Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-03
PERSONAL items.

Fred Douglass has found a brother,
separated from him by slavery for forty
years.
II. ID. Jones, the Cincinnati scnlp.
tor, was married on Thursday to Miss
Carrie Bealer, daughter of an extern
sive Hamilton county wine grower.
DE Witt Clinton Scholl, now an
inmate of the New Jersey State prison,
and who has three years yet to serve,
has fallen heir TO $4,000 10y the death
of his grandmother.
The curious at last know some
thing about Brigham YOung's domes-
tic arithmetic. He has "A dozen wives
and about sixty children. This is Off
cial. Brigham Young, Jr., says so.
"A young girl in Philadelphia who
had sulphuric acid thrown in her face
several months since by an unprinei-
Piled scoundrel, has become insane in
consequence.
Rev Increase Mather, pastor OF
the Second Church, Boston, afterwards
President of Harvard, and father of
Cotton Mather, was the first American
to receive title of the Doctor of Di-
vinity.
During the past academic year, 40
alumni of Harvard college have died.
Rev. VIM. jerks, ID. d., of the class of
1897, and Humphrey Devereaux, of the
class of 1898, are the only ones among
the deceased who graduated in the last
century.
j. Lathrop Motley, John r. Bart
lett, of Rhode Island, Il. b. Lawrence,
United States Consul General at Flor
ence, and DIR. Joseph Sargent, of Wor-
cester, are delegates of the American
Antiquarian Society, TO attend Con
gress of Antiquarians at Antwerp, Au-
gust 25th.
- Gen. Adam Badeau, Gen. Grants
private secretary, is an old member OF
the New York ''press gang" He pub
lished book, some years ago, entitled
Vagabondisms, or something like it
1t was collection of very readable
sketches of society, people, and things,
i'll the metropolis, from 'vagabond'
point of view.
- The Chevalier Wikoff, we'll known
as an interchangeable diner-out, was at
the dinner to MIR. Cave, at Washington.
The Chevalier, spite of the great amount
of abuse he has received at the hands
of New York journalists, still holds his
own in society. He is tall, well pre-
served, of distinguished and affable
manners, and very uncertain age.
Mrs. Catherine Maher, the wife of
one of the most respectable citizens OF
Buffalo, has been arrested, charged
with arson, in setting fire, on Tuesday,
July %, to her residence on Seneca ST.,
which was insured in her own name, in
the Western Insurance Company, for
81, 900. A hired boy at the house has
also been arrested ON suspicion.
Rev. Harvey FL. Hayes, ID. d., for
merly pastor of the Second Presbyte-
rian church, Rock Island, ILL.,. was
found dead in his bed, Saturday even
ing, July 20. at the residence of q. l..
Bascom, in Rock Island, where he was
visiting. he was a native of CRANKY,
Conn, ex-chaplain of the Navy, and
aged II years. His remains were for
warded to Washington, ID. g.
In Texas, a few days ago, an old
lady named Metcalf attempted to walk
to IA neighbours, but took the wrong
road, and while preaching the house
of man named Simms, for the pur-
pose of resting, was attacked by pack
of savage dogs, which bit her in seve-
raj places, tore one arm from her body,
and nearly eat up her breast and neck,
causing death in a few minutes. She
was nearly hundred years old.
Colonel StetsOn has owned and
"kept" the Astor House for over thirty
years. The Evening Gazette says of
him Gle knows more unwritten his
tory than any living man. He can re-
veal more of the hidden machinery that
has moved public events the past quar-
ter of century, than ali the statesmen
of the land combined. The most mo
questions have been held in
the Aston, and men of authority, and
men deep in the councils of the nation,
during the dark period of orr civil
war, met often in council beneath its
roof "