The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-04-04
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FoSD Du Lac, Aprh l--4:0O p. A.-A
70 n man named BENZ. Taln d e, ae
70 years, committed suicide in his room at
the Patty House on Sunday morning ab.at
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room, after rapping on the door which wa
ajar, got no reply, and on pushing it open
found young Tallmadge lying across his
bed just as he had fallen. lie evidently
had been sitting on the bedside when Le
raised the pistol to his temple. The bali
entered the right temple and lodged just
over the right eye. The pistol was still
held in his hand across his breast, Just a.
it tell.
No one on the same floor heard the re
port, and cannot be certain at what hour
o. the night he had attempted the fata
act. lie had on his pantaloons and slip
rers, without his stockings. NO definite
cause can be ascribcd. Hs had previous
been sick, bat had recovered, and was vel
as usual the night previous.
NEWARK, y. j., April l.-The dwell
ling house Of John Geienin, iii Rockaway
was destroyed by fire yesterday. His wife
and three children perished in the flames.
San FRAHCIsCO, March 30.-Dispatches
from the volcano district inIugo County, 49@
miles southeast from San Francisco, give
additional details of the earthquake disa>
ter on Tuesday last. Shocks continue
though with decreased violence. 1t is re
markal!e that only the single slight shoe
Of Tuesday was felt in central and north
ern California. Corro Gordo was badly
i..magel. Some buildings were thrown
lown, but oaly one man killed. Lone pi e
appears to nave been directly over the cen
Ter Of tie disturbance. Among the kilIe
II the latter place was Mr.. Grey, aged -.
i native Of Texas. The remainder wer,
Ill Spanish Americans. The first shock j.
'2acr.baI as Ike park Of artillery hgs
iircctly beneath the town. Col. Wh'rple
sho %as IA the second story Of an adobe
sa.cs tAat he hal just tine 70 jump from
| trum lis bel ana reached the doorway
y.tcn the house appeared to crumb,c t.
! r. s..s IL ,.e> 's-.r1 in ~" min. -
! .resdrl ~ tx,r.c.ting h;.4ac.i f.om th'
,.--, suffering r.'m f..Hfl, bit Jot 1au
-.oas vpu"4s. .ac scene la.s@re. ..o
s,.f,.n,
N,.r,, a~ tho r2ea,.se MAS b-r.el b..
t"!gh .ae rains. CO .,- 4,'P an aete-m
III pa;n from the ,y3an = films ;ay ar.
a'c those who c-capai from the rn,o
we're clii;rS for help to rescue father>
brothers, wive. and children. The tlrs
shock was followed in quick succession /.
ttrce others. Three hundred dis;iuc,
shocks were felt between halEpast t.o
o clock aud sunrise. In fact the Who'll,
earth was ;u :. constant shake and tremb!,
for over thirty hours. \ chasm wa
opeued extending thirty-fiye miles down
..e valley, ranging from three inches to
orty feet in width. Rocks were torn
from their places and rolled down in TO the
saiey. Ersrywhcrc through the vaile!
are seen evidences Of the terrible coavul-
ion of nature.
There is much desolatioa among the n
habitants.
A Lone Pine dispatch, today, from
Iisaiia, says that several shocks We're fel;
in that city last night, and are stiIl coming
from the southeast.
Persons anticipate the finding Of immense
cha,ms in the mountains east Of us, as soon
as the snow disappears enough to admit Q!
investigation.
RumOrs of volcanoes having been seen in
active operation from the summit Of Green
Hood mountain, so miles south Of Nisal!a,
are IN circulation, but are considered at
best dubious. The Indians in that vicinity
have all left, fearing a recurrence Of a gen
eral convulsion of nature, which, according
20 tradition, occurred there some hundred
years ago, and created what is now known
rs Owens river valley, bat was before a
chain of mountains.
The section affected by the earthquake
lis sparsely inhabited, being mainly silver
hoo nm, orl L., 4 ,,,;,os