The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-08-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.rs,

" ''Sam, are you one of the southern
chivalry?" No, massa, Is one OBJ de
sousiasTn sisoveily. 4 .sheyeled dirt ~
the pltsh Gap Canal 1 lEsIs5I
The wellknown French fnancier, NJ
Emile Periere, is president Of twelve Or
tifieei .ioint-stock companies the ae-.
At the New York Morgue is a dead
| uan Who has been preserved two months
Ia a lew process,' which not oilysarrests
lposition but hardens the body as
solid ASA ssorea 3 prfTsaY +
II An Irish gentleman thus addressed an
Indol 3nt servant WAC INDUCED himself n
bed :5 late hour In the morning: + II
to rising. You spalpeen, taLl TO RISING
bon stand there i.yiag IN bed all day. y,
4 terrible affection has overtaken Tom
Ihumb-he has begun to growi
/ Mattresses are now made of, spengas
wkieh are said to be superior to hair tor
SUCH purposes.
Whale meat is the fashion in Paris.
Nv hale in oil styles is the sign of the
restaurants. = q
A certain druggist who began on $50
capital, is now a millionaire. He spent
STA, 900 IN advertising.
A cave is reported in Southern Illinois
larger than the Mammoth in Kentucky.
Why should young ladies make good
rife volunteers? Because they are ac-
customed to bare arms.
Shoddy is accused ofshaving made his
money throug i, Imitation. He afiirmss
on the contrary, that it was through
contraction.
:. Two plates of gold were found in a
coal mine in Gardner, Illinois. They /
were inscribed with hieroglyphics- three !
inches iong-two wide and one thick.
4 Jolly compositer. who spends one /
day in the office and the next OH ben |
der. attempts to. prove that he as indust- |
rious by saying that he works day in |
and day out. sa 1883 SO ~@7es5sA e
A lady complained of the insoIence Of
some coal beavers. To tell you tae
truth, Madame, answered the employer |
apologeticaly, we have failed in our eff |
forts to get gentlemen to undertake the |
business. 8 Herf .hefaar fest nzas
A clergyman, who enjoys the suhstan-si
tial benefit Of a fine, farm, was slightly |
taken down few days ago BY ms Irish !
plowmaiL who was sitting at has ploV in
tobacco field, resting his horse. The
reverend gentleman being an economist, F!
said with great seriousness, . Ohm would
it not be- good plan. for you to have a
stub scythe here and be cutting a few
bushes along the fence while tire horses
are resting a short time p John. with
quite as serious countenanca as the dl
vine wore himself, said:C 6 Weuldn' it
be we'll, sir. for you to have tub Of po-
tatoes in the pulpit, and When they are
singing, to peel EN- awhile to be ready ior
the not?rl The reverend geatleman
laughed heartily and left. 8 G1 Il
One of the Black Crook nympils has
sued the manager and lost her suit.
Ouilp suggests that if it was the suit
she wore in the ballet there was not much
to lose.
An adventurous young Briton recently q.
crossed the channel from Dover TO Aud
resselleiu d small cs,Iloe. sT9ia sdT
g x London paper, alludint 10 the Hon.
GeFrit Smith, describes hin: as formerly
.Gepernor OF New / oriS - 81 at.t al bs;sGi
One of the most elegantly dressed la
dies at Long Branch this season is the
beautiful Miss Emma Parker. oi Be ton.
Buenos Avres has joint stock hespa-i
tai $I.20 pei nionth entities saoscrIb-
ers 90 admission ia case o. sickness, etc.
The Queen OF, r ASIA and Euges,ie. are
ve..y nijich silite,A,l with each othel., and
correspond regularly. Bismarck winkse
Anew play has appeared at Athens.
It's subject is i'hiiIp OF Aiace,ion, and the
nane OF the drama list is Autoniades.2
\ lady appeared at a Long Branch fan
cy ball as Alrability There were ii-n;,-
tured people who said the disguise was
Thirty thousand muskets taken from
the Aastrians during the GerlnanE war
are 70 be converted into Prussian needle
guns. rysar1 eFss,es xrvsrtru
Within the past twelve months over
TIVE thousand persons have persisted from
coal oil explosions in the United States.
"A beqlest of $50, 900 to EIirpm Col
lege, Ohio, has been made by Robert
Kerr, Of Marion county, Ohio, to take
effect at his Giecease. a
The Troy Tg.aas says I1iuriow Weed
has issued private circuiaT, In which he
cOniesses 10 a mistake IA Temporarily
, abandoning the Republican party, but
protesting thata single error should not
outweigh the services of a lifetime. ans
The Sultan promised in London to let
up on the Christians in Turkey. ~
( Beecher, it IS said, is writing five act
/ pay ior L lwill Dootn new theatre.
| The Island at Toronto, is being survey
/ ed Tor a hotel and summer res.;,.eece.
| Charleston Is picking up a little, aud
The burnt distric; is being slowly rebuilt.
t Dickens advance agent has arrived in
ithis country to make arrangements Tor
his visit. @ t.a.
The St. Louis Times says that crimes
OF every nature is on the increase in thar
Lefty.
A Virginia paper assures us that
toundlings are as plentiful III Richmond
as water melons. .s.s..sss.
Senator Trumbull endorses General
Grant as a suitable candidate for the
Presidency.
| Adolph Strodtman. the German poet
and translator. Is atwork upon biography
OF Heiue.
| Four hundred newly arrived Swedes
have reinforced the Swedish settlement
at Berlin Illinois
The Gentiles of Utah look to the Pa
/ ..ifa: Railrnad rs a mems of hlnttIua ont