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Newspaper
Watertown Chronicle
Location
Watertown, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1849
Page
2
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Wide paragraphs recount Italian and German conflicts, British affairs, American rumors, and American domestic notes. Reports mention fatalities, parliamentary moves, colonial disputes, and military actions, with scattered notes on culture, commerce, and local incidents across multiple regions.
Letters from Panama and Panama City describe gold yields at San Francisco and daily shipments of gold, with routes to the diggings and warnings about travel. Reports mention brig Cayuga, emigrant movements, and hardships facing travelers toward California. Recounted letters speak of sickness, arrests, and the bustling rush of 1849 migration.
An essay recounts old state farmers resisting science in agriculture while urging reform through improved stock and crops. Irish farmer Janes Reveyt arrives with Berkshire pigs grass seed and potato oats, aiming to introduce modern methods. Meanwhile, Menominee resistance grows as squatters are expelled and two intruders are forcibly escorted across Fox River in a rough encounter.
A historical overview detailing Watertown's Ferns hydraulic works expanding from wool processing to wood products and farming implements, including cradles rakes and spinning wheels. Mention of projected canal links, cholera activity in Milwaukee and nearby areas, and misc local industrial updates.
Weather has ruined corn crops in low grounds with many replanting to oats and barley. Wheat looks promising and state crop prospects rise by an estimated ten percent. A proposed Union convention at Madison on September 1 seeks alliance between Freedom and Democracy, but the Democratic State Committee likely rejects it, stirring opposition from both parties.
The President Jones Gallagher Xier and Shultz present. Minutes read and approved. An ordinance redefining street grids and a paving contract were considered. The Megsre Carter Co painting bridge signs was audited and allowed for four dollars. Finance committee to report on legal suit arrangements. A. H. Nichols resignation accepted. Adjourned.
The inundation reaches the 25th inst and the crevasse remains unchecked as water pours into the city. Previous floods were more dangerous, but current exposed property is tenfold greater. A Washington correspondent recalls a thirty year old crevasse when water rose to upper story windows and animals floated about, yet the season afterward was unusually healthy.
An 1849 cholera case shows a doctor’s home remedy with calomel capsicum camphor and opium, plus heat and rest. Other items mention a Madison special election for justice of the peace and editor-prompted jabs at candidates, plus notes on a whale kill, Gen Worth’s cholera death, and a Potawatomi case.
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