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Newspaper
Pepin County Press
Location
Pepin, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1860
Page
2
Pepin County farmers are urged to attend a Monday meeting at the Hesperian Institute at 4 PM to organize a County Agricultural Society. All farmers across the county are requested to be present.
Eyewitness describes being near Tow Kuxosut and a door fragment as a vessel sank. Ep Buxxn tossed a rope. after a struggle the survivor reached shore. Capt Barry and Jenvis tried to save the ship’s crew while ballast was shifted. Many aboard Perished with Prax McCormex and party presumed drowned. About two hundred missing from the Third Ward. 120 saved so far.
A garbled reflection attributes to Stephen Girard on money and publicity. It suggests keeping business visible to boost sales and wealth, though the text is fragmented and unclear.
The Milwaukee clearly grieves today as bodies recovered from Lake Michigan are laid to rest. The city is silent with mourning. stores close and streets wear bereavement as thousands follow the remains to their final resting place. Nearly a thousand orphans are left, and the living are urged to support the widows and fatherless.
Tom Corwin, in a Republican address at Jeffersonville, prompts a back and forth with Col. W. of Louisville. Corwin invites Louisville residents to hear him, while Col. W. welcomes him to come over, noting Corwin’s preference for direct talking without fanfare.
A report from the Raw Claire Free Press describes a large Douglas Democrat meeting at Durand last Saturday with 85 attendees from Pepin and Durand. Resolutions were passed, a county committee appointed, and Col. Ben Allen gave a speech. The item notes eight Douglas men held the gathering and records the event as proof of their activity.
In Avousta on September 11 the Republican totals show Washburn 14 196, Sinert 10 143, Burns 610 with Bangor 610. Overall Republican majority with 1 270 gain over the previous count, reflecting a shift in four H towns.
In New York on September 10, thirty three convicts stormed the guard, rushing the post. Guards fired and three or four convicts were mortally wounded before the uprising was halted.
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