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§; • '!5»S3 VOLUME XXX, • McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1904. NUMBER 18 PURELY PERSONAL W in. Bonslett Chicagoed Friday last. Geo. H. Hanly was a Chit-ago visitor Tuesday. Caesie Eldredge was a Chicago vifitor Saturday. , F. K. Granger spent Tuesday in the windy city. . - \ J. J. Reserwa® a Chicago passenger ' Wednesday. •" "• •• Miss Julia, A. St6ry wai a Chicago visitor Tuesday. t : - John Thelen of Chicago spent Sunday with relatives here. ' Dr. ami Mrs. F. C. Ross spent Friday Wit.ii Aurora relatives. Mrs. Geo. Hunt took the train to Chi­ cago Tuesday morning. \ ... Will Lamphere of WauooAda was a McHenry caller Monday. " A. C. Matthews took the train for Chicago Friday morning.'** L. W. Jackson spent Thursday even­ ing with McHenry friends. Fred Karges spent a few daysthe past week wiuTtttiicago friends. Joseph Buteb of ^Chicago is visiting McHenry friends this week. Miss Nellie Noonan is Visiting with relatives in Carpehtersville. A. F. Weckler was in th#1 city visit­ ing his parents over Sunday. Miss Tillie Feltz of Glen Ellyn spent Sunday with her parents here. Bobt Matthews has quit his job at at the West side meat market. ~ m Frtd Katnholz of Glen Ellyn spent Sunday-with McHenry friends. A. K. Nordquist of Milwaukee visited home folks the first of the week. Henry Nanholtz of Glen Ellyn was the guest of friends hete Sunday. John-I^ Young and family spent Son day with Spring Grove relatives. C. W. Peters spent the first of the week at his Pistakee Bay cottage. Fred Waruecke of Chicago is spend­ ing the week with Roy BoMtuider. Miss Rosa Vogt of Yolo yreited Miss Rosa Jasten a few days last week. Dick Walsh of' Chicago spent Satur­ day and Sunday with his parents here. Chas. Kruse, the Richmond hardware dealer, wis ifr town one day lastjNweek. Mrs. B. G. Wells and son, Glenn, spent several days"® Chicago last week. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Walsh of Grays- lake spent Sunday with McHenry rela­ tives. *• Chas. Douglas of Chicago waa a Mc­ Henry visitor the latter part of last week. Mrs. Anton Engeln and -daughter, Mary, were city visitors the first of the week. Miss Lizzie Mason of Chicago spent the first of the week with McHemy friends. Edward Knox and Robert Sutton left Monday morning for St. Louis to visit th^fair. Miss-Ger trude Brown of Chicago spent Saturday and Stinday with Miss Rosina Reynolds. Clayton Wilson of Roekford was the guest of friends here a few „d»y8 „the past week. Emil Lasch and son, Charlie, spent Saturday and Sunday at their cottage on the river. E. R. Gilbert of Chicago was the §gest of his brother, Win., a^id fan^jly over Sunday. Mrs. Paul Gerding spent a raw days the latter part'of the week wi^h Mc­ Hemy friends. - \ H. Zimmerman weht to'Cbicagos Fri­ day evening to spend a few days with his family there. ? \ Frank Going was a Chicago visitor s*} Tuesday last. He intends to move there in the near future. Henry Colby of Plain ville, Kan., a former McHenry business man, visited relatives here recently. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Muldqon and daughter of Robey, Ind., spent Sunday with McHenry relatives. Mrs. Theo. Bickler and son, Theodore, are visiting the former's daughter, Mrs. Frank Shelton, at Catlin, 111. Mrs. John I. Story and daughter, Ed­ na, went to Chicago Friday evening and j^tijrned the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sprang of Chica­ go spent a few days last week with rel atives in and around McHenry. Rev. Edward Cobb o£jlockvijle. Ind., was the guest of his mother, Mrs. Mary Cobb, here, the first of the weejc, * Chas. F.ldredge and daughter, Cassie, attended the funeral of the former s mother at Richmond Sunday last. Misses Eolia Boyer and Kate Howe and Mrs. Mary Cobb attended teachers' meeting at Richmond last Saturday. Dr. D. G. Wells. John Barbian and A1 Krause went to Chicago Saturday to witness the Chicago-Michigan football game. Mrs. F. E Martin and Mrs. W. C Whiting drove tfrCrystal Lake Tuesday and spent the day with Mrs. f\ F. Leonard. S. H. jFreund went to Chicago Mon­ day where be joined the Elgin board of trade excursionists who left that even­ ing for the m>rJd s fair- " Mrs. Mary Colby of Hartley, Iowa, and Mrs. Ora Colby of Nunda, Tioth former residents of McHenry, were call .ing on friends here last week. "Mr. ahd Mrs. Chas. Albrecht, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Myerand MissFreida Schroe- der of Dundee apd-Mtss Sophia Albrecht of Chicago spent Sunday with L. F. . Block. Ben Bonslett was a Uhicaga visitor Wednesday. A. J. Weckler of Chicago was a busi­ ness visitor here Wednesday. Mrs. H. H. Gardinier and daughter of Slocum's Lake were guests at the home of Mrs. Ella Lamphere a few days- the past. week. Lieutenant Governor W. A. North- cott, who spoke at a,rousing,Republican rally at Hebron 1 as tf Tuesday evening, stopped off here Wednesday morning on his way back to Chicago and shook hands with some of our town people. M. Kelter of Chicago was here last Saturday looking over his McHenry in­ terests, Of course he stopped at this office and shook hands with the "devil," and had the entire force been present there would nodoubt have been a gen­ eral handshake. WAS SUCCESSFUL FAIR. CLOSES WITH LARGE ATTEND- ANCE THURSDAY EVENING. ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT For Village of McHeiri'y Now an AMoretl Fact. The electric light question was defi­ nitely settled at - the special meeting of our village board last Thursday even­ ing. The meeting was called for the ptlrpose of acting upon the bond ques­ tion with the resplt that the bonds of the Electric Light company were unan­ imously accepted by the board. To the vihage board is due much praise for the able manner in which it has handled this 'inportant question. Much time has been spent in looking into this problem and after a careful consideration! as previously stated, uu ordinance tfas passed granting the pro­ posed Electric Light company a twenty- year franchise for conducting an elec­ tric light plant in our village. As this is a question w hich does not come be­ fore any village board very often inui-li time must necessarily be spent in view­ ing the different points on» the subject. We voice the sentiment of the people when we say that our city fathers have acted wisely in taking plenty of tune and looking into the jnatter thoroughly before grantiug such a franchise. We are informed by one of the rep­ resentatives of the Electric Light -Co. that poles and other appliauces have been ordered and work will begin as noon as they arrive Work on wiring residences has already been commenced by expert workmen. Thus another step has been taken in the right direction. Let the good work keep on. Auction Sale. Wm J. Overton has rented his farm and will dispose of his personal property at public auction, positively without re­ serve, on the Overton homestead in the village of Solon Mills, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, commencing at 10 o'clock a. m.: 142 head Of live stock, consisting of 32 choice cows, new milch and close spring­ ers; 6 canners and cutters; 5 yearling heifers; full blood 2-year-old Durham bull; yearling grade Durham bull; pair bfown mares, 12-year-olds, weight 2400; sorrel mare, 12 year-old, weight 1350; bay Morgan uiare, 15-year-old, weight 1000, in foal to son of Prairie King; gray mare, 7-year-old, weight 1100, good driver and very gentle; brown mare, 4- year-old, weight 1100, sired by Edward Y., fast roadster and very gentle; 12 full bh>od Poland China brood sows; full blood Poland China boar, 18 months old; S full blood Poland China boars 6 months .old*, 75 spring pigs; 150 Plymouth Rock hetm; 80 tons tame hay in barn; 20 tons lowland hay ; 600 bu. oats; 30 acres corn in shock; 10 acres corn stalks, in shock; quantity white flint seed corn; quantity good potatoes; farm machinery and tools of all kinds. The tools and machinery are nearly all new and in good condi­ tion. The stock is something worth having and should bring fancy prices. The cows are a fine lot and the horses are second to none. Don't miss this sale. Plenty to eat and drink at noon. Usual terms. Vogel will hold the ham- iher and P. K. Wright will keep tab. Remember the date. A feed mill and good lumber business for rent. Mud Hen Shoot. A mud hen shoot was held at McCol- lum's lake last Thursday. A number of our local hunters, accompanied by a number of Chicago sportsmen, made their way to the beautiful lake to the north of our,village on the aforesaid morning for a day's sport. The day was not exactly favorable for shoot ing, but, everything considered, a good record was made in spite of the existing condi­ tions. They succeeded in capturing 150 Of the feathered tribe, Dr. Hunt making the best inividnal bag, pulling down 30. The following took part in the shoot: W. Holtz J. Riley Simon Dragoo Dr. Geo- Hunt L. A. Horlick Joe Bishop Ernest Buch Tony Engeln School Notes. Willie Niesen is a new pupil in the sixth grade. Myrtle Wattles has returned to school after an absence of a week. Wanted--Answer to the puzzling query: "What is the weight of a pound of feathers?" Address 'H. J. L.r' Mc­ Henry High School. The third room pupils are progressing finely with their zoological collection. They have recently added a snake. But do not let this fact drive away auy prospective visitors; it isn't a "rattler." Thru a mistake made somewhere be­ tween the hands of the correspondent and the press it was stated that Miss Howe had taken charge of the second grade recitations. It should have read: "charge of two of the recitations of the aacond grade." A Good Sum Is Realized and St. Mary'* Pariah iouertt are Jubilant--Some Win­ ners of Prizes. St. Mary V Catholic church fair came to a close last Thursday evening and as a result the church treasury has been increased about one thousand dollars. The exact amount cannot, be given at this time, as there aire still a few bills to be handed in. The parishioners are very jubilant over their success, extend­ ing their hearty thanks and apprecia­ tion for the outside help tendered them during the fair's progress. Especially do they thank those who so willingly tendered their services for the dramatic ahd vocal programs. «** • The programs given were of the pleas­ ing order, every number being capably rendered. Owing to lack of space we cannot give each participant special mention, but cannot refrain from rnak- iug mention of the song, "Artie," sung by Fred Karges and chorus, Mr. Karges making a big hit with the audience. Below we print a list of the winners of various articles raffled off during the fair: Mrs. Theo. Grot, large Wilton rag. Mrs. Emil Snyder, Woodstock, ladies' Mexican drawn work collar. Arthur Freund, box Royal Crown cigars. Tony Schermann, Rosedale, fancy hair pin tidy. Mrs. Anna Stoffel, sofa pillow. . Mrs. Nelson Eby, sofa cushion. Miss Katie Schreiner, glove and hand­ kerchief sachet. Mrs. J. W. Freund, lace, curtains. Miss Lizzie K. Miller, silk umbrella. Mrs. Theo. Bickler, bed spread. Mrs. R. Schiessle, marble shelf. Miss Lizzie Turner, fancy center piece. T- Mrs. E. Niemann, half dozeu silver knives and forks,^ Mrs. J., J Frwind, Spring Grove, landscape gicture. / Mrs. J. H. Miller; table cover. Miss Katie Schaefers*chenille table cover. Mrs. John Schaefer, Johnsburgh, framed picture. Martin Couway, glass water set. Mrs. Math. Engeln, china fruit plate. N. F. Freund. glass water set Chas. Slimpin, 604 W. Chicago St.. Elgin, table spread. Jos. Diedric-h; Life of Saints. Maria A. Weber, silver fruit knives. Theo. H. Bethke, linen table cover. Jay Gilbert, picture, Rock of Ages. Rina Niesen, rocking chair, Stepb. Justeij, glass berry set. Mrs. Theo. Winkels, silk crazy quilt. John Kennebeck, Life of Columbus. Mrs. A Schneider, glass water set. James Fitzsimmons, fancy doll. Willie Heiuier, framed picture of Rev. Barth. Edyth Petesch, History of Cook Coun­ ty- A. 8chneider, dressed doll. Mrs Will Fischer. haud basket. Mrs. M. t). Weber, Btfttenburg center piece. Mrs. Susie Smith, fancy silk cushion cover.' Miss Julia Story, ladies' hat. MARENGO MAN KILLED. 1 - i Oeorge A. RennM, Rural Route Inspect­ or, Meet* Sudden Dea^h. * NO EVIDENCE FOUND And Boya are- i>ii*charsed After Examination. a Long After filing a complaint and shearing out a warrant for the arrest of Albert B. Kern, Harold'H. Herines and Albert J. Mueller, all of Chicago, the first named boy was withdrawn from the or­ iginal complaint, he (Albert B.^Kern) appearing at the examination last Fri­ day evening in the capacity of state de­ fendant. The case was brought before Police Magistrate Wattles, Oscar Miller a young Chicago attorney, appearing as prosecutor and Attorney C. fV"Barnes of Woodstock, defendant. ; The city hall, where the examination was held, was packed to the doors with eager listeners, a case of this kind being a rare occurrence here. Win. McRob- erts was the first witness called, he tes- tifying^that his cottage was broken into during the second week in October and that later he identified some of the stolen goods iu the Kern cdttage during its occupancy by the above named yonng men. The next, to take the stand was Albert B Kern, at whose cottage the trio had stayed during the week The rest called upon to testify follow**!* in the order named; Ben Stilling, A1 bert j. Mueller. Harold H. Hermes. ANOTHER HAPPY COUPlE BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY AT 8T MARY'S CHURCH. In Presence of- Large Congregation ,, terglay Morning--Wedding at Johns- burgh. A wedding ceremony of much interest to McHenry apd Wauconda people was solemnized at St. Mary's Catholic church yesterday morning, the bridal couple being Mr. Mathias Freund of Waucon­ da and Miss Kathryn Justen of Mc­ Henry. ' . , Promptly at nine o'clock the bridal party marched to the foot of the altar to the beautiful strains of a wedding march, Very ably rendered by Miss Catherine Freund of Wauconda, sister of the grooui. The bride was daintily attired in a gown of white French em­ broidered silk lace grenadine and car­ ried a beautiful bouquet of bridal roses. She was attended by Miss Clara Justen, sister of the bride, .?tnd Miss Mary Freund, sister of the groom. They wore gowns of light blue silk and car­ ried carnations. The groom was at­ tended by Henry, /J. Schaffer, a cousin, and Jos. Buch of Chicago. Rev. M. W. Barth, pastor of the church, officiated at the ceremony. ^ AGRICULTURAL BOARD" I / Met at WoodHtock October 15 and Elect­ 1 L O C A J L B R I E F S ed Officers. 1 The McHenry County Agricttltnial board met at the opera house in Wood­ stock Saturday" afternoon, Oct. 15; re­ ceived reports from the officers of the association, amended a few of the by laws, discussed plans for the future and elected officers for the coming year, says The Sentinel. The attendance was not as large as might have been desired, but the town­ ships in the county were fairly repre­ sented and all seemed enthusiastic for the welfare of the organization and the success of its future fairs. V The Hon. William Desmond,, preei dent of the board, called the meeting to order. Tiite report of Secretary George A. Hunt was read by that efficient of­ ficer and nnanimously received and adopted. It was a most comprehensive report and was very interesting. Some of the expense items were for advertis­ ing. $460.90; attractions, $596.80; expert judges, $75.40; general expenses, $374.54; hay and straw, $91.75; hotel and livery, includiug meals on the grounds, $211.75; > labor. $657.75; printing and stationery, $183.80. The total receipts from the speed department were $1,315.50, whiles Butter Market. No offerings nor aatoe. ket firm at 21}. eff Hot blast Hot blast heaters from Chicago ' . Drugs and fountain pens at Petesch Your drug wants are best supplied atf Petesch's, • - " " ... ' '• . ' -5 Hot blast heaters from Chicago at 0»- munfiros/' • - ....- ."'"'r McOmber's annual corn contest opens this week"'. See his ad. George. A. Bennett, rnral route mail inspector,;..for northern Illinois, met death in an automobile accident on Fri day, say* the Elgin Courier. Mr. Bennett and R. B. Willard, both prominent residents of Marengo, werir making a preliminary survey for a rnral mail route. They were in Mr. Ben­ nett's automobile, which be had had About two weeks. The accident occurred near Harmony. McHenry county. A s the men iu the auto approached a bridge at this point, they met a rural mail carrier driving a team of mules. The mules became frightened on perceiving the auto, and swervtd about, running after the ma­ chine, and Mr. Bennett U>oked around to see what had happened. This was just as the auto struck the bridge, and as it did sojt plunged off the end of the same, a distance of about ten feet.' It turned upside dowu, pinioning both men underneath it. The derrick wheel sttsuck Mr Bennett in the chest, crush­ ing the same. He lived about forty minutes. Mr. Wi'lard was seriously bruised, but it is thought he will prob­ ably recover/ Some think that Mr. Bennett intend­ ed to stop the machine, but in his con­ fusion caught hold of the wrong lever, which forced the machine on the bridge with such momentum that it caused it to bound to one side. , Mr. Bennett had lived in Marengo nearly all his life. He was very well liked. A widow and one son -survive him. / . > ; • A Card of Thank*. • We extend the hearty thanks and good will of St. Mary's parish to all who in anywise contributed to the success of our lair held last week. We are espec­ ially grateful to those who so kindly* assisted in the concert program and en­ tertainments jriven during the fair. M. W. BARTH, Pastor, , FAIR COMMITTEE. Hall of Congresses* World's Fa.ir, St. Louis* Detective Hughes, Mrs. Muellerr^wbtb- er of Albert J. Mueller, «nd Mr. Herrn* es, father of-Harold H. Hermes. After a lengthy dispute between defendant and prosecutor the case was left to the judge to decide. Mr. Wattles discharg­ ed the young men implicated, failing to find sufficient evidence to1 warrant bind­ ing them over to the grand jury. QUARTER OF A CENTURY. •£> I ItemH Cli pped front The-'-fMaindealer of October «»; M?9. Tuesday. D. S. and Byron D Smith started for their home in Nebraska on Tuesday morning. One hundred and fifty of the O. W. Owen watches sotil and all satisfactory. They can't be beat. We contemplate improving The Plaindealer ahd Inaking it more com­ pletely a modern, country, local news­ paper. As will be seen in another coluniu, A. B. Coon, master in chancery, will sell the McHenry brewery at public, auction on Nov. 2l8t. The store of Perry •& Martin's is be ing enlarged by an addition on the south side which will be connected to the main store by an archway, and y^hen completed it will be as roomy and Con venient.a store as there is in the county. The work is being done by A. Wendell. Where Mr. Mryan Was. The politicians have been wondering where iMr. Bryan went after the St. Louis convention. It is not generally known that after a few days' .rest at home he quietly slipped away with his family to the Southwest, visiting, among other places, the Indian pueblo of Acoma and t^e. Grand Canyon of Arizona. At Acoma Mr. Bryan found an exam­ ple of sensible socialism. Since the ad­ vent of Coronado in 1540 the Pueblo Indians of that skylight city have lived in tn^li as they do today, having many things in common, yet retaining enough of the personal equation to make it worth while for each individual to bus tie for hiuist If. They are a peaceable folk, raisers of sheep, farmers and pot­ ters. Though full fledged American citizens, they do not vote, so Mr. Bry­ an's mission was not a proselyting one. At the Grand Canyon he saw the world's greatest scenic wonder. Mr. Bryitn rode a stalwart Democratic mule down the trail and back at Bright Angel, a trip of sixteen miles. What Mr. Bry­ an thinks of the Canyon will be told in the Commoner. What the mule thought of his -weighty rider will n6ver he known outside of the corral. Mrs. Geo. Frisby entertained a party of ladies at a quilting bee last Tuesday, in honor of Mrs. W. B. Postman of Aus- The following ladies were present: Mesdames John Gibbs, R. J, Sutton, J. B. Frisby, P. Walsh, Ellen Walsh, Ed. Knox, F. J. Ward, W. B. Postman, and Miss M. AvJ-.vard. iMr. and Mrs. Herman Stulp of'Genoa Junction and Mr. and Mrs. Will Bank of ades Corner spent Sunday'with Henry (lodlwuilji After the ceremony at the church the bridal party and a company of immedi­ ate relatives and friends of the young couple made their way to the home" of the bride's parents, which had been tastefully decorated with chrysanthe­ mums and white and; green house plants, where a delicious wedding din­ ner was served. Mr. and Mrs. Freund were the recipients of many presents., both useful and ornamental. Mfs. Freund is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Justen, a charming young lady, having a large circle Of ac­ quaintances in and around McHenry. She has always made this place her home and nnmbers her friends by the hundreds. Mr. Freund is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Freund of Wauconda and is one of McHenry's most prtiriti*; ing young business men, having suc­ cessfully conducted a blacksmith shop here since the first of March, and has a bright future before him. The wedding ceremony was attended by quite a number of Wauconda and Chicago people, most of whom remained hero and took in the dance given at Buch's hall in the evening by the young couple. For the present Mr., and Mrs. Freund will make their home with the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Justen, where they will be at-home -to their friends. The Plaindealer joins with their many friends in extending congratulations. BIETHDKN-THKLEN. At nine o'clock yesterdav morning at St. John's church in Johns burgh, I!l_, occurred,the marriage of Miss Helena Thelen to Mr. Fred Bietborn, Rev. H. Mehring officiating, , The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Mary Thelen, and has always made Johnsbnrgh her home. She is one of Johnsburgh's fairest daughters, and the number of her friends is almost count­ less. The groom is a native of Germany, his parents residing there; but has made Johnabure-h his heme for some time past. Hf is a prosperous young farmer and is well and favorably known in the community where he lives. A wedding dance was held at Stephen H. Smith's hall*. Johneburgh, in the evening and was attended by a large number of the friends of the young cyuple. Mr. and Mrs. Biethorn will go to housekeeping on this farm belonging to the latter's mother, just ?ast of the Johnsburgh bridge. Cdngratula-. tions. • C*«n«il Proceeding*. Council Room, Oct. 20, 1904. Board met on call of three members. Present. Trustees Block, Eldredge, Freund, Heimer, Laures and Stoffel. President Story being absent Trustee Eldredge was chosen president pro tem. The call for the meeting having been read, the tond of the Electric Light Co. was then presented and ^n motion by Heimer, seconded by Stoffel, the same was accepted by a unanimous vote. There being no further business the board adjourned. C X BLDBEDOE, JOHN STOFFEL, Free, pro tem. - the expenses were $3,128.25, making the total cost of the races $1,812.-75. The salaries of the officers amounted to $300. and the premiums on exhibits came to $2,200.25, making the votal cost of the fair of 1904 $8,277.21. Treasurer Fremont Hoy presented his report. This report was complete up to date and left no donbt as to the true financial condition of the associa­ tion. The total receipt#) were shciwn to be $10,587.77, while the expenditures, including a balance from last report, were $10,051.56, leaving a balance of $586.71. This report was received and adopted. Mr. Hoy deserves generous- praise for the completeness of his report.- Most carefully prepared and accept able reports were made by the super in tendentB of departments who were pro ent. Superintendent of the department of privileges, M. Zimpleman, was not present, but his report was read by Sec­ retary Hunt. Following the reports several change: in the by laws were suggested by tbe committee on by laws and a number ot minor changes made accordingly. President Desmond then made a short address in which he suggested that the county ought tq ask the legislature to do more for the county fairs, comparing the amount granted by the state of Illi­ nois to its county fairs, $200, with that of Wisconsin, which gives every county fair tl,afl*>. Fremont Hoy was called upon to ad­ dress the board and spoke of the pasfe* unbnsiness like methods of the organi­ zation and offered some very sensible suggestions, one of which was that the directors make a reasonoble estimate of the amount of receipts that might be expected from the coining fair and en­ deavor to gauge the .expenses of the same accordingly. < ~ G. W. Conn, Jr., ̂ superintendent of education, was called upon and made a strong plea for a county federation of the teachers, professions, business men and farmers that would not only be^up- lifting to the Bocial status of the com­ munity, but that might be a power to build up and make permanent the suc­ cess of the county fair. H. C. Mead of McHemy, a former officer, also addressed the meeting. The--following officers were elected for the ensuing year: William Des- mpnd, president; M. Zimpleman, ^.vice president; George A. Hunt, secretary; Fremont Hoy, treasurer; C. F. Dike, general superintendent The following executive committee was chosen: Chemung, H. S. LeBrec; Dunham, G. R. Lanning; Marengo^ G. j; Haven; Riley, J.j F. Hall; Alden, N. B. Clawson; Hartland, William Cooney; Seneca, E. L. Joslyn: Coral, H. T. Thompson; Hebron, J. H. Turner; Greeuwood, C. W. Thompson; Dorr, A. D. Osborn; Grafton, John Weltkein; Richmond, E. G Turner; Burton, F. L. Hatch; McHenry. C. W. Harrison; Nun- da, C. W. Rowley; Algonquin, V. N. Ford. r- seenre the Three valuable prizes offered thia year in McOmber's corn contest. Bargains in stovee and fnrniflbiiigB. Also repairs Osmnn Bros. 15 Enter the corn contest at McOmber's. : It costs yon nothing and you may gaiu much. ° The Domestic Science club met at the , home of Mrs. N. H. Petesch Tuesday afternoon. ^ _ : Republican rally at Stoffel's hall next Thursday evening. See notice on edit­ orial page. The attendance at the M. EL Snnday school last Sunday, including teachers , and officers, was eighty-one. -3^ -- • The dance at Geo. Nell's last night.' was iairly well attended and a good time enjoyed by those present. When you are passing, call in at Os- uiun Bros.' and examine those choice flannels and dress goods. Prices right. The Ideal Entertainers held- the boards at Stoffel's hall last night under C the auspices^)! the Modern ^Woodmen. Au appreciative: audieb ê̂ was. in at­ tendance. • -'4^ , • '] Work on the residence of Mrs. Martin Adams, which is being erected at the ;; corner of Elgin road and John street, is +¥ being rushed and it will not be long lw- \ fore it is ready for occupancy. Don't forget the Hallowe'en social to ; be given at tbe M. E. church parsonage under the auspices of the Epworth . League tomorrow (Friday) evening. A general invitation is extended to all. The lumber for the Gilbert building f. has arrived and ten carpenters and - workmen are hard at work. The work will be pushed rapidly from now on un­ til the building is completed, whicb wiH ^ be abont the first of December. The yonng friends of Miss Anna Zim­ merman will be pleased to learn that she has secured a good position in the Fair store in Chicago. Her sister, Miss Bessie, has also secured a lucrative po­ sition in a dressmaking establishment. Since the question "How old is Ann?" has been answered we were confronted by one of our readers with a new one. The question is this: "How tall was George Washington it" If you know, send your answer to The Plaindealer for publication. A basket social witt be held at the Volo school house, where Miss Nina Colby is teacher, on Friday evening, Nov. 4. Bring your basket and enjoy the evening with the Volo pupils, who will entertain you royally. A cordial invitation is extended to all. Have you registered? If wC" nty dear voter, it is your duty to do so. There is one more chance left for you to register and that is next Tuesday, Nov. 1. Voters please bear this in mind and see that your name is on the registration book as well aa that of your neighbor. The Little Sisters of the Poor will collect at St. Mary's church next Son- day for their Home for the Aged, locat­ ed at Sheffield and Fullerton avenues, Chicago. They will gladly accept do­ nations of grain, corn, potatoes, apples or any kind of vegetables. Anyone wishing to donate something in that line can leave same at Mr. John Buch's ware house. Mr. Chas. Ritsel, employed by tbe Hunter-Weckler Boat Co., disappeared last Sunday morning, and no knowledge of his whereabouts was obtained until this morning, when a telegram was re­ ceived here from Evansville, Ind., and signed "Mrs. Chas. Ritzel." It said in brief that she and "Charley" would ar­ rive in McHenry in a couple of day». Mr. and Mrs. Riuel will occupy the Karges house on Pearl street, recently vacated by John Olson. Twelve ears of corn may tea s«t for you. S ̂McOmber a ad* We noticed a large load of car wheals and rails pass by this office the otlHir day. Not having heard of any electric road or railroad iu course of construc­ tion in this community we naturally were inquisitive, and npon inquiry learned that the aforesaid load was dea- tilled, not for some future railroad line, bukfor the Hunter-Weckler Boat Co. "a plant on the river, to be used in build­ ing ways for taking boats froip the water to the storage shed, for winter housing and repairs. Some of the boata contracted for winter storage are too jarge to be handled without the aid of lUHchinery. A few of this class are; Rose of Rose Lodge, The Roeed&le, Ger­ trude, Nipa, Praha, Florence E., Byroa F t The Doctor, and Gwendolyn, a number of launches, row-boate and yachts. The company is cur mug out a neat li ttle It-toot lanaeh far Hnemwiy the jeweler. -»