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Newspaper
Badger State
Location
Portage, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1859
Page
2
A Wisconsin state party quarrels over the timing of the presidential primary and calls for an early convention before mid July. The piece rails at “contemptible” tactics, questions grand jury reform, and contrasts state and national approaches while urging legislative action and unity within the party.
Four days after European turmoil, reports warn war likely. Austria presses Sardinia over disarmament with a ready manifesto for declaration. Britain protestsVienna’s stance while 80,000 more troops are said to be mobilized. In Wisconsin politics, a split Republican field seeks nominees for governor and secretary of state as factions slug through Madison maneuvering.
The Madison Journal reports a judicial election with Paine leading by 239 in one set of counties, and an overall majority that rises when four counties are excluded. It notes total votes of 117,280 excluding those four counties, compares to 110,535 in 1950, and mentions secretary of state notices to county clerks for tax and assessment statistics under chapter 16, with penalties for noncompliance. The text also hints at valuation-based assessment rules and a stray arrival mention of goods.
Railroads lower fares will aid Western travelers from Milwaukee to New York and Boston with reduced first class rates. Detroit and Milwaukee and Grand routes show improved service. baggage checked through to New York or Boston eases transfers, boosting passenger numbers toward season's end.
Readers discuss the Meg Sickles shooting and gender notions, with a letter from Iowa weighing virtue and punishment. Milwaukee News notes Newhouse hotel popularity and spring travel gains, while price currents report local prices on flour coffee and sugar at Cherry Creek and Aspen.
A fragmented 19th century discussion from Wisconsin argues for a convention of northern bankers to establish a Clearing House for currency redemption. It critiques Chicago bankers for refusing to guarantee exchange and details the dire exchange rates and inject of unconvertible currency, urging universal adoption of convertible Wisconsin currency to preserve sound commerce.
A Newark audience heard Father Afiller and followers debate the coming apocalypse, with later shifts from a forty-day timeline to an uncertain near-term end. Local enforcement and game laws were noted, including penalties for illegal hunting. Governor Madison Jones reported tax and landholding updates, and mail to a freed prisoner highlighted public support. The Appleton Crescent praised Wisconsin maple sugar production for the past season.
Historic meeting reports a convention focused on school government Natural Sciences in common schools and teacher training. Proceedings include committees, addresses by Geo F Richardson Jerome Starr and others, resolutions urging monthly teachers assemblies and county state conventions, and adjournment to Col umbus in October. A closing note cites a Lake Superior snowfall report.
The trial featured Mr Ramsey and Mry Stone attendance as defense and plaintiff counsel A M Blair. Speeches were forcible and eloquent, with notable words from Lartabes and Blair. Indignation followed, though verdicts pleased Ramsey. Mormon movement discussed with arrivals expected between the 1st and 20th of the month.
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