The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-02-24
MISCELLANEOUS.

The steamer Ida. from Chattanooga
southwark, struck a snag on the 10th
and sunk
Two hundred recruits are to be sent
from New York to Omaha for assignment,
to the Fourth Infantry.
The coin balance in the Treasury on
the 1lth was s53, 100000; currency
nearly $4,000, 900; certificates about
$50. 200, 000
j. Rerchoff & Co.'S large distillery,
rectifying house and vinegar factory in
Chicago, has been siezed by revenue
authorities.
Henry Van Overa, a student at the
High School at Davenport, Iowa, com.
United suicide on Thursday by jumping
into the Mississippi.
Two slight shocks of earthquake
was felt at San Francisco Saturday morn
ing.
The Bavarian Co-ncil is considering
the subject of the dethronemeIt Of the
King.
The assassin of Isaac Greenwood, at
Havana, has been arrested. He is
sergeant in the fifth battalion ofvolun-
teers.
The Hudson River ice crop is total
failure, and the large companies of
New York city are stocking their houses
from Lake Champlain,
The Governor Of Colorado appointed
and the Council has confirmed, full set
of territorial officers, all Republican ex
cept the Assayer.
The great rock near Isamalia has
been successfully removed from the bed of
the Suez Canal. The minimum depth is
now about twenty-nine feet.
"A flag composed entirely of Califor-
MIA silk has been completed at San Fran
cisco and will soon be forwarded to Wash
ington for the National Capitol
The Memphis Aruianche says the
engineer of the steamer Maggie Hays,
which blew up on the Mississippi River
a few days ago, patched her boiler with
lead.
"A large number of colored men in
Louisville have formed an association for
the purpose of building first class steam
boat to ply on the Mississippi River.
The contract price to be paid to the
Duchess and Columbia branch Of the
Boston, Hartford and Erie railroad in
5000, 900 year, work to be flushed In
1872
AT Springfield, Tenn, Thursday
esening. Thos. Hackersmith, lad about
fourteen, accidentally shot and killed his
cousin, Mrs r H. Bib. The boy has
become a raving maniac.
"A petition to Congress protesting
against free trade and asking the remov-
al of all taxation from shipping inter-
ests. is being signed by the prominent
ship owners and builders Of San Fran
cisco.
The Commissioners of Emigration
report that the numder of aliens landed
in New York in 1869 is greater than for
for any year since 1854 The total num-
Der of passengers landed was 3O7 ,454, Of
whom 259. 1889 were aliens; Of these
99,6 COS were Germans, &c, 204 were Irish,
and Al ,O90 Eng!ish-leaying $1,000 to
all other countries.
Commander Somers, of the Steam
err Anna, which sailed from New York,
after some delay, with party of twenty
two men, including Col. Ryan, Cespedes
and Gacouria, has returnad. He states
that he successfully landed the men,
=, 400 stand TO arms, and three tons of
powder, besides some shot and shell,
on Cuban soil. on the 18th of December.
The Anna is now at Nassau, and will be
sold.
y ne majority OF the cOinmlItee In
the Massachusetts Assembly have sub
mitted report submitting license law
SURPRISING public bars and tipping |
shops, and allowing licensed inn holders |
and victualers to sell liquor to their
guests. to be drank on the premises, and
licensed liQuor-dca!ers, grocers, apothe
carries, druggists, brewers and distillers
to sell liquors. not to be drank on the |
premises free for licensed to be fixed at
from 800 to 1850.
"A mass meeting was held at Salt
Lake on the evening of the 10th to rati
fly the nominees of u ticket in opposition
to the Orthodox. and before the hour Of
meeting there was no room left for the
Opposition. The Orthodox ticket was
carried by reclamation. There is heap
of ill-iaeling on one side, and unlimited
harmony on the other.