The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-01-10
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4 Southern paper Is greatly troubled be
cause Gen Sherman and Mr.. Sumner
shnok hands in st. Louis.
Thomas Il. Whit,more, treasurer Of the
towli OF Spencer, Mass, has been guilty of
deta!caioIl to the amount of go, 900.
In St. Louis. last year. there We're 2lS
/ fires, involving a loss of S3.l1I, 800, on
which there was an insurance OF 81, iSl,
026
Mr.. and Mrs Brown have been fully
commi',cd FOR trial, for the murder OF u
! little girl, to get the insurance on her life,
! at Canaan n. \.
Out of SO. 900 couples married last year
! in ireland il 600 of the men and Is. 900 of
! the women affixed their their n,arks in
stead of their Signatures to the register.
An address has been issued disclaiming,
/ in The name o. the Atncrlcan renlan Broth
/ erhood. all connection with the blowing up
of the Cicrkenwcii prison, aud other dia
/ bo!ical business IN Europe.
Judge Clark OF the Supreme Court Of
! Nrw York, has decided that gold and silver
are 10 longer laaiui money Of the country,
t but mcrchanIablc commodities, and prom
>sUry notes n!a,ie payable IN god must
( be paIa IN gold Or currency Of an eqnlyllant
T value.
/ At primary meeting of the Tammany
/ Democracy IN the eleventh ward OF New
4 York, Tuesday night, the ballot boxes were
/ stuffed with false ballots, ani the ballots
+ subsequently, burned after which there was
a fight III which pistols were used and limbs
broken.
/ In England fifty eight ont Of d hundred
/ females are married three per cent. widows
/ aDd thirty nine per cent. unmarried. The
! number Of unmarried females between TWEEN
ty and forty is ,539 90,
The Union Pacific Railroad Company
! isest from Onaha) have determined to
: buiid branch hue from Denver TO connect
with that road. L is 10 br completed by
next October
\ large meeting at Utica, New York, re-
4 solved that il the Exccutlvc AID Congress
/ tail to vnl.ica;c the right Of American citi-
zanship, they are cowardly and imbccile,
and unworthy to administer the affairs Of
the Government
! The total nuaibcr of deaths in Cincirnati,
during the past twelve months, was 3 .G55
an average of nearly ten each day. The
losses hy lire in that city, III 1861, amounted
10 81 600. .OUO, on which there was an insur-
j
during loj7 amounted to s., 2,oS3,42l II.
/ 'lhe baiaucc now III tie treasury Is $242,
2Gi IS.
Ii has been fnlIy determined that the
; long talked Of bridge across tie Missouri
river Is t. constructed from Council Bluff,
Jo Omaha. The bri,ge is To cost such an
enpriuoa> sun, from - G0D. 900 70 ;t3 co.,
/ OUU, that no ouc railway company felt able
Z
companies have united in the w0lk-thc
I Union Pacific, Chicago and Northwestern,
/ Chicago and Rock Island, and Chicago and
! burlington.
Niiiian B. Astor nill pay tax this year
{ on S2,003OjD, bC>tdeS.a personal property
tax OF $53,O0O \. I. Stewart i>%xcd up
ward OF S;1jO,0D0 neatly one quarter OF
! whct IS derived from his personal property
aud about $NGOO0 on his Harlem Ita:Iroad
city estate. he personal property tax OF
cX- Mayor Gnnther i returned at 5iJ0UO0,
{ that "t Alexander Stuart, the sugar r,.incr,
j $40, 900; Hehcri Hoe, 3d. ,01U; Jonathan
HORNE, $tjV,UU0 Tie Applcton- pas Gn
$4,000; TIE Harper publishers, $I7G,
! U,b, and Baran Stevens, the Actci keeper,
| ; sl-5.01O.
The following rule by which ''courtcrfct
grccnback- and Natiuuai Bank Notes may
be detected has lately been discovered,
ana winch, up5n thorough trial says the
paper from wairh We have copied it, has
proved iniaA5le. Divide the lost two ig
utes Of the number OF the b'll by four and
II oUe Icnan, the lester on the genuine viii
be \ Ii two remain, it will be l.; if three
L; should there DC DO remainder, the little
vii! be d. For example, note is register
ed 2,iGl divide sixty one by four, and
you have one remaining. According To
The rule the letter on the bill will be y
Ia case the fails, be certain that the bill Is
counterfeit We have tlicd the exrer-
mcnt, and If the rule be 'infaliible, more
than one halt the money III car pocket is
! counterfeit.
The tour companies of United States
troops stationed at s.tka are suffering from
cold aad destlfulon, and are N iaIr way
10 perish before assistance can reach them
zen. Grant says that the President ORDER
ed the troops there last S Ilnmcr, and that
he .ia5 no authority 70 do anything for their
reilet. Gen, Rousseau, who was appoint
ed military commander Of the department.
lnciudins Alaska, took good care 10 come
tack on the steamer Immediately after he
had taken formal POSSESSION ai the province
ANA even bis absence, which might make
parta! amends for 9th II losses, isn secur-
ed. Whether or not Congress votes the
the $1,010.OJ0, appropriation for the pur-
chase Of the wilderness, immediate action
should be taken for the relief of the boys
IN bIue. who are to valuable and expensive
to lie sacrificed 70 an irc'ic winter.
Dr. Blnc, one Of the captiyes he'd
ty AbysSlnnia, recently sacctesicd in having
hi> diart conveyed 10 the .1nalIsh forces.
1t was written by stealth, and the author
vas under ieril oi being chained hand aufl
loot II discovered In spite of the risk y
+ says the Times o; India, Dr. B auc', report
{ Is marvel of neatness, exhibiting the
i greatest patience and care. Paper and ini,
/ are scarce at Magiala, and hewa- certainly
careful not to waste either; 30 closely pack
Fed arc the letters, words and lines, that
| into sixteen sheets OF note paper is com
| pressed material enough to I'll three pages
OF the London 7imes less about quarter
/ OF 4 column. So him. likewise, i, the pa
/ per that the whole report. covering letter.
envelope and al, weighs less thal ali
ounce.