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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1873
Page
4
The article notes that every Liberal candidate for office in Maine was defeated at the late election. It also mentions the Chicago fire a year past, and various local civic notes about Freeport and Amboy campaigns, storms, and shipping losses.
Wm. A. Bigler sold his fixtures to M. V. B. Elson of Peoria and moved his stock to Chicago. Elson opens a jewelry store in the Tribune building opposite the Opera House. He will offer repairs and a full stock of jewelry watches and clocks.
Mr. W. L. Beebe drove a carload of his fine blooded stock to Elkhorn Wisconsin and won 41 of 90 premiums offered for Durhams. The fair drew heavy stock from several carloads that had already attended the State Fair in Milwaukee. The event was a great success and Beebe’s triumph over Wisconsin stock is congratulated.
A grand Fair and Festival to aid the new German Church now under construction will run the evenings of October 15 to 18 at Hettinger’s Hall. Season-ticket holders may win valuable prizes. Congregation societies prepared diverse fancy works and St Joseph’s school children will display tapestries. Suits will be served each evening at low prices inviting townsfolk to attend.
A teachers drill will be held at Orangeville beginning Monday October 14 at 10 o clock and continue for five days. I F Kuschner, Co Superintendant urges full attendance.
The Stephenson County Teachers Institute will convene in Freeport on October 22, 1872 and remain in session four days. Doctors Sewall and Edwards from the State Normal University will be present during the session. Details will be announced next week by I F Krechner County Superintendent.
Judges of Election in Illinois must continue registering voters in their districts under the registry law of 1865. The 1872 act repeals earlier statutes only up to 1861 and preserves the 1865 registry. County Clerks will provide the necessary blanks for registration as before.
Gen. D. Atkins of Freeport addressed a Rock Falls audience last Wednesday evening. He is regarded as one of the state’s best speakers and presented forceful, clear arguments defending Grant and the Administration against Democratic and Dolly Varden charges. His remarks provoked frequent applause, and after he spoke Mr. J. A. Patterson was pressed to reply, delivering twenty minutes and saying less than any man in that time.
Mr Dinsmore the man who thinks he is running for Congress arrived in Rock Falls last Tuesday with many books papers and documents to address the people and explain why they were Democrats or Dolly Vardens but found no interest or suitable place and apparently none knew of his plan.
Nassy I N Richardson & Company of Boston announce an illustrated Nasby collection by Petroleum V Nasby. It compiles twelve years of Nasby writings with Nast illustrations, promising rich humor satire and witty reading from a premier era.
A. V. Richards of Richards House Warren plans a short surveying trip with his family to Omaha for a small survey of twenty square miles of land within an Indian reservation in Nebraska about one hundred miles west of Omaha. Afterward he will return and in spring begin a $22,000 project surveying Wyoming territory's southern boundary.
The New York Times reports William Wershell Allen of Whiteside county has passed the Annapolis examination and earned appointment as a cadet midshipman in the navy.
The Fox River Press, serving the Aurora and Greeley communities, has peacefully ceased operations and released its staff. No further issues announced as the local organ ends its publication.
Mrs Lacey L Dake born August 11 1880 in St Lawrence Co New York died September 19 1872 at about nine o'clock last Thursday evening aged forty two years one month eight days She joined the M E Church in youth and was esteemed for her piety and gentleness She left a husband two sons and two daughters and survived by four sisters and three brothers Her life combined art taste and charity while active church leadership and kindness marked her days in Oregon Illinois pastor J H Auuxie notes her patience in suffering and hope of heaven
Real estate reports list sales in Freeport and nearby towns for the past month. Buyers include Cronkrite, Bangassar, Marshall, Vautzmeier, Mourey, Van Slooten, Garrett, Plowman, Pattison, Scovill, Coates, Perry, and Mammosser. Properties span lots, half sections, and parcels in Freeport, Erin, See, Oneco, Florence, Kent, Silver Creek, and Knowlton’s additions, with prices from 708 to 3600 dollars. The firm touts its complete abstract books and offers abstracts, deeds, mortgages, and land office services.
Six Democratic papers in Delaware express a range of stances on Greeley. One opposes him, another rejects naming him or backing his election, a third prints the ticket but offers no endorsement, and only one paper has publicly supported him, now for sale. The coverage mirrors Vermont style enthusiasm for the nomination in Delaware.
Republican meetings will be held in the evening at listed times and places with speakers addressing current political issues. All are invited to attend.
Hon. H. C. Burchard candidate for Congress and Hon. James S. Cochran with Col. Jacob R. Harding will address crowds at multiple towns in October 1872. Stops include Orangeville, Florence, Freeport, Rock Grove, Winslow, Dakota, Yellow Creek, Lena, Ridott, and Lancaster area venues with dates from Oct 11 to Oct 28.
Gen S D Atkins will speak at Waddams Center Wednesday evening October 16 1872. Eleroy Thursday evening October 17 1872. Additional appointments to be announced. Other speakers will engage in the canvass.
Last Wednesday night burglars entered the home of Wm Boyd seven miles northwest of town, stole a purse and about 85 dollars remained, and also rifled Jesse Shouch’s pants pocket for 6.75. No clue yet. Readers urged to be wary as robberies rise. The Lutheran Church under construction nears completion with an impressive steeple, promising to be the town’s largest and finest.
A leaked 1872 note from Fresport reports Greeleyites push for a large evening gathering on October 9 in Freeport to outdo a prior September 17 fizzle. The Secretary urges volunteers to stay in the city and assemble at 6 PM to form a line of 800 to 1,000 with banners lanterns and transparencies.
A Virginia newspaper letter assails the so called reform movement linking it to the Confederacy. It cites Trumbull Schurz Keerner Gratz Brown and Horace Greeley and accuses them of softening on rebellion and seeking to restore states’ rights. Attacks on Greeley stoke fears of renewed secession and warn loyalists against backing the reform platform.
The act prohibits owners of horses mules sheep goats and hogs from letting these animals run at large in any county after October first, 1874. It outlines penalties of fines to the common school fund and details county petition and election procedures to permit or prohibit running at large by petition, notices, separate ballot boxes, and majority votes.
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