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Newspaper
Freeport Republican
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1881
Page
2
President Garfield died at El Heron New Jersey on September 19 1881 at 10 35 pm. The public mourns nationwide as the nation braces for funeral plans. Remains will be moved to Washington then Cleveland for the funeral next Monday with obituary and autopsy reports promised in a later column.
The Mrs Garfield fund reached the sum of $244,856 on Wednesday evening and will doubtless be materially increased as efforts continue.
The text contends Mississippi and Trinvis were admitted to the Union in the same year, yet claims Mississippi lags fifty years behind Illinois. It argues that the entire state of Mississippi would not fetch as much money as the city of Chicago alone.
A reported remark from Little Rich on the election of officers by the Stephenson County Soldiers and Sailors Union Association. He quips that the phrase President means them and adds a playful compliment to a companion.
Congress may consider a winter bill to grant all honorably discharged soldiers confined in Confederate prisons six months or more a pension of eight dollars monthly plus one dollar for each year beyond six months. The measure aims at justice for health losses from imprisonment.
The aggregate number of convicts employed at skilled labor in United States penal institutions is 17 084 distributed as follows: To making agricultural implements 602 boots and shoes 0 58 carriages and wagons 4 251 clothing 2 252 furniture 2 884 Tron goods 51M. Many convicts earn mere cents a day under the contract system, prompting complaints that it undercuts harvest labor and corrupts wages.
A historical note recalls economic shifts from deflation to rising real estate and living costs, including drought driven price hikes for produce. It describes the President’s bed on a Washington to Long Branch train trip, arranged as a buckboard style wagon with cushions and a cushioned box bed, deemed gentler than springs by surgeons.
The Postmaster General told the President at Long Branch that cutting route frauds will save about 81.5 million annually. A sample saving of 27 thousand on the Shreveport to Red River Landing route is cited as proof of ongoing trenchment.
The piece discusses a likely proclamation by President Arthur to convene the Senate in extraordinary session, a possible choice of a President pro tempore, and the constitutional line of succession after Arthur's death. It also notes Democrats aiming to organize the Senate before admitting New York Senators and retaining David Davis’s likely Democratic votes to tilt control 38 to 38 with the presiding vote deciding.
President Arthur took the oath in New York City and again in Washington with the Cabinet and Supreme Court. He delivered an inaugural address pledging to pursue measures to correct abuses, promote economy, and ensure prosperity and security, honoring his predecessor Garfield. He asked Cabinet members to remain in place and anticipated no extra session, though a possible extraordinary Senate session was mentioned.
A Chicago Republican convention named Chester A. Arthur of New York as a candidate for vice president, signaling a strategic choice in the party’s ticket.
Ohio candidate Garfield is referenced as future President and successor to Chester A. Arthur. The note from Governor Cullom to Arthur expresses condolences and pledges Republican support, praising Garfield’s expected administration and the national transition.
A letter from Brena Vista notes thrifty corn fields and light hog crops this year with disappointing yields per acre for small grain. It mentions a newborn daughter to George Bolander, Isaac Hage back at the flouring mill, praise for Jerret's flour, and the paper’s name change to Knrecorican. The writer cites cool weather, a fall fishing outlook, and calls for a cordial meeting with the editor. It ends with praise of the paper and remarks on local figures and Exposition plans in Chicago.
The annual meeting of the Stephenson County Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Reunion Association faced heavy rain that disrupted events. General Logan could not attend, and Freeport Post of the Grand Army led a procession to Armory Hall where Captain Thamus B. Jones delivered a long address on national ideals and the legacy of veterans.
A veteran reunion honors Civil War soldiers and widows, recounting 1862 struggles to end slavery, praising Lincoln, and welcoming maimed, imprisoned, and fallen comrades. The gathering notes local regiments, over 3,000 troops, 700 names on the monument, and honors officers and guests while reflecting on duty, sacrifice, and liberty.
A diary style account describes long marches from Springfield to Camp Hardin then to Thebes, where a river ferry and skirmishes with Rebels are noted. The narrator mentions Civil War era actions, picket duty, river transport, and night marches toward potential engagement, with Lt Wallace and Col. Wallace referenced in command.
A fragmented report recalls a cold dawn march toward a wide swamp where a unit formed around a leader named Hoye, described as a jay at Tri, reflecting a distant military context and sparse details.
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