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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1875
Page
2
The Freeport Journal notes the Old Settler's meeting was advertised for August twenty-eighth but will be held on Wednesday, August twenty-fifth in the Cedarville grove. Readers are urged to remember the correct date.
Three weeks have passed since Donaldson and Grim swood sailed from Barnum's Hippodrome Chicago and no word has come. The fate is unknown and unlikely they survive.
Over the past week rains and floods across Missouri Southern Iowa Central Southern Illinois Indiana and Ohio have damaged wheat oats potatoes and flooded corn fields. Total damage runs into hundreds of thousands of dollars according to preliminary estimates.
The excerpt recalls Chicago Republicans allowing Democrats to name a city treasurer, David A. Gage, who was trusted as a respectable Democrat. The ensuing defalcation totaled $965,780.81, seen as a warning to the nation about cross party control and financial risk.
The table shows per capita costs for national government under Polk two dollars and five cents, Taylor and Fillmore one eighty nine, Pierce two thirty eight, Buchanan two twenty eight, Lincoln and Johnson one ninety four, and Grant one sixty nine. The author labels this as a strong argument against radical rule.
The text argues that charging opponents with beginning lies or fibs is a foolish tactic. It notes such replies reveal a lack of strong arguments and evokes pity for the speakers. The writer suggests not responding to fools, asserting the better position remains with those who avoid such rejoinders.
Duncan, Sherman & Co., a long established New York bank, failed last week. The pullback followed speculation in cotton and railroad bonds. The incident contrasts with prudent banking, as Henry Clews & Co. and Jay Cook & Co. are cited as examples of how speculation wrecks finance.
The Postoffice Department under Hon George Bangs arranges a through mail train from New York to Chicago to run in twenty six hours starting October 1 1875 via the New York Central and Michigan Southern route. The train carries only mail matter and is to be distributed on the move. After launch, New York dailies will reach Freeport the day after publication. A similar through fast mail train may be added by Pennsylvania Railroad. Time may drop to twenty four hours NYC to Chicago.
Democratic Governor of New York invited to stump Ohio for inflation repudiation platform but declines to campaign, fearing party divisions. The piece notes splits within the Democratic Party over hard money versus inflation repudiation and Trainer’s cautious stance.
The speaker questions why Democratic papers criticize a president for traveling abroad but not a Democratic governor who visits a seaside resort outside New York. He notes the governor serves New York yet goes outside the state, implying a double standard in criticism.
The Chicago Evening Journal discusses colonial Massachusetts and the idea of paying currency at market value during resumptions. It argues government and individuals should pay dollar for dollar as promised, comparing to Confederate currency and condemning partial payments as confiscation. It asserts the duty to honor one hundred cents in full, without dishonesty.
In Belvidere on July 28 Elmer Plane aged 13 and Morris Rider aged 14, sons of local residents, tried to burn remaining powder. A slow match in a tin can under a peach basket exploded. both boys suffered severe facial burns and possible eye damage. Additional items report General Warner Lewis of Dubuque receiving English fortune rumors, Col Magoon's death in Darlington, Capt Sisney’s assassination in Carbondale, Dr Donnelly’s fatal shooting of Dr Peckover in Cynruiana, and Judson Davis’s fatal fall at Brown's Hall in Rockfort.
A lengthy obituary recounts the life of Andrew Johnson born December 20, 1808 in Raleigh North Carolina. It traces his rise from a Raleigh tailor to Governor of Tennessee, U.S. Senator, War Democrat, Brigadier General and eventually President, ending with his Senate election and legacy. It also covers his loyalty to the Union, impeachment proximity, and ultimate return to the Senate. The piece includes a temperance speech by Rev D J Burrell delivered in Freeport, urging community support for reform and personal duty against intemperance.
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