Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-08
TELEcRAPHIc SUMMARY.
Personal.

Bishop Lynch, OF Toronto, is lying
very III IN Buffalo.
JEFF. Davis is in Montreal, but remains
secluded.
Col. Norman J. Hall, 9th U. S. artil-
lery, died in Brooklyn Sunday evening.
President Roberts, Ofs the Fenian
brotherhood, sails for Europe on Saturday.
Hon. Albert Smith, formerly Con-
gressman from Maine, died in Boston on th6
18th, aged "a.
The sheriff of Victoria county, Tex.
az, has refused to recognise gTeenbacks as q
legal tender.
The trial OF John II. Surratt has been
postponed until the 10th Of June, IN order t.
secure some witnesses for the government
who are at distance.
Judge Sutherland, of New York, has
granted mandamus To compel the Chicago
and Northwestern railroad to exhibit ats
books.
Joseph ii. Jackson. prominent law
per of P0ughkeepsie was dangerously WOun-
ed Tuesday night by ball fired from revolt
YER by his son, who Is insane
Richard O. Washington, chief clerk
of appointments 10 Office IN the POst-Office
Department, died Friday evening, aged Ga
years.
Gov. Fletcher, of Missouri, has of
fered q reward of 800 for the arrest OF each
of the men who robbed the Richmond bank
and killed the mayor, jailOr and lis son, on
the 22d inst.
Can't. Julius KinchlOe, u. $. coast
surveyor, and five men, were drowned on the
10Th inst, by the eapsiZng Of 3 boat while
making the final survey Of kIilinnck Bay, Or
egOn.
Judge Nelson, in the United States
Circuit Court Of New York, denied the mo-
ton On the part Of Edwin Forrest, to restrain
Mrs. Forrest from collecting certain moneys
due under order Of the count Tor alImony.
A brakeman, named James Shay,
was run over on the Minnesota Valley road,
ON the 27th, while coupling cars, and 40 seTi-
0usly injured that his recovery Is very doubt
ful.
Mrs. James Hennessey OF Frankfort,
Wright county, Minnesota, was burned TO
death on the 2ith, by her clothes taking fire
from burning pile Of brush "a she Was pass
ing Il.
There is n considerable sensation IN
the New York Lebanon Shaker family, on ac-
count of the marriage Of two OF their mem
beTs, Daniel Han ding AID Matba Jane Cline,
the former p and the latter - years of age.
John Morrison. a prominent citizen
Of i4ausingbuTg, N. \ has been arrested as
the foremost aCcO plice Of the gang Of conn
torfeiters recently taken 10y the u. s. Mar
zhal. He has been taken to Rochester.
John Van Diksr, one of the conduc-
tors on the Philadelphia q Erie railroad, who
wac arrested last fail, charged with embt q
element, alleged to have been committed bv
him eDmHUefnr a. fried nj
acquitted at Erie on the 18Th.
Thomas Taylor and Albert Gauns,
who have been in Nashville, Tenn. jail since
1864. charged with the murder OF Captain
Harris, Ia Macon county, have been sen
fenced to be hanged at GAllatn, Tenn, on
the 18th OF july next
The President ms received a record
Of the first sentence Of a citizen tried by a
military commission under the TscOustruc-
ton act. The case h that ct Walker, Of New
Orleans, who Is sentenced to imprisonment
fGT assaulting cOinrsd man.
George Burial has been arrested
charged with obtaining SD, 900 worth O
bank insurance aud other stock, belonging to
Mrs.. Ripley, Of Hartford, deposited ia one Of
the banks in New York, aud selling IL under
a forged order from 5lrs. Ripley.
1t is stated that the klessrs. Starr OF
new 1ofh. nave turned uIL 1NU niles Der
week for tho last four months, and il il init
mated that they are for the Fenians. They
shipped 1889 guns, Gb0ut month aga
which 1t Is supposed We're also for the Feni-
ans.
On the 9th two cUlured boys, named
Jones and Andrews, aged sixteen aud twenty
two, respectively. at ROndeau, a.. W, became
engaged Ia a quarrel and finally came 10
blows. Jones seized sn AK aud knocked his
adversary down, thea GU has throat with
blow from the same weapon. The WindpiDt
was severed and the hoy died IN a short
time The murderer - at large.
The President has suspended VIM.
Il. Whitaker, assistant treasurer at New
Orleans, and appointed }. q Walton to the
place. This Is the first removal under tbs
tenor of Office act, which requires evidence
Of fraud OF malfeasance before the President
can act, and then ha has to report HIS actor
to the Senate within twenty days alter the
commencement If ats next session.
Senators Wade, Trumbnll, Yates,
Cattell, Howe, Harlan, Creswell. Thayer
Chandler, aud Upton, Gen. AnsOn StageI
Col. Seymour, Hon. John Covcde, seveTa
newspa per correspondents and ladies have
gone on an excursion across the plains. TIL
excursion will extend over the main stem O
the Union Pacific Railroad west from Omaha
and may possibly reach Denver City. Colo
Tad0.