Outagamie County, WI - "New London 1870"
       
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Subject: newspaper article "New London 1870"
Submitted by: county coordinator 
EMAIL: jmmarasch@aol.com
Date Submitted: 15 March 2000
       
Source: New London Press newspaper article from Bicentennial issue, undated.

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                         New London 1870
     On March 2, a special election was held in New London to vote on the railroad proposition offered by the
Green Bay & Lake Pepin Railway Co. to the Village of New London for issuance of bonds by the Village for the
amount of $50,000. 233 votes were cast, of which 191 voted yes, and 40 voted no.
 The 1870 Federal Census Report lists New London with a population of 1,015 people, 789 of them as natives, and
226 as foreign.  The White people numbered 1,008 and the Red people numbered 7.
 A new school, Joint School District number 3, was constructed across the block from where the McKinley School
stood later.  Plans were drawn by H.D.Vandercook.  Cost was in the $2,500-$5,000 range.
 On May 30, Rev.  August Wiese of Zittau (Wis. Synod) died of smallpox, and on July 9, Rev.  John Beyer of south
Caledonia (Mo. Synod) died of the same disease.  Their deaths had not only brought great sorrow to their parishers,
but brought on realignment of parishes.  Owing to the nearness of Hortonville, members of St. Paul's Congregation had
felt is was now the time to be served by the Hortonville Parish, under the Pastorate of Rev.  Carl Waldt, who had
returned.  Back in 1862, he had played an important role in organizing St. Paul's St. John's of New London was
without a Pastor for a short time, but later Rev. Peter Dicke made visitations in New London from Belle Plaine during
a period of 18 months.
 John Robinson was listed as Justice of Peace in the early Justice Records of New London.