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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1878
Page
4
Generous offer to pay arrears and 1.50 for a year until January 1st, 1870, for current and new subscribers to the Journal, touted as the district’s leading Republican paper. Rev Schmucker family convalescent. Sevita Mills agitated over Henry Baker’s death self-inflicted.
A jumble of small town items follows. Political pitch urges votes for Huchison for County Treasurer next Tuesday. An offhand social note at Germania Hall mocks village life. Church ladies plan a Zion Zion Church meeting at Mrs Hyde’s home tomorrow. Local tradesmen, a barber battle, and a sheriff sale on Stevenson Street are briefly noted along with sermons by Rev S B Tobias at Salem Church and local street macadamizing progress.
Jones teases Smith about his wife nearly dying then recovering and the glee of a burglar tale contrasts with a rosy, frosty night scene. The column notes weather, children, and an old man unable to explain the cheerful air as the magazine rambles about Christmas and storms.
Mr J McKee headed to Gainsville with a carload of top horses and mares not seen in years. The consignment includes several head of young short-horns bought from noted breeders such as Godfrey Vought and others. They are described as the best young short-horns ever shipped from Stephenson County.
A nearby town reports Company C has discontinued Friday evening drills as heavy work continues on the Rhine in cool weather. Messrs. Kercher and Garrison have bought out Martin Mayer, halting his many customer meetings. Last week O B Bidwell welcomed a daughter. An oyster supper was held by Third Presbyterian at Hettinger's Hall. Regular Excelsior Lodge No 97 A F and A M meets Thursday at 7:30. A stray lamb was cared for on upper Stephenson Street. An election for County Treasurer is set for Tuesday November 26. The Embury sociable featured declamation on Rome and others. A sermon on the Second Coming will appear next issue. A horse incident on Exchange Street caused damage to a passerby’s vehicle and the driver.
A sociable will be held in Temperance Hall on Wednesday evening to benefit the Sons of Temperance. Tea coffee cake and other refreshments will be served, and all interested in the cause are invited to attend.
Messrs. Stayer Burrell Porter Burch ard Hall and the editor who hunted waterfowl in Iowa last week came home Saturday with a large amount of game. They were hosted Monday evening at J. Hi. Staver's home to toast a Canada goose of mammoth proportions that had troubled them. After the feast, each man attempted to voice his view but was too full for utterance.
PERSONALs report Mr John Black long a resident of Freeport now in Salt Lake City visiting friends here. Mr Mrs C C Wilson returned from Amboy last Saturday evening. Messrs IxJohn Effert and rape attend the Grand Lodge session of Odd Fellows at Springfield. Dr K C DePuy, who left Freeport seven months ago, is back on his native heath and improving after a summer of ill health.
Bishop Thomas Bowman of Allentown Pennsylvania will preach Sunday morning at the Salem church and deliver an evening address. Evening services start at 6 and end at 7. The pastor C Schmucker extends a cordial invitation to all to attend this pleasant, homelike speaker event.
A 79 year old Lancaster township settler, Samuel Smith of Lancaster, Virginia, was struck by an eastbound passenger train three miles east of the city while tending a stray colt on the track. He died within minutes, leaving a legacy in Stephenson county and memories of a life begun May 26, 1799 in Rockingham County. The community extends condolences to his family as Church plans and local notices follow. The piece also notes Rev Dr Cooley’s first sermons as pastor of the First Baptist Church and includes Canton Illinois church resolutions upon his departure, plus a report on the original Beet Sugar Factory’s forthcoming season under Veiller Jayne & Co. with expansion plans and increased corn consumption.
Review notes that despite high quality singing and a fine harp solo by Alex Freygang, local concertgoers showed little enthusiasm for the Swedish Quartet. The piece praises American melodies and laments the limited audience, urging more support for high order entertainments.
Mrs G N Clark of Chicago has been invited by the Ladies' Literary Association of this city to deliver a lecture at Wilcoxon's Opera House next Tuesday evening November 26 on The Relative condition of the Women in France England and America. Admission 25 cents. Doors open 7:30, lecture at 8. No reserved seats.
A man attempting to board an eastbound freight at Rock Island was crushed, losing limbs. The Old Colony Railroad settles with victims and heirs from the Wallaston disaster, while the Ashtabula loss hits Take Shore Railroad. U S railroads 1877 gross earnings fall to 472,909,272, down 24,348,687 from 1876. Net earnings down 15,476,055. Dividends drop 8,488,356 with no dividends paid in eleven states as rate cuts persist.
The Stephenson County Sunday School Association will hold its annual convention in Freeport on Friday and Wednesday, December 4 and 5. A full attendance of Sunday School friends in the county is desired. J. F. Krleckner. A farmer from Elizabeth reports his wagon horses ran away on Stephenson street near G. W. Tandy’s residence injuring the occupants lightly. The wagon tongue broke and a horse was badly cut.
Correspondence from Brushcreek recalls the Nov 1 meeting where J J Shaffer served as president pro tempore, S R Pollock named president, Uriah Rubendall vice president, J N Wagner clerk, and J N Wagner recording secretary. Debates cover art versus nature and term limits for the president. A note from Henry Lee’s Singing Mice illustrates a canary and a mouse encounter with a Nicodemus serenade.
Opened 12000 dollars worth of new clothing offered at steep discounts from 65 to 75 cents on the dollar at Walton's. Sale highlights include broad selection and bargain prices aimed at clearing stock.
Burrell Bros offers selected Michigan Winter Apples at two dollars per barrel. Three barrel lots available for sale, advertised as a trade promotion from 110 address.
Forp Kose and Co advertise a selection described as the finest German accordions violins stars and Padua violin and guitar strings, offered at unusually low prices in Freepo. The firm markets novelty instruments and strings to attract bargain buyers.
Freeport Illinois October 30 1876 C C Best former Presiding Elder M E Church writes to E M Tusas & Co praising King’s Vegetable Ambrosia after years of use. He and Mrs Best claim it gives perfect satisfaction and will continue using the remedy.
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