Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-04-27
TELEcRAPHIc SUMMARY.
5F5 PERsoSAE. 81.

fIT5 PERsoNAg..e vi -
Presidents Johnsonz has been III fol
1he past few days and was worse yesterday
The popular actress Sallie St. Clair,
wife Of Chss III. RArrss, died in Buffalo on
the sths A'-sc3 esEH-
Mr.. CaprOn's confirmation as Com
mlssiOneF-of Agriculture is considered doubt
fui at Washington. T.. Z -.-l--
The arm of BooIe & Cos cotton
brokers, Liverpool. are reported BY cable &c
have failed. -z- ~. a l4 .
Three pen, Case, angus and
HGets. n the murderers Of Mr. Hughes, in
Cincinnati, have been sentenced TO be hung
on the 30th Inst.
Gov. Salisbury has appointed James
A. Bsyar1 Of Wilmington, United States
senator, TO I'll the vacancy caused by the
death OF Senator Riddle. He viii take his
seat at once.
Judge Bland Ballard, of the United
States Dist let Court OF Kentucky has deposed
A. II. Hubbard, United States Commissioned
at Lexington, for usurping authority not del.
egated to him.
A Vienna letter says that the most
marked attention is paid to tue Italian Minis
ter, while GOODNESS shown towards the Rus
sian representative Yves decided.
A Paris letter says that the
health Of the Prince Imperial sus-
tanned a severe shock by his recent illness.
and his general delioaey Of constitution gives
an omen Of early death.
One Fenian convict, named CONFESS,
has bCen released from the penitentiary at
Kingston, @. ". CONFESS is a Canadian, and
il IL said that his release is owing tOa petit
ton gotten up in the neIghbOrhOOd where be
resided.
Captain John Rowell, of Brooklyn,
is building q vessel tWenty-three feet long, To
be propelled by four sails arranged Ike the
sails Of u Windmill in which he intends to
cross the Atlantic. er--
General Scott, commissioner of the
Freedmen's Bureau for South Carolina, has,
issued circular letter TO freedmen, depre-
eating any violent assertion Of their supposed
rights, and urging them TO have recourse t.
the courts TOR redress for wrongs. The let
tor refers to the recent street Car disturb
ance.
Governor Morton, of Indiana, has
been invited ana will deliver an address next
Tuesday on the occasion of the celebration
by the cOlOred people of the District OF CO.
lumbia, of the anniversary Of the abolition OF
slavery IN the district, when they will be
joined by the cOlOred people,fEOm Baltimore,
Richmond, Petersburg, and other cities.
The Republican State Convention Of
New York met at Syracuse on Wednesday
Hon. John A. GTisWOld was elected both tenn
pCrsry and permanent President. Sixteen
candidates st large to the constitutional
convention were nominated, at the
evening session; among them are Horace
Greedy, William EEarts, George ". Curtis
and Geo. Opdyke. -..s -
Secretary Seward's drsvvino room, xvas
crowded Wednesday evening with Senators
and diplomats, and other leading men, who
congratulated him on his success OF a treaty
with Russia. Baron StOekie, the Russian
minister who was present, stated that he
would Immediately send Mr.. BOdisko, his Sec
Rotary 10 St Petersburg with the ratified
treaty.
FIRES. t 90
The steamboat Benefit, with two hun
dred bales Of cotton, was burned on the 7th
install Dizemsn's wood yard. Alabama river.
st. Berpard's Catholic church, In
EastOn, Pa, took fire on the 9th, ana was
totally destroyed. Loss $4,000.
The large hat mandatory of Des-
mOnd & Lawrence, in Boston. was destroyed
by FIRE Sunday night. Loss $4,000; insured
for $1,000.
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GOsport, Mes and several adjoining build
ings were burned on Friday night last, inyOiv-
ing loss OF s25.0O0-mOstly insured.
A fire ia. Wilkesbarre, Pa, on the
9Th, destroyed twenty buildings. Loss about
100000 insured for $4,000 The Record OF
the Times Office was among the buildings
bGrned. The WyOming Bank was saved.
The factory of the Bowmansville
(Csnads) Furniture Manufacturing Company
with Its contents, was burned on Saturday -
Loss very heavy. One hundred and thirty
persons t-ere thrown out OF employment.
The bakery owned by Jonathan
Keith, IN Petrola, Was destroyed by fire Sun
day morning. Two of Keith's daughters
aged respectively twenty-One and eight years
persisted in the flames. The rest Of the fam
lily barely escaped with their lives.
A fire Sunday morning on the corner
Of state and Kirkhsm streets, litchfield Iii.
destroyed Lewis dry goods aud grocer!
store, +, W. Stahls hardware store, Hicks
Smiths grocery, and three other buildings
occupied as stores and saloons. Loss $50,
600; insured for $4,000.
mUECEEIA NEnVTS