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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1883
Page
5
The last biennial report as of September 30 1889 shows 537 pupils remaining on the rails. Since then 139 were admitted and readmitted. The superintendent presented extracts to the Board of Trustees detailing changes in enrollment and custody at the Jacksonyle institution.
Illinois items report Lt Governor John Marshall Hamilton at 36 poised to become governor after Cullom’s Senate election. Other items include damages of 5000 awarded to Elsie Bragmier, new post offices at Clark City and Otterville, and Soldiers' Orphans' Home figures. Fatal mine accident near Coultersville leaves ten dead. various rail and stockyard statistics. endless legislative moves at Springfield with bills on education, canals, elections, and state finances.
Lead poisoning can arise unsuspectingly in dressmakers. A Leeds patient showed a blue gum line and debility, traced to lead in adulterated silk thread. The case, reported by American Medical Courier, notes some threads taste sweet due to sugar or lead and should be rejected or used cautiously.
The Columbus Ga Enquirer cites Horatio Seymour’s North American Review letter aligning with Governor Stephens on local self government and State rights. It notes Republicans who left the party in November view centralizing powers as dangerous, urging attention to township and state autonomy amidst federal overreach.
The article extols Horatio Seymour as a clear minded political sage whose writings in the North American Review analyze public sentiment since the Civil War. It contrasts Seymour with George S. Boutwell and argues centralization and lobby power have grown, making corrupt actors the true rulers, while Seymour credits honest Republicans for reacting to party drift.
The piece denounces Republican policy toward the South, arguing that opposition to Southern public works and Mississippi River improvements harms national unity. It insists Northern and Southern states are one country and urges Republicans to support Southern development for mutual gain.
A gentleman returned the next day to the spot on Sixth avenue near Fif- Street where a coachman's dropped blanket was handed to him. The coachman threatened with a parlor match on the whip end, appearing as a nuisance at the corner.
William Beach Lawrence, who died about two years ago, made a fortunate investment dating back to 1845 by paying 812,000 for a farm at Ochre Point Newport. The sale of the farm by him and his heirs yielded over 700,000, with several remaining building sites.
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