Bartz broke leg. 91--Girl at home of Wm. Staff el. 26--River reaqhe» high water matfr. 81--Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Sherman passed away. APRIL. 1--'Mrs. Peter Rothermel died at Johnsbnrgh. 2--Paul Isherwood of West Chicago accidentally shot in arm while hunting here. 5-- Baby girl at Henry Brefield's home. 11--Mrs Helena Leeh died at home of A. C. Friedly. 18--Mabelle Granger accidentally shot in foot. 90--Cora Wilson passed away. 91-- Lafayette Dates died at Ring- wood .. Boy at home of Chas, Lamphere. 25--Masons give banquet*. 27--Boy at Aug. Rossmau's. 98--T. P. Walsh and Jessie Baldwin married at Libertyville. 80--Cherry trees in bloom. MAY. 4--Death of Arthur Ensigif 10--Samuel Shermau dead. 11--Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kennebeck welcome baby boy. 14--Mad dog scare. .Girl arrives at home pf Martin Conway. 18--C. G. Frett buys Matthews' mar ket 90--Mrs. Mathias Freund died. 96--Henry Meyers died of lock jaw at Johusburgh. .Twins at home of Wm. Bonslett. 27 - Mrs. E. H. Walker died at Lake Genevpu JUKR. 4 --Commencement exercises. .Fred Feltz and Martha Block married at Woodstock. 11--Wm Block died. 90--H. C Mead fell and broke rib. 22 --Philip Hauperisch passed away. 93--Mrs. Cnarles Geske dead. 98--Party of Chicago people surprise their former pastor, Rev. M. W. Barth. 99--Geo. Colby broke three ribs. JULY. 1--Boy at Louis Oertel's. 9--Henry McMillan and Bessie Hoff­ man married at Terra Cotta, 4--McHenry celebrates and enter­ tains immense crowd. 8--Verona Niesen broke her aim.. Ernest Bucb badly hurt by falling from horse. 8--Girl at home ot L. F. Newman. 10--R. H. Owen succeeds his father in piano business. 12 i--Fish die in mill pond. 15--Boy at home of Geo. Frisby. 18--Boy born to Mr. and Mrs. L. Eis- enmenger. 92--John Stoffel buys out F. C. Going's grocery. 98-- Merchants agree to close stoves at eight o'clock p. m. ..F. E. Boger and Katie Schaffer married in Chicago. 26--Mrs. Gertrude May died in Johna- burgh. 97--Lizsie Simons passed away. 98--Reunion of consins at hlome of D F. Hanly. _ 2»--John $e*i»ebeo* a*4 SawBB lltt- f e r j r e d . " • • ~ V AUGUST. 1---Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cobb wel­ come baby girl. 8--Boy born to Mr. and Mrs. John Olson. .James and Dan Walsh killed by lightning at Fox Lake, * 12--Girl at home of Joe. Arena cureion to lotus beds. 17--Alfred, infant son of John Young, died. 95--Girl at Walter Bolger's, 99--James Doherty died of cancer. . SEPTEMBER. I--Mr. and Mrs. John M. Walsh wel­ come baby girl..John J. Miller sells business to Jos. W. Freund. 5--Girl, first born, at home of Peter Rothermel. .Family reunion at home of Mrs. E. M. Owen. 6--Boy at Jo^n M. Phalen's. 7--Mre. H. Geske dead.. ..School opens. 8--Chris Schmidt hurt in runaway. 9--Girl at home of Geo. Buss.. Wm. C. i'illon and Jennie Walton married at Volo. 11--Katie Long broke her wrist. 14--A. C. Matthews frays west side market of C. G. Frett. 15--Contract day at Borden factory. 16--Wm. Feltz and Ella Krause wed. 17--Boy at Anton Barbian's. 18--Girljat Ch«s. Nickels'. 1®--W. F. Holtzbuvs.west side livery. 21--Girl at home of. Martin Stoffel.. John .Niesen quits blacksmith trade. 28--Henry Hoepe died in Chicago. 28--C. F. Langdon died at Howell's Villa. OCTOBER. 4--Boy at home of Wm. Baoon. 7--Jos. Schaefer and Anna Freund married at Johnsbnrgh.. Mrs. John Ral­ ston fell and dislocated shoulder. 8--Chris Schmidt killed and John Leickem hurt in gas explosion. .Irwin Creech and Etta Colby wed. 12--Mrs C. H. Fegers died in Chicago lafter long illness. 16--Infant son of John Olson died. 21--Herman Kamhols and Minnie Feltz married. 95--Newell S. Colby died. .Earl Sher­ man and Nina Hobart married. .Boy at home of Micbne! Kqgz. 28--Frank Shelton and Anna Bickler^ married in Chicago. NOVEMBER. 4--Edwin C. Whiting and Bertha Baldwin wed. 5--Helena Krause passed away. 11--Ice house at Pistakee falls, injur­ ing three men. 16--Mrs. Helen Drahn died..John Blake and Katie Klein wed at Johns­ bnrgh. DECEMBER 5--Ed. Thurlwell married at Elgin. 7--Mrs. James Walsh died at Fox Lake 8--"Sliver" Corr gets sentence of three years for passing bogus coin. 16--County board decides not to0build new court house. 19--Mrs. John Walsh died after short illneM. Verdict for Slander. A verdict for $500 damages for slan­ der was given in Circuit court this morning, following one of the most sen­ sational cases of tbe kind ever held here, Miss Maud Eatinger of Volo hav­ ing sued William Kappler of North Chicago for $2,500 for abusive and un­ clean language. Probably never before was there heard such evidence as was introduced by both sides and the frank admissions of both sides the case was one truly disgusting to the average listener. The evidence of the woman was that Kappler had called her a drab, etc., and the defendant did not deny the accusation, his efforts being to prove the assertion and thereby escape the penalty. The jury beld, however, thai the language used was slanderous and gave the verdict, which is unusually large for slander. Messrs? Orvis repre­ sented the plaintiff--Libertyville Inde­ pendent Bancs Claaa. At the last meeting of the Baraca class of the M. E. chnrch the following officers were elected for the first six months in 1904: James Sayler, president. Frank Ensign, vice president Guy Colby, secretary and treasurer. - Emery Wheeler, ass't secretary. Mr. Osmun, teacher. Emery Kimball, ass't teacher. Willie Clapton, chairman of secret EXGHANCE CLEANINGS. / HAPPENINGS IN M'̂ ENRY AND ADJACENT COMNTIE8. A Miscellaneous Assortment of News Items In Condensed form For Conven­ ience of Buxy People. \ The trustees of the village of Antioch have ordered time clocks purchased and put up in the village to keep tab on the night watchmen. On Tuesday last Geo. Wilson, while at work with a corn shredder on the Henry Herman place near Woodstock, got his hand in the machine and lost two of his fingers. " Andy Reid. Archie Long and Ray Therin, the three boya arrested last summer for assaulting a Turk at Wan­ kegan, John Abdulah, were found gnilty by the jury which heard their case and Judge Donnelly sentenced them to the state reformatory at Pon- tiac. The Cornell factory at Lake Geneva ships an average of 85 cans of milk to Chicago every morning, and tbe Bor­ den factory ships a carload of bottled milk every afternoon. This is not bad for a section which has the reputation of being a poor milk producer. Marengo Republican: Rev. Joeeph M. Cormack, pastor of the M. E church at McHenry, has made application for a writ of habeas corpus in DeKalb Cr - cuit Court, to obtain possession of his little boy, Kimball Cormack, from the child's grandfather, T. Marshall, of Charter Grove. The new factory town of Chicago Highlands in southwest Lake county, near Barrington, is being boomed wide ly by W. M. Ostrander, the Philadel­ phia real estate agent, who advertises it extensively in the magazines. It re minds one of tbe North Chicago boom of years ago. Mr, WEDDING BELLS. - s Harvey £. Price and Miss Poffi A. . .Besley Married Last Week* - Harvey E. Price and* Miss 1§a A. Besley were married in Chicago last Wednesday morning, Dec. 28, at 11:80 o'clock, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. R. Guild, at his residence,. 913 West Adams street Mr. and Mrs. Price spent a few days in Chicago and Genoa Junction and aTe now residing at the home of the latter's parents. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Besley of this village. For some years she has been a teacher in the McHenry public schools, and in view of the fact that she has been engaged year after year, she has proven herself possessed of the neces­ sary qualifications for successful teach­ ing. By her kind disposition she has won the -hearts of all her pupils and gained the confidence of all her ac­ quaintances. With her withdrawal from the school there will be left a va­ cancy that cannot easily be filled. The groom, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Price of Genoa Junction, be­ came a resident of McHenry about two years ago, being a valued employe of the Borden Condensed Milk Co. He is a quiet, industrious young man of ex­ cellent character and has bright pros­ pects for the future. Mr. and Mrs. Price have the hearty congratulations and best wishes of a multitude of friends. ONE MILLION UNDER QUIGLEY. Annual Report Shows Importance of Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. The population of the Roman Catho­ lic archdiocese of Chi< ago is 1,000,000, according to the annual report prepared by Chancellor Barry. To govern this gr at body Archbishop Quigley has two •«A MAD 11ARR1AQE" or "THE GYPSY'S SECRET." The McHenry Dramatic club will present the above named drama at Stoffel's hall on Friday and Saturday evenings, Ji|n. 8 and 9. Great care has been taken in selecting the different characters and Manager Going feels t&at tbe play will please the people. CA8T OF CHARACT&R8. Buck Tyson--A gypsy pinker.: Dr. H. F. Beebe Ira Conrtlelgh--Imogene's Guardian I W F Gallaher Squire Ripley--A landlord j- Horace Verner--An artist, and accidentally a married man .F. C. Going Dink Potts--His chum, and incidentally in love with Ginger. Wm. Schreiner Major Duffy--County clerk and confederate Vetera" Walter Walsh Lige--A gentleman of color Fred Eldredge Imogene Courtleigh--Willful, wavward and wealthy . Miss Belle Gallaher Nance Tyson--Ginger's supposed mother, and formerly of Potts' theater ' Mrs. H. F. Beebe Prudence Freeheart--A giddy youilg girl of 40, in love with the Major ! M». F. C. Going Ginger--A. gypsy waif fond of mischief and fortune telling.... Miss Lillie Heimer nrs. W. F. Qallaher, - - - Musical Director L O C A \ew ^8. 8: Cfyapell M. J. Walsh^ Bttii Snyde John Stofffcl •< , Anton I Knttei Ife&tefclsold for 24 < board of trade Moot a table of coinparsoh- the past five yea-Tre: December 21, '03.. . December 29, 02.. Decern l>er 80, '01.. December 31,, '00. ..f^" January 4, '99.... Big grocery sale. Warranted dye woi All dance at the Mcl tonight. Watch the c&j Read the ads care! Many bargains are oi Like finding mon-y, at Gilbert Bros. ' Monday. • .. Dr. A. E. Auririger fiasi tice at Milledgeville, 111. Mendota. Will Reed's full orchestr Year ball, Stoffel's baftj night. It will be a jolly On the tenth of Decvnibert was born to Mrs. Pearl Bll Lincoln, who now resides inil ANNUAL G. A. R. SUPPER- Will be Given at Northwestern Hotel, Thursday Evening, Jan. 7. IB service. Edwin Evanson, reporter. Trial Subscriptions. The Plaindealer will be sent to any address for three months for twenty five cents as a "trial trip." Try it, and if we hear nothing from yon at the end of the time paid for, the paper will be discontinued. If you wish it to contin ue hand in $1.60 and we will enter your name on our regular list for a year. We propose to make The Plaindealer bet­ ter next year than ever before. A three months' trial Will convince yon. Our correspondents are authorised to take these subscriptions. Remember, the paper will be stopped at the end of the three months if you are not satisfied. The tang of the ruder West ***h its raw realities mixed with pathos, is in "The Marriage of Stitch O'Sullivan" by Edward Boltwood in the January Lippincott's Magazine. It is a memo­ rable short story and its author must be reckoned with in the future. Job work kinds neatly done at tbia oOoe. The members of the local post Grand Army of tbe Republic will give their annual supper at the Northwestern ho­ tel on the evening of January 7. The feast will be prepared by Mrs. Schiessle and Mrs. P. H. Weber. It is desired that all members of the post be present at the meeting which takes place iii the hotel parlors just before the repast At the best it is only a few years more that these comrades will have the privi­ lege of meeting and discussing past events. All should go prepared to re late some story in connection with their experience in the war and thus make it an interesting event indeed. There are Htill over thirty membere of the Mc­ Henry pout, altho some are now resi­ dents of other villages near by. . Opinion from Offle County, Edward D. Shurtleff of Marengo has announced his candidacy for re-nomi­ nation for member of the legislature from the eighth senatorial district, which comprises the counties of Boone, McHenry and Lake. Mr. Shurtleff has served in the 42nd and 48rd assemblies, where he has demonstrated to his col­ leagues, and his constituents as well, that he is alive all the time. Mr. Shurtleff was among the very ablest members of the last house, not one of those "effervescing cusses" always anxious to hear how bis voice sounds iu a large room, but quiet, keen, alert, and when it came time for him to say something he had the faculty of saying more in three minutes than a whole lot of those hot air Egyptians could get out of an hour's talk. Ed. Shurtleff ougt;t to g<> back to the legislature, and if be resided in Ogle county he would be returned jast as long as he desired tbe office, providing bis record remained as clean and able as during his official career up to this time. No county was better represented in the last general assembly than McHenry county.--Ogle County Republican. The Home, (Jhtiri'li aud School. A federation of tbe societies of Mc­ Henry county will meet at Woodstock on January 7 aud 8 The following so­ cieties will be represented: Farmers' Institute, Women's Domestic Science association. Young People's club. Teach­ ers' association and the federation of churches. An interesting and instruct- ive progrn tqdoas been arranged for each day. Pi lzes^^essays will be awarded by the Young People's association and the Farmers' Institute will offer prises for the best yellow and whitefdeut corn. 'ttf tfce "Wwt odluum. ' assistant btehops and 619 priests. In population the Chicago diocese ranks sec nd to New York, which it surpasses in many particulars. In Chicago there are 157 chnrches, some of which,, have immense congregations. Thirty-two thousand persons attend St. Stani laus and 20,000 the Holy Family Jes church. During the year 67,888 ci dren attended ti.e parochial schools, while counting those at colleges, asy Inms and various other institutions the total is 98,386. CHRISTMAS CHEER. Many children in Volo and vij are sick with the measles^.' one' having six children sick ease. • . Groceries at less than vrhc es Saturday and Monday Bros.' Take advantage of tl save money on'your food stuflj Are yon a farmer? Drive^ ville and buy your groceries J day and Monday of Gilbert advertisement on another page. The year 1904 will be a notable^ in McHenry. It is the first since 1896. There will be? rounding up of the bashful Peter J. Meslein, the moved to McHenry and will| Stegman house near St. Mai All work promptly attetidedf The Plaindealer receivesj subscriptions for any m« lished in the world. Leav»j with us and save the time of remitting. Owing to extra work and the retail oil wagon will feef tripe on Mondays, Wedni Fridays only. Be en re ar cards on those days. W. suiter* -A-8 in the past I am in the! jti]. >11 kinds of furs, paviiig, Children Made Hxppy at Both Universal- 1st and M. K. Churehes. The exercises at both the M. E. and Uuiversalist churches on Christmas eve were interesting and well attended. The liHl$ folks were there in full force and to say that they took part iu the programs with all their hearts would be expressing it mildly. It is one of the happiest events of the year for the chil­ dren and older people as well. Every member of the Sunday schools received a present. Another Electric Marvel. Another marvel of electrical inven­ tion is aunounced as perfected by Peter B. Delaney of South Orange, N. J., the deviser of the multiple system of teleg­ raphy. After ten years of labor the South Orange man has produced an automatic telegraph machine capable of sending and receiving messages at the rate of 1,000 to 8,000 words a min­ ute at a mere fraction of the cost of tbe present message service. The message, say a letter or press correspondence, is dictated to a stenographer, is punctured on a tape, which is then pnt into the machine, is reeled off to its destination and transcribed at the other end. Such a message ba» been sent from New York to Chicago at tbe rate of 1,000 words a minute, the average commercial speed at present being about fifteen words a minute. That this invention will when in use produce a tremendous revolution in the telegraph business is evident. The ability of business men to exchange lengthy letters in less time than it now takes to exchauge abbreviated and un­ satisfactory telegrams, and at a cost es­ timated at about a quarter of the pres­ ent charge, for instance, for a ten-word dispatch to Chicago, means a very prac­ tical approximation to the "annihilation of time and space," as far as mter-com* muuication is concerned. The gain to mankind is incalculable. market price for same, canfr and I will call on you. 20 tf C. S. HOWARD, McHe Barbian Bros., Grot & A. Huemann, M. J. Walsh,; Schiessle, John Heimer and. & Son of Ringwood are handing Out beautiful calendars this year. They were all Ordered thru The Plaindq F. L. McOinber shipped to this week two dozen ears of the corn which was entered in the at his store this falL The corjaJ purchased by a traveling man, whose brother runs a farm in the state named. C. C. Colby shipped to Chicago day sixty April pigs which avi 295 ponndsr. It was a fine porkers. They were Hold A. C. Granger, a* nt for T. rett & Co. of the Union Sto6k ya: '.the top of the market There are a few sportsmen (?) in! vicinity who still persist in the ferrets in bunting rabbits, despite^] new game law. It would a scheme fo: the true and law abii sportsmen of McHenry to form a club and assist in protecting the game. There were five masses at St. Patrick's ch .rch on Christmas morning at the hours of six, seven, eight. o'clock. At the latter houri mass was celebrated with O'Neill, the pastor oi the celebrant, Father McCormickHhSi and Rev. Cobb as sub deacon. The Sunday evening trate leaves Chicago at tw6»"o clook p. m. arrives in McHenry at five (tf itij good luck) was a trifle late lapM evening, arriving here at elevaiH It is said that a wreck at W< caused the delay, but in all prot ties the train men went ta dt the usual rest at that poiut. we can stand a few hounfin The Plaindealer is adding new names to its list every day. Is your name on tbe roll of honor? Don't borrow. An ad in The Plaindealer "wnnt"poi' vmn will fcring result*,:;*y McHenry merchants did a nese during the week before It was noticeable, however; money was expended in pure! and fancy articles than he: people generally investing in more substantial. Many were disposed of, however, tl six stores which handled goods. Now look out for iwiAtargoo#*