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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1881
Page
4
Local livestock news notes a promotion giving Kendall's Treatise on the Horse to every horse owner who prepaid their subscription. The book is described as a comprehensive guide to horse diseases, remedies, dosing, and dental engravings, plus recipes and more. Also, various local moves and family news items are reported.
Mr Walton buys in eastern markets for fall and winter trade. Mr Bartlett returns to Yale College New Haven to resume studies. Messrs Collmann Hettinger and Boyer return to Cornell University. Freeport Consistory holds convocation Wednesday at 7 30 pm. Miss Ella Stoskopf leaves for Welles College Aurora NY, escorted to Chicago. Mr Thomas Webster ill but hoped to recover soon. Wm Fiscus leaves farming near Baileyville for a fireman job on the C M & St P RR.
At a meeting of the First M E Church Society Freeport the Quarterly Conference adopted a respectful preamble and resolution lamenting the departure of Presiding Elder Rev J H W More. It lauds his straight forward zealous service and notes special regard from many warm friends locally. Peter S Lerch of Chicago visits town en route to Topeka for a dry goods position and is praised as a competent business man. The group also acknowledges Jo Daviess county fair with almost $1000 in premiums and details trotting race purses. Rev D J Burrell in Dubuque is highly admired amid renewed pleas for his staying and a potential parsonage purchase. A Milwaukee delegation visited to hear him preach and offered terms not accepted.
Mrs. J. Benson a popular local fancy goods dealer travels to Boston on Monday to purchase goods and visit New York and other Eastern cities, while Mrs. A. H. Morrill returns to Cedar Falls after a week with friends, accompanied by her aunt Mrs. Mullarkey. Fire department running company competed in Morrison with mixed results and possible judge bias mentioned.
Mr A I Barshinger of First National Bank and his wife depart for a three to four week trip visiting Chicago New York Philadelphia and parts of Pennsylvania. Meantime Musser’s Orangeville store nears occupancy with cornice work underway. Mrs Joslyn of Owego and Mrs May of Pennsylvania visit Dr J C Burbank’s family. Chicago Exposition opens with railroads offering reduced round trip tickets to attract travelers.
The passage portrays McPot ter berating Protexter for punishing Pinder after a confrontation. Pinder, described as drunk and abusive, deserved some punishment, while Potter sides with such nuisances, reflecting a partisan stance. The text hints at honor and shared sentiment within their circle.
Conductor D. E. Cross of the C M & St P halted a gang of tramps who seized an empty car near Mt Carroll. He used force to back his orders, flooring the first assailant and disabling the second who tried to draw a gun, recovering the weapon as the men fled.
The Ninth Annual Exhibition opens September 7 and closes October 22, 1881, showcasing Northwest audience worthy displays from the Institution with railroads offering low excursion rates. Buffalo Bill Cody appears at the Opera House with his Sioux entourage in a new drama, drawing large crowds and mixed reviews from Syracuse reporters on a vivid West carnival presentation.
The Synod of Northern Illinois will hold its next annual convention in Davis Stephenson county September 14 1881. A full attendance is requested. Nonmembers from distance please notify Pastor J A Beidler. The Woman's Synodical Home and Foreign Missionary Society will meet Thursday the 15th at 2 PM. J A Beidler president and B P Pean secretary.
The importance of proper attorneys to attend before the Patent Office is shown in the contest over telephone and other valuable inventions. Those who wish their cases carefully attended to should correspond with Presbrey and Green in Washington D C, sending a stamp for circular.
The theatrical company led by Messrs Lutyen and Clark performed a varied slate including Fanchon Camille and East Lynne with Miss Cartland as a leading artist and Mr Murray as a comedian. Attendance rose nightly with full houses for the last three shows and music by Nunn Brothers' Silver Cornet Band. Swartz Bros announce new wallpaper patterns at reduced prices.
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