Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-26
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The average receipts of The Nilsson
concerts in New York, last week, were
$4,000 per night, the lowest being
$4,000.
The Congregational Society Of
Msnomonie have purchased a fine Cabi-
net Orgsn of Mr.. N. T. Porter, Prescott,
Wis, agent for Mason & HamIiuis or
gans.- Aencaaonie Ners.
There is a rumor that the Milwau.
kee Ne,os Ia soon to be merged into a
stock Institution with Col. Z. A. CsIk-
ms, rs editor in-ehief. and Chales Nash.
Of the ST. PsuI Pioneer. Alex Mitchell,
S. 5. Merrill, and others of Milwaukee.
a. principal stockholders.
The La Crosse Leader says that
Nugget having heard that General
Rusk ran threshing machine f'r few
minutes in one Of the northern counties.
is going up there to run wind mill
his :mOuth-bul rs between wnrl anI
work the people prefer the latter"
The Saltwater Gazette says work.
men commenced laying the iron near
White Bear on the St. Paul railroad
Friday, l4ih inst. A large force Of men
are scattered along the line, and the work
is progressing favorably. The grading
is going on near SchuIenberg's mill. al
most in sight Of the city.
The Supreme Court of the state
has sustained the decision Of Judge Ly
on in the case of DIR. Duvall. and holds
the indictment 10 be valid. The Doctor
will therefore be sent to state prison for
life. He will receive his sentence on the
Goth inst, to which time the court adj
jOurned.
Gov. Fairchild. of Wisconsin, and
Gov. Austin of Minnesota, are making
arrangements for convention Of the
northwestern States TO take into consid-
Grafton new plans TO promote immigration.
The convention will probably he called at
an early day. with view to get Con-
gress o.adopt favorable measures before
spring opens.
The ST. Paul (Miun.) Press says
that an innocent old Democrat recently
wandered into Third street wholesale
liquor store. and. seeing several hundred
barrels Of whiskey lying around, re-
showed his hat and solemnly took seat.
In few moments. however. he discovered
his mistake, and left the store with the
apology thSt he" thought it was Dem
ocratic meeting"
"A Printer down in Pennsylvania
puts a conundrum in the following style
elf you are a farmer, and raise n thou
sand or fifteen hundred bushels of wheat
and had 10 trust il out by the bushel all
over the country, would you not think
that those you had trusted should make
every exertion to pay you. SO that you
could get in next years crop aud live
while IT WAS Eaturingl
The printer is in the same predicament,
and taking thu case home to Yourself
don't you think you ought to pay him
Paris official dispatches of the 18th
show that the resolution of the defen.
ders Of the capital is mistaken. The
work on the forlificatiJns on all sides OF
the city is completed. The forts are
filed with 2,14O guns manned by 1870
men. In the magazines are 800, 900
kiogrammes Of powder, and each gun
has = supply Of Eve hundred balls. The
manufacture Of rifled cannon, mitrail-
leuses, chsssepots, cartridges and other
munitions continues with grea; activity,
and the supply Of provisions is ampl,.
The authorities Of Paris have sup.
pressed the female military organizations
which were forming.