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of of THE DECATUR REVIEW Wednesday Evening, December 6, 1908. BRIDGE TO COME DOWN A LANDMARK Spans to Be Made Smaller For Other Use. TRAVEL IS DELAYED Forty Homeseekers Braved the Storm Tuesday. old Wabash tron bridge. spanThe river east of town, ning down.

The work of dethe Sangamon 1g to be torn started Tuesday by Foremolition was and his men. It will man Thompson six weeks to wreck the take a month or the material on cars bridge the Toledo branch of the and load for routing to who are to American Bridge company, present spans into smaller the' Springfield diviconvert the for use on spans sion of the Wabash. USE TO BE MADE. bridge consista of one The present 158-foot span and two 116-foot spans. to be taken down piece by to Toledo, where the They are piece above mentioned will convert and shipped Into a 114-foot span, and company the long span smaller spans into 87-foot the two The present intention is to use spans.

and one of the shorter the longer span the 150-foot pile trestle spans to replace Niantic and Illiopolls, known between bridge No. 138. The other technically as span will also be placed someshort. on the Springfield division. job to tear down the old It is a big All the nuts are so rusted that bridge.

will have to be split, no small job they then the structure will have in Itself; down piece by piece and to be taken loaded. About twenty men will be employed in the work. PUT THERE IN 1885. old bridge was long a landmark The In this section. It was put in in 1885, Howe truss bridge, which replacing Its turn had replaced 8 wooden 1n Finley B.

Roby, for years bridge. watchman at the bridge, remembers that the 'Howe truss bridge was torn in the winter time and that there' down twenty Inches of ice on the river. was AB result the old trusses were dropfeet to the ice below, but did ped sixty not even break through. The present bridge was abandoned a couple of years ago, when the magnificent concrete bridge to the north completed. Since then it has been was allowed to rust.

The stone piers and abutments will probably be alstone lowed to stand as they are. as they would cost more to tear down than they are worth. CAUSES TROUBLE. All Passenger Trains Late and Many Wires Are 0own. Late trains and interrupted telegraph communications are some of the trials visited upon the railroads as a result of this cold snap.

All passenger trains, with very few exceptions, are late, their lateness varying from two and three hours, In the cases of through trains, to fifteen and twenty in the case of Jocal trains. All sorts of trouble is being had, as usual, on the Chicago terminals. The snow blocks switches and otherwise puts interlocking operations to the bad. One man returning last night from reports that a Rock Island train took two hours to get from Englewood to the uptown station. The Wabash Banner Limited was also two hours late Into Chicago Tuesday, time being lost all the way up.

North of Mt. Pulaski on the Illinois Central, telegraphic communication 18 entirely shut off, owing to wires being down. Other wire trouble is reported, though the Mt. Pulaski trouble is the only case of communication being entirely crippled. Only few months have passed since the Baltimore Ohio took over the C.

H. yet is already evident that the transfer of the property was most opportune and the road is unlikely to prove the white elephant on It's new owner's hands that it has been to Since July 1, the C. H. has boon every dollar necessary to meet charges, thereby precluding any possibility of the Baltimore Ohio called on to settle. 14 PER CENT INCREASE.

C. H. gross earnings in the first quarter of the current fiscal year amounted to $2,450,626, an increase of $814,849. or moro than fourteen per cent over the same quarter of last year. Maintenance in the same period Increased now shipment added $21,000 to this amount.

Transportation cost consumed only 36.9 cent of gross as against 38.9 per cent in the same quarter of last year. The net after taxes and entirely available was therefore $542,152, an increase over last year of $100,000. MORGAN'S AGREEMENT. Under agreement with J. P.

Morgan the Baltimore Ohio is bound to meet the following charges annually and quarterly. 3 mos. nually. portion. $23,869,425 underlying bonds and equipment trusts $1,075,113 $266.778 $11,577,000 purchase money 48 462,260 155,556 $12,500,000 first refunding 48 500,000 125,000 TIMELY TRANSFER.

C. H. D. Road Has Been Making Money for the B. 0.

Total $2,037,898 $509,334 The above $12,500,000 48 were not sold until late October and as charge they do not enter into operatrona tor the quarter, but as the bonds largely, replaced other funded or floatins they may properly be Inchided in calculation. Hamliton with close regard for the road's earning power in' 1909- 10 and the year succeeding it, can now well be appreciated. After providing for the guarantes of the above charges the plan imposed no further obligation on the Baltimore but Issued to. satisty the $15,000,000 I notebolders, who. were forced to bear the brunt of the reorganization, general mortsage bond upon which per cent interest payment la contingent.

During the 1910 and 1911 fiscal years the security is merely an income bond upon which Interest is paid only earned and even then only at the diacretion of the company's board of directors. AB the not shown above is about $100,000 over obligatory charges, it will be months seen the that road on earnings of the past three could pay only 2-8 of 1 per cent on 000,000 Issue. TOWN WITH TWO NAMES. Effort to Have New Berlin Either One Thing the Other, Any resident of a town with two names ought to be satisfied, but not 80 the Berliners of New Berlin, over west of Springfield on the Wabash, As a result there is now considerable agitation 1n the town for a change of cognomen, or, failing that, one definite name, either Berlin or New Berlin, not both. NEITHER GAVE IN.

The multiplicity of cognomens came about in this way. When the old Northern Cross, later the Wabash, was run through the section, the father of Marion Yates, the great war governor of Illinois, persuaded the railroad officials to locate a townsite on land he donated for the purpose. His plan in doing this was to get the Inhabitants of a small settlement about four miles north, called Berlin, to move down to the railroad. Perfectly confident that this could be done the railroad dubbed the new town likewise Berlin. But the inhabitants of the Old Berlin refused to move.

NOT TWO BERLINS. This left two towns of the name of Berlin within three miles of each each other. This didn't suit the postoffice authorities, 80 they in turn dubbed the new town New Berlin. As a result while the railroad folders give the town's name as Berlin, the government calls it New Berlin. It is now hoped by the inhabitants of the town that either the government or the Wabash can be persuaded to give the town a new name, or else make it officially New Berlin for all time to come.

Their primary reason for this desire is the simple one that the mall of the residents of the railroad town gets confused with that of the people in the old town to the north. LEG IS BROKEN. Tom Box Skidded and Injures C. D. Freight Agent.

Nathan M. Lipscomb, freight agent for the C. H. had his left leg broken between the hip and knee shortly after 3 o'clock Monday afternoon by 8 one-ton box skidding and falling on it. Mr.

Lipscomb is nOw laid up at his home and another man will probably have to be brought here to take charge the freight work, as Mr. Lipscomb will be out of service for some months. Mr. Lipscomb was assisting in the freight house men to get a box measuring about ten feet square and two feet thick into car by means of skids when the box, which was upended, slipped and toppled over, catchIng Mr. Lipscomb between the box and the car.

He was thrown down and the heavy box fell on his leg, breaking It, Ing on Lucikily the two-by-four box when timber it fell and rest- 80 was saved from crushing Mr. Lipscomb's leg to jelly. LAND TO THE BUYER. That the Plan of Boom Company With Exhibit Car Here. Bringing the land to the buyer is the object of the Sadler Investment company, representatives of which arrived bore Tuesday with an.

elaborately fitted up car. which is to be stationed for the next ten days on the stub track, just west of the Morgan street crossing of the Wabash. Ten representatives of the company accompanied the car and they will devote their energies the next week or 80 to Interesting Investors in Osage City, the coming metropolis of northern Oklahoma, altuated in the rich Osage nation, recently put on the market. The car in which they travel Is a 78-foot combination Pullman, butfet, office and exhibit car, costing 000. About 2,000 miles will be covered by the car on this, ite first trip, visiting the middle west and south.

Forty Homeseckers. The homeseekers' sales at the local ticket offices Tuesday totaled forty, about equally divided between the Wabash and Illinois Central offices. Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Louisiana, in the order named, drew 90 per cent of the travel. were found, however, who were willing to brave the rigors of the north. Following are a few of the late travolers: W.

S. Newkirk, via Wabash. Mre. Francie daughter, Winfield, Kan. A.

L. Cantrall, Greenville, Miss. 0. Pays Up. The Illinois Central railroad Tuesday paid into the state treasury the sum of $589,361.83, being 7 per cent.

of the gross income for the six months Oct. 31, 1909, on certain of Its ending, Illinots, which under the charter of the road pays to the. state in lieu of taxes. The largest sum previausly paid into the state treasury by the road for alx months was 325.84 for the six months ending Oct. 81, 1907.

Didn't Stop at Bluffe, For the first time since it was put on, years ago, Wabash mail train No. 9 last Sunday went over the road without stopping at Bluffs. That stop, well as a number of others, WAS discontinued last Sunday when the new time card went into effect. When engineer A. F.

Eaton pulled past the Bluffs station last Sunday at thirty miles an hour, the whole town was down to see the double attraction of the passing up of the town and the largest engine ever run west out of Decatur, No, lately' assigned to mail runs west out of here. Will Be Lawyer. F. Prenty, for the past three years 2 and S. between Toledo and St.

Louis, has railway. mall clerk on Wabash trains Nos. resigned his. position. and will open a law offlow: in Cleveland, 0.

Mr. Prenty moments has been for studying lay during his spare the past tour years and some time ago passed the Ohio examination. His Cont. lad of about eighteen and Springtield as his home. NEW SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC NAMED Miss Minerva C.

Hall Is Al. ready Here to Take Up Work. Miss Minerva C. Hall of Escanaba, has been appointed supervisor of music in the Decatur schools, succeeding Miss Mary J. Clark, resigned, Miss Hall will take up, her new 'duties immediately following the Christmas, holtdays, She la now in Decatur for a two days' visit.

While here she la the guest of Miss Elizabeth La Howes, the high school teacher, who is a cousin. MUCH EXPERIENCE. Miss Hall a graduate of a high school in Boston, and of the public school music course of the New England Conservatory of Music. This was followed by a year's work in the American Institute' of Normal Methods dn Music at Evanston, Ill, She has also two years'. work In the summer school of music conducted by the American Book company, In all she has bad tour years of training in piano work, four years in voice, and nine years In violin methods.

A8 a violinist she has received much praise. TAUGHT FIVE YEARS. Miss Hall's teaching experience Includes one year at Belding, two at Plymouth, and two years years as supervisor of muslo at Escanaba, Mich. There were scores of applicants for the vacancy here, but. the choice soon simmered down to a half dozen, all, with the exception of Miss Hall, known to the members of the board of education.

Owing to Miss Hall's splendid recommendations, however, she was called here for a conference, which resulted in her acceptance. RECEPTION TO SPEAKER FIRST Annual Presbyterian Endeavor Banquet Elaborate. Arrangements for the annual banquet of the Christian Endeavor society of the First Presbyterian church have been completed. The banquet, will be held Thursday evening. It will be preceded by a reception to Andrew Stevenson of Chicago, who is to be the principal speaker.

The banquet will te served at 7. MENU. The menu will be: first course, oyster cocktail, wafers, pickles; second jelly, course, ressroast trkey with cranberry ing, gravy, potatoes, peas, hot' rolls, olives; third course, fruit salad; fourth course, orange ice, cake, candy and cotfee. PROGRAM. The program will be as follows: time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things, Of sealing wax and chewing gum, Of cabbages and kinds." "Our Christian Endeavor" -Earl Drinkall.

"The Young People and Their Work" -Andrew Stevenson, Chicage. The speaker will be Introduced by Dr. H. Penhallegon, who has known him for some years. Mr.

Stevenson is also known to some of the members of the society. He was in the city a number of years ago. Covers will be laid for $125. Mrs. Margaret Love will cater, THINK OF SLUSH AND BUY RUBBERS These Are the Days When Clerks Keep OR the Jump.

The shoe dealers all report a good business in rubbers. Nearly all day Tuesday and Wednesday the shoe stores were crowded and a large per cent of the customers bought rubbers and boots. Gaiters are selling fairly well to those who want to wear their lowcuts a while longer. Gloves and mittens are selling at the local clothing stores like the proverbial hot cakes, and so it is with mufflers. Most of the stores in the business section of the city are crowded at the present time and will be so until after Christmas.

Already the different stores have extra clerks working for the hollday trade. The cut flower demand at the ent is so great that the demand can not be supplied. MEET THURSDAY TO MAKE PLANS All W. C. A.

Girls to Attend MeetIng. at New Brillding. A meeting of all the young women belonging to the Young Women's Christian association. will be held on Thursday night in the new bullding and at that meeting there will be a discussion of the. membership campaign which starts Thursday night and closes.

on spoon rush day during dedication week. It had been the plan to have a gymnasium rally that night at the new building but the two meetings have been combined and the girls' will all meet together. There will be floor games of all kinds and basketball games also, besides the planning of the membership. campaign. Already members of the association are working for new meberrs and 'newals and it is expected that a large number of.

girls will take part in the campaign. Any. member of the assoclation may take part in the campaign and by securing. five new members or renewals rescelve a silver Y. W.

C. A. spoon on spoon rush- 'day. MEETINGS. The Dorcas society will hold an all day quilting Thursday at the home of Mrs.

Chauncey. Deetz, 1015 North College street. Decatur Council, 121, Yeomen of AmericaRogular meeting Wednesday evening in G. A. R.

hall, Main and William streets. Election of officers. Decatur Chapter, 111, 0.. E. 8.

-Regular meeting Thursday night. Election of M. B. A. Sowing, circle -Meeting Thursday afternoon o'clock at the home of Mrs.

Harry Jones, 148 West William street. Election of officers. A. F. A.

communication of Macon lodge, No. 8, at 7:80 tonight for work. BORN. Mr. and Mrs.

Emory P. Cartwricht East Leafiand avenue. Sunday. Dec. Scraps of News IT IS HENRY JOHNSON.

The name 'of the record keeper elected by the Knights of the Maccabees on Monday night 88 reported Tuesday should have read Henry Johnson instead of Charies Johnson. GO TO WORK. Uniform 1 Rank, No. 36, Knights of Pythias, go to Bement on the 8 o'clock car Tuesday evening to participate in second and third degree work there. All members are requested to be present and to take their side arms.

KEPT THEM BUSY. Men were engaged Tuesday in cleaning snow. from the roofs of new bulldings in the. burnt district. The snow was so heavy that it Was feared It might strain the ronfs.

OYSTER WEATHER. The cold weather seems to whet the oyster appetite of a good many people. The demand for the bivalves was 80 great yesterday that some dealers exhausted their supplies early in the day. BEMENT PEOPLE HERE. Charles Knapp, Richard Fleming, Howard Higby, Laurence Radford, Mrs.

I. P. Higby and daughter, Miss Dorothy, and the Misses Mary McNamee and Josephine Conaghan, all of Bement, saw Mrs. Fiske In Nell" Monday evening. CHRISTMAS COMING.

The first Christmas trees were shown in front of several grocery stores Tues-, day. These combined with the coming of the snow and cold weatner made it seem more and more like Christmas was not 80 far away. TO LEAVE DANVILLE. Miss Bessie Warren is visiting her sister, Mrs. H.

Labisky, Danville this week. Mr. and Mrs. Labisky will be in Decatur over Sunday Warhome. They are moving, next week ren to South Milwaukee, Labisky takes a position as assistant purchasing agent for the Bucyrus company.

BACK FROM FUNERAL, Mrs. M. Maloy, 709 North College street, has just returned from Ohicago, where she attended the funeral of her Mrs. William French, who daughter, was killed a week ago Saturday by falling from the back porch of her flat. PUT IT OFF.

On account of the storm the meeting of the Anna B. Millikin Home board which was to have been held this morning, was postponed indefinitely. SOMETHING TO EAT. County Treasurer Tandy and State's Attorney Redmon returned Monday night from Spring Lake, where they were hunting ducks. They did not have very good luck, but each brought home enough for several square meals.

RAIN, SHINE OR SNOW. Members of the West End Rain or Shine club are baving an all day meeting today at the home of Mrs. Florence Davis on West Wood street, HE'S STILL ILL. Mrs. H.

B. Lewis returned Tuesday evening from Columbus, 0., where she was called by the illness of her brother. He is still dangerously 111. STILL DIPHTHERIA. A case of diphtheria is reported in the family of Thomas Miller, 428 East Condit street.

READY WITH ELEVATOR. The machinery for the elevator In the new Citizens Trust Building was delivered Wednesday morning. DOUBLY WANTED, J. W. Fritz of Granite City was arrested by Officers Wilson and Park for drunkenness.

He is wanted at Mt. Pulaski on a charge of larceny and the description of him had just been recelved a short time before the officers brought him in. THEY'RE COMIN IN. The cold weather is driving in the tourists. Twelve lodgers registered at police headquarters Monday night and nine Tuesday night.

Tuesday wa's most too cold for them to venture out. SCARLET FEVER. A case of scarlet fever is In the family of Sam Bradshaw, 570 South Oakland avenue. REASONABLE CONCLUSION. Farmer Hirsute--My boy, can you direct me to The Kid-Nothin' doin', boas.

De barber shops is all closed today. PEORIA EGGS ARE UNDER CLOUD Peoria, Dec. H. W. Wiley, government chemist, with his entire "poison squad," is here for the purpose testifying in the federal court in the case wherein the government is testing the purity of preserved eggs seized here four months ago.

The case is the first wherein the government. 1s seeking to enforce hibition of poisonous preservatives in food stuffs. No Fire, The Morgan street chemical responded to a still alarm at the Bismarck hotel about noon There was a smoking furnace but no fire. DEEDS RECORDED. David Johnson to" 5, and block 5, to 8 bloc Allen MAYOR SUSPENDS "DA" OSCAR CROSS No Explanation to Be Had of the Action.

NOT WORKING TODAY Have Charges Been Made Against Him? Mayor Borchers Just before leaving Decatur this morning told that be had suspended Officer Oscar Cross. The mayor announced that he would take up the matter upon his return, which means tomorrow. Officer Cross la not working today. The mayor said very little about the matter and just now it is impossible to learn just what is wrong. It is not even known whether he intends to make charges against Oscar Cross, or whether he merely has in mind to investigate some charges that have been made.

Mr. Cross himself has no further knowledge in the matter. MAY BE ALL SETTLED. All that is certain is that Oscar Cross is not working today and that he is not because the mayor directed that he he suspended. It may be that final action will not be taken until the mayor has made an investigation, or it may be that Mayor Borchers now bas it in his mind to remove him from the force.

Any further information in this matter is in the possession of the mayor and can't be had here until he returns. IN PLAIN CLOTHES. Chief of Police Roy Bendure on Tuesday evening promoted Officer Manse Park from patrolmen to plain clothes man. Mr. Park was appointed a ber of the police department to ceed J.

J. Pearse, and be had been working only a few weeks. But he made good and from now on will use his detective skill in ferreting out breakers. MISS MINERVA. C.

HALL. Formerly of Escanaba, who suoceeds Miss Mary J. Clark as supervisor of music in the public schools. was held up in the Wabash yards at Tilton Monday afternoon and robbed of his coat. Dunsmore and three negroes were warming themselves around 8 fire, when suddenly one of them' pulled out a revolver and demanded Dunsmore's coat.

Dunsmore thought he WAS fooling, but the negro reinforced his threat with a good sound kick, 80 Dunsmore "shelled." As soon as the negro had got the coat he disappeared up the track towards Danville. Dunsmore immediately hastened to a telephone and informed the Danville police of the theft. On Investigation it was learned that two negroes had walked up the railroad to the Vermillion river bridge, when they climbed from the grade and took to the brush. USING SLEDS. The snow has given the baggagemen at the local passenger stations an opportunity to set their sleds in service, which they have done, and as a result Decatur is treated to the exceptional spectacle of mail and baggage being handled on sleds.

LEE WETZ SUCCEEDS. Official notice of the appolntment of Lee Wetz to succeed Warren D. Fogwell as road foreman of engines for the ninth and thirteenth districts of the Wabash, was received Wednesday. These notices should have been received last Saturday, but were lost in the mall. RAILROAD GOSSIP.

Workman of the end are both Engineer "Cappy" Jenkinson, and Fireman on the sick list. Daniel McCallum, assistant chief dispatcher for the Wabash, has gone to t. called there by the death of a nephew. -I- Wabash passenger train No. 15 was thirty minutes late Into Decatur Tuesday afternoon, due to the 800W blockade on the Chicago terminals.

There were orders for 400 grain cars on the hook in the Wabash dispatchers' office Wedneeday morning. Grain loading Is steadily Increasing. The coal traffic, however, has not yet felt the reviving touch of the winter Guy Winters Is a new conductor on tho ninth and thirteenth districts of the Wabash having been promoted Tuesday from a position as brakeman for Ed Perry on the De- Litchfield local to 8 conductorship. ICE MACHINERY CONTRACT FRIDAY Many Timen Send Representatives and Want Big Order. The contract for the machinery of the new Polar Ice and Storage company will probably be awarded Friday.

About a dozen bidders on this contract are to be here Friday to look over the plans and consult General Manager F. C. Gilbam and his associates. The contract is a large one and ig of interest to a number of concerns that make ice machinery. Advent for Lutherans.

Advent services will be held this evening at St. Johannes German Lutheran church. Rev. William Heyne will preach. Two Pair Would David Bell has filed a bill for divorce from Nellie Bell.

They were married Oct. 23, 1905, and lived together till Oct. 9,: 1907, when she deserted him. Gertrude Althizer has filed a bill for divorce from Otia Althizer. They were married January 21, 1900, and lived together until Oct.

20, 1909. She charges him with extreme and repeated cruelty and says that he is now a fugitive from Justice, having shot at two men at their former home in Pearl, Ill. Another Replevin: Suit, The case. of Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds, who replevined some cows and hogs that her husband had sold came up in Justice J.

H. McCoy's court Wednesday. morning. It drew almost as large a crowd as the Brown bird dog replevin case and promises to be almost as long. Two.

Spilled Out of Sleigh. George Francis and a woman whlie a driving in a sleigh last evening about 7 o'clock, caught one of the runners In the street car. track and the sleigh, tipped over, throwing both occupants heavily on the The not stopped until about 8 o'clock: Mr. Francis was hurt slightly about the body. The woman was picked up and taken Into the candy store, where 8 physician was called.

She was not hurt seriously. A carriage was called: and the woman was taken to her home. MAROA GIRL GETS JOHN ALLEN'S $1 She Has Three More Letters in Her Name Than Champion. John Allen is beginning to think that his offer of $1 for a name of two letters longer than Ottomar Schmachtenberger was a little bit rash, His offer was taken up quicker than a wink, and the $1 prize was won by a young woman at Maroa, and the Stoutenboroughs are again in the lead. Wednesday morning he received the following letter: John Allen, Decatur, Ill, Dear Sir-I see by the Daily Review of Tuesday afternoon that you offer a premium for a longer name than that of Ottomar Schmachtenberger.

I send you my correct name: MARGUERITE STOUGHTENBOROUGH Box 97, Maroa, Illinois. Her name does not appear op any of the instruments filed for record In Mr. Allen's office, but she is three letters ahead of Mr. Schmachtenberger, 80 Mr. Allen forwarded her the dollar Wednesday SECRET SOCIETIES ELECT FOR YEAR ROYAL ARCH MASONS.

Macon chapter, 21, R. A. M. elected the following officers Tuesday night: Excellent high priest--J. C.

Shaw. King Lemuel M. Strain. Scribe--James W. Morrison.

Treasurer- -George W. Bright. Secretary--J. Howard. The ot other officers will be appointed between now and the time of the installation of officers.

COLORED MASONS. Officers were elected. Tuesday night by Decatur M. lodge, 17, A. F.

A. as follows: W. -G. W. McGavock.

J. Jackson. S. W. Runnell.

-R. R. Rogan. Secretary--Dr. H.

C. Ganaway. Tyler--W. C. King.

Chaplain--Thomas Miller. W. Moore. J. White.

S. Kemp. J. W. Walter.

Trustees--Edward Gray, 8. W. Walker, and J. T. Turnbrook.

FUNERALS. ISOM STOVALL. The funeral of Isom will be held at 1:30 Wednesday afternoon at the A. M. E.

church. The services will conducted by. Rev. J. T.

Morrow. The Interment will be at Greenwood. J. D. Templeton.

The funeral of Templeton was held at 2:80 Wednesday afternoon at the Monson Wilcox chapel on North. I Main street. The servicos were, conducted by Rev. George P. Hoster, rector of St.

John's Episcopal There was a large attendance of old friends. The members of Macon No. 8, A. F. A.

M. attended and conducted their ritualistic services and acted 88 80 escort. pallbearers were C. H. Leas, E.

H. Shimer, M. H. Hurd, W. L.

Augustine, Earl Venters and Amos Wheeler. The Interment was at Greenwood. Snow Plows Out. George Tuttle, on Sawyer street, was out with a snow plow Tuesday and cleaned the walks from his residence Sawyer street to Monroe and south on on Monroe as far as the Pugh school. There was' also a snow plow out on West Cerro Gordo street cleaning the walks, MARRIAGE LICENSES.

William Van Horn, Laplace .21 Beasle Chapman, Gordo .20 George W. Warrensburg .18. Carrie Francis, 18 Thomas J. Reed, Decatur Anna Ackhart, Decatur Legal John Henderson, Mt. Auburn Marguerite Hilton; Decatur HOW.

LONG FOR HAM AND EGGS Question Not Settled in Court, But STY Patron Escapes Paying. Chicago-What 1s a "reasonable length of time" when you are waiting, in a restaurant for an order of ham and eggs? Annoyed by the long delay in the preparation of his order, William C. Plumbe, claiming a magasine writer of New York City, arose from his table in a restaurant at 808 West Madison street Monday evening and attempted to leave. Ambrose Arnold, his waiter, insisted that Plumbe pay for his meal, and upon his refusal to do so had him arrested. In the Desplaines street court terday Plumbe was asked how long he waited.

He didn't know but it was a long time, he said. Judge Newcomer appealed to Assistant State's Attorney Purcell as to what he considered a reasonable length of time to wait for an order of ham and eggs. Mr. Purcell expressed the opinion, unofficially, that he could frame up one in ten minutes. The court merely remarked that, although he believed Mr.

Plumbe waited a reasonable lengt hot time he would not attempt to decide what a able time might be. Plumbe was discharged. MARRIED. REED-ACKHART. Thomas Jefferson Reed and Anna Ackbart, bo': of Decatur, married at o'clock Tuesday afternoon by Justice B.

T. Keeler at his office. They wore attended by Earl Gleason and Fannie Robinson. Mr. and Mre.

Reed went to Icago for their honeymoon. Shelbyville OTHER CASES. Final action in other cases, 50 far me this term of court 18 concerned, was taken follows: The Wilkinson company vs. J. W.

Deadman, trespass on case: sottled. Bessic M. Schintbler va. William Raets, case; dismissed at plaintiff's costs. William Hubner vI.

R. H. Woodcock, case; dismissed for want of prosecution. Ed Prosser Va. Frank Turrell, appeal; settled.

The Racine Lumber and Manufacturing company vs. Shelbyville Machinery company, assumpsit; suit on note: Judgment for amount of note, and interest. 0. A. Jewett vs.

Singer Sewing Machine company, appeal; settled and dismissed plaintiff's costs. Fullerton-Powell Lumber company vs. Shelbyvlile Machinery company, assumpsit; ment on note for $510.72. J. W.

Matheson va. Banning, appeal; dismissed. William L. Clark vs. Era Clark, divorce; dismissed for want of prosecution.

Fred L. Whiteside va. Julis A. Whiteride. divorce; dismissed for want of prosecution.

Mary C. Jackson Henry H. Jackson, divorce: dismissed for want of prosecution. Evangeline Galster Va. William J.

Galater, divorce: dismissed for want of promocution. Emma A. Stevens Henry Stevens, divorce; dismissed for want of prosecution. HEDGE POST CASE. In the case in which the highway commissioners of Ash Grove township had 4p- pealed from decision of a justice which court, concerning some hedge posts, and to Munson brothers were the other parties, the plaintiffs did not appour and the court lowed the Munsons to plaintifta have the $25 to disputed posts and assessed the Day son Brothers' attorney's fess.

Minnie Von Behren has been appointed guardian of Theodore Von Behren, sum of $400. with year old lad, and has Chris filed a her bond in the Kircher and J. C. Preiffer as sureties. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Real estate transfers have been recorded as follows: Young to P. W. Young, Iota 9, 10 and Rey 11, block 23, Roundy's addition to the village of Oconee: $100. John B. Mattox to Joseph net.

22. 10, 6: $1.000. Elizabeth Koppen to Thomas Grove, 20, 10. 6: $2,600, Western Theological Heminary, Chicago to William H. Carter, 13.

12, Silas Whitfield to John Harmon, and 10. or Dry Point Thia deed was made Nov. Nov. 1803, another deed had by the parties, conveying the action same serial: 642413 image serial: 642413.