Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-05
CLIPPINGS.
Miscellaneous Items

: given TO Mr.. Stuart, of the Christia
? Commission.
t Chief Justice Chase has under ad
! visement an application for writ q
!, habeas corpus to procure the discharg
of such of the assassins as are now con
/ fined at the Dry Tortugas. The ap
$ plication is made under the late deci
3 sion of the Supreme Court. The Chic
Justice has not yet decided that hi
: court has jurisdiction in The case.
"A "bogus" Episcopal minister cam,
the sharp thing on Troy pastor anC
congregation recently. He was invited
and did preach very eloquent sermon
which "made an impression" so deer
that the good pastor took him under
his care, and went responsible for hin
In clothing store next day, for an
n overcoat, &c. Bogus took walk to
give it an airing, and has not turned up
since.
"A London correspondent, referring
to the want of hotel accommodation
that will be felt in Paris during the
great Exposition, branches off into the
subject OF bookkeeping generally. To
| insure success in such an undertaking,
he recommends the employment of the
American stewards. So ii seems at
least one 'vexed question" is settled at
last, and it is only an American, after
all that can keep hotel"
Much interest is felt in the project
of building a great canal to unite the
] waters of Chesapeake Bay with those
of the Great Kanawha, at point near
Charlestown, and thence with the Ohio.
A powerful effort is to be made to pro-
cure an appropriation from Congress to
aid in the prosecution of this work.
Its construction would be of incalcula.
BILE value to the States of Virginia and
West Virginia.
Mrs. Willard went to see her hus-
band at a mill in Washingtonville,
Orange county, New York, last eek,
and in passing some machinery, her
dress was caught, and one of her legs
torn from her body. Her husband, in
attempting to rescue her, had an arm
fearfully mangleG. He opened his
jock knife with his teeth, and had
nerve enough to cut the tendons hold
ing the injured limb. The husband
and wife are both in acritical condition.
In one of the great clubs in Paris
there has been a desperate gambling
bout, which lasted twelve hours on
each of three successive days. The
players were a young Russian aud a
Turkish Grand Seignior, both very
rich. The first night cost the Russian
$780, 900 francs; the following day he
regained 10000 francs; the following
night lie again lest these 10000 francs
and $50, 600 more. Russia then gave
in, and withdrew from the combat with
net loss of 400, 900 francs.
- An old lady named Mrs. Mitchell,
aged sixty-four years, came to her
death in very terrible manner at Gal
lipolis, Ohio, recently. The old lady's
daughter appears to have displeased
her by some trivial misconduct, and
getting in a towering passion, she the
old LADY, violently attacked her the
daughter.) After standing few sec
onds the old lady reeled, and would
have fallen, had she net been caught.
She was laid upon the bed, where, after
two or three gasps, she expired.
The Secretary of the Treasury in
| formed u committee of the female
| clerks who called upon him that he did
| not intend to remove them, though a
diminishing amount of work might
compel him to reduce the force now
employed. The Treasurer in his re-
port lately submitted pronounces their
employment a success, and recommends
as stlmulant to well doing a classifi-
cation based upon merit, and the risks
and liabilities incurred by such as are
entrusted with the charge and counting
of money.
"A dispatch to the Philadelphia
Press says that the wife of the Hon.
John CONFESS, Senator 10 Congress
from California, died at the residence
of her parents, in McHenry county, Hi
nois, on the 9th of November last, Her
maiden name was Charlotte McDougal
Stockton, daughter of Robert aud Ruth
Stockton, and she was born in New
York city in 1922, and was therefore "A
years old az the time of her decease. -
Mrs. CONFESS had been.a confirmed aad
helpless invalid or number of years
past, and her death was not unexpect-
ed by her relatives and friends.
"A story is told of resident of Min
neapohs, Mimi, who left his home
seven years ago, and vas no more
heard of by his friends. His wife
waited for his return three or four
years, but hearing no tidings of him,
she concluded he was dead, and gave
her hand in marriage TO another. She
lived pleasantly. seldom thinking of
her lost husband, until few days Ego,
when husband No. l turned up, all
right, at the door of his wife's residence,
il good order. and very rich. 1t is not
recorded that he made any trouble on
finding his wife in possession of anoth-
er, but, on the contrary, proposed to
take his children and give them a good
education. This proposition was &C
coded to, and the children were at once
sent off to prominent school.
In the Richlaud county, Ohio,
| Court of Common pleas, George ".
Hauk has recovered a verdict $500 from
the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chi
cago railroad, under the following cir
cumstaDces: Major Hauk, in travelling
from Mansfield to crestline, failed to
purchase a ticket before entering the
cars, the price of which was fifty cents.
| The conductor, in collecting the fare,
demanded eighty-fve cent, which is
| the rate fixed by the company between
the points when the passenger has no
ticket. MIR. ID. refused to pay the extra
thirty-1ive cents, wheTeupou the couduc-
! ter rang the be 1, the train stopped, and