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Newspaper
Sauk County Standard
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1855
Page
1
Baraboo Wisconsin on June 6, 1866 marks the Standard’s first issue under new ownership. The paper vows to advocate democracy while honoring individual doctrines, aiming for a moral, newsful weekly reflecting current events and day’s interests.
A new paper, the New Lisbon Republican, has begun at New Liston in Adams County by Bigalow and Rice. The note warns of a date error on June 6 instead of June 30. The issue highlights Henry J Nazro Co ads, Gaanam's Magazine, and a bridge accident near Beaver Dam with a dislocated shoulder and minor injuries to a woman and two children.
The Herald lauds the coming harvest with growing optimism. Wheat should be safely harvested and stored in weeks as railroads open vast Western tracts to market. Expanded cultivation and higher sowing promise record yields and a vast aggregate output unseen before.
A man was found drowned near Cassville on the fourth instant in a slough. It is believed from clay pipes found near him that the victim may be Daniel Pingley, previously said to have been in California.
From Ada Ad aghs County Mauston June 1 1955 reports unusually dry weather in the Lemonweir valley followed by recent rains reviving crops. Winter wheat proves better in Adams County than in Monroe, while lumber demand rises and two new mills will ease supply. Real estate and village values soar. Emigration to Minnesota continues with many families moving west. Debates on Adams Sauk county division and the Legislature candidate selection are noted.
The Virginia election yields large margins across counties with Wise leading by over 3 000 in several areas and Pierce trailing in others. Other notes include a dog incident in Bellville injuring an infant but not causing serious harm, a poisoning misreport in Juneau, and the Exow Normas to be represented by The Citizen in San Francisco.
New York reports the steamer Star of the West arriving at the port from San Juan with about 500000 in specie and 300 passengers. Other vessels sighted include the Cortez and Jamestown at sea, while the Mint opened on May 9. A fatal street murder in York Town is detailed, with Decker and Gosline identified as attackers in a dispute that left John Murphy mortally injured. the fugitives were captured after a chase, and Murphy survived initially but with heavy wounds. A separate note mentions a 2501 foot spruce tree collapse killing five children in Empire City area, and locusts possibly arriving as forecast.
The article recalls earlier crop fears from drought and smoke then praises recent rains reviving fields across the state. It notes renewed prosperity for farmers and compares Wisconsin to a favored land with bright prospects for a bountiful harvest this year. Wisconsin Journal reports a optimistic tone on agricultural recovery.
In Tartford on May at the House of Representatives the extension of the right of suffrage to vegetables was defeated by a majority of twenty votes.
Report notes that Parks was hanged at 2 PM. He spoke for an hour denouncing injustice and maintained his innocence of murder. The account preserves the tone of a late 19th century crime note with limited clearness in details.
Late Texas papers report a clash near Fort Belknap involving an old contractor and his party with Comanches. The contractor's guides were killed and his camp entirely looted.
The steamer Sampson Captain T burst her boiler last Friday after leaving Calumet wharf. A fifteen year old son of Captain Tanfox was killed instantly. four or five others were seriously injured, with one not expected to survive. A single passenger woman escaped unharmed. Cause unknown. The boat, nearly new, was blown apart and sank at once.
The text notes Victoria's birth on May 24 and states she will be thirty six on Thursday. It mentions various historical snippets including a misstep by George Law, a Virginia professor James Madison Wise, drought harming Virginia and Maryland wheat, and a Canadian Parliament bill to fund the Grand Trunk Railroad. Several minor items reference political editor Anson G Chester and a court case involving Mrs Park, plus a note about a man found dead in a cabin after seeking help from neighbors.
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