Woodstock Sentinel 20th Century Edition December 19, 1901

Woodstock Sentinel 20th Century Edition December 19, 1901

1901-12-19

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Twentieth Century Edition
THE WOODSTOCK SENTINEL
Established 1856. Incorporated 1860.
Subscription: $1.5O Per Year In Advance.
A REPUBLICAN JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WOODSTOCK AND MCHENRY COUNTY.
L. T. HOY. President and Manager.
C. A. LEMMERS. Local Editor and Foreman.
VOLUME XLVL-NUMBER 23.
WOODSTOCK, McHENRY COUNTY,ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1901.
WHOLE NUMBER 2363.
Our object in issuing this special Issue of THE SENTINEL is that we may present to the world the merits of our city, showing to prospective settlers the advantages obtained here and the splendid privileges that are of essential value in modern life. Since with a city, as with a man, "it matters not what we were, but it's what we are today," we shall devote most of this issue to the Woodstock Of today, injecting just enough of the retrospective to make the paper worthy of preservation by its readers, and especially by those who have come upon the scene of action since any sketch of the history of Woodstock has been written. In this number we shall attempt no rhetorical pyrotechnics, but shall endeavor to make plain statements of facts, as briefly as may be and yet strictly to the point, not intentionally omitting any enterprise or person connectcd with the well-being and advancement of the city. It is intended that this shall be a faithful and reliable chronicle of Woodstock and all her constituent parts, without prejudice or partiality, and with such a purpose honestly in view, we crave the indulgence of the public.
THE LOCATION OF WOODSTOCK
Woodstock, Illinois, the geographical centre and county-seat of McHenry county, is located on the Wisconsin division of the Chicago And NorthWestern railway, 51 miles northwest of Chicago, 30 miles west of Waukegan, 20 miles north of Elgin, 30 miles east of Rockford. It is nestled in the bosom of the greatest agricultural and dairy section in the United States. While it has but one line of railroad, the fact that this line is one of the greatest of the North-Western system gives splendid accommodations to those who desire to travel in any direction. Fast trains carry the traveler to the great metropolis in but a
fraction over an hour, giving its citizens advantages not possessed by denizens of more strictly inland cities and villages. The person so minded can board the train at Woodstock and, without changing depots, the trip to Portland, can be made with comfort and luxury not dreamed of by the founders of the city.
According to the official census figures of 1900, the population of Woodstock is 2502, but the growth of the city has been so marked and steady the past year that it can now be safely-counted at 2800 or more. The population is made up of the dominant nationalities of the world. The early settlers hailed from New England, New York and Virginia, but later there came representatives of Kaiser Wilhelm's empire, sons of the Emerald Isle, pilgrims from the land of King Oscar, and the sturdy sons of Brittania, all intermingling and mixing to produce a sturdier type of manhood. None of the representatives of the pauper races of the old world have flocked here, so we have a
truly representative citizenship, stalwart of body, vigorous of mind, brawny and thrifty, among whom the visitor finds pleasure in association. Strangers have often remarked upon the fine quality of our citizenship, and a representative of a large mercantile house in Chicago only a few days ago stated to the editor of THE SENTINEL that in all his travels (and he was an extensive traveler) he had not found a more truly American city.
The growth of the city in the past ten yearshas been truly phenomenal, in 1890 the census gave us 1683 people, at about which figure we had remained for many years because of the lack of an inducement for people to locate here. Shortly after that time the progressive men of the city, realising that something must be done to promote its welfare, banded themselves together, and, by the sale of city lots, secured a sufficient fund with which to locate here a manufacturing establishment that would provide employment for our own young men and bring others here. This manufactory, the Tappan steam pump establishment, proved of short life, but soon after its failure the Improvement association secured the location here of a company for the
manufacture of the Oliver typewriter, which has proved a blessing to the community and to which can be largely credited the splendid growth in population of about 48 per cent, during the ten years from l890 to 1900. Of this factory we shall speak more at length in another place. The growth of population naturally called for the erection of domiciles for the people, and more beautiful and comfortable homes have been erected within the past five years than during any ten years of the previous history of the city.
The location of Woodstock is to its advantage. The greater portion of the city is elevated above the surrounding country. We are 954 feet above the sea level and 373 feet above Lake Michigan, the climate is healthful and delightful, the air in Winter being pure and bracing, crisp and exhilarating, while the heat of summer is tempered and rendered agreeable by refreshing breezes from Lake Michigan 30 miles away that are of common experience. It is estimated that the death rate of this city is about 10 persons in 1000 whereas the estimate of the state is placed at 14.60 and of the United States at 15.69. The infectious and contagious diseases so prevalent in other sections of the country are almost unknown here, one or two sieges of
diphtheria and scarlet fever being all that have been recorded in our history, while of consumption and kindred ailments there is very little.
The water supply of the city is pure and healthful, the people having free access to a mineral spring in the public park during the summer season, and all the year 'round the homes of the people are supplied from two artesian wells that are limitless in their supply. The city owns and maintains an electric light and water plant that is the finest of its kind in Northern Illinois,in the establishment of which more than $40,000 has already been expended.This system furnishes to the people, at a minimum of cost, arc lights for street ilumination,incandescents for the homes and business places, an abundance of pure water for household use and as a protection against fire, making the rates for fire insurance very low.
The streets of the city are well kept, being lined with beautiful shade trees of luxuriant growth and making this the most beautiful inland city in the middle West.
The people of Woodstock are of a high order of intelligence, as can be demonstrated from their patronage of the free public library of several thousand volumes and the fact that a number of literary and reading circles are regularly maintained and generously patronized, their readings being fully up to those of the most advanced reading circles in the country.
This is a city of homes--beautiful homes, wherein are raised the loyal sons and lovely daughters, the prophecy of the country's happy future homes that are made better because of the presence of good school and church facilities, nearly every denomination of The latter being represented by active working organizations. The cost of living is moderate, the taxes are low and the daily advantages of citizenship are being increased by wise improvements executed by conscientious public officers.
Its splendid climate, the accessibility to the great marts of trade and sources of thought,its pure water and vitalizing air, its elegant homes, worthy churces and substantial public and business edifices, all combine to make this an ideal place for residence and business purposes, as well as for manufacturing.
Being located in the centre of a great agricultural and dairy district, surrounded as it were by the very fat of the land, the blessings of good crops are always ours to enjoy.
Crop failures have never been known in McHenry County. Even in the past year, when there was less of rainfall than for many years, the crops have been above the average for other portions of the state anil country, and the farming element, Which is an important factor in our prosperity, is in good condition and enjoying blessings that are for the time being denied less fortunate agriculturists. The diversity of our crops is such that if one crop fails, another will be large, and thus our farmers do not know what is meant by absolute failure of crops.
HOW WE ARE EQUIPPED
To Supply the Wants of Men in all Lines of Trade or Endeavor
Few cities the size of Woodstock are so bountifully supplied with the things that go to make up the full-orbed man, to minister not only to his temporal wants, but to appeal to his higher and better nature. All lines of trade are represented by establishments that are so well-founded that a business failure has been unknown for many years. Our schools are well officered and provided with instructors who are capable (Continued on fourth page.)
OUR EARLY HISTORY
Story of Our Establishment
Frequently Visited by the Fire Fiend and Substantially Rebuilt of Brick and Stone
The location of Woodstock dates back to about the year 1843 or 1844. A short time previous to that date the Legislature had seen fit to divide the county of McHenry, which then embraced what are now Lake and McHenry counties. At that time the county-seat was the village of McHenry but the division left the county-seat on the extreme eastern edge of the county, and in the year 1843, the people of the county voted to change their seat of governmentto the center of the county: now now Woodstock, then the centre of an extensive forest. With rare foresight, Alvin Judd and a few others pre-empted a claim as near as they could determine to the geographical centre of the county, and built a cabin upon it. Those who were concerned with the erection of the first house in Woodstock
were Alvin Judd, I.A. Austin, Joseph Goulder, Joel Wood, John Pierce, Daniel Blair, George H. Griffing and Frederick Belcher, now all gathered to their fathers. As soon as the location of the county-seat at this point had been determined upon, Mr. Judd laid out a village (this was in 1844), calling it Centerville. In the midst of a two-acre park, about which the village was to be built, there was was erected a court house and jail. After the plat of the village had been made, Judd sold it to George C. Dean who, in June of the same year, caused it to be recorded.
Centerville was a village of short life, on account of there being so many villages of that name in the country, the citizens showed their good sense in selecting another name and petitioning the Legislature to change it to Woodstock, which through the efforts of Joel H. Johnson was accomplished, he desiring it named Woodstock after his former home in Vermont.
Authorities differ as to who erected the first dwelling house in the new village. Some say that Bradford Burbank erected the first log house in 1843; others that Alvin Judd erected the first dwelling, which was a part of the old Exchange hotel, which stood where the McHenry County State Bank is now located. It is also said that the third frame house erected was built by Joel H. Johnson, being the present home of E. E. Furer, on Jackson street.
During the summer of 1845 Frederick Belcher erected another hotel on the site of the present court house. This hotel, when it was moved, was divided and part of it is now the home of Hiram Smith and part the home of Mrs. margaret Graham.
Gradually the store buildings began to be erected around the public square, the first store being opened by Josiah Dwight and Oscar Beach on the site where the Whitson store now stands
At that time the population of the village was about 200 which gradually increased until agitation began for railroad facilities and shortly after year 1850 the railroad was secured and Woodstock began to grow and become of more importance.
In 1847 the present court house was erected at a cost of about $40,000, the old court house in the park being destroyed by fire as the best way of getting rid of it.
In 1858 and 1859 the public square was graded and shade trees were set out, which are now the pride of every citizen.
Work of the Fire Fiend. Perhaps no city of equal size in Northern Illinois has suffered more and been benefited more by the fire fiend than has Woodstock. The first destructive conflagration occurred in 1851, when the buildings on the east end of the south side of the square were burned, the fire originating in the office of the Woodstock Argus, the losers being Ira Trowbridge, Alonzo Anderson, and Jacob Petrie.
On February 21, 1860, fire broke out in Clapp's tin store on the east side of the square, the damage being small, and the following night the loft of the livery stable on Main street, owned by M.L. Joslyn, was discovered in flames and the building was destroyed. Henry Sherwood's saloon and R.G. Schryver's furniture rooms also burned.
On Sunday, October 8, 1871, the date on which the great Chicago fire started, the wst portion of the south side of the square burned, the principal losers being John Bunker, Bunker Bros., Brink & Sanford, James Lumley, John McMahon, C.H. & E.W. Blossom, Timothy Crowley, J. Thomas and John Donelly, the total loss being about $20,000.
On the night of August 27, 1872, all of the buildings on the east side of the square, from Washington street to Dietz street, were consumed by the dreaded element,making next to the largest loss ever experienced at one time from this source. Sixteen store buildings, one dwelling and three barns were destroyed, the loss being estimated at $31,000. Among the losers were the National bank, the Exchange hotel, Holcomb Brothers, C.H. Dickinson, E.E. Furer, Fred Arnold, George Bachmah, I.L. Kappler, E. Richards & Son, M. Best, Richmond & Bird, Thomas Whitson & Sons, D.W. Robinson, J. Foreman & Sons, J.L. Hoyt, T.B. Wakeman and J.A. Parrish. The fire was supposed to be the work of an incendiary. The city had no fire protection.
On Saturday, June 5, 1875, I.A. Austin's Livery barns, containing several valuable horses, and Mrs. Hunt's warehouse, were destroyed, the loss being $10,000.
On March 6, 1880, the Dacy warehouse and adjoining buildings and the R.C. Jefferson warehouse went up in smoke, the fire originating from the work of burglars in the American Express office. The principal losers by this fire were T.J. Dacy, $13,000; Furer & Slocum, on grain in the Jefferson warehouse, $2000; E.R. Bird, $1,500; J.H. Durfee, $2,000; R.C. Jefferson, $3,000; W.D. Ringland New Era office, $2,000; H.D. Judd, feed store, $1,800.
On May 13, 1882, the interior of the Kellogg block, then owned by E. Session, was gutted, and the remainder of the block narrowly escaped. On Feb. 1, 1892, the east side of Main street was almost entirely wiped off the city's map, the buildings destroyed being the Waverly House, conducted by W.H. Hobbs, where the fire originated; H.J. Herdklotz's saloon, building owned by Robinson estate; J.P. Kimberly building, used as a billiard parlor and residence of B. Mullen and family; Alois Dreyer's harness shop, (Robinson building), Thomas Casey's restaurant (Robinson building); E.A. Knight's livery, feed, and sale stable (Joslyn building); A.B. Cowlin's store building, unoccupied, and Mrs. F.P. Donnelly's confectionery store. Damage was also done to A.D. Kennedy's building, the Stone I&I Hart shoe store and M.G. Tripp's photograph gallery.
The total loss was estimated at $35,000. Only the favorable direction of the wind saved the Hoy block from destruction.
On April 15, 1893, the entire south half of the east side of the public square was consumed by fire, which originated in the livery barn of M. Church, on Jefferson street. The old "Rat-hole," and old landmark with an interesting history, which stood where M. Sherman's jewelry store now is, went with the rest of the tumble-down buildings in the block. The losers were: German Lutheran society, church; M. Church, barn, millinery store and residence; Leidig & Chapman's barber shop; E.S. McFadden's hardware store and tinshop; Sanford, tailor shop; C.F. Gaulke, meat market; R. McCormick, tinshop; G.S. Schneider, tailor shop; D.T. Ring, shoe repair shop. Most of the buildings destroyed were the property of the D.W. Robinson estate.
While each of these conflagrations was a disaster at the time of its occurence, it was nevertheless a blessing in disguise, for in each instance, on the grounds burned over, new and substantial brick and stone structures were etected, and today there are but few wooden buildings in the business portion of the city, and no city of its size has so manh or so fine business structures as we justly boast of.
OFFICIAL LIFE OF THE CITY
Men Who Have Served It In Various Capacities
Woodstock was incorporated by a special act of the Legislature approved June 22, 1852, when the government was invested in a president and a board of trustees. The original charter was several times amended, giving the village officers greater powers.
An examination of the old records of the village shows many interesting and amusing things. In the earliest days it was often a difficult matter to obtain the attendance of all the members of the village board, and, to correct this failure a resolution was introduced fining absentees who failed to give a good excuse for their absence and these fines were often enforced.
The fathers of the village lived in exciting times. The village was full of groggeries and it seemed to be a hard task for the village officers to control them or to compel them to pay the small license fee extracted, but of these things we may refer at length elsewhere in this paper.
Woodstock has been extremely fortunate in the character of the men who have served her in official capacities. No more than twice in the nearly fify years of her corporate existence has there been a suspicion that the city's funds were being misappropriated, and then the amounts involved were very small.
Following is a substantially complete list of the officers who served the village from 1852 until its incorporation as a city in 1873. In securing this list we have expended a large amount of time hunting through the old record books, and there may be a few slight erroros in dates and a few unimportant omissions, but the list is as near correct as it can be got, and we give it for the preservation of the generations that have come into existence since these early fathers have passed to their reward. Among the names that follow will be found those of the founders and promoters of our city, the fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers of many of the readers of this article
PRESIDENTS OF THE BOARD
Alvin Judd, 52-4
Enos Smith, 54-5
Neill Donnelly, 55-6,60-1
Melvin B. Baldwin, 57-8
M. W. Hunt, 58-9
H. B. Burton, 59-60
M. L. Joslyn, 61-2, 66-7
H. S. Hanchett, 62-3
William Kerr, 63-5-6
John S. Wheat, 67-8
B. N. Smith, 68-9
M. D. Hoy, 69-70
E. E. Richards, 70-1-2
L. H. Davis, 72-3
VILLAGE TRUSTEES
Joseph Goulder, 52-3
Lawrence S. Church, 52-3
Cyrus B. Durfee, 52-3, 65-6
Ira C. Trowbridge, 52-3
Ithrum Taylor, 52-3
George H. Griffing, 52-5,9 (resigned in May), 61-2, 64-5
Arad Sly, 53-7
F. I. Mansfield, 53-4
Erick Knutson, 53-4
Charles M. Willard, 53-4, 58-9
William B. Hart, 53-5
Lindsey Joslyn, 53 (6 months), 57-8
George W. Bentley, 53-4
[Continued on fourth page.]

CITY HALL [photo 121 Van Buren Street]
COURT HOUSE [photo 101 N. Johnson Street]
COUNTY JAIL [photo 115 N. Johnson Street]
PUBLIC SCHOOL [photo -destroyed by fire December 19, 1919]


THE WOODSTOCK SENTINEL.
Thursday, December 19, 1901.
KING OF TYPEWRITERS
Only Successful Machine That Writes in Sight.
A Sketch of the Oliver Typewriter Factory, Located in Woodstock—Its Officers, Superintendent and Foremen.
Diploma of Gold Medal, or Highest Award GIVEN THE OLIVER TYPEWRITER AT THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION.
Extract from report of Superintendent of Awards, which explains the method pursued in awarding the Oliver Typewriter the Highest Award or Diploma of Gold Medal.
Four classes of awards were offered to exhibitors, namely:
Diplomas of Gold medals, Diplomas of Silver Medals, Diplomas Of Bronze medals, Diplomas of Honorable Mention
Notwithstanding the effort which had been made to provide a set of rules at once simple and definite, it was evident as soon as the juries had begun their work that a construction of these rules would be necessary. The juries and jurors in determining awards considered only absolute merits of articles judged.
A question that arose very early in the sittings of the juries concerned itself with the standard of comparison to be adopted. Were the exhibits in a group to be compared one with another or were all to be compared with an ideal standard? The discussion of Ihe question resulted in a construction of the rule under which all exhibits were compared with an ideal standard, which was taken to be the highest state of the art in the subject under consideration.
Therefore, the award of the gold medal to the Oliver typewriter under this method of comparison with an "ideal standard" is a statement of recognition that the Oliver Typewriter represents the "highest state of the art;" and, as the highest state of the art could only be obtained from a use and knowledge of all makes of typewriters, including both those competing and those not competing for awards, the award is a plain statement that the Oliver is the best machine made.
Points of examination included: For correspondence purposes; for commercial billing; for railway billing; for tabulating; for library and index cards; for manifolding; for telegraphers' use.
COMMITTEE ON EXAMINATION: Wm. L. Auinbaugh. Patent office. Henry M. Paul, Prof. in Naval Academy, Ambrose Swasey, of the Warner & Swasey Co., Manufacturers of Telescopes and Fine Machinery, Cleveland, Ohio. Marcus Benjamin, Patent office.
That the public may see that the Oliver typewriter factory, of which we speak in this article, is worthy of the space given it, we herewith quote an extract from the report of the superintendent of awards of the Pan-American exposition, in which it is shown why the Oliver is considered the finest typewriter machine manufactured.
In beginning this article we must first express our thanks to A. L. Coburn, editor of the McHenry County Record, for many of the facts presented and acknowledge to him the debt we owe him for the many fine historical and biographical sketches that have appeared in these columns from his versatile pen, and also our gratitude to Superintendent John Whitworth for many courtesies extended.
GENESIS OF THE OLIVER MACHINE: The invention and manufacture of the modern typewriting machine has grown out of the strenuous life of the American people, who are more anxious to accomplish much in a little time than any other nationality of people on earth. It was further needed to keep abreast of the rapid advancement that has been made in all lines of endeavor. On the principle that "time is money," the inventors of this age have wrought improvements that substantially annihilate time. The business man of today, unlike his predecessor of twenty-five years ago, could not begin to keep up with his correspondence without the aid of this greatest labor-saving invention of the age, and the result, were he deprived of its use would be great loss and inconvenience. The use of the typewriter is an absolute necessity in these busy times, and among all the great machines manufactured the Oliver easily takes the lead, not only because of its simplicity and durability, but because the fact that it "writes in sight."
The Oliver Typewriter is an invention from which mankind is reaping a benefit, there being no more useful labor-saving device in this age than the writing machine which enables those having a large amount of writing to do to greatly lessen the labor to multiply the product. In fact, we have remarked before, such is the great increase of business and [ ] of all kinds, that were it not for the invention of the typewriter it would be almost impossible to transcribe by hand the vast amount of written matter that it is necessary to produce.
The Oliver, now at the head and [ ] of all of the successful typewriters of the day is an invention of the brain of the Rev. Thomas Oliver [late?] a minister of Methodist Episcopal church at Epworth, Ia. Mr. Oliver had a great desire to have his [sermons?] typewritten, and possessing an inventive turn of mind, he began experimenting with the idea of making a machine for his own use. He saw the great advantage of having the typewritten line appear on the page as he wrote it and labored with that end in view . As he progressed, he [?] he was developing an invention of importance and by degrees he created? an entirely new device for [?] visible typewriting." vis: the typewritten page appearing plainly on the page as he wrote it, without having to lift a lever to see it. He labored with small means and very crude materials and spent many months in perfecting his first machine, which was a very crude and imperfect affair, constructed at his home of the simplest materials. Crude as it was, it worked well and contained the principles of the present perfect and highly finished Oliver. This first machine is now on exhibition in a window of the offices of the Oliver Typewriter Co. in Chicago.
FIRST SUCCESSFUL VISIBLE WRITER: The Oliver was the first "visible" or "sight" typewriter which has become a commercial success.
After many efforts Mr. Oliver perfected his machine, secured a patent and a stock company was organised in Iowa, with a capital stock of only $20,000, for the manufacture of this typewriter, the first sales being made to his ministerial friends. These old machines are still in use and doing good work to this day. They were manufactured at Epworth, Ia.
In the fall of 1895 a number of Chicago capitalists became interested in the enterprise, as they saw the value of the new machine. Among them were such men as Granger Farwell, James Viles, Jr.. Delavan Smith, William Waller, James S. Harlan, Douglas Smith, R. S. Peale, Bennett B. Botsworth and Lawrence Williams. These gentlemen were among the first to enlist their capital and confidence in this enterprise, and the success of the Oliver typewriter and the rapid progress of this industry is very largely due to them, as they stood by the enterprise in its small beginnings and when it needed friends.
In 1895 a new stock company was organized, with a capital stock of $200,000, having an office in Chicago. The same year the manufacturing plant was moved to Woodstock, where a suitable brick building 200 x 80 feet was donated by the city, which is well adapted for the manufacture of the machine, although the rapid growth of the enterprise and the immense sale of the machine have crowded the building with employees and machinery, so that it appears to be only a question of a short time before a substantial addition will have to be made to the plant in order to meet the orders that are coming in.
Only a short time ago the capital stock of the corporation was increased to $350,000, and much of this stock is held by local citizens who could see that in this institution we have a manufactory with a growing future, which is bound in time to pay handsome dividends to its stockholders. Up to this time the larger part of the earnings of this establishment have been put into new equipment, the establishment of agencies and the efficient advertisement of the machine, which now finds a market wherever the typewriter has been adopted as a means of quick communication.
Granger Farwell was president of the company from 1896 to 1898, and James Viles, Jr. in 1899. The present officers of the company, who are among Chicago's most shrewd and enterprising business men, are: President Lawrence Williams. Vice-President Delavan Smith. Secretary and Treasurer E. H. Smith. Manager Ricord Gradwell. Factory Superintendent John Whitworth, who makes his home here.
The Oliver typewriter manufactory has become an assured and undoubted success and is one of the money-making concerns of the day. Less than five years since the business was done from a small room on the ninth floor of a Chicago office building, with but one bookkeeper and one stenographer, and now its spacious and well-equipped office occupies 32,000 feet of store space in Chicago alone at 107-109 Lake street. There are employed in these offices thirty-six persons. The company has branch houses and general agencies in all the larger American and European cities among them Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Atlanta, Chattanooga, Louisville, San Francisco, and besides between 2500 and 3000 local agencies scattered throughout the United States. Among the foreign offices are Montreal, City of Mexico, Monterey, Mex.; Merida, Yucatan; Honolulu; London, Eng.; Paris, France; Havre, Berlin, Frankfort, Oss Baden, Baden; Sidney, Australia; and many other important points.
THE WOODSTOCK MANUFACTORY: When the company first moved its plant to Woodstock 160 persons were employed. The number has since been increased to more than 200. The second year the plant produced an average of six and two-fifths machines daily. In 1898 thirty machines were manufactured daily. The plant is now producing about forty machines a day and must soon increase its output if it hopes to keep up with its orders. A large part of the force has been compelled for several months past to work three to four evenings a week in order to meet the demands of the market. The machine has been greatly perfected, and placed beside the first crude machines manufactured at Epworth, would scarcely be recognized. Practical and skillful mechanics have labored continuously to perfect the Oliver, and it is now the best visible typewriter and will do one-third more work than any other machine on the market. It is the finest manifolding machine in the world, is very simple in construction and easy to learn. It has a standard keyboard and is considerably lighter to the touch than the best standard machines. The best materials that can be purchased are used in its construction. At the Paris exposition it was awarded a gold medal, and also at the Pan-American Philadelphia the gold medal for uses mentioned elsewhere.
THE CHICAGO OFFICE: The Chicago house employs about twenty regular traveling salesmen, who represent the Oliver typewriter alone, and by them it is Introduced to all parts of the world. In June, 1900, but four railroads in the United States had adopted the Oliver. Today about 160 of the leading roads use it and praise its excellencies. Among its prominent patrons are the Carnegie Co.. American Steel and Wire Co., Jones & Langhlin (Limited), Heinz Pickle Co., John Hancock Insurance Co., Montgomery Ward & Co., Reed, Murdoch & Co., Schlesinger & Mayer, J.V. Farwell & Co., the United States treasury department and other government departments, a number of the leading schools and colleges of the country, and leading concerns and prominent persons the world over.
PERSONNEL OF THE MANUFACTORY: Superintendent Whitworth and the foremen of various departments.
The employees of the Oliver typewriter factory in Woodstock are most of them American born and nearly all are from the surrounding counties from Woodstock. Most of them are skilled mechanics, who have devoted their attention for years to the Oliver, while some of them have learned their business in the employ of the company and have become experts in the manufacture of the Oliver. In Woodstock, they have enviable reputations and are noted for their intelligence and good manners and are far superior to the employees of manufacturing establishments generally, which is a truth that is uttered not to flatter, but because it is true.
SUPERINTENDENT JOHN WHITWORTH (PHOTO): The company has a capable and efficient superintendent in the person of John Whitworth, who assumed his present duties in '98. A brief sketch of his life is of interest.
Mr. Whitworth was born in England Jan. 30, 1858. Walter Whitworth, his father, was a skilled mechanical engineer and capitalist, who descended from an English family of manufacturers. Walter Whitworth introduced the manufacture of cotton cloth into Russia and was one of the owners and builders of the first cotton mill there. John Whitworth, the superintendent of the Oliver factory, received an excellent education in select boarding schools and came to America at 19 years of age. His brother Thomas, had preceded him and is now general manager and treasurer of the Piano and Organ Supply Co., of Chicago, which is the largest of the kind in America. John Whitworth entered the employ of the Fitchberg Railroad Co., Massachusetts, and remained with them two years. He then came to Chicago and entered the employ of E. P. Preston & Co., fire department supplies, beginning in a humble capacity, and by his industry, capability and attention to his business, worked his way to the superintendency of the mercantile department. He was later superintendent of the Fowler Cycle Co. two years, and in 1898 came to Woodstock as superintendent of the Oliver typewriter works, in which he is also one of the stockholders.
Mr. Whitworth is a married man, his wife being formerly Miss Jennie Clark, and they reside in this city. Mr. Whitworth has had a wide experience in the management of mechanical enterprises and thoroughly understands his business. Since his connection with the Oliver, a marked advancement has been shown in the efficiency of the manufacturing department, as, while but few more men are employed, a great increase has been made in the number of machines manufactured, and a general improvement made in the perfected Oliver. Mr. Whitworth has the confidence and respect of the employees of the company and stands high in Woodstock as a reputable citizen.
GEORGE JAMES GRIFFITHS (PHOTO): The assembling department of the Oliver typewriter works is fortunate in having as its expert foreman a man of such signal ability as George James Griffiths, who for the past five years has made himself invaluable in his department and has honestly gained the esteem and good-will of the management. He was born in London, Eng., in 1864, son of James and Charlotte Griffiths. James Griffiths, his father, was an able machinist. He came to Canada with his family in 1868, sailing from Liverpool to Quebec when George was but 4 years of age. George J. Griffiths received part of his education at Guelph, Ont., where his father settled, and part in England, whither the family returned when George was but 12 years old. He was between 14 and 15 years of age when be began to learn the machinist's trade in the Royal Small Arms Gun factory at Enfield, Eng., a British government manufactory. Here he learned the rudiments of the machinist's trade with thoroughness, remaining in this establishment three years. He returned to America at about 19 years of age. He spent some time with the Witten Arms Co. in Germany. He was with the Marlin Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., Ames Manufacturing Co., Chicopee, Mass., and ten years with the National Sewing Machine Co., of Belvidere. Ill. In 1896 he came to Woodstock and became the foreman of the assembling department of the Oliver typewriter, and under his efficient management this department is in excellent condition. The Oliver typewriter as a perfect machine is greatly indebted to Mr. Griffiths for practical improvements. It is true of this beautiful machine, as it stands today, that it is the product of many minds. Mr. Griffiths brought to the company the thorough and careful training of the English machinists, who are among the most skilled in their profession. He resides in Woodstock, is a man of faith and of a strong, hardy personality, and has a record from his employers as an honest and straightforward man. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen.
STEPHEN HORR (PHOTO): The efficient foreman of the mechanical department of the Oliver typewriter factory, Stephen Horr, has been connected with this enterprise from almost its inception. He was in the employ of Marshall Bros., manufacturers and wholesale dealers in dental supplies, when they manufactured the second typewriter ever made for Mr. Oliver in 1891. Mr. Horr worked on this machine and assisted Mr. Oliver in its construction. Stephen Horr was born at Hamilton, Ill., July 4, 1860, son of John Horr. When young he received the usual common school education and began to learn the machinist trade, when he was about 15 years of age, at Des Moines, Ia., in the Novelty Iron works. He remained with this concern four years and was then with the North-Western Railroad Co. two years, after which he was employed in the Eagle Iron works four years, so that when he engaged with Marshall Bros., of Des Moines, and became interested in the construction of the Oliver typewriter, he was a very skilled machinist and fine workman of wide experience and brought to the aid of Mr. Oliver, who was not a mechanic, the great advantage of a trained mind and faculties which had been rendered acute by his long and successful career as a machinist. In June, 1892, he entered the employ of the Oliver typewriter Co. at Epworth and has since remained with them as one of their most skillful machinists and foremen. He came to Woodstock in 1895 as foreman of the mechanical department and has made many valuable suggestions looking towards the perfection of the Oliver typewriter. Mr. Horr is a man of family and a respected citizen of Woodstock, where he resides. Fraternally he is a member of a lodge of the I. O. O. F. at Des Moines. He is a
WORKS OF THE OLIVER TYPEWRITER COMPANY (PHOTO).
THE OLIVER TYPEWRITER (PHOTO)
DRILL PRESS DEPARTMENT (PHOTO)

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typical American machinist of the higher class - industrious, painstaking, of fine inventive faculties and a man held in high esteem as a valued member of the typewriter force.
EDWIN E. MEAD (PHOTO): Many of the arts and sciences are called into use to render the Oliver not only of the highest utility, but a "thing of beauty and a joy forever." Among them nothing is more essential than enameling. This art no doubt originated with the Japanese. Their ancient lacquer work is so highly finished that there is nothing in any country to compare with it. The Oliver, however, is one of the most beautifully enameled and ornamented machines in existence. The able foreman of this department is Edwin E. Mead, who possesses much natural artistic talent. He was born in Woodstock. Ill., Feb. 9, 1868, son of Charles and Rosina P. (Woodard) Mead. Charles Mead was born in New York state and came in pioneer days with his father to Illinois. He afterward served his country faithfully in our great Civil war. Edwin E. our subject, received his education in the public schools of Woodstock, and learned the trade of painter and decorator in this city beginning at the age of 17 years. In 1887 he moved to Clay Center. Neb., and in 1892 moved to Elgin, residing there two years, and there he learned the art of enameling. In 1894 he returned to Woodstock where he resumed his business as a decorator. In 1896 he became the foreman of the enameling department at the Oliver works. He began with but one bake oven four feet square, and with the development of the business his facilities have been increased, and he now has an oven space covering 400 feet in full operation, and has made remarkable advancements in his line of the work. Great care is taken to have enameling artistic and perfect, and the ornamentation in fine taste, and in this department are required neat and tasteful workmen. Mr. Mead has under him a number of experienced workmen, all of whom he has educated to the work. In fact, it is well to say here that all the employees of the Oliver have been carefully selected and well trained to their different occupations and frequently remain in the same line for years. Thus each part of the work is perfected under experienced specialists. Mr. Mead married at Elgin, Ill., Lyda M. Clifford, of Elgin. They reside in Woodstock and own their own home on Jefferson street. Fraternally, Mr. Mead is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
LOUIS JOHNSON (PHOTO): Many of those we call American mechanics come from every civilized country and combine the mechanical excellence of each. It is doubtful if much difference in degree of skill is to be found in men from any of those other countries who have developed superior mechanical appliances, and certainly a country which produced such a master genius as Erickson, inventor of the Monitor, is second to none. Mr. Johnson, the efficient foreman of the tabulator and repair department of the Oliver, was born at Jonkoping, Sweden. May 26, 1863, and received the usual common school education of his country. When he was about 12 years of age he began to learn the printer's trade, at which he worked for two and one-half years. At 15 he left the printer's trade and undertook to learn the machinist's trade in his native city. Six months later he came to America, sailing from Guttenburg to Boston in 1880, and thence directly to Chicago and entered the machine shop of Nelson A Erickson. Afterward he was with the Union Mfg. Co. in Chicago and was then in the employ of the Charles S. Besley Machine Supply works, Chicago. In 1885 he went to Belvidere. Ill., where he engaged as adjuster with the National Sewing Machine works, continuing with them until 1896. In 1897 he came to Woodstock and was employed by the Oliver Typewriter Co. in the assembly department. In 1900 he was promoted, for his skill and capacity, to be foreman of the tabulator and repair department. Mr. Johnson is a dexterous mechanic and has made radical reforms in his department, which has now reached a high state of perfection. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of the Globe. Mr. Johnson married at Belvidere. Ill., Emma W. Raywood. They have three children. Mr. Johnson is a citizen of repute in Woodstock.
LESTER A. MORELAND (PHOTO): If a thing is to be well done, good tools are a prime necessity. If the mechanism of delicate construction, as that of the Oliver, still finer tools must be made and those adapted to a peculiar construction. One of the first requisites in the production of the Oliver was to make the tools with which to construct the machine. Mr. Moreland is foreman of this important department. He was born on a farm in Cayuga county, N. Y., Dec. 11, 1873, son of Lewis Moreland a carpenter and skilled mechanic. Lester A. received his education in the public schools and attended an academy for some time, thus receiving a fair education, but wishing to improve his mind and fit himself still better for his business, he later took a course in a correspondence school in mechanical engineering. When about 16 years of age he began to learn the machinist's trade in the works of the Straight Line Engine Co., of Syracuse, N. Y.. where he remained for two years. He then entered the employment of the E. C. Stearns Bicycle Co., of Syracuse, N.Y. and was then with the American Humber Bicycle Co, at Westboro, Mass., for one and one-half years, part of which time he was foreman in one of the departments. In 1897 he went to Toronto, Can., where he was assistant superintendent of the Stearns Bicycle Co. In 1898 he came to Woodstock and engaged with the Oliver typewriter as toolmaker. Three months later, his skill being recognized, he became foreman of this important department, and here the peculiar tools necessary to the Oliver are made. Mr. Moreland is an essential factor in the invention and improvement of these tools and his zeal in the perfection of his department renders it of the highest utility. Mr. Moreland resides with his family in Woodstock, where he is well known and has many friends. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masons and a man of excellent character. He married in 1899 at Franklinville. Ill., Emma J. Chappel, born in Alden township, McHenry county, daughter of Henry and Maria (Stewart) Chappel. Mr. Chappel was a soldier in the Civil war in which he was wounded.
HARRY CROSS (PHOTO): Here is a gentleman of no ordinary ability as an inventor and machinest, and to him are due several important improvements in the Oliver Typewriter. He is the head inspector of the Oliver and every machine comes under his critical eye and is passed as perfect on his judgment. Harry Cross was born in Birmingham, England, Feb. 23, 1860, son of Thomas Cross, an edge-tool manufacturer who at that time conducted a large establishment in Birmingham. Harry received his education in the common schools of his native city and when he was about 17 years of age entered a sewing machine manufactory at Birmingham, where he thoroughly learned the business of a machinist. He worked in this establishment until he came to America in 1850 and went direct to Hamilton, Ont., where he found employment in a sewing machine manufactory for about one and one-half years. He then went to Toledo, Ohio and engaged in a sewing machine establishment there. He then came to Belvidere, Ill., where he worked in a similar establishment nine years. By this time he had gained a wide experience and was a complete master Of his profession. In 1895 he came to Woodstock and became head inspector of the Oliver typewriter works, a position for which he was exceedingly well equipped and which he has held with credit to himself and satisfaction to his employers. Mr. Cross has sought in every way to improve the Oliver and has turned his inventive faculties to good account in the invention of several improvements which he has patented and which are considered of high value by the management. Mr. Cross is a gentleman of very pleasant manners and of an open and friendly disposition. He is president of the Woodstock Pleasure club, and has been for several years, his conduct of the office being so eminently satisfactory to all concerned. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias.
H.E. WILLMORE: For several years the foreman of the electro-plating and polishing room was Arthur H. Lymburner, who came with the factory from Epworth where he had been in its employ since 1893. A few months ago he ceased his labors in this position and was succeeded by H. E. Willmore, a man Of small physique, but of great capabilities, who is proving a worthy successor to Mr. Lumburner and filling this difficult place to the satisfaction of all concerned. He is an experienced workman and possesses the elements of character needed in his exacting position, and we regret that we have been unable to obtain a photograph of the gentleman or a more complete sketch of his life.
OF BENEFIT TO WOODSTOCK: To the people of Woodstock this enterprise has proven of great benefit. It has given lucrative, steady and healthful employment to many of the younger people, both male and female, and every two weeks dispenses wages that are largely spent here. This has given a great stimulus to the business houses of the city, increased the price of real estate and rentals, and brought a new and vigorous element into our business and social life. It keeps the young men who are worthy at home by giving them employment, whereas before the establishment of this enterprise many of the most energetic were forced to hunt for employment elsewhere much to the detriment of the city. It has resulted in the building of a large number of modern and comfortable homes most of which are occupied by the persons who built them, although there are many who rent their homes as there are in every community of laboring people. It has resulted in the growth of the city at a rate unequalled by any other city in Northern Illinois, and by a class of people who are a credit to the city and worthy of entering the best society. The daily shipments of Oliver typewriters by express and freight are an inspiration to all who behold them and are productive of much favorable comment on the part of strangers who visit this city. The factory is located in the North ward, only a few rods north of the C. & N.-W. depot. Its surroundings are beautifully kept by Superintendent Whitworth and his assistants, and in the dryest days of summer the beds of flowers and close-cropped lawn are pleasing to the eyes of the employees of the factory as they come to or go from their work. Great is the Oliver and worthy of all praise are those who have had a hand in making it the great success that it is.
If you say you are good, ask yourself if it be true.

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MEAD & CHARLES TELEPHONE No. 41 UP-TO-DATE GROCERS SHERMAN BLOCK (ADVERTISEMENT)

THE WOODSTOCK SENTINEL. Thursday, December 19, 1901.
A VERY LIVELY CITY (Continued from the first page)
and efficient. Our churches are progressive and their pastors are men of broad learning and scholarly attainments. The fact of the matter is that no city in this section is more desirable as a residence place, where families can be reared away from the contaminating influences that prevail in the larger cities, and yet with all the advantages needed to equip them for the stern duties of life. It is the purpose of this article to tell what we have here, without going at length into the merits of any enterprise. which task will he reserved for another portion of this issue. Briefly stated, we have:
A brewery. A rabbitry. A city hall. Two hotels. An armory. A gun shop. A news depot. Eight saloons. Eight churches. Two cemeteries. Two grist mills. A Pleasure club. Three tin shops. A bowling alley. A railroad depot. Several painters. Two auctioneers. Two state banks. Two coal dealers. Four restaurants. Four drug stores. Two undertakers. One private bank. Two billiard halls. Five barber shops. Two lumber yards. Two harness shops. Four meat markets. An excellent library. Two pickle factories. A seminary for boys. Eight grocery stores. Three jewelry stores. Two furniture stores. Four public draymen. Five dry goods stores. One first-class bakery. A first-class post office. Five blacksmith shops. Three hardware stores. One public bath house. A court house and jail. Four graduaate dentists. Several music teachers. A number of teamsters. One cigar manufactory. One veterinary surgeon. One harness repair shop. American Espress office. Several boarding houses. One public stenographer. Fifteen attorneys at law. Eight or ten dressmakers. One public steam laundry. Two photograph galleries. One architect and designer. Three wheelwright's shops. A company of state militia. Efficient fire department, One Christian Science doctor. Four tailoring establishments.
A good public and high school. Two machine and repair shops. Seven physicians and surgeons. Fifteen or more secret societies. Three newspaper and job offices. Seven dealers in boots and shoes. A splendid water and light plant, Four livery and boarding stables. One fur dealer and manufacturer. Public watering troughs for horses. Two dealers in grain and millfeed. Four places where millinery is sold. A firm of marble and granite dealers, Two cigar and confectionery stores. Several reading and literary circles. One wholesale feed and grain dealer. Two thoroughly equipped abstract offices. Sprinkling wagon for the business [ ]. [ ] agricultural warehouses. A great typewriter manufacturing institution.[ ] dealers in clothing and gents furnishings. In addition we have an abundance of carpenters, joiners, stone and [ ] masons and day laborers, skilled and trustworthy to whom [ ] wages are paid at all times. [ ] these various instutions we speak more at length elsewhere.
OFFICIAL LIFE OF CITY (Continued from first page)
Neill Donnelly 54-5, 67-8, 70-1. Thomas F. Sherman 54-5. M. B. Baldwin 54-7. William Sloan 54-5. Thomas Whitson 55-6,70-1. Joel H. Johnson 55-6, 63-4. John Donnelly 55-7. Caleb Rich 55-7. Henry M. Wait 56- Jan. 58. Elam M. Lamb 56-Dec. 57, 67-8. Charles Schryver. 57-9. M. W. Hunt 57-Jan. 58. Erastus Richards 57 (resigned in September), 62-3. P. B. Enos 57-8. H. B. Burton Sept. 57-8, 60-1, 64-7. N. S. Wicker 58-9. G. B. Dake 58-9. Walter P. Jewett 58-9, 60-1. Calvin Pike 58-9. George Hebard 59-60. Perry W. Murphy 59-60. Cornelius Quinlan 59-60. Alvin Judd 59-60. O. S. Johnson Dec. 57-8, 60-3. L. H. Davis 60-2, 64-5, 68-70. Enos W. Smith May 59-61. R. F. Crawford 60-2 (resigned in December). Abel W. Fuller 61-2, 64-5, 67-8. John C Choate 61-2. Charles Crawford 61-2. John J. Murphy 62-3. Edwin E. Thomas, 62-4, 66-7, 69-70, 72-3. George F. Stone 62-3. Robert G. Schryver 63-4. George N. Sherwood 63-4. T. F. Johnson. 63-4. G. B. Watrous Jan. 63-4. Abraham E. Smith 64-5. James H. Slavin 65-6. Martin Haas 65-6. Andrew Bourne 65-6. Michael McCahill Dec. 65-6. M. F. Irwin 66-7. Malachi Church, 66-7.
Rudolph Diesel 66-8, 70-2. George Stinson Dec. 65-7. John S. Medlar 67-8. James Northrop 67-8, 71-2. H. W. Richardson 68 (resigned in August). H. T. Nettleton Nov. 68-9. Edwin Baldwin 68-9. Charles H. Russell 68-9. Edward E. Furer 68-9. John Nugent, 68-9. John D. Short 69-70. Ira Slocum 69-70. Henry E. Tower 69-72. Rufus C. Jefferson 70-2. A. C. Belcher 70-1. Timothy J. Dacy 71-3. William H. Sanford, 71-2.
Marma Duke Hoy 72-3. John S. Wheat 72-3. George K. Bunker 72-3. George L. Sherwood 72-3.
VILLAGE CLERKS: Charles Fitch 52-4. George A. Austin 54-6. M. C. Johnson 56-Sept. 57. P. B. Enos, Sept 57-8. J. D. Parrish 58-9. G. B. Watrous 59-60. E. E. Richards 60-2, 67-8. Erastus Richard, 62-4. John A. Parrish 65-7. George R. Bassett 66-9. James H. Tappan 69-70. Simon Brink 70-3.
SURVEYORS: John Brink 52-3. George W. Tyler 55-6. George R. Smith 53-4. William Sloan 54-5. Adam Givens 59-60.
VILLAGE TREASURERS: Charles Fitch 52-53. F. W. Smith 53-4.
ASSESSORS AND TREASURERS: Levi Sherwood 54-55. L. W. McMaster 55-6. Ira Slocum 56-8. B. Carter 58-9. George Tyler 59-60. Walter P. Jewett 60-1. Cyrus B. Durfee 61-3. Edwin E. Thomas 63-4. G. B. Dake 64-8. E. E. Richards 68-70. Erastus Richards 70-2. John A. Parrish 72-3.
CONSTABLES AND COLLECTORS: L. W. McMaster 52-3. J. M. Kimball 53-5. Henry A. Tower 55-6. Malachi Church 56-7, 68-71. C. W. Craig 57-59. Sabine Van Curen 59-61, 71-3. Hiram Hathaway 61-3. F. C. Joslyn 63-4. M. H. McCahill 64-5. W. H. Murphy 65-8.
CORPORATION ATTORNEYS: Charles M. Willard 54-5. Merritt L. Joslyn 55-7. P. B. Enos 57-8. Mr. Van Winkle 58 (removed). H. S. Hanchett Dec 58-59. Frank S. Murphy 59-60. No Attorney 60-3. M. C. Johnson 63-73.
STREET COMMISSIONERS: George W. Bentley 52-3. Arad Sly 52-3. James M. Kimball 53-4. George H. Griffing 53-4, 57-8, 61-6, 69-71. William H. H. King, 54-5. F. W. Smith 54-5. George L. Tyler 55-6. Lyndsey Joslyn 56. Henry Paine 56. Charles Schryver 58-9. A. G. Rich 59-60. Daniel Joslyn 60. Enos W. Smith 67-8. A. J. Kelsey 67-8. Frank E. Hanaford 68-9. Aquilla J. Murphy 72-3.
POLICE MAGISTRATES: Enos W. Smith 54-62. James B. Church 62-73.
Among the names mentioned above will be found several that are indissoluably linked with the life and growth of the city, the names of men whose memories are revered today and whose descendants still take an important part in the affairs of the city, with credit to all concerned.
INCORPORATED AS A CITY. Government Invested in a Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
Woodstock was incorporated as a city in 1873, at which time the president and members of the village board gave way to a mayor and board of aldermen. The vote on the question of incorporation, which was taken on Mar. 24 of that year, was unanimous--109 to 0.
But once since the incorporation of the city has there been no-licence on the liquor question, and that was in l875, when the attempt proved a rank failure in many respects, so that the majority of the people have felt that the best way to control the traffic of intoxicating liquors was by the system of license authorized by the statutes of the state. The fee for license was generally the same as that prescribed by the state law, but late in the eighties an effort was made to secure the passage of a high license ordinance. The issue at the polls was made on this basis, and during Mayor Joslyn's term a $1,000 ordinance was passed, and since that time has prevailed without contest.
Up to the year 1893 the corporate limits of the city embraced a single square mile, but in that year, during the administration of Mayor Richards, steps were taken to enlarge the boundaries to two miles square, thus giving many more people the advantage of a city government, but more than all, adding many more building lots inside the corporation.
The life of the city has been marked by uniformly meritous administrations, the officers more for the benefit of the municipality than for any financial or other advantage that could come to them, the salaries of the mayor and alderman being merely nominal, hardly enough to mention, so that it is a labor of love on the part of all who accept the city offices.
As near as we can get at it from a careful examination of the records, the offices of the city have been filled by the following named persons during the periods indicated:
MAYORS: John S. Wheat 73-4. Neill Donnelly 74-5, 6-7. Rufous C. Jefferson 75 (resigned Feb. 4, 76). Lawrence F. Davis 77-9. John J. Murphy 79-81, 89 (resigned June 18, 89). Merritt L. Joslyn 81-August 4 82, 87-9. John D. Short (acting) Aug. 4 82-83. George K. Bunker 83-7. Erastus E. Richards July 89-93. John d. Donovan 93-7. Emilus C. Jewett 97 (present incumbent).
CITY CLERKS: Thomas I. Maher 74-6 (died in office, 77). Albert F. Field 75 (resigned May 7). Simon Brink 77-89. Charles A. Lemmers 89-93. George W. Field 93-7. George W. Lemmers 97 (present incumbent).
CITY ATTORNEYS: M. C. Johnson. 73-4. John M. Southworth 74 (3 months). John A. Parrish 74-5. Benjamin N. Smith 75-6. Orson H. Gillmore 76-9. Charles H. Donnelly 79-91. James F. Casey 91-7. George W. Field 97 present incumbent.
CITY TREASURERS: John J. Murphy. 73-9, 81-3, May 84-5, 87-9. Luman T. Hoy 79-81. Hugh T. Donnelly 83 (resigned May 84). Edward C. Quinlan 85-7. James P. McManus 89-91. Elmer E. Bagley 91-3. Emilus C. Jewett 93-5. Charles F. Dacy 95-7. Calvin J. Hendricks 97-8 (resigned). William S. McConnell 98-9. John M. Hoy 99-01. George H. Hoy 1901 (present incumbent).
SOUTH WARD ALDERMEN:William H. Stewart 73-4. Austin Badger 73-4. George K. Bunker 73-6. Gardner T. Barrows 74-5. William B. Austin 74-6, 84-92. Peter Whitney 74-6. DeWitt C. Green 76-8. Amos K. Bunker 76-82. Charles Schryver 76-81, 82-6. James Northrup 77-9. George Eckert 78-87, 91-7. Edward W. Blossom 80-2. Luman T. Hoy 82-4. Darwin C. Doolittle 86-8. William M. Seymour 84-8. Gardner S. Southworth 87-9. William W. Cook 88-92. Emilus C. Jewett 89-91. John J. Stafford 92-6. George H. Hoy 92-8. David T. Smiley, 95-7. Chauncy W. Hill, 96 (present incumbent).
NORTH WARD ALDERMEN: Erastus E. Richards 73-4. Timothy J. Dacy 73-4. Fred Arnold 73-5. George L. Sherwood 74-5 (resigned Oct. 1). Gervase Blakeslee 74-5, 81-3. Rudolph Diesel 75 (resigned Oct. 1) 78-84, 87-93. Thomas L. Maher, Oct. 75-6. Henry Kennedy 75-6. Henry M. Wait. Oct. 75-7. Fred Renich, 76-8. Alonso Dickinson 77-7. Albert F. Field, 77-8. John D. Short 77-87. Alvin Judd 78-8. Henry D. Judd 79 (resigned Aug. 6 80). Edward W. Blossom 80. Edward E. Furer 83-5. Emil Arnold, 84-6, 92-00. John D. Donovan 85-91. Ira Slocum 86-8. William H. Whitson 88-92. Henry L. Stone 91-3. Frank L. Short 91-3. John H. Higgins 93-5. Cassinus X. Kendall 93-5. George F. Eckert 95-7. Frank W. Buell 95-9. Arthur J. Cannon 1900 (present incumbent). Fred G. Schuett 1900 (present incumbent).
CITY MARSHALLS: Sabine J. Van Curen 73-4, 76-8, 83-5. Asia Pease 75-6. Burnham Sherman 79-83. William Grovesteen 86. William Quinn 87-88. George S. Beach 89-91. Robert McLean 92-3. John Bolger 93 (present incumbent).
STREET COMMISSIONERS: Aquilla J. Murphy 73-5, 86-7. Frank E. Hanaford 75-6. Robert G. Schryver 76-7. Henry M. Wait 77-9. John S. Wheat 80 (resigned Aug. 6). Henry D. Judd Aug. 6 80-1. James W. Fellowes 81-2. Christoph Heine 82-5, 87-9, 90-4. Richard Long 94-6. Henry Holmgren 97 (present incumbent).
POLICE MAGISTRATES: James B. Church 74-8. Joel H. Johnson 78-87. Albert F. Bourne 87-9. Erastus Richards 89-92. Lawrence H. Jones 92 (present incumbent).
NIGHTWATCHES: James Bolger 72-Dec 73 (resigned). William H. Sherwood 74-5. Marshall D. Friend 75-7. George S. Beach 78-9. George W. Mansfield 79-80.William Quinn 80 (resigned in Sept.), 83-4. Charles A. Coughlan Aug. 81-2. Henry F. Schneider Sept. 80 (resigned Apr. 81), Mar. 84-5 (killed by cars in 98 while on duty). Arthur E. Rathbun 98-01.Jacob F. Eckert 1901 (present incumbent).
FIRE MARSHALLS: Timothy J. Dacy 74, 76-7, 84-5. H. T. Nettleton 75. George L. Sherwood 77. Albert E. Bourne 83-4. John D. Donovan 87 (resigned). Charles H. Donnelly 87-9. Emilus C. Jewett 93. Leander J. Young 97 (present incumbent).
The Records as to appointed officers are somewhat indistinct in places, and in many instances other persons have served for various short pieces in some of these places, either as substitutes or in the interim between appointments, whose names do not appear here. But the above lists of officers are substantially correct.
McHenry County State Bank WOODSTOCK, ILLS. Organized under the State banking laws. A General Banking Business Transacted. Interest paid on deposits. Money to loan. Foreign Exchange bought and sold. DIRECTORS J. D. Donovan, A. J. 0lson, George L. Murphy. J. T. Bower, W. C. Eichelberger, C. P. Barnes, M. H. Fitzimmons.
NEWS DEPOT, PHONE 128. Located in Cook building, Southeast corner of Square. Subscriptions taken for books, magazines and papers, American or Foreign. A good line of cigars and tobacco always on hand. Fresh candy always on hand. Tablets, stationery, inks, mucilage, etc. Daily and weekly papers, books and magazines on sale. Old papers for sale cheap. Sweet cider and temperance drinks.
CALL ON L.SIMONSEN --ON MAIN ST where you will find a complete line of Ladies', Men's, and Children's fall shoes. Special attention is paid to Children's School House shoes.
FOR SALE WATER POWER, MILL LOTS and VILLAGE LOTS at Spring Grove. THREE IMPROVED FARMS, 1 to 3 miles from Spring Grove. One of 260 acres; one of 300 acres; one of 700 acres; can he divided if desired. IMPROVED AND UNIMPROVED Farms in Nebraska, South Dakota and Washington, in tracts of 40 to 800 acres to suit. LONG TIME WITH LOW RATE OF INTEREST will be given if desired. WASHINGTON Red Cedar Shingles. For particulars enquire of our address LEWIS HATCH, SPRING GROVE, ILL.

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HOME OF COMPANY G [photo]
WAVERLY HOUSE [photo - 214 N. Main Street]

Thursday, December 19, 1901. THE WOODSTOCK SENTINEL.
WATER AND LIGHT: City Splendidly Supplied In Both These Respects.
The finest plant of the kind in Northern Illinois owned by the people themselves.
After the fire of 1872 the citizens of Woodstock raised a purse and purchased a fire engine, although as early as 1857 they had purchased one that would not throw water. This last purchased engine was used upon occasion until after the last big fire, although many of our readers well remember its inefficiency, the water being obtained from reservoirs located in the corners of the park and in various parts of the city. After the last big fire referred to on the first page of this issue a public agitation began for the establishment of an efficient system of waterworks for fire protection, and in May, 1894, a lot was purchased and a well was sunk to a depth of 1,014 feet. A reservoir 40 feet in diameter and 10 feet deep was constructed, and a complete pumping outfit put in; a standpipe 16 feet in diameter and 80 feet high was erected on the west end of Jackson street, and the contract was let for the laying of 20,679 feet of water mains and 42 hydrants. A standpipe pressure of 60 pounds was secured for the business part of the city, which can be increased to meet any requirements by using the pumps direct. By the middle of the summer of 1895 this contract was fulfilled and for the first time in her history Woodstock was provided with fire protection that was adequate for any possible contingency. Thrice since the erection of the first power house additions have been made to the building, and last year a new well more than 1,000 feet deep was drilled, to which was attached one of Fairbanks, Morse & Co.'s best deep-well pumps, so that with the two wells an ample supply of water has been secured for the growing demands of the city, furnishing water for the homes and lawns of the people and providing a reserve for any possible cases of fire. The last addition to the power house is now in the last stages of completion, making a structure that is both imposing and of sufficient capacity to house and protect the city's engines and its electric light dynamos and other apparatus. Since the original water pipe lines were laid there have been several extensions prayed for and allowed by the city council, increasing the lines until now we have about five miles of pipes laid, from which nearly every dwelling in the city is reached for purposes of fire protection and from which to supply most of the people with the needed water for their residences and lawns. At the time of the writing of this article there are 264 consumers of city water, 173 paying according to the records of meters and the remainder paying the flat rate at first adopted by the city authorities. This flat rate was $5 per year for household use and $3 for sprinkling. The users of meters, as a general rule, do not pay quite as much as this, although there are a number of consumers whose water tax will aggregate from $5 to $15 per quarter, especially during the summer season, according to the freedom or reserve with which they use the water, the meters protecting the city against wasteful use of the same. Since the establishment at this waterworks system no fire has been able to gain sufficient headway to prevent its speedy subjugation by the members of the fire department, for once they have located a blaze, the pressure of water is of such volume that no fire can long withstand the attack. As a result of this efficiency of the department insurance rates have steadily decreased throughout the city, thus recompensing the citizens for the assessments they endured in order that this water system might be constructed and paid for. The saving in insurance alone has more than offset, in many cases, the taxes paid by the citizens on account of the establishment of the waterworks, and hence forth they will be the winners, now that the plant is installed and practically paid for. The building of this system of waterworks was accomplished during the administration of Mayor Donovan, and reflected credit upon him and his fellow-laborers of the council.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS INSTALLED. It was in the year 1897, during the first administration of Mayor Jewett, that the move was made which resulted in the establishment of a system of electric lights, the power being obtained from the same boilers in the city power house, which is the home of both the water and light plants. To obtain this power, however, it was necessary to add another boiler to the plant. This new boiler was built by the Aurora Boiler works. It is five feet in diameter and sixteen feet long, with a nominal power of 90-horse. It is provided with a Reliance safety water alarm column, which will instantly give a signal with a blast from a whistle in case the water goes below the safety point in the boiler. The boiler is capable of standing a working pressure of 125 pounds. It was given a cold water test of 200 pounds to the square inch by the Hartford Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. is also provided with an Ashton safety pop-value to prevent an overpressure of steam. The heater was also made by the Aurora Boiler works, and will heat water for the boiler up to 210 degrees Fahrenheit before it is pumped into the boiler for use. The heater is so arranged that the exhaust steam from the engine and pumps passes through it and is brought into contact with the cold water, thereby heating the water and thus saving much otherwise lost heat. The water is afterward strained and clarified by the action of the compartments in the heater and is then drawn off by the boiler feed-pump and forced into the boiler for use. The heater is provided with a hot-water thermometer, with a back-pressure gauge and with an automatic valve which keeps the water in the heater constantly at the same level, no matter how rapidly or how slowly the same may be drawn therefrom by the pump. The engine for the light plant was built by the Gates Iron works, of Chicago, but after four years of use its inefficiency was so thoroughly established that the council the past summer went to Oswego, N. Y., where they purchased from the Ames Iron Co. two mammoth engines of improved pattern, which necessitated the last addition to the power house spoken of elsewhere in this article. These engines were installed as this article was being written, and are in full working order as this paper reaches its readers. They were thoroughly inspected by the city officials before they were shipped from New York. The shafting in the power house is so hung that should one engine become disabled, the other can in a moment's time be drafted into service, without the interruption of the city's light for any space of time that would work inconvenience to the users of the light. These engines, being of the latest patterns, are triumphs of the machinist's art, calculated to be of sufficient capacity to supply the needs of the plant for all time to come. The electrical apparatus for the light plant was all built by the Fort Wayne Electrical corporation, of Fort Wayne, Ind. It consists of one arc light dynamo with a capacity of sixty 2,000-candle-power arc lamps, an incandescent dynamo with a capacity of 1,500 16-candle-power incandescent lights, fifty-five 2,000-candle-power arc lamps, 600-light capacity in transformers, and 600-light capacity in electric meters. Besides this, there goes with the alternator a small dynamo called the exciter, which furnishes the current for the alternator. There is also a switch-board, which is a large marble slab carrying upon it the main line switches, rheostats, current detectors, station transformers, fuse blocks, lightning arresters, volt [Continued on eighth page.]

SERVED THE COUNTY: Roster ot Officers, Past and Present. Record is One of Concientious regard for the public interest--no public malfeasance. Among the names of those who have served the county in elective capacities will be found those of many of the men who were the builders of the County, and a perusal of the list will revive memories of other days in the minds of the citizens of today. During all these years of the county's history there has been a uniform faithfulness In the discharge of the people's business and bondsmen for the respective officers have always been secure. In the following list we have endeavored to give the terms of service of the various officers, and as the task was an arduous one, there may be a few unimportant errors, but in the main the dates are Correct.
Those who have served in the various capacities are named as follows:
COUNTY JUDGES: Amory Thomas39-40. Andrew J. Barnum 40-1. Joel H. Johnson. 41-2. E. J. Smith 42-8. Lindsey Joslyn 48-9. Joseph Golder 49-54. J. M. Strode 54-8. Theodore D. Murphy 58-62. William Kerr 62-6. Lawrence S. Church 66-70. Benjamin N. Smith, 70-82. Orson H. Gillmore 82-90,97 (presentincumbent). Charles H. Donnelly 90 (resigned in 97).
COUNTY CLERKS: Hamilton Dennison 37. Joseph Wood 37-9. Ziba L. Beardsley 39-43. Joel H. Johnson 43-8. Enos W. Smith 48-53. Elam M. Lamb 53-8,62-5. William H. Stewart 58-62. M. D. Hoy 65-72. Peter Whitney 72-82. William Avery 82-94. George F. Rushton 94 (present incumbent).
CIRCUIT CLERKS AND RECORDERS: Seth Washburn 37-8. Archimedes B. Wynkoop 38-9. Isaac G. Wilson 39-40. S. Wills 40-4. Joel H. Johnson 44-56. George T. Kasson 56-60. Charles H. Russell 60-4. Josiah Dwight 64-8. John H Southworth 68-72. Austin Badger 72-6. Erastus K. Richards 76-84. Webster P. Morse 84-92. George B. Richards 92 (present incumbent).
SHERIFFS: Henry B. Steele 37-9. Andrew B. Cornish 39-40. Christopher Walkup 40-3. Henry M. Wait 43-6. Thomas M. White 46-9. Neill Donnelly 49-51. John Brink 51-3. Carlisle Hastings 53-5. George w. Bentley 55-7. John Eddy 57-8. Edwin E. Thomas 58-60, 64-6. Lewis Ellsworth 60-2. Benjamin F. Church 62-4. John M. Southworth 66-8. Austin Badger 68-72. Malachi Church. 72-6, 80-2. Daniel A. Steadman. 76-80. Asad Udell 82-6, 90-4. George Eckert, 86-90, 94-8. Henry Keyes 98 (present incumbent).
STATE'S ATTORNEYS: Alonzo Huntington 37-40. Edward G. Regan 41-3. James Curtiss 43-5. William A. Boardman 45-9. Alonzo Platt 49-50. P. W. Platt 50-2. Amos B. Coon 52-3, 61-3. M. M. Boyce 53-7, 64-70. Edward S. Joslyn 57-61. Charles Kellum 70-3. Joseph P. Cheever 73-6. Ira R. Curtiss 77-84. Albert W. Young 84-88. Adelbert B. Coon 88-96. Vincent S. Lumley 96-00. Lorenzo B. Lowell, 00 (present incumbent).
COUNTY TREASURERS: Andrew S. Wells 37-8. Lewis G. Shanks 38-40. Thomas R. Chunn 40-3. S. S. Greenleaf 43. Peter La Dow 43-7. Joseph Goldrr 47-8. George W. Dana 48-9. James T. Pierson 49-51. Charles McClure 51-3. Gilbert B. Dake. 53-5. Abel W. Fuller 55-7. Samuel Richardson 57-9. William Hart. Jr.59-63. Fred J. Mansfield 63-7. Alexander S. Stewart 67-75. James Nish 75-86. William H. Stewart, 86-90. James D. Perry 90-4. Henry Keyes 94-8. Frank F. Axtell 98 (present incumbent).

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:
1837.- Charles H. Bartlett (resigned Sept. 37). Matthias Mason, Solomon Norton, Samuel Sherman (Dec. 37).
1838.- Solomon Norton, Ransom Steele, William Jackson.
1839.- B. B. Brown, Gideon Colby, Robert G. White.
1840.- B. B. Brown, R. G. White, Daniel W P. Tower.
1841.- R. G. White, D. W. P. Tower, Hosea B. Throop.
1842.- D. W. P. Tower, H B. Throop, Bela H. Tryon.
1843.- H. B. Throop, B. H. Tryon, Andrew J. Hayward (after these three men were named three parallel streets in this city).
1844.- Same as in 1843.
1845.- H. B. Throop, Andrew J. Hayward, William A. McConnell.
1846.- H. B. Throop, William A. McConnell, Carlisle Hastings.
1847 and 1848.- William A. McConnell, Carlisle Hastings, Dexter Barrows.
SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS: Carlisle Hastings 41-4. Peter W. Deitz 44-6. [Continued on eighth page.]
HEALTHFUL WATERS Free for the Use of the General Public. Analysis By Prof Haines Shows Them to Have Great Medicinal and Health-giving Properties.
Early in the seventies it was discovered that Woodstock was possessed of a spring of water that contained great medicinal properties, and the authorities immediately took steps to make it available for the use of the people. The well at the southwest corner of the park was put in condition and pipes were run to the east side of the park, where one of the most artistic spring houses in the country, being a combination of the ideas embodied in several of the spring houses at great watering places, was erected by Lemmers and Cummins, during the administration of Mayor Bunker, and here the public has free access to these waters during the summer season, at which time they are in constant demand. Stories of the wonderful cures they have effected could be told, including cases in which the invalids had been bed-ridden for years. It was at one time hinted that the waters could be put on the market for commercial purposes, but the city authorities thought better of the matter and concluded that they should be used for the benefit ot the health of the people, and this in part accounts for the low death rate mentioned elsewhere in this paper.
An analysis of the water of this spring was made in 1870, the report being as follows:
Laboratory of Rush Medical College, Chicago, July 12, 1879, To the Mayor and Common Council of Woodstock, Ill. Gentlemen: Having subjected the water from the Woodstock mineral spring to a chemical analysis, I find it contains, in each gallon of 231 cubic inches, the following substances in the quantities given:
Chloride of sodium 5060 grains.
Bicarbonate of iron 0.926 grains
Sulfate of potassia 0.308 graines
Phosphate of iron Traces
Sulfate of soda 4.443 grains
Alumina 0.184 grains
Bicarbonate of soda 5.295 grains
Silica 0.863 grains
Bicarbonate of lime 16.592 grains
Organic matter 1.098 grains
Bicarbonate of magnesia 5.196 grains
The water of the spring contains also sulphurated hydrogen. Its temperature at the spring was found to be 50 degrees F. in the summer. The composition of the water is such as to recommend it in the treatment of numerous afflictions. Being mildly alkaline, through the presence of bicarbonate of soda, lime and magnesia, it will undoubtedly be found valuable in many diseases of the stomach, bowels and kidneys, while the considerable proportion of iron that is present very desirable in combinations, rendering it mildly tonic, and suggest its employment in the various forms of debility, anemia. etc.
Yours respectfully, Walter S. Haines, M. D.. Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology at Rush Medical College.
ANECDOTE OF THE EARLY DAYS.How the Old Rat-Hole, Burned in 1893, Received Its Name
Along in 1846, or thereabouts, the court house in the public park proved to be not fitted for the use of the county officers, and a building for their accommodation was erected on the corner of Deitz street and the public square, the present site of the M. Sherman block, which was used for countv offices until the new court house was constructed. It was built by Henry M. Wait, father of Mrs. E. E. Richards and Mrs. Emily Sherwood. This building was provided with a tin roof to make it fire-proof, according to the intentions ot its builders. The year after it was built, so the story goes, along in the winter, there came along a heavy wind, which suddenly lifted the roof from the structure and carried it some distance away. The county officers who were in their offices at the time, thinking that the judgment day had arrived, rushed out into the street in great haste. As they came forth they were greeted with derisive shouts by the bystanders, and Henry Petrie, a local merchant, who was an ardent Whig, while the officers were Democrats, exclaimed in glee: "See the d—--d rats crawl out os their holes." Ever afterwards, whenever the building waa mentioned on the county records or elsewhere, it was termed the "Rat-Hole," and so it remained until its destruction by fire.

WOODSTOCK'S ELECTED OFFICIALS (photos): Alderman Walters, Alderman Hill, Alderman Osborn, City Clerk Lemmers, Magistrate Jones, Mayor Jewett, Treasurer Hoy, Alderman Schuett, Alderman Stupfel, Alderman Cannon.
BUSINESS BLOCKS SOUTH SIDE OF SQUARE (photo Van Buren Street)
JOHN J. MURPHY'S BLOCK (photo 100 N. Benton Street)
M. D. HOY'S BLOCK (photo 100 e. Cass Street)

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THE WOODSTOCK SENTINEL Thursday, December 19, 1901.

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY A Favorite Retreat for People of Literary Minds. Shelves Loaded with More Than 3000 Volumes of the Best History, Fiction and Biography.
An institution of which the people of Woodstock are justly proud is the free public library, located in commodious quarters in the northeast corner of the City Hall. A prominent divine once said: "The morals of a community may be quickly gauged by its churches and the tendency of the people to patronize good books and good newspapers." This statement being undoubtedly true, the society of Woodstock bears the imprint of a cultivated literary taste, and reaps the advantage of having public library of carefully selected works from which to draw the impressions of great writers, past and present, and a full assortment of up-to-date literature to keep them in touch with the every-day happenings of the world.
The Woodstock public library has been a matter of steady growth. More than twenty-five years ago a small company of citizens organized the Woodstock Literary and Reading circle, which for several years held regular gatherings every two weeks at the homes of the members, at which times good programs were rendered and the important events if the day were treated and discussed by the ablest minds of the city. The public library is the outgrowth of that organization, whose semi-monthly gathering, at which music, mirth and merit prevailed, are still remembered with pleasure by all who participated in them. For several years a small number of works, devoted principally to historical research, was the main reading matter of the circle. These books were kept at the store of A. R. Murphey for several years, and later for a time at the store of A. S. Wright. During the existence of the Literary society frequent entertainments and lectures were given, the proceeds of which were devoted to the purchase of new books, until about 900 volumes were accumulated in 1889 when the establishment of a permanent home for the library was urged by those most interested in its success and who most keenly appreciated its advantages to the growing youth, as well as the older people of the community.
When the city building was erected in 1889 and 1890 provision was made that a public library and reading room, which was thrown open to the public in September of the latter year with a large number of volumes on the shelves, which have since been added to systematically until now the library shelters more than 3000 volumes, among which are 400 volumes of history and biography. The history of every country on the face of the earth can be found on its ample shelves.
The library is under the control of a board of directors appointed by the mayor, who make the rules to govern the management of the same, and who select the new books that are purchased. The mayors have always been careful to appoint on this board none but broad-minded, well-read peopleof both sexes, and the present board, which is one of the best ever vested with the power to manage the library, takes a deep interest in its welfare and carefully looks after every detail of its affairs.
For the first few months of the library's existence Erastus Richards acted as librarian, who was later succeeded by his granddaughter, now Mrs. C. M. Curtiss, who has been the intelligent and efficient librarian since 1894. The books of the library are for the free use of the people of the city, subject to certain conditions which are easy to comply with, while transients in the city can also have the advantage of the same by securing some well-known citizen to vouch for their honesty and integrity. No book is allowed to be kept away from the shelves longer than two weeks by one person, except it be returned and reissued to that person, and there are certain books that are not be kept over one week, and some that are not allowed to be taken from the rooms at all.
In connection with the library there is maintained a free reading room, on the tables of which all the leading periodicals of the day are kept for the perusal of all who desire to visit the library and read them, they being governed by certain rules of decorum that must be obeyed, and of which there have been few infractions. It is a common thing of a winter evening to see every seat surrounding the tables in the reading room occupied, mostly by young people, all busily intent on devouring the newest cartoon or the freshest scene illustrative of the great events of this busy and active world. Thus is the library and reading room proving a good thing by keeping the young people out of places of questionable repute or from running the streets aimlessly.
That the library is most highly appreciated by the reading public is readily seen from a glance at the librarian's register, which shows the average number of books taken out each week the past year to have been 260, while the number of visitors has been twice that. The record of the books taken out shows, too, that the people of Woodstock desire only the best reading matter in their homes and that they are' most highly cultivated in their tastes, which is also demonstrated by the fact that there are several Chautauqua and other reading circles in regular operation in the city, whose readings are of the most advanced kind.

The present directors, officers and committees of the library board are:
President E. E. Richards.
Secretary Mrs. C. S. Northrop.
Other Directors J. C. Choate, A. Dwight Osborn, Mrs. A. S. Wright, D. T. Smiley, E. E. Bagley, F. A. Daniels and Miss Agnes E. Quinlan.
Book Committee- E. E. Bagley, F. A. Daniels and Agnes Quinlan.
Public Property Committee J. C. Choate, A. Dwight Osborn, D. T. Smiley.
Periodicals Committee Mrs. A. S. Wright, Mrs. C. S. Northrop, J. C. Choate.
Entertainment and Lecture Course Committee F. A. Daniels, D. T. Smiley, A. Dwight Osborn.
The directors of the library and the officers of the same since it became a part of the city's affairs have been as follows:
J. C. Choate 91 (present incumbent).
Mrs. Adda Spitzer 90-01.
V. S. Lumley 91-01.
Dr. W. W. Cook 91-4.
Mary F. Murphy 91-02 (resigned).
L. T. Hoy 91-3.
C. A. Lemmers 91-2 (resigned.)
Alois Dreyer 92-9 (deceased)
Mrs. Mary R. Joslyn 92-01.
John J. Stafford 92-6.
E. E. Richards 93 (present incumbent).
John K. Kellogg 93-7.
D. T. Smiley 96 (present incumbent).
F. A. Daniels 97 (present incumbent).
F. W. Buell 98-01.
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
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E. E. Bagley 93 (present incumbent).
A. Dwight Osborn 01 (present incumbent).
Mrs. A. S. Wright 01 (present incumbent).
Mrs. C. S. Northrop 01 (present incumbent).
Agnes E. Quinlan 92 (present incumbent).
PRESIDENTS
J. C. Choate 91-2.
L. T. Hoy 92-3.
E. E. RichardS 93 (present incumbent).
SECRETARIES
Mrs. Adda Spitzer, 91-2.
Agnes E. Quinlan 92-01.
Mrs. C. S. Northrop 01 (present incumbent).
VICE-PRESIDENTS
L. T. Hoy 91-2.
Alois Dreyer 92-9
The library is maintained by the city Council, which annually makes an appropriation for the purchase of new books and which pays the salary of the librarian. Some years the board of directors conduct a lecture course, the proceeds of which always go for new books, and these courses are always well patronized by the people because of that fact.


TOWNSHIP OFFICERS
Servants Who Are the Closest to the People.
Have to Do with the immediate Needs of the Township and All Its Minutest Affairs.

The town of Dorr was named after Governor Dorr of Rhode Island.
While the city of Woodstock is located in the town of Dorr, which is six miles square, the city and township are two distinct organizations, whose interests, however, merge in several respects. Necessarily the township is greater than the city, although it has nothing to do with the management of city affairs, while all the Voters of the city have a voice in township affairs.
The officers who have served the township since its organization In 1850 are named as follows:
SUPERVISORS
Until Woodstock waS incorporated as a city in 1873 both the village and the town were represented on the board of supervisors, so to indicate who represented the village in the following list we have marked the names with this mark: (v).
Elzaphan I. Smith 50-1.
Merritt L. Joslyn 51-2. 36-6, 68-73,75-9.
Alvin Judd (v) 52-4.
Enos W. Smith (V) 54-5.
Joseph F. Lyon 52-3.
Neill Donnelly (v) 55-7. 60-2.
Orville A. Hitchcock 53-4.
George H. Griffing 54-5.
Nathan Jewett 55-6.
Charles M. Willard 56-7.
M. B. Baldwin (v) 57-8.
M. W. Hunt 57-8.
H. S. Hanchett (v) 62-3.
M. W, Hunt (v) 58-60.
Lawrence S. Church (v) 66-7.
William H. Murphy 58-9.
Pasco Austin 59-60.
Ira Slocum 60-3.
William Kerr (v) 63-6.
William Kerr 66-7.
Elam M. Lamb 67-8, 79-88, (died).
Benjamin N. Smith (v) 68-9.
M. D. Hoy (v) 69-70.
E. E. Richards (v) 70-2.
L. H. Davis (v) 72-3.
Luman T. Hoy 88 (present incumbent.)
TOWN CLERKS
Charles Fitch 50-4.
C. C. Kelley 54-5.
Josiah Dwight 55-7.
Charles Given 57-8.
Joseph Petrie 58-61.
E. E. Richards 61-2, 66-7.
Calvin Pike and Erastus Richards62-3.
Andrew Bourne 63-4.
J. A. Parrish, 64-5.
Benjamin N. Smith 67-75.
Edwin Baldwin and M. D. Hoy 75-6.
Edwin Baldwin 76-83.
Charles P. Barnes 83-8.
John H. Higgins 88-90.
William W. Maxwell 90-4.
Owen G. Mead 94-8.
Theo. Hamer 98 (present incumbent).
ASSESSORS
John Bunker 50-1.
William C. Ryder 51-2.
Henry Sherman 52-3.
Abner B. Bidwell 53-5.
E. H. Smith 55-6.
Calvin Pike 56-7.
Ira Slocum 57-9.
George Tyler 59-60.
Henry K. Given 60-1, 66-7.
Edwin E. Thomas 61-2, 63-4.
G. B. Dake 62-3, 65-6.
James Dufield 64-5.
L. M. Woodard 67-73.
James H. Tappan 73-4.
Charles H. Russell 74-5.
A. H. Nixon 75-6.
John D. Short 76-81, 83-5, 86-9.
Andrew Bourne 81-3, 85-6.
Andrew K. McGhee 89-90,
Charles D. Judd, 90 (present incumbent).
COLLECTORS
Nelson Blakeslee 50-2.
William A. Judd 52-4.
Jacob N. Petrie 54-5, 61-2, 66-7.
William H. Murphy 55-7, 59-60.
Erastus Richards 57-8.
Fred W. Smith 58-9.
Sabine Van Curen 60-1.
Alvin Judd 62-4.
Andrew Bourne 64-5.
Malachi Church 65-6.
Alvin Brown 67-8.
E. E. Richards 68-9.
Thomas Blakeslee 69-70.
George Eckert 70-2.
John D. Short 72-6.
William H. Cowlin 76-7.
Emilus C. Jewett 77-8.
Alonzo Dickinson 78-9.
James M. Kimball 79-80.
Delos D. Blakeslee 80-2.
George L. Sherwood 82-5.
William H. Munroe 85-6, 90-1.
A. F. McGhee 86-7.
William A. Newman 87-8.
Samuel McNett 88-90.
George B. Griffing 91-2.
William H. Sherman 92-4.
John A. Cowlin 94-6.
Fred Griffing 96-9.
Michael H. Schenck 99-01.
William J. Miner 01 (present incumbent).
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
Roswell Enos 50-1.
Christopher Walkup 50-62.
Levi Sherwood 51-63.
John Bunker 52-4.
Jesse Slavin 61-2.
William P. Walkup 62-3.
Asa W. Smith 63-70, 85-93.
George K. Bunker 63-70.
Edwin Baldwin 70-83.
Frank Kellogg 70-3.
S. M. Paine 73-5.
Samuel Morse 75-6.
Minor Lockwood 76-7.
Robert J. Furney 77-81.
Ezra B. Smith 81-3, 85-9.
John D. Short 83-5.
Edwin E. Thomas 85-94 (died).
Charles M. Keeler 89 (present incumbent).
Edwin H. Waite 94-01.
Emil Arnold 01 (present incumbent).
John W. Clute 01 (present incumbent).
CONSTABLES
William H. Murphy 50-63.
Nelson Blakeslee 50-4.
Judson P. Kimberly 55-6.
Fred W. Smith 56-9.
Jacob N. Petrie 59-66.
William M. Hartman 63-7.
William P. Walkup 66-8.
William H. Sherman 68-9.
Frank Sherman 68-9.
Martin D. Kellogg 69-72.
Fred C. Joslyn 72-3.
Sabine Van Curen 73-81.
N. Paine 73-5.
William Sherman 75-7.
Aquilla J. Murphy 77-81.
Velorus E. Jones 81-93.
Henry G. Ehle 81-9.
William Still 85-9.
Fred W. Hartman 89-97.
James A. Dufield 89-97 (present incumbent).
George B. Griffing 93-7.
Frank E. Thayer 97-01.
Alpha M. Clark 97-8.
Scott Thayer 01 (present incumbent).
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS.
Henry Duffield 50-1, 57-8,
Ira Waterman 50-4.
Orville A. Hitchcock 50-1.
Walter P. Jewett 51-2.
Franklin Kellogg 51-2, 65-8.
Nelson Blakeslee 52-3, 54-5, 57-9.
Ambrose Bennett 52-3, 55-7.
Jesse Stevens 53-4.
George H. Griffing 53-4, 56-7.
Solomon Keyes 54-5.
Dennis B. Gregory 54-5.
Warren Waterman 55-6.
M. H. Cahill 56-7.
Charles F. Givens 56-7.
George W. Boone 57-61.
H. H. Munroe 58-9.
Jesse Slavin 59-61.
Robert Green, 59-60.
Rufus Brown 60-1.
H. K. Given 61-2.
A. W. Bidwell 61-2.
Charles Dufield 61-2.
J. C. Button 62-5.
A. B. Bidwell 63-6.
Thomas Lindsey 64-5.
Woolsey Knapp 65-74.
A. B. McConnell 66-78.
Wiley Foster 67-70.
Jacob Snyder 69-85.
S. M. Paine 74-7.
G. W. Waterman 77-80.
Jacob Zimmer 78-90.
Owen S. Marron. B0-01.
George Irish 85-7.
Benjamin R. Morse 86-8.
B. H. Terwilliger 88-91.
Albert J. Murphy 90-9.
R. H. Conant 91 (present incumbent).
Samuel M. Simmons 99 (present incumbent).
William S. McConnell 01 (present incumbent).
SCHOOL TRUSTEES.
F. I. Mansfield 70-1.
William P. Walkup 70-76, 81-01 (present incumbent).
William H. Buck 70-7, 79-91.
A. B. McConnell 71-8, 83-95.
Isaac Hartman 76-9.
Ezra B. Smith 77-83.
Andrew Bourne 78-81.
L. H. S. Barrows 91-00.
Thomas Scott 95-0l.
Fred B. McConnell, 00 (present incumbent).
Abraham Still 01 (present incumbent).
SCHOOL TREASURERS.
John Bunker 73-86.
Amos K. Bunker 86 (present incumbent.)



RESIDENCE OF ATTORNEY V. S. LUMLEY. [photo- 302 W. Judd]
RESIDENCE OF DR. FRED K C. PAGE [photo- corner Tryon & Judd streets]
RESIDENCE OF FRANK W. BUELL [photo- 336 S. Tryon]
RESIDENCE OF ATTORNEY C. P. BARNES. [photo- 344 Fremont]
RESIDENCE OF GEORGE BURGER [photo- 524 Clay]
RESIDENCE OF ATTORNEY D. T. SMILEY [photo- 226 W. Judd]
RESIDENCE OF MRS. LUCINDA DACY. [photo- 330 W. Judd]
RESIDENCE OF ALDERMAN A. DWIGHT OSBORN. [photo - 515 W. Jackson]

Thursday, December 19, 1901. THE WOODSTOCK SENTINEL

A SCHOOL FOR BOYS
Founded by Rev. Richard Kimball Todd In 1847.
Since 1892 Has Been the Property of Prof. Noble Hill--A Model Home School.
Located a short distance south of the northeastern limits of the city is a model home-school for boys, founded in 1847 by Dr. Richard Kimball Todd, of blessed and revered memory, for many years pastor of the Presbyterian church of this city, a graduate of
Princeton and one of the venerated pioneers of this county, whose memory brings pleasant reminiscences to the minds of all who had the privilege of his acquaintance. For more than fifty years this school has, without intermission, opened its doors each succeeding term, and from it have gone hundreds of sons and daughters, many of whom have reached places of influence in the world's great fields of activity. The sons of Todd seminary are scattered all over the continent, from New York to the Golden Gate, from the Canadian line to the gulf. They are found In frozen Alaska,in London,in the "Dark Continent," in the very isles of the sea.
During the early history of this school it was conducted on the co-educational plan, with both boarding and day departments, male and female pupils alike being received and instructed, and many of the citizens of Woodstock recount with pleasure the experiences of the days they passed under the instruction of Dr. and Mrs. Todd. At that time, for want of room in the seminary proper, sessions were held in the basement of the old brick Presbyterian church, but for many years, especially since the school became distinctively a boarding school for boys, the work has been confined to the seminary buildings and grounds, which have in recent years been enlarged, overhauled and added to, until there is ample room for all purposes of the enterprise.
At the present time there are a few over forty pupils in the school, hailing from all parts of the country, who are carefully watched, instructed and disciplined by Prof. Hill, his estimable wife, three male and two female instructors. The school is provided with a well-equipped gymnasium, a commodious campus and play-ground, and all the Conveniences essential to a well-ordered institution. That everything connected with the school is maintained in a high state of cleanliness is shown by the fact that in more than fifty years of its history there has not been a severe case of sickness or a death among the pupils, of whom there have been several thousand since its establishment. This also speaks volumes in favor of the character of our climate and confirms the statement regarding our death rate on the first page of this issue.
Todd seminary is in all respects what its owner designed to make it--a model home school for boys, wherein is taught not only the rudiments of a common education, but the finer essentials that go to make up a model citizenship. Every element of the nature-- the mental, the physical, the moral, the spiritual is considered in this instruction, and the discipline Of the school is so firm that there is seldom, if ever, an infraction of the rules, which do not permit the boys to leave unattended by their teachers and in so kind and considerate a manner are these rules enforced that there are the most cordial of relations maintained between the boys and their instructors, who participate in all their sports, making the young men feel that their educators have a sincere interest in them, which they really have.
Dr. Todd, the founder of the school, died in the year 1894, mourned by every citizen. Two years previous to that time the seminary had passed out of his hands, he having sold to Mr. Hill, who had previously been his chief instructor for several years.
In an interview with a reporter some time ago Prof. Hill thus expressed himself, regarding the objects of the school and his ambitions concerning the same:
"The aim of our school is simply to educate the boys in an all-round manner--not simply book knowledge, but systematic development of mind, body, morals and manners. Here we aim to surround him with true Christian home influences.
"Here in Woodstock our work does not conflict with the public school in the least. We will not have a boy whose parents reside here. Our boys are those whose parents or guardians find it more convenient to place them in good, safe hands for their proper development. Some boys are also very peculiar in their individuality, and when parents and teachers fail to succeed with them, we often take them in hand and meet with the very best results. "Our law is kindness and firmness. Every rule is good and humane and must be obeyed to the very letter every time. There must not be a single variation. The whole atmosphere is order and obedience, and a boy soon learns from those who have been here awhile to think of nothing else. No penalties are inflicted that would be condemned by the spirit of Christianity. Our boys are under the care of teachers who are on duty for twenty-four hours per day. That is, they are under their care day and night. A parent may be too busy to look after the boy, but this is the teacher's duty until the boy is ready to go from under his care.
"We do not allow the boys to wander away. They have ample space, all the amusements they want, and their teachers know where they are and what they are doing all the time. When the 9 o'clock bell rings all go to their beds, and every night of my life I go to each boy's room, see that he has proper Cover, ventilation, etc., and bid him a cheerful good-night.
"In religious matters we are not sectarian, but my wife and I attend the Presbyterian church, and take all the boys with us, every Sunday morning. The teachers are required to be with the boys at this hour, but in the evening they are at liberty to go where they choose. We have our own Sunday-school here, and on Sunday evenings we have exercises of our own. One of our leading features is the reading of a story, "not strictly religious, but containing something helpful. We keep our own society, keep the boys away from bad company, and keep before them always a high standard of life."
The boys are generally privileged to attend all good lectures and entertainments that come this way, and there is always a good lecture course maintained every winter, at which they can, as a usual thing, be found.
Such, in brief, is the general scope of the work Of Todd Seminary for Boys.
Two views of the seminary buildings are given in this connection.

ORIGINAL TODD SEMINARY BUILDINGS AND LAWN (photo)
SOME OF THE SEMINARY BUILDINGS (photo)

RESIDENCE OF JOHN J. STAFFORD (photo)
RESIDENCE OF FRED B. BENNETT (photo - 424 Fremont)
RESIDENCE OF JOHN C. CHOATE (Photo - W. Jackson current location of St. Ann's Episcopal Church)
RESIDENCE OF JAMES S. ANDREWS (photo)


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THE WOODSTOCK SENTINEL
Thursday, December 19, 1901.

WATER AND LIGHT (Continued from fifth page.)
meters, ammeters, plugs and station meters. These are the various devices used for protecting the electrical apparatus from lightning, grounds, and short circuits, and for keeping the lamps and various circuits up to their proper brilliancy, and the station meter is for the purpose of measuring the entire electrical output of the station.
The original lighting plant was installed by Adams, Green & Co., of Morrison, Ill., who made a specialty of building electric light systems for municipal corporations, the contract price being $12,250. Mr. Adams had had an experience in this kind of work covering a period of fifteen years, and Mr. Green had been in the business for seven years.
The Construction of this original plant required the erection of 442 poles, which dot all our streets, the council being careful, however, to provide that no poles should be erected around the public square. These poles are neatly painted, the first six feet black and the remainder white, and those who are familiar with conditions in other cities say that our pole lines are far ahead of them all in symmetry and straightness. The system stretches a total distance of ten miles, and twenty-six miles of wire were used in its construction.
The light and water plants have been in charge of A. C. Adams most of the time since their installation, under the direction of the public property committee of the city council, and he has given them careful, skillful and conscientious care. The present engineer at the power house is William Wienke, while the trimmer is Fred Sahs, both faithful and industrious employees of the city.
The superintendent of the waterworks plant is John Bolger, always reliable and impartial.
We had intended to give a picture of the power house and a view of the dynamos and engines, but at the time of writing this article the surroundings are in such an unpresentable shape that we have been compelled to defer doing so until a later date.
The growth of this system has been astonishing. As soon as the plant had been established the people began wiring their homes and places of business for incandescent lights, and at the present time more than 5,000 incandescent globes are hung, and not a week goes by but more are added to the list.
The light is all gauged by the metre system, and the plant has given such good service and is so liberally patronized by the public that it is now substantially self-sustaining after four years of use.
At this writing (Nov. 25) a large number of residences, and business places are lighted from this system, finding it more convenient and satisfactory than the old fashioned kerosene lamps. The total number of residences, shops, offices and business places so lighted is nearly 250.

Oysters in bulk or can at Dirrenberger's.

SERVED THE COUNTY
-(Continued from fifth page.)
Major F. Irwin 46-8. Phineas W. Plat 48-50. Rev. Richard K. Todd 50-4. M. F. Hutchinson 54-6. Asa W. Smith. 56-60. Alvin Brown 60-2. Theodore Mead 62-4. Thomas R. Ercanbrack 64-6. Adoniram J. Kingman 66-70. Gardner S. Southworth 70-4. William Nickle 74-8. Albert W. Young 78-82. S. D. Baldwin 82 (died in 83). Henry R.Baldwin 83-4. Lester Barber 84-90. William E. Wire, 90 (present incumbent).
COUNTY SURVEYORS.
C. E. Moore, 37-8. A. S. Barnam 38-42. John Brink 42-52, 56-84, W. N. Willis 84-8. Charles H. Tryon 88 (present incumbent).
CORONERS.
Michael C. McGuire 37-8. A. B. Cornish 38-40. B. F. Bosworth 40-2. Nathaniel Smith 42-4. Neill Donnelly 44-6. M. L. Huffman 46-8. Jesse Slavin 48-52. William Pratt, 52-4. C. H. Shapley 54-8. William G. Smith 58-60. B. A. Wade 60-2. Perry W. Murphy 62-4. Daniel Blair 64-6. D. P. Conklin 66-74. John W. Groesbeck 74-6. William E. Smith 76-7. John S. Cummings 77-8. Howard L. Pratt 78-80. William W. Cook 80-4, 88-92. Charles E. Cook 84-8,92-6.
Spencer C. Wernham 96-00. Joseph S. Mason, 00 (present incumbent).
CHAIRMEN OF SUPERVISORS.
Josiah H. Giddings 50-1. Abraham Reynolds 51-3. Alvin JUdd, 53-4.William A. McConnell 54-5, 67-76, 78-83. John Sibley 55-6, 57-8. Samuel Richardson 56-7. William M. Jackson, 58-9. Cornelius Lansing 59-62. C. W. H. Card 62-3. Thomas S. Huntley 63-4. E. A. Thomas 64-5. Peter W. Deitz 65-6. S. K. Bartholomew 66-7. Orson C. Diggins 76-8. Ira R. Curtiss 83-6. Herbert S. Williams 86-8. Charles F. Dike 88-9. Robert J. Beck 89-91. George H. Garrison 91-2. George B. Richards 92-4. John H. Gracy 94-6. Frank F. Axtell 96-8. William A. Cristy 98-00. F. E. Stevens, 00 (present incumbent).
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE. The following named sons of McHenry county have represented us in the Legislature since the organization of the county:
REPRESENTATIVES
Richard Murphy 38-42. William M. Jackson 44-6. James T. Pierson 46-8. John F. Gray 48-50. A. H. Nixon 50-4. William Diggins 54-6. Lawrence S. Church 56-62. Thaddeus B. Wakeman 62-4,66-8. Merritt L. Joslyn 64-6. Peter W. Dietz 68-70. William A. McConnell 70-2. Richard Bishop 72-4. Flavel K. Granger 72-80. Orson C. Diggins 80-2. Charles H. Tryon 82-4. Gardner S. Southworth 88-90. John C. Donnelly 90-4,98-00. Robert J. Beck 92-6. Edward D. Shurtleff 00 (present incumbent.)
SENATORS.
George Gage 54-8. Cornelius Lansing 62-6. Merritt L. Joslyn 76-80. Ira R. Curtiss 84-8. Flavel K. Granger 96-00 (present incumbent).
MEMBERS OF STATE BOARD.
William A. McConnell 68-72. Orson C. Diggins 72-6. Herbert S. Williams 84-92. George W. Eldredge 92-6.
CONSITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
McHenry county was represented in the constitutional convention of 1847 by John Sibley and Peter W. Deitz; in that of 1862 by Peter W. Jackson, and in that of 1870 by Lawrence S. Church.
CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES.
McHenry county has had circuit judges as follows: Theodore D. Murphey 62-78; Charles H. Donnelly, 97 (present incumbent).
MASTERS IN CHANCERY.
We have been unable to ascertain from the records who were the masters in chancery of the circuit court previous to 1882, but those since have been as follows:
Amos B. Coon 82-9. Merritt L. Joslyn 89-98.Lorenzo D. Lowell, Jr., 98-00. Albert W. Young, 00 (resigned on account of illness after a few months). George W. Field 00 (present incumbent).

J. J. Stafford has procured a tine stock of furniture for the holidays.


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Woodstock, Illinois
(INCLUDES PHOTO)

RESIDENCE OF MRS. R. C. WRIGHT. (Photo N. Hayward St.)
RESIDENCE OF JOHN J. MURPHY (Photo, W. Jackson St.--demolished)
RESIDENCE OF JOHN D. CHARLES (photo 215 Griffing)
RESIDENCE OF GUSTAV BEHRENS (photo)
RESIDENCE OF ALDERMAN C. W. HILL (photo)

Thursday, December 19, 1901. THE WOODSTOCK SENTINEL 9
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
Institution In Which All Citizens Take an Interest.
The Woodstock School One of the Best of Its Kind-Some Facts From History
The cause of education is a cause that is near and dear to the heart of every citizen, for it has well been said that the free public school system is the bulwark of the nation, as from it is developed the citizenship of the country, and the quality of that citizenship is gauged by the efficiency and worth of the school.
Woodstock has always been noted for the excellent quality of her schools, which is accounted for by the fact that her early settlers were people who, while deprived (many of them) of the advantages of a good schooling, nevertheless realized its value and determined that their children should not be deprived of those advantages.
One of the first schools taught in the little village was in the year 1846, the court house serving as the school room, and the teacher, who was David Richardson, paid $2 per month for the rent of the house. He was at one time the professor of mathematics in Norwich university, Vt. and when last heard from was a resident of Clinton, in this state.
The first school house in Woodstock was built in 1847 on the site of the present building. It was not long used ere it was found too small and was enlarged to meet the demands of the village's growth.
When it had been decided in 1866 to build the present school house this original building was sold, and part of it is now used as a blachsmith shop by Canute Lee on the John Donnelly property opposite the rear of the court house.
According to the records now in the possession of F. W. Street, clerk of the board of education, the first meeting of the first board of directors of which we have any record was held In the office of Neill Donnelly, Sept. 5, 1859, at which meeting they "cast lots" in order to fix the time for each director to serve, which resulted in Asa W. Smith being elected for three years, M. W. Hunt for two years and Neill Donnelly for one year, whereupon the directors proceeded to organize and elect a chairman and clerk of the board, with the following result: M. W. Hunt, chairman: Asa W. Smith, clerk.
In September of the same year J. B. Jones, of Evanston, was hired as principal, and Misses E. A. Mack. —- Bur lingame, Carrie Diggens and Sarah Jewett as assistants. In November Miss Diggins resigned and Miss Lucy Whitlock was hired in her place.
The corps of teachers for 1860 was Gilman Chase, principal; Misses Griffith, Belle Stewart and Frances Waite, assistants.
In 1861 G. M. Cole was principal, and the teachers were Misses Sarah Walker, Lucy Whitlock, Emma Allen — Bite and Frank Waite.
The corps of instructors for 1862-3 was: J. A. Parish, principal; assistants, Mrs. L. M. Brown and Misses Belle Stewart, Sarah Walker and Lucy Whitlock.
In 1863-4 the principal was J. A. Parish and there is no record as to his assistants.
In August, 1865, the school election resulted in Gilbert Dake and Tbeo. D Murphey being elected as the new members of the board of directors, Mr. Murphey being president and E. E. Thomas clerk.
The board levied a 3 per cent tax on all taxable property in the district for the purpose of erecting a new school building.
J. Thorpe was hired for principal and Misses P. Freeman, Anna Noble and Maria Stark assistants.
In February, 1866, the first orders drawn for the stone used in the foundation of the new building were in favor of A. W. Smith and A. J. Murphy.
In March, 1866, Dake & Thomas were paid $300 for plans and specifications for the new building, and in July of that year the contract was awarded to J. C. Boutelle and L. Francisco for the laying of the foundations.
The corps of teachers for this year were: H. D. Nottingham, principal: Misses Anna Noble, Maria Stark and H. G. Correy. assistants, school being held in whatever empty rooms could he found in the village.
In January, 1867, a notice was published in The Sentinel, asking for bids for the erection of the school house. There were nine bids received, and the contract was awarded to W. F. Buskirk A Co., their bid being the last and lowest, for $30,000.
At the annual election in August Ira Slocum and James B. Church were elected new members of the board.
On Dec. 2, 1867, school was opened in the new building, with J. A. Badger as principal and the following named teachers: Anna Hill, Sarah Owens, Miss Haywood, Miss F. E. Shaver and Miss Correy.
The teachers in 1868 were: J. A. Badger, principal; Anna Hill, Miss Correy, Miss Shaver, Sarah Owens and Anna Gates, assistants.
Corps of teachers in 1869: J. A. Badger, principal; Misses Dow, Shaver,Owens, Gates, Hill and Hayward.
Corps in 1870: C. C. Miller, principal; Misses C. G. Haynor, E. L. Quirk, Anna Scott, Lou Haynor, Anna Russell, Cora Thomas, Lizzie Moore; janitor Daniel Weaver.
In 1871: A. W. Young, principal; Miss Maryott, Miss Quirk, Eunice Ayer, Adele Fuller, Anna Russell, H. S. Barrows, Lizzie Moore; janitor, A. Hanaford.
The new members of the board elected in 1871 were James Northrop and A. S. Stewart.
In accordance with the legislative act of Feb. 3, 1872, which went into effect in July of that year, said act providing that in all school districts having a population of not less than 2000 inhabitants ami not governed by any special act in relation to the free schools then in force, there should he elected, instead of directors, a board of education consisting of six members, and the census showing the population of District No. 4 to be 2118, an election was ordered and the following named persons received a majority of the votes and were elected: John S. Wheat, John J. Murphy. M. D. Hoy, Rudolph Diesel, George K. Bunker and Edwin E. Thomas. John S. Wheat was chosen president and John J. Murphy clerk.
On April 12. 1873. soft maples were set out on the east, west and south sides of the school lot and elms on the north side. Since 1872 the following named teachers have served the district, many of the names being of blessed memory with hundreds of people who studied under their direction:
SUPERINTENDENTS.
Albert W. Young 72-3. L. S. Knight 73-4, W. L. Klein 74-7. Silas Wood 77-8. Warren Wilkie 78-9. Albert E. Bourne 79-81. J. B. Estee 81-2. C. R. Buchanan 82-3. A. C. Harris 83-4. S. B. Hursh 84-8. John N. Kelly 88-91. John K. Kellogg 91-4. *Ira Eskew 94. L. B. Easton 94-6. *G. W. Conn 95. C. W. Hart 96 (present incumbent).
TEACHERS.
Ella Ouirk 72-4. A. A. Smith 72-5. Mary Schofield 72-5. Eunice Ayer 72-3. Lucy Jewett 72-3. H. C. Barrows 72-3. Lizzie Moore 72-3. Alice Schryver 72-6. Jennie Lemmers 72-80. J. F. Woiceshky 72-3. Ella Wilbur 73-4. Alice Bakeslee 72-3, 77-88, 91-6. Lizzie E. Johnson 73-6.
Anna Crosby 73-9. Anna Vandebogart 73-5. *Miss Gay 74. Mattie M. Paddock 74-6. *Miss Strode 74. Alice Sessions 74-5. *Miss Stark. 74. Florence Sessions 74-5. *Felix B. Tait 74. J. E. Hannahs 75-6. G. Bliss 75-6. Olive W. Owen 75-7. Alice Eckert 75-6. Jennie E. Haynor 76-8. Mary Thomas 76-7. Lettie Cummins 76-84. Nellie Watson 76-7. Josephine K. Sondericker 76-83. Lou Haynor 76-7. E, L. Hibbard 77-8. Mrs. Cora Dickinson 77-80. Jacob Kolb (German) 78. Annie Granger 78-80. Agnes Taylor 79-80. Mary McManus 79-80. Kittie Watrous 79-80. Nora Pierce 80-1. Mattie Ormsby 80-1. Phoebe Pratt 80-1. Mattie McLaren, 80-4. Anna Donnelly, 80-5. Jennie Schryver 80-91. Mrs. F. B. Ehle 81-91. Mrs. O. H. Gillmore 81-3. Kate E. Fuller 82-3. Lida Shallenberger 83-4. Anna Wilkinson, 83-5. Margaret Donnelly 83-91. Lucette Wilkinson 84-5. Nellie Glennon 84 90. Myra Foote 85-6. Alma Young 84-5. Calla Field 84-6. Gertrude Murphy 85-8. Ella Rowe 85-7. Edith M. Kingman 86-91. Lizzie Crosby 86-90. M. Belle Kimball 87-91. Winifred Allen 88-90. Mildred Young 88-00. Maggie Nugent 90-3. Mamie Bayrd 90-2. Emma Frey 90-8. 99 (present incumbent). Ada Parsons 91-2, 96-7. *Nellie Pope 91.
Annie K Meigs 91-5. *Nettie Haines 91-2. Maria Carr 91-2. *Irene Kull 91-2. *Clara Hall 92-3. *Mary Heath 92-3. *Irene Kroll 92. Mary Harrington 92-3. Charlotte Renich 92-01. Mary McNair 93-5. *Alice McDowell 93-4. Rose Miller 93-4. Bertha Stratton 93-4. Alice McKenna 94-7. Lauey McDowell 94-00. Dora Besley 94-5. Grace Stevens 94-5. Myrta Freeman 94-5. Mary A. Richards 95-7. *Mrs L. B. Easton 95-6. Cora Fillmore 95-8. Jane Stanford 95 (present incumbent). Matte B. Maxon 96-8. Etta F. Beach 97-8. Anna M. Andrus 97-8. *Miss Sutphen 97. Maggie Guth 97-8. Retta Peet 98-9. *Emma Sirrine 98-9. Lucille Hinman 98-9. Sybil Hendricks 98 (present incumbent). Lelah Shearer 98-9. Dora Delamere 98-9. *Jennie Hall 98-9. Grace Francisco 99 (present incumbent). *Jennie Hulce 99-00. Emma Eickhoff 99 (present incumbent). Mary Richardson 99-01. Hannah Carr 99-00. *Alice B. Dacy 99-00. *Isabel Bartlett 99-00. *Belle Rosencranz 99-00. *S. E. Barrett 99-00. Laura Orr 00 (present incumbent). Edna Francisco 00-01. Nellie Johonnott 00 (present incumbent). Hattie Ladd 00 (present incumbent). Mrs. A. F. Swett 00 (present incumbent.) Mary Rushton 01 (present incumbent). Katharyn Sweeney 01 (present incumbent). Lilla Ladd 01 (present incumbent).
Those marked with a (*) served only part of a school year. The first graduating exercises and [Continued on twelfth page.]


FINE CITY BUILDING. Costing About $30,000, Dedicated In 1890.
Home of Fire Department, Library, Council and Magistrate--Second Story an Elegant Opera House.
In the year 1888 the idea entered the heads of the city fathers that Woodstock had reached a sufficient degree of importance to entitle her to a city building that would be a credit to the taxpayers and a delight to the eye. They had become tired of meeting in an attic, so to speak, and the fire department, the public library and other city property needed better shelter, so on June 1, 1888, the records show, Alderman W. W. Cook made a motion that the city purchase the John Bunker lot at the corner of Dean street and the public square, which had remained vacant since the fire of 1871, on which to erect a suitable building for city purposes. This motion met with opposition, the council voting to a tie on the question, and Mayor Joslyn, who was in the chair, voting in the affirmative, and the lot was purchased for $2,000, the order being drawn and the deed secured on July 6 of the same year. On Sept. 10 of that year the council met and considered plans for a city building that had been submitted by Smith Hoag, an Elgin architect, and they were accepted after making a few alterations. On Jan. 4, 1899, the council voted to purchase brick for the city building from the McHenry Brick Company. On April 26 of that year the council ordered the public property committee to proceed to the construction of he building, said committee consisting of Aldermen Jewett, Diesel and Donovan. At this time the original plans of the building were discarded and new plans ordered that would result in better accommodations for the fire department than if the original plans were carried out. On May 3 the committee was given full power to secure the new plans and
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STATE BANK OF WOODSTOCK (Photo)
RESIDENCE OF MAYOR EMILUS C. JEWETT (Photo 310 W. Jackson).
RESIDENCE OF ELMER E. BAGLEY (Photo)
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION: (Photos: Frank W. Streets, clerk; Mrs. Orson H. Gillmore; John D. Donovan; Emil Arnold, president; Fremont Hoy; George Burger; Frank M. Bunker)
RESIDENCE OF JOHN D. DONOVAN (Photo 229 N. Tryon)
RESIDENCE OF ERASTUS E. RICHARDS (Photo 325 W. Jackson)
KENDALL BLOCK (Photo 112 Cass)
RESIDENCE OF JOHN M. MULLEN (Photo: 314 W. Judd)
RESIDENCE AND MILLINERY PARLORS OF THE MISSES DONNELLY (Photo: west side of square, demolished for post office)

THE WOODSTOCK SENTINEL Thursday, December 19, 1901. page 10
THE PARAMOUNT IDEA
at the Hoy Drug Store is the one of quality, whether it be in the matter of Drugs and Chemicals, or Paint and Oils. It is a fact that the "recollection of quality remains long after the price has been forgotten." It is also a fact that most people prefer a good article at a fair price to a poor one at a cheap price. Our store is stocked with goods that were purchased with this idea of superior quality in view and were bought in such quantities that we have obtained the lowest price for the best article. This is the reason that we are many times enabled to offer a superior article at a lesser price than others are asking for a poorer one. This is more often true in our Paint Department than in the others.
SPECIALTIES
We manufacture a line of specialties which have found considerable favor with our patrons. Among them we mention the following-Seasonable Articles
Hoy's Cough Cure has attained a wide circle of friends in this community, and since we introduced it some years ago has gradually increased until last winter, when we made and sold a barrel of this mixture. The sales this winter, from present indications, bid fair to be the largest in its history. It relieves instantly and cures quickly, and does not make you feel worse by making the stomach sick. It positively contains no opium, morphine or other narcotic. Your money back if vou are not satistied. PRICES—25c, 50c, $1.00.
Hoy's Laxative Cold Cure for the cure of Cold-in-the Head and La Grippe. This remedy is quite popular and we are supplying an increasing demand. It usually cures a cold in a day. It is put up in tablet form—24 doses, 25c-by mail anywhere on receipt of price. It is guaranteed.
Hoy's Cold Cream and Skin Food
At night, before retiring, wash the face, neck and arms with a pure vegetable soap (Palmer's Palm Oil Soap is the best) and hot water. Then put a little of the Cream on the finger tips and massage into the skin. Continue this for ten to fifteen minutes, gently but firmly. This practice persevered in will banish blackheads, pimples, freckles and dead and oily substances from the skin. By this means you assist the circulation beneath the skin, so that it is properly nurtured and tissue building becomes healthy, resulting in a clear skin and a fresh and fair complexion.
PRICE 25c and 40c. Call, telephone, send messenger or write for it.
Rubber Goods
It is so hard to procure a really first-class article in Rubber Goods that we have had made especially for us a Hot Water Bag and a Fountain Syringe, which we have named The Perfection. These goods are made of pure gums and contain not one ounce of old rubber in their composition. They are guaranteed for one year. The Perfection Water Bag is
made in slate and red rubber in the following sizes and prices: Slate 2-qt. bottles $1.00; 3-qt. bottles 1.15; 4-qt. bottles 1.25. Red 2-qt. bottles $1.25; 4 qt. bottles 1.40. We have them also as low as 50c.
The Perfection Fountain Syringe, rapid flow, in slate only, at the following prices: 1-qt. $1.25; 3-qt. 1.50. Bulb syringes 50c to 1.25. Other fountain syringes 35c to $2.25.
Our general rubber stock is carefully selected and includes all articles usually found in such stocks—nipples, breast pumps, suspensories, rubber tubing, nursing bottles, and all styles of syringes.
Hoy's Derma Cream is a splendid article for chapped hands and face. Apply it at night, and in the morning the chaps will have vanished and the soreness be gone. It is the best protection against the roughening effects of cold winds and raw weather. Can be applied before going out. Is not sticky or greasy: gloves can be worn immediately after using. 25c.
Our Prescription Department When there is illness in your home and the critical period approaches, you find yourself wondering if the medicine is really the best that can be had—so much depends on the medicine. The physician's prescription at all times receives our most earnest and thoughtful care, and no effort is spared to maintain the highest exactness in this work, combined with the greatest practical promptness of service.
In the selection of our chemicals, as well as sundries, we exercise the utmost care to buy not what is cheapest, but what is best, and to high quality and purity we sacrifice every other consideration. We, therefore, buy Merck's chemicals, a brand which is the recognized standard of quality and purity.. Our pharmaceuticals come from E. R. Squibb's Sons. Park. Davis & Co. and Jno. Wyeth & Brother, who are renowned manufacturers of galenicals of high grade. Tinctures and extracts of our manufacture are assayed where practicable, and made to conform to the standard laid down by the U. S. Pharmacopea.
Our TOOls, TOO, are the best that can be had — a delicate scale, sensitive to one one-hundredth of a grain, measures accurate to the minimum, as well as the utensils for filtering, sifting, heating and mixing, so that each prescription may have its proper treatment. When the prescription is filled, the container is neatly labelled and sealed, so that the most delicate patient may not be offended. A dirty, sloppy or unsightly package many times prejudices the patient against the medicine.
Books and Stationery
In this stock may be found at all times the latest fiction. Illustrated gift books 15 to 50c; leather editions of the poets, 75c to 52.50; boys' and girls' story books, 15c to $1.25. School books for schools hereabouts. Child's picture books, teachers' bibles and albums.
STATIONERY
Box Paper 10 to 50c a box. Tablets 5 to 25c. Writing Paper 5 to 20c a quire. Envelopes, 5 to 15c a bunch.
PAINT DEPARTMENT
Into our Paint Department we have also carried this idea of quality. Lead, Oil, Fresco Colors and Minerals must be pure and come up to certain requirements. We take especial pride in the quality and achievement-- of the brand of Mixed Paint known as the B. P. S. PAINT which is manufactured by the Patterson-Sargent Co. of Chicago, Cleveland and New York, of which we carry a complete line. We have handled this Paint for three years, and have sold over four thousand gallons. The increasing sales of the products of this house demonstrate the fact that the paint is giving entire satisfaction.
What Will It Do? It will spread more freely, look better, go farther and wear longer than any hand-mixed lead or so-called 'cheap paint. A thin coat of paint looks and wears better than a thick coat. The thinner paint is applied, the better, so long as it covers. B. P. S. is so perfectly mixed and finely ground that it can be rubbed out more and spread on thinner than any hand-mixed lead or 'cheap' paint. B. P. S. will cover 300 square feet or more to the gallon, two coats; and the cost of paint for one square yard of the average surface is 4 1/2 to 5 cents. This means a satisfactory job and economy in every way economy in time, economy in labor, economy in material, economy in temper.
A drop of B. P. S. Paint with a diameter of 1-16 of an inch magnified and photographed. Note the fineness of grain and absence of crystals in the lead due to fine grinding, showin the superiority of paint mixed by machinery.
Guaranty. B. P. S. Paint is made of Old Dutch White Lead, the best grade of zinc White. Old Process Cold Pressed Linseed-Oil, aged, settled and ripened in our own tanks (new oil is not fit to use), a little drier, the necessary coloring pigments, and contains no adulteration whatever. Signed PATTERSON-SARGENT CO. Meshoppon, Pa. The Patterson-Sargent Co., Cleveland)
Gentlemen: This is to certify that I am a practical painter, and have made a test of the Patterson-Sargent Co.'s B. P. S. Outside Gloss White Paint, and hand-mixed strictly pure white lead and oil. The load was mixed to the proportion of 4 gallons of oil to 1000 pounds of lead. We used one pint of each. The lead and oil Paint spread 48 1/4 square feet and the B. P. S. Paint 70 square feet. The body of the two paints was about even as far as the covering qualities were concerned. The B. P. S. is the best paint I ever used, and is whiter than the hand-mixed lead. Yours truly, A. J. Love, Painter.
County of Wyoming. State of Pennsylvania Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, this 13th day of March. A. D. 1901.
One of the Proofs. New York, March 28, 1898. Capt. James M. Miller
Commander Brooklyn Navy Yard. Sir: The yellow paint submitted to the Bureau of Yards and Docks for test by the Patterson-Sargent Co.. 42 Hudson St., New York, and referred by you on the 1st inst. has been analyzed wfth the following results: The pigment contains
It is found to contain
White Lead.... 54.4 per cent
Linseed Oil 40 per cent;
Ochre calculated 9.6 per cent
Pigment.....50 per cent
White Zinc.....35.0 per cent
Very respectfully. Walter H. Kent, Chemist.
A drop of hand-mixed lead and oil paint with a diameter of l.16 of an inch magnified 630 times and photographed. Note the coarse grain and the crystals of lead, showing the impossibility of mixing paint properly by hand.
We Handle also of This Firm's Manufacture;
The B. P. S. Gloss Carriage Paint Quarts, 74 cents; pints 45 cents: half-pints 25 cents. The B. P. S. Wagon Paint Quarts 60 cents; pints 35 cents.
The B. P. H. Veranda Floor Paints Quarts 50 cents; half-gallons 90 cents; gallons $1.79. The B. P. S. Interior Floor Paint Quarts 40 cents; half-gallons 75 cents; gallons $1.50. The B. P. S. Shingle Stains 55 to 90 cents per gallon.
The The Nisoron Varnishes are made of selected gum copal, and contain no rosin, benzine or any adulteration whatever. We guarantee them to be just as represented, and recommend them for their unexcelled uniformity, easy-working properties, brilliancy of finish, durability and economy. These varnishes do not scratch or mar white and will stand live steam or boiling water without injury. Price from $2.25 to 6.00 per-gal.
The following houses whose pictures appear in this issue were painted with the Best Paint Sold and finished in the interior with the Nisoron Varnishes and Filler: L. T. Hoy, Dr. F. C. Page, F. B. Bennett, C.T. Barnes, George F. Eckert, B. E. Bagley, V. S. Lumley, Frank R. Jackman, J. J. Stafford, Ben. Stupfel, F. W. Buell, George Burger, L. J. Young, D. T. Smiley,
J. I). Donovan John McGee
L. T. HOY.
WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS

Thursday, December 19, 1901. THE WOODSTOCK SENTINEL 11
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
In Which the People Serve God and Improve Their Morale.
Nearly all the Leading Denominations Represented in Woodstock with Thrifty Societies.
A good index of the character of the people who compose a community is found in the support they give to institutions for instruction in the things of God. The better these institutions are supported, as a general thing, the higher the character of the people. This being true, surely the inference can be correctly drawn that the people of Woodstock are of high moral character, and this fact should appeal to all who are looking for an ideal place of residence and a worthy place for the rearing of their families. The religious advantages of a community are not less important than the educational, and Woodstock is admirably equipped in both respects.
The purpose of this article is to give, as briefly as may be, a history of the houses of worship of Woodstock and their various subordinate societies, with the names of their present officers.

BAPTIST
This society was organized here May 12, 1847, in the old court house in the park, Elder Adams officiating. Starting with about twenty members, the meetings were first held in a hall over what is now the drug store of A. S. Wright. The following year the society erected a house of worship on Jefferson street, but as they went heavily in debt, the building was later sold to the Methodists, who, when their present church was erected in 1871, sold to the Universalists, now unorganized. The church was for some time used as an armory and a skating rink, and went up in smoke in the fire of 1893. The present Baptist church was erected in 1866, being located at the corner of Jackson and Throop streets. It is a frame structure with a seating capacity of about 250, with prayer rooms in the rear, and cost about $7,000. It has been vastly improved in recent years. The pastors who have served the Church are named as follows, in the order of their service: Elder Adams, Joel Wheeler, S. M. Brown, E. F. Gurney, G. W. Gates, S. Washington, Nathaniel Colver. A. G. Hubbard, W. H. Haigh, J. N. Carman, Horace Burchard, H. L. Stetson, James Cox, D. S. McEwan, William Ostler, Levi Parmely, George P. Wright. John A. McCaw, C. C. Markham, Stephen P. Morris (who resigned a few weeks ago), and the pulpit is at present being supplied by E. S. Moon, a student at a theological seminary in Chicago.
Of late years, owing to deaths add removals, the society has been small in membership and unable to properly support a pastor, but the time was when it was one of the strongest organizations in the city, with a large membership and wielding a powerful influence for good.
The church has a well-conducted Sunday-school, a Young People's society and a Ladies' Aid society, the officers of which are:
LADIES' AID SOCIETY.
President Mrs. Cal. Dennis.
Vice-President Mrs. Weeden G. Conklin.
Secretary Mrs. Louis Johnson.
Treasurer Mrs. C L. Woodard.
SUNDAY-SCHOOL
Superintendent—Mabel Hanaford.
Secretary—Frances McEwan.
Treasurer—H. L. Watson. (Died last Friday.)
V. P. S.C.E.
President-Miss Ethel Austin.
Vice-President Miss Esther HErlugSON
Treasurer—Miss Ida Hanaford.
Secretary— Miss Grace Woodard.
Organist—Miss Edythe Austin.

CATHOLIC.
St. Mary's church was organized here about the year 1854, by Father McMahon, who died of yellow fever in the South five years later. Previous to this time the Catholics of the community worshipped in Hartland.
The society's house of worship, which is one of the three brick churches in the city, was erected in 1856 at a cost of 14,000, with a seating capacity of 250. In 1881 it was enlarged and improved, its seating capacity increased to 400, and its cost advanced to about $12,030.
Many of the most prominent and influential families in the city worship at this shrine, and they are noted for their generosity and good citizenship.
The priests of St. Mary's have been as follows: Hugh T. Brady 52-5: Bernard O'Hara 55-8; James Meagher. 59-60, associated with Rev Hempstead; Terrence Fitzsimmons 60-7; J. M. Ryan part of 68; P. M. Reardon assisted by Peter Sheedy and Rev. Egan 68-9; T. Quigley part of 69; L. Lightner 69-70; Lawrence Dunn 70-l; John Carroll 71-7; Thomas F. Lydon, the most-popular pastor St. Mary's ever had 77-85; James F. Clancy 85-90. The present priest is Father Quinn, a good-natured and courteous gentleman.
The church maintains a Sacred Heart and an Altar society and a largely attended Sunday-school.

CONGREGATIONAL
This society was organized Oct 24, 1865, many of its original members having withdrawn from the Presbyterian church. Its first meetings were held in Phoenix hall, but in 1866, a house of worship was erected at the corner of Dean and South streets, it being dedicated in December of that year. The church, with the annex erected later, will seat 450 people. There are also commodious parlors connected with the structure, and but a few years ago a beautiful parsonage was erected just east of the church edifice. This is the only church in the city that is surrounded by white cement sidewalks, which were laid the past summer.
The church is equipped with a beautiful Peloubet reed-pipe organ, the gift of Mrs. Mary R. Joslyn, and is elegantly furnished and carpeted.
The pastors who have served the church are named as follows, with their terms of service: J. J. A. T. Dixon Oct. 24, 1865 to Oct. 31, 1867; J. R. Danforth Jan. 1, 1868. to Sept. 15, 1868; A. L. Riggs Jan. 1, 1869 to April 1, 1870; A. P. Johnson April 1, 1870 to Nov. 10, 1872; L. V. Price. Jan. 1, 1873 to Nov. 7, 1874; T. C. Northcolt. May 1. 1875. to Jan. 1. 1878; A. M. Stevens April 1, 1878 to Jan. 1, 1879; A. J. Buell, Feb. 23, 1879, to May 12, 1879; E. J. Alden June 22, 1879 to Dec. 28, 1880; J. D. Wells May 1, 1881 to May 1 1883; W. A. Evans June 3, 1883 to Aug. 31, 1884; E. B. Boggess September 1884 to March 14, 1888; I. N. Adrian July 22, 1888 to Sept. 1, 1890; H. B. Long Oct. 22, 1890 to Sept. 1, 1893; C. E. Enlow November, 1893 to Aug. 1, 1894; W. R. Gaylord Sept. 1, 1894 to Aug. 1. 1896; R. B. Guild December, 1896, to May 1, 1900; J. W. Moore Oct. 21, 1900 (present pastor). The present officers are:
Pastor J. W. Moore.
Clerk C. B. Wright.
Treasurer A. K. Bunker.
Custodian of Poor Fund Mrs. M. Sherman.
Trustees L. H. S. Barrows, A. S. Wright, J. C. Choate.
Deacons L. H. S. Barrows, John Finch.
Ushers E. E. Mead, Fred A. Copeland, John M. Hoy.
Organist Miss Bessie Murphey.
Janitor Henry Burdick,
The church has an efficient Christian Endeavor society, a Ladies' Aid society, a large Sunday-school and several other societies, the officers of which are as follows:
SUNDAY-SCHOOL.Superintendent Mrs. W. F. Mumford.
Assistant Superintendent L. H. S. Barrows.
Secretary and Treasurer Miss Stella Sherman.
Superintendent Primary Department Miss Grace Smith.
LADIES AID SOCIETY. President Mrs. C. L. Reichmuth. Vice-President Mrs. R. C. Wright. Secretary and Treasurer- Mrs. J. Richards.
MISSIONARY UNION. Vice-President Mrs. J. C. Choate. Secretary and Treasurer Mrs. E. E. Mead.
FRIENDS IN COUNCIL President Mrs. W. V. Hopf.
Vice-President Mrs. J. S. Jones.
Secretary and Treasurer Mrs. E. S. Sprague.
V. P. S. C. E.
President—Miss O. S. Morris.
Vice-President Mrs. W. F. Mumford.
Secretary and Treasurer Miss Grace Smith.
Corresponding Secretary Katherine Floyd.
Organist Miss Bessie Murphey. Assistant Organist Miss Rolla Andrews.
Superintendent Junior Work Mrs. J. W. Moore.

FREE METHODIST.
This society was organized here about the year 1887, although most of its members had worshipped in the little church at Pleasant Valley, about four miles south of here. For many years its first meetings were held at the Orphans' Home and at the homes of members. In the year 1893 a small brick church was erected at the corner of Jefferson and Dietz streets, modest in appearance, but cosy and comfortable, and dedicated free of debt. For several years the pastor was John Harvey, who also served two other charges. He was succeeded by Charles B. Wetherell who, after a few years of service withdrew from the church and became a member of the Methodist Episcopal conference. The present pastor is Rev. Wilkinson, who succeeded Rev. Willing. The church has a good Sunday-school.

EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN ST. JOHN'S
This congregation was organized in Woodstock by Rev. Carl Schmidt in 1874. They had no house of worship until 1891, when they purchased the original Baptist church, which was destroyed by fire in 1893. Previous to 1891 they worshipped in the lecture room of the M. E. church. where they were served principally by Rev. H G. Schmidt. After the fire they used the German Presbyterian church On Washington street until they had completed their beautiful brick church, corner of Jefferson and Calhoun streets. In December, 1894, H. Engelbrecht became their pastor and served them for a couple of years, being succeeded by H. Dannenfeldt, who after several years of service, resigned the past summer and moved away. The church membership is 50.
The officers of the church are: President Joachim Westman. Secretary Fred G. Schuett. Treasurer-Fred J. Schroeder. Deacons - John F. Schroeder, Robert Gaulke.
Trustees—John Kindt, August Gahlbeck and Henry Brotterman. Collector—William Schernan.
SINGING SOCIETY. The church also maintains a singing society with twenty members, whose officers are:
President Fred G. Schuett. Secretary Mrs. F. Beth. Treasurer Mrs. W. Holtz. Director Frank Beth. Organist Anna Mavis.

GERMAN PRESBYTERIAN.
This church is an offshoot of the old church on Queen Anne prairie, which has been in existence since 1853. In 1881 a church edifice was erected on Washington street, in this city, Rev Jacob Kolb being pastor at that time. The society was reorganized in 1883, many of the members withdrawing and returning to the Queen Anne church. It is not, in reality, a Presbyterian church, as it is not connected with the synod, but many of the younger members were reared in the First Presbyterian church. Regular Sunday services are held every two weeks. Rev. E. Benzing of Chicago serving the congregation, and he is generally present to officiate at the funerals of members. Mrs. Kate Renich was for some time superintendent of the Sunday-school.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
This society was organized here about 1850 by Rev. Morehouse. Meetings were held for several years in the old Excelsior and Phoenix halls, and in 1862 they purchased the Baptist church mentioned elsewhere in this article, which they used until 1871 when the present house of worship, the largest and most commodious in the city, was erected. In the basement are commodious parlors, dining rooms and kitchen, nicely adapted for the social gatherings of the church. A couple of years ago the church was equipped with a beautiful pipe organ, the only one in the city, while a piano in the parlors furnishes music for class meetings and the minor organizations of the church. About three years ago the society erected a beautiful parsonage adjoining the church at a cost of about $3,000. Both church and parsonage are located on South street at the south end of Throop street. The first record of the church in the possession of the present pastor dates back to 1847, the quarterly conference of that year having authorized D. Fellows to purchase a recording secretary's book. The history reports several changes in name, according to its relation to other towns or appointments. The present official name is Methodist Episcopal Church of Woodstock. The membership is 204. Some of the pastors who have served the church are named as follows: Samuel Richardson (local elder). C. Lazenby. J. W. Agard. L. K. Davis. W. C. Willing. Edmund Cook. H. L. Martin. M. B. Cleveland. L. L. Belden. G. L. Stuff. C. Brookings. Rev. Guyer. Edwin Brown. Joseph Hartwell. Rev. Burlingame. D. W. Lynn. Rev. Lyon. W. A. Smith. W. A. Cross. S. T. Show. M.H.Triggs. E. M. Boring. J. Hartman. A. Newton. S. Earngey. John Adam. G. K. Hoover. M. H. Plumb. Henry Lea. J. J. Walter. Frank R. McNamer, and the present pastor, N. A. Sunderlin, who recently entered upon his seventh year of service, thus probably outstripping any other M. E. pastor in the state in length of service. The present trustees of the church are: P. B. Still. George Burger. A. Still. Thomas Charles. George F. Rushton. J. V. Egelston, Charles S. Northrup. Wm. S. McConnell. A. Dwight Osborn. The stewards of the church are: W. C. Eichelberger. E. C. Burger, Burr Robbins, W. T. Wheeler. John McBroom. Adam Westerman, A. A. Boynton, E. W. Ercanbrack, Mrs. C. S. Northrop, Mrs. A. B. McConnell, Mrs. Frances Kirk, Mildred Young, and Mrs. J. D. Cronk.
Class leaders: A. Still. A. A. Boynton. J. Edw. Ercanbrack. Charles Williams.
The church has a thriving Epworth League, a Baraca Bible class, a Philathea class, a Ladies' Aid society and a large Sunday-school, the officers of which are as follows:
EPWORTH LEAGUE: President MrS E. C. Burger. 1st Vice-President J. D. Cronk. 2nd Vice-President Jean Burger. 3rd Vice-President Mrs W. H. Shipton. 4th Vice-President Mrs. G. E. Still. Secretary Jessie Richardson. Treasurer Will. D. Wheeler.
LADIES' AID: President Mrs. H. J. Dygert. Recording Secretary Mrs. A. B. McConnell. Treasurer Mrs J. V. Egelston.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY: President Mrs. A. B. McConnell. Recording Secretary Carrie Rushton. Corresponding Secretary Cornelia Taylor. Treasurer Mrs. Luta Barnes.
SUNDAY-SCHOOL: Superintendent P. B. Still. Assistant Superintendent Mrs. J. D. Cronk. Secretary Mildred Still. Librarian E. E. Greenley. Treasurer James Northrop. Chorister Adam Westerman. Organist Jean Burger.

PRESBYTERIAN.
The First Presbyterian church was organized Feb. 23, 1846, by Rev. J. B. Plumstead. The first services were held in the little church on Church street, which was moved to Queen Anne prairie when the erection of the brick church on the same site was begun. This house of worship was used until 1882 when, on account of the noise of passing trains and the difficulty of reaching it on account of the railroad, the church officials purchased a lot at the corner of Tryon and Calhoun streets where the present modern edifice was erected and dedicated to worship on Christmas day, 1882, being dedicated free of debt. Recently an addition has been built to accommodate the Y. P. S. C. E, and the growing needs of the Sunday-school, and also to provide a kitchen and dining-room for the social affairs of the society.
Rev. Richard K. Todd served the church from the time of its organization until 1860. He was followed by Revs. Blood and Thomas as "stated supplies," their ministry continuing until the fall of 1865, when Rev. S. C. Hay, who was pursuing a post-graduate course at the McCormick Theological seminary, was invited to supply the pulpit for the winter. During the interim which followed the church was ministered to by Rev. Todd and theological students from Chicago until Rev. T. Carter Kirkwood assumed the pastorate in January, 1869, continuing in charge of the church until the spring of 1870. Rev. Charles Ryder followed as supply for a time. Again during the interim which followed Rev. Todd gratuitously supplied the pulpit until a call was made out for another pastor. Rev. Hay was called as the next pastor and entered upon his duties in August, 1870, serving the church until August, 1874. The next pastor was Rev. J. Emory Fisher, whose ministry continued about two years. Rev. John D. McLean supplied the pulpit during the winter of 1877 while a student at McCormick Theological seminary, and after graduating at that institution, was installed as the pastor of the church, serving in this capacity between five and six years, and it was during his ministry that the present church edifice was erected. Rev. Hay resumed work as pastor of the church for the second time in May, 1883, and has served continuously up to the present time. The elders of the church are: William J. McDowell and Thomas Lindsay. Trustees Dr. J. W. Primm, Prof. Noble Hill and William J. McDowell. Ushers O. G. Mead and Elmer A. Gregory. Janitor Minor Lockwood.
SUNDAY SCHOOL: Superintendent P. B. Anderson. Assistant Superintendent Ada L. Parsons. Secretary Elmer A. Gregory. Assistant Secretary Lester Griffing. Treasurer Mary J. Hurd. Librarian Minnie Schaaf. Assistant Librarian Edith Murphy. Organist Mary Shearer.
V. P. S. C. E.: President Ada L. Parsons. Vice-President Mrs. P. B. Anderson. Corresponding Secretary Emma McDowell. Recording Secretary O. G. Mead. Treasurer Ella Avery. Ushers Elmer Gibson and Lester Griffing.
NICKEL TURNERS: President Amanda Renich. Vice-President Bertha Walters. Secretary Cora Anderson. Treasurer Edith Murphy. Organist Mary Shearer.
TOWNSHIP SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION This organization has been in existence and has held conventions for many years. Its officers, chosen from the various churches of the township, are as follows: President J. Edw. Ercanbrack. Secretary and Treasurer Elmer A. Gregory. Superintendent Primary Department Mrs. Etta Fosdick. Superintendent Normal Department B. R. Morse. Superintendent Home Department Miss Bessie Anderson.

W. C. T. U.
While not a church organization, this society's work is of such a purely moral and religious character, although absolutely non-sectarian, that it is deserving of mention in this connection. The first organization of the W. C. T. U. in this city was perfected more than twenty years ago and it has steadily grown in membership and usefulness up to the present time. Regular semi-monthly meetings are held, and all lines of W. C. T. U work are prosecuted with rigor and intelligence. Its membership embraces the representative motherhood of the city. Its present officers are:
President Mrs. G. E. Burbank.
Vice-President Mrs. C. W. Hart.
Recording Secretary Misa Hattie Taylor.
Corresponding Secretary Mrs. E. V. Anderson.
Treasurer Miss M. Richards.
Press Superintendent- Mrs. M. L. Medlar.

STATE MILITIA.
A Company That Has Long Been the Pride of Woodstock.
For about twenty-five years Woodstock has had a company of state militia Company G, of the Third regiment. It was organised by A. E. Bourne, then principal of the public school, who became its first captain, serving several years. He was succeeded in turn by George Eckert, Charles H. Donnelly and John H. Higgins, the latter of whom resigned in 1913, when the straps were transferred to W. C. Eichelberger, who held the position continuously until a few days ago, when he resigned, George W. Field being elected to fill the vacancy. Company G has always been the pride of the city, and many of our citizens have served in its ranks during greater or lesser periods. It has had some memorable experiences and has always conducted itself with credit to the city and honor to its membership. On Oct. 21, 1892, it was camped four days in the Transportation building at Jackson park, Chicago, and participated in the parade incident to the dedication of the World's Fair. On June 10, 1893, Capt. Higgins was ordered to report with his command at Lemont, the scene of labor troubles along the canal. The company was on duty there six days. On Aug. 21, 1893, they again were ordered to the World's Fair, where they participated in a great military parade. In 1894, during the great railroad strike, Capt. Eichelberger and the company assisted in protecting property and life in Chicago, the duties being arduous and trying. The most exacting service rendered by the company, which tried the metal of its officers and members, was during the war with Spain in 1898. Then they became a part of the volunteer army under command of Gen. Fred Grant, serving in Porto Rico until news of the signing of the protocol was received on that beautiful island just as they were lining up for battle. Preliminary to their going to Porto Rico they were camped for some time at Springfield and also at Chickamauga and their Colonel, Fred Bennitt, of Joliet, gave them credit for being the most soldierly body of men in his command, always quick to obey orders and eager to serve their country and its flag. The going-away and home-coming of the boys were made occasions of general outpouring and rejoicing, and will ever be remembered by those who participated in them. The company has never failed to attend the annual encampments of the regiment, at which its record has always been the best.
For several years the company drilled in the hall in the Kellogg block, later in the church on Jefferson street destroyed by fire in 1893, later in the old brick Presbyterian church, but several years ago the late William B. Austin erected a commodious armory on Calhoun street, a cut of which appears on the fourth page of this issue, which was leased by the state for the use of the company and where drills are now held weekly.
The present officers of the company
are:
Captain George W. Field.
First Lieutenant James Sullivan
Second Lieutenant Canute Lee.


WOODSTOCK'S CHURCHES (Photos)
Catholic
Methodist Episcopal (201 W. South St.)
Congregational (221 Dean St.)
Presbyterian (225 W. Calhoun St.)
Baptist
Free Methodist
German Presbyterian
F. W. BUELL'S WAREHOUSE [photo]
STORE OF JOHN J. STAFFORD.[photo 101 E. Van Buren Street]
H. H. BOSSARD'S WAREHOUSE
W. D. HALL'S LUMBER YARD [photo 200 E. Judd Street]

THE WOODSTOCK SENTINEL.
Thursday, December 19, 1901.

FINE CITY BUILDING [Continued from ninth page]
push the construction of the building as rapidly as possible.
Work was at once begun on the building with S. Hoag and S. Brink as overseers, but on account of the slowness in the arrival of materials, it dragged along at a slow rate. This was during the administration of Mayor Murphy, who on June 18 resigned his office, and the building was completed while Mayor Richards was in the chair, he having been elected on July 12, 1889. On Aug. 2 it was voted to issue City Hall bonds to the amount of $16,000 with which to complete the building, and these, we believe, were the first bonds ever issued by the city. building by day labor, and the first work was done in that manner, but on Aug. 9 the council entered into a contract with S. Hoag for the finishing of the building, the contract price being something over $26,000. On Jan. 25, 1890, it was voted to seat the city building with opera chairs, the motion being made by Alderman Austin. After much arduous labor by the council, and especially the public property committee, the building was completed did accepted, and on Sept. 2, 1890 it was dedicated with an entertainment by Patti Rosa and company, who produced "Margery Daw" before a large audience.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING
The City Hall is constructed of white brick, trimmed with red sandstone and terra cotta and is of beautiful architectural design, as will be seen by the cut on the first page of this issue. The tower, ninety feet in height, with its pretty, artistically arched observatory, surmounted by a flag staff, adds much to the beauty of the structure. The main floor of the building is divided into public library and reading room, magistrate's office and council room on the east side and fire department on the west. In the basement is the calaboose, which is seldom occupied, the steam heating plant and storage room. The second floor is devoted to an opera house now under the management of Lemmers & Jones. This audience room, with the the balcony above, will seat nearly 700 people. It is beautifully decorated, with a steel ceiling and all the essentials for comfort. The stage is wide and deep, equipped with a large amount of scenery and with two curtains that are works of art.

POLITICAL RECORD
County Heavily Republican Since 1856, When it Voted For Fremont.
The political history of McHenry county, especially since 1856, has been a record of continued Republican ascendancy. Not since 1856 has a Democrat held office in this county-that is none has been elected to an office by the suffrage of the voters. In the years preceding 1856 the Democrats were in the-majority and monopolized all of the offices. The first election held in the county was on June 1, 1837, when the total vote was 115. This election was for county officers and was held at the store of Hiram Kennicott near Half-Day on the Desplaines river, now in the county of Lake. The total vote for county officers in 1839 was 368, showing a substantial gain in population over the preceding election. The total vote at the last election was 7408.
The vote at the various presidential elections has been as follows: 1844— Polk (Dem.) 668; Clay (Whig) 488; - 74.
1848- Cass (Dem.), 1096; Taylor (Whig) 660; Van Buren (Free Soil), 1.
1852-Pierce (Dem.) 1199; Scott (Whig) 866; Hale (Free Soil) 645.
1856- Fremont (Rep.) 2869; Buchanan (Dem.) 945; Fillmore (Knownothing), 43.
1860 Lincoln (Rep.) 3033: Douglas (Dem.). 1444.
1864 Lincoln (Rep). 2951; McClellan (Dem.) 1188.
1868 Grant (Rep.) 3296; Seymour (Dem.) 1380.
1872-Grant (Rep.) 2895; Greeley (Liberal) 1080; O'Connor ( Dem.), 21.
1876-Hayes (Rep.) 3465; Tilden (Dem.) 1874: Cooper (Greenback) 34.
1880-Garfield (Rep.) 3516; Hancock(Dem.) 1799; Weaver (Greenback) 194.
1884 - Blaine (Rep.), 3697; Cleveland (Dem.) 2070; St. John (Pro.) 145.
1888-Harrison (Rep.) 3563; Cleveland (Dem.). 2002; Fisk (Pro.) 322.
1892-Harrison (Rep.) 3204; Cleveland (Dem.) 2317; Bidwell (Pro.) 262.
1896- McKinley (Rep.) 5047; Bryan (Dem.) 1910; Palmer (Dem.) 48; Levering (Pro.) 102.
1900-McKinley (Rep.) 5218: Bryan (Dem.) 2058; Woolley (Pro.) 132.

THE WOODSTOCK POSTOFFICE
Medium of Information for the People Always Well Conducted.
The Woodstock postoffice was established in 1844, with Alvin Judd as the first postmaster. He resigned in 1845, and Martin Thrall became his successor. Thrall was postmaster three or four years, and was succeeded by Josiah Dwight, who kept the office till 1853. His successors in office have been:
E. D. Austin (Dem.) 53-7.
Dr. O. S. Johnson (Dem.) 57-61.
A. E. Smith (Rep.) 61-6.
O. H. Crandall (Rep.) 66-7.
M. F. Irwin (Rep.) 67-9.
Wm. E. Smith (Rep.) 69-75.
Asa W. Smith (Rep.) 75-9.
G. S. Southworth (Rep.) 79-87.
Joel H. Johnson (Dem.) 87-91.
Simon Brink (Rep.) 91-6.
John A. Dufield (Dem.) 96-00.
Charles F. Renich (Rep.) 00 (present incumbent.)
The office was made a money order office in 1866.

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THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
[Continued from ninth page]
giving of diplomas was in 1878, the graduates being William Sondericker, Levi A. Gardner and Mattie McLaren.
JANITORS.
The school has had but few janitors since its organization, coming, as near as we can get at it, hi the order named: Daniel Weaver, Aaron Hanaford, Alvin Brown (for many years), John J. Donnelly. Charles C. Churchill, the present incumbent, who has served efficiently for many years.
BOARDS OF EDUCATION. The people who have served on the boards of education since 1873, as near as we can get at it from the records and our files, are named as follows:
PRESIDENTS.
John S. Wheat, 73-6.
M. D. Hoy, 76-81.
E. E. Richards, 81-5. 88-9.
G. S. Southworth. 85-8, 85-90.
George H. Hoy, 90-3.
E. V. Anderson, 93-8.
J. W. Primm, 98-00.
Elmer E. Bagley, 00-01.
Emil Arnold, 01 (present incumbent).
CLERKS.
M. D. Hoy 73-6.
John C. Choate, 76-80.
John A. Parrish, 80-8-2.
A. L. Salisbury, 82-7.
George H. Hoy, 87-9.
Emilus C. Jewett, 89-92.
Mrs. Clara Allen, 92-4.
Elmer E. Bagley, 94-8.
Frank W. Streets, 98-(present incumbent).
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
Part of the time the president of the board was elected by members, but for several years he has been elected every year by the voters. The men and women who have served on the board, in addition to the presidents and clerks mentioned, are named as follows:
John S. Wheat, 73-6, 81-6.
George K. Bunker, 73-6.
John J. Murphy, 73-82.
Rudolph Diesel, 73-79.
M. D. Hoy, 73-81.
Edwin B. Thomas, 73-5.
A. S. Stewart, 74-5.
Benjamin N. Smith, 75-9.
A. R. Murphey, 75-6.
DeWift C. Green, 76-80.
John A. Parish, 79-82 (deceased).
Erastus K. Richards, 79-88.
Alex. I. Salisbury, 80-7.
Gardner S. Southworth, 80-9,
Henry Herman, 81-99.
Edward A. Murphy, 82-7.
Thomas McD. Richards, 86-90.
George H. Hoy, 87-90.
Orson H. Gillmore, 87-91.
Gervase Blakeslee, 88-91.
John D. Donovan, 88-97, 99. (present incumbent).
Emilus C. Jewett, 89-93.
Frank M. Bunker, 90 (present incumbent).
Alois Dreyer, 93-98 (deceased).
Mrs. Clara Allen, 92-4 (resigned).
Elmer E. Bagley,94-98
Fremont Hoy, 95 (present incumbent).
Mrs. O. H. Gillmore, 97 (present incumbent).
Frank W. Streets. 98 (present incumbent).
George Burger, 99 (present incumbent).


Boots, Shoes and Slippers for Christmas.
You will buy many things for Christmas and give them to various people. Try this year to make your spending wise. Buy for people what they really need. Buy what will do them good. What are the best things to buy? Perhaps the answers are as numerous as your friends and relatives. The best things to buy, or, at least, one of the best, are Boots, Shoes and Slippers. They protect the feet and the health. If you give a person of small means good stout Shoes, instead of a necktie, you are wise. The best are found at the store of
H. A. STONE,
EXCLUSIVE SHOE DEALER
Woodstock, Illinois

Medlar's Studio WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS.
One-Half Block South of City Hall.
If You Have Neglected to sit for Photos for the Holidays, call and see me anyway, and let me take your negative, and I can turn the work out expeditiously and in the highest style of the art.
Landscape and View Work executed with the must approved apparatus. Many of the views of residences in this issue are from my lens, and you can judge of their quality yourselves. I make a study of my business and aim to adopt the newest improved methods as fast as they appear. A call will convince you that no better work is done anywhere than here.
One-Half Block South of City Hall
WOODSTOCK. ILLINOIS.

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FRED B. BENNETT
JACKMAN & BENNETT
Attorneys-at-Law and Agents for
M'Henry County Farms
WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS
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FOR SALE ON REASONABLE TERMS.
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BUY OR SELL
your farm don't fail to write, phone or see us at once, as we can save you money.
CALL ON OR ADDRESS
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WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS
PHONE, WOODSTOCK, No. 55. HOY BLOCK

RESIDENCE OF ATTORNEY FRANK R. JACKMAN (photo).
RESIDENCE OF GEORGE ECKERT (photo)
RESIDENCE OF GEORGE F. ECKERT (photo 334 S. Jefferson)
RESICENCE OF LEANDER J. YOUNG (photo 327 S. Jefferson)

Thursday, December 19, 1901.
THE WOODSTOCK SENTINEL
Page 13
THE OLIVER TYPEWRITER BAND.
AN EXCELLENT BAND Connected with the Oliver Type writer Factory.
Composed of Skillful Musicians Who Find Diversion From Their Labors In This Way.
Woodstock has had many cornet bands during her half-century of existence. Some of the earlier ones were conducted by E. E. Richards, Corydon Richards, A. N. Soper, E. E. Mead and other well-known musicians. One of the latest bands deserving of mention was the Spring City band, organized in 1885, which continued in existence almost until the organization of our present excellent baud.Another band, called the Little Cyclone, was organized in 1893, but had only a brief, though eventful, life.
The Oliver Typewriter band, which gets its name from the factory in which most of its members are employed, was organized on Mar. 27, 1896, by Burr Robbins who acted as its conductor for several years. He was succeeded by John L. Carroll, the present conductor, who has brought the organization to such a state of perfection that it is now recognised as one of the finest musical organizations in Northern Illinois and the Northwest.
The Oliver Typewriter band, a cut of which appears at the head of this page, gives free weekly concerts in the park during the summer season, which attract large crowds of people and win the applause and approbation of all. This band participated in the parade at the Grand Army encampment in Chicago a year ago, where it received the compliments of the throngs that lined the streets and was pronounced the equal of many of the bands that came from much larger cities. Recently the personnel of the band has been strengthened by the addition of several new members, namely: Charles Collins (baritone), from Syracuse, N. Y.; Bruce Lowry (cornet), from Indianapolis, Ind.; L. E. Hinds, of Hampshire, Ill., who played with Hecker's band at the Pan-American exposition; A. H. Osborn (bass), formerly with C. G. Conn's celebrated band, of Elkhart, Ind.
The band includes among its members some excellent soloists, notably; C. M. Curtis (cornet), Howard Brubaker (slide trombone), C. V. Sherman (flute and piccolo).
The present membership of the band is as follows: -
C. V. Sherman, flute.
P. K. Aldrich, piccolo.
Harry Brubaker, oboe.
E. E. Mead, clarinet.
R. H. Aldrich, clarinet.
L. E. Hinds, clarinet.
Ben B. Cronk, clarinet.
David Lonie, clarinet.
Luther Allen, clarinet.
Ole Simonsen, clarinet.
L. F. Sherman, horn.
Charles Doll, horn.
Bennett Edmonds, horn.
H. H. Bosshard. horn.
C. M. Curtiss, cornet.
F. D. Wynkoop, cornet.
Earl Ward, cornet.
Bruce Lowry, cornet.
B. H. Robbins, cornet.
W. C. Besley, cornet.
Howard Brubaker, trombone.
W. II. Sherman, trombone.
Fred Luehring, trombone.
Charles Collins, baritone.
B. C. Young, baritone.
A. H. Osborn, bass. E. A. Rogers, bass.
R. Hoeller, drum.
C. E. Jones, drum.
The officers of the organization are:
President -John Whitworth.
Manager C. E. Jones.
Director John L. Carroll.
Assistant Director C. M. Curtiss.
Secretary B. C. Young.
Treasurer W. H. Sherman.
Librarian E. E. Mead.
Manager of Properties E.A.Senger.
Much of the success of the organization, aside from the efficiency of the leader, is due to Manager C. E. Jones, who is recognized as one of the best men in that capacity in the country. The band is beautifully uniformed, and is generous in the giving of its services on public occasions. Its members are all sober, industrious and skillful workmen, and it is deserving of the good opinions of the public that it so freely receives.
Its rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings in the city council rooms, the use of which are donated for that purpose by the city authorities.

CITIES OF THE DEAD.
Beautiful burying-grounds Faithfully Cared For and Improved.
Previous to the year 1859 the village burying-ground was located on the land now occupied by the residence of Mrs. Mary Avery, on South street. In May of that year the village hoard appointed a committee of three to act with an additional six from the general public to select a new site for a cemetery, and this committee selected the present grounds, at the west end of Jackson street, which were originally purchased for $1,000, and the bodies in the old cemetery were moved thereto. The new cemetery was allowed to remain without a great amount of care until 1885, when the Woodstock Cemetery association was organized, with the following named as the first directors: John S. Wheat, A. Bourne, George Eckert, E. E. Thomas, A. R. Murphey, G. S. Southworth, Geo. L. Sherwood, R. Diesel and D. Crumb.
The board held its first meeting at the Waverly House on Tuesday, Aug. 11. 1885, and organized by electing John S. Wheat president, Andrew Bourne vice-president, E. E. Thomas secretary and A. R. Murphey treasurer.
The association at once took charge of the cemetery and began work for its improvement and beautification. Twice since then the board has made additions to the grounds, city water has been supplied for keeping the grass and graves and flowers green, and just recently, through the efforts of a ladies' auxiliary society, a beautiful iron fence has been erected on the street line.
The board employs a sexton for the care of the cemetery during the summer months, who acts under the direction of a superintendent appointed by the board, said sexton the past few years being J. W. Mathey, who has done faithful and efficient work, looking after the interests of lot-owners, as well as of the association, with zealous and conscientious care. Since the organization of the association the following named persons have acted in official capacities in connection with the same:
PRESIDENTS.
John S. Wheat 85-6.
Andrew Bourne 86-94,96-01,(deceased).
E. E. Thomas 94-6.
G. K. Bunker 01 (present incumbent).
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
Andrew Bourne 85-6.
George Eckert 86-7.
G. S. Southworth 87-9.
George K. Bunker 89-91, 96-01.
E. V. Anderson 01 (present incumbent).
SECRETARIES.
Edwin E. Thomas 85-94.
E. E. Stone 94-6.
C. A. Lemmers 96 (present incumbent).
TREASURERS.
A. R. Murphey 85 (present incumbent).
SUPERINTENDENTS.
Andrew Bourne 86-9.
George Eckert 89-90, 96-8,00 (present incumbent).
Robert Forrest 64-6.
Some of the time there has been no superintendent appointed, but the work has been overseen by the president or a committee appointed for that purpose.
DIRECTORS.
Anderson R. Murphey 85 (present incumbent).
George Eckert, 85 (present incumbent).
Andrew F. McGhee 85-9.
John S. Wheat 85-6 (deceased).
Andrew Bourne 88-01 (deceased).
George L. Sherwood 85-01.
Alexander L. Salisbury 85-7 (deceased).
Gardner S. Southworth 85-91.
Edwin E. Thomas 85-91.
Rudolph Diesel 86-96.
Darwin Crumb 87-8.
Mark Hickox 88-97 (deceased).
George K. Bunker 89 (present incumbent).
Robert Forrest 91-00.
Fremont Hoy 96-9, 00 (present incumbent).
C. A. Lemmers 96 (present incumbent).
Ira Slocum 96-00.
Fred Eppel 99 (present incumbent).
E. V. Anderson 00 (present incumbent).
D. T. Smiley 01 (present incumbent).
Thomas McBroom 01 (present incumbent).
The Catholic cemetery (Calvary) is located opposite Oakland cemetery. It is in charge of the higher authorities of the church and the local priest, and is kept in fine condition, a new iron fence of artistic design having been recently received and erected.


NORTHWESTERN RABBITRY.
Institution Where Belgian Hares and English Cavies Are Bred.
An institution from which Woodstock is gaining considerable prominence abroad is the Northwestern rabbitry, the property of Mrs. Edith Kingman Poyer, a lady of marked intellectuality, who is the pioneer in the raising of Belgian hares for the market and in the propagation of English cavies as pets for the household. Mrs. Poyer, whose institution is managed by her brother, C. F. Kingman, has built up an institution, from modest beginnings, that is the largest of its kind in the United Slates. It is located at the east end of East Washington street, the building being a frame structure of fine proportions, in which are located 270 cages, most of which are at all times filled with the finest Belgian bares and cavies that can be found in America, the supply being frequently reinforced with additions imported directly from England, and from these importations are bred the animals that are shipped to various parts of the country and that win prizes at every public show at which they are exhibited.
The star animal in Mrs. Poyer's rabbitry is "Fiery Fox," for which the owner has refused an offer of $2,000. His progeny are prize-winners and bring prices that would be considered fabulous were it not for Ihe renown achieved by this institution and its output.
"The Belgian hare is a beautiful creature of grace, shapeliness, and color, With an average weight of between eight and nine pounds, he is never clumsy. His long, slender body, arched back, erect head and handsome [unknown] ears [unknown] delicately with black, his bold bright eyes mark him as a creature of thoroughbred and aristocratic lineage. His handsome coat of rufus red, with wavy ticking of black, belongs to no other animal. It is his exclusive and kingly right. What other domestic creature has made himself so popular as to have his qualities named for royal personages? Yet if one wishes to see the color of the hair of one of the Williams of England, called 'Rufus the Red,' let him visit a herd of thoroughbred Belgian hares, and in their handsome, glossy coats
note the reproduction of the crowning glory of one of the English kings as named by loyal and admiring subjects."
The above paragraph is the language of Mrs. Poyer herself, and one who visits her rabbitry in this city and gazes upon its kingly occupants can not blame her for the poetry of her expression or the ardor with which she enters upon her subject.
The Belgian hare is destined to take the place of several other well-known articles of meat diet, for its nutritiousness cannot be gainsaid. Chicken, so popular with invalids, contains only 50 per cent of nutriment, compared with the hare, which yields 83 per cent. Beef, from which extract is prepared for our sick ones, contains 55 per cent., mutton 65 per cent., and pork 75 of net nutriment. From this it will be seen that the Belgian hare leads all domestic animals in nutriment-giving qualities, and why should not such an animal gain favor with the general public?
It is but three or four years since Ihe Northwestern rabbitry was established, and the record it has made and the favor that it has gained in all parts of the country is bound to result in great profit for its originator and be productive of a large increase in the raising of these animals throughout the country.

VALUE OF FARMS INCREASING

Farm lands surrounding Woodstock are valuable property, the prices ranging from $50 to $l00 per acre, although a fine farm at Hebron, twelve miles north of here, recently sold at $115 per acre and one at Harvard, about the same distance away, for $105 per acre. The Rockford Register-Gazette, in a recent issue, commenting on the value of farm lands, said that "two causes are operating to enhance the value of farm lands in Illinois and the West generally. One is the cheapening of money. Farm loans are chasing the farmer and asking for the privilege of investing in his securities at 4 1/2 per cent. If the current productiveness simply keeps pace with the old figures, this means that the net output represents a higher total in the capitalization. A farm that can net $1,000 a year over the cost of management is productive financially on $20,000 or more at present rates of farm interest; where it corresponded to only half that sum when interest was 10 per cent., the common rate prior to the return to specie payments. Stable currency has tended to make money abundant and the rate for loans cheap.
"But the productiveness has not remained merely stationary. The advance in American agriculture made by the diligent investigations of the agricultural colleges and the agricultural experiment stat ions, supplemented by the work of the institutes in diffusing the practical results, has cut off wastes, as in the eradication of the losses from smut; has weeded out slip-shod methods, and turned attention to the more profitable handling of the farm. The agricultural interest is thus more thrifty than twenty-five years ago. Hence the value of farm property in general is inherently greater than formerly. "In Northern Illinois some of the lands best situated are advancing to the $100 mark. In Central Illinois it is said that prices of lands are in sight of $150 an acre. The tendency seems to be general. The lower-priced lands of neighboring states are coming into market and being put in more productive condition. These business facts are of moment, for they touch all other classes of business activity. "One factor of not so general application as the above is the building of interurban and rural electric lines. In one section of the Rock river region, along a line on which not a rail has been laid nor even the first sod turned, although the project is well advanced in the first stages, lands have advanced $20 an acre in the past eight months. This is a factor that will have great effect in the coming ten years. In the general rise of farm land, it is only a local factor, but it is much the most significant for changes Covering a short period of time.
McHenry county has some of the finest farming lands that the sun shines upon, which can be bought at prices that will make them profitable for investors, particulars concerning which can be obtained by addressing our advertisers.

BRUBAKER'S ORCHESTRA (photo)
Howard J. Brubaker, one of the members of the Oliver Typewriter band, who had five years' previous experience in orchestra work at Freeport, organised Brubaker's orchestra here in 1899. He plays for
dances and social parties, furnishing as many pieces as desired, and has found his orchestra in great demand.
_
MANUFACTURE OF BEER.
About the year 1858 a brewery was established in Woodstock, and it was conducted for many years by Henry Herman and Frederick Arnold and Jacob Zimmer under several firm names, but in 1887 articles of incorporation were secured from the secretary of state, the authorized capital stock being $100,000 and the name of the company the Woodstock Brewing and Bottling Co., with Jacob Zimmer as president, Henry Herman vice-president and general manager and Emil Arnold secretary and treasurer. Mr. Herman has been with the establishment practically since the beginning of its operation. The elder Arnold died a number of years ago. Mr. Zimmer withdrew several years ago to take the local agency for the Jung Brewing Co., and about a year ago Emil Arnold withdrew and established himself in other business, his brother Albert W. taking his place and assisting Mr. Herman in his labors. Mr. Herman has always been a highly respected citizen, serving on the board of education for many years and being foremost in every effort for the advancement of the city. The plant of the Brewing and Bottling Co. is located at the very northwestern corner of the city. Its buildings are large and well-equipped, and the company is doing a large business. Although several times destroyed, or partially destroyed by fire, it was always rebuilt, and each time on a more elaborate scale, the managers being men of great energy and marked ability. From a small plant making six to eight barrels of beer per day it has grown until its capacity is now more than 150 barrels per day, and the past year it shipped large quantities to Milwaukee, thus practically "carrying coal to Newcastle." The Company manufactures its own malt, and warrants its product to be strictly pure. It received the blue ribbon at the State Fair at Springfield in 1897 for the purity and healthfulness of its beer.
The plant is equipped with a 15-ton ice machine, which keeps its cellars and storeroom at an even temperature, summer and winter, and all of its machinery and apparatus is of the latest improved pattern. A bottling establishment is conducted in connection with the main plant, where mineral and soda waters, ginger ale, etc. of high quality are bottled. The company a number of years ago constructed an artificial lake fed from pure springs, from which the water is conducted a long distance, and from this lake and Dufield's lake, a short ways east of the city limits, the city is supplied with ice at reasonable terms, during the summer season. The brewery in all its departments, gives employment to a large number of men and is in a very prosperous Condition.

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THE OLIVER TYPEWRITER BAND (photo)
BRUBAKER'S ORCHESTRA (photo)
RESIDENCE OF LUMAN T. HOY (photo)
RESIDENCE OF COUNTY SURVEYOR C. H. TRYON (photo)
HENRY HERMAN (photo)
RESIDENCE OF HENRY A. STONE (photo 793 Wheeler St.)
RESIDENCE OF MRS. W. B. AUSTIN (photo 401 W. Jackson St.)
PLANT OF THE WOODSTOCK BREWING AND BOTTLING CO. (photo Washington St.)
RESIDENCE OF S. E. CUNNINGHAM

THE WOODSTOCK SENTINEL
Thursday, December 19, 1901,page 14
CHOATE'S COMMENT.
J. C. Choate'a Carpet and Rug Department.
CARPET DEPARTMENT.
ORIENTAL RUGS, An unusually large stock of Indian, Persian, Turkish, Etc. Every Rug will be offered at a Special Price at this sale.
NO ONE has to hesitate where to go for desirable Gifts this year. It seems as though we had enough to supply the country and cities. Come and see. Bring the children and get a Souvenir to remember the occasion by.
THE CHRISTMAS spirit of fun and frolic seems to be in the air. Young and old, rich and poor, seem to be full of it. Unalloyed pleasure seems to pervade the occasion. We are prepared to assist. We have been preparing a long time for this occasion. It is for your advantage. Come early and take the opportunity offered you.
J. C. Choate's Lace Curtain Department.
LACE CURTAIN DEPARTMENT.
Nottingham Irish Point
Brussels Net Lace Curtains
Window Shades.
DRESS GOODS.
Special assortment of Imported Dress Goods and Trimmings for this occasion.
CLOAK DEPARTMENT—Prices will be cut to make the garments go. We give the people the chance now, while you need them. It is for you to command, and we will do the rest, and in time for Christmas.
January Butterick Fashions.
"The Delineator" for January is Ready, Full of Style News.
Butterick Fashions are the freshest and latest. A great help to dressmakers and home workers who have aptitude in fashioning their own clothes.
The Christmas number of "The Delineator" Is replete with information pertaining to dressmaking, embroidery, millinery and kindred subjects, and is copiously illustrated with cuts and plates, some in colors, besides love stories and the like.
"The Delineator" is 15 cents a copy. We have Butterick patterns and all the Butterick publications.
Auto Coats-The entire tendency of Coats this season is to Auto. Three-quarter and Long Effects. We have the ever-reliable Butterick patterns covering all popular coat styles. The January patterns have just been received. The January Delineator is beautiful. For sale at the Pattern Counter, 15 cents. Serpentine Skirts Skirts that cling closely around the knees, and flare below, are the characteristic skirts of this season's wear. Patterns for all the latest styles in skirts are kept in stock by us. January patterns are now in stock.
Cloaks, Skirts, Waists
Special Holiday Sale. Money Saving Sale. We have a large Stock that must go. Prices no object. Everything at a price that you can afford. Automobiles, reduced from $30.00 to $20.00, beautifully made, lined with silk or satin, in black or fancy colors. Finest of Cloths, in tans, blacks, browns, castor and pearl grey. The fashionable green Oxfords, in any length wanted. Storm or Coat Collars. Now is the time to buy these goods before the assortment is broken. The prices never can be any lower than now. Take your discounts now. To give all a benefit for the Holiday Season, we have gone through our Cloak Department and marked down $15.00 Cloaks to $12.50, $12.50 Cloaks to $10.00, $10.00 Cloaks to $7.75, and so on through the whole stock. This will give a chance for a cloak, and money enough left to buy toys and make mother comfortable and the children happy. We have a good stock now, but a few days of lively trading that we expect this inducement will cause would soon reduce our stock.
GOODS
To Choate'S for Your Gifts ! Many years we have been doing this, and have never disappointed a customer within our power to please. late comers will be accommodated. We expect to furnish anything needed from the city up to Christmas Eve and will deliver to your houses, so you can surprise the dear ones on Christmas morning. Give us your business. You can rely upon us.
Flannel Waists. Choice of many excellent styles of French Flannel Waists, with tucked yokes: silk embroidered, appliqued Norfolk Waists, worth up to $5.00 Now $3.75.
Silk Waists. Colored Taffeta Silk Waists. Handsome new effects, all colors, including black. Worth up to $8.00. The price now $5.00. Black Peau de Soie Waists, beautifully embroidered and tucked. $9.00 value reduced to $6.00.
The first time in our history have such bargains been offered in these goods. We will make your money buy more goods than ever before in this department.
At Choate'S for useful Gifts. Traveling bags, suit cases, club bags, suit cases with shirt folds, and common grip cases, from 2S cents each up to fine goods.
At Choate'S has been Santa Claus' headquarters for many years. His reindeers know the way. They have been here so many times they do not make any mistake. His load is sure to be large, but we give him plenty of room. Welcome children.
Mufflers for men and women. Present Zero weather demands them. Gloves and mittens—the warm kind.
At Choate'S. What a handkerchief selling: This is the place to buy these goods. See what a boy's handkerchief can be for 5 cents. Ladies'pure Irish linen for 20 cents. Worth much more. Initial handkerchiefs, all prices. Handkerchiefs suitable for father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, brother, sister and sweetheart or pillow top.
Christmas Suggestions.
Books. Here you can buy four books for what one will cost at many places. Twenty-five cents each for well bound, gilt top, all standard works. We are informed that no more such books will be published at the price, as the bookmakers are losing money. Five cents will buy a large toy book with illuminated pictures, in colors, and large type, and up to much finer publications. Come here to buy your books.
Lamps, China, Student Lamps, Bohemian Glass, French China, Bowls, Plates. Comb and Brush Trays, Wine Sets. Gold Decorated Fruit Bowls. Card Trays,Fern Dishes, Bon Bon Dishes. Rose bowls. Salad Bowls, Cologne Bottles. Vienna Vases. Unique Vases, Toilet Goods. Manicure Sets. Handkerchief and Glove Boxes.
Holiday Blankets. These goods make very appropriate and useful gifts. All prices, from 48c per pair. Very fine, with beautiful borders.
Bed Comforts. From very cheap to very good. All warm and comfortable for this zero weather.
Thousands of tempting purse-pleasing gifts for all. Men, women and children, come and see the show.
Rich Furs for Christmas Gifts. Bear Boas now so stylish. A fad in the city richly dressed ladies appearing on swell occasions wearing them. We have a stock of various garments for women and children.
Winter Gloves. Sale of fur-lined for men. Kid and wool for ladies and children. Golf gloves. Women's street gloves. Mittens for extreme cold.
Ribbons. We are anxious about our big stock, and are making special inducements to purchasers.
Fancy neckwear, chiffon boas none so popular, fur boas, scarfs, collarettes and muffs. Fur sets for children.
Dolls. Choose from the largest and handsomest Doll stock ever brought to Woodstock. This is the doll center without doubt. All say so when they see it. Prettily dressed dolls by the hundreds. Endless variety in price and design. One cent will buy a Bisque jointed doll with hair. Twenty-five cents will buy a doll with bisque head, handsomely draped in silk. We have the rich imported dolls, as fine and rich as anyone may desire.
A. J. CANNON will assist us during the holiday trade. In making your selection, "Art" will be pleased to assist you. The prices are absolutely the lowest quoted.
Come to the one complete Toy Department in Woodstock. Bring the children, and let them enjoy the big show.
J G CHOATE
TELEPHONE No. 94.
St. Nicholas Almost Here.
Only a few days and Christmas is here. Another rush Is upon us, with the jingling of bells, the tooting of horns and the merry shouts. The mysterious packages, bought at Choate's,and Happy children and the pleased grown-ups. What a happy time is Christmas! And we have a glad hand in all this merriment. We welcome it all. Enjoy every moment of it. We wish we could give you all a peep into our Toy Wonderland by writing on paper, but we cannot. The only way is to come and see. Yesterday a little girl sent us word that she was sick and feared she could not come to see us. We sent her toys, etc. and many fervent wishes for her speedy recovery.


THURSDAY, December 19, 1901.
THE WOODSTOCK SENTINEL.
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A BUSINESS PUBLIC
Whose Superiority Is Unquestioned. Solid, Reliable Firms.
It was the original intention of the writer to dwell quite extensively on the merits of the various business men of Woodstock, including the workers in all lines of endeavor, but we must be pardoned if We seem to slight some that are deserving of more attention than they receive. Sickness has raised havoc with our office force, our job and ad man having been sick since a week ago last Monday and one of our compositors since Monday of this week, and then cold weather came on, making the printing of the edition very difficult work, so that we have been compelled to be ad man, job man, pressman, devil, compositor, insinuation gatherer, localizer, sketch writer and all-around hustler, all at the same time, and the task has been a greater one than we could successfully accomplish and do all departments justice, which accounts for any errors that may appear or any oversights that may occur. We will speak briefly of every business institution in the city, hoping to slight none.
STATE BANK Of WOODSTOCK. The State Bank of Woodstock was chartered in 1889, at the time that the First National bank went into voluntary liquidation. It was capitalized for $25,000, and has steadily increased its business and been a paying investment for its stockholders. At the present time the bank has a surplus fund of $15,000, and a large amount in the undivided profits fund. The bank has resources, according to its October statement, of $280,000.
The bank has a large number of safety deposit boxes, which are leased by the year to those who desire a safe place for their valuable papers. The officers of the bank are:
President E. E. Richards.
Vice-President—W. H. Stewart.
Cashier- E. C. Jewett.
The directors are: E. E. Richards, E. C. Jewett, Geo. K. Bunker, M. L. Joslyn, A. R. Murphey, Geore McConnell, W. H. Stewart, A. K. Bunker, and E. E. Bagley.
The bank occupies its own building at the northwest corner of the public square. Its Chicago depository is First National bank of that city. Irwin Burger assists in the work in the bank.
FARMERS EXCHANGE BANK. This institution was founded a number of years ago, and is located in the Hoy block, north side public square. A general banking business is transacted and its standing is of the highest order. This is a private bank, the firm name being M. D. Hoy & Son, whose portraits appear herewith. The deposits range from $200,000 to $300,000, and its Chicago depository is the Merchants' Loan and Trust Co. The Messers. Hoy are assisted in the bank by Fremont Hoy and William P. Hoy.
THE MCHENRY COUNTY STATE BANK. This institution was organized and began business about the middle of the past October, in the John J. Murphy block, where the First National bank used to be, its capital being $25,000. Its directors are W. C. Eichelberger. J. D. Donovan, J. T. Bower. C. P. Barnes, Geo. L. Murphy. A. J. Olson and M. H. Fitzsimmons. Its officers are: President— Geo. L. Murphy.
First Vice-President and Attorney— C. P. Barnes. Second Vice-President- M. H. Fitzsimmons. Cashier—W. C. Eichelberger. Clerk- Earl Bower. The bank is starting out with a very satisfactory business.
DRUG STORES.
Luman T. Hoy, northeast corner public square, has been in the drug business in this city more than twenty-five years, at first being in partnership with A. R. Murphey. but for more than twenty years he been the sole proprietor of the establishment. He handles a high class of goods. Mr. Hoy, being secretary of the state board of pharmacy, has very little time to give to his business the past two years, but it has been in good hands, as his pharmacist, F. A. Daniels who has had the management of the business, is one of the best men in his line in the state. He is assisted by Tate Barrick, an experienced clerk and Pharmacist.
A. S. Wright has been proprietor of the original red front drug store on the south side for about a quarter of a century, conducting a first-class establishment. He has held various state offices by appointment of governors, being at present a member of the state board of charities. He is assisted in the store by W. F. Glazier, a capable pharmacist and obliging gentleman.
A. R. Murphey, also located on the south side, has been in the drug business here the larger part of his business life. For a number of years be was a partner of L. T. Hoy, but nearly twenty years ago he moved to the south side, stocking a part of E. W. Blossom's jewelry store with drugs and kindred articles, the firm being Murphey & Blossom until the latter gentleman sold his jewelry business to Mr. Murphey and moved to Sterling. Since then Mr. Murphey has handled both lines of business in a skillful manner, having a very fine establishment. He is assisted in his labors by E. S. Sprague, an expert jeweler and repairer and a skillful pharmacist.
E. E. Stone conducts one of the oldest drug stores in the city on the side of the square. He succeeded his father, the late Dr. Geo. F. Stone, and conducts the business alone, having no clerk. He is an experienced pharmacist and a very worthy gentleman. His store has always been noted for the fact that it dispenses no ardent spirits whatever.
All of the drug stores deal quite extensively in paints and painter's supplies.
SAMPLE ROOMS. Woodstock has eight sample rooms, or saloons, where liquid refreshments are supplied, as follows: John MCGee, north side Square. Gustav Behrens, north side square. John J. Sullivan, north side square.
A. B. Cowlin, Main street. Connors & Stone, Main street. Jacob Schwanb, northeast corner public square. James Guest, basement of Arnold block, east side square. Nester & Pfeiffer, east side square.
GRIST MILLS. There are three of these, one conducted by G. W. Frame in the pickle factory building, one by Emil Meyer, in the foundry building, and the other by William Wiley, in the old fire engine house, east end of Judd street.
TIN SHOPS. K. S. McFadden conducts a tin shop in the basement of the Church building, southeast corner public square, he does all kinds of work in his line.
J. H. Earlie has a shop in the Kellog building, opposite the City Hall. Does all the work in his line. There are also tin shops connected with the stores of Whitson Brothers and A. Dwight Osborne in the former of which John Schrocedcr and Gus Wagner operate, and in the latter William Ewing, William Parsons and Chas. Darrell.
BOTTLING works. Peter K. Rose has for years conducted a bottling establishment at his premises on Washington street, where he bottles beer, soda waters and other soft drinks.
DRY GOODS DEALERS.
J. C. Choate, southeast corner of public square, has been in business here continuously since before the war, and there has not been an issue of this paper since that time in which his ad has not appeared. He has four stories packed with goods in numerous lines, and does an extensive business. His lines can be judged from his ad in this issue. He is assisted in the store by his son Frank B., William Dixon and the Misses Amelia Bier, Hannah Evans and Louise Kindt. His store is a very popular trading place.
M. N. Wien, in the Dacy block, corner of Benton and East Washington streets, has been in business here about eight years, handling a general line, as will be seen from his ad. He is a genial and accommodating dealer, and is deserving of the large patronage that is coming his way. He is assisted in the store by Philip Snyder, an experienced salesman, and Miss Alice Senger. Mr. Wien devotes his entire time to his business, and is very successful.
J. G, Hurd, recently successor to M. D. Hoy & Son, in the Hoy block, is an experienced dealer, coming here from Anacortes, Wash., a few weeks ago to take charge of this business, which he purchased. He carries an extensive line of high-class goods and does a cash business.
N. R. Buckley Co. are located in the new Church block, southeast corner of the public square. They carry a general line, and have been in their present location only a couple of years, coming here from Hebron. Their lines are elaborate.
Murphy & Mullen. (John J. Murphy, George L. Murphy and John M. Mullen) are the successors to the business of E. A. Murphy & Co., which existed here for many years, the business having been founded before the war by John J. Murphy, his first location having been the Kennedy building, north side of the square. The firm is at present located in the John J Murphy block, and carries an extensive line. The business is under the management of John M. Mullen, and the clerks in the store are Charles L. Quinlan and George L. Mullen. They also conduct a millinery department, in charge of Miss Josephine Kappler. Their business, which includes groceries and clothing, is both wholesale and retail.
BAKERY.
Millard I. Young settled in this city only a few years ago and opened a bakery in the basement of the Sherman block. His business soon outgrew his headquarters and he moved to Benton street, the side of the new, Waverly block a couple of years ago, where he has one of the finest bakery establishments in the Northwest, employing several experienced bakers. He does a wholesale business, as well as retail, supplying the grocery stores with his bread and pastry, which are justly popular because of their excellency. Mr. Young is doing an increasing business.
BLACKSMITHS.
C. W. Hill has a shop of his own on the south side of the square, adjoining the City Hall on the west. He is a skillful workman and is doing a large business. He is assisted by his son Leon, also a good workman. Mr. Hill is a member of the city council, and chairman of the public property committee, and is diligent in looking after the city's interests.
C. T. Donovan, located in the foundry building on Church street, has followed the business for many years, and is one of the best in his class. He is assisted by T. B. Merwin, a faithful and efficient helper.
Halsey Barnes is located in a shop on Clay street, where he does a large business. He is a good workman.
Canute Lee, in the Donnelly building on Jackson street opposite the court house, does his share of the work in this line and is very successful.
David Floyd, in his own building on Main street, has been in business here for several years, and has a large patronage.
HOTELS.
We have two hotels, both in good condition to serve the public.
The New Hotel Woodstock is located in the John J. Murphy block, occupying nearly all of the second and part of the third and fourth stories. The landlord is S. H. Flint, an experienced boniface, who conducted a hotel at Albany, Wis., for many years. He is assisted by his son-in-law, Frank Woodbury.
The New Waverly House is located on Main street in a building constructed by Marcellus L. Joslyn. Its landlords are A. I. Smith & Son. It occupies part of the first, all of the second and part of the third stories.
GROCERY STORES. B. S. Austin occupies the Kendall block, corner of Main street and public square. He has been a resident of this city since 1872, clerking in the store of J. C. Choate for several years and opening a grocery store in the present location of John McGee's saloon in 1881, moving to his present location in 1883, the building being especially erected for his purposes. He carries a full and fine line. He is assisted in the store by his son Garry and Frank Briggs, and Carl Schuett officiates as a delivery boy.
A. D. & J. A. Kennedy are located in the Joslyn building, east side square, where they have been conducting the business for several years. A. D. Kennedy has been in business in this city for many years, and John A. was for several years a clerk in various establishments here and elsewhere. They handle a well-assorted stock, and also deal in furnishings and footwear, doing a large business. Their clerk is E. C. Kappler, one of the best in the city.
Renich & Hart are located in the Furer building on Benton street. Mr. Rcnich being postmaster, the conduct of the business falls to the lot of S. L. Hart, who has proved himself a very competent man wherever you put him. Their clerk is Albert Schneider, and Edward Hansmann does their delivering.
Mead & Charles (O. G. Mead and W. T. Charles) conduct a grocery in the Sherman block, the business having been established by Weeden G. Conklin, associated with Russell Hyde and later Mr. Mead. They handle reliable goods and treat their customers fairly and courteously. Their clerk is Charles Frey, who also delivers goods to their patrons.
Bunker Brothers, in their own block on the south side of the square, are probably the oldest dealers in this line in the city, having been in their present location since 1871. They also handle shelf hardware and general household supplies. Their clerk is James S. Andrews, who has been with them for many years. They carry an extensive stock, and are noted for the liberality with which they treat their customers.
A. Dwight Osborn, located in the Hoy block, north side square, carries a large stock, and recently inaugurated a cash business which is proving very successful. In addition, Mr. Osborn handles all kinds of hardware, and is doing a large business. He is assisted in the store by Paul Wooster and William Wolliver, and Miss Leta Eckert is cash girl and also waits upon customers during rush hours. Mr. Osborn also does a general plumbing business, which is in charge of J. Edw. Ercanbrack, assisted by William Parsons.
Frank M. Bunker is located in the Joslyn block, east side of square, where he has been for many years. He was formerly in partnership with G. Blakeslee and W. A. Skinner successively, and makes a specialty of fruits and fine crockery. He is assisted by Thomas Weiser as clerk. Mr. Bunker also conducts "The 1900," a cigar and confectionery store on the north side of the square, in charge of Claude Richards.
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18 REASONS WHY You Should Buy Farming Land Located in Southwestern Minnesota — AND- Eastern South Dakota.BECAUSE It is a country of rich and productive soil, a rich black loam and clay sub-soil to retain moisture. Land is cheap, but is increasing in value very fast. Taxes are less than half as much as you are paying. Public schools and all kinds of churches will be found in every community. The climate is very uniform, no extremes of heat or cold. The seasons are regular and there is never a crop failure. There are no swamps in this section, no malaria, no chills and fever. The water is unsurpassed in supply and quality. The country abounds in clear running streams and wells of pure soft water. We raise wheat, corn, oats, barley, flax, all tame grasses, fruits, vegetables, and everything grown in the northwest. There is a market throughout the year for all farm products. Your railroad fare up to $20 allowed on the first payment for land. Team and man to show you land without cost. You can purchase from two to four acres of as good and productive land of us for the price of one acre where you are and produce the same crop. There are more chances for profitable investment of capital than anywhere else in America. No other country offers so many favorable conditions for the profitable raising of horses, mules, cattle, sheep and hogs. You may reach this land at a small cost via the Northwestern railroad. If you are a renter you can own a home for what you now pay rent for in one year. You will find as orderly communities as anywhere in America, consisting of Americans, Germans, Poles. Scandinavians and Bohemians, and you will receive a cordial welcome from the most open-hearted people on earth. You can buy land for one-third down, balance on long term, low-interest. Consider these reasons well, and if you are interested write for further information to LUND'S Land Agency Canby, Minn. FRED L. RENICH Woodstock, Ill. Agent for McHenry County
Only a Few Days More And Then it is Christmas. Not very much time to spare for obtaining the most choice presents for your friends. We have just replenished our stock and added some new goods, and our lines are now at their best for selecting desirable and useful presents, and our low prices are made lower by the special 10 per cent discount on purchases of $1.00 and up. Our fair treatment and good service is now at your disposal and we will be glad to see our old patrons and many new ones making glad purchases from our big line of Men's and Boys' Clothing and Furnishings, Ladies' and Misses' Jackets and Furs, as per items below, and many more to be had at our store for suitable presents:
Gent's Furnishings
Suit, Overcoat or Trousers for your father, brother or son; also Hats, Caps, Mittens, Gloves, Shirts and Sweaters.
Mufflers and Scarfs. 25c to $17.5.
Neckwear, a very fine line, at 25 and 50c.
Hosiery-and Underwear and warm Nightshirts.
Footwear
Footwear—Slippers for gentlemen: warm Shoes and Slippers for ladies, warm Overshoes to fit all—a comfort at this season.
Dry Goods
Our line of Dress Goods; Table Linens, Scarfs, Lace Curtains, Portieres, Blankets and Quilts is no small item.
Handkerchiefs
Handkerchiefs, 1 to 25c. Our first purchase of 75 dozen, which we expected would be all we would want for the Holidays, was only a beginning, for that supply was exhausted ten days before Christmas, and we now have a new and better supply.
Hoping to have the opportunity of extending to you our glad hand and the compliments of the season. I am Respectfully, Chicago Clothier, Dry Goods, Boots & Shoes M.N. WIEN
WHAT SHALL I BUY HIM OR HER? Is the Common Question of the Day. If you want to find it, come to us with your troubles. We have some nice gifts for him and her, too. Look them over. Here Are Some for Her: Some Fancy Crockery, one of those Collarettes or Boas, one of those fancy Flannel or Silk Waists, a fine Dress Skirt, underskirt, Cape or Jacket, some fine Table Linen or a Toilet set, a nice Tie, a pair of Gloves or Mittens, a Muffler or a pair of Slippers. Handkerchiefs for all. Come and see us, N. R. BUCKLEY CO.
EMIL ARNOLD Real Estate, Insurance, Collections WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. NOW IS THE TIME TO LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH ME if you want to sell. I have customers that want to buy farms from 80 acres up to 400, and I will find you a purchaser. So do not wait, but list your property now when you have a chance to sell. Prices were never better in McHenry County than today. There is No Better Investment Than a Farm in McHenry County. I have the largest list of City Property. Can sell you a home from $800.00 to $8,000.00 upon terms that will suit the purchaser. If you are in the market and want to Buy or Sell a Farm or City Property, you will find that it will be to your interest to call and see me. EMIL ARNOLD, Telephone 134, Woodstock, Illinois.
E. E. RICHARDS (photo)
E. C. JEWETT (photo)
INTERIOR VIEW OF NORTHWESTERN RABBITRY (photo)
M. D. HOY (photo)
GEORGE H. HOY (photo)
O. G. MEAD (photo)
W. T. CHARLES (photo)
GEORGE K BUNKER (photo)
A. K. BUNKER (photo)
VIEW OF PART OF EAST SIDE
SQUARE, SHOWING CORNER OF PARK (photo)

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THE WOODSTOCK SENTINEL. Thursday, December 19, 1901.
D. F. QUINLAN The McHenry County Real Estate Broker,
Handling more Real Estate than any ten institutions in Northern Illinois.
Offers the following pieces of Property to the public until sold:
7 acres, vacant, near Brewery, Woodstock, III........... $2,200.00
5 acres, good house and barn, within four blocks of public square, Woodstock. Ill..... 2,000.00
5 acres, within three blocks of public square........... 2,250.00
15 acres, good house and barn, Woodstock, III—.........._2750.00
10 acres, vacant, within city-limits, Woodstock. Ill..... 1,000.00
50 acres, Dunham Township, all level black soil, fair improvements, per acre 45.00
80 acres, Dunham township, unimproved, per acre..20.00
80 acres, Dunham township, fair improvements, per acre.............. 35.00
80 acres. Dunham tp., unimproved, per acre 18.00 80 acres.
Terra Cotta, per acre........ 70.00
83 acres in Hartland, per acre.......... 70.00
98 acres in Hartland Township, per acre 55.00
120 acres west of Woodstock, 2 1/5 miles, well improved, per acre............ 65.00
500 acres, near Union, per acre..........50.00
4 acres, well improved, Nunda,Ill..$1,400.00
14 acres, west of Brewery, vacant. Woodstock, III....... 1,400.00
40 acres, well improved, east of Nunda.Ill............... 1,850.00
40 acres, fairly well improved, east of Nunda. Ill......... 1,800.00
40 acres, west of Woodstock .1,850.00
69 acres, south of Woodstock, per acre................ 65.00
110 acres, south of Woodstock, well improved, per acre...................$ 70.00
Two farms of 120 acres each, near Slocum Lake, per acre.............. 68.00
120 acres southeast of Harvard, fairly well improved, per acre ............... 39.00
160 acres south of Woodstock, 130 acres under plow, balance meadow and pasture, good improvements, per acre. .. 50.00
168 acres, between Woodstock and Crystal Lake, good improvements, per acre. 60.00
160 acres at the head of Crystal Lake, fair improvements, per acre............ 52.50
160 acres south of Hebron, good improvements, per acre...................$ 75.00
180 acres, 3 1/2 miles north of Woodstock, good improvements, per acre ....... 65.00
160 acres, well improved, Hartland Township, per acre..................... 50.00
200 acres, four miles southeast of Harvard, good improvements, per acre........ 50.00
160 acres on Queen Anne Prairie, per acre 70.00
120 acres in Frankinville, per acre....... 95.00
106 acres, near Union, per acre.......... 65.00
240 acres, near Union, per acre.......... 65.00
320 acres, near Union, per acre.......... 65.00
320 acres, near Harvard, per acre....... 70.00
240 acres, near Lawrence, per acre...... 80.00
180 acres in Greenwood Township, per acre 65.00
280 acres in Dunham, per acre.......... 55.00
240 acres, near Hebron, per acre..... 70.00
240 acres, near Algonquin, per acre...... 65.00
323 acres, south of Woodstock, per acre . 65.00
440 acres, 3 1/2 miles north of Woodstock, well improved, black soil, per acre . .. 36.00
120 acres, 2 1/2 miles east of Woodstock, per acre.......................... 32.50
98 acres, Lawrence, 2 1/2 miles from town per acre.......................... 55.00
THIS isa Partial List of the four hundred farms we have listed, scattering them around the country in different sizes and prices, so as to be able to please nearly any one. The people like to List their property with a man who can Sell it, and that accounts for the size of our List, as we have made more actual Sales in the past twelve months than all the real estate men in the county combined, and therefore do not have to rob you when we make a sale, as we are doing something all the time.
We have Houses and Lots in every town and city in the county. Can fix you out with the money to buy any of the property Listed on long time at 5 per cent. No sale, no expense. And in no case do the buyers have any expense for liveries, meals or anything of this kind. We have hotel rates and our own rigs. We have spent six years in building up the business, and are in shape to wait on the public. We rent farms and handle property for non residents, loan money, write insurance, furnish employment, find homes for children from the Children's Home of Chicago. Largest office force in county. COME AND SEE US. Telephone 63. D. F. QUINLAN, WOODSTOCK, ILL.

LEGAL.
Administrator's Notice. Estate of Abram V. Adriance, deceased. The undersigned having been appointed administratrix of the estate of Abram V. Adriance, deceased, late of the county of McHenry and the state of Illinoins, hereby gives nitice that she will appear before the county court of McHenry county, at the court house in Woodstock at the February term, on the first Monday in February next at which time all persons having claims against said estate are notified and requested to attend for the purpose of having the same adjucated All persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned. Dated this 30th day of November, A. D. 1901. Mercia V. Adriance, Administratirx. *2361

Proposals for Purchase of City Bonds. Notice is hereby given by the city council of the city of Woodstock, Ill., through its finance committee that said city council will meet at the council rooms in the city of Woodstock on Friday, Dec. 29, 1901, at 8 o'clock p.m. , for the purpose of receiving bids for thirteen electric light coupon bonds of $500 each, dated Jan. 2, 1902,bearing four per cent. semi-annual interest, payable as follows: Four bonds July 1, 1907, four bonds July 1, 1908, and five bonds July 1, 1909, bonds and interest payable at the office of the city treasurer in the city of Woodstock, Illinois. the right to reject any and all bids is hereby reserved. A. Dwight Osborn, Ben. Stuppel, A. J. Cannon, Finance Committee, Woodstock, Ill., Dec. 12, 1901. 2362

Arthur J. Mullen, Solicitor. STATE OF ILLINOIS, McHenry County, Circuit court of McHenry county, January term, A.D. 1902. C. W. Weaver vs. the unknown heirs or devisees of Nathaniel C. Dodge alias Nathan C. Dodge, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Aaron Gibbs, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Edgar B. Camp, deceased, Charles E. Thompson, Mary O. Thompson, William Lewis, Clayton Goodsell, Eva Smith, Julia A. Peavey, individually and as administratrix of the estate of Asher W. Goodsell, deceased, and the unknown owners of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section fifteen and the west half of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-two, all in township number firty-five north. of range number five, east of the Third principal meridian, situated in McHenry county, Illinois, defendants above named, having been filed in the office of the clerk of said circuit court of McHenry county, notice is hereby given to the said defendants, that the complainant filed his bill of complaint in said court on the chancery side thereof on the 11th day of Dec., A.D. 1901, and that a summons thereupon issued out of said court against said defendants, returnable on the thirteenth day of January, A.D. 1902, as is by law required. Now, therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, shall personally be and appear before the said circuit court of McHenry county on the first day of the next term thereof, to be holden at the court house in the city of Woodstock, in said county, on the 13th day of January, A.D. 1902, and plead, answer answer or demur to the said complaintant's bill of complaint, the same and the matters and things therin charged and stated will be taken as confessed, and a decree entered against you according to the prayer of said bill. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at my office in Woodstock, this 11th day of December, A.D. 1901. G. B. RICHARDS, Clerk. A. J. Mullen, Complaintant's Solicitor. Dec. 11, A.D. 1901. 2362

Arthur J. Mullen, Solicitor. STATE OF ILLINOIS, McHenry County, Circuit court of McHenry county, January term, A.D. 1902. Archibald T. Montgomery vs. the unknown heirs and devisees of John Bracken, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Joshua Brooks, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Edmund P. Stevers, alias Edward P. Stevers, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of John Barrett, deceased, Margaret Barrett, Henry Mentzer, Charles Donnelly, Lucinda Dacy, Elizabeth Murphy, Mary J. Slavin, Julia Glennon, Niell Donnelly, George Donnelly and Lizzie Montgomery -- in Chancery. AFFIDAVIT of the unknown heirs and devisees of John Bracken, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Joshua Brooks, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Edmund P. Stevers, alias Edward P. Stevers, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of John Barrett, deceased, and Margaret Barrett, defendents above named, having been filed in the office of the clerk of said circuit court of McHenry county, notice is hereby given to the said defendants, that the complainant filed his bill of complaint in said court on the chancery side thereof on the 11th day of Dec., A.D. 1901, and that a summons thereupon issued out of said court against said defendants, returnable on the 13th day of January, A.D. 1902, as is by law required. Now, therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, shall personally be and appear before the said circuit court of McHenry county on the first day of the next term thereof, to be holden at the court house in the city of Woodstock, in said county, on the 13th day of January, A.D. 1902, and plead, answer answer or demur to the said complaintant's bill of complaint, the same and the matters and things therin charged and stated will be taken as confessed, and a decree entered against you according to the prayer of said bill. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at my office in Woodstock, this 10th day of December, A.D. 1901. G. B. RICHARDS, Clerk. A. J. Mullen, Complaintant's Solicitor. Dec. 10, A.D. 1901. 2362

Hamilton & Hamilton and Arthur J. Mullen, Solicitos. STATE OF ILLINOIS, McHenry County, Circuit court of McHenry county, January term, A.D. 1902. Henrietta E. Goodrich vs. James B. Serviss, James B. Serviss, administrator of the estate of Jane A. Serviss, deceased, Archibald M. Wray, Richard Wray Robinson, Mrs. Richard Wray Robinson, Jane Aldenderfer, William Aldenderfer, James Gardiner, Emma Goodrich, Alice I. Sanford, Ethel G. Goodrich, Willis Goodrich, John Goodrich, Florence Wray, Roswell E. Sanford, John Goodrich, S. R. Ward and J. C. Vesley--in chancery, AFFIDAVIT of the non-residence of James B. Serviss, James B. Serviss, administrator of the estate of Jane A. Serviss, deceased, Richard Wray Robinson, Mrs. Richard Wray Robinson, James Gardiner, Emma Goodrich, Alice I. Sanford, Roswell E. Sanford, John Goodrich, and of the unknown residence of John Goodrich, defendents above named, having been filed in the office of the clerk of said circuit court of McHenry county, notice is hereby given to the said non-resident defendents and of the unknown resident defendent, that the complainant filed her bill of complaint in said court on the chancery side thereof on the 17th day of October, A.D. 1901, and that a summons thereupon issued out of said court against said defendants, returnable on the thirteenth day of January, A.D. 1902, as is by law required. Now, therefore, unless you, the said James B. Serviss, James B. Serviss, administrator of the estate of Jane A. Serviss, deceased, Richard Wray Robinson, Mrs. Richard Wray Robinson, James Gardiner, Emma Goodrich, Alice I. Sanford, Roswell E. Sanford, John Goodrich and John Goodrich, shall personally be and appear before the said circuit court of McHenry county on the first day of the next term thereof, to be holden at the court house in the city of Woodstock, in said county, on the 13th day of January, A.D. 1902, and plead, answer answer or demur to the said complaintant's bill of complaint, the same and the matters and things therin charged and stated will be taken as confessed, and a decree entered against you according to the prayer of said bill. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at my office in Woodstock, this 2nd day of November, A.D. 1901. G. B. RICHARDS, Clerk. Hamilton & Hamilton and A. J. Mullen, Complaintant's Solicitors. Nov. 2, A.D. 1901. 2361

Arthur J. Mullen, Solicitor. STATE OF ILLINOIS, McHenry County, Circuit court of McHenry county, January term, A.D. 1902. Louise Dannemann vs. the unknown heirs and devisees of James Hardin, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Allen Shelden, Jr., deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Samuel White, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Patrick Conley, deceased, Joseph Trondel, Lyman W. Sheldon, Daniel Sheldon, Hervey Sheldon, and the unknown owners of the following described land, to wit: The northwest quarter of the northwest quarter and the north half of the north half of the southwest quarter of the said northwest quarter of section number twenty-nine; also the east half of the east half of the northeast quarter of section number thirty, excepting and reserving therefrom a strip of land two rods wide off the entire north end therof contaning one-half acre more or less, all of said land being situated in township number forty-four north, of range number seven, east of the Third principal meridian, situated in the county of McHenry and state of Illinois--in chancery. AFFIDAVIT of the non-residence of Hervey Sheldon, and of the unknown residence of the unknown heirs and devisees of James Hardin, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Allen Shelden, Jr., deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Samuel White, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Patrick Conley, deceased, and the unknown owners of the following described land, to wit: The northwest quarter of the northwest quarter and the north half of the north half of the southwest quarter of the said northwest quarter of section number twenty-nine; also the east half of the east half of the northeast quarter of section number thirty, excepting and reserving therefrom a strip of land two rods wide off the entire north end therof contaning one-half acre more or less, all of said land being situated in township number forty-four north, of range number seven, east of the Third principal meridian, situated in the county of McHenry and state of Illinois, defendents above named, having been filed in the office of the clerk of said circuit court of McHenry county, notice is hereby given to the said defendents and of the unknown resident defendent, that the complainant filed her bill of complaint in said court on the chancery side thereof on the 9th day of December, A.D. 1901, and that a summons thereupon issued out of said court against said defendants, returnable on the thirteenth day of January, A.D. 1902, as is by law required. Now, therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, shall personally be and appear before the said circuit court of McHenry county on the first day of the next term thereof, to be holden at the court house in the city of Woodstock, in said county, on the 13th day of January, A.D. 1902, and plead, answer answer or demur to the said complaintant's bill of complaint, the same and the matters and things therin charged and stated will be taken as confessed, and a decree entered against you according to the prayer of said bill. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at my office in Woodstock, this 9th day of December, A.D. 1901. G. B. RICHARDS, Clerk. A. J. Mullen, Complaintant's Solicitor. Dec. 9, A.D. 1901. 2362

Geo. W. Field, Solicitor. STATE OF ILLINOIS, McHenry County, Circuit court of McHenry county, January term, A.D. 1902. Thomas B. Merwin vs. the unknown heirs and devisees of George C. Dean, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Ellen M. Dean deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of William Sloan, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Addison Dimnick, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of John Ellison, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Eunice L. Ellison, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Harry H. Wilcox, deceased, Eunice G. Wilcox, and the unknown owner or owners of the following described real estate, to-wit: Beginning ten rods east of the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of the of section number five (5) in the township number forty-four (44) north, of range number seven (7), east of the Third principal meridian, thence along center line of said one hundred sixty-five (165) feet to the west side of Clay street south one hundred fifteen (115) feet, thence west one hundred sixty-five (165) feet to a point ten rods east of forty line, thence north one hundred sixteen feet to the place of beginning, containing .44 of an acre, be the same more or less, situated in the city of Woodstock, in the county of McHenry and state of Illinois--in chancery. AFFADIVIT of the unknown residence of the unknown heirs and devisees of George C. Dean, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Ellen M. Dean deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of William Sloan, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Addison Dimnick, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of John Ellison, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Eunice L. Ellison, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Harry H. Wilcox, deceased, Eunice G. Wilcox, and the unknown owner or owners of the following described real estate, to-wit: Beginning ten rods east of the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of the of section number five (5) in the township number forty-four (44) north, of range number seven (7), east of the Third principal meridian, thence along center line of said one hundred sixty-five (165) feet to the west side of Clay street south one hundred fifteen (115) feet, thence west one hundred sixty-five (165) feet to a point ten rods east of forty line, thence north one hundred sixteen feet to the place of beginning, containing .44 of an acre, be the same more or less, situated in the city of Woodstock, in the county of McHenry and state of Illinois, of the defendants above named, having been filed in the office of the clerk of said circuit court of McHenry county, notice is hereby given to the said non-resident defendents, that the complainant filed his bill of complaint in said court on the chancery side thereof on the 10th day of December, A.D. 1901, and that a summons thereupon issued out of said court against said defendant, returnable on the thirteenth day of January, A.D. 1902, as is by law required. Now therefore, unless you the said unknown heirs and devisees of George C. Dean, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Ellen M. Dean deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of William Sloan, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Addison Dimnick, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of John Ellison, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Eunice L. Ellison, deceased, the unknown heirs and devisees of Harry H. Wilcox, deceased, Eunice G. Wilcox, and the unknown owner or owners of the following described real estate, to-wit: Beginning ten rods east of the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of the of section number five (5) in the township number forty-four (44) north, of range number seven (7), east of the Third principal meridian, thence along center line of said one hundred sixty-five (165) feet to the west side of Clay street south one hundred fifteen (115) feet, thence west one hundred sixty-five (165) feet to a point ten rods east of forty line, thence north one hundred sixteen feet to the place of beginning, containing .44 of an acre, be the same more or less, situated in the city of Woodstock, in the county of McHenry and state of Illinois, shall personally be and appear before the said circuit court of McHenry county on the first day of the next term thereof, to be holden at the court house in the city of Woodstock, in said county, on the 13th day of January, A.D. 1902, and plead, answer answer or demur to the said complaintant's bill of complaint, the same and the matters and things therin charged and stated will be taken as confessed, and a decree entered against you according to the prayer of said bill. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at my office in Woodstock, this 10th day of December, A.D. 1901. G. B. RICHARDS, Clerk. George W. Field, Complaintant's Solicitor. Dec. 10, A.D. 1901. 2362

Jackman & Bennett, Solicitors. STATE OF ILLINOIS, McHenry County, Circuit court of McHenry county, January term, A.D. 1902. William Luedtke vs. the unknown heirs or devisees of Isaac S. Mason, deceased, et. al.--in chancery. AFFADIVIT of the unknown residence of the unknown heirs or devisees of Isaac S. Mason, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Isabella Mason, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Jermy Taylor, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Jeremy Taylor, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Lucinda Taylor, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Lucinda Spaulding, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of William Spaulding, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of George w. VanHersett, deceased, George W. Van Hersett, trustee, the unknown heirs or devisees of John Van Hersett, deceased,the unknown heirs or devisees of Norman Jacobs, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Harman Jacobs, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Susan S. Coats, the unknown heirs or devisees of Susan Coats, deceased,deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Luke H. Coats, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Elizabeth G. Coats, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of William E. Coats, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Sarah Coats, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Melvina Coats, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Sophronia Jacobs, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Harriet Jacobs, deceased, Oscar Jacobs, administrator of the estate of Harmon Jacobs, deceased, Luke H. Coats, Elizabeth G. Coats, William E. Coats, Sarah Coats, Melvina Coats and the unknown owner or owners of lot number two (2) of the northwest quarter of section number one and lot number two of the nowtheast quarter of section number two all in township number forty-four (44) north, of range number seven (7), east of the Third principal meridian, in the county of McHenry and state of Illinois, of the defendents above named, having been filed in the office of the clerk of said circuit court of McHenry county, notice is hereby given to the said non-resident defendents, that the complainant filed his bill of complaint in said court on the chancery side thereof on the 10th day of December, A.D. 1901, and that a summons thereupon issued out of said court against said defendant, returnable on the thirteenth day of January, A.D. 1902, as is by law required. Now therefore, unless you the said unknown heirs and devisees of Isaac S. Mason, deceased, et. al.--in chancery. AFFADIVIT of the unknown residence of the unknown heirs or devisees of Isaac S. Mason, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Isabella Mason, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Jermy Taylor, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Jeremy Taylor, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Lucinda Taylor, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Lucinda Spaulding, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of William Spaulding, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of George w. VanHersett, deceased, George W. Van Hersett, trustee, the unknown heirs or devisees of John Van Hersett, deceased,the unknown heirs or devisees of Norman Jacobs, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Harman Jacobs, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Susan S. Coats, the unknown heirs or devisees of Susan Coats, deceased,deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Luke H. Coats, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Elizabeth G. Coats, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of William E. Coats, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Sarah Coats, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Melvina Coats, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Sophronia Jacobs, deceased, the unknown heirs or devisees of Harriet Jacobs, deceased, Oscar Jacobs, administrator of the estate of Harmon Jacobs, deceased, Luke H. Coats, Elizabeth G. Coats, William E. Coats, Sarah Coats, Melvina Coats and the unknown owner or owners of lot number two (2) of the northwest quarter of section number one and lot number two of the nowtheast quarter of section number two all in township number forty-four (44) north, of range number seven (7), east of the Third principal meridian, in the county of McHenry and state of Illinois, shall personally be and appear before the said circuit court of McHenry county on the first day of the next term thereof, to be holden at the court house in the city of Woodstock, in said county, on the 13th day of January, A.D. 1902, and plead, answer answer or demur to the said complaintant's bill of complaint, the same and the matters and things therin charged and stated will be taken as confessed, and a decree entered against you according to the prayer of said bill. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at my office in Woodstock, this 10th day of December, A.D. 1901. G. B. RICHARDS, Clerk. Jackman & Bennett, Complaintant's Solicitors. Dec. 10, A.D. 1901. 2362

RICHARDS, JEWETT & WRIGHT, COMPLETE ABSTRACT OF TITLES to land in McHenry county, Illinois. Office in State Bank, Woodstock, Ill. 'Phone 27.

M'HENRY COUNTY ABSTRACT CO. OFFICE in First National Bank building. Woodstock, Ill. Abstracts of title and Conveyancing. Prompt and careful attention to all Business in our line.

C. G. JENNINGS, M.D.C. VETERINARIAN--Oddice and residence at Geo. King's. 'Phone, 126.

Professional Cards.
DR. E. WINDMUELLER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Woodstock, Ill. Located at Hoy's drug store. Telephone, office, 2; residence, 37.
DR. W. H. DOOLITTLE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON - Office at A. R. Murphey's drug store, Woodstock, Ill. Telephone, office, 40; residence, 42.
DR. J. W. PRIMM, HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON--Office in Primm block, east side public square. Office hours: 2 to 4 p. m. Is prepared to treat all forms of eye and ear diseases.
FRED'K C. PAGE, M.D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON--Special attention to diseases and surgery of eye, ear, nose and throat. Office hours: 8 to 9 a.m., 1 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Office Murphy block, Woodstock, Ill. Telephone-Office 122; Residence, 123.
DR. G. A. CUTTERIDGE, DENTIST. Office in Primm Block, Woodstock, Ill.
DR. W. C. BESLEY, SURGEON DENTIST--Kendall Block, Woodstock, Ill.
DR. W. V. HOPF, DENTIST. Office in Sherman block, east side of public square. Teeth removed without pain. Gas used.
MISSES GREENWOOD & CALDWELL, TRAINED NURSES. Graduates of Provident Hospital, chicago, Ill. Located at Woodstock, Ill. Will attend any call in McHenry county. Call or write.
O.H. GILLMORE, COUNTY JUDGE. Circuit court business promptly attended to. Office in Furer block, Woodstock, Ill.
DAVID R. JOSLYN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office in Furer block, Woodstock, Ill.
J. F. CASEY, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Office in Joslyn's block, Woodstock, Ill.
A. J. MULLEN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW and Assistant State's Attorney, Woodstock, Ill. Office at the Court House.
GEO. W. FIELD, LAWYER-Master in Chancery. Office in Arnold block, east side public square, Woodstock, Ill.
CHARLES S. NORTHROP, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Fire insurance and loan agent. Office in Joslyn block, Woodstock, McHenry county, Ills.
E. H. WAITE, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Collections a specialty. Money to loan. Office in Hoy block.
ALBERT E. DACY, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Business promptly attented to. 832 to 840, The Rookery, southeast corner LaSalle and Adams, Chicago, Ill.
D. T. SMILEY, ATTORNEY, COUNSELOR, SOLICITOR AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Will gove prompt and immediate attention to all business intrusted to his care. Office in Hoy's block, Woodstock, Ill. Telephone - office, 1; residence, 36.
V. S. LUMLEY, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Solicitor in Chancery and Notary pubblic, Fire and Accident Insurance-Phoenix, of London, and Merchants' and Mechanics' Accident. Office in Dacy block. Telephone--office, 19; residence, 28.
FRANK R. JACKMAN FRED B. BENNETT. JACKMAN & BENNETT, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW. Prompt and careful attention to all matters left in our hands. Money to loan. Office in Hoy block, Woodstock, Ill. Teleph9one-office,55; residence, 59.
J. W. CLUTE, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Woodstock, Ill. Insurance and Collections specialties. All business intrusted to me carefully attended to.

BUNKER BROS. Are Still Selling Hardware and Groceries. Superior to All Others Sold by Us. Bunker Bros.,South Side Square.

THE State Bank OF WOODSTOCK.
Organized under the General Banking Law of the State of Illinois, November, 1889.
PAID-UP CAPITAL- $25,000.00. SURPLUS - $15,000.00
A General Banking1 Business Transacted. Foreign Exchange Bought and sold.
DIRECTORS: E. E. Richards, E. C. JEWETT, GEO. K. BUNKER, M. L. JOSLYN, A. R. MURPHEY, GEORGE M'CONNELL, W. H. STEWART, A.K. BUNKER, E. E. BAGLEY.
OFFICERS: E. E. RiCHARDS, Pres., W. H. STEWART, Vice Pres., E. C. JEWETT, Cashier.


Thursday, December 19, 1901. THE WOODSTOCK SENTINEL. Page 17.

LEGAL PROFESSION
Men Who Follow the Teachings of Blackstone.
Some of the Ablest Practictioners at the Bar In Northern Illinois Are Found Here.

Woodstock has always been noted for the character and high standing of the men who have practiced law in the courts of the county. Among the earlier practitioners were Charles M. Willard, Merritt L. Joslyn. P. B. Enos, H. S. Hanchett, Frank S. Murphey, M. C. Johnson, Joel H. Johnson, T. D. Murphey, Lawrence S. Church, Charles McClure, Amos Cogswell, D. C. Bush, William Sloan, Phineas W. Platt, James M. Strode, Freeman Van Winkle, William Kerr, George A. Austin, P. B. Enos, John A. Parrish, Benjamin N. Smith, James H. Slavin, and a few others. Most of these have passed from the land of the living to meet the Great Judge above, from whom there is no change of venue. Of those mentioned above some occupied positions on the bench during their lives here. Only three, so far as we know, are now living--Merritt L. Joslyn, still a resident of this city, but out of active practice; Benjamin N. Smith, judge of a court at Los Angeles, Cal., and George A. Austin, a resident of Wisconsin.
Later came such well-known lawyers as Orson H. Gillmore, John M. Southworth, Charles H. Donnelly, Albert B. Bourne, Charles F. Barnes and others. Of these Mr. Donnelly occupies the circuit bench of this circuit, Mr. Gillmore is judge of the probate and county courts, and Mr. Bourne's place of residence is unknown.
The purpose of this article is to treat briefly of the present active members of the Bar as well as the judiciary. Lawyers in practice here now are C. P. Barnes, Jas. F. Casey, Frank N. Jackman, Fred B. Bennett. David T. Smiley, Vincent S. Lumley, David R. Joslyn, W. S. McConnell, Charles S. Northrop, George W. Field, Arthur J. Mullen and E. H. Waite, and we shall speak of them briefly.

CHARLES P. BARNES [photo]. Born in the town of Dorr, Feb. 14. 1862, his father was killed in the Civil war the following year, and he had to early shift for himself. He read law in the offices of B. N. Smith and O. H. Gillmore. He was admitted to practice Mar. 9, 1883, and has since followed his profession in this city. In 1885 he formed a partnership with M. L. Joslyn, which lasted two years; later he was in partnership with D. T. Smiley and J. E. Barber, successively, but for a number of years has practiced alone, his suite of offices being in the Joslyn block, east side of the square. Makes a specialty of damage cases, and has been highly successful.
Mr. Barnes has been thrice married, and lives in the most elaborate and one of the most beautiful residences in Woodstock, situated on Fremont street, at the south end of Madison street. Mr. Barnes is assisted in his office by Ex-State's Attorney A. B. Coon and John M. Cooney, and his stenographer Is Miss Estella Austin. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen.

FRED B. BENNETT [photo]. Born in the town of Cuba, Lake county, Ill., Aug. 26, 1871; attended the schools at Barrington and later graduated from Montrose high school; began the study of law in the office of C. P. Barnes in 1895; was admitted to the bar In June, 1897, and soon after formed a partnership with Frank R. Jackman, with whom he has an office in the Hoy block. Mr. Bennett was married, Dec 28, 1898, to Miss Kate Childs Hibbard, with whom he resides in a cosy and comfortable new home recently erected on the hill on Fremont street.

CHARLES H. DONNELLY [photo]. Born Aug. 22, 1855, in Woodstock; received his education in the local public schools and at the university of Notre Dame, South Bend. Ind., from which he graduated in 1873; read law in the office of Slavin & Smith, and was admitted to the bar, Jan. 8, 1877; was city attorney for a number of years; was elected county judge in 1890, resigning in 1897 to enter upon his duties as circuit judge, to which he had been elected in June of that year. He was married May 2, 1888, to Miss Nina C. Blakeslee, and they have two daughters and reside in a fine home on Clay street.

GEORGE W. FIELD [photo]. Born in Woodstock, Ill., Jan. 18, 1870; attended public school and later the Chicago College of law, from which he graduated in May, 1896; entered the law office of V. S. Lumley as an assistant, and was appointed assistant state's attorney, serving until 1900; elected city clerk in 1893, serving four years: has been city attorney since 1897; appointed master in chancery by Judge Donnelly in May, 1900. Mr. Field has an office with Emil Arnold in the Arnold block, east side square. Mr. Field was married, Oct. 21, 1891, to Miss Kathryn Murphy, and they reside in the Murphy homestead on Jackson street.

JAMES F. CASEY. Born in Grafton township, this county, Mar. 6, 1861; received his education in Huntley; attended the Elgin academy three winters and worked during the summers; taught school several terms; organized a private grammar school in Elgin in 1881; entered the law office of Judge Ranstead in Elgin in 1883; attended the Union College of Law in Chicago several years, and in 1887 was admitted to the bar; came to Woodstock in 1888 and entered into partnership with M. L. Joslyn, which continued until the latter gentleman ceased active practice a year or more ago. Mr. Casey has enjoyed a large practice, taking part in some celebrated cases. He is a widower, his wife, who was Miss Minnie Simmons, having died several years ago. He has one daughter, Miss Sylvia, to whom he is devotedly attached. Mr. Casey's office is in the Joslyn block, where he is assisted by D. J. Olmstead, a student. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen.

DAVID R. JOSLYN. Elder son of Merritt L. Joslyn, the only survivor of the original members of the McHenry county bar, was born in Woodstock, Sept. 1, 1866; educated in the public schools; attended the Union college of Law from 1890 to 1892, from which he graduated; engaged in farming in Hebron four years; practiced law in Chicago two years, returning to Woodstock in 1898, and opening an office, which is well equipped. Mr. Joslyn has an office with Judge Gillmore in the Furer building, east side public square, and M. M. Carmack is a student in their office.
Mr. Joslyn was married in 1892 to Miss Mary Brownell, and they have two sons. They reside in the Robinson homestead on Jackson street.

WILLIAM S. M'CONNELL.
Born on a farm east of Woodstock, Aug. 1, 1870; attended the Woodstock public school, graduating in June, 1890; attended seminary at Aurora one year; went to University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, from the law department of which he graduated in 1894, returning to this city. On account of a weakness of his eyes, Mr. McConnell has not engaged in active practice, but spends his time looking after the interests of his father's estate and in other labors, being connected with the Grant County Land and Live Stock association, of Millbank, S. D. Mr. McConnell was married to Susan M. St. Clair, June 15, 1897, and they have two children. They reside with Mrs. A. B. McConnell, his mother, on South street.

CHARLES S. NORTHROP. Born in New York city in 1856, but became a resident of this city when a mere boy; attended the common school and later Northwestern University, from which he graduated in the class of 1878; was admitted to the McHenry county bar in 1880; practiced law in South Dakota five years, afterwards spending several years in California; returned to Woodstock in 1890, where he has since practiced law, his office being located in the Joslyn block and being well supplied with the necessaries of his profession. Mr. Northrop married Miss May Whitney, and they have three children--Fannie, James and Earl. They live in a commodious home on Judd street. A cut of Mr. Northrop will be found on another page.

ORSON H. GILLMORE [photo]. Born, June 17, 1848, in Norfolk, N. Y.; came to McHenry county in 1854; received common school education, and graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1873, after pursuing his studies for some time in the law office of A. B. Coon and Ira R. Curtiss at Marengo; began practicing law in this city in 1873; was elected county judge in 1882, serving until 1890; was in the pension department at Washington several years, returning to this city and being again elected county judge in 1897, in which office he is still serving. Judge Gillmore's office is in the Furer building, east side square, and he does business in the circuit court. His wife was Miss Anna Granger, and they have one son; they live in their own home on South street.

ARTHUR J. MULLEN [photo]. Born in Woodstock, Ill., June 14, 1876; attended the public school until well into his teens; entered Morgan Park academy in 1893, after leaving which he entered the University of Chicago, where he attended until he took up the studies in his chosen profession in the office of Frank R. Jackman; entered the office of C. P. Barnes in 1898, and in October of the following year was admitted to practice in the courts by the appellate court at Ottawa. Shortly afterwards he took up his practice, and in December of last year was appointed assistant state's attorney by State's Attorney Lowell. Mr. Mullen has a fine office at the court house, where he gives close attention to the interests of his clients, and that he is doing a good business can be seen by the legal advertising columns of this paper this week. Mr. Mullen is unmarried and resides with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Mullen, on Judd street.

FRANK R. JACKMAN [photo]. Born, Aug. 13, 1867, at Crystal Lake, Ill.; attended the village school and graduated in 1885; attended the Dixon Normal school one year; taught school three years, the last two as principal of the McHenry schools; went to Beloit college two years, after which came to Woodstock and entered the office of C. P. Barnes as a law student; admitted to practice, June 17, 1891, forming a partnership with Wm. W. Maxwell, which continued five years; practiced two years alone, after which he formed a partnership with F. B. Bennett, which still exists, with offices in the Hoy block, splendidly equipped. Mr. Jackman was married, Dec. 26, 1892, to Mamie E. Munroe. They live in a fine home on Jackson street.
Jackman & Bennett, aside from their professional work, do a large business in the real estate line. Their stenographer is Miss Alice Stone, and A. Thomas assists them in their real estate work.

VINCENT S. LUMLEY [photo]. Born at Ringwood, in this county, Dec 26,1867; passed his boyhood days on his father's farm on Ringwood prairie; attended the Normal school at Bloomington; later graduated at the Northern Illinois Business college at Dixon as valedictorian of his class: taught school one year at McHenry, and then attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, from which he graduated from the law department in 1888; began the practice of law in this city the same year, having an office with the late Judge T. J. Murphey until the death of that gentleman, when he opened an office of his own, which is now located in the Dacy block, and is finely equipped. His assistant is John J. Whiteside. In 1896, Mr. Lumley was elected prosecuting attorney for McHenry county, holding the office for four years. In 1892 Mr. Lumley was married to Neva, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Bunker, and they have one daughter, Miss Marjorie Dell. Mr. and Mrs. Lumley reside at the corner of Judd and Tryon streets, in a very beautiful home. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.

DAVID T. SMILEY [photo]. Born in County Antrim, Ireland, Feb. 7, 1860; came to America and settled in Burton township, this county, in 1873; followed agricultural pursuits for several years and attended the district school; went to Nebraska and clerked in a store in Fairfield one year; went to Frisco, Cal., where he worked in a saw mill and silver mine one year; returned to McHenry county in 1881 and worked on a farm until 1887, when he began the study of law; attended the Northern Indiana Normal School and Business College at Valparaiso, Ind., studying law, and the same year entered the office of C. P. Barnes as a student; in October, 1888, was admitted to the bar and formed a partnership with Mr. Barnes, which continued eighteen months, when he opened his present law office in the Hoy block, where he has since waited upon his numerous clients, having a very completely equipped office. His stenographer is Miss Lois Whiting, and Adelbert S. Wright, Jr., is a student in his office. Mr. Smiley is local attorney for the C. & N.-W. and the C, M. & St. P. railroad companies. He is a Mason of high degree and a member of the Odd Fellows. Mr. and Mrs. Smiley, who have one son, Lionel D.. reside in a beautiful home at the corner of Judd and Tryon streets, which was only recently completed. Mrs. Smiley was formerly Elizabeth Hendricks, and was married to Mr. Smiley in 1887.

EDWIN H. WAITE. Born in the town of Chemung, McHenry county, Illinois. Aug. 20, 1860; attended a country school, also the Sharon academy and the Marengo High school, from the latter of which he graduated in 1882; taught school four terms, and then went to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he graduated in 1892; came to Woodstock to enter upon the practice of his profession in 1893; was elected justice of the peace to fill an unexpired term in 1894 and was re-elected, serving until May, 1901. Mr. Waite's office is in the Hoy block, and he has for office companions, F. H. Opfergelt, architect, and Frank N Blakeslee, court stenographer.

PICKLE GROWING. Two Factories That Absorb This Product of the Farm.
The growing of cucumbers was at one time the principal industry of many of the farmers in this vicinity. A little more than twenty-five years ago the first factory for processing cucumbers and other vegetables was erected here. It was conducted by Heinz, Noble & Co., who failed in business and left the producers in the lurch. Their factory, now the property of the Norman Frame estate, later fell into the hands of the Squire Dingee Co. and finally was secured by Norman Frame, who, with his son G. W., have since conducted it (the elder Frame dying recently), receiving the raw material, processing it or buying it outright. The Squire Dingee Co. also established a plant northwest of the North-Western depot, and during some seasons the two factories received and prossesed several hundred thousand bushels, shipping them to the Chicago and eastern markets in barrels. Both factories are still in operation, although but few cucumbers were received the past season on account of the dry weather injuring the crop. G. W. Frame is in charge of the Frame factory, while A. S. Wright, the druggist, has for a number of years represented the Squire Dingee Co. locally. The price of the raw cucumbers has varied from 40 cents to $2 per bushel since the industry became an important one here, and there have been instances in which the yield has been as high as 600 to 700 bushels per acre in individual cases.
Both factories are still in operation, although but few cucumbers were received the past season on account of the dry weather injuring the crop. G. W. Frame is in charge of the Frame factory, while A. S. Wright, the druggist, has for a number of years represented the Squire Dingee Co. locally. The price of the raw cucumbers has varied from 40 cents to $2 per bushel since the industry became an important one here, and there have been instances in which the yield has been as high as 600 to 700 bushels per acre in individual cases.

MEDICAL PROFESSION. Men Who Look After the Sick and the Injured.
Both Schools of Medicine Have Able Representatives Here, with Modern Appliances.
Perhaps the most important man in the community is he who attends the sick and dresses the wounds of the injured, and in this calling it is essential that the practitioner be a man who is of good character and studious, steady habits, for when he is needed he is needed badly and at once, as a general thing.
Woodstock has always been fortunate in the skill, character and equipment of her physicians ami surgeons than whom there are none better anywhere.
Among the early medical men of the community we take pleasure in mentioning Almon W. King, Luke King, A. F. Hedger, A. F. Merritt, George E. Stone, Dewitt C. Green, William H. Buck, James Northrop, D. C. Doolittle, L. H. Davies, Edwin Bennett and William C. Cook, all of whom except Dr. Buck,who resides at Kokomo, Ind., and Dr. Doolittle, now in retirement in this city, were unable to do for themselves what they did for others, and passed the way of all mortality. The present practitioners in Woodstock are E. V. Anderson, W. H. Doolittle, Emil Windmueller, Fred'k C. Page, John W. Primm and C. E. Enlow, the last two named being of the Homoeopathic school and the others of the Allopathic school. We take pleasure in mentioning them briefly as follows:

EMIL WINDMUELLER [photo] Born June 28, 1867, in Bremen, Germany; came to America, settling in Milwaukee, in 1881; attended school in the fatherland and in Milwaukee; became a clerk in a drug store in Milwaukee and later at Lake Geneva; attended a school of Pharmacy in Chicago in 1889, staying one year; again clerk in a drug store in Chicago and at Shreveport, La.; entered Rush Medical college Chicago, in 1890, and graduated with honor in 1894, and immediately began the practice of his profession in this city, later taking a post-graduate course at the Chicago Polyclinic. Dr. Windmueller, whose office is in the rear of L. T. Hoy's drug store is an expert surgeon, as well as a clever and successful physician, and is often called to assist at operations at Dr. Johnson's Cottage hospital at Harvard. He is the first and only person to bring an automobile to this city, which he uses in following his profession in the summer season. Dr. Windmueller was married at Lake Geneva in 1894 to Miss Julia Seymour, and they have one adopted daughter. Their home is at the corner of Calhoun and Dean streets.

ED. VERNON ANDERSON. [photo] Born in Girard, Pa., in 1847, and came to the town of Seneca, in this county, in 1854; attended the schools of Woodstock and read medicine under the tuition of Dr. James Northrop; entered Rush Medical College in 1868, from which he graduated in 1871; the same year began the practice of his profession at Central, Ill., remaining there two years; then practiced in Buchanan county, Ia., three years and came to McHenry, where he remained until the spring of 1881, when he moved to Woodstock, making his headquarters at the drug store of A. S. Wright. Dr. Anderson was married in 1875 to Miss Isabella Todd, and they have three children- Earl C, Cora and Arthur. At present they reside on South street, two doors east of the M. E. church, but the doctor is just finishing a fine new home on Dean street. Socially the doctor is a Mason of high degree and a member of A. O. U. W.

FRED'K C. PAGE. Born, July 14, I867 at Morrisville, Vt.; graduated from the classical course in the People's academy there; attended the University of Pennsylvania, taking the classical course two years; graduated from the College of Pharmacy in Boston in 1890 and spent five years in the drug business; attended the medical department of the University of Vermont one year; graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1894; practiced his profession in Vermont two years; took a post-graduate course at the Philadelphia Polyclinic college and hospital; returned to Boston for a year and a half; took a second post-graduate course at the Philadelphia Polyclinic, and came to Woodstock in 1899 and entered upon the practice of his profession. Dr. Page has a fine suite of offices in the John J. Murphy block, and answers all calls in city or country.
He was married, Jan. 7, 1897, to Miss Sara Knight, and they have one child. They reside in a beautiful home, corner Tryon and Judd streets.

WILLIAM H. DOOLITTLE. [PHOTO] Is a native of Pennsylvania, and has been a resident of McHenry county since 1866; attended the Windsor academy and Eastman's Business college at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and is a graduate of Rush Medical college, of Chicago, class of 1876; was engaged in practice in Chicago four years and until he came to Woodstock, where he has since resided with his father, Dr. D. C. Doolittle, on Dean street. His office is in the Richards & Wheat building, over Murphey's drug store. Dr. Doolittle is a married man, and they have no children.

JOHN W. PRIMM AND C. E. ENLOW.[photo] Drs. J. W. Primm and C. E. Enlow have lately entered into a partnership. Dr. Primm is a graduate of Hahnemann college, Chicago; also has taken a special course in New York City on eye and ear diseases: is a member of the American Institute of Homoeopathy, the oldest medical society in the United States; has had twenty-four years' experience in practice, thirteen years of the time in Woodstock. He has had the best of success as a physician and surgeon.
Dr. Enlow is a graduate of Chicago Homoeopathic college. After his education for and experience in the ministry, he entered the study of medicine with a mature mind and gradated with the highest honors of his class in March, 1899. He has met with marked success in his practice.
Dr. Primm in the near future will be able to devote more of his time to fitting spectacles, treating eye, ear, throat and lung diseases. The doctor has fitted several hundred pairs of spectacles for people in and around Woodstock. As he is thoroughly conversant with eye diseases and responsible in every way, he is a safe man to patronize.

DOCTORS OF DENTAL SURGERY. Woodstock has four doctors of dental surgery, as follows:

GEORGE A. CUTTERIDGE. Born at Greenwich, N. Y. Mar. 27, 1856; moved to Darien, Wis. in 1868; moved to Lake Geneva in 1873; graduated from the Darien public school; entered the Chicago College of Dental Surgery In 1894, from which he graduated in 1897, and came immediately to Woodstock, opening an office in the Primm block. Dr. Cutteridge has been married but is a widower. He is a member of the Masons and the I. O. O. F.

EDWARD E. LAWRENCE. [photo] Born in Ellington. Ct. June 17, 1858, where he received his early education; received a diploma in dentistry after studying for three years under a preceptor; practiced seven years in Chicago, and four years in Wisconsin; came to Woodstock in 1895, his office at present being in the Kellogg block. He was married Oct. 11, 1883, to Miss Roma Belle Cone, and they have three children residing in the Dike house on Judd street

WALTER C. BESLEY. [photo] Born in Chicago, July 27, 1875; moved to Waukegan in 1876; moved to McHenry in 1879; graduated from the public school in 1892; attended Northwestern University Dental college in 1894, from which he graduated in 1897; practiced in McHenry one year, and then came to Woodstock and took the office formerly Used by Drs. C.N. Kendall and F. C. Colby, in the Kendall block, where he also resides. He was married June 6, 1900, to Miss Cora G. Bennett, of Rossburg, N. Y.

WILLIAM B. HOPF. Born at Blue Island, Ill., Oct. 1. 1873; educated in the public schools of Blue Island, from which he graduated in 1890; entered Northwestern University Dental college in 1895, graduating in 1898, previously practicing in Chicago three years on a license granted by the state board; came to Woodstock, June, 1900, and opened an office, which is now located in the Sherman block. He was married on Nov. 27, 1900, to Harriet Glendora Tryon, with whom he resides at the home of Mrs. F. B. Tryon, corner of Madison and Lake streets.

A COUNTY FAIR. Has Been in Successful Operation Nearly Fifty Years.
In the late summer or early fall of each year an agricultural and mechanical exposition is held in this city under the auspices of the McHenry County Agricultural board, which has been in existence since 1852, having missed but one year (World's Fair year, 1893) in that length of time.
The society's grounds, covering about forty acres, some of which is the property of the county, are located on the eastern edge of the city, a little more than half a mile from the public square. They are equipped with large number of stalls for show and speed horses, two fine cattle barns, a commodious sheep and swine barn, a hall for the exhibits of the farm and household, a good-sized poultry building and one of the finest half-mile tracks in the Northwest.
The annual exhibitions draw out creditable displays of live stock the produce of all lines of endeavor, and are attended by great crowds of people from all the country around, the exhibitions generally paying expenses, which is all that its officers expect, as it is not intended to be a money-making venture.
The Fair is usually held four days but it has been voted to hold it five days next season.
The society's officers for 1902, elected the 2nd inst. are named as follows: President Fred Hatch; Vice-Presidents C. W. Harrison and J. H. Gracy; Secretary Fred G. Arnold; Treasurer Fremont Hoy. Superintendent C. F. Dike; Superintendent of Privileges H. C. Mead.

Windmills and Pumps.
Steel windmills and steel towers, geared mills, wood and iron pumps, tanks, pipe and fittings. Repairing done on short notice. Our prices defy competition. J. D. Donovan, Woodstock.

J. J. Stafford has procured a fine stock of furniture for the holidays.

RESIDENCE AND MACHINE SHOP OF B. F. ELLSWORTH [photo]
RESIDENCE OF JOHN M'GEE [photo 524 N. Madison St.]
RESIDENCE OF ALDERMAN BEN. STUPFEL. [photo 303 Washington St.]


THE WOODSTOCK SENTINEL.
Thursday, December 19, 1901, page 18
A BUSINESS PUBLIC [Continued from fifteenth page.]
George H. Hooker is located in the Primm block, east side of the square. He succeeded to the business of H. N. Towne a couple of years ago and is building up a fine trade, his goods being of high quality. Mr. Hooker in assisted by Henry Voat and Thos. A. Scott as clerks.
BOOT AND SHOE DEALERS. The only exclusive dealer in boots and shoes in the city is H. A. Stone, (whose name is wrongly given as Henry L. Stone in the list of officers on the fourth page of this issue). Mr. Stone is the successor of Wm. H. Dwight, and has been located for many years, part of the time as a member of the firm of Stone & Hart, on the corner of Main street and the public square. He is assisted in the store by his son Linn, and Hans Christiansen attends to the cobbling and repair work of the house. Mr. Stone deals in fine goods and has a large trade.
L. Simonsen is located on the west side of Main street, where he carries a fine line of footwear. He makes a specialty of custom work and repairing and employs a helper in this latter department.
Other dealers of boots and shoes are F. W. Streets, C. F. Thorne, Murphy & Mullen, A. D. & J. A. Kennedy, M. N. Wien and N. R. Buckley & Co.
IMPLEMENT DEALERS
J. D. Donovan [photo] is the oldest dealer in agricultural implements in the city. He is located on Main street, where he has an extensive establishment. Mr. Donovan was educated in the business during a stay of many years with the late T. J. Dacy, part of the time in partnership with that gentleman. He is familiar with every detail of the business, and his name is known throughout Northern Illinois as a synonym for honesty and reliability. He is assisted by John A. Dacy as bookkeeper and Oscar Olsen assists in the handling of the machinery, many carloads of which are disposed of every year by Mr. Donovan.
Walters & McLean [photos], located in the Dacy block, are the successors to the business of the late T. J. Dacy, than whom Northern Illinois never had a more widely known or progressive agricultural implement dealer. Both Robert McLean and Fred A. Walters were reared on the farm, and both have had large experience in this line of work, some of the time in the employ of Mr. Dacy. Their establishment is well-stocked and they annually turn out many carloads of goods to the farmers of neighboring counties. They are assisted by William Nottingham.
The past season Dennis Corr, formerly in the employ of J. D. Donovan, has been agent for the McCormick company, occupying the W. B. Austin warehouse on Jefferson street, the past season.
CLOTHING AND GENTS' FURNISHINGS.
F. W. Streets, located in the Salisbury building on the south side of the square, has been engaged in this line here for several years, and by close attention to business and the legitimate methods of trade, has built up a fine business. He handles reliable clothing and an elaborate line of gents' furnishings, and only a couple of years ago added gents' footwear to his stock, making his store a veritable headquarters for fittings for men. His clerk is E. B. Losee.
C. F. Thorne has been engaged in the clothing and shoe trade here for nearly or quite fifteen years. He and Sam McNett succeeded E. C. Jewett, but Mr. McNett did not long remain, since when Mr. Thorne has been alone, except for several years when O. G. Mead was his partner in the business. Mr. Thorne handles a fine line of clothing and gents' furnishings, as well as footwear for ladies and gents. He is assisted in the store by his son William, while Aaron Peterson has charge of his cobbling and repair department. His store is located in the John J. Murphy block, east side square.
Other dealers in clothing are J. G. Hurd, Murphy & Mullen, M. N. Wien and N. R. Buckley Co.
HARDWARE STORES
Whitson Brothers, Edwin [photo] and William H. are the only exclusive hardware dealers in the city. The Whitson firm dates from almost the founding of the city, the business having been established by Thomas Whitson, the firm for many years being Thos. Whitson & Son, but for a number of years the present firm has been in existence. They handle everything in the hardware line and also doing a general tinning and plumbing business, their work being visible on all hands.
Bunker Brothers and a. Dwight Osborn, mentioned elsewhere, also deal in hardware of various kinds.
NEWS DEPOT
James H. Forman [photo] is the city's news dealer. He handles all of the daily papers, as well as the best periodicals and magazines. His place of business is in the Cook building, southeast corner of the public square. He is assisted in his work by George W. Carpenter. Mr. Forman sells cigars, confectionery and all kinds of soft drinks.
MEAT MARKETS.
A. R. Pratt & Son, located in their elegant new building on the north side of the square, are the oldest meat dealers in the city in point of continuous service. They are assisted by John Asmus, a gentleman well liked by the public.
John K. Kellogg conducts the South side market, being assisted by E. J. Kemmerling and James Dille, and does a nice business.
C. F. Gaulke & Son recently opened a new market in the Kappler building on Main street, opposite the depot. They are attracting a large trade.
A. Pose conducts the Palace market in the Dacy block, succeeding Jay E. Evans, and handles a nice line of goods. He is assisted by Otto Hansmann, Frank Becking and Louis Becking.
COAL DEALER
A. F. Field [photo], who was the North-Western's station agent here for many years, has a coal office on Clay street, and has been dealing in all kinds of coal and coke, wood and other fuel for a long time. He has a free delivery. His deliveryman is William H. Woodbeck, who is always on hand and ready for business.
George Burger has an office with H. H. Brosshard, in the Bagley warehouse on Jefferson street. He handles several well-known brands of coal, maintaining a free delivery. He has been in this business only two or three winters.
MARBLE AND GRANITE DEALERS.
Stafford & Zoia are the only marble and granite dealers in the city. Their works are located west of the State Bank of Woodstock, where they have served the public for a dozen of years or more. Mr. Zoia [photo] is a practical and artistic marble cutter, who was formerly employed in Chicago and at Delavan, Wis., coming here in the 80s to work for A. N. Soper and finally succeeding that gentleman and forming a partnership with John J. Stafford, the furniture dealer, which has been a marked success. Their work graces all of the cemeteries for miles around and is recognized as of a very high quality. They are assisted in the works by P. B. Anderson, a faithful and intelligent workman.
GENERAL STORE.
Mrs. J. M. Thomas, at the Fair store, in addition to her millinery business, carries a general line of furnishings, ready-made wear for women, glassware and notions. She is located in the Primm block and has been in business for several years. Her record for reliability is well known and established, and her patronage is steadily on the increase. She employs a competent milliner during the busy seasons, and is assisted in the store by Arthur Erickson as clerk and Miss Grace Robertson as milliner.
REAL ESTATE DEALERS.
Emil Arnold [photo], justice of the peace in the Arnold block, makes a specialty of real estate transactions, having been engaged in this line but a year ago or so. He is building up a fine patronage, and has made some notable sales. He also does collecting and other work in this line, being strictly attentive to business.
Daniel F. Quinlan [photo] has an office in the front of the second story of the Arnold block, where he is doing an extensive business in the handling of real estate. He is a great advertiser, and has made many large sales. His ad in this issue gives some idea of the amount of property that is listed with him for sale. He also rents property and secures help for farmers and others.
Other real estate dealers are Jackman & Bennett, the Richards, Jewett & Wright Abstract Co. and the McHenry County Abstract Co.
MERCHANT TAILORING.
F. J. Schroeder, artistic tailor, is located in his own building, recently erected on Benton street. He has had long experience, and waits upon an exacting trade with conscientious care. He employs several hands and is always busy. Mr. Schroeder was formerly in the employ of several local houses, where he gave splendid satisfaction.
Geo. S. Schneider has a shop on the west side of Main street, where he is assisted by Michael Snyder and Henry Schneider, Sr., all workmen of long experience.
C. F. Anderson has a shop in the Renich building, where he does cleaning and repairing, and George Grote does this work at his home on Clay street.
ABSTRACT OFFICES.
The oldest institution of the kind in this city is conducted by the Richards, Jewett & Wright Abstract Co. The original set of books were the property of A. H. Sellers, who sold to Stewart & Kasson, they to Edward Sloan, and they to E. E. Richards, in 1870. About 1880 Mr. Richards sold a half interest to Emil Arnold, who sold to E. C. Jewett in July, 1887. C. B. Wright was taken into the firm in 1894, and in September, 1899, articles of incorporation were secured, with a capital stock of $25,000, the officers being: E. C. Richards, president, E. C. Jewett, vice-president, Chas. B. Wright, secretary, George W. Lemmers, treasurer. The bulk of the work of the office falls upon Mr. Lemmers, who is recognized as one of the best abstracters in the Northwest. Cuts of Messrs. Richards and Jewett appear in the notice of the State Bank of Woodstock.
Four or five years ago the McHenry County Abstract Co. was incorporated, with offices in the John J. Murphy block, a new set of books was collated from the county records, and the company has been doing considerable business. The business of the company is being handled by W. C. Eichelberger, who had a large share in the compilation of the new books.
JEWELRY STORES.
M. Sherman is located in his own building on the east side of the square. He was formerly located on the B. S. Austin corner, in the Dacy block and in the John J. Murphy block. He handles a fine line of goods and is an expert repairer. He is assisted in his work by his wife and daughters between times, and one son, Dr. Lynn F. Sherman, also does work as an optician when not engaged in the typewriter factory.
Malte Schwabe, who began business in a humble way in a small corner of Renich & Hart's store a few years ago, is now located in the Schroeder building on Benton street, where he has added to his stock and is doing a great deal of repairing. He is an experienced and skillful workman, who learned his trade in the old country.
A. R. Murphey, south side square, mentioned elsewhere in this article.
GRAIN AND MILLFEED DEALERS.
E. E. Bagley [photo], with an office in the Church block, is a wholesale dealer in grain and millfeed, doing his business exclusively by mail, telegraph and telephone, and never personally handling any of the product. His transactions aggregate thousands of dollars per year, and he has built up a reputation as one of the most extensive dealers in this line in the Northwest. He is assisted in his office by E. J. Heimerdinger.
F. W. Buell [photo] conducts a retail business at the warehouse opposite the North-Western depot, which used to be used by Furer & Slocum for the storing of wheat, where he handles large quantities of millfeed every year. He is assisted in the work by Fred G. Schuett, one of the aldermen of the North Ward.
H. H. Brosshard [photo] a little more than a year ago purchased the retail business of Caskey & Burger, which he is conducting in the warehouse on Jefferson street. He carries all lines of feed, several excellent brands of flour and some standard proprietary stock remedies. His assistant is E. E. McBroom, recently a farmer, who is acquainted with their needs.
FUR DEALER AND MANUFACTURER.
With a shop in the Bunker block, George L. Jones [photo] manufactures fur garments of all kinds, being the successor to Geo. F. Mills. He is a skillful workman, having learned his trade from his predecessor, and makes a specialty of fur coats. No fur that is tanned is too rare for him to obtain for a customer who desires it. He also does repairing of fur garments on short notice.
FURNITURE STORES
Both furniture stores are mentioned elsewhere under the heading of undertakers.
Mr. Stafford engaged in the furniture business here, west side of square, about the year 1882, and has done a large business. He is assisted by Geo. C. Huntzinger.
Mr. Reichmuth has a fine stock in the Diesel building, now the property of Judge Donnelly. He carries a full line.
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERIES.
H. B. Medlar [photo] conducts a studio in his own building on Dean street, half block south of City Hall, succeeding his father, who conducted a gallery for more than thirty years. He is an up-to-date artist and does most excellent work. Many of the pictures in this issue are productions of his lens, he having recently purchased a new lens for viewing purposes.
M. G. Tripp [photo] conducts a studio in the E A. Stone building, over H. A. Stone's shoe store, having succeeded to the business of the late G. A. Burbank. He an artistic workman, and many of the pictures in this issue come from his studio. He has had large experience in taking views scenery and buildings.
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
S. E. Cunningham [photo] has been engaged in the contracting and building business here for a number of years. Among the houses and other buildings erected by him in this city, the following named are illustrated in this issue: his own house, D. T. Smiley's, Gustav Behrens, Fred B. Dennett's and the Armory.
C. L. Ward [photo] has had thirty years' experience in Chicago and at Harvard, and has been located in this city four years, erecting many fine structures, among which is that of Dr. Frederick C. Page, illustrated in this issue. He also built the residence of F. W Streets and several others, and now finishing the new residence of Dr. E. V. Anderson, on Dean street.
P. J. McCauley [photo] has been engaged at the contracting business here since 1886, and the work of his hands stands on all sides, mute monuments to his skill. Houses constructed by him, illustrated in this issue are: Mayor Jewett's, John M. Mullen's, Mrs. Lucinda Dacy's, and he remodeled J. D. Donovan's. There are many others of his building scattered throughout the city.
Schneider & Clark have been engaged at building for many years and are efficient workmen. Some of the houses erected by them, illustrated in this issue are: Aldermen Ben Stupfel's, John McGee's and George Burger's. There are many others.
J. M. Matheny is a skillful worker having had many years' experience. Some of the work of his hand shown in this issue (part of the time in partnership with A. C. Belcher) are George Eckert's, E. E. Bagley's (remodeled), George F. Eckert's, C. W. Hill's, L. T. Hoy's and L. J. Young's. Henry Hansman and his assistant have also done much building here.
BARBER SHOPS.
John C. Rowe [photo] conducts the Main street barber shop and bath rooms. He has been a resident of this city several years, first working for Charles Nail and then in partnership with that gentleman, and conducts a very popular establishment in the new Waverly building. He is assisted by P. P. Parker and W. C. Black, both skillful tonsorial artists, while Lee Parker attends to the bootblack's stand and waits upon the patrons of the bath rooms,
Henry Schneider and M. G. Eckert, under the firm name of Schneider & Eckert, conduct tonsorial parlors in the Furer building, east side public square. Mr. Schneider has been in the business in this city for more than twenty-five years, being for several years located on the corner where B. S. Austin's store now is. Mr. Eckert learned his trade in Mr. Schneider's shop, and that gentleman took him into partnership several years ago. Roy Murphy is a learner in their shop.
Edward Sullivan conducts a well-appointed shop in the basement of the Sherman block, and Harry Ashton one the Kellogg block, previously mentioned.
LIVERY STABLES.
V. E. Jones [photo] conducts a livery stable at his residence on Washington street. He has been in the business nearly all of his life and has some elegant turnouts, which are in great demand.
M. S. Caskey recently became the sole proprietor of the Main street stable, which is one of the oldest locations in the city. He has a fine equipment, and has a hearse in connection.
A. J. Austin succeeded to the business of his father, the late "Ladd" Austin, at the barn on Jefferson street, which is well supplied with first-class rigs.
John Dennis has a fine establishment on Jefferson street, which provides some of the latest turnouts in the city.
UNDERTAKERS.
For many years the bulk of the undertaking business of this city has been done by J. J. Stafford, who is one of the most skillful men in this line in Northern Illinois. He has the peculiar knack of caring for the dead and properly preparing them for burial and is a careful and efficient embalmer. He is assisted in the work by Geo. C. Huntzinger.
C. L. Reichmuth came to this city something over a year ago and purchased the furniture business from Rudolph Diesel, which has been established since war times. He handles all of the undertaking that comes his way, and does it satisfactorily.
NEWSPAPERS.
Woodstock has three papers. The Sentinel was established in 1856, and has been conducted by the Woodstock Sentinel Co., with C. A. Lemmers [photo] as local editor, since 1890. Its character and enterprise can be judged by this issue, which has been compiled and arranged and printed and issued within five weeks under most adverse circumstances—sickness in the office force, cold weather and many other hindrances.
John A. Dufield has conducted the McHenry County Democrat since 1882, the paper having been purchased by Dufield Bros. and issued by them from '77 to that date. It is Democratic in its politics and has always worked for the upbuilding of Woodstock. The editorial work has for a number of years been in charge of John W. Metzger.
Das Volksblatt, a German paper, was established by the late Fred Renich a dozen or more years ago, but since the death of its founder it has been conducted most of the time by Fred L. Renich [photo], who is its present editor and manager. It has gained an enviable reputation among the German-speaking people of several counties. Ernest Fues is the efficient job and ad man in the office.
RESTAURANTS.
Mrs. J. W. Clute's Model restaurant is located in the basement of the E. R. Bird building, northeast corner square. Makes a specialty of home cookery.
Martin Dirrenberger's restaurant is located in the Joslyn (Stupfel) building, east side square.
Chris. Schranck's restaurant is located in the Kimberly building on Main street.
B. C. Marcum has a restaurant in the basement of the Primm block.
All serve warm meals at all hours, lunches, oysters, etc.
HARNESS SHOPS.
Bachman & Wilcox (Charles Bachman and George Wilcox) are the successors to the late Alois Dreyer in the harness shop in the Furer building, east side square. Both learned their trades under Mr. Dreyer's tutelage, and both are able workmen. They handle a fine stock in all lines of harness goods.
John J. Wurtzinger is the successor of E. R. Bird in the harness shop in the Bird building on Benton street. He learned his trade from Alois Dreyer and Mr. Bird, and handles a very fine stock in his line.
LUMBER YARDS.
The oldest yard in the city is the W. D. Hall establishment, which is managed hy Geo. F. Eckert, who has been in charge of the same for something like fifteen years. All kinds of building materials are handled. J. C, Johnston assists Mr. Eckert in the work.
The Dacy Lumber Co. also conducts a yard on Washington street, of which C. F. Dacy is the manager and H. L. Fish his assistant. It is also fully equipped and doing a nice business.
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE.
Fremont Hoy handles an extensive line of business, being the district agent for the Equitable life and agent for several of the best fire insurance companies in the country. His office is at the Farmers Exchange bank.
Emil Arnold writes both life and fire insurance, and other agents in these lines are Richards & Jewett, A. F. Field, Cowlin & Hibbard, Quinlan & Murphy, Jas. A Dufield, E. H. Waite, V. S. Lumley, F. N. Blakeslee and others.
MACHINE SHOPS
B. F. Ellsworth is previously mentioned in this connection, and a cut of same appears on the seventeenth page of this issue. He has his shop equipped with the best of machinery and does a large business to the satisfaction of the public.
Griebel Brothers (Albert and E. G.) erected a new building on Main street the past summer, in which they placed the latest machinery manufactured and are turning out a lot of work, both being capable workmen.
BILLIARD HALLS.
On the south side of the square, in the Kellogg block, Harry Ashton conducts a first-class billiard parlor in connection with his barber business. He has two fine billiard tables and a pool table, which are liberally patronized.
The other billiard tables are conducted by B. Sherman, mentioned elsewhere.
STATION AGENT.
The North-Western's station agent in this city is Theo. Davis, a very deserving and accommodating gentleman, who succeeded G. O. Vermilya. He is assisted by W. E. Soles, freight agent, H. O. McKee, day operator and ticket agent, Geo. W. Miller, general baggage handler, and Emil Kuhn, who carries Uncle Sam's mail.
MILLINERS.
The Misses Donnelly, in their own building opposite the court house, conduct the oldest establishment of the kind in the city, and enjoy a large patronage.
Other dealers in millinery are Mrs. A. M. Morgan, in the John J. Murphy building, who only recently began the business. Mrs. J. M. Thomas, located in the Primm block, and Murphy & Mullen.
CIGAR MANUFACTORY.
Thomas Jacobs opened a cigar manufactory in the Sherman block a few years ago, and has built up a fine business. He manufactures several brands of cigars that are very popular and for which he finds ready sale. His goods are sold in many places about town, and he also does a retail business himself.
GUN AND REPAIR SHOP.
This place is managed by Burnham Sherman, and is located in the basement of the Furer building, east side public square. Mr. Sherman does a general repairing business, sells sportsmen's supplies, and manages two billiard and one pool table.
CHICAGO INDUSTRIAL HOME.
Located on Queen Anne street, as an institution of the Free Methodist church, where homeless children are taken and sheltered, provided with the necessaries of life and educated, as well as placed in good permanent homes. We have been unable to obtain a full account of the work of this institution for this issue.
WHEELWRIGHTS.
Joseph Swadish does work in this line in the Donnelly building opposite the court house, John Tong in the laundry building, W. F. Mumford at his home on Throop street, and B. F. Ellsworth at his shop, corner East Washington and Madison streets.
PAINTERS AND DECORATORS
The principal painters and decorators of the city are Albert Wienke, Who keeps a large force of men at work and who has done most of the finest work in the city for several years, Henry Burdick, E. W. Ercanbrack and A. P. Baker.
BOWLING ALLEYS.
Lovers of exercise find enjoyment in patronizing the bowling alleys on Main street—four of the finest ones in the country the property of Joslyn & Renich, managed by E. W. McCune, formerly of Elgin.
HARNESS REPAIR SHOP.
Daniel Tripp, who has been engaged in the harness manufacturing business here for many years, conducts a repair shop in the Kellogg building, opposite the City Hall, where he waits upon many customers.
ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER.
F. H. Opfergelt is a capable architect and designer, having an office in the Hoy block. He does very satisfactory work, and some of the fine residences in the city were designed and planned by him.
AUCTIONEER.
James R. Green is the people's great auctioneer. Mr. Green has operated here for several years, is a skillful salesman and a very clever gentleman. He is always busy during the auction season.
COURT STENOGRAPHER.
Frank N. Blakeslee is the official stenographer of the McHenry county circuit court, and also does work in his line for the general public, being very quick and accurate. His office is in the Hoy block.
PENSION AGENCY.
Wm. H. Cowlin has for many years conducted a pension agency at his residence on North Madison street, securing a large number of pensions for worthy veterans and their widows and orphans.
MUSIC TEACHERS.
The music teachers of the city are Misses Agnes Quinlan, Carrie B. Lawson, Bessie Murphey and Ethel Field, Mrs. W.T.Charles, Mr. Peter Herman, and several others we do not just now recall.
DRESSMAKERS.
The dressmakers of the city (some of them) are Miss Lizzie Crosby, Mrs. Frank B. Tryon, Mrs. C. E. Losee, Mrs. C. B. Murphy and Mrs. Maria Dreyer, all of whom are always busy.
CATTLE DEALERS.
The principal cattle dealers of the city are Green, Beatty, Murphy & Compton and Jerry Richards, and these gentlemen also buy stock for shipment to the Chicago market.
DRAYMEN.
The draymen of the city are E. L. Hanaford, Frank C. Hanaford (who also handles the American express), William Schernau, and Louis Kirchmann.
CIGAR AND TOBACCO STORE.
Frederick Merton conducts this business in his own store on Main street, which he erected a couple of years ago. He handles all the leading brands of cigars.
BRICK AND STONE MASONS.
The principal brick and stone masons in the city are Frank Witt, the Johnsons and Andrew Jacobson, who are always fairly busy.
BOARDING HOUSES.
Boarding houses are conducted by Mrs. W. E. Soles, on Clay street, and Mrs. Delia Johnson, on Calhoun street, who feed the hungry well.
CARRIAGE PAINTING.
C. L. Clark conducts a carriage painting shop in the building just west of Ellsworth's machine shop.
DOCTOR OF VETERINARY SURGERY.
Charles G. Jennings [photo], born at Patoka, Ill., Aug. 1, 1872; educated in the local schools; attended the Chicago Veterinary college in 1898, graduating as a doctor of comparative medicine in 1901 and locating in this city for the practice of veterinary surgery and medicine; has an office at the residence of Geo. H. King on Church street, and is building up a very satisfactory patronage.
ATTORNEY CHARLES S. NORTHROP. [photo]
The above two cuts did not arrive in time to appear in the write-up of professional men on the fifteenth page.
LEANDER J. YOUNG, Fire Marshal and Insurance Agent [photo]
SUPERINTENDENT C. W. HART, Woodstock Public School [photo]
MARSHAL JOHN BOLGER. [photo]
To Our Readers, On account of the rush and the many inconveniences to which we have been put in getting out this issue of The Sentinel, we have greatly curtailed and condensed our news department this week, feeling that we have given our readers their money's worth without the general grist of local and county items. We hope to get back to normal conditions before another issue. In the meantime, if you are going to call and pay for your paper for another year, please do so before the end of the year, and we will try to be on hand and treat you courteously. If you see anything in this issue that is not precisely correct, consider our extremity and graciously pardon the omission or errors. Subscribers at a distance who are in arrears will please remit at once.
Four, Four, Four Days More. I am selling an extra number of cut glass pieces this year—the latest patterns—and my prices sell the goods. My dinner sets are all the latest decoration.
Toilet sets in many shapes; water sets in Bohemian and American cut glass; fancy candlesticks; wax candles; elegant China creamers, all sizes and prices; bread and milk sets; tiles: burnished and cut vases; chop dishes: tumblers and pitchers; a good round nickel lamp for $1, and others in proportion; globes, shades and extra lamp trimmings; dinner sets matched. Goods brought out from city on approval. FRANK M. BUNKER.
Matrimonial.
Married, in this city, on Monday, Dec. 16, 1901, Albert L. Bandlow and Miss Lettie Starin, both of Delavan Lake, Wis., Justice L. H. Jones officiating.
Get oysters at Dirrenberger's.
PEOPLE'S COLUMN.
"Ads." in this Column, 25c per week for five lines or less; over five lines, 5c per line.
FOR SALE. A nice list of city property. lnquire of E. H. Waite.
FOR SALE. House and six lots on Judd and Denmark streets, by Wm. H. Stewart.
FOR RENT. a good house and barn adjoining public square. Inquire of J. S. Andrews.
FOR SALE. Choice lots on Clay street. Inquire of Richards, Jewett & Wright Abstract Co.
FOR SALE. A few thoroughbred Chester white boars. Inquire of or address J. E. Harrison, Woodstock, Ill.
LAND AND TOWN LOTS FOR SALE Money to loan. McHENRY COUNTY ABSTRACT CO.
FOR SALE OR RENT. Farm of 235 acres near Ridgefield (the Hartman place). Inquire of J. g. Hartman, Ridgefield, Ill.
FOR RENT. One of the finest office rooms in Woodstock, located in the Church block. For particulars call on Frank Tappan. Agent.
WANTED. For Chicago customers, farms of 60, 80, 120, 160, and 200 acres in McHenry county. Address, with price, C. P. Barnes. Woodstock. Ill.
WANTED. Three well-improved farms in this county, for friends who want to locate here. If you want to sell, address, giving full description, lowest prices and terms. Box 619. Woodstock. Ill.
LOST. Sunday evening, Dec. 15, at Crystal Lake, a dark bay mare 7 years old, with rope around neck; was last seen at Franklinville. Finder will be rewarded by notifying Roy Genung, Crystal Lake, Ill.
GREAT CHANCE FOR FARMERS AND TEAMSTERS!
We have bought from various Breweries and Express Companies, several carloads of secondhand Horses, all in good shape, and suitable for Farm and Team work, will refund one-half of railroad fare to any out of town purchaser. Let your depot manager give you receipt for your ticket money. Abe Klee & Son, 272 & 276 North Center Ave., near Milwaukee Ave. Chicago. Ill. Take Milwaukee Ave cable car.
[OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.]
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF The State bank of Woodstock,
AT WOODSTOCK, STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Before the commencement of business on the 11th Day of December, 1901, as made to the auditor of public accounts, for the state of Illinois, pursuant to law.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts $181,798.76
Overdrafts 818.02 182,616.78
Other bonds and securities, including premiums 31,212.12
Due from national banks 36,691.18
Due from state banks and bankers 5,329.90 42,021.08
Checks and other cash items 2,241.81
Collections in transit 4,084.28 6,326.09
Cash on hand 12,844.00
a. gold coin 5,565.00
b. silver coin 292.25
Nickels and cents 275.99 18,977.24
Total. 281,153.31
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in 25,000.00
Surplus fund 15,000.00
Undivided profits, less espenses 6,561.20
Demand deposits, individual 122,385.25
Demand deposits, certificates 112,206.86 234,592.11
Total 281,153.31
STATE OF ILLINOIS, County of McHenry
I, E. C. Jewett, cashier of The State Bank of Woodstock, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief.
E. C. Jewett, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of December, 1901. George W. Lemmers, Notary Public (Seal).

Thursday, December 19, 1901. THE WOODSTOCK SENTINEL Page 19

IN THE GLAD SEASON The Angel of Death Enters Several Homes.
Death of Mrs. P. B. Still, H. L. Watson, c. c. Readel and Mrs. Purlina McMillan.

H. L. Watson [photo]. Died at his home on Hayward and Calhoun streets, in this city, on Friday, Dec. 13, 1901, H. L. Watson, aged 79 years. We have been unable to get the data as to the place of birth of Mr. Watson, as to his marriage or as to his coming to this city. We know that he has been a resident of this city about forty years. During the larger part of that time Mr. Watson was engaged in the draying business here, having a number of steady patrons among the business public. He was exact and honest in all of his business transactions, and his faithfulness, even after he had reached the age when most men feel justified in retiring, was marked and noteworthy. For many years he handled the freight for the American Express company, in which position he was unfailingly reliable.
Mr. Watson was one of the mainstays of the Baptist church of this city, being one of its deacons and a member of the board of trustees. He was a regular attendant upon divine services until a very few days before his death, although in failing health for several years. He was a devout worshipper and a man who lived the profession he made.
Mr. Watson leaves an aged widow, who has the sympathy of the community in the loneliness occasioned in her life by her husband's taking off. The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Baptist church, Rev. E. S. Moon officiating, and the interment was in Oakland cemetery.

Mrs. P. B. Still. Died, on Friday, Dec. 13, 1901, at her home east of this city, Edna A. Young, wife of P. B. Still, aged 48 years, 4 months, 19 days.
Edna A. Young was born in Woodstock, Ill., July 25, 1853. She was trained in a Christian home, and in early life gave evidence that the new birth required by her Savior was her passport into the kingdom of her God, where King Jesus reigns. Her cultured mind was the product of our public school, so she was taught not only to be smart, but also to be good. With this training she occupied an important place in social and church life.
On Sept. 29, 1881, she plighted her faith with P. B. Still, a happy and congenial union. It has been evident for more than a score of years that each lived for the other. Edna was unceasing in her devotion to every interest of the home. Strong, vigorous and healthy, there seemed no task too difficult for her hands. Thus she labored on until it became evident that, while doing for others, she overestimated her own strength. Shattered nerves and a faltering heart were serious tokens of a decline. Relief from home cares, travel, good medical attention, were pursued with vigilance and often attended with a ray of hope, but on last Friday, the 13th inst., with no indication of a change for the worst, she seemed to be overcome with drowsiness and asked her sister Lutie to bathe her face and hands with cold water, hoping that it would drive away the sleepy feeling. But there was no arousement and without a pain or a struggle the wife passed away, while in the arms of her husband, like a child in the arms of its mother, from the embrace of sleep to the repose of death.
Mrs. Still was an ardent and devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church, faithful in the performance of every duty, yet she served her church most in the capacity of Sunday-school teacher. Here especially may it be said of her, as of old, "She has done what she could." We are sorry that Mrs. Still has gone on-that is, we are sorry that God thought it best to take her from her home and loved ones; but we must not be sinfully selfish about it. God gave and He hath taken away, and it is all right. We are sure with her new experiences in the better land she has realized the beautiful words of the poet:
"More and more like Him, repeat the blest story, over and over again. Changed by His spirit from glory to glory, I shall be satisfied then."
Thank God, while the multitude of friends mourn today "our loss," she is with Christ, which is far better.
The funeral was held at 11 o'clock, Sunday morning, from the M. E. church, which was crowded to the very doors. The floral tributes were magnificent, attesting to the esteem in which the deceased was held. The music was by the choir and a quartet and Miss Eva Thompson rendered a beautiful solo.
A. Sunderlin delivered a fitting sermon, extending sincere sympathy to the bereaved husband, mother, sisters and brothers, in which The Sentinel and the community joins. The Interment was in the family lot in Oakland cemetery.

Purlina Buck McMillan. Died, at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. J. C. Kline, 2100 Adams street, Chicago, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 1901, Purlina Buck, relict of the late James McMillan, aged 85 years, 7 months, 26 days.
Purlina Buck was born in Palmyra, N. Y.. Apr. 18, 1816. She was married to James McMillan in 1835 and came to Illinois in 1837 and to McHenry county in 1838. Her children were: John James, Andrew James, John Thomas, Mary Jane and Margaret Ann. Mary Jane, now Mrs. Mary J. Rogers of Chicago, and Mrs. Margaret Hall, of Joplin. Mo., two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren survive. James McMillan, the husband, died in Woodstock, May 10, 1884.
Mrs. McMillan lived in McHenry county until seven years ago, when she went to Joplin, Mo., remaining there until May, 1899, when she returned to Chicago, where she resided surounded by her daughter Mary, her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Mrs. McMillan was one of the charter members of the Presbyterian charch at Ridgefield. During her residence in Woodstock she was a member of the First Presbyterian church, and her parting words were: "I have fought the good fight and have kept the faith." The causes of Mrs. McMillan's death was pneumonia. The funeral was held from her late residence on Monday, the 16th, and the interment was at Terra Cotta, in this county.

Christoph Carl Readel. Died, at his home near this city, on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 1901, Christoph Carl Readel, aged 79 years, 3 months, 25 days.
Christoph Carl Readel was born la Treaborn Germany, Aug. 23, 1822, aad there he was married to Miss Mary Bockhus. They came to this country in 1872, where Mr. Readel lived an honorable, industrious life. He leaves to mourn his death a widow and four chlldren--three sons and one daughter.
Mr. Readel was a good citizen, a kind father and a faithful and affectionate husband.
The funeral is being held from St. John's Lutheran church this afternoon at l:30 o'clock, and the interment will be in Oakland cemetery.

A Child Called.
A young child of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Dannemann died on Monday last. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of many friends.

LOCAL TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.
Woodstock People Equipped with Means of Quick Communication.
In the year 1895 the city council granted to Allen B. Wager a franchise for the construction of a complete local system of telephones, and he immediately put a force of men to work erecting the poles and stringing the lines, and in September of that year ihe system was in operation, with about thirty subscribers. The applications for phones soon began to fly in, and from that day to this there has been a steady increase in the number, so that now about 140 subscribers are supplied with prompt service that is very satisfactory.
Mr. Wager was the owner and manager of the exchange until a few months ago, when he sold his plant to Judge C. H. Donnelly, Geo. W. Field and David R. Joslyn, who immediately engaged F. M. Ross, of South Bend, Ind., as manager. Since that time the system has been undergoing a complete overhauling. Many new poles have been erected, new wires strung and many of the wires cabled. This work is not yet completed, but when it is finally completed we will have one of the finest systems of telephone service that can be found in any inland city in the Northwest.
Through the medium of the Citizens Telephoue Co. of McHenry county, of which Marcellus L. Joslyn is president, subscribers to the local system are enabled to converse with practically every town, village and city in he county, a reasonable fee being charged for the toll line service. Through a recent arrangement made with the Chicago Telephone Co. subscribers to the local system can stand in their offices or residences and talk with Chicago, Minneapolis, or any of the cities on the company's lines, the usual fees being charged. The "hello girls" at the local central station are Misses Dora Zimpleman and Mabel Darrell, while Miss Jule Kelly has charge of the toll line and long-distance service.
The conveniences of the service are too numerous to be enumerated, and the price of the local service is practically saved in the amount of shoe leather saved annually.


WOODSTOCK STEAM LAUNDRY.
A Finely Equipped Plant Doing a Large Business.
Previous to 1894 the people of Woodstock were compelled to send their dirty linen to outside places for laundering, but in that year Messrs. Young & Boies came to this city from Elgin and started a laundry in the old foundry building. The location proved unsatisfactory and they leased a lot east of the Frame pickle factory, where a frame structure was erected especially for their use. Mr. Young (W. H.) shortly after purchased his partner's interest, added to the plant, bought new machinery and built up a large business. About a year ago he took James P. Brink into partnership and they continued the business until a few months ago, when they sold for $4,750 to H. J. Lembke, from Iowa, who made such a failure that he sold two weeks ago at a great personal loss. The laundry is now in charge of Mr. Dobton, of Harvard, a practical and experienced hand, who promises to conduct one of the finest institutions in the country.
The equipment of the laundry embraces all the latest machinery necessary for the successful prosecution of the business, and in the height of its popularity it often turned out more than 1100 white shirts per week, and other articles in proportion. It employs from six to twelve hands. It maintains a wagon, now in charge of Henry Burdirk, for collecting and delivering washings, while the transient trade of the city is served through the agency of Mead & Charles, the grocers.
Later.— Yesterday E. A. Ellsworth purchased the laundry, has taken possession and will put it in first-class condition. As he has no complete list of patrons, kindly drop him a line if you want him to call for your laundry.


OUR TWENTIETH CENTURY NUMBER.
A Few Facts in Connection With the Issuance of This Edition.
In presenting to our readers this issue of The Sentinel, we realize that it could be improved upon in many respects, but are also are aware of the fact that no paper in McHenry county ever before attempted to get out a write-up edition of its own town on so elaborate a scale. It is only five weeks since we determined upon this issue, and we have thus been put at a great disadvantage and have possibly made some errors.
The purpose of this edition is a complete write-up of Woodstock -an issue presenting facts in a brief manner that the people will want to preserve -and we trust that in this respect we have fulfilled our intention.
We have done this work in five short weeks, kept up all of the other work of the office, and waited upon our patrons. We have been unable to do much soliciting of patronage for this issue, and in fact it was not our intention to make it a money-making advertising sheet strictly, but our only desire has been to get out even on the same.
We have repeatedly stated that we desired every interest in the city to be represented in these columns, and there should be no occasion for jealousies or disappointments, for, as we have done very little soliciting, there was an opportunity for you to make your wants known through the many mediums at your disposal, and those who may have a tendency to find fault have only themselves to blame.
This edition is printed on the J. W. Butler Paper Co.'s S. & S. C. book paper. The ink, which was a 60-cent book, was purchased from the Queen City Ink Co., of Chicago, and it took nearly twenty pounds to print the edition. We are issuing 2,500 copies of fifty pounds to the ream, making 1,250 pounds of paper in the edition, at 4 cents per pound. The half-tone engravings, or most of them, were made by Geo. H. Benedict & Co., 308 Dearborn street, Chicago, and the bill foots up to a heavy figure.
We want our brethren of the press to remember, in criticizing this number, that it was printed on a Proutv seven-column press, two pages at a time, most of the time with the mercury hovering at or below the zero mark, and that our job and ad man and one of our compositors have been confined to their homes during the period of greatest hustle, so that we have had to work while others slept in order to get out on time.
Extra copies of this issue can be obtained at 5 cents each at this office, and as more than 600 extras had been
ordered before the issue was printed, those who still want extras will readily see that they will have to get their orders in at once if they expect to get the papers.
To those who have given us their encouragement and kind words during the work of preparing this issue and the many perplexities that have confronted us, we extend our heartfelt thanks, and shall remember them with the idea of repaying them in the days that are to come.
In conclusion we extend to all the compliments of the season.

SECRET AND OTHER SOCIETIES.
Nearly All the Great Societies Represented in Woodstock.
Woodstock has her full quota of secret societies, some of them, notably the Masons and the Odd Fellows, having been in operation here almost as long as the city has been in existence. We can only mention them briefly.
We had intended to give the names of the officers of all of them, but as the lists have not been received, must defer doing so until another issue of this paper.
The lodges and societies in the city not mentioned elsewhere are: Three branches of Masonry, three branches Of Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen, Maccabees, Ladies' Benevolent Penny Mite, Ladies' Cemetery Aid, Modern American Fraternal, G. A. R., W. R. C., Knights of the Globe, Court of Honor, Forresters, Mystic Workers, and perhaps others that we have over-looked in the rush.

Winning His Spurs. Attorney David K. Joslyn won another case in the county court last Saturday, when a jury returned a verdict in favor of his client, Nelson Gates, of Hebron, against John Brehms, in what has come to be known as the fence case. Mr. Joslyn has represented Mr. Gates in seven cases in which his opponent was Mr. Brehms. and he has won in every instance, V. S. L,umley being the opposing counsel in the case decided last Saturday. Of the merits of the case it is not the province of this paper to
discuss, but that Mr. Joslyn is winning spurs no one can dispute. While one of the younger members of the McHenry county bar, he possesses a legal acumen and a skill in handling cases that is bound to work to his advantage as the years roll by. Mr. Joslyn is a son of Merritt L. Joslyn, who was, in his prime, one of the best trial lawyers that McHenry county ever had, and it would be strange indeed did not his son inherit some of the ability and tact in the legal profession possessed by his distinguished sire. Mr. Joslyn's practice has shown a steady increase the past season, and as he can always be found at his office with Judge Gillmore, and gives faithful attention to the interests of his clients, we advise our readers in neighboring places to give him a call when they desire legal business transacted.

Elgin Butter Market.
At Elgin, Monday, butter was steady at 24 1/2 cents: no offerings and no sales; butter last week. 24 1/2 cents; last year, 24 1/2 cents; output of the week, 601,000 pounds.

A Christmas Greeting.
I wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
As I have been with you only a month, I am more than thankful for the trade that has come to me, which has exceeded my expectation, and I think that the parties who have made their purchases of me have been more than satisfied with the SPECIAL DISCOUNT that I have been giving which I will continue to give until January 1st, 1902. So take advantage of it while you can. I am continually adding more of the up-to-date goods, and shall do my best to keep what the trade demands, and will sell them at Reasonable Prices for the Quality of Goods, as I do not believe in cheap goods, for the cost of making will not be any more, and then you will be satisfied with your purchase.
I do not expect to get goods for less than cost, for we are at least entitled to a small profit, or we would not do business, and as your merchant pays taxes in your county, and that lowers your taxes, therefore you should trade at home it possible.
North Side of Public Square J. G. HURD Successor to M. D. HOY & SON WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS.

LEGAL. Jackman & Bennet, Attorneys.
Administrator's Notice. Estate of Mary Smith, deceased.
The undersigned, having been appoinyrf administrator of the estate of Mary Smith deceased, late of the county of McHenry and state of Illinois, hereby gives notice that he will appear before the county court of McHenry county, at the court house in Woodstock, at the February term, on the first Monday in February next, at which time all persons having claims against said estate are notified and requested to attend for the purpose of having the same adjusted. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned.
Dated this 17th day of December. A. D. 1901.
CHARLES SMITH, Administrator.

Executor's Notice of Filing Final Settlement. STATE of Illinois. McHenry County. Estate of Patrick Corr, deceased. To all whom it may concern: You are hereby notified that on Monday, the 6th day of January, 1902, I, as the executrix of the last will and testament of said deceased, will present to the county court of McHenry county, at the court house in Woodstock, Illinois, my final report of my acts and doings as such executrix, and ask that court to be discharged from any and all further duties and responsibilities connected with said estate and my administration thereof, at which time and place you may be present and resist such application, if you choose so to do. Eliza Corr, Executrix of the last will and testament of Ptrick Corr, deceased.

REACHING THROUGH OUR STOCK is that ever present principle of fair dealing. Customers are charged right prices whether
the market on FEED is going up or down. Some of our stock is good for all of your stock. Everything offered is of prime quality. Fully matured when cut, this line of Oats, Hay, Grain, etc., contains the largest percentage of nutrient qualities. PURE, FRESH BUCKWHEAT FLOUR on hand at all times: would be pleased to get your orders. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas. I am Yours respectfully, H. H. BOSSHARD 'Phone 107.

GREAT BARGAINS IN XMAS GOODS FROM TODAY AT A. S. WRIGHT'S.

RENICH & HART GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS That's Our Specialty.
None Better Anywhere. TELEPHONE No. 06.

LEGAL.
Jackman & Bennett, Solicitors STATE Of ILLINOIS . County of McHenry. In the County Court of McHenry county to the January term. A. D. 1902.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN NOTICE: That the undersigned will, on Friday the 10th day of January, 1902, at the hour of 10 o'clock a.m. of said day, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, apply to the county court of McHenry county, Illinois, for an order to sell all of the right, title and interest of Susie S. Smith, an insane person, in and to the following real estate, to wit:

Mrs. A. M. Morgan Special Holiday Inducement
As Christmas is so near, you will all be looking for something to remember your friends with. I will give all customers, beginning; December 19, and ending; December 26, a discount of 10 per cent, on all purchases of $1.00 and up. You will find here many useful and artistic presents, and a tine line of both ladies' and gentlemen's Silk and Linen handkerchiefs.
In ladies' fine furnishings we carry a full line of Cloaks, Suits, Skirts ami Waists. If anything is not in stock, we gladly order for you and guarantee perfect satisfaction.
MRS. A.M. MORGAN East Side Public Square.

Come Now And have a sitting for your Christmas Photos and save disappointment on account of the rush and cloudy weather. There is no cheaper or better Christmas present than a photograph, for at a small expense, you can give a dozen presents and please everyone who receives them. M. G.TRIPP

Say! Christmas Is Coming "A Word to the Wise" Don't wail until late; come early, when our stock is complete and full. Get your choice and have it laid aside for you. Weather is fair, roads good and our prices are always right. We Sell the Best Goods. We will take orders for anything not in stock. Please call. A. R. MURPHEY WOODSTOCK, ILL.

NEW Meat Market. The Undersigned having opened a new market in the Kappler building near the depot are now prepared to supply their patrons with the best in FRESH MEATS, SALT MEATS, SMOKED MEATS AND SAUSAGES of all kinds. Orders promptly attended to and satisfaction is guaranteed. C. F. Gaulke & Son 'PHONE 116.
Woodstock Illinois.

Geo. H. Hooker 'Phone 69. CHRISTMAS Candies, Bananas, Oranges, Nuts, Apples, Dates, Celery and Seasonable Vegetables of all Kinds. The Finest Stock in the City. 'Phone 69 Geo. H. Hooker

Christmas at Kennedy's. We have the Finest Assortment of CANDIES ever in town, from 10c to 70c. a pound. A complete line of FANCY BOX CANDY, something nice, and, "Oh! how Good."
If you want to eive a Useful Present, something good for cold weather, we have them.
Christmas Trees, Nuts, Oranges, Green Vegetables and Fruits.
Give Us Your Christmas Order. A. D. & J. A. KENNEDY. 'PHONE 48.

RESIDENCE OF L. B. COMPTON [photo] 302 S. Madison street
RESIDENCE OF ALPHA CLARK [photo] 601 S. Jefferson street


THE WOODSTOCK SENTINEL. Thursday, December 19, 1901. Page 20
HOLIDAY GOODS A. DWIGHT OSBORN Runs the Warehouse for Santa Claus.
CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR, so let us have just the best time that we possibly can and enjoy ourselves by making others happy. It is the Season for giving gifts, and if straws show which way the wind blows, there will be more gift-giving this season than any previous year on record. So we have taken this as our cue and have bought, not a tremendous heavy stock, but an assortment of useful, ornamental and amusing line of goods that would do credit to a town five times larger than Woodstock, and we have them all artistically arranged on our Second Floor and ready for inspection. Come and bring the children, large and small, and see what SANTA CLAUS has in his Warehouse for you. A Little Money Goes a Long Ways Buying Gifts at Our Store.
Sewing Machines. Would you dare think of it. Get your wife or daughter a Gold Hibbard Ball Bearing Sewing Machine for a present. There is nothing finer. Others, with drop head, five drawers and oak cases, finely finished and guaranteed.
This sweet tone Bugle, with cord and tassel attached.
A fine tone Trumpet. a Metal Flute. A Wood Flute.
Dolls! Dolls! Dolls for Everyone. Rubber Dolls. China Dolls. Bisque Dolls. Paper Dolls. Dressed Dolls. Undressed Dolls. Dolls, two for 5c. Dolls up to 71.5".
Black Board Desks with large drawers, strong and durable 1.50. We also have a very Complete line of rolltop and dropfront writing desks, made of oak and finely finished. Prices running all the way up to 6.48. Also Book Cases up to 3.48.
Sweeper for the baby, little girl, daughter, wife and mother 35c to 3.50.
Good-lite drum for 45c. Up to a genuine calf head snare drum, for $1.65.
Blocks, A fine line of 5c and 10c.
This Rocking Chair, finished red, blue green, and natural wood, heavy and strong 35c.
Black Boards, like cut 43c.
Chautaquas 1.58. The Improved Chautauquas 1.95.
What would make a more useful, as well as ornamental present, than these. They are durable and always look nice. Baking Dishes, Servers, Tea Sets, Celery and Bread Trays, Tea Pots, Coffee Pots, Water Pitchers, Drinking Cups, Crumb Trays and Scrapers, Etc.. Etc. All made of heavy copper and heavily nickel plated. Prices are reasonable.
Coaster like cut 48c. Iron Coaster, 46 inches long, heavily braced, oak side rail, artistically painted and polished. Will hold up all the load you can pile on it 2.25. Our Blue Bird and Red Bird Coaster, at 2.98. This is the prettiest thing out.
Roman Chairs, without backs, upholstered in velour, mahogany finish 85c. Roman Chairs, natural wood finish, without upholstering 58c. Roman Rockers, upholstered in velour, natural wood finish 95c. Roman Rockers, mahogany finish $1.00.
Also a very complete line of Child Rockers, from 45c up to $2.25.
This Rocking Chair, strong and durable 43c.
Crokinola and Checker Boards 95c.
Carpet Sweeper. Make your wife more than happy by getting her a sweeper for Christmas.
Saw and Buck, Saw with Blade, 21 inch, with a good steel. Buck 24 Inch high, strong and durable 50c.
The Latest in Games. Games without number from 5c. up to $3.95. The finest line of Box Games, consisting of Baseball, Fish Pond, India, Golf, Discovering the North Pole, Errand Boy, Kings, Duck on the Rock, Cats and Mice, Man in the Moon, Etc.. Etc. Put up in heavy boxes, 15 inch squares, that we will sell for 23c. Croland the New Game Board, Elegant mahogany finished, covered with bright green felt, polished brass score plates, polished balls. Etc. Another New Game Board, Acme Combination. Also Carroms and Star Boards, at prices as low as the lowest.
Iron Hook and Ladder Truck. A heavy substantial toy, 25 1/2 inches long. Two detachable wood ladders, a fine span of horses, driver and captain $1.25.
Train Cars. Two cars, tender and engine, 17 inches long 63c. Combination Train, Engine and Tender, 30 inches long. Work train, with Engine and Tender, 39 inches long 1.15. C. & N. W. Vestibule. Limited. 57 inches long, complete 1.95. Stock Train, loaded with stock, 45 inches long 2.25.
This Seal is a very wonderful mechanical toy: amusing and substantial toy 50c.
Toy Stoves. Gem 4 Hole Range nickel plated, 8 inches long, 5 inches high 85c. Prize, 6 Hole Range, 12 inches long and 12 inches high, rolling grate, large Oven, large Reservoir, high Shelf, and all nickel plate with Coal Hod, Kettle, Spider, Griddles, etc. all for $1.98.
French Music Boxes, round metal frames, strong and durable, 1 tune 75c. 3 tunes $1.00.
Turkish Tubephones 75c to $3.00.
Ground Class Drawing Slate with fine assortment studies 5c. Large size 10c.
Genuine Rubber Roll Wringer, made by the American Wringer Co. large enough to wring Hankerchiefs and small Articles. 3 1/2 inch Roll 50c. 5 inch Roll, large enough for a small wash $1.25.
When you start out to buy a present for a friend remember that our store has two floors filled with goods that would be suitable for presents for some one and also remember that you not only find the less expensive articles here, but also a lot of fine goods as well.
Go-Carts, like cut shown 25c and up to 2.50.
Sad Iron. Nickel Plated, with detachable handle and stand, good sizes, 15c and 20c.
Banks of All Kinds. Self Registering Bank-a Bank that shows on a Dial the amount in bank. Kicking Mule Banks. Bear and Indian Banks. Frog and Indian Banks. Storming the Fort Banks. William Tell Banks. Battle Ship Maine Banks. Nigger and Whitewash Brush Hanks. Combination Banks.
Banks for 5c. Banks up to $1.25
This Sled, same as cut 38c.
Shoo Fly 30c.
This Trolley Car runs. Turn the key and the spring does the work 25c.
Wash Set, consisting of Wringer, Wash Tub, Wash Stand, Clothes Rack and Wash Board, for 25c.
These are noted for their sweet tone easy action, finely finished cases, and at prices astonishingly low. 25c, 65c, $1.25 and $2.65.
Dresser, like cut 28c. Also a beautiful line of Oak Chiffoniers, Side Boards, Dressers, China Closets, Etc.
This heavy Iron Engine runs with a tempered steel spring, strong and durable $1.10.
Chafing Dish. Very heavy copper. Nickel plated. Large size, with Alcohol lamp 4.50.
The most beautiful, strongly built and handsomely decorated toy made is this launch. Will run quite a long distance in the water. Is guided by setting the rudder. 14 inches long 2.75. Smaller ones for 1.00.
This Iron Dog and Cart with Driver 25c.
This American Express Delivery Wagon 15 inches long 25c.
2 Horse Rig, made of steel. 18 inches long 65c.
This Iron Toy, 8 inches long 25c.
Wheel Barrows 20c
Wheel Barrows 50c
Wheel Barrows 65c
Wheel Barrows 75c
Steel Wagons make a very useful present, strong and durable $1.00 up to $2.25.
Come early and make your selection before the Stock is taken, and if you do not care to take them with you we will keep them for you until you are ready to have them delivered or call for them.
We have everything the Market affords in Oranges, Bananas, Grapes and Apples. All kinds of Nuts, Popcorn and Candy, as well as everything in Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables, Etc, at prices, as you know, that will be as Low as the Lowest.
TELEPHONE 44. A. DWIGHT OSBORN, Woodstock, III.