Gold Fever in Pike's Peak Called Fool’s Road to Wealth
The Tribune weighs Western Kansas gold prospects as limited but real potential. It argues Pike's Peak yields likely less gold than California and urges sensible funding to stay home or pursue steadier work. It warns many will fail or never return while some may profit, urging careful routes to frontier towns and readiness by April.
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Tribune
Pikes Peak
Kansas
Pike's Peak
California
Mississippi
Michigan
View
Kansas Frontier
Vine Untix
Quincy
Illinois
Hannibal and St. Joseph
St. Louis
Omaha
Nebraska
Missouri
Leavenworth
Aitchison
Lawrence
Grasa
Anil
Prescott Transcript seeks reader input on city progress
Official Prescott paper invites communications from readers across the country. It urges real names to prevent fraud, lists agents in Chicago and Milwaukee for collecting notices and advertisements, and promises prompt acknowledgment of received items as part of its effort to chronicle the city and Northwest with independence and vivacity.
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Ur City
Nomination of Supreme Judge Paine Pressed by Republicans
A Madison area notice urges swift action to confirm Byron Paine as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. It warns that Judge Smith running independently could split the Republican vote, risking a Democratic win. The piece calls for a central committee convention and criticizes independent tactics while praising Paine's character and fitness. It also notes Paine later declines the nomination and reports on a new State tax sale law with higher printer fees.
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Sandford
Detaetione
Byron Paine
Republican Party
Supreme Court
Smith
Ludge Smith
Jedge Smith
Udvnce
Jude Paine
Jedge
Central Committee
Payne
Madison Journal
Legislative Siatters and Usury Debates in Wisconsin
The Senate concurs with the House to adjourn sine die on the 26th inst. The chamber struggles to agree on an assessment law and a county government shift. Orton proposes lower interest rates. The Assembly passes a pier project. Tenney’s nomination as state controller is rejected, leaving the office vacant. Legislative opinions rail against usury laws while discussing public contracts and pending bills.
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House
Orton
Faith
Taxvey
I. A. Tenney
Martison
Tenney
Shamoctacy
Randall
Treasury
Paul
Mach
Randell
Wisconsin
Janes W. Hsin
Senate and Assembly
Assembly
Alex. W. Randall
District Court
District of Wisconsin
United States
Isconnin
Antton Steten Maratus
Milwaukee
Melock
Pierce
Tye Heansin
Nist
Sain Street
Hohe Laka
Mabon Rock
John D.tramble
Marahal
Reorganization discussions on Wisconsin rail lines
The New York Heald notes the La Crosse & Milwaukee and Chicago St Paul and Fond du Lac railroads face deep debt requiring radical reorganization. It outlines mortgage holder actions in Wisconsin and Michigan, potential stock swaps, and creditor settlements to finish and modernize the lines. It also mentions a Wisconsin State Temperance Society meeting in Madison on March 6 and Chicago politics news.
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la Crosse
Milwaukee Road
Wisconsin
Michigan
Fond du Lac
Miers
the Herald
Giddings Receives Gifts From Congress Members and More
Joshua R. Giddings receives a solid silver six piece tea set and an ornate waiter from 104 Congress members as a token of respect for his moral worth and integrity. The total cost of gifts is reported as $620. A Portage City paper notes continued publication for the benefit of a family, while a blast furnace begins operation in Danemora with iron ore beds described as inexhaustible. In Foxn Dy Lac a German timberner Fischer killed his wife with an axe. the killer remains at large.
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Joshua HB. Giddings
Congress
Joshua R.giddings
Portage City
John A. Brown
Danemora
Black River Falls
Foxn Dy
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