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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1872
Page
4
Por Affairs notes warm weather ahead with Fourth of July plans in Forreston, local celebrations, and rising seasonal concerns from potato bugs to farm crops. It mentions new liquor laws, taxes, and community events while noting weather and agricultural remarks across the region.
Circuit Clerk Polk supplies a statement detailing Yontz's financial delinquencies. It lists discrepancies between cash and ledgers totaling 216.00 and pass book vs cash 94.00, plus 180.16 in docket and advance fees, summing 287.25. The article notes Yontz previously denied these figures while Wentz admitted to taking 285,090, with Polk affirming the core facts.
The Stephenson County Guards are raising funds for new uniforms. A drawing for a cane containing a watch at the Armory yielded a winner, C. C. Shuler. Ornithological exhibitions at the Armory on Stephenson Street run daily from 9 AM to Friday night to benefit the Guards. Free Methodists plan a grave meeting near Grand Detour June 12 to 16. Whiteside County Fair slated for Sterling September 10 11 12 18. A Cardiff giant discoverer builds a block in Binghamton NC.
Under the new Constitution each county elects its own People's Attorney, replacing the former system where one attorney served an entire Judicial Circuit. The salary is $400 a year plus fees, and an officer with these duties will be elected this fall in each county.
A Polo reader claims five sixths of local Republicans favor Greeley, while the Gazette and Press push back. The Polo paper challenges the assertion, demanding names of six hundred voters and noting Democrats’ reluctance to endorse similar positions.
In Rock Grove Illinois on June 4 1879 a reader urged Capt William J Reitzell of Lancaster as a suitable Republican sheriff candidate praising his fidelity to the party and wartime service. The note adds that Reitzell is not a candidate after all and thanks supporters in Stephenson County.
The Dakota Brass Band fundraiser will be held Saturday June 16 in Joel Brankeberger’s grove. The event features band music, speeches, food, and social fun for all, with emphasis on honoring villages that have long served the community. The note urges attendance from all residents and promises a healthy good time. Also referenced is a recent Rock City report of calamities and political bustle, plus local crops and rain prospects.
Grover Thompson of Freeport reports a minor accident while visiting Nebraska near Harvard in late May 1872. A double Derringer pistol discharged, wounding Thompson in the left hand, Dr. J. Smith in the right thigh, and lightly injuring Thompson’s son Will in the calf. Thompson says wounds are painful but not dangerous and promises a fuller account next week.
A woman from Eleroy entered Walton’s store on Friday afternoon, claimed to buy goods then stole cassimere and other items worth about eight dollars. Walton alerted Marshal Dryer and Pete Lerch who recovered the goods from her basket. She returned the items and was released. she claims it was her first theft.
In Freeport Illinois last week, a deadly shooting at the Craft House across from the Western Union depot left Frank Wood dead, killed by John Lawson Thompson after a quarrel sparked by two women. Testimony shows Wood and Thompson quarreled after Wood slapped Thompson, Thompson fired in self defense, and Wood died from a pistol wound to the breast. Thompson was jailed pending the September Circuit Court term. witnesses described a liquor fueled altercation and the aftermath as the inquest proceeded.
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