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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1879
Page
2
A 1879 newspaper note proclaims U S Grant as the 1880 presidential candidate subject to the Republican National Convention. The piece mocks factional confusion with a satirical line about determining who leads whom. It also references a local remark about a dog and its tail and two unnamed individuals debating control.
Remarks note relief among supporters that the Fifth District gains two men in favorable posts at Washington, whereas previously only one held such advantage. The statement frames the loss as a broadened representation and morale boost for local friends.
A Corkonian named Potter drank whisky over water and his rich brogue could not save him. He fell into a ditch and that was the end of McPotter.
A report in circulation claims the President has denied Senator Oglesby the ministerial post to Germany, but this is unconfirmed. The editors express preference for Judge Davis, hoping it would allow the renomination and reelection of “gallant old Dick” to the Senate.
The remark suggests Secretary Sherman favors ex-Congressmen from this state as he appoints Mr. Burchard to chair the Bureau of the Mint while former Congressman Hawley serves as Assistant Treasurer of the United States in the Rock Island District.
A government inspector of cattle will inspect and issue certificates for cattle destined for export from the Union Stock Yards in Chicago. Cattle landing in England will be subjected to inspection there. The system will not interfere with sales of healthy cattle for foreign use and is not subject to objection.
Ben Butler, nearing the end of his Massachusetts term, delivered a campaign style appeal during his last days in Congress. In a Southern War Claims talk he urged that only payments for maimed and disabled soldiers be recognized and predicted a future national government led by these veterans from the Southern army as a symbol of northern southern brotherhood.
The President nominated Sen I C Burchard to fill the Mint Director vacancy after Dr Linderman's death. If confirmed he becomes chief officer of the Bureau of the Mint with a 4500 dollar salary plus travel expenses. Term likely the unexpired period of Linderman's appointment.
Horatio C. Burchard of Illinois is appointed Director of the Mint to succeed the late Dr. Linderman. The choice pleases silver advocates and public officials, with Burchard praised for experience in Congress and public service. No opposition expected.
Chicago Times reports Horatio C Burchard member of Congress from the Fifth district has been appointed Director of the Mint to replace the late Dr Linderman. His qualifications lie in coin age and currency studies and swift mastery of technical subjects from books, likened to Logan’s rapid grasp of finance.
Horatio C. Burchard of Freeport, current Fifth Illinois District congressman, was nominated by the President to be Director of the Mint to succeed the late Dr Linderman. Burchard has long studied coinage and currency and is expected to understand the office's duties.
The New York Times notes broad approval in Washington for Mr. Burchard of Illinois as Mint Director candidate. It argues civil service reform talk by Congress is hazy and cites Burchard as a strong advocate of unlimited silver, unfit for the post, urging a more qualified successor to Dr. Linderman and questioning repeal timing of the silver law.
From Florence, Daniel Lantzer sold his 37 acre farm to J C Cain and will move this week to Hamilton County Nebraska where he bought 160 acres of railroad land. The note mentions a man named William Sheetz missing since Feb 5 amid debt rumors. Local wages, church revival near Yellow Creek, and a mysterious cattle disease in Christian county are also reported with medical observations from Decatur veterinarians and Dr Waltz.
From Ridott Riport Feb 17 1879 the Eviror Journal notes the lyceum meeting ended quietly but a mock trial is planned against Daniel Felton for selling liquor without license. Counsel for the people are H Cary and S Nilegs. defense counsel are R Shuey and W A Cole.
A speaker ridicules Cork Irish in America and compares them to an aggressive bull dog. The letter cites Mr. McPotter of the Buzzard as a Cork native and uses sharp caricature to claim Irish influence in public life is harmful.
The Registrar General reports 606 marriages of divorced persons in sixteen years to 1876. Among them 77.5 percent were with spinsters or divorced women and bachelors, 20.5 percent with widows or widowers, and 2 percent with divorced partners. Marriages rose from 225 in eight years to 1860s to 471 in the eight years ending 1876.
The ex-Empress Eugene is not in destitution and has sold three of her Rue de V Elysee properties for $472 300. This disposal marks a significant real estate transaction tied to her possessions and financial status.
Congressional and international briefings reveal bills on banking and debt, library expansion debate, and railway issues. Notable items include a 4 percent loan, amnesty for radicals, shipper disputes, Cape Colony reinforcements, Berlin and Paris political moves, and a deadly railroad accident near Kansas City.
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