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WELD Jtw Julwjcratie mmmg SSoSS^SIkj Consolidated, 1874 City of Elgin ^TTThod every Saturday at 14 & 16 River Street, P„bl|,he • ELGI N. I L LI NO IS. -itf VOL. 25, NO. 19. SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1879. ELGIN, ILL., & S. Preacri&Mon •* DRUGGISTS. LOK, Editor A Proprietor. EB OF^HE CITY. gggSp^**"SO per annum. : greater than all other papers in the JPonMited.. Apply tor Advertising rate*. CITY COUNCIL He£ul»r Meeting—Petitions -Kep«rt» 9t ©fliceri* and Commitiee^Bills ^Ilowrd-nisreilaneoufi liuntuewn. The regular monthly meeting of the city council was held on Tuesday even- ing Present, His Honor, Mayor Lord, Aid. Fehrman, Gillilan, Moulton, Bos- worth, Westerman, Foster, Jencks, German, McClure, Flinn, Coburn and Byingtonj • The minutes of the proceeding meet- ing were read and approved. petition was read asking for the extension and opening of Prospect street between Jefferson avenue ajid X,ovell street. Aid. Sherman moved to refer to the committee on streets; car- ried- * A petition was read setting forth that#-barn on the corner of Ann and sheets was a nuisance, and the pet^itei^ requested that the council ESTABLISHED, 1855. Cor Chicago 8treetand;f'9Untal» Square, » .....m 1°^- WallPaper,Paints, Oils PhysIeian^Beadqiiartera, And Office Janes MoElroy, Veterinary 8unre*i roll Street Commissioner Ranzenber- ger: S. Pflster, labor, $4.38; John Jen- son, labor, 94 cents; Geo. Dudenhoper, r labor, 63 cents. Poll tax collected, $6. Pay-roll Street Commissioner Martin: S. Kanzenberger, team, $22.60,; A. D. Ball, carpenter, $12.75; James .Lowe, same, $6; Fred Loos, labor, $3.13; Chris Schweden, labor, $3,12 Charles Dough- erty, labort $2.75. The following bills were read on the general fund, and orders drawn for the same, on motion of Aid. McClure : Peter Newsome, drayage, 50 cents; Crane Bros. Manf *g Cd.t for water mains and connections for same, $188,- 26; freight.and cartage on same, $9.80; John McCrimmon. drayage, 60 cents; F. S. Bosworth, sheet-iron and labor, $1.48; It. R. Parkin, cash paid for con- nections and errands for Bowen Ex- tinguisher Co., $1.05; Joseph Forr- dresher, care of water trough six months, $12; McBride Bros., coal, $14; George E. Hawthorne & Bro., rubber bouts, coats and sundries, $57.60; Trus- tees Gas Light Co., repairs, $2.52; gas for tru -.k house, 24 cents; for court house, $11.46; for street lamps, $112.88; R. W. Padelford, expressage on Illinois reports, $1.25; L. C. Stiles, repairs on calaboose, $1.50; E. H. Rfckert, trees, $18; Rogers & Co., trees, freight and the* same to be. removed. Aid. j Cartage,$4.24; A.Newsome,calcimining * • " ' " ' court house, $6; Jim Oats, cleaning court housek, $1.75; Joseph Taylor, cleaning court house, $5; F. M. Annis, judge city court, salary, $187.50; John Powers, marshal, and. cash paid, $56; Thos. Powers, police,; $7.50; W. Bar- tholomew, same, $37.50; Henry Miller, same, $45; William Stoner, same, $45; William F.1 Sylla, clerk, $58.33; A. R. Hendricks, engineer fire engine, $50: Ed. Scott, lamplighter, $25; S. Ran- zenberger, street commissioner, $22.92; Thomas S. Martin, same,' $22.91; Jos. Holmes, work on water mains, $7.50; Andrew Apple, same, $7; G. Gronberg, same, $4:34; — Gaffney, same, $2.62; R. R. Parkin, same, $7.50; Christ. Gilles- son, same, $8.90; Peter Jeffers, same, $12.81; Michael Sullivan, same, $12.81; Dan Flinn, same. $12.81; S. Pflster, same, $9.37; Chas. Dougherty, same, $1; H. B. Ford, same, $6.87: Christ Barney, same, $3.44; James Tierney, same, $3.44; James Scanlan, same, $3.75; A. Magnus, mason, $1.25. ____■ ■ . Aid. Foster moved that the bills of S. L. Taylor and H. N. Wheeler, for printing, be referred to the committee on printing; carried. Aid. Westerman moved to rerer J. H. Becker's bill, for costs in two suits, to committee on claims; carried. Aid. Jencks moved to refer the bill of Albert Williams and George Hunter, for painting hallway ol court house, to committee on public grounds; carried. A bill in favor of James Scanlan, for rent of pound, $12.50, and for salary, as Sound-keeper, $12.50, was read. Aid. encks moved to deduct the amount due the city and draw an order for the balance. Aid. Moulton moved to refer to the committee on claims. The ayes and noes were called for on the amendment, and Aid. Fehrman, Gillilan, Moulton, Flinn and Coburn voted aye, and Aid. Bosworth, Wester- man, Foster, Jencks, Sherman, Mc- Clure and Byington voted no. The motion of Ala. Jencks was then put and carried. " Aid. Westerman said there had been collected and was now in the hands of the treasurer, $2,813.37of tha Renwick judgment fund, and he moved that an order for that amount be voted in favor of Geo. W. Renwick; parried. A resolution fixing the salary of the lamplighter at $240 for the ensuing year was read, and Aid. Jencks moved its adoption; carried. ■ Aid. Fehrman recommended Patrick Sullivan for lamplighter. Aid. Foster moved to concur in the nomination ; carried. Aid. Coburn stated that the chief en- gineer had furnished him wtth a list.of articles needed by the Excelsior Hose Co., consisting or fifteen belts, fifteen badges, four rubber coats, and four Bairs-4)f rubber boots, and he moved lat tBe articles be furnished the com- pany; carried. . . t c Aid Foster inquired if the mayor was ready to appoint the city attoney, as there were some matters referred to the committee on license in which it would be necessary to consult; legal ad- yiC0§ The mayor replied that he had been requested to withhold the appointment of city attorney for reasons, and as the same reasons existed, he was not ready to make the appointment. > Aid. McClure said there were out-, standing bills of former city attorneys which had not been settled, and he was anxious to have them settled before a new attorney was appointed. , The committee on license, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Mackh and other hotel keepers in re- gard to making0 a difference between them and saloon-keepers for license, reported recommending that the coun- ciftake no action in the matter. Aid. Coburn moved to adopt. The ayes and noesbeing called, Ala, Fehrman, Gilli- lan, Moulton, Bosworth, Westerman,. Sherman. McClure, Coburn and Bying- ton voted aye, and Aid. Foster, Jencks and Flinn voted no, and the motion Coburn moved to refer to the health officer; carried. ; , A petition from property owners re- monstrating against the extension of the fire limits so as to include block 12 of J! T. Gifford's plat, was read. Aid. Foster moved to refer to committee on fire* carried. A petition from the druggists was read in relation to the liquor ordi- nance; also a communication from them suggesting changes in the ordi- nance. Aid. Westerman moved to re- fer to committee on license; carried. Charles Mackh applied for saloon li- cense with John Rebhern and Joseph Fabst as bondsmen. Aid. Fehrman moved to approve the bond and grant license; carried. Also John W. O'Connell; bondsmen, James Burke and Edward JL)wyer. Aid. Westerman moved to approve the bond and grant license; carried. Also Henry Holthusen and Albert Marckkoff; bondsmen, Wm. Heine and S. P. Brown; Aid. Gillilan moved to approve the bojads and grant license; carried." -. - Also Charles E. Hunter and Jacob Stryker; bondsmen, W. J. Hunter and Wm. Barker. Aid. Coburn moved to approve the bond, and grant license; carried. Also John Buckrice; bondsmen, George bower and Henry Rebhern. Aid. Fehrman moved to approve the bond and grant license. Aid. Coburn called for the ayes and noea, and Aid. Fehrman, Gillilan, Westerman, Foster, Jencks and McClure voted aye and Aid. Moulton, Bosworth, Sherman, Flinn, Coburn and Byington voted no. There being a tie the mayor voted aye, and -the motion prevailed. Aid. Mc- Clure said lie had not voted on any li- cense and he asked to be excused, but the council refused to excuse him. The city clerk submitted his month- ly financial statement, showing a cred- it balance of $13,035.05. Receipts for the month, $98.10; bonds and interest coupons amounting to $3,210 were paid an«| canceled. Aid. Foster moved to receive and place on file; carried. The street commissioner reported Work on streets, alleys and bridges for the month of April to the amount of $58.70, and on water mains and parks, $67.55. Aid. Foster moved to receive and place on file; carried. The city sexton's report showed that he had received for work, $12.10 and for lots sold, $15. Interments for the month, five; three from the city and two from the country. Aid. Wester- man moved to receive and place on file; carried. The finance committee on the com< munication of the New Fork and New England Investment Company relative to refunding city bonds, reported rec- ommending no action. Aid. Foster moved to receive and adopt the. report; carried.. The committee on fire reported in favor of building a hose house at the north end of Bierman's Excelsior mill. Aid. Westerman inquired if the lot had been secured. Aid. Coburn said Mr. Bierman said the city could use the wace at the north end of the mill so long as he owned the mill. Aid. West- erman thought the council better have a stipulation in writing before the re- port was adopted. He moved to re- ,„ceive and place on file; carried. lirAM Westerman moved that the com- mittee on fire be instructed to ascertain what arrangements can be made for lease from Mr. Bierman. Aid. Co burn desired to know how long to lease it for. one; five or ninety-nine years? Aid. Jencks thought there should be some stated time for the lease. The . motion of Aid. Westerman wa« carried. The committee oh fire reported upon i re petition of the George 8. Bowen Extinguisher Co. recommending to ap- propriate $46.08 for uniforms. Aid. "oster moved to adopt; carried. The judiciarv committee reported on the report of the pound keeper, recom- mending that he be allowed $8 for re- pairs and tbat'there was a balance due the city of $23. Aid. Foster moved to receive and adopt* carried. A communication was read from Veteran Post, G. A. R., inviting the council *to parade on Decoration Day. Aid. Westerman moved to accept the same; carried. A communication from H. & W. D. King was read stating that the time for which they had contracted to care . HKthe city clock had expired February «|th, and they wished to Know whether they should continue the work. Aid. , poster moved to extend the contract :• w one year; carried. _ r "A communication was- read from Utto Gronbei^f to the effect that he Would perform the duties of engineer w the fire engine for $500 per year. ■Aid. Westerman moved to refer to the 9°mmittee on fire; carried. a ' following Dills were read on the Cemetery fund and orders voted for the . ?®me on motion of Aid. Foster: H. B. waters, sexton, $25; Pat Daly, grave 2jg«er, $37.50; H. B. Williams, labor, ' j°bn Meenagh, cartage, $7.50. . % ihe following bills were read on the street fund, and orders allowed for the »me on motion of Aid. Westerman: «•. Deill, drayage, 75 cents; McBride "ros., cement, $1.80: F. S. Bosworth, ' *heelbarrow, nails and screws, $4.58; t Kramer, drayage, $5.25; Peter ft sewBome, drayage, 75 cents; G«o. E. ^ Hawthorne & Bro., nails, $7.08. Pay- prevailed. Aid. Flinn moved to adjourn for one week; carried. On motion of Sup. Duff, of Rutland, the chair was authorized to appoint a committee of three on credentials, and Duff , Earle and Brown were named. After an examination of the docu- ments presented, they reported all the towns as sending proper credentials ex- cept that none were in hand from Pla- to, Campton or St. Charles. Report accepted. ° Sup. Earle presented the official bond of County Clerk elect Thos. Meredith, in $5,600, with A. Bosworth and George Meredith as sureties. A motion was made to refer, but as no committees were in existence and the process would take considerable time, the bond was read in full, the supervisors from Elgin, Aurora and Batavia vouched for the ability of the signers, and ft was approved. On motion of Sup. Earle, county clerk Scott was allowed $200 on ac- count, the balance due him to be paid when he settles accounts at the July meeting. Sup. Reising presented a resolution to the effectthat the clerk of the board be requested to inform our Representa- tives in the General Assembly of Illi- nois, that it is the desire of this Board that they favot the bill concerning City Courts now pending before the Assem- bly, and use their efforts to have it passed as it comes from the Committee on Judiciary. Sup. Reising said this action would simply be justice to Aurora and Elgin, who are now burthened by nearly all the charged of these courts, while more than half the business done in them is from outside the corporate limits. That while they are great conveniences for the people, saving them much time and expense in going to Geneva, they are also a great saving to the county, inasmuch as they do a great deal of business which would otherwise still further clog the ^courts at Geneva. The general docket of the Circuit Court Is much burthened,' the Judges cannot even now clear them, and if the people of Elgi and Aurora brought all their cases to them parties would be compel" led to wait a long time to have their claims passed upon, or it would be nec- essary to have more Judges. Sup. Lovell moved to lay the resolu- tion on the table. Sup. Carlisle, of Elgin protested against this choking off. Members who know nothing of thia matter should have opportunity to learn about it. But Sup. Carlisle was declared out of order, and the yeas and naya upon Sup. Loveil's motion to lay on [the table were taken as follows: Yeas—Earle, Brown, Lovell, Hatch* Stewart, Borden, Turner, Carlisle, of Hampshire, Lee, Duff and Miller—11. Naya-^-Reising, Thorwarth, Johnson, O'Donnell, Watson, Carlisle, Jencks and Seavey —8. It was then moved that the Clerk present this action of the Board to the Representatives and Senator. Sup. Carlisle, of Elgin, again protest- ed against the unfairness of this action as debate upon the original motion had been cut off by moving to table, etc. Sup. Watson moved to lay the mo- tion on the table, which was carried by the yeas and nays as follows: Yeas—Thorwarth, Reising, Johnson, O'Donnell, Watson, Hatch, Borden, Carlisle, Jencks and Seavey—10. Nays—Earie, Brown, Lovell, Stew- art, Turner, Carlisle, Lee, Duff and Miller—9. A discussion ensued concerning blank books purchased from J. M. W. Jones Stationery Co., of Chicago, Sup. Reising^ and others claiming they were inferior. It was finally voted that the committee on printing should see the parties and require the books to be per- fected and better ones furnished here- after. ' There being no committee on print- ing it was moved by Sup. Carlisle, of Elgin, that the Chairman appoint the Committee on Stationery. The motion prevailed and the Chairman appointed Messrs. Carlisle, of Hampshire, Wat- son, of Aurora, and Jencks, of Elgin, such, committee. The Board then adjourned. {Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors met Mon- day last at one o'clock in special ses- sion in pursuance to a call signed by one-third of the members. Mr. Scott, clerk, pro. tern., called the board to order and the following an- swered to call of roll: Messrs. Reising, Thorwarth. O'Don- nell, Johnson and Watson, of Aurora; Earle, of Batavia; Turner, of Geneva; Carlisle, Perkins and Jencks, of Elgin; Borden, of Dundee; Duff, of Rutland; tee, of Plato; Stewart, of Campton; Brown, of Blackberry; Seavey. of Su- gar Grove; Hatch, ol Big Rocjc; Rav- Fin, of KanevjUe; Lovell, of Burlington; Carlisle, of Hampshire. Mr. Miller, of Sti Charlesv-came in at a later hour, while Mr. Kennedy, of Virgil, was de- tained at home by sickness. An informal ballot was taken for chairman; N.' N. Ravlin receiving eighteen votes, and one scattering. Oti the formal ballot nineteen votes were given lor Mr. Ravlin, and oue scatter- ing; and the clerk declared Mr. Ravlin elected. In taking his seat the chair- man.thaoked theBoard for this contin- ued evidence of their esteem and confi- dence, promised his best efforts to fa- cilitate business, and asking the aid of the gentlemen composing the Board to that end, announced that business was in order. article of cheese than was made in the winter, skimming less. The supply of milk at the several factories is quite large, but will soon begin to shrink, as there has been no tain for about five weeks, and the grass is too short for grazing. Unless it does rain and come off warm within a very few days, there will be a scarcity oj[ >hay through%this section. The drought will have a tendency to lessen the amount of cheese produced around here.1 The butter market, too, is dull and declining: Sales of 9,195 pounds were made at 16@l8c; more than half of it going at the latter figure. There will be a less amount of butter made here this season than formerly, and prices should not go below. What they are "this week. Iowa has gone into the butter business with a grand rush, and at Manchester, as we learn from the jPress, the shipments for April of this year reached 201,080 pounds, against 82,050 pounds for the corresponding month of last year. The shipments for the four months this year aggregate 651,586 pounds, against 255,720 pounds for the same period last year, The Press esti- mates that the shipments from Man- chester alone for 1879, Will be 3,000,000 pounds. . None of the butter was sold for less than 18c., and much of it was taken at 22c. | j The reports from 2sfew York are more favorable now, showing a large reduc- tion of old stocks, With a fair demand for new goods, but at low figures. The following sales were reported to the secretary: i CHEESE BBODLAR. Sold by Boxes. Price Gould 9e Kflbourne....900 6 BUTTER—RBGULAR. Sold by Pounds. Price. O. A. French.......... 845 W. L. Clark..-------400 Reed & Roseborough . SOU S. K. Bartholomew. . 'M0 A. Noltlng-----------..1,450 Gould & Kllbourne... 5,500 181 5J 16 10 1* Amount. $ 600 00 Amount. 186 80 64 DO 48 00 112 00 232 00 990 00 9.195 $1,581 20 Total sales... ...$9,181 20 Board of Trade. The attendance on the Board of Trade On Tuesday was not so large as usual. Factorymen have but little to encourage them in visiting the Board while the markets remain in their pres- ent condition. The Kew York telegram showed no change from last week, cream cheese being quoted at 7@8c; skims at 3@5c; creamery butter, 18c; Liverpool, cheese, 41, shillings. " With low prices prevailing elsewhere and dull markets, but little activity could be expected here. There is no inquiry for cheese, yet, with a few sales here and there and consignments, the factorymen have managed to pre- vent an accumulation of stock, so that few of them have more than fifteen days make on hand. Advices from other cheese sections indicate that there will be a large re- duction in the amount mad© this year as compared with last season* and that prices will be firm through the season but not fancy, and that producers need not be at all discouraged at the outlook The Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Exponent, says of that section: "Some have nailed up their factories, many have not replenished their dairies, and a portion have sold out entirely and gone into the sheep business." Factorymen here are making a better New York. . J. H. Reall writes us as follows of the market in New York City: The stock of old cheese has been re- duced to within 25,000 boxes, whilst they will be wantedior at least a month yet. jNew have begun to arrive in a small way and at prices which scarcely pay for making and shipping, meet a good demand. Present make of Illinois is wanted. We.quote: Fine Old, 7£@ 8c; fair to good, 4@6c; common 2@4u. New, fine, 5f(a)6c; fair to good, 3@4c. The following extract from a letter from Mr. Chas. R. Doolittle, of Streets- boro, Ohio, a successful manufacturer and practical thinker, is to the point: "There is but very little cheese being made as yet, on the reserve, in com- parison with former years, and there will be a marked falling off the. fore part of the season,' as a greater portion of the dairymen are feeding milk to calves, and until they are_ out of the way, a great deal of milk willigo in that direction, which will make a marked difference in our production." The butter market is still low and drooping, but we think thisi the most favorable season for low prices, since we are to have them; 18c. seems an average price for creamery; 15c. to 16c. for dairy, and 12c. to 13c. for factory. Neighboring? News. Aurora now claims a' population of 15,000. Aurora is literally overrun with tramps. Prisoners at Aurora break stone for the city. Aurora has thirty physicians in regu- lar practice. Sandwich has a red ribbon club with 300 members. ' ' The Montgomery sash factory is offered for rent. Sycamore and Cortland each have a temperance league. c Polo aldermen voted themselves $3 a session, or $60 a year. The Belvidere postmaster wants to sell government bonds. Several of the Harvard saloon men have taken out.government license. Aurora has two tochery clubs, and Presbyterian billiards areiat a discounts H. B. Waterman, of Belvidere, has accepted a call to preach at Wheaton. Rev. A. C. Keane has accepted a call to the First Baptist Church of Belvi- dere. The two bands in Belvidere have con- solidated, and the citizens rejoice thereat. John Carlin, of Rockford, was run over and killed by the cars! one night last week. Sycamore shipped thirty tons of bones to Chicago last week; Has a cemetery been captured ? A Marengo cow, in the year just past, gave 13,500 pounds of milk, an average of 37 pounds per day. Rev. W. A. Brdnson, pastor of the Baptist church at Bktavia, has resigned, and will remove east. Harvard having refused to grant li- cense, the local paper says two more drug stores are to be opened.. Thomas O. Thompson, of Woodstock, has been appointed private secretary by Mayor Harrison, of Chicago. ? m The DeKalb Methodists are going to build a church, and have now about $8,0u0 to start the enterprise with, v Winnebago county is determined to increase the population., The number, Of births for April reached .fifty-two. The corner stone of the new Catholic church at Wheaton will be laid in a short time. It will be a grand event. Burglars entered Hiram Bristol's house in Aurora the other night, and stole $70 in money, two coats and a hat. ; Ex-County Clerk Frank P. Crandon, of Batavia, was presented with a gold- headed cane by his Sunday school class last Week. The Rockford club was whitewashed in a game of ball at Dubuque, last week, and the poor fellows blamed it on the umpire. Kate Claxton gives a dramatic enter- tainment at Aurora to-night. The fire department should be in readiness for active service. The Knights Templar of Sycamore Commandery are having weekly drills alt Sycamore, Cortland, Malta, Creston andRochelle. The barb wire factories at DeKalb are running night and ^ay, working two sets of hancfc, and then are behind with their orders. The Rockford Rifles are drilling twice a week, in preparation for the two competitive drills in which they will enter this summer. R. F. Crawford has been appointed city attorney at Rockford; Thos. Sully, marshal; N. E. Lyman, treasurer, and E. K. Conkling, city clerk. A two days' temperance convention was held in Sycamore this week. Miss Frances E. Willard was in attendance, and delivered a fine address. ' : ' 1 The main business street in Sycamore is little more than a mud hole, and yet the town has not enterprise enough to make it a passable thoroughfare. Horse thieves are operating in Mc- henry and Boone counties. Within the past ten days three spans of horses have been stolen in those counties. A pickerel weighing thirteen and a half pounds, and measuring forty-one inches, was caught in Fox River, last week, at Batavia, with a hook and line. The Free Methodists will hold a tent meeting, five miles northwest of Ma- rengo, commencing May 20 and ending June 1, Two services will be held each day.. .. ! A little child was poisoned at Rock- ford, on Wednesday, by drinking milk in which a spider had fallen. It lived bftt ten minutes after it drank the milk. Ike Morgan, of Aurora,was presented with a gola watch and chain the* other day, by a party of friends. It is the first watch ne ever owned, and does not know how to manage it. Decoration day will be observed in Sycamore on quite an extensive scale. The militia, fire departments and Odd •Fellows from several of the neighbor- ing towns have been invited to partici- pate. Miss S. M. Warner, a former school teacher of Aurora, but who for the past dozen years has been a missionary in Mexico, is now on a visit to her former home. She will probably go to South America. A building erected at Sugar Grove by Thomas Juad, a wealthy farmer, was destroyed by fire last Saturday morn- ing. Loss, $15,000; no insurance. It was used as a boarding house, store, post office, etc. A DeKalb county farmers put salt on land on which they intend sowing in wheat or grass. -It is claimed that the salt stiffens th^ straw and prevents lodging to a great extent, and also that the salt is of a superior quality> A reunion of the soldiers of the Northwest will be held at Aurora from August 20th to 22d. It is expected that from 50,000 to 100,000 people will be present. The exercises are to consist of drills, parades and sham battles. A suit between the C., B. & Q. R. It. Co. and the city of Aurora hap just ter- minated in favor of the city. The com- pany sued the city [for twelve bonds of one thousand dollars gach, which the city i efused to pay, and were upheld by the court. The case will likely be ap- pealed. A drunken fellow, with a jug of whisky, wandered into the Rockford Court House, and, pulling off his boots for a pillow, went to sleep on the out- side window sill of its third story. The sill is slanting, and the least movement would have rolled him off, but the jan- itor found him at last and pulled him in, jug and all. * DRUGS,'WALL PAPEE.-PAINTS, OILS, WINDOW SHADES, HE ADfttJARTE^^. t k We are supplying parties as far North as Geneva Lake, as far up the C* & K. W. Eoad as Marengo, on the C. & P« West as far as Byron, down the Biver to St* Charlea and Geneva, towards Chicago as far as'Bensonville on the C. &P., and the Junction on the Northwestern. Any of these people will tell you that they SAVE MONEY, Get the Worth of their Money, and get Strictly • ' - ' FIRST-CLASS GOODS. irofessixmal SShrtctorp. a. N. BOTSFORD. A. B. BARK* BOTSFORP & .BARRY, Attorneys and counselous at law and Chancery Solicitors. Office in Town's Block. "___ W. H. WLNG, Attorney at law & notary public. Office over Ptrat National Bauk, Elgin. 11L EDWARD C. LOVELL, Attorney and cocnakuut at law and Notary Public. Office over Home Na- tional Bank. __' _ _. __________ IN EUGENE CLIFFORD, a ttorney at law, solicitok A Chancery and Notary Public. Office, over Walt & Burdlck's, Fountain square, Elgrin. W1LLIS & MALONEY, Attorneys at law. rooms 3 and 4 Lynch's Block, West Elgin. Office open evenings from 7 to #. ' y ~~ D. B. SHERWOOD, TTORNEYo AT law, Room over Kim- ball's Shoe Store, Market Square, Elgin. A' FRANK CBOSBIT. O. P CHISHOJUf. CROSBY & CHISHOLM, a ttorneys at law. —rooms 1 Sc 8 ex. Barker Block, Elgin, Illinois, WILLIAM H. WILCOX, TTORNEY AT LAW, SOLICITOK nd Notarv Pu , 111. IN A."ci^oery and Notary Publio. Office, Boom No, 7 Town's Block. Elgin, EZRA RUE, Attorney at law and notary PubUo. Office with Hon. J. W. Hanatead, Elgin. Iilinola. ROBERT M. IRELAND, A ATTORNEY AT LAW, SOLICITOR IN A. Chancery, and Notary Public. Room 7 Town's Block, over Adler's Clothing Store, El- gln. 111. / __51tf_ T. E. RYAJST, Attorney and counselor at law and Notary Public, SU Charles. 111. HENRY DECKER, ' SAtft A. »BENCH DECKER & FREJiTCH, * TTORNEYS AT LAW. COLLECTIONS il. will receive prompt attention. . Rooms 46 And 48,92 LaSalle Street, Chlcag?. iOyl ~ "DRTA^IL. CLARK, tShySICIAN and surgeon. Office at 4 residence, coif. Spring and Division streets D. E. BURLINGAME, D. r\FFICB AT RESIDENCE, COR, DU PAGE w add Center streets. Office hotirs—6 to S A. m.. 12to 1 p.'m^and < toTriiO p.m. _-j,, A. WELD,!"; '. TJHVSICIAN AND SURGEON. SPECIAL 1 Attention paid to diseases of Females and Children; and Chronic Diseases generally. Res- idence No. 5 College street, jn, the second block south at the Academy. Private office oyer B.&S. E. Welds'Drugstore.- DR. A. N. STONE, Dentist, office over k. & Welds'Drug store.: ..... S. and feel repaid for fiheir time and trouble in buying their stock in Elgin. Send your Orders to Kelley & Hart, Wholesale and Retail Dealers; come personally* or get our Quotations by Mail, which shall receive prompt attention. S&LlifiT A THE FINEST LINE OF P&RASOIiS AND FANS; The Best Assortment of In Fancies, Plain. Gros <*yain. Two Toned Matin, Crjros Gruln In Ha tin, Etc. A Large Assortment of \ Embroideries of All Widths, And VERY CHEAP: also in Colors. In HOSIER IT A. INT X> O-L O V E! &J' We have a beautiful assortment In New and Fancy Styles. Ladies' Kids at every kind, from f ^-Button to fr-Button. Our stock of DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED DSESS GOODS JVotions, Table Linens. JTapkine and Curtain lacea^ We aim to keep full of the Choicest and Most Desirable Goods. In- Domestic Cottons and Woolens, as also in .Ladies' and Olitldren'n Underwear, we keep the finest line in town, and our prices are always uniformly low., , LIVR CrEEMR FEATHERS always on hand, in any quantity, below Chicago Prices Come and See Us, AT HUNTER'S FURNITURE STORE, And ConVlnee'Yourself. / SCHDLTS <£ VODSON )OF( New Styles and Shades -) OP (- -) AT (- JOHN HIS NEW STOCK IS LABOE AND OF THE Best Goods and lffewest StyleB! WHICH WILL BE SOLD ' ^0 Call at Newiiian's for your bow goods before buying. xt will -jpjl.it. DR. W. P. RICHARDS, T^ENTIST—NITROUS OXIDE GAS GIVEN XJ for Painless Extraction of Teeth. Town's Bloek. Office james Mcelroy, V7ETERLNAJRY SURGEON. OFFICE AT R. V &S. E. Weld> druf store. Office hours # d to 10 a.m. "o ADAMS & WESTLAKE OIL STOVE, 1 , „r Improved for 1879. , Th« only iaAomd by tke Fire Aevartnest 4 In»nr»n ce.CoMpa- nl«* of Cbleax«. }■ This Stove reoeired The Highest Award—A Sllrer , * 4. 1 Medal, At the Parl* Exposl tios oif 1MU For Safety, Capacity and Durability. Your different sixes are made. It has greater capa- city for Cooking; it Safer, more economical and durable than aay other oil store in the ourket Call or send for Circular. For sale by ■v.;:'/'-". Dealer in BaTdtrAre, BtoH*. etc, smi!
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Title | 1879-05-10 Elgin Advocate |
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FullText | WELD Jtw Julwjcratie mmmg SSoSS^SIkj Consolidated, 1874 City of Elgin ^TTThod every Saturday at 14 & 16 River Street, P„bl|,he • ELGI N. I L LI NO IS. -itf VOL. 25, NO. 19. SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1879. ELGIN, ILL., & S. Preacri&Mon •* DRUGGISTS. LOK, Editor A Proprietor. EB OF^HE CITY. gggSp^**"SO per annum. : greater than all other papers in the JPonMited.. Apply tor Advertising rate*. CITY COUNCIL He£ul»r Meeting—Petitions -Kep«rt» 9t ©fliceri* and Commitiee^Bills ^Ilowrd-nisreilaneoufi liuntuewn. The regular monthly meeting of the city council was held on Tuesday even- ing Present, His Honor, Mayor Lord, Aid. Fehrman, Gillilan, Moulton, Bos- worth, Westerman, Foster, Jencks, German, McClure, Flinn, Coburn and Byingtonj • The minutes of the proceeding meet- ing were read and approved. petition was read asking for the extension and opening of Prospect street between Jefferson avenue ajid X,ovell street. Aid. Sherman moved to refer to the committee on streets; car- ried- * A petition was read setting forth that#-barn on the corner of Ann and sheets was a nuisance, and the pet^itei^ requested that the council ESTABLISHED, 1855. Cor Chicago 8treetand;f'9Untal» Square, » .....m 1°^- WallPaper,Paints, Oils PhysIeian^Beadqiiartera, And Office Janes MoElroy, Veterinary 8unre*i roll Street Commissioner Ranzenber- ger: S. Pflster, labor, $4.38; John Jen- son, labor, 94 cents; Geo. Dudenhoper, r labor, 63 cents. Poll tax collected, $6. Pay-roll Street Commissioner Martin: S. Kanzenberger, team, $22.60,; A. D. Ball, carpenter, $12.75; James .Lowe, same, $6; Fred Loos, labor, $3.13; Chris Schweden, labor, $3,12 Charles Dough- erty, labort $2.75. The following bills were read on the general fund, and orders drawn for the same, on motion of Aid. McClure : Peter Newsome, drayage, 50 cents; Crane Bros. Manf *g Cd.t for water mains and connections for same, $188,- 26; freight.and cartage on same, $9.80; John McCrimmon. drayage, 60 cents; F. S. Bosworth, sheet-iron and labor, $1.48; It. R. Parkin, cash paid for con- nections and errands for Bowen Ex- tinguisher Co., $1.05; Joseph Forr- dresher, care of water trough six months, $12; McBride Bros., coal, $14; George E. Hawthorne & Bro., rubber bouts, coats and sundries, $57.60; Trus- tees Gas Light Co., repairs, $2.52; gas for tru -.k house, 24 cents; for court house, $11.46; for street lamps, $112.88; R. W. Padelford, expressage on Illinois reports, $1.25; L. C. Stiles, repairs on calaboose, $1.50; E. H. Rfckert, trees, $18; Rogers & Co., trees, freight and the* same to be. removed. Aid. j Cartage,$4.24; A.Newsome,calcimining * • " ' " ' court house, $6; Jim Oats, cleaning court housek, $1.75; Joseph Taylor, cleaning court house, $5; F. M. Annis, judge city court, salary, $187.50; John Powers, marshal, and. cash paid, $56; Thos. Powers, police,; $7.50; W. Bar- tholomew, same, $37.50; Henry Miller, same, $45; William Stoner, same, $45; William F.1 Sylla, clerk, $58.33; A. R. Hendricks, engineer fire engine, $50: Ed. Scott, lamplighter, $25; S. Ran- zenberger, street commissioner, $22.92; Thomas S. Martin, same,' $22.91; Jos. Holmes, work on water mains, $7.50; Andrew Apple, same, $7; G. Gronberg, same, $4:34; — Gaffney, same, $2.62; R. R. Parkin, same, $7.50; Christ. Gilles- son, same, $8.90; Peter Jeffers, same, $12.81; Michael Sullivan, same, $12.81; Dan Flinn, same. $12.81; S. Pflster, same, $9.37; Chas. Dougherty, same, $1; H. B. Ford, same, $6.87: Christ Barney, same, $3.44; James Tierney, same, $3.44; James Scanlan, same, $3.75; A. Magnus, mason, $1.25. ____■ ■ . Aid. Foster moved that the bills of S. L. Taylor and H. N. Wheeler, for printing, be referred to the committee on printing; carried. Aid. Westerman moved to rerer J. H. Becker's bill, for costs in two suits, to committee on claims; carried. Aid. Jencks moved to refer the bill of Albert Williams and George Hunter, for painting hallway ol court house, to committee on public grounds; carried. A bill in favor of James Scanlan, for rent of pound, $12.50, and for salary, as Sound-keeper, $12.50, was read. Aid. encks moved to deduct the amount due the city and draw an order for the balance. Aid. Moulton moved to refer to the committee on claims. The ayes and noes were called for on the amendment, and Aid. Fehrman, Gillilan, Moulton, Flinn and Coburn voted aye, and Aid. Bosworth, Wester- man, Foster, Jencks, Sherman, Mc- Clure and Byington voted no. The motion of Ala. Jencks was then put and carried. " Aid. Westerman said there had been collected and was now in the hands of the treasurer, $2,813.37of tha Renwick judgment fund, and he moved that an order for that amount be voted in favor of Geo. W. Renwick; parried. A resolution fixing the salary of the lamplighter at $240 for the ensuing year was read, and Aid. Jencks moved its adoption; carried. ■ Aid. Fehrman recommended Patrick Sullivan for lamplighter. Aid. Foster moved to concur in the nomination ; carried. Aid. Coburn stated that the chief en- gineer had furnished him wtth a list.of articles needed by the Excelsior Hose Co., consisting or fifteen belts, fifteen badges, four rubber coats, and four Bairs-4)f rubber boots, and he moved lat tBe articles be furnished the com- pany; carried. . . t c Aid Foster inquired if the mayor was ready to appoint the city attoney, as there were some matters referred to the committee on license in which it would be necessary to consult; legal ad- yiC0§ The mayor replied that he had been requested to withhold the appointment of city attorney for reasons, and as the same reasons existed, he was not ready to make the appointment. > Aid. McClure said there were out-, standing bills of former city attorneys which had not been settled, and he was anxious to have them settled before a new attorney was appointed. , The committee on license, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Mackh and other hotel keepers in re- gard to making0 a difference between them and saloon-keepers for license, reported recommending that the coun- ciftake no action in the matter. Aid. Coburn moved to adopt. The ayes and noesbeing called, Ala, Fehrman, Gilli- lan, Moulton, Bosworth, Westerman,. Sherman. McClure, Coburn and Bying- ton voted aye, and Aid. Foster, Jencks and Flinn voted no, and the motion Coburn moved to refer to the health officer; carried. ; , A petition from property owners re- monstrating against the extension of the fire limits so as to include block 12 of J! T. Gifford's plat, was read. Aid. Foster moved to refer to committee on fire* carried. A petition from the druggists was read in relation to the liquor ordi- nance; also a communication from them suggesting changes in the ordi- nance. Aid. Westerman moved to re- fer to committee on license; carried. Charles Mackh applied for saloon li- cense with John Rebhern and Joseph Fabst as bondsmen. Aid. Fehrman moved to approve the bond and grant license; carried. Also John W. O'Connell; bondsmen, James Burke and Edward JL)wyer. Aid. Westerman moved to approve the bond and grant license; carried. Also Henry Holthusen and Albert Marckkoff; bondsmen, Wm. Heine and S. P. Brown; Aid. Gillilan moved to approve the bojads and grant license; carried." -. - Also Charles E. Hunter and Jacob Stryker; bondsmen, W. J. Hunter and Wm. Barker. Aid. Coburn moved to approve the bond, and grant license; carried. Also John Buckrice; bondsmen, George bower and Henry Rebhern. Aid. Fehrman moved to approve the bond and grant license. Aid. Coburn called for the ayes and noea, and Aid. Fehrman, Gillilan, Westerman, Foster, Jencks and McClure voted aye and Aid. Moulton, Bosworth, Sherman, Flinn, Coburn and Byington voted no. There being a tie the mayor voted aye, and -the motion prevailed. Aid. Mc- Clure said lie had not voted on any li- cense and he asked to be excused, but the council refused to excuse him. The city clerk submitted his month- ly financial statement, showing a cred- it balance of $13,035.05. Receipts for the month, $98.10; bonds and interest coupons amounting to $3,210 were paid an«| canceled. Aid. Foster moved to receive and place on file; carried. The street commissioner reported Work on streets, alleys and bridges for the month of April to the amount of $58.70, and on water mains and parks, $67.55. Aid. Foster moved to receive and place on file; carried. The city sexton's report showed that he had received for work, $12.10 and for lots sold, $15. Interments for the month, five; three from the city and two from the country. Aid. Wester- man moved to receive and place on file; carried. The finance committee on the com< munication of the New Fork and New England Investment Company relative to refunding city bonds, reported rec- ommending no action. Aid. Foster moved to receive and adopt the. report; carried.. The committee on fire reported in favor of building a hose house at the north end of Bierman's Excelsior mill. Aid. Westerman inquired if the lot had been secured. Aid. Coburn said Mr. Bierman said the city could use the wace at the north end of the mill so long as he owned the mill. Aid. West- erman thought the council better have a stipulation in writing before the re- port was adopted. He moved to re- ,„ceive and place on file; carried. lirAM Westerman moved that the com- mittee on fire be instructed to ascertain what arrangements can be made for lease from Mr. Bierman. Aid. Co burn desired to know how long to lease it for. one; five or ninety-nine years? Aid. Jencks thought there should be some stated time for the lease. The . motion of Aid. Westerman wa« carried. The committee oh fire reported upon i re petition of the George 8. Bowen Extinguisher Co. recommending to ap- propriate $46.08 for uniforms. Aid. "oster moved to adopt; carried. The judiciarv committee reported on the report of the pound keeper, recom- mending that he be allowed $8 for re- pairs and tbat'there was a balance due the city of $23. Aid. Foster moved to receive and adopt* carried. A communication was read from Veteran Post, G. A. R., inviting the council *to parade on Decoration Day. Aid. Westerman moved to accept the same; carried. A communication from H. & W. D. King was read stating that the time for which they had contracted to care . HKthe city clock had expired February «|th, and they wished to Know whether they should continue the work. Aid. , poster moved to extend the contract :• w one year; carried. _ r "A communication was- read from Utto Gronbei^f to the effect that he Would perform the duties of engineer w the fire engine for $500 per year. ■Aid. Westerman moved to refer to the 9°mmittee on fire; carried. a ' following Dills were read on the Cemetery fund and orders voted for the . ?®me on motion of Aid. Foster: H. B. waters, sexton, $25; Pat Daly, grave 2jg«er, $37.50; H. B. Williams, labor, ' j°bn Meenagh, cartage, $7.50. . % ihe following bills were read on the street fund, and orders allowed for the »me on motion of Aid. Westerman: «•. Deill, drayage, 75 cents; McBride "ros., cement, $1.80: F. S. Bosworth, ' *heelbarrow, nails and screws, $4.58; t Kramer, drayage, $5.25; Peter ft sewBome, drayage, 75 cents; G«o. E. ^ Hawthorne & Bro., nails, $7.08. Pay- prevailed. Aid. Flinn moved to adjourn for one week; carried. On motion of Sup. Duff, of Rutland, the chair was authorized to appoint a committee of three on credentials, and Duff , Earle and Brown were named. After an examination of the docu- ments presented, they reported all the towns as sending proper credentials ex- cept that none were in hand from Pla- to, Campton or St. Charles. Report accepted. ° Sup. Earle presented the official bond of County Clerk elect Thos. Meredith, in $5,600, with A. Bosworth and George Meredith as sureties. A motion was made to refer, but as no committees were in existence and the process would take considerable time, the bond was read in full, the supervisors from Elgin, Aurora and Batavia vouched for the ability of the signers, and ft was approved. On motion of Sup. Earle, county clerk Scott was allowed $200 on ac- count, the balance due him to be paid when he settles accounts at the July meeting. Sup. Reising presented a resolution to the effectthat the clerk of the board be requested to inform our Representa- tives in the General Assembly of Illi- nois, that it is the desire of this Board that they favot the bill concerning City Courts now pending before the Assem- bly, and use their efforts to have it passed as it comes from the Committee on Judiciary. Sup. Reising said this action would simply be justice to Aurora and Elgin, who are now burthened by nearly all the charged of these courts, while more than half the business done in them is from outside the corporate limits. That while they are great conveniences for the people, saving them much time and expense in going to Geneva, they are also a great saving to the county, inasmuch as they do a great deal of business which would otherwise still further clog the ^courts at Geneva. The general docket of the Circuit Court Is much burthened,' the Judges cannot even now clear them, and if the people of Elgi and Aurora brought all their cases to them parties would be compel" led to wait a long time to have their claims passed upon, or it would be nec- essary to have more Judges. Sup. Lovell moved to lay the resolu- tion on the table. Sup. Carlisle, of Elgin protested against this choking off. Members who know nothing of thia matter should have opportunity to learn about it. But Sup. Carlisle was declared out of order, and the yeas and naya upon Sup. Loveil's motion to lay on [the table were taken as follows: Yeas—Earle, Brown, Lovell, Hatch* Stewart, Borden, Turner, Carlisle, of Hampshire, Lee, Duff and Miller—11. Naya-^-Reising, Thorwarth, Johnson, O'Donnell, Watson, Carlisle, Jencks and Seavey —8. It was then moved that the Clerk present this action of the Board to the Representatives and Senator. Sup. Carlisle, of Elgin, again protest- ed against the unfairness of this action as debate upon the original motion had been cut off by moving to table, etc. Sup. Watson moved to lay the mo- tion on the table, which was carried by the yeas and nays as follows: Yeas—Thorwarth, Reising, Johnson, O'Donnell, Watson, Hatch, Borden, Carlisle, Jencks and Seavey—10. Nays—Earie, Brown, Lovell, Stew- art, Turner, Carlisle, Lee, Duff and Miller—9. A discussion ensued concerning blank books purchased from J. M. W. Jones Stationery Co., of Chicago, Sup. Reising^ and others claiming they were inferior. It was finally voted that the committee on printing should see the parties and require the books to be per- fected and better ones furnished here- after. ' There being no committee on print- ing it was moved by Sup. Carlisle, of Elgin, that the Chairman appoint the Committee on Stationery. The motion prevailed and the Chairman appointed Messrs. Carlisle, of Hampshire, Wat- son, of Aurora, and Jencks, of Elgin, such, committee. The Board then adjourned. {Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors met Mon- day last at one o'clock in special ses- sion in pursuance to a call signed by one-third of the members. Mr. Scott, clerk, pro. tern., called the board to order and the following an- swered to call of roll: Messrs. Reising, Thorwarth. O'Don- nell, Johnson and Watson, of Aurora; Earle, of Batavia; Turner, of Geneva; Carlisle, Perkins and Jencks, of Elgin; Borden, of Dundee; Duff, of Rutland; tee, of Plato; Stewart, of Campton; Brown, of Blackberry; Seavey. of Su- gar Grove; Hatch, ol Big Rocjc; Rav- Fin, of KanevjUe; Lovell, of Burlington; Carlisle, of Hampshire. Mr. Miller, of Sti Charlesv-came in at a later hour, while Mr. Kennedy, of Virgil, was de- tained at home by sickness. An informal ballot was taken for chairman; N.' N. Ravlin receiving eighteen votes, and one scattering. Oti the formal ballot nineteen votes were given lor Mr. Ravlin, and oue scatter- ing; and the clerk declared Mr. Ravlin elected. In taking his seat the chair- man.thaoked theBoard for this contin- ued evidence of their esteem and confi- dence, promised his best efforts to fa- cilitate business, and asking the aid of the gentlemen composing the Board to that end, announced that business was in order. article of cheese than was made in the winter, skimming less. The supply of milk at the several factories is quite large, but will soon begin to shrink, as there has been no tain for about five weeks, and the grass is too short for grazing. Unless it does rain and come off warm within a very few days, there will be a scarcity oj[ >hay through%this section. The drought will have a tendency to lessen the amount of cheese produced around here.1 The butter market, too, is dull and declining: Sales of 9,195 pounds were made at 16@l8c; more than half of it going at the latter figure. There will be a less amount of butter made here this season than formerly, and prices should not go below. What they are "this week. Iowa has gone into the butter business with a grand rush, and at Manchester, as we learn from the jPress, the shipments for April of this year reached 201,080 pounds, against 82,050 pounds for the corresponding month of last year. The shipments for the four months this year aggregate 651,586 pounds, against 255,720 pounds for the same period last year, The Press esti- mates that the shipments from Man- chester alone for 1879, Will be 3,000,000 pounds. . None of the butter was sold for less than 18c., and much of it was taken at 22c. | j The reports from 2sfew York are more favorable now, showing a large reduc- tion of old stocks, With a fair demand for new goods, but at low figures. The following sales were reported to the secretary: i CHEESE BBODLAR. Sold by Boxes. Price Gould 9e Kflbourne....900 6 BUTTER—RBGULAR. Sold by Pounds. Price. O. A. French.......... 845 W. L. Clark..-------400 Reed & Roseborough . SOU S. K. Bartholomew. . 'M0 A. Noltlng-----------..1,450 Gould & Kllbourne... 5,500 181 5J 16 10 1* Amount. $ 600 00 Amount. 186 80 64 DO 48 00 112 00 232 00 990 00 9.195 $1,581 20 Total sales... ...$9,181 20 Board of Trade. The attendance on the Board of Trade On Tuesday was not so large as usual. Factorymen have but little to encourage them in visiting the Board while the markets remain in their pres- ent condition. The Kew York telegram showed no change from last week, cream cheese being quoted at 7@8c; skims at 3@5c; creamery butter, 18c; Liverpool, cheese, 41, shillings. " With low prices prevailing elsewhere and dull markets, but little activity could be expected here. There is no inquiry for cheese, yet, with a few sales here and there and consignments, the factorymen have managed to pre- vent an accumulation of stock, so that few of them have more than fifteen days make on hand. Advices from other cheese sections indicate that there will be a large re- duction in the amount mad© this year as compared with last season* and that prices will be firm through the season but not fancy, and that producers need not be at all discouraged at the outlook The Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Exponent, says of that section: "Some have nailed up their factories, many have not replenished their dairies, and a portion have sold out entirely and gone into the sheep business." Factorymen here are making a better New York. . J. H. Reall writes us as follows of the market in New York City: The stock of old cheese has been re- duced to within 25,000 boxes, whilst they will be wantedior at least a month yet. jNew have begun to arrive in a small way and at prices which scarcely pay for making and shipping, meet a good demand. Present make of Illinois is wanted. We.quote: Fine Old, 7£@ 8c; fair to good, 4@6c; common 2@4u. New, fine, 5f(a)6c; fair to good, 3@4c. The following extract from a letter from Mr. Chas. R. Doolittle, of Streets- boro, Ohio, a successful manufacturer and practical thinker, is to the point: "There is but very little cheese being made as yet, on the reserve, in com- parison with former years, and there will be a marked falling off the. fore part of the season,' as a greater portion of the dairymen are feeding milk to calves, and until they are_ out of the way, a great deal of milk willigo in that direction, which will make a marked difference in our production." The butter market is still low and drooping, but we think thisi the most favorable season for low prices, since we are to have them; 18c. seems an average price for creamery; 15c. to 16c. for dairy, and 12c. to 13c. for factory. Neighboring? News. Aurora now claims a' population of 15,000. Aurora is literally overrun with tramps. Prisoners at Aurora break stone for the city. Aurora has thirty physicians in regu- lar practice. Sandwich has a red ribbon club with 300 members. ' ' The Montgomery sash factory is offered for rent. Sycamore and Cortland each have a temperance league. c Polo aldermen voted themselves $3 a session, or $60 a year. The Belvidere postmaster wants to sell government bonds. Several of the Harvard saloon men have taken out.government license. Aurora has two tochery clubs, and Presbyterian billiards areiat a discounts H. B. Waterman, of Belvidere, has accepted a call to preach at Wheaton. Rev. A. C. Keane has accepted a call to the First Baptist Church of Belvi- dere. The two bands in Belvidere have con- solidated, and the citizens rejoice thereat. John Carlin, of Rockford, was run over and killed by the cars! one night last week. Sycamore shipped thirty tons of bones to Chicago last week; Has a cemetery been captured ? A Marengo cow, in the year just past, gave 13,500 pounds of milk, an average of 37 pounds per day. Rev. W. A. Brdnson, pastor of the Baptist church at Bktavia, has resigned, and will remove east. Harvard having refused to grant li- cense, the local paper says two more drug stores are to be opened.. Thomas O. Thompson, of Woodstock, has been appointed private secretary by Mayor Harrison, of Chicago. ? m The DeKalb Methodists are going to build a church, and have now about $8,0u0 to start the enterprise with, v Winnebago county is determined to increase the population., The number, Of births for April reached .fifty-two. The corner stone of the new Catholic church at Wheaton will be laid in a short time. It will be a grand event. Burglars entered Hiram Bristol's house in Aurora the other night, and stole $70 in money, two coats and a hat. ; Ex-County Clerk Frank P. Crandon, of Batavia, was presented with a gold- headed cane by his Sunday school class last Week. The Rockford club was whitewashed in a game of ball at Dubuque, last week, and the poor fellows blamed it on the umpire. Kate Claxton gives a dramatic enter- tainment at Aurora to-night. The fire department should be in readiness for active service. The Knights Templar of Sycamore Commandery are having weekly drills alt Sycamore, Cortland, Malta, Creston andRochelle. The barb wire factories at DeKalb are running night and ^ay, working two sets of hancfc, and then are behind with their orders. The Rockford Rifles are drilling twice a week, in preparation for the two competitive drills in which they will enter this summer. R. F. Crawford has been appointed city attorney at Rockford; Thos. Sully, marshal; N. E. Lyman, treasurer, and E. K. Conkling, city clerk. A two days' temperance convention was held in Sycamore this week. Miss Frances E. Willard was in attendance, and delivered a fine address. ' : ' 1 The main business street in Sycamore is little more than a mud hole, and yet the town has not enterprise enough to make it a passable thoroughfare. Horse thieves are operating in Mc- henry and Boone counties. Within the past ten days three spans of horses have been stolen in those counties. A pickerel weighing thirteen and a half pounds, and measuring forty-one inches, was caught in Fox River, last week, at Batavia, with a hook and line. The Free Methodists will hold a tent meeting, five miles northwest of Ma- rengo, commencing May 20 and ending June 1, Two services will be held each day.. .. ! A little child was poisoned at Rock- ford, on Wednesday, by drinking milk in which a spider had fallen. It lived bftt ten minutes after it drank the milk. Ike Morgan, of Aurora,was presented with a gola watch and chain the* other day, by a party of friends. It is the first watch ne ever owned, and does not know how to manage it. Decoration day will be observed in Sycamore on quite an extensive scale. The militia, fire departments and Odd •Fellows from several of the neighbor- ing towns have been invited to partici- pate. Miss S. M. Warner, a former school teacher of Aurora, but who for the past dozen years has been a missionary in Mexico, is now on a visit to her former home. She will probably go to South America. A building erected at Sugar Grove by Thomas Juad, a wealthy farmer, was destroyed by fire last Saturday morn- ing. Loss, $15,000; no insurance. It was used as a boarding house, store, post office, etc. A DeKalb county farmers put salt on land on which they intend sowing in wheat or grass. -It is claimed that the salt stiffens th^ straw and prevents lodging to a great extent, and also that the salt is of a superior quality> A reunion of the soldiers of the Northwest will be held at Aurora from August 20th to 22d. It is expected that from 50,000 to 100,000 people will be present. The exercises are to consist of drills, parades and sham battles. A suit between the C., B. & Q. R. It. Co. and the city of Aurora hap just ter- minated in favor of the city. The com- pany sued the city [for twelve bonds of one thousand dollars gach, which the city i efused to pay, and were upheld by the court. The case will likely be ap- pealed. A drunken fellow, with a jug of whisky, wandered into the Rockford Court House, and, pulling off his boots for a pillow, went to sleep on the out- side window sill of its third story. The sill is slanting, and the least movement would have rolled him off, but the jan- itor found him at last and pulled him in, jug and all. * DRUGS,'WALL PAPEE.-PAINTS, OILS, WINDOW SHADES, HE ADfttJARTE^^. t k We are supplying parties as far North as Geneva Lake, as far up the C* & K. W. Eoad as Marengo, on the C. & P« West as far as Byron, down the Biver to St* Charlea and Geneva, towards Chicago as far as'Bensonville on the C. &P., and the Junction on the Northwestern. Any of these people will tell you that they SAVE MONEY, Get the Worth of their Money, and get Strictly • ' - ' FIRST-CLASS GOODS. irofessixmal SShrtctorp. a. N. BOTSFORD. A. B. BARK* BOTSFORP & .BARRY, Attorneys and counselous at law and Chancery Solicitors. Office in Town's Block. "___ W. H. WLNG, Attorney at law & notary public. Office over Ptrat National Bauk, Elgin. 11L EDWARD C. LOVELL, Attorney and cocnakuut at law and Notary Public. Office over Home Na- tional Bank. __' _ _. __________ IN EUGENE CLIFFORD, a ttorney at law, solicitok A Chancery and Notary Public. Office, over Walt & Burdlck's, Fountain square, Elgrin. W1LLIS & MALONEY, Attorneys at law. rooms 3 and 4 Lynch's Block, West Elgin. Office open evenings from 7 to #. ' y ~~ D. B. SHERWOOD, TTORNEYo AT law, Room over Kim- ball's Shoe Store, Market Square, Elgin. A' FRANK CBOSBIT. O. P CHISHOJUf. CROSBY & CHISHOLM, a ttorneys at law. —rooms 1 Sc 8 ex. Barker Block, Elgin, Illinois, WILLIAM H. WILCOX, TTORNEY AT LAW, SOLICITOK nd Notarv Pu , 111. IN A."ci^oery and Notary Publio. Office, Boom No, 7 Town's Block. Elgin, EZRA RUE, Attorney at law and notary PubUo. Office with Hon. J. W. Hanatead, Elgin. Iilinola. ROBERT M. IRELAND, A ATTORNEY AT LAW, SOLICITOR IN A. Chancery, and Notary Public. Room 7 Town's Block, over Adler's Clothing Store, El- gln. 111. / __51tf_ T. E. RYAJST, Attorney and counselor at law and Notary Public, SU Charles. 111. HENRY DECKER, ' SAtft A. »BENCH DECKER & FREJiTCH, * TTORNEYS AT LAW. COLLECTIONS il. will receive prompt attention. . Rooms 46 And 48,92 LaSalle Street, Chlcag?. iOyl ~ "DRTA^IL. CLARK, tShySICIAN and surgeon. Office at 4 residence, coif. Spring and Division streets D. E. BURLINGAME, D. r\FFICB AT RESIDENCE, COR, DU PAGE w add Center streets. Office hotirs—6 to S A. m.. 12to 1 p.'m^and < toTriiO p.m. _-j,, A. WELD,!"; '. TJHVSICIAN AND SURGEON. SPECIAL 1 Attention paid to diseases of Females and Children; and Chronic Diseases generally. Res- idence No. 5 College street, jn, the second block south at the Academy. Private office oyer B.&S. E. Welds'Drugstore.- DR. A. N. STONE, Dentist, office over k. & Welds'Drug store.: ..... S. and feel repaid for fiheir time and trouble in buying their stock in Elgin. Send your Orders to Kelley & Hart, Wholesale and Retail Dealers; come personally* or get our Quotations by Mail, which shall receive prompt attention. S&LlifiT A THE FINEST LINE OF P&RASOIiS AND FANS; The Best Assortment of In Fancies, Plain. Gros <*yain. Two Toned Matin, Crjros Gruln In Ha tin, Etc. A Large Assortment of \ Embroideries of All Widths, And VERY CHEAP: also in Colors. In HOSIER IT A. INT X> O-L O V E! &J' We have a beautiful assortment In New and Fancy Styles. Ladies' Kids at every kind, from f ^-Button to fr-Button. Our stock of DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED DSESS GOODS JVotions, Table Linens. JTapkine and Curtain lacea^ We aim to keep full of the Choicest and Most Desirable Goods. In- Domestic Cottons and Woolens, as also in .Ladies' and Olitldren'n Underwear, we keep the finest line in town, and our prices are always uniformly low., , LIVR CrEEMR FEATHERS always on hand, in any quantity, below Chicago Prices Come and See Us, AT HUNTER'S FURNITURE STORE, And ConVlnee'Yourself. / SCHDLTS <£ VODSON )OF( New Styles and Shades -) OP (- -) AT (- JOHN HIS NEW STOCK IS LABOE AND OF THE Best Goods and lffewest StyleB! WHICH WILL BE SOLD ' ^0 Call at Newiiian's for your bow goods before buying. xt will -jpjl.it. DR. W. P. RICHARDS, T^ENTIST—NITROUS OXIDE GAS GIVEN XJ for Painless Extraction of Teeth. Town's Bloek. Office james Mcelroy, V7ETERLNAJRY SURGEON. OFFICE AT R. V &S. E. Weld> druf store. Office hours # d to 10 a.m. "o ADAMS & WESTLAKE OIL STOVE, 1 , „r Improved for 1879. , Th« only iaAomd by tke Fire Aevartnest 4 In»nr»n ce.CoMpa- nl«* of Cbleax«. }■ This Stove reoeired The Highest Award—A Sllrer , * 4. 1 Medal, At the Parl* Exposl tios oif 1MU For Safety, Capacity and Durability. Your different sixes are made. It has greater capa- city for Cooking; it Safer, more economical and durable than aay other oil store in the ourket Call or send for Circular. For sale by ■v.;:'/'-". Dealer in BaTdtrAre, BtoH*. etc, smi! |
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