Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-03
Items from All Over tho State Of
Matters Of Interest to Our
Readers.
Happenings Of the Week from Cairo to
Chicago Carefully Compiled for
Busy Men.
BRIEF STATE HAPPENINGS.

IN Mclean county is estimated at $780,.
600.
Charles Young. Mattoon farmer, 50
years old, committed suicide by shooting
himself. Ills mind was unbalanced.
John Goodc. a resident of Nation for
sixty years. is dead. lie was ~ years
| old. lie leaves large number Of chill.
| drcn.
| +. II. Aukes Of German Valley was
elected president Of the Illinois State
League of POstnasters of the Fourth
Class at Springfield.
| Nattlesnakcs were found in an aban-
doned well near GRANVILLE. Men attacked
the snakes with clubs and guns, killing
more than one hundred.
Senator Nels JUL, representing the
Chicago drainage board, appeared before
the Will county board of review ut Joliet
and protested against the sanitary district
paying double taxation.
| The failure Of the w. II. shuttle private
bank at llopcdale In announced. Liabili.
ties are $IS,OOO. Shuttle has turned over
all OF his property, estimated worth 1884,
600. to satisfy depositors.
Ella Briscoe and l.. G. Kiss Of Strea.
tor were arrested at Pontiac after secur-
ing a marriage license. The warrant was
sworn out by tho girls mother, who claim
ed that her daughter Is not Of legal age.
The Bloomington police received mes
sage from Denver. Colo, to arrest
Blanche Price Of that city. who IL &c
c,lsed by her husband Of making way with
the fortune recently left to the couple BY
his father.
The AndersOnville prison commission
has been named by Gov. Deneen, as fol-
lows: Lewis +. Lake, Rockford; Captain
j. NJ. Swales, Jacksonville: Gilbert ].
George. Springfield: J. II. Brown, CHI
cago. and W. II. Ilainlinc. Macomb.
ces NJ. Wright, Chicago. won long con-
tested case In which she demanded that
she BE- appointed sole Administrative OF
the estate Of her wealthy father, who died
In Bloomington. She was opposed by the
other heirs.
Miss Lora Wright. daughter Of United
States Judge Francis NJ. Wright Of Ur-
bana, and George Bassett Williams Of
Memphis. Tenn, were married In the
First Presbyterian church In Urbana by
the Rev. 8. W. FindIcy In the presence
OF many guests.
While Tom Imam. who lives eight
miles south Of Equality, on Eagle Greek,
was at the Shnwncctown fair his house
and the contents were burned. Blood
hounds were obtained and followed trail
to the house Of a neighbOr, who was ar
rested and II " said has confessed hav-
t,.a, h..s hail
was $1,000. with no insurance.
A button saved the life of Mis- Esther
Thompson, school teacher Of Camp
Point. She was shot by Edward Seaton,
who was trying to kill a rat with q rife.
Not noticing the school teacher approach
ing. he pulled the trigger. The lead
struck q button Of her waist. The but
ton was shattered to bits, but prevented
the bullet from entering her body. A
slight flesh wound was all that resulted.
But for the heroism and presence Of
mind OF his wife. c. NJ. Honey, q farmer
Of Fox township. Jasper county, would
have been killed by q bull. which attach.
ed him In the feed lot. The animal knock.
ed him down. and would have finished
him but for the action OF Mrs. Honey,
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ded the maddened animal with Q pitch.
fork. Her repeated use Of the sharp tined
weapon had the desired effect, and ~
animal retreated. Honey was slightly In
jured and good deal shaken BY the ad-
venture.
In Kewanee. after Umpire Mccarthy
had Aoored Manager Hofer Of the Quincy
team with . left uppercut to the Jaw, 10
forfeited the game to Kewanee. DEPUTY
Sheriff George Brown took charge Of the
grounds and prevented riot. Up to that
time the score was 2 to o In Kewanee's
favor. Trouble started when Walsh
struck out with the bases full. He kick.
ed and was ordered from the grounds.
Manager HOfer took mp his cause, and %
he came forward to strike Umpire McCAS.
thy he was Aoored on the home plate and
did not revive for several minutes. Ssv.
eral Of the Quincy players made for Nc
Carthy. who IL 20 years old, and the
crowd from the stands surged on ths
grounds and offered protection to the um-
pire.
A great cOpperhead snake, seven feet
long, In loose In the neighbOrhOOd Of
Waterloo, and, after biting one woman on
the ankle, has the district so paralyzed
with fear that it (the feminine element
of It, at least) walks with skirts held
high and eyes glued to every possible
crevice from which a creeping thing might
spring. Mrs. Charles T.. Crook, the wife
of farmer near Waterloo, was sewing
when the snake attacked her. Mrs. Crook
was barefooted and was sitting at her
sewing machine. The screen door had
been accidentally left open and the viper
Is supposed to have crawled in through
this aperture. Mrs. Crook was struck be-
fore she knew that the reptile was In the
room. Her ankle is badly swollen and
has turned blue.
George N. McDaniels, principal Of the
public school In Madison, was arrested
at midnight and Is held in jail. The DO
lice report they watched him attempt to
enter three residences and arrested him.
McDaniels has taught school there twenty
years. He lives In the neighborh0Od
where he was arrested.
Andrew Ropp, a wealthy elderly farmer
of Taxewell county and anti-Dowieite, an.
nounced his engagement to Miss Ingeborg
johnson OF Zion City, for many years
In charge Of cuisine In the palace Of the
King Of Sweden. The marriage will be