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Newspaper
Pepin County Press
Location
Pepin, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1861
Page
2
Fragmented OCR yields a chaotic political cry urging no pardon for thieves and firm action against rebels. It proclaims no truce with insurgents, no parley for peace, and vows to support government strength and punitive measures.
The Republican Union nominates Louis P. Harvey of Rock for governor Edward Salomon of Milwaukee for lieutenant governor James T. Lewis of Columbia for secretary of state Samuel D Hastings of Treu for state treasurer James H Howe of Brown for attorney general Wm H Ramsey of Ozaukee for bank comptroller Josiah L Pickard for state superintendent Hans Heg for state prison commissioner M D Bartlett for state senator. Also notes blank summons for justices of the peace, river navigation on Chippewa remains good, and local items including a boy injuring his skull, McCursrock’s return from California, and updates on fortifications, army hardware, maritime arrivals, Peterson’s Magazine, and local newspaper starts.
Me ssiah Archer died after a rotary saw accident at Carson and Rand mills in Eau Gallie following severe arm and head injuries. Separate items note Iowa election returns boosting Gov Kirkwood by about 20 000 votes, Brigham Young loses Utah Valley to the GA president orders an Indian reservation there, and a six hundred man artillery battalion forms in Richmond Indiana with steel barrels and two pound projectiles.
A varied 19th century summary reports on bank warnings in Wisconsin about December 1 deadlines and cautions to avoid overreach. It notes the Portage Bank and other domestic matters, plus shipping wrappers and changes to Milwaukee newspaper offerings. Additional items cover the Delaware Indian treaty land sale, the Van Wyck Committee in Washington and California, and a babel tower rumor with photogravure. It closes with a Georgia-style elevator project and grain handling claims.
The dispatches detail Union troops defeating Confederate forces near Fredericktown and Leipsic with Baker killed leading his brigade. Reports mention Thompson and Lowe movements, Pillars of defense at Linn Creek, and federal gains along the Cape Girardeau route. Also includes personal notices of loss and gratitude from Pepin residents and remarks on Pacific telegraph progress.
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