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«:r: rmu .-•> :-r^.... ."0" -r-i.:.:,".r. m ? S" 'Vjp t^.f, Y:£. • ̂ ;-v- >v <' v* Ir" Ikl'" *>jy- ' r ^ f '• ••' ^;4.4;3 . W - ' ?, ' •'.;r->";,y^ '; :#!;•) pKjtifc: VOLUME XXIX. t i? - : .M McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 21,1904. NUMBER 43 PURELY PERSONAL Mrs. N. S. Colby is seriously ill. Ed. Long was an Elgin visitor Sunday. E. C. Joslytt was an Elgin visitor Son- Miss Helen Raymond spent Friday at 'Blfcin. Mrs. F. L. McOmber was a Chicago visitor Monday. Miss Rose Jnsten wag a Chicago vis­ itor Saturday last. Miss Bernice Kimball was* Visitor at Bkshmond Snnday. / C. D. Schoonmakerlqgtted old friends at Genoa, 111 , Monday. Emil Snyder of Woodstock was here yesterday calling bn friends. Miss Christina Buss spent Saturday and Sunday with Chicago friends. Fred Eldredge of Marengo spent Sun­ day with his father, (1 T. Eldredge. Chas. Feltz of Chicago visited Me- Henry relatives the first of the week. Oliver Blackman of Elgin spent a few days recently with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kambolz of Gary spent Sunday with relatives here. Mesdames John Stadtfeld and Frank Eftinger of Volo were visitors here Mon­ day. • Misses Mary and Katie Freund of Wauconda spent Sunday with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Stilling of Pistakee Bay were Chicago visitors the first of the week. Miss Bel Gallaher is spending the week with friends at Woodstock and Capron. Misses Carrie and Etta Siines are spending a few weeks with Chicago friends. Herman Maiman and Charles Pratt of Wauconda were McHemy callers Monday. Leo W. Jaekson of Chicago spent Thursday eveuing at the home of S. Reynolds. Chas. Heimer went to Chicago Mon­ day morning to take up his duties as mail clerk. Miss Etta Kettle of Chicago was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Besley last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs H. M. Jensen and chil­ dren of Woodstock visited Mchenry rel­ atives Sunday. Mrs. Anna Mollohan and daughter, Ella, visited relatives at Solon Mills the first of the week. Mrs. Win. Wilson, of Chicago was the guest of her father, R. H. Sherburne, a tew days last week. Adam Mosgrove was dangerously ill the first of the week suffering from the effects of a hemorrhage. Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Granger and Miss Dorlisca Granger attended the funeral of Charles Granger at Wanconda last Friday. Misses Eolia Boyer, Elsie Howe, Mary Doherty, Minnie Knox and Margaret Sutton attended the teachers' meeting at Cary last Saturday. John Stralton of Ingleside was in town last Saturday and made this office a pleasant call, at the same time renew­ ing his subscription for another year. Mr. Judy, son-in-law of G. W. Colby, who recently sold his farm stock at Paxton, 111., with the intention of lo­ cating in the west, has decided to locate on the old Judy farm at Potomac, 111. He made a trip thru the western states, but saw nothing that offered better in­ ducements, in his estimation, than the Illinois farm. FIELD DAY AT WOODSTOCK. ARE YOU HONEST? Of Course, With Your Neighbor-- Are Yon Honeat With Yourself? ProKhd to be k Rl( Event tttl W- Boy* In Training. McHenry boys who intend to enter the field day contents at Woodstock should bear in mind that they must do some training if they hope to cope with the high school students from Varengo, Harvard and other large towns. There are several athletes in the McHenry high sebool who are capable of holding their own in several field sports and it ^ould be a good thing to bring a few of the honors this way. Jnst to show what may be required, the results of last year's events are published below: Running broad jump--20 feet,8 inches. Running high jump--5 feet, 4 inches Standing broad jump--9 feet, 8$ inch­ es. Discus throw--91 feet, 10 inches. Baseball throw--325 feet, 6 inches. Shot put--40 feet. 50-yard dash--6 seconds. 100-yard dash--10 2-5 seconds. 220-yard dash--26 seconds. 440-yard dash--1 minute. 880-yarn dash--2 minutes, 14 seconds. 110-vard hurdle--17 seconds. i-mile walk--1 minute, 25 seconds. t-mile relay race--2 minutes, 45 sec­ onds. 1-mile bicycle raoe^--2 minutes, 87 sec­ onds. Pole vault--V feet, 6 inches. FOR BOYS 14 OR TJNDKR. Running broad jump--18 feet, six inches. 50-yard dash-^H seconds. Running high jump--4 feet, 7 inches. i-rnile bicycle race--l minute, 19 sec­ onds. i-mile bicycle race--40 seconds. PRELIMINARY CONTEST. Will be Held at the Universalis Chnrch Friday Evening, April M. The above question is pointed, and, perhaps, you may think is impertinent. And so it would be if this article should be cut right here. There are many people who are not honest with them selves, or, in other words, they are cheating themselves and do no not know it. At the same time they are "knock­ ing " the home merchants, home indus­ tries and the efforts of others who are always endeavoring to baild up tne town in which they live. You can guess what we are 'riving at now. It is the person who patronizes the mail order houses when he can do bet­ ter at home, that we are after. Do you know that the cheapest trash that is manufactured, from pins to stoves and ranges, finds its way to the store rooms of those houses which publish the flashy catalogues with captivatrff^and, sad to say, alluring prices? You surely know that a McHenry merchant could not do business with that class of goods on his shelves and floors. Do you not? The proprietors of these Chicago houses care nothing for you, yours or the town you liye in. The McHenry merchant is a personal friend, helps yon pay the taxes, gives you credit in time of distress and gives you better goods. Be honest with yourself and consider these things. - There's a Difference. When the proprietor of any. business, be it what it may, gets .at that stage of ttie game where he thinks, "I don't need to advertise, for everybody knows me," he has been stricken With a fatal busi­ ness malady, says NewBpaperdom. Gen­ erally, men of this class clamor for all the free advertising they can get, de­ spite the fact that they proclaim em­ phatically that they don't need any p£b> Mcity. There'8 a difference. A preliminary contest in reciting, in which eleven pupils will strive for hon­ ors, will take place at the Universalist church Friday eveniug of this, week at eight o'clock. The purpose of this con- test is to choose a representative to enter the county contest to be held at Woodstock on the evening of June 8. You are cordially invited and urged to assist in promoting this useful and val­ uable organization. The program will be interspersed with music and it prom­ ises to be decidedly interesting. Ad­ mission only ten and fifteen ceuts. Charles Orenger l>ead. Died, at his home Tuesday evening, April 12, 1904, Charles Granger, an old and respected resident of Lake .county, aged 82 years, 2 months and 4 days. Deceased was born in Lyons, Wayne Co , N. Y., Fel.ruftry 8, 1822, and came with hi# mother, whose remains now rest in the Fort Hill cemetery, to Lake county, 111., in 1849, having himself been married about three years at that time. A history of this county has the following: "Three years after their marriage Mr. Granger and his wife emigrated west­ wards, traveling by way of the lakes on board a vessel having seven hundred passengers. At length they arrived safely at Little Fort, now Waukegan. and began life in the West in an old building which did not furnish shelter from the weathe* They had only $40 in money and to purchase eighty acres of land Mr. Granger had to go into debt, but he possessed great energy aud industry, and by his labors soon reached a good substantial position. The clos­ est market in those days was at Wau­ kegan, over twenty miles away; game was plentiful and Indians of the Win­ nebago tribe were still seen in the neighborhood. Mr. and Mrs. Granger have witnessed almost the entire growth and development of Lake county and have done all in their potfer to aid in its advancement and upbuilding. Their labors have been crowned with prosper ity and a comfortable competence, the fruit of their own labors, supplies them with all that goes to make life worth the living. *,Five children have been born unto Mr. and Mrs. Granger, namely: Helen Albert, Ella, wife of Lorenzo Parker; Adelia, who died in infancy;and Carrie, wife of Myron Francisco. " Mrs. Granger has gone but a few years in advance of her husband to the realm of light and the parting here with other dear ones is but for a short time at best, for soon all who labor must rest from toil and depart to a bet­ ter land. The funeral was held Friday afternoon at the Baptist ch; rch. A sister, Dorlesca, and the children men­ tioned above survive the brother and father.--Wauconda Leader. Life Seutence. Emil Roeski, companion and accom­ plice of the far barn bandits iu many of their alleged crimes, was found guilty and sentenced to life imprison­ ment for the murder of Otto Bauder. in the saloon in which Marx, Van Dine and Roeski were attempting a hold-up. During the trial Marx testified that he shot Bander in an attempt to kill Roeski in fear the latter would inform on the others. ' Barber ~Sh»p* to Clote on Sunday*. We, the undersigned barbers of Mc­ Henry, agree to keep our respective places of business closed all day Sundays after May 1. Signed, Bishop Bros. John J. Bishop R. E. McLean Fred Kamholz Henry Brefield WRECK AT ALGONQUIN. 8EVEN REFRIGERATOR CARS ARE THROWN FROM TRACK. On Gar Completely Demolinhed--Car* Filled with Buttled Milk, Half of Which 1m Lout. The train which is made up of Bor­ den and Bowman refrigerator cars, containing bottled milk, was wrecked one mile north of Algonqnin Saturday eveuing and seven cars turned over in­ to the ditch. About half the milk was lost, but no one was injured. This milk train, altho made np of clumsy cars, makes express time, and at some places along the road attains terrific speed, but this had nothing to do with the accident at Algonquin. It was discovfered afterwards that a large section of nange4>n a wheel of one of the cars was broken out, probably causing the trouble. At the point where the wreck occurred is a sharp curve and when a heavily loaded car passes over, there is naturally a heavy strain on the wheel flanges, a slight break in one would result in the wheel going straight ahead instead of making the curve. This was the cane Saturday. One car went wrong and six others fol­ lowed. It was not long before the wrecker and a force of men were on the scene, putting new trucks under the cars and loading the milk that was left into other cars. One (Jar was so badly demolished that it was burned where it lay after all iron had been taken off. Altho Home of the others were badly smashed they will soon be put into commission again. "BILLY" SUNDAY AGAIN. He ha* "taken HJs Cloven Hoof M«Je«ty by Storm at Rock ford. "Billy" Sunday, the once noted ball player and now successful evangelist, has taken his cloven hoof majesty by the horns at Rockford and went after the preachers who opposed his coming to that city, without gloves. According to the Rockford Star, Sun­ day bad the following to say in regard to his antagonists: "I do not care whether you like my preaching and I don't expect all of you will. I don't expect all of you will like me. I don't expect to like all of you. My wish is not to be all things to all people, "I haven't any use for some of the damned hypocrites who are preaching in orthodox pulpits and it is time God had an inning. I am here to do God's work and any man who throws his in­ significant personality against this great work publicly demonstrates his utter insensibility to his duties as a citizen and his utter insensibility of decency and high public morals. Put that in your pipe and smoke it The miserable hypocrites who are snapping at me and opposing God's work have swallowed pills until they have ball-bearing joints and it were better for them that they had mill stones around their necks and were at the bottom of Rock river. "There are always people who will not unite for God's work. I hate peo­ ple who will stand out against God's cause, and the miserable old devils --to perdition with them." 8UE8 FOR 860,000. Man Who Had Both L«p Cat Off at Algonquin. Albert Nachtigall of Wheaton as- serts that it was the sign warning peo­ ple to beware of the train that caused him to lose both of bis legs and be has brought suit against the Northwestern Railway company for $60,000 damages in the superior court, Cook county. Nachtigall claims that be was working as a switchman of the railway company on January 16 and was climbing on the side of a car wheu the signs along the track brushed against him and threw him beneath the wheels. The accident occurred near Algonquin. Finh Hnlchnry for Chicago. Saturday Congressman J as. R. Mann introduced in the house a bill appropri­ ating $200,000 for the establishment of a fish hatchery in Chicago from which the rivers of Illinois shall be bountiful­ ly supplied with good fishes of various kinds. It lis the congressman's idea that should the bill become a law such a hatchery should be established in one of the public parks of Chicago .where an abundance of fresh lake water could be had and the industry made accessible to many people who would take an inter­ est in the hatchery. Woodman Picnic at Elgin. Silver Leaf camp M. W. A. of Elgin is considering the advisability of hold­ ing a picnic in that City this summer. It may be decided to invite all camps in the river to ns to participate in the event and extend a special invitation to Chicago camps. If McHenry is includ­ ed in the invitation she will send down a large delegation, without doubt Attempted Safe Blowing. When B C. Getzleman, cashier of the Algonquin bank, opened the bank last Saturday morning he discovered a hole in the aide of the building, evidently drilled by professional safe blowers. It is quite evident, however, that the thieves were frightened away before their work could be accomplished. The bank is well insured against burglars. Read The Plaindealer advertisements. They are interesting. THE 8CHOOL ELECTION. TM Mew Member* of Board of Ednca- , ^ tlon for District No. 15. It was necessary to nominate three members of the board of education this spring, the terms of E?S. Wheeler and Simon Stoffel expiring and F. L. Mc­ Omber resigning. A president of the board is elected every spring. At the caucus-the following ticket was nomi­ nated unanimously: For president, James B. Perry; for members board full term, E. S. Wheeler and W. F. Galla­ her; for member board to fill vacancy, C. D. Scboonmaker. The ticket as nom­ inated was elected on Saturday, there being no opposition and fight which characterized the election last year. Despite the fact that only one ticket was in the field the candidates received the endorsement of sixty-seven votes. James B. Perry as president and E. S. Wheeler as member of the board have served the district well for several terms, the present condition of the school speaking well for them and their colleagues on the board. There has already been mnch specula­ tion over the future conduct of the two new members. Those who have read The Plaindealer columns during the past two years know that the writer, C. D. Schoonmaker, has nothing bnt the beet interests of the school at heart. As a citizen and as an editor he has done all in his power for the beet inter­ ests of the school, and there is no rea­ son why he should not follow np the same course as a member of the board, in a more direct manner. As a result of recent interviews with Mr. Gallaher we have come to the conclnsion that he will be an efficient official. He is broad- minded and has a deep interest in the school work. THE CARD PARTY. Ladle* of St. Patricia Court C. O. I*. En­ tertain Large Crowd. The card party, dance and supper at Buch's hall Friday evening, under the auspices of St. Patricia Court C. O. F., was attended by about 125 people, and fully enjoyed. All enjoyed the card games, the young people danced to their hearts' content and the refreshments disappeared in a manner flattering to the caterers. At the card tables Mrs. F. A. Boh- lander and R. J. Sutton won first prizes. The gentl. man's booby prize was cap­ tured by Albert Krause without any special effort on his part. This prize was probably more substantial than any of the others; something that will keep and can be handed down, or rolled down, to his children and grandchildren in years to come. It was a bag of real marbles. The ladies' booby prize, not quite so lasting (a bottle of catsup), was awarded to Miss Carrie Rotbermel. AGREE NOT TO MARRY. That'* What Teacher* May Have to Do If Condition* Continue. "I hereby declare that I will not get married during the term for which I am hired to teach this school. Failing to keep this provision, I hereby agree to forfeit the sum of $50." This is the contract that young wom­ en teachers of prepossessing appearance may be called on to execute to local boards of education throughout the in­ terior of Dlinois, says an exchange. Cupid is responsible for this new tnrn of affairs amoug the teachers of this state. It is claimed that many of them are sending in their resignations, most of them to enable them to get married, and the directors find it advisable to be guaranteed against loss, for it is a mat­ ter of some expense to the school dis­ trict to hire a new teacher, even if they can get one. Cans Nu«t be Sealed. Milk cans shipped into Chicago will have to be sealed hereafter, if A1 ierman Dai ley 's sealed can ordinance becomes a law. It seems the city accuses the farmers of applying the pump to their milk in many cases. The honest farm­ er contends that if water gets into the cans the railroad men are to blame, and the railroad men declare it must be it rains in the cans if the farmers are guiltless, and the result is Alderman Dailey's famons sealed can ordinance, which provides a fine of $10 to $100 for the farmer who does not seal all his cans when they leave the farm. Let's find out who puts water in the cans, says Mr. Dailey. Tbe Oatmau Milk Co. The Oatman Condensed Milk Co. ex­ pect to occupy their new factory in East Dundee within a few days. The new plant has been installed and pros­ pects for a good summer's business are very encouraging. The company ex­ pect to supply tbe Louisiana Purchase exposition with a large proportion of their special product which is utilized in the making of ice cream. For the past few years their trade at St. Louis has steadily increased and now they have a distinct advantage over their competitors at that point, possessing as they do their own milk station, which greatly facilitates tbe handling of their products. The Richmond With this week's i&«ue'The Richmond Gazette closes volume twenty-eight. P. K. Wright is publishing a neat, ideal paper, one that is always appreciated as an exchange. THE VILLAGE ELECTION. CALLS OUT NEARLY ALL VOTERS IN THE CORPORATION. EIGHTY-EIGHT YEARS OF AGE. Mrs. Lewi* Walte 1'auea Away After LonK lllneM. A Doubtful Contest Until the Votes Were Counted--Peter J. Freund, Win. Stoffel. Jos. Heimer Elected; The election Tuesday was the occa­ sion of a real warm contest and fet no stage of the game could any candidate call the victory his. All the aspirants were out working or had some one work­ ing for them and as a consequence near­ ly the entire vote of the village was polled, the count showing that 248 voters had entered the booths. There were less than fifty straight caucus tickets polled, the balance being scratched beyond recognition, while only two were thrown out as a result of trying to vote two tickets, probably thru ignorance of the rules. Following is the result of the count: FOR TRUSTEES Peter J. Freund.... 188 Wm. Stoffel 125 Joseph Heimer 404 Fred Karges 100 Anton Engeln 94 L.F. Newman 61 FOR VILLAGE CLERK John Stoffel 152 Peter J. Freund, Wm. Stoffel and Joe. Heimer were elected, with Karges and Engeln not far in the rear. John Stoffel was the only candidate for the office of clerk and a large number of voters did not take the trouble to place the cross before his name. LEAP YEAR DANCE. To be Given Under A unploe* of the "Junt III" Club. A leap year dance will be given by the "Just Us" club on Friday evening, April 29, at Stoffel's hall. Reed's full orchestra of Chicago will furnish the music. This musical organisation has an enviable reputation in this vicinity and whenever it is advertised, good music is an assured fact. Mrs. Brink, who has demonstrated her ability on several occasions, will serve supper in tbe basement dining halt The ladies are sparing no pains to make this a social success. Everybody is invited. Grand march at 8:45. Dance tickets, $1.00; supper, 35 cents per plate. Tne club is composed of the following young ladies of McHenry and vicinity: Margaret Sutton Rosa C. J us ten Bertha Feltz May Welch Lena Stoffel Delia Heimer Margaret Aylward Annie Miller Annie McGee Edna J. Hunter Euiina Matthews Martha Wolff Clara Thompson Mary Gibbs Katie Heimer Anna Frisby Katie Walsh Nellie Frisby Edith Whiting Mamie Knox Swan* are Plentiful. There are, perhaps, few people in Illinois who have ever seen a swan out­ side the park lagoons and ponds of the cities. This has been the experience of McHenry people, at least. But this spring the opportunity of seeing the beautiful white birds presented itself on several occasions. Just over the line in Wisconsin a flock of seventy-five swans was sighted by several people, while thirteen were seen passing over Spring Grove. McHenry people had no occasion ro travel to those places to see the monster denizens of the air and water, however. Nearly all Saturday afternoon four of them were floating on the mill pond in this village within easy rifle shot of shore, and surrounding them were hundreds of ducks. They were not molested, however. as the fif­ teenth of April was the last day on which water fowl could be lawfully killed. One swan was shot on Hanly's mill pond the first of last week. It will probably be mounted. Bowman Dairy Prlllfc The Bowman Dairy company con­ tracted with the farmers for milk for the ensuing six months at an average price of $1.00 per hundred pounds. Contracts were made with all the fac­ tories on the same day and at the same price. In Nunda about 40,000 pounds of milk were contracted for, being a larger quantity than ever before. It is expected that when the farm dairies reach the maximum of milk production the factory in Nunda will handle 50,000 pounds of milk daily. Some new dairies were added and eighteen were left off. In spite of the fact that a number of dairies were dropped, the factory ex­ pects to take more milk in the near fut­ ure than at this time last year --Nunda Herald. What a Navy Coats. While we are hurrahing for a large navy it may be of interest to know that an ordinary battleship costs as mach as 2,000 farms, including buildings, tools and live stock. The expense of keeping it afloat costs a couple of farms every day, and a single discharge of its bat­ teries consumes the value of a town­ ship of the best land in New England. Moreover, its average life is not much greater than the average life of an army mu e. Another Operatjon.^ In this day of frequent surgical oper- tions it is no wonder that an old lady on unexpectedly arriving for a visit at the home of her daughter made a mistake. She was told by the servant in charge of the house that her daughter "had gone down town to have a kimona cut out" The old lady fell fainting into a chair, but managed to ask, "what hos­ pital have they taken J^er to?" LOCAL. BRIEFS Mrs. Lewis Waite, mother of Post­ master Waite, died at the latter's home in this village Friday night, April 15, at 11:80 o'clock, after an illness cover­ ing a period of several years. About1 eleven years ago Mrs. Waite was strick­ en with a nervous disease from which she never rallied. For the past seven years she has been a great sufferer, and, altho death is sad at all times, the lov­ ing relatives feel that the Creator has acted wisely in relieving her of earthly suffering. Her husband preceded her to the ttrave in 1892, at a ripe old age. Mary Ann Perkins, daughter of Thom­ as H. and Lucinda Marsh Perkins, was born December 30, 1815, at Weathers- field, Vermont. On 'October 30, 1831, she was married to Lewis Waite and they for fifteen years resided at Cam­ bridge Center, Vermont. In 1846 they came to Illinois by way of the canal to the great lakes and for one year resided on Mr. Waite's father's farm near Wau­ conda. In 1848 they rented a farm at Griswold Lake. In December, 1849, they settled in McHenry and resided in this town continuously up to the time of death. There were eleven children born to Mr, and Mrs. Waite, eight of whom are now living, as follows: Rollin, Cornel­ ia Adeline, DeWitt Clinton, Lucinda, William, Electa, Charles and Evelyn. There are thirty-four grandchildren living, twenty-nine great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren, being seventy-six lineal descendants in all. There are two brothers living, E Perkins of this village and Charles B. Perkins of Warren, 111. Mrs. Waite was alawys a good moth­ er, a hard worker and active in the af­ fairs of life, and she died with the full knowledge that her work in the home had not been in vain. Her children and grandchildren are generally prosperous and excellent citizens. The funeral service was held at the home Sunday afternoon, attended <by an unusually large concourse of relatives and friends. Rev. J. M. Cormaok of the M. E. church officiated, while Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walsh furnished beauti­ ful music. The following from abroad were in attendance at the last Bad rites: Broth­ er: Charles Perkins of Warren, 111. Children: C. P. Waite of St. Louis; Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Howard of Elgin. Grandchildren: Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Howard, Lon Howard, Harold Howard of Elgin; Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Scott and Glenn G. Waite of Chicago; Earl Waite of Fon dn Lac; Mr, and Mrs. J. J. Vasey of Oak Park. Great grandchild: Harry Vasey, Oak Park. Others were Judge and Mrs. Willis, Wm. T. Waite and Mr. and Mrs. James Walsh of El­ gin ; MT. and Mrs. Osmun Hale and son, Alva, and wife of Nunda. Stoves stored for the summer and set up again in tbe fall. Osmun Bros. The Cherry Valley circle will meet with Mrs. Chas. Florida Thursday after­ noon, April 28. Tbe spring term of school opened Monday morning with several new faces in the primary department. Par­ ents should bear in mind that this is the proper time to start the little tots, thus preparing them to enter in the fall with a full knowledge of what is ex­ pected of them. It is better for the pupil as well as the teacher. If there are any still out, start them now. It is not too late. Butter Market. . ; ? Butter took a drop of 1} cents on the " board of trade Monday, idling at cents. China ware at the Variety store. ! , 4 V' Do you want paint supplies? Call Osmun Bros. 'Phone 218. ' Mi Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John Wednesday, April 20. a son. How about those shoes T New aal up-to-date goods at Osmun Bros.* " Chas. Moyer of Chicago has purchaaei the O. E Chapell cottage at Pistake* " ^ f" .-' y'-'t', B1*- ; . '-Jo Chris Hapke will soon move into the/ * Heimer cottage, recently vacated bf Louis Oertel, on Elm street. ' ,£V The Despite the cold weather the base ball season has opened and McHenry en­ thusiasts are catching the fever. A few of the><boys were at the park Sat­ urday, limbering out stiff joints and starting the blood to circulating. There is no better, cleaner or more interesting sport than the national game. Let us ginger up this' year and support the boys in their efforts to maintain a good team. There is good material to be tried out The barbers of McHenry have at last come to the conclusion that Sunday is intended as a day of rest for them as well as for the rest of mankind. They have all made an agreement to close their places all day Snnday. There are some who have been Bhaved on Sunday for many years and it will be hard for them to break themselves in to the new order of things, but they will soon learn to govern themselves according to conditions. Struck Submarine Mine. The torpedo boat destroyer "Hell Diver," Capt. Pitsen, was sunk by a submarine mine off point Howell's Villa on the 15th. All on ooard were saved, with little damage to the boat It was raised and proceeded up stream a short time after the accident. Capt Pitsen may not be a Russian, but he now knows how it feels to be struck by an unseen enemy. Mew Milliuery. Mrs. M. A. Searles is showing the newest and most desirable styles of the mnnnn in handsomely trimmed dress hats, bonnets, tailored and ready-to- wear hats for ladies, misses and chil­ dren. For style, quality and price they are the best trimmed hate in town. Kindly call and see before purchasing. Job work of all kind* neatly done *t this office. summer train service on the Northwestern will begin on the 29th of May, at which time several passenger trains will be added. F. K. Granger unloaded two spans of good work horses Wednesday morning which he is offering for sale. They axe both extra fine teams for heavy-work. At Madison Tuesday it was decided4o v hold the annual Woodman picnic at fie- loit All the camps of Northern Illinois ' and southern Wisconsin participate " the affair. ^ ^ A dance will be held at Stoffel's hall Saturday evening, to which all are in­ vited. Music will be furnished by Chris Hapke and Miss Noonan. Tick- * ets are fifty cents. Prof. E C. Fisher occupied the pulpit | at the M. E. church last Sunday morn- !i ing, in the absence of Rev. Cormack, and proved himself equal to the occa­ sion in every way. r , >'; The Plaindealer will be sent tp. fpiy' address on trial three months for tWeh- Ly-five cents, and will be discontinued at the expiration of time unless other­ wise ordered. Try it. A number of young people enjoyed the social at the home of Mr. Osmun last Friday evening. The affair was given under the auspices of the BartMM class of the M. E. church. A'r" k"1 :-vW. -Jk mm • \ 1 . As a result of the election in Hebron Tuesday a system of water works will be installed and the village will be with­ out saloons. West Dundee' will support saloons during tbe coming year. Will Mngge, who lives near Nunda, trapped a big wolf one day last week. The animal measured six feet from tip to tip and was a savage appearing creature. County Clerk Knshton paid Will $15 bounty. We can say truthfully that the gam laws are complied with more generally in this vicinity than in any other. Of course there are a few who run chanoea, especially when ducks and geese get too blamed oonfident in their boasted lib­ erty. The street committee wonld do well ̂ in burning all the dead grass and weeds •' along the streets of the village. Such r ^ an act wonld be appreciated by persons ' who desire a clean looking village. <* v'J Perhaps some day the new grass wi)i ' appear. Give it a chance to grow. N Persons passing thru McHenry f automobiles should use more discretion . with regard to speed and in meeting « teams. One evening last week some 1 one passed thru the village and nearly ^ caused an accident by his carelessness*. ' Persons who drive horsee still have . rights. ^ Chas. Heimer was called to duty Monday as railway mail clerk, and ia now running between Milwaukee and ̂ Boecobel, Wis., with headquarters at • the former place. Charles is a young ' ̂ man of excellent standing socially and morally and in him Uncle Sim has. found a valuable employe. / Y Vf^t • .... Glazier 8 Carolinian Jubilee Singers ! ' will give a concert at Stoffel's hall <M» ' Friday evening. May 6, nnder the ane- g pices of the Universalist chnrch. This ; | troup has a reputation that has been .. won thru years of activity thruout the ' middle west. Remember the date. See : the advertising matter that is being diav ; tributed for full particulars. ;•€ --• ; 4I' L. F. Newman and Clarenee have been awarded the contract for cot» ^ structing the club house on the river, * -V north of Rosedale. The club is a new - venture recently launched by a party of , young men from Chicago who have been spending their summer vacationa in McHenry for several seasons. The . club has been named the "Honeydew.** - - The 30th of May is Decoration Is it our desire that all the work shall * devolve on the few old soldiers in their efforts to fittingly observe the day and . ;»f to perpetuate the memory of the dead - - j, •<'- heroes'? Perhaps it would be a good vS plan for the local G. A. R. poet to call *, a public meeting and have oommitteee appointad to relieve them in the work. Farmers are becoming uneasy over the weather conditions. April is half gone and very little plowing has bee* done, to say nothing of the seeding that should, under normal conditions, have been finished at this time. TIM ground is soggy, hard to work, and it many places still muddy. One week of hot sunshine la needed, and we wwt now. . !v|« , v.v M-&: