The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-04-08
Making an Apology.

as 1T always does. and Bill had, at about
| o'clock, become pretty happy. Step.
! ping up to- young lady, he requested
the pleasure of dancing with her. She
replied that she was engaged.
"Well,' said Bill, ''are you engaged
for the next set ?" She said she was
''CaT dance with you next, then?'
Il am engaged for that ALSO
Can [ dance with you tonight"
| NO." with some hesitancy.
go to Boston, said Bill. highly In
dignapt, and turned on his heel
After few moments Bill was accosted
by brother of the young lady, who
charged him with insulting hrs sister.
Bill denies, but processes himself wiling
to apologize if he has done wrong, and
| accordingly, steps up to the young lady,
| when the following conversation ensued :.
Miss l., | understand I have in
suited you"
"You have, sir?"
What did I say, Miss II"
You told me to go to Boston,
'Well," said Bill, Il have come to tell
you that you needn't gcI'
A Kent ucky paper calls itself the cor
gan of the people and of the Bourbon
whisky trade"
a $4,000 Orphan Asylum is to be erect
cd In bridgeport, Ct, on a lot given by
p. t. Barnum.
The premium for horses at the next
Burlington {Iowa) Fair will amount to
$4,000
People are being vaccinated in Des
MONIES, Iowa, at the rate of oyer 400
daily.
The annual horse show occurs at Lex.
ington, KY, ON April 18th.
The railroad bridge at Council Bluffs,
Iowa, will cost S2,0O0,000.
The colored citizens of Des Moines
have organized a literary society.
The brother of the British libertine
who was killed in Quebec swears he will
murder the boy who avenged bis sisters
ruin.
An Opera House is to be erected in
Ierre Haute, Ind, 100000 having been
subscribed for that purpose.
A French sauan has written book to
prove that Asia was first settled from
America, and that this country was the
cradle of mankind.
A fashionable ladies' club has been
formed in London. Initiation fee, ten
guineas, and annual dues, FIVE
Patrick Murphy, in Nashville saloon,
on Friday shot John Perry, the bar
keeper, because the latter declined to give
him free drink" Murphy is now in
Jail and Perry in the grave.
For throwing water in front of his hors-
eS and causing them to run away, James
Thorson, Of st. Joe, Mo-, made a fire
company, on the 24th, pay him 500
damages.
A bear beating SHOW" in Attica, Ind.
lately melted $50. Bruin, chained to a
stake, fought and whipped halfa- dozen
snarling ours that attacked him at the
same time.
AS an indication Of the literary taste
of the Kentucky Democracy, it might be
mentioned that valuable library of 600
volumes sold, in Lewis County, the other
day, for $35.25.
Near Ashland Cheatham County, Tenn
on March Dist, Thos. Young, aged fif-
teen, drowned himself in the Cumber-
land, because his stern parents would not
allow him to visit his inamorata.
A school teacher in Calhoun County,
Iowa, was frozen to death while return-
ing from school meeting, on the 5th of
March. Temperature sixteen degrees
below zero.
The horse-chestnut tree in the park Ct
the Hotel Soubrise, Rue de Paradis, has
become famous as the favorite haunt of
Voltaire, has been cut down for frewood
1t is now the fashion in Paris cemeter-
Al. H.. L
tered on the tombstones. "Oh, IMAM
children, and "Oh, God! I" with adults,
says curious mortuary statistician.
An American heiress, who eloped from
Paris with the dashing clerk of stock
broker, got married just before her indlg-
nant brother overlook the runaways at
Antwerp. The bridegroom's father is
retired hair-dresser.
A speculative husband, says the War
renburg, Mo-, Standard, who went there
| and was divorced from a worthy, poor
| woman, In order to marry widow reput-
ed to be worth 200, 900, found that two
cyphers had been added to the reported
fortune, leaving it only $4,000.
The old riddle, ''why is bald man s
head like Paradise ?" being rehearsed to
Lord Derby, the Tory chief, with its an
swer, Because it is bright and shining
place, where there's no parting or dye
ing" the Earl added: And, thank
goodness, where there are no more
wth)igsr'
At the sale of Rossini's effects a ring
of diamonds brought 40 guineas and
another set with table diamond went
for sI20. One pistols, sold for being
adorned with brass, proved to be mount
ed with gold, while a gentleman bid for
watch that vas found to be of copper.
Several prominent citizens eff philadel-
phia have unitedly resolved to erect
drinking fountains in the city thorough
fares. They are to be of Virginia gran
lie, are to afford drinking accommoda-
tons for the people, horses and dogs, and
| will cost $l05 each. Sufficient money for
eight or ten fountains has already been
| raised.
On returning to White House, O., one
| day last week, from a wedding ceremony,
| the bridegroom, German named Allen,
suddenly became violent, and was with
| difficulty subdued by the gentlemen pres
A week before, he had been bitten by a
rabid dog. On reaching home he was
again seized with commissions Further
reports have not been received
Fifteen of the members of the Spanish
Cortes are saloon keepers.
Rev. H. W. Beecher reports an income
of s2l,l75, and Ii. B. Claffin $3.50. 900.
Drouyn de Lhuys has refused the Pres
! idency of the French Senate.
Mile Stephanowska, a Vienna ballet
girl, daughter of charcoal woman, is en-
gagged to marry the Russian Prince Wit
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