Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-05-26

RESUME OF THE MEMS Of THE WEEK.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

A voupg Girl in Richfeld, Mimi,
named Miss Hannsh Townsend, died suddenly
ON the 18th from the effects OF eating poison
Gus wild flowers. ~ 4
The ST. Charles House, a large frame |
tenement in st. Anthony, Mimi, was destroyed |
bv fire on the 18th. 1t was occupied by sew |
eTal families. The household effects were
partially saved. Loss 8, coo. Fully insured |
A horse thief named Lansing, with a |
stolen team Of horses, was captured near Ano- |
Ia, Mimi, on Sunday evening by deputy
sheriff Grace, Of st. Paul.
Several hundred cords of wood be-
longing to the Chicago and Northwestern IN
Railway and an elevator, were destroyed Dy
fire, at Harvard, Illinois, Tuesday morning.
There was fire In Brooklyn, N. Y,
on the 10th. in the cotton packing establish
ment of +. d. Blanchard q Co. The whole
building WIS DESTROYED together with Its con-
tents consisting OF a large quantity OF cotton
saved from the recent fire III New YORK. LOSS
on stock and machinery S1u,UeO. vi TIC
building, $4,000.
The small safe of Davenport, Mason
4 Co.'S Taunton. New Bedford and New York
s,1,ress vas thrown of the steamboat train on
the StOningtOn railroad on the night OF the
IIth. between East Greenwich and westerly
1T was found the next morning robbed OF It's
contents, the value Of which l. as yet I'M
known.
A wretch by the name of Charles
ScboItz has been arrested in Chicago, charged
with numbering two OF his own chhaieh' az
soon ar born. He threatened his VIE Win
death If she ever told Of his crime, ana Iof
years she kept the secret, but nhalIy' hls
ronduct toward her becoming so brutal tLat
she could endure it 10 longer, she had MN
arrested.
On Saturday evening last, a fire oe-
Cured at CarOndelet, in the works OF the "a
rOrdeIet. Marine & Dock Company, which de-
stroyed tine sheds covering the machinery,
and the steamer Jennie Deans. which was IN
dock undergoing repairs. The Deans belonged
to the KeOkuk Packet Company. and was val
ned at 500, 600. A saw mill was also des-
troyed. The tOta, loss is about Sl2O'uOO.
A man 10y the name of Jacob Bow
ers. saws the WinOna Republican, was instant
" killed ON the WinOna & st. Peter Railroad,
near Lewiston, few DAYS since. He attempt
Ell to cross the track Just as the tram was
coming ND and was struck by the cOw-cather
and thrown from the track, breaking his
neck.
A fire occurred in Salem, Mass, on
the night of the 18th which destroyed the
Ivnde block and the SattOnstall school house,
together with several buildings on Essex and
Liberty streets. The East Indian hall build
ing was lsO greatly damaged, but the yalua-
bic collection Of cuTiOsities was saved. The
Lynde block was owned by Mr.. Francis Pea
body. The loss Of property Is estimated at
SIS 600; mostly insured.
The St Paul Press says that letter
has been receivedin that city announcing that
TN. body Of Can't Field, who was lost in a
snow storm between Fort AbercrOmbie and
Fort WadswOrth, last winter, and also the
body of one of his Tarty, we're found, week be-
fore last, on the prairie, fourteen miles south
OF Twin Lakes station, the point aimed at by
-. h. .ltsafI
The bodies had been badly mangles by wolves
but there was no doubt as to their identity.
On the evening of the 18th as the
steamer Molly MOhler was towing two barges
laden with wheat from Mendoza tOSt. Paul, she
struck her barges against an unfinished stone
railroad pier, one mile aDoYe the city. Both
barges sunk rapidly, although great efforts
we're made TO keep them atlOat. About eight
thousand bushels of wheat were sunk in the
barges The steamer escaped uniuj ured. One
man, named James Sullivan, of saltwater,
was knocked overheard, and carried away by
the current and drowned.
Three villains went to the house of
an old negro man named Cobb, In Linden
county, Ga, last Monday, and demanded his
money On his refusing to give 1t up they
hung him. and then went to his sons cabin and
hung HIM. The old man got loose and as
soon as he recovered from the straEgling,
went to white neighbOr and got assistance
and Overhauled the banditti, one of whom was
killed another shot in the neck, and the other
took to flight. Their three horses were cap
tured.
A terrible tragedy occurred in Mont
gOmery county, Ca, on Sunday. Alfred Nor
rIs plunged a knife into the bosom of SanbOrn
Hall infiicting mortal wound. Levi Hall,
a brother Of SanbOrn, ran to separate them,
but was too late. Levi then, Immediately
drew a pistol and sent q bullet through the
inn anti
affair took place at Bells Ferry, ON Deco river,
and has cast gloom over the people Of sew
eral counties. All the parties were respecta-
hIy connected, Morris father being an infiu-
entail member Of the Legislature.
Three fires occurred in New Orleans
on the night of the 18th; one vas in an old
brick building on New Leyee street, and II Is
reported that four negro women, one negro
man. one white woman and one negro boy
were burned to death. The steamer Maria
Deming, lying at the leyce. caught fire and
was burned To the waters edge. Thomas
Parker one of her mates, was asleep IN his
berth and was so badly burned before he got
out that he died. The steamer b. j. adams,
wing near the Deming also caught fire, but
was not very seriously damaged. There was
no freight on either boat.
Officer Kenny of the Atlantic Dock,
Brooklyn, n. Y, police, on the 18th, discOy-
cred the body of a man floating into the gap
pearancce 1t was believed to be the body of
Preston King. Subsequently the body was
identified by Preston King Webster, Mr..
Kings nephew, Dir. LydickeF and others of the
custom force. The coroner will hold an in
quest on Thursday. The remains were not
much blOated, and are less decUmpOsed than
might have been expected, considering the
Iact that they have been in the water for six
months and one day, the Collector having
thrown himself into the North river on the
evening of the 18th day of November, 1865.
1t is reported that in the southern
part of Gentry County, Mo-, on Saturday last,
a regular battle took place in Gentryville. be-
tween the UniOnist and rebels, which origin
ated as follows: During the evening, Allen
Burton, who had been soldier in the Forty
third Missouri Volunteers, son of Abraham
Burton, Esq, went to Gentryvilie on business,
and soon a rebel named Giles approached him
and commenced abusing him, calling
him a damned abOlitiOnist nd 9th
er names, and drew his revolver, and
commenced cooking 1t, when Burton drew
his revolver and shot Giles. breaking his arm.
Giles then fired and shot Burton through the
hand; then regular shooting commenced
the rebels were driven out OF the town. The
Union men then fired several rounds from the
cannon belonging to the town, in honor of the
victory. There were engaged in the shooting
five Union men and eight rebels, and three
men were wounded in the fight.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
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