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Newspaper
Jackson County Banner
Location
Black River Falls, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1857
Page
2
A river of fragmented text recounts a bear encounter near Vigeurt Creels, a household fire near Water Street, and a series of local notices. It includes mentions of frost, bank and business changes, a counterfeit alert, medical patent remedies, and community events amid a patchwork of names, places, and dubious dates.
A detailed account from passenger H Y W Childs of Augusta recalls the Central America voyage from Havana to New York wrecked by a hurricane starting September 8. The ship carried about 1600,000 in gold and land holdings, with 628 aboard, 49 saved by rescuers, and only women and children saved on deck before the steamer sank. Survivors were picked up by the Marine, the Saxony, and the Norwegian barque Line, with women and children safely transferred to the brig Marine.
Names of crew and passengers aboard the Barque Elise and Barque Saxony are listed with multiple missing or saved. The Central America disaster yields claims of vast specie losses in London and Wall Street, with many officers dying and a rescued second officer. A long roster follows of saved and presumed lost, including officials and families from San Francisco, Nevada and beyond.
The text describes a bold plan by PF Squiggs to absorb alcohol, compares it with Neal Dow's proliudition idea, and mentions counterfeit Rochester Bank notes flagged by the Janesville Gazette. It also references a Warmers' Bank failure, a bank president fleeing to creditors, and a report in the New York Tribune about coal burning experiments on the Fall River and the Lowell Worcester Railway showing coal equals wood with seventy percent savings.
Report from the telegraph notes concerns over the future of Gurard Bank and the Bank of Pennsylvania, two leading Philadelphia institutions, with fears of failures causing distress. The Boot River Bank at Green Bay is also cited as facing trouble, while details on capital stock, circulation, and state bank actions are provided alongside market notes from Milwaukee and a steamship loss near Norfolk.
A county convention will be held at the Black River on the 5th day of October at 2 o clock for the purpose of nominating candidates and calling for elections. Delegates from 16 counties are to meet to discuss calls and elect officers. Aaron urges participation and outlines the procedural steps for the nominating process.
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