Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-06-25
Items from All Over the
State of Matters of In.
tereSt to Our Readers.
Happenings of the Week from Cairo
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According to the report Of the 40.
SCISSORS there are more automobiles In
Sterling than dogs.
The contract for the Elks' home to
be erected in Robinson at cost Of
$4,000 has been let.
The merchants Of Granite City, Madi.
son and Venice have Joined hands In
an effort to rid the tri.cities Of gam.
blers.
Fulton county veterans Of the Civil
War have raised $4,000 to erect a q.
A. r. hall at Canton. Work on the
building will soon begin.
The Union Furniture Company Of
Rockford was Quilted by fire. entailins
an approximate loss of $4,000. The
origin Of the IRE Is unknown.
A new, modern elevator, Of $4,000
bushels capacity, 10 10 be. built at Mt.
Carmel at a cost Of $4,000. The mo.
tive power will be electric throughout.
The long fight for cheaper gas has
been won at Elgin. The new twenty.
year franchise provides for q price Of
95 cents the first two years and 90
cents thereafter.
The $4,000 bonds recently issued by
the city Of Ottawa were sold at auction
for $4i.37S. The money will be used
In building the approaches to the iii.
nois river bridge.
Free public baths for men and boys
are soon to be established In Moline.
the Moline Women's Club having Sc
cured q disused city FIRE house which
will be remodeled and baths installed.
The board Of supervisors are sdver.
Using for bids for the erection Of the
new Marion county court house. The
building will cost approximately $780,.
900 and will be three stories In height.
A new industry Is to be established
In Quincy. The North Star Egg Case
Company. which uses thousands OF
tons Of strawboard annually. will build
a paper mill to manufacture its own
strawboard.
| Racing In progress ut the Ottawa
driving park came to an abrupt stop
when the grand stand was discovered
to be In flames. The structure was
entirely consumed. The loss Is esti.
mated at $4,000.
The Citizens OIL and Gas Company
OF Flora proposes 10 drill test hole
1000 feet deep on Its holdings. which
consist Of 5000 acres Of land which
has been leased In the immediate vi.
entity of Flora.
A pearl which Ia said 10 DO the sec.
ond largest ever found in the Illinois
river was taken from the stream at
Hardin by Herman Brinkman and
Theodore Beck. II was sold to pearl
buyer for $1,000.
Rev. Percival II. Barker OF the First
Congregational Church. haywood, who
created stir last year by using a
brass band In his religious services,
has announced that he will use NOV.
Ing picture machine to illustrate his
| sermons
Miss Reid Haubenreisser of Pontiac,
who injured her foot six years ago by
running on piece Of glass. and the
wound being healed all these years, 10
again suffering with her foot and
long silver Of glass has just been taken
from the wound.
4 new public hall ia to be built
by the Vandalla lodge OF the Odd Eel.
lows. The auditorium on the first
floor, which will be used az q public
hall. will seat. with the gallery, some
600 or 700. The second floor will be
equipped for lodge purposes.
At Rock Island the ultimate cost
to the county Of the investiga.
ton OF the Fraternal Tribune
and other insurance companies IL
variously estimated at between $4,000
and $4,000. Witnesses have been sum.
moned from New York, the Pacific
coast and other distant points.
George Wilson Of Chicago, engineer
Of an excursion train bound for a pic
mic at Kenosha, Wis, prevented a dis.
astrous wreck near Harlem on the
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad by
quick work. Wilson halted the train
At the edge Of bridge which had been
almost completely burned away. y
The Illinois Traction Company Of
Lincoln Is taking on side line of bust.
ness. viz. that of furnishing light for
residences In the rural districts near
their lines. The first home 10 be sup
piled In this manner Is that of Lee
Qutsenberry, near a small station
called Union on the MISUNDERSTANDING
division.
Several members Of the family of
Harry Hobler. of Minonk. all suffering
from typhoid fever, narrowly escaped
death In fire Thursday when the 10.
year.old son set fire to his bed while
delirious. Mother. two children and
trained nurses were rescued by being
carried out Of the windows of the burn.
ing structure.
Not morsel of food has passed the
lips Of Fred Hey. a resident of Dan.
VILE. for more than six months. and
no solid food has entered his stomach.
Because Of tuberculosis of the throat
portion was removed some time ago,
since when he has existed ON liquid
food taken into the stomach through a
rubber tube permanently inserted
In It.