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ryw* • .$* iMffiit S^»%3t'jfir ~i '., 0,ta4?' ^ j 'Hftf $,&?.* p'<<"• L > ' 5 "V ,-„- '•;-,&5 • t >c ,, .M *mk'.^- H> •te ^'4'?i>^Hf * r̂ %'" '- • hi ""V •* , £ •« - % -, , f # * & v . 4tf- ^ . , J* *55?V* *S$ / *, *, k? i v ; 7/:'#T\ «f • , .",j |J „*/,; ms--spj ^ :; ywj isi§ '"•'ft*..:... ^ ̂ vi-yv : -- r^VOLUWE XXXVI. MoHENRY, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 29. 1910. PEKSIIPiAL ITEMS tomss m cores or a week h WR BUSY UTTLE VUAfiE. AS SEEN BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS A?!D SAKudD iniv $yS urriCe BY uus FRIENM. - . THE NOIITSESN LIFE OF ILL! NOIS. Frank Masquelet, Jr., was the guest of Chicago relatives Monday. F. E. Block of Elgin passed Sunday as the guest of relatives here. Earl Brown passed a couple of jjoyg last week in Chicago and Elgin. Earl Watson of Chicago passed Mon­ day as the guest of McHenry. friends. Richard Wr&y of Richmond passed Sunday night as the guest of friends here. • Lewis McDonald of Woodstock passed Sunday as the guest Of McHenry friends. Walter Warner of Aurora spent Monday as the guest of McHenry friends. Jessie Simpson of Aurora was the guest of his mother on Sunday and Monday. John R. Hunter of Elgin was the guest of McHenry friends the' first of the week. Chas. Nickels of Woodstock was a guest at the holie of Charles B. Harm- sen, Sunday. O. B. Gilbert of Chicago spent Sun­ day and Monday as the guest»of his parents here. Miss Lillian Heimer of Chicago passed Sunday and Monday as the guest of home folks. Mr. and MM, Floyd Cbvalt, passed Sunday as the guests of North Crystal Lake relatives. Arthur Bickler of Rogers Park spent Sunday and Monday as the guest of relatives here. , Miss Mary Yager of Chicago is spending the week as the guest of Mc­ Henry friends. George Jones was entertained by his mother at North Crystal Lake on Christmas day. Chas. G. Buss -of Chicago was a guest in the home of his mother Sun­ day and Monday. Miss Edna Hunter of Elgin passed Christmas day at the home of Mrs. Josephine Heimer. Miss Kathryn Burks,, of the Plain- dealer staff, ate Christmas dinner with Chicago relatives. Mrs. Joseph Wegener and daughter passed Sunday as the guest of her parents at Ringwood. Isadore Feffer of Woodstock spent Christmas day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Feffer. W. T. Wells of Chicago spent Christ­ mas day at the home df his brother, Dr. D. G. Wells, here. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Doolittle and daughter spent Christmas as the guests of Waukegan relatives. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Ross passed Christmas day as the guests of the lat- ter's mother in Chicago. John Feltz of Woodstock was a guest in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Feltz, Sunday. Mike Schaffer of North Crystal Lake passed Christmas day at the home of his father, Jos. Sehaffer, here. Mathias Laures of Woodstock ate Christmas dinner at the home of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Laures. Richard B. Walsh of Chicago is passing the week at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walsh. Mrs. Nick Martin and daughter, Ella, attended the funeral of John Hammond in Chicago Saturday last. Nick Steilen was in Chicago a few days the latter part of last week as­ sisting his son during the holiday rush. Gilbert McOmber of Chicago passed Sunday and Monday as the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Mc­ Omber. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Loom is were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Perkins at Woodstock on Christ­ mas day. Miss Katie Schreiner of Chicago spent Christmas day as the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schreiner. Miss Elfreida Bemer of Chicago was a guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Berner, Sunday and Monday. A Mathias Rothermel of Kenosha, Wis., is spending the week at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Rothermel. Mrs. P. S. Martin and daughter, Mrs. E. J. Mansfield, returned Sunday evening from a two months' visit with relatives in California. Fred Adams of Palatine was a guest at his home here on Christmas day. Fred is now employed with the North Shore Electric company. Mr. and Mrs. Emery Kimball of Dekalb., 111., passed Christmas day as the guests of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kimball. Mrs. Charles D. MeArthur of Elgin is spending the week at the home of her mother, Mrs. Augusta Wolff. Mr. MeArthur was here Sunday. v Mrs. Anna Byrd, of the Plaindealer Xff, is passing the week as the guest wev. and Mrs. Frank W. Miller at ^Wleld, 111. Her daughter, Lulu, " \ attending the Lombard college 'mrg, 111., is also a guest of family. --w AT OSBGHIE, KANSAS. rz =•¥= NUMBER 28. J. H. SMITH, A FORMER McHENRY DENT IS DEAD. [Osborne (Kansas) County Fawuer.l Another old timer of Osborne county has gone to his reward. Saturday at 2 p. m., J. M. Smith, uuu of the pioneer merchants of this city, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. B. Hatfield, aged sixty-eight years. Mr. Smith was a native of Vermont. His parents moved to McHenry county, Illinois, when John was an infant. He grew to manhood there, and on Jan. 1, 1862, was married to Miss Ellen Gage. Two children blessed the union, one dying in infancy; the other, Mrs. J. B. Hatfield of this city, survives. Mrs. Smith passed away March 13, 1890. The family came to Osborne in 1878, where Mr. Smith and his brother, the late P. D. Smith, engaged in merchan­ dising, under the firm name of Smith Brothers, a firm widely known in the early days as straightforward business men and square dealers. "J. M." as he was familiarly known, was a favor­ ite with the citizens of Osborne and served several terms as mayor in the '80s. On Jan. 1, 1890, his big stock of goods was destroyed by fire and he turned his attention to other lines, after being in business for twelve years. In 1898 he was appointed superintend­ ent of clothing at the state prison at Lansing and filled the position two yeare. Then he weijt to Arlington, Wash., where for several years he was engaged in manufacturing shingles, and *held the office of mayor of the town, being the first to be elected to that office after the incorporation of the city. Returning to Oshorne, he filled various positions of trust for which his native and acquired business sagacity peculiarly qualified him. Three weeks ago he was stricken with illness, from which death was a release. The funeral on Monday from the house was in charge of the Masonic lodge, of which he was a member, and his body was laid to rest in the Osborne ceme­ tery. The pall bearers were S. D. Botkin, George Hewit, B. F. Chilcott, J. R. Loomis, Henry Neuschwanger and S. P. Crampton. RIVERSIDE HOUSE WILL OPEN. That the Riverside House, one of the largest as well as most up-to-date hotels in McHenry county, will be opened the coming summer is now an assured fact. F. O. Gans of this village has rented the place and will open name to the public early the coming spring. La?t year the popular hostelry was idle, and we feel safe in saying that scarcely a day passed during the summer season but what all the way from five to twenty automobile parties stopped at that point, only to find the doors of the once famous house locked. Mr. Gans we believe will do his utmost to give the public first-class service and we sincerely hope that he will, thru courteous treatment and good, service, regain for the place the excel­ lent reputation that it once enjoyed among the summer re sorters and trav­ eling public. NEW YEAR DANCE AT STOFFEL'S HALL. The annual New Year dance at Stof- fel's hall this year will take place on Friday evening, December 30. Prep­ arations are being made to entertain an unusually large crowd of dancers this year and those having charge of the event are exercising every effort to make this year's dance one that will long remain in the memories of those who attend. Walsh's Chicago orches­ tra, which during last summer won for itself an excellent reputation in Mc­ Henry, has been engaged for this spe­ cial occasion and the public is assured something real good in the line of music. The supper will be served in the basement dining h«Jl by the ladies of St. Patricia coui$(**W. C. O. F., of St. Patrick's church\ Dance tickets, $1.00. Supper, 50 cents per plate. A cordial invitation is extended to all. WmU EXCH8IWE TO tS TAKEN HM Tffi COUfflNS OF MKHINY EXCHANGES. DONT GET MAD. When we meet you of course we will quiz you--editors always do. We mut-t know what you know and thus it is we learn of a great many things that everybody does not know, and after combining them in columns, you will discover a great many things you do not know and even things you did know appear so vastly different you will not know them and thus it is you have a continuai feast of things, something new, fresh or done over. In conclusion when you meet us you know what to expect and prepare to divulge freely, fully, candidly and good naturally. BLUE ROCK SHOOT. A blue rock shoot will take place at the Oak Park hotel grounds, Pistakee Bay, on Sunday, Jan. 1. From the in­ terest usually shown by local lovers of the sport we will venture to say that this event will be a well attended one and the contestants will be many. Plenty of good shells may be purchased on the grounds, as well as refreshments of all kinds. The shoot will begin at 10:00 a. m., sharp. Dinner will be served at the Oak Park hotel at noon and the shoot will again be resumed at 1:00 o'clock. The prizes will be divid­ ed to suit shooters. All are invited. The assets of The Northern Life are more than two and a half times its lia­ bilities and the state insurance depart­ ment your ttunw. See the agent. MISCELLANEOUS ASSORTMENT OP NEWS ITS-;MS IN CONDENSED FORM FOB BUSY PEOPLE. Carl Lundgren of Mareniro. at, one time one of the best twirlers in the National loftgue, has made application for a tryout as an umpire with the National league. Waukegan barbers are seriously considering the matter of raising the price of hair cuts from 25 cents to 50 cents in capes where men do their own sh^vin^ and go to the barber shop for hair cuts-only. Geocge F. Rushton, who has during the past sixteen years served this county in the capacity of county clerk and who has been succeeded by Guy E. Still, is now engaged in the real estate business in Woodstock. The annual visit of the Oliver sales­ men to the factory at Woodstock took place last Thursday, a special train bringing the party to the county seat city from Chicago. Today (Thursday) the managers of the branch offices of the company will be entertained at Woodstock. The Borden Milk company is prepar­ ing to turn its bottling plant at Genoa Junction into a plant for the making of evaporated milk. This will require an entire change in machinery and factory arrangements, but will enable the company to take care of its surplus milk at times when the supply is ex­ cessive. The Elgin state hospital for the in­ sane is greatly crowded" at present. The inmates of the institution now number 1400, while accommodations are limited to 1100. An appropriation of 11,500,000 was asked of the legisla­ ture to put the institution in proper shape, but the appropriation was cut down to $1,000,000. Anton E. Yukel has been appointed postmaster at Algonquin, in this coun­ ty, to succeed Mrs. Nettie li. Thread- gold. The office -became presidential Oct. 1, 1910. The appointment was confirmed by the senate Dec. 13, 1910. Mr. Yukel is a prominent citizen of Algonquin. His appointment was made upon the recommendation of Congressman Snapp. The 33,700 locomotive engineers op­ erating on sixty-one railroads west of Chicago, and includiug lilty-three (xr cent of the entire lailroad mileage of the country, have voted to strike if the roads do not accede to their terms. The engineers have made their last stand on a demand for an increase in wages ranging from twelve to fifteen per cent. The roads offer an increase of about nine and one-lialf per cent. Eleven Harvard residents were re­ cently arrested by a C. «& N. W. rail­ road detective on a charge of stealing coal from the company's coal sheds in that city. The cases were heard be­ fore a police magistrate and in each instance a plea of guilty was entered and fines of $10 were handed out. Some of those accused of stealing are prominent citizens of Harvaid and their ai rests caused quite a sensation in thai city. The new North Crystal Lake well, pump and motor are connected and running smoothly. At the start about (50,000 gallons were pumped in five hours. The pump lifts eight gallons of water at each stroke, and the nor­ mal speed without danger to the mains is about twenty-two strokes per min­ ute. The big tank was filled in five hours, with consumers using water during the entire time. The motor has a starting device, and there has not been a hitch in the operation of the pump, which is a big upright and runs like a watch. The new electric line between Wau- conda and Palatine is now practically cleared of its obligations, and the con­ tractors are finished for the year, ex­ cept the actual winding uj} of the work, and except one constractor, who will operate a steam shovel the winter thru. No new cuts will be begun this weather. The road, which is the first branch of the Waukegan, Elgin and Traction company, hss six TIE POTTER CRAFTSMAN. THE MAK WHO MAKES VESSELS OF CLAY WILL BE NEXT ATTRACTION. The next number of the entertain­ ment and lecture course will take place at the Central opera- house on Wed­ nesday evening of next week, Jan. 4, when Smith Damron, the jjotter crafts­ man, will furnish the evening's enter­ tainment. Smith Damron, the potter crafts- was bora and reared at Macomb. 111., a town that for more than* half a cen­ tury has been noted for its clay manu­ facturing interests, having at the pres­ ent two of the largest sewer pipe plants and three of the leading stone­ ware jKHteries to be found in the cen­ tral west. m t While y<n a hoy in bis teens, he entered a stoneware pottery for the purj>ose of learning th< trade, and dur­ ing the next fifteen years he held }>osi- tions in every department connected with the manufacture of that line of pottery known as stoneware. Some years ago at the earnest re­ quest of the board of directors of the Young Men's Christian association of his home town he became their gen­ eral secretary, and on December 1, 1909. closed his fourteenth year of con­ tinuous service with that association. During his work in the Yot n<j Men's Christian association he became inter­ ested in the lyceum and has for years conducted one of the largest and most successful lecture and entertainment courses in Illinois. In his dealing with lyceum people and in studying its needs, with his past experience as a practical potter and his years spent in public life, he con­ ceived the id» a of preparing a demon­ strated art lecture on "The Potter and the Clay." As this demonstrated art lecture is so entirely different from any other offered upon the platform, there is no opjKjrtunity for comparison. Mr. Damron carries with him to demonstrate his art lecture an old fashioned potter's kick wheel. In his remarks he gives much valuable in­ formation regarding the history, origin and process of making vessels of clay, quoting now and then a choice poem, the lecture l»eing interspersed with many witty turns and humorous stories as well as many philosophical teach­ ings. After several minutes have been devoted to the oj»ening remarks he lavs aside his coat and vest, rolls up his sleeves, puts on a potter's apron, and. taking a ball of clay, he places it upon his potter's wheel, which he re­ volves with his foot by means of a treadle. He soon forms in full view of his audience a beautiful piece of pottery. The art of making vessels of clay by hand on a turning wheel is fast Incom­ ing a lost art, as the large per cent of all pottery is made in moulds. In fact, many of our leading potteries make all their ware by machinery. In a few more years the art of making vessels of clay by hand will only be a matter of history. Don't miss this number as it prom­ ises to be one of the most interest ing as well as instructive yet triven. Single admission, 2.~> cents. CONCERNING McHENRY'S POPULATION. McHenry may not get official census returns of population until some tiifte in February. Information is given out that the population of the smaller cities and villages will not be made public until the state reports are made up. These reports, it is expected, will be compiled and published sometime in February. McHenry j>eople are quite eager to know what the popula­ tion of our village really is. Some are of the opinion that the 1910 census re­ port will show a good substantial gain, while the more conservative estimator places the |>opulation at about the same figures as were returned after the 1900 report, viz., 1013. There are quite a number of our people willing to wager a few nickels that the forthcoming re­ port will not show a gain of over twen­ ty souls. BLANKET YOUR HORSES. The time of the year has arrived when unfeeling owners of horses need The town in the morning ties It to the square or a hitching post and leaves it there until 10 o'clock at night is not en­ titled to much consideration. Any team that is left in this way for five or six hours should be taken to a stable by the marshal. The owner can be found any time. It is more than likely that he is comfortable al­ though his team needs feed and water. Rockforu per cent of its working funds left, and ! the attraction of the authorities, has drawn on only two payments thus j fellow who drives a team intb far, so that standing clear of debt as it does it is to be commended. Grayslake Times: Chris Tetterman of Hainesville fell from the Woodman hall at Round Lake Thursday and was killed instantly. He was working on the tower and started to sit down on the staging, taking a hold of the cor­ nice to steady himself. The cornice was loose and he lost his balance, fall­ ing thirty-six feet to the frozen ground, striking on his face and shoulder. His neck was broken by the fall, killing him instantly. His jaw was broken and one shoulder was also fractured. Two of the deceased's nephews, Frank Tetterman and Mr. Ohlman came for the body Sunday and took it to Vice- burg, Ind., Sunday evening. Mr. Tet­ terman was a carpenter and came to Hainesville from Indiana about two years ago. He was unmarried and had no relatives in this section of the coun­ try. He was a jolly, good natured man, who made many friends during Us stay here. WPT ISA KILOWATTHKWIR? MEANING or TERN USED W NEHStlR DK ELECTRICITY USED. JANE CARR DEAD. Mrs. Jane Carr died at her home in Ringwood Dec. 20, 1910 at the age of seventy years. She was an old resi­ dent of that place and was loved and resuected by all. A more extended notice will appear next week. AN EXTRA TRIP. Bertha Emmert, the optical special­ ist, will be at Besley's drug store this week Friday, Dec. 30. Ylo not forget the date. If you are earning for you and yours $500 a year and you are removed from the earth, what about the loved onesV Are you insured in The Northern Liie? PEOPLE OF McHENRY WMO USE ELEC­ TRICITY PAY FOR IT BY "KILOWATT HOUR." The people of McHenry, as well as other places, who use electric current for whatsoever purpose, pay for it by the "kilowatt hour." Altho the "kil­ owatt hour" determines the amount of current we use, 999 out of 1,000 of us know no more what it is than we do of the composition of the the moon. When the electrical industry broad­ ened out about twenty years ago, it became necessary to devise a large number of "new words suitable to its requirements in the naming of quan­ tities. The languageof ancient Greece and the names of men of attainment in theoretical and applied science were requisitioned for this pur}>ose. The word '"watt;" for instance, designating the smallest unit used in the commer­ cial measurement of electricity, comes from Watt, the English physicist. "Kilo," which prefixes this word to make up one of the most familiar terms in the language of electricity, is from the Greek, and means 1,000. So a "kilowatt" means 1,000 "watts." After Watt invented the steam en­ gine it became necessary to designate its power, that is, express the amount of work that a certain engine was ca­ pable of doing. Work is now and al­ ways has been measured by the weight it is capable of lifting thru a distance of one foot in one minute of time. Engineers of that day decided that the average horse could raise one pound a distance of 33,000 feet in one minute, that is to say, that the unit of horse­ power was stated as equal to 33,000 foot-pounds of work. When electric motors came into existence this same unit was retained in order that the |K>wer of engines and motors could be readily compared. Thus a one-horse l»wer engine or motor will raise a weight of 33,000 jtounds the distance of one foot, or 330 pounds a distance of 100 feet in a minute. The French use systems of decimals in all of their measurements and as sueh systems are more easily used in all kinds of mathematical calculations, the electrical profession, as their science advanced and became more complicated in its mathematical calcu­ lations, adopted the French system of units for all their units of measure­ ment, except the horsepower rating of engines and motors, which was re­ tained. As the foot is a measure of distance, the bushel a measure of grain, etc., the minute a unit of time, so the horse­ power and kilowatt are the units whereby work done is measured and they are the expression of the amount of work that can be accomplished. In the French system of electrical units, which is now the general sys­ tem of the world at large, the "watt" is the unit of |>ower. The "watt" is used in all calculations for small unjts such as lamps, small heating devices, etc., but is too small to be convenient to use in dealing with large amounts of power and so the "kilowatt" has be­ come the more generally used unit for the measurement of electrical power. The term "kilowatt hour" merely means the use of one "kilowatt" of power for a i>eriod of one hour. It requires about fifty watts of elec­ trical power to light the average six­ teen candle-)>ower carbon filament lamp, so that it is evident that a kilo­ watt would be sufficient to light ap­ proximately twenty such lamps and the kilowatt hour would be the amount of jjower to light them for one hour. M'HENRY DEFEATS RICHMOND. In a fast and well-played game of basket ball the McHenry high school five on last Friday evening took the measure of the team representing the Richmond high school, the contest being pulled off at the city hall. Rich­ mond has, for some years, "enjoyed the reputation of being one of the best little towns in this vicinity for atheletic sports, and no matter of what nature the sport may have been the honors of the village have always been well upheid b> its athlete. The basket ball team that came to McHenry last Friday evening was surely made up of excellent timber and the visitors kept our fleet little team on edge every minute of the game and not until the last few minutes of play could either of the teams be termed the winner. McHenry played the same clever game which has now won for it six straight victories without a defeat. The boys hope to go thru the season without defeat and thus carry away the honors of being the county champions. CARL OLSON PLEASE8. Carl Olson in "A Prince of Sweden" made a favorable impression upon the audience at the Central opera house last Sunday evening. The audience was not of the kind that theatrical people favor showing to, the crowd, esj>ecially for a holiday one, was ex­ ceedingly small. Mr. Olson carried the principle roll in a free, easy-going manner and was well supported by a strong cast. THE NORTHERN LIFE OF ILLI­ NOIS. YOUNG NAN IS CALLED. MICHAEL ENCF1.N PASSES AWAY THE HOME OF HIS PARENTS. AT M ichael F.ngeln, youngest sua oi Mr. and Mrs. Anton Engeln, passed away at the home of his parents on Thurs­ day morning of last week, his death coming very unexpectedly. Mike, as he was familiarly known to his friends, was taken seriously ill last June and after a game fight against the severe attack of sickntin he recovered and appeared to be re­ gaining his health. The young man, who has always been a great help to his father, was up and around every day and when he re­ tired the night before his death little did the members of the family think that death was so near. Death is at­ tributed to degeneration of the heart. Mike Engeln was bora in McHenry on December 14, 1885, making him twenty-five years and seven days of age at the time of his demise. He attended the German parochial school in this village and made his first holy communion from St. Mary's Catholic church. Ever since old enough , to be of any assistance he helped his father and during life proved himself a good worker around the home and in his father's place of business. He leaves besides his grief stricken l>arents, three brothers, Mathias, Peter G., and George, all of this place; and five sisters, Mrs. Helena Smalley of Hartonsville, Vt., Elizabeth, Marie and Josephine of McHenry and Mrs. Peter J. Heimer of Woodstock. The funeral took place from St. Mary's Catholic church at three o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The members of the McHenry Aerie of Eagles, of which the deceased was a member, showed their resj>ect for their brother by turning out in a body. Interment took place in St. Mary's Catholiy cemetery. CARD OF THANKS. The undersigned wish to publicly thank the many kind friends for their assistance and sympathy during their recent sad bereavement. Especially do they wish to thank the Eagles and Foresters for the beautiful flower con tributions. ANTON ENOELK AND FAMILY. WE MUST DEMAND PAY. PLAINDEALER WILL fHARCE FOR ALL ADVERTI8INC 01 THE FUTURE. With the beginning of the new year The Plaindealer will place a new ad­ vertising rate card into effect. With this issue free advertising in the col urns of The Plaindealer comes to an end. Since the writer has owned and con­ ducted the affairs of this paper no charge has ever been made for adver­ tising social or entertainments that were given for lodges, churches, schools or causes of this nature. For our generosity The Plaindealer has, in many instances, not even re­ ceived as much as thank you. In more* than one instance the editor has been given a severe "calling" because £he donated advertising did not appear on the front page of the paper. In view of the fact that our gener­ osity has, to a great extent, gone by uuappreciated and to keep in line with the rulings of each and every one of the other county publications, The Plaindealer will in the future make a charge of five cents per line for all advertising matter. This matter in­ cludes resolutions^ cards of thanks, socials, entertainments, sales, sup]>ers and, in fact, anything and everything from which a financial benefit is de­ rived. Our readers should kindly bear this in mind in the future and not ask us for further donations as we will positively not grant them. For display advertising a charge of ten cents per column inch per insertion will be made unless a yearly contract is made between advertiser and pub­ lisher. Advertisers please take notice of this Change and when advertising do not expect us to do it at the old rate. JOHNSBURGH COURT ELECTS OFFICERS. At a recent meeting of St. Johannes Court No. i*S, C. O. F. of Johnsburgh the following officers were elected for the coming year: C. R., Joe Thelen; V. C. R., H. M. lietterman; R. S., W. J. Meyers; F- S., Jos. B. Hetter- lnan; Treasurer, Wm. Althoff; Con­ ductors, Jos. J. Fr*und, Wm Thiel: Sentinels, Math. Steffes, Geo. Wirfs; Medical Examiner, Dr. N. J. Nye; Chaplain, Rev. Wolfgarten; Delegate, Frank Smith; Alternate, Jos. J. Mich- els. Installation of the new officers will take place on Sunday, January 8. All members are respectfully asked to be present. DANCE AT JOHNSBURGH. A big New Year dance will take place at Smith's hall at Johnsburgh on Wednesday evening, January 11. The event promises to be an exceptionally enjoyable one and the proprietor is making arrangements to enterjtain one of the largest crowds that ever gath­ ered at this popular dancing resort, A five-piece orchestra will furnish the music. Dance tickets, 50 cents. All are invited. ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST AS PICKED or BY tfJUNDEALEB POSTERS DURESS VWL WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IN THIS TK- --ASS ABB THE IMMEDIATE VJCUmTT-- OTHER SHORT PARAGRAPHS. Batter Market. Butter was declared firm at 30 cento on the Elgin board of trade last Satur­ day. New Year postal cards at PeteadtV The employes of the Hunter-WeeS- ler boat factory are enjoying* a vaca­ tion this week. Nick Weber and family, who t&ti&e a short distance east of the vilhkg*, are now occupying their new home. The handsome new M. W. A. haH gi North Crystal Lake will be opened with a big dance tomorrow, (Friday) evening. M The factory at Terra Cotta is nliijpil. down this week to give Its employes a week's rest before the beginning of another year. And again can you know the asseaa- ment on that fraternal insurance twen­ ty years from now? Ask The North­ ern Life agent. v • We are informed that Mr. and Mis. A. D. Loomis will soon go to house­ keeping in the Gage residence, re­ cently vacated by C. E. Lamphere and family. The first sleighing of the season was* enjoyed Wednesday. A sufficientqtnm- tity of snow fell during Tuesday night to make sleighing quite good in the village. Jacob C. Bickler, who rrntntlj pjrtr chased the McHenry House property is planning extensive improvements on the building. The will be made this spring. Henry Hankermeyer urf fiiiifly.' who have made McHenry their hone during the past few years, removed to their old home at Austin, 111 ̂ urdfiy of last week. The Plaindealer wishes all its read­ ers, friends and enemies a happy prosperous New Year and sincerely hopes that the new year will bring tft) happiness and prosperity to.all. The Willing Workers' society of the Universalist church will meet at the home of Mrs. T. J. Walsh on Thursday afternoon of next week at the usual hour. All members are invited. John H. Miller, McHenry's pro* greSsive monument and marble dealer, 1 has recently constructed a beautiful monument at Ft. Dodge, la., in mem­ ory of the late Mrs. John DamgardJ» John CI ax ton and Henry Kennebeth, two of our prosperous farmers, shipped a carload of hogs to Chicago on Thurs­ day of last week. These two gentle­ men raise a fine bunch of porkers eveiy year and always get top notch prices for same. J A carrier pigeon eame to tho hew* of John Kennebeck one day last week and Mr. Kennebeck has been caring for same ever since. The owner would no doubt be pleased to know the where­ abouts of the bird, but the owner may never be found. v .••>• if'/ Vh ;v * A J • : .-*1 -J Lewis Bishop, the Water street tonsorial artist, has been confined to his home by sickness during the past two weeks. His indisposition has caused the shop to be closed and his many patrons and friends hope that he may be able to resume work agaftM soon' It is reported that A. K. Stearns of Waukegan, defeated candidate for the legislature says he has discovered that he has lost 3,000 votes in McHenry county in the primaries, through error. Rather late in the day to make the discovery. Might as well make 1% 30,000. "The best holiday business that ve have ever enjoyed" was the general declaration of McHenry business men as they closed their doors last Satur­ day evening. To give the store help an opjKjrtunity to rest up a bit after a week of strenuous work, most of the merchants closed their business plaeea at noon on Monday. The McHenry Pleasure club room is being papered and painted and when the job is completed the club can boast of one of the neatest club rooms in the county. The job is being done by E. Perkins. The club is in a more pros­ perous condition this winter than It has ever been and the members will . be pleased to take in new members. The room is open for inspection at any time and those desiring to join ate especially invited to pay the room a visit. In last week's issue of The Plain- dealer we failed to mention the return of the McHenryites from their trip to the South. A fine time was enjoyed by the party and, as predicted by The Plaindealer when the party left Mo- Henry, a few purchases of land were made. The party called on Rev. Rob­ erts, former pastor of the Universal tat church here, who is now conducting a ^ small farm at Homeland, Ga. They found Mr. Roberts and his family wett and happy. » ^ •••