Conclave Costs and Local Returns Highlight Region News
The triennial conclave cost 865000. Dr McFatrich of Lena was in the city yesterday. J A Clark of Lena called at the Journal office Monday. Miss Mary Stearns returned Saturday from Chicago after attending the conclave. Mrs Chas Hempstead of Galena died last Saturday. Old settlers of Stephenson county plan their annual reunion and picnic at Cedarville today. Next Knights Templar conclave set for San Francisco in September 1883. Charles Baumgarten returned to St. Louis after visiting. Rev D J Burrell and family returned home from Davenport. Hon E B Warner of the State Board of Equalization thanks for reports. Miss Greene, sister of Prof A W Greene, left town for the east. Rev F P Cleveland, formerly pastor, visiting. Mr Franklin Moore fell 26 feet from a windmill tower at Woosung four weeks ago, breaking his left thigh and is still there. W A Stevens to New York for stock. City Council called a special meeting for Benton street opening but only two aldermen were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Moore
Woosung
Benton Street
Hogle
Stephens Point
Wis
Stepens Point
Dr. Hogle
Wausau
Bennet
E. Hogle
Shawne County
Edward P. Russ
Valparaiso Indiana
Russ
J. C. Bennet
Pilot Office
Geo. C. Young
R. H. Johnson
The
Central
Lied Brothers Visit Lancaster County Trip Return
Messrs John and Benjamin Lied of Buckeye Centre passed through the city Monday en route to Lancaster county Pennsylvania for a visit of three or four weeks. It is twenty six years since they left there for Illinois. Miss Winnie Wolf returned from Green Iowa after a three week visit last Monday and has nearly recovered from a recent accident. Mr John Godenour called and left samples of plums including Magnum Bonum Imperial Gage Mara Belle and Green Gage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
John and
Benjamin Lied
Buckeye Centre
Lancaster County
Illinois
Winnie Wolf
Green
Iowa
John Godenour
Special communication of M. R. Thompson Lodge No. 881
A special communication will be held Friday evening next August 27 at 8 o'clock for Master Mason degree work. All visiting brethren are cordially invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. Thompson Lodge
Storm Strikes Flour Mill and City Sights Damages
During the severe thunder storm on Friday the flouring mill of A P God dard was struck by lightning and suffered slight damages. Other damages are reported in and about the city though none of a serious character. The ladies of the Baptist church will give an entertainment at their church parlors this evening. The programme is attractive and highly original. It promises richness for lovers of fun and music. For particulars see small bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Goddard
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Bee Keeper Association Meeting Set at Rock Grove
The Northwestern Illinois and Southwestern Wisconsin Bee Keepers Association will meet at Levi Leister's residence in Rock Grove NL on the first Tuesday in September the 7th. All persons interested in bee keeping are cordially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Wisconsin
Bee Keepers’ Association
Levi Leister
Rock Grove
Sun Stroke Cases Reported in Chicago Trip
Several cases of sun stroke occurred in Chicago during the Triennial last week. A case on the Freeport express Thursday evening baffled passengers who could not decide if it was sun stroke or lightning stroke. Most passengers inclined to lightning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Coldwater
Michigan
Exposition Building
Fireman Promoted to Engineer on Railways
Mr John Peck, seven years on the W U and C M S St Paul Railways, was promoted to engineer last week. Johnny is a young man of good morals, and the railroad authorities will find him a trustworthy servant. Mr John Fanning aged sixty and Mr Patrick Giblin aged sixty, both longtime Rock Run Township residents, died last week of cholera morbus, with Giblin settling in Stephenson County over forty years ago, nine years before Fanning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Peck
W. U
C. M.& St. Paul
Johnny
John Fanning
Patrick Giblin
Rock Run Township
Giblin
Stephenson County
Fanning
Public sale announced by Mr Thos W Milks at Rock Run
Mr Thos W Milks of Rock Run five miles south of Rock City will hold a public sale Tuesday September 7 offering livestock farm implements household furniture and Timothy hay plus an undivided share of 36 acres of corn. The notice notes funding difficulties for the 8rd Regiment Encampment at Rockford and remarks on sister city generosity. A remark about a "colored gentle man" in the fence is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. W. Milks
Rock Run
Rock City
Rockford
Freeport Shooting Club Tie Decides Prize Medal
Friday evening competition saw Jesse Burchard and W A Stevens tie by each breaking sixteen of twenty targets. In a shoot-off for the prize Burchard won, breaking seven of eight targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport Shooting Club
Messrs
Jesse Burchard
W. A. Stevens
Mr. Burchard
Construction Boom Drives Summer Business in Freeport
The summer pace is brisk with new buildings rising in Freeport and nearby areas. J. H. Snyder and the Waddell Brothers, busy in their planing mills, report substantial work and rising prosperity. Yet Democrats seek another chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
J. H. Snyder
Waddell Brothers
Florence meeting to discuss political issues at Nesbit's School House
A Florence event invites residents to a Saturday evening gathering at Nesbit's School House under the Florence Garfield and Arthur Club. Speakers will discuss the political issues of the hour and attendance is open without regard to affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nesbit’s
Florence
Florence Garfield and Arthur Club
War Eagle Old Abe to Visit Rockford Encampment
The Gazette reports Old Abe the war eagle will be in Rockford during the encampment under the same man who led it through the war. The colonel of the Eighth Wisconsin Regiment, owner of the eagle, will attend the encampment commanding the Wisconsin battalion of troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe
Rockford
Eighth
Wisconsin Regiment
Wisconsin
Editor Mr Laird Visits Central City Daily Register
Mr M G Laird editor of the Central City Daily Register Caill yesterday called on us. Laird once worked as a city typo at the Bulletin office before heading west to seek his fortune. He is prospering finely in his western home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. G. Laird
Central City Daily Register-Caill
Colorado
Laird
Bulletin
West
Freeport Seminary Ad Offers Home Education Option
A column announces the Freeport Seminary as a realized venture and invites parents to enroll sons and daughters next month. It notes the school provides good home evenings, reducing costs of boarding schools, and suggests Prof Troger comes well recommended and merits support for his undertaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport Seminary
Troger
Professor Troger Opens Seminary on Chicago Street
Prof Troger has leased Judge Betts residence in Chicago street and leaves for Naperville to acquire items for a first class seminary. The first term starts the first week in September with plans for sufficient student turnout and strong instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troger
Freeport builders plan elegant brick hotel block
Messrs Miles White and A F Foll of Lena plan a brick hotel with a bank and store rooms on the first floor. The Waddell Brothers of this city do the mill work for joiner finish. The building, with a plate glass front and modern improvements, should be finished in about six weeks, reflecting well on Freeport mechanics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Miles White
A. F. Foll
Lena
Waddell Brothers
Freeport
White
Foll
Music for Knights Templar Ball at Exposition Building
The Exposition building in Chicago hosted a ball in honor of the Knights Templar last week with a large orchestra. The performance featured 28 first violins, 20 second violins, 10 violas, 14 cellos, 8 flutes, 12 oboes, 42 clarinets, 6 bassoons, 18 French horns, 6 trumpets, 8 piccolos, 6 fagottis, 1 contra fagotto, 6 E flat and 22 B flat cornets, 10 alto horns, 12 tenor horns, five baritones, 9 trombones, 14 tubas and 8 snare drums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights Templar
Exposition Building
Chicago
Lightning Strikes Kill Cattle and Colts in Storm
In a Sept thunderstorm near Baileyville Mr William Fiscus lost three cows under a cottonwood tree while its branches were struck by lightning. Nearby at Shannon Mr Frank Shelley’s two colts were killed in an open field away from trees. The rain was blessing yet the losses weigh on the owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fiscus
Baileyville
Frank Shelley
Shannon
Fiscus
Shelley
Board of Education Issues Supplementary Report
A correspondent hints at possible crookedness in Board of Education finances. The clerk notes May 7 to June 26 receipts and expenses were omitted from the annual report because Treasurer’s books balanced earlier. The supplementary report shows the balance on hand June 26, 1880, signed by Clerk W Wright and others, defending integrity of the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
JF Ditman
H Wagner
Peowevens
Journal
Pucinton
CG Sanborn
Epervoen
LZ Farwell
Sesso
Lathro
ES Crane
Fidge
Techlon
Rceseesees
Mayer
G Norton
Fred Meyer
Seth Mann & Co
Sol Ory
Neiman
Death of Miss Ella Stoneman in sorrowful illness
The death of Miss Ella Stoneman occurred Monday at her father Isaac S. Stoneman’s residence after a long illness. She was a faithful Episcopal Church member. The funeral will be held this afternoon at three from the family home with Rev. R. F. Sweet leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Stoneman
Isaac S. Stoneman
Miss Stoneman
Stoneman
Episcopal
Murder of Dr Hogle at Wausau by Dr Bennet
The Stepe ns Point Journal recounts the unprovoked murder of Dr E Hogle of Stephens Point Wis at Wausau by Dr J C Bennet. Bennet obtained a gun and, while Hogle washed in a closet, shot him in the office, killing him before bystanders could intervene.
Wild Saloon Incident Ends in Jail and Lynch Fear
Bennet followed by a large crowd reaches a saloon where he surrenders his gun and is taken by Sheriff Gheca after being arrested by R. H. Johnson. The crowd threatens lynching, a jail rope is stretched, and deputies guard the jail as Sheriff Gheca leads efforts to prevent further violence. The man, about 30, had a troubled life since moving to Wisconsin from Lock Haven, with heavy liquor use and limited reform aided briefly by a church and a temperate rival. He had threatened Hogle, a temperate man, with violence if he interfered with his business. Dr. Edwin Hogle, connected to Mrs. Jasper Mallory, is mourned in a memorial poem written by his aunt for Rock Run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gheca
Wisconsin
Lock Haven
Pennsylvania
Presbyterian Church
Temple of Honor
Hogle
Bennet
Wausau
Dr. Hogle
Jasper Mallory
Rock Run
Edwin Hogle
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J. A. Clark
City
Mary Stearns
Chas
Hempstead
Galena
Cedarville
San Francisco
Wm. B. Thomas
Freddie
Storm Lake, Iowa
Chas Baumgarten
St. Louis
D. J. Burrell
Dubuque, Iowa
E. B. Warner
State Board of Equalization
Miss Greene
A. W. Greene
F. P. Cleveland
M. E. Church
New York
Col. Stephenson Hose Company No.2
Frank Lohr
Frank
D. B. Steck
Illinois Social Science Association
W O Wright
W G Barnes
H J Porter
OC Lathrop
Earth
Youngsville
M. M. Fenner
Fredonia
A, Mead
Fenner
Emmert & Burrell
Seeley & Read
Patent Office
General Land Office
Securip
Presbrey & Green
Seventh Street
Washington, D. C
Wm. A. Stevens
Castoria
Wes de Meyer
Mpnamara
C. A. McNamara & Co
Stevens
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