Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-12-02
ILLINOIS
BREVITIES

Urbana.-A survey just completed
shows that 1045 courses are being of
fered to students i'm the University OF
Illinois this year and of this number
4O5 are given in the college of liberal
arts and sciences. This number IN
cludes all of the courses in the cur
ricula of the English language and lit
erature, the classics. mathematics, Tor
eign languages, history, home eco
nomics, philosophy, art and design, ana
physical and biological sciences: The
school of music is second to the college
of liberal arts and sciences, offering
149 courses in theory and applied mu-
sic.
Sterling-The fifty-fifth annual con-
vention of the Horticultural Society or
Northern Illinois, comprising 70 couh-
ties, has closed at Sterling. The meet
ing was a great success and was large
ly attended. Old officers were re-eiect-
ed. They are President, l.. b. Bryant
Princeton vice president, n. A. MUCK
Lena; secretary. r. A. Green. Ottum-
wa; treasurer, L. H. Cutler, East Du-
buque; second vice president AUSTIN
Powers, Sterling, and third vice presi-
dent, Phil Scott, Rock Falls.
Springfield.-Dip and other
communicable diseases are increasing
In Illinois to such IN exten that the
urgent need of school inspection is
manifest. For the first week IN sep
TENDER there wero reported to the
state department of public health loo
cases of diphtheria. The first week In
| October showed $40 cases while for
| the first week in the present month
| the total number of cases had mounted
| to $50
Springfield.-Th melancholy" days
| of autumn were somewhat late in ar
| irving this year, owing to excessive
sunshine and unusually warm weather
| during October, according to the
weather summary for the month is
sued for Illinois by Clarence J. Root,
| government meteorOlogist Many
| places experienced maximum tempera-
| lures far above normal and the rain
| fall was low.
Peoria.-The Western Boiler Pipe
| company, of which j. Howard Jayne
| of Monmouth, who disappeared and
| subsequently was located in an Ev-
| anston hospital, is president, denied
| that it is insolvent, in answer to in
voluntary bankruptcy proceedings re-
| Gently filed by creditors The company
stated it had S1S0.000 in assets against
| $4,000 in liabilities, and that 1t has
| full securities for its debts.
Acknowledgements attending the de-
| velopment of the industrial section of
| Woodriver, some years ago. was re-
! called by the death of A. E. BenbOw
| at his home at Alton at the age OF
| seyenty-three years. Benbow, who was
| son of one of the first settlers in
Madison county, was known as the
founder of Benbow City. now part OF
Woodriver.
Rockford.-While feeding waste pa
per into a pup machine, John PocOlf
found ring. He gave it to his small
daughter, who wore it to school, Hel
teacher was amazed at the size au(
brilliancy of the stone. Investigation
disclosed it was a diamond, valued a
$500. The police We're asked to fine
the owner.
ringfield.-Although the Chicag
& Alton railroad has protested agains
the alleged excessive costs of the issu
ance and serving of injunctions durin;
the railroad strike. Judge Louis Fitz
Henry, in Federal court at Springfield
has overruled its motion to have tn
costs reduced.
Champaign. = Budding journalists
| composing the membership of the Ill
nois High Press association, met il
| second annual conference at the Unt
yersity of Illinois, Robert Fisher Q
| Champaign is president, and Thoma
| Bohon, Decatur, secretary.
| Moline.-Though the election fO
| mayor is nearly five months distan
] six candidates for the place alread
have appeared. These are c. P. Skin
ner, the present mayor; w. P. Hun
G.. w. Sandstrom, Charles Meyer, A. {
Abraham and John Swanson.
Danville.-A boulevard lighting sy
fem is to be installed at cost {
SCI. 900. The assessment roll for til
Improvement has been approved
county court after two years of opp
sition.
Rockford-The library of the lat
Or. George p. Gill has been offered I
the Winnebago County Medical s,
ciety. The offer was made on cond
ton that the society create and mai
tain medical library in the city.
Peoria. William Geesman, for
wears old, farmer living near her
was found crushed to death beneat
a wagon load of corn. He had left h
home to drive the corn to market.
Monticello.-The question of inco
porating the ten live stock shipping q
sociations of Piatt county was d
cussed at a meeting of the organic
tons here.
Observation-Disclosures of a wife
follow her husband to their new hon
constitutes desertion in the opinion
the Sangamon county Circuit court.
Observation-Disclosures and the nation 10
one of the worlds greatest authoriti
on soil when Prof. J. G. Mosier di
at his home. His great service
the state of Illinois was rendered
the classification of the soils of II
nois in connection with the state 81
survey of the University of Illinois. !
had charge of this work for 20 yea
and was considered an authority