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VOLUME XXXIV. McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1908. NUMBER OF A PERSONAL NATURE WHOM WE ENTERTAIN WHERE WE GO. AND NteHenry Entertains a Large Company of Visitors During the Week--Whom We Entertain. , Rev. A. Royer spent Tuesday in Chi­ cago. '• , •rtlinr Dorr was a recent Harvard visitor. Mrs. J. B. Bnss was a Chicago visitor Monday. ^ E. H outer attended to business in Chi­ cago rpiaesd&y. Miss Florence Howe was a Richmond visitor Sunday. • Mrs. F. A. Bohlender was a Chicago yisitor Tuesday. Mrs. Siuion St. off el was aChicago vis* jtor last Friday. Arthur Bit kler of Elgin spentSuuday with home folks. Auguet Larson was a Windy ett£ vis­ itor last Saturday. John H. Miller attended to business in Chicago Monday. Bernard Maeser attended to business in Chicago Monday. Miss Eleanor McGee was p metropol itan visitor Tuesday. Everett Sherman of Woodstock spent Sunday in McHenry. Miss Lucie Carey of Elgin spent San- day at ber home here. Jay N. Gilbert was a Chicagopassen gar Monday morning Ray ftoward of St. Charles spent Sun­ day at bis home here. John P. Smith spent Saturday last in the metropolitan city. E. B. Gay lord attended the Elkhorn fair one day last week. Rev. A. Roberts boarded the Chicago train Tuesday morning; B. J. Procter of Libertyville was a recent McHenry visitor. Mr and Mrs. F. C. Feltz spent Sun­ day with relatives at Cary. John M. Preston of Chicago spent Snnday with hie wife here. Mrs. Eldred«e of Richmond spent Monday with relatives here. John Walsh boarded the Chicago train last Saturday morning. Robert Thompson is spending the week with Chicago relatives. . John J.- Buch and son, Ernie, were triady city visitors last Friday. Dr. H. F. Bee be of West Chicago was a visitor in town last Saturday. Dr. C. H. Fegers, Sr., was a profes­ sional visitor in Chicago Tuesday. Geo. H Hanly was among the Chi­ cago passengers Monday morning. The Misses Weudt of Nunda spent Staaday at the home of Wm. Tesch. v Mathias Weber spent last week Wednesday with Spring Grove friends. Theo. L Grot of Ottawa, ill., attended to business here several days last week. Miss Bertha Feltz of Woodstock spent Sunday at the home of her parents here. Mr. and Mrs. T. Kimball of Palatine spent Sunday with McHenry relatives. Alford Pouse of Chicago made his npnal visit to bis home here last Sunday. Mr. and M rs. Math. Theleu and Bon, Leo, spent Sunday with Elgin relatives. James Moore of Chicago was a guest at the home of Mrs. Mary Carey Mon­ day. ' James Fitssimmons of Chicago spent Snnday among relatives and friends tor*. Miss Dora Hapke of Libertyville spent' ifft weak with relatives and friends her*. Mrs. Thao. Bickler spent Saturday, Snnday and Monday with relatives in Elfin. Miw Ma# Ay 1 ward of Solon Mills •pent Sunday with her aunt, Maggie Ciaary. Elmer Lane of Riverside, 111., was a guest of Earl Stewart at the Pari* hotel Sopday. Caasie Eld redge attended a danc­ ing party at Richmond last Saturday availing. H. Ziuiroermann spent Saturday and Snnday with MB wife and .family in Chicago. Fftnk Bnhr was called to Chicago Tuesday thru the serious illness of his brother, Nick. Miss Auna McGee was the guest of Harvard relatives and friends a few days last week. Mrs. Peter Moritz and son, Harry, Ware the guests of Chicago relatives the flrft of the week. Miss Flossie Hill of Harvard was the guest of the Miasee Elesnor and Anna MoGee lust week. Joe Masquelet and cousin, Clarence Masquelet, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. F. Masquelet- Mrs. Frank R. Chapman of Chicago mm a guest at the home of T. J. Walsh the first of the week. Mrs. John McGee and son, John, of Woodstock spent Sunday at the homa of Dr. C. H. Fegere, Sr. Master Lyle Dowey of Harvard was a visitor at the home of Dr. C. H. Fegers, Sr., a few days this week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank V. Cobb and son, Sherman, of Kingston, III., passed the Sabbath at the Park hotel! Miss Eina Perkins of Yorkville, ill.; was the gneet of her brother, James, and wife here over Snnday. John Trapp returned to Chicago this (Thursday) morning after a week's visit among relatives and friends. Chwi G. Boss came out from Chicago Saturday avaning to spend Sunday at It* homa et Ida mothar hara. WALKS AND GRAVELING Contracts Let to J. F. Wisner and Wna. Bonslett. Council Room, Sept. 16, 1908. The board of trustees met in special session for the purpose of letting con tracts to build sidewalk and gravel streets. Meeting called to order by Pres. Freund. Trustees present; Block, Meyers, Simes, Stoffel and Weber; ab­ sent Herbes. The following bids were then read for the graveling of streets: J. B Fris- by bid to gravel Third and Fourth streets, forty (40) cents per yard, village to famish gravel. - . Wtn. Bonnlett bitfto gravel and fOr­ nish gravel for streets, sixty-two (H2) cents per yard. , Geo. Meyers, Jr., bid to gravel and famish gravel for streets fifty-seven (5?) vents per yard. On motion by Stoffel, seconded by Weber, the gravel to ba ns^d for the graveling of streets in the village of Mc­ Henry as advertised to be bought from Win. Bonslett at eight (8) cents per yard. On motion by Stoffel. seconded by Simes, to gravel Third and Fonrth streets was let to J. B. Friaby* at Jorty (40) cents per yard. Ordered by president that Wm Bons­ lett and Geo. Meyers, Jr., be instructed by clerk to send in sealed bids for the graveling of Waukegan street, east of Elgin road as far as graded and Park avenue between Washington «nd Broad Btreets, contract to be let by street and alley -committee. J. F. Wisner bid to bnild tar walks in the village of McHenry at 6f cents per square foot, recoat tar walks at } cents per square foot, build cement walks at 10i cents per square foot, driveways at 13 cents per square foot. Wm. Bell bid to build tar walks at seven (7) cents per sqnare foot Wm. Bell having no bid in to bnild cement walkB, it was ordered by Pres. Freund that clerk be instructed to tele­ phone Mr. Bell for his lowest bid to build cement walks. Ordered by president that sidewalk committee meet Sept. 17, for the pur­ pose of letting contract to bnild side­ walks. There being no further business the meeting adjourned. P. J. FREUND, President H. E. PRICE, Village Clerk. Sept. 17, 1908. Report of meeting of street and alley committee: Wm, Bonslett's bid to gravel Wan- kegan street and Park avehne as adver tised at forty cents (40c) per yard. Geo. Meyers', Jr., bid to gravel Wau­ kegan street and Park avenue as adver­ tised at fifty cents (50c) per yard. Contract let to Wm. Bonslett. WM. STOFFEL, Chairman of Street aud Alley Com. Report of sidewalk committee: Wm. Bell's bid to build cement walk at ten and a half cents (10}c) per square foot. The sidewalk committee then let the contract to build walks to J. F. Wisner, he being the lowest bidder. M. WEBER, Chairman of Sidewalk Com. (iraud PrlM Ball. The management of the Lily Lake park dancing pavilion wishes to pub­ licly announce that a grand prize ball will take place at this dancing resort on Wednesday evening, Sept 30, to which a cordial invitation is extended to all. The floor committee will consist of the following geutlemen: McHenry, Will Heiiner; West McHenry, Will Kimball; Volo, Henry Stadfeld; Fremont Center, Henry Hertel; Johnburgh, John Nett; Wauconda, Vincent Martin; Woodstock, Otis Colby; Ring wood, Joe Lawrence; Nunda, Victor Babcock; Round Lake. Cha$. Mason. Suitable prizes will be. awarded by competent and impartial judges to the best lady and gentleman wattzers. Music by Prof. Del Noon an's famous orchestra. Dance tickets, 50 cents. At the Central. A feature in which the management of "Zeke, the Country Boy" take-; great pride is the number of high class spe­ cialties to be seen in the production. The sts -eotype 1 song and dance and the Coon" song with a chestnut flavor with which a long suffering public has been inflicted so often are tabooed. There is dancing and there are songs, plenty of them, but they are new and up to date, and they are rendered in an artistic man­ ner. Special reference may be made to a new song hit entitled "Too may have the city life but give me the little farm," written for this production, which has a comedy theme combined with a beautiful melody." Mr. Will O. Reynolds, who appears in the title role, sings it with pronounced succesp Notice to Hunters. Owning to the fact that I have on my premises a number of "tame decoy ducks, I hereby give notice that after this date no hunting or trespassing Will be al­ lowed upou said premises. The » law will positively be strictly applied on all persons not heeding this warning. MARTIN J. WAGNER. Dated August 27-08. How Is the time to look at yosr Win­ dows. All sizes window glass at Mas- qnelet's drug store. Read Tka Piaisdeatar "vnt" a3a» EXCHANGE GLEANINGS. HAPPENINGS IN M'HENRY AND ADJACENT COUNTIES. A Nltf»llan«An« Assortment of News (tenia In Condensed Form For Conven­ ience of Busy People. Elgin has added another factory to her many industries. The new factory will manufacture .shoes and promisee in the course of a few years to become one of the city's leading business enterprises, and at present i* known as the Thomas A. Stevens Shoe factory. There is one (satisfaction in being a farmer, it cannot be said he wins what­ ever fortune he gets; he earns every dol­ lar of it and When he gets it he does not take a cent of it from some other man. It comes to him first hand out of the soil and his money is the cleanest in all the world. The Grayslake Creamery company, a new indnstry starting in a small way, was organized the first of the week, and will commence operations the first of next mouth The company will bottle milk, buttermilk and creatn.and make butter, cottage cheese and ice cream. Grayslake Times: Major Raukin lelt a sample stalk of his Mexican corn at Battershall's corner that is 12 feet in height. It is 8 feet to the ear A stalk about the same height was left by the Major at Jess J. Longabaugh's store. The Major certainly has 'em all beaten on altitudinouH corn. The Modern Woodmen of America and the allied order of Royal Nuighltors are moving to establish a sanatorium for consumptives at Peoria. Ill . where members of either order who are afflict­ ed with the dread disease may receive free treatment. It is a great and uoble undertaking and if sucueasfnlly carried out will earn for thene fraternal and benevolent orders the warm praise of all Christendom. What appeared to be an attempt to, wreck automobiles was discovered on a road north of Marengo on Tuesday night of fair week, by some Belvidere people who were* returning from the McHenry county fair. A tree with the branches on bad been placed across the road, lying in the shadow of another tree. The fact that they were riding in a heavy machine probably saved them from a spill as the big machine passed over the obstruction without being over­ turned or wrecked, crushihg down the branches by its weight. A clergyman got up to preach in his own pulpit after a vacation in the south, where he had shaven off his beard be cause of the heat. As soon as be ap peared a buzz of anrpressed speculation ran thru the congregation, some of his parishioners daimiutr that it was their clergyman, others that it was a man that looked like hiui, and others con­ fessed th*t they didn't know whether it was he or not. When the buzz of whispering bad subsided he gave out his text: "Some said it was He, others said it is Hke Him but He said, 'I am He Elgin farmers may organize a pro tective combine of dairymen in their district. Initial steps toward the forma­ tion of an association that will embrace all producers in the territory are to l»e taken this week. Charges that Chicago buyers have combined in lowering the wholesale pfice are freely made. Farmers declare that dealers have established a "trust" scale, not only to the retail market but also in purchas­ ing produce from them. They assert the proposed association will offset the alleged existing combine of creamery- men. Dundee dairymen took first steps Tuesday of last week, when a meeting was haHtily called following the an­ nouncement of winter prices, and plans discuHsed for the re organization of the Dundee Mntnal Farmers' association. Three thousand acres of useless swamp, converted thru the construction of the Plato Rutlnnd drainage ditch in­ to rich farm land, i« yielding one of the largest corn crops in northern Illinois. The remarkable yield on more than half the former unavailable acreage, will nearly equal bumper corn figures. Four thousand five- hundred acres of swamp land was converted by the opening of the big drain into tillable property. Farmers in the district planted between 3,500 and 3.000 acres of corn. Both quality and quantity of the produce has surprised even the mo it optimistic. Farmers whose acreage has been im­ proved thru the construction of the ditch estimate that the crop will aggre­ gate between 60 and 70 bpshels of corn to the acre, while bumper crop figures are 80 bushels to the acre. Grayslake ^Times: Loll Wicks brongbt in a freak stflk of corn Monday that certainly is ^ freak. The top, instead of tasseling out, grew about two feet long (somethmg like a banana stalk) from which Idepended, thickly, nu­ merous little make-believe ears of corn The stalk probably has a hundred of these miniature ears of corn, packed along the stalk ps closely as bananas on a banana stock.\ If the small ears of corn were of tlje regulation size and quality Mr. Wicfts would have a bunhel of good corn froui this one stalk, and if all his corn stalks were equally prolific, be could twamp the corn market of the world. Here is an idea for Burbank, the California plant wizard. If he could make 100 ears of corn grow where one grew before, he would have all the <;>ther wizards--necromancy, alchemy, financial or what not--skinned to fraaale. ELECTRIC ROAD WILL COME So Says .OStalals ot Klglu, Woodstock & Lake Geneva Road. While the general public along the proposed route of the new Elgin, Wood­ stock & Lake Geneva Electric railway have been crying fake, the officials of that compauy during the past few months have been quietly at work per­ fecting plans and adjusting matters for the construction of said new road. Their chief difficulty, that of procur­ ing the franchise into Elgin, the officials declare has at last been overcome and the city council of the Watch City is ready at any time to grant them a satis­ factory franchise. Three of the officials of the proposed road, including President Spear, made a tour of the route by automobile last Thursday aud the talk regarding the new road was most enthusiastic. Owing to the lateness of the season the construction work will be deferred uutil next spring, when it is hoped that an early start will be made. The work of snrveyiug will be completed this fall, aud as soon as weather will permit next spring the grading and laying of tracks will be started. Auother important and highly inter­ esting fact is that McHenry is now the favored location for the car barns and power houHe. While the company has not as yet come to a definite decision on the point, the officials while here last Thursday stated that McHenry's chances of obtaining said headquarters are first and foremost and if they come the Eldredge property will be the site selected for the construction of same. WARNING TO BUSINESS MEN. Agents Misrepresenting Suit Patterns Are Disposing Same in Country. The following letter received by Block & Bethke explains itself: Messrs. Block & Bethke, McHenry, III. Gentlemen:--Last season we wrote our customers as follows: "We are reliably informed that cer­ tain parties in this city, and other cities, are sending men out calling on the con­ sumer selling suit patterns. These woolens, in many fnstanoes, bear the stamp of 'British Manufacture' and in some cases 'German and French Manu factore.' We wish to advise that these woolens, in the majority of cases, are goods that on account of being imper­ fect have been thrown back on the bands of some of the mills, who have sold them at a very low price to the parties mentioned. In some instances the woolens have been dyed so that the iiuperfections will not show,' In other cases the woolens are absolutely pore cotton branded with a foreign stamp in order to enable these im posters te take adyantage of the unsuspecting con­ sumer. It will be to your interest, as well as to the interest of all parties in your locality, .if yon will publish this letter as it will save them many a dollar as the fabrics are not as represented and in some instances are absolutely worthless. "We have recently been asked by some of our customers to make op for their customers suit patterns branded 'English Manufacture--All Wool,'every thread of the fabric being cotton, which makes it uecessary for us to again call our customers' attention to the fact that these parties are still at work. We trust yon will assist ns in putting a stop to this 'gold brick game.' " Yours very truly, E. V. PRICE & Co. School Notes. The eighth grade loses Rita Heist this week. She goes to Pennsylvania to live. Marguerite Knox is again ip school this week. Teachers' meetings are on Thursday, this year, and Miss Roggeveen meets with the other teachers. We have nearly all our books at last. The seniors are making a sure mark for themselves as investigators in physics. Our social last Thursday evening was not very well attended by the patrons of the school. One hundred and forty invitations were sent beside the general invitation thru the p^per, yet only about forty of the friends were present. Very few excuses were sent and an epi­ demic of any sort sufficient to keep so many at home is not to be considered possible as the cause of absence. The only reasonable conclusion is that the most unreasonable thing is true, name­ ly, that only about fifteen percent of the patrons of the school have sufficient in­ terest in the school to exercise the courtesy of responding to the opportun­ ity offered for manifesting their desire for a profitable year's work for their children. Will any of these uninter­ ested ones be able to say a helpful word for the school, or competent to otter ad­ verse criticism this year? •"cA _. ... . .-- Universalis! Church.* Rev. Arthur Roberts, pastor. Regu­ lar services next Sunday: Preaching at 10:30 a. in., Sunday school at 11:45 a. m. The pastor will have a special theme for sermon. All interested in chnrch are requested to cofoe. Everybody cor­ dially invited. Our prescription department is com­ plete with fresh and pure drugs. Have your prescriptions filled with as. Mas- qaelet Vdrc# •*«#. TALKS TO HOME-COMERS AT M'HENRY COUNTY FAIR AT WOODSTOCK. Hon. Edward 1>. Shurtleff of Marengo Addresses Crowd of Home-Corners at Annual County Fair. Below we give in part the address as delivered by Hon. E. D. Shurtleff of Marengo, to a gathering of "home- comers" at the recent connty fair at Woodstock? Mr. Chairman, fellow citizens of Mc­ Henry county, ladies and gentlethen, aud those of you who have simply called McHenry county your home and are back today to celebrate this home comers' reunion, I feel that I, least of all, should have been asked to make this address, as I cannot feel as one of the early settlers, as I am not One of the pioneers of the day and times that you are here today to celebrate. I am simply one of the later residents of McHenry county. 1 would, however, that I had some power of language, souie imaginary knowledge of the powers of that time, that would fit me to talk to you on this subject. I can only say what. I have to say from guess or imagination, from what I have read of these times and from what I have heard iu my own fam­ ily history. I feel iu attempting to say anything today that it will lie peculiar without the feeling that only could have beeb induced by the hardships of the pioneers. We are standing today on the gronnd that seventy years ago the white man was puttfng up a great struggle for. One hundred and thirty-five years ago our ancestors, a little band of , settlers along the Atlantic coast, had fought their battles to free us from England. To these brave pioneers, our fathers and grandfathers, we owe this country, for not until our fathers and those who went before ns in b&ttle and in blood, brought down to us this territory from the French, the Euglish and finally from the Indians, was there any peace. Our ancestors came here in covered wagons, they came and fought for what they got, they came attended with no -comforts, such as we enjoy today. We might say they came bare-handed and bare footed, securing in this western land, this fertile soli, our present state of Illinois, and to find a place where their families and yon and I might have a good home. If they had not eudured these hardships and toils, yon, who have come back today to en joy this home-comers' reunion, would have found no state of Illinois, no coun­ ty of McHenry, no city of Woodstock, no road to travel, no churches, no schools, and not a dollar in money. Our ancestors came to this soil when there was nothing to do with, not an axe, a hoe or a roof to cow them. They first came into a forest, cnt down a few trees, putting up three poles with a cover over them, the roughest sort of structure to protect them, simply a covering; from this a settlement would start, running along the edge of the timber, so much different from what I have seen it in my times. They made the first farms and first settlements in the edge of the timber, without a railroad, without a track, or bridge across any of the streams. They lived thru these times of suffering and starvation with no market to sell what little produce they had. I helped to settle a new conntry myself, twenty years ago. Then we sent trains and things ahead so that it was only a short time before it was as civilized as any country, but here they had nothing to begin with. Many families, and this is part of the personal history, endured great suffer ing and hardships. My grandfather had three girls and fonr boys. The three girls secured work in the cotton mills while my grandfather and the boys went in search of a home. They first went to Michigan, then from place to place until they finally settled in De Kalb county, 111 , marking out a farm, clearing the ground and building a bouse; all this time these three girls worked io the factory and earned the means to snpport the family; there were maiiy in the same condition in this rich and fertile land of ours. At that time t^e fertility to them was almost useless There were no markets, no govern­ ment, no protection for the home or the property excepting the brawny arms of the settlers and the rifles that always hung on their walls. They bad no fences, and I remember hearing tbem tell of how they were bothered with cattle thieves. They made up a com pany and tracked them to Lee county, where tbey captured two and had a trial, then shot them. The young men of today know noth ing or very little of the hardships of the pioneers. All they know is secured from their individual feeling. They didn't make the tracks, the roads, or build the bridges across the streams, so they could not have the feeling that our early pioneers had. Fellow citizens of the oommnnity, of the township, and of the local com­ mittee, the first thing you did and the first thing they did when they called this their home was to build a school to educate their children and a chnrch to worship in, and all this northern part of Illinois tbey commenced, laid the first props and pillars, and could at first only paWio highways of water, the Mississippi river and the Ohio river. At that time nb one lived in the northern part of Illinois, except­ ing at the forts, such as Fort Dearborn, where the city of Chicago is today,'and maybe a few others. Few are living who remember that time when the white man could not tread in McHenry county, when it was another nation, you might say. Kroui the time of our early pioneers until today this country has continued to grow until it ranks second or third to all in the Utiion. Today we travel in palace cars, our children have the grandest of school privileges. We are people free to se­ cure an education; we have all kinds of schools, all kiuds of churches, every kind of comfort, every luxury, the chance to make everything in any line to which the human mind may turn or our energy direct us. It is because of these great opportunities that we en­ joy, that we are here in McHenry conn ty, back to this place that we all call home. There is no tribnte, there is nothing that a man could say, that wonld fitly respond to the occasion. The only tribnte we can bring is to honestly and sincerely, with all of the energy at our command, fitly make use of the oppor tnnities that are before ns. It is largely to no purpose that a man of my age should be secured to say anything upon an occasion of this kind, when we have to remember back to the early history of Illinois. I thank yon. MARRIED IN VERMONT. Mel pary Young Man (Joes East to Take ! Qptnpanlon. "Absence makes the heas| grow fonder." That there is more truth than poetry in this old saying was eminently brought to the minds of our citizens last week when the announcement of the marriage of Mr. Joseph Carr Holly of this place to Miss Ethel Mae Strong of Barre, Vermont, reached this place. The ceremony took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Nye at one o'clock last Wednesday afternoon in the Eastern city. They were attended hy Mr. Carroll Wilfred Strong of Troy, N. Y., a brother to the bride, and Miss Evangeline Jobus of Herman, N. Y,, Rev. G. W. Winch of East Barre offici­ ating. The ceremouy was witnessed by relatives and close friends, guests at­ tending from Greenfield, Mass., Troy and Potsdam, N. Y. The courtship of this happy yonng couple dates back to last winter when the two became acquainted and won each other's affections. At that time Miss Strong fras a guest at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Roberts. So at­ tached had the two become to each other that npon the departure of Miss Strong for her Eastern home last spring their engagement was hinted among their young friends here, and now that all has materialized their many young friends here are convinced that tbey had guessed correctly. The bride, who is already favorably known to many of our citizens, especial­ ly among the young people, is a highly accomplished and pleasing young woman, whose charming personality wins her friends at first 6ight. Among her Eastern friends she has always been popular. Besides her traits already mentioned, she is also a singer of un­ usual repute. The groom is the youngest son of Mrs. Nizzie Holly of this place. He was born and raised here, where* he is held in high esteem by all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. He is an industrious, honest and upright young mau and enjoys a good position at the Terra Cotta factory. The young couple have already gone to housekeeping in the lower flat of the house owned by the groom's mother, where tbey are receiving the congratu­ lations of their friends. "Zeke, the Country Boy." "Zeke, the Country Boy", the new rural comedy drama which will hold the stage of the Central, Sept. 27, promises well. Having a distinctly outlined plot and a clear development is the 'first strong point in its favor, and the ar­ rangement of the incidents in a natural order supports this so well that one is only amused by the possible extravag­ ance of some of them. The lines are bright, the situations unstrained, and the climaxes are natural. The acting is said to be even and the different mem­ bers of the company are harmonious in heir efforts to make every scene as tell­ ing as possible. In a word, the play is one which sets people talking and makes them tell their friends to go and see it Dance at StoflTel's Hall. Another one of those enjoyable time* is in store for the young people of Mi- Henry and vicinity next Saturday even­ ing, September 26, when S toff el's hall will be the scene of that fascinating pastime -dancing. As usual, Sher­ man's Woodstock orchestra will be on hand with all the latest tnusical selec­ tions. Floor committee: McHenry, Will Heiiner; West McHenry, Will Oallaher, Jr.; Woodstock, Ray Corr; Wauconda, Will Geary; Nunda, Andrew Heuderson, Jr.: Emerald Park, Joe Sutton, All are invited. Tickets, oaly 50 cents. Did it ever occur to you that yon can bny envelopefr with yonr return address printed on them just as cheap as you can boy the blank envelopse at the storet OUR WEEKLY PICK-UP* ITEMS PICKED UP ABOUT TOWM DURING THE WEEK. What People are Doing la OwRaiy r • City--News as Seen by The PIsMtslw Representatives. Batter Market. After holding the butter price at 23 for six weeks, the Elgin board of trade, at Monday's session, moved the quota- f tion np a notch, placing it at 98| cent* per pound. , Petesch's for drugs. For stoves and hardware call on & : X Vycital. Get your "Fly Shy" of tfaa Wiltxu* Lumber Co. For siek headache use Maaquelet's headachepowders. Have your eave troughs fixed bafora the rush at J. J. Vycital's. A new assortment of elegant 10-OMt goods at Vycital's hardware store. Something doing at S toff el's hall next Saturday evening. Sheridan's nrnlna tra. J. F. Wisner has a gang of men at work constructing new walks about town. . James Minshall, general auctioneer. Farm sales a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed. Genoa Junction, Wia. This vicinity was visited by a slight imitation of a rain storm during Tues­ day night. Not much damage wa%-. done. The home of John Stoffei on the eot* ner of Third and Waukegafe streets lai- : being beautified with a "new ooax ofi paint. y/ Henry Simes and family expect soon to occupy the new home recently erected by Peter J. Freund on East Wsslnps street. Onr prescription department is com- ; plete with freeh and pure drags. Have your prescriptions filled with us. Mas* qnelet's drag store. ' ' Richard Wray of RiohnsoMd ftr fes,' oharge of the N. H. Petesch drag store this week while the proprietor is enjoy­ ing a well earned rest. Nicholans Bnhr of Chicago, mm ot Mrs. Anna M. Bnhr, died Wednesday,. Sept. 33, at 6:26 a. m. Funeral will ha held Saturday morning at 10 odock from the residence at 82 St Michaels Ct. During the month of August Antoa ] Schneider, the Water street grocery- man, disposed of 1750 ponnda of Johns- burgh creamery butter. Counting int Sundays, this would bring the average daily sale close to 56| pounds. Prohibitionist candidate for governor Shee ̂arrived in McHenry in an anto shortly after noon Tuesday. Owing to the fact that only a few knew of hie coming, bis audience was very small here. Those who did hear him d®elar#l,® that his speech embodied some gooi! points. McHenry still haa a few kaeckevsleft within its borders. According to their : ideas onr village does not amount to much and is the most undesirable iriK lage on the globe. These same peoplw are doing their trading in t'hicago • the sooner they go to make that city their home the hatter it will be for oa4,| village in general. Trains out of Chicago to IfeHMry were late all day Monday, owing to th«| opening of the new Kiuzie street bridge* 3 in Chicago. The replacing of th«§ old; , railway swing bridge with a single isaff bascule, the largest of its kind in ths|*: world, was accomplished Sunday and , Monday, nearly one thousand workmen assisting in the engineering feat. Harvard Independent: Dr. Goaiavt DesJardien of Chicago arrived here last Saturday evening for a visit with, friends. Dr. DesJardien, who is % brother of Rev. Dr. A. R. DesJardien,* former pastor of the Harvard Presby­ terian church, was graduated last May* from the Hahnemann Medical school, Chicago, and is looking around at pres* entfora suitable place to locate and', commence the practice of his profession. He is favorably impressed with Mc­ Henry aud believer there is an excellent opening there at present. The Hille photo studio makes a spe­ cialty of enlarging and framing. We copy from any kind of picture. From those sittings already taken at oar ata- dio we carefully preserve the negative*. These negatives we can use in making^ the enlargements, and in so doing not* only save money, but get a likeness o£ superior quality and finish. They show up well in a metal, oval frame audi' make a lasting ornament for the home.. They look like a $10.00 picture, but eosf only half that sum and lees. Sampler, on exhitition at the studio. Phoue Frank Fish and Frank Lasher feaW sold Indian Point at Fox: Lake te A. Cook, a banker in Chicago. The laad comprises about tweuty acres and pro* jects far out into the lake. It has been owned by the two Elgiu men for -th|; past six years and was considered 4 good investment, property is so «ta* ated to be the finest in that region* In buying the land Mr Cook acted withp a number of prominent Ohu-agu txniak > v ers who will erect several large suminertS; homes in the future. The be dredged and a number of other fa*-" prcvefuents will he mad#.