The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-11-09

and American manufactures, were present
ed by large number Of American gentle /
men.
The Belgian government has forwarded |
$50, to America for the relief of the |
Belgian settlers in Wisconsin who suffered |
by the forest fires. The government has
also opened subscriptions for voluntary |
contributions for the same object.
Monsignore, the French plenipotentiarv. |
has left Constantinople, having failed to OBJ /
tain any guaranty frem the Sultan in REGARD |
to the status of Catholic subjects of Turkey. |
The Sublime Porte persistently refused to |
discuss the question Of Its Christian sub |
jects.
South America advices report that the |
revolution in Venezuela is threatened with /
defeat. Gen. Parro, of the revolutionsts, ,
with his men, was captured by Diaz
The newspaper controversy in England, +,
concerning the international copyright law,
has taken so personal turn and has be- |
come so heated that the Times declares its |
intention to close its columns to any further |
communications on the subject
The German Reichstag has PASSED the |
war fund bill.
situation unchanged. Gen Trevins re-
mains outside Of Saltila, with force suf-
fcient in everything but artillery for an at
tack upon the town.
Montreal has sent over one hundred and
two thousand dollars in gold to the relief
of Chicago, besides large quantities of
provisions, clothing, &c.
The number of families now receiving
aid in Chicago is about fourteen thousand |
or sixty-three thousand persons including
men, women and children.
At Lewiston, Me-, on Friday, two girls
Ada Brown, of Bucktield, and Anna
Wood, of Hartford, leaped into the water
near the falls, with their arms interlocked. |
and We're drowned. They left their cloth !
ing on rock.
Stephen Waterman, a member of the
Rhode Island Legislature, shot himself in
the head at Providence, Friday morning.
Booth & Gates tannery, in Newark was
nearly destroyed by fire on Friday. Loss,
$4,000; insured for $4,000.
Chas. II. Ward, late of the banking firm
of Miller, Ward & Co, in Boston, and
sentenced to three years imprisonment in
bonds, has been pardoned by President
Grant.
R. s. Fuller, a well-known ieweler of
Nashville, Tenn, accidentally shot and
killed himself while hunting near that
city.
F. Jones, while walking along the Horn
Lake road, two miles south of Memphis,
was shot by some unknown person and ia
tally wounded.
A special from Mason, Miss, saws
Webster, who killed Shipley, of Louisville,
few months ago at Corinth, bv upsetting
lamp upon him to cover robbery, was
shot Wednesday night by an unknown
party and killed.
The failure of the banks of Slime & Co.,
of San Francisco, and Hastings & Co., of
Sacramento, caused run on the Odd Eel
lows Savings Bank of Sacramento, which
quickly subsidized.
Christian johnson, a Dane, was shot
dead by Ben. Reed, a worthless hummer,
at Nevada City, or Thursday. Reed was
arrested.
Judge Dwinele, of the Fifteenth District
Court of California, has rendered decision
affirming the validity of the special assess
ments of the stockholders of insurance
companies, levied to make good the capital
impaired by the Chicago losses.
a fire this morning in the factory of the
Waterbury Button Company destroyed the
upper portion and badly damaged the first
floor. Loss $4,000: mostly covered bv
insurance. A number of hands will be
temporarily thrown out of employment
/ The cause of the fire is unknown.
The singular fact is related BY the Cal
avera (Cal) Chronicle that a Mr. Stcgcr.a
few days ago, discovered rich, gold-bcar-
ing quartz ledge in the main street of the
town of West Point, in that county. An
intense excitement was of course created,
for it is said that the rock "prospccts
enormously Work is to be commenced
upon the ledge at once.
The Government is investigating the
| charges against Judge J. W Wright, of
Washington, formerly of Indiana, in rela-
| ton to the collection of bounties and pen
! sions due Indians, soldiers Of the Greek,
! Cherokee and Seminole nations, who
served on the frontier during the rebellion
The alleged frauds are said to amount to
| 100000.
| WISCONSIN.
t \ man named Foote, engaged in remov-
ing some large rocks from the roadside
somewhere in the town of Cassville, was so
severely injured by the premature dis
charge of blast that he died few DAYS
after. Deceased had served as a soldier in
| Company I, Seventh Wisconsin Regiment.