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Newspaper
Weekly Jeffersonian
Location
Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1859
Page
2
The passage argues reformers mix honesty with ambition, using political intrigue to push agendas. It cautions that inexperienced zeal and outward piety conceal corruption, risking greater evil as reform efforts falter under flawed motives and mind-to-mind influence.
The Montello Ledger reports a daughter of Mr. Goodnature, four, burned to death in Montello. The piece laments republican sectional strife and urges Wisconsin conservatives to unite behind Judge Dixon for reelection to steer public sentiment toward order and governance.
Brief telegraphic abstract of the President's Message has been delivered in Congress and will be published as a synopsis in the next issue, with Milwaukee and Chicago exchanges noting the item.
The Irish Deputation visited this country and raised about $30,000 in two months for missionary work in Ireland. European emigrants arriving in New York this year up to the 14th are 76,219, below the usual figure. Bryant, convicted for passing counterfeit money, died in state prison. The Watertown editor Van B. Sinead died at Watertown's Planter's Hotel. The schooner Hamilton likely foundered near Lake Ontario in a recent gale. Counterfeit fives circulate on the Siste Stock Bank of Wisconsin and spurious twos on the Agricultural Bank at Marion. Fond du Lac postpones a Chicago excursion to next spring. Lumber mills in Manitowoc region shut down due to low lumber prices. Grist mills are active. Tribune in New York valued at $490,000 with $100,000 in profits. Redpath's life of John Brown already has 10,000 subscribers in New England. London mortality rates show few deaths relative to population. I. T. Strong to start a daily in Fond du Lac called the Dirty Worth West. Mrs. Gillen of Racine dies from a fall. Samuel Miomas found dead near Racine Bay, likely frozen. Albert Byer, leader at the Leader office, inherits about $60,000 from Germany. A barge warehouse on Broad Street, New York, burned with crates of groceries valued at about $60,000. Grant Co. Herald notes nearly perfect river and lake trade routes from Milwaukee to Northwest villages. Milwaukee trade pressures country dealers. calls for fair terms to sustain intercity commerce.
The Jeffersonian condemns the Jefferson county Board of Supervisors for cutting printer and legal advertising pay below standard rates, arguing wages for printers must be preserved while other trades face no such cuts. The piece defends press independence and urges unity among printers against price reductions and partisan pressure.
The steamer Delegate from Afi lies aground ten miles above here with 69 to 80 passengers aboard without provisions. Ice prevents shore communication as rescue efforts continue to prevent starvation and secure the vessel.
Dec 21 reports Washing to pa Rube and New York arrivals with treasure values around 1.4 to 1.5 million aboard the Golden Gate and Uncle Lane ships shipping to Panama. Panama mails and California news note Bombay and San Francisco dispatches. a murder in New York grocery shocks the city as Patrick Cullagan is held on suspicion. Separate items mention political moves in Washington and Virginia’s flag grant, plus various advertisements and notices.
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