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Newspaper
Brimfield Gazette
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1878
Page
2
WEWS OF THE WEEK reports the death of Princess Alice of Hesse and by Rhine, 35, in Darmstadt Germany on December 1st. Other items note wage cuts in England, Greece and Russia disputes, loans, and political shifts across Europe.
Reports detail a December New York gold sale at par in greenbacks and list a flood of domestic events. Notable items include Judge Hilton’s dispute with New York Jewish leaders over a Grand Union Hotel incident, a donation dispute, the hanging of Mollie Maguire leader Jack Kehoe, a fatal house fire in Coho, Whalen’s mutiny case against Gen Sheridan, Oregon tensions, and various agricultural and banking notes.
Fever Committee Harrie Matthews and Conover to visit Memphis over the holiday recess. Lamar and Paddock, a sub, to visit New Orleans at the same time. Gen Sherman favors the New Army bill. Treasury to leave January 1 with 125,000,000 in coin for re. Some specie payments promised in response to Senator Beck’s request. Reedley says no clear standard for silver dollars and interest on public debt.
The Senate confirmed ex-Gov Henry B. Foote as Superintendent of the New Orleans Mint. A Treasury call for just under 11 million dollars in six percent bonds of 1865 has been issued to redeem bonds issued under the act of March 3, 1865, reflecting ongoing public policy considerations.
A Washington dispatch notes Senator Thurman will not run for Ohio governor. Gen Garfield cites rising popular support for Grant’s 186. A Chicago Inter Ocean correspondent says Grant movement grows, with Republicans favoring him for the next nomination. Senator Conkling reportedly will not pursue or accept the presidential nomination in 18__.
A Boston man Henry Burrill plans a tiny boat voyage to Australia in a 19 by 2.5 foot craft. South Carolina may send two men with wooden legs to represent Wade Hampton. Senator Butler’s venture at Brandy Station is noted. Pacific Mail and Union Pacific railroads pool cargo for a year. Bayard Taylor, U S Minister to Germany, dies in Berlin aged 54. His death draws praise from Emperor William and leaders. Taylor and daughter were close, and his loss deeply mourned.
The Senate reports Indian and Military Appropriation measures with Senate amendments. Debates cover Nebraska Kanhan Nelponka Indian affairs, a presidential election panel, and various amendments to military and treasury items. Additional action includes pensions, public works, and appropriations extending into February, with committee reports on Indian Bureau transfer and fortifications.
The Senate held a short, uninterested session then adjourned to January. Earlier, House members White and Hale objected to a habeas corpus action and the Judiciary Committee was urged to probe the matter. The House also passed the Indian Appropriation bill after committee work.
Historic draft of an Interstate Commerce bill passed by the lower house seeks to limit charges on railroad transportation between states and foreign routes. It bars discriminatory pricing across movement stages and forbids pooling freight among competing lines to ensure uniform handling, carriage, and delivery terms.
A fragmented account outlines an Electoral Count amendment and presidential vote timing plus a Nebraska cattle theft incident. It notes a mob overtook jailers, killed a herder, and abducted prisoners amid Western cattle theft tensions. The piece also mentions Pern and Atlantic trade winds shaping regional climate observations.
A lengthy report details exhaustive testing of pork from Chicago area packing houses for trichinae. It notes eight of one hundred hogs infected, varies in parasite load, and that ham muscles were free while tender muscles often contained parasites. The microscope is cited as the only infallible detection method, with health officials outlining experimental results and cautions for meat preparation.
Hayard Taylor born January 11, 1825 in Kennett Square Pennsylvania, apprenticed in West Chester, traveled Europe on foot, wrote travel books including Views Afoot and Eldorado. He edited papers in Phoenixville and New York, joined Perry’s expedition to Japan, lectured, and published numerous works before returning to the United States.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a mistress scolds her new servant for waking late. The maid admits preferring sleep and explains she remains in bed an hour after rising, claiming she sleeps best while awake and at rest.
A Washington female lawyer known as Mrs Lockwood removed her hat but kept her circular while addressing Judge Humphreys. The incident highlights breach of etiquette for a bar member wearing an overcoat in court as she read a writ petition.
The article traces Yule log origins from sun and wheel symbolism in northern cultures, noting pagan roots and Christian adaptation. It describes how large birch or ash logs were brought home, lit from last year's brand, and used with candles and fires to embody light. It contrasts festival practices in Devonshire, Thor’s fires, and the shift from pagan to Christian observance, then segues to hay production data and regional prices in New England and the U.S. in 1876, highlighting production by state and impact on agriculture.
The Gold Hill New notes a slicing performance with players giving their best. A time record of 1 69 is cited as the event winds down, and a cat briefly steals the spotlight by peeking from a box awaiting an encore.
The New York Graphic argues that lawyers fill a dominant share of Congress. In the Senate fifty eight lawyers versus twenty others. most large states send only lawyers. The House shows a similar pattern with three fourths of members from legal professions. Delaware Minnesota Nebraska stand out as non lawyers in the House.
In 1660 two men named Perry and their mother were hanged for the murder of a man who had never been murdered. John Perry accused his family, pressed by policy, but the body was never found. Harmon later appeared alive, claiming capture by a slave gang and eventual return to England.
A Sunday advertised clash at the Alhambra Theater between an Eastern bull-dog Turk and a 42 pound wildcat drew crowds for $100 a side and an onstage olio. The cat fled into the audience after the dog kissed it, provoking an improvised entertainment as instruments and performers toppled.
The article compares national debts and land ownership in France and England. It notes France’s debt slightly larger, held by 4.38 million perrops at about $455 per holder, while England’s debt is held by about 300 thousand people averaging $12,500 each. It cites landowner counts and plots, with France having 77.5 million landowners and England 1.178 million, detailing holdings and averages.
A Hyde Park farmer, delayed by politics, left his wife at a neighbor’s then forgot her absence. He returned home to bed assuming she had been called away. Awakening, he recalled the wife and galloped after, only to meet her walking home as he pursued. The tale blends humor and rural folly in a short domestic vignette.
The St. Louis Republican advocates pronouncing Missouri as Mizzouri and Arkansas as Arkanean. In Amherst Virginia, A J Burks, a white man, was fined $100 and sentenced to a year in prison for marrying a negress.
The piece reports various items including Rock Island water power works completed for Arsenal, Illinois Press Association winter meeting in Springfield February 5 to 8, population estimates of Illinois at about 3 million, a Black Hawk war veterans reunion in Springfield in January, 873 Continental Life Insurance policies in the state totaling 1 808 477, death of Rockford post service veteran Cov James J Paumer, updates on Elgin home for Lieut Benner’s wife, a pension push for a Mrs Gordon, a new election in the Fifty something district to replace the late G Ferris on January 4, Attorney General Epgaun’s opinion on Master in Chancery conflicting with legislature eligibility, Quincy Fair Association news including a $1000 Singleton cup for a free for all, embezzlement and forgery plea by Gronar Twompsey in Freeport, Joliet’s noted citizen Charles Clement’s death, Joliet and Illinois canal statistics for 1877, canal boat tallies for Bridgeport Ottawa Henry Lockport and other ports, Minnesota Institution for Deaf and Dumb 1877 admissions and discharges, a request for $105,000 state institution appropriation, and Illinois state debt as of October 1 totaling 802,312.59 with bonds called and proclamation for bond redemption reducing net bonded debt to about 552,712.06.
Delegates from over sixty counties met in Springfield on January 3 to promote forming a state organization for agriculture. The circular urges county associations to join, unify knowledge, and publish topics for consideration, naming issues like dairying, stock protection, drainage, taxation, and agricultural schools. Committees are to be appointed to report and implement conclusions.
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