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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1888
Page
2
The notice urges writers to include author names with letters, publishable only as proof of good faith, and to write on one side of the page. It stresses clarity of names and dates and legible figures.
An English engineer suggests using electricity to condense the solid portion of smoke and return it to the furnace. The proposal envisions separating pollutants from exhaust by forming solid particles and refeeding them to the combustion chamber.
Miss Herren Situ daughter of ex Governor Smith of Vermont earns a Master of Pies at St Albans Cooking College. SuwaLy Turner of near Richmond Kentucky, 87, afflicted by cancer, lived 87 years, split 125 rails in a day two years ago and averaged 4000 rails yearly for forty years. he has fourteen living children and three dead.
In Oxford Ohio colored children refused admission to separate schools and sued school authorities. The case just decided favored the Negroes. Tomas WapuaM, a veteran Northern Pacific engineer who died in Brainerd Minnesota, linked early railroading to modern practice. He worked in Bristol machine shops when Stephenson's Rocket ran on the Liverpool and Manchester line and later owned an engine on the Great Western road before immigrating to America about thirty years ago.
A Mexican economist describes a new silk from bombyx pyschi found in Yucatan. The silk is elastic and quality is good but color varies from white to pale brown and gum on cocoons resists dissolution. Yucatan state government is experimenting to utilize it.
Syracuse residents criticize Gen. E W Leavenworth's will claiming the city may receive 500000 for parks fountains monuments and a seminary while bequests to Yale Hamilton and Syracuse colleges and dependents appear tainted and unlikely to be fulfilled. The piece notes public pledges were made in his name and local parks carry his name amid questions of the will's enforceability. A British Weekly paragraph laments urban class division and the church's mission-hall reliance while urging humility and unity in worship.
Farmers organized a large hunt in Grant Pendleton and Randolph counties near the Alleghenies. Over 100 armed men and twice as many dogs surrounded a ten mile laurel thicket to stir up wolves and drive them out.
A crowd of 200 to 300 hunters failed to corral wolves and other wildlife near Laurel undergrowth. A second attempt will be made soon. The piece notes royal support and philanthropy of Mrs. Astor in New York society.
Washington cleric recounts Lincoln saying he prays nightly for Union and for the soldiers in the North and South. He prays for strength and wisdom before sleep, and jokes that he checks under the bed for an office seeker before turning out the light.
The Senate counts twenty three former House members including Norwood Whitthorne Buckalew and twelve ex governors. The House lists three ex Senators and five ex Governors. One ex Cabinet officer sits in the House while the Senate boasts four ex Cabinet officers. Clergymen and physicians also noted. Mexican war veterans appear in both chambers.
William W. Corcoran, noted philanthropist, marked his 90th birthday with a day of continuous visits from friends at his Washington home. Floral gifts filled the room as Frances Cleveland sent a card and George Bancroft stopped by, while Corcoran joked about aging and horseback riding.
Chicago special reports on cholera among swine and glanders among horses. The survey lists state by state counts of cholera and glanders across Illinois Wisconsin Michigan Indiana Iowa Minnesota Kansas Nebraska and Dunkota. Many counties report no glanders or no cholera but several note varying levels of disease.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled express companies may fall under the act if treated as common carriers. It noted contracts with rail lines often give 40 percent of gross receipts to railroads. The commission asked Congress to resolve jurisdiction and urged public data on capital, debt, volumes, and rates.
Lexington report notes state of peace in Morehead after tolliver gang war. Since June 22 battle with Rowan County lawmen, town thrives with full housing, industry hums, and restored confidence. Remaining Tolliver supporters show restraint. feud deaths total about twenty across counties since August, 1884.
Deerfield Prairie renamed Esmond. Collinsville considers gas works. Waukegan Gazette backs Col W A James for Lieutenant Governor. Emerson Littlefield drowns while skating. Hillsboro shifts from coal to bituminous. St Jacob merchants petition for $1000 coal bore. Vandalia farmer Silas Kates fatally injured. Pocahontas thieves plague corn-cribs. Peoria Board to enforce grand jury secrecy. Infant son of John B Wileford dies in Spillertown fire. Helmbolt fight ends with serious wounds. Bloomingtion Park Pack. watchman bound. safe robbed of $57. Hillsboro hosts Montgomery County Farmers Institute Jan 17 1888. Chicago natural gas discovery in progress at Cooke Brewery waterworks. Albany Albion institute February 15 16 program drafts circulated. Talmage critique on hospital costs debated by state officials. McLean County Farmers Institute held at Bloomington cardio. Dehorning cattle advocate James Evans speaks on stock feeding. Bloomington educators pressed for better schools. Robert Williams calls for improved land culture.
A three year old in Rockland entered a market and tried to eat a green pepper. She sobbed when the vendor asked what was wrong and said there was a bumble bee in the pepper. The incident was reported by Middleboro News.
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