The Daily Chronicle du lieu suivant : De Kalb, Illinois • Page 1

THE DE KALB EVENING CHRONICLE. VOL. IL. NO. 151.

What Occurs Tonight. adie's Maccabees. ayal Arch Masons. al Meeting at Baptist Church. wankee Encampment L.

0. 0. Bachelors at Miss Alice Taylor's. has very truthfully been said that parties usually grow stagger after Infight. were heard occasionally morning but the sleighing is reportno good.

Roads too rough and enough snow. hother snowfall last night, but tor sleighing. Just enough good appetizer in clearing this morning. side woman spent all of the money on Christmas presents and her family will live or and Johnycake this year. Vestern Kansas claims four counties which there is not a pauper.

As ether or not these four counties have ingle inhabitant, the report is disatty silent. ell an unfavorable story to anyone the world, and in nine cases out the person to whom you tell the will say, "Well, I guess there re truth than poetry in it." be funeral of I. V. Randall will at the M. E.

church, Friday at one with Masonic ceremonies. All sons are requested to meet in the rooms at 12 o'clock sharp. Order of THOS. ADAMS, W. M.

videre benedicts and bachelors red a game of indoor base ball rethy which resulted in a score of 48 to in favor of the latter. The proceeds, 40, were turned over to the Ladies' ion Aid Society, for the benefit of the beland will give the next the course for the benefit tool library in the opera house al from tomorrow night, Jan. 91st. a man of talent and brains and general public should hear him. will lecture on "Seeing the elemt.

one of his best productions. kets 50 cents, on sale at C. N. Pritch8 store. home paper is in no sense a child of arity.

It earns twice over every dolit receives and is second to no enterde in contributing to the upbuilding a town or a community. Its patrons far more benefit from its pages in its publisher; and in calling for the sport of the people of a community in rich it is published it asks no more in all fairness belongs to it, though generally receives much less. -Exange. lames McNatt, for four years iu the ploy of M. J.

Pogue sons moved to Kalb the first of the week, where mself and brother own and operate ed stieds and other interests. Mr. Me itt's removal will be a loss to our wn. he has been an excellent citizen d. faithful, competent man in any ie of work his hand found to do.

The st wishes of his many friends go with mself and family to his new field of terprise. -Hinckley Review. The "copy" sent to newspaper offices prominent men in the various learned too often indicates that seiate annot spell. and that orators ignorant of the simplest rules. of unctuation.

The editors of the land wild tell a surprising tale of illiteracy mons lawyers, doctors, clergymen, and rofessional men, if they cared to expose be blunders of the so-called 'learned ontributors," many of whom are fond criticising newspaper men and methSome day, perhaps, an editor will found with sufficient hardibood to rint an article exactly as it is written. then the more careful and -intelligent lasses will get an idea of the editor's pork. On an ordinary dirt road, according the Philadelphia Record, a borse can raw three times as much weight as he an draw on his back. On a good macdamized road the animal can pull three imes as much as on a dirt road, while an asphalt pavement the power of a horse is multiplied to such a degree hat be can draw eleven times as much on dirt road, or thirty three times much as he can carry on his back. What the road traffic of cities owes to he street railways is illustrated by the comparation that on metal rails a horse one and two-thirds times as hack anion the best asphalt pAvement; our times as much as on Belgian blocks! times as much as on cobblestones; wenty times much as on an earth and forty times as much as on.

DEKALB, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1897. Proposition to form a new county with Mendota for a county seat is cre: ating no little talk a few miles south of here but the general opinion is that the idea will never be materialized. The Mendota Sun takes a sensible view of the situation and in the following words leads its readers to reasonably believe that the new county will never be: The old story of forming a new county for Illinois, with Mendota for the county seat is being revived. This project has been agatated off and on for twentyfive years, but it is not likely anything will ever come of it except talk. However, if the scheme could be pushed to completion it would' be very good thing for Mendota.

The plan as proposed contemplates taking the townships of Clarion and Westfield from Bureau, the townships of Mendota, Meriden, Ophir, Troy Grove, Waltham and Dimmick from LaSalle, and Sublette, Brooklyn, Lee Center and Wyoming from Lee. This would make a little county with a territory of about four hundred square miles. It would be better to take in Earlville and Leland, and possibly La Moille; that wonld make a fine county and Mendota would flourish like a green bay tree. It would be very convenient of access from all these towns, but the fact that such a change would require a majority of all the legal voters of all the counties interested, makes it abont as probable as annexing a slice of the moon. Human nature is queer.

For instance take the case of a worthy widow who is obliged to support herself and family by washing; nobody thinks of paying her any more than the lowest possible figure to which her work can be ground down at the same time reserving to themselves the great American right to kick On the other hand. let a great husky fellow come into town trundling wheelbarrow and claim that he's traveling on big wager from Pueblo to Pon dunk, that he must make the trip in a given number of days, starting with nothing and ending with a thousand dollars or so- and a lot of fellows who like to be considered dead game sports" will fall over each other in their eagerness to give him money which he doesn't pretend to earn. About People. Mrs. John Hart, of Milan, was in town trading this week.

Miss Maggie Kerwin, of Milan, was among the of town traders yesterday. Mr. Peterson is the new clerk at A. E. Atwood's store.

Mr. O. Matthewson, living north of town, is dangerously ill with pneumonia. Mrs. Hodge, of Second street, one of DeKalb's oldest residents, is very iH.

Editor Keeler, of the Belvidere Northwestern, and Alderman Harnish. of Belvidere, were in town last night and assisted in the installation of officers at the Royal Arcanum. The testimonial concert for Misses May Gurler and Huldah Kylen will be given Wednesday evening Feb. 8rd. The progarm will be announced soon.

Many friends are pleased to know that Miss May Gurler has secured the posi tion to sing at the First Presbyterian church in Chicago for the remainder of the month. G. W. Warne, of Elburn, spent today with relatives at the Glidden House. Mrs.

S. A. Tyler went to Chicago this morning to spend the day with friends on the west side. Miss Downey a relative from Newark, Ohio, will accompany her: home and spend the winter at the Tyler home. S.

L. Graham left this morning for the city and will go to Iowa to look after his new store. Miss Jessie Riddell accompanied her brother Walter Riddell to West Chicago today where she will visit her sister Mrs. Charles Sagle and little nephew. Contractor McAlpine, of Dixon, is in town on business today, Miss Mary Earle, of Malta, is very ill at the home of her brother Wm.

Earle. Mrs. Florrie Walker went to Steward today to visit relatives for a while. Mrs. Sarah Corkings went to Monroe Center today where she will be a guest of Mrs.

Holmes for several days. Died From Heart Trouble. Mrs. Bannister wife of Howard Ban nister, died from heart trouble, at her home north of town last night. She had been sick only three days, having been down town only a few days ago.

Funeral arrangements are not yet completed bat the services will be held sometime Saturday. Try a package of Darling's -Plant Food. It is the finest thing yet for your winter plants; 95 cents a package large package 50 cents, at CHRONICLE office. dit TEN of older people and this is natural but if they were only made to realize the effeets of tobacco upon them, there is little doubt but that they would stop. the habit before it becomes a fixed one.

Below are a few of the things that have been said by prominent people upon the subject: Dr. Ferguson: "I believe that no one who smokes tobacco. before the bodily powers are developed. ever makes strong vigorous man." Prof. H.

H. Seerley: "Boys that begin the habit at an early age are stunted, physically, and never arrive at bodily Horace Greely: "Show me: a drunkard that does use tobacco, and I will show you a white blackbird." Medici Director U. S. Navy: "'The future and usefulness of the tads in on naval soba require the absoInter interdiction of tobacco in any for Cowan: "'The exceptions are very rage when a user of tobacco in any of its forms is not ultimately led to use alcholic liquors." Gladstone "detests somking:" Haeckel: "I have never Ruskin "abhors the practice of Charles Reade: I have seen many people the worse) for it, and never saw anybody perceptibly the better for it." Medical Examiner U. S.

Navy: out of every one hundred applicants for enlistment is rejected because of irritable heart, arising from tobacco, poisoning." Dr. Bowditch: "A man with a tobacco heart is as badly off as a drunkard." In four insane asylums there were 294 cases of "insanity from the use of alcohol." Of these 994, it was ascertained that 206 were led to intemperance by the use of tobacco." Dr. Coustan, of Paris. concludes a long article as follows: "The influence of tobacco clogs all the intellectual faculties, and especially the memory; and the injury is greater in proportion to youth of the individual." Prof. Lizars, of Edinburg: "It is painful to contemplate how many promising youths must be enfeebled in their minds and bodies, before they ar.

rive at manhood, by the use of Prof. Mead, of Oberlin: "The tobacco habit tends to deaden the sense of honor; and none are more likely to practise deception unscrupulously than those who use the weed." Superintendent of the Reform School at Westboro' All boys sent here have been users of We have given these facts hoping that some who may have contracted the habit thoughtlessly, paying little beed to the results may be indneed to stop before it is too late. A totally wrecked body, mind and morals often results from constant use. C. E.

Give a Good Program. The regular meeting of the Christian Endeavor society was held in the chapel last night (and nearly every chair was occupied. The programs are always very good and that of last night was no exception in that line. Mr. Pritchard gave a reading which convulsed the house, the selection itself was a humorous account of the pleasures of base ball but the gestures were the comical part of the delivery.

Mr. Pritchard was backed by Mr. Reid who substituted his own hands for those of the reader in the oratorical demonstration. Mr. Bodman gave a humorous reading from Bill Nye and Eugene Field which kept the house in continnal laughter and Mr.

Reid read a selection from Ian 'MaClaren in his inimitable Scotch dialect. Miss Ada Bently, one of talented speakers favored the company with a dramatic recitation well delivered for one of her years and Mr. Wea ver, who possesses much natural talent as a reciter gave a selection bearing on war tinies. Besides singing by the congregation Miss Anna Ferguson sang a very pretty solo in a very pretty manner and Mrs. Thompson gave a vocal solo with violin accompaniment by her husband.

The intermission was used for the election of officers and the following will serve for the coming month. C. N. Pritchard, president; A. Wheeler, vice president; Roy Flynn, treasurer; Carl Wiltberger, secretary; and Mr.

Reid and Misses Riddell and Sherwood members of the program com mittee. Sign of Advancement. For the first time in the history of a collage, a yell has been composed with a modicum of sense in it. The college of law at the Syracuse University has -the honor of yelling the following: "Agency, contracts, bills, and notes equity, pleading, scales and torte domestic relation; Raw! Raw! Rawl 8yracure 'Varsity, College of Law!" CENTS PER WEEK. I.

V. RANDALL DEAD. One of DeKalb's Oldest Citizens Died Last Night. Tuesday evening January 12, 1897 about eleven o'clock, occurred the death of Ira Vail Randall, one of DeKalb's oldest inbabitants He has been F. poor health for many months resulting from a general breaking down of system in old age and for the past few days has been suffering more than usual; Callers last evening were told told that he was very low but no fear of immediate death was apprehended.

His strength gradually failed however and late in the evening all life was extinguished. The deceased was born in Mount not Holly, March 2, 1820, where 1 he to off passed his boyhood. His father, a far mer, died when Mr. Randall was but sixteen years of age and the his life from that time until he came to DeKalb is told in the following words: on "Our subject, with $3 in silver money in his pocket, and his clothing tied up in a cotton frock, on his back, started to out on foot the spring after his father's death, for West Poultney, to attend the academy there, where he could work by the hour at 124 cents to pay for books, tuition and board. At the end of the first quarter he found himof self in debt for board $18.50.

He hired out to a tanner in the village for one is month at $18, to drive horse in grinding bark and hauling hides from lime be vats, and scraping off the hair, etc. After graduating at the tannery at the end of the month he took possession of his $13 and paid his debts. Working on a farm a short time, he attended the fall term of the Poultney school. He then taught school during the winter, 'attended the academy in spring and fall, teaching again in the winter, and continued to teach, work on farm in summer and attend school spring and fall. He taught 18.

terms, attending the academy alternately until fitted for college, and intending to take a full course; but the state of his health terred him from matriculating, At the latter part of his career as teacher, which commenced in his 17th year, he commenced the study of law. He read with the Hon. Sewell Fallam, state's attorney at Ludlow, and finished his reading with the Hon. Solomon Foot, of Rutland, and was admitted to the bar at Rutland, in 1847. "In April of the year before, he married Mias Susan L.

Earle, of Mount Holly, daughter: of Lawson Earle, an extensive farmer and dairyman. Mr. Randall practiced his profession for three years at Barnare, Windsor Vt. During that period he visited the West, and on the solicitation of the "Maine Law Alliance." lectured in Illinois for three months in advocacy of the Maine law. About forty years ago with his wife and one daughter, his only child, Emma now Mrs.

Halser, he came to Illinois and settled in the embryo village of DeKalb, Dec. 27, 1826, and has made this place his home ever since. For more than a quarter of a century Mr. Randall has been engaged in the practice of law and had won considerable of a reputation in this locality. He was at an early date.

postmaster at DeKalb, and during '65 and '66 was a member of the State Legislature. He has also held several municipal offices in this city and was a member of the school board. His first wife died in 1861 and in 1868 he was married to Mrs. Mardula Boynton who has been his constant companion ever since, and who is left in her old age to mourn his loss. For years they have made their home on Fourth street where his death occurred.

He was a member of the M. E. church from which place the funeral will be held at one o'clock Friday with Masonic ceremonies, he being a valued member of that lodge. The familiar face of "Squire" Randall, known all over town, will be greatly missed by young and old, for he enjoyed a wide acquaintance. Coal Men Meet at Aurora.

Yesterday Robert Ferguson and L. M. McEwen of this place, went to Au rora where, they attended a meeting of the Coal Dealer's Association, of Illi nois and Wisconsin. They were royally treated and will remember the day spent in Aurora with much pleastire. They were banqueted at hotel Bishop and spent the day in a social way, their object being to get better acquainted.

A street car ride about the city was one of the enjoyable features of the day. The association is in a fourishing condition with the following officers: President, C. L. Derring. Chicago; Vice President, J.

F. Harral, Aurora; Secretary and Treasurer, T. A. Bedwell, Rockford: Executive Committee, J. W.

Lowe, Chicago: C. C. Keeler, Beloit, Wis; B. B. Boecker, Naperville.

Cigarette War still Rages. For months the greatest, trouble of the teachers in our schools has been to check the cigarette habit. Boys, from the time they enter school, until they deave, are victims of the habit al- though until recent investigations were made, it was not known that the praotice was so universally indulged in. A few weeks ago, the teachers at the east side schools inspected their departments and found to their dismay that nearly all of the boys smoked cigarettes, most of the youngsters keeping the knowledge from their parents and obtaining the tobacco in any way possible. Deceit of all kinds was resorted to and indeed deceit seems to be the boon companion of the boy and his cigarette.

Parents were informed of the state of affairs, and co-operative meetings were held. These have resulted in considerable good but the habit is not yet checked, we are sorry to state. Parents and teachers are keeping a watch on both dealers and boys and expect in this way to eventually put the practice to an end. No one denies, nor attempts to deny that the using of tobacco in any form is not harmful and especially so is it to the growing boy. Anti cigarette societies have been formed in many schools and the following account from a Chicago teacher may prove of benefit: "I believe 20 per cent is a low estimate of the number of boys who use cigarets in the Chicago schools.

My opinion is based upon what I have found in each of the two schools of which I have had obarge, As the pupils of both schools came largely from intelligent, educated families, I believe my estimate in re gard to our schools in general i is too low instead of too high. One of my teachers three years ago organized an anti cigarets society. More than 25 per cent of the boys smoked cigarets at that time, but nearly all of them joined the society, and many of them have not smoked since. The improvement in their scholarship and deportment was striking. Last October, shortly after my fer to the McCosh school, I found that we had 80 boys among 350 who averag ed from two to twenty cigarets a day.

Only six of the number were able to do good work in school. I asked each teacher to give me a list of the boys in her room who were from two to five years older than the average age of children for the grade. I found that 88-per cent of these boys smoked cigareta. I also asked for the names of those especially bard to discipline. Ninety per cent of these belonged to the cigaret smokers, while among those boys who seemed unable to memorize, to reason, or to feel interest in their work, the list was a long one.

There were only three who did not use tobacco. We organized an anti-tobacco society which nearly all of the boys joined. Meantime I talked individually to each of these boys. I explained that I wished to know as fully as possible exactly why he was unable to do better work in school. After spending about a week in this way, which I think was well I got the following information: Twentyfive boys stated that the reason they did not get their lessons was because they were so sleepy all the time they could not study.

Thirty of them told me that they did not feel well--they were dizzy all the time. Twenty told me that they could not write neatly because their bands trembled so. Several, to use their own words, said they felt shaky" when they walked, that their nerves felt weak. A large number were unable to run any distance, some not more than a block, although before. they began to smoke they could run as far and as fast as any one.

Nearly all of these boys complained that they had headache most of the time. With scarcely an exception they told me they could not learn their lessons altho kept after school night after night to learn them. I asked each boy if his parents knew he smoked and was surprised to find that the parents of only about half of the boys were aware of the "I took the time to investigate the cases of ten boys who were from four to five years too old for their grades, and found that they had made a grade a year up to the time when they began to use cigarets, when all progress stop ped. In March I talked with each boy who had not used cigarets. since he joined the anti-tobacco society abont three months previonaly, They were unanimous in saying, as they expressed it, that they felt like different boys Some of their answers were: "Oh.

I can remember lots better, 4 "I can catch on to things quicker," -I don't get sleepy in school." "I don't have headaches now. "I don't tremble so when I try to write "1 can run faster." "I can lift heavier things, "1 to feet weak all the time. Children tenally follow the example Drum Corps, have a Jollification. The drum corps, who with their fifes, drums and white uniforms, "Yankee Doodle" and. the F.

Left Behind Me, are always bronght, to mind when one thinks of the rallies during the campaign of 1896, had a glorious time last night, Owing ton some misunderstanding they were not paid for their campain services until yesterday. A. G. Kennedy and others contending that their bill was too large. Bat by perseverance the drum corps side won and last night they had a fine time on part of the surplus.

They formed in line and to the sound of their own musio marched and countmarched up down Main street making the corner office over the National Bank an objective point. At their slide were six escorta bearing flambeau torches enabling the public to read the inscriptions on their banners, which were carried by small boys. The following are some of the legends which they bore and the reading of them created much merriment along the street: no lie, it's no bluff. Work for McKinley and the committee will keep your "The attorney is a good bluffer but 53-cent dollars don't go." "What office does our friend (nit) Kennedy want?" "No repudiation! We want honest money." "Kennedy is our friend (nit)." "Our bill was so big A. G.

Kennedy wouldn't settle it." are some honest men in the G. O. P. Hurrah for Chief of Police!" be voters in 1900. made their motto, let them stand 1 by it." "A big cigar for the big arbitrate." returned.

20 miles, 50c." "Horan and Adams are the drum corps' friends." L. Ellwood will be our next Governor." speak louder than words. Who repudiates?" the parade ended the Drum Corps adjourned to the Casson Boardman lunch counter and enjoyed a delicions repast consisting of Kennedy soup, Taylor -made pudding with arbitrator's sauce, roast pork with Hunt gravy. It is to be hoped that by devouring these morsels, the hatchet is buried. Has Old Relics.

Mr. George H. Madden, flagman at street, has a great many historical relies of the famous Indian massacre which occurred at Indian Creek, LaSalle county, May 20th, 1832, and which many of our old settlers ber with horror. He has seven land patents of the historic grounds, the direct property of his wife, Rachel Hall, who was stolen by the Indians after the massacre of her parents. Among his other curios are three bed spreads, hand woven and owned by Mrs.

Hall who was massacred nearly a hundred and twenty years ago; half of an elk's horn found on the plains in '49 on the way to California: an old sword 200 years old; a book, The American Museum, a magazine of the date 1787 with a list of subscribers both American and Enropean and the writing of the most noted anthors of the time, besides many other interesting relics. Business Locals. WANTED- Girl for general house work. Must be a good cook. tf J.

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