The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-05-23


Brandreth House, in New York city, and
was so seriously wounded that he died in
few hours
Whitelaw Reid has been elected Presi-
dent of the Lotus club.
In New York, on Saturday, a mexsen-
ger of the Gallatin National Bank, while
on collecting route, was robbed of par
eel containing $4,000 in gold certificates
and checks, and $500 cash. Tbs thieves
are known, and their arrest is expected.
The strength of the regular army in
Spain is to be increased to $4,000 men.
The International Prison Reform Con-
gres, will open its sessions in London on
the 30th of July next.
WISCONSIN.
Five miles of fence was burnt in Eron,
st. Croix county one day last week.
The Grant County Herald report. that
Daniel Banfl, of Potosi, died at his home
on Sunday last He settled in Casvlle in
1886, and moved to Lancaster in 1886,
where he resided until 1858, from which
time to the close of his life he made Pc
tosi his dwelling place.
Early Thursday evening fire broke out
IN livery barn south of the Vosburq
House, at Waupacca. 1t burned the barn,
house, wagon shop and stable, Post Office
NJ ID
etc. An entire block was swept away
| The loss is not less than $4,000, with nC
| insurance.
A young man named Lutz was
drowned near the railroad bridge, in Ra
| cine,o Wednesday afternoon Of last week
Racine is to have works for the manufac
ture of gas from the residuum oflistilat;or
of crude petroleum.
| The strengthening festival at Caldwell
| Prairie, was well attended, notwithstanding
the adverse weather.
I he father of Anderson, who was muir
dered by Mosby in Augusta, last week, ha,
commenced a suit for damages in the sun
of ten thousand dollars against a sa,oor
keeper in that place, on charge of selling
whiskey to the man who murdered his sou
A savings bank is about to be establish
ed at Ear Claire
Farmers give favorable reports or th'
condition of crops in Clark county. Vim
ter wheat is doing finely.
A. W. Lynn, mail contractor between
MELVILLE and Humbird, has received order:
| from the Post Office department to make
! connections with the trains on the Ncs
Wisconsin railroad.
The Augusta Herald reports a stabbin.
| ARRAY that occurred in Ossco on Thurs:la,
/ of last week. \ blacksmith named Dick
! ey, attempted to chastise Norwegian b,
! the name Twist, and received bal woun,
/ from Il knife in the hands of the latter
which entered the left side of his stomach
/ The chances are against his recovery
George Palmer of Eau Claire, for the ca
dctShip at West Point, and ". T. Ustic
Of La Crosse, for the Naval School at An
napolis, were the successful applicants be
fore the board of examiners, appointed b,
General Rusk. Both are printers.
The Puckaway Club House, situate
about six miles below Monticello, Mt tht
head Of Puckaway LAX, and owne prime
pally by the puc%away Club, of portag'
City was recently DESTROYED hr FIRE
contained three or f,rr valuable boats
! gao tent, and many other articles of vaiu,
to the club There was an insurance OF
the building Of 5000.
The barn of Edward Geenan, in the towr
of Frcdonia, Outagamie CO., was burned
a few days since. Loss 5000, insuranc,
1922.
The mineral spring at kaukauna is be
ing fitted up for summer visitors.
The Black River Falls Banner states
that on last Thursday morning a larg,
number of loggers went up the river to en-
! deavor to tear out the dam in the Eus
Fork, a tributary of Black River. The
dam prevents the logs from running.
A raft containing several thousand fee
of three ;nch plank was recently stoler
from its moorings between Winona and Ii
Crosse.
| The Scandinavians of La Crosse ant
Sparta celebrated the anniversary of the
| ratiopn1 i,,lornn1opoa ha e
The Waushara Argus says the rain Of
the past two weeks have done much to for
ward the growth of crops, and should tn
balance of the season prove favorable, WI
may look for as large yield as we had il
1860, which was known as the great whea
year.
Winter wheat presents magnificent ap
pearance in Waukesha county.
Prairie du Chen was visited by part,
of Indians, last week, who desired to sci
| furs. The citizens became alarmed at the
prospects of "a raid, and organized a militia
ry company.
Gray's Mill, in the town of Salem
Pierce county, was destroyed BY fire re
Gently. The mill is total loss, there be,
ing no insurance. About FIVE hundred dol
lars worth Of lumber was burned.
Fires in pennsylyania.
New YORK, May lS.-A Scranton dis
Patch states that the fires on the line Of the
Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad con-