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Divorce, The First .- The first divorce granted in Wisconsin was by the territorial legislature in 1840. In 1842 the legislature was asked to grant several more but declined to do so.
Dodge, a post village of 100 people on the G., B. & W. R. R. in'
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Trempealcau county, 27 miles southwest of Whitehall, the county seat.
Dodge County, in the southeastern part of the state, was named after Gen. Henry Dodge, the first territorial governor of the state. Its organization occurred in 1836 when Wisconsin was still a territory. The soil is a clayey loam. In 1905 Dodge county had 45,773 inhabitants and an area of 900 square miles. Juneau is the county seat.
Dodge, Henry, first territorial governor of Wisconsin, was born in Vincennes, Ind., Oct. 12, 1782; came to Wisconsin in 1827; took part in suppressing the Winnebago insurrection of that year and also in the Black Hawk war in 1832. He was governor of the ter- ritory of Wisconsin 1836-41; delegate to congress 1841-15; again governor of the territory 1845-48, and U. S. senator from Wiscon- sin from 1848 to 1857. He died in Burlington, Iowa, June 19, 1867.
Dodge, Joshua Eric, an associate justice of the Wisconsin su- preme court, was born in Middlesex county, Mass., Oct. 25, 1854. He received the degree of LL. B. from the Boston law school in 1877, and in 1878 he removed to Racine to practice law. He was appointed assistant attorney general of the United States in 1893 and served until 1897. The following year, Nov. 19, 1898, he was appointed to the supreme bench, to succeed Justice S. U. Pinney, resigned.
Dodgeville .- This city, the county seat of Iowa county, was first settled in 1826, incorporated as a village in 1858 and as a city in 1889, and today has a population of 2,152. It is on both the I. C. and the C. & N. . W Rys., has 3 newspapers (weeklies), the Chron- icle, the Sun and the Iowa County Republican. There are also three banks. It is in the center of the lead-mining section of Iowa county.
Doelle, a country postoffice in Buffalo county 28 miles southi- east of Alma, the county seat.
Doering, a country postoffice in Lincoln county, 14 miles north- east of Merrill, the county seat.
Donald, a post town of 75 people on the C., St. P., M. & O. Ry. in Taylor county, 36 miles from Medford, the county seat.
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Dongola, a country postoffice in Burnett county, 26 miles north- east of Grantsburg, the county seat.
"Doodle" Book .- This name was given to the record kept for over forty years by the state treasurer of overdrafts anticipating their salaries, made by the state employes. The practice grew to such proportions that in 1898 at the request of Governor Scofield, the state treasurer abolished it, and thereafter no employe could draw a dollar of salary until the regular pay day.
Doolittle, James Rood, was a prominent figure in the early politi- cal history of the state and during the war. He was born in Hamp- ton, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1815, and came to Wisconsin in 1851. He was elected a circuit judge in 1852 and held the position until 1856, and the following year was elected U. S. senator and was re-elected in 1863. Because he espoused the cause of President Johnson in 1865-66 he was asked by the legislature to resign the senatorship; then the next legislature demanded his resignation. He paid no attention to the request or the demand, but served out his tumme. He died in Providence, R. I .. July 27, 1897.
Door County, the eastern portion of the state, was organized in 1851. It was given the name of "Door" because within its limits is the passage or door between Lake Michigan and Green Bay. The soil is generally a clayey loam interspersed with sand. The popu- lation of the county in 1905 was 19,631 and its area is 450 square miles. Sturgeon Bay is the county seat.
Doran, a country postoffice in Burnett county, 34 miles east of Grantsburg, the county seat.
Dorchester, a post village with a population of 463 located on the W. C. Ry. in Clark county, 47 miles northeast of Neillsville, the county seat. The date of settlement is 1873. There is a weekly newspaper, the Clark County Herald.
Doty, James Duane .- J. D. Doty, a territorial governor of Wis- consin and prominent in the early history of the state, was born in Washington county, N. Y., November 5, 1790. He made the tour of the Great Lakes in company with Gov. Cass, as his secretary, in 1820. In 1823 President Monroe appointed him judge of the new district comprising that portion of Michigan territory lying west
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of Lake Michigan, and he made his headquarters at Green Bay. Hle was a member of the territorial council of Michigan 1834-35; delegate to congress from Wisconsin territory 1837-41; governor of Wisconsin territory 1841-44; member of the first constitutional convention ; member of congress 1848-1853; later superintendent of Indian affairs, and lastly governor of Utah territory. Doty's Island at the mouth of Lake Winnebago, was his home for many years, and his log residence there is still preserved intact. He died in Salt Lake City July 13, 1865.
Doty's Island .- At the mouth of Lake Winnebago is an island formed by the two forks of the Fox river, which unite a short dis- tance below. Parts of the cities of Neenail and Menasha are on the island. It is quite noted as a summer resort. When Jonathan Carver passed the island on his way up the Fox river in 1764 he found an Indian queen who reigned over the Winnebago Indians, living there. She was named "Glory of the Morning." The island is named after Gov. Doty, who formerly owned it and lived there.
Dotyville, a discontinued postoffice in Fond du Lac county.
Douglas Center, a discontinued postoffice in Marquette county.
Douglas County, in the northwestern corner of the state, was named after Stephen A. Douglas, United States senator from Illinois, at the time of its organization in 1856. The soil in the northern part is a red clay while farther south in the county it is a clayey loam. The county covers 1,336 square miles and in 1905 had a population of 43,499. Superior is the county seat.
Dousman, a post village of 300 inhabitants on the C. & N. W. Ry. is in Waukesha county, 13 miles west of Waukesha, the county seat.
Dousman, Hercules L., was one of the carly agents of the Ameri- can Fur company (q. v.) in Wisconsin. He was born in Mackinaw in 1800, located in Prairie du Chien in 1826, and died in Prairie du Chien September 12, 1868.
Dover, a discontinued postoffice in Racine county.
Downing, a post village on the W. C. Ry. in Dunn county, 22 miles northwest of Menomonie, the county seat. It has a popula- tion of 500. There is a bank and a weekly newspaper.
Downsville, a post town of 200 inhabitants on the C., M. & St.
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P. Ry. in Dunn county, 9 miles south of Menomonie, the county seat.
Doylestown, a post town of 175 on the C., M. & St. P. Ry. in Columbia county, 19 miles southeast of Portage, the county seat.
Drainage Fund .- Congress in 1850 passed an act granting to the state "all the swamp and overflowed lands in the state of Wiscon- sin," the purpose being that the state should use the proceeds from the sale of such of these lands as were sold to reclaim the balance from their swampy condition. Prior to this, however, congress had issued military bounty land warrants to Mexican war soldiers enabling them to locate on any public lands. Many of the swamp lands were settled upon under these warrants and there was a con- flict. In 1855 congress passed another act "for the relief of pur- chasers and settlers of swamp and overflowed lands" to indemnify the state for such of the lands as had already been located on under the warrants. In 1865 the Wisconsin legislature enacted a measure dividing the proceeds from the sale of the lands equally between the drainage fund,-which was distributed to counties entitled thereto, in proportion to the number of acres of swamp lands sold, -and the normal school fund. When congress had indemnified the state for the land taken under the military warrants, the legislature by an act in 1889, provided for the same distribution of the pro- ceeds from the sale of the indemnity lands.
Drake, George C., was the first Wisconsin soldier to fall in the War of Secession. He was a member of Co. A, 1st Wis. Inf., and was killed at the battle of Falling Waters, Va., July 2, 1861.
Draper, Lyman Copeland, was a distinguished historian, educator and publicist. Ile was born in Evans, N. Y., September 4, 1815; was educated at Denison university, Ohio; was a newspaper editor in Mississippi 1840-41; spent a number of years in collecting ma- terial for a history of the west until 1852 when he settled in Madi- son, Wis. Ile served as superintendent of public instruction 1858-59. In 1851 he had become secretary of the State Historical society and remained as such until 1887. To his work in organizing the Historical society's library is largely due the present importance of that library. He was author of "King's Mountain and its Heroes" and other historical works. He died August 22, 1891.
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Draughtsman, State .- The legislature of 1901 abolished the office of state draughtsman which existed in connection with the state land office.
Dresser Junction, a post town of 75 people on the M., St. P. & S. Ste. M. Ry. in Polk county, 15 miles southeast of Balsam Lake, the county seat. It is also known as Godfrey Junction.
Druecker, a country postoffice on Sauk creek and the C. & N. W. Ry. in Ozaukee county, 4 miles north of Port Washington, the county seat.
Drummond, a post village on the C., St. P., M. & O. Ry. and the Drummond and Southwestern Ry. and the White river, in Bay- field county, 37 miles south of Washburn, the county seat. The population is 500.
Duck Creek is a stream in Columbia county west of the Fox river. It empties into the Wisconsin river. It became noted as the center of the site allotted to the Oneida Indians and others of the Six Na- tions, in 1838.
Dudley, a country postoffice on Prairie river in Lincoln county, 20 miles northeast of Merrill, the county seat.
Dueholm, a country postoffice in Polk county, 12 miles north of Balsam Lake, the county seat. It is known also as Bone Lake.
Duluth, Daniel Greyson, was a daring coureur du bois who in 1679 explored the upper Mississippi river, taking special note of the Wisconsin and Black rivers for trading purposes. The following year Duluth voyaged from Lake Superior to the Mississippi by way of the Bois Brule river to its head waters, thence to the St. Croix headwaters, and down into the Mississippi. The name Duluth also appears in early documents as Du l'Hut, Du Lhut and Du Luth.
Dunbar, a post village of 748 inhabitants on the Dunbar & Wau- saukee and the M., St. P. & S. Ste. M. Rys. in Marinette county, 66 miles north of Marinette, the county seat.
Dunbarton, a post station of 35 inhabitants on the C., M. & St. P. Ry. in La Fayette county, 9 miles south of Darlington, the county seat.
Dundas, a post village of 100 on the C. & N. W. Ry. in Calumet county, 18 miles north of Chilton, the county seat.
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Dundee, a discontinued postoffice in Fond du Lac county.
Dunfield, a post town of 25 people on the C., M. & St. P. Ry. in Lincoln county, 20 miles from Merrill, the county seat.
Dunn County, in the northwestern part of the state, was named after the first chief justice of the territory, Chas. Dunn. Its or- ganization was effected in 1856. The soil is a clayey loam inter- spersed with sand. In 1905 the territory had a population of 26,074 and an area of 860 square miles. Menomonie is the county seat.
Dunnville, a postoffice with 60 people on the C., M. & St. P. Ry. and the Red Cedar river in Dunn county, 15 miles from Menomonie, the county seat.
Duplainville, a post village with a population of 600 on the W. C. and the C., M. & St. P. Rys. in Waukesha county, 5 miles from Waukesha, the county seat.
Durand, an incorporated city of 1,359 population on the C., M. & St. P. Ry. and the Chippewa river in Pepin county, of which it is the county seat. There are three weekly newspapers, the Pepin County News, the Pepin County Journal, the Entering Wedge, and also two banks.
Durkee, Chas., was born in Royalton, Vt., December 10, 1805. He was a member of the Wisconsin territorial legislature in 1836 and 1838; was elected to the 31st and 32d congresses from this state as a free soiler ; and in 1855 was elected to the United States senate as a republican, serving one term. In 1865 he was appointed governor of Utah territory. His death occurred in Omaha, Neb., January 14, 1870.
Duvall, a post village on the Red river in Kewaunee county, 26 miles from Kewaunee, the county seat. There is a population of 300.
Dwight, a discontinued postoffice in Polk county.
Dyckesville, a post town of 50 people on Green bay in Kewaunee county, 23 miles northwest of Kewaunee, the county seat. .
Eagle, an incorporated village on the C., M. & St. P. Ry. in Waukesha county, 16 miles southwest of Waukesha, the county
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seat. It was originally settled in 1843; its population is 303. There is a bank and a weekly newspaper, the Quill.
Eagle Corners, a settlement in Richland county, 14 miles south- west of Richland Center, the county seat.
Eagle Creek is a tributary of the Wisconsin river in Richland county, flowing southeast to empty into it at Eagle Corners.
Eagle Lake lies in Racine county. Kansas is the nearest railroad station.
Eagle Point, a country postoffice in Chippewa county and a sta- tion on the C., St. P., M. & O. Ry., 7 miles north of Chippewa Falls, the county seat.
Eagle River, an incorporated post village, the county seat of Vilas county, on the C. & N. W. Ry. It has a bank and two weekly newspapers, the Review and the Vilas County News. It has a population of about 800.
East Bristol, a post town of 100 people in Dane county, 20 miles northeast of Madison, the county scat.
East Delavan, a post town of 30 in Walworth county, 5 miles south of Elkhorn, the county seat.
Eastman, a post village of 200 in Crawford county, 14 miles northeast of Prairie du Chien, the county seat.
Eastman, Benjamin C., was a democratic member of the 32d and 33d congresses from Wisconsin. His home was in Platteville, where he died Feb. 5, 1856.
Easton, a post town of 50 on White creek in Adams county, 11 miles south of Friendship, the county seat.
East Troy, an incorporated post village with a population of 601 in Walworth county, 12 miles northeast of Elkhorn, the county. seat. It has a bank and a weekly newspaper, the East Troy News.
Eastwin, a discontinued postoffice in Manitowoc county.
East Wrightstown, a discontinued postoffice in Brown county.
Eau Claire,-This city is the judicial seat of Eau Claire county. It is situated on the C., St. P., M. & O., the C., M. & St. P., and the W. C. Rys., and the Eau Claire and Chippewa rivers, and has interurban trolley connection with Chippewa Falls, 12 miles north. The city derives its name from the French, signifying "clear
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water." The two rivers which have their confluence within the city supply abundant water power for the many manufacturing in- dustries. There are several substantial banks, two daily news- papers, the Telegram and the Leader, and a number of weeklies. It has a population of 18,737, by the census of 1905.
Eau Claire County is in the western part of the state, the name being the French for "clear water." It has an area of 648 square miles and the census of 1905 gave it a population of 33,519. The city of Eau Claire is the county seat.
Eau Claire River .- The larger of two streams of same name has its rise in the confluence of two forks both rising in Clark county, and joining in Eau Claire county. This stream flows northwest to join the Chippewa river at Eau Claire.
Eau Claire River .- The smaller of two streams of the same name, rises in Langlade county and flows south into Marathon county to join the Wisconsin river at Wausau.
Eau Galle, a post town of 325 people on the Eau Galle river, in Dunn county, 18 miles southwest of Menomonie, the county seat.
Eau Galle River rises in St. Croix county and flows southeast into Plum creek in Pierce county.
Eau Pleine, a station on the C., M. & St. P. Ry. in Portage county, 16 miles from Stevens Point, the county seat.
Eau Pleine River, Big .- See Big Eau Pleine River.
Eau Pleine River, Little .- See Little Eau Pleine River.
Ebbe, a discontinued postoffice in Wood county.
Ebenezer, a discontinued postoffice in Jefferson county.
Eden, a post town of 250 inhabitants in Fond du Lac county, 7 miles southeast of Fond du Lac, the county seat.
Edgar, an incorporated post village of 753 on the C. & N. W. Ry. in Marathon county, 18 miles west of Wausau, the county seat. The original settlement of the village was in 1891. There is a bank and a weekly newspaper, the Press.
Edgerton .- This city on the C., M. & St. P. Ry. in Rock county, is 12 miles north of Janesville, the county seat. The first settle- ment was in 1836, platted as a village in 1854 and incorporated as a city in 1883. Its present population is 2,116. The tobacco grow-
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ing industry of southern Wisconsin makes Edgerton its shipping market, about one-half of the total product of the state going out from this point. There are two banks and two weekly newspapers, the Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter and the Eagle.
Edgewood Villa, a suburb of Madison, the home of the Sacred Heart Academy, conducted by the Dominican Sisters. The late Gov. C. C. Washburn donated the site of the Academy to the Sis- ters.
Edmund, a post town on the C. & N. W. Ry. with a population of 100. It is S miles west of Dodgeville, the county seat of Iowa county, within which it is located.
Edson, a country postoffice in Chippewa county, 18 miles east of Chippewa Falls, the county seat.
Education of the Blind, Institute for .- See Reformatory, Charit- able and Penal Institutions.
Education, Compulsory .- The statute requires that every child physically and mentally capable, between the ages of 7 and 14, liv- ing in the country shail attend school at least 8 months in the year ; and if living in village or city shall attend the full terms of school held. The law applies also to children between 14 and 16, unless they have secured a permit to work and actually do work at some useful and gainful occupation.
Eggan, a post town of 35 people in Chippewa county, 25 miles northeast of Chippewa Falls, the county seat.
Eggersville, a discontinued postoffice in Fond du Lac county.
Egg Harbor, a post village of 250 inhabitants or . Green Bay, in Door county, 18 miles northeast of Sturgeon Bay, the county seat.
Eight-Hour Labor Law .- In all manufacturies, workshops or other places used for mechanical or manufacturing purposes the time of labor of women employed therein is limited to eight hours in one day. In all engagements to labor in any manufacturing or mechanical business where there is no express contract to the con- trary, a day's work shall consist of eight hours and all contracts for labor in such cases shall be so construed, but this does not apply to contracts for labor by the week, month or year.
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Ekdall, a country postoffice of Burnett county, 9 miles north of Grantsburg, the county seat.
Eland, a post town on the C. & N. W. Ry. in Shawano county, 45 miles west of Shawano, the county seat. Dating its settlement from 1880, its population today numbers 200.
Elcho, a post town of 125 on the C. & N. W. Ry. in Langlade county, 21 miles north of Antigo, the county seat.
Elderon, a post town on the C. & N. W. Ry. in Marathon county, 25 miles southeast of Wausau, the county seat. The inhabitants number 75.
Eldorado, a post village of 350 on the C. & N. W. Ry: and the western branch of the Fond du Lac river, in Fond du Lac county, 10 miles west of Fond du Lac, the county seat.
Eldredge, Chas. A., was born in Bridgeport, Vt., Feb. 27, 1821, and came to Wisconsin in 1848, settling at Fond du Lac. He was a state senator 1854-55; and a democratic member from Wiscon- sin in the house of representatives in the 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd and 43rd congresses. His death occurred in 1896.
Elective Franchise in Wisconsin, History of .- The first time the franchise was known to be exercised in Wisconsin was in 1825, when a vote was taken in Green Bay. It is recorded that in 1830 Brown, Crawford, Chippewa and Iowa counties were exempted from the operation of the law requiring freehold security as quali- fication for office. At the first election after Wisconsin was made a territory every white male citizen of the United States above 21 years of age and inhabitant of the territory was entitled to vote or hold office. All township and county offices except judicial officers, justices of the peace, sheriffs and clerks of the court were elective. The first act of the legislative assembly of 1838 was to provide for and regulate general elections. The law provided that a voter must be a free white male citizen, or foreigner duly naturalized and must have had six months' residence in the territory. In 1846 the legislature enacted that every white male citizen above the age of 21, having residence in the territory 6 months next previous thereto, and who was either a citizen of the United States or had declared his intention to so become, was authorized to vote for or
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against state government. When the first constitution was voted upon, the question of negro suffrage submitted separately was de- feated. In the constitution which was adopted in 1848 the quali- fications prescribed for voters were: "All white male persons of the age of 21, or upward, belonging to any of the following classes shall constitute the qualified electors: (1) Citizens of the United States who at the time of the adoption of this constitution were actual residents of state; (2) Citizens of the United States hav- ing become residents of the state of Wisconsin after the adoption of the constitution who have resided in the state 6 months; (3) Persons not citizens of the United States who at the time of the adoption of this constitution were actually residents of the state and had declared their intention to become citizens of the United States and who shall have resided in the state six months. Per- sons mentally incompetent and those convicted of crime excepted from the above.
Election Law, General .- The legislature of 1893 enacted the first comprehensive general election law, which revised the then exist- ing statutes and provided better than ever before for the secrecy and purity of the ballot.
Election, Primary .- Chapter 451, laws of 1903, known as the primary election law, abolishes entirely caucuses and conventions as a part of the nominating machinery and substitutes a primary conducted substantially as a regular election. At this, candidates who have complied with the preliminary requirements can be voted for on their own party ticket only. The regular tickets are then made up of the names receiving the highest number of votes for the respective offices. Party platforms are framed by the suc- cessful candidates on the respective tickets. The law was not to go into effect until endorsed by the people at the general election in 1904. It received such endorsement.
Eleva, an incorporated post village on the Buffalo river and the C., St. P., M. & O. Ry. is in Trempealeau county, 20 miles north of Whitehall, the county seat. The village has one bank and a population of 331.
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Elk Creek is a tributary of the Buffalo river in Buffalo county. It flows due west.
Elk Creek, a country postoffice in Trempeauleau county, 71/2 miles northwest of Whitehall, the judicial seat of the county.
Elk Grove, a post town of 100 people in La Fayette county, 16 miles west of Darlington, the county seat.
Elkhart Lake, a post village of 462 inhabitants on the C., M. & St. P. Ry. in Sheboygan county, 18 miles northwest of Sheboygan, the county seat.
Elkhorn .- This city of 1,818 is the judicial seat of Walworth county, located on the C., M. & St. P. Ry. It dates its settlement from 1837. There are two banks and two weekly newspapers, the Blade and the Independent.
Elk Mound, a post town on the C., St. P., M. & O. Ry. in Dunn county. Its population is 250 and it is 12 miles east of Menomonie, the county seat.
Elks, Wisconsin Association, B. P. O., was organized as a state association in 1902. About 25 local lodges are represented in the association.
Ella, a discontinued postoffice in Pepin county.
Ellenboro, a post town on the Big Platte river in Grant county. It is 8 miles southeast of Lancaster, the county seat, and has a population of 50.
Ellis, a post village in Portage county, 8 miles northeast of Stevens Point, the county seat. It has a population of 500.
Ellis Junction .- See Crivitz.
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