The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-09-14

The President has appointed John c.
Hillman, of Washington Territory, Regis
ter of the Land Office al Vancouver, and
J. Fl. Wickiser, Attorney for Utah Terri
tory.
News from the Wyoming election, re-
ceived on the 9th, was to the effect that
the Republicans have majority of two in
the Senate, and the Democrats like ma
jority in the House.
The second Cincinnati industrial Expo.
sition was formally opened on the evening
of the 9Th
In a trotting match a. Milwaukee on
the 9th, between Goldsmith Maid and
Lucy, the former made mile in 2 II
thus beating Dexter's fastest recorded time
-e17l4.
Five deaths from yellow fever occurred
at Charleston on the 9Th The cool
weather was having ali unfavorable effect
on the sick, but there were hardly any new
cases.
The New Jersey Republican State Con-
vention, held at Trenton ON the It'll
nominated Cornelius Walsh as candidate
for Governor.
An application was made before Judge
Barnard, Of New York city, on the 7th,
for an injunction restraining the city and
county 6fficials from the further paving
out Of public moneys. The Injunction was
refus ed as to tax collections and pay
ment8 Of accruing liabilities, but granted
against issuing bonds.
Bail has been refused for CDR" Rosen.
zweig, in Jail in New York city, for the
murder of Miss Bowlsby.
A Washington dispatch of the It'll says
Much progress has been made at the
Department Of State in arranging claims
under the Treaty Of Washington. The
British agent in this city has not only re.
ceived large number of claims hereto,
fore flied in England, but claims from
British subjects in this country"
A dispatch from Galveston, Texas, on
the 9th, states that the American bark
Harvest Home was attacked by force of
Mexicans off Bar Santa Anna on the night
of the 9Th of last month, and her master,
E. G. Dickey, was obliged to put to sea
without completing her cargo. The
American bark Brothers was captured by
an armed force of Mexicans also on the
9th of August, off Santa Anna, and the
captain was forced to abandon her. He
was picked up by tie Harvest Home and
arrived at Galveston on the 9Th 1t is IN
derstood that the Captain will visit Wash
ington and make full statement of all
the facts in the case to the government
authorities.
Governor Leslie, of Kentucky, has ap-
pointed General Fayette Hewitt, Quarter
master General of Kentucky, and Com
missioner Judge William Pryor, Circuit
Judge Eleventh Judicial District, as Chief
Justice for the unexpired term of Judge
Robertson, resigned. Term expires in one
year.
The New York State Convention OF the
Anti-Dram Shop party was held at SYRIA
cuse on the 9th. A declaration of princi-
PIES was adopted which opposes that form
of law entitled local prohibition, which
allows a majority of voters of any town
or county to legalize and establish dram
shops, because the State has no right to
legalize crime or endow any number OF
her citizens with the right to make that
which is morally wrong legally right.
A decision was rendered in the Court of
at Albany, n. Y, on the 9th inst,
declaring that the State Legislature has no
right to extend the terms of local officers
The terms of office of the Mayor, Comp
troller, and various Aldermen, officers
under the New York city government,
were extended by legislative enactments,
which this decision now declares to be
Illegal
On the evening of the It'll, in Jones's
Wood, New York, man named David
Dorian, while trying to protect from in
suit young girl attending refreshment
counter, was stabbed in the breast by
party of ruffians, and died in a few min
utcs.
An inquest was concluded in New York
city on the Sth over the remains of
young lady named Emily A. Post, and
the following verdict was rendered: 1--WE
ind that the death of Emily A. Post was
superinduced by brutal and inhuman
treatment received at the hands of DR..
Perry and Madame VanBuskirk, and we
further find that P. X. Post, Sr., Minerva
Post, and P. X. Post, Jr, in placing their
daughter and sister in the care of known
mai practitioners, were guilty of an unnat-
ural outrage, evincing depraved minds,
utterly regardless of natural duty" The
father, mother and brother of Miss Post
were held to answer by the Coroner.
Near Mauch Chunk, on the Delware,
Lackwanna s Western Railroad, on the
Sth, six stock cars, with a caboose contain
ing six men, which had been left standing
on heavy grade, broke loose, and ran with
full force into loaded coal train The ca
bose was shivered to splinters and the
coal and cattle cars were piled one upon
NV occupants VI tlt CdDDOSe
and all the cattle were killed outright, and
others seriously injured The names of
the killed are James Booth and Mr.. Good.
rich, of Candar, N. Y and Hiram NJ. Case,
of Pennington, n. J.
In Ter by decision recently published,
Attorney General Alderman holds that
while Congress can, by statute, limit the
Executive choice for public officers, by
prescribing that no one shall be appointed
who has not passed an examination, it can
not, by Statute, limit his constitutional
power by requiring that the successful
competitor in examinations shall, in all
cases, be appointed, because this deprives
the President of all discretionary power :;
nor can the discretion intruste6 to the
President be exercised by Civil Service
Board Of Examiners.
The State University at Lincoln, Neb.
was formally dedicated and opened Oh the
Sth.
A San Francisco dispatch of the sth
says the Republican msjority in San Fran