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WAvERLY. WRIGHT COUNTY.
County Delegate VIM. Quinn.
President. John Kelly; yice-preeident,
Kelly; rec sec, Nolan; fin sec. w Walsh
treasurer, G O'Hara; doorkeeper. y 81 O'Con-
nell; sergeant alarms, Gib.1n. Jr; ms eco,
Oh Cullen.
RICE COUNTY. II
County DELIBERATE, e J Kelly. Faribsult.
+ Division No Fsribanlt-- President. B J shsr-
idan; vice president, ] r Comford; treasurer.
g Moore; rec sec, ] Coughlin; Din sec,J Z
Coogan; door-keeper. D w Comfnrd; sergeant
alarms, + Murphy; marshal. ] II Nightingale;
ms sec, Geo w Murphy.
Division Ne 2 Shieldsvilla-M Ls..lOn. prssi-
dent; p q Shields, vice-president; Marttn or
bart rec sec; martin Burke. nm sec; Thos Cole
man, treasurer. jsF
ROCK COUNTY.
County delegate, J N Lloyd. Luverne.
Divisions No !, Luverne-John COveny, prest
dent: Jas McKeon vice presidents; I'd Ryan, rec
sec; Ed MaloDey, fin sec; VIM Ryan. treasurer.
ROCHESTER,, OLMsTEAD COUNTY.
PJ Seaman, County Delegate.
Div Frank Chute, president; Waiter Nor.
ri son, vice president; John 3 McGovern. rec
sec; Jas Kennedy, An sec; John D Cudmore,
treasurer; Con Kennedy, ms sec.
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Heavy Fire Losses.

WASHINGTON, July lathe total fire
loss in the United States and Canada
for June last was $16,s44,9 $50, against
a a65. $50. in June, 1892. The aggre-
rate loss for the first six months OF 1898
Is 3s5, ess, 800, against SOS, 49,, $50 last
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NATIONAL OFFICERS.

ME- W1LHERE. N D, Philadelphia, Pa.
NJ JSLATTERY. N s. Albany. NY.
THos DUNDoN. N T, Columbus, Ohio.
Narioral Directors--P j O'ConHor. chairman,
Savannah. Ga; J NJ Clark. Wisconsin; John p
Murphy, Connecticut: T p O. Brisn. Ontario Can;
Edward Sweeney, Ohio.
STATE OFFICERS-M INNESOTA
STATE IsEIEaATE-JOhn Mccarthy, of Still
water.
STATE SEoaErAnY-Rey Kervick, Pipe
stone.
STATE TREAsURER-John Mahcney. sos 4th
st T., Minneapolis.
STATE BOARD OF DIRECTORs-P n O'Hara,
Graceville; j K1pnane. Minneapolis; William
Delaney. st Paul; + E Newell, Morris; C Hes
sian, Duluth.
President of Insurance Fund. j J Kennedy st
Paul
Vice-President. NcDermo1t Clontarf
State Secretary of insurance. John A
Shaughnessy. saltwater.
State Treasurer of Insurance, John Sheehy,
Montgomery.
Directors OF Insurance Fund, + Fl Grant, st
Paul; J Kinnncan, st Paul; Terrence Con
Geo W Murphy. Farlbauit
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SHELLEY COUNTY.

County Delegate--W Fahey. Green Isle.
Div. No. 1, Green Isle President Daniel
Myers; vice. resident, N Mcmahon; rec sec,
Edward Shaughnessy; fin sec. John II Fahey:
treasurer, Thos Moran; Meeting lst Sunday In
each month -:
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SCOTT COUNTY.

County Delegate. + Leonard, Jordan.
Division No /, Belle Plaine-President DR. G e
MaloneY; vice-preeident. James sheehan; rec
sec. II r Conlon; fin sec, KilduH; treasurer,
Daniel Callahan; insurance sac, James ONeill;
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Division No. 8, Montgo1nery-J r Stratton.
president; John Sweeney, vice-president; NJ
Meagher, rec sec; Robert Devereux, fin sec;
w Kennedy, inc sec; Jerry Keohen, treasurer:
meet 81 Sunday in month.
dent; Ed Brophy, vice-president; O'Leary,
rec and fin sec; David Connolly, treasurer; D
Hmm ms
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aoKA COUNT,

County Delegate, Thomas Coleman. Fridley.
Div No Anoka-P President, T u Ryan, Anoka
vice-prasident, NJ Tigue, Coon Creek: REQ sec
Jas McArdae, Anoka: fin and ms sec, Thos Riley
] p Ryan. Anoka; sergeant-at arms. NJ h CT
ards, Anoka; sentinel, 3 LauenaDe. Fridley
chairman g ok COMMITTEES + NJ Ryan, Anoka
ho1 0.,d ovo 81 Il
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|riShAmeriCanb Bank

DIRECTORS.
j. s. Coughlin, J. ?. Rea, Martin Ring,
JAS Ell. Bishop, Mathew Walsh, M w.
Nash, Richard Welsh, Frank w. Shaw,
j. e. Gould, T. E. Bishop, ). G. Scaller.
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AvooA. MURRAY COUNTY.
County DELEGATE, j Il Mcnamara.

County Delegate, ] 4 MCNAMARA
Div. No.1-spiritual Director. ReY Co1dron;
president, J 81 Mahoney; vice-president. Peter
Brady; treasurer. P Dwyer: rec sec, j p Sui
Ivan; fir sec, N Crowley; ms sec. 9 Merriman;
marshal. d J MCNAMARA: ser at-arns. w Bot
TOMS; door-keeper, NJ Griffin; meet let Sun-
day Of each month.
Div. No. 2, Currie-John German, president:
Thos McAyoy, vice-president; Jam 9 Keary.
rec sec; Michael Keay,. fin Sec; Dan Calvin,
treasurer; VIM on Gill; ms sec; Thos Commits
key, sergeant alarms; frank Kelley, doc T
keeper. Meet End Sunday of each month.
GRAOEvILLE. BIG STONE COUNTY.
County Delegate, Patrick Healy.
President, D O'Neill; vice president, Thos
noon; treasurer. Alex Mogran; meet LIST Sunday
Of month.
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County Delegate. j r stratton. Montgomery.
Sullivan; vice-president, Ohm penfe rec sec.
W Fl Burns; fiji sec. James Ronayne; ms sec.
jas Doherty; treasurer Henery Regain; marshal,
Thos. shauehnessy; eergeant-at-ar M
Sulliva chairman sick committee Daniel
Hickey: meet lst suaday ia month, at o.. lock
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County Delegate John Sherman, winona.
Div. No. l, Winons President. John Rowan.
Sr; vice president Edward Fockens; rec sec,
Geo Fitzgerald; fir ESQ, Michael Ryan; treasurer
and tns sec, d T OBrien; meetings sfa held in
st Thomas hall en- the list and Sd Tuesday even
inRs Of each month.
Div. No. 2, Wit,ka- President. Luke Maggie;
vice president, WIN McCaffrey; rec SEC, James
Mccartney; i'm sec, Thomas Burke; treasurer.
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-07
wow FOR The BOOK TRUST

The Board of Education has
dumped the school furniture trust
1t should now get after the school
book trust.
The book trust is the most in
famous Of all the trusts.
Where the furniture trust beat the
people out of one dollar, the book
trust beats them out Of hundreds of
thousands.
Every effort to shake its grip in
Chicago has been unavailing.
In its report of the action of the
School Board on Wednesday night,
in sitting down upon the furniture
trust. the Chicago Tribune prints
the following significant passage;
is this protest directed against all
trusts? timidly inquired Mrs. Burt,
or is it simply against the school
furniture trust? You know there is
the book trust and others.
"She was informed that the attack
was directed against the school fur.
niture people only"
The statement of a member OF the
School Board in open meeting that
there is a book trust deserves more
than passing attention.
1t points to a state of affairs which
should never be permitted to exist.
The existence of a book trust is ;
menace to the cause Of education.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-07
How the Sultan is Fed.

Although the Sultan Of Turkey is
described as leading very simple
life, the word must be understood as
applying TO his personal habits rather
than to his official surroundings and
expenditures. Thus it is estimated
that more than six thousand persons
are fed every day at the Dolma
Bagtche Palace when he is there The
treasurer of the household has a
pretty heavy burden upon his shout.
ders. There is a regularly organized
force of buyers, each charged with
the purchase of certain supplies for
the palace. One mans duty is to
buy fish, and to do this for 6, 900 per-
sons is no Light undertaking in city
which has no great markets About
ten tons week are required, and to
secure this some twenty men are kept
busy, Nearly eighteen thousand
pounds Of bread are eaten daily and
all this is baked in enormous ovens
at some distance from the palace. OF
course, a large force of bakers is re-
! CURED las well as another large force Of
| buyers and carriers of flour and fuel.
The sultan's own food is prepared by
one man and his aids, and no others
touch it. 1t is cooked in silver YES
sells, and, when DONE each kettle is
sealed by a slip of paper and stamp.
The stamp is broken in the presence
of the sultan by the high chamber
lain, who takes one spoonful of each
before the sultan tastes it-as safe
guard against poison The food is
almost always served to the sultan in
the same dishes in which it has been
cooked. If thiSdish is one of the baser
meJalS it is set in golden bell
shaped holder, the handle of which is
held by slave while the sultan eats.
Each kettle is course, and is served
with kind Of pancake, which is held
on golden tray by another slave.
The sultan never uses plate. He
takes all his food from the little ket.
ties, and never Uses a table, and
rarely a knife and fork. A spoon, his
bread, pancake, or fingers are far
handler. Nearly ton OF rice a day
is required for the inevitable pilaff.
together with 600 pounds Of sugar
and an equal amount of coffee, to say
nothing of the other groceries, fruit
vegetables and meat.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-07
CLERKS AND JUDGES OF ELECTION.

Chief Clerk Taylor of the Election
Commissioners Office has sent out to
the County Central Committees
of the two leading parties the fol-
lowing communication:
DEAR SIR: The Board of Election
Commissioners, at its meeting Dec.
3lst, adopted the following resolu-
tion: That in accordance with the
methods adopted in 1892 for selecting
Judges and clerks in the various
precincts and wards of the city and
in Cicero, the County Central Com
mittee of each Of the two leading
parties he invited TO suggest names
of voters to act in such capacity.
Such lists to be handed in to the
Chief Clerk on or before Jan. 81.
Il am instructed to inform you of
this act of the hoard, that you may at
will call it to the attention Of the
members of your honorable body:
also that such lists should contain
twice the number of names of voters
required as judges and clerks in each
precinct-that is, four names for
Judges in each of the eyen-numbered
precincts of the city, and two in
each Of the odd-numbered precincts -
and at least two names for clerks in
each precinct of the city. This is in
order that, as may frequently happen,
if the first man on the list be found
incapable or exempt the next may be
Immediately summoned.
"WM. TAYLOR, Chief Clerk.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-07
aThe Fun of Being RIind..

Blind people are proverbially happy,
but one would hardly expect to find
even blind man giving lecture
with the above title, 1.-THE Fun OF
Being Blind" There is such a man,
however, and he lives in the sunny
State of Kansas. Here are a few
points in the lecture:
1t is very curious to notice how peo-
pie will ask questions of blind man
which they never think of asking of
a person suffering from the loss of
other senses.
For instance, almost every person
| meet says, How did you become
blind? Was it a gradual loss of
sight, or did you become blind all az
once?"
Now, how absurd it would be I'd
person to inquire of a baldhead
man, How did you lose your bid
or dio you become bald all at oncd
There are many pleasures which a
| blind person enjoys in peculiar
manner. His sense Of hearing is
keener, and he feels sensations as
persons with full sight never can feel
them. This peculiar sensation is like
none of the other senses; it may be
called, very properly, the blind mans
sense.
This is what gives him such keen
! pleasure in music. | can hear sounds
from piano or violin which not even
the performer is able to detect.
| have heard sounds made by GER
tain insects, which my friends who
have their eyesight never can hope
to hear. And when the breeze is in a
certain quarter can catch the sound
of the ocean surf-beat, many miles
away. That is not while | am in
Kansas, but while visiting in the
New England States.
Among the pleasures of being blind
is the impossibility of seeing ugly
sights. And a blind man never has
to behold physical deformity and suf
ferlng.
Then again.. all the friends of the
blind man are beautiful. You re-
member in Victor Hugo's terrible
story, 1.-THE Man That Laughs, " Dea,
the blind girl always thought Gwin-
PLANE was a handsome young man,
although in reality he was hideously
deformed.
The blind are always happy. They
see the face of Cod and that is
enough
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-07
PREACHING TO POLICEMEN.

One of the greatest outrages TO
which the taxpayers of Chicago are
obliged to submit is the use of the
police stations for meeting houses
This would not be so bad in itself
If the policemen were not obliged to
come in from their beats at least
once a week for the purpose Of being
preached to and reformed.
Tha preaching is done by lot of
apious7 women and overzealous men
who ought to be in better business
Many of the stations are supplied
with organs, and policemen are OBJ
liged to supply themselves with
hymn books in order to be in the
swim.
This sounds so absurd that many
good citizens will hesitate to believe
that such state of affairs exists.
But it does exist, and the taxpayers
have to suffer from 1t.
With robbers on every street, citi-
zens Knocked down every night by
highwaymen, residences burglarized
and thugs running the town, it is re-
freshing to read of the regular weekly
meetings held in police stations by
good citizens" for the purpose of con-
verting policemen.
A representative of THE EAGLE at
tended one of these "reyivals" at the
North Halsted Street Police Station
last Wednesday evening, just to see
what it was like.
1t is no exaggerati0n to say that
the Salvation Army could not excel
this meeting in any of its performs
ances at any stage of the game.
The room was filled with police
men called in from their beats TO sing
and pray, while an organ pealed forth
accompaniment to the hymns which
the brothers, sisters and policemen
gave utterance to.
No fault can be found with any
one for having a religious turn OF
mind. But when 10 comes TO turning
police stations into churches and
using nolicemen As .tsad examples
taxpayers generally will conclude that
this is too much of good thing
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-07
WILL KEEP THE KEYS.

The County Board may have the
right to take from the Sheriff the
appointment of the employees in the
court house, but that Official posi-
lively declines to give up the keys to
the building. President EdmansOn
made a demand for them and the
Sheriff sought the advice of his at
torney, who advised him to hang on
10" them, saying: THE statute pro-
yides that when a Sheriff goes out of
ONCE he shall deliver to his successor
possession Of the court house. The
keys are evidence Of possession. You
received them as such from your pre-
decessor and should deliver them to
your successor
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-07

was seen that Democratic unanimity
on this proposition was quite imp0s-
sible. and the Cook County leaders
are now apparently satisfied with a
counter proposition from the Demo
Gratis of Central and Southern Hi
nois, which gives to Cook County five
/ Congressional districts and to the re-
mainder of the State seventeen Con-
gressional districts.
The Springfield correspondent Of
the Tribune says that the Demo
cratic representatives from Cook
County repudiate the idea that they
will be satisfied with a scheme of re-
apportionment which gives Cook
County only five Congressional dis
tricts. Senators Noonan and Ma
honey, two of the ablest Democratic
members of the Chicago delegation,
assert that Cook County, with either
Du Page or Lake County, should
have seven of the twenty-five Con-
gressional districts to which the
State is entitled. The Federal cen
Sus of Illinois sustainS their position
in this The total population Of the
State is 3,S26, 35l. This would give
a population of 173, 943 for each Con-
gressional district of the twenty-five.
On this basis Cook County would be
entitled to six districts, with Isl, 264
surplus inhabitants for seventh dis
| trict. The addition to this of Lake
with a population of n, 235, or of Du
Page with 22,55l, would make the
full quota of population for Congress
sional presentation.
The proposition TO accord only five
districts to Cook County is impudent
and indefensible, but it is not sur
prising, coming as it does from the
arrogant and bigoted Democratic
faction of Southern Illinois, which
takes its inspiration from the Eour-
bonpublications of the sleepy Missouri
town where they hold their caucuses.
The Associated Press correspor dent
at Springfield should not allow him
self to be used by the Egyptian fac
tion. The Chicago Democratic mem
bers will find their occupation gone if
they accept less than seven districts
for Cook and Lake Counties. Every
attempt to deprive Cook County OF
its just representation either in Con-
gress or in the General Assembly in
Springfield should be resisted stoutly,
even though it may lead to the fail
ure TO pass reapportionment bill
this session. Tribune.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-07
FUNERAL OF PETER SCHOtNHOFEN

The funeral of Peter Schoenhofen,
President of the Schoenhofen Brew
ing Company, who died Monday after
noon, took place at the family resi-
dence, No. $500 Prairie avenue, at
o'clock Thursday afternoon. The
active pallbearers were chosen from
those employed in the offices Of the
brewing company. while the honorary
pallbearers were old friends of Mr.
Schoenhofcn.
The honorary pallbearers were An
drew Leicht. w. w. Seipp, T. }.
Lefens, Peter Schuttler, Christopher
Hotz. Mr.. Goolhardt and Mr.. Metz
ger. The remains were placed in the
family vault at Graceland
The first symptoms Of the ailment
which resulted in Mr.. Schoenhofens
death appeared when he was at WieS-
baden Germany, in 1890, and Gull
minated in an attack Of paralysis last
autumn in London. where he was
stricken down when at the point Of
leaving for Southampton en- route for
America. From this stroke he rallied
and was able to sail for home in a
steamer leaving three weeks later
In Chicago for . time he felt better
but, the temporary reaction past ne
sank rapidly until at p. m. Monday
he passed away.
Peter Schoenhofcn was born in Der
bach, Krieswitt, a Rhine province.
Germany, Feb. .. 1927. He came to
America at the age Of - and worked
for time on a farm near Poughkeep-
sic. n. Y. He settled in Chicago In
the late hfties and soon after en-
gagged in the brewing business. in
which he built up a large fortune. His
first partner was Matthias GOttfried,
with whom Mr.. Schoenhofen was
affiliated under the firm name OF the
Gottfried Brewing Company. After
he dissolved partnership in the firm
he established the Schoenhofen Brew
ing Company, Of which at the time
Of his death he wa, president anc
principal stakeholder
Owing 20 his ilthealth the las
TWO years, during which Mr. schoen
hofen resided abroad, he was actively
represented IN business by his vs.
.0ns.in.law, Carl huhl and JOSEPH
/ TheHfef BESIDES bis large share Il
the sehoonhofeu brewing concern
Nj seboenholen had large Wa.c'
tate Interests ID chicago lihwealti
/ 3 varluusiy estimated AZ lwm AZ poo
aau ta tioa0 a00 the 6eumanH
eluh af Chfaaa Hues much m M
rebwnhoVua Devoted Tff.mahlu
ile sat une NJ - charter memtfl'
aa.l alesis Ia lhf mm Ia aaf ..H
- uHtaas'e ol FHaisI'H
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-07

SOMETHING was recently published
in Punch that had every outward APP
pearance of being joke. While people
were marveling over a circumstance
so violently defiant of precedent,
Punch explained that the Jest had
been due to deplorable topographic
cal error, and that its repetition
would be guarded against with the
utmost care. So the stain on the
reputation of the somber and ponder
Gus journal may be considered elraced.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-07

ACCORDfNG 10 an Idaho story 4
man up there swallowed live lizard
on a wager the stake being a glass
Of rum. lie regretted soon after
that he had not swallowed the rum
aud put the lizard In the glass.
Happily the regrets did not last long
dying simultaneously with the man,
while the stake amply comtorted the
moufners The somber side of tbs
episode d that Che man was fatal &,
the lizard
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-07

As Iowa man has been settling al
plomas of high degree Zoe che reason
able sum nf $50. placing them within
Dasy reach uf tht Illlipraie aad luwlf
No great has hls blsincss lecame thai
thp alH emp ni tbe state "a brIus
hutkad bf Nalsn Hf Art sasl tall
auml o. the pIm N NaetHinn "a
ttleafe ilAf.Hs accomplished lhlf
nmh 90 .iH aHH lhr MaaH sti
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-07

Upon one occasion the Queen WAS
ready and had entered the carriage,
when 10 was observed that the mis-
tress Of the robes the late Duchess OF
Switzerland, was not in her place OPP
posite the Queen. The royal lady
tapped her little foot Impdtiently on
the floor Of the carriage and looked
the annoyance which, the PhiIadel-
phia Times says, she too evidently
felt at being kept waiting. A dozen
people ran of in search of the absent
one, who presently appeared, not
walking, bat positively running, while
the perspiration streamed down her
handsome tace. She leaped into the
carriage with the agility OF q young
fawn, scarcely daring 20 look into her
royal mistress face and expecting a
verbal explosion, such as will some
times issue from the royal lips. The
Queen, however kept her temper, or,
rather recovered u, and with q smile
NJ forgiveness remarked "My dear
/ nuchess, think your watch must Ia
yerY bad timekeewf Let me give
I 500 better ono Aud so saying, her
majesty tonk on her own ticker
ava gave ID to the buchoas who eould
naml featFaln heF teara at Che kIudlV
,spruuf aud whh L a unclless a.
fNid est Invariably AZ n tlma eter
after The stnlI goes ihat iha plaful
urf IrsI4aatuu Va haf mtunH htpdi
hu uekt 4al i tha HiA 81 It saa 40
wDenfa4 uF ihe fahsInal IA haf ga
tIAN.a rtltNu maaf fela tltaf t6a
Im iaat
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-07

The family left consists of the wild
ow aud five daughters, Mrs. Bull,
Mrs. Theurer. Mrs Wundt, OF Nav
ence, Germany, wife of a German Ma
iOr: Mrs. Bopp, of Tim. Bavaria. and
Miss Lillian Schoenhofen, a young
lady now at home. The two sons
died before their father-George, ten
months ago of consumption, and
Peter Pr. from injury received while
bathing at Charlotte. near Rochester,
i'm 1887.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-07
me ReAPPORHOEMsGT SCHEME.

An inspired Springfield dispatch
printed Ia the St Louis Repub lie
aud which has been repeated, though
in a modified form IN the Associated
Press correspondence from The state
capital, SAYS
~ has becn COMMONLY reported
until within few days That che
pemrau nl Onk Ununu tHllrtp
thai the stats ne lllluoh ihaald br
81 ledlstfHtsi AL b. slst Ch.elsa ana
Osk taaaty tA tanslUssmuaI th
tIiFla tas thnaaafemeut Hf thi
plsa l4a4a lNlh aHtrti 81 ~ ir
lsen ~ aln H 60 suis lHsf ~
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-07
MUST HAVE SIXTEEN DISTRICTS.

Cook County is entitled TO sixteen
legislative districts, and she must
get them.
The people will bee satisfied with
nothing less
An attempt is "a be made Ca cut
Cook Couuty', apporti0nment down "a
fifteen districts, but this will never
do
Chicago Is tnp progressive and tee
powerful - be lbtssed bi people IN
her own state who are prgudlced
lllIn.I hnI
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-07

A LOT Of bad boys in New York
lassoed street-car conductor the
other day and ierked him from his
car This incident, which was pub
lished in an unobtrusive way in one
or two of the New York papers,
would have been honored with a
scare head and editorial comment if
it had been telegraphed as "A news
item from Chicago.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-07

THE number Of farms in the United
States and their average size per acre
was: In 1880, | ,449,0 73 farms Of 203
acres each; in 1860, 2,044, 079 farms
of 1919 acres each: in 1870. 300, 95S
farms of 1913 acres each; IN 1880,
4,00S, 907 farms of 134 acres each, and
there are 1911, 600 people engaged in
agricultural pursuits.