Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-06-17

Ordinance officer OF New York; Major
General Anderson and family; Mrs.
Livingston and Mrs. Gantley; Mrs. Dor
man Of California; the Rev. DR.. Spring
and family; Mrs.1Judge White and Miss
White, &c.1az 4 hre q e asa.l a'4orii1s
General News. ~ .aoi'
The government of New Bruins
wick are about to issue $1,0o0,O00 IN
Treasury notesss3iinaas ssiissi 81 a
-Fhe Grand Rabbi of the Jewish
community In France, Ulman, died at
Paris on the 9TH. 4 s.sods sgis4u0 Z
-Abdel Kader is on his way to Paris,
in pursuance. of the French Emperor's
request. -.
brig. Gen? Hugh Ewing, brother,
inlaw of Gen. Sherman, has Just been
breveted Major General. -, . ! :,
-Mrs. Bigelow, wife of our minister
to Paris, is coming home on a short
x,;s;t fI hcs - 90 ssaau Fnt
The summer hat of the Detroit
police force will be a broad -brimmed
Pangma straw, at once comfortable and
''sS''YES9As"N1t. b1n.l -aissess isssosaa VT d
The children, grand children, and
great-grand children of woman in
Quebec, 113' years old, number 226.
The citizens of .Janesville held a
meeting last evening to make arrange
ments to. have the State Fair held at
that place tbs year. ['.qI $50 >.
"A s'guest'' at Browen's Hotel at
Fort Atkinson, last week, stole the
landlords watch and decamped for
GAINESVILLE where he was overhauled
and arrested.ok aoissss .aeeas
Mrs. General RogerA. Pryor comes
regularly to our commissary at Peters
burg to draw the rations designated for
the poor OF the city. 'ss'Hfae1ea 2g.
Zen. Sherman drew his pay at
Washington last week. He is said to
be quite poor, having devoted his. time
to fighting rather than specializing.
The directors of the crystal palace
have engaged Mile Adeiina Patti for
the whole of the coming Handel festi-
val. The terms are stated to be enor-
nous Gus n srg a ssd ria- sit -wN
-. The boiler of spice and drug mill
in Cincinnati exploded on Friday last,
almost demolishing the building, five
story brick, and. MORALLY injuring the
engineer. ~s.--
. Where soldiers have lost legs, feet
or arms in the. war, the Government
helps them to this extent In getting
artificial ones SO for legs $50 for
arms, $50 for feet.
Captain Scultze, of Potsdam, in
Prussia, has discovered a new gunpow
der. It is stronger, does not emit the
same amount of gas, and is one-thlrd
cheaper than the old gunpowder. The
color is, yellow, .s,,s .'d,-.t ~.
- MIR. Ritter of New Haven has recent
" erected monuments, of Rhode Island
granite, to two Connecticut heroes,
Rear Admiral Eoote and Major General
Sedgwick, the former in New Haven
and the latter in Cornwall Hollow. Ell
The first message ever sent over a
telegraph line in America, written in
the Morse telegraph characters, namely,
'sWbat hath God wrought?" passed be-
tween Washington and Baltimore, and
was sent by Miss Anne Ellsworth sof
this state, May 81, 1874. =
- matrimonial alliance is about to
| crown the career of Marshal Bazaine in
the intervention in Mexico, that French
warrior being, announced, as about to
wed La Senorita de ,Pena, daughter OF
some high. dignitary in the empire of
| Maximiiian. ----------------
-Rumor has il that there is a pros
fDect OF another addition to the fam
! lily Of General Tom Thumb. It is
I also said that Commodore Mutt and
Miss Minnie WARREN are about to be
married. rod .z9oh O. ~ sr.dF ). '''o'
The reason of Jeff's assuming wo-
mans attire Is attributed to the fact
| tiiat he had lost track of his Species
and he evidently came to the conclusion
that he was OF the, feminine gender. ssag
Gen. Wilson has ordered the pris-
on stockade at Andersonville to be en-
closed and fenced, and a book contain
ing the names and description of de-
ceased privates TO be kept for reference.
Over fourteen thousand Union soldiers
are known to be buried there. ,,,
It's said that a terrible outrage was
committed on the person of a young
lady, who has since died, near Wash
inaton, on Thursday, by three drunken
/ officers. \ They we're subsequently cap
tured, tried by a .drum-head -court-nar4
,tial and sentenced to be shot. . bs
-Asboyg named John Harrington,
only twelve, years of age, has been ar
rested in Detroit for attempting to fire
the iBiddle House, The young villain
set fire to the bed clothing in one of the
rooms, and the hotel had a narrow es-
cape from destruction. At his trial he
said he adid it for fun"
The Mexican guerrillas recently made
Eabold attempt to carry off her Imperial
Majesty, the Empress Charlotte, from
TIE city of Mexico, and though they
failed, they gave Her Majesty such q
fright that she has since kept close to
the imperial palace--not venturing to
walk in the Park Armada, where the
guerrillas sought to entrap her.
Hon. Amos, Kendall, who, in his
old ace. has anlassed a fortune by inr
tyesti1g IN teIegraphic stock. has devo-
| ted $50, 200 to the erection of a Baptist
church. in Washington as a memorial to
,hisIdeceased wife. Mr.. Kendall retired
from Jaclzson's administration poor. but
now eajoysa an income of SAC, 900. -.
Gen. Grants saddle, which he rode
from the commencement of his sser-
vices at Cato, dlks I'm 1861, until after
+ha s,,rrendar of Gen Lee and which