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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1887
Page
1
The item lists one year subscription terms with 10 cent postage outside Marshall County and notes Feb 10 1887. It reports the C R I P rail line building west of the Missouri river plans for fifteen passenger coaches several smoking and baggage cars and 1800 freight cars. Twenty new locomotives have been ordered.
A bill is filed in federal court against I. J. I. and the old Kankakee railroad to set aside the sale that foreclosed and gave L. I. & I. current title to most or all of the railroad right of way questioned in the suit.
The Illinois Supreme Court holds that the University at Normal is not owned by the state. In 1885 the legislature declared title to the land vested in Julia Bakewell, but the State Board of Education refused possession.
The Chicago Herald reports the Chicago Santa Fe and California railroad offices in the Rialto building are being fitted up and will soon open. Regular through trains on the transcontinental route are expected to start around January 1, 1888 as engines of the old Chicago and St. Louis line are relettered to Santa Fe Route.
The auditor lists July 1 1886 indebtedness for Marshall county towns led by Lacon city at 85000 and Hopewell at 6800 with others including Henry city 21000 and Roberts 10000. Rail road debt shows Evans township Ottawa Fox River Valley 40000 and Lacon Hamilton Lacon Eastern 60000 as major items.
Articles of incorporation for the Jolicat and Peoria railroad have been filed in Ottawa. The capital is $2,000,000, with Chicago parties as incorporators. The project’s purpose is unclear, with speculation it mirrors Santa Fe entry into Peoria or acts as a speculative maneuver to secure right of way over rival lines.
Marshall County logged 253 births in 1886 all white, 128 males and 125 females. Monthly totals ranged from 15 to 80 with a December spike of 80. Accreditations list several towns and counties with counts, while nationality shows 165 American, 48 German, plus other groups. Three pairs of twins, one illegitimate birth, and no stillbirths noted. County clerk J. C. Law provided the figures for 1888.
Congressman Paysom warned the Hennepin canal measure faces a death knell, blaming the era’s lack of nerve among mayors and congressmen for failure to include canal funding in river and harbor bills. He claims he voted against the bill for two years over this issue, calling on Hennepin supporters to show resolve. Geneseo Republic endorses his stance.
The next annual reunion of the Soldiers and Sailors Association of the Military Tract will be decided at a meeting of Iaid association officers at Harper House Rock Island at 11 o'clock a.m. on Wednesday February 15 Delegations from cities or towns wishing to host the reunion will present their claims The committee includes the commander senior and junior vice commanders surgeon chaplain quartermaster officer of the day and Inspecting officer The association covers honorably discharged Union soldiers and sailors in Adams Brown Bureau Calhoun Fulton Hancock Henderson Henry Knox Marshall McDonough Mercer Peoria Pike Putnam Rock Island Schuyler Stark and Warren counties
Washington letters recap a busy week with the National Woman's Rights Association and the WCTU in convention, Frances Willard's leadership, and renewed hopes after 16 senators backed a constitutional amendment. Chief figures include Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Mrs Wallace, Gen Lew Wallace, and President Cleveland. Debates cover Utah disfranchisement, railroad attorney prohibitions, and offshore fishing tensions with Eastport and Middleto n.
The Marshall County Temperance Union met in Lacon on February 8 1887. President A H Gaston chaired, with prayers by A L Lockett. D Mc Culloch gave the address. Officers elected for the coming year include executive committee members such as A H Gaston, A Porter Webber Jas 1 Roat Steuben Joseph Pilacher Mrs Watt R G Williams and others from La Prairie Whitefield Jasper W Brown Saratoga Lacon Richland and Evays among listed names.
List of officers delegates and alternates for a Marshall County Temperance Union meeting to be held in Springfield February 17 1887. Secretary A C Price ordered to publish full member list and the proceedings. Resolutions condemn murder of Rev Haddock Sioux City Iowa urge prosecution and support Citizen’s League. executive committee to form county leagues.
The Maron News reports T N Leavitt and F M Smith, both longtime agents for Aultman & Taylor engines and threshers, earned one of three gold watches in the companys nationwide sales contest. Leavitt, noted as the machinery deacon, celebrated the achievement as Marion takes pride in the local success and the timekeeping gift.
A local reader describes Orchard and Journal at Little Silver New Jersey as original and independent, written by fruit growers, with truthful text and illustrated content. Lovett's Guide to Fruit Culture priced at 10 cents with mail order options, 70 pages, chromo cover, plates, mailed free pamphlets.
Citizens of Henry are excited by reports that friends deemed incurable by physicians have been cured of consumption using Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption. It is touted as a remedy for throat and lung diseases. Trial bottle free at Dr Powell's drug store. large bottles $1.
A fire last Tuesday wiped out the Minooka business block between Morris and Joliet, home to 14 buildings with nearly all goods lost. Only A. K. Knapp's elevator and one or two other structures survived. Estimated loss runs about 80000 with small insurance.
A compact reminiscence of the original Grant brothers who inspired Dickens characters the Cheeryble Brothers. Tales recount their benevolence and shrewd wit at a 1858 dinner with W Harrison Ainsworth, including a parson’s sovereign and a gin and water bargain that left the worker sober and paid.
A Chicago Herald excerpt argues parents must uphold high standards of principle as children grow. It urges personal guidance, allowances for individual tastes, and responsible independence, warning that children later judge their parents. The piece contrasts parental restraint with youthful exploration and ends with a light note from French Fun.
In XInana Illinois and Low Robert B Ennis and others sue Plymouth Kankakee and Pacific and Indiana Illinois and Iowa railroads in a United States circuit Court to set aside a June 2 1877 foreclosure sale under an $8 670000 mortgage with only $53145 due. Cushman bought the road for 400000 for bondholders, a 1881 sale was confirmed, and the Indiang Illinois and Iowa road later formed with Cushman as secretary and J D Harvey as president. The bill claims conveyance and sale were tainted by legal irregularities and seeks to order sale of the road for bondholders. The road valued at about 800000.
A 19th century advertisement highlights growing baby carriages and Tuburg Manufacturing Co offerings. It promotes the Automatic Coach Brake included with carriages, invites requests for a catalog, and extols Wide Awake magazine as a rich family reading source with a Dec issue of about a hundred pages. Lothrop & Co. Publishers, Boston.
W D Hoyt and Company of Rome Georgia reports strong sales of Dr King’s New Discovery Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. They claim many cures in the city including cases of consumption improved with a few bottles. Sold by Dr Powell.
An exchange blames poor lamp care for dull smoky flames. It advises keeping burners bright, as darkened metal absorbs more heat. Boil burners monthly in soapy washing soda water, rinse in soda soap water, then dry thoroughly before fitting a wick.
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