Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-05-19
TEIECREPHTC SUMMARY.
RESUME OF THE NEWS OF THE WEEk.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

Five men were killed by the expo
sion of a boiler or a floating dock at havana
Six business houses at ST. Joseph,
Mo we're burned last Thursday night. Loss
so 900: insured $4,000 IN Eastern houses. |
4 negro man was taken out oil Iali at !
ErenLfoTf Nv. on the Sth, by MOB, anu
bnng for an attempted rape ON Sirl siA
years old.
man named John Price shot anOth-
ar named Clinton Jones Al BALTIMORE lhea !l
-on tbs ri-hs Of the 9Th inst Jones eieu
sOOB after. - --- --r--,t
III. Kansas. ON the 29th ult., Is estimated
~ have destroyed property to the amOuh' Vi
over $4,000.
Tbrae buildings in Cairo, owned by
-, = miller we're burned on the 7th, With
-,,[s, ~ their contents. The total loss Is near
$1,000 on which there is but silght ihsor ncS'
A church in Henry County, Indiana.
was burned on Wednesday night last because
a colored clergyman had pieaeieu 'i'io 'D
the invitation OF the congregation.
Near Florence, KY, few days ago, a
man named Key became involved IN some
difRenlty with bis negroes, anu hiiea 'nie' "a
them. He Is under arrest
The steamer Enterprise struck the
Chicago 4 Rock Island railroad pTid6e =.
davenport, on the 9th, and SUNK Inc ueoh
c,r,,o vii be saved. No lives lost
/ conductor on the Minnesota Valley
1.i1rosd nv the name of f. W. Morgan, was
Filled on the 5th, by being thrown hoih tut
DlstfOrm OF one OF the cars &c
IA the track while the train was DacAlhs.
A man named Marcus Wagner DIeW
tt,o tor, Of his head of with charge from
tle VI f.aeJ shotgun in the Episcopal Gem
atery a. n. Louis Oh the 9TH. When iouhd no
was living alongside newly made grave
Uba extensive stable belonging to
-, tiF,b street horse railroad, IN 81. Louis,
III fire on the morning Of the ftn' anu wa, maS
SItiraIy DESTROYED, together with one nunuLou
on6 forty mules, sixteen cars, anu lhe h"i i090
and forage
tt is announced from the plains that
~ Goodwin. Arizona, had been taken Dy
= 5oo IDdians. and the garrison, numbering
III men massacred, with one exception; anu
- foTf hurned The man who escaped was
o,t hunting at the time and Witnessed the
>.ommotiOn from distance de saw the lott
bDTning. and heard the firing OF guns during
+be font. which lasted nearly an hOur'
TLe Chicago Journal says, that the
s.booner Mccullough, of Ogdensburg, n. y.
rived in that city with the dead body OF
TaTnes CosgrOve late mate of the vessel. de
Isd been accidentally killed by Albert j. Nah
or. of Chicago, who was handing a gun on
hoard in a careless manner. The weapon py
some means exploded, the contents lOubAh6 AZ
the side of the mate.
AT Detroit, on Friday afternoon, the
tvvo men engaged in Raging the river hshed
mn near where the Windsor used 10 load, a
mail bag locked and cut open at the side. A
heavy bar of iron was attached to 1t, and from
its appearance it has probably been IN the
1Vster for duite time. 1t Is believed this dis
coverv is the first clue TO mail robbery as
vet unknown to the public.
On Monday night a estructive fire
occurred ON South Water street, Chicago. in
which the large warehouse of Mccormick q
CeTeDder. Nos. 25S and 260, used as an OH
b and paint establishment, was totally destroyed
with all its contents The building Nos. 2Oz
aud 1f4 WAS also pretty much destroyed with
it, contents. While this FIRE was raging,
sn,sIler fires also occurred on Milwaukee ave
me and Clinton and Clark streets. The total
Lass bv these fires will foot up nearly 500 zoe.
the greater part of which was inyolvedi Ia the
first named nfe-
a policeman of Eeavenworth, Kansas,
nv the name Of Curry was brutally murdered,
one day last week by man named Charles
Ouinn. whom he was endeavOring to arrest,
fIr seine misdemeanOr. The policeman went
m to Quinn and simply laid ms hand ON hls
shoulder. and said yOu are a prisoner; where
upon Quinn turned upon Curry and stabbed
Tim several times in the abdomen. from the
Effects of which he sOOE died This horrible
murder so exasperated the pOpulace that they
assembled 70 thenumber Of some 1000, and
surrounding the iail where Curry had been
confined, took him out and hung him TO u
tree. -. ---s-.----
. ON Saturday night, the 9Th inst. the
National Bank al Usage. Mitchell county, Iowa,
was broken into and $4,000 taken from its
vault There seems to be no clue TO the rob-
hers. During tine night the burglars forced
open the front door OF the DahA, dflhed ana
.sncceeded IN blowing open the iron door TO
the vault and also the door of the safe within.
Tbe thunder consisted OF $1,000 of five dollar
bills unsigned, IS 600 IN currency anu Z 80
bonds and 50 100 in six per cent. compound
interest notes. They left nothing by which to
track them.
The death warrant for the execution
of Antoine PrObst, Un FRIDAY, the Sth OF June,
was received BY the Sheriff on the 9Th. The
,philadelphia Evening Telegraph says that Che
prisoner received the announcement, seeming
entirely unmOved. He had previously told
bis coUfessOr that he believed that death was
tbe only expiatiOn for his crimes, and that he
was willing to suffer. No person except hls
copfessor will hereafter be allowed to visit
him. To-day, three Years ago, Probst landed
In this country.
All the parties implicated in the
Adams Express robbery, in January last, have
beep arrested, and all of the half million dOi-
lars, except about $40 OOO, recovered. Inc
originator Of the robbery, John OGrady, a
brakeman on the New Haven train, was re-
Gently arrested at Bridgeport, CT Martin
Allen the engineer of the robbery was arrest
Ell i'm brooklyn last Saturday. Gilbert Glare,
aIias Giiley McGlOry, a well known sneak
thief was arrested In New York last Friday
NIGHT. James Wells, a brother In-law of Mar
Tin Allen was also arrested the same night.
They we're all taken to Bridgeport and COM
mitted. The proof against them is conclusive.
nj is said the police of New York knew who
the robbers were immediately after the fact
Of fbe robbery was made known, but made
. I-erv little or no effort to arrest them. The
arrests were effected through the agency of
-PinkertOn's National Police 51ti