Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-01-22
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From Illinois

tee. Eight members were reelected.
The committee by congressional dis
tricts is composed of the following:
Eleventh district, Henry McGough Ma
pie Park. reelected One Hundred and
Twenty-fifth, III. L. Marshall, Serena,
reelected; Thirteenth, L. E. BirdSall,
Sterling, reelected; Fourteenth, Rob
ert \. Clarke, StrOnghurSt, reelected;
Fifteenth, S. II. Thompson, Quincy,
new member; Sixteenth, II. M. Wood,
Delavan, new member; Seventeenth,
G. c. Johnstone Bloomington, re-
elected; Eighteenth, Charles r. Fin
ley, HOOpestOn, new member; Nine
teenth, J. M. Beckett, Decatur, re-
elected; Twentieth, w. A. Mcneil,
Chandlerville, new member; Twenty
first, c. II. Bonnell, OwanecO, new
member; Twenty-second, E. A. Eckert,
Belleville, new member; Twenty
third, Edwin G.. Stifie Robinson, re-
elected; Twenty-fourth, N. F. Elder,
Raleigh, re-elected-; and Twenty fifth
William Zeigler, MurphysborO, new
member.
Petersburg.-Theg grave of Ann Rut-
ledge, sweetheart of Abraham Lincoln,
whose body lies in Oakland cemetery
at Petersburg, has been marked with
granite monument, bought by descend
ants of persons who were intimately
acquainted with the great emancipation
when he lived at New Salem. The
monument replaces small crude
stone, roughly hewn, inscribed "Ann
Rutledge," which has been the only
marker to the final resting place of
the girl who was nearer and dearer
to Lincoln than perhaps any one else
in his early days. The new stone is
a massive one of dark Quincy granite,
and is inscribed with Edgar Lee Mas
ter'S poem, ann Rutledge"
Mount VernOn.-FOur sacks of regis
tered mail, one. reported to have con-
tanned $4,000, for use in making up
pay rolls at Franklin county coal
mines, disappeared at Mount Vernon.
The sacks were received at the Mount
Vernon post office over the Louisville
4 Nashville railroad from St Louis
and their disappearance was diScOv
cred when mail was being placed on
a Chicago & Eastern Illinois train for
shipment to nearby mining towns. The
sack with the $4,000 was to have
gone to Benton.
Mt. Sterling.-Improvem and ex-
tensions in the city water works at Mt.
Sterling will be made. as the result
of the overwhelming victory at the
polls on the issue. The one-sided de-
cision of the voters was to issue $15,-
600 worth of bonds to put the water
plant IN good condition. The town
faced an inadequate fire protection in
case no provision for the improvements
was made.
Galesburg-That the motor vehicle
has not completely obliterated old dob
bin is shown by the report made at
the annual meeting of the Galesburg
Horse and Mule company which stated
that no less than 10000 animals had
been sold during the last year. The
receipts aggregated 100000, or $3.50
each.
Urbana.-"When a Teller needs a
friend will be a common utterance on
few days now. Examinations which
bring to a close the work of the first
semester for close to 5000 students
start on January "a and continue for
ten days.
Pana.-A memorial to the soldiers,
sailors and marines of Pana and Pana
township has been erected in Kitchell
vi Of
erected by popular subscription of the
people in the community. 1t is made
of granite throughout.
ChicagO.-Chicago's canine pOpula-
ton tops the $4,000 mark horses num-
Der 10000 and the feline census equals
both of them, although nobody wants
CATS" according to the report of H. L.
Roberts, secretary of the Anti-Cruelty
society.
MOnmOuth.-The farm of John NJ
Brown, two miles west of Monmouth,
has been sold for 500 per acre, the
first land in the county to bring over
$500 per acre. The total amount in
| vOlved was $4,000 for the 100 acres.
Bloomington.-Death by asphyxia-
ton, evidently with suicidal intent,
was the fate of Forrest Everett Wea-
yer, president of the Corn Belt Farm
| ers' Cooperative association, which
has offices in Bloomington.
Sterling.-Jacob Echternach. eighty
twO-year-old Sterling dry goods clerk,
has retired after working in the same
store continuously for 90 years, rec
ord he believes has never been
equaled in the state.
observation-disclosures Barloga post
of the American Legion has purchased
the former PecatOnica hotel building
and will remodel it into a community
hall and club for post members
Lincoln.-A Lincoln trapper reports
| the capture of a pure white weasel,
| the strangest animal of it's species
ever seen in central Illinois
Belvidere.-Though the grounding
| is not supposed to emerge from his
winter quarters before February 2,
| several specimens have been seen
| scampering about On farms near Belvi-
dere, apparently deceived by the mild
weather.
Champaign. - David Phillips, a
wealthy farmer of Champaign, has
made each of his three daughters. Mrs.
| Edith Armstrong Mrs. Olive Straw
h,4s1 Nd N5rc do {oI1