, 1874-08-08
What "Aaron About" Saw
There.
history Of lilo Tqyn Ills E3rcatisnal
Institutions anil El:si.!vas.
Houses.
1tcsnlts Of tho Te1npernncc~Cru-
sado -.~ Congressional
Candidates.


advantages OF plantng sllados about t,oir awc,l-
tngu. Tho town has rcgulur ctoea-slroota, aud
graded wallis and roaaa bfnny Of the private
residences wonld compare fayoral,ly With tl,oso
h tho Lozt-built cities, md euvorat Of tho public
tdltlccs nro largo and imposing. Tho pubIlc
elounln aro we'll laid ont. md tho parks are tino
for ~ ssnall placo. Gacsbnrg muat hnyo fow
Il aug fat poope, however, Al observed
tln cutrancca to tho purta md public
Buildings wcrc guarded by posts sot In
tic ground nt odd at.l oven distances, ant1, OIL
trying to paas through, your correspondent
{trud them outiroly too close togothor to allow
hm to cntor. II Judge Baldwin, Of Iowa, or
Iavis, of the Supreme Court, over Ind a caso to
lnar Leso, they would be obliged to cutdowu tho
.tos pins uaod for gates, Or hear 1t iu tho open
lRteot.
Galcsburg is not a now town. Tho aott1omont
WA begun In 1886, by
QEOndE r. GALE,
20 nininter, who bought 1000 acres of land and
:1ai1 out town in tho centro OF tho tract. uo
eoltl OIL lots and farms at slight advance ovor
coat, rcserving tho profits to found college,
Tho surplus tuB accrued WIS to DO SIC, 900, SUI
Acient, lo then thought 10 eudow tho college.
Tho tirst buildings were put up in 1887, md IN
Them y school oponed, since kuown all over the
West 10 Knox College.
III 1850, up to which timo Galosburg was dead
tom, railway -entorprlscs began, aud rea! ostato
Jaldy rose in value. The endowment Of Knox
Caego was increased from $4,000 to ovor $780,
D0'; and tic next year {t851) the friends of odn-
eaion, mindful Of thoir duty and grateful for
tlelr B,lcceKs. established Lombard University,
sller tllo auspices of tho UnlycrsnliAt tcnomina-
tiol. 1twna nnnad III honor Of Benjamin Lou1-
baM, a citizen Of Chicago.
IL 1867 Galoaburg began
ITa INCORPORATED LIFE,
witl II. H. Snndorson ns its rgt Mayor. It is aln-
a,cessars to folow tho history Of tho city in de-
tail Suffice It to say, it grew steadily, il not
rardly. Fortifteon yeara bitter war was wagod
beHeon Galosburg and Knoxville, n town mslcs
disaut, ns to which should DO tho couuty.neat of
fria,ta guarrclcd with each other, and, in one or
twoiustunces, oYon families woro divided and
mao enemies by tho question Of the county
BeM In 1871 tho matter was finally decided 6y
p general vote Of tue people Of the county, and
Ga'shurg fixed upon MS tho sliro-town Of knox
Covnty.
MIST poop1o will remember tho famous coso Of
'"Ito People against john Marion aE osborne."
Mathews, noar Yates City, in 1872. Tho caso
Taa dle first tried hero attor tho removal Of the
co'1n1c-seat, ant attracted tho attention or tho
whole country. Tho Court Tas held in tho
Opera HouBo. in February, 1878. md over 5000
strangers viAited the city during the trinl, and
attended OF. tho sttings Of tho Court Osborne,
it will ht remembered, wasconyictcd Of the n.uy-
der. aud executed at Knoxville, March Is, 1878.
Tho o1citomont produced by this trial was i'll
tonao, aud tho interest WIS enhanced by tie pub
Ncation Of a sennatiot.al pamphlets entitled,
"1ho Murdered Wives" which had wido cirou-
1ation and sale.
GalcBDurg ism
CuAcluEHADLB NA1LnoAn-UENTRE,
over 400 mics Of rull crossing Mt this point. The
Chicago burlington l. Quincy Road ut present
pwns all the roads connected with tho city. Tho
O1RHf rttyr NJ 1tH ttt
tbo ity alone Ii valued nt <s400, 600. The busi-
nessof tho vartous roads hero nGgrcgatos 3100,-
600 Ter a,ln,l,n. Tho Burlington & Quincy shops
arc heated hero, md employ 4Do1non, besides
tlle 15D or 200 TINT l71n OIL the trains, most of
w1son lAy of Mt Galesburg.
K,px College WAS founded rs before stated,
i'll 1b:7. Tho buildings substantial but not
grand mud the courae Of study MINIS rather at
1u!o seems to be, Study vol what you do
Study" ind to avoid Hinattorng oducatioIl,-a
practro loo ofton permitted III those lattor days
by American colleges.
1hTe IL a Fcmale Seminary near tho College,
which IL highly. spoken OF, and III Which tno
coltrst Of learning extends over four years.
Lombard University iH q ilnn-sectntiai inatitn-
tion Il which the pupil III well educated, ald Lett
fres . follow whatever religious doctrines lis
conHcbuco and mature judgment may dictate.
Tho Min building ~ ahrce stories high, 80 foot
long, tlid CG feet wide.
Thee nro humorous
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS
in ndaNabnrg. and no town iu Hnus las greater
edncatonal advantages. Many parents who arc
q blo td do 40 would find it pleasant to come
Lo, u aid reside during tho tiMe their daughters
and stnA need to attend school. They could
then l. NO thom directly under their own s,1pur-
y;s;cn' .ud need not fear but they would acquire
na sodu education IL IL tue institutions Of Gales.
tou rraJes, 'uA huyo experienced teachers. Tho
most s,,;stapt VI publc-sohool building is located
citH Hand II
1ccomnndate ESQ pupils. There Rrc also first
clars VIVID schools TI,r the accommodation Of 300
pu!lls, ND othor bu.No:ngs 10 different parts Of
tie city, sllsro GOO onn tc educated.
GnlcsbuE lss . line Asis{ng-pask, WITH mile
truck, aid stalls for lb0 horses. Many fli$t-
claBs hofss nEe constantly Gn tland, md tl!a
trnstluE ou the oourBo Ina bcen exceptionally
good.
THE SEwRpArENs
published In tho pnco aro the daily and weekly
1tt.,uOt.u.n Iieytsts:, daily and weekly I;ys
Press, .ul weekly Republic. Or thcso tin
Rcpnol;Hm Register Is an elglt-pago paper, and
Republican im politics. It in o consolidated
OF Which Geolgo Y. Datsiec!s is Freeit.ont. Tho
daily aud wcehly Irs Press hayo not soon.
but It liz lie oldest paper In tho city. and edited
by Gen. s. M. DarHeS, all experienced and ablo
Journalist. Tho Relntb|ic is u weekly, four-pago
.paper will excellent typo, md tho copy heforo
mo is oil excellont sample, Of what weekly
country Newspaper ahould bo. Tho odltor III
.Julson Graves.
atn aoppng at tho Railroad HouHo; Int
saw, in riding over town to-day, ono 1no-}ooki1lg
llotol caltl the "Unipn." II tho inside Ia aH
vol keptaH tho hnlding Ia Bllowy, it must III
<loed bo n.ost desirable place to live. II. ".
Boldon il ille proprietor.
1tusiNEss-nnusEs ...-
snw 4 largo Iru;y-eutabl!shsnont, owned by D.
Greencaf; u Eanufactory, carried on by i. r.
Frost; u otM-planter-worka, by George ".
Drawn; Tho Novelty sti'!a, by Tyford 4 rryne;
Photographic establishment, byX =. Mcalillen;
livery, by D. ", Bradshaw stoyo-aEd-tin-
watc.iot.se, by Call1ins Wilkina; 4 watol!-alNl-
jcwolry-llo,Ho, by D. u. Dickson; q drug-loase,
by N. 4. johnson; dry.gootlB-horso, by George
4 Murdoch; a Aas-al- -lur-cBtahlshme hy
Bpear i.o,hora; q Thermal Company, by Dr.
lean; Observation-Disclosures by Van6chaacl
!. IIowOrth'; wholesale book-liouAe, by Groao Il
i yer; np agtcu!tu,a! warehouse, BY Otis Jones;
4 eus-anl-L!!na-f factory, by Dsa4bary 4 McOa,-
cr +, boot-and. shoe -hollAe, ly ]. 0f. Egan;
air, xuodsi.lactory, by II. 1lolconb; ilonring
IT. IT. BY Iicizar Il Isul!a, grocer. establish
ls' 3ans' BY Drudloy 4 Conger; buokLilidory, by ).
+ ~, Yip; harlwaroatoro, BY Z. J. Nrockin-
d Jro: M dr1.goods-honHo; by John .. Cotton;
neStl,,ne mijactory, by JolnBon j. Brother;
nor-nnd .tjjnl faotoi3, by Jamoa callonder;. u