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VOL, 61 McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY, 23,1936 Ho 35 25 TO 32 SCHOOLS CLOSED ON ACCOUNT OF EXTREME COLD • . -- SNOW ROADS BLOCKS in McHenry and practically throughout all of northern Illinois were closed today oh account of the extreme cold. Although the wind h^d abated this morning temperatures ranged from 25 to 32 below with predictions of another snowstorm on the with in the vicinity were occasional sleigh getting and all snow «? • • INTERESTING NEARBY NEWS TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES Dr. S. R. Ward, Richmond, had the misfortune to fall in the living room of his home Saturday afternoon of last week sustaining a fractured hip. His advanced age of 93 years, makes his condition very serious. The defunct First National Bank of Hamshire, which has paid back 90 t h r o u g h i n a n e m e r g e n c y a n d a l l s n o w ' P f c e n t t o t h e d e p o s i t o r s n M t o plows were called-in Wednesday be- Syc.amore' cause 6f the fast drifting snow and I business connected with the institution extreme cold which froze the hands and feet of the men. TAX RATE FOR M'HENRY IS OP 17 CENTS INCREASE IS SHOWN SEVERAL CITIES IN Milk trucks started out this morning hot turned back to wait, until roads were opened by plows or groups of farmers to shovel a way through. The Woodstock road was one of the many that became impassable Wednesday and many stayed in the county-seat all night while those who did start out were unable to complete the trip and found shelter in farm houses along the route. Public meetings and gatherings have been postponed because of the extreme cold and bad roads and many of the scholars from the rural districts were forced to stay in town all night. Matt trains were delayed and the whistle ., of the snow plow echoed throgjrtT the frosty air as it opened! the'tffKk for trains already late. The extreme cold and hard packed will be conducted through the First National Bank of that city, also in the hands of a receiver. Mrs. Arthur Herschberger of Libertyville, and her father-in-law, Matt Herschberger, of Prairie View, suffered minor injuries last week Friday when the car in which they were riding was in collision with another automobile at the intersection of routes 45 and 22 at Half Day. The injured woman received a cracked rib and a sprained knee, while her father-in-law received a deep gash on the head. Arthur Herschberger, who was driving the automobile at the time of the crash was. n,ot injured. *" The Bowman Dairy company closed its factory in Crystal Lake recently, and from now on the milk will be brought to the loading platform there where it will be placed in trucks and hauled to Chicago for handling. The Company decided upon this move snow have made existing conditions J shortly after the strike last fall which unprecedented since modern times and j resulted in i that tthkiis. is .a r--eall "old fashioned" d«liverinnr mi winter is indeed true. Strong winds from the north and and northeast Friday night ushered in a six-tad* snowfall which drifted the J preciable saving, highways and blocked traffic, nearly state. about 50 fewer patrons delivering milk to. the plant However the Company for some time has been closing plants and preparing and bottling the milk at its large plant in Chicago. This brings about an ap- Company officials isolating rural communities for a time. Snow plows combated the rapidly drifting snow working continuously through the night and until highways were opened for at least one-way traffic. Gradually McHenry residents dug themselves out Saturday from beneath drifts packed hard by the icy blasts from the frozen north The most important thoroughfares, such as state highways and state-aid routes were kept open by state and county and township patrolmen, who opened all roads as quickly as possible. - By Monday the majority of the rural roads had been plowed and were A police dog is lodged in the Marengo city jail awaiting sentence for sheep killing. The sheep that was killed was owned by Bob Hagg, who with Wayne Halbeib, deputy sheriff, took the dog into custody Tuesday afternoon. The dog was seen in the sheep pen by Mrs. Hlagg who scared it away, but not before one sheep had received a torn leg and a deep gash in the stomach, making it necessary to kill it. The sheep are all pedigreed. No disposal will be made of the guilty dog pending the appearance of its owner, who is known. Miss Alice Roder, teacher at the Rockland, school, suffered minor injuries last week Friday when the car Figures released Monday in the office of Ipounty Clerk (Raymond D. Woods show an increase in the tax rates for Woodstock, Marengo, Hebron, McHenry and Harvard. In McHenry the rate for 1935 is $4.26 as against $3.39 in 1934, or an increase of 87 cents. This is the largest increase of any of the cities or villages mentioned. The increase of 47 cents in the municial rate for McHenry, combined with the 20 cent increase in the county rate is due largely for the high increase in the local rate. Both school rates in McHenry also show an increase. The rate for Marengo shows an increasae of 34 cents. The increase for Hebron shows an increase of 37 cents. The combined rate in Harvard for 1935 is $4.74 as against $4.42 for 1934, or an increase of 32 cents. Following is the table of rates: Woodstock 1934 1985 County - .36 Town Road, bridge City .i...*.........., High school .. Grade school Marengo County ... Town Road, bridge . City High school Grade school Cheating County ... Town Road, bridge .... City High school •„.T, Grade school .... Richmond County Town Road, bridge Village .........i, High school . Grade school . .19 . ,25 . .91 . 107 . 1.34 $4.11 1934 ..$ .36 .. .32 .. .26 1.00 .. .91 .. 1.88 $4 21 1934 ..$ .85 .. .84 . 30 .. 1.06 ,. 1.17 . 1.21 $4.42 1934 .$ .35 . .24 . .30 . .93 . .58 . .98 $ .55 .10 .25 NATIVE OF M'HENRY I DIES AT WOODSTOCK Warrem Thomas, 60 years old, of Woodstock died of a heart attack at 3 a, m., Saturday. Mr. Thomas, who had not been in robust health, worked as usual at the Woodstock Typewriter factory on Friday. ' _____ Mr. Thomas, who had lived in Woodstock for many years, "was born at McHenry. Survivors include his wife, Sue, and four children, Eugene, Mrs Byron Hitchens, Julius and. Edward, his mother, Mrs Lucy Thomas of McHenry, and several brothers and sisters, including Mrs. Frank Wattles, Mrs: Laura Sherman, Mrs. Arthur Whiting and Edgar Thomas of McHenry, Merritt and William of Woodstock. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Congregational church Rev. W, I>. Pratt officiating. AGED DOCTOR AT RICHMOND PASSED AWAYjATORDAY DR. WARD SAW LINCOLN ASSASSINATED Dr. 1.16 1.81 $4.85 1936 $ .65 .80 .25 1.11 .96 $4.55 1985 $ .65 .16 .88 1.15 1.28 132 $4.74 1985 $ .55 11 iso .91 .60 .89 open and offered one-way clearance, j in which she was riding was in colli- In this locality the snow covered sion with an automobile driven by Wilicy streets, making driving more haz- i liam Hutching of Highland Park. The Hebrea County Town ardous as the meltipg snow of preced-j accident occurred on Route 22, west of | Road, bridge ..... ;i--ng d•>a«y--s 'h--ad1 be--en- converite-dj i --i The automobile driven by j Village sheets of ice. Blockade on Route 20 On Satuday" night into Highwopd. Hutching skidded on the slippery j High school pavement, struck a guard rail' and . Grade school a blockade on culvert wall and crashed into the ma- Route 20 at Ostend held up traffic ! chine driven by Miss Roder, the report j until after midnight and occupants of showed. Ambrose MontaVon, propriet- McHenry cars sought warmth and shelter in or of a Deerfield restaurant who was J County...... farj*-houses. j riding with Hutching, suffered a skull; Town . . ........ At Elgin, headquarters of the state fracture, concussion of the brain and Road, bridge divi&ion for the Northeastern part of ! cuts which necessitated 50 stitches, i City the county, ninety state highway divi- He was rushed to the Highland Park , High school sjon snow plow units combated the hospital, where his condition was pro- Grade school drifting snow and county maintenance nounced serious by doctors. | crews were busy clearing state-aid' Lester Teason, of Barrington, was;, highwaygf (shot through the left leg early Wed;| The rate for Crystal Lake-in both :........$ .35 The severe cold wave forecast for! nesday morning of last week when a Nunda and Algonquin townships for this vicinity arrived Monday with sub- j 22-caliber rifle_was accidently dis- j 1935 is $4.46 This is a few cents zero temperatures registered Monday j charged. Mr. Teason had just comnig< ht, but was of short duration with rising temperatures and more arriving Tuesday. morning and the thermometer continuing to drop lower during the day. Rural Carriers Stuck lower than for 1934. Decrease In Valuation Figures released Friday by County Raymond D. Woods discloses pleted his taxi work for the night when the accident occurred. He kept the rifle in the garage^to kill rodents. Clerk _ High winds filled the air with drift- The bullet entei^ed the right side of j that a decrease has been "made" in the ing snow Wednesday, forming a solid the left leg and took a downward 1 total assessed valuation of all properblockade in roads and making the day I course cbming out below the ankle onjty in all of the seventeen townships one of the worst in local history with j the left side of his leg. Fortunately ] in the county. The total decrease in sub-zero temperatures of 18 to 22 de- the bullet only made a flesh wound, j the county for 1935 Is $2 001 062 grees below registered Wednesday and Mr Teason is able to be around on Algonquin leads all townships in crutches. tota' assessed valuation with a total Using the huge brass cell key which j cf $4,967,629. This is a decrease from had been left within reach of_ their | $5,185,790 for 1934. Dorr's total valua Samuel R. Ward, 93 years old of Richmond, died Saturday afternoon at his home. He was one of McHenry county's best known physicians, having resided in Richmond since 1871. Dr, Ward fell on an icy sidewalk on January 11 and suffered a broken hip. It is said that this injury hastened his death. The deceased was born at Batti, Cota, on the island of Ceylon, August 17, 1842. He received his education in Vermont at Missiquoi Valley Academy, the St. Johnsburg Academy, and the Burlington high school. He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1864. He then went to Washington, D. C, and read medicine under Dr. H. B. Trist. Dr. Ward graduated from the medical department of Georgetown College in 1868 and spent several months in the St. Louis hospitals. Started Practice In 1870 In 1870 Dr. Ward entered upon the practice of medicine in Chicago, removing thence in 1874 to Richmond, his home at the time of his death, He retired from practice twenty-three years ago. ~~~ j He was married May 8, 1871 to Miss $3.36 Annah F. Fisher of Chicago, who pass- 1935 j e{j away njne years ago. Three daugh- $ .55 j ters survive, of six childrern born to •13 | this couple. They are Mrs. Caroline 1 Blackman of Whitewater, Wis., Mrs. .961 Frank Stowell of Glencoe and Miss : Elizabeth Ward of Richmond. 1.09 [• Dr. Ward was present at three of the great spectatclos of the human race. He ^'as present arid heard Abraham Lincoln deliver his Gettysburg dress: he was in Ford's theatre at ashingtori when the war-time President was assassinated; he.-s&sy, Chi' cago burn, and because of 'that1 conflagration he removed to Ri^Htftoiid, then northern termipus of - the Fox Valley railroad. ! It has been claimed for" several , years that Dr Ward was the only person living that was in Ford's theatre when President Lincoln was assassinated. His death, removes the last person who witnessed that tragedy. EARLY WORK OF COMMISSIONERS, M'HENRY COUNTY STORY CONTINUED PROM LAST ISSUE From the organization of the county until the adoption of the township system in 1850, the duties now devolving upon the board of supervisors were discharged by three commissioners who fixed the rates of taxation, granted mercantile, tavern and ferry licenses, established rates of toll and prices for entertainmnt, ordered roads, formed election precincts, appointed county and municipal officers and exercised general supervision over all county matters. There probably ar{ onlj a few citizens now alive in the county that remember that the first session of court in the county was opened on June 5, 1837, and that Andrew S. Wells was appointed country treasurer. The first work of' the Court was to divide the county into five precincts named Fox precinct, Oak, Lake, Indian Creek and Abington precincts, Fox precinct was the most extensive ahd was the only one deemed necessary for all the people living in what now comprises McHenry county. The other four election districts were provided for the people of Lake county, showing that this territory must have been much more populous than the former. Election Held In 1887 In Fox precinct Christy G. Wheeler, Wm. L. Way and John V. McLean were appointed judges of election and an election was held at the home of Christy G. Wheeler on July 8, 1837, for the election of two justices of the peace and two constables. On June 10, 1887t the court ordered that personal property be taxable one per cent. Among early licenses granted were the following: Andrew Cornish, ferry on Fox river, $5; C. G. Wheeler, mercantile license for one year, $5; David Goff, tavern, license, $5. Other licenses rapidly followed and ranged from $5 to $10 per year. Ferry rates TO BE HELD AT OF BONOS WOULD AID v V- /'KvVi-S-- SIXTY PRIZES WILL BE OFFERED McHenry Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, will sponsor its third annual masquerade dance at Stoffel's hall, West McHenry, Saturday night, Feb. 25. Committees in charge of arrangements are busy preparing for a large crowd with an evening of fun planned for everyone. Several weeks ago these committees were named to stage the event and have put forth every effdrt to attract a large crowd and make the dance an outstanding social «vent of the season. Advance ticket sales are being reported as satisfactory and many in APPROXIMATELY $35,000.0$: TO M'HENRY TOWNSHIP C "Nobody wants to shoot Santa . Claus." Thus, in the words of AT'-. Smith, was the reply of a local Legioanaire when asked if ex-service men were in favor of the payment of thi soldiers' bonus. u ^ As a continued inquiry was mj(4e the concensus of opinion remained the skme; all were agreed that the bonna should be paid and all felt certain tfaafc It would be paid shortly. Another prominent Legionnaire said that instead of "bonus" it should be called "back pay" for it was money earned that had never been paid. Hie explained this by-saying that $7 per month was deducted from each ier's salary to pay for this so that they never received the $80 neighboring towns are planning to be f.ef month to which they were enexpressed b7 the titled. Other opinions "buddies" were that this is recovery movement yet considered by the federal government, that the soldiers had sacrificed much in going to war and were entitled to the' money and that a large per centage of the this list of tempting prizes and by this 8°|diers were in dire timo hiv» nnnn tViA nyita llton : and in need of the funds, here for the good time which will be available) at only 25 cents per person. Sixty frizes More than sixty prizes have been donated by local business for special prizes and the best costumes. During the past two weeks readers, of the Plaindealer have been perusing time have decided upon the prize they desire to win and are busy preparing a costume aippropriate to the part they wish to represent, There are also several special prizes which will be open for spectators as well as those in coetume. These prizes are now on display in the window at Erickson's store, where you may look them over and decide just which one you are gomg to win. Music for dancing will be furnished by Vycital's orchestra and prizes will be awarded immediately after the grand march which will begin at 11 o'clock. Competent Judges The judges will include five competent persons from McHenry and Wood stock and have been chosen as follows: Peter M. Justen and Attorney W. G. French of McHenry; Mrs. Ella Walkup, Mrs. John Brock, wife of the Farm Advisor, and Mrs. Clara Sweeny, Home Advisor, all of Woodstock. There will be lunch on sale. Adwere fixed at 37Vt cents for each horse mission is 25 cents per person, and wagon; each horse and rider, 25 j Everyone is invited to attend this Average About $500 If the bonus bill is signed by President Roosevelt or passed ov*r fcjt ' about seventy-five or eighty ex-servie< men in McHenry township will be paid approxiamtely $35,000, it is estimated by leaders here. While some are of the opinion that the average payment to the ex-soldiers in this locality would be about $500, others affirm that the average payment will not exceed $300 or $400 at the most. It is hard to arrive at a definite figure becauae *o many of the veterans have borrowed on their bonus certificates. . • According to the local commando?, Ed Conway, the compensation ie baaed on a dollar a day for service in this country and $lt25 per day for. service overseas, less a $60 bonus paid shortly after the men were discharged Put Money To Good Uae That the money, if .paid, would go for various items, was revealed by ex-service men. In this locality the greater per cent of the. money will go towards paying debts and the buycents; each foot passenger, 12^4 cents; dance, which is being planned as a inpr necessities, while others '--4. ...AM OT1Z I . * . t a < . . - ' ! nmr M ' * a. cart an oxen, 37% cents. | party for the whole community, end a At the September term of Court in j good time is assured. 1837 the subject of roads first enlist- | --i-- ed the attention of the commissioners j DON GEYER RESIGNS and it'."Was then that the first roads were laid out. Daniel Newcomb, John McCallum and Doctor Hale were appointed "viewers" to survey and lay will buy needed clothing, furniture and other household equipment to replace, what has become badly worn during the past years. Others will make payments on homes, perhaps a few Rural mail carriers, doctors and | cells, two prisoners held in DesPlaines I tion is the second largest with Mc- Riley others who started out" Wednesday f°r investigation concerning alleged morning became stuck in snow drifts j thefts from freight trains calmly unand were forced to abandon their locked their cell doors and walked out cars, getting back home with difficul- °f jail there Thursday of last week. ty, one carrier being marooned at the! As a result, desk sergeant Byron home of a kind-farmer in the country. Foote, two weeks ago rated high in j Marengo Before a car could be turned around an examination which made him elig- j Dunham ........ the track became drifted full of hard jibIe for patrolman, was indefinitely j Chemung packed snow and no progress could suspended from the force by the Civil j Alden 11... be made. Highways are lined with Service Commission Saturday. Charge; Hartland l;"!. abandoned cars which will remain I of negligence of duty before the Civil j Seneca .... buried in the snow until the wind I Service board for a hearing Monday, j Coral " Henry third and Nunda fourth. The following table shows the comparison of the valuations of each township for 1935 as against 1934: abates and snow plows can get to work. The extreme co'd with - the higb wind combine to make the weather a record breaker here. The only, ones who are in luck this weather are the folks who are enjoying tne sunshine in Florida, where 1 One of the prisoners has since been j Grafton retaken and now is in jail here pend-; porr ing further investigation of a series Greenwood :.Lof railway freight burglaries. The Hebron ....LIT other is sti!l at large and the object; Richmond of a diligent search by Chicago and , Burton ......' special railway police aiding local of- i McHenry 1...... fict s in the hunt nnd solution of the many local residents are now sojourn- freight train burglaries. . and Eugene Douglas of'Janesville* Wis., spent. the weekend with their sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Will Glosson. Mi*. Frank Kemspfer visited in Chiever the weekend. One of th"? leading landmarks of recent years in .Marengo the stop and go light may become a thing of the past if thr City of Marengo agrees to a request by the State of Illinois according to Mayor W L. Miller Instead of- a stop and go light, the m- (Continued on lat* page.) Nunda Algonquin 944,615 2,107,766 1,115,152 3,507,721 1,268,760 1,621,816 1,145,980 1,520,679 1*854,158 4,703.917 1,277,815 1,809,741 1,666.455 " 498.904 3,635.908 3,486,875 5,185.790 868.205 2,104,790 1,023,565 3,326,622 1,196,381 1,859,891 1,000.922 1,890.638 -1,746,343 : 4,498.643 1,180.099 1,660 21* 1,622.934 ' 478.064 3,611,092 3,826,956 4,967,629 $37,352,052 $35,350,990 Among: the Sick H E. Buch, Riverside Drive plumber, has been quite ill since Saturday | commissioners held their first session and is confined to his bed. I m the new Court house on August 5, Mrs. Jack Walsh is recovering from a severe cold with which she was confined to bed over the weekend, Mrs. Joe Brefeld underwent an operation^ St. Therese's hospital, Saturday. Mrs. T. J. Walsh, who suffered injuries when struck by art automobile last October, is still confined to her bed. Mary Celine Adams, whp underwent an operation some time ago, is still confined to her bed, although doing as well as care be expected. Mrs. George Bohr sustained a triple fracture of the left wrist when she AS PMA OFFICIAL. will buy cars, and a few, who do met ------ need the cash, will hold the bonds as. io ^ The Pure Milk Association '.an*' investment.. off "the roads,'"four"roads^ "ordered to! hotfnces J the resignation of its setre-l At th§ present time less than hall be started. i fary an(i manager, Don*N. Geyer, It the local ex'-service men are members YV, MurJ>h 1 ia«Q roi.ntv was' s understood that the resignation was . of the Legion, but-if the bonus bill is .of. McHenry county-east of a.range 0^^^° latei. than hasten to WQ as to recede the a^_ sectional line not less than three mil^tM™ !^Casp , ' , JJ^ce of che service officer. TboSTnor more than four miles east of the , 'j™ n R• 9"": ^ Bolwr- in. makin* out the »«»• , . . , .. n.. ' swiall<>n' stated that the association sary papers. - Tm h " ™ t h e t o w n j h a s „ y e t m a i | e n s f i | , t h . ' A v c t e r . n w h o h o l d , . , J 1 . 6 8 R c r t i - 01 Mcnenry , position thus vacated. ^ "ficate, the limit, could receive $1,560 In March 1841 the preefhets wete re- j Geyer1 was one of the charter in bonds and $3f> in cash next Jujhe iS. ' formed and others made. . * _ | members of the association and was If he held the b^nds until maturity • The first ternl ^.circuit court "be- {.elected director at larjrC' at Its lirsi he would tret $508 interest or a total gan at McHenry, Feb. 10, 1883 ^ lannuai meeting in March, 192^ He pjf S2.058. While the bonds bev At first the county officeis and^ ]ater became field representative of siriiple interest at 3 per cent, the incourt were compelled to seek quarters , the association, and, in 1929, was terest is not paid to the'veteran until where they could. Extracts from eaily .elected secretary and general manag- he cashes his bond •ecords tell us that June 16, 1838, E. ei _ which position he has held ; lip "to1 The holder of a ? 1,000 certificate on this' time. which no loans have been made wouht Mr. Geyer stated that his plans for be entitled to receive the amount in B. Brown was allowed $34.75 for the . future were not yet complete, but I fiftv-'dollar bonds which could be cash* ' use of a room for the. circuit court, .j that he would no doubt continue, in'ed for the full amount anytime during - John McOmber $6 for watching | some branch of the dairy industry. He the year beginnine next June 15. at ' prisoners, and S. S. Greenleaf rented stated that the move was not the re- any fpostoffice. If he held the bonds a shop to the county for the use of Sult of any friction or dissatisfaction until June 15, .1937, he would receiVe on his part or on the part of the board S1.030. including 3 per cent interM^fe,; of directors of the association. He If he held them until maturity in 194S further stated that the association is he would get $1,270. in sound condition, with it? milk sold j A veteran who borrowed 50 ner until September 1, 1936, on a contract cent on his certificate wruld receive . basis, and is, therefore, in a strong half the above figures as interest on position to adjust itself to'-ti- change loans would be cancelled. in management. I ^ veteran who borrowed to t%| ----: . j limit of 22 per cent allowed before VEHICLE TAX ' Oct. 1, 1931, and made no further B. Johnson was allowed $1.88 for boarding prisoners. In June, 1839, B. the county clerk and commissioners The first step towards providing public buildings was in 1837 and the 1840. The county-seat, McHenry, being in the eastern part of the county, dissatisfaction arose among those at a greater distance and petitions were sent to the legislature asking that the county-seat be changed. It was decided that a vote be taken and Crystal Lake, Walkup's Corners and Centerville (now Woodstock), all set up their claims for the seat of justice. County-seat Moved In September, 1844, it was ordered Your McHenry city vehicle tax- is loans under the F>0 per cent law. . new due* and payable and will be be entitled to $780 on a $1,000 ccrti- $1.50 until March 1, after that date a j ficat, minus varying interest rates ac- 50c penalty will be added. 34-3fp ! crued prior to Oct. 1, 1931. that t,he seat of justice be moved from McHenry to Centerville and the court v°tes cast was 115. The county was house and jail in the village of Mc- j Democratic from its infancy slipped and fell on the ice Saturday | Henry were ordered to be sold to thei1*'1*^ 1856, when it changed to Rcafternoon 'SJie went to Woodstock j highest bidder. ' * | publican where it p.nee has remained, hospital Monday for an X-r»y and to have the fracture, ret. The injured arm will be in a ca. t for at least six weeks. Miss May me Buss, who returned home from Woodstock hospital the first of the ye^.r, is still confined to ZSrfKlT3B?!3k7*,,d Wm' W*i' RICHMOND POLICEMAN At the first election held in the1 DIES WEDNESDAY MOBJf county in 1837 the whole number of On Dec 2, 1844, the commissioner : In 1839> at election, the number met for the first time at Centerville or i ballots cast was SS8, showing a Woodstock. <• rapid growth of population in two In 1837 the county assessor was years. The vote for presidential electpaid $2 a dav; county Commissioners, $2.50. tn June 1838, the compensation for jurors was fixed at seventy-five bed witty (a broken leg sustained wh^n !cents a ("ay. The total tax assessed Mr. and Mrs.t Robert Thompson spent Tuesday evening of last week in Elgin, Need rubber stampe? Order at the Plaindealer. i she was struck by an automobile. She attends to her duties as city coloctor, however, and enjoys the visits of her friends. Mrs. Josephine Morosky of Chicago, a friend <of the family, is with her. * in the countv. which then included Lake, for 1838 was $564.41. The work of assessing the county for 1842 cost $102. In 1843 the county rev enue amounted to $793.14. The first justices of the peace in the county ors in 1844 was Polk, Dem., 668; Clay Whirr. 488. In 18.r>5 assessed value of real estate in the county was $2,821,508 *nd of persona] property, $l,10ti,95o. In 1840 the population of the county was 2,578. In 1850 the population of McHenry township was 1,176 and in 1880 the population of the tillage of MceHnry was 874, Frank Strain, 73 years old, stepfather of, Mrs. O W. Klontx, dieji, Wednesday morning at- his home at Rieh-r-ond. Funeral service? will he held Saturday morning'at St. Joseph's chun-h, Richmond. Mr. Strain served as -a merchant policeman fo~ many years. EDWkV SHERMAN AT FUNT Ed vin Shoni tinr is ! >w at Flint, Mich., where he expects to remaiii until March in attend** ice at the Geafe eral Motor Institute He is tafcimg a stiff course in accountancy, worfeinf forty lfour; a week ia one of the eral college course* given by the cecfe-. pany for employe*. ^