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Wells was a professional ; visitor in Chicago Tuesday. , ^ .„ vv\ Richard Wray of Richmond was a Visitor in town Sunday evening. •.?•. Miss Florence Howe passed Sunday : ' Bi thts guest of Richmond friends, jt ;; A. T. Catliit and son, Earl, of Elgin ; ifre guests of relatives here this week, ; Joe Hoffman of Chicago spent Sun £••"*-"sii.y as the guest of McHenry friends. f Everett ,U)joter attended to matters 'ol a business i^tture in Chicago T*ues- H. I. Overton attended to business ^ iftatters in the metropolitan city Tues- ^'iiiiiy..' . • • \ Frank Rossinann of Chicago spent i^inday as the .guest of McHenry rela- r. -t >lr. ani Mrs. t>el. {t|tn of JVood- 1 Itock wei*e guests of relatives here last •' trfek. pinion Stoffel attended to business ..^matters in the windy city last w**k Friday. . • , ' ^'^'"'Mrs. John Miller and daughter, Mar- jA.. jgiHiet, were guests of Chicago relatives •; iabt week. Everett Hunter attended to matters . of a business nature in the windy city Friday. > -"' s; ' ; .Miss Mary MortU «| Chicago was the guest of McHenry friends the first of the week. Mr, and Mrs. E. F. Thomas of Heb- " ron called on friends in town last Sun- 1 day evening. v George Johnson of North Crystal ' : | Jtike spent Sunday as tjbe guest of Mc- - ^enry friends. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Buch and sons of Chicago are guests of McHenry rela- - jjQjjjre* this week. " > ' Hoy H ankermeys*:^! Austin^ieBt Sunday and Monday as the guest of McHienry friends, Mrs. A. W. Grantham.was the guest of- relati ves at North Crystal Lake a ^ days last week. ?,A ,/'>Vances M. Tobin of Oak Park, 111., >|| visiting^ Misses' B. And M. Doberty "\ iftr an indefinite time. Miss May Andersob of Waukegan „ has been spending two greeks ,aa the - guest of relatives here. v Mr. and Mrs. F. A. BoMaadee wore among those to board the Chicago train Tuesday morning. . Leonard and Charles Frett. passed Saturday, Sunday and Monday as the guests of Chicago relatives. N. P. Steilen returned to Chicago Sunday evening after a few days' visit ><Hth his wife and daughter here. Rev. S. Wolfgarten, former pastor ... <* St.'John's church at Johnsburgh,' Y^ited Rev. A. Royer here Tuesday. , / /'Thos. Knox of Chicago spent several days last week as a guest in*the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John . J£BOX. Mrs. John Heimer and son, Leo, ViOtit to Chicago last Sunday evening to be the guests of Mr. and Mrs.^Geo. B. Steilen. !!Mi^ Anna B. Mozer left McHenry Sunday evening for Chicago after a MFO weeks' visit wi^h Misses B. and iI. Doherty. " ^ I t Mr. and Mrs. S/S, Chftpell anddaugh- ters, Marian and Harriet, of Chicago ~ are spending the week as the guests of .relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Barker and daughter, Gladys, of" North Crystal Lake spent Sunday as guests in the home of Peter J. Freund. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith of Wood­ stock have been guests of the latter'® parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Hutson, | faring the past two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bonslett of Chi­ cago passed the latter part of last week as guests in the home of the former's mother, Mrs. Margaret Bonslett. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Mansfield and " daughter, Flora, and Mrs. P. S. Mar­ tin of Woodstock spent Sunday after­ noon as guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. fc. E. Basse tt. Mrs. Christina Schreiner and daugh­ ters, Kathryn and Maud,' and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Krause and son, Arthur, attended the funeral of a relative at -Sigin one day last week. Miss Margaret Ward left Sunday* evening for North Chicago. The Lake, oounty teachers' institute is in session this week and It was for this reason that Miss Ward left one weelrsbefore the opening of school. T. J. Walsh was a Chicago visitor last Saturday. He returned in the Opening with his son, Richard B., who _ jpove bis car out from the city. Frank Chapman also came out with him. Mrs. Chapman, who had been a guest in the Walsh home during the Week, returned home wi^h her husband Sun- c • 4ir V T SCHOOL 0TENS NEXT TUESDAY EVERY CHILD OF SCHOOL AGE SHOULD BE ON HAND ON THAT MORNING .•X iFhe McHenry public school Openf next Tuesday morning, September 2, and every child of school age should be on hand that day. The oof ps of teachers who will re­ port for duty will be as follows: A. Edgar Nye, superintendent; Miss A. Perry, high school assistant; Miss Flor­ ence Howe, seventh and eighth grades; Miss LaNette Whiting, fifth and sixth grades; Miss Clara V. Stoffel, third and fourth grades; Miss Pearl Claxton, first and second grades; Miss Fannie Granger, grade assistant; Miss Bessie Beatty, music and drawing. It is very important that all children begin the first day of school so that they may get the proper foundation upon which to plan their year's work. Parents will please make every effort to send the children the first day. The superintendent will be at the sehool building next Saturday after­ noon, August 30, from 2 to 4 o'clock to interview those who are in doubt con­ cerning their standing. Those who reside outside the district and are pre­ pared to enter high school, attention is called to the new attendance law approved June 26 and effective J&ly I, 1913: A* Act u PMtMi High Sch«*l PrifHtlM F»r GrWiutu •! th* Eifhth Gr*4a Section 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the general assembly: That graduates of the eighth grade, residing in a school district in which no public high school is maintained, shall be admitted, upon the payment of tuition, to any public high school, with the consent of the school board, of the district in which such high school is situated. The tui­ tion of such pupils shall be paid by the district in which they reside, from any funds not otherwise appropriated, but in no case shall the tuition per pupil exceed the per capita cost of maintain­ ing the high school selected. The parent or guardian shall select the high school to be attended, subject to the approval of the school directors of the home district; provided, howev.er, that the high school selected offers a program of studies extending through four school years. The application of this Act shall not relate to districts that provide work in the ninth and tenth grades, except to pypils that have completed the work of s'uch grades. Janitor J. J. McCarthy has been busy during the past week or more in get­ ting the building and grounds in shape for the opening, and when the teachers and scholars arrive next Tuesday morn­ ing they will find one of the cleanest and most neatly kept school buildings in McHenry eounty, while the grounds surrounding the building never looked prettier. -In short, everything points to success and harmony for teachers and scholars of our learning institution for the coming year. At this time it would probably be well to call attention to the fact that a little mora. interest on the part of the parents would also be appreciated by teachers and scholars. Let's begin the school year right'by displaying more interest than ever. WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS AS TAKEN DtOfl TIE COLDNNS Of - OUR MANY EXCHANGES. •vf. MISCELLANEOUS ASSORTMENT OF NEWS ITEMS IN CONDENSED FORK FOR BUSY PEOPLE. at OPEN AIR FESTIVAL AT VOW TO Be HELD FOR BENEFIT OP CAIim.ll SCHOOL THERE Sprinkle in gloves or toilet powder. PetescWs. Keep«| 'em shoes Lotus sweet. At ; BUSINESS HEN'S OUTING The business men of this village will enjoy the second outing of the summer season on the banks of Fox river in the vicinity of the dam on Thursday of next week, September 4. The previous outing proved such an enjoyable event that it was decided to hold another and as a result a big time is anticipated next Thursday. The first boat, carry­ ing the cooking utensils, the chef and assistants and others desiring to get in on the breakfast spread, will leave the boat factory at 5:30 a. m. A special boat will also leave at 8:30. Those who attended thf previous outing can hardly wait fot next Thursday to roll arOund, as they all know that it means a corking good time. The Air Dome, Riverside park, al­ ways has the latest and best of moving pictures. WRESTLING BOUT! AT THE HIP Next Saturday evening, August SO, at 9 o'clock, four amateur wrestling bouts will be staged at the Hippodrome Garden theatre in this village. Jos. Leiokem, who is the promoter of this sporting event, believes that ffe has gotten together a card that will please all. The first bout will be between Mysterious Scissor Bill, lfght weight champion, and Doc Dudley, the flying Dutchman. The other three matches are as follows: Mat. Karls vs. Art. Wrede, Phil. Meyers -vs. Frank Han­ son, Charles Geske vs. Frank '^M asqut - let. General admission, 50 cents. . AUDITORS' HEETINC Notice, is hereby, given that the Board of Auditors of the Town of Mc­ Henry, County of McHenry, State of Illinois, will meet at the Town Clerk's office in West McHenry, 111., on the 2nd day of September, 1913, at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m., to audit any and all bills against said Town. Bills may be left with the undersigned or Supervisor of the Town of McHenry. Dated this 19th day of August, A. D. 1913. CrtAS. B. HABMSEN, Town Clerk. Gollmar Bros.' circus exhibits Marengo tomorrow, Friday. Most townR in this vicinity have placed a ban on all the vlc'ous dances. Three Richmond families have moved to Alvin, Tex,, where they have pur­ chased land. A large tool shed Non the Cropley farm near Solon was wrecked during a recent wind storm. Prof, and Mrs. E. d Blahersad chil­ dren of Dundee have returned from their summer in Minnesota. Elgin now has two motorcycle cops. They will both be on duty during the ranes tomorrow and Saturday. The Lake County Farm Improve­ ment association, which is now being organized in that county, now has a membership of four hundred. Nobody seems to want the job of postmaster at South Elgin, which pays tlfe enormoife sum of $200 annually. The office will probably be discontin­ ued. . Geo. W. Conn of Woodstock recently purchased an 80 acre farm near Hebron, the price paid for the property being $13,000. This is $2,000 more than was paid fot the farm less than one and one-half years ago by Clarence Wick- ham. The factory building of the Western Farm Products company at Elgin, which was to be occupied by the Elgin Butterine, company, was totally de­ stroy ed by fire on Sunday afternoon, entailing a loss estimated at from $75,- 000 to $100,000. A. D. Weisman of Woodstock, until recently employed in the Oliver type­ writer factory, has purchased the old Hebron Tribune plant at Hebron and will give that village an up-to-date journal. The first issue, of the paper will be published next week. v; The Palatine day celebration, which is held under the auspices Of the Pala­ tine Commercial club and which has become an annual event, will be* held at Deer Grove park next Saturday, Aug. 30. Deer Grove park is reached via the 1 'alatine-Wauconda railroad. The contract for tjie new sewer sys­ tem in district No. 1, Lake Geneva, has been let to John Brogan of Green Hay, Wis., the contract price being $10,462.10. The cost of the improve­ ment, according to the Lake Geneva Herald, will be fifty cents a front foot for each property owner. J. H. Vickers, mayor of Harvard and who during the past ten years has been engaged in the clothing business in that ci£y, has sold his clothing estab­ lishment to F. H. Baack of Janesville, Wis. Mr. Vickers will devote his en­ tire attention to his Michigan real estate business in the future. Ed L. Hayes of Woodstock recently received the appointment of deputy game warden of the state of Illinois from Gov. I>unhe. Mr. Hayes is one of Woodstock'8 rising young men, is a most enthusiastic member of the Dunne club in that city and popular among his friends, who will be pleased to learn of his appointment. John Baxter, a former resident of Norths Crystal Lake but recently of Chicago, was killed in a motorcycle accident Sunday. Mr. Baxter and his son were on their way out from Chica­ go and intended to ride to Crystal Lake to visit friends. Mr. Baxter was oc­ cupying the rear seat of the machine and when five mUes southwest of Des Plaines the rear tire exploded. Both occupants of the machine were thrown a considerable distance. They lay by the roadside for some time, the son being the first of the two to come to his senses. He looked around and saw his father lying a short distance from him. The elder man's head was bleed­ ing profusely and the lad was unable to rouse him. He managed to limp to a near-by farm house, where he sum­ moned a physician from Arlington Heights. The man was pronounced dead when the doctor arrived. Baxter was fifty-three years of agti and the father of six children. A sure index of milady's tastes: Use of Lotus toilet preparations. At Pet- ' ' - - . movERSALurr CHURC*^ The practical teachings of Jesus Christ. "Works" will be the subject of the talk by Miss Emma A. Fay at the Universalist church Sunday morning, Aug. 31, at i0 o'clock. "By their fruits shall ye know thetti." "A laborer is worthy of his hire." All persons wish­ ing to form a Unity Center for study will please meet at 10:30. This will be the last of this series of talks for the present. ̂ THE SABBATH tv Some think it strange that tne1§un- day night vaudeville is disturbed and the writer of this is very sorry that any class of people will spend the hours of the blessed Sabbath day as some do here afternoon and evening. My prayer is for a great change for a bet­ ter Way to spend the Sabbath. ANNA SHERBURNE. New and second at MoAlHsttJr'S; Jtyqks Aa roen air festival for the benait of St. Peter's school at Volo will be held in that village on Sunday and Monday next. Arrangements have been completed to entertain a record-breaking attend" ance on these two days and special coaches from Chicago are expected to bring hundreds of the new pastor's friends to Volo. . • The two days will, be gala -days for Volo. During the past fortnight every man, woman and child of St. Peter's l>arish of that place has labored zeal­ ously to give the parish grounds a hol­ iday appearance. All committees are diligently attending to their various charges and every citizen, irrespective of church affiliations, is offering his or her much appreciated assistance so that the coming festival promises to excel all previous happenings in the charming little town of Volo. With the arrival of the hundreds of Chicago guests on Saturday at five o'clock, cannon and trumpets will herald the opening of the fete. After high mass and sermon on Sunday, a sumptuous banquet will be served in the school building. Toasts are as­ signed to prominent visitors. The pic­ nic grove. will resound with hilarity during the afternoon and evening hours. ' Raffles, contests, races, candies, re­ freshments, grab bag, cane rack, doll stand, various games, music and danc­ ing will serve as pastime for young and old. The old-style tug-of-war be­ tween the city and country folks will be a special feature at>5K)0 p. m. On Monday morning elegantly dec­ orated hay racks will convey the vis­ itors to Fox Lake for a fishing trip. In the afternoon a baseball game is scheduled between the all star Volo team and St. Martin's, top-notchers in various city leagues during the past three years. To entertain these many guests ap­ propriately, the pastor and parishion­ ers of St. Peter's church, Volo, cor­ dially request their kind neighbors as well as their many friends from Mc­ Henry, Fremont Center, Johnsburgh, Round Lake, Grayslake, Wauconda and Fox Lake to join with them on next Sunday to extend the glad hand and create good cheer, and thus have the town resound with innocent mirth and merry-making. All parishioners will certainly appreciate the visit of their neighbors and friends on this occasion, as it will aid materially in bringing about the much needed suc­ cess of this undertaking. F. J. E. DOfflCS AT OUR RESORTS TWO CLOSE YAOTT RACES SAILED AT nSTAKEE SHOULD AD0TT NEW SYSTEM PUBUC SERVICE COMPANY MAKES VB*> LAGS A PROPOSITION BEG MINSTREL SHOW AT PI8TAKEE YACllT CLUB NEXT SATURDAY EVENING--HONEY DEW CLUB NOTES Keep your hair healthy with Lotus hair tonic. Best yet. At Petesch's. NICK CARTER, THE NEW YORK DETECTIVE When Mr. W. C. Herman, author of Nick Carter, the New York Detective, submitted the play to the Managers' Producing company, for whom he had written it, they argued that he made a big mistake in letting the audiencc into his confidence by revealing to them at the sta^rt the identity of the woman who is forced to steal from her hus­ band for the purpose of retaining her happiness. Mr. Herman insisted that an audience wants to feel that it is not being deceived. "Let the audience know who commits the crime, keep the characters of the play in ignorance and that audience will sit intensely in­ terested and watch the game, feeling every moment that they could, by a word, straighten things out. They will be interested in knowing if the detective follows his clues in an Intel- ligent manner." That Mr. Herman's contention was right is borne out by the fact that his play has been one of the most successful in recent years. The play has a touching heart story and is replete with bright comedy lines and dramatic situations. The big third act is the one in which LeRoy, the handcuff king, makes his sensational escape after beiug bound hand and foot to the vault door, which is blown to atoms by a pair of safe blowers who attempt to rob the bank. Nick Carter, the New Detective, will" be at the opera house Sunday, Aug. 31. CEMETERY AID SOCIETY ^ . The Cemetery Aid society wfittbeet with Mrs. T. J. "Walsh Tuesday after­ noon, Sept. 2, at 2:30. Many have not paid in their dollar for the season and It is hoped that those who have not will do so at this meeting. A better act cannot be bestowed than to keep the resting place of our once dear ones neat and clean and one dollar a year for the work should be freely given by J&/ ... MRS. J. B. PEBBY, Pres. ^ : MRS. T. J. WALSH, Sec. M^ E. CHURCH SERVICES Services at the M. E. church next Sunday will be as follows: Sunday school at 10:00 a. m.; preaching at 11:00 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. Rev. F. A. Ship­ ley, the new pastor, is expected to be here next Sunday and everyone is in­ vited to attend the services. SPECIAL ATTRACTION At the Air Dome Saturday algfct, Aug. 30, for the benefit of Riverview camp, Royal Neighbors of America. Two big shows at the regular prioe of admission. Always a good program, at the Air >me, Riverside park, every night. Landlord T. A. Thompson of Sell­ ing's summer resort is preparing to show his guests another especially good time on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. He has already made ar­ rangement for special music and en tainment for these three days and this, with free dancing, should attract a large crowd to this ever popular re­ sort, Jos. J. Mertes,, the genial proprietor of Mertes' summer resort at Pist&kee Bay, is enjoying the best run that he has experienced in many years. Mr Mertes is ever catering to the wants of his guests and takes great pride in keeping his hotel, dance hall, refresh­ ment parlor and grounds in the very best of shape. The public in general has found Mertes' to be a most desir­ able stopping place. Next Saturday evening a real min­ strel show will take place at the Pis- takee Yachtclub pavilion. Great prep­ arations are being made for the event and a record breaking crowd is expect­ ed to be in attendance. Some of the best known black face comedians will be on hand to assist in the fun making, while a chorus of • thirty voices will keep you in a merry mood. Those who have this entertainment in charge declare thit it will be the biggest and best social offering in years. Two of the closest and most interest­ ing sail boat races ever pulled over an inland lake course took place at Pista-' kee Bay last Sunday morning and aft­ ernoon. The races were run under the auspices of the Pistakee Yacht club and, to say the least, they were oraoker-jacks. In the morning race the "Feeann," owned and sailed by Freastead brothers, defeated the "John D. Jr." by one second. The afternoon race was even more exciting than the morning event. The second race was for the $500 Hoffman cup and was won by the "John D. Jr.," sailed by the Duffy brothers. The winning boat fin­ ished just exactly thirty seconds ahead of the "Top-of-Bee," owned by Axel Peterson and sailed by Small and Pet­ erson. The sail boat enthusiasts cer­ tainly were given a treat on this occa­ sion. The feat may never again be accomplished at Pistakee of juay other inland lake. Mossy On Sunday a trip was tatiien to the fair at Pistakee Bay. On Tuesday J. Cxajka a*d family joined the merry crowd at the Honey Dew. On Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Kuete- meyer and Tom Riordan arrived at the club house and spent a week with their friends, having a delightful time. On Wednesday an extensive trip was taken on the Fox river. They toured the lakes and bays, were honorable guests of several of their friends at Fox Lake and received many invita­ tions to parties and dances. On Sunday, Aug. 10, 1913, Mrs. S. V, Donald, her nieces, M iss Clara Donald, Miss Florence Peterson, Miss Emma Beggerow, her nephew, Wm. Donald, and friends, Miss G. Murphy and Mis» M. Tuffy, arrived at the Honey Dew club house at 6:30 p. m. On Saturday evening a farewell party and dance was given in honor of the guests. Each and every one danced and ate to his heart's oontent, and were all prepared to leave Sunday after having one delightful time dur­ ing their stay at McHenry. On Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs. S. V. Donald, Mr. and Mrs. Kuete- meyer, P. O. Sullivan, Mr. Cxajka, E. Behnke, T. Riordon, Miss Murphy and Miss Beggerow took an auto trip to Pistakee Bay. stopped at Stilling's re­ sort and joined the tango dancers. Monday, Aug. 11, Messrs. S. V. Don­ ald, P. O. Sullivan, Ed. Behnke, Chas. Weidenhofer and Miss Mary Prusynski were surprised by an elaborate dinner given in their honor by Mrs. S. V. Donald. The table decorations were very daintily arranged and the meal was certainly enjoyed by all. On Monday, Aug. 18, Miss E. Beg­ gerow and MissG. Murphy went row­ ing on the river. They had just gone a short distance when the boat cap­ sized. Not knowing how to swim, they were obliged to call for help. P. O. Sullivan proved the hero of the camp by coming to their rescue and was awarded a little wooden duck, which He constantly carries with him. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman, John Dietz MM! Mr. Iloach and friends visited the members of the Honey Dew on Satur­ day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Fischer and daughters, John Thelen and sister, Mr. Linley and Jesse Murgatroyd were the guests at a lawn party Saturday evening. The lawn was decorated with lanterns of every description, re­ freshments were served and everyone had an enjoyable time. BANCS AT STOFFEL'S HALL A social dance will be held at Staf­ fers hall next Saturday evening, August 30. A good orchestra will be in attendance and a good time is as­ sured ail. TiCj^tg* , hoi; invited. A new street lighting system for the village of McHenry is one of the prob­ lems which now confronts the village board. The present system, while it is far above anything that the village has ever had in the way of street lighting, is not up to the standard, nor does it cotne up to systems in other villages in this vicinity. The Public Service Company of Northern Illinois, which is now supply­ ing the light here, has mode the vil­ lage board a proposition whereby the entire system here will be rebuilt and thus put the village on par with our neighbors so far as the street lighting goes. The rebuilding of the McHenry sys­ tem would cost the Public Service company in the neighborhood of about $3,000. This the company is only too willing to do, if the authorities consent to place in th£ new system. The new system, as outlined to a Plaindealer representative by one of the Public tService officials, will give the village at least 25 per cent more light and instead of the moonlight schedule, as is now in effect, the vil­ lage streets will be lighted 365 nights every jrear. In place of the common incandescent lights now in use, thirty-two candle power tungset nlight will be used, while a cluster of tung­ stens Vill replace the old arc lights, which, as everyone knows, %ave been more or less troublesome and anything but satisfactory. The Public Service company Repre­ sentative admitted that the McHenry system gave them more trouble than any other one system now under their jurisdiction. He further stated that with the new system in operation Mc­ Henry street lights would compare with any in the smaller towns and cities in this vicinity, while the eon* stant trouble that we are now exper­ iencing would be completely eliminat­ ed. A special meeting of the village board was held at the expense of the Public Service company last week, at which time it was decided to give the proposition thoro consideration before making a final passage, which will be done at the next regular meeting of the village board on Tuesday evening of next week. The new system will east the village about $25 more per month than does the present and we are sure that the members of the board will not let this trifling expense hinder them from giv ing the village a lighting system that is on par with our neighbors, and at the same time eliminate the trouble that we have been experiencing dur­ ing the past two years, especially the trouble caused thru electrical storms. We are told that the system at North Crystal Lake has caused the village but very little trouble since its estab­ lishment. This also is true of the Cary system. There isn't a thing in the world whioh advertises a village or city bet­ ter than a good street lighting system and we hope that this will be given us. We are also of the belief that the gen eral public fee'ls the same as we do re­ garding same. Give us the new system is our plea, OF FOCAL HfTERg? ASnCKEDOr BYrUB»EAia B-, MBTroc miDWP lurry ivaiuui wiuiiu niaa NO. IX The pictures at the Hippodrome are always bright, clear and steady. Ask anyone. QUARTER Or A CENTURY ITEMS CLIPPED FROM PLAINDEALER OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Died--Near Vinton, la., on Thursday night, Aug. 23,1888, Winslow Parker, aged 64 years, 1 month itnd 20 days. Fifty-seven couples attended the har­ vest party at the Riverside House on Friday evening last and all report a pleasant time. Paul Brown started for Bostdfi on the 21st, where he has important legal business to attend to for an Iowa firm. He expects to be away about two weeks. The work of repairing the new vil­ lage hall ^and council room has been commenced and will be completed as soon as possible. The work is under the supervision of E. W. Howe. Geo. Stevens of Ringwood last year built a silo with the capacity of one hundred and twenty tons and he is adding another this year that will hold <me hundred and ten tons. Nearly every farmer now has or will at once build a silo on his farm. There will be a match race on the McHenry driving park on Saturday next, September 1, for a purse of |50, between the Harvey mare, driven by Al. Coon, and the Potter mare of Volo. As they are quite evenly matched, a good race may be expected. Miss Bessie Knight will please ac­ cept the thanks of the editor and fam­ ily for a fine string of fish left at our residence. Miss Bessie is the daugh­ ter of C. A. Knight of Chicago, is six years old and every fish presented to us was caught by herself at Pistakee Bay. Lotos perfume is the most delicate and pleisittg.Only at Peteeoh's. ' ' .vf. WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOOM IN THIS LACE AND THE IMMEDIATE nCBBf*-*. OTHER SHORT PARAGRAPHS. _>4 Bettor MsritoC. Butter was declared firm at 27|CMMa on the Elgin board of trade Monday. School books, tablets, pencils paints at McAllister's. Western, dramatic and comedy gjjii£f: tures at the Air Dome every night. See ESLER for everything electrical. Expert house wiring, reasonable prices. The Hippodrome, the home of photo plays de luxe. Four reels, all lor a dime. FOR RENT--House on Pearl street, McHenry. Inquire of F. J. Karges, McHenry. The Dorcas society will meet at the home of Mrs. Frank Hutaon an Friday afternoon of this week. Engagement extraordinary at the Air Dome Saturday night, 30. "The Unknown" in character recita­ tions. - - Don't forget to come to the Air Dome Saturday night, Aug. 30, and hear the beautiful illustrated song by Mrs. Holly. Harry Day Holmes, an old-time dent of this village, passed away 4it the Soldiers' Home at Quincy, 111., or Wednesday of last week. At the county spelling* contest Mold yesterday in the court house at Wood­ stock Miss Aileen O'Rielly of McHenry took first honors over all competitors and captured the blue ribbon. t- ' Quite a number of our residents Has* taking in the fair and carnival at Woodstock this week. McHenry will also send a big delegation to the Elgin ix)ad races on Friday and Saturday of this week. A twelve pound baby boy was bom . to Mr. and Mrs. George E. Steilen in Chicago last Sunday morning. Thp effect of the arrival must be general, as even Grandpa John Heimer-ie wenvr < ing the smile. , %v John Frost, for many years a rait dent of Volo, passed away at his home at that place on Monday afternoon of this week, after a short illness. The funeral took place from St. Petert church there on Wednesday morning. Another new dentist arrived in town on Tuesday of this week, but from all reports it will be some time before he will begin practice here. He is now being cared for at the home ol Dr. and Mrs. R. G. Chamberlin. A Monogram will do, Doc. The program for pie movies at f|ie . Air Dome, Riverside park, Thursday evening is as follows: "An Innocent Reformer," an Edison drama; "Pete, the Artist," a Lubin comedy, and i(The Mystet-y of the Stolen Child," a Vita- graph drama. *^ m The Central open house waa ooiis*- fortably filled during die performance of "Sunbonnet Sue" last Sunday evei^ ing and the crowd seemed pleased with the play. The special scenery carried by the company assisted £i-feaily in success of the drama. Q Go to the Central opera 7:30 o'clock on Sunday, Aug.̂ 31, and see LeLoy give a free exhibition of Ida famous handcuff act, then hurry to the /advance sale and secure your ticketa for Nick Carter, the New York Dcteo- tive. It is the one big dramatic ssosM ̂ tion of the season. Mrs. Elizabeth Smith is sufferiflyg from the effects of a brdkea wrist is* ceived at the home of her sister, Mrs. Jacob Bishop, last Sunday afternom* The accident happened when she stum* bled over a fish pole. Her many friends hope that she may soon recover from the effects of the injury. " ' Mrs. Peter Leickem, for a resident of this village, passed away at her late home at Kenosha, Wia., m Sunday morning of. this week. The body was shipped to this village aad taken to the home of her son, Joe. Leickem, on Monday evening, tie funeral taking place from St. Mary*a Catholic church on Tuesday morning. The McHenry baseball team met the Woodstock Athletics at the fair grounds yesterday and were defeated in the tenth inning by the score of 6 to ft. Tis said that three Woodstock Reds players won the game for the county seaters. The McHenry boys are par­ ticularly anxious to meet the Wood* stock Reds, as they believe with Sahjs- berg pitching (hey can make the ooun­ ty seat favorites bite the dust. What say you, Woodstock? McHenry is saaiy in need of a gMfr* bage dump. The old mill race dutqp has been used for such by some, haft the village authorities, as well as Bor­ den Milk company, will not allow any longer. The authorities do not object to the dumping of rubbish at this place, but w»»«r* it coiacs u de­ cayed fruit and vegetables they draw the line. Those who hSYe hesn |n habit of dumping their garbage as4his point should be*r (thta fas cease the practice, ~ 74 VW'ii 'iv 3