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•*. * - ..."*< - ;'?4: •#?', •' :«SS * i . '~v "•• * • ->-'* *, .t"*? J"*- -V 3£V- ••>• *5 J V-*- " ;T* ••:' M>Ji* •EH3SWKS? "* T> 1 -, iii, i i w~ s 4 ' f ' J k ' j £ . ."?'v v " V'" '/'• ) ; • * > > ' " * ' * i . i ' , pwp. „. - ». Jf > • > -i4:S,we,'. • V; * <*t* • • / - ju- • -:•-*«•» • ' *• m /.fc-lK.-.. "-.y, - /'* ' ' < ^ 'iJ /"i '? * f'* """ika, cw-̂ k ̂£ **yj *f ' • " **i.' * '".. fs-. <•% v , • v&* 1 >t- iVOILiUME XXXVII. MoHBNRY, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 28.1911. NUMBER 28. mmm persoral items iii I^COPKRS AND GOERS OF A WEEKH 1UK BCSY UTILE VBJAS& MS. KHJAMN<FFLJE*T«AD AS SEEN BY PUINDCALiB REPORTERS AND HANDED INTO OUR OFFICE BY OUR FRIENDS. C. L. Page was a Chicago visitor last Saturday. Tfaos. Knox was a windy city visitor on Friday of last week. C. Gaylord was a business visitor at Elgin a couple of days last week. Everett Hunter, Jr., spent Friday of last week In the metropolitan city. Charles G. Base of Chicago spent Sunday as the guest of home folks, W. P. Kmns attended to business matters in Chicago on Saturday of last week. Mr. and Mrs.' Stephen Heimer passed Friday of last week In the metropoli­ tan city. t . Miss C. Schulze of North Crystal Lake was a McHenry visitor one day recently. ' -• Mrs. J. C. Bickler and sons, William and Carl, were Chicago visitors Friday of last week. Miss Lena Stoffel of Chicago papsed Sunday and Christmas day with her parentis here. clarence Foss accompanied the Mc­ Henry' basket ball team to Woodstock last Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. George Meyers and son, Paul, spent Saturday last in the metropolitan city. Mr. an£ Mrs. Michaer Justen passed fViday last as the guests of North Crys­ tal Lake relatives. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Covaltwere Sun­ day and Monday guests of North Crys­ tal Lake relatives. Peter M. Freund passed a day last week as the guest of Adolph Fischer and family in Elgin. Z. Webster is now making bis home with his sister, Mrs. O. M. Hale, at North Crystal Lake. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Bsssett and chil­ dren passed Sunday as the guests of Greenwood relatives. Raymond Whiting of Lake Geneva, Wis., spent Sunday and Monday At his home near Ringwood. Miss Christina Plat of Chicago spent Sunday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pint. Mrs. Lewis Wolff and children of 'Chicago are passing the week at the home of Nicklous Weber. Wm. Sutton passed several days last week as the guest of his sister, Mrs. Edward Larkin, at Elgin. Mrs. Edward Sutton passed a few days last week as the guest of Wau- oonda relatives and friends. Lewis Wolff of Chicago spent Sun­ day and Monday at the home of his father-in-law, Nicklous Weber. Charles Nickels,^ son and daughter of Woodstock spent Christmas day as {he guests of McHenry relatives. Robert Thompson went to Elgin last last Saturday morning for a week's visit among relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Thomas and son, Harold, are spending the week as the guests of relatives at Eagle, Wis. Will Niesen of Kenosha, Wis., spent Sunday and Monday at the home of his parents, Mf and Mrs. John Nie­ sen. Bid. Simon of North Crystal Lake visited at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Simon, Sunday and Mon­ day. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Gould went to Chicago last Saturday morning to be the guests of relatives over the holi­ days. Mr. and Mrs. John McDermont of Chicago were entertained by relatives in and near McHeary on Sunday and Monday. Mrs. P. S. Martin went to Green­ wood last Saturday for a few weeks' visit with her daughter, Mrs. E. J. Mansfield. Mr. and Mrs, Charles McArthur of Elgin spent Sunday and Monday at the home of the latter's mother, Mrs. Augusta Wolff. Mathias Rothermel of Kenosha, Wis., spent Sunday and Christmas day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Rothermel, here. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Heimer and daughter, El vera, of Woodstock passed Sunday and Monday as the guests of McHenry relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Maxwell of Evanston, 111., were entertained by the latter's father, Nicklous Weber, Sunday and Monday. Mr. and Mrs. F. Schnabel and chil­ dren left last Saturday morning for Dwight, 111., where they were guests of relatives until after Christmas. Mrs. Emma LaMoitt of Chicago spent a few days last week and the first of this as the guests of relatives and friends in McHenry and vicinity Gilbert McOmber, Alford Pouse, Leonard Phillips, Richard B. Walsh and Miss Elfreida Berner of Chicago spent Sunday and Honday as tlMtJtaists of home folks. Eb. Gaylord, Joe Bel ml Feffer, Emery Herdklou M Albert Anderson, Mr. and & Pa»ks, Miss Kathryn Ke Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Mc; s Woodstock were guests . relatives and friends Sunday a FORMER RINGWOOD RESIDENT FAMES AWAY AT CEDAR. MAN. Mrs. Bwiamin GlltorC , Mrs. Benjamin Gilbert, one of Mc- Henry's oldest and most highly respect­ ed citizens, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. L. McOmber, on Christmas morning, following a few weeks' illness. The deceased has not been in good health for some years past, but net until a short' lime ago was her condition considered serious. The funeral took place from the Mc­ Omber home on Wednesday forenoon. Interment was made in Woodland cemetery. Obituary next week. Krw. Harr Ytuf Bmmmj* Died--In the home of her daughter at Cedar, Kansas, December ?, 1911, Mrs. Mary Young Barney, aged 86 years and 29 days. Mary Ann Youqg was born in the state of Maine Nov. 8, 1825. She was united in marriage td J. Frank Bar­ ney in 1847. At an early day they lo­ cated in Ringwood, 111., and for many years owned and occupied a farm on the Richmond road, near thai village, and were active and honored members of that community. In 1858 Mrs. Bar­ ney united with the M. E. church in Ringwood and remained a staunch and loyal supporter of that faith during the remainder of her life. In 1879 she moved with her family to Kansas, where she remained till the time of her death. Mr. Barney died in 1894, and from that time she was tenderly cared for by her children. She was the mother of four children: George, Edwin, Ella and Cryus, of whom oftiy two remain to mourn her loss, Edwin and Ella, wife of Aaron S. Smith of Cedar, Kan., and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Her last years were spent with her daughter and she retained her strength and mental faculties unusually well for one at her great age. Her death came suddenly. She had not been quite so well as usual for a few days but no serious illness WM feared. The day she died she was up itvXhe morning as upual, but was soon seized with a sink­ ing spell and passed away at 3:30 p. m. of the same day. Her funeral services were held in the M. E. church at Cedar and the> burial'was in Cedar cemetery. Old residents of Ringwood will re­ member Mrs. Barney as a delicate, sweet-faced woman with a pleasant smile and a kind word for all--willing to aid every good cause as far as her strength would permit. She was a Christian woman--faithful to her church, her home and her family. She has done what she could" and passed on to her reward. H. P. B. BUGE DEPARTMENT ST08E TURK OVER A NEW LEAF HENRY CITIZENS AND ADMINISTRA­ TION SHOULD BO TBS J. L. SHAW OP CHICAGO PLANS TO ERECT DEPARTMENT STORE. A department store, selling every­ thing1 irom motor boats and automo­ biles to needles and thread, with motor boat deliveries, and many other unique features, has been planned by J. L, Shaw, a real estate man of Chicago, with offices at 104 Title and Trust Building, Chicago. The store will be co-operative, and will ^>e capitalized at $75,000. The residents of Fox Lake and vicinity are to be the stockholders. The plan of Shaw is to erect a large four story building at the water edge of Pistakee Bay, Fox Lake, the front of the store facing the lake and extending over the edge of the water. Motor boats will be the delivery wagons and will make the rounds of various lakes joining Fox lake. The delivery boats will make stops at themselves the saloon keepers THIS IS THE TIME TO MAKE CHANGES FOR THE BETTERMENT-LET US START THE MFW YE;1R RIGHT, In mentioning the recent raid made upon slot machines in this village.a Lake Geneva paper says: "McHenry citizens are getting tired of the reign of slot machines in that city--about time." The Plaindealer has always t»e«# and as long as the present editor is at the helm of this paper will stand for a clean village $nd clean administration, but at the same lime believes in a fair and square deal to everyone. The operating of slot machines we know and every other fair minded per­ son knows is unlawful and should be abolished. We are willing and insist that they be abolished tod should have been done away with the first day that they were introduced. A few of our citisens, a short time Ago, got together and decided to make a complaint regarding the machines being operated in McHenry. The real complainants in the case, it is alleged, mapped out the line of attack on the slot machine operators in this village and then, instead of coming out in the open and carrying on their case, they secured others to do the wor^ for them. We are satisfied, with the raid but can­ not understand Why the complainants did not make a clean sweep of the job and take in the numerous blind pigs in the vicinity of McHenry. Instead of bringing five McHenry saloon keepers to justice, why did these men nots take in the whole list? Why do they not throw away the mask and come out open and above board so that the peo­ ple will know to whom the credit real­ ly belongs? We are willing to devote OUr columns to the good of McHenry and vicinity and are perfectly willing to do every­ thing within our power to bring our village on an equal footing wilh any village its size in the country, if it is not already so, but We do not approve of enforcing the law on a certain few just for political revenge. We have heard it spoken from the iips of men who haVfe been candidates for village offices in the past and lest out that the saloon keerays and their friends were to blame for their defeat, and it's only natural that these men are bitter enemies of the saloon keep­ ers and their friends. Just for revenge they turn around and take a Flap at five of McHenry's ealoon keepers by planning and engineering a slot ma­ chine raid upon these saloon keepers' places and never attempting to make-" it a general cleauup. Had the raid been a general one and taken in all-of McHenry township The Plaindealer would have been with the first to com­ pliment these men's actions, but as it is we cannot see justice and a square deal. The Plaindealer is pleased to have the slut machines taken out, but in justice to those who have fallen under the hund of the law we say why not make a clean slate of* it and advise those who have started the cleanup to show themselves men by finishing up the job that they have thus started. We certainly will take off our hats to them if they will do this. We cannot see any justice in punish­ ing one man and not nit:Lie identical crime. The saloon question in McHenry has I >een the topic of conversation by a certain few for some years past. They seem to take a particular delight in blackeyeing these men and their places of business, and to hear some of them another for the every landing and cottage about the lakes and take orders, delivering th<' goods in the afternoon. The store itself will be so construct­ ed that the delivery boats will be run into the heart of the store, the fr <ut extending out over the water's etl^e, and will be loaded inside. The f ore will be patterned after the stores of Chicago, and the object is to remove the necessity of Chicagoanssummering at the lakes of going to Chicago or elsewhere to do their purchasing • DANCE AT JOHNSailRGH. A New Year dance will be held st Stephen H. Smith's hall, Johns burgh, on Monday evening, January ̂ The proprietor of the. hall is very anxious that this affair terminate into the big­ gest success ever sod with .> view of opening the new year right lie is put­ ting forth extra efforts to make this the event of all events. Nothing will be left Undone to make the dance an enjoyable one for all who turn out. Nett's Johnsburgh orchest i will fur- ish the music. Dance tickets, 50 cents. All are invited. MEETS RICHMOND FRIDAT MIGHT. The Hunter boat factory basket ball team will open their season on Friday evening of this week, wl.^n they meet the fast Richmond town team in tfie new Schumacher building in Center- ville. The local" team has been putting in some stiff practice during the past few weeks- and we btlieve that the players Will be in phape to give a very ;good account of themselves. All lovers the sport should Jrn out and en- urage the boys at their opening •Uif. ^nwt^ydmission, 15 cents. if' " ^ of McHenry should not be considered at all. They should be looked npon as the under dog and trampled upon just as often as this clique of men see fit. Now we cannot see things in this light and will not ask another person to ex­ press our sentiments for us. McHenry has twelve saloon keepers, all of whom are paying $500 per year for the privi­ lege of operating their places of busi­ ness. The saloonkeepers have made it possible for the elimination of a cor­ poration tax for quite a number of years. To be plain, they have paid the McHenry property owners' corpor­ ation taxes for years and still they in­ sist on jumping upon them. There are but very few citizens in McHenry but who are willing that saloons should be given a license here. This was plainly shown by the special village ball election held here last spring. The majority of the voters at that time voted against a new village hall for the one and only reason that it would mean an additional tax of a few dollars each yeanfor possibly ten years. They do not believe in and do not want a corporation tax. Just stop andi real­ ize one minute what the taking, away of the saloons in McHenry would mean to the tax payer?. It would not mean the raising, by corporation tax, of a few dollars, but several thousand dol­ lars annually for the keeping up of the village. * There are fosae wJio iftU put up the argument that with % corporation tax the village could and would be run $ore economically. This may he true, but we are willing to bet our very best suit of clothes that the village cannot .be kept up as it should be for less money than is being expended right today. When the operating expenses of the village are considered and compared with other ^iU£gres tha^ size Mc- Hency. it mumpso be taken into con­ sideration that $iere probably Isn't apother village Of the same popula­ tion it) the United States that covers as much territory as does McHenry. There isn't another village that has as many miles of highways to be looked after and Cared for; none that has as many miles of sidewalks, all of which have been built from the revenue derived from the saloon keepers of the village. Not«a village of our size has the miles of electric light service, nor the bridges to build and keep upf nor the miles of water mains. These are things that must be considered when it comes to comparing McHenry with other villages with a population of 1031 and which cover about half die territory that we <to. In spite of all this territory that we cover, which naturally makes operat­ ing expenses heavier than those of other places of our size, only once in the last decade have the citizens of the village been called on for a special or corporation tax, and that was during the time that the water system was put in and being paid for. Outside of this special tax levy the saloon keep­ ers of McHenry have paid our corpor­ ation tax, in a way. We do not want to be misunderstood that we are upholding the saloon men, but as long as they are granted a license to operate and tliey pay us $500 annually for the privilege, why should some Of us make a target of these men at every village election? If £hese plates are not being operat­ ed according to law, it is anybody's privilege to have the law applied, and the public certainly will think a great deal more of a person who will do this instead of everlastingly blackeyeing them and accomplishing nothing. The Plaindealer believes that the saloons of McHenry should be conduct­ ed in accordance to law and the wish­ es of law abiding citizens of the vil­ lage. - If any one of these men is found guilty of violating any of the village or state laws we believe that the police officers should be instructed to have a warranj^ issued for his arrest and con­ viction. The writer has talked to a number of I^cHenry saloon keepers on the sub­ ject of the operation of their respec­ tive places and we find that the gen­ eral feeling is to the effect that the law should be enforced and that all should be given the one and same treat­ ment. * Last summer, when the order was given that saloons must be closed on Sundays, it was found that most of them ol>eyed the order, while one or two remained open. Nothing was done at the time to bring the guilty ones to order and this was taken by the bal­ ance of them that the order was more of a bluff than anything else and before man}' Sundays passed not a saloon in town had its side or rear doors locked. Now if the law had been applied after the first Sunday's closing, the chances are one hundred to one that these places would be closed on Sundays right to this day. / Now what does tills mean? It means simply that the people of McHenry are satisfied to have the side doors open on Sundays as long as the owners see to it that quietness and order prevail. Upon investigation we find that the saloon keepers are not any more to blame for law violation than our ad­ ministration and police officers. There isn't a man in McHenry but who is well aware of the fact that disturbances have occurred in McHenry on several different occasions during the past year. How many arrests for such occurrences do the village records con­ tain? If you were to go thru the rec­ ords with the strongest kind of a mag­ nifying glass we doubt if one would be able to find one case of arrest for drunkenness or misconduct of any sort. Now who are you going to blame--the saloon keepers, the administration or police officers? There was a golden opportunity for arrest for disorderly conduct at the Central opera house last Sunday night. Manager Smith was called to the rear of the opera house on several different occasions during the performance of "The Sweetest Girl in Dixie," but no sooner was bis back turned than the annoyance was resumed. We have personally seen this very same thing happen time and again, but nary an arrest. •* The question no w arisest Is McHenry in the fame boat with Chicago? Xre we afraid to enforce the laws and so let these roughnecks the town and do as they please? this is the case it surely Is time to make ^ change in our administration and police force and get somebodj with saqd eqoiigh to go after i^w violators. This is the only w^y we can impro*e our moral standing in the county and State, Ar­ rest and convict the good-for-nothings, show them the nearest road out | of town and* we are sure that peace will prevail in our village, and until we do this the old Ujwn will go on in the same old way, (Continued on ftge Four.) WEEKLY EXCHANGE HENS AS.TAKEN FROM THE COLUMNS OF OUR MANY EXCHANGES. RTSCELLAMEOU8 ASSORTMENT OT NEWS ITEMS DC CONDENSED FORM It* BUSY sNtopyE. The police of Waukegan have clamp­ ed tka lid down on Kelly pool in pool and billiard rooms in that city follow­ ing the confession of a young man that he stole $250 to play the game. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kolbe, 32 Dan­ iels avenue, Elgin, believe that they have a baby daughter who breaks all records for size. She is eight months and eleven days old and weighs 32 pounds. She weighed sine pounds at birth. Edward Gunfcer, a well known Paris, Wis., farmer, has gone to Madison to take the Pasteur treatment for hydro­ phobia. A mad dog bit several of his sheep, sixteen of which died. Gunter skinned one of the carcasses and short­ ly after his hands started breaking out in sores. The state has discontinued the prac­ tice of furnishing antitoxin free in diphtheria cases. Orders to this effect have been issued by Dr. James A. Egan of the state board of health. It was found that the practice was being abused, people of means seeking the toxin as well as the poor. Harvard Independent: We are in receipt of a message from King Bros, of Highland Prairie of a yield of corn which exceeds all others, an average of 200 bushels per acre. It was husked by J. J. Collier of South Alden, the champion corn husker of the north­ west. Frank King says he would rather have his crib of corn than all the silos in Illinois. Mrs. Hilda Buok, widow of David Buck, Pope-Hartford pilot, who was fatally injured, and his mechanician, Samuel Jacobs, instantly killed when the racing car plunged into the ditch near the Wilson farm on the Elgin race course August 26, has started suit for $10,000 in the superior oourt of Chicago against James L. Russell, Bales agent for the Pope-Hartford Au­ tomobile company.' Mrs. Buck charges that patched inner tube tires on the car driven by her husband were re sponsible for the double fatality. Will Conn has been appointed chief deputy in the office of Theo. Hamer, circuit court clerk and recorder of Me Henry county. The position was ten­ dered Mr. Conn some time ago when Lynn W. Richards, chief deputy in the office, decided to give up the place to accept the position of cashier of the State Bank at North Crystal Lake. Mr. Conn has been a trusted employe of die Oliver Typewriter company at Woodstock for several years, filling a clerical post of much responsibility and having for a brief time represented the company in its sales office in Cuba. According to an official statement made in Grayslake, Lake county soon is to boast of one of the most flourish­ ing national magazines in the country. Unlimited capital is back of the pro­ posed publication and according to a man who knows whereof he is speak­ ing the purpose of the magazine will be to "Muckrake the Muckrakers." This will make it the most unusual magazine of the kind ever published. According to present plans the first issue will appear about the first of the year. It is to be called the "Search­ light" and already has a circulation of twenty-five thousand. Marengo Republican-Nswsi During the early cold weather in the fall the weather prognosticators were howling about a severe cold winter already set in. Since we have had several days of mild weather these same fellows ob­ serve many signs of a very mild winter before us. Clark Haeger plowed out eighteen snakes one day last week. Another man saw striped snakes, and others corroborate these facts. Angle worms are coming up thru the gfaund, and the hair on the caterpillars is said to be a little shorter than usual. At the high price of coal and other fuel we poor mortals would enjoy a very warm winter. Belvidere Republican-North western J A large black shepherd dog answering to the name of "Will" and belonging to Thomas Anderson, who moved No­ vember 1 last from what is known as the old Cal Pease farm in Bonus to one near St. Peters, Minnesota, and which was taken along with some horses, came back alone overland and was dis­ covered Wednesday morning hy some bpys namfid Dewane lying on the front porch of the old home in Bonus, where l^e acrived sometime in the night be­ fore. The distance hy rail from Bel­ videre to St. Peters is 387 miles and as the road follows pretty nearly a straight line for the average between the two points, this will approximately repre­ sent the distanoe traveled by the in­ telligent animal in making his way to the farm here. When Mr. Anderson shipped his .horses to St. Peters the dog was given a berth in the box oar they occupied, and that it should be . able to take the back track and the route over the country roads and fields and land at the destination aimed at is a wonderful and mystifying occurrence. The dog disappeared three days after arriving at the farm near fit. Peters. TWO DECEMBER WEDDINGS ONE ON CHRISTMAS DAY ARB TME OTHER YESTERDAY. SuUm-MoOm. A wedding in which two of McHen­ ry's most hfghly respected and widely known young people issfcrried the prin­ cipal role was solemnized at St. Pat­ rick's Catholic church in this village at nine o'clock Wednesday morning of this week, when Rev. D. Lehane, pas­ tor of the church, pronounced the words that joined the lives of Miss Anna McGee and Mr. Edward Sutton. The ceremony was a very quiet affair and was witnessed by only the Imme­ diate relatives of the pair and a few friends. The bride never looked pret­ tier. Her dress was one of champaign colored imported silk, hand embroid­ ered. She wis attended by her oousin, Miss Lillian McGee, of Woodstock. The bridesmaid wore a- robe of white embroidered batiste. The groom was attended by his brother, John I. Sut­ ton. The wedding march was very capably played by Miss Lucy Sutton, sister to the groom. The pink and white color scheme was carried out at the church as well as at the home of the bride's uncle, Dr. C. H. Fegers, where the happy pair were tendered a reception by the members of their families and a few close relatives. At the reception an elegant course dinner was served to the newly weds and those assembled, the dinner having been prepared by Miss Eleanor McGee, sister of the bride. Miss McGee was assisted by two aunts, Mesdames John and Mary McGee, of Woodstook. The bride is the youngest daughter of William McGee of this place and came to thiB villagfe from Harvard sev­ eral years ago. Since coming to Mo- Henry she has won the highest respect from all of our people and is favorably known to many people residing in the vicinity of this place. She possesses a sweet disposition and her womanly ways and manners have contracted the esteem and friendship of all with whom she has ever come in contact. The groom is the second son of the late Robert Sutton. Since his father's death he has been managing the old homestead and caring for the farm. He is a young man of industry, energy and thrift and his moral standing in the community is one that he may point to with pride. >"~ Mr. and Mrs. Sutton, alter a ahort wedding tour, will be at home to their friends on the Sutton homestead on and after January 15. The Plaindeal­ er joins their host of friends in extend­ ing congratulations. Cevlerd-Jeefce, Standing beneath an arch decorated with pink and white carnations and a wedding bell, Miss Daisy Belle Gay­ lord and Mr. Charles E. Jecks were united in marriage at the home of the home of the bride's parents in this vil­ lage at high noon on Christmas day. The ceremony, which was a short but very impressive one, was performed by Elder W. A. McDonald of Williams Bay, Wis. The oouple was unattend­ ed. The wedding march was beauti­ fully rendered by Mrs. Clyde Clark. The bride was very becomingly gowned in a dress of gray silk messa- line, while the groom wore the conven tional black. Immediately after*the wedding had been performed a three course wedding dinner was served to the happy couple and over forty rela­ tives and friends who witnessed the ceremony. The home was .very prettily deooratr ed for the occasion, every room being tastefully bedecked in pink and white carnations. After dinner the bride and groom made a hasty departure lor their fu­ ture home on the Gaylord farm west of town, which had previously been furnished for immediate occupancy. The groom is one of the vicinity's very best citizens and during the past several years he has been considered one of the vicinity's most successful farmers. Besides the farm he also has other business interests that are bring­ ing hira excellent returns. The bride is the dldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Gaylord of this vil­ lage. She is a young woman of a kind and pleasing disposition and has many friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Jecks are now at home to their friends on the Gaylord farm, where they will be pleased to meet and greet any of them at any time. The couple has the well wishes of our oitisens in general. Those from a distance who attended the wedding were the following: Mr. and Mrs. Lester Nogle and daughter, Joy; Mr. and Mrs. Wm- Nogle and daughter, Bernice; Mr. and Mrs. Clif­ ford Thompson and spn, Elwin; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Clark, all of Wood­ stock; Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Jecks of Newaygo, Mich.; Mrs. James South- wick, Mr. and Mrs. Fred South wick and daughters, Ruth and Angie; Miss Mae Conklin, Mrs. Addie Wallace, Delavan, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Ball, Miss Florence and Harry Rock­ well, East Delavan, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Eb. Vanderkarr, Hebron; Mr. and .Mrs. Frank Woodford and daughter, !*•» Elkhorn, Wis., and Robert Richard­ son and family of Ostend. A beautiful line of New Yaar noat cards at N. H. Petesch'a, 38 ITEMS OF LOCAL MEREST AS nam or IV rtAnscAia IT mnxs rotMG mot WHAT PEOPLE A1E DOING IN THIS TOU LACE ANli THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY- OTHFt SHORT PARAGRAPHS., Butter was declared firm at 91 nwHs on the Elgin board of trade Monday. See McAllister about that subscription. Your calendar la wsitinp for yoca st N. H. Petesch'a. aftf For chapped 25c at Petesch's SHf Cold night -eold f«st. bottles, 75c to 91.50 at Peteach's, a :Sm The Plaindealer wishes its readeife a happy and prosperous New Year. McAllister & Co. are ImdiBfinl samples of their cold tablets. Tfcey are just the thing lor dtMe rOufh, wintery days. 28-lt Quite a number of our young attended a dance at Wauoooda Christmas night. Heiraer*s oreheat** of this plaice furnished the mufcic aad made a big hit with the dancers. Santa Claus left a big, bouncing hipir in the home of Mr. and Mm. Henry B. Dowe, on the West Side, on Christ­ mas day. Henry says that it ig the best Christmas fill that ho hia w-- received. Miss Mabel Granger f»le«aiitly entertained a company of young lady friends at a Christmas tree at her home last Saturday evening. Am ex­ ceptionally enjoyable time was had Iff al) present. The remains of PaliUsk mwj, passed away at his late home in Chtea- go. were brought here for hnrtml a** Thursday of last week. His wife, who passed away about two years ago, was also buried in St. Patrick's cemetery here. ' '. Mr. and MnL Heftry HTamhola ig* now occupying thair cozy new tuoine on Center street oh the West Side. We are jblcf that Mr. tod Mrs. Peter Wirfs wnl move into the McDonald house oh John street, vacated by Mr. aad Mrs. K&mholt. Christmas day waa tifraltaal that -- have eujojed in mmtj years. Jmitm, the weather aoaditions were of saefc a nature that It looked more like lastor than Christmas. The propau and exercises at the various churches were all well attended and enjoyed. Melvill Dotg, employed forUve jMMna as baggage matter of the Chicago, Milwaukee Sk St. Baal railroad, Iib- ertyville, III.,, was found dead oaihe St. Paul road at Fox Lake early Mon­ day morning. Duly resigned hu ge**- tion as baggagemasier for the railtoafc two weeks ago. The masquerade dance at the side House last Friday evening attended by about forty ooMples. four prises for the best most comically dressed lady and gen­ tleman was awarded to itessre. Her­ man Scherbert and Richard Fox Mad Misses Margaret Sleinsdoerfer aad. Anna Weber. Heimeri» oreheatc* lav­ ished the music. The filth meeting of tfew club waa held at the home of Miss Esther Miller on Wednesday evening, December 13. The prise winheri on this occasion were Misses Clara Fre^ssd, Vera Barbian and Helen Weber. The sixth meeting was with Misa Clara Freund on Wednesday evening of last week. At the sixth meeting the priasa went to Misses Katie Blake, Vera Bar­ bian and Anna M. Weber. :A\'-r :•••&. 'v! jj ',=5 j ft •.a- liVv- -0. '^1 A small audienoe saw Ths est Girl in Dixie" at the Central house on Sunday evening of this The company was a clever one in evasy respect and the show merited a much larger attendance than was accordad it. The company left here on Monday morning for Aurora, where tbe> pisgMd in the Grand tbewier w MM>!> vivjjT two large crowds on Christmas day* the performances being givwD ia t)» afternoon and evening. •M -l L. E. Nordstrom, who bm baaaj|p»» ducting a shoe store iu the Scharor building on the West Side during the past few years, has disposed of hi* stock ol goods and dosed up his store here. He and his family will l«*ve next week for Georgia, where Itr. Nordstrom has purchased land and in the future he will "farm It" in tlta South. The store buUdkig has already been rented by Mr. Sehuorr to two young men who will oofiuet asAMMi and repair store therein. While playing ' Santa Claus at a Christmas tree in the home of Frariftt Hironimous, near Volo, on evening, Frank Nichols was very ly burned about his arias, and neck when hia clothing fire Aram one of the oandies cm the iffia. Mr. Nichols was attired in the regula­ tion Santa Claus suit aod had his anas bound in cotton batten. It waa the cotton batten that first caught ire abi before the blase was extinguished the young man suffered terrible bOBMk Jfe D. G. Wells is attending hiaou