The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-09-12
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The Republicans of the Sixteenth New
| York District have nominated James s.
Smart, editor Of the Washington County
Post, for Congress.
A Burlington (Vt.) dispatch of the sth
says: emi-official returns from all but four
small towns give Converse a, 222 votes, and
Gardner IT, 64. Converse's majority, %, 618.
The remaining towns gave, in 1870, ITO Re-
publican majority. The Senate is unanimous
ly Republican, and the House of Represent
atives stands: Republicans, 2O6; Demo
| Gratis, 21.''
Governor Curtin, who had been removed
critical condition on the 9th, having been
Frustrated by large numbers of visits from
indiscreet persons.
The new statue of Sir Walter Scott, de-
signed for Central Park, New York, arrived
from Europe on the 18th.
The Maine State election occurred on the
9th. A Portland dispatch of the morning of
the 10th says one hundred and ninety eight
towns give Perham 46, 973; Kimbali, 35, 1885,
Last year the same towns gave Perham SO,
730, Kimball, 80, 467. The towns not heard
from gave, last year, Perham, 1855; Kim
ball, II, Ill. 1t was thought Perham's ma
jority would reach about Is, 600. An Angus
Ia telegram OF game date says the five Con-
gressional Districts he'd been carried by the
Republicans. In the First District Burleigh
has about 1000 majority. In the Second,
Frye has about 1000. In the Third, Blaine
has about $780, In the Fourth, Hersey has
about 1000. In the Fifth, Hale has about
1850.
The Board of Education at Hunters Point,
n. Y, has ordered the Bible to be read in
the public schools Children whose parents
object to the Bible to be allowed to remain
from school until after the reading.
The sum to be raised by taxation in New
York City for the coming year is fixed at
$50, 437, 523. The rate of taxation is $3.50 on
each 800.
There were six cases of sunstroke in New
York City on the 10th.
The General Council of Internationals will
hereafter have it's headquarters in New York
City. Karl Marx, the most prominent
among the International leaders, will reside
in that city.
The National Democratic General Com
mittee of Brooklyn (anti-GreeleY), has been
revived, and has nominated the following
candidates for Congress: Second District,
John 7. Henry, Repu blican; Third District,
A. W. Tenney, Republican; Fourth District,
George w. Baker, Democrat.
DR.. SchoepPe, recently acquitted at Car
isle, Pa, OF the murder of Miss Steinnecke,
has filed caveat to the will of deceased.
The Doctor lays claim to Miss Steinnecke's
estate under said bill, which was admitted
to probate early in 1869.
New York dispatches of the 10th state
that Their, was not the least doubt of the in
nocence of Forester in connection with the
Nathan murder. The prisoner himsei
courts an investigation, and feels confident
of proving an alibi.
The Republicans of the Nineteenth New
York District have nominated II. 81. Hallor
an, of Saratoga, for Congress. In the Twen-
ty-second New York District the Democrats
and Liberals have nominated General Rich
and Sherman.
The Liberals and Democrats of Massachu-
sets have put in nomination the following
State ticket: For Governor, Charles Sum-
ner; Lieutenant Governor, George M.
Stearns Secretary of State, George H.
Monroe; Treasurer, Levi Haywood; Audit
p. a. Collins -Att0rnt=,-f 4-=--rrH nj, waldo
Coburn.
Ex-Governor Curtin has been nominated
by the Pennsylvania Liberal Republican
State Committee as candidate for Delegate
at-Large to the State Constitutional Con-
vention.
A State Convention of the Straight-out
Democracy of Pennsylvania has been called
to assemble in Harrisburg on the oath of
September, for the purpose of nominating an
Electoral ticket and transacting other bust
ness relative to the campaign.
The Democrats and Liberals of Connecti-
cut, New Hampshire and New Jersey have
united in the nomination of Electoral tickets
in their respective States.
The Connecticut State Temperance Con-
vention net at Hartford on the 10th, and
nominated an Electoral ticket, but subse-
quently resolved that such action was mex
ped1ent. Resolutions in favor of the prohi-
bition were passed.
In reply to the committee formally notify
ing him of his nomination by the Louisville
Convention, Mr.. O'Conor, = lengthy ad-
dress, gives his reasons why he cannot &C
cept Mr.. Moreau, in reply, declined to &C
cept this decision as final, and informed Mr.
O'Conor that they still regarded him as their
candidate, and would support him at the
polls.
State Convention of New York "Tem-
perance men and Christians, who cannot con-
sistently vote for either Grant or Greeley
has been called to meet at Syracuse Septem-
Der "a, for the purpose of nominating Elec-
tors to vote for the Temperance Presidential
ticket.
Horace Greeley delivered an address at
the Vermont State Fair al Johnsbury on tn e
18th
Manton Eastburn, Episcopal Bishop of the
diocese of Massachusetts,, died in Boston on
the 18TH
A Greeley and Brown Ratification meeting
was held in New York City on the evening
of the 18th. The attendance was estimated at
from 40, 600 to 10000.
The Republicans of the Thirty-first New
York District have nominated Walter L.
Sessions for Congress; John w. Hazletor
has been renominated by the Republicans OF
the First New Jersey Congressional District
John o. Whitehouse is the Liberal and Dem
ocratic candidate for Congress in the Thir
| teenth New Y FORK District.
Ex-Governor Curtin, in letter published
on the 18th, declines the nomination fo1
Congress by the Republicans of Centre
County, Pa. Edward Joy Morris, recently
nominated for Congress by the Liberal Dem
ocrats of the Second Pennsylvania District
has declined to accept.
The West.
The Indiana Straight-Out Democratic
State Convention has been called to meet
at Indianapolis on the 10Th. The lows
Straight Out Convention is to be held al
Des Moines on the 25th.
At Milwaukee, a few DAVIS hufoha,