The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-03-12

cars, and we shall hail the day with joy
when every railroad in the country follows
suit.
"A lady of Troy announces in the pa
pers request that the "curled darlings"
who attend her receptions Will not lean
their heads against the wall, Is "the oil is
taken off by the paper, and the entire re-
papering of a room is frequently rendered
necessary"
"A Brooklyn man has accomplished
feat in the way of bigamy. He courted tor
two years and finally married young
woman residing within stones throw of
the house where he lived with his wife and
family, and sustained the two establish
ments for some time.
To one who asked pecuniary assist
ance of crusty capitalist the remark was
made: Heaven helps those who help
themselves" Said the would-be borrower
sourly: "That reminds NE of fall got
when was boy, which, obtained this of
fer of aid from a by stander Come here,
sonny, and Ill pick you up.'"
Olive Logan tells of a suffering woman
who chad not eaten a bite for nearly four
years." and had not slept a wink since the
first gun was fired on "Sumter," who re-
ceived $13 from some charitable ladies in
New York, and Immediately satisfied the
terrible cravings of hunger by the pur-
chase of point lace collar at Stewards.
Incidents and Accidents.
"A little girl eight years old reached
Whitewater. Wis. few days ago, having
travelled from Ireland alone, and not think
ing it much of a trip.
"A colored girl in Chicago, arrested for
theft, recently made seven attempts to
commit suicide-three by hanging, two
by drowning and two by burning-all of
them being frustrated by those having her
in charge.
One night lately fellow attempted,
On a wager, to drink twenty-five glasses
of lager beer in saloon in Des Moines,
Iowa, but after reaching the fourteenth
one he was conveyed home on a wheel
barrow.
"A grey eagle made q descent on
small boy near Leon, Iowa, the other day,
and but for timely assistance the lad
would have been food for the monster
bird. 1t was dispatched and measured
seven feet from one tip of the wing to the
other.
"A man named Sampson, in Pennsyl-
vania, is said to cherish an extraordinary
grudge against Germans. a large for
tune inherited four years ago has been
cheerfully spent in paying fines for as
saults which he Invariably makes when he
meets German.
I'm chastising a girl of large d1men-
sions, a Maine school-teacher had his hair
disturbed and his face scratched The
ing the village, being prosecuted, or tax
ing thrashing. The teacher had not
been able to make up his mind, at last
advices.
In the city of Mobile, bald eagle de-
scended into yard and seized a young
kid. The old goat made fight with the
spoiler, and the lady of the house, hearing
the racket, went out and knocked the
" bird Of liberty" on the head with stick,
stunning him SO that he was easily car
tured and tied.
"A boy entered a butcher shop in New
Haven and piteously begged flor three
cents worth Of meat for dinner, and was
bountifully supplied by the proprietor,
who was considerably astonished immedi-
ately afterward at a demand by the recipi-
ent of his bounty to hand him over six
cents worth more for his dog.
of happy old couple, Daniel and
Susan Lake, of Bridgewater, Vt, who are
said never to have quarreled during their
half century of welded life, it is now told
tlidl1 AC w W duObHSl
girl and she to another man, and they
exchanged lovers by mutual consent, Dan
lie. and Susan coming together.
| "A half idiotic boy, who eft Cincin-
natl few weeks since and went to Indi-
diana in search of work, was packed in a
| box at Acton by some rufflans, put upon
the cars, and shipped to Cincinnati. The
box was marked {" live stock" and the ex-
press messenger, hearing q strange noise
coming from it, opened it in time to save
the BOYS life.
| An Irish coachman, in Hartford, Con-
| necticut, who was provided with a strap
and weight whereby to fasten the horse he
| drove, has lately been in the habit of leav-
| ing the weight in the sleigh, and securing
the strap to the bit ring very carefully.
When the horse ran away, few days
since, he was astounded, and could only
say: Glow did ne get away, an it weigh
in so much?"
| "A Mr.. Garland, Of Winslow, Me, a
short time since purchased a sleigh-so
nicely painted and vanished that the back
of it reflected like mirror. 1t was put in
a building in which was an aristocratic
turkey, who in passing the back of the
whereupon he showed fight, and did not
| give up the contest until he had ruined the
back of the costly sleigh.
"A good place to keep friction matches
| in, if you would have your house burned
by them, is bureau drawer, in which are
nice muslins, laces, ribbons, and cotton
| garments. The opening and shutting of
the drawer is quite sure, in time to ignite
the combustible things and give you good
fire. A woman in West Forty-second
| street, New York, has just tried the ex-
| pertinent successfully, setting her bureau
on fire, and consuming about 500 worth
of goods.
"A skif, containing two men, vas
wedged in an ice-gorge on the Mississippi;
river, one night last month, and the occu-
pants were obliged to pass the entire dark
and cherries night in a perilous situation,
| liable at any moment to be crushed by
the miniature lce-bergs surrounding them
In the morning, although almost paralyzed
with the cold, and with portions of their
bodies frozen, they managed to scramble
| over the ice to the shore, and their lives
were saved.
| "A terrible tragedy has occurred III
Ca ifornia. A gentleman made lady a
present of q pair of pistols, and after sew
eral trials of skill they concluded to go
through the form of duel. They took
their positions, fired at the word, and, to
the terror of the lady, the gentleman fell.
She threw herself frantically upon the
corpse, embracing and kissing itwith every
emotion of endeaIment. Under such
| magical influence the gentleman revived,
ord rose 11phrrt from, tho rrrnrrH onI-