The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-08-06

has been raised in Henderson county,
Texas. In the place of the tassel are nifty
two ears Of corn, making bunch nVe
times the size of an ordinary ear. Inc
supply is limited
"A business firm in jamestown, Cha
tauoue county, N. Y, lately inserted name
column advertisement in the jamestown
Journal. A few days thereafter they solo
in neday goods enough at retail to amount
to over thirteen hundred dollars.
"A thoughtful person has found that by
dashing cold water on the outside walls of
his brick house after sunset, the heat
which had been absorbed during the day
is rapidly Withdrawn, leaving his sleeping
rooms somewhere inside of thermometer
range.
The st. Paul (Minn.) Dispatch says ::
immigrants are pouring into this State
literally by the thousands. A very large
party arrived on last evenings train, prin-
cipally Swedes and Norwegians. They
leave at once for the country, where all
get employment as harvesters at high
wages"
The following State elections occur be-
fore the Presidential election in Novem-
Der: Tennessee, Aug. 10; Vermont, Sept.
1; California, Sept 8; Maine, Sept. IA;
Nebraska, Oct. 6; Pennsylvania, Ohio, In
diana and Iowa, Oct. 10; West Virginia,
Oct %.
There is lady who OWLS anu runs a
large wholesale harness and saddlery es-
Enlistment on Pearl street, New York.
She transacts her own business, and is
daily at the store. She has travelled ex-
tensively in this country and Europe, and
is said to be the " smartest woman in New
York"
A Cleveland schooner, the Narragan-
sett, has lately returned from voyage to
Europe. having left Cleveland in Novem-
Der last and after a detention through the
winteratQ Quebec, reached England in May,
and sailed again for New Orleans on the
4th Of July. Her cargo from Cleveland
was petroleum and slaves. The vessel is
owned by Ohio men. l-lssar..-. ..I1 81
An Ogdensburg paper has the follow
ing sensational story: "Tuesday was
hotter than the previous day by at least
four degrees. The mercury reached about
101 degrees in the shade, and all the way
from 115 to 1872 degrees in the sun. The
Captain of the schooner Fulton cooked
an egg by placing it on the deck of his
vessel, near the companiOnway, in the sun.
The operation required twenty minutes by
the watch. The deck of the vessel was
painted dark lead color. At the end Of
the twenty minutes the white or albumen
of the egg was thoroughly cooked, though
the yolk continued soft" @ ~
1t is tradition that schoolmaster in
Guilford, from time to time, informed the
minister, Rev. Joseph Elliott, that his son,
afterward the celebrated Jared Elliott, was
not making much proficiency in his studies.
On one occasion, when carrying his book
to school, Jared let it fall into the water !;
and, when standing by the fire to dry it,
he let it fall into the fire. Upon being
reprimanded by the master, he replied !:
| believe my book is lunatic; it is oft
in the fire and oft in the water" The
schoolmaster, as soon as the school was
dismissed, fastened to the minister to say
to him, Jared will make man after all !"
Incidents and Accidents.
"A man engaged in blasting rocks with
nitro glycerine, in New York recently,
had his hands blown off and his eyes
blown out by premature explosion of
the liquid.
"A Mrs. John McAvoy, of Wilmington,
N. c., was recently mistaken for a burglar
by her husband, who fired at and fatally
wounded her.
The Corinth, Miss, Caucasian gives
an account of man named Mongrum,
who died of fright caused by the constant
attendance upon him of the ghost of a
man he had killed during the war.
In New York, VIM. S. Wyott, three
years old, was chewing some percussion
caps he had got hold of, when they ex-
ploded and blew one side of his face out.
Two men, in attempting to cross Nj
agara river, at Chippewa, in canoe,
were swept into the rapids and over the
falls, few days since. They were both
intoxicated.
"A man was found lying among the
charred timbers of the recent fire in
Bridgeport, Conn. The proper officer
was informed, when jury was impan-
neled, who Immediately proceeded to the
spot to view the body, followed by large
| crowd. When the jury and crowd were
standing around the remains, and as the
oath was about to be administered, the
supposed defunct one raised his head, COW
cred with charcoal dust, and inquired
what they were doing. Verdict-drunk.
A Litchfield Conn., physician gives a
strange instance of the effects of electrici-
ty on the human system. On a recent
Sunday, a Miss Beardsley was returning
from church at West Goshen, when a tree
near her was struck by lightning. She
became entirely deranged, was taken with
violent vomiting, and a physician was sent
for in great haste. It was forty eight
hours before she recovered from the effects
of the shock, and before her reason was
fully restored gnea
The Columbia (Pa) Spy says that a
few days since man drove rapidly
through one of the toll gates in that coun-
ty, and, shouting that he had not time to
stop, threw his pocket book at the aston
ished and indignant gate-keeper. The
keeper of the gate picked up the pocket
book with fear and trembling, and, sus-
pecting that it was an "infernal machine"
did not dare to open it for several days,
when, to his establishment and delight, he
found seven dollars in genuine greenbacks
1t remains a mystery who the man was,
and what his hurry was. II
"A letter from Oxford, Miss, gives the
following story: " A few days ago Sheriff
w. S. Mckee, on returning home from an
adjoining county, stopped to battle in the
Tallahatchie river. His feet touching
something smooth on the bottom several
times, curiosity at length led him to exam
inc closely, when he found small iron
chest. Procuring assistance he took it to
Oxford, broke it open, and found $4,000 in
silver, $4,000 in gold, 1900 Mexican dol
lars, and $4,000 in Confederate money
There were no papers in the chest to show
its ownership"
The Portland Adoertiser says: GA
young lady in Cumberland county, Maine,
healthy, and possessing apparently {. very
robust constitution, INDUCED in the foolish
habit of keeping pins in her mouth. As a
consequence, for the last five or six years
she has ffarad aytra,,,alu with ero ia