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, , * ' , J k / % ' * n •* a,••*&?.* Sfc ^] m, :"'.'• :M '.i' WcHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 14,1907. ^ • ••- X" 2x V J i;? <»• C» •WH<HIi- WE ENTBRTAfll WHERE1WE QO. AND 1 lours* CM*PM»T ®* WMk-Whom *• 8teH**nr Knt*rt»ln» i Vial to r« Darlsf the Kntertaln. • *. * Pater Josten has given up bis position inCbiongo. < Georgfc Smith spent Sunday with Bfc^ Henry relatives. - Jacob Jns ten was a business visitor iu ChieagoMonday.V 1. F. Matthews wia a bi*8iaeae,vieitor in Chioago Moaday. R. W. Inness was * business viettor iu Chicago Monday. Dr. George Hunt of Chicago speafc Snnday iu McHewy. A. S. Parks Of Woodstock spent Sun- day with home folks. N. A. Hnemann was a business visitor in Chicago Friday last. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fnw were Ridge- field visitors last Friday. Mrs. J. B. Buss and daughter were Chicago visitors last Saturday* Mrs. H. M. Goodnow is spending a tew flays in Chicago this week. Mrs. R. W. Inness is entertaining Miss West of Chicago this week. Frank Masquelet and son were Chic­ ago passengers Monday morning. Miss Maine Kasser spent Saturday and Snnday at her home in Elgin. WM. Riley of Chicago spent the first of tiie week with McHenry friends. Mathias Weber and daughter, Marie, were Chicago visitors last Saturday. Miss Kate F.*Howe <?f May wood, III:, was the guest of home folks Snnday. Warren Howell of Chicago spent Sun­ day with his mother at the Riverside. O. N. Owen and datuthter, Ethel, spent Saturday last in the windy city. H. Zimmermann spent several days of the past week with his family in Chica­ go. - A. W. McOmber of Sioux Falls, Sooth Dakota, spent Snnday with his parents here. 1 E. L. Mansfield of Greenwood was a visitor at E. Sherburne's one day last week. Fret} Goodman of Chioago was the guest of his parents here the first of the ucolf* ' Miss Mildred Steveaa apttt Saturday and. Sunday with her parents near Rich- mood. Miss Dora Stoffel came out from Chi­ cago to attend the masquerade Monday evening. Misses Marie and Emmeline Wage- ater boarded the Chicago train Monday morning. Mrs. W. J. Keyes of Algonquin was the guest ofJ[» er. mother here one day last week. „ ' >s Mrs. H. B. Dowe of Ingleaide spent last Friday with Her mother, Mrs. Ber­ nard Buss. Miss Mari^ Block of Dundee spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. aad Mrs. Fred Block. Miss Josephine Engeln boarded the Chicago train at this station last Satur­ day morning. f George Stilling of Chicago spent Sat­ urday and Sunday with hie parents at Pietakee Bay. Mrs. M. A. Htfwell was the guest of Chicago relatives aad friends a few days this week. John Freund of Chicago sprat Say with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. JjSTick L. Freund. Sick Pitzen of Hope, North Dakota, fa visiting relatives and friends in Mc­ Henry this week. Mrs. William Bonslett has gone to Black Mountain, North Carolina, for auin^efinite stay. August Larson and son, Robert, afcwnt a few days this week v4th Chioago rela­ tives and friends. Fred Karges spent a few daya the first part of the week relatives and friends. James Edwards, who sprat last week at the Riverside House, returned to Chicago Monday morning. Leo W. Jackson came ont from Chica­ go Saturday evening to spend Sunday it the home of S. Reynolds. Thomas Bolger, who is attending business college in Elgin, spent Saturday and Snnday with ia parents here. F. C. Going came ont from Chicago Saturday evening to witness the pro­ duction of "The Prince of Liars." Miss Eolia Boyer was a guest at the home of Prof, and Mrs. E. C. Fisher at Dundee laft Saturday and Snnday. Jaiasw Sayler came ont from Chicago Friday evening to spend Saturday and Sunday with home folks and friends. Harry Ames of Chicago spent 8nods y at the horns of W. F. OaUafcer. Mr. Charles Lamphere waeareoentWau- ^conda visitor. * G. H. Harrison wa* a windy city viaitor Tuesday- Ed T-^g was a, business visitor at the Monday. wae a business visitor in h attendedtobnsineas ia Jjpe Curris of Genoa Junction spent Monday in MoHenry. H. C. Mead was a recent bnsinqesvis- EXCHANGE GlEANINOS. HAPPENINGS IN M'HENRY AND ^ADJACENT COUNTIES, ̂ SsV'V* Dr. C. H. Fatera, J* . *** Ml«» Elea- oot McGee spent a couple of 4*pe the latter part of last week at StsfUng. 111. John, Nick and Peter Becker and Mathias tWiedwa of Chicago were gnests at tfcejiome of J. H. Mfttsr last Sunday. John Adams of Chioago span* Suaiay with his family here. He waa aoeom panied to Chicago Monday moral** by hia dwghter, Eva Mr. and Mrs. John Brown and Mr. ^mA Kn. Henry Stilling visited with Mr. and Mrs. John J. Brow®, Jr., at Wanoonda last Thursday Katie Heimer, get, Mathiaa Rothernel, fm were Wauoo*da viaitors itor at the county F. A. Bohlander was a business visit­ or in Chicago Tuesday. Mrs. W. C. Evanson spent Tuesday with Palatine relatives John ftowe of Nunda sprat Sunday with McHenry friends. v ^ Chas. Eldredge apeni^iiie^Cl^y with Wauconda friends. \ Mies Elida Going is the guest ot $fa- Henry .friends this week. George H. Hanly boarded the Chica­ go train Tuesday morning. Mra. W. D. Wentworth spent Wed­ nesday with Nnada friends. Mrs. Merriman visited her sister, Mra. Dwelly, at Ringwood Tuesday. , Mrs. Sbepard and Mrs. Masoq spent laat Friday with Mrs. Merriman. s Gfeo. Schuran of G^enoa Junction waa the guest of friends here Monday. * . Thomas Bnrke of Chicago spent Sun- day With McHenry relatives and friends. { Miss Lena Stoffel of Evanston was the guest of her parents here Tuesday. MrB. H. C. Clemens spent Wednesday and Thursday with Chicago and Wit- mette friends. Charles Lascb and Miss Weber of Chicago spent Monday at the Lasch oot- tage on the river. / Mrs. W. C. Besley of Woodstock is spending the week with relatives in McHenry and vicinity* ." Mrs. August Huff of Spring Grove spent a few flays this week with her sister, Mrs..B. Lauras. Misses Katie and Rosa Lauras speW the latter part of the week with Mr. and Mrs, Math. Jungen. Miss Irene McOmber of Evanston ia the guest of her parents here this week, being home for first semester vacation. Miss Nellie Clemens left Wednesday morning for South Carolina, where die will make an indefinite stay among rel­ atives. Mra. T. Kimball, WhoJlas been spend­ ing some time with her parent^, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Smith, retnrned to her home at Palatine Wednesday morning, and Mrs. Paul Wooster came over from Woodstock last Saturday. Mr. Wooster returned Snnday evening while bis wife remained for a few days' visit with her parents here. Mr. and Mrs. S. Y. Donald, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ptaceh, Miss. L. Enter and F. H. Brand of Chicago were the guests of P. H. Weber the past week, and took advantage of the good sleighing at that time, driving to Pistakee Bay, Fox Lake and other surrounding points and other­ wise having a very enjoyable onting. . "The Prince of Lt»rs" Was Good. "The Prince of Liars" as presented by the McHenry Dramatic clnb at the Central opera house last Friday and Satnrday evenings was very capably presented considering the nature of the piece. On Friday evening, owing to a few difficulties, the play was not as well presented as the company is capable of doing, bat on Satnrday night everything went oft smoothly, each and every mem­ ber performing his or her part to per fection. Those who took part are to be congratulated upon the capable manner in which they handled their roles. We would like to give each participant special mention bnt are sorry that time and space will lfot allow us that pleas­ ure. All who saw the production nave nothing but words of praise for those in the cast. The musical end of the pro­ gram was well cared for by Misses Mabel Granger and Rose Justen. We have not learned the exaet proceeds, but feel sure in saying that the local camp of Royal Neigbors has had ita treas ury swelled considerably as a result, Will Make Weekly Vinit*. ' Dr. C. A, Lambert, Chicago's leading specialist in all eye, ear, nose and throat diseases, made his first visit to McHenry last Tuesday. Dr. Lambert is one of the oldest practitioners in bis line in Chicago, having treated over 25,000 cases. He is a most pleasant as well as courteous gentleman to meet and he guarantees all of his work. He makes the Riverside -Souae hia headquarters, where be will be found every Tuesday hereafter. Read his ad on another page and if you are a sufferer yon no mistake in consalting him. _ ' Taxes! Taxes! Beginning Monday, Feb. lfi, I will be at the following places for the purpose of collecting the taxes for McHenry township: Mondays, at the store of J C. Debrecbt. Johnsburgh; Tuesdays, Bradley & Foss, Ringwood; Thursdays Jos. W- Freund, West McHenry; Satur days, Gilbert Bros., McHenry. Mar 14 JOHN NIESEN, CoHeetpr. A Mlaeellaneooa A*«»rtmMt mt Items In Condensed form For Conven­ ience of Busy 1'eople. A Harvard bank has been equipped with a burglar alarm. Mra Elisabeth Hunt died lit her home Jit Terra Cotta on Tuesday, February 5. Mrs. Jamee Larkin, an old resident of Fox Lake, passed away at her home there reoratfy, ~ Douglass ^ J>irm of Wiltiasne Pay lost a valuable team of horsen in the lake one day laat week. Sportsmen about Lake Geneva are agitating the question of a closed season for fisbing in that lake. Walter F. Livingston, an expert ma­ chinist of CSarpentersville, has opened a first-class machine shop at Nunda. The Round Lake milk bottling plant opened last week and 210 cans of milk are being received daily. Both cream and milk are being bottled. Sold Annual Banquet and Ball. The annual banquet and ball given by tike Men s Court of Catholis Forest­ ers of St. Mary's Catholio church took place at Bach's ball laat Thursday eyeu ing. The event w enjoyed by mope than one hundred persons a*d proved a yable time for all proerat. jehaatra furnished the music surely check the cold, and please jnm. Sold by N. H. Peteecb. Harvavd Herald: Land agraty^^ ac­ companying parties of land bufers in the southwest have been advised that they will be given free tickets to the destination of the prospectors by apply ing to the agents over which the ticket reads. This would indicate that the railroads have decided to take care o' the land agents regardless of the intar- state commerce comtnisgion and the new anti-pass law. The land agents get the same kind of a coupon ticket as the, regular passenger, but the dif ference is they do not have to pay for it. It's a pleasure to tell our readers about a Cough Cure like Dr, Shoop's. For years Dr. Shoop has foaght affhUt the use of Opium. Chloroform or other unsafe ingredients commonly found to Cough remedies. Dr. Shoop, it sewns, has welcomed the Pure Food and Law Recently enacted, for be has worked along similar lines many years. For nearly twenty years Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure containers have bad a wanting printed on tyem against Opium aad HEALTHY & PROSPEROUS SUCH 16 THE CONDITION OUR DAIRIES. AMONG »r. a, 6, Vaaftfcan of Oak Park, Alter a Very Carerul Ten Days* Examination, Finds Its To He O. K. Dr. H. G. Vaugban of Oak Park, who has been in McHenry and vicinity dur­ ing the past ten days on\ an inspection twnr, senctffua a very favorable report, wMohwawepraduoe below: ^ ' • To thk Editor: As we have been apeadingAboct ten days in your midst in looking into the conditions which surround the milk supply of Oak Park, whraoi a large part of the product of the Bordra'a plani ia shipped, we desire to state our raaelqptons to the people among* whom we have been working. We have fraud this section of the country to he exceptionally healthful and prosperous, with Utile sickness of any Ua4, and even an atianice, exempt in a few oases, of the ordinary cold. The herds of dairy oattle are well cared for and usually diseased cattle are dis- free from disease. As will be seen in the letter from Dr. Vaughan, only three families Jn this vicinity were found where contagious diseases had prevailed during the past three months, all of them being of a very light form. The local inspector of milk and dairies will continue his good work with great­ er strictness than ever before and in case of any contagious diseases in the home of a Borden patron the milk from that dairy will be immediately shut off, thus keeping th^local snpply\>f milk a* pure as the purestX F QUARTER OF A CENTURY. 1 / , - item* Clipped froiu The Plitln(iMl«r of . " Vebnuu# 15, 1888. ' , The great want of McHenry to-day is more dwellings, < Died.--Very suddenly, at West Alex­ andria, Ohio, Tuesday morning, Feb­ ruary 7, of congestion of the bowls, Arthur Tyrrell, son of James Tyrrell, of this town. John I. Story, late of the firm of O. C. Colby & Co., has accepted a position in th*etore of Henry Colby, in River- iff WEEKLY ITEMS PICKED UP ABOUT DURING THE WEEK. What People are Doing in Oar Btnsy' City--News as Seen by Thel: Representatives. Butter Market. , Butter advanced one cent on the Et ̂ gin board of trade Monday, the priok being 33 cents. There Were no Dont f<»get to aend tfcaMt today. Don't forget the date, Sunday *ighfe h* Feb. 17. -- . . s>;; If it's drugs you Want yott wail ^ 'them at • Petesch's. " ' •' Something doing at the Central next Sunday night, Feb. 1?. . The ice harvest has again been sumed at the Borden factory. A lively scrap took place among icemen at McCollam's lake one day week. Chris Hapke's orchestra furnished tMi v music for a dance at Libertyville \ •- : TABULATED STATEMENT OF ftcHENRY COUNTY TAXES FOR YEAR 1906. iiou«,lize(1 ikquiut Value by Value by Co. Board i^tutoBord Total Hist Koad School Tax Band B Tax Town County Tax Dog Tax Towns State Tax 8,84186 38,40254 7,852 tt8 32JM090 8,04250 ,«i7 52 9,8194 11,004 70 13,770 01 52.364 12 10,132 B3 14.KJO80 12.30023 3,821 tW 21.4A4 35 23,82825 35.00694 280,707 30 H2,518 64 185 08 1,11400 179 « SSaOli 384,704 71 8,074 02 11.106 03 1,131 74 1.94344 8,43109 4,07479 M77 89 5,445 08 00 I,0m « 7^04 eo 49 II.44866 109,288 88 12,315 46 6798 18S95 *818 513 at 8,«54 4» 5.3W34 3.01"' 35 8,73995 2̂ 7» 19 2,471» 3.07V 30 3.4S051 4,8S740j 5,0777 3.MS98 1.WM8 63768 \94997 ^1 93,71# W 1,041111 145,981 313,367 301,56818 201,557 rtai.903 30.1,678 674.479 Zft, 278,418 310450 350,354 437,110 936,940 311,546 435,f»t4 376,788 122,932 642,556 555,766 621.408 Riley.. Mareugo Dunham Oliemung: Aldftn. Hartlnnd^; Seneca Coral... Gr&ftoa Dorr GreenwonO,, Hebrtm........ 656,956 974 37 1,084 08 13,995 1,563 79 ,603 136,870 138,398 155,429 175,408 218,745 469,138 155,987 2)7,991 W8.W0? 61,532 321,644 278,132 811,164 509 02 #82.315 546 78 401 56 r'o.nii 1.254 Tt) 863,362 1^67 62 2,815 M 3,407 73 1,38700 1,11278 822,3901 657 4® 451 49 Blchmona. B u r t o n . . . . . , i 115 26 44002 27.449 2,275 19 2,80815 IS.21« Mo Henry. Nunda Algonquia. Total.. Railroad 1,88871 2.000 1 6 *9,11*5 2J5063 1(4 S.IKS 1M05 49 1,78815 n 27.165 53 7rfi»W,231 Wit,810 28 31,MVi 7.548,822 7,66066 3,345 91 969,810 Telegraph Telephone O H & O L B R 31,963 S.5- 5' 8 86.888 82lt 17.713 8Wt 71.784 Wt 36.64517|t 4.285,128 8.561,323 Grand Tftta! * f" One big bargain day next Wedneada^45-1 Feb. 30, at N. A. Huemann's jeweliy . .atore. Read his ad. J Mr. and Mrs. George Buss are re$oie<»>^ lag over the arrival of a baby girl, btfm $ last Friday, February 8. A yonng gentleman arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nicheis< ' jhst Sunday,*Febrnary 10. Bead N. A. Huemann's ad in Week's issue. Some rare bargains arsfe- Offered for next Wednesday, Feb. 30. Mrs. M. A. Thel en of this ph iea- wai • a winner of a cut glMS dish offwad jff Harrison Bros, of Wauoonda raeMltr. piam* eB, eto., McHenry county baa twentv-eight lawyers. John B. Lyon of Harvard is the Nestor of the bar. . He has practic­ ed in the county for thirty-seven years. Germans living at Harvard and vi­ cinity are to organise an association of those who have served in the German army. There are many in that locality. The Belvidere-Elgin trolley line is now in full operation, with a schedule of an hour and a half between the two cities. Tke new line is being well pat­ ronized. It required $2,000 to secure a piano faetory for Belvidere. As sixty* dollars in excess of that amonnt has been raised, the locatioH of the iudustry is consid­ ered assured. * «. Dade's Little Liver Pills thoroughly clean the system, good for laasy livers, makes clear complexions, bright eyes, happy thoughts. Sold by N. H. Pet- esch, druggist. Trhee tons~ of butter were shipped from the Richmond creamery to Elgin one day last week. The Richmond factory is receiving about 28,000 pounds of milk per day. Nunda and Crystal Lake will again vote on the question of annexation, the date being Feb. 26. In l»0f the proposi­ tion was defeated, tho Nnnda's vote WSB in favor of it. The convention of the Northern Illi­ nois and Southern Wisconsin Picnic association of the M. \\. A. will he held at Rockford, Satnrday, March 28. Be­ tween 180 and 800 delegates are expect­ ed to attend. In order that quail and other birds in Kane county may survive the winter the farmers thruont that county are urged to see that the various coveys get food during the winter. especially when there is snow covering the ground. As a result of a mixnp at Marengo Friday evening in which two or three boys clashed witb a policeman, Bob Anderson, a well known Belvidere young man, was shot thru the clothing, the bullet leaving a red streak where it grazed his skin. ManZan Pile Remedy put up in col­ lapsible tubes with nozzle attachment so that the remedy may be applied at the very seat of trouble, thus relieving almost instantly bleeding, itching or protruding pildfc. Satisfaction guaran­ teed or money refunded, Sold by N. H. Petesch, druggist. Half a century «fo. on February 7, 1857, Fox river went on a rampage, in which it reached the highest mark known in its history. All the towns *lr>hff the stream were inundated, loss of property being great. The flood was caused by tbe thawing of large accumu­ lations of snow, over three feet covering the ground, and by the breaking up of the ice in tbe river, the water being frozen nearly solid. To stop a Cold with "Preventics" is safer than to let it run and cure it after­ wards Taken at the "sneeze stage" Prevent!os will head off all Colds and Grippe, and pefhaps save you from Pneumonia or Bronchitis. Preventics are little teothiome candy cold core tablets selling in,5 cent and 23 eent boxse. If yon are chilly, if you begin other narcotic poisons. He haa thus made it possible for mothers to protect their children by simply insisting on having Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. Sold by N H. Petesch. During a family row Satavday morn­ ing, February 2, at the home of William 8chultz one the state line road two and a half miles northwest of Hebron Albwt Klabunde shot bis brother in-law in the fleshy part of the band, the bullet pass* ing through and lodging in the groin of his father-in-law, William Schultz. It is said that in a quarrel with his wife Klabunde was chocking her when Ms brother-in-law interfered, whereupon Klabunde drew a revolver and in tbe scuffle which followed the weapon was discharged. Klabunde skipped out, go­ ing over into Wisconsin, where he re­ mained in hiding until last Friday, when he went to Woodstock and surrendered to Sheriff Wand rack. He waa taken at once before Justice Hill, waived ex­ amination and was bonnd over to the grand jury, his bond being fixed at $1,500. Elgin (onrier: Pros pec ta of another strong baseball team in JBffia. aside from that of the Elgin baaateltassocia­ tion, are bright since it beoame known that the Iroquois club intended to enter the field witb a team of semi-profsa- sionals during the summer. The bat- tary has already been engaged. The pitcher is a well known one from Chica­ go, while Joe Nell of the Nebraska league will preside at the receiving Gus Williams is manager of the and is on the lookout now for a to trade John Freyer and Pitcher "Hol­ ly" Gillis for a faat infielder. New uni­ forms, which include lounging coats, have been ordered and new parapher­ nalia thruout will be provided before tbe team appears on the diamond this summer. Games have been booked with Woodstock. Harvard, Belvidere, Kenosha and DeKalb. J. Kenwall of eastern fame will captain the team and hold down the center garden. Glever singing and dancing at the Central opera house Sunday, Feb IT, Colonial Soclnble. -- Tne Ladies' Aid society of thk M. E. church will give a Colonial social at the Riverside House on the eve erf Washing­ ton's birthday, next Thursday evening, Feb 21 The sociable will be in keep ing with Washington'8 birthday and a genuine good time is in store for all who attend. This society never disappoints and it will endeavor to make tbis one of the leading events of the season. If you enjoy an evening of pleasure be on hand at the Riverside next Thursday evening. Tbe ladies promise to take care of all who come in their nkual jovial way. - Vaudeville at the Central opera honae Snnday night, Feb. 17. ISS" Xaxeel •" I will be at tbe bank to receive the .taxea for Nunda township on Wednesdays of each week, commencing Feb. ̂ Oaada* Ben Tbroop's store, Nunda, on Mondays aad Satur­ days. ' 7 i 84 ' - J. IX ruattNG. poeed of as soon as tbe disease is discov­ ered. The barns, with few exceptions, are excellent, and the milk houses are generally well constructed and in ex­ cellent condition. «_ ' We also, found, however, that daring the last three months there had been two families with diphtheria and one with scariet fever, in which the milk from the farms had been continuously delivered at the Borden plant, in the scarlet fever cases, which were very mild, no doctor had been called, and in the moon of diphtheria the families sanned to be ignorant of the fact that they bad had diphtheria. The freedom of thia condition of things most depend ft(9t of all on the carefulness of tbe former and of the physician. In any suspicions or doubt­ ful eases notify the Borden people it once and discontinue the milk. Re­ member continually the babies and lit­ tle children whom the milk from this district is feeding. We have fonnd that in general the methods of the Borden company, in­ cluding their requirements of the farm­ er in the way of feeding and caring for hia oows aad barns and methods of cool­ ing »ad otherwise caring for tbe milk at the term, as well as tbe company's methods of handling tbe milk at the plant, are of the very beat. We have found that with few exceptions the farmers were carefully trying to fulfill the requirements of their contract. There is one clause, however, in the contract which has not been fnlfilled, and that is the clause relating to the health of the dairyman's family. This is preeminently a dairy country, and the success of this town and the sur­ rounding conntry is largely dependent upon the dairy business, the success of which is in turn dependent upon the confidence of the people wbose milk it supplies. We all know the susceptibil­ ity of milk and the need of keeping it away from all disease. It is perfectly possible for a great epidemic of conta­ gions diseases to be produced entirely by tbe contamination of a milk snpply, and if the people believe that tbe milk from a certain district is not sufficient­ ly guarded from contamination they will refuse to use that milk and'the business is ruined- No one can esti­ mate the nnmber of cases of diphtheria and scarlet fever in Oak Park and Chi­ oago which may have resulted from in­ fected milk. This could have been pre­ vented and may be prevented in tbe fu­ ture by immediately reporting to tbe company any illness of whatever natnre on any farm supplying the plant or in any way connected witb it. All should feel interested in this and feel it his or her duty to notify the Borden company. Thia rsaponsibility rests not only with the physician and the family affected, bat with any one who hears of it. , , H. G. VAUGHAN. McHenry and tbe immediate vicinity t]M boon very fortunate, indeed, in that it has been free from the various con­ tagiosa disnsnnr which have infested nnsrfy a?ery town and city around us. Mom $ltan • lfMIe praisb is also due H. print fM local superintendent of the Bordtiplant, for the strict haa takMP ktfjpi Bm* Tha side block, where he ten hereafter he found by his friends. Mrs. Schumacher haa moved her goods into the store one door west of Howard's market, and will immediately add thereto a fnll stock of millinery and ladies' furnishing goods. The ice harvest closed here last week, and now the pond and river are free of ice. tbe weather bring more like April than February. Some farmers have already commenced plowing. * We learn from tbe Chicago Times that the Fox River Steamboat company, who are the owners of the handsome little steamer "Lotus," haye increased their capital stock from $3,500 to $8,500, F. G. Mayes, onr old and reliable merchant tailor, having sold his build­ ing, has removed to suitable rooms in Howe's block, wbere be will remain temporarily until be can build 8 .store more suitable for his business. > M. Engeln has taken possession of tbe store in Colby 's block, just north of the Riverside House, and has now on hand a fnll stock of family groceries, cigars, tobacco, hunting and fishing material, etc. The firm of O. C. Colby & Co, hard­ ware merchants, who had a store ia this village and also at Nunda, « dissolved on Saturday last, the time of co-partnerehipjytving expired by limi tation, the iSittto, John I. Story, re­ tiring. ThrMMHwr of both ylpm will be continuedroP©. C. Colby. "'Cw-'ii"" Amputated. ' Charles Olsen, who resides on a term one mile west of Ringwood, met with qnite a serious accident last Friday. Hif>, with several others, was engaged in sawing wood with a bnzz saw, Mr. Olsen performing at the saw/ The accident occurred at about the noon hour when Mr. Olsen had jnst picked Up a piece of wood which was much heavier than it appeared to be. Just as he had drawn the wood toward him he lost his balance and slipped, his left foot coming in contact with the saw, with the result that the entire five toes were almost severed from his foot. Dr. Hepburn was at once sent for, who, with the assistance of Dr. D. G. Weils, amputated the greater part of the very much lacerated foot. The amputation was found absolutely necessary by the attending physicians. The accident is causing the viotim quite a little pain and will lay him up tar some time to come. ' Blekard Aylward Surprised. , Yffong friends to the nnmber of about twenty-five gave Richard Aylward a gennine surprise at tbe home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harrison laat Sunday evening Altho not well prepared for company Diok proved himself equal to tbe occasion and madf> it most pleasant for bis gnests during the evening. The usnal party games, etc., prevailed, and to say that all had a good time is put­ ting it rather mildly. At an appropri­ ate hour refreshments were partaken of aad the company departed for their homes, the general verdict being that a most pleasant evening had been spent. Bring in yoor gasoline stove and have it repaired before the spring rneh opens. t .* -•%, SifBflfcv; " V ^ if ** - evening last week. -on*. ** ^ 11 Huemann's big s{ Organs, sewing mac| ®ext Wednesday, Feb. 20. Read his on another page. John Knox, the local forms us that during January hedispoeedof and Snnday papers. ind is doing his irons the best of service. The biggest bargains ever any jewelry honse in McHenry at N. A. Huemann's jewelry Wednesday, Feb. 80. Read gain prices in the ad on another this issue Bernard Friaby, until recently a dent of onr town, is now located igr hardware business at 1882 Ogdfitff nue, Chicago. His many frie wish him the snceees of which highly deserving in his new n^dei* taking. ! H. Hirsch has moved his family to McHenry from Chicago. Mr. Hirsch is in the market for hides, hogs, poultry,; veal, etc., and his prices are always the highest. He shipped a carload of por|kf ers from Spring Grove, last Satur evening. Peter Justen has given up his position in Chicago to take np the position of bookkeeper at the local Borden mil!^ factory. Frank Block, who has had .J charge of the books for the past few : | months, will hereafter act as milkiifr spector. 1 i Dr. Lambert kept bis "appointment at" - - McHenry, HI., last Tuesday and will be , here again next Tuesday, and every.# ^ Tuesday thereafter. See bis ad in this issue oE The Plaindealer. He i* an ea- pert in curing deafness, blindness >..« catarrh, and one of the oldest and experienced specialists in Chicago. John Heimer has a gang of car at work in the room formerly by the McHenry postoffice. Thel entrance hallway to the building be removed, thus making siderably wider, and the be refreshed. The room haa already been spoken for, but by whom we ali­ enable to learn. It is a most excelled! y location for a business that does nojl require much room. ' : • E, W. Howe, who has returned froW-r. „ ™ another of his trips to Colorado wit$ %T;;' land buyers, reports that he took a pftftjf) ty of thirty-seven men from North kota, Minnesota, Iowa and BKwiiftfe. j-*' They were all so favorably imyrtp^j'^ with the country that all but vested in lands. These excursions wifl oontinne to be Ijfld on the first third Tuesdays of each month, thei trip to be made Feb. 19. A large crowd attended t qnerade at Stoffel's hall last evening. The event I beautiful costmnes. The;* the ladies' prizes were Mi and Mrs. Ed Willigiaan, the Jor the tftiad8omest costume and for the most absurd coetum^,; Bickler easily prize for the whileG. a Boley apf*endiittiM comical costume. * ; u»ii• w4>fcu Bev. Arthur Roberts, lar aervioee next Swndnjr#;. 10:80 a.m. " " a. m. mon, "Washington juid Country VP lyinvited. tbe «g «*d»t# IM'ft!