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VOL. 25, NO. 19.

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1879.

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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

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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!