Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-24
SEMINARY.
eEsUHE OF mh NEWS OF THE WEEK.
CHIuEs AND CASUALTIES.

CRIuEs AND CASUALTIES.
The Nempbis Cotton Works were |
burped on Tuesday night. Loss, t2Oo,oVO'
insured for $4,000.
The Exchange Bank at MnncIe, Ind,
was broken open Sunday night and robbed OF
SI2. 600 in grenbaeks and So coo Ia U. 3 bOndS'
The robbers escaped. ~ -
a few DAYS since, Miss Ruth Cannon
81 pleasant Hill. Pike county, ILL.,, aged four-
teen wears, was burnt TO death by her clothes
cafcbing IRE when no one was about the
house.
The steamer Mystic struck a snag at
Honey Island. YszoO river, several days ago,
and snnk M to her hurricane roof on one
side. No lives were lost. Cargo badly MUIR
ed. 1t is thought ehs can be raised
The steamer Henry Won Phnl, from
New Orleans for ST. Louis, with 81, goo paies
of cotton aboard, was oufhe1 on INC! tle $3.50 n-l.-s
above DonaldsOnyille, La. Two hSeS "eie
lost. -- = r.-..
The steamer Mollie DOsier was sunk
in the Missouri river. at st. Rnperts, sunday
Tbis Il the third time the boat has sunk
first at st Joseph, when she was raised;
again below st. Joseph, aud again ralsedi ailo'
now the third time, in nine feet water. she
is totally lost, but insured Tor s5O,VOO. -...l1r
A fire occurred In Leavenworth last
week. which destroyed property to the
amount Of $4,000. IL was ON Shawnee street,
inst east of the market House Inc
Goddard Brothers, ]. Besser, VIM. Reckten-
valid litter q Kenyon, A Funk. NJ SOleder,
Byers & Whitridge, a, "a Peek, Il. o. Blgney;
HI Harris. Wolfrs m, Martin x Schaus and
Biringer, were the principal losers.
The steam barge Trader blew mp on
the morning of November Sth. when opposite
sand Beach, on the shore OF Lake Huron. :
The fireman Of the barge, Richard Ryan was
killed instantly, and also the whcelsnan, Geo
Bushkirk. 1hOs. Seymour, ono OF the hands
was very badly scalded. The wreck was tow
ed into Marine City 10y the propeller Dubuque
The Trader was Owned by Captain Green, o.
Cleveland.
We learn from the Chicago Journal
that two fires occurred in that city, on tho
West Side, on Saturday morning, involving :
loss of $780, coo. The first was the large dry
ing house connected with RusselPs planning
mill on Carroll street; the other was a Dloct
of buildings on Canal street, which included
the extensive manufacturing establishment o
Wisdom j sons, manufacturers OF building
materials and that of Il. q. Preble x Co.
manufacturers of machinery; alsothe Chicago
Scales COmpany's works.
Commodore Cooper, commanding U
s. steamer NinOOski, reports under date o
October 81. the arrival of his vess at Man
Gael, Cuba, after a cruise.in the vicinity q
the Bahama Isles. Al IObagO an Aht fical
vessel went ashore, and all on board wer,
lost The English brig Raven capsizsd a
Great Crag and was driven ashore. None o
the crew were saved. Ga the I'D Comma
dore Cooper stopped at Nassau, where at thu
request of our consul At that place, ny'
American sailors were taken ou board tin
WinoOskf for passage to Matanzas, they hay
ing been wrecked in Banque.
The Chicago papers record case o
revenge among thieves which took place II
that city on thel2th. 1t seems that rOugh
named Jerry WEIGH, some two years ago
killed another of his class, in quarrel, au'
was sentenced to eighteen months ia TIN
state Prison. He served out his time ant
returned 10 the city; where one Supple,
friend of the murdered man, determined t
avenge his death by killing WEIGH. Accord
ingly5he met Welch IN saloon. and fires
upon him. infiicting a slight wound; the lat
ter ran ont of the building, and attempted t.
escape from his assaiant, but the latter puT
sued his victim at the top of his speed, snC
shot him again and again; but as he wal
about to shoot him fourth time policeman
arrested him. Melch, strange to say, wal
not seriously wounded ALI this took place
in broad day. Nice place to live is Chicago