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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1877
Page
4
Public notices report the Bobtown postmaster election result with James Price the chosen candidate. The item also notes a Sunday church discussion at First M. E. Church on Christianity as progress and comments on speech writing. A juvenile Templars meeting is announced for June 22 at Grange Hall with a 10 cent initiation fee.
The High School Class of 77 will hold graduation at the Opera House on Wednesday evening June 27. The class numbers fifteen and an interesting profitable time is anticipated.
The Fourth of July program features Misses Jennie Adele and Carrie Bray in a poplar comedy The Lemons with a selected cast at the Opera House. Luke Martin will direct stage management as the town awaits a lively holiday production. Meanwhile church sociables draw crowds with music and solos, and local notices share visiting friends, a Rock Grove Sunday School Convention lineup for June 24, and quips about a recent mortgage tied to political missteps.
In a quiet city last Sabbath evening Mrs. Etta Davenport was found dead at her Tremont area home. Dr Beaumont examined and doctors Buckley Hillebrand and Beaumont concluded no poison and no post mortem. Coroner’s jury ruled death from unknown causes. A suspicions arrest was released with no evidence of foul play. Davenport supported herself and two children by washing. the deceased was unmarried and had not lived with her husband for some time.
Larned Kansas notes winter wheat ready for harvest with expected yields from twenty five to thirty three bushels per acre. The writer announces a June 27 excursion and promotes travel to see crops. Mentions round trip tickets from Freeport to Kinsley for twenty five dollars and a courteous sign off from I W Waitson.
City streets glow with three arches over Stephenton Street and one at Galena Chicago intersection, all trimmed with evergreens flags and inscriptions. Homes display bunting and emblems as Great Union Band welcomes arriving societies. Reception at Hettinger Hall, concert nights at the Opera House promise a grand success.
Graduating exercises held at the Opera House on Wednesday evening June 27 featured a lengthy programme of vocal and orchestral music, salutatories, orations, essays, and diplomas. The event honored the class with high order performances by the graduates and a notable address by Rev. J. A. Smith.
Editor recounts visit to Mt Carroll Seminary on June 11 for commencement. praises grounds school facilities, Mrs Shimer as principal, and the Musical Department with fine voices and performances. notes ample accommodations, modern utilities, and staff quality.
Notes from Rambler Davis dated June 11 1877 report a large quarterly M E Church meeting with a strong sermon on What Constitutes True Religion by Rev. Proctor and a Lord’s Supper by Proctor and Stire. It notes nearby improvements including a two story dwelling and barns, and crops looking promising despite chinch and Colorado potato bug damage.
On Saturday Durand showed a bustle as farmers filled stores. M E Church received a new roof and fresh paint along with Trail. Miss Hattie Birmingham aged about 18 died Friday after a short illness. funeral was Sunday near Durand. A boy eight, son of Mr Brace, burned by hot tea and expected to recover.
Ogle County teachers drill for 1877 will run July 1 to August 28 at Rocky River Seminary Mt. Morris to help teachers obtain certificates. Instruction by noted educators from Princeton Galesburg Champaign and Chicago among others. Tuition eight dollars plus modest boarding options. sixty rooms rent free. notice to attend and lodging assistance available. Oregon Illinois, June 5, 1877.
A limited set of Prof. S W R York's horse training books is offered for sale at the reduced price of two dollars. Sent free to any address upon receipt of payment.
A published appeal from Mt Carmel Illinois dated June 11 1877 requests national sympathy and aid for a tornado disaster. Mayor R S Gordon and T J Shannon oversee the relief committee with funds sent to them or the banking house Shannon Beall to assist over two thousand residents facing four hundred thousand dollars in losses. A New York City correspondent GEO P Edgar endorses the appeal noting the distress and urging donations.
The text reflects on national contemplation of a grand international exhibition, noting past indifference and managerial pressure. It describes officials' concerns about public enthusiasm and observers’ surprise at the large scale of the Centennial project as its opening approached.
A correspondent cites an extract from Hon. Alexander H. Stephens regarding a Cincinnati Enquirer interview about President Hayes. Stephens comments on Hayes policy, fraud allegations in Florida and Louisiana, and stresses the President’s legal, ongoing possession of the office. The narrative also sketches Hayes’s daily routine and hospitality at the White House, including meals and receptions.
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