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Prescott Transcript

Location

Prescott, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1858

Page

2

Rock Island Bridge Report On Navigation Obstruction

A House committee report declares the Trend bridge across the Mississippi at Island a serious obstruction to river traffic. It accuses the bridge company of violating its charter and causing annual losses of freight, insurance, and lumber, while noting the bridge was not built per the plan shown to Judge McLean. The panel stops short of immediate congressional action, deferring to future government lay measures.

Rock Island Bridge Committee of Commerce House Washburne Mississippi Island Myer Jurge McLean Telegraph Cowmercy

Prescott Transcript Twote.r Editors Aim and Community News

The Prescott Transcript Twote.r emphasizes presenting news in an active form and season, aiming to reflect Northwest progress, promote a caring family journal, and discuss public affairs with independence. It invites communications and notes debt collection concerns, urging timely payments while not denying past owed sums.

Circuit Court Adjourning Leaves Many Cases Unresolved

The Circuit Court records show an unusual number of cases disposed. Judge Fuller’s illness forced an adjournment, and a special term will be held to complete the docket. Several appeals and assumpsit actions, include Wise Brown and Clapp representing plaintiffs and defendants, with numerous judgments and continuances noted. The Sioux and Chippewa battles report at Shakopee describe a large tribal clash witnessed by locals, with Chippewas driven from the field and potential reinforcements expected, amid tensions and community resolutions calling for action by authorities.

Fuller Justice Court White Wise & Brown Young & Coo Wise Brown Wetherby Rissue Crown & Wetherby Wise White & Till Bailey Clapp-Wise Whitney Twombly and Haran Fir Tlowes Whitmore Allen Cook Tisse Brown Dawson Smith Thompson, Parker and Dawson Tamphrey and Def Prescott -Lusk & Twombly City of Plintiff Defoulant Snyder Va Trathborn Assumpsit Plaintif Falkenborg Rathbarn Manuel Merrick & Gates Wadsworth & Wells Belden & Co Wikte Hill McKay and Crosby Rumphrey Tamphrey Norton McKee Long & Field Enso Hill and Wetherby Twombly Howes Doe Fett Leonard Drown Waite Hy Dawson Twornbdy Shakopee Z&th

Impostor exposed as printer behind patent medicines scare

A printed expose reveals a printer posing as a retired physician and faking cures through costly patent medicines. He lured dupes with claims of Cannibia Indizi and demanded $2 for a sample, then sent a worthless mix. The Postmaster General ordered letters forwarded to the Dead Letter office, refunds issued, and the impostor facing exposure.

James Washington Simshir

Various Notices and Snippets From Wisconsin News

A compilation of short items covers political shifts, local editor changes, resistance to Lecompton support, and appointments to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum trustees. Other notes report coal discovery near Bowmanville, a large parcel of the Tuileries Gardens for the Emperor’s use, and a promising spring wheat crop with early harvest prospects in Prairie du Chien.

Prairie du Chien

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