The Standard (Democratic) was discontinued in 1856; the 1908 newspaper table gives a differing reading, associating "The Democratic Standard" with "suspended in 1858" (both readings reported).

The evidence

• “Bunner, who resigned February 21, 1855, and Mr. Brown continued the paper, aided by James Armstrong until 1856, when the paper was discontinued. The Standard was Democratic.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/11-rock-county-ch05-press-institutions-tragedy.md, PDF p. 397 / book p. 401

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources

  

• “"The Democratic Standard," weekly. Democrat, suspended in 1858. 1856. "The Daily Standard," Democrat, weekly, suspended in 1858. 1859.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/24-janesville-press.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 533 / book p. 494

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources