The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-08-31
Embellishments EtcsEtS.

A foreign ship has arrived at Shields
with the cholera on board.
There has been four cases OF cholera in
Berlin. Two proved fatal.
A fire at Ithaca. \. Y, on Tuesday
night, destroyed HOLSTERS works.
The Prince and Princess of Wales are
at Sangeuschwalbach, near Wicsbaden.
A church in the town of Boland, Italy
was struck by lightning, and 80 persons
killed or injured.
Mrs. Mofmer, of Benault, H., filed a
lighted lamp with oil the other evening. She
lived but ten hours thereafter.
\ London correspondent seems to con-
firm the report Of an alliance, offensive and
defensive between France and Russia.
Miss Bliss, of Charlotte, Mich, was re-
Gently burned to death at Nashville, Mich,
while trying to light fire with kerosene
oil poured from q can.
At Omaha, Neb., a girl named Sarah
Frink was burned to death by the explosion
of a can of kerosene which she was using to
start a fire in a stove.
Betsey Mccormick, school teacher, of
! Chelsea, Kansas, used kerosene oil rs sub
stitute for kindling wood n few days ago.
Result fatal, as usual.
! London intelligence states that it has
/ been discovered that the Tichborne claim
+, ant was, at one time, a convict of the Cock
atco Island, Australia.
John 4. Marlin and Geo. A. Crawford
have been appointed Commissioners for
/ Kansas to the Centennial Celebration OF
American independence.
Aninccndiary fire at Rockport, Ky, de-
stroycd the planning mill attached to Konigs
factory, with large amount of lumber
also the livery stable Of ". IL. Robertson
Loss SO, 00o-no insurance.
4 man named VIM Coyle attempted t.
drown his son and himself at New York
Wednesday morning, by throwing the littl(
fellow into the East River, and jumping IL
himself. Both We're rescued.
The Com missioner Of Internal Reycnu,
has suspended for the present the enforce
ment of the ruling Of the late Commission
err Pleasanton relating to original and un
broken packages of perfumery.
A decree has been issued by the Spanish
Government providing for the issue of ;
loan on the Gth of September. The amount
viii be one hundred and fifty million pias
tres, and the rate of interest three per cent
The large storehouse belonging to the Mali
Central Railroad Company, at Augusta
filed with valuable lumber, snowplows, an
other valuable property, was totally destroy
FL by fire on Wednesday. Loss heavy
: amount unknown.
Private advices report that the famin
and pcstileDce in Persia have destroye
over three hundred thousand lives, and tina
from the appearances one million must PEI
: ish. There seems to be no way of arrest
inc the destruction.
The recent heavy demand for the new fiv
per cent. bonds has developed a great il
crease in the call for bonds OF the demon
; nations of $50 and $50, (which is undorstoo
! to bc due to investments in these securitie
l by working classes.
,, The inspiriting turmoil Of a cock-fgl
| in the yard Of q Kansas meeting hous
while religious services were in progres
had the effect to empty the sacred ediice
< & marvcllously brief time, each indiviiu
renarkius as he reached the outer air tn:
j ''this thing must be stopped" The deser
i od pastor ccntented himself with scoldir
n his flock from the window.
t Governor Potts, of Montana, writes, u
Ger date Of August 2lst, that the people
5 the Gallatin Valley are SO frightened at 4
presence of the large bodies of Sious L
dams that ne fears they viii abandon the
Il crops and fee to places Of safety.
Il In Washington City, during o storm,
) Young lady was struck by lightning and re
: dcrcd speeehleSs. Several physicians h;s
! called, but they have failed 10 relieve her
any extent. She writes that shc suffers
: pain whatever. but cannot speak a word.