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Newspaper
Sauk County Standard
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1854
Page
2
The speaker rails at cant in religion politics law and medicine comparing cant to a snapped gallow tree and mocking lawyers doctors and preachers urging honesty and warning against hypocritical talk in a fiery tirade.
Messrs E D Cristow and H H McFannany visited Baraboo to discuss the M and La Crosse Railroad. A court house gathering heard speeches from McFarland Clinton A W Starks S W Ableman R H Davis T Kirk S P Angle and C Armstrong. Clinton spoke favorably and a second address is planned.
Telegraphic dispatch reports ongoing mob violence at Erie on December 27. Bridges damaged and road relaying blocked as sheriff seizes control to stop further interference. Officials warn the incident harms farmers merchants and Western trade until settled legally.
Late European dispatch reports a fierce naval battle between Russian and Turkish fleets on the Black Sea. Turkish casualties are high but defenders fought bravely, with thirteen of fourteen Turkish vessels destroyed. Russians lost nine of twenty four ships and retreated to Sebastopol with a shattered remnant. The great ship Republic was destroyed by fire in New York on the twenty sixth ultimo while bearing a heavy cargo for Liverpool.
The stockholders of the A Crosse and Milwaukee BR Company will elect thirteen directors at the American House Fox Lake on February date. In health news Prof BE Root moves to Galveston Texas for treatment and a public appeal calls for aid for a victim’s monument. Court fuss over insults at Madison and town updates with weather, fire loss at Hawks Delaware field mill, and local rail plans noted.
Letters from Baraboo discuss fines near offices and praise Mr McFarlane in the Tua Crosse Railroad debate. They describe a proposed 144 mile line from Portage to Baraboo, claiming the route is feasible and nearly straight, while voicing concern over private interests shaping company actions.
Publication notices describe Graham’s American Monthly and related works, praising its 140 pages and 14 fashion plates, with plans for an illustrated life of Gen. Washington. Other items note new weekly papers from Watertown and Boston, subscription prices, and a satirical piece on the Sleepy Burrow Indians amid railroad encroachment. Generals and militia news mention Chase's appointment as Brigadier General of Wisconsin Militia.
A Wisconsin committee urges citizens to fund a marble monument in Milwaukee for Emanuel Canon, a Sabbath School pupil who died after being whipped for telling the truth. They seek ten cent contributions from every Sabbath School scholar and detail the monument's design, cost about 3000 dollars, and the appeal goes to schools, parents, and church groups.
Senate members discuss Seward’s military road bill to California, announce the death of Tennessee legislators Mr Campbell and Hon McCampbell, with eulogies by Mr Jones and Mr Smith. Gen Cass supports brevet promotions for Winfield Scott while Douglas opposes the resolution. A Methodist revival in Appleton reports over fifty new members.
New York reports a dramatic clash off Sinoale on November 16 as the Russian fleet under Admiral Mahenoff engaged Turkish forces led by Ismer Beyl. Turkish resistance described as fierce, with heavy losses on both sides and several ships burned or sunk. The engagement ends with shattered fleets and questions of a broader European war amid ongoing Turkish gains in Asia.
The Sauk County Board of Supervisors adopted multiple resolutions on November 14 1953. They limited sheriff and constable fees to those in the sheriff s bill and barred road laying and surveying accounts. they set dates to abolish the town and county poor distinction and to buy a county farm. they schedule a March 7 1854 adjournment for the division of towns and appoint three committee members Baxter Wheeler and Martin to examine farms and receive proposals. The board also directs town votes on division for Reed sburg and Honey Creek with ballots for or against division and transfers results to the Clerk for further action.
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