Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-02-12
SHORT STATE ITEMS.


The miners at the Granville mine
Of the st. Paul Coal Company have
gone on strike.
Setta Wilde who lives near Column
bia. shot herself with a revolver four
times in an attempt to end her life
An epidemic of scarlet fever is rag.
Ing at Ashley. To protect the unin-
fected children the public schools have
been closed.
The Lelsy Brewery Company, Of Pc.
oria. has purchased the Blum Brewery
In Quincy. together with the saloons
1t controls.
In McLeansboro, Joseph Graf sold
to G. G. Goodrich four hogs whose av.
erage weight was 425 pounds. and for
which he received $136.
| Mrs. Amelia Strub. aged so years,
the wife Of Edward Strub. recently fell
! down q cellar stairs and received In.
juries causing her death in Quincy.
Rising from the breakfast table, Mrs.
William Hurst, aged so. wife Of well.
known Civil War veteran, was stricken
by heart disease In Kewanee, and fell
dead.
Thomas Webb. veteran Of the Mex.
lean war. died In Freeport. aged
ninety.one. He participated In the
battles of Buena Vista, Vera Cruz and
Mexico city.
Application has been made In Elgln
for franchise on city streets for the
Elgin.Evanston Electric Railroad, a
proposed air line from the Chicago
suburb to that city.
Failing to secure the necessary mum.
Der Of signers to petitions. the churches
desiring to get the saloon question to
a vote In Quincy In the spring have
dropped the movement.
e. W. Balgeman. president. and
william f. Koelling. cashier, of the
closed Crete State Bank. we're found
not guilty Of receiving deposits after
the bank was insolvent.
| As result Of a shooting ARRAY at
Alexander. 8. d. Berup is lying In st.
Johns Hospital at Springfield and An
drew Baker went to Jacksonville and
gave himself up to the sheriff.
Milton Gardner. an employee OF the
Rankin Chemical Company In Joliet.
fell into tank Of nitrogen. He was
prisoner an hour and three men were
overcome In the rescue. He Is not ex.
| pected to live. $500
Joe and Floyd Harding. aged l6 and
10 raanoptiyolv hcNthoro ~ Ntll>. Ia
were arrested In Anna after confess.
Ing to having robbed a store In Ullin.
The chief OF police recovered 500
worth Of stolen articles.
| An exhibit car sent out by the State
Of Montana. while In the yards at
Carthage. was entered by vandals. who
slashed and injured the vegetables and
fruits. doing $1,000 damage. The man.
ayers say they will have to discontin.
ue that car for this season.
An appeal to Gov. Deneen to call
convention to consider the conserva.
ton OF the resources Of Illinois and
the causes OF the increased cost of
foodstuffs Is made by the Illinois Corn
Growers and Stockmen's Association.
which closed Its meeting at the Uni.
versity OF Illinois College Of Agricul.
ture.
Warned that an adverse decision had
been rendered by the federal court.
Miss Annie Kelley. a young school.
teacher of Tolono, has fed to escape
arrest by Deputy Marshal Williams.
Miss Kelley had either to pay a judg-
ment OF $1,000 to Mr.. and Mrs. William
Burke, of Tolono, or go to jail for
whipping their son. The residents of
Tolono side with the girl.
The Illinois Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows held special session In Gales
burg the other day. which drew an
attendance of 1000 visitors represent
ing fifty-four lodges of that part of
Illinois. The day was spent in school
Of instruction and the grand lodge
degree was conferred on class of
10 candidates. The Illinois Rebekahs
also held like session.
| Frederick A. Pearne, division agent
of the Chicago and Alton railroad,
attempted suicide in hotel In Spring
| uiCu' iiC ohot HihiSSii NWlNc ONcI tuc
heart. and was taken to a hospital In
a critical condition. Dependency over
altered conditions of life Is given as
the cause. Pearne formerly held
good position with the Chicago and
| Great Western railroad, given him by
T. p. Shonts. This he lost when Shonts
left the road
mo unmarried man need apply" Is
the sign that has been hung up by The
land owners of Logan County, who arc
renting their farm lands for the next
year. The movement has thrown the
young men into panic. and 1t is said
more engagements have been announc-
ed in the vicinity of Atlanta since the
plans were started In the same periods
In half dozen years preceding. 9th
er young men inclined to balk at the
matrimonial proposition are departing
for other sections.
The United States can feed as well
Al A. a.