Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-02-16
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Miscellaneous Items.
"A Tennessee paper says that the
East Tennessee Vendetta story is
the internal lietta."
Colonel Hecker, a German, who
commanded a regiment in our army, is
Bismarck's bitterest opponent in the
Prussian Parliament.
Two pack pedlars went into house
in Memphis last week, gave the occu-
pants chloroform, and took $3.50 worth
of goods and money.
The Washington correspondent of
the Charleston IS. O. Mercury has dis
covered movement for the organiza-
ton of a republican party, as distant
from the radical party, and its extension
into the south, and predicts that the
new Senator from New York will lead
In the movement.
"A clergyman. Rev. J. Furniss, has
recently published a pamphlet under
the title of the "Sight of HE'LL" in
which he informs the world that that
mysterious place is just 1900 miles
down from the surface of the earth,
and gives description of it. 1t is not
stated whether or no the book is pub
lished for the benefit of the Reverend
genUleman's pensioners.
AT New Orleans, one Sunday lately
the minister of the Methodist church
North prayed that Congress might be
free from cowardice;" the pastor of
the church South, that Congress might
act with moderation" whilst South
ern Baptist minister in another church
prayed that 'fhe Lord would bless the
Presidents righteous efforts to bring
peace to the country" "A
On Tuesday night, five men went
to the express Office at Russellville, KY,
and seized Mr.. Wheatley, agent of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad ard
express agent. They compelled him
to open the safe and hand over all the
money it contained, which was con-
siderable sum, belonging to both COM
panies. The thieves left, pursued by
a lot of citizens.
in Canada, recently, man died
in extreme poverty, and was buied at
the expense of his brother. Among
other things provided for the funeral
were number of candles to be used at
the church. After the funeral, the
brother demanded the half-consumed
candles, but the cure claimed them as
his perquisities. A lawsuit ensued,
which has just been decided by Judge
Johnson in favor of the cure.
MIR. Leonard w. Jerome, the fash
s.,
stock broker, is the social lion of New
York. Every day almost he delights
that excitable community with some
novel sensation. He has just started
a sleigh, called the Monitor, which is
described as little else than a beautiful
boat on runners, with erect prov and
graceful stern, miniature guns project
ing on either side, both an ornament
and defence. The crew consists of 20
ladies.
- An adjourned meeting of the
Freedmen's Association, for the pur-
pose of erecting a memorial monument,
was held at Boston on Monday. The
monument is to be built according to
the model devised by Miss Hosmer, to
he sixty feet square at the base, sixty
feet high, at an estimated cost of $780,
900, and is to be placed in the Capitol
grounds at Washington. Frederick
Douglas was chosen President, and @.
s. Greedy, of st. Louis, Treasurer of
the Association.
"A young man of good address has
been recently carrying on an extensive
swindle in New York. He would OBJ
tain the names of persons having rela-
tives in Sing Sing and then go to them
and say that such persons had recently
been injured by an explosion in
quarry at Sing Sing, and if they wished
to see their relatives alive, they must
Immediately go to that place. He
would usually obtain from five to
twenty five dollars for his supposed
kindness, and not until the persons
thus misled had reached Sing Sing,
would they learn that they had been
the dupes of scoundrel.