County Supervisors to Meet at Court House Monday
Freeport Journal reports the county Board of Supervisors will convene at the Court House in Freeport on Monday next, July twelfth. Adjutant General Higgins has been removed by Governor Beveridge, and Colonel Hilliard of Chicago, formerly with the Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry, is appointed to replace him.
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Board of Supervisors
Higgins
Beveridge
Hilliard
Chicago
Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry
Freeport
Chicago & Pacific Railroad
Ilinois Central
Forreston
Lanark
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Byron
Ogle Co
Lena Star
Freeport Journal
Democratic
M. Jones
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
Lake Geneva
Geneva
Beecher Wins After Jury Fails to Reach Verdict
The jury in the Tilton Becher suit was discharged after failing to agree on a verdict. Tilton sued Becher for 100000 dollars but the jury stood nine to three for Becher, resulting in a victory for Becher.
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Tilton-Beecher
Tilton
Beecher
Flooded Central State Delays Harvest Near Jacksonville
Central region experiences floods making fields soggy, delaying harvesting. In Jacksonville area grain is ripe but soft soils prevent machine use, farmers resort to traditional cradles to gather the crop.
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Jacksonville
Rate changes hit travelers from Chicago to major cities
In early summer ticket prices from Chicago to Baltimore were ten dollars, with Mr. Garrett promising a permanent rate. By July first the rate rose to sixteen fifty. Fares to Philadelphia eighteen, to New York twenty, and freights followed suit, reflecting broad price increases.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Garrett
Philadelphia
New York
States hold staggered elections across the nation
The first State election will take place in Kentucky on August 2 followed by California on September 1 Arkansas on September 9 Maine on September 18 and Iowa and Ohio a month later. In November additional elections occur in Virginia Kansas Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota Missouri Wisconsin Mississippi New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Texas will conclude the series on December 7.
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Kentucky
California
Arkansas
Maine
Iowa
Ohio
Virginia
Kansas
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
Wisconsin
Mississippi
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Texas
Hon Robert Dale Owen Denounced as Insane by Spiritist Advocate
Hon Robert Dale Owen once Indiana congressman and prominent spiritualist has reportedly lost his reason after years of insisting on communication with spirits. The article portrays him as cultured and intelligent but overwhelmed by attempting to prove contact with the departed.
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Robert Dale Owen
Congress
Indiana
Democrats Spur Whisky Platform Nominates Carey for Lt Governor
Ohio Democrats adopt a whisky platform to win temperance votes and nominate Sam Carey, a temperance lecturer, for Lieutenant Governor. The speaker once said loyal men have no rights except the right to be hanged, a remark cited as Carey seeks election.
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Ohio
Sam Carey
Carey
Akron
Sam
Gold discovery in Black Hills sparks rush along French Creek
Reported well authenticated gold in paying quantities extends along French Creek in the Black Hills region. Miners work with meager facilities and earn three to fifteen dollars daily. Indians not troublesome for now, but miners risk removal by U S troops. Congress likely to settle country next winter by extinguishing Indian title.
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Black Hills
French Creek
United States
Congress
Iowa Republicans Nominate Kirkwood for Governor in 1860 Convention
The Iowa Republican convention named Samuel J. Kirkwood for Governor, J G Newbold for Lieutenant Governor, Austin Adams for Supreme Court Judge, and Alonzo Abernethy for State Superintendent. They adopted a platform urging currency resumption, protection of states rights, tariff for revenue, anti-monopoly reforms, arbitration over war, and universal public education. The party vows a firm victory on October 12 and calls for unity against the Democratic party.
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Iowa
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Johnson County
J. G. Newbold
Henry County
Austin Adams
Dubuque
Supreme Court
Alonzo Abernethy
Kirkwood
Republican Party
Repeblican Party
Democratic Party
Political tempest across parties cited in newspaper columns
A compact review of postwar party lines and reform debates, contrasting Republican progress with Democratic opposition and calls for unity. It cites Maine, Illinois, and Pennsylvania politics, critiques of Greenback policies, and hints at looming electoral alignments and Independent movements.
Democracy’s rise and fall as a party of honor
Opinion piece contends Democracy betrayed core principles, aligned with slave power, corruptly governed during slavery era. It asserts the 1861 uprising and the party’s defeat as a death blow to slavery's ally, while warning that corrupt Democracy lingers in modern politics and must be resisted with fidelity and vigilance.
Exiles arrive seeking asylum in Teutoplis Illinois
News from New York reports German Catholic exiles driven out by the Falk law have arrived and plan to seek shelter in Teutoplis Effingham County Illinois via the Erie Railroad. The group includes twelve priests sixty ecclesiastical students and fifteen women from various religious orders. Citizens welcomed them at the docks.
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New York
Teutoplis
Effingham County
Ill
Erie
Rochester
John Clark
Apple River
Inn
Frank Stone
Elgin
Dundee Road
Campbell Street
P. K. Abell
C. 8. Abell
Haas
South
Clark Street
Chicago
Alabany
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
William M. Tweed
Tammany Ring
Blackwell's Island
Newark
Graham
Davis
Tweed
Charles O’connor
Ingersoll
Gov. Tilden
Dublin
Ireland
Excise
Northwestern Nebraska weather and hopper fears spread
Letters from Kalamazoo Nebraska and Yankton Dakota discuss Northwest Nebraska farming best, crops damaged by grasshoppers, shortages of railroads, county-seat fights, and optimistic harvest signs from Wisconsin lakes to Dakota fields. Readers report hoppers moving westward, impact on corn, and anticipated grain yields as summer passes.
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Kalamazoo
Madison Co
Neb
Freeport Journal
Nebraska
Missouri River
Stephenson
Columbus
Norfolk
Madison
Battle Creek
Elkhorn River
Union Creek
Taylor Creek
S. W. Beaver
Han Ling
Stover
Wisconsin
Freeport
Rockford
Dakota Territory
Yankton
Dubuque
Sioux
Illinois Cental
State Line
Ilinoig Central
Sever
Iowa
Black Hills
Fort Randal
J. P. Byerly
Political parties and reform era reflections
The Philadelphia Press argues the Republican party stands for the whole people, not individuals, and can be trusted to defend government while opponents face personal vituperation. It notes the power holders can be judged by their records. The Cincinnati Commercial questions a Prohibitionist ticket of Henry Wilson and Schuyler Colfax, labeling them unsafe on whisky and law.
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South
Jefferson Davis
Democratic Party
United States
Supreme Court of the
Republican Party
Becau
Philadephia Press
Henry Wilson
Schuyler Colfax
Industrial school planned near Aurora Illinois
An industrial school is to be established near Aurora Illinois. Instruction will cover farming, chemistry, natural philosophy, botany, and practical applications included in the course of study.
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Aurora
Ill
Married Notice For Jae Zellers Weldon Juliet Weldon
Fragmentary marriage notice states Jae Zellers Weldon Juliet and Amelia Weldon, both of Jo Davie County, Illinois, listing Farson Lutheran and ages unclear.
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Jae Zellers—Weldon
Juliet
Aliss
Amelia Weldon
Jo Davie $O
Is Your Life Worth 10 Cents!
Sickness prevails everywhere and many suffer from dyspepsia liver complaint and related symptoms. The ad claims Gast Away flower cures indigestion sour stomach and heart palpitations and offers a 10 cent sample bottle or 75 cent regular size. Druggists Swarts Stocking Be Sample Bottle for 10 cents. Two doses relieve you.
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Tom Scott
Southern Pacific Railroad
McLean County
Grange
Chicago Tribune
Albany Journal
Cleaveland
Cincinnati Inquirer
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Democrats
Gen
Hancock
the Tribune
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Tribune
Boston
W. S
Ardee
Mill
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Elkhorn, Walworth Co
Freeport Market
John F. Smith
Robey
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