The state capital., 1892-08-27
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS.
Strengthening the Ennocents.

Bad milk is slaughtcrlng the IN
nocents at terrible rate in Chicago.
For the week led August 20 there were
49S deaths from all causes. Mo than balf,
277. vera children under years of age. More
than half Of the 277 chill lr,n were less tam
year oil. Tho week enln2 July 80 showed s2S
deaths, and SIS We're of childr n AUGUST ., 6-o
deaths. s. chill iren; August Il. ga deaths. o4-
cfildr en undnr We trs OF age. Bad milk Is the
only explanation Of this terrible mortality rate
among the little ones The city has no milk IN
spectioa ordinance Milk is received at TWEEN
ty-threa plac s in the city, hut there Is no
method of deter,nin;nr its quality. I'VE ought
20 act with the state boar sail Health Com
missioner Ware, land until we do so tn, NOR
tality among infants and children will remain
high"
a Cure for Lumpy Jaw
Hon jeremiah Rusk. secretary OF
| agriculture, was in Chicago recently,
and referred to his cure for 'lumpy
| jaw"
He said that he had hoped to trv it on 2of
| heal, but owing to the small rumber received
| at Chicago. he was unable to get them, and will
probably be eompala to go to Kansas City TO
| give It a crucial test. He stated that DR.. Mel
! win, in charge of the government t's animal in
! dustry force at the Chicago tock-yard', has
| hal remarkable success with tn medicine, and
|
ly cured One of tho diseased ANIMALS expert
mented on lad entirely recovered, and six
others were rapidly improving.
A Nice Little Inheritance.
Information reached Decatur the Other
day that Mary Ann Dyer and Mrs. Jo-
seph Bennett, of Decatur, are two OF
four heirs to fortune of over 500, 600,
left in 1876 by James Hughes, who died
in Fayettc county, Pa. He willed his
property to friends who have died, and
the public administra tor has at last To-
Gated the natural heirs. Mrs. James A.
Kushncr, of Iberia. Mo-, is another heir,
and another niece resides in Iowa.
Seventeen thousand dollars Of the estate
has been at interest for sixteen years.
n kissing Ietter Carrier.
John ]. Mowat, a Chicago letter car
rier, has been suspended for peculia,
offense.
Moyat seems to have an uncomfortable desire
to kiss women on the street. Several week
ago he grabbed n young lady. near thu post ofcH
aud attempted to kiss her. when she slappbt
, his face Mowat was disciplined for his conduc
bv Capt McCarath, who believing that he woulF
reform, gave him another chance. The onll
y
was in love The other day Mowat broke loos
again and attempted to kiss lady who sat mex
to him in a street car. The conductor com
planned at the post office and Mowat was re
iaved from duty. 1t is believed that his min,
Is affected.
! Denth of Il Well-Known Divine.
s Dr. Hiram Buck, for forty-thre
t years a member of the Illinois con
] ference, and for thirty years Meth
odist presiding elder, died at Decatur
!. There were twenty-five ministers pres
cnt at the funeral. The addresses wcr
c by Prof w +. Short, president of tn
n Illinois female college at Jacksonville
/ and D.. ". II. Wilder president of th
: Illinois Wesleyan university at Bloom
|, ington Rev. James Miller, of Decatur
It read biographical sketch, closing wit
't a culogy.
Il Licensed to Practice Medicine.
The state board of health recently is
Y sued state certificates emitting the TO
q lowing persons to practice medicine an
surgery in Illinois:
f. f. Baur, Jr., Geo. A. Kardweil, L
ID Fuller, VIM. Hessert, F. A. Howland, Carr
Shaw IT, P. Shlapok.fsky and A. NJ Smith,
:. Chicago: r. n er. Mount Carroll; jam
Mahap1Raxto z. Thornton Shelbyvl