The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-07-28
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MISCELLANEOUS.

are CTOWucu WIFI pONcilJ oti iehSh Cte'i'
Ish girls, anxious to sell their halr
DIR. Mendel, of Berlin, who has beer
investigating the temperature OF the era
NAL cavity, finds that the temperature o
the skull is lower than the general tenn
peratare Of the body.
After wedding ceremony in the
Presbyterian Church, at Dalton, GA, the
organ Mortified the congregation by play
ing the popular melodies of Captain
Jinks'' aud 'Shoo, Fly don't bodder
me-"
An aquarium is to be constructed at
the Sydenham Crystal Palace, at an ex-
pense of 100000.
A visitor at Cape May recently miss
ed his pillow in the morning, and, after
searching a while, found it laid up over
his ear, ike bit of lead pencil.
An Irish woman, IS years of age,
and unable to read or write, whose prop
erty was ascertained to be worth Sl05,-
900, was found by census taker living
in the third story of large tenement
house in the Eighteenth Ward, New
York.
The Portland Argus says that a gen
sleman of Boston. who had taken his
seat in the Boston & Maine train for
Portland, few days since, was suddenly
and unaccpuntably impressed that some
thing would happen to the train he was
on board Of So strong did this feeling
take hold of him that he left the cars
and fastened to the Eastern depot, and
took the train there, which came through
all SAFE SO did the other train
A New York girl, who ran away
with her lover to New Haven, by steam
err, was surprised, on landing, to hear her
fathers voice, he having come on by rail
and fanked her. She ran under pas
senger train, which, starting up, badly
bruised her ankle. She screamed, and
her father took her home.
Berlin is growing more rapidly than
any city in Europe In 1882 it was the
eighth in the order of European capitals
its population being 100000; in 1869 it
was the third, only London and Paris its
superiors, its population being 500, 600.
The drouth in France continues No
rain has fallen for ten weeks prior to July
18th, and since then there have been only
slight showers, which are not sufficient to
revive the dropping crops. According to
pItScHt dppcdIdHCtS, han VI lhC 81 an
crop will be lost.
Almost without exception, adviccs
from various parts of Illinois and other
Western States-Gepresent the wheat har-
vest as progressing favorably and the
yield of grain unusually good. The corn
crop promises to be greater than an av-
erage.
A contrivance has lately been in
vented which prevents persons outside
from looking into . room, without eX
Guiding the light It consists Of a num-
Der of glass rods, arranged either verti
cally or horizontally, and secured together
by appropriate frames. forming a series
of cylindrical cases, which break up the
light and throw it into every part of the
room, thus producing 4 soft and dIiIused
glow which is very beautiful and pleas
ant. The glass rods may be Of any color,
and by an arrangement of the colors very
beautiful effects can be produced.
The number Of Chinese in the coun-
try at the end OF 1869 IS estimated at
go, 900, among whom were but 5000 wo-
men and 1000 children. Since immi-
grafton began in 1913, I3S, 900 have come
to the United States, Of whom $4,000
have returned to China. aud about 10, =
900 have died OF the number at pres
ent in the country, about one half are in
California, p, coo in other Pacific States
and Territories, while fully 1000 have
crossed the Rocky Mountains,
COMMISSIONS Delano in a recent
ruling requires all persons to pay spe-
clal tax as broker whose business it Is to
loan money belonging to others, secured
by mortgage on real estate. He says
that dhy place where a person does the
business above described, whether it be a
regular ofic.., store, or even the street
corner, is place of business in contem-
plation of the law.
"A woman aged 81 years was married
to man of IS, at Burlington, ILL.,, last
week.
AT Malcolm, in Poweshiek County,
Iowa, the Principal Of a school twisted a
little girls neck until she tainted. The
brutal pedagogue was promptly dismissed
by the Directors.
In Belleville. ILL.,, few days ago, a
man, while intoxicated, deliberately took
$1,000 United States bond from his
pocket and tore it into pieces.
There were in the Louisville Post
Office. last Wednesday night, fourteen
bags OF matter, each bag weighing 49,
pounds, all bearing the frank of the Hon.
Boyd Winchester.
A young man in Beloit claims to
have caught l 200 fish during the last
two months.
Five Indians-two bucks and three
suuaws-have been arrested in LaCrosse
eh1rI,f.,nr nnl II, i an the
chain gang.
In Kickapoo Township, Kansas, q
few weeks ago, ''pcddler" called at g
farm house, and opened his satchel fol
the inspection of lady who happened
to be the only person about the premises
Among other articles, he had an assert
ment Of perfumery, and. uncorking bot
tie after bottle. he gave each in turn tC
the lady to smell of them. He finally
produced bottle, the contents Of which
he asserted, were exquisite, fines
he had. The lady took the perfume
tried it, and was soon III an unconsciou
state, when the ''peddler' ransacked tn
house. The rascal gave the lady chloro
form.
-Bismark has the advantage of you'll
o5er Napoleon, he being only 81 and tn
French Emperor 81.
After the battle of Sadowa, old Gen
eral Won Moltke said to the King G
Prussia: "This is glorious victory ~
Majesty. Would to God it had bee
over the French -
God gives birds their food, but the
must fly for it.
"A Chicago paper says that at RI
cent theatrical performance there, tn
whole audience, excepting two mer
went out between the acts to drink.