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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05

A WOODEN RAILROAD A bin has been
introduced in the assembly to incorporate
the Lacrosse, Black River Falls and Neils-
vile railroad company. a Madison cor
respondent says that the road is to be
commenced Immediately, and will be COM
pleted between Black River Fails and
Neilsyille next summer. The company de-
sign to use wooden rails instead Of iron and
it is estimated that the road can be built
for SO, 900 to SIS, 900 a mile There are
similar roads in the country, which have
been in constant use for ten or ffteen years
and DO good service. The rails are Of
hard maple, and the locomotives of light
weight-i3 tons. The particular object OF
the road is TO facilitate the Black river lum-
bermen IN their vast business, but it viii
prove, Of course, benefit TO all intcre sts,
and aid materially in developing the coun
try, and contributing to the prosperity Of
Lacrosse.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05
The Sandwich Is anaers.
From the Overland Monthly.

i rom tlc ONtllhlt AIbhtHl
What queer people the Sandwich Is
landers are. You wonder why they are
no longer carniyorous, and conclude the
climate is SO much warmer than former
ly that it has destroyed both energy and
appetite. This want of activity you no
tice liz everything. 1t is not confined to
the people alone The very animals are
encrvatcd Cats never catch rats or mice.
On the contrary, they live together most
amicably. BOOSTERS stand around on one
leg all day. and crow all night Hens only
lay under protest, and rs few eggs as pos
slble. 1t is a curious country In every
way. They have cats without tails, for they
would be useless appendages no kitten
would have energy enough TO run after her
tail if she had one, and no child born
there is vigorous enough to pull it for her.
Some of the birds on Hawaii have no
wings, as though nature herself recognized
the fact that they would never be used II
given. You find geese upon the highest
mountains, miles from water, while the
horses are amphibious, and feed under
water in the marshes and ponds, with only
the tips Of their ears visible, through
which we are told, they breathe, and you
do not for an instant doubt it for In a
country where the natives mount them
from the wrong side, where in euchre the
ten takes the ace. where John BuIi some
times becomes civil because it is to warm
70 buster, and where Johnathan, with all
his love and pride OF bis country, consents
TO cxpatriate himself aud children, any
thing Is possible.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05
Tue HUMAx VotcE.-Tho Chinese and

Tue HUMAN FoIcE.-Thc Chinese and
JAPANESE possess VOICES Of low power, fee
Die compass, whining IN tone, and having
metallic twaGg In India and Burmah,
the voice is not powerful, but shrill soft
and feminine that Of the inhaitauts Of
the hills is more robust than that Of the
inhabitants Of the plains: The European
nations possess strong, powerful, sonorious,
clear voices The Germans possess the
most powerful voices in Europe, but not as
powerful as those Of the Tartars. SIR
Dauean Glib, Vice President Of the Lon
don Anthropological Society, las D.ade
these observations
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05
The Land Grabhers-The Homestead
Act Null:fed.

The Chicago Tribune publishes letter
Of considerable length from Washington,
exposing in detail the schemes for robbing
the people Of the United States Of their
landed heritage. The correspondent, who
is republican writing to republican pa
per, commences by saying:
The people Of the United States can
have no clear conception Of what their
senators and congressman are giving away
The public land bought with the people S
money and conquered by their valor, is be-
ing transposed TO loose and irresponsible
corporations under visionary and corrupt
influence, and two hundred million acres Of
1t are already gone. Three hundred mil
hons more are now demanded by cqpo-
ratons even more irresponsible than the
| hrst. These lands constitute all that Is
worth possessing Of the public domain
the arrable, the watercd, the traverslble
portions. Passing ont CT the hands Of the
government, they furnish estates for a fu-
ture landed aristocracy, endowed as no arts
tocracy in the world has ever been. Those
parts which are to be sold are at once don
bIed IN price to the people. The bones
stead bill Is thus practically superseded.
Endowments OF tyranny are created to
plague posterity aud embarass republican
government. Aud, finally, having robbed
Us OF our heritage and become the virtual
empire, King Railway now demands mon>
ely to fasten his irons on the lands be has
already received. lie has taken our estate
and now he expects also luxurious income
to enjoy it upon.
The same letter contains a list of the
donations of land already made and asked
Tor by congress to corporations, making an
aggregate Of five hundred million acres, or
more than one fouth Of all the land in the
United States, including the icebergs Of
Alaska.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05
MANITOW &c:
Friday, February 5, 1869.
Radical Extravaganza

Is te;ny strikingly displayed in the vast
amount of money appropriated for station
cry and printing by the present United
States senate. The sum is put down at
$4,000, or with seventy>two senator's,
about So 900 apiece. A correspondent Of
the Chicago tribune says these appropri-
atoms can be largely reduced. A great
hurley fellow named JONES, is keeper OF
senate stationery, altogether a sinecure Of
fee, at salary Of s2, 1902 Every senator
has one and fraction of servant, there
being about eighty retainers to the senate,
besides promiscuous excess of runners.
policemen, fremen and altogether about
half regiment of spongers-JoNEs prob
ably is the idlest and latest The congress
ional printer, forced to take regiment Of
drones whom he does not want, expends,
according to expectation, about s 400. 900,
but in the end this and other estimates
have to be pulled up by extra congressional
appropriations. The library Of congress de-
mands about $4,000, $4,000 of which
goes to buy books, and $1,000 having
nothing to do with library, is appropriated
to certain remote botanic gardens. The
working expenses of the library, per Sc,
are extremely cheap and diminished, and
the appropriation to buy books is one
of the most insufficient in the enumeration
Yet, for very shame's sake, congress
has tackled on to the library expenses
the cost of raising bouquets for
the parties of their households, too napy
of which get to the bosoms Of cyprians to
make them presentable in the Hobbies of the
capitol. The most modest, the mightiest
and yet the interest appropriation is that
for the library, an institution of which
many congressman know nothing, but
whose quiet treasures atone for much ig-
norance, i.literacy, and transformation
which one sees in the TANKS of the capitol
Altogether the two houses Of congress de-
mand for the coming year s., 800, 900, ac-
cording to their own estimate, rendered by
the secretary of the treasury. This lis
about half the cost of the capitol building.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05

RELEASE OF BLISS AND MAsrERMAN.
President Lopez does not prove to be as
black as Minister Charles d. Washburne
painted him. Bliss and Masterman have
been surrendered, alive and well, to Rear
Admiral Davis, and it does not appear
that they were cruelty or sharply treated
by Lopez. furter, than their enforced de-
tention in Paraguay. Mr. Washburne had
imagined that they had been tortured by
the order Of Lopez. Mr. W., as a minis
ter Of neutral power, betrayed too much
sympathy With Brazil in her war with Par
aguay, and Lopez was naturally irrate, be-
cause the duty of an ambassador is mani
festly not to interfere against the govern
ment to which he is accredited.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05

PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Particular after
/ ton paid to the treatment of difficult an
critical cases, and to consultation. Also, +,
aiming Surgeon for Pensions Office in TIL
building formerly occupied by Kuehn & Co
bankers. Orders left at T. & j. Robinson
Drug Store will be promptly attended to.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05
CECTsGsI REED.

A TTORNEY and Counsellor at Law, has RI
"A suned the practice of his prof ession, arI
can now promise to give prompt attention to al
professional business entrusted to him. Cd
lections made in any part OF the State. For
few weeks his office will be found at his dwell
ing house. r.-- ~.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05
y. a. GROWN. M. ID.

PHYSICIAN, Surgeon and Accouchcr. Ei
L pecial attention will be given as heretofol|
during lengthy experience to Midwifery a nj
Sugery. Office on York Street, opposite Be 4
kern's store, where he may always d
found. Orders may be left at L. g. J. RoT
inson' drug store
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05

TIE South AMERICAN WAR. later
intelligence from South America shows
that the Paragraphs have not been ami
hilated as reported, but that Lopez has re-
treated to strong position in the interior,
where he viii continue his defense. Marsh-
al oAXAIs' official report Of the operations
of the allies against the fortress Of Yeletta,
which covered six days, says, that his loss
es were terrible. He only claims twelve
hundred loss for the Paraguayans, ana only
took few prisoners. Bliss and MAS
TERMAN, the Americans, were ali7e and
we'll.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05
ERNST KERN,

Successor of Beer s. Kern,
nEALERS il Dry Goods, Groceries, Crock
- cry, fancy goods, glassware, boots an}
shoes, rcady-ma e clothing, paper hangingd
hats and caps, toy children's cabs, live geesl
feathers, bird cages, kerosene oil and lamps
&c, A share Of public patronage solicited
Store on York street, near its intersection witt
Eighth.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05
NJ. O,EDyyOR.

DOVE and Shoe Maker, west side of Hub
II baId's building, corner of Eighth am
Buffa,o streets, and will be ready at all timeI
to manufacture Boots and Shoes to order, and
Of and the best stock that can be found in thu
maFkti 9 80
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05

CHEERFUL Contest. A few years ago,
in village in Chester county, the Metho-
dists and Presbyterians each built cburchs
about the same time. soon a riya ~ arose
between them, especially among the juve-
nile portion Of the congregations. On
one occasion the Methodist party got the
best of tie argument in this way
All guess We beat you now.
How p
"Nhy, we've got six buried in our
graveyard. and you've got only four and
there OH Dir. Cooper Is. going 10 die
soon, aud be 4 make seven =
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05
HENRY SEEBREE,

JUSTICE Of the Peace Will make colleC
y tons, pay taxes, search the records, dra'
deeds, mortgages, contracts &c. All bushes
entrusted to him viii receive prompt attention
Office in Huebner's building, corner York an
Eighth streets.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05

THE CUBAN REVoLTIoNIsrS FOR ABo
INCONSISTENCIES, Captain General of
the Cuban Liberal army, and in charge of
the Provisional Government, issues proc
lamation containing this Free Cuba is
incompatible with enslaved Cuba, and
the abolition of Spanish institutions
should comprehend, aud does comprehend,
necessarily, and for reasons Of the highest
justice, that Of slavery as thu most iniquit-
Gus ofall. As such, its abolition is de-
clared among the principles proclaimed in
the first manifesto Of the resolution. Ii
must DC abolished al once.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05
Es, y, E2STOy. M. u.

physician and Surgeon, treats all Acutd
L Chronic and Surgical Diseases to whic|
men, women and children arc subject. Offid
and residence corner of York and Seventh sti
Orders left at the Drug Store of Bacon, ThombI
%. will be promptly attended to
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05

A TT0RNEY and Counsellor mt Law, and
"A District Attorney for Manitowoc County
Wis. All business entrusted to his care will n
promptly and faithfully attended to. Advice
honestly given, for which a reasonable charg1
will be made All parties liable TO " sue and
be sued' please give me s. call. $ Be ye no
deccivedF' Office in Huebner's block, ON TIL
corner York and Eighth streets, where he ma.
be found from s A 81 until 6 p ~
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05
DENTESTRV.

DR. 4, J. PATCHEN. Dentist Office il
~ Sherman's Brick Block, Eighth stree
Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Particular attentio
given to all the different branches of the DIT,
fession, and all work warranted. Teeth e,
tracted without pain.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05
G.. kEEFESSs.

PROFESSOR of Music, &c, VIII give lessor
in vocal and instrumental music in the vii
lagos of Manitowoc and Two Rivers. Res
dcnce on Eighth street, near the court hous
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05
JOSEPH SYKES

DEALER~in STOVES; also, manufacture
IL Of Tin, Sheet-iron and Copper Ware
kinds of Repairing done. Shop on Eight. st
nearly opposite the First National Bank.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05

A TTORNEY and Counsellor at Law. OFF
"A on Eighth street, over the First Nation
Bank asr "a
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05
E. H. TREAT,

4 TTORNEY and Counsellor at Law. C.
- lcctions promptly attended to. Office
BulialO street, betwcen EIGHTH aud Ninth
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05

PRETTY LufLE THoUaRr. The squirrel
jumps from branch to LraBoh, the flint
from beau to beau.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05
Business Cards.
WINE. T.. EEDEsEDGE,
CHARLES HI. WALKER,

DOLCE JUSTICE Office in Huebner
L Building Manitowoc, Wis 4ltf
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05

John C. Breckinridge is about TO re-
sumo the practice Of law ct Lczing on, Ky.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-06

a majority of those voting be In favor of a
Convention, it shall be the duty of the
Governor Immediately to issue his proclama-
ton announcing the result, and said Con-
ventiOn shall convene in the city of Nash
vile on the first Monday in January, 1870,
and when so assembled said delegates shall
organize themselves into a Constitutional
Convention by the election of u President
and such other officers as they may deem
necessary.
SEC. I3. Be 1t further enacted, That said
Convention shall adopt such rules and regu-
latiOns for its government and tranactiOn of
business as it shall think proper, and that
the members and officers of said Convention
shall receive the same compensation as is
now allowed by law to the members and
officers of the General Assembly of the
State, and to be paid in the same manner by
the Treasurer.
SEC, IA Be 1t further enacted, That the
Constitution or form of government which
said Convention may adopt shall not be Of
any binding force or efficacy until the same
has been submitted to and ratified by the
people of the State in such mnnner and in
such time as the Convention shall provide
SEC. is. Be 1t further enacted, That
should any county have no Commissioner of
Registration at the time of said election, or
should the Commissioner of Registration
fail or refuse to hold said election, then in
that event it shall be the duty of the Sheriff
of each county to open and hold such cleo
tion, subject to the same rules and regula-
tions, us imposed upon Commissioners of
Registration by this act
SEC. l6. ARd be 1t further enacted, That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-06
Regulations.

Mark Two, alias Twain, has opened a
hasherY and will strictly enforce the follow
ing regulations:
This house shall be considered strictly
inn-temperate.
None but the brave deserve the fare
Persons owing bills for board will be
bored for bills.
Boarders who DO not wish to pay in ad-
vance are requested to advance and pay.
Boarders are expected to wait on the col
ored cook-fOr meals.
Sheets will be rightly changed once in six
months, or more If necessary.
80 % Double boarders can have two beds with q
room in it, or two rooms with bed in it, as
they choose.
Boarders are requested to pull off their
boots before retiring, if they can conven-
iently do so.
Beds with or without bugs.
All money and other valuables are to be
left in care of the proprietor. This is in
other losses.
Inside matter will not be furnished for
editors under any consideration.
Relatives coming to make a six months
visit will be welcomed; butwhen they bring
their household furniture, virtue will cease
to be forbearance.
Single men with their families will not be
boarded
Beds with or without boards
Dreams will be charged for by the dozen.
Nightmares hired out at reasonable rates
Stone vaults will be furnished to snoring
hoarders, as the proprietor will in no wise
be responsible for the broken tin pan ums
of others ears.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-06
Mountain of Salt.

In the Pahranaga district, in the South
western part of the State of Nevada-dis-
tance from Austin estimated at 10 miles
is a remarkable mountain of salt, about
seventy miles south of the mines 1t is re-
ported to be about five miles in length and
600 feet in heigth. The body of salt is of
unknown depth. 1t is chemically pure and
crystalline, and does not deliquesce on expo
sure to the atmosphere. Like rock, it
requires blasting from the mlne, whence it
it saken in large blocks, and is as transparent
as glass This would afford an abundant
supply to the world could it be cheaply
mined and transported; but it now stands
in the wilderness, an object for the admira-
ton of the curious and the inspection of
the scientific 1t is believed that there is
but one other place on the globe where it
exists in such state of purity in workable
quantities, and that is at Cracow, Poland
This is but another evidence of the state of
purity in which the force of nature has left
deposits in this interesting portion of the
continent.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-06
Strong Language.

The editor of the Tuscaloosa Monitor
refers to the defeat of Johnson in the fol.
lowing strong language:
A PUBLIC CALAMITY.-As will be seen by
telegraph Andrew johnson has been de
feated for Senator from Tennessee, by a ma
ioritv against MIN Of fouI votes. The sue
cessful competitor is an obscure individual
named Cooper. 1t IS not known whether
he is a Democrat, Radical or SOaptail. No
doubt Boutwell, assisted in the defeat of
johnson, by letting loose the purse-strings
of the Treasury Department, and misapprO-
priating the public money. This result is a
disgrace to the Tennessee Legislature. How
delighted will Grant and his creatures be,
now that Johnson viii not be able to further
expose their scandaous conduct
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-06

a poick who has evidently been a
sufferer, indites the following for the benefit
OF railroad companies;
Never fuI, pack EN- in;
Move up, fat man; squeeze iu, thin.
Trunks, valises, boxes, bundles,
Fill up gaps as on she tumbles.
Market baskets without number,
Owners easy. nod in slumber.
Thirty seated, forty standing,
A dozen or more on either landing
Old man lifts his signal finger,
Car slacks up, but not lInger;
He's jerked aboard by sleeve and shoulder,
Showed inside to sweat and shoulder.
Toes are trod on hats are smashed,
Dresses soiled, hOop-skirts crushed,
Thieves are busy, bent on plunder,
Still we rattle on like thunder.
Packed together, unwashed bodies,
Bathed in fumes of whisky toddies,
Tobacco. garlic, cheese and beer
Perfume the heated atmosphere;
Old boots, pipes, leather and tan,
And if in luck, soap fat man
Aren't we jolly? What blessing!
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-06
Upton County.

We clip the following from the Upton
county Record, published at Coyington) of
the 29th ult:
On last Sunday, Mrs Whitley, wife Of
Joseph Whitlcy, Esq, who lives about eight
miles east of Covjngton, while standing
near the fire was seized with vertigo and fell
into the fire in an unconscious state. There
being no one present the balance of the
family having gone to bury a child Of Mr.
and Mrs. Whitley, the poor lady lay in the
fire until her face, neck and arms were
almost charred by the flames, her eyes were
entirely destroyed, yet strange to say she
was UP 20 yesterday still alive and conscious,
though suffering the most oxcruciating pain
from her burns. Very little hope is enter
tained Of her recovery.
On Saturday last about three o'clock
p. n. the barn and stables of z. J. Smith
Esqr., who resides about half a mile from
town was discovered to be in flames, the
alarm was promptly given but the distance
from town being such, the fire having OBJ
tained such headway every effort to save the
building proved futile The entire building
was destroyed together with large quanti-
ty of hay. corn, and rockaway and buggy
together with all the harness MIR. Smith S
loss viii reach fully a $3.50, and was unin-
sared
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-06
Mississippi Central R. z.

GEO. N. BOLIVAR
Trains pass Bolivar as follows:
MAIL TRAIS, ,South-lu32A n North i;22 = VI
EXPIRES train Souti2}2 orth. % n
Freight train Soutt-l0lG North 80 II
NJ all every day Express train runs
every fOEEAYS E&CEPTED- ga
Connection made by the southwark bound Mail and Ex-
res trains A. Grand Junction with she NJ G. Il
ud by trains COINS north t jackson Tenn with
trans the NJ X o. r. r.
Tiv above Schedule look erect May ., 1869
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1869-11-06

TRAINS ARRIVE AT AND LEAVE MEMPHIS AS
FOLLOWS:
ARRIVE
Througb WaI-DAu ny. ...........f2 - p 70 40
.fbronsb Fynress .. II 10 p m 90 p
I'M Sn1dov oE G5 a n
Grand Junction Accommodation. daily
Sunday, - a III 10 , ia
Express Grand junction with morning tram
Mississippi Central Railroad for Holly Srlng ater
Valley Grenad5 Jackson ViosburE, Miss, New Orleans
At Decatur for Columbia Nashville, Laivsuille, tn-
einnat
AZ Chaanoora for places in Eastern Alabama tfeor-
gia North and South Carolina Irglnla, WSaAinson h1
more, Philade eiphia, New York. etc.
Through Mail Grand Junction with trains for
Bolivar and jackson. Tenn.
A. Decatur for Athens Pulaski. Ala, Columbia, Nash
Al Chattauooga mail trains for points as
Express Trains.
Baggage checked through
2t tHe
corner Main and South Court street
". J. ROSS. GsrI Superintendent.
A. a. BARNES. GEM Ticket Agent. 0at5