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Newspaper
Prescott Transcript
Location
Prescott, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1856
Page
2
A Wisconsin town newspaper reports on unpaid subscriptions and urges immediate payment while detailing a contentious potential Northwestern Wisconsin Railroad route from the St Croix mouth toward Pine County. It describes ambitious but disputed surveys, political pressure, and warnings against backers seeking windfall gains, stressing public interest over private interests.
A lengthy carnet notes River Falls growth with about sixty to seventy buildings, new stores, a hotel, and a planned academy. Describes local industry, finance, and polite society, praising vistas, mills, and a forthcoming educational push while praising residents and inviting readers to series of sketches.
A Saratoga letter from July 14 1856 touts Saratoga Pierce County as a central navigable water hub at the head of Lake Pepin and the Mississippi east branch. It notes new and planned mills, stores, shops, dwellings, a hotel, and a steam saw mill, plus a vigorous Fourth of July celebration and growing business prospects attracting New England settlers. It also mentions an arrest in St Paul for a forger Howitz and a cleaned out Beef Slough bar, with a military road appropriation into the Rocky Mountains.
Citizens of Prescott urge construction of a railroad along the east bank of the Mississippi to connect Prescott with La Crosse and the La Crosse Milwaukee line. The effort centers on linking to Hastings and the Minnesota river trade to boost northwest commerce and direct routes to New York and the Great Lakes.
In Bostoy on July 10 Joseph Williams, a slave from Mobile, leapt from the Grow Jer as captors tried to recapture him. A habeas corpus hearing before Judge Bizelow drew crowds. Williams was freed by a judge’s approval and sent toward Canada. A separate dispatch reports Brooks resigning after a failed expulsion vote in the House.
Accounts describe a three candidate race in Nicaragua with Walker prevailing on the 24th, Rivas fleeing to lead a revolt at Chiendago and Leon, and most former cabinet members backing Walker who branded the Rivas faction traitors. Also notes Governor Bashford controversy over Wisconsin governorship validity and legislature acts.
The June earnings for M. and M. R. B. Barsiyes totaled 367,000, up from 65,100 in June last year. First six months’ totals show a handsome increase over the previous year. Wigtee Wheat feature thanks DA. J. Baker for a winter wheat specimen from George Hezlop’s Nicollet County farm. wheat praised as among the best, inviting inspection at the office.
Washington reports Governor of California asked the President to furnish U S troops to enforce laws, amid disturbances linked to a Vigilance Committee. Bayard Fain cites the requisition received by the administration. The inquiry follows events in California as authorities face law violations and public order concerns.
New York July 16 Ay Bashford W Wicks of South Carolina attacked Jacob Stanwood of Massachusetts with a cane after Stanwood criticized the stop tack on Mr Sumner. Stanwood received blows to head and face before the melee subsided. Wicks was arrested and jailed for the night. discharged next morning with a warrant for rearrest. Beaver Dam Republician editor notes state crops in Grant County show wheat barley and oats ripening well though corn is late and some areas thin.
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