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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1861
Page
4
Editorials absent this week to feature the Supervisors report and local matters valuable to citizens. Tax University School closes after creditable exams will resume after a two week vacation with the Professor touring Jackson and Clark Counties for recreation and public talks.
An exhibition held in Trempealeau on March 29 draws strong praise for students and teachers. A Washington correspondent contributes an informative letter, promising more from the same author. Spring progress is slow with farmers beginning grain planting. a late card of thanks missed last week’s page. An act defining the boundaries of the Judicial Circuit will be printed next week.
Grant Thorburn writes to the Observer dated February 18 entering his eighty ninth year. He says his health is good, senses and limbs fail little, he eats, sleeps, and works as before. He claims never to have been drunk and never to have eaten since 1798 while wearing white flannel. He notes some toothache and heart twinges among bonny Yankee lasses.
Correspondent from Washington describes the busy scene for Wisconsin political hopefuls. He notes division over a foreign mission, Gen. King’s Rome appointment, Wisconsin’s limited posts, and a heated bid for the Wisconsin marshalship amid internal squabbles. The piece also mentions Judge Howe’s maiden Senate speech and warns against money offers to officials.
The pastor thanks congregants for warm greeting and generous support, announcing a plan to use donation funds as the nucleus for a Presbyterian church building in the village. The Church Extension Board may add two thousand dollars if needed, with services to begin a new local edifice. Also notes on science and a court session with results coming next week.
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