The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-02-06

A Salt Lake correspondent of the End
says Dave Picker, the celebrated mour-
talneer, with a scouting party, surprised
a camp of sixteen hostile Indians on the
Owyhee River, Idaho, and killed one, the
balance, including several women and
children, surrendered, and were brought
to the reservation at Boise City. Some
clothing and arms belonging to Mr.. and
Mrs. Denvil were found in their posses
sion. The Indians deny the murders of
Denvill, and claim to haye received the
arms from Notega's band, by whom it is
supposed Mrs. Denvill is still held cap
tive.
The Cleveland Herald announces that
Dickens will not give readings in that
city, or elsewhere in the West.
The schooner Lone Star, from Savan-
nah, Ca, for Hilton Head, with ten
passengers and three deck hands, was
blown out to sea, where she was over
hauled by the bark Eureka. Only three
persons were saved in such an exhausted
condition that they cannot tell what
become of the other passengers They
were all negroes.
1t is positively stated that the treaty
with the Sandwich Islands will be ratif-
ed.
A negro was hung by mob at Frank
fort Kentucky, on Thursday, for an out
rage on white girl
The Democratic Convention Of Con
necticut met on the 29th and nominated
Gov. English and the rest Of last year S
ticket
The Rev. Newman Hall, in a recent
address in London. urged the English
government to effect speedy settlement
of the Alabama claims.
While two or three hundred persons
were crossing the St. Louis, the ice broke
loose from the banks and foated down
stream for the distance of about two
blocks, when it ran into steamboat, and
| the unwilling passengers were rescued.
There was great excitement, but no one
injured.
4 bill has been introduced in the New
York Legislature incorroratiing Metro
politan Underground Railroad Company,
of New York city, with capital of SIX mill
lions. It is proposed to build railroad
under Broadway from Bowling Green to
Central Park also, connecting herewith,
tunnels uuder the East and Hudson Riy-
ers also under Chatam street, and either
Third or Fourth avenue to Harlan Riv-
er also, in diagonal line from Git.
Hall Park to and under Hudson street
at Chambers street and Eighth avenue
OF course, it is not likely that this stu
pendous scheme will be carried out with
in the age of the present generation, and
it is not unlikely that the necessity for
rapid communication across or un-
der Manhatten Island will have ceased to
exist before the end of the succeeding
! generation.
Wood County, Ohio, is digging a.ditch
tkirty- seven and half miles long, eight
cen to twenty feet wide on the bottom,
thirty to forty feet on the top, and from
two to SIX feet deep. It has sixty-seven
and half feet f.ll, or less than two feet
to the mile. It will drain sixty thousand
acres of the "Black Swamp ard bring
them into cultivation.
1t is stated that the Fenian McMahon
will soon be liberated.
Snow fell for the first time in forty-six
years in Cadiz, Spain, some weeks since.
The civil appropriation bill reported
III the House on Thursday retrenches be-
low the estimate about $40, 1000, 900. 1t
abolishes good many clerkships and Off
GERS in the department. including that of
End Assistant Secretary of State
There was boiler explosion in saw
mill near Dexter, Mich, on Friday, by
which two brothers named Arnold were
killed.
A Florence journal says that special
agent of the President of the United Sta
tes has arrived at Rome on a secret mis-
sion to the Pope, and that he will be snp-
ported by Admiral Farragut, whose feet
is hourly expected, and whose arrival at
Rome is looked for soon. The journal
gives no information as to the character
or object of the mission of the agent
There has been battle in Canada, in
which the Turks were defeated with a
loss of $50 killed.
Washington specials say that our Gov
ernment will at once demand the settle
ment of Alabama claims and enforce it,