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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-05
Arrest Of the Mexican Bank Robbers
$50. 900 In Cold Recovered.

From the New Orleans Picayune. May 1871
Last right about eight o'clock,
Messrs. lizard and Farrell, together
with special officers Carr and Pecora,
received information that there were
two Spaniards IN the city endeavoring
to negotiate with the various banks
large sums of native gold. From the
statements made, it at once occurred
to the officers that the parties night
be the persons who succeeded In rob-
bing bank in the city OF Mexico, OF
S4S9, 900 in gold nuggets IN the month
of June, 1867, information OF which
was received here several months since.
The detectives proceeded to the Bank
of America, where these men had of
fered nuggets of gold at much below
their real value, and from the descrip-
| ton there obtained we're convinced
that they were the same men who ne
gotiated the sale of $50, 900 in Mexican
gold 10 New York, and about 800, 900
in Baltimore.
Messrs. Carr and Pecora were de-
tailed TO watch the game, while Messrs.
lizard and Farrell proceeded to hunt up
the descriptions and the information
| needed in identifying the men. This
| obtained, they were not long In dis
covering that the Spaniards were room
ing at the Orleans Hotel, and that they
were in possession of box which they
guarded with jealous vigilance. A
warrant for the arrest of the men as
suspicious characters having been
issued. they entered the room and
took the parties into custody. In the
trunk lay S150,000 in native gold, and
with the indubitable stamp that assur-
ed the detectives that the rich Mexican
prize was at last within their clutches.
| To-day the proper aflidavits will be
made, and preliminary examination
had. For the apprehension of these
men, il is understood that a reward OF
| $50, 900 has been offered by the Next
can bankers.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-05
candid Confessions.

The Pail Mall Gazette tells some dread
full stories about the cruelty Of the
British to their Turkish and Egyptian
mule drivers in Abyssinia. For example:
"One day about one hundred and
fifty of these poor devils came up jab-
bering to an officer, who could not I'M
dertand them, and reported it as case
of mutiny. Forthwith two companies
of infantry were sent down, and sixty
of the Turks were tied mp to the TRAN
giles aud got fifty lashes each. 1t
then leaked out that the poor wretches
had been three days without rations,
and were only complaining.
Whereupon Mr.. Punch says of the
tale:
Comment upon its monstrous COM
bination of stupidity and brutality
would only weaken the force of the
facts, if facts they be If they are not
facts, the sooner they are denied the
better for our reputation.
"rhe truth is that for all the pluck
and practical good sense over which
he is so ready to hug himself, John Bull
is too often tie most offensive, of snobs
brutal, pig-headed and laundering
as odious creature, altogetheF, as any
that lives; a being to blush over, and
to repent in sackcloth aud ashes for.
"Here-assuming this story to be
true the niger driving element,
i which is one OF the odious Ingredients
In John Bulls character. is ascendent;
and the worst of the thing is. that no.
body hesitates about believing such a
story. 1t is, in fact, only a reproduc-
ton, on large scale, of the blum dering
cruelty and overbearing stupidity
which mark the dealing of your English
snob with ringers wherever he has
authority over them. Only your Eng
lish snob, however. Happily, there is
your English gentleman TO trim the
scale. But then your ,snob' Is so
frightfulIy frequent in this blessed
country. Is there any other country
under the sun so overrun with snobs-
any other where the snob is to be
found, rampant, In all ranks, classes,
callings, and in such force that he often
determines their tone and establishes
their laws We doubt it. The snob
is the British Philistine, and not q
corner in our island but boasts its Coli
ath. Punch once tried his hand at a
Book OF Snobs.' Alasl the subject is
too big for a bookl 1t affords matter
for librBry." Know myself" is a
great command, and those are not to
be despairep of who are capable of
obeying it.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-05
FIVE HUSBANDS IN Four YpARs--W

FIVE HUSBANDS IN Four YEARS - We
know that, in the matter ofsocial relations,
Syracuse is-a Chicago. Imagine femi-
nine sport taken from the saline nursery and
transferred to the hot-bed of the West. A
correspondent of the Syracuse Courier,
writing from the City of the Lakes tells of
such case
The joys of wedlock and the surprising
bis of divorce has just been illustrated
hele by girl of nineteen marrying her
fith husband. She was well known to
many of the readers of the Courier four
years since as Miss, H H--n, about
which time she was first married. The
good wishes and kindly thoughts oil those
present went out with her. Beautiful,
gifted, wealthy, what did she lack? Soon
after marriage she came here. In five
months she was divorced. In eight days
she wss again at the altar. Husband No.
2 lasted seven months and one week, and
then went the way of his predecessor.
Only twenty-three days elapsed before
she was enjoying No. 8 he went under In
less than nine months, another victim to
months went by before she could bring
herself to endure the sight of man, and
No. was made happy No. was tough;
he held out for nearly eleven months, but
finally he, too, succumbed to the law as
administered here, and on fine evening Of
last week saw her blush like virgin
bride as she received the salute of No. s at
the alter-he is sixty-three. am backing
time against him, and give him Stewards
period ninety days."
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-05

WE LEARN from the Cleveland Plain
Dealer that on Friday last, a young CIR
whose parents had lately died in Con-
meanwhile, Pa, came to that city for
the purpose of obtaining work. Totally
uns cquainted with the ways If city life
and ignorant of the streets, she wan
dered about until she was accostei by
two fiends In human form, to whom she
related her story. They expressed a
kindly desire to aid her, induced her
to accompany them to low den near
the river, where one of them privately
told tho landlord that the girl was his
wife, and he wished a room for their
accommodation. She was shown to
her room, when the man entered and
under threats of violence, succeeded In
accomplishing her ruin. He then left
her, when his companion catered, an3
for a second time her person was out
ragged. In the morning, when she
arose, the landlord came and demanded
his pay for the room. She was unable
tc pay him, and he brutally turned her
into the street, retaining the small bun.
die of clothes which she had broughU
from home. This poor, friendless and
ill-treated girl wandered through the
streets on Saturday, until she met, upon
Superior street, near the Square, two
ladies, to whom she told her story.
The ladies, placing confidence in her,
took her to their homes.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-05
confessions Of = Fsshiou EDITOR.

Madame Emeline Raymond, novel;
list, also editor of the fashion journal
called the Mode Llnstree, has published
an account of the hard work which she
and her fellow-workers are compelled
to endure. For herself she declares it
is impossible to fulfill all the commits
sions sent to her from the country dis
tricts of France. Her provincial CORE
spondents poster her. Each day of her
life, she says, her pen is diligently en-
gagged for not less than eight hours.
She has, besides, the management of
her journal which is something very
different from that of literary or po-
down half France and portion of
Europe on her. Suppose that she
permitted an outline of a corsage, a
manteau, robe, or varieuse, to ap-
pear, and it was found impracticable
and would not work Imagination
can barely conceive the ENHANCEMENT
of correspondence in which she would
Immediately find herself, with small
chance of escaping undisgraced, if not
ruined. The idle ladies of France are
not so idle but that they study ardently
every hint of how to turn an old dress
into a new one and catch the bloom OF
fashion. b
The manager of Mode Mustree,
Madame Raymond continues, must
have her ingenuity constantly alive.
She must know what changes are in the
air. To give ecIat to her reputation,
she must even dare occasiassally to in
vent, All the plans for adorning the
female person have to be examined
and tested by herself. She gives au-
diences, she presides over conferences
of models and designers. She writes
in an agreeable colloquial form the
calculation of the engravings-no
easy business. There is a periodical
supplementary issue of prodigious
map of designs, OF most involved
character, that must nevertheless be
instantaneously Ineligible to the fe'
male eye; and this, also, Madame
Raymond has to superintend with the
closest scrutiny. The perusal of man
uscripts and corrections of the press
are matters of course, but the impor.
lance of her position renders it impos
sible to do them in matter-of.course
| way.
Then comes list of renseignenaents,
in which she has to reply the entreaties
for specific information of the ladies oi
the empire with mixture of maternal
tenderness and authority. For exam
pie, ''jeune file" is assured that the
paletots Antoinette or Ondine are suit.
able for her TO wear; never are black
satin paletots worn in summer months
witnesses to a marriage are not bound
to make presents. The renseignement:
are instructive even in a philosophical
light, as showing that cases of con.
science and apparel still make the pri'
mary anxieties of the sex. As if these
occupations were not enough, Mdme.
Raymond takes the post of literary
governess, and writes lessons for piano
players. Her novel is evidently the
lightest of her tasks.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-05
sREvirIEs.
MheeIIaueous Items.


-Runaways are of daily occurrence
in the streets of st. Paul. 1
The Princess of Bacciocchl, who
possesses enormous estates in Brittany,
has made the Prince Imperial of France
her sole heir.
DIR. Holland has leased his home,
''Brightwood," for two years, and is
preparing for trip to Europe of that
duration.
The crop reports from Arkansas
and West Tennessee are very encour-
aging. Corn is nearly knee high and
is of a very good color. Cotton is
good.
! AT a gift show at Middletown, N.
z, recently, Miss Comfort received
q five dollar ring as a reward for bean
ty, and the editor of the Waikiki VAL
ley Times salt Goldfish for lack of
beauty.
"A lady asked q noted doctor if he
did not think the small bonnets the la
dies wore had tendency TO produce
congestion of the brain. ''Oh, no,
replied the doctor, s'ladies who have
brains don't wear them"
Mrs. Judd, of divorce case cele-
brity, is soon to commence lecturing
tour. She speaks on Thursday even
ing next In the Franklin Hall, Bridge
port. Her subject is, t'Shall women
be subjected to cruel indignities and
have no redress ?"
The Austrian Camarade, after a
careful numbering of the soldiers
maintained by various European states
has come to the conclusion that Aus
tria is in very defenceless state, and
that it Will be necessary for her to in
crease her army to 1,053, 900 men to
preserve peace.
The best estimates make the wheat
crop OF California for the present year
twenty millions of bushels, the barley
crop ten millions of bushels, and the
crop of oats two and half millions of
bushels. Some anxiety is expressed
| that there will he q deficient tonnage
for the export of -four and grain.
Miss Flirt for masquerade party is raw
But not so her lover, who is inclined to be
| saving;
Says he cannot afford it. the costumes too
dear
/ Ooh nAOAA tSs Ah0OOoS cugS ultS5 Hs Will q
sneer,
"With such meanness as that I'll never agree
And this masquerade party will costume"
The body of man was found in
an old well IN the tow of Leblanc u,
Dakota County, on the 18th inst. A
coroner's inquest was held. but no clue
TO the mystery obtained. Appearances
were that the body had been in the
we'll some length of time, perhaps
years, as the we'll had not been used.
The jury rendered verdict that the
deceased came to his death by the
hands of some person or persons I'M
known.
In making an inventory of the
effects of an old lady recently deceased
in Belgium, the heirs found in band
box parcel of soiled gilded lace. This
upon being examined by experts, was
pronounced to be genuine Brussels
point, of the beginning of the last
century, of a quality no longer manu-.
featured. The piece in question, nine
and half Yards in length, was APP
praised at So, 600 in gold, and will
probably be purchased for the Berlin
Museum,
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-05

family we're having tea-party down
stairs. A number of ladies brought
their children, and Jennie was having
a fine time playing with them; but every
little while she would steal away from
them, and creep up stairs to her father s
bedside. her care and love for MIN
inserrupting her thoughts of play, and
reaching M to the bed on her little toes,
she inquired aDxiously now ne iel.
At length, after tea, her mother iouno
her mounted on chair by the tea-iaoie;
busting about among the cups ana
| saucers, aud asked her what she wanted.
"ro carry papa his supper, was
her answer: and she went on putting
the sugar and cream into q cup, and
irving to pour out some tea with
hey little fat hands, until her mother
relieved her of her cares, and then let
her take papa's supper to him herself.
| Jennie was usually very careful not
To 90 out of the gate, for fear of being
lost. but she often stood peeplng
through the stats; and one day after
having seen the milkman good many
times going down an alley near by
with the pail to milk his cows, she was
found with her little tin pail trudglng
in the same direction. /,
"What are you going to do?" asked
Liza who mad missed her from the yard,
and gone to find her. ;,
"Going to milk Mr.. Ms cows
She did not fret nor worry though
she was alone so much, without any
other child to play with, but was always
contented, trotting about pluckinlg
flowers, and day after day she sat IN
the middle of great bed of perlwinkie
under my window, picking the blue
flowers, and arranging them to her
fancy on her little companion, the KIT
ten, or putting them up IN BABY DO
Duets for her mother, or Liza, or me.
After the Summer was hall gone
she and I went away to different places,
and 1 don't have any funny little girl
now to call potatoes, ''pintapoes' or
pick flowers for me, or to get irlght-
ened at her shadow on the wall. But i
shall always II member with pleasure
nv acquaintance, short as it was, Win
little Jennie Rochester, and snail
always keep fresh in my memory her
large brown eyes and soft curling hair
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-05
Women working in English Coal Mines

An account of the condition of the
GOLFERS of South Lancashire, England,
published in the London Daily News,
describes the women who are employed
at the pit-mouths. The number OF
women thus employed in the neighbor-
hood of Wigan is five hundred, most
of whom are unmarried. Their ages
vary from twelve to fifty; few are the
widows of Golfers. They generally
wear a peculiar attire, consisting of
coarse trousers, resembling those worn
by men. fastened by a belt round the
waist, q soft bonnet and shawl. The
petticoats are generally tucked into the
trousers. Sometimes they may be
seen wearing jackets like the men,
smoking, drinking, and behaving as il
completely unsexed. 1t is acknowl-
edged that the habitual we lring of this
costume tends to destroy all sense of
decency amongst them, but it has not
been ascertained that their morals are
more lax than those of the generality
of females employed in agricultural
operations. They naturally belong to
a very low class, but in some cases they
make good wives and mothers, and
many of the younger ones regularly
attend, in appropriate female costume,
the neighboring Sunday schools; still
the system cannot be easily defended.
The golfers. as a body, are ashamed
of it.
The labor required of the women is
hard and very dirty, rendering their
persons and clothing black as COAL
They have to assist in removing the
tubs of coal from the cages at the
mouth of the pit, sometimes assisting
to tip the tubs into the coal wagons. -
The work is severe even for men. yet
the women appear accustomed to it.,
and, as class. seem healthy and ro-
bust. The hours of labor are from
a. m. to or 6 p. m, including the
necessary intervals for breakfast and
dinner, but the labor is not always
of a very heavy character, the females
being frequently employed in picking
and cleaning coal, the men using tie
shovel; in fact the women have the
cheaper kinds of labor. their wages
seldom exceeding Is. Cd. per day,
while the men whom they assist receive
from Is. Sd. to 3s. per day. The aver
age price of female labor is Is. I'd. per
day. When the women are married
the wages are often spent in drink by
the husband; indeed, there are some
men-fortunately few only-who live
absolutely On the earnings of their
wives and offspring.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-05
DAILY WISCONSIN,!
THE CAMPAIGN!
50 for Six Months!

/ In order to widen the field of
usefulness of the DAILY WISCONSIN,
for the great Presidential Campaign
of 1868, which we think is to result
in the election of GRANT and
COLFAX, we make the following
offer to mail subscribers:
ANY person sending US four dol
lars (S4) on or before the 4th day
ofJuly next shall receive the DAILY
WISCONSIN full six months from
receipt of the money.
Any Club sending us thirty-fve
dollars $3.50 before the 18th day of
July shall receive ten copies of the
DAILY WISCONSIN six months from
receipt of the money. Additional
copies at rate of the Club.
Any Club sending us ten dollars
($lO) before the 4th of July shall
receive ten copies of the SEMI
WEEKLY WISCONSIN six months
from receipt of the money. Add
tional copies at the same rate.
Amy Club sending us ten dollars
($1O) before the 4th day of July
shall receive twenty copies of the
WEEKLY WISCONSIN six months
from the receipt of the money. Adj
ditional copies at the rate of the
Club.
We shall, on the LIST day of June,
issue the DAILY WISCONSIN upon
new type, with increased amount of
reading matter.
All the great speeches and docu-
ments of the campaign will promptly
appear in our columns.
Address,
DAILY WISCONSIN,"
ia Milwaukee.
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Foreign Items.

Pleasure trains conveyed excursion
lists between Rome and Florence at
reduced rates during the festivities OF
the marriage of Prince Humbert.
"A Russian ukase in Poland orders
main uncovered when addressed by
any member OF that body, under PEN
atty of fine or imprisonment.
The family of Baron Charles Won
Rothchild, who is about TO undertake
the North German loan, is To be raised,
it is said, 10 princely rank in Germany,
and the immense estates entailed.
The Vienna pres informs us that
M. Bratiauo will visit the courts of
Vienna, Paris and London on an extra
ordinary mission, to offer explanations
respecting the late maltreatment of the
Jews in Moldavia.
The Empress of the French has
decided that all children born in
France on the 10Th of March. 1866,
and therefore imperial godsons, shall
all receive their first communion at the
same time as the Prince Imperial. A
sum of money will be handed to each.
The magnificent iron-clad frigate
Frederick Carl recently arrived at KEEL,
carrying the flag of the North German
Confederacy. She is 5000 tons bur-
den, her engines are $50 horse power
and she will carry twelve guns of the
largest callbre. During her trial trip
she maintained the speed of IA IL
knots.
In letter addressed by the Brit
,cE, na- 10
lev, referring to the trade in grain car
ried on in South Russia, he says: "The
liberated serfs are gradually providing
themselves with the necessary imple-
ments, &C.. and in few years the ag.
ricultural produce will be increased. 1t
is mistaken idea that the projected
railways will tend to lower the price of
wheat, because there are no roads in
the interior of Russia, and the small
quantity collected from the immediate
vicinity of the railroads cannot affect
the markets"
"A serious misunderstanding threat
ems to take place in Algeria. The Arch
bishop of Algiers has collected q num-
Der of Arab children made orphans by
the famine. The prelate takes care of
them and manifests the intention to
educate all those who wish to be con-
verted to the catholic religion. Mar
shall Mcmahon, however, declares that
the chi. dren must be delivered up to
their respective tribes when demanded.
The prelate protests and declares he
will not consent. At present tie ques-
ton remains in that position.
MAGDALA was burned to the ground
by Sir Robert Napier, after the victory
over Theodore, and this act is severely
commented upon in the English news
papers. as conduct unworthy of Gen.
eral commanding the army of civil
lied nation. The Army and Navy
Gazette, however, says that Sir r.
Napier was actuated by polite motives,
aud was in no way Influenced by any
desire for vengeance on a harmless
population. Magdala was not city.
There we're no houses of permanent
character, no trades, no industry, no
markets to suffer from confagration.
1t was a mere Fortress stronghold
where a savage chief concentrated his
forces. displayed his power, and exer-
cised his capriciOus cruelties.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-05

A SONG.
BIZ ALICE GARY.

i would thst my love we're lily fair,
And would that we're a sunbeam bold,
Still to be dressing her fiowery hair
h All day long with my airy gold.
Or would that she were the dew that hes
In th'rose, and l the rose tree were,
To fold my red leaves over her eyes,
And make my sweetness part OF her.
Would were a breeze that is where 1t WILL
And che leaf i'm some lonely place;
How would cling to her, sing to her tiiI
She gathered me up in her green embrace
Or wouId that she we're q fswn so gay,
And I within some lOwly bed
Where oft her silvery foot would stray.
And dimple the turf above me spread
Nav.leaye the sunbeam the light that's his,
Aud leave the lily her airy gold,
Aud give me my maiden just as enc Is
To kiss and siDg TO snd keep snd holo.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-05

On ON HAND.-A writer in the Pitts
burg Commercial says that on the LIST
of April last the forr principal petro.
leum ports of Europe had on hand a
less stock than on the previous year
by 95, 1913 bbls. the stock at New York
and Philadelphia was less by 100, 000
bbls.; the stock at Pittsburg and the
wells is less by 500, 900 bbls., making a
total falling off in the supply of 700,-
600. The production during the past
year has averaged about 5000 bbls.
per day. while the consumption is at
least 13, 900 bbls. Hence it is inferred
that there will be rise in oil, oil
lands and oil stocks, and that snug
corners await those who s'sell short,
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-05

ssDoN'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN. AR
exchange says: A professor in New
England college was accustomed to de.
mand of students an excuse when they
were dilatory at recitation. The ex
cuse given, he invariably added: Very
well, but don't let it happen again. -
One morning married student, hap
pening to be behind time, was prompt
~ Intercepted as to the cause. Slight
~ embarrassed, he replied:
"The truth is. sir, / had an addition
to my family this morning, and it wal
not convenient for me to attend soon
err"
Every WE'LL" replied the professor,
in his quick, nervous manner, "bu
don't let it happen again"