Freeport paper notes diverse local doings and moves
A collage of short items reports people moving to Nebraska and England, stores displaying extensive goods in Freeport, market quotes for Corti and potatoes, a library proposal, railroad updates, a stolen horse, sewer questions, a wind-damaged glass pane, Dolly Varden fashion reference, base ball club legal action, Soldiers' Homestead Act reprint, praise for courthouse and monument, Michigan Central steel rails plan, Bishop Lee Seminary sale, clerical moves, law offices relocating, new postal locks.
Cincinnati feud over newspapers escalates with name calling
A heated row erupts among Cincinnati papers with insults such as miserable liars and malignant hound. The Chicago Post is cited as supporting a non existent Judge Wart for Lieutenant Governor, revealing a false item and non existent paper.
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Cincinnati Papers
Chicago Post
Freeport Gazette
Wart
Insurance case upholds ten dollar assessment note
A Circuit Court action over a ten dollar assessment note against a stockholder lasted three days. The test case was defended with due care and the jury returned a verdict for the company, upholding the legality of such notes.
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Winnesheik Insurance
City Council weighs Bridge Street sewer extension to Court House
At two special meetings last week the Common Council debated extending Bridge street sewer by one block to serve the Court House. A 1870 resolution was rescinded in 1871, yet officials hope a favorable cost estimate will win approval to complete the work.
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Common Council
Bridge Street
Court House
Ste phenson County March Term Civil Docket Recount
Court records list Common Law and assumpsit cases with jury verdicts and damages. Parties include Winnesheik Insurance Co versus Adam Becker and John Schlicker. Remmer Ludwig. John Ulrich. Peter Mergens. David Walese. George Baker. John Herrick. Ezra A. Newton et al. v Abraham N. Peisley et al.. Elias B. Stiles. Thomas H. McClure. James Church. Michael Beam. Joshua Fowler. Illinois Central Railroad. William Lucas. John Ford. Northern Illinois Coal and Iron Co.. Charles Fisk. Luther Leigh. David Kahl. Wm Petors. W Scott Agney. Second National Bank of Freeport. Iaane Bogenrief. Louis Haubach. Rollin Witt. Jas H. Sullivan. Wm Hamm. John Mayer. etc. Damages range from nominal to several hundred dollars. Proceedings show motions, withdrawals, appeals, and costs assessed as noted.
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Winnesheik Insurance Co
Adam Becker
Assumpsit
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Cochran
Same
Peter Antes
Neff
Remmer Ludwig
Nef
John G. Ulrich
Paiit
John Schlicker
George Snyder
A. D. Meacham
Meacham
Peter Mergens
David Walese
George Baker
James
John H. Herrick
Ezra A. Newton
Abraham N. Peisley
Crain
Bailey & Neff
James E. Tyler
Elias B. Stiles
Bennett
Ullman
Edsall
Eustace
Barge
Dixon
Chester K. Williams
Thomas H. McClure
Daniel O’kane
Crane
James Church
Michael Beam
Turner and Atkins
Joshua D. Fowler
David W. Osburn
Josiah G. Whitcomb
Illinois Central Railroad
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Frantz Poutzke
William Lucas
Wm. Lucas
Abrams & Shuler
Benjamin F. Dow
John W. Ford
Burchard
Barton & Barnum
The
Northern Illinois Coal and Iron Co
LaSalle
John Montelius
Chas. W. Fisk
Catharine Steffen
Orain
Luther K. Leigh
Israel Underwood Et al
Louis Haubach
Henry L. Troxel
Come
Rollin M. Witt
Robert Day
Replevin
Bright & Agney
Jas
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Wm. Hamm
Goodhue
Wm. Bonacher
John F. Mayer
Legal docket briefs from Freeport term court session
Proceedings list numerous assumpsit actions and appeals with multiple parties. Damages range from a few hundred dollars to several thousand, with several cases continued at costs or settled by agreement. Notable items include verdicts for plaintiffs, motions for new trials, and an eviction suit Rex.
Local clerks relocate to Kansas for farming venture
William Johnton, longtime clerk to Wm A Stevens, and his brother Arthur Johnston, both residents of this city, left by train for Kansas after purchasing a large tract of land about thirty miles from Kansas City. Billy received a handsome ring as a farewell gift from colleagues. Friends extend best wishes to the pair at their new home.
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William Johnton
Wm. A. Stevens
John B. Johnston
Kansas
Arthur
Kansas City
Billy
Obituary: Bansaurn L Porter dies at 34 in Freeport
An obituary from Freeport notes the death of Bansaurn L Porter at 34 from heart disease on April 25 1872. Born in Rutland Vermont November 27 1837 he lived in Kenosha Wisconsin before moving to Freeport in 1856. His remains were laid to rest on the following Sunday amid wide mour ning. Also listed is WM Henry Ditman aged 7 years 6 months who died April 27 1872 of cerebro spinal meningitis.
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Porter
Rutland
Vermont
Kenosha
Wis
Freeport
Henry Dirt-Man
J. F. Ditman
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