Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1871-07-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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THE new yacht Dreadnaught had
several impromptu trials of speed with
the fastest yachts of the New York
fleet, beating them all
The repairing ship, Scanderia, has
grappled and connected the ends of the
broken 1865 cable.
COMMODORE NJ. F. MAURY, of Virgin
la, has been elected President of the
University of Alabama and will accept
The Secretary of the Treasury has
given notice that the Treasury Will
commence paying the July interest
without rebate on Monday next at the
sub treasures
The East.
THE failure of Samuel b. Locke. of
Boston, dealer III iron and metals, is
announced, with liabilities at $24S, 900
and assets at $50, 900.
GEN. SHERMAN has returned to Wash
ingtOn from his tour of inspection
throughout the west and southwest. He
considers the apprehensions felt of a
wide spread Indian war along the Tex
as frontier as in a great measure IN
founded.
GEORGE III. PENDLETON left for Eu-
rope, to bring back his family, where
they have been for the last two years,
month earlier than he intended, in or
der that he may be back early in Au-
gust, and take part in the exciting can
vass which will take place in Ohio the
coming autumn.
One hundred brakes, claiming to be
legal heirs of Sir Francis Drake, met in
Y i
valued at 1926, 900, 000 but the Secre-
tary reported that he has been unable
to establish any connection between
the American and English branches CT
the family.
THE Rev. DR. E. c. Wines, Core
spending Secretary of the National
Prison Association, and long identified
with pnsOn-reform movements in this
country, has been appointed Ullted
States Commissioner to arrange t1e
preliminaries of the great International
Prison Congress which will meet in
London in June, 1872.
The West.
FIVE horses were killed by lightning
Wednesday evening, near Iowa City.
The Jury in the now celebrated Nc
Gehan murder case at Cincinnati failed
to agree, and were discharged.
GENERAL GREGG, commanding the
District of New Mexico, has been in
structed to prosecute the Mexicans
lately captured in illegal traffic with the
Indians on the border of Texas, to the
utmost rigor of the law.
A BOOT with half human leg stick
ing out of it, was found in Chicago
river Monday evening, by some boys.
1t is believed that the remains are part
of the body found last March, attached
to the discovery of which there is SO
much mystery.
The south.
A PORTION of New Orleans is again
submerged, the levee having been cut
in four or five places by some miscre-
ants, who succeeded in eluding the
police.
The crop report from Arkansas is
much more favorable since settled
weather has set in, although the aver
Fage will be much less than last year.
The prospects for cotton and corn are
daily improving The wheat crop is
much injured by the late frosts and
rust.
A WHITE woman in Wythe county,
Virginia, who has for several months
past lived as the wife of a negro mar
was treated to a coat of tar and feathers
on Saturday last, by persons residing
near her. A positive order was given
the woman to leave the neighbOrhood
at the earlist possible moment.
| THIEVES entered the sOuthern-bOund
express car on the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad, on Sunday morning last,
Overcame the messenger, and threw out
the safe, which contained a large
amount of money The safe was sub
sequently found broken open. Two of
the thieves were arrested in Mobile,
and a portion of the money recovered.
The remainder, it is thought, will be
recovered. One of the prisoners is an
escaped convict and desperate char
acter.
Obituary
WILLIAM PETERSON, the owner and
occupant of the house in which Presi-
dent Lincoln died, was found Saturday
night in the Smithsonian Institute
grounds, insensible, with vial labeled
''laudanum lying near him. When
reused from his stupOr he said he al
ways took narcotics when ending a
spree. He died shortly after being re-
moved.
! FIRES
The stables owned by Gus Meyers, at
Aurora, H., were burned Tuesday
morning. Fifteen horses persisted in
| the flames.
A FIRE at Barre, Mass, destroyed
eighteen houses and stores In the CEN
trail part of the town. The loss is about
SIS, 900; only partially insured.
AN entire block of buildings, includ-
ing the Kilner House and the county
jail, was burned in Corydon, Ind,
Friday night. Loss estimated at $780,
600; insured for So, 800.
Crimes and Casualties.
The carriage repository of w. G.
Hess, in LeavenwOrth, was destroyed
by fire on Friday. Loss, $4,000.
THE wife of a Mr.. Schacht, book
keeper in Cleveland, drowned herself
and child, in the lake at that place,
Thursday evening.
| Two intoxicated men, named Martin
Morrissey and James WillstOn, were
run over by railway train on the levee
at ST. Louis, early Tuesday morning,
and badly mangled. Both will prob
ably die.
| LOUISVILLE has a mysterious burglar
who enters the houses, cuts off the hair
of sleeping young ladies, throws the
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