March 10, 1900
LAKE ZURICH.
Bruce Ice company’s house is nearly full and car-loading is being carried on.
About $1,500 have been subscribed for a new church and it now looks as though we are going to have one.
Mr. Hogan of Joliet is substituting Charles White at the depot as Mr. White’s wife is sick in the Joliet hospital.
The Consumers’ Ice company shut down last Saturday on account of poor ice weather and a number of employees have returned to their homes in the city.
Mort Kaiser offers to throw any four men in this vicinity, the parties he met a short time ago preferred, and will agree to the same wrestling rules as before and only wants one hour’s duration. Any one who may be interested in the above may find him in care of Bruce & Boyer and a match can be made in short order.
The tax collector has been busy for the past two weeks making out receipts, counting money, etc. The levy on one hundred dollars in school district No.13, Ela is 71 cents this year; state tax, 42 cent; county tax, 48 cents; town, 3 cents; road and bridge 53 cents; delinquent district road tax in the village of Lake Zurich, $1.98; dog tax in township, $208.
The first accident in the history of ice harvesting at this lake occurred last Sunday afternoon when six men fell fifty feet, injuring all, though it seems lucky that they were not killed. The men from room No. 2 at Bruce’s house were raising the slide when the fastenings gave way and fell ot eh ground with the above result. Drs. Kendall of Barrington and Best of Arlington Heights were speedily summoned and rendered surgical aid and the patients are now resting easily. The injured are: George Tiegrich, foreman and timekeeper, Lockport, back injured; Frank Watts, Parkersburg, W.Va., leg injured and lower jaw broken twice; August Gossell, Wauconda, cut about head and back injured; Albert Lyons, LIbertyville, head cut and leg and spine injured; James Givens, Wauconda, rib broken; Charles Norburg, Joliet, cut about head and chest injured. All who fell are otherwise more or less injured. Watts is in a Chicago hospital where a dental specialist has him in charge. The tower hand for this ice firm fell forty feet a short time ago but escaped uninjured.
WAUCONDA.
J.E. Glynch of Chicago is spending the week in our village.
A.R. Johnson of Chicago is spending the week in our village.
J.E. Pratt of McHenry was a pleasant caller in our village Sunday.
T.V. Slocum, the “Arkansaw Traveler,” left for the south Tuesday morning.
Mrs. C.L. Pratt is visiting with relatives and friends in the city at present writing.
A.C. Stoxen returned from Waukegan Monday, having been excused from jury service.
Mrs. Eutie Woodhouse and daughter, Helen, of Chicago are the guests of Miss Eloise Jenks.
Mrs. R.C. Kent returned to the city Monday after spending a few days with relatives and friends in our village.
Miss Emma Welch returned home from school last Friday stricken with quinsy. We hope to hear of her speedy recovery.
Martin Thelen is reported on the sick list at present writing. Klint Griswold is filling his position at the Lakeside.
Marshal Reilly, no doubt, predicts we will have no more snow this season as he took his assistant workman to Libertyville Wednesday.
Moving has been all the rage for the past week but to say the least it could have been no pleasure for those involved under the stormy conditions of the weather.
Quite a number of our young people attended a dime social at the home of Geo. Benwell at Volo last Friday evening and a most pleasant time is reported by all.
Mrs. Frances Bangs of Chicago is spending the week with relatives and friends in our village.
Sam Taggart, who has been spending the past few weeks in our village with relatives and friends, returned to his home at Red Lodge, Mont., the first of the week.
Spring, like Christmas, comes but once a year, and sometimes she has to stand up and hang onto a strap, while old Winter lingers in the car with his nose buried in a sheet of ice.
A sleigh load of Wauconda W.R.C. ladies visited their sisters’ meeting at Nunda last Saturday. They left at 10:30 a.m. and returned at 8 o’clock p.m. A very pleasant time is reported.
Supervisor Cook and Jurors Harry Fuller and Henry Maiman went to Waukegan Sunday, the former to attend the supervisors’ meeting and Fuller and Maiman to attend the March term of court.
The Epworth League will give a dime social at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F.B. Hammons next Friday evening, March 16. A cordial invitation is extended to all and a social good time is promised,
Goosie party attended a chicken pie social at McHenry last Friday evening but failed to get any chicken pie, other substitutes, however, were found to fill the bill, and the trip on the whole is reported a very pleasant one. J.E. Gainer escorted the party and he also reports a very pleasant trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ford and son, Bud, left for Pueblo, Col., last Thursday where they expect to make their future home, is all proves favorable. Mr. and Mrs. Ford have been residents of our village and vicinity from their childhood days and whether western life will suit them or not remains to be seen.
GILMER NOTES.
D. Huntington took a flying trip to Waukegan Monday.
H.A. Schwermann shipped a car load of cattle from this place Monday.
H. Olerich of New Jersey is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Schwermann.
H. Schwermann and H. Olerich transacted business in Chicago Monday.
Lewis J. Knigge and Fred Feddler took a sleigh ride to Wauconda Saturday.
Snow has come, sleighing is good, and old and young are enjoying a rare sport - sleigh-riding.
Fred Feddler took a cutter ride to Barrington and Cuba Sunday evening. Fred says sleighing is all right.
Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Schwermann visited with Mr. and Mrs. C. Hockemeyer of Diamond Lake Sunday.
We learn that the Diamond Lake creamery has paid a dividend of $1.23 per hundred for January. How about the 29 cents, butter manager?
A number of young people responded to an invitation to participate in a pleasant party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Schwermann Sunday night. All report a very pleasant time.
Considerable moving has been done in Gilmer and vicinity of late. M. Obenauf has moved on F. Thomas’ farm, George Drury has moved on W.Morse’s farm, H. Rineke of Lake Zurich has taken possession of L. Morse’s farm and W. Biermann of Lake Zurich has moved into Mrs. Ritter’s house. Will intends to go into the poultry business.
The day after the ground hog - wise beast - retired to his nest for another six weeks’ slumber Professor Cox, the Chicago weather man, was quoted as saying in substance that the wily animal did not know his business and cited various examples to confirm his statement. The ground hog doubtless made mistakes but this time he surely knew his business regardless of the man who holds sway in the Auditorium tower.
QUENTIN’S CORNERS.
Wm. Smith made a business trip to Gilmer last Monday.
Wm. Steffens will be employed this summer by John Baker.
Miss Tille Quentin will make her home with Mrs. James Young the coming summer.
Miss Bertha Weare has had a mild attack of scarlet fever but is reported better at this writing.
Stock buyers have been numerous in this vicinity recently and are picking up everything available.
Our school closes this week for the winter term. The summer term will open in about ten days.
Mrs. John Schneider and son, Henry, were in Chicago to attend her father’s funeral which occurred last Sunday.
Our annual cheese factory meeting was held last Monday. All of the old managers were re-elected as everything has been satisfactory the past year.
Fred Sturm died in Alabama February 15 of typhoid fever, aged 35 years. He leaves a wife and one daughter to mourn his demise. Mr. Sturm was formerly a resident of Quentin’s Corners.
CARY WHISPERINGS.
M.B. Weaver was in Chicago Monday.
Wm. McGraw spent Wednesday in Chicago.
Mrs. Salisbury spent Saturday in Woodstock.
J. Wetzel of Chicago spent Sunday at J. Kenney’s.
Leon NcNett of Chicago is visiting friends here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip of Algonquin spent Sunday at F. Burton’s.
N.B. Kerns and E. Kilty were in Dundee on business Monday.
John Kern of Woodward, Wis., is visiting his brother, Ed Kern.
Mrs. J. Hubert and son, who are on the sick list, are improving slowly.
Sam Messenger and Herman Markward were Wauconda callers Sunday.
Spencer Abbott spent the latter part of last week in Nunda and Woodstock.
Goldie Sprague and Emma Wascher enjoyed a pleasant ride to Silver Lake Sunday.
Messrs. Louis Messenger, Will McGraw and Misses Annie Messenger, Josie McGraw and Mrs, McMannahan, enjoyed a sleigh ride to Algonquin Friday night.