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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1880
Page
3
Frederick G. Mather profiles Ottawa lumbering resources in a lively February piece in Lippincott's Magazine as Old and New Rome and other illustrated papers offer Parisian and Virginian scenes. Peterson's Magazine adds fashion plates and novels, praising Mrs. Burnett and Lost, with subscription perks, premiums, and club offers.
Mrs Burnett’s new story in Scribner will begin in the midwinter number and run four monthly parts with illustrations by Mrs Foote. Set in a North Carolina summer resort, it centers on a heart affair between two people of different ranks. Characters include Miss Ferrol, her brother Lawrence, and Louisiana, a simple country girl. The February Atlantic features Holmes Breakfast coverage, Howell serial updates, Longfellow’s Helen of Tyre, and essays by Goldwin Smith and Cranch, plus critiques and the Contributors’ Club pieces. The issue is praised as a strong, varied number at regular price.
A Western woman who read in a newspaper that baking powder was beneficial said she would bake. Her husband arrived at the cabin site and commented that he would not mind the plan if she released the splendor before blowing herself and the property up in that manner.
The February Ballou's Magazine is praised as popular and well rounded with romances adventures travel poetry wit and humor plus illustrations and Nassau views. Contents include The Druid Prophecy Sunny Hart The Benjamin Girl One Day Miss Keziah’s Valentine and other tales puzzles and notes. Price for one year is 1.50 postpaid with club rate at 1.25.
The February St Nicholas opens with two Alfred Tennyson Child-Songs and includes a frontispiece of the Princes in the Tower. It offers serials Jack and Jill by Louisa M. Alcott and Among the Lakes by William O. Stoddard with illustrations, six complete short stories, humorous rhymes, a Aunt Fanny adiphone article, and poetry from S W Hallock Celia Thaxter E McKean Fly Arlo Bates and others with numerous illustrations by Taber Hopkins Greenaway and Faber. It also recounts the frontispiece engraving and the Letters Box items for young readers.
Eclectic Magazine’s February issue features a steel engraving of Professor Asa Gray on the frontispiece and a varied literary list including works by Beaconsfield Argyll Dickens Seeley and Paget. Also notes an Edison light discussion, an upcoming Midwinter Scribner paper by Francis R. Upton, and a census on Sisters of Charity in the United States totaling 1,179 nuns across 106 establishments.
Lowrie's will contribute to February St Nicholas with Editha's Burglar by Mrs. Burnett praised as among the best short stories for children. The tale follows a little girl's interview with a burglar, blending plot, description, and dialogue to engage both young and old readers. The girl asks the burglar playful questions about his home and plans, prompting witty exchanges and gentle humor.
The February Leribner edition reaches 125000, featuring Eugene Schuler’s illustrated life of Peter the Great in part one, Mrs. Burnett’s new story Louisiana with strong character contrasts, Bicycling piece A Wheel Around the Hub, and other features. The Nursery for February offers stories poems and pictures for children including Only A Dog about a Cohasset incident and a Bonfire scene.
A northbound Detroit car filled with passengers mocked a canvasser with a book and pencil who tried to take a census. An elderly woman resisted, threatening pepper, a riot of remarks followed, and the canvasser quit after being heckled.
Prof H E Alvord cites dairymen as the cause of disbelief in large butter yields. He documents Old Creamer producing 94 lbs daily in June 1873, Oaks cow 513 lbs butter in nine months, and Bell Scituate yielding 608 lbs in 1876 and 708 in 1877. The figures, tested by the State Board of Agriculture, claim a world belt for high producing cows. Two ladies at a fancy ball respond to a costume query with humor.
A terra cotta Cyrus Cylinder has arrived in England. The artifact details his lineage and his entry into Babylon, offering historical insight into ancient royal succession and imperial beginnings.
The Journal proclaims its aim to furnish a reliable local record and to advocate for what it deems right while serving the Republican cause. It vows to expose evils and corrupt measures, invites Republican cooperation, and predicts a year of intense political interest in Stephenson County.
Directory of churches with addresses and pastors. Evangelical and German congregations show service times and Sunday school. Catholic, Episcopal, Baptist, and Free Methodist listings include locations and pastors with service hours.
Mayors office and city departments are detailed with names and locations. Cronkrite at 98 Stephenson street operates the mayoral office. City Clerk Wm Tresabor in Fry's Block. City Treasurer H Ratz opposite Barnes' warehouse. City Attorney 1 C Kean in Fry's Block. City Marshal E 8 Chamberlin on Street. Street Commissioner J Rogers. Surveyor F E Josef at Court House. Aldermen in wards one through three listed as A T Irvin J H Crane D Kuehner 15 Zartman H J Porter and J R Wagner.
Clerk I F Kleckner treasurer J W Hutchison recorder Dan Brewster sheriff J R Leigh named for county offices all housed in the Court House with address and role details.
Board of Education F Bartlett, President, Wm C Wright and W G Barnes. Superintendent Chas C Snyder, office in High School building, office hours from 7:30 to 9 o'clock a m.
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