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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1882
Page
4
Local columns from Dixon Illinois reflect community updates dated October 11 1882. Notices include civic matters and brief items of interest to residents in the newspaper's early 1880s reporting style.
The widow of President Lincoln died possessed of 72000 in government bonds. Illinois has over 8 million people and 11000 liquor saloons averaging 272 per saloon.
The essay quotes Adirondack Murray once famous as an eastern preacher now running a San Antonio saw-mill and roughing it. It also quotes Bob Ingersoll decrying legislatures as spoils-seeking and the senate as a capitalist junta. Josh Billings offers paraphrased advice showing a humorous view of smart men.
George Scoville filed an affidavit in Cook county court claiming his wife is insane and requesting proceedings to determine the matter. He swears they are paupers unable to pay fees.
The piece compares a so called voluntary contribution scheme to a British ship sailor who is not obliged to attend prayers yet faces loss of grog if he declines. It frames the demand as coercive and echoes a harsh satire from the New York Observer.
A French physician concluded that the illness dubbed fever is actually a catarrhal fever shaped by personal quirks and weather. The finding challenges claims that Henry Ward Beecher was the discoverer and promises immediate relief once explained.
Charles T. Stratton, candidate for state superintendent of public instruction, lost both legs after a freezing episode as a boy. He now travels the state campaigning, using his hardship to rally support and stump for his platform.
Apollo Commandery of Knights Templar in Chicago initiated sixty five Knights of the Red Cross in one evening. Eight hundred Knights and their ladies attended the banquet. Principal toasts were given by Rev. Drs. Thomas Lorimer Holland and Swing, all members of the commandery.
The article compares saloon counts in Ohio Tennessee Maine and South Carolina under prohibition era logic. It notes Ohio has 14 336 saloons and one for every 223 residents Tennessee 2 956 with one per 522 Maine one per 791 and South Carolina about one per 910 raising the question if prohibition achieves its goal.
Reform efforts proceed but hindered by delays as the First Comptroller slows signatures while Ohio leans Republican. The piece notes Ohio’s political importance to national powers outweighs routine government efficiency.
Oscar Wilde recalls Southern voices repeating a melancholy line about how things were before the war. He describes a moonlit river scene with a young lady who adds she would have seen it before the war, framing a nostalgic contrast.
A Michigan church has been struck by lightning a dozen times and its organist mimics thunder to cut short lengthy sermons. The preacher accelerates to the conclusion and the doxology amid the organ’s thunderous cues, and the congregation would not part with the organist for any amount.
A telegram from South Lebanon Ohio recounts a rowboat outing on the Miami river that left five aboard on Tuesday. Four youths lost their lives in the mishap, a grim reminder that folly often teaches too late.
George William Curtis rebukes an article praising Folger and asserts he will not back a nomination secured by fraud and patronage. He warns that supporting Folger amounts to endorsing bribery in nominating conventions and laments the danger of party subjugation by unscrupulous cabals.
The text argues for deputies elected on a general national ticket to curb local influence. It compares to France and the U S system of senators and representatives, says one third of the house elected nationally would produce better public service. It claims national interests would supersede local gains and support a stronger navy and harbor defenses.
The Dubuque Herald reports Miss Pinneo of Greeley Colorado rose to fame with twenty mile running races across Omaha Des Moines Minneapolis and other cities. It says she later lived a fast life then died by poisoning on a train between Lawrence and Topeka after boarding with Baxter a saloon man. She bought strychnine took photos wrote letters and died aboard.
The Schoolmaster, a Republican-leaning state teachers’ organ, repudiates Stratton as a machine politician and endorses Democrat Raab. It praises Raab as a scholar, teacher, and executive identified with state schools and ready to meet teachers without coaching.
A reader friendly feature lists 100 common taxed articles with duty rates, prepared by Mr. Philpott. The piece argues the tariff is a swindle and urges readers to cut out and paste the list for reference. The woolen goods section heads the compilation.
Palmyra reports 326 under 21, 227 ages 6 to 21, 5 districts, 42 months of school, 237 pupils enrolled, 25 567 days attendance, number of teachers, pay to teachers 1914.60 dollars, district tax levy 2314.25 dollars, wages from 30 to 63 89 per month. Reynolds records 452 under 21, 517 between 6 and 21, 7 districts, 49 months of school, 269 pupils enrolled.
Sublette reports 580 under 21 and 416 enrolled pupils across 10 districts with 14 teachers over 25 276 days. Wages range 20 to 60 monthly, total teacher pay 1470, district levy 2266.91, bonded debt 300. James H. Preston, Co. Supt.
Joynt and Miss Mary F Irsheler wed at the same place and by the same minister in this city on the 7th inst. Also Stone and Miss Ida M Cressy, both of Oregon, united at the same place by the same officiant. Eugene N Horton wed Miss Mary E Beck at the Methodist parsonage in Reynolds on Sept 27 1882.
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