Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-27
Items i'm General

In the report of u down east agrl-
cultural fair occurs the following: "Best
bed-comforter-Mis Mary Hall"
American furs of all descriptions
are falling in plice in Europe. Beaver
and mink are almost unsaleable at great
ly reduced prices.
California produces moro barley
than all the balance of the Union. She
has a surplus of about 5000, 5000
bushels.
published in Nashville-six English and
there were four, all English. A daily
paper in the German language is new
feature in Nashville.
-Ex-Presi3ent Buchanan joined the
First Presbyterian Church in Lancaster
Pa, and Hon. John Bell, the First
Presbyterian Church in Nashville, few
weeks since. ~.
-Brigadier General Barnes, of Bos-
ton, formerly Colonel of the Goth Mas
sachusetts. has been working at his
trade as iourneyman printer since he
was mustered out.
C N. Buffers celebrated tower near
Bermuda Hundreds, Va. from which,
for SO many months, lynX-eyed SEN
tinels pried into the movements of the
rebel troops, was sold at pub
lie auction for the sum of five dollars. =
There were at least thirty cords of good
timber III the structure.
The number of postage stamps
made by the National Bank Note Com
pany for the year 1865, has been abou
four hundred millions The number of
three cent stamps used is about one
million per day. The stamps are print
ted. perforated, gummed and pricked
for twelve cents a thousand
"A young lady remarked that she
could not understand "what her broth
er Henry saw in the girls that he liked
them so well; and that for her part,
she would not give the company of one
young man for that OF twenty girls"
"A young widow of very polite
address, whose husband had lately
died, was visited soon after by the min
lister of the parish, who inquired, as
usual, about her husbands health, when
she replied, with peculiar smile, "He
is dead. L thank you'll" 3
john Ferguson, of Charleston, s.
O., has made application for the return
to him OF the Planter, which was sur
rendered in the summer of 1868 to the
blockading squadron off Charleston, by
Robert Small, cOlored pilot. The
Planter was at that time in the rebel
service. Her owner claims that she was
stolen, and having taken the amnesty
oath, he is entitled to her return. The
fsnx hoa nv nd
dollars on her and placed her III COM
mand of Small, her old captor. >
The total amount of naval captures
reaches $50, 600, 600 in value; one half
of this goes to Government, and the
other is divided among officers and sea-
men, in the proportions already pub
lished.i The average per man is but
Sl2O, whereas in the matter of boun-
ties to soldiers. the average has been
nearly $1,000 per man, and about
500, 900, COO have been expended in
bonnties alone. ~.
On New Years day, Mr.. Hooper,
NJ. G.. from Massachusetts, called ON
Gen. Grant at the residence of the lat
ter, on Georgetown. Heights, and pre-
sented him with the titlesand catalogue
of valuable library, consisting of about
two thousand volumes, on behalf OF his
constituency. t.,.aare, s;.f s
1t is significant fact that in the
report of the Strong divorce case, the
Herald did not mention the name of
j ohm A. Graham, one of the counsel of
the defense. The explanation is that
the gentleman, gave Bennett, q severe
cowhiding few years since. 1t did
him great favor by the suppression of
his name.
"A little boy, five years old. was car
ried off by eagles, while playing in the
woods near Maynesville, Mo-. last Oc-
tober. His body was found some time
after with nearly all the flesh picked
from the bones.