The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-07-30


EDS TRIBUNE:
The heated term still continues here.
with undated severity. There is no
unusual amount of sickness, apart from
the heat, the air is like that of an oven
and while an oven in full blast, might not
be comfortable in the highest degree, there
might be conditions much more favorable
for epidemic diseases Even our cool
lake breezes at night in which we have
found so much pleasure in other seasons,
this year seems dead. We are stewed,
roasted, boiled, broiled and baked all day
long, and at night we simmer. The
thing is disgusting, especially when we
compare our condition with thatof places
far south of US, where by all rules of rea
son and precedent it should be much
hotter than here New Orleans, for in
stance sends US word that her thermom-
eters generally show Sc in the shade,
during the heat of the day, and never
above 90, While we, away up here on the
bank of Lake Michigan, think we are
having cool weather at 80 and are quite
accustomed to 100 or three or four degrees
above that, even in the shade and where
the wind should be if there were any
All if we could only have now that jolly
big hail-storm promised in the book of
Revelations How it would cool the air.
Gases of coup de soleil, often fatal, are
quite common. OF course, at such a
temperature as this, there are no events
1t is too hot for anybody to do anything
worth anybody's making an item Of In
some instances it is said that 'icircum-
stances alter cases." the adage does not
apply now, the temperature is too high
for circumstance to make any exertion
All along the docks yesterday stevedores
lay In shady places, utterly refusing to
work at all, and vessel owners and others
requiring their labor, were compelled to
pay dollar per hour for it, and even at
that high price found difficulty in Undue
ing men to do any thing.
There was great Democratic rally
with torches, banners, rockets, music,
speeches .eic., at the Court House last
Wednesday night, but the weather was
too hot for it to prove an unqualified
success. Very few people in this day
and generation are foolish enough in such
weather to take delight in tramping up
and down the streets Juggling torches and
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in the midst of perspiring, steaming
and ill-smelling crowd. The Republicans
have, as yet, neither held nor announced
any great ratification meeting, but are
working zealously in the organization of
Grant and Tanner clubs in all parts
of the county.
The new excise law fixing the tax on
whisky and tobacco manufactures is pub
lished here this morning and is the prin
cipal topic of interest among business
men. 1t imposes a tax of so cents per
gallon on all distilled spirits to be paid
before they leave the distillery and all
distilled spirits now in bonded ware houses
months or forfeited The tax upon to-
bacco is fixed at 30 cents per pound, on
snutfs and chewing tobacco, and Is cents
on smoking. The Tribune says concern
ing the new law;
Its provisions ara searching, and if
enforced viii put an end to Illicit distilla-
ton and to the system of matchmaking
tor the expenditure necessary to purchase
all the officers doing duty under this act
must far exceed the amount Of the tax -
A new use has been discovered here
for paper, which rivals even the ingenuity
OF the Japanese in their applications of
that material 1t consists in manufac-
turing coarse but very compact article
OF cardboard, about sixteenth of an
inch in thickness, for the purposes Of a
''sheating and roofing board an inven-
ton which renders ordinary frame houses
TO which 1t is applied even warmer than
brick buildings 1t is absolutely imper-
vious to air, and, when saturated with
tar which costs no more, Is also perfectly
waterproof. 1t may either be placed or
the studding; upon the sheating boards
inside the studs or used instead of plaster
and in all situations is perfect in render
ing wall positively air tight 1t is
equally valuable for under.aying roofs anC
floors and is even better than roofing
felt for the purposes of a gravel roof.
1T only costs from FIVE to seven cents pei
square yard, and some idea of its cheap
ness may be gained from the fact that il
costs less than $50 to completely cover
top, bottom, ends and sides of frame
house 25x40 feet and 20 feet high. On,
BEST architects to whom it has been suh.
mitted give their unqualified endorse.
ment to 1t as the best of all materials 70,
securing warmth in winter and coolnes
in summer. 1t is manufactured by tn,
Rock River Co., whose Office is at No
Ii La Sale street. Chicago and supple,
by them in any desired quantities.
On Wednesday last, 18th last, Ami
Stewart the prostifute who ON tho JJ,l