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Newspaper
Prescott Transcript
Location
Prescott, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1859
Page
3
Local notices complain about stray dogs roaming the streets and call for an ordinance requiring owners to muzzle or badge their animals. A Grand Jury session is noted with indictments pending, and reports promise forthcoming. Reports mention trout fishing near Merce County and river trials, plus optimistic harvest prospects for wheat and oats amid favorable spring conditions.
Norman Dunbar, father of Ny 8 Dunbar, Esq., of this city, died suddenly after being found in his shop on Sabbath morning. He was 61, a six year resident here, and previously lived in Niles, Michigan where many acquaintances mourn his passing. The town notes shipments and river trade, steamboat Equator, lumber movements, and local disturbances with a tone of mourning and community concern.
Coramon Council of Wrescott authorizes clerk to publish notices for letting the job of sawing sharp erlingant delivering on the new cemetery ground. Eighteen hundred stakes to be 7 x 21 inches square and two long, bids to be received before the special meeting next Saturday evening.
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