The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-05-19
Wisconsin Items.

The Oshkosh North,cestern of the 10Th inst.
contains letter from Hon. Philetus Sawyer,
declining to be candidate for congress this
fall
The prospect Of the government taking hold
of the improvement OF the Fox and Wisconsin
rivers has raised the price Of real estate in
the city of Green Bay one hundred per cent.
The Durand Times reports the distressing
news that little girl, about twelve years old,
was burned to death while out gathering
flowers in the woods, fire raging through
them surrounding her. The same paper rec
ords a most difficult and delicate surgical OPP
erat ton by DR.. Baker, the removal of an oyar.
ian tumor weighing % pounds, bes;;a5es gallons
Of fluid, from the person of Mrs. Heman Full
Ter. The operation teok four and a half min
utes,
The Darlington papers report that in
Brien, aged Al years. committed suicide by
hanging himself in the cellar, where he was
found by his wife, who was looking for him to
come to Rqrsakfast ,Nivrfa hf Dbauf,:e >" low that
Whitewater, seventeen in number, burned on
the 18th inst. The fire originated from a
smoke house. The total loss is about So 900.
The Omro Union reports that Conant Ham
lin of stockbridge, aged about 81 years, COM
nitted suicide by cutting his throat with a
razor, and then throwing himself into a
brook, where the water was about one foot
deep, face down
Last Saturday night, the police of Milwau-
kee arrested in that city, twenty-one of those
The proceeds" says the News, Twill aid
somewhat in replenishing the treasury"
The Green Bay Gazette says "Our valicnt
police headed by our doughty marshal, have
pulled the most decent and orderly houses of
ill.fame in town, and hailed the proprietors and
inmates to justice. They are very careful to
select houses whore there was sure to be no
resistance. Why don't they arrest the gam
blers, DULLES, pimps, blacklegs, prize-hghters,
swindlers, conhdencers and what not, swarm
ing through the town with no visible means
Of supportr The police very careful to
steer clear of these chaps, where knives and
repeaters are handy, and pounce down on n
few wretched women. Brave police,"
What q sweet-scented place that Bay must be.
The village Of Neenah and Menasha pro-
the Waupaca railroad.
The Williams mills in the town of Lamar
tine, near Fond du Lac, were burned last
Monday night. The amount of damages is
several thousand dollars.
Visitors in Appleton declare it the hand
soonest city in the west
Sam Ryan, jr., of the Appleton Crescent, has
been on the Fox river forty-four years. He
should be well posted on Wisconsin affairs
A hcn-pecked husband near Milton juno
to try his hand on his wife. He had better
send for Brigam Young.
new band is to be formed in Green Bay
to be composed principally of Belgian citi-
,ens.
The Elkhorn Independent says scarlet fever
has made fearful havoc among the children of
Walworth county during the past few weeks
Capt. E. B. Ward and family are now in
Milwaukee. He began life as cabin boy aud
Is now a millionaire. lie is thought to be
worth from SIS, zoo, Ooe TO $50, 900 900.
Four brothers reside in Beloit whose acrre-
gate weight is l 2o6 pounds. They only
weigh 3o6s pounds each.
The Milwaukee Sentinel says that the Bay
View rolling mills annually turn cut enough
rails to iron $50 miles Of railway 1t also
says shat the receipts of lumber at Milwau-
kee from the cast side Michigan ports,
amounted TO loo, goo coo feet, fer the year
According to the RepnbI,can, the youngsters
of the otherwise well-ordered town of Della
van auluse themselves on Sabbath afternoons
by repairing to the cemetery and there yell
ing, whisthng, playing lesp-fros, and throw
ing stones st viSitors.''
The Northeastern, Of the Iah, says that
three little children were badly poisoned at
Oshkosh, on Wednesday last. by eating The