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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-22
Miscellaneous Items.

"A carpenter in Minneapolis cut his
nose off with Ratchet while driving
nails.
An "olive brown" flesh dye, for
the face and neck, is the latest Paris
ian fancy. Quadroons win be the fash
ion.
-The democracy of Cairo yesterday
voted for "A negro for Judge of the Cir
emit Cnnrt, having no other candidate
in the field.
- The vigorous action of the Mayor
of Philadelphia against pickpOckets was
so successful that the arrest of one of
these light-fingered gentry is now
chronicled as a ''noVelty" by the papers
of that city.
Miss Blank, it is known, is accustomed to
say
Very many queer things in very queer way;
But. of all her mistakes, the absurdest and
oldest
Occurred when she called French modiste
modest.
New gas-works have Just been com
pleted at Detroit, of capacity to man
ufacture one million cubic feet of gas "A
day. The present capacity IS abont
three hundred thousand feet daily.
- The gold production of Australia
is said to be falling off. The decrease
of production-which was 1885, 99l
ounces in 1S56-has been gradual and
continuous until 1865, when 1t was bat
1 4S0, 597 ounces.
The peach trees in the peach Sec
tions of Maryland are loaded down
with young fruit in an advanced state.
The farmers and peach growers may,
therefore, reasonably anticipate not
only full and abundant crop, but also
the best of prices for their peaches the
present season.
At recent wedding in Nashville
''the bride and groom knelt and joined
hands from opposite sides of table,
in the middle of tho altar, on which
was an open bible covered with a
wreath of flowers. A beautiful pyIa-
mid of flowers was suspended over
their heads from the ceiling"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-22

The Norfolk Estuary Company an
| England has Just completed another
embankment of two miles in length at
North Wooten, adjoining the lands OF
the Prince of Wales and the Hon. Mrs.
| Mary Greyille Howard. 1t was begun
in February last, and has added about
seven hundred acres to that already re-
claimed by this company in the Wash.
This now max, a total of about fon
thousand of the thirtytwo thousand to
be recovered from the sea for which
the necessary funds were raised by the
authority of an amended act of Parlia-
ment in 1919.
A local paper says: "The undertak-
/ ings of the company are becoming OF
great importance to- this part of the
country, for If the same rate of enclOs
IRE he continued yearly there is no
doubt that the Once-talked-Of Victoria
county will become reality, The
great difficulty was in the commence
ment of the works, with n bank of
| Wolferton, called the North Shelter
Bank. which is faced with Snettisham
car stone, which, although soft when
cut from the pit, hardens when exposed
to the atmosphere. From this bank,
which has a slope of six to Que, and in
some places five To one, the others, ex-
tending about five lac. eaaTa tn
srliug, Tnese are merely faced with
grass flags, with front slopes of three
to one, five 10 one, and SIX to one, so
as To form concave surface, to resist
the action of the waves better; the back
slope being at one and three-quarters
and two TO one.
The cost of enclosure is about ten
pounds per acre, and the estimated val
ne of the lands enclosed was, at hate
arbitration between the owners of the
adjoining land and the company, CON
siders to be worth fifty pounds per acre;
when il was also stated that the land
would make bricks; there was a good
sight for buildings, good water, gravel
to make roads, and houses might be
built on the high land, and corn would
grow there. This is already a fact, for
on the land enclosed the year before
last, now belonging to MIR. George Pier
repOnt Bentinck, a fine crop of wheat
is IN a promising condition for the next
harvest. The last enclosure has been
carried out by MIR. VIM. Walker, the
contractor, being the second bank he
has made for the company, and extends
from the south end of the last enclOs-
nre to Gays Greek, which will be di
verified from its present chanDel. The
bank has been made continuously, with
ont leaving openings for the tides to
pass through, as has been hitherto
adopted"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-22
The Albany Tragedy.

1t is noted that, with scarcely n single
exception, the comments of the press
upon the killing of Judge Hiscock by
Gen. Cole, at Albany, N. Y, are Of
stern reprobation. There is q wide
spread ard plainly spoken feeling of
horror and alarm at the frequency of
these bloody tragedies, growing out of
coniugal and semi cOnjugal infidelities.
The impunity with which men aud wO-
men have, of late years, taken the law
into their own hands and inflicted the
extreme penalty upon the accused, IN
heard, untried, and often, as with this
latest horror, upon the statement of
another party and that party partic-
ipant in the first cFime-has begun to
excite public alarm. The old fashioned
and wholesome notion that the law
should be administered by the legal
authorities, and by them alone, IS be
ginning again to come into favor, aud
it looks now as though the murderer
Cole might meet "a fair trial and no
favor" 1t has transpired that MIR. His
cock was under an engagement OF mar
riage to "a well-tO-dO and accomplished
widow of Albany. The night Of his as
sassinatiOn she and a lady friend took
passage on the st. John for New York,
where purchases Of certain indispensa-
BILE articles of bridal wardrobe were to
be made. The alliance was SO greatly
shocked upon learning the intelligence
of the tragic and sudden death of MIR.
Ii. chat she has not been able to leave
her room ut the Metropolitan Hotel. 1t
is not true that Mrs. Cole sent an anon
ymOus note to Judge Hiscock warming
him, or that she came to Albany to re
strain her husband. She accompanied
the latter, who, on the route, had one
or more fits of frenzy, and she Gained
him, bathed his head, etc. Arrived at
Albany, Gen. Cole, like a cOwarGly AZ
sassin, slnnk around after his victim,
and, seeing his location, came up TO
him unawares from behind. All SYRIA
cuse is ready to testify TO Judge His
cocks uprightness and moral character,
and that there has been nothing III the
situation Of the parties th0b could have
placed Mrs. Cole even to any extent
within his power, without her more
than consent. 1t is believed that with
ont guilt on his part she entertained a
passion for him, with corresponding
hopes, that cOuld not brook a rival /;
and that she guiltily set on her husband
to perpetrate this foul murder, rather
than see her ambition pnt further away
by Judge HiscOck's marriage
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-22
An Unpublished Aneed0te about George
= Warrington

The following letter is contained in
ex-President Van Buren's recently
published volume on political parties
IN the United States:
OGDENsBURG, ". Y, April 30. 1857.
lion. nj. VANBUREN:
''DFAI SIR-DuriDg the session of
the Presbyterian general assembly IN
Cincinnati, in May, 1852. / dined
twice at the hospitable mansion of
Hon. Jacob Burnet, now deceased.
He was born in Newark, New Jersey.
in 1870, and was tho son of DIR. VIM.
Burnett, who was III the medical ser
vice of his country through the reyo-
luton. Judge BuTnet was acquainted
with our early distinguished statesmen,
and his conversation was rich in the
recollection of their manners and
characters. He related an anecdote of
Washington, which he had from the
lips of Alexander Hamilton.
"When the convention to form n
constitution was sitting in Philadel-
phia, IN 1887, of which Gen. Washing
ton was president, he had stated even
ings to receive the calls of his friends.
AT an interview between Hamilton, the
MOrrises and others, the former re-
marked that Washington was reserved
and aristocratie, even to his intimate
friends, and allowed no one to be ia.
miliar with him. Gov. Morris said
that was mere fancy, and he could be
as familiar with Washington as with
any OF his other friends. Hamilton
replied:
i" If you will, at his next reception
evening gently slap him ON the shout
der, and say, MY dear general, how
happy | am to see you look 30 WE'LL" Il
supper and wine shall be provided for
you and dozen of your friends.
"The challenge was accepted. On
the evening appointed large number
attended, and, at an early hour, Gov.
Morris entered, bowed, shook hands,
laid ms left hand on Washington 5
shoulder, and said:
:. My dear general, l am very happy
to see you look SO well.
Washington Withdrew his hand,
stepped suddenly back, and fixed his
eye on Morris for several minutes with
an angry frown, until the latter re
treated, abashed, and sought refuge in
the crowd. The company looked on
in silence.
cat the supper which was provided
10y Hamilton, Morris said:
81 have won the bet, but paid dearl ?
for it, and nothing could induce me to
repeat it. -
"Yours truly,
JOHN ETN.F -
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-22
Binding Ent0mbed-HIr Miraculous Es'
cape Of the Inmates.
[Ernm the Pittsbnrg Commeroial.

From the Pittsburg Commercial.
On Friday afternoon, on the 10th
ult., n singular and startling accident
happened near Girardville, Mt the foot
of Mahany Plane, about six miles from
Mahany city, Schuylkill county. It
seems that at that point q "breast" of
the Boston and Mahany Coal Compa-
ny's cOlliery had been worked to within
twenty feet of the surface of the earth,
and that located Just above it stood a
two story frame house, occupied by
Mr.. Thomas 4. Myers, "a breaker boss
ut the collicry, and his family. He also
had a number of boardeTs, whose
clothing, &c, was in the house. About
three o'clock on Friday afternoon, as
Mrs. Morris Robinson, of this borough,
wife of the superintendent of the col
| liery, who was on a visit tO the house,
and Mrs. Myers, were IN the kitchen,
| they felt the house moving, aud rushed
| IN haste into the. open AIR. Two min
utes had hardly elapsed after they left
the house before 1T sank with a surging,
swaying motion, iuto huge chasm, TO
the depth of about eighty feet. Large
masses of earth and rock from the sides
of the chasm Immediately closed in
upon the house, bnTying 1t almost com
pletely from view.
The.crash when it went down was
tremendous. The complete entomb-
ment of dwelling. which was about
thirty five feet long, may be imagined,
says the Miners Journal, when we
state that the chasm formed by the
sinking of the mine would readily have
admitted "a binding over one hundred
feet in length. The house contained
seven beds and bedding, four stoves,
bureaus, and other furniture, besides u
considerable quantity of clothing, ii
Sunday school library and some money.
There was a fire in several of the stoves,
and shortly after the occurrence smoke
was seen issuing from the earth which
covered the roof, rendering 1t almost
certain that the house had been set on
fire. Streams of water were directed
into the chasm, and it was hoped that
the house would not be entirely de
stroyed. Fortunately, the startling
occurrence was not attended by the loss
of human life. Had it taken place at
night ten lives might have been lost.
But it took place ut AN hour when some
of Myers children were at school, while
the others were playing outside.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-22
The Northwestern Mutual life Insurance
MISUNDERSTANDING

Ghe Northwestern Mutual life insurance
COmpany-nIiWaukee.
1880 Members and So 900, 900 Assets.
D. 3. DAddEITs President
a. W. KELLOGG. Secretary.
(OfIice 4l6 Main Street, Milwaukee
WHY SHOULD MIN INSURE IN A. WESTERN
COMPANY?
Win moro reason Il might be asked: l0iy
should they insure elSe,DteTe2
Notion greater security certainly; for it will
not be denied at the West that money can be
as safely invested here elsewhere. Nor
will Western men acknowledge that as hon
est, capable and efficient managers cannot
be found here.
Nor nil a rant Of breddth Of basis be adj
muted, when VIC compare the broad acres,
growing population OF the vast Northwest
with the narrow limits of the one hundred
aud seventy English companies
Not fO1' greater cbeGpness; for the premi-
ums are as low as those of Eastern compan-
los, while the more rapid aecumuIations at
the Vest, on equal safe investments, togeth-
er with the acknowledged lower rate Of NOR
tally at the Northwest, promise as large or
larger dividends.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-22
POETRY.
AN ODE.

The following ode, written by George u.
Prentice, was sung at the ceremony OF nm
yelling the statue of Henry Clay, recently
placed in the court house in Louisville;
UaH true and glorious semblance hail.
OF him. the nOblest Of our race
We seem, at lifting of thy vail,
To sec again his living tacel
To hear tie stirring words once more,
That like the stOFm-gOd's cadence pealed
With mightier power from shore to shore
Than thunders Of the battle field.
LOT that calm, high, majestic look,
That binds our gaze as by spell
IL IL the same that erst-While shook
The traitors on whose sOuls 1t Tell
Oh that he were again In htel
10 wave m once his wand 81 power
And scatter far the storms OF strife
That DER cur country daFkly lowert
Again. again, and yet again
He rolled back passions roaring tide
When the fierce souls OF hostile men
Each others widest wrath deied
AIasl alasl dark storms at length
S,veep Ger our haIf-wrecked ship OF stalti
And there seem none with VIII ana HttehS'i
To save her from her awful tate
But though. majestic i'm &c, thou
wilt in thy lofty place abide,
And many a manly head viii bow
While gazing on nations pIlde'
And while his hallOWed ashes lie
Afar beneath old Ashland's sOd-
One gaze at thee shOuld sanctiiy
Our hearts to country aud to God
We look en- thee, Wa look on thee,
Proud stAiue glorious aud sublime.
And years AZ If by magic lice
Aud leave us IN his grand old Time
Oh, he was born 20 bless our race
A. ages after ages roll
We see the image Of his face
Earth has no image of his soul
Prnnd atatue if the nations life,
For winch he tOiled through al his years
RIusf vanish I'm our wicked strife,
aud leave but gTOans, and blood and tears
IL all to anarchy De given,
Aud ruin all cur land assali,
He'll turn away bis ewes IN heaven,
And DER thee we will cast thy vail
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-22
To Consumptives.

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n rest red to health in a few weeks by very
simple remedy, after having suffered Tor several
years with severe lung affection, aud that dread
disease COnsumptiOn-ls anxious to make known
To has fellow sufferers the means OF cure.
To all who desire it. he viii send a copy OF The
s--..sfr SIHUsf (Ires Of charged, with tho dffec-
tons for preUAriLg ana ns.ng the same which they
viii find SURF CURE for CONSUMPTION. asthma
EROkCaITIs. COUGHS, COLns, and al Throat and
Lung Affections The only object Of The advertiser
sending the Prescription il 10 benent the aflot-
ei aud spread information which lac cOncoives to
be invaluable. aud he hopes every sufferer will try
his remedy. A. Il VIII cost them nothing, aud may
prove blessing. PARTIES wishing the prescription.
FREE. by return mail pill please address
KEY. EDWARD A. NILSSON,
nav aRlV MilliamRbnTp, kinga 90 n. 81.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-22
The Largest Hardware Establishment In
the Northwest
From ths Daily Wisconsin. ]

thJ DhAig WASCOhSiusl
Without fear of contradiction, We
unhesitatingly claim the distinction for
Milwaukee of having the largest whole
sale general hardware establishment in
the Northwest. We do not know of
another house in the United States,
outside of New York alone, that keeps
so large and general an assortment of
goods as are kept in this establishment.
We refer TO the widely known estab-
Iishment of JOHN Mario q Co.
The sales for the year 1866, of the
two largest houses of Chicago, COM
pared with the Milwaukee house, are
as follows:
Hibbard Il Spencer, Chicago .....$1 Is9, 600
VIM. Blair 81 Co., Chicago. ........ III ,00O
John Nazro Co, Milwaukee. ..... ,OG5 900
We learn from a Chicago gentleman,
in the trade, that the houses above
quoted sell largely TO the city trade,
Hubbard 81 Spencer at least 5000, 900,
and Blair IL Co. $175 ,000 If this be
as we are eredibly informed, then
the sales of Nazro 81 Co. to
the trade of the country. open
of these great establishments. We
nave dtSSGA bsAllitA1 biltb blib Sjtl6S Oh NHfO
~ Co.. TO the city trade only, reaches
$50. 600. This amount is in ratio of
Chicago city sales. Deducting the To-
cal trade of the three honses, the actu-
al trade brought to the respective cities
by the three houses is as follows:
John Nazro & Co, Milwaukee, $I,O15, 900
Hubbard Il Spencer. Chicago, $4,000
VIM. Blair Co.. Chicago, $4,000
Although the difference is not enough
TO bubble about, still it is enough to
give Milwaukee the honor we have
claimed.
But aside from the amount of Dusi-
ness done by Nazro & Co, there is a
distinction that may be claimed by the
the house, which cannot be disputed
That is: extent of stock; variety of
assortment and systematic arrangement
of goods and conduct of business. -
For these it has no superior anywhere.
or in any department of mercantile
pursuit.
We refer to their seasonable an
nouncement to the trade of the North
west.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-22

The record of "A mans moral and in
tellectual life is written in his face in
such indelible and striking lines that
anybody tolerably well skilled in the
science of physiOgnomy can quickly
and accurately measure each subtle,
unseen Uharnotes. There is an old
maxim that blood tells, ana it docs
reveal its gentle or boOrish, its vir-
tuous or vicious, nature in physical
movements of the body and modes of
expression, aud also in prevailing and
related ideas. SO, Likewise, character
~ perpetually struggling against the
bonds of restraint, and pushing out
into broad daylight Of actual recOgni-
ton. BY careful reticence at the
| right time, and sort of negative habit
of life, combined with shrewd man
agement, a man may pass current for
altogether more than his value. But
sooner or later the muscles of the face
and the speaking eye let out the secret
of the interior life
IL is great study, these human faces
looking up from the audience room,
the social circle, the street, the car.
beaming out an efiulgence of sympathy
| and goodness, OF froWning under the
rigors of disappointment, or flashing
out contempt and defiance for the
sources of their discomfort. The
Young man who aspires to nothing
higher than the character of n univer-
sal ''brniser" may forget that his
coarse passions are all photographed
upOn his face in ouch mIuner that
aiI discerning people can read him
through at almost the first glance.
We ''cannOt see ourselves as others
see as, and that explains away very
much of the imprudence and swagger
of the multitude which passes for
genuine energy and life. If you would
know more of an acquaintance than
age, occupation, capacity and temper;
if You would inspect the secret sources
where he draws supplies of impulse
and of comfort along hfe's toiIsome
and dusty highway, look into his face
and read the whole elaborate story of
his strivings, his loves and aversiOns,
his triumphs and his failures. 1t is
all there, locked mp in fleshly charac-
ters, in folds and throws made by the
plOwshare of time and toll, or the ex-
hanstiDg stimulants of license and
prOdigaIIty. We literally turn our
selves inside ont through the face.
The love, the composure, the passion,
the unrest, the hatred and revenges.
the strength and the weakness, the
angel and beast of oar natures. all
collect and come to focus In the face,
and make disclosures which no cnn-
ming magical arts can conceal.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-22

A Paris letter TO an English paper
draws "A lively picture OF a scene ON a
French race course:
Some of the best French racing
siuds, as every one knows. are at Chan
tilly, and here, too, are several of the
best breeding establishments for race
horses. II IS the .i tEai4lyg Il ~ lEcoNTT.
NENCE of Urine, irritation. Inflammation,
or liberation of the bladder. or kidneys, dis
eases OF the PROSTATE glands, stonr in the
bladder, calculus. gravel or brick dust depos-
ITS, and all diseases of the bladder, kidneys
and lropsical swellings. use Helmbold's Flu
i'll Extract Buchu.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-22
Farm for sale.

I have farm OF l23 acres of choice farm
ing land. situated y miles from the County
Seat, 20 acres under i'm rOvement small
farm house and other out buildings. Price,
$1,000, cash Also. a farm of 40 acre.. fifteen
acres improved. good fence, house 80 by 80,
frame barn 100 growing fruit trees, and the
best water power IN the county, good
ties-aTe mounted on chairs, whence
they shout out IN their respective Ian
gnages the odds they are prepared to
offer. Ia am adjacent building sweep
stakes, the lowest subscription to which
As i've Napoleons, are being rapidly
filled up. The company altogether is
far from so select as it is at Long
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