Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-03-24
GIeanIngs.


Three things only are essential to
happiness. namely, something to do,
something to love, and something to
hope for. A
The oldest reigning monarch In the
world at the present time is the Lande-
grave of Hombourg, aged 50. The
youngest sovereign is the Emperor OF
China, aged IL.
An old German in New York lately
got thousand dollars for leaving, three
months before the expiration of his
lease, house which he only paid eight
hundred dollars year for.
For finding and returning $25, 900
in gold, in the streets of New York, a
young man was rewarded with 81. So
much for the "vice of honesty"
Frederick Ruckert, the German
poet, native of Schweinfurt, died on
the 31st of December. He was 20 years
of age.
The bell which for forty years call
ed the students together at Williams
College, Berkshire, Mass has been
given to a missionary church in Syria,
and is now doing service in that far
distant land.
"A young man, while looking down
into one of the receivers of the Catootin
iron works to witness the operation of
melting iron ore, was suffocated by an
emission of gas, and fell headlong into
the lake of fire, and was consumed i'm
mediately.
Archbishop Spaulding, of Balti-
more, has been appointed by the Pope,
apostolic delegate, with power. to con-
vene Plenary Council of all the Bish-
ops and Archbishops of the United
States. 1t is inttmated that the red hat
is also in waiting for him.
during a recent debate in the Eng
lish Parliament, one of the members
charged that Fenianism was of Ameri-
can origin, and that VIM. III. Seward is
the real Head Center.
| Among the five hundred Shakers at
New Lebanon, n. Y, are six men and
eighteen women whose united ages
| amount to 2,109 years-an average of
about So. The Oldest is 50, the youngest
so, and six are more than so.
The marble beds of Kansas are i'm
mense. 1t is reached at depth of
| from 20 to 100 feet below the surface
throughout large extent of country
Finished specimens have been sent to
Washington, where it is decided to be of
finer quality than anysforeign marble.
Mrs. Emma Hastings, better known
as ''Belle Boyd" who recently gave to
| the public two volumes of adventures in
the Confederate and Federal States, in
the prisons and in the camps of both
| sections, now announces herself as
"the celebrated extemporaneous lectur-
er, in st. James Hall, London.
William A. Chase, of Christian
county, Illinois, has clock that was
made in 1884, and is said to be an ex-
cellent time piece. The works are very
large and strong, and somewhat clumsy
in appearance, it having been made be-
fore machinery was invented for MAX
| ing such works.
| Gen. Hatch, who has commraded
in Tennessee for the last four years,
states in his evidence before the Recon-
struction Committee that the poor
whites of Tennessee required many more
rations than the negroes. eve did not
issue one-tenth the rations to the ne
groes that we did to the poor whites
| The consumption of oil as a lubri-
Gator is immense. There are some rail.
road companies whose annual expenses
are more than $50, 900 for lubricators
alone. A single manufacturer in Eng
land (Young) testified in court to having
manufactured and sold over 400,0 900
| gallons of lubricating oil in one year, at
about one dollar per gallon.
A vine grower, named Miller, of
1 E)T1f N Pow T,o1yn rin f,.n,,o n x-fn ri
of five acres, sold as his crop for last
year "a, 500 pounds of grapes, and made
5000 gallons of wine. The price of
| grapes averaged seven and one-half
cents per pound and the wine is worth
| new ninety cents per gallon. This
gives 1897. so for single grape crop
on five acres of Island soil, or 81, 597. so
per acre.
In King Williams time, a Mr..
Trenenham was taken before the Earl
of Nottingham, on suspicion of having
I reasonable papers In his possession.
I'm only a poet" said the captive,
''and these papers are my roughly
sketched play" The earl, however,
examined the papers, and then return
ed them, saying, 81 have heard your
statement and read your play, and, as I
can find no traces of a plot in either,
you may go Free"
The Detroit Union is informed that
Francis Riley, the man who is accused
of having poisoned the Bresler family,
in this city, some twelve years ago, and
who has succeeded in eluding the vigil
ance of the officers ever since, was
arrested in Kentucky day or two since,
and is now in Jail, awaiting requisition,
previous to his being brought back
His appearance In Detroit led to his
arrest. Mr.. Bresler is now in Europe,
but it is said there is ample proof to
convict the prisoner.
On the road to Epson, NOUS
tached youth on the top of drag, evil
IDENTIFY ambitiousof being mistaken for
an '.oiicer," thus saluted fat COACH
man, who was gravely driving his mas
ter and family: "Halloa, you siri where
is your shirt collar? How dare you
come to the Derby without a shirt col
lar?" Jehu growled forth, without lit
ing his eyes from his horses, SOW the
dooce could /, when your mother has
not sent home my washing?"
"A blacksmith named Coles, of
minister, has performed feat which
rivals that ascribed to William Tell. A
child, aged z years, placed over his head
an iron band similar to that used for the