Local Matters and Notes From the County Journal
The Fitness Legislature opens January 8. In Smith vs Kachelhoffer the jury awarded the plaintiff forty four dollars. Mrs. Crain and family visit Clinton Iowa over holidays. Drama Cricket on the Hearth at Temperance Wall. Circuit Court room heated by two large heaters. Dreadful runaway: Mr. A. thrown and sleigh wrecked. New Year customs and infant age quips. Deaths and births rise at county clerk in past two weeks. Rev Schmucker conducts religious meetings all week. Open houses battle cold by winter. Christmas festivities and trees praised by youth. Pecatonica river ice twenty inches thick. Mrs Wm McNamara buys Goodhue library at sheriff sale for fifteen hundred forty nine dollars and fifty cents. No entertainments this week. one may have frozen to death on the way. Excelsior Lodge meets Jan 2 at 7:30 for F degree work. Wedding cake memento from Keyser and Miss Marshall received. Ninety third child born at 1 8 Century. Cedarville wolves cause ten dollar bounty per scalp. Lord’s Supper in Salem Church on Sunday. Rev D B Byers to officiate. Revival meetings of unusual interest. Josiah Neff visits sons then leaves for Pennsylvania. Tilden rumored to marry a St Louis belle, Freeport suggested. Temperance reform has 1600 signers but funds short. Buccane aeria removed from sun-light, moved near Massenberg bindery, new quarters cheaper by half in rent.
New Year's Day At Home Hosts List Of Visitors
A long list of ladies hosting visitors on New Year with many addresses and companions. Names include Mrs Magete Malburn Mrs Robert LH Wiles Miss Lucy Bu ford Miss Blanche Buford of Rock Inland Miss Flora Guitean Miss Etta Purinton Miss Kittle De Forest with Mrs H C Hyde and others on Stephenson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magete Malburn
Robert Lh, Wiles
Lucy
Blanche Buford
Rock Inland
Flora Guitean
Etta Purinton
Kittle De‘Forest
H.C. Hyde
Stephenson Street
Hattie Fitch
Bertha Krohn
Wm. C. Wright
B. L. Porter
P. W. Snowhook
Chicago
L. Farwell
H.D. Cook
John Burrell
Misses Burrell
Stoskopf
W. D. Rowell
Kittie Rowell
Seth Mann
D. A. Knowlton
Charles Knowlton
O. B
Marriage at the residence of the bride parents
In this city on Tuesday evening December 24 1878 Rev N D Jenkins united Mr L Keyser and Miss Ada Marshall both of this city The couple received many handsome presents including bronze clock silver vase cake basket pickle caster fruit dish and table mats from relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Marshall
N.D. Jenkins
L. Keyser
Ada Marshall
F.C. Keyser
Callie Prichard
Luella Snow Jolly
Minnie Keyser
CG. P. Snow
Jacob Williams
A. P. Coon
C.j.wells
Ike Melzer
Family Re Union Of Mrs Kirk Descendants At Porter Home
Christmas day reunion at Jos Porter residence on the site of the former watch factory drew 26 people from the Hoover Curry Brown and Americus Runner families. A large decorated tree held about 800 gifts distributed to guests, described as a joyful gathering. A postscript anecdote recalls a police court remark and raises questions about propriety of comments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. Wm. Kirk
Jos. Porter, Esq
Dd, Hoover
Stabeck
Jokinelds
Stephenson County Physicians and Surgeons Meet in Freeport
A regular quarterly meeting of the Stephenson County Society of Physicians and Surgeons will be held at the Secretary's office in Freeport on Thursday June 9 1879 at 2 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenson County Society of Physicians and Surgeons
Freeport
Embury E M E Sunday School Holds Year End Exercises
The Embury M E Sunday School held its year end service with concise reports praising growth and unity. Retiring superintendent John G Oyler urged dedication and higher standards for Sabbath school work as officers and teachers prayed for continued prosperity. New officers were introduced including J D Diffenbaugh as superintendent and Miss Sarah Barnes as assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Embury
John G. Oyler
Mbury
M. E
Lizzie Bentley
J. D. Diffenbaugh
W. M. Miller
Sarah Barnes
J. Allington
Emma Showalter
R. M. Becker
J. Boyer
Geo
K. Smith
J. Engle
Surprise Anniversary Dinner for McConnel's Grove Couple
A Thursday dec 20th 45th wedding anniversary surprise for evi Robey of McConnel's Grove drew about fifty guests from Stephenson and Jo Davies counties. The dinner featured ample baskets and a generous banquet, with no politics as old friends shared memories of life forty years ago. Attendees included Joseph More and wife Morseville W W Robey and son Freeport Dr Jewett and wife, Rush James Rogers and wife, Buena Vista, Warner Graves and daughter Dr Scott and wife, Buena Vista John Trotter and daughter Buckeye James Wardsock and wife Rock Run Robert Young and wife Rock Run Lewis Dively and sisters Anna Rokey Austin Texas and many others. Mrs James Rogers attended the wedding 46 years ago. Guests extended warm wishes for many future anniversaries and reflected on shared history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evi Robey
McConnel's Grove
Stephenson
Jo Davies
Col. Robey
Ion
Joseph More
Morseville
W. W. Robey
Dr. Jewett
Freeport
James Rogers
Rush
Warner Graves
Freeport City Finances and Holiday Dance Report
City Clerk Writ Trembor presents nine month expenses totaling 23409.80 with remaining balance 5886.11 and total city indebtedness of 88687.47. December cash on hand is about 9000. A gala Christmas Night dance at Gansaul's Parlor hosted by the Terpsichorean Society featured Gibler's Orchestra and a substantial feast, praising the Lena Warren Howardsville and Freeport attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Writ. Trembor
Trembor
Balanca
Ian Fire
Allies
Bridges
Alen
Bro. Lewis
The
Star
Ena Terpsichorean Society
Gansaul
Lena
Gibler
Lena Warren
Howardsville
Freeport
Gunsaul
Runaway Team Ruins Wagon as Horses Break Free
A Baldwin owned team pulling a wagon at the Western Union station ran south along the Pecatonica track after frightening a boy in charge. The wagon was destroyed and one horse leg broken. The Young Men's Library Association venture is failing despite a warm, well stocked library room. civic support and street lighting are criticized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Western Union Railroad
Pecatonica
Young Men’s Library Association
Ninety nine Dollars Ahead In Bank Holiday Heist
An icy winter scene unfolds as a blue nosed stranger enters a western bank and offers a check for 31. A swift teller counts out 100 dollars, returns 609 cash, and the stranger leaves saying this as a Christmas present. The teller calls it a dupe and the city notes the odd scene as a passerby clomps by outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onimal
Che Yanker
Spectacles and Lenses Displayed at Beaumonts Eye Case
A curious report from Dr J Flanders Beaumont and his father Dr J H Beaumont in the Opera House Block details a new display case of eyeglasses and surgical instruments. It describes bifocal and concave lenses, double convex lenses for long vision, and a full range of trial glasses with 78 each of several lens types. The piece urges careful fitting by physicians and notes Beaumonts credentials and success with eye and ear treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Flandera Beaumont
J. H. Beaumont
Opera House
Court House Square
Hahnemann
J. Flanders Beaumont
Hahnemann Medical College
Philadelphia
New York Eye and Ear Hospital
Beaumont
J. Suelberg Wells
Edinburgh
Poem by Houghton of Galena Seeks Library Place
A notice reviews Poeme by H J Houghton 1873 editor of the North West with praise for its sentiment and typographic craft. It notes proceeds go to the aged author and urges libraries to acquire copies priced at $2.00. Also lists local church week of prayer and First M E S notices amid a closing quip about stockings and Christmas night customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Houghton
Tf. Houghton
Galena
North-West
H. J. Houghton
H. H. Houghton
Galena Gazette
Durin Thons
Spirit of the Press
Lahaina
Houghton
D. W. Scott & Co
Charles
Erie
Journal
Republican Party
Horace J. Hovattoy
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Local Matters
Fitness Legislature
Smith
J. A. Crain
Clinton, Iowa
M. V. Sweet
Temperance Wall
D. Adamson, Esq
Mr. A
Mesers, Felton & Pomeroy
Warren
Rev. C. Schmucker
HW. McNamara
Goodhue
Excelsior Lodge
A.M
Mr. Keyser
Misa Marshall
Cedarville
Salem Church
D. B. Byera
Josiah Neff
Jas, I
John Neff
Tilden
St. Louis
Jokinelle
Florence
City OF
Cody
R. H. Golder
T. D. Wilcoxon
J. Herbert
W. B. Thomas
A. K. Stibgen
Burns Wilson
L. NM. Welch
A. C Sheetz
O. E. Heard
Elsie Weary
Just
Brewster
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