17 Dec 1856
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1856
Page
1
A reader notes Dr Disox’s thorough critique of tobacco in The Scalpel, praising his independence and blunt condemnation. The piece outlines tobacco’s health harms, its link to drunkenness, eye weakness, tremors, and moral decline, arguing for awareness of its damaging spread.
Reports from California show Buchanan leading with 60,000 votes, Fillmore 35,000, and Fremont 19,000, with a Democratic majority in both legislative branches. Nicaragua updates describe Walker’s continued successes, including battles near Granda and Rivas, a naval clash where the Costa Rican brig Granada exploded with all hands, and an estimated 3,000 native deaths.
In a brief Senate exchange Mr. Mane notes growing Republican sentiment and invokes Providence while questioning the election of Mr. Buchanan. The dialogue shifts to a digression about a cabbage plant story from the Fredonian Advertiser, then to Roxtiscrox's forger trial expected in New York.
Snow storm blocks rail routes with trains halted or slow. Gangs work to clear drifts. Chicago to Dixon service limited to one train daily. Local notes dial with consolidations, church dedication, and social events, highlighting the season's disruptions and community notices. Names and places anchored: Chicago, Galena, Dixon, Cedarville, Plymouth, Racine and Mississippi Railroad.
State news item notes a Temperance Hotel named Farmers' Home in Belvidere burned during the great storm night. Reports mills thefts and robberies including Vanzant pistol shop robbery, two suspects Higgins and Washburn, boot and shoe shop burglary, George Boswell robbed of 68 dollars in gold, Dougherty arrested, and an attempted entry at B Tinkie's dwelling. One death from a coal pit accident in West Belleville. The Morris Republican editor joked about balance amid the storm. Polo progress and new buildings noted in the village.
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