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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1873
Page
4
The Fresfort JOURNAL highlights seasonal commerce with strawberries and new buildings on Galena street while noting the circus season, church progress, and local notices. It mentions railroads, court activity, and social quirks including wedding gifts and a flirtation with fashion.
Mr. R. Pelck overhauls his building beside the Journal Block. Fulton Lena and Pecatonica elect officers favorable to liquor licenses. Saturday evening was charming. Streets crowded with people. Mr. Homer Knowlton to enter Chicago insurance business. Rutt of Adair Register visits. Iowa Editorial Convention plans Salt Lake excursion from Mount Pleasant on June 18. Greeley campaign jitters. Democrats at Winslow react to Greeley nomination. Western Union River bridge strengthened. Col Turner moves to Chicago. Runaway team hits eggs on Stephenson street. W. N. Penfield debated Lakeside Monthly on lying. Ode to Spring by John Phenix in Freeport Journal. F J Upton visits from Star Wagon Company Cedar Rapids. Dr Mease begins cholera series. Cholera expected this summer. articles anticipated to interest readers.
A farmer consoles neighbor Jones over the death of a son described as a “monstrous eater.” The bereaved man notes the son died in seeding time after a rheumatic winter. Separately, a spirited runaway occurs when Jno Gochenour’s team near Wise’s warehouse bolts past, hits a lamp post, injuring a horse and damaging the wagon.
The Rev. A. P. Houpt reports moving from the county to Blairstown Iowa. He and his wife arrived last Saturday evening and are cheerful about the new settlement. Blairstown is described as thrifty on the Chicago & North-Western Railroad about 106 miles from Clinton.
The Freeport Zouaves held their first campaign meeting last Monday with a large turnout and optimism that the company will grow. Planned excursions include Madison on July 4, the Army of the Tennessee reunion, Springfield Illinois, and the Lincoln Monument dedication, signed Success Zous.
Mr Godfrey Vought, an extensive stock raiser near Baileyville Illinois, says a mix of eight bushels of fine slaked lime and one barrel of salt in a box with a three inch aperture keeps hogs fed. The box sits on a platform and is covered to prevent waste, allowing hogs to root and eat as needed. QUONDAM.
A long narrative frames the origin of cholera as a historical and biblical voyage from Arabia to Hindostan. It places the pestilence in Idumamea near Kadesh Barnea and Mount Seir, tracing routes through Bagdad, Shiraz, Beloochistan, and the Indus delta, citing Mohammedan pilgrims and ancient geography, with reflections on prophetic history and grand landscapes.
The Illinois Central reduced the Chicago to Lena freight tariff to twenty five cents for first class and twenty cents for second class freight, reflecting a lower shipping rate.
The news of Horace Greeley's nomination unsettles Freeport Democrats. Some swear, others storm, while many liberal factions are hard to find after the announcement.
A Monday opening at Charley Strohacker's saloon led to a free fight as epithets and beer glasses flew, chairs were used as clubs, and a general melee erupted with lights dimmed and participants knocked down.
Real estate sales reported for the past month list numerous transfers from John W. Kline to Philip Jung in West Point for 2200, Julia A. Crane to Abner Hayes for 20 acres in Waddamia at 800, Wm. W. Curtiss to F. D. Holley for 40 acres in Kent at 1400, and many others across Freeport Lena Erin Ridott Oneco Loran Wadams Florence Kent Kent and Nebraska Add. values range from 400 to 8600 with numerous parcels including 120 and 80 acre tracts and assorted lots and blocks.
During Thursday practice a conducting pipe burst near the Torrent engine causing severe damage and drenching all firemen. One firefighter sustained a minor cut to the head from a brake stroke.
The Cincinnati Convention's nomination of Horace Greeley to the presidency is treated as a season’s best joke. In hotels, restaurants, coffee houses, and streets, Greeley’s name is on everyone’s lips while critics claim a staged move by Liberal rivals.
Aurore May 6 reports an injunction blocks passenger service on the Chicago and Iowa Railroad between Chicago and Dubuque via Aurora. The suit cites contracts and alleged exclusive rights claims by the Northwestern relation to Dunleith and Freeport, with Illinois Central barred from west of Freeport.
The spring time changes for railroad running times from Chicago to the Northwest will vary little. Efforts seek to convert the Rockaway to the Freeport accommodation, bringing trains into the city early and reaching by nine or ten in the evening. Notable conductors like Mr. Z M Hibbard of Freeport, with a 486,880 mile career, are highlighted for his unbroken safety record. A Gazette item notes long tenures of many Northwest line staff across Omah Passengers and related crews, praising their fidelity and efficiency and asserting there is no finer group of conductors on the Chicago & Northwestern.
Winter lingers as spring approaches and farmers hurry to bring produce to market. Local grain merchants report light activity while agricultural implements, especially sulky plows and the Mant cultivator, sell well. Lena supports two carriage builders, Balco and Long, amid quiet political chatter and church notices including calls for a pastor and a Luthern congregation professor departure. Social dances raise funds for church, with about 180 tickets sold.
The Board of Supervisors of Weott County has voted a reward of 4300 for conviction of every horse thief who steals a horse in that county.
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