Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-04
Items from All Over the State Of
Matters Of Interest to Our
Readers.
Happenings Of the Week from Cairo to
Chicago Carefully Compiled for
Busy Men.
AMONG OUR NE1GHBoRs.


fish lake.
Clinton Boyer. aged ~. was run over
and instantly killed by u burlington train
south Of Ccntrnln.
Claude Mclioy. u youth OF Ccntralia.
was drowned in Crooked creek while in
swimming with number of boys.
William liable has been appointed
chief of the E.lgin fire department to suc-
coed David sharp. who was killed re-
Gently
| The Illinois .\bsiractcrs' .\ssociatio
president Warren u. lIickox Of Eanknkee
vice president. \. !. Woman of Filing
ham secretary. and Walter .tyrcs of Jack
sohvillc treasurer.
| rs the outcome of n quarrel ut Cows
den Charles Ginger was shot and killed
by Carl Watson. Watson fled and Off
GERS are in pursuit. Gingcr's parents are
prominently known. The two are said
to have quarrelcd over u girl
Jessie r. Baidaufr. ~ years old. a pupil
At the Frances SINNER academy. Mount
Carroll. killed herself with shotgun at
her parents home near Pearl City. She
was Respondent because IN one study she
failed to obtain passing mark.
| Lucian NJ. Fiicld. u carpenter and con.
tractor. while repairing n barn on his
brothers farm was killed IN fall from n
scaffold near Ecwoncc. lie sold valuable
property Saturday aud declared he would
finish this job and then take life easy.
| Fred Dcborcr. aged II. was drawn into
IN eddy in the Big Muddy river near
Murphysboro while swimming to u boat
during the flood. John Dcrat. aged IL,
stumbled while wading IN backwatcr and
was drowned before companions could aid
him.
| \ dog dragging the body Of u mutilnt-
cd baby but few weeks old into the
yard Of Mrs. !. W. llathmcson in Colfnx
led to the discovery Of n murder mystery
there. One arm and one leg Of the child
had been cut of and the remains thrown
into n patch Of weeds. No clue.
"Bashful Dan" Matthews Of .Jcrscyvillr
IL married. lie couldn't escape. Four
times h. rcncged NJ the brink Of the mat.
rimoninl sea. hut now the modest care
takcr Of the Methodist church Is u bcnc.
diet. for he was united 10 Miss Mary
Fraser by l'arson Jones ut the parsonage
at y 30 o'clock "Wednesday morning.
| During n storm lightning struck tho
home Of John Mote near lniianOln. run.
ming down an old.fashioncd chimney.
Emerging from the fireplace the lightning
spread over the four rooms on the first
floor. breaking the furniture and burning
the carpets. The damage was $500 The
women of the household were In the kitch-
nsls lii. l,nI A
though number of articles IN the kitchen
were broken by the electric bolt.
An ovcrhcntcd electric iron IN the sew
| ing room NJ the residence of former Gov.
| Yates in Springfield caused II fire which
| did considerable damage. Mr.. Yates was
| not NJ home and Mrs. Yates Is unable to
estimate the amount of the loss. All the
| furniture and u quantity of clothing In
| the sewing room are n total loss. -Four
| other rooms In the house were damaged
! by smoke and water. During the progress
| Of the fire Kate Doolin. cook. fell from u
| ladder while throwing water on the flames
| and IL Is thought her back Is broken.
Cation Setter and Dora blue. miners.
qrarrccd over the ownership of water ut
Grape Creek. and Blue accused Setter Of
| driving his children away aud breaking
| th,ir buckcts hin, tried 4, din wot.r
| from m, sneinr and ,hcr, wns /, on,rr.,
with Mrs. Setter. wbo tried In drive him
| away Setter came IN rho ,ssls,onc. or
his wife and thcr. WAS n Grht, Dnrin,
the scrimmopc Rluc uscd , baseball, hot
striking SETTER several times Soi,.r,,
skull WAS fractured and his sbouIder was
broken. II il thourht he win III. Rluo
has becn released ON S5nO hand n.nLinr
| thc outcome
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| mN'rsar' VI tue sr'o"" great ihhcoih-
po"glos "epa'r, Wh''h was h"'d IN thnt
| r'y aug, -, 'S.>, ON an extensive scale.
ven Shilh ~. N'Nh's mas completed the
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for AIR Lincoln. , homc.comi,g h,,
bc,n orr,n.pd for ,h, hst w,.l, in An.
| gust. the debate celebration being the CEN
| trail feature.
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