The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-04-02

ran twelve miles to another town to get
some Ere engines to put down great con
Migration, and then were refused the en-
gines until they went back and brought a
written requisition.
"A young man in Halle committed
suicide few weeks ago in order to escape
from the slow tortures of consumption.
He killed himself by inhaling the smoke Of
coal, burning in q Theoretically closed
room, and carefully noted down his sensa-
tions up to the moment that he became
unconscious.
"A little girl in Quebec, the other day,
while gathering chips in q shipyard,
thoughtlessly darted forward to pick up q
block Of wood from under the descending
az of one of the laborers. While in the
act OF grasping the piece of wood, she re-
ceived the full blow of the ak on her
shoulder, being literally nearly cut in two.
One of the most touchingly simple
wills was left recently by the German pas
tor Holzspfel, of Reifnitz. It consists of
this line only: My soul to God, my
body to earth, and my money to our Deaf
the deceased, who had led most rigorous
ly abstemious life, amounts to about &c, 900
FORMS
-Du Chaillu discloses the fact that in
some parts of Africa betrothal takes place
when the bride is two years old, and the
first whipping she receives from the hus-
band is an indication of her future connu-
bal joys, and is given with four-foot raw
hide. Women in..Africa take "a hours to
arrange their chignons, but only make
their toilet once month.
"A new locomotive engine for common
roads has recently been exhibited in Edin-
burgh. It has three wheels, weight shout
five tons, and is said to be capable of 60
ing over the toughest roads, climbing the
steepest hills, and travelling over ploughed
land with perfect ease The power is due
to the fact that it has tires of India rubber
five inches thick and two feet broad, which
take hold Of the ground like an elephants
foot.
"A fast young gentleman in Paris re-
Gently made bet that he would secure
his own arrest without committing any
crime. He won by going to a fashionable
cafe in shockingly rakish costume and
pulling roll of large bills from his boot
when called upon 10 pay for what he had
protests he was carried before Justice,
and had to procure testimony to his re-
spectability.
~ SduE VI WOucu IODDCTS mas JuSL
been suppressed in Paris. They were un-
der the command of stout, mlddle-aged
woman, named Catherine Keller, who
planned the operations and distributed the
parts. Her Lieutenant, who uid the &C.
tive work out of doors, was young Gen
evese girl, who found an ally in her sweet
heart, Eugene Doulvaux. The various
women used to be posted at the omnibus
stations of Paris.
"A French paper illustrates by single
story the triumphs of French surgery and
the peculiarly simple character Of the
French language. A German gentleman
was obliged to submit to an operation by
which he lost considerable portion of bis
tongue. A few days ago he wished to
break his long reinforced silence, and &C
cordingly called his servant and tried to
speak to him some words in German. He
found it impossible to articulate single
word. He then tried to speak in French,
and his tongue worked almost as well as
before the operation.