In Wisconsin, the Milwaukee and Horicon Railroad is sold at a U.S. Marshal's auction

The Milwaukee and Horicon Railroad had been chartered in 1853 as the third railway line in Wisconsin.  It eventually connected Lake Horicon to Berlin, Wisconsin in 1857.  The company fell into financial diffulties and was sold at a U.S. Marshal's auction for $670,000 and became a part of the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad.  (By John Osborne)