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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1860
Page
3
A brief dated note expresses obligation to stay until 4 pm, mentions likely travel to Madison tonight, and indicates a plan to be present tomorrow. The writer signs with a courteous closing.
The Assembly District Convention for Trempealeau Buffalo and Jackson met at Galeville court house on Sept 28 1860 chaired by Jease Bennett and A W Newman with delegates from each county. They nominated C R Johnson for Assembly and passed resolutions backing U S Senator Washburne and urging support by the district assemblyman. The next convention was set for Buffalo county and a district committee was appointed.
The Agricultural Society of Maryland reports two four horned rams captured from the Navajo Indians. It mentions that herds among the Navajo frequently show four to seven horns, a notable curiosity for observers.
A notorious abolitionist in Magasaghu gatta announces he will lecture on the gallows. The Louisville Journal hopes he will get the hang of the subject.
A lively commentary remarks on ladies who danced with the Prince of Wales at a Crine lmnedon event. It warns against vanity and urges humility, noting that a handshake from a royal can set high expectations. The writer mocks pride and suggests future children may hear stories of the prince’s dance.
Our Italian intelligence reports Garibaldi as master and dictator consolidating the Kingdom of Italy from the unification of Sicily and Sardinia. Unity proclaimed with Papal States and Venetia largely included while Papal resistance weakens as insurrections erupt in multiple districts.
A historical remark by Dr. O. W. Tlouuns portrays the overworked woman as more fertile in suffering than a man. It links women's headaches nerves and mood swings to suggested societal burdens and sympathetic pity.
A report describes a new photographic process capable of producing 12,000 photos per hour for a single negative and 2,500 impressions per hour for book illustrations. The invention promises vast efficiency beyond lithography and plate printing.
When he's grilling and swimming lesson.
Farmers commonly believe they earn extra from straw chaff or other stuff mixed with wheat. A Detroit commission merchant tested cleaning wheat and found profit in grading, with mills paying for clean grain while screenings are sold separately. The Board of Trade now grades wheat to require minimal four stuff for No.1. Michigan Far., Aug. 25.
Sept 22 fire at Karstendeck & Co and neighboring liquor shops on Treposoulas street caused the fourth floor to collapse the building at Tripogoulas and Lafayette, burying about 40 to 50 people. By 8 PM, 15 bodies recovered and several wounded. Loss estimated at 150,000 dollars, mostly insured. A nearby well built square in the 4th district burned this morning, losses between 75,000 and 86,000 dollars, mostly uninsured.
The report notes a decade-long trend of small apple harvests, but this year shows a massive yield across the United States. New England, New York, Ohio, and Michigan are highlighted for especially large crops.
A record notes the Red Sea telegraph cable to Tudia with a total expenditure of 4 million dollars in a comprehensive log.
The New York Journal of Commerce notes a fair dawn view of a rich celestial scene: Pleiades rise, Orion's outline, Aldebaran, Capella, Cassiopeia, Andromeda, and Perseus near the meridian, with Venus fully illuminated after superior conjunction and Jupiter dimly visible, offering a vivid, planetary spectacle.
Recount of 1860 census proof shows a constant annual population rise of about three percent across the country. The note compares estimated versus actual populations for 1790 through 1860, highlighting small discrepancies and trusting the 1860 figure around 30.86 million as close to the true total. Derived from a Philadelphia press summary.
Rev J Chunder Qangool told a London audience that the Car of Juggernaut did not require human sacrifice. He explained that Juggernaut is a Brahmin god of love peace and mercy and that devotees do not cast themselves under its wheels.
The Faribault Republican reports the death of Jean Baptiste Faribault at that place last Monday morning after a brief illness. He was eighty seven, one of the earliest pioneers of the Northwest country, on the Western frontier for sixty eight years. He spent two years at Mackinaw, moved to Prairie du Chien, and about forty years since to Minneota, twenty five years a resident of Faribault.
A fragmented verse hints at laughter as daylight for the soul and twilight over a mile, merging light and shadow as a reflective metaphor. The line probes inner brightness and obscurity, suggesting emotional distance and spiritual rhythm.
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