Chicago eagle., 1907-12-21
AMONG OUR NE1aHBoRs.

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Archibald Perry 90 years old, cornmSe
ted suicide in jacksonville by diiuisiu4
carbolic acid.
Twenty-thrce horses were burned -
death In a fire which destroyed two HvsrY
barns in Marengo.
Joe Miller. young farmer. living nsee
Fillmore, accidentally shot and killed hso
wife while cleaning a shotgun.
Officers Of the Joliet steel mills SAP
that the plant will run all winter on =
reduced schedule as to men and hour~.
The sixth annual poultry show of tho
White County Poultry Association viii -
held In Norris City dec. ~. - aud ~.
Alderman Howard r. Kettle Of the SeS>
cnth Ward, prominent as Jolics hUss.
ness man, has been missing for xcssrue
days.
The Phoenix horseshoe works In Jciise,
employing 400 men. has closed for un in
definite period because Of a surplus stock.
The works may resume after ion. /.
Charles Obcrg. AZ years old a r'otienk
In the Cook county iniirmary at DuutliusS
leapcd out Of a second.story window ID
the institution and died two hours iatef,
1 SEs uuu w AS"SB
Hill celebrated their sixticth marriage an.
nivcrsary. Mr.. Fleming is 81 years ole
and his wife 81. Botn enjoy good health.
John d. Robbins. 81 years old. n run-
chinist, fell into IN ash tank at the Iiaus
Of the y. X. Fairbank Company in South
Chicago and was smothered TO death une
der several tons Of ashes.
Helen Dixon. the bloomington stcuor>
raphcr who went TO Chicago to get erne
ploymcnt, returned to her home. Sbe
snys she was told "a mistake had bt<su
made" and there was no vacancy.
Frank Klingcnmier, farmer. 10 years
old. who lived near McLcansboro. fel1
into the fireplace ut his home and wao
burned to death. II IL supposed he had
n eft" and fell face forward into the
fire.
Cleveland TIilcy. 30 years old. convics.
cd Of "boot.lcgging' whisky at Mcleaus-
boro. was found guilty In the Ftdcrs<
Court at Danville and was sentenced -
ten months Imprisonment at Fort tsar-
cnworth. .
Mrs. Eva Southers. 2? years old, wife
Of Henry Sonthers Of Odin, committee
suicide by drinking cnrbolic acid. t;risI
over the death Of her baby boy IL thought
TO be the cause. Both were buried 10
the same grave.
william Hamilton Wallace. n wealthy
resident Of Macon county. who died re-
Gently, left $4,000 to the James Miliikin
university Of Decatur, and $1,000 each to
the Anna Aiillikin Home and st. Mary'e
hospital Of that county.
The Marion County Board OF Surrrvis.
ors has offered n reward Of $500 Tor the
arrest and conviction Of the slayer Of DH.
vid Nnsser, a Syrian, killed three months
ago near luka. Gov. Denccn had prcvi~
ously offered reward Of 500.
Thomns Goodman. a farmer, 25 years
old, who struck his younger brother.
Hugh. with IN oar In ferrybont on the
Wabash river at Maunie Dec. I, instant.
ly killing him. was arrested and brouGhs
to Carmi by Sheriff Jesse Grissom.
| Representatives Of anti-liQuor orgnnizss.
tions In all the towns and villages in
Kane county met in Elgin and organised
for campaign for local option. Sug,cr.
irtendent ]. X. Shields Of the local anti.
saloon league addressed the gathering.
A fatal accident occurred In the For.
ester mine at DuIuoin, In which Nicholas
Ebingcr and Ely Stone lost their lives.
The men were caught under fall OF top
coal. The body Of Ebinger was bruised
and mangled almost beyond recognition.
Claiming that horse stealing appcarca
TO him as fascinating crime. JotsD
Glenn. aged OF, who was arrested az
Carmi for stealing two horses from liv-
eryman In that city, says he tried the
theft for the novelty of it. lie was plae-
ed in Jail.
Fruit growers will have hard tims
In finding barrels for apples In the future,
said DR.. T., j. Burrel, University Of illi-
nois, who addressed the fifty-second an-
nual convention of the Illinois liocticul-
turnl Society in Urbana. The fruit grove
ers reported bad year because Of late
frosts.
Guy Rcnner, charged by Carl MuSon
with an attempt to kill, was married the
other day to Mrs. Lizzie Mason, uu,her
of the complainant, In a quarrel over g
dog Renner shot Mason, seriously wound-
ing him, it is alleged, lie is out on lail.
All of the persons concerned are residents
Of Mount Pulaski.
Poor craftsmanship nycrtcd tragedy
near Paris when William Walden Cred n
bullet mt Gus Bapp, when only sis fc@:
distant. and missed him. The mcn are
brothers.in-law. Bapp warned Walden ty
telephone TO stay away from his house,
and subsequently, they met in a roadway,
Rapp in buggy and Walden on fc.,,f-
Walden stepped to the side of the buggy
and fired point-blnnk ut Bapp's head, gsSs
bullet going a trhc high. Waldtu has
been fined S25 for carrying u concealed
weapon. and has been placed under 500
bond for assault, to await grand Jury
action.
Miss Theresa Boyland of Morgan cour-
ty, while walking near her home wGs
startled by the sudden descent in 'front.' of
her of a large eagle. The young woruaa
discovered that the bird was dead and eyi.
IDENTIFY succumbed to heart failure while
high in the sky. The bird measured &
feet inches from tip to tip.
The currency shortage, at least as tsP
as one Elgn workingman Is concerned.
was broken when Charles Crosse a paint.
er, found 5000 in gold and bills hidden
ia cocoa can under the kitchen sinls-
Crosses wife died suddenly nearly two
years ago. 1t Is supposed she had saved
the money, bit BY bit, and secreted y