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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1882
Page
3
August 16 1882 edition covers community notices weather and market items. The Dixon Sun reports local happenings and public notices relevant to residents of Dixon Illinois.
The Democrats of Lee County Illinois are summoned to a county convention at Amboy on September 2 1882 at 1 PM. Delegates will be chosen to attend the Democratic State Congress District and Legislative District conventions. Representation is based on presidential vote with one delegate per twenty five votes or fraction thereof.
The Lee County Republican Committee calls voters to send delegates to a convention at Amboy on September 4 1882 to nominate candidates for local offices. It also appoints delegates to the Sterling Congressional Convention on September 8 and Dixon Senatorial Convention on September 27 with primaries to follow.
Dick Harrington is chosen chairman of the Republican state central committee of Delaware amid growling opposition. A new Frankfort Maine opera house showcases electricity in daily life including fire alarms door closers heat indicators lifts and timebeats for the orchestra. Springfield minister claims Speaker Thomas would rather every Illinois home be a grog-shop than the Republicans lose.
Antona Quaker planned a dozen hives by the serenade route to deter village flirtations. On his wedding night he tipped the hives from a window and fled. The next day he quipped that not one bee would let up on a man under three miles.
In the Louisiana third district elections delegates were chosen for the Republican congressional convention. One precinct tallied 359 voters casting 515 ballots, many of them tissue ballots. Senator Kellogg seeks a nomination here, but Darrell and Beattie have captured many delegates, casting doubt on Kellogg's prospects. The text suggests lingering corruption from visiting statesmen within the party.
The California Supreme Court rules that liquor for jurors can invalidate a verdict. It found twenty gallons of beer two bottles of claret two gallons of wine and whisky enough to exceed what twelve jurors could drink during an eight day trial, leading to a mistrial and new trial order.
The czar’s unguarded moment leads to a worker’s death from a sentry’s shot. The incident spurs praise for vigilance yet highlights fear of plots by a monarch who guards his grounds. Toy pistols face bans in Boston and Baltimore with proposed laws in Buffalo and New York City.
The tale describes David Hubbell issuing blackmailing circulars to a Democratic employer in the United States Senate. Clerks in the Philadelphia post office played a prank by sending a warning letter to Miss Sallie Binns, identified only later as the name of a cat. A clerk had listed cats as office staff and Hubbell pressed for his usual two percent.
The column forecasts a wet autumn and cold winter in 1882 83 with heavy snow in the north and warns of a longer wet season. It notes The Popular Science Monthly for September and covers a Bombay correspondent on Suez Canal jitters and a Tariff Commission hearing on bicycle imports and possible drawbacks. The piece concludes expecting the commission to shed light and readers to draw conclusions.
Chicago Inter Ocean cites Mr. Ward of New York arguing against the Hennepin Canal funding in Illinois. It notes his two reasons on Erie Canal costs and tolls, and mocks the idea that New York should bear costs for a national benefit.
The Illinois Department of Agriculture reports a very large average yield per acre for wheat and oats statewide with excellent quality. Corn prospects remain below average, even with favorable harvest conditions. In Lee County corn has improved and near three-fourths of an average yield is expected. sorghum, tobacco, pastures, and Irish and sweet potatoes show near average or better. Apples and pears lag, grapes and blackberries near or above average. winter wheat quality is good and yields above average. rye and other grains performed well. oat crop is limited by rust. hay is large and fair. farm animals are in fair condition overall.
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