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Wo publbb tills week the proceeding* of a meeimgof the citizens of our village, where-! in the people deliberately and with enter, j prise aforethought— expressed a •desire lli'tft ' Geneva be incorporated as a City. This idea ; must strike all who understand the advaniiK 1 ges del iveil frinn such municipal orgunizaa-' (inn..as being the best policy which con pos-! sibly be pursued. Some of the chief adVan-! tnges gained by such a corporation, would be, i that we could then be able I ore pair and shade I our side walks, clean and keep clean our ; streets, success fully abate nuisances and preserve pence and good order in society. We e'HiUt then make improvements in every branch of enterprise, which affects the interests nl‘oar place, and all this accomplished by paying the a me tax we now pay. Two thirds of the Pxnoiv paid by the citizens of the village is distributed through different parts of the town, and hence the village is IWc intmis the local benefit of ihe money thus paid. This difficulty would be altogether obviated, by a City organization.Xu impediment, however apparently in-MirniniinJnbh*, v.m longer retard the onward inarch of lh« Garden City 1 Her numerous at!vantages unequalled by any oilier inlandtown in Wisconsin, are fsi.-t receiving a pt'ac-ti cable appreciation. The bull has com me need rolling—and we arc determined to keep , it on the tilt, tin til Geneva shall have reached * a population of four thousand, and ornamented with all the useful enterprises which her i many facttties can accommodate, at which ; time effort, on '.lie part of her citizens will be 110 longer required. All that is required is ; (mu energy lie effort to give impetus to the many improvements that have started in our midst 5 nnd,o»waii! hoi for all opposing in. !lucneos brought to bear, cannot prevent us from becoming the inland Metropolis, {he or. , natmml of Southern Wisconsin ? i Tin* meeting adjourned toilio l lih inst.. I at 7 o'clock, P. XI. All interest'd in the above ! lubjecl are invited to attend.Ths Worth-Western Orient*A monthly periodical of the above name has recently been started at Waukegan, Til devoted 11) the intcrcs's of Spiritualism. It is edited by a committee of Spiritualists, who maintain that “Allegiance to men is treason to Ond T~and is an ably conducted, spicy and well written miscellany. No journal published west of New England is conducted with tnore talent and marked ability in the editcuial department than the Orient The editorials are characterized by originality of thought and terseness of style. .Discarding the insipid ami comm n place monotony of political scribblers, they convey their idens at once, m n bold and scmilious manner. Every comparison is adorned by a well supported metaphor, or cm Mi shed with a historical a], lusion, which at once illustrates, and eonvm-
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Geneva Weekly Express
Geneva, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Dec 08, 1855
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