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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1872
Page
4
No horee disease in Freeport, plan to draw crowds with Opera House shows Thursday and Friday. News notes include potato prices in Galena, advertising for wood and potatoes, and local events. Also mentions Amateurs and Young America Brass Band performances, a political canvass, and cautions about horse disease and domestic animal controls amid cold winds.
The Stephenson County Board of Supervisors met at Freeport Court House on November 6 1872 with Hon. James S. Taggart presiding. The record covers railroad crossing reports by County Surveyor Samuel J. Dodds and others from the Western Union and Chicago and North Western lines, proposed highway changes, bridge sufficiency notes, and committee actions on claims salaries janitor, election officers, and assessments.
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