The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-01-23

understanding whatever with the Pres
ident.
! The National Bank of tho Republic. of
New York, was on Wednesday robbed of
$4,000 in United States and Missouri
State bonds
Mr.. Stanton intends foreman in Office at
all hazards, and the President, it is said
on authority of those about him, will not
resort to any extreme measures.
; A delegation of western bankers are in
Washington, urging the reissue of the
United States notes that have been with
draw in the contraction of the currency
The Co4mittee on Retrenchment will
soon report bill making number of i'm
portant reforms in the civil service Of the
Government at Rome and elsewhere
abroad.
Rodman Graham murdered his wife in
Philadelphia while she was waiting upon
his dying mother, shooting her with a
pistol. He gave himself into custody.
He alleges as the reason for the deed his
wife attempted two or three times to poi
son him.
It is reported that the banker, Jecker
intends to bring a suit against the French
government for the recovery of $4,000,
600 due on Franco Mexican bonds held
by him.
The motion recently made in the
Courts of the Queens Bench for a
change of place Of trial of the Fenians
Burke, easy, Shaw and Mullony, from
/ Warwick to London, is likely to be grant
ed.
The remains of Maximilian were land
ed at Trieste on the 10th with solemn
ceremonies, and in presence of an i'm
mense crowd of people gathered on the
building, piers and shipping.
A .bilEwill be introduced in Congress
on Monday, which is expected to pass, to
increase the amount of the greenback
circulation by the amount that has been
Withdrawn during the past year.
George Francis Train and two other
Americans named Grinnell and Gee,
w>'re arrested on board the steamer Scotia
on tie charge of being active members of
the American wing of the Fenian organ
ization. The affair has caused much ex-
citement through out Great Britain.
One hundred ard fifty of the leading cit
liens of Peoria have united in a call for
the formation of Grant Club in the city
of Peoria. An organization was perfected
on Saturday evening. The Republicans of
Peoria are unit for the iron man for
President Nobody else is thought or
talked Of
There was another shock of an earth
quake in Eastern Canada on the 18th
inst.
It is proposed to build suspension
bridge across the Hudson, at some point
On the Highlands.
A. T. Stewert, if offered it, will not
decline the nomination for Vice Presi-
dent on the ticket with Grant as the can
dldate of the no-platform party.
The Lower House of the New York
Legislature has passed bill appropria-
ting $50, 200 for the immediate relief of
the poor in Brooklyn. The laboring
classes in that city. and in New York as
well, are suffering terribly from destitu-
ton.
General Hancock, out of reguard fcr
the feelings OF the rebels in New Orleans,
has decided not to wear his uniform in
that city, and for this decision he is COM
mended by the Washington organ of the
President as acting wisely, in not irrlta-
ting the feelings of the rebel Louisian-
ians- Having changed his principles to
suit the rebels, why not also change his
coat and don the gray?
Miss Thomas, highly respectable and
we'll known Sunday School teacher, ,resid-
ing in New York, died suddenly on Sun
day last, from the effects of tight lacing.
On Sunday morning, accompanied by
several members of the Methodist Church
to be present at the dedication of new
Sunday School, while returning to her
home, she suddenly dropped to the side
walk in state of insensiblty, and died in
ten minutes A physician expressed the
opinion that death resulted from apo
plexy of the lungs, induced by tight lac
ing Miss Thomas, it appears, was inclined
to corpulency, and was in the habit of
lacing her corsets so tight as to prevent
a proper circulation of the blood and air
through the lungs and other organs.
This pernicious habit rendered her sub
ject to con gestion of the brain, and event
ualy resulted in her sudden death.
Free schools, supported by the State,
are among the demands of the Radical
party everywhere in the South. Ignor-
ance is bliss, is the answer of the rebels.
If men are educated, how shall they be
compelled to work without pay? they
anxiously inquire, and the inquiry is per-
tinent to the situation,
We have the cheering news from WASH
ington that the Supplementary Recon-
struction Bill has passed the House by d
vote of l23 to As. To Grant is thus Civ
en- the power and the glory.
| The Supreme Court has announced its
decision or the question involved IN Jer-
ry Blacks motion to bring forward the
| Mc(,ardle caso on tha docket The hear.