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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1882
Page
2
The Freeport Journal notes P T Barnum's joy over a Bridgeport born baby elephant weighing 45 pounds at birth, 80 pounds lighter than the first captive calf. Barnum offered $52,000 for a 52 week life insurance while declaring $300,000 would not tempt him.
The Rev. Mr Milne successor to Robert Collyer at First Unitarian Church of Chicago is urged to resign due to disbelief in God and personal immortality. The congregation says a faithless minister cannot lead in the pulpit and should seek work in more material occupations.
The bill passed by the House last Monday bans a seat for any delegate under 28, with under seven years US citizenship, or who is not a resident of the territory. It also bars polygamists from representing any territory as a delegate.
Andrew Young of Edinburgh writes a New York friend on January 25 praising his health and youthful vigor. He notes Moody and Sankey have preached there for two months and that his hymn is sung in almost every church in America.
The Zene Star notes General John C Smith ex-State Treasurer has declared candidacy for State Treasurer in 1882. It references broad support across the state and recalls the $15,000 loss he suffered while in office, praising him as efficient and honest.
A. M. Soteldo of Washington DC was shot at the National Republican office Thursday night while he and his brother confronted editor C. M. Barton over injurious articles. Barton says both Soteldo and his brother were drunk. Soteldo was shot by his own brother by mistake. The piece condemns Soteldo as a liar and warns that libels and slander rebound on their author.
In a special message, the President transmits a communication from Secretary Kirkwood with letters from acting Governor Gosper of Arizona about lawlessness in the territory. He repeats the recommendation to modify the posse comitatus act to allow military aid to civil authorities in the Territories.
The report notes fears that sheriffs in New Mexico and Arizona resist enforcing law due to intimidation or bias toward disorderly elements. Acting Governor Gosper urges repealing the posse comitatus act to give relief from reckless rule. Civil officials in Cochise County and Tombstone are accused of neglecting duties for gain while citizens handle stolen property with thieves. A bill to modify the act to permit military aid to civil officers is likely, with Democratic opposition expected.
Postmaster General Howe urges national support for a Garfield monument at the Capitol. He praises President Garfield and calls for ample funding, stating the nation is rich and art should exhaust itself to honor his public service. The appeal is addressed to postmasters nationwide to show patriotic support.
The Sterling Gazette reports three years ago the state Supreme Court named Judge Bailey to the Appellate Court in Chicago, leaving only two judges to handle the district’s circuit work. The 15th district, with over 200000 people and heavy manufacturing, struggles as Judges Eustace and Brown bear six days a week and sixteen hours daily. Bar members in all counties protest shifting appellate duties away from the district’s three judges.
Thomas M. Nichol, acting general agent for the Garfield Monument Committee of Cleveland, says the grave marker should be national in character and outlines a business like plan. About 2000 of the 20000 goal has been sent from this city to Mayor Grace's committee, with New York contributing to Mrs. Garfield's fund.
The queen famed as poet and philosopher keeps diary maxims include witty observations. A translation project brings her poetry into English.
A collection of frontier tall stories from Nevada to Boston. A pie eating man survives a gale carried aloft, a China man flies an iron shutter kite in Nevada, a Boston traveler misidentifies a hotel bedbug for a flying object, and miners in the Black Hills dispute hearing with a string of exaggerated claims about Indians, gnats, stones, and petrified forests.
A new illustrated journal titled Our Continent is announced from Philadelphia to appear this month. Editor Albion W. Tourgee is joined by Daniel G. Brinton and Robert B. Davis, with a long list of literary scientific and art figures supporting diverse departments.
Hon John B Finch wowed local listeners with four masterly lectures on temperance. The visiting lawyer from Lincoln Nebraska departs from typical speakers with originality wit sarcasm and pathos in vivid language.
The office of executioner for capital offences is loathed. The hang man is a shadowy figure. He flits about at night planning the rope. People fear him and pity is absent. Captain Charles E. Henry, an Ohio man, was marshal of the District and trusted by Garfield.
Frank M. Pixley reports a hostile observer’s portrait of Mormon society in Salt Lake City, detailing polygamy, church hierarchy, endowment rites, and tensions with Gentiles. The account claims widespread consecration of wealth to polygamists, persecution of non Mormons, and rising apostasy amid a pro polygamy power structure.
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