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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1882
Page
3
The Seventh District Democratic meeting at Opera Hall Princeton seeks a congressional candidate. Delegates apportion seats among Henry Putnam Bureau Lee Whiteside counties and set voting rules for the November election. Also notes Star route thefts cost to the nation, and Castle Garden immigrant arrivals boosting capital.
A committee considering replacing bronze coins in France by nickels has chosen nickel, noting it already circulates in Germany and Belgium. Mr Beecher marked his 35th anniversary with Plymouth Church and affirmed his unchanged beliefs while urging his congregation to oppose the New York Republican state ticket.
Ontario Education Department orders Marmion withdrawn for morally objectionable passages and religious offense. Archbishop Lynch denounces the work as insulting to Catholics, while the debate underscores shifting party lines. The piece also surveys American reading trends and demographic notes on emigration to New York.
An Ipswich woman known as a witch took $10 from sick child's parents for removing a spell. A magistrate fined her $5 and ordered the return of the money. In Normandy, a similar teller of cures for cattle was tried and convicted of swindling reduced to six months in prison after witnesses testified to burning toads and a cow spirit exorcism.
A historical critique blames party manipulation of Illinois schools and calls for keeping church and state separated. It cites General Washington on nonpartisan schooling and argues Slade vs Stratton for state superintendent, claiming Stratton’s nomination would harm schools.
A reader warns that the candidate’s policy would dragoon teachers and corrupt youth, turning public schools into a party caucus. The open appeal asks readers if they will vote for such a man.
The Illinois fall election will include a $351,712.18 request to finish the unfinished state house at Springfield. The piece recalls 1870 and 1878 votes against funding, cites Springfield’s bid over Peoria and others, and accuses the city of bad faith in securing extra land and funding. Editorial notes detail school district figures for East Grove and neighboring areas.
County Superintendent James H. Preston reports numbers for Lee Center May Marion Nelson districts, showing under 21 counts, ages 6 to 21, pupil enrollment, months or days of school, teachers employed, wages paid, district tax levy, and bonded debt for each area. Total figures include wages, attendance, and levy details.
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