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THE M'HENRY PLAINDEALER PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY F. G. SCHREINER Office in Bank Building Telephone %-W TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year $1 M Six Months. 79c Three Months, 4tc Thursday, March 16, 1916 MARK HOFFMAN DEAD For Many Y^ars a Prominent Resid- dent of Spring Grove of sewerage with all the necessary sanitary appliances is of great inter­ est and expense to our peeople and should be adopted or rejected by a popular vote at our next regular elec­ tion on the principle of no taxation without representation. Village elec­ tion April 18, 1916. The vote upon this manifestly fair and honorable question resulted as follows: " Stoffel and Spencer, yes. The mo­ tion was lost and kept out of minutes. The result of the vote is an insult and Peter Leickem has been awarded the contract for carrying the mail from McHenry to Johnsburg Tor the next four years, commencing July 1. The Knickerbocker Ice company filled one of their last new houses during the late cold spejl. They will probably cut no more this season. The McHenry Post, G. A. R., will hold a camp fire tonight at eity hall. It is expected that all the members, their sons and daughters will be pres­ ent. John F. Claxton came to to wry on a slam at the rights, judgment and Monday morning smiling and happy, intelligence of our people, who are He said it was a girl and weighed nine Mark Hoffman, the second eldest son of Aaron and Isabella Hoffman, was born Feb. 16, 1859, in the town of McHenry. In 1868 his parents moved to the town of Burtoi, where his life has been spent with the exception of six years, which was in Nunda, after his marriage Feb. 22, 1883, to Nellie A. Peck at McHenry by the Rev. Dins- more. To this union two children were born, Bessie and Iva, now Mes- dames Henry and Frank McMillan of Terra Cotta. April 23, 1886, his much loved wife passed out of this life, , leaving the young husband the care of their little ones. He bore his affliction with great fortitude. His children were his first thought, striving always to look for what comfort he could give to his motherless ones. Since the death of his wife thirty years ago, he has been associated in farming with his brother, Philip. Thirty-five years ago he became a member of the Richmond Masonic lodge. Nov. 22, 1892, he joined the Modern Woodmen at Spring Grove. March 7, 1916, after an illness of one week with pneumonia, he gave up this life for the great unknown, from which no traveler returns, three sis­ ters and two brothers having preced­ ed him in death. To mourn his going, besides his two daughters, are seven grandchildren, two brothres, Philip, of Spring Grove, and William of Green Bay, Was.; his nephew, Paul Hoffman, who has lived with his uncle for several years. He leaves many other relatives, but to the above named ones, who kne^ him best, the sympathy of the entire com­ munity is extended. Funeral services were held at the Universaljst church in McHenry Fri­ day afternoon with burial in the Mc­ Millan cemetery at Terra Cotta, nu­ merous friends following the remains to their last resting place. Rev. Ratcliff of Chicago officiated, speaking comforting words to the be­ reaved ones. Please Notice At a regular village board meeting March 6, 1916, the following resolu­ tion was introduced and asked to be made a matter of record by Simon Stoffel and duly seconded by William SpenceT, as follows: Resolution Whereas, The Village Board feels that they are the servants and not the masters of the people of the Vil­ lage of McHenry, 111., and that the question of the public taxation for new and expensive improvements should be submitted to t^eir approval or disapproval at our next regular election; and Whereas, There is a divided opinion among our people regarding the in­ stalling of a new system of electric lights upon the proposition made by the Public Service company of North­ ern Illinois, and the cancellation of the present street lighting ordinance with that company; and Whereas, The installing of a system thus ignored in a desperate effort to saddle heavy financial burdens upon them without their consent. A pop ular vote at the village election will, be instruction by the voters, which a board, representing the people who elect and pay them, is bound to con­ sult and obey. We are not opposed to human prog­ ress and attendant improvements, but pounds; By careful treatment John will survive. >.Married:--At the M. E. parsonage .{in McHenry, on Thursday. March 12, 1891, by the Rev. Wm. Clark, Mr. Fred K. Bell of Ringwood to Miss Carrie L. Beck of Richmond. • Married:--On Thursday evening, March 12, at the home of the bride­ groom's mother in McHenry,- Wm. A. will at all times continue to respect; Hill and Minnie A. Wright, both of and consult the wishes of the voters, i Elgin, Rev. Mr. Slade officiating, whose servants we are and whom we The entertainment and basket socia- will consider between elections and not ble on Friday evening last was not, on only at election time. A popualr elec- j account of the severe weather, as well tion would have been in secret and attended as it otherwise would have no ill feeling would have been aroused j been, but those who did attend pre- between the for and against improve- i nounced it a right enjoyable occasion, ments at this time and without one i The ladies realized about $18 as the cent of cost to anyone. I proceeds. On May 1, 1915, when the present | We learn that a man by the name of administration was entrusted with the j Fisher, working for C. W. Harrison, village affairs, there were no unpaid ! southwest of this town, met with a bills to be inherited, but $2570.48 in severe and painful accident on Sunday the village treasury, not withstanding afternoon last. It appears he was new license money. The installing ofi uncapping some unloaded shells, when a system of sewerage at seventy to ' by accident he picked up one that was eighty cents per foot is only a start, loaded and in attempting to ^uncap it j as the cost of the land and the cost of , it exploded in his hand, cutting and I the necessary se.ver to the filtration lacerating it in a fearful manner, fill- system will amount to a large sum, ing the hand full of shot and pieces of 1 and a bond issue must be voted for shell. Dri Osborne was called, who I that again, which will be a second removed the shot and dressed the lien on all the taxable property in the wound on Sunday night and on Mon- ' village. No sewerage can be turned day, with the assistance of Dr. How- j into a government stream until com- | ard, the wound was enlarged and i pletely purified,' and the necessary cleansed and it is hoped the hand may i plant will cost a great many thou- be saved, altho at this time the doc- sand dollars in addition. The public tors are unable to tell what may be is invited to attend all board meetings, the result. It is an ugly wound and Simon Stoffel. | he will be laid up some time at the Wm. Spencer. ;best. This advertisement ordered and paid for by Simon Stoffel and Wm. Spencer. QUARTER OF A CENTURY Items Clipped From The IMaindealei Of Twenty-Five Years Ago We are now enjoying genuine March weather in this section. { There will be held at Ringwood on March 27 the fifth Demorest silver medal contest. The funeral services for Mrs. ,F. G. Mayes were held at the M. E. church on Sunday morning last. Miss Addie Holmes has severed Tier connectipn with the Nunda Herald and is now at her home in this village. Mat. Stoffel, who has been in Ne­ braska for the past few years, has returned and will reside in this vil­ lage. The Universalist Sunday school is preparing for their Easter concert. They will have an interesting pro­ gram- Do not fail to go to the Easter party at the Riverside House on the 30th and hear J. L. Thompson's orchestra of Chicago. Dr. C. H. Fegers and wife went to West Point, la., on Thursday last. They were called there by the serious illness of the doctor's mother. Messrs. Ballard & Bailey, the bridge contractors, have commenced work on the new bridge in this village and will push it to a speedy completion. Expert welding at Stilling's garage. Don't miss the sale March 17 and 18 at F. A. Bohlander's. Enameled .ware sale March 17 and 18 at F. A. Bohlander's. All kinds of farm implements, wag> ons and buggies at Math. Freund's, McHenry, 111. 37-tf Let Wm. Simes explain to you the merits of the T. and T. galvanized steel fence posts. Give us your next order for^ferr- graved calling cards and see what a neat job we put out for you. According to the Harvard Indepen­ dent, plans are now on foot to trans­ form the Woodstock Republican into a county farm paper. "The Lone Woif," a thoroly enter­ taining story, will begin in the issue of March 23. Start with the opening installment. You'll like it. Ray McAndrews, expert painting and paper hanging. When you get ready for that job of painting or paper hanging give me a chance to figure on same. Phone 620-W-l. 35 The Plaindealer is ever endeavoring to give its readers the very best that money will buy. Our present serial story ends with next week's issue and "will be followed by "The Lone Wolf," an intensely interesting piece of work from the pen of Mr. Vance. Read the opening installment and we are sure that youH read the entire story.