Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-10-09
Items from III Over the State o.
Matters Of Interest to Our
Readers.
Happenings Of the Week from Cairo to
Chicago Carefully Compiled for
Busy Men.
BRIEF STATE HAPPENINGS.


W. II. Porter of Oakland has pur.
chased the Arcola electric lighting
plant.
The Charleston sanitarium at
Charleston was burned with loss Of
t25,0OO.
One hundred car loads of grapes
we're shipped to northern markets by
grape men near Nauvoo.
j. n. Hathaway. a farmer, realized
500 per acre on three acres of pOta-
toes, his yield being 600 bushels.
The thirty.seventh annual conven.
ton Of the Illinois Y. NJ. C. A. will be
held at the University OF Illinois Oct.
q to "a.
+. II. Shaokley, OF Aurora. was ia.
tally injured by striking a railing as
ne was clinging to railroad car
while switching.
Governor Deneen was the principal
speaker ut the annual meeting Of the
Bureau County Soldiers Association
neld at Arlington.
Members Of the botany class Of the
Joliet high school have discovered
buried forest which has attracted bot
anists Of the country.
The little daughter OF william
Johnson. Of Rankin, fell while play.
ing with some small friends. and
broke both her arms.
Make Elkins, Ave years old. set fire
to the home OF Mrs. Mary Burdeau In
Joliet, because she refused to allow
MIN to play In front OF II.
A purse of gold amounting to over
800 was given Mr.. and Mrs. william
Beagley, Of Alpine. on the occasion Of
their golden wedding anniversary.
Heartbroken because his wife had
deserted him and taken their children
with her. George Schaeffer. ST.. hang.
d himself In his barn at Bartonville.
Struck by binding fash OF light.
ming with loud report. the Sacred
Heart Church. In Oconee. was only
slightly damaged. neighbors putting
out the fire.
Minnie Weber. 3 years old. Of Auro.
ca. swallowed her mothers wedding
ring. which she found on a table. It
was recovered and the child suffered
no serious results.
Mrs. J. W. Crawford, OF Champaign,
had a narrow escape from death as
the result OF swallowing carbolic acid
by mistake. She was seriously burned
about the mouth by the fluid.
The entire force OF section men all
foreigners who have been working at
Mt. Morris. are suffering from serious
cases OF poisoning which they suffered
from a compound found on railroad
ties.
The appeal case OF Governor Deneen
and Attorney General Stead against
the Illinois Central Railroad. seeking
TO recover sl5,000,00O In back taxes.
will be argued at the December term
of the Supreme Court,
Daniel Metheney. village marshal OF
Manhattan. may die as the result OF
injuries he suffered when his clothes
became entangled In the governor OF
the engine at the village waterworks,
where he is engineer.
James Fannigan was convicted In
the Circuit Court In McLeansboro and
sentenced to fourteen years In the pen.
itentiary for the murder of Daniel
Brown In cutting ARRAY twelve miles
southwest OF there on June 2, 1908.
Peter Adelman aged 10 years was
seriously injured and may die as the
result OF being struck by flying steel
at the Illinois Steel Company black.
smith shop In Lockp0rt, a piece OF
steel penetrating one of his lungs.
A wreck between the Golden State
Limited, the Rock Islands show train
and switch engine, was averted at
Joliet by the quick work of the two
engineers, the switch engine reversing
and the Limited applying emergency
brakes.
officials of the East St. Louis, Co
lumbia and Waterloo Electric Rail.
road have commenced condemnation
proceedings against Waterloo farmers,
who they charge are attempting to
hold up" the company, which Is seek
ing a right of way.
Walter p. Snyder was found guilty
by the jury in the Brown County Cir.
cult Court of forgery committed hast
February and sentenced to the peni.
Tertiary for from one to fourteen
years. He forged the name of Ida
Harper to two checks.
The bank at Bluford was wrecked
ny bandits early Saturday, four explo,
sions Of dynamite virtually demollsh,
ing the safe and building, The entire
deposits of the institution are thought
to have been taken. The bank is own.
ed by Mount Vernon business men.
Suits aggregating $4,000, all for
debt, were filed in the Circuit Court in
Nation. eight alleged Nation boot.
leggers. Charles W. knight. William
H. knight, George Kizer, Harry Il.
Holmes, John Savage, T. M. Lynch.
Joseph Wallace and Jesse Miller be.
ing the defendants.
G. T. Trout and wife and Albert
Hatfield were arraigned before Coun.
ty Judge SOmmers In Harrisburg.