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1 *•%*>' ***£$&& 1 f it »- %-(;• ^ T't^sv < «-- y c^ ? ~ * ^ /*' ^ j .* t X-- v •' «*•' < ' S *" i.«j fill •••' ;?l rtr' VOLUME XXXVII. MoIIENRY. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22e 1911. NUMBER 17. WEEKLY PERSONAL ITEMS COMERS AND GOEiS OF A WEEK W Dim BUSY UTILE VILLAGE. AS SEEN BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS AND HANDED INTO OUR OFFICE BY OUR FRIENDS. Miss Mary Knox was a Chicago vis­ itor Monday. E. A. Wagner of Chicago spent Sun­ day at Howell's Villas. C. E. Gaylord was a business visitor at Piano, 111., Monday. H. E. Price was a business visitor in Chicago last week Saturday L. F. Block was a business visitor in Chicago Friday of last week. N. A. Huemann attended to business matters in Chicago Tuesday. Sfmon Stoffel was among the Chica­ go passengers Monday morning. Chas. G. Buss of Chicago was the guest of his mother here Sunday. Jos. Diedrich was among the Chica­ go passengers Monday afternoon. Geotge Meyers, Sr., attended to bus­ iness matters in Chicago Monday. Mrs. Peter J- F'reund and son, Wal­ ter, were Chicago visitors Monday. Mrs. John Miller and son, Lawrence, spent Friday last in the windy city. Mrs. Charles B. Harmsen was a Chi­ cago visitor on Friday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Chamberlin took in the fair at Springfield last week. Paul Barbian was among the Chica­ go passengers last Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Gaylord were county seat visitors last week Friday. C. W. Edwards of Chicago passed a couple of days last week in McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Landwer were recent guests of Barrington relatives. D. E. Sayler of Elgin visited among relatives in McHenry and vicinity Sun­ day. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Miller passed a day last week in the metropolitan city. Richard Walsh of Poplar Grove, 111., visited relatives and friends here last week. John Martin of Chicago visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Martin, here Sunday. % Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Bethke were among the Chicago passengers Tues­ day morning. Mrs. H. L. Blackman of Elgin passed several days last week as the guest of Mrs. H. C. Mead. Charles Auld of Lake Geneva,'Wis., passed Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Stenger. Miss Kate F. Howe of River Forest was entertained in the home of her parents here Sunday. M. J. Walsh attended to matters of a business nature in the metropolitan city last week Friday. E. Gaylord of Woodstock spent Sun­ day at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Gayiprd. Miss Maude Bernard of Chicago spent Sunday as the guest of Misses Anna and Irene Frisby. Milo Loom is of Woodstock passed Saturday and Sunday as the guest of his father, A. D. Loomis. Miss Christina Pint of Chicago vis­ ited at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pint, Sunday. Mrs. Charies Gauike of Woodstock passed Sunday as the guest of her par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. August Feltz. Fred R. Goodman of Chicago was a guest in the home of his parents, Prof, and Mrs. F. M. Goodman, Sunday. F. H. Wattles and son, Howard, went to Springfield last Saturday, where they attended the state fair. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Owen of El­ gin were the guests of McHenry rela­ tives and friends the first of the week. Miss Iva Mead of Elgin was enter­ tained ip the home of her parents, Postmaster and Mrs. H. C. Mead, Sun­ day. Miss Josephine Engeln passed sev­ eral days last week as the guest of her sister, Mrs. Peter Heimer, in Wood­ stock, Mr. and Mrs. H, M. Jensen of Wood­ stock spent Sunday at the home of the latter'8 parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Frisby. Mr. and Mrs. William Monear and daughter, Helen, of Solon were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Kim­ ball Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis McDonald of Woodstock spent Sunday at the home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Newman. Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Chapell and two daughters, Harriet and Marian, of Chicago spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. Alsena Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Whiting and little daughter passed Saturday, Sun­ day and Monday as the guests of rela­ tives at Lamoille, 111. Leonard Phillips, Alford Pouse, Gil­ bert McOmber and Richard B. Walsh of Chicago passed Sunday at their re­ spective homes here. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Whiting of Woodstock were entertained in the home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Knox, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Mathias Leickem of Kenosha, Wis., passed a few days the first of the week as the guests of Mc­ Henry relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. James Revor left Mon­ day q ftpmnnn for. Minnesota, where the former has land interest*. They expect to be away about three weeks- A LETTER FROM WISHING™ C. Dl ROSS WRITES AND TELLS OF NEW WESTERN HOME. Walla Walla, Wash., Oct. 2, 1911. McHenry Plaindealer, F. G. Schreiner, Dear Sir--Kindly change the address of my paper from Freewater, Ore., to 105 Shady Rill St., Walla Walla, Wash. You will be surprised to learn that I, who always maintained there was no place like old McHenry, am now loud in my praises of this valley. I have noticed in your columns at different times that you are suffering from elec­ trical storms back there. There is nothing of the sort here and the rain fall is very light. The farms are all watered thruout the v til ley by means of irrigation ditches. My brother, Clayt.. was over from Freewater, Ore., where he has charge of a fruit ranch, the other.day and stated that a garden of small stuff--radishes, lettuce, peas, beans, etc which I planted for mother the middle of August was nourishing nicely. They pick ripe strawberries everyday. How's that? He says they start on the apple harvest next week and expect to put out al»out 2000 boxes of winter apples during the week. Mind you, he has only ten acres of fruit bearing orchard. # I am working as manager of a motion picture house here in Walla Walla( known as the Lyric. We are getting ready for Taft, who who will be here Saturday. Expect about 10,000 people--extra--*.n town Friday and Saturday. Well, give my regards to everybody and don't forget to change my paper. Yours respectfully, C. D. ROSS. WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS FRAUTNICK-BLOCK. Elgin Courier, Saturday, October 7: Mr. and Mrs. Albert Frautnick of 627 Oakland avenue announce the engage­ ment and approaching marriage Sfy their daughter, Emma, to Frank E. Block of McHenry. The wedding will take place in the near future, the bride and groom to make their future home in West Chicago. Last evening Misses Alvina and Martha Frautnick entertained for their sister at their home on Oakland avenue, the affair being a surprise. Guests were twelve girl friends, who showered the bride- t)-be with beautiful pieces of linen. Games and contests appropriate to a pre-nuptial event made the evening a delightful one, the hostesses serving refreshments. Miss Frautnick and her fiance are both members of the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church and known to many friends here. The bride-to-be was employed in the spring department of the watch factory and resided at home. Mr. Block has resid­ ed in Elgin for the past two years, making his home recently at 322 Dun­ dee avenue. He is a postal clerk on the Northwestern road. COMING TO THE CENTRAL. "A Millionaire Tramp," coming on next Sunday evening af the Central opera house, is to amuse the patrons of wholesome and instructive amuse­ ments, as it were, holding up the mir­ ror of nature and revealing the mys­ teries of the workings of crime in some of the big cities. The storv is a pretty love story of heart interests, showing what disappointment will cause some unscrupulous villains to resort to, to blast and ruin the life of another, and how, by the untiring efforts of the everwatchful detective, crime finally gets its reward and justice achieves its victory over wrong doers. The management of the present company has saved neither labor nor expense in putting forth the present company to interpret this great play, and has sur­ rounded the same with scenic effects suitable to the action of»the play, giv­ ing it the naturalness of life. Many pleasing and novel specialties will be introduced during the action of the play. 17-1 INDOOR PICNIC AT DAIRY SHOW. Plans are on foot for a monster Milk Producers' association indoor picnic at the International ampitheater, Union Stock yards, Chicago, during the National Dairy show, Oct. 26-Nov. 4. The Milk Producers' picnics held at Wheaton, Poplar Grove and other Illinois points have proved exception­ ally successful and the management of the dairy show and Secretary Greer of the Milk Producers' association plan to have a monster picnic on one day during the show. The feature of the entertainment will be athletic con­ tests, including running races for men, women and children, for which valu­ able prizes will be offered. If the deal goes thru, admission to the show to members of the Milk Producers' asso­ ciation and their families will be Re­ duced to 25c on the day of the picnic. KICKED BY HORSE. While driving a horse* attached to a hay fork on Monday of this week the animal suddenly became unmanage­ able and kicked Mrs. Michael Kraph squarely in the face, breaking her nose and otherwise injuring her. The ac­ cident took place at her home near Volo. Dr. D. G. Weljs was called in attendance and under ^ is care the vic­ tim of the unusual accident is getting along nicely. The fact that the woman was very close to the horse's heels w-hf»n she was kicked probably aavmj her from very serious if not fatal in­ juries, AS TAKEN FRdM THE COUfflHS OF OUR MANY EXCHANGES. MISCELLANEOUS ASSORTMENT OF MEWS ITEMS IN CONDENSED FORM FOfc BUSY PEOPLE. The M. N. Wein department store at Woodstock has installed an overhead cash and package carrying system, which gives that place a metropolitan air. The seven children of Mrs. Alice Lincoln, whose husband deserted her in Kane county a few months ago, have been adopted by reputable families in this county. George W. Conn has moved his fam­ ily from Woodstock to Manhatten, Kan., whore he has accepted a position as state superintendent of farmer's in­ stitute work. Thirty-five Waukegan saloon keep­ ers wei-e indicted by the Lake county grand jury last week Friday on a charge of keeping their saloons open on Sunday. The information cases agaiuot the saloon keepers will be heard next Tuesday, October 17, at ten o'clock. R. C. Hill, a former Wauconda resi­ dent and father of Mrs. Asahel Stevens of Waukegan, passed a*ay at the old soldiers' home in Milwaukee last week Tuesday. The remains were shipped to Wauconda and burial took place t lie re last Thursday. The cause of his death was pellagra. r Cary is to have a new Catholic church. Rev. Father Lonergan has purchased nearly an acre of land cen­ trally located. The purchase price was $2,500 and the property is improved with a.two-story dwelling which wiil be fitted up for temporary church pur­ poses. The parish at Cary expects to construct a new church at once. Mrs. Cutler of Zion City claims to be the first person in Lake county to receive mail by aero route. She re­ ceived a post card last Saturday from her cousin living in St. Louis which bore the inscription, "Aero Route No. 1." She afterwards learned that the letter had been carried fifteen miles in an airship before it was dropped to terra firma to make the balance of the journey. Few persons looking at an ocean steamship have any conception of its carrying capacity. The Baltimore & Ohio railroad loaded a steamship the other day and this is what it took to fill her: Sixty-six cars of lumber, four of starch, nineteen of oil cake, six of provisions, one of grain, one of flour, twenty-two of tobacco, two of wire, three of sugar, thirteen of fresh meat, twenty of sheep. head; forty-five of cattle, 88S head: three of lard, one of copper, four of merchandise and H>1 of grain, making a total of 371 car loads. This is equal to ten long freight trains, which, if placed in a row, would cover a distauce of about two miles. Harvard Independent: Andrew H. Millard of Sidney, Cheyenne county, Neb., was a caller at this office last Friday afternoon in company with G. li. Lanning. Mr. Millard is a cousin of the late Willai-d J. Scott of this city and arrived in this locality a week ago last Thui'sdav, having driven the en­ tire distance from Sidney to this city with a 9-year-old mare hitched to a top buggy. The animal's weight is fully IjlOO and she does not appear to be built for road work. Mr. Millard was twenty-five days on the way, the only delay being on account of the horse, which was sick and lame cne day. Sidney is 414 miles west of Oma­ ha by rail and the entire trip from Sidney to Harvard bv wagon road is 975 miles. Mr. Millard's mare must be a willing traveler, for she averaged thirty-nine milts a day on the journey. A great many j>eople carry a coun­ terfeit dollar, half-dollar, quarter or dime as a jKX'ket piece and an interest­ ing exhibit. They probably are not aware that by so doing they are laying themselves open to arrest and impris­ onment, but they are. 1 here are but two courses open to the man who has come into possession of a counterfeit, either to turn it over to the nearest United States marshal or throw it awav and allow the finder to assume the risk. There have recently been several prosecutions of men who inno­ cently carried counterfeit nionej. Where a case of this character is brought to the attention of a I nited States district attorney there is no course, under his oath of office, open to him but inaugurate prosecution. Un­ der section 151 of the criminal code any person found with counterfeit money in his possession is liable to ar­ rest. The law in this respect is very specific. Recently a number of bogus dollars have been placed in circula­ tion. The bodies are made from amal- gum of lead, copper and zinc and pow­ dered glass. The counterfeit is hard to detect, as owing to the glass it rings as well as a genuine dollar, and thus renders this old test ineffective. HOPE-WING ATE. The marriage of Miss Nellie Wingate to Henry M. Hope took place at the home of the bride's father near this village at three o'clock last Thursday afternoon. The happy pair left the same evening for St. Paul, Minn where they expect to make their fu­ ture borne. BRUCE W. STARRITT DEAD PASSES AWAY AT MIS HOME SOUTH Of THIS VILLAGE. No death in recent years has brought with it more sorrow than that of Bruce W. Starritt, which occurred at the family home south of this village on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 4. Coming as it did, at a time when life seems the brightest and the most good can be accomplished, his departure is a particularly sad one. The news of his death came as a shock to his large following of relatives and friends and the grief that has thus befallen his estimable life companion can only be realized by the one stricken. Mr. Starritt was born in Chicago thirty-one years ago. At the age of six years his parents and family moved to Nunda township, where the deceased lived practically the remainder of his life. He received his education in the rural and public schools of Nunda, with the exception of one year which was spent at Madison, Wis., where he took a course in agriculture. Six years ago he was united in mar­ riage to Clara Mae Thompson, daugh­ ter of Thomas Thompson, the cere mony taking place at the Universalist church in this village. After his mar­ riage he lived on and worked his wife's father's farm until his death. The deceased was fii-st taken ill about a year or so ago and in spite of all that the best of medical skill and loviug home folks could do he grew steadily worse until the angel of death acted as a sweet relief to his sufferings. He leaves besides a host of friends and acquaintances a heart-broken wife, a sorrowing mother and four brothers to miss his presence and mourn his de­ parture. Mr. Starritt was a man of splendid traits of character and thoroly devoted to his home. He was ever devoted to the duties that had been placed upon his shoulders and never was he more happy and content than when em­ ployed in doing the work that makes a progressive farmer. He was honest, industrious and ambitious and a finer and more exemplary young man never breathed God's free air. The faneral took place from the Uni- versalist church in this village at two o'clock on Friday afternoon of last week. The funeral was the largest in point of attendance that has taken place at this church in a long time. Rev. A. McHenry of Chicago, pastor of the church, performed the last sad rites and preached the sermon. The pastor, in the course of his sermon, commended the deceased for his many useful and honorable traits which he practiced continually during life and which have won him the very highest respect from all who knew him. The body was laid to rest in Woodland cem­ etery. CARD OF THANKS. We, the undersigned, wish in this manner to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation for the assistance and sympathy extended us during the ill­ ness and after the death of our beloved one. Also do we wish to extend espe­ cial thanks for the many floral dona­ tions. MRS. CLARA STARRITT. MRS. EMMA STARRITT AND FAMILY. FIFTY YEARS AGO. Nowadays when Johuny is bad at school the teacher takes down her book and gives him a bad mark and the next day he is worse than ever, says an exchange. Fifty years ago teacher took down a dogwood sprout, made two dozen black marks around his bare legs and next morning Johnny got up at daylight, started the fire, fed the horses, milked, chopped the wood and brought in enough to last all day, ate a hearty breakfast and walked five miles to school. Today Johnny does not get up unless forced to, eats little or no breakfast, goes ou* behind the barn to smoke a cigar­ ette, and if the school house is more than three blocks away he complains about the long distance he has to walk. The Johnny of fifty years ago is now a hale man; fifty years from now the Johnny of today will be dead and buried. DEFECTIVE CHIMNEYS CAUSE FIRES. Many a disastrous fire has been caused by defective chimneys or stove pipes. This is the time of year when stoves are being put up and furnaces started. If care is exercised and all chimneys and stove pipes thoroly cleaned before being installed it may be the saving of your home this winter. Many fires are started by a chimney filled with soot. A hot fire being left in the stove, the flames reach upward and ignite the soot, which in turn sets the roof on tiro. Many such fires are started during the night when everyone has retired and generally the result is a severe financial loss and a home totally or partially destroyed. "A MILLIONAIRE TRAMP." One of the government's most able sleuths will be here on Sunday even­ ing, Oct. 15. This announcement should not be read with any fear or scruples of trouble on the part of the community. Honest, law abiding peo­ ple hail with pleasure a "detective" in their midst, and the name only strikes j terror to the lawless sad unscrupulous | criminal. 17*1 COM. HONTERT AiPfER TO MR. ARMSTRONG'S LETTER OF LAS! WEEK TELLS OF THE SEVERAL MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD TO TAKE ACTION ON ARM­ STRONG AFFAIR. To the Editor of the McHenry Plain- dealer, Dear Sir -Having seen an article in your last issue where my name is men­ tioned (or practically so) I feel really duty bound to express my opinion re­ garding the same, altho I do not feel that your paper is really the proper place to discuss our club affairs, but should be reserved and thrashed out on the floor of our club meeting, as I feel the public is very little interested in this affair; but Mr. Armstrong has made some very strong assertions which I do not really approve of and I shall only answer those parts of his communication which I feel directly allude t) myself as the commodore. In the first paragraph Mr. Armstrong claims Mr. Edwards and himself did all in their power to have the matter set­ tled before the presentation of the cups. I wish to state that I have never seen Mr. Edwards nor spoken to him since he offered his cup at one of our meet­ ings held in the Riverside hotel e&rly last spring except on Saturday even­ ing, Sept. 2, when I received a tele­ phone message from a third party say­ ing he had just spoken to Mr. Ed­ wards over the longdistance and want­ ed him to tell me he regretted very much he could not get his cup out here in time for the race, but would surely ^eliver it to me on the Monday follow­ ing. Also the day after the race, did I not meet Mr. Armstrong at my office where we discussed the race, when he showed me a petition he had written, asking the directors to take action in the matter? And did I not call a meet­ ing the following Saturday evening at the McHenry bank, where the direct­ ors met and after thoroly discussing the matter they unanimously de&ided they had no jurisdiction in the matterV Did I not call for a joint directors' and judges' meeting to be held at Barbian Bros.' the following Wednesday teven- ing and after discussing the matter did I not ask Mr. Armstrong if he or his boat had violated the racing rules as printed in the club's by-laws and did he not answer yes1? At which time the meeting adjourned. Did I not meet Mr. Armstrong at the depot the following morning and tell him if he wanted a club meeting the only thing necessary for him to do was to get the signatures of five members in good standing and they could have a meet' ing at any time by giving the people notice? r ^ Did I not call a full judges' meeting the following Friday evening at Dr. Wells* office, where we had all the judges present except one, and after discussing the matter from A to Z they each one voted the judges who served in the race in question, had acted fair­ ly and honestly and absolutely refused to have any further action taken and requested we proceed with the presen­ tation of the oups the following even­ ing, at which time the Edwards cup had not been presented, and after due inquiry and search it was found that Mr, Edwards had taken the cup away himself and declared no one would get the oup. So, inasmuch as our by-laws are clear that there is no appeal from the judges' decision and they refusing to act further in the matter there was nothing left for me but to proceed with the giving of the cups as advertised. I regret this controversy very much, but cannot help but feel that Mr. Arm­ strong is acting with nothing but hon­ est intentions and so far as the writer is concerned I am thru with it, unless it shall come properly before the club, as I do not believe, as above stated, we should air our real or imaginary troub­ les in your paper. If the judges or secretary have anything to say let them speak for themselves. Very truly yours, EVERETT HUNTER. PROSPECTS LOOK BRIGHT FOR A BIG YEAR AT THE LOCAL BOAT MANUFACTORY. SEVERELY BITTEN BY DOG. Ignatius Blaicher, father of Mrs. Frank Buhr, was quite severely bitten by the family dog yesterday afternoon at about 3:30. The dog had broken loose from his chain and was running about the premises, when Mr. Blaicher called him,. Answering the call the dog rushed forward and without warn­ ing attacked the elderly man in a most vicious manner. During the attack, which lasted only a few moments, the victim's nose was very badly lacerated, while he received other bites about the head, hands and arms. Just how serious the injuries are we cannot say at this time, but his many friends hope that he may soon recover. Dr. D. G. Wells is caring for the patient. AN UNLUCKY BOY. Charles Ross in an n, son of Mr. and Mrs. -t August Rossmann, and who, it will jbe remembered, came very close to losing his life in a buzz saw accident here last winter, again met with a very painful accident at his home near this village on Friday of last week, when he cut an ugly gash in his knee while splitting wood. Dr. D. G. Wells was summoned and dressed the wound. Read The Plaindealer. Judging from the present outlook the E. Hunter boat factory will exper­ ience one of the busiest seasons of its career the coming year. Mr. Hunter informs us that with the many new prospects in view the busi­ ness the coming year should alnjost double itself. This bit of news will not only be welcomely received by the employes but the general public as well. In the past the fall months have been partic­ ularly dull. This year the conditions are different and when we say that the entire working force is working full*' time we believe we are expressing the prosperous condition of the factory. The factory has just received three valuable orders from Chicago men. The orders are for three 30-foot family- launches, exact duplicates of the "Lady Busch ' of Fox Lake. This boat was, without queston. the finest on Fox lake last summer. The boat was fitted up with all the latest improvements and was finished in solid mahogany. It was driven by a four-cylinder engine. These three boats have been sold to Messrs. J. K. Deririg, Henry E. Kleine and A. X. Schmidt. We are also informed that Everett Hunter, Jr., has disposed of his speed launch "Ev". and will hav^ a new hydroplane for next year's races. ALGONQUIN DAIRYMEN VISIT NeHENRY* Wednesday morning, Oct. 11, C. C. Lobeck, superintendent of Borden's Condensed Milk company at Algon­ quin, and Dr. C. Way, veterinary for Borden's, conducted a party of Algon­ quin dairymen by auto to Ed. Knit's farm to inspect the lfte new barn re­ cently completed by Mr. Knox. They took particular notice of the excellent plans for light, ventilation and floor construction. The lighting plan pro­ vides for square feet of light for each cow. Ventilation Is secured hy means of a modern method and the floor is constructed of cement, with all the latest improvements for comfort and sanitation. This b&rn is one of the many that have been erected in the McHenry district this season. Having completed inspection of the barn, the gentlemen proceeded to the Park hotel, where they partook of dinner. After partaking of dinner the gentlemen proceeded to Richmond to inspect the M. C. Connell barn. The names of the visitors entertained are as follows: R. Shafelt, F. Bau, W. Rath way, Chas. Gehe* B. C. Getzle- man, F. Estergrun, Herman Hauk, I|. Hauk, A. Mertens, E. Swanson, F. Calbow, J. McKay, Jt Mertens, A. Dodd, J. Kelahan, J. Rohrson, J. Dehm- low, Henry Hauk. FOX RIVER DAM COMMITTEE MEETING. The Fox river permanent dam com­ mittee met on Tuesday evening, Oct. 10, to hear propositions from engineers regarding survey and cost. The com­ mittee has had some very favorable letters from different engineers and the outlook for the permanent dam looks good. At the present stage of water nothing can be done and when the water has gone down it will be too late, as col^l weather would set in be­ fore work could be completed, but the work will be taken up as early as the weather and water will permit. The committee wishes that those not hav­ ing subscribed do so before next spring as there will be plenty of other work to be looked after besides collections. The committee would deem it a great favor if those having subscribed would pay up the 50%, as we must have 50% of the cost of the dam in the -treasury before a contract will be let. Don't wait to be asked for it, but hand it to the one you subscribed with. THE COMMITTEE. ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST AS PICKED ur BY rUBSUUX •- HWIOSMffitKiBK. WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IK THIS VIL­ LAGE AliU THE IKSKATf ' YKltUtl-- ' • Of HER SHORT PARAGRAPHS. B«tt*r Market. Butter was declared firm at 29 raiti on the Elgin board of trade Mc This fs Columbus day. Both of the McHenry banks are observing the day. A baby girl arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Johnston Wed­ nesday of last. week. See the fall and winter exhibit of distinctive hats at Mrs. K W. Ifowe's, over Block <fc Bethke's. 17-1 St. Mary's congregation is planning* to hold a fair some time this fall. The dates have not as yet been made pub­ lic. Jack Diener, proprietor of the Illi­ nois hotel at Fox Lake, entertained a large crowd at a game dinner last Sun- Post card views of the recent rail­ road wreck near this village may be obtained at the McHenry billiard and pool room. 17-lt A company of young people enjoyed a social party at Stoffel's hall last'Sat­ urday night. Heimer's orchestra fur­ nished the music. Work of reconstructing the McHen­ ry electric light system goes merrily on and from all appearances the change will be effected within a/iiort time. yj A packed house saw the moving pictures and listened to the illustrated songs at the Central opera house last Sunday evening. The show gave good satisfaction. The work of rebuilding the powder plant at Pleasant Prairie, Wis., is nearing completion and the managers expect to start operations about the first of December. Arthur Thelen, a former McHenry boy, but late of Elgin, who has been pitching ball in a Canadian league, hap taken up a claim in that country and expects to spend the winter there. The household goods of <Mr. and Mrs. George Smith of Kenosha, Wis., were moved to this village the first of the week, where the family will again make their home. WEDDING DANCE AT BUCK'S HALL. A wedding dance will take place at Buch's hall here on Wednesday even­ ing of next week, October 18. The event promises to be an especially en­ joyable one and a general invitation Is extended to all to be present. Chris Hapke's Libertyville orchestra, which in the past has appeared many times in McHenry and vicinity and which on every visit has given entire satisfac­ tion, will be present to furnish the music for the occasion. Don't forget the date and be on hand for a good time. HALLOWEEN CARD PARTY. Riverview camp, R. N. A., of this village will give a Halloween card party at Buch's hall on Tuesday even­ ing, Oct. 24. Progressive cinch will be played and six prizes will be award­ ed. Dominoes will also be played and two prizes will be awarded the con­ testants in this game. The evening's entertainment will conclude with the serving of refreshments. Twenty-five cents will admit one to the evening's pleasures. ,^A11 are cordially invited. j 17-2 OPERATION SUCCESSFUL. The friends of Q. W. Besley will be glad to learn that the operation per­ formed on4us eye by the eminent eye surgeon, Dr. Pusey, a week ago last Monday is considered very successful He has been able to tell time by the doctor's watch. He left Wesley hos­ pital Wednesday morning and is now at Br, F, A Besley'shome-,4515 Green­ wood Ave., Chicago. ____ At Barrington all limbs of ail trees overhanging the sidewalks are trimmed off to a height of nine feet. It's dif­ ferent in McHenry. We know of quite a number of trees about the' village that could stand for considerable trim- mlng. . Quite a number of our baseball fans are planning to see at least one of the games to be played between the Cubs and Sox in Chicago the coming few days. The first game of the Chicago series opens at the south side paric to­ morrow. New oement sidewalks will be con­ structed on either side Green street between Elm and Pearl. It is only a matter of time before it will be neces­ sary to replace every concrete walk ia town. Steffes & Co. have the wmteact to construct the walks. Z. Webster, who has been farming the Gage estate land during the past few years, will soon give up farming and go to Crystal Lake to reside. He has also purchased a lot on John street from F. H. Wattles, on Which he ex­ pects to build a neat little cottage tot rental purposes. The children of the late Mrs. Mary Herbes have received a cheek from the Mystic Workers covering their mother's insurance policy held in that order. The children wish ia this manner to thank those who were in­ strumental in having the aheQlc Iop* warded so promptly. A. Leath & Co. of Elgin, 111., ar© offering a limited amount of their 8% preferred stock. The large increase of the business and the building of * warehouse necessitates the above offer. Anyone interested will be furnished with full particulars by addressing Lock Box 249, Elgin, 111. 17-It Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Block of Dundee entertained a party of about twenty relatives and friends Sunday for Frank E. Block and Miss Essssa Frauisiek of Elgin, who are to be married soon. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Bethke and Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Block and families of this place were among the guests. A meeting was held at Odd Fellawa* hall, Woodstock, last Friday evening for the purpose of organising a county Bankers' Protective association. The meeting was followed by an elaborate banquet. A temporary organization was effected. C. W. Stenger and Dr. C. H. Fegers were the McHenryites present. ' Rumor has it that the Tiila#» wlII be asked to pay more for its lighu jus* as soon as the reconstruction work i§ completed here. Just what action will be taken in the matter by the village board if such a demand is made is not known at this time, bat, as near as we are able to ascertain, the village of­ ficials believe the present light bills | %uite sufficient. <\x&: - rt&J