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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1880
Page
3
In a Warrington grove a northern visitor attends a political meeting amid boisterous Southern rhetoric. After he speaks, local enemies threaten revenge. He foils an ambush using a hidden path and a crafted plan. Tom Savage is killed in a subsequent grape-vine trap, revealing mob violence.
A gray man with a satchel stands for half an hour outside the Detroit Opera House then buys entry for six shillings claiming a panorama is poor. He criticizes the show and walks away, sparking a rambling local vent. Italian reports warn Andrea del Sarto’s Madonna del Sacco may suffer damp damage risking its status as a world masterpiece.
Official figures published by the war ministry detail Austrian losses in Bosnia and Herzegovina through 1878. Officers killed and 126 wounded. privates killed 147. 8,858 wounded. 335 missing. 1,879 rendered unfit for service. Sickness caused 2,233 deaths and 50 sunstroke deaths. 27 deaths by own action.
A Boston area advertiser touts Boss patent watch cases as modern and durable. The note from Mannaflend Pennsylvania dated May 2 1878 claims long wear, solid gold plates, and a written guarantee with each case. It urges readers to ask their jeweler for the illustrated catalogue.
City directory lists churches with addresses and Sunday service times. Evanglical and German congregations include Bucks Huelster Hoffmeister and Elfeld pastors with 10 30 am and 7 pm services, Sunday schools varied. Methodist and Presbyterian listings show Embury Manville and Jenkins pastors, with 10 30 am and 7 pm services, plus noon or 12 m schools. Roman Catholic, Zion Episcopal, Baptist, and Free Methodist entries give locations on Exchange, Stephenson, and Pleasant streets with morning and evening services and Sunday school times.
Mayors and clerks named with offices at Cronkrite store 98 Stephenson street and Corncil Rooms fry's Block. City Treasurer H Ratz at Barnes' warehouse opposite. City Attorney J O Kean Fry's Block. City Marshal E B Chamberlin and Street Commissioner J F Hoge. Surveyor F E Josel at Courthouse. Aldermen listed by ward: 1st ward A T Irvin J H Crane. 2nd ward D Kuehner A Zartman. 3rd ward Lt J Porter J K Wagner.
Clerks and county officers listed with titles including Clerk I F Kleckner Treasurer W W Sutchison Recorder Dan't Brewster Sheriff J R Leigh Surveyor Hiram Shona. All county offices are in the Court House.
F Bartlett presides as board chair with William O. Wright and W. G. Barnes as superintendents.Chas Snyder holds an office in the high school building with hours from 7:30 to 9:60 o clock a m.
Timetabled routes from Chicago to Dubuque and via Eastern Western lines with stops at Monroe Wisconsin Cedarville Orangeville Oneco Shueys Mills and Buena Vista. Arrivals on Tuesday Thursday Saturday and Monday Wednesday Friday with select departures and office hours seasonal details noted by SMITH D ATKINS P.MN.
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