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* / *** #fV ,«',MV % v^;?l ^ filw£-:& 7*-&&'i. ' i;^ V kf***-* r5^ mmrn^m^ *$Wca'--: ̂ :jmiM ZWwm'W^m '"" "fefe:^' * >V >'*v*^' '•£* •* SftfW AjMEJ *•' • A * * ^ 'f.wr^v ;' t/7^ ,¥? -f * 4w} * C w totem $£W*&w- && frp$f}? i#/* VOLUME XXX. -r'^""' ^ ,• ; * ;r >>, '* McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1904. L PURELY PERSONAL Peter B. Freund was a Chicago pass­ enger yesterday. Wui. and Simon Stoffel were Kenosha visitors Tuesday. Willie Phalen of Kenosha spent the fourth with his parents. < • i Peter Justen and Miss Carrie Niesen spent the Fourth at Elgin. Frank Block and Will Stoffel cele* brated the Fourth at Elgin. Harry Wigbtinan of Chicago spent the Fourth with his parents. Guy Seward and Duke Holme* of Cary were Saturday visitors. Miss Gertrude Zeus of Chicago spent a few days with her mother. Isaac Went worth of Gilberts spent fourth with his children. _-_-Hev. M. W. Barth made a business / trip to Kankakee Wednesday., Martin Conway and family spent the fourth with relatives at Nunda. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Harrison spent July 4th with relatives at Elgin. • Ed. Walsh of Chicago spent Sunday and Monday with relatives here. Rev. Father Kirsch of Chicago spent the Fourth with McHenry friends. Frank Gilles of Elgin was a recent vis­ itor at the houie of John H. Miller, John Groves and John Johnson spent the glorious Fourth with friends at El gin. Thomas Reardon of Chicago is visit­ ing at tbe home of his uncle, F. H. Cobjb. Miss Annie Sherburne --visited rela­ tives at Grayslake and Libertyville this week. Miss Maude Curr oi Elmhurst was calling on friends here the fir-t of the week. John, Michael and Miss Lizzie Thelen of Chicago spent the fourth with their father. Geo. Smith of W'>odstock, brother of the late Chris Smith, was a caller yes­ terday. Miss Mattie Dwelly of Woodstock vis­ ited at the home of M. W. Merriman Tuesday. Misses Tena Feltz and Emma Geske of Algonquin spent Sunday with rela­ tives here. Chan. Buss of Chicago spent Sunday and Monday with his mother, Mrs. Ber­ nard Buss. C. E. Warneke and family of Chicago spent the fourth with F. A. Bohlander and family. Rudolph Kuhnert of Chicago spent Sunday and Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Heimer. M iss Katie Freund of Wauconda spent several days the past week with Miss Katie Justen. Jesse VanSlyke of Highlauu Park, 111., spent Sunday and Monday with Mc- . Henry friends. , Albert Lockstadt and family of Chi­ cago spent the fourth with August Ross- man and family. Misses Annie and Katie Stengle and Delia Heimer spent the fourth with friends in Elgin. Casper Bickler of Chicago was the guest of his mother, Mrs. Theo. Bickler, Sunday and Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Grimes of Chicago have been spending a few days with George Buss and family. Will Schreiner is now employed at the Riverside house as assistant clerk and general utility man. Frank Cobb, captain of the base ball team, will work for Peter Doherty, the contractor, this summer. Misses Anna and Katie Stengle of Chicago are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs Henry Heimer. Miss Tillie Feltz and friend of Glen EU.vn, 111-, spent Sunday and Monday yith the former's parents. i. 'Chas. Feltz came out from Chicago Saturday evening to spend Sunday and the Fourth with home folks. Ed. Loomis and family of Janesville, Wis., are spending a week with the for­ mer's father, A. O. Loomis. John Buss of Racine, Wis., and lady friend spent a few days with the for­ mer's mother, the past week. Mr. and Mrs. M. Rosengarttn and children of Elgin spent the Fourth with Ben Rosengarten and family. - Dr. S. S, Wells of Chicago visited at the home of his brother, Dr. D. G. Wells, a few days the past week. Mrs. J. P. Callahan of Chicago, who has been visiting with relatives here the past week, returned home Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Fisher and child­ ren of Elgin were guests at the home of Peter Thelen a few days the past week. Miss Vera FitzsiUiuions, Chas. Currie and Mr. Eton of Chicago were the guests of Miss Edna Story the first of the week. Hans Paaske and family moved here from DesPlaines last week and are now occupying the rooms over Evanson's 8 tore. Mrs. Mo(?uaig of Grayslake and Flora Churchill of Libertyville visited with their grandfather, R. H. Sherburne, last Friday. Mesdames Sarah Dermont, C. N. Cul­ ver and D. F. Hanley attended the fun­ eral of Mrs David Parker at Liberty­ ville Tuesday last. Warthen Kimball of Chicago and Miss Welch of Vi anconda spent the Fourth at the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kimball. Mr. and Mrs. Jocob Bickler and son. Willie, of Chioago, were guests at the home of the former's mother, Mrs. Jjw- Bickler, Sondaj and Monday. * Eugene Matthews of Elgin spent the Fourth here. Theodore Bickler was home Sunday and Monday. Henry Buchert transacted business in the windy city Wednesday. Peter Wasnoski of Chicago visited his parents Sun Jay and Monday. Fred Karges is spending a few days at Kehosha, Wis., and Chicago. Miss Josephine Engeln of Kenosha, Wis., is visiting her parents here. Frank Cobb is out from Chicago this week visiting his father, Clarence Cobb. Mrs. F. W. Miller and son. Max, /are visiting friends at Ringwood this wjpek H. C. Waite of St. Louis, WHS here this week, a^guest at th$ home of H. Waite. Marshal John Bolger of Woodstock, called on McHenry friends the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Lampbere are spending a few days this week with their parents. Paul Wooster of Woodstock was guest the first of the week at the home of W. F. Gallaher.V Mrs. Anna Mollahan and daughter, Ella, spent Sunday and the Fourth with relatives at Richmond. C. M. Curtis of Woodstock called on McHenry friends Sunday. He assisted the Harvard band on tbe Fourth. Chas Willey of Chicago visited with Chas. Harrison a few days this week Mr. Willey formerly resided here. Mrs. Max Klein and daughter of Janesville, Wis., are visiting the for nier's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Math En gel 11. Miss Mabel Yasey of Chicago, was visitor at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Waite, a few days last week. Emery Kimball has joined the Salva­ tion Army brigade for a few weeks. Meetings are now being held at Wood­ stock. Misses Loretta, Agnes and Maria Quinn, who are employed in the watch factory at Elgin, were in McHenry Sun day and Monday. J, E. Stott of Genoa, [11., agent for the Crescent Land Co., of Minneajiolis, was in McHenry Tuesday and made the Plaindealer a pleasant call. Tbe sisters of St. Mary's school left Wednesday morning to enter the con­ vent at Milwaukee to make retreat They will be gone about two weeks. Mrs. Theodore Bethke and children are at Dundee this week visiting relati V68, Mr. Beth e will join his family today and enjoy a few days' vacation Mr. and Mrs. Adam Miller and chil­ dren, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Buhr, John Buhr and Mr. Arnold, all of Chicago, spent the Fourth at the home of Andrew Miller. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Fisher and Miss Boyer returned from St. Louis Monday morning, more than pleased with the exposition. On account of the sickness of little Boyer Fisher their stay was cut short a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mead of Woodstock Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Davis of Kenosha, Wis., are spending the week at i,he home of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Mead. Dorr Kennedy and wife of Harvard are also guests at the Mead home. Thos. Rawson of Carey, an old time resident of these parts, was in Mc" Henry last week, having attended the funeral of James Overton at Solon Mills. He resided here over fifty years ago and assisted the Owen Bros, in building the mill race. STEAMER SINKS IN LAKE PARTY OF 22 PLEASURE SEEKER8 NEARLY DROWN AT PISTAKEE* GUESSING CORN STAND. Bow Mmiy t'HiuifrH Me**lire 10O Hill* In Securing Their Crop K«tliuate«. There is one thing concerning the ^isual estimate of a field of coru that is worth thinking about just now, when so much attention has been attracted to the stand, and no little anxiety felt over its development, says A. J. Bill in the Bloomington, 111., Pantaj;rapb. The supposed and reported st tnd of corn is a shrewd estimate or guess from a gen­ eral look over the field. How many farmers know the stand ol their corn in exact figures? How many mark off 100 hills and find out by counting how many of this 100 are missing, how many con­ tain but one stalk, how many two stalks, how many three stalks, and so on? And repeat this in three or four parts of the field? How else can one know exactly? It doesn't take much time or effort to do this counting. And again, who knows how large a per cent of a perfect' stand can reasonably be expected under favor­ able conditions? This ougbt to be <nown from a standard of comparison. If the actual standard of corn were as­ certained by counting for several years in succession, we find out what per c^nt is meant by an average stand, a good stand and an extia good stand, and thus have definite standards of comparison; just as we do in the field per acre. This is a good year and this is a good time to begin making a written record of the exact stand of corn of each field. No donbt there will be some good sized sur­ prises with the following of this plan. And likewise considerable improvement in the stand secured and increase in the profit. Knowing the lack of stand and how this differs in different fluids, greater pains would be taken to find the cause and to improve the conditions. Captain Anderson'* Boat, "Pinwheel," Spring* Leak and Goes Down--All Pam- encers Saved. Twenty-two Chicago pleasure seekers, two of them women with babies in their arms, went down in the steamer, "Pin- wheel, " Sunday in Pistakee lake, about one mile from shore, midway between the landing at the St. Paul depot and Stilling's hotel. For fifteen minutes the passengers struggled in the water before help reached them, and it was only by the merest chance that they were saved the Algonquin steamer, "Olympia, being near at hand. • The Pinwheel, owned by Captain An derson, was a decayed, old single deck craft, totally unfit for use in carrying passengers. Singing sentimental songs in chorus, the merry party started for the plea ant ride across the lake The distanc is about two miles from the St. Paul railroad station to the summer settle ment on Pistakee Bay. Altho the at mosphere was warm and there was no immediate signs of a storm, a high wind was blowing and the lake was rather choppy, thus putting quite strain 01^ the old boat. Suddenly the singing and hilarity ceased. Word had been passed that the boat had sprung a leak and was filling rapidly. The man who acted as engin eer first saw the water spouting through the bottom of the boat. He threw on full speed to try to make shore, but the pressure of the water quickly enlarged the leak and the ri^h of water soon ex tinguished the boiler fire. The young people looked* at each other in horror, for the boat was a full mile from shore and it was believed that the water was very deep. It was also discovered that there was only one man in the boat who could swim and even he was far from being an expert This young man, Harry Anderson pulled off all his clothing and prepared to do his part in assisting the unfortu nates who could not swim, paying par ticular attention to the two women with babies. Within one or two minutes after the discovery of the leak the boat sank There was a frantic struggle in the water as the boat settled and the women held the babies high above their heads The water was not as deep however as the frightened crew believed and it was soon discovered that they could keep their heads above water by hanging onto the wooden covering of the boat. They could not have held this posi tion for long however as the water was nearly up to their nostrils. For ten minutes the party waited, when the Algonquin steamer, Olympia, owned by Koch & Keleban, came upon the scene. George Engeln of McHenry, who is con­ sidered the best swimmer in this part of the country, being as much at home in the water as a duck, was on the Olympia and it did not take him long to take in the situation and to consider the neces­ sity for active work. He stripped in an instant and was in the water with rope making for the now thoroughly exhausted people hanging to the sub­ merged boat. George carried the rope to the Pinwheel and allowed the passen­ gers to climb upon his shoulders and go hand over hand to the Olympia. In this way a,ll were landed safelv on the dry deck, thanking their lucky stars; George Engeln and the owners of th£ Olympia for the rescue. Nearly all of the baggage was lost, but the clothing that had been oast asidj was gathered in by Engeln and re­ turned to the owners. In this work Engeln drifted a long distance from the boats owing to the strong wind, - but he demonstrated his ability to hold the title of champion swimmer and reached the boats none the worse for the experienoe. It was at first reported that consider­ able money was lost, but later reports show that only about $50 in money went to the bottom, being lost by young An­ derson. Eugene Field, Jr. of Buena Park, son of the late poet, whs among the passen­ gers on the Olympia. EXCHANGE GLEANINGS. Bappcnllkgi In McHenry and Adjacent Counties. MRS. DAVID PARKER. Died Monday Morning at Her Libertyville. Home la Mrs. David Parker, a former resident of this village, died at her home in Lib­ ertyville, 111., on Monday morning, July 4, after a lingering illness. The funeral services were held Tuesday aft­ ernoon at one p. m , at tbe family resi­ dence and the remains laid to rest in the family lot at Dean's Corners. Obit­ uary will appear later. Lout Hi* Great Top. In attempting to mount a bicycle when barefooted Willie Karls, son of Fred Karls, the carpenter, met with a painful accident Tuesday and as a re­ sult lost the great toe of his right foot When mounting the wheel his toe was caught between the sprocket wheel and chain, crushing the member badly, be­ sides spraining the ankle. Ehr. Witlls was called to dress the wound. An at­ tempt was made to save the toe. but it was found the next day that amputa­ tion would be necessary. The opera- Small waists are no longer in style It's the round plump waists that couie by taking Hollister's Rocky Mountain i tjon wag performed at one o'clock by Tea; that's all tbe go. 85 oents. Tea I j)r_ Wells. Tbe boy is recovering nice- or tablet form. G. W. Besley. ly. - Waukegan has a population of 12,779. Geo. W. Arnold of Delevan, Wis., wears a pair of shoes to "meetin' " that were made over fifty years ago. They are clearing the carp out of the lakes at Madison; a seine a mile long is used. In one of the lake^ no less than 47,000 pounds were secured in one day. Individual specimens of this water hog have been secured, weighing as much as 100 pounds, most of the flesh acquired no doubt, at the expense of better fish At four o'clock Friday morning of last week a fire broke out in the Union Grove opera house which, before it was subdued, destroyed four of the princi pal buildings of the village and for time threatened the entire community The total loss will reach over $16,000. The latest novelty in looping the loop is the invention of an ingenious wheel man of Berlin, Bottner by name, who has constructed a double loop, and hap pily performed the feat of passing thru it on his wheel. It is most certainly the pinnacle of mad daring, and will at all events not very soon witness a rival in popular favor. The ground for the Wilmot Catholic church was broken Wednesday and the work will continue steadily until coin pletion. The building is to be 84 x 64 feet in dimensions with 16 ft posts and a basement 7 ft. deep. It will be cen trally 1 cated on the north end of the grounds. Tbe spire of the building will be on the northeast corner and Vhe en trance from the east. Over tWenty-five hundred will be spent on the structure The new race track at Libertyville is nearing completion and will be the fin est in the state. Already three of the ten large barns are completed and the track requires only tbe finishing touches to 'put it in shape so that horses can work on it. This track is of an ideal soil composition and especially adapted as a training ground. The stretches will be eighty-five feet wide and the turns, which are thrown up even more than is customary, eighty feet, making it one of the safest tracks in the country. Raymond, the little five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wirtz whose farm is just south-west of Ivanhoe, was kicked by a colt Monday afternoon, 'receiving injuries from which he died Tuesday. Raymond was playing about the yard when a horse and colt belonging to h 8 uncle, whose farm is opposite that of John Wirt*', strayed into the inclosure. The boy'smother told him to drive the horses bock through the gate, and the little fellow started to do so. As soon as he came close enough the colt snd denly wheeled and kicked him in tbe stomach, then ran into the road. THE YACHT RACES- LOSE ONE AND WIN ONE. M'HENRY BALL TEAM AT LAST FINDS ITS GAIT. Wins From the Woodstock Grays la a Close and Kxcltlng Battle--Lose to El- Kin Crescents. Witnessed by Large Crowds on Fourth- Lor I nier's Boat Wins In Class A. The yacht races at the Bay were wit­ nessed by a large crowd on the Fourth, and as a whole tbe races were exciting and entertaining. In the clas- A race Wm. Lorimer's boat, "Pats," came in first with the 'Buttinsky," Andrew McAnsh's boat, second. The "Claribel" was third and the "Creole,1' Miss Neva Peters, cap­ tain, finished fourth. in the class C race "Mist" won the honors. In this race Edwin Schillo's boat, the "Neptune," finished first, but was disqualified, owing to a man going overboard. The three leaders in the cat boat race finished as follows: Ethel N, Julien, Nicodemus. •.* In the special cup raoe between tjjiie cat boats the Nicodemus carried away the prize. The Pinafore would have finished second had the Buttinsky not been so anxious to prove its name. Near the finish it butted into the Pina­ fore, preventing that boat from getting in on time. Following is the program for the coming week: JULY 9, SATURDAY. 10:00 a. m. Third regular race- sloops. 2:80 p. m. Third regular raoe--cat- boats. 8:00 p. m. Dancing at club house. JULY 10, SUNDAY. 2:00 p. m. Flag parade. JULY 15, KKIDAY: 10.00 a., m. Special handicap raoe-- sloops. 2:80 p in. Special race--catboats. 8:00 p. m. Informal at club house. A 1'roclamatluu. For the benefit of dog owners, notice is hereby given that the ordinance re­ garding securing license tags for dogs must be complied with at once. All an­ imals found running at large without license will be disposed of by the officers. Bicycle riders are requested to keep off the sidewalks. Not only do they annoy pedestrians, but there, is absolute dan­ ger of some child or aged person being injured. Further warniug in these alters should not be necessary. JOHN I. STOKY. President Public 8wle. TLe J. J. Meyers estate, consisting of two lots and two-story building, situat­ ed opposite John P. Lay's store at Johnsburgh. 111., will be sold at public auction at the east door of the court house, Woodstock, 111 , Saturday, July 9, at one o'clock. The above building may be used as a stove or saloon, with Htying room* on the seoond floor* 'A They had almost gone up in the air; The knockers knocked them so; T won Id cause any ball team to despair, But now! yon bet, we crow! The McHenry base ball team has at last proven to the citizens of McHenry what The Plaindealer has claimed for it since the season opened--that it is com­ posed of good n^aterial, and lacked only a little practice and a whole lot of en­ couragement from the people who should support them. The path of the Mc­ Henry tea.ii lias not been as smooth as it might be owing to deficiency in the treasury and listening to complaints from thosti7 who were expecting too much. But sinoe the gam* on the Fourth, when the Woodstock Grays were de­ feated in a closely contested and excit­ ing battle, the-treasury is in better con­ dition, no complaints are heard and the habitual knockers have taken to the woods. The Grays came over to win and had fixed up the team in winning order, but it was no use, the McHenry boys were there with the goods and delivered them to the delight of the local fans present. Despite tbe fact that Dick Walsh had two fingers on his right band done up in a rag on account of a split finger, he pitched a superb game, holding the heavy hitters from the county seat down to tbe proper level at all times. Up to the sixth inning not an error bad been charged up to a McHenry man. The score stood 9 to 8 in'McHenry's favor at the end of the eighth inning, and the crowd was up on its toes for short time. In the first half of the ninth Kaiser of the Grays led off with a hit and stole second. Clark followed with a three bager, bringing in Kaiser' score. Sash bunted the ball to Walsh who retired Clark when that gentleman tried to reach home. Sash attempted to steal third, but never reached the bag. Burger then came to bat, cut three big holes in the air with his stick and ended the firist half of the ninth. It was now an even score, and Mc­ Henry had one more chance at the bat. Heimer, the slugger, led off with nice double, Voeltz got to first on an error and Heimer advanced to third Eldredge came next to bat with an ugly look in his eye that did not appear fa vorable for Woodstock. He landed on the pig skin for a clean single and Heim­ er crossed tbe pan with the winning run. and put up a clean game. It is now a game each with these two teams. The rubber will be played on Saturday, July SO, on the local diamond. SATURDAY'S OA MS. The contest last Saturday with the Elgin Crescents was a good game, but was marred by the continual kicking on the part of the boys from the watch city. There was hardly a close decision that did not stir up a row on the dia­ mond. They had no license to win the gamt and only did so thru base ball luck. Walsh struck out fifteen m«n, but nearly every time a Crescent landed on the little sphere it dropped beyond tbe reach of the players. When the McHenry boys hit the ball it invariably settled down into somebody's mit. As in the Fourth of July game Walsh had two fingers done up, but it did not seem to prevent his sending in those ugly chin scrapers. In this game Heimer was tried on third, and Voeltz on second. It was fouud however that the former is better in the old position and there he will Btick hereafter. SCORE A. B. R NUMBER L O C A L B R I E F S McHenry • lUSl t'II, i f (•ihhs c Heimer, 3d b Klrt reditu, c t Vooltt. 2mi b Ooltli, s s Wall*, r t /Juiuieriiiuii,nfe-b W. t«chrelner» Walsli, p Total •Schreiner batted tor Walsh. Crescents Williams, c f Laas, 1st b Parmiloe, 1 ( Cleary, 3d b Flint, c Mead. Snd b Raymoud, s s Daniels, r f Letivlg, p A. B. Total McHenry--0 Crescents--1 po 0 14 4 1 1 0 0 7 0 0 Zi PO 1 15 1 0 V 8 0 0 0 27 McHenry Matthews, j- f (ilbbs, c Heimer. 2nd b oeltz. :id b idredjfe. e t itib. s H Walsh, p Wulte, If m merman, 1st b Knox* Total (irays Collier, h B lloward, 3d b Eddy, 1st b Kaiser, I f Clark, r f, Sash. 2nd b (turgor, p ('< iiites, c f Wltherell, c A. B. ft S 5 5 5 4 0 4 4 4 41 A. B. 5 ft 5 5 5 5 ft 4 4 R t 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 10 R 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 PO 4 11 2 4 2 0 1 2 2 0 27 PO P 1 8 1 0 4 1 0 » 9 +24 11 Total ~ 43 •Knox batted for Walsl). +None out when winning run was made. McHenry--0 0 0 0 5 1 2 1 1--10 ( i r a y s -- 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 4 1 -- » Earned runs--McHenry. 2; Urays. 8. Tbree- liase hit Clark. Two-tiase hlt-Heliuer, Waite, Howard. Clark. Wltherell. First on balls off Walsh, f>: off Burger, 3. Left on bases--McHenry, 3; Grays. 7. First base on errors -McHenry, ">; Grays. 3. Struck out - by Walsh, 11; by Bulger. 1ft. Wild pitch--by Walsh. 2. Passed balls Ulbbs <2;. Witherell. stolen bases -Knox, Waite (3). Collier (2), Kai­ ser (2), Clark. 8ash (3), Burger, Wltherell. Hit hv pitcher -Waite. Time of name--2 hours. Umpire--Mead. A FEW BASE HITS. They all played ball from start to finish. Matthews got three put-outs in right field and two hits. Now will the knockers be good? The boys bit the ball at the right tim and in the right plsoe. Four hits in the fifth inning resulted in getting five runs, with the assistance of one er­ ror. Willie Voeltc is in the game for all there is in it He is a valuable acquisi­ tion on third, while Cobb does much better at short. Gibbs is a power behind the bat, but a little slow in getting them down tio second, which acoouots for the stolen bases. He will soon cutout the stealing business however. Eldredge made a long run and caught a fly in center, falling on his nose, but he hung onto the ball. Waite got three hits out of four times at bat. He now has a batting average of 364, while Gibbs comes seoond with .851. Heimer is credited with the most long hits. The way he lands on a ball is fierce. Wepdrtook bop g*atlemen 45 6 10 27 13 1 8 1 0 0 0 0--4 2 0 0 0 8 0 0--6 Earned runs--McHenry, 1. Three base hit. Daniels. Two-base hit--Cobb. Stolen bases-- Justen, Oibbs (2), Cobb, Waite, Raymond (3), Lenvlg, Laas. Sacrifice hits--Gibbs, Zimmer­ man. Mrst on balls--<)tf Walsh, 3; off Lenvlg, 1. Left on liases--McHenry, ti; Crescents, S. Struck out--by Walsh, 15; by Lenvlg. 10. Wild pitch- Walsh. First base on errors MoHoury 3; Crescents, 4. Passed ball--Gibbs. Hit by pitcher--Schreiner, Voeltz. Time of game-- 1 h, 40 m. I'mpires Newman and Mead. <IulMi»burgh Defeats Klngwood. The Johnsburgh and Ringwood base ball teams battled on the diamond at Johnsburgh Sunday, the former team winning by a soore of 18 to 14. Follow ing ie tbe game by innings: Johnsburgh 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 --18 Ringwood 1 0 0 0 6 8 4 -0 0--14 RECKLE88 AUTO DRIVING. Batter Market. Butter was declared firm by the quo­ tation committee at 17} cents; none said. One year ago butter sold at 21} cents; two years ago at 22 cents; three years ago at 18$ cents. An ad in The Plaindealer "wantnc6l- umn will bring results. The Ideal Entertainers at St off el's hall tonight. Benefit local camp M. W • A- Little Helen Cobb had the •utfortslaik to run a spading fork thru her foot kftaf Monday evening. The Baraca class of the M. EL. churdfk will give a social on tbe evening of July 15. Particulars later. ;i?VM Wacon Smashed on River Bridge Taw day--Ordinance to Regulate Hpeed. The reckless driving of automobiles thru the streets of McHenry must be stopped. An ordinance governing the speed of the "devil" wagons is published in another column of this paper, and the officials declare that unless' the rules are complied with some offender will be taken up and fined heavily for an example. An instance of recklessness and lack of good common sense was demonstrat­ ed on the river bridge Tuesday marning when an auto ran down Mike Worts' wagon, causing considerable damage.' Mr. Worts came onto the bridge from tbe east end and at the same time an automobile, driven by a woman, entered trom the west. Mr. Worts knew that his horse would become frightened but he could not turn around nor could he back off the bridge. The auto driver should have backed out of the way and allowed the wagon to pass. Ins Mad of doing so, however, the machine went ahead, apparently no notice being taken of the horse which was trying to back out of the way. The auto struok the rear wheel of the wagon and even then did not stop, hut crushed the wheel in and pulled the horse back so that its rear shoes were'pulled off. The man who was in the auto had the audacity to order Mr. Worts to get out of the road. One can readily imagine the lat­ ter gentleman's indignation. Under the new ordinance the man in the ma­ chine should have been arrested and made to pay dearly for bis recklessness. As it was Mr. Worts made him settle for damages on the spot There is searoely a day psssrs that a machine does not go thru the streets faster than is good for tbe public safety. Attorney C. P. Barnes of Woodstock is one of the most conscientious and alert drivers that comes to McHenry. He never passes thru the busy streets faster than a man can walk and often pulls down into the gutter and allows a team to pass. There is no earthly rea­ son why others should not use the same precaution. Mr. Wentworth, who drives Simon Stoffel's machine, is also very careful, and by this time knows what horses to avoid in the village. John Stroner's block on main street has been grea:ly improved with this judicious use of a paint brush. j Mr. and Mrs. H. Zimmerman are tftji - parents of a baby boy. The young geai^ tleman arrived Sunday morning. t.v Leave your orders for dye wotlt. Anything from a feather to an overcoat. Opposite Riverside. 45-tf E. La wins. ' Frank Rothermel is now occupyi£^; his new house on River street, his housfe hold goods having been moved out laat week by George Meyers, Jr. Jud Wheeler and J. M. Goraiack aa& families and Willie Ensign spent UMi'- fourth at Pistakee bay and christened their new boat, Miss Miller. Small picnics and family parties of eight persons or less can be taken to the bay, lake or any place within twelv* miles, for a day at very reasonable rates. by J. M. Cormack, Jr. :» If you enjoy good music, tf you enjqf good reading, if you en-joy a good langfi, attend the entertainment at Stoft'el'f hall tonight. The Ideal Bntertainqm.. are the best on the road. : " Owing to lack of patronage the OUvtr i base ball team will play no more garnaa if,"- in Woodstock this season. Saturday 1 and Sunday game* * ' of town hato* been scheduled for weeks ahead. it A - V ^ •? '! ¥ , - t 3 The dance at Stoffel'« hall on the eva^ . ' ning of July 4th was attended by aboat <- 's 'mt seventy-five couples. The music fur- ^ ttished by Reed was as good as ever, and ^ ! the supper served by Mrs. Brink was a feature of the evening s pleasures. . I • N. . JFT&V For some reason letters from aeveril; ; correspondents have failed to reach ua . ^" this week. There is undoubtedly soma good excuse, but we trust that all be on hand next week with letters long- enough to make up for the lost time. ^ 1 Rev. Mecca Varney, state superii- * . tendeht of franchise, will speak in ; Modern Woodman hall, Ringwood, Sal* ;• urday evening, July 9. She is one of , , ^ the brightest of the younger women of, " 1 j ] the organization. Come out and he*r ^ a good lecture. All invited. ^r-: The personal tax list appears on the i t ̂ Jfi < editorial page of this issue. Note ho# < j you are rated, and if you think the sum ' •' j1 is too large make your complaint befor* j the board of review. If it is not high 5 !' enough your neighbor will probably ',-v notify the board and have.the arw\>;$* corrected. , J. Miss Mary Freund of Waucondasays/| Miss Emmert, the optician, fitted wtiiib with a pair of glasses which have entires ^ f-. *<£.,' ly overcome a severe sick headache with, ,• ,i which I had suffered greatly. I ani , very much pleased with the glasses as ? " ' they have proven entirely satisfactory"' in every respect. ; *;v . " if The Domestic Science club is prepare <; ;§ i ing to hold an open air meeting in the £ ^ /^jji p a r k o n S a t u r d a y , J u l y 2 3 , f r o m 9 . - 0 0 a . | m. to 4:00 p. m. At this time we hava_. not learned the nature of the program. , a It will be published in a later issue. It \ is safe to say it is something good. Tbia;-"-v^| * 's fe' : club has never been known to do things **•' \ 1 \ b, haiv«. I Mr. Douley's Return. Mr. Dooley's thousands of readers and admirers will be glad to learn of his re­ turn. His delightful and inimitable letters upon topics of the times, which have now gained for him a world-wide fame, will begin in The Sunday Record- Herald of July 10 and will appear every Sunday thereafter. There is but one Dooley. A Chicago product, his quaiitft and humorous phi­ losophy is now known wherever the English language is spoken. The com­ ing presidential campaign and other current events will afford a wealth of material for his pen. Mary had a little lad W hose face was fair to see, Because each night he had a drink Of Rocky Mountain Tsfc. G. W. 7- The crowd of people at the resorts* ,t| 1 over Sunday and Monday broke all pre-' ̂ - s vious records. Every hotel on the river and at the lakes had all rooms en- gaged weeks ahead, and as a conse-'f quence when the crowd came Saturday' C- | there were many who could not ^ accomodations. Every cot, hammock, bunk, couch, and even barns and sheds * /| " that Were anything like clean were used. From early Saturday until It late Monday evening ever/ horse and :'~-f man in Holtr 's livery and many extra -U helpers were kept on the jump in trans- porting the people to and from the re- i ^ # sorts. It is a conservative estimate to 'if place the number of people who got off ; the trains here during those two days at - 1.000. On Monday evening a special f train of ten coaches was made up here | and it was filled to the limit Several hundred left on later trains and in the morning. PERFECT FITTING GLAS8&£ Mo One tipd to Buy Free* Bye* E11 •rrni. -'.1 V '.--..A- Miss Emmert, the expert optMaa of ||| Chicago will make her regular monthly visit to McHenry next Tuesday. July l?. She will be at the office of Dr. Ross. II iss Emmert makes regular visits to McHenry-and will change lsnuss fitted ; by her as many timis in two fstn Sfe; is necessary^ mUS li* \ ^ i