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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1867
Page
4
A column admonishes residents to forego foreign purchases and spend locally. It argues that domestic prices match or beat imported goods because local merchants buy wholesale, reduce transport costs, and support local enterprise, warning that widespread abroad buying would ruin local industry and prosperity.
The Peoria Transcript urges readers to prepare for possible cholera resurgence with emphasis on cleanliness. It argues against complacency, noting last year’s sudden outbreak near the West and the city’s narrow escape. Citizens should proactively improve alleys, backyards, outhouses, and filth depots rather than wait for enforcement.
The piece argues dull times in crops and trade will ease with patience. It claims reduced profiteering and a shift of work toward producers. It laments urban dependence and praises farmer independence as a balance to commerce.
The Freeport council met with Mayor presiding and members including Alds. Lutlip Waddell Gurrier Belyaor Jgrohn Bergtan Bartlett. Petitions to remove obstructions on Winchester Street and Chippewa Street were referred to streets committees. Grade and sidewalks for Jackson street approved. Clay Street opening referred. Ordinance to prohibit night running of horses passed. Various sidewalk orders and liquor license transfers approved. Reports from officers accepted. Plan to extend fire limits rejected. Market Street renamed Lincoln Avenue recommended. Numerous bills allowed and taxes pursued. Adjourned to May 8, 1867.
Recent rains have swollen streams and rivers hereabouts. A team of young horses attempting to cross the fords on the poor house road near Yellow Creek were drowned despite efforts to save them. The owner could not be ascertained.
From S widay s Daily yesterday morning while grooming a horse Mr Wallace Lighthart received a kick that knocked him senseless but caused no serious injuries. The animal struck him under the chin and we congratulate him on his narrow escape from a potentially serious matter.
The season opened at Freeport Driving Park with a half mile trot between Kenogg's bay Old Abe and Ohl's brown stallion Come Chief. Come Chief won in 1 23 amid heavy track and many spectators including several ladies. The report also notes grading on the State Road between Union and Summit Streets to improve water drainage and prevent future nuisance.
Fragmentary report states Mr R fas Lane reached home in safety after illness with incomplete recovery. Details unclear due to damaged text.
From Monday's Deity. F% Mra Colby on Saturday presented five stems of rhubarb or plant whose aggregate weight was Awe pounds averaging a pound ten per stalk. This is the best specimen of the kind this season. The variety and cause of growth are unknown. Can anyone beat it.
The report notes several bad spots in the crossings at the intersection of Addams and Stephenson and at Addams and Bridge streets requiring immediate attention.
Ja Stove pipe hats are all the rage in town just now. We know of at least three young men who appeared yesterday under Chamberlain's host, hardly recognized by friends on the street in consequence.
Rev. John W. Clark formerly of Rochester New York officiated in the Episcopal church yesterday in both morning and evening services. He returns to Quincy where he is presently settled this morning.
The County Bible Society held a meeting last Friday and moved the annual meeting in this city from July 28 to Sunday August 5. Members were informed of the new date and the change approved at the session.
The common council at a special meeting Friday evening decided to macadamize Addins Street from Bridge to Carroll streets. The action is welcomed as the street has been impassable in certain seasons and the improvement should raise property values for Gartol Street holders if extended to the State road.
Last evening a disturbance occurred on the Galena and Obidago streets where several intoxicated men fought after leaving Western Gardens. Policeman Sallada intervened as combatants pummeled each other before being arrested and confined at the Hotel de Robey, where they remain under guard.
Mr John Baker, once a local resident now farming in the southern part of the state, sent cherries and peaches from his trees. The cherries are fully half grown and the peaches about chestnut size, suggesting a more advanced season elsewhere despite a backward one locally.
The Western Gardens welcomed the public yesterday for the first time this season with good weather and a large crowd. Patrons drank lager beer heavily, yet the event ended in a general row. The cause and final results are not known.
Tuesday's Daily reports Mr. Hunt of Ridott found two peat samples on Mr. White's premises. The peat shows potential as fuel when pressed and dried. The bed covers about fifty acres, with large county deposits possible, and no substantial testing or market development yet undertaken.
Mr Ira Babcock presented plans and elevation for a new residence supervised by him for Mr Jere mish Pattison. Geo Barton of the town is the architect. The house will be two stories with a wing, a large hall, parlors, dining and family rooms, six chambers on the upper floor, and numerous closets and baths. It will front west on Pattison’s hilltop lot and offer a fine prospect, with cost not learned.
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