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Newspaper
Weekly Wisconsin
Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1885
Page
4
Local notices pricing per line and inch, postal note on circulation, advertising policy and disclaimer. The Milwaukee based Weekly Wisconsin lists rates for local notices, address changes, and a promise to investigate sworn reader swindles, dated May 27 1885.
The Wisconsin era notes Gen Logan’s triumph and forecasts a seventeen year locust emergence across the nation. It details locust biology from egg to adult, cites historical plagues, and contrasts Reil with Davis in Canadian governance, predicting stern court-martial for Reil.
The notice argues that samples sent to individuals or friends should not require reminders and asserts each issue is worthwhile. It invites readers to subscribe and judge the paper's merit for themselves, claiming every number is good.
Wisconsin tobacco farming shows strong progress with $3,033,994 in sales from a single crop last year. The favorable year boosted both production and prices, though farmers should beware risks of overinvestment. The author urges growers to confirm soil suitability and knowledge before expanding.
The editorial lauds Gen Logan as well deserved and popular for re election to the U S Senate from Illinois. It argues a Republican Senate aids national governance during a Cleveland administration and credits Logan with loyalty, steadfastness, and proven service. It notes his twelve years in the Senate, his statesmanship, patriotism, and ability to unite Illinois Republicans behind him.
A Glasgow Mail feature traces Russia’s expansion in Asia from 1689 to 1880 through a map and historical notes. It details frontier shifts to the Ural River, Omsk, the Rural Sea, the Daria River, and territories between the Caspian and the Aural, ending with advances toward Maruchak near Herat.
Reports from the Northwest describe the Riel uprising as a collapse as sudden as a bubble. Middleton’s field dispatches are accused of exaggeration, painting a grand rebellion that faded into a mere show.
Editorial laments General Wolseley’s withdrawal from the Soudan with bag and baggage to England. El Mahdi holds Soudan, Gordon’s body unrecovered, costs and prestige lost. Critics blame Wolseley and Gordon while questioning Gladstone’s cautious stance and the expedition’s worth.
The Canadian Pacifics through train from Montreal to Winnipeg arrives bearing troops for Poundmaker and his band. The piece highlights the rail line’s completion to the Rockies and plans for a future continental line, lauding the industrial victory and the engineers handling grave challenges.
Aboard the bark Bayard, Capt. Andresen, from Drobak for Metis, and the steamer Mary Louisa, bound for Liverpool, both encountered ice and bergs off Newfoundland. The crews spent days on the ice, survived in boats, and were rescued by the bark Brilliant which arrived at Quebec from Porsgrund.
Fraver and Loomis of Beloit fail for three thousand dollars. A report lists stolen horses and a buggy near Fort Howard. Infant death, a burning accident near Shawano, and various local incidents across the region are noted along with appointments, reunions, and curiosities from state institutions.
Milwaukee reporters note several incidents including Meyer missing with about $100 from A W Rich & Co and believed in New York, a Grand Avenue runaway injuring houseman Joseph Carroll now at Passavant Hospital, and Mixa Datco fatally struck at Reed Street by Milwaukee & St Paul trains. Spaulding, Racine Carriage and Wagon Works bookkeeper, captured in New Orleans, $200 reward posted. A novice at Notre Dame, Mat hupa AVERSCK, died by suicide in the Milwaukee River, blamed on temporary insanity. Convicted burglars Kase, Warren, Shaw receive sentences up to ten years. Denio bank cashier assignment signals bank troubles in Prairie du Chien.
News notes report Oscoda Michigan mill and lumber yard burned with about $100,000 loss, and Blufton near Muskegon suffered lumber losses near $100,000. Other items include a death after a forty day fast, a Brooklyn bridge death autopsy, Apache reports, a Sacramento assault on a Salvation Army meeting, a 75 year old ex-congressman secretary of state, a major personal injury verdict, a fatal Virginia ax murder and desertion, ship fever in Iowa, Mexican Yaqui clashes, and an insane eccentric Union donor.
Humboldt dispatch reports Sioux chief White Cap and 22 followers captured at Dead Moose Lake by Lieut Meritt and guard troopers after two days of rapid pursuit. Mooseque, White Cap’s lieutenant, also captured. Atty Gen Hamilton says Riel can be tried by military or civil courts. military court-martial likely.
New York May 22 A deed of conveyance by Cornelia RE Stewart of the cathedral Episcopal residence and St Pauls schools lands at Garden City to the Cathedral of the Incarnation was filed in Queens County. The gift, dated April 30 1885, valued at over 2 000 000, was formally accepted by the diocesan committee two weeks prior.
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