Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-08-02

ip' titis S'ONiuS tuNH, tue tIuiC ltilu
which surrounds il like the wall of an
ampitheatrc, affords sample room and
verge enough" for thousands of de-
hgh,fully situated public or private cd
iticcs.
have said that Milwaukee already
contains population Of eight thousand
souls. 1t contains eleven churches or
meeting-houses-2 Methodist, Epis.
copalian, | Presbyterian, Congrega-
tionaI, Unitarian, | Lutheran, | Cath
Ole, and two others the denomination
of which ! did not learn. Two more
churches, one for the Catholics, which
is to cost seventy thousand dollars, aud
one for the Baptists have been COM
menccd. Law flouEishes here, as,
strange to say, it seems TO do in most
newly settled towns. think the pro-
iession in Milwaukee numbers some
forty-two or three members. There
are eighteen doctors. but the saubrity
Of the climate is such that about half
of them are without patients. A large
number Of substantial and well filled
stores line the two or three principal
streets, and several Of the merchants,
for the last two years, have done re-
tail business TO the amount of forty or
fifty thousand dollars. There are thee
first rate, and about score of second
rate hotels here. The former class in
cludcs tie Milwaukee House, the City
Hotel, and the American. found
excellent quarters and the most oblig-
ling of landlords at the latter. II is kept
by Messrs. LOCKE & DARWIN, and Gu-
ring the whole Of my stay at Mi!wau-
kie was constantly crowded. Sucll
was the case, too, with the Milwaukee
House and the City Hotel, ard, l pre-
sumo, with other public houses; for the
tide of travel through this place ismar
vicious TO behold. The press is wei
represented at Milwaukee. The Mil
waukie Courier, nncatly printed, and
well conducted weekly paper. upholds
The principles of the Locofocos, while
the Milwaukee Sentinel, published dai
Iiy, rs well as weekly, and edited with
equal industry and ability, by Messrs
lJAsoN DowNrn aud ] S. FILLMORE
is jealous aud efficient champion o
the Wing creed.
Many of the churches, stores an,
other buildings in Milwaukee arc o.
brick, and the bricks used are made
made there. They are of n light salm'
on color and, should Judge, but little
il ut all inferior, TO the best of our Al
bany bricks. Milwaukee river furnish
cs an abundant and reliable watcr-pow.
Ter. The river, which is about 300 feet
in width by from 10 TO II in depth, is
damned mile or more above the town
and the water for milling and factory
purposes is drawn of through enc ca
nal. A fall Of fourteen feet can be oh.
tained, but ten is all that is used OF
needed at present. There is a large
grist mill, with four run Of stone, a saw
mill, two furnaces, a planning machine
a wooden ware factory, which turns
out three hundred pals, churns and
tubs per day, and one or two other es.
adjustments. The factories arc all
built between the river and the canal.
From the latter they derive their sup.
ply of water and the former enables
vessels ofall sizes TO come up and moor
Immediately alongside. The river
runs through the heart Of the town,
and is spanncd by several draw bridg-
rs. The warehouses, several Of which
are Of the largest class and most sub.
stantially built, stand upon the waters
edge, so that vessels can load and I'M
load with despatch and convenience.
There seems TO have been some
want Of judgement in tie improve
ments which the General Government
has made al Milwaukic. The river,
where IL passes through the town, runs
pretty strait course and so continues
until within a few rods OF The Lake,
where il makes a sudden sweep 10 the
south, winds along for a mile or more,
nearly parallel TO the shore, and final
Nv turns into the Lake. IL the beach
had been cut through at the first bend
/ land some years since the river dis
charged itself into tire Lake at this
point vessels coming into Milwaukee
would have been enabled TO lay strait
course from the mouth of the river up
into the heart Of the town. But in
stead Of doing this, piers have been
built out thousand or twelve hun
dred feet into the Lake AT the Dresenf