Early settlers shape Bad Ax County's origins and courts
The letter recalls the first permanent settlers Samuel Rice and John McCullick at Round Prairie in 1843, additions by 1846, 1847 preemptiones in Viroqua, and Warners Landing in 1848. It notes rapid early settlement, Bad Ax County's growth, river geography, and 1851 county organization. It mentions first officers Thos J Defrees as County Judge and Lorenzo Pierce as District Attorney, with early circuit court sessions and an eventual two story court house replacing the old log structure. It ends with praise for current officers and a teaser about future notices of county villages.
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Samuel Rice
John McCullick
Round Prairie
Liberty Polo
Lad Ax
John Graham
John Warner
Warners Landing
Bad Ax County
Wisconsin River
LaCrosse
Thos. J. Defrees
Wm. C. McMichael
Wm C. McMichael
Crawford
Bud Ax
Ard
McMichnel
From Evanston to Chicago in 1860s Garden City tour
Excerpt describes a trip from Evanston to Chicago and a meeting with William Gale of Galesville. It notes Chicago’s level prairie setting near Lake Michigan, the need to raise streets for dryness, and how basement stories become cellars when grades are misaligned. It mentions a granite block raised on jack screws and multi story buildings.
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Wis
Wvanston
Chicago
Garden City
Gale
Galesville
Lake Michigan
City Tour Describes Chicago Streets Court House and Prison
The author notes elevated streets with high foundations and plank access, praising Chicago’s appearance yet condemning repulsive backyards. A visit to the Court House includes a 192 step tower climb, jail cells, and convict inmates, observed with pity and commentary on capital punishment and public vs private executions.
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Galesville
Court House
Biblical Institute
Citigen
Prison visitors and Liberty echoes in Chicago scene
The account describes a prison visit where debtors and a man linked to a fugitive slave case are observed among inmates guarded by iron bars. The narrator cites lines from liberty-themed poetry and reflects on the tension between justice and sympathy as Chicago faces widespread unemployment with thousands seeking work amid slow construction.
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Venus Fraternity
U. S. Marshall
Marseilles
Spring Returns to Our Borders in Lush Tonight of Beauty
The verse-like prose celebrates spring with vivid imagery of warming air, flowing waters, singing birds, blooming hills, and green carpets of growth. It paints a joyful scene of nature waking, fields and skies alive, and praise for creation as season renews.
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Harth
Heaven
Onbanias
Private letter extract on chemical analysis of specimens
An extract from a private letter by Mr. Henderson of La Crosse discusses the chemical analysis of specimens labeled as the so called. The note, attributed to Mr. Eporroxi Balow, comments on the analysis methods and outcomes, reflecting the period's scientific inquiry and terminology.
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Eporroxi
Balow
Henderson
la Crosse
Silver ore from Jackson Mines tested at La Crosse
Ore from Jackson Mines was brought to La Crosse for testing by Dr. Menzell, revealing three iron ore forms hematite peroxide and a sulfuret. A black oxide of manganese piece and a yellow ochre coated fragment burned to crimson Venitian Red are noted as significant findings.
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Jackson
la Crosse
D. O
Menzell
Bovee
Mormon Settlement Near Council Bluffs Report
Reported movement of Joseph Smith Sr and a group of followers toward a settlement near Council Bluffs. The faithful reportedly regard Joseph Smith Jr as the true prophet while Brigham Young is seen as a usurper.
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Ayxoturr
Joseph Smith
Council Bluffs
Joseph, Jr
Brigham Young
Missouri Democrats Clash Over Governor Stewart Drunkenness
Missouri Democrats attack Gov. Stewart over his actions, blaming his behavior on confirmed drunkenness. He defends himself by saying he was drunk at nomination, election, and inauguration and will remain so through his term.
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Missouri
Stewart
Boat Tragedy on Lake Winnebago Leaves Two Dead
A boat carrying three men from Stockbridge to Taycheedah was overturned by a squall on Lake Winnebago last Saturday. Daniel Thurston survived, while Jefferson Newell and Mr. White drowned. The incident grieves the community.
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Lane Wixxetaco
Rond du Lac Commonwealth
Stockbridge
Taycheedah
Lake Winnebago
Daniel Thurston
Jefferson Newell
White
The
Commonwealth
Jackson County
North West to Debut as Oshkosh Republican Paper
A new republican paper will begin in Oshkosh around the first of May, and will be named the North West. The venture marks a fresh political voice in the city with plans to publish regularly.
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Oshkosh
The
North West
Mount Vernon Renovation Underway and Notable Notices
A private letter reports Towns end Harris, the U S Consul General to Japan, is dead. The Canadian Post Master General abolishes postage on American newspaper exchanges. Census costs across the Union run about a million dollars this year. A peach crop in New Jersey is likely to be abundant. Eighteen Pike’s Peskers passed through Muscatine on the 19th, six women among them dressed at Bloomer. Lawrence Johnson, Esq., Philadelphia type founder and senior proprietor of the first type foundry in the nation since 1796, died on the 25th.
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Post-Master General
Canada
Union
New Jersey
Muscatine
Lawrence Johnson, Esq
Philadelphia
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Columbia
Galt
Mount Vernon
Townsend [Larris
Japan
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