Company Entitled to Land Deed in Fee Simple
The proceedings of this act declare that the company shall be entitled to any of the lands and a deed in fee simple for lands to which the company may be entitled.
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Newspaper
Pepin County Press
Location
Pepin, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1861
Page
2
The proceedings of this act declare that the company shall be entitled to any of the lands and a deed in fee simple for lands to which the company may be entitled.
The 1861 act from Wisconsin amends the General Banking Law, detailing stock valuation limits, note circulation rules, agent appointments for note redemption, and procedures for Milwaukee and Madison banks. It sets caps at ninety percent of market value, requires public agents, and empowers the Bank Comptroller to enforce penalties for noncompliance. The measure includes provisions on public stocks, rates of interest, and agent publishing duties with deadlines in December.
The new military department borders Resturn Virginia to the Blue Ridge and includes all of North Carolina. General Butler to lead under 20 000 men in aggressive moves against Norfolk and Richmond. Dispatch notes firing into Sewall Point battery may trigger marches from Norfolk. Warper's Perry collision expected this week. A Secession flag captured at Alexandria. A Union man hung in Louisiana for Union sentiments. Washington May 20 affirming English support for Union resistance.
Pepin County presses on with support for a volunteer company under Capt. Allen preparing for war. The piece denounces treason and political corruption, urges unity beyond Republican and Democrat labels, and notes Civil War sentiments and local reactions amid a fierce oil fire with burning bones visible in the aftermath.
Private Venango County letter to a Brookville friend details wartime turmoil. It notes soldiers leaving for war, rising Union versus Disunion sentiment, vigilant anti-secession actions, a deadly gas well accident near two towns, and Governor R. urging decisive action, loyalty to the Constitution, and suppression of rebel elements.
Harpers Weekly touted as a leading American pictorial paper, praised for illustrations and reliable war coverage to inspire manliness and patriotism, with future issues and improvements noted. Wat Duss builds a verandah on Front Street while Ma P McTohenney and others lay a plank sidewalk, improving the village front.
A call to plant two or three hundred shade trees along Front Street sidewalks. The trees would improve the street’s appearance and provide cooling shade for weary pedestrians in hot weather. The town’s best flag flies over Darlingtons Ha) Mease. The River Falls moved to Prescott, now the Prescott Journal.
Reports state the bodies of Massachusetts soldiers killed at Baltimore arrived in Boston on May 1 with military honors. The piece notes Kentuckians who joined the secessionists at Harper's Ferry are returning home, angered by service. It also mentions gifts to Judge Douglas, Col. Gorman's appointment, and various Civil War era tidbits.
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