Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-04-01


Of pablisat5ou respecting the election in that
part u the eolutv cauvlsed AZ Waupaea.
Town ~ Range - was not ineiaieeL
frsss,, .s,l.io 1+ jones rs.sar,agL-Dtd not know
the nrnfber Of towns resarr.eeito NaupacH-
T. Esree reczzEssL-Tl Is at Vs1pas=l LAST De-
ce11Ite--caIled en- TIE Clerk Of the Beard Of
Supervisors Of 5lis county and asked rs see the
town canvass CT Waapaca- He refused-he as
ISed If We we're residents IF this tovn-ve said
n0t--le then said that lie was not EuinE TO trou-
bic himself ID show them 70 every one that
came alonC-ve called his attention 20 the
Statutes-ac then said that he had loaned the
canvass 70 lI-. Sessions, Who had given i 10 his
brother, lived , miles n the coCn5ry.
-ilTreJ Hood ezyF slroz---Reslded At aapa-
ca village last November-was present 1T the
election when t.e polls were elosed-thoUght
tie Whsle number Of votes poled VAS 5-t-tle
clerk said sc--7-as present. al night al TIE car
vasz, it was conducted BY F. Y Weir, Joseph
Hubbard. Z T. 3LIIer-tLe clerks were n. B.
Judzon. and John y ChandIe7-the votes we're
kept BY -aIiiez-Looked 1t The paper on which
the taI Ics were ularkeJ-Iucbed 1t them once
aad Nr. BasHf9rd had - votes and Bazs5ow a.
boat 20 aheaI-tLls was between 10 and IL
ac,eck in the ereniuc--that was the on Y time
lie counted to know precisely how the vote
.roclI-he looked quite oflen at the TALES and
saw that Ba-stow kept IIttle ahead--vas pres
ent when the canvass WIS compIetcd-tEev had
Just commenced figuring up the votes when I
Ieft-J4dson and Chandler were figuring 1t up,
was not present when the canvass was declared
they closed about O'cluck IN the morning
have Iivedin WaEFaca about four vears-tI-e pop
uIa-iou list EaI was 7 should 5hiuk from SEQ to
I990-T know that tie whole vote was 81, hay-
ing heard the clerk say 1t tie time 3Tr- Jones
voted that this was the 520th vote and only one
MN voted afterwards. when the polls were
closed had been IN Town .. Range ID about
; years aeo-did'nt know about tie population
now-aever heard there was an settlement
there. Hn-iI K heard If the voting there.
u II Dssis r.llleE and szrorn,-R Resided At
Portage Ciry, not acquainted with Waupaca
c0rIutr-kuUv John 4 Chandler have known
Linn from his infancy. know his bandwririn.,-
he WIS pupil of mine-he boarded with me
a Portage CRY from October. 1854 until July
last, aud LaI frequent opportunities t. know his
hand vri-ine-.
Here Mr. Ryan showed the witness tie pa
Ter on which the WaaFaca vote was fi,ur 81 UP,
and asked i that vas Chambers writing,
IT7ts.ezs-I should sav it is-have no besita-
ton in saying Il is--he edited Il paper at Port
age Cry and boarded with me- often saw his
handwriting.
H-,aE.r,E -e-1LzsE-PecoIlect that Bostedo
and Bruaqaesy ran for bIy-recuuect thai
ogross-. Be.ea,Es.s name vas = Isre-a D.
N-- Bran exhibited the raper TO him.
witness recognized tie paper * the same
gxeept that some figures we're on i that .e did
not remember seeing nj the time.
cfts. T. TE-rr.r.5 z-r3,-,-FFaf been II. the re-
ciaa af Bridge Creek Spring Creek. CIrbert.s
NfII-l.I not visit all tI.e uIaces--+astsd from
Madison ~ rr.e T3rh y December Ea-+-nea-es7
7 r,rr y, B.s.I.e Craa-- Wa Reef River abort
- .,-ra. F-,ra r--.f.-. .--i-.5 concern,
i'm rss latter mace Of rar~ous-.- WIS General
rv stated that ONLY oH. or two men we're living
Al Pr.dra CraaE, an election sa-
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Justice smith asked # there W. any owl
.i,... vrt.rg,- -g,.. .-.-.-,sz- -,----.,-,-; I,4
rIr. .-,s,..f -r..-,,~--.,f7 n, chou .r-- .f,.,
country vas uuinhabi-ed. does NOT show but
naH- MIGHT have Bfaa oDcned fLere. Men
might camp our.
E-71 '.tlt.3a s5atiassr,L-llet the deputy cIerl,
It ebss County Board Il tvh.rue7va II Beef RIv-
e--gyu u Toun--Le made out 4 statement for
RE -haaonIv two polls were opened IN the Co.
one ae Chippewa Fails, the other 1T Eau Claire
slid not enquire very particularly for road
~ 1rs.-,a Creek A-ca-,alaad that an election
had seen Leld at NeHomlnee. the next place I
vent 5u--ona e the clerks there informed me