Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-08
AMONG OUR NEroHpoRs.

| 80 on with the case Feb. 10.
Mrs. Nellie Mann Chappcl filed suit
fol divorce at Elgn from DE-. Ora A.
Chappcll, a wealthy dentist. charging cru
city.
Mrs. William Dckcrson. aged 10 years,
wife Of farmer living near Mcl.eans-
boro. committed suicide by taking car
bo!ic acid and laudanum.
W. A. Isles, a merchant Of Farmer
City. became a raving maniac and was
sent to the hospital for the insane at
Jacksonville. because Of business revcrses.
| II was announced at an alumni bananct
In New York that $4,000 needed to OBJ
tain the gift Of $4,000 by Andrew Car
negie for the Illinois college at Jackson
vile had been raised.
| One furnace Of the Western Tube Com
pany. which has been shut down since
Dec. l. resumed work In kewanee. The
Grey iron foundry Of this company re-
sumed work on part time.
| Thomas Parrot. a painter. was arrest
cd In Benton charged with killing Charles
Cannon In the American hotel at West
Frankfort. lie admitted that he was the
nan wanted. but claimed self.dcfense.
Heirs Of the late Mrs. Lydia Bradley,
the Peoria philanthropist. have decided
to institute legal proceedings to SGT inside
transfers Of property valued at S3.WO..
600 made by Mrs. Bradley to the Bradley
institute.
Fire threatened to destroy Prophets
town. Loss on l.. W. Ecnister's building
and hardware store. $lJOOO John
Turcks building and store. $1,000:
States Attorney II. II. Waite's law H.
brary. 5000.
Farmers and Merchants bank Of Gales.
burg. was stricken with npoplcxy In his
bank and died few minutes aftcrward.
Mr.. Burkhnlter served M captain Of Com.
pnny +. Eighty.sixth Illinois infantry, In
the Civil War.
The Illinois Corn Growers and Stock.
mems convention was held nj the Uni
versity Of Illinois In Crbann. Hun lrctls
Of young farmers came to take the short
courses In judging corn and stock. The
Rev. &. =. l.ylcs Of Lovington lrctured
on agricultural education and the Uni
versity Of Illinois.
Eight persons were bitten when mad
dog ran nmuck In Marshall. Timothy
Cownns and Miss Lulu Eckcri. who were
seriously bitten, were hurried to linckney-
willie to be- treated by the application Of \
maidstone. Clyde Ogles and Charles Ham.
ilton rushed to ~. Louis for treatment.
Four Others were less seriously bitten.
The dog was killed after n long chase.
Peter j. Clark of Girard pleaded gull.
~ to the charge of numbering Mrs. Ollie
Gibson ON u trolley car near virden.
March 81, 1907. and was sentenced to
serve forty years In the Chester penitcn-
| tiary. Clark was at one time leader In
the choir of the Christian Science church
nj Girard. but was expelled from the
church. Mrs. Gibson was member Of
the choir.
There Is much speculation az ~. Fran
ccsvilc over the mysterious disappearance
OF George Creek. n young English,nun,
who left the lamp burning In his room,
all his belongings, and went away. lie
was comparative stranger there. and
was employed In building n water tank
for the u. Il u. =. W. railway. lie was
- years old. and was b,sn In England
The superstition IL that he committed sui
eide by drowning himself In the river.
While shingling n roof on farm house
IN Shelby county Mrs. Ellen Peterson
slipped and became wedged In a narrow
space between the houcs and m adjoin.
ing structure. II was necessary to liz
her out with the aid OF block and tackle.
In falling she threw u hammer with
which she had been working so that Il
ISt, IL nl.-
bovine took fright over the blow and In
running down the highway fell and broke
It's leg. ncccssiiaiing its dlspatching.
| Chaunccy I.cmastcrs. on trial IN Lewis.
town In the Circuit Court charged with
the murder Of Roy Porter in Farmingion
on July ~ last, who collapsed aud had
to be- carried from the court room. was
better the next day and the trial pro
c,e,lcd. The evidence shows Porter came
to the back door Of the saloon, whore
Lcmnstcrs and q number of companions
were, and said he could whip any one In
the room, Lcmastcrs went out and, in
the fight which followed. broke Porters
neck by blow of the fist il is alleged.
| Plans for n more vigorous war ON con
sumption and smallpox by the State
| DouTu VI H'ulln were VlScl>Stu ~ the am
nual meeting of the board in Springfield.
Steps were taken In ascertain the num-
her Of consumptivcs in the State. One
hundred thousand copies of the board cir
culars on consumption will be distributed
through the State. The secretary of the
board was directed to communicate with
physicians and emphasize the dilerentiaI
points between chickenpOy and smallpox
and to use every possible endeavor to.
convince the people of the necessity for
vaccination. The board reelected DIR.
George Il. Webster of Chicago president
and DR.. James \. Egan of Springfield
secretary.
There was filed with the city clerk of
GGlesburg the other day a petition sign
ed by over fifteen hundred voters asking
him TO place on the ballot the question,
"Shall Galesburs become anti.saloon Ter
ritory" The number of names Is conSid-
erably more than the number required by
the new local option law.
A report made t. the election commits
sionoss shows that mare than 100 voters
have signed petitions for the submission
OF the local option issNS In Kewanec town
ship next April. The city gets S2l,OOO
annually In licenses Rom eighteen sa-
Icons which for Msac Ears have been