Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-17
Cry AND COUNTY.
Little Locals.

Little Locals.
Wheat in Milwaukee, SGT cents.
No mails Tuesday. This is about
the last straw We can carry.
AS we 60 to press, people out of
doors are enjoying quiet little storm of
snow, sleet, wind, rain and hail, at the
rate of forty knots an hour.
Read the special notice of L. D
Newell. He will give you good bar
gain 10 the clothing line.
THE Good Templar festiva, at Has.
tings. realized forty eight dollars and
eighty-four cents.
We have been requested not to
publish the name and details, &C., of the
suicide which occurred in this city last
week.
The Baptist Church at Hastings ex-
pended twelve hundred dollars last year
on their house of worship.
The stores Of John Lux and l.. D .
Bartlett, in Hudson, were destroyed by
fire on Monday of last week.
We understand that Mossrs. A.
MATsoN and A. ROBBINS are about to
open meat market in this city. The
old post office has been fixed upon as
their place of business.
TO those Of our readers who can't
afford to take the JOURNAL, but find am
PIE time to borrow and read their neigh
boris will find q story on the first page
that will apply to their cases, read it.
Eli Densmore, of E. Densmore d
Son, of Hudson, was instantly killed on
Tuesday of last week, by falling off
load Of straw.
The revival which has been going
on 10 the M. E. church during the past
three months is meeting with encourage
ing success. The meetings will be con-
tiuued every evening as long as the res
ults are so favorable.
The Herald says that about
week ago the mill dam of Palmer &
johnson, in Trenton, on the little Trim
belle gave way. The damage to the
proprietors was about one hundred dol
lars. The break has been repaired and
their mill is again in operation.
The " revival meeting being held
by Rev. Mr.. Ross at Rock Elm contin.
ues in interest. We learn that thirty
five have united with the church. May
the good work 60 on.
H. A. BENNETT makes regulsr
trips, twice week from Prescott to st.
Paul. He will take orders and transact
business in that city for parties authoriz-
ing him to do SO.
An editor in Minnesota complains
that last week himself and his wife were
seriously i'll, and now one of his sons
and the hired girl are down.
PHILLIP HAMMER has removed bis
Jewelry store from the old post-office
building into the store formerly occupied
by N. 7. PORTER. A very good
change.
Six hundred and eighty-two child
rem are enrolled upon the lists of the
Red Wing schools for tie present term.
Capt. HoYr is getting up the big
gest wood-pile in town-all finest kind
of maple. We regret thai it is SO far
from the printing office. and we presume
our near neighbors do too.
The Chicago & st. Paul road is do
ing good misunderstanding about fifty
passengers daily. This road gives Pres.
colt direct communication by rail with
81. Paul which travellers and business
men in this section are not slow to profit
by. ..-g
The business of the Hastings & Da-
railroad IS increasing. With the west
Wisconsin to form its eastern connec-
ton, it will be one of the best paying
roads in the Northwest, And further,
tt o West Wisconsin will Gloss the st.
Croix river at Prescott sure. Mark the
| prediction. $50 p
The Red Wing Republican says the
railroad surveyors this week surveyed
the river line through town, running in
the rear of Cogel & Betcher's mills and
close to Howe, Graves & Co.'s mill.
The surveyors state that their lIne makes
a four degree curve in rounding Barn
bluff. .:t...,. ..f.trr.
Notice. aIs 7a
Good heav working oxen for sale.
Apply to G. P. JACOBS.
Lyceans. - ir
The question before the lyceum for
discussion next Friday evening is, Re.