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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1882
Page
4
The Dixon Sun notes 1881 data including 900000 more men than women in the U S Chicago building costs 11500000 New York builders 47000000 Chicago hogs slaughtered 5600000 in 1881 bank clearings 2349007450 Western Union profits 5634900 and Guiteau trial cost 100000 A ribald remark on a drowned brewer and political anxieties over Blaine Garfield and Reno.
The year's business failures total 5 582 with round liabilities near 1 000 000 dollars. In 1880 failures reached 4 735 with liabilities around 65 000 000 dollars.
The Rev W M Faynard pastor at Decatur resigns after being charged with smoking cigars visiting theaters and drinking whisky and returns to New York. The Cincinnati Bishop bans dances after dark at church entertainments and round dances at any time. Denver editor boasts of surviving a hostile day including pursuit by citizens and a dog and gun attack.
The French president can summon theater and opera performances at will from the Elysee Palace. A telephone connects the President with the Opera, Theater Francais, and Opera Comique, letting voices be heard in his yellow drawing room as clearly as in the venues.
The report notes 1882 immigration may equal last year with Bremen houses selling 15,000 advance tickets. It suggests Germans seek escape from Bismark and bureaucratic rule. Indications point to next year adding about 500,000 people to the population from immigration alone.
Congressman Henderson of Illinois urges passage of an interstate commerce measure to curb railroad rate wars. He argues for fixed minimum and maximum freight rates to protect stockholders producers and traders from speculative rate depreciation. Bligin Frank.
The issue reports on 1881 immigration totals led by Germany and Ireland, a Chicago clerk’s theft linked to Illinois warrants against the Hankins brothers, plus opinions on the Hennepin Canal and federal internal improvements. It notes 432,635 arrivals, with Germany the largest source and France and Spain contributing less.
A late 19th century reflection argues that most arrivals settle in the western states where thrift and order prevail. It claims the influx of foreigners has not proven particularly harmful so far and emphasizes the region’s stable character.
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