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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1872
Page
4
News clippings note Freeport schools ending term and Madison Fourth celebration plans. Mentions H Burchard’s return, Best & Morgan ads, seven o'clock tea parties, Stanton speech, and a Missouri couple’s car wedding. Local fairs, fruits, berries, and a crimson dinner china trend are cited along with an ornithological exhibit and a jeweler supplying West Point graduation regalia.
At a trustee sale the Winnesheik lot and building sold to the German Insurance Company for 5800 dollars. They will move their office into the building, offering elegant accommodations. United States Marshal Thomas of Huntsville and H. G. Thomas of Decatur, former Freeport residents, are visiting and report hopeful sentiment for Grant. Delegates to the Democratic Greeley Convention in Springfield on June 20 were named.
Public schools end summer term with exercises this week. Pupils perform at the Opera House Wednesday evening, with graduation Friday afternoon followed by a graduation class reception at Hettinger's Mall. Graduates include Flora Guiteau Delila Sherman Emma V McCool Mary EF De Puy Etta Purinton De Witt Clinton Miller Thomas W Woodside Cyrus F Kryder John L Taylor. A shoplifting suspect at Wm Walton's was found not to be from Eleroy.
Mr J B Brown of the Galena Gazette visited the city for a Congressional Committee meeting and offered remarks in our sanctuary. The Stephenson County Democrats travel 120 miles for a single organ while mocking rival papers and politics. A lightning strike damaged Mr Joseph Afflerbaughs barn near Davis, tearing beams and scattering debris, but horses escaped injury. Nineteen workers prepare Red Sugar Factory for a September start under Mr Rosenstiels supervision. The Stephenson County Democratic convention endorses the Chicago News as the party organ and notes Col Levi Robey opposes Greeley while accepting a Baltimore Convention nominee pledge and resisting the Springfield gathering.
Last Wednesday night a severe thunder storm hit the city. Lightning struck Mr. Rhodes barn but caused no substantial damage. The same strike toppled a large tree on Main street amid heavy rainfall.
A corner steamboat exploded on the Mississippi on Friday afternoon opposite North McGregor. Between thirty and thirty five people perished. Separately a Spanish steamship boiler burst at Marseilles Sunday killing between fifty and sixty people including men women and children, and a locomotive on the Erie road killed two men.
In Peoria last week a slate of Democratic papers, including daily and weekly titles, met in solemn conclave and resolved to abide by the National Democratic Convention at Baltimore. The piece mocks editors who follow party lines, noting a few self-reliant Democrats but deeming them scarce.
Friday morning at Lena a serious accident occurred when Allen Boyer, resident two miles west, took a team of colts to town for shoeing. One colt suddenly reared and struck him on the head, knocking him down. He was carried to a nearby dwelling, physicians summoned, and he remained insensible for hours before recovering enough to return home in the evening.
The national gathering of Democratic delegates will be held in Baltimore on July 9. Delegates will be chosen with emphasis on their capacity to eat dirt.
The Marsh Harvester, featured in another column, is a general favorite and farmers are urged to visit Mr Woodmanse the general agent to examine it for themselves.
Hon. George A Black secretary of Utah Territory married Miss Annabel Thorp of Freeport at the Episcopal Church Wednesday. Witnesses were many friends as the couple departed at 1:20 p.m. on the Western Union for Fulton then Dixon Air Line toward Omaha and Salt Lake City. Blessings are wished for their life together.
Today Tuesday at 2 PM the corner-stone for the new German Catholic Church is laid with Bishop Foley delivering an address in English, followed by a German sermon. Confirmation is at 10 AM today in the Irish Catholic Church, with about two hundred expected to be confirmed.
J. 8 S Wise of Wm Wise & Co sustained severe injuries Friday afternoon at the Illinois Central Railroad depot while moving a heavy box of agricultural fixtures onto a truck. He slipped while jumping from the truck with a crowbar in hand, injuring his side on the crowbar. He is under the care of Dr. McKim. injuries not deemed dangerous.
Bishop Foley of Chicago arrived on the 7:80 train to Lena, escorted by the Knights of St. Patrick and the Lena Cornet Band for the dedication of the Catholic church. A large crowd witnessed the ceremony, which many described as imposing.
Roxbury June 1 Wm Lloyd Garrison writes to Charles Sumner saying his sharp arraignment of the President is ill judged and extravagant. He warns it may aid foes of liberty, strains Massachusetts loyalty to Grant, and stresses personal friendship guiding a frank outside-the-party missive. He signs as Wu. Lloyd Garrison.
The Kansas Pacific Railway runs from Kansas City and Leavenworth through Kansas to Denver 639 miles. It advertises fertile land with excellent education along the line, noting Kansas statewide agricultural strengths and premium fruit displays. It promotes travel for pleasure or health with Colorado air and hot springs near Denver, urging settlement along the line.
An advertisement from Freeport Book Bindery promotes binding for Fiotley Harper Atlantic and similar magazines in half morocco at $2.00 per volume. The note mentions the Journal office as the location and emphasizes that cheaper binding is preferred.
Edwin M. Stanton argues that Grant’s victory would secure peace and stability amid postwar turmoil. He recalls Lincoln era measures, Union war effort, and public mobilization, urging voters to back Grant to preserve freedom and restore national harmony.
The passage recalls Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1 1864, freeing 4 000 000 enslaved people. It credits this move with boosting the Union army and striking fear into the rebels, noting its full impact emerged late in the war and contrasting it with restored slavery as a political aim opposing Grant’s election.
A rousing Grant Colfax political speech extols General Grant’s Civil War victories and leadership, urging voters to support Grant and a Republican ticket. It contrasts military success with foes who oppose funding, transport, and care for soldiers, calling for strong national unity.
July 4 1867 Amboy Illinois Gen J W Shaffer delivered remarks at Amboy Post G A R inviting Horace Greeley. He attacked “sickly sentimentalism” and urged loyalty to Ulysses S Grant, predicting a large Republican victory in November.
Report from McGregor Iowa dated June 15 describes the vessel D A McDonald under Wall Bigelow striking near North McGregor. Boilers explosion caused hull to sink in sixteen feet of water. The Alamases transfer boat aided rescuers pulling eight crew members from the water, five seriously wounded and two dead. Estimated missing range from twenty to thirty five. Captain and owner remained in St Louis.
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