The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-12-17
STATE NEWS.

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The Fort Atkinson Herald ,blishes
an article, showing the efficacy of adver-
Using, in which it states a man found
shawl, brought an advertisement to the
He, aid Office which was only put in type
and not printed when the owner was
found.
The Watertown Democrat says Mr..
Calvin Cheney has received the APP
pointment of u. S. Assessor of the It'll
division of the I'd District of Wisconsin
which includes the northern half of Jef
ferson Co., AID thinks the appointment
good one.
The Oshkosh Northeastern says that
Maggie Wisman, chambermaid in the
Adams House, Upset. kerosene lamp
which broke and set fire to her clothing
She had just put on her night dress which
was saturated with the oil and became a
sheet Of fame in an instant The alarm
was given and Mr.. Lane, the proprietor,
appeared with pail of water The fire
was put out but the poor girl, with every
thread of her clothing burned off. was
found SO badly injured that she survived
only a few hours. This should be a
warning to all who use Kerosene.
The Racine Jounol pitches into the
Berlin Courant in regard to the age of
the Republican party, and the ouuut
man replies in such way as to utterly
dcnolish his opponent. Terry, you are
one ahead. The salary of County Judge
in Green Lake County has been fixed at
s700.
We are glad to notice that the Apple-
ton Post is looking up little the Re-
publicans of that section ought to sup
port good paper. 1t states that Mr. E.
5. West ate ii hearty dinner on Tuesday,
took his team and brought home load
of wood and when unloading it dropped
from the sleigh and instantly expired. 1t
Gains the Appleton girls are the hand
soonest in the State. We will wager four
dollars the editor can't prove that
The Sheboygan Times reports that
arrangements are being made for Pho
neer Festival. Also that there is pro-
ject Oh foot to establish line of steam
ers between Grand Havenand Sheboygan
to connect with the Railroad.
The Sheboygan Falls Herald says that
the Railroad Company are pushing things
with ali the energyand means that can now
be used to advantage. They are working
large gangs Of hands and keep heavy
force on the work night and day. They
expect to run trains to the foot of Main
street IN Fond du Lac, now very soon
The Portage City Register reports
that five jail birds escaped last Thursday
from the Columbia Comfy jail The
names OF these worthless are: George
Haynes, John Barger, VIM. Oliver, Jack
Ryan and John Murphy. A reward OF
$50 is offered for the recovery Of each
one Of The persons.
The keno>ha Trlegyuph comes to us
this week enlarged and published in
quarto form. The publisher claims
he has long felt the necessity Of doing
this, owing to the press Of advertising.
We congratulate that paper on its success,
which it tiny merits una, + the editorial
charge Of Gel. Frank. The paper records
Tie drowning of young man named
Carter at Twin lake in heaosha CO.
The Gluten Reflector says that petit
! ton is heing circulated to set an express
sion from the people in regard to build
Ing County jail which is being vcry
generally signed As all prisoners from
this county have necessarily to be sent
to other counties for safe keeping, in
three years time we would save extra
expense enough to pay to build a new
Jail.
We learn from the Prpn, 'icoa that the
lce-bridge over the Mississippi between
La Crosse and the Minnesota shore, al
though only twentyfour hours old, is
strong enough to support footmen Of
moderate weight.