Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-02-24

I'm. Philadelphia there are seven
thousand five hundred public street
lamps. Each lamp consumes during
the year twenty-seven thousand feet of
GAS. 1t is estimated that one hundred
and niEe-five million feet are consumed
annually.
A sensation was created In an Epis-'
copal church in Rochester on Wednes-
day, by the sudden death of lady -du-
ring the reading of the psalter, and
while the words, Though / walk
through the valley and shadow of death
I win fear no evil" were being repeated.
The children of the town of Blue
Island, ILL.,, wanted a sieigh-ride, but
there was no vehicle big enough to hold
them all. An enterprising merchant of
the village surmounted the difficulty in
an original manner. To his own sleigh,
drawn bv two splendid horses, hesa at
tached a rope three hundred feet. long.
The bows and girls were all provided
with hand-sleds, which they fastened to
this tow-line, and thus rode along in
fine style and great gIee, eighty-fOur in
number, in grand procession. OF course
the route taken turned no sharp coI-
ners. 5f1 H
The project for the establishment
of an American college in China, now
before Congress, proposes that the stu
dents shall be educated in Chinese law
and commercial customs, and thus be
enabled to assume a business position
with the requisite knowledge to conduct
successfully commercial matters with
the merchants of that country. The
funds proposed to establish the college
are to be derived from the accumulation
of commercial fees in China belonging
to this government, and now amounting
to some two hundred thousand dollars.
Since the 9Th of May, 1865. there
have been sold in the Quartermaster's
Department, at Memphis, two thousand
two hundred and thirty-eight horses,
and one thousand three hundred and
sixty-eight mules, for which the sum of
$500, 408 has been received, making an
average of SS4 IA for each animal, and
many of them were sold as "unservice-
able" We believe the figures show. a
greater average, considering the kind OF
animals. than has, been realized upon
similar stock at any other point IN the
United States.
just think of prosaic Connecticut
originating, in our day, snch romance
as the following: Norwalk is exercised
about body -snatchers, who on Sunday
night last, dug mp the body OF a Young
lady who had been buried that after
noon, and succeeded in their antfcpa-
tions. She had been buried while In
cataleptic fit, and, upon being exposed
to the night air, animation was restor-
ed. The resurrectionists fled, and she
walked home Her parents refused to
admit her, believing her to be ghost.
She then went to the house of young
man to whom she WAS engaged. lie
took her in, and on Monday they were
married. . .a 81
MIR. Goschen, the youngest OF the
English cabinet ministers, is 81 years
old; Earl de Grey and Ripon is 80; the
Duke of Argyle, 40; Earl Granville, on;
Mr.. CardwelL 50; Mr.. Gladstone, 56;
Mr.. Gibson, So. In the new House OF
Commons there are forty members I'M
der 80 years OF age. The youngest is
the Earl of Tyrone, who is only q. OF
the Others, the Hon. G.. DeGrey, Lord
CD. Hamilton, and Hon. G. A. Car
rineton, are %; the Hon. V. Dawson,
%; Capt. Stanley and Mr.. A. Green
vile. "a. Nine members stand at 70;
the rest of the forty vary from 36 to 20.
The oldest members of the House Is
Sir w Werner, who is SO; the next Is
Mr.. VIII. Barrow, who is 81.
Miss Batemen said good bye to the
English public at Her Majesty's Thea
tire, on the ODD. In little address In
which she took leave OF her patrons,
she said: 81 return to my Dative conn
try ITO the public that frs cherished
my dawning abilities, to the home which
early ASSOCIATION has endeared to ne.
But the Joyous thought of my welcome
does not overmaster the deep sadness
of my farewell Your great poet has
sung of "benetits forgOt" will
not be of them. In the quiet of my
home life to which look forward at the
close of my dramatic career l shall
think of you very, very often, for L
know there are those here tonight,
whose faces I have never seen. whose
good wishes go with me to my distant
home. Some of you perhaps like Amer
lea for my sake-I shall always love
England for yours. re az 81.
Things are fdone up" in Havana
of a funny and romantic style. gen
tleman writing from there says the for
eign coterie is discussing decidedly
spicy affair of the hearth There is
Spanish law by which young man hay-
ing an income of fifty dollars per month,
and wishing to marry young lady, a
minor, and unable to obtain her parents
consent, can have her deposited in the
house of a mutual friend till the mari
rage ceremony is performed. Well, al
young Cuban having made passage to
New York and back with the family of
one Of our American residents, fell IN
love with the daughter andois determin-
ed to marry her if possible.r il spite OF
the opposition of the parents. An or
der has been issued to have the damsel
deposited, but is stifl in allegiance. the
father having applied to the Captain
General through his counsel. Each
new phase of the case is eagerly discuss
ed, and all desire to see the sequel! aa