The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-11-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Friday. NOV. "a.

sett Steamship Company for refusing him
4 scat at the table Of the steamer Provi-
dence.
The cornerstone Of Iowa's new capitol
was laid on Thursday.
The Belknapt county, n. H., aims house
and out buildings, with contents, were
burned to-day. Loss $4,000; cause, in
cendiaries.
The New York lAdiIsays it is quite like
Is General Schenck has decided to termi-
nate his mission to England and accept
position in the law Office of the Northern
Pacific Railroad, which, it is understood,
has been kept open for him some time.
The pictures contributed by the artists
in New York for the relief Of their suffer
ing brethren in Chicago, have been sold at
auction, roaE7ing $4,000.
The editor Of the New York Nail says
be has received letter from T. W Loring,
dated Camp Whipple, Arizona, and that
be could not possibly have been among the
party Inassacrcd in the Wicllenburg coach.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
declared a dividend of twenty per cent. in
favor OF the creditors Of the First National
Bank Of New Orleans, payable as soon as
the necessary schedule can be prepared by
the Receiver.
Gen. NieIe, Superintendent Of Indian
Affairs for Montana, reports that band
Of from scycnty-dye to one hundred half
breeds from British America have estab-
Ished winter-q quarters in the vicinity of the
Milk River agency with the view of sup
plying the Indians with liquor and amunl-
ton. Gen. Gibbon has directed portions
of the Seventh Infantry to surprise them,
spill the liquor, destroy the huts, bring
whatever is valuable, and drive them from
the country.
The carriage Of William Brust, contain
ing his family, while crossing the Ouchetta
liver, at Rockport, Arkansas, on Tuesday,
was overturned, and two Ct his children
drowned.
Robert B. Prentiss, Grand Master of the
Odd Fellows of Virginia, died at Charlotte
vile on Wednesday evening.
Joseph D. Hood, from 1914 to 1919 a
leading antis slavery editor in New Hamp-
shire, for fifteen years chief assistant edi-
tor of the Springfield, Mass, Republican,
and for two years past one Of the editors of
tae Rocky Mountain Macs, of Denver, is
dead
ABROAD.
Winter has set in at an unusually early
date. The ponds in the vicinity of London
The trial of the Communists who were
engaged in the destruction of the residence
are frozen over, and skaters are out in force.
Of Theirs, is terminated. They have all
been convicted and sentenced to imprison-
mont for terms ranging from two to twenty
years.
The Belgian Chamber of Representatives,
having voted to support the Government in
its appointment Of DR.. Decker as Governor
of Limburg, an enormous and excited
crowd again gathered around the Chamber,
and uproariously manifested opposition to
the appointment, but the presence of a
large police force prevented a break of the
peace during the day. After nightfall,
however, there We're serious disturbances,
which continued all the evening. Crowds
invaded the Ministry of Public Works, but
were repealed by the police. Several per-
sons were injured in the melee.
WISCONSIN.
Il. Kenyon, of Sparta, who lost his mare
a week ago, recovered her on Thursday of
last week, through the agency of VIM. Nc
lntyre, of Leon Valley, who followed them
down to DeSoto, in Vernon county, where
he bagged both thief and mare and brought
them safely to Sparta, where the former
was given apartments in the Jail.
\ Norwegian named Oleson, was killed
by a tree falling on him, near Neillsville,
= i,hAh Sooiti y i.'se NSeh'
J. Il. Fitch, residing in the southern
portion of the town of Union, Rock county,
committed suicide on Thursday last, by
shooting himself with carbine.
On the night of the 18th inst, bay
horse was stolen from the barn of Thomas
Hoy, in the town Of Beaver Dam.
The first regular train of the Northern
Extension, C. II n. W. Railway, between
Fort Howard and Oconto, commenced run
ming last Monday.
Three boarding house cars, from the Oma-
ha Division, c. \ \. W. Railway, arrived
at Green Bay on Tuesday morning, to go
into service on the Northern Extension be-
tween 0conto and Menominee.
Saturday, Nov. 20.
AT HOME.
The report that The Kansas Pacific Rail
road IS obstructed bT SNOW is denied.
The faro banks in New York city have
been railed by the police.
1t is rumorei that police captain drew
Sl0,ooo and an APPELLANT alderman $4,000
from the Bowling Green Savings Bank af-
ter i suspended.
The Brooklyn Union asserts that a
prominent offioe-holder of that city received
$40. 600 from Boss Tweed to secure his
election.
A large number of sailors of, the Russian
feet are AT the Long Island Hospital under
treatment for the seurvy.
The reform committee of Brooklyn has
begun an investigation of the accounts of
the City Auditor.
A sewer embankment at Clifton, Staten
Island, cayed on Friday, burying seven la
borers. Al were rescued, but several
were Injured,