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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1869
Page
6
Under this head we present items that gleam from exchanges in the Northern country of this State. The brief notices aim to prove of interest to readers, outlining happenings and snippets from the region.
The Springfield Journal reports Col Hall Wilson's funeral largely attended and escorted to Oak Ridge Cemetery. Gov Palmer names Capt Hubert Dilger as Adjutant General and Capt Edward Higgins as State Ordnance Officer, with prior war service noted. Local crimes include Walter Reed's brutal flogging of a 12 year old girl, Charles King released for lack of habeas corpus evidence, and Morris Lindsay's funeral at First Baptist. Also covered are Isaac Means safe burglaries, a fatal rifle accident involving John H Page's son, and a boy injured after a horse and dog incident.
At the anniversary of the Elgin Bible Society Rev Mr Lord spoke on the Bible cause in Illinois. Since 1823 Illinois formed Bible societies, growing from small efforts to a statewide network. Chicago leads West in remittances and 250000 Bibles distributed. overall state totals show large expansion, with 1.4 thousand branch societies and 7 thousand local agents aiding nationwide and local distribution.
A historical appeal praises Illinois for Bible society contributions, noting 70 000 dollars in pledges from about ten thousand people and remaining installments of roughly 135 000 dollars. It extols Illinois size, wealth, and population growth, arguing one hundred residents could fund the cause as much as the whole state has already pledged.
Modern study describes the camel’s hump as a fat store in reticulated cells that feeds the animal when fodder is scarce during desert caravans. It details how fat is drawn into circulation and replenished when meals return, and notes the leech’s complex gut system storing a reserve of blood that can last one or two years if untouched.
A school girl recalls spring with growing daylight and melting snow. She plans a May day party and imagines skating, budding potatoes, and lamb rewards delayed by maternal scolding. A family cat and kittens bring playful spring imagery as Barah Ann signs off.
The Duke of Montpensier born 1824 at Neuilly near Paris, married in 1846 to Louisa sister of Queen Isabella II. Louis Philippe hoped Montpensier’s line would inherit the Spanish throne but failed as Montpensier’s son did not secure the crown. Isabella II. has children, and the old king’s aim may yet be realized if Montpensier ascends. The note ends with a probable reference to Antoine.
The Grundy County Grand Jury returns a true bill of indictment against Abraham Hewett for the murder of Mrs Hess and her child. Hewett is arraigned on Tuesday and a change of venue is granted sending the case to Will County. To avoid mob violence Hewett is sent to Joliet under guards after officers and attorneys fend off would-be lynchers during transfer to the train.
A Kokomovid Tribune com compositor printed a rare marriage notice for his own father and mother who had divorced years earlier and remarried, noting the event occurred a week or two ago.
In a Galena Gazette editorial the Independent labels Bailey’s Illinois Assembly vote for the Chicago Lake Front Bill as a corrupt measure. The piece urges Governor Elmer to veto and mocks Bailey’s praise by Jo Daviess County and statewide readers. It argues Bailey’s stance harms the party and recalls broad condemnation.
The editorial expresses hope that a worthy replacement will appear in Congress to match J. B. Washburne in vigilance over public expenditures. It notes Washburne’s long pursuit of retrenchment and economy, and his value as Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. The piece laments a potential vacancy and the risk to national fiscal reform.
Fire on the night of the 31st ultimo laid waste to nearly the entire business section of Rodney Mississippi. Loss pegged at $200,000 with partial insurance. Other notes report a rail accident killing eight and wounding thirteen, executions without trial in Yucatan, and debates in Mexico over selling territory to the United States. Celestial curiosities promise Winecke's comet return next June.
Dr. O W Holmes notes that today’s dentist stands as the equal of the old tooth-puller, while the surgeon embodies the progress of a once rudimentary trade. Atlantic Cable Co directors decide to cut message tariffs to four shillings per word, starting June 1, about $1.27 in currency, from current near $2 plus.
A garbled excerpt shows a speaker recalling a gathering where thoughts drift to a German friend. A reader asks about meals and conversation, while another person replies calmly and invites entry, but the text remains unclear and incomplete.
General George Wallace Jones former United States Senator from Iowa and minister to Bogota has been nominated for mayor of Dubuque by the Democratic party. He previously served in the early war period as an inmate of Fort Lafayette.
One moment, Mr. Secretary. It recently took Borie thirty five minutes to reach the foot of the stairs from Vil lard's Hotel, a sixty foot distance. The Moline plow company outputs nearly one thousand plows weekly, with over two hundred men employed. J B Pickering of Peoria preserves a family relic chair brought from England to Portsmouth in 1620. Clapp of Buffalo Depot, recently elected Public Printer by Congress, has sold his interest and that of his son to his former partner.
Henry Ward Beecher is to be sent abroad by his congregation with $10,000 being raised for that purpose. A Youngstown tobacconist sends Grant a cigar six feet long eight inches in diameter weighing fifteen and a half pounds made of the best tobacco.
A proposal to erect a fish pond at Sports Wisconsin to raise speckled brook trout. The ponds will be capacious enough to breed sixty thousand trout per year.
Governor Wells of Virginia was discharged after facing accusations from political rivals that he stole a letter from the Richmond Post Office. The case ends with Wells cleared of wrongdoing.
The cable reports the Spanish King will retain the throne for life and that the succession, upon his death, passes to his heirs. The prince of blunders had claimed an eighteen year rule. The heir’s majority is fixed at eighteen.
The Agricultural Department in Washington reports seed stocks are fully exhausted and further applications are useless. No additional seed allocations are available at this time.
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