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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-08-02
Shocking Murder in North Carolina
A Man Murders his Bride and Throws
Her Body into a River,

Il most shocking murder has been COM
mitted in the eastern part of Rowan CO.,
North Carolina. The following are the
particulars as given by the Salisbury Ban
ner
at appears that one Rufus Ludwick
married a Miss Campbell, about three
weeks ago, against the wishes of her pa
rents. She was denied the privilege Of en-
tering their house they protested against
their sons living with her. She suddenly
disappeared, and was gone nearly week,
when the neighbours, becoming suspicious
of foul play, had Ludwick arrested, and
instituted search for his wife, and found
her dead in the Yadkin river, near the
premises of her parents. An inquest was
held over the body yesterday, but we have
not heard whether any marks OF violence
were found on her person.
The general belief prevails that Ludwick
murdered his wife and cast her into the
river, and that his parents were accessory
to the deed. The matter was yesterday, or
will be to day, fully investigated. Sufficient
evidence has already been elected to COM
nit Ludwick to Jail.
?. S.-Since writing the above we learn
that the body of the dead woman was re-
covered from the river last Wednesday eve
ming. A bull let hole through the head
showed that she had been shot with rife;
her throat had also been cut, either of
which wounds would have proved mortal
This is the most shocking murder it has
ever been our duty to chronicle. A young
and highly respectable woman, just mar
ried, has been most inhumanly treated,
first by the parents of the accused, in de-
nying her access to their house, and finally
most brutally murdered-by whom it is not
positively known, but believed by her hus-
band, assisted or instigated by his inhuman
parents. The facts, so far as elected, 60
to establish this. We have not heard
whether the parents of the accused have
been arrested or not, but we presume they
will be-"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-08-02

| A lady in Madison, Indiana, has recently
married her fifth husband. Could great
er compliment be paid to the sterner sex
In Connecticut, the land of steady hab-
its, it has lately been shown that woman
can be divorced three times in year
A farmer in Papstown, ILL.,, hung himself
last week, the day after his marriage to a
beautiful young girl, because gossip said
his wife had been prostitute.
q wonder," said a Scotch maiden,
"what my brother John sees in the lasses
that he likes them sac well; for my part, |
wad mai gle the company OF cue lad for
twenty lasses."
I 1t was Dutchman who said his pig had
no carmarks except short tail and it was
a British magistrate, who, being told by a
vaeabond that he was not married, said,
THAT'S good thing for your wife.
A servant left boarding house in PEG
ria, ILL.,, because, as she alleged, "the gen
tlemcn boarders paid no attention to her,
and that she was required to eat at the
second table"
A gentleman once asked, What is wo-
mal?' when a'married man replied "She
is an essay on grace, in one volume, ee-
gantly bound. Although it may be dear,
every man should have copy Of it. -
Scion Robinson, the agricultural editor
of the New York Tribune, must be an Irish
man, as he is a philosopher. He recently
wrote: To forget trouble, hoe potat oes
on good ground by the side OF the woods
in the afternoon shade. The smell of the
vines and of the rich soil, and the singing
of the birds and the crickets will be like
reading sweet and sorrowful psalm
What brought you to prison, my col
ored friend?" Two constables, sab. ~
g Yes, but mean did incompetence have
anything to do with it p " es, sab, dey
was bote of 'em drunk
A gentleman, after having paid his ad-
dresses to a lady for some time, " popped
the question. The lady, in frightened
manner, said, You scare me. SIR" The
gentleman did not wish to brighten the
lady, and consequently remained silent for
a time,. when she exclaimed, "Scare me
again
Needs word on punctuation-that SOL
dier who sent letter home to his girl
closing with the following May Heaven
cherish and keep you from yours truly John
Smith.
AS well-dressed gentleman was passing
through a New York park, few days ago,
pu fling freshly lighted cigar, he was ac-
costed by ragged urchin, who desired a
light for we'll ehewed and burned
butt. The gentleman stopped, passing his
cigar to the boy, who lighted his relic, and
quietly handing the latter to the gentleman,
made off with the good cigar. o l'ea 81
"Sir," said an indignant husband
to restless friend, ''you have abused my
hospitality, you have kicked me down
stairs, and you have kissed my wife before
my face Beware sir A few more such
outragcs, and by Joye, you'll rouse the
JONI
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-08-02

A STORY OF GEN. MEAGHER One
story that he told is too good to be lost, and
has never been published. He said he was
leading his men to the front, in one of the
seven day battles, along the wet and miry
roads of Virginia, whan an aide rode by
and gave him the news that our army had
carried a certain stragetic point and cap
tured several coors. "D'ye hear that,
boys ?" shouted Mcagher ,,our men have
won tbs day and captured the enemy,s col
ors just as l said that Meagher re-
marked, ga private, who was plunging
along, out of one muddy hole into another,
looked up to me and said "Arrah, Gin
eral, I'd rayther have pint O Dennis
whiskey than all the colors in the rain
bow !"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-08-02

IF our readers do not think that it re-
quires nerve to edit newspaper, let him
read this, the experience of " one of them
fellers !"
T" One evening-it was moonlight, in the
summer time-we sat alone on the porch
by the cottage door, holding that little
white hand in a gentle pressure ; one arm
had stolen around her waist, and silent
song of joy, like the music of the night
was in our soul. Our lips met in sweet de-
Iicious kiss. and in bending softly to her
ear, VIC whispered tale of passionate de-
votion-we proposed. In moment she
tore her hand from ours. and with look
of inefablc scorn said what, marry an cd
itor? Iou ait Qutp We Slid. y
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-08-02

The Albany Journal says there is a lady
in that city, named Mary Garrety, who is
given to kissing all the gentlemen she
meets. Some of the married ladies of the
neighborhood objected to her familiarity
with their husbands, and caused her arrest.
She put in defence that she had a natural
right to kiss the men, and, so long as none
of the gentlemen whom she kissed offered
any objection, it did not become anybody
else to interfere. Notwithstanding all this,
Mrs. G.. was locked up in jail, and for the
present will be restricted to kissing the
jailor and his deputies Poor woman, she
has kissed herself to prison. 1.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-08-02

There was once very illiterate gentle
man-one John Patterson appointed a
justice of the peace. The first day his
Well, wot shall do with it p was the
query. oil
" Nothing but sign your initials" was
the reply.
I" My nishuls-what are they?''
. Why, two p. replied the, clerk, i'm
patiently.
Cold Precipitation stood on the forehead
of the unhappy magistrate, and he seized
pen, and, with desperation in his face,
wrote " Too PEGS
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-08-02

The ritual excitement in England shows
little signs of abatement. Some phases of
the serious question are very ludicrous
For instance, member lately introduced
in the House Of Commons a bill to regulate
the dress of the clergy 1t made the sin
gular provision that no clergyman should
wear ANY other garment, covering or or
nament," except a surplice and hood. The
bill fortunately did not pass.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-08-02

A little boy was being put to bed the
other night. about dark, when he objected
to going SO eaily, His mother told him
chickens went to bed early, and he must do
so too The little fellow said he would if
his mother would do as the old hen did
GO to bed first and then coax the chickens
70 come.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-08-02

How To GET AN EDUCATEoN.-Boys say
te Mea, 1--WE want an education, but we
arc poor, and father is poor, and We can t
get it; SO we are gong to learn Trade, or
go into a store or, do something else. :"
Now let me say, every boy that wants an
education, if he will bend his force to it,
can get just as good a one as he wants
The way is open Education does not
come through academies, and colleges and
scminaries; these are helps; but it comes
by study and reading, and comparing and
all the schools and colleges, and seminaries
in the world will not make a scholar of a
man without these and with them man
will be one if he never sees a college
And what is true of boys is true of girls,
and what is true of this pursuit is true cf
any other. The force must bc from your-
self; and you must develop it. 1t is that
indomitable Il can" that sets man as
tridc the world.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-08-02
The Connecticut Liquor Law.

The partial restoration of Connecticut
to the hands of the demo cracy is already
signalizcd by more economical admins
troton Of state affairs and more liberal
and enlightened system of state legislation.
Among the a1eJ,is of radical legislation is a
Maine liquor law" which was recently re
ferred to special committee A majority
Of the committee reports against the con-
tinuance of the law, and the following
arc among the reasons given for the con-
c.usion:
''The majority of your committee also find
that while the present prohb' tor law was,
doubtless, designed to stop tn. growth of
drunkenness and TO prevent the sale of in
toxicating liquors, it has utterly failed to
accomplish either of these results: that
either because public opinion has faile to
sustain the law, or for the reason that pro-
hlbitory legislation is contrary to the spirit
of this age and distastcful to the people of
this state, it is certain that in all, except a
very small proportion of the state, the law
has been for years a dead letter, and there
has been, instead of regulated traffic in
ardent spirits, practical unlicensed free
trade IN splrltuous liquors, and an open,
constant and unpublished violation of the
law. That while it is true that within the
past few months there have been efforts
made by certain secret organizations, with
paid detectives, who purchased liquors
aud then Informed against the seller, to
enforce the law, and that these prosecu-
tions have in some instances been success
full it remains to be seen whether, in
mahy of these cases, jury will convict
upon such testimony, especially as it was
the almost universal testimony that prose
eution tor this offence was more difficult to
sustain than any other
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-08-02
CLIFFORD 81 GIBSON'S 4
Photographic Emporium and
Portrait Studio

No. l26 Wisconsin Street, just above the P.
o.. Milwaukee, Wis. Every variety Of sum
light picturing at reasonable rates. Small
pictures enlarged to any required size, and
colored with ink cragon water or oil collors.
The proprietors having had over twenty years
experience, each in his respective department
OF the arts will undertake to 60 fine work in
their line as is done in any eastern city
Send us small picture with color of eyes and
hair, and complexion, and we will enlarge and
color it for moderate consideration -
Full life size Portraits made upon canvsss.
Call at the Mammonth Photographic Estab.
lishment of the west, and behold specimens Of
art miexceled in America. .e1Glas79~ s1ou ~
r. A. CLIFFORD s#f j. s.. GIBSON,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-08-02

A doctor in the Southern part Of the
State came very near loting his life, recently,
by taking wrong dose Of his own medicine
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-08-02
II. BRENNAN.

CURVEYoR and Civil Engineer. Business
- entrusted to him will be promptly attended
20. Residence near Clark's Mills. ( Ordcrsl
nay be left at Mahoneys store
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-08-02
Hardware, Nails, ETC., etc,

Also just received, Brown sheetings, brown
shirtings, bleachcd goods, shifting stripes,
denlms, tickings, ginghams, valcncies, prints,
hosiery, gloves, spool thread, linen thread pins
and needs, combs and brushes, buttons, trim
mings, &c. We offer large and well selected
stock of everything necessary to be had all Of .
which Will be sold cheap for CASH or in c1-
chance for
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-08-02

And everything usually found in general
mercantile store of the first class, all Of which
will be sold at very small advance from first
cost. J. AKAHLER
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-03-07
Misconception Of Happiness.

If we consider the various pursuits OF
mankind after happiness they will be
found in far too many instances, center
ed in that sovereign object, riches
There arc some men whose motives seem
to tend wholly to the welfare and pros
perity of their country, who make the
most solemn protestations OF their at
tachment to its interest, and pretend to
be ready to sacrifice life and fortune,
whenever called on, in its defence, will
a. soon as the grand spring Of their ac-
tion is removed DO as cool as 4 cucum-
Der. Sclf-interests prcccdes every other
consideration, and thirst for money Of
ten prompts the mind to actions Of a
base aud dangerous tendency.
The miser with Unsuitable avarice,
keeps pace with every other part of his
character, knows no happiness but in
accommodating wealth, and is as sanguine
and diligent in the cause as If the prescr
walton Of his life depended on the pur-
suit of it, Ambition knows no bound,
but, like greedy monster, would rob
the indigent of their scanty means ol
support, and reduce them to abject ser
Witty. Contentment and happiness ARK
names with which IN ambitious mar
! is perfectly unaequsintsd for the richie.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-03-07

"Uncle Toms Cabin" Mrs. Stoves
extraordinary novel, 10 now in Its three
hundred and twelfth edition three
hundred and twelve thousand), and is
now selling at the rate of two thousand
q year. With the various editions and
translAtions Of the work, it is supposed
that at least million copies have been
disposed OF. "Uncle Tom" has had. be-
yond all question, the widest sale, con-
sidering the time that has elapsed since
It's issue, Of any book ever issued from
the press. .,1~
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-03-07

neA- Mr.. Jones, aged seventy years,
recently married n young girl in Scho-
harie county, y. V, went to Albany OH
his wedding tour, fell down stairs at his
hotel, made his WILL and left her to go
forth rich widow who came in as
welded attendant of an infirm old man.
But, girls, such accidents do not always
happen under these circumstances.
-Enos Leach, Of Union township,
Hendrick county, Indiana, is sixty-sev-
en- years old, has raised a family of sew
en children, the oldest Of whom is forty
three, and the youngest Is twenty-five.
He has twcnty-one grandchildren, has
never had doctors bill, and has never
had death in the family.
-Rev. A. J. Kynett of Iowa, has late
ly been appointed Secretary of the Rock
River Conference, and it is expected
that the next General Conference will
make him the General Secretary for tho
West.
A man advertised lately to forward,
on receipt OF postage stamps, souhu
practical advice, that would be applica-
Bile at any time and to all persons and
conditions of life.' On receipt of the
stamps he sent his victim the following:
"Never give boy a penny to watch your
shadow while you climb tree to look
into the middle of next week"
What kind of essence does a young
man like when he pops the question
Acquies-sence.
What is the shape Of kiss? Flip
tical { . ip-tickle).
Who was the biggest liar in sacred his ]
| tory? Go-liah. grHf
When is q vessel in love When she y
attached to q buoy. aHi Asa9s-s 4
What day in the year Is an in)unc-
ton to 20 forward ? March 4th. l.ss ~ !
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-03-07

Adventure with Q Snake.
The Avoco Aail-an Australian pa
per-tells this story: kTsE
"A somewhat remarkable case Of pres
ence of mind in q female occurred near
the township ON Monday last. A young
lady, desirous of walk after the heat OF
the day, took . stroll, book in hand,
along the western bank Of the Avoca.-
Being deeply interested in the book she
was reading, she needed not that her
steps had LEFT the beaten track, and that
instead Ut the winding pathway she wn>
wandering through the long grass. Our
heroine was proceeding at q very leisure
ly pace when she was startled by tread
ing on something which gave abundant
signs Of life by most extraordinary
process of wriggling, coiling and uncoil-
ing, all Of which movements were per-
formed simultaneously, and in SO dex-
ferrous manner a. to be highly amusing
to any person not an actor in the scene.
Observing at the first glance that she
had trodden ON = snakes neck, about All
inch or an inch and half below It's
head, and that from the position In
which it was then placed it could moi
turh its head sufficiently to bite her, she
bravely made up her mind to detain the
reptile prisoner until assistance arriv'
ed, and with Spartan like courage car
ried out her resolution. In about TWEEN.
ty minutes time she was relieved from
her arduous task aud the snake, which
was nearly four feet in length, was spec
diIy dispatched with the thick end Of Z
fishing rod. The danger passed, th,
fair stroller expressed herself none tn,
worse Of her adventure, although sh,
declined to pursue her walk any further
that evening""
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-03-07

use our best EFFORTS % continue ths pros
Scation of ail violators Of the law II, this
Judicial District, and ~iii do all wo can
= dry up tho fountains OF lntcmpcrance
IA cur midst ~ o-SE halTa4Hoo RI ,Hs
stA, That We hsssbS aStify the ON.
Gers whose sworn duty II II to take cog
nisance Of All violations of the prohibi-
tory Liquor Law, that they, must DO
their duty, or the law will be enforced
against thsus- .s5sF srs. n. ea....s ~
7th. That we will not knowingly sup
port any candidate for olYloe, who is not
tl,orough Temperance man, and that
We viii do all In our power to get only
the names Of such men on our tickets.
9Th, That the Law permitting the sale
Of lager beer and native wine should be
repealed. &a asi s.na.zn a"~s i
9th, That the thanks Of oil, but espe-
cially Of the temperance people Of the
6th Judicial District, are eminsntly due
and are hereby rendered to the Hon. N.
n. Hubbard for the adinirablc manner
In which he discharged his duties as
Judge, and particularly for his enforce
ment of the Liquor Law. ol us@ @
10th. That should the opportunity
present itself in the future, wc win give
him more substantial proof Of our admi-
ration by affording him our hearty sup
port for any oflice in the gift Of the peo-
pie. .t.s.. .. ...s.
llth, That we recognize in his homo.
rable successor, Judge Rothrock, eviden-
ces Of the same sterling integrity, and
that, with the assistance Of our tried
District Attorney, c. r. Scott, who has
proven himself the best among the best,
it will be our own fault IL we do not
bring the violators Of the Liquor Law in
the Sth District to grief.
18th, That we heartily rejoice in the
success of tho recent prosecutions for Vi
olation of the Liquor Law in johnson
county, only regretting that the fines
imposed were not more severe, and that
all the liquor dealers were not treated In
the same way. rus-
n L DUNLAP. Wet.
BENZ TALBOT. WS,
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-03-07

- a story now curreut in Paris IL o.
follows: A lady in the fi>t society was
recently obliged to dismiss her nurse on
account OF an excess Of flremen and pri-
vAte soldiers too often repeated.
After choosing ~ successor % this
criminal very pretty girl, explaining
Why the first was put away, snjoined il
on the second mt to do likewise.
She admitted that she shouldn't.
II can endure good deal" said the
lady, "but soldiers about the Kitchen
wont endure"
After week or eight days tho lady
came one morning into the kitchen,
opened . cupboard, and discovered =
youthful military character. e
"Oh, ma'am!" cried the girl, Tighten
ed, II give you my word ! never saw
that soldier before In all my life-he
must have been one Of the old ones left
over by the other girlW
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-03-07

ETHIOPIAN PosT MAsTER.-Andrew
Johnson has appointed a full-blown
"nigger' a. postmaster for the town OF
Bennington, Dakota County Minnesota.
The Copperhead papers Of Minnesota
say the commission was issued by mis-
take; that it should have been issued to
c. Andrews tblack mani. The black Is
probably the likeliest man Of the two,
and as Andy Is just now attempting to
conciIiate the Republicans by appoint
ing Radicals to Office, he probably
thought he would make this case astrong
one.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-03-07

A Nut FOR THE NATURALIsTs.-The
editor of the Scottsvillc (Va.) Register
says that about o week ago, as he was
walking to Charlottesville, he saw what
he thought to be a snake track In the
snow, which was then some six inches
deep. Recollecting, however, that the
natural histories say that snakes do not
crawl in cold weather, he only mention
ed the circumstance to one friend, who
laughed at him heartily. But in the
last three weeks, four snakes--one stri-
ped and three black--wcre killed on a
farm near Scottsville. One was in the
spring, one near it, and the other two
one Of which was black snake Of the
largest size-were crawling over the
snow. All of them showed fight.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-03-07
Oyster Saloon.

4: = :, ::,s: s;1esa egs: 3: ss5a:3l 3; ~:
WIN adthem 81 the dish Or cen. IL siso 2srn-
nisnss - hungry with PIES, CAxM, CAN.
ToSsseoS - ~ fad s':e ss1I iIs'Ps 2 c's.s "a and ID,
IT" d6 = N vht tysss
CHOICE TEAS, s.
GO no y. Z; BOYNIoN'A. where thsy are al.
vays SURE q getting fhe bss -
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-03-07

i the citizens Of Upton, and
surrounding country. thst they
Meat Market" and win supply customers with
rood fresh Bcef, Pork, Mutton, and Veal, Ct
the lowest rates. shop one door west of FRIEND
Culbertson's store. PORTER 4 TOWER.
Upton, Iowa, Feb. q, l806.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-03-07

WN.rELsLloTT, ~ ,y~ 4
} leetins Hss spssss.sisss sss @:as snsss a. cs',
Bsek Pay, Bsaaty I'd Pensions Il pixLazel Ssllier,
or for the hein = 6eceasedR0ldi No charge
made unless the application IL successful. Also
legally licensed Cbnpey0ncer for Cedar cOunfv
Deeds, Ac., made and aek now letlged on reason.
able terms. ONCE with the Clerk OF the Dis
trict Court. TIPToN. Iowa. vl3n2l
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-03-07

Dean 6Wift's Resolutions.
The following resolutions were drawn
up by Dean Swift to be observed "when
come to DO old:n
Not to marry . Young woman.
q Not to keep young company, unless
they desire It. asst MI. 14
Not to bs peevish, morose or suspi-
cious. Net 10 tell tho ssme story oxee