Madison, Dane County and surrounding towns; being a history and guide to places of scenic beauty and historical note .. . ars service. About the same time, asif the old tavern stand must be identified withthe capital, there was a new proposition to capitol was dilapidated, and rivals said that as anew structure must be raised, the time was favorablefor a transfer. The city authorities met the difficultyby donating $50,000 in bonds, towards erecting thepresent edifice. That settled the question. Whileaffairs were thus progressing, came the financial crisisof 1857. The crash was disas
Madison, Dane County and surrounding towns; being a history and guide to places of scenic beauty and historical note .. . ars service. About the same time, asif the old tavern stand must be identified withthe capital, there was a new proposition to capitol was dilapidated, and rivals said that as anew structure must be raised, the time was favorablefor a transfer. The city authorities met the difficultyby donating $50,000 in bonds, towards erecting thepresent edifice. That settled the question. Whileaffairs were thus progressing, came the financial crisisof 1857. The crash was disastrous to Madison. Mil-waukee availed itself of the confusion, to renew theattempt to remove the seat of government. Uponthe third reading of the bill, there was a tie vote; but HISTORY OF MADISON. 131 by an adroit movement, the measure was killed forthe session; delay, meant death. Many associationsof public value date from this time, among which,we note: The Capitol Hook and Ladder Company,Ko. 1; Mendota Fire Engine Company, No. 1;•Madison Engine Company, No. 2; the Govern-ors Guards; the Madison Guards;: and the. Wisconsin State Capitol. Dane Cavalry. Already, the excitement arisingfrom the troubles in Kansas, was producing an effectin military and other organizations. The postoffice had long been established, and wellserved, but railroads had given greater remember when the nearest postoffice wasat the City of the Four Lakes, from which villagethere was a road partly cleared to Fort Winnebago. 132 niSTORY OF MADISON. When Jolm Catlin and liis deputy got into workingorder, things were better. Darwin Clark remembersthe mail for the village being brought in a handker-chief. Newspapers increased the bulk, but for somemonths there was only an occasional copy of theCooperstown Freemans Journal, which had a won-derful circulation from hand to hand. There wouldhave been more newspapers, as there were few books,and whisky drinking was not universal; but therew
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