Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-11-18

John Stuart Mill spenuS SIX montns
of each year near the grave OF an idoiIz-
ed wife, at Agnonton, France.
The Californians are much hurt at
the report that they suffered most by
fright, from the recent earthquake In
that State.
General Dufour, the celebrated
Swiss soldier, statesman, and military
writer, has been elected member from
Geneva of the national legislature.
The Queen of England has excited
the disgust of High Churchmen by
attending Presbyterian service IN Scot
land.
Fenton has appointed Thanks
giving Day in New York for. the 18th
of December, the day set by President
Johnson.
Professor Agassiz is having a fine
time, socially as well as scientifically, IN
Brazil. He is thick with the Emperor.
General Sir Fenwick William has
been appointed English Governor OF
Nova Scotia.
When wife hugs her husband, it
is always because she wants to ''get
around him."
Who was the first little boy men,
toned in the Bible? Chap. /.
The Nashville papers say that the
"cave mystery" is rather fiattening ont.
1t now appears that the cave, which was
supposed to be resort of robbers, has
been really closed up for many years,
and that there are no robbers in it at
all, at ALL
Hermann Irons, aged one hundred
and ten years, nine months and ten
days, recently departed this life, at his
residence in Monroe county, Tennessee,
leaving a wife over a hundred years
old.
A little daughter of Mr.. Cressey, of
the Cressey House, at Detroit, on Fri
day night went into the room adjoining
the one where she slept, to get a cup
of water, when she was shot and instant
ly killed by a man who mistook her for
a burglar.
Some friend has started a para
graph, and it is now going the rounds
of the papers, that "the scandalous sto-
ry about Gottschalk, the pianist, is said
to be a fabrication" But it isn't; the
San Francisco papers gave all the dis
gushing details.
Another earthquake has been felt
in Sicily, near Catania, but happily
without loss of life or serious damage
to property. 4Etna is also in commo-
ton, and an eruption has broken ont i'll
the same locality as i'll 1852.
Mr.. T. Buchanan Read, the artist
aud poet, has commenced a suit agains
Mr.. James McHenry for portion of the
price of picture sold to Mr.. McHenry
for G3O0 sterling, called 1.-THE Lost
Pieiad."
"A few days since, family removed
to Fall River, Mass, from Lawrence,
taking with them, carefully boxed up,
all their pigeons, which were great ia
vorites with them. A day or two after
the arrival Of the family in Fall River,
the pigeons were all back in Lawrence,
having taken ''bee line" for that place
Immediately upon their release from the
boxes.
-Garibaldi lately caused two of his
horses to be sold in Genoa on the pub
lie market place. King Victor Eman-
uel having learned what was going to
occur, gave orders to purchase the two
animals, which brought 3,000f., and
then offered them as present to the
General The latter, however, pos
itively refused to receive them.
George Arnold (McAronel says,
sarcastically and funnilv, that the ''sole
and whole object of individual labor in
the world is the accumulation of wealth.
And the sole and whole object of the
accumulation of wealth is to enable the
wealthy one to live without labor. p
George, we are glad to say, Is recover
ing from his recent severe and sudden
illness.
1t is reported that just before john
Mitchell left his prison at Fortress
Monroe, Captain Sanderson, officer OF
day, asked him for his autograph.
Taking up his pen he wrote with hur-
ried dash, "The foolish men have con-
founded the wise, and appended his
name to it with evident pride of chiro-
graphical display and the remark,
''That's from Jack Falstaff; how DO you
like it," 81 like it well enough when /
take into account Jack Falstaffs cbarac-
| ter for veracity," replied Captain San
l
Heinrich Wilhelm Won Ernest, the
great violinist, is dead. He expired at
| Niece, whittier he had gone for his
health, on the 9Th of October. He was
fifty-one years of age, and was for a
time a pupil and favorite Of Paganini.
| On the violin he had but few equals in
the world since the death of his great
teacher, Vieux Temps, who visited this
country some eight years ago, contested
the palm with him in Paris, but Ernest
was always considered the best artist by
the best critics.
"A child four weeks old was found
on door step in Waterford, Conn, last
week, with note stating that it YVES
of good birth, and the finders would be
literally rewarded for bringing it up
The following directions were added
.'Give him one cows milk, with one
half water, and a teaspoonful of brandy
to one gill of food" A supply of hand
some clothing, a bottle of brandy, some
medicine and pail of sugar were also
left.
The new iron bridge across the Con-
neticut river at Warehouse Point, now
being erected by the New Haven, Hart
fort and Springfield Railroad Company,
will when completed, be probably the
finest railroad bridge, in the United
States. Il built on the ''truss" prin-
ciple, of the best procurable material
and in the most approved style. 1t con-
sists of II spans, the longest being III
eoo+ axtaudinc, over the river the car