Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-02
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the afternoon.
siaf Miscellaneous Items.
Senator Salisbury has signed the
Temperance pledge. - -. - ' -.
"A tame crow and hawk had a
fight at Rhode Island last week. The
crow was victorious, killing his antag-'
onist in ten minutes.
The losses by fire In the United
States during January, not including
chose where the damage was under
$40, 900, amounted to the total of
81, 084, 900. a 80
Tiffany & 90. of New York, have
bought DIR. Cheever's church, on Broad
way, and will erect upon the site a
splendid fire proof building for their
own use.
Two apprentices, who went oub for
a sail in the small boat of a vessel lying
at Philadelphia pier, were picked mp
three days afterwards one hundred
miles at sea. ~ ..
"A Mrs. Welby kicked conductor
in the mouth at Freeport, Pa, because
he wouldn't permit herself and hus-
band to get on the train without show
ing their tickets. 1'o
French slyants offer a reward of
10000 francs for the best essay on the
Regeneration of the bone" They de-
clare amputation can be superseded by
the creation of new bone.
"A. contemporary says !: "a thief was
lately caught breaking into a song. He
had already got through two bars, when
a policeman came up and hit him with
a staye. Several notes were found upon
HIM.
"A lad while being Intercepted on
the witness stand in a court at
Columbus, Ohio, last week, became
Disguised with his legal questioners,
said sit was all foolishness, ;, put on his
hat, rushed out of the room and escap-
ed on horseback, though holly pursued
by constables. = .tueW 3o
Calculations made az to the vote on
the reconstruction bill, are that As re-
publicans and 80 democrats. or 80 in
all, will vote against it, and 80 republic
cans in favor of it. Others say the
House is equally divided. The msj6ri-
ty either way will be very small.
The latest rumor is that young
Benefits fame has won the heart of an
English girl, whose father is a member
of Parliament, and whose wealth is of
a nature to satisfy the most avaricous
mind, and that he is to bring her Lack
with him as Mrs. j. Ct. b., Jr.
Mr.. John Hill Barton, author of
'.The Book Hunter" has written a
"History of Scotland, of which the
first four volumes are on the eve of
publication They bring. the narrative
down to the abdication OF Queen Mary.
A Cleveland gentleman has kept a
partial record of accidents. from the
use of kerosene lamps during the past
two years. he says that nearly two
hundred persons have been burned to
death. and six million dollars of prop
erty destroyed. 1
The Supreme Court of Indiana. has
decided, in the case of Mccormick, a
Brigadier-General of the "Sons of Lib
erty," claiming damages in $25, 900 for
his arrest under the act of March, 1868,
that the act was constitutional, thus
denying the claim for damages.
The Pennsylvania Central railroad
has now under its general supervision,
exclusive of the main line from Phila-
delphia to Pittsburg, nearly 1000 miles
of railway. viz: the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne 4 Chicago, 496 miles; the Pitts
burg and Erie, 2S8 miles: the Pittsburg
and Columbus; 200 miles; besides sew
eral branches of the main line in Penn
sylvania. bsa5
Badness is popular and fashion,
able in Paris, and consequently in New
York, and a lady was overheard to say
at Fifth Avenue party 81 like Mr..
so much. He is very interest
ing he has beautiful eyes, aud as little
hair as If he were eighty and he is not
thirty yet"
President Days meteorological
record of the old Connecticut Acade-
my shows that in December, 1904, snow
fell to the depth of thirty inches, and
that in January of the following year
over six feet of snow fell in two sue
cessive months. In 1921 the depth of
snow was estimated at thirty-one inch
es. Prof LOOMS says that only once
in eleven years has there been so cold
weather in New Haven as last month.
The mercury was five degrees below the
average temperature for January.