28 Apr 1860
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Newspaper
Whitewater Register
Location
Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1860
Page
1
A partial business directory entry lists NN Haentesche Cate Dress Shop and Diane Porte related ads. It mentions clothing, trunks, cup or bed items, a grocery store, and various shop names with scattered offerings and deals.
The London Herald reports rising alliance talk between Denmark and France as Schleswig Holstein tensions index a continental crisis. Paris and Copenhagen seek offensive and defensive accord while Sweden and Norway may join, potentially drawing England into a broader European conflict.
The report extols Sardinia’s territorial gains under Victor Emmanuel, highlighting Florence as a jewel of art and power, with nearby Siena Lucca Pisa Arezzo and Livorno praised for their wealth, culture, and historic universities. It notes Parma Modena Bologna Ferrara Ravenna Rimini along the Adriatic coast as notable additions with rich histories and architecture.
The April 11 debate centers on Kansas statehood with Yeas 184 to Nays 73. Speakers from Tennessee to Massachusetts argue over alien suffrage, English bill provisions, and party lines as Garnett and Gooch electrify the floor with sharp rhetoric.
Warren Burbank of Madison Wisconsin, traveling with two boys, had his wagon wrecked and horses mutilated at Primrose. On returning toward Madison, two masked assailants ambushed near Mt Vernon, seized a horse, set hay alight, and beat the elder boy while burning the load and horses, some of which were saved only after the boys freed them.
A Nashville man arranged to ship a box to Cincinnati. The box carried a enslaved man hidden inside a plank box, later found on a Seymour line train. The man is claimed to be a runaway from Nashville and returned to his owner as authorities take action.
Sketch portrays Col. F W Lander native of Salem Massachusetts and descendant of a wealthy family He is about 7 ft 2 in tall over 200 pounds a powerful writer and civil engineer who helped lay out New England railroads He accompanied Gov Stevens expedition to Oregon and led a prairie expedition toward Utah Known as Old Grizzly he reportedly killed a large grizzly with twelve bullets He aided wagon road construction for the army and conducted Pacific railroad surveys Lander is said to be 45 years old and an old bachelor with a Rome based sculptor wife or partner references to Hosmer Lander Stebbins and a Miss Stebbins are noted as American sculptors.
The New Orleans Picayune’s New York writer recalls Mrs Crowe and Robert Dale Owen ghost tales as a phantom in a library causes sleepless nights. Dr Cogswell’s somnambulism yields a vision of a departed friend in an alcove, prompting gossip on ghosts and dreams.
In the State House rooms a glass box housed live fish including a six inch sunfish and a common horse-leech. The sunfish repeatedly tried to swallow the leech, failed, then blew it from its mouth. After a week of maneuvers the fish finally swallowed the leech but died next morning. Separately, news notes 20,000 Swedes and Norwegians planning emigration to the United States praised as sober industrious citizens bringing wealth and moral habits.
An anonymous 19th century critique profiles Roger A. Pryor as belligerent and un parliamentary. It recounts his early House conduct aimed at Nelson Hickman and Lovejoy, his alleged forgery of notes, and a mocked duel threat. The article questions Pryor’s courage and urges accountability.
Possibly a historical notice describing a June 1 1900 census taking. It lists items to record: names and residence, age, sex and color, occupation, property values, birthplace, literacy, disabilities, farm ownership, livestock, crops, production, company or individual manufacturers, employment, and deaths in the prior year.
The Paris cor rectional police tribunal hears the case of Mademoiselle Le Vie Leveque a young beauty accused of usury. An aristocratic older man a Guards officer funded the scheme and supervised the prey. Witnesses including titled relatives describe Leveque’s practice charging up to 150 percent monthly and renting jewelry and counterfeit bank notes to boost appearances. The defendants are convicted and sentenced to prison.
A humorous tale mocks hydropathic cures as a man addicted to wine and meals uses a stomach bandage. He hides the bandage in water to ease pain, revealing the doctor’s test as a joke about long drinking habits. The piece ends with a wry remark on truth and light.
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