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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1880
Page
3
In a few days The Journal Annual will be ready for delivery. It resembles last year’s Journal Almanac but is a finer book with colored covers and many engravings. Besides the calendar it offers useful and entertaining reading and will be given to all subscribers who pay in advance. Non subscribers may buy at 25 cents, with Chicago papers offered at bottom prices.
Speculation about General Myers being replaced by a likely successor ended Monday with the appointment of General William B. Hazen, finalizing the line of succession and confirming Hazen in the role.
Advertisements appear in metropolitan papers by the American committee of the European formed company seeking subscriptions to stock for the Isthmus of Panama canal scheme.
Arlington Heights near Chicago desires to relocate a factory employing 130 workers with a $5,000 monthly payroll. The town asks for enterprising men to move the manufactory to Arlington Heights, asserting Freeport is not the right site.
The JourNAL reports Senator John A. Logan is seriously ill with rheumatic fever in Murphysboro where he went for private business. Doctors fear he may miss the opening of the new senate session.
The article states that 104 members who responded to the Monday roll will not respond in the forty seventh Congress. It notes Kansas Maine New Hampshire South Carolina and Texas as the only states with more than one representative reelecting their current delegation.
Gen H H Thomas of Chicago emerges as the leading candidate for Speaker in the State Legislature. A top Chicago lawyer with legislative experience and parliamentary skill, he combines a dignified presence with a pleasing address, and Chicago deserves credit for his strong showing on election day.
The Western states favor Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska as Secretary of the Interior. He is described as a western man with deep ties to Nebraska politics, a Republican stalwart, and an abolitionist in early days, known for outspoken editorials against slavery.
The author argues for appointing Senator Hitchcock to General Garfield's Cabinet. The piece emphasizes Hitchcock's pluck in the far west and asserts personal acquaintance and support from friends who would vouch for his capable management of the Interior Department.
The speaker argues that a full calendar in the two Houses would take years if an extra session is avoided. He says most committee work in the forty-sixth Congress would be lost as sixty days must cover regular appropriation bills. He urges Congress to complete essential tasks promptly and adjourn, leaving a blank page for the new administration.
The piece discusses potential division of Texas into four states as permitted by the admission act and census data. It warns this would create four new state capitals and add Democratic Senators, possibly keeping Republicans in the minority for years, though it notes hope that new western states may become Republican as they develop.
Obituary notes W W Huntington P M of Galena dies at home after years of ill health. He survived a severe injury from fireworks at a Grant return arch display. A Republican stalwart, he served as P M since 1861 and later as I M. The piece also discusses Georgia electors meeting timing and constitutional objections to state action.
The last session of the old Congress opened with fair attendance in both houses. The President's private secretary delivered the President's message. In the House, bills were introduced including a resolution by Mr Calkins of Indiana alleging bags of mail matter at the Washington Post Office used to test the mails under a franking. requests to the Postmaster General for reports on such detention.
The Senate discussed a tariff reform proposal and a House message on China relations and emigration. Mr Hurd urged limiting tariff protection, arguing it taxes consumers, fails to raise wages, harms trade, harms American commerce, and raises smuggling risk. Mr Bicknell questioned timing of counting electoral votes. Keifer pressed for immediate action as the president's message was read.
Ohio electors gather to honor the president elect amid a congratulatory speech by General Grosvenor. The tribute lauds Hayes administration and marks a formal reception in the capital.
The Republican presidential electors of Ohio with Governor Foster and other officials visited President-elect Garfield at his Mentor home. General Grosvenor spoke praising Garfield while Garfield expressed gratitude and reflected on the election. The visitors toured his office, and after a social gathering, returned to Mentor.
Sergeant Leroy L. Key of Springfield died yesterday. He led the Regulator vigilants at Andersonville Prison and sanctioned executions of robbers. Captain McElroy, Toledo Blade editor and survivor, memorializes Key as a man of unusual manhood in his reminiscence from Toledo.
Fragmentary obituary style report recalls a man linked to Toledo and Springfield, noting long years of lung disease ending his life. Mentions Andersonville, a wife and large family, a pension request, and prior position with Southern Tilrots, with scattered phrases about in-office work and headquarters.
German scientist cites paraffine in petroleum solvent to coat wood, drying first, leaving wax in pores though flammable. US Congress to consider standard tests for color blindness in navies. Earth tremors may forecast earthquakes via telegraphed networks three days ahead. Victorian bore yields a buried tree and ancient grove. A French analyst compares France and Sweden crisis stats showing widowers’ self-harm risk and effect of children on suicide. Parisian Dufour unveils a thermometric sensor for room entry. Evolution doctrines discussed in Harvard biology departments as per Lippincott in American Naturalist.
A local newspaper declares that many subscribers owe two to three years of back payment and plans to drop delinquent names after January first. With a limited capital, the publisher stresses the need to collect owed funds or suspend the press, urging readers to settle promptly.
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