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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1883
Page
4
A 1883 Dixon Illinois item notes a glass coffin as a novel funeral aid. Other notes mention Ireland informers and Illinois lunacy and poverty statistics, plus Burlington Iowa saloon license increases and a father’s quip about twins.
The tax on tobacco is cut from 16 cents a pound to 8 cents, with a proportional reduction on cigars. The question arises whether retail tobacco prices will fall accordingly.
The Chicago Railway Age asserts that forecasts of little railway construction will be overturned. A cruel act involved tying two cats by the tails and tossing them into a church cellar, with locals misled to believe the noise was choir practice.
Jay Gould announces a two year play spell and world tour to visit all countries of interest as his pastime now that he is old enough to travel. The passage notes a new pension bill grants $24 for a lost hand and up to $40 for more severe injuries. John Bright argues power shifted to the people and warns against war costs. Grant is described as seeking retirement on a high pension, claiming war service enriched his wealth and reputation.
The Illinois Central Railroad this year reports gross earnings of 8 905 312 18 dollars an increase of 318 914 74 from 1881 Net traffic earnings reach 3 660 869 18 up 433 587 41 Outlay for permanent improvements totals 1 217 451 63 The company sold 23 455 acres of lands in 1882 at 4 87 per acre and retains 206 587 acres unsold.
The Boston Advertiser bluntly argues that successful speculators and poker players possess unique but unhelpful traits for the state. It warns that easy money invites easy spending and corrupts, noting men of this class buy seats in Congress to aid speculation or obscure past actions.
The Austin Statesman argues against star chamber style probes by legislative committees, insisting public matters deserve open inquiry and full opportunity for all parties to be heard, while noting risks to innocent individuals if investigations are made covertly.
Mr Henry Watterson presents a platform stating great party triumphs rely on ideas, not petty juggling, and argues for a tariff for revenue and government debt reduction. He condemns monopoly as linked to protection and insists taxes should fund only essential government needs.
E A Snively writes from Springfield to the Carlinville Democrat recounting a meeting in 1877 at the Freeport state fair with Hon. Andy Welch of Kendall. Snively says Welch proposed a cigar‑funded ruse to secure a silver medal for a corn planter, then admits the committee overlooked corn planters for ten years and that nineteen dollars spent on cigars vanished.
An item from Peck's Sun recounts a family hoax where a fur-lined cloak is used to feign illness. The mother pretends consumption to coax a doctor’s prescription and a fur-lined cloak is obtained. The ruse is claimed to have led to the mother’s significant improvement and renewed mobility.
A barefoot tramp visited a Griswold Street office and offered a plan to haul a ton of coal four stories to reach Buffalo. The seeker asked for small sums but balked at payment unless he earned it, then paused to weigh his need versus Detroit’s appeal.
A visitor notes the Dismal Swamp in Virginia has greatly shrunk since twenty years ago and now lies among some of the state’s finest farmland. A railroad crosses the area and drainage of Lake Drummond could make it fertile, a Butler administration project once surveyed but abandoned. Lumbering remains the swamp’s main industry with rudimentary canals, ditches, and tramroads for log transport to sawmills. The lake itself stays desolate with its cypress fringe and ruined stumps.
Mrs Custer has given the Chicago Custer Post G A R a hat worn by Gen Custer. An honorary member, she explains the hat complements the red necktie the post adopted as part of its uniform. She notes Custers broad brimmed campaign hat and his early blue flannel shirt with broad collar.
A Montana Idaho explorer describes petrified wood and extinct animal bones on the Little Horn River near Custer's battlefield. He notes logs up to three feet in diameter and Megatherium tusks embedded in a bluff, exposed ends breaking into blocks and blackened surfaces with gray interiors.
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