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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-07-25
A Man Leaves the Coast OF Oregon
for San FraMciscO in n Sail lSVnt.
[Fro the Alta C Iitornrs, June ~ ]

AHA v HtofHia, Jbht
C. pit. Llwrcncc, of the schooner Van
dcrbilt, from Rogue river, reports that Il
party by the name of Alexander Goodc-
noush left Rogue river on the 20th inst.
in a boat the shape of u cigar, for San
Francisco. She was twenty feet i'll length,
and rugged with threc-cornereI sail and
jib, and had also a square sail for use i'll
case of necessity. The boat is entirely
covered, witt. tie exception of a small hole
in the centre for the adyenturer to sit III
and steer, also to keep his provisions, etc.
Go.slcnough is n western man, and has
never followed the sea, and consequently
knows but very little about boating, espcc-
iallv in such Il one as he has started in. 1t
is the impression of those who know this
party that he is slightly out Of his mira
| or he never would have attempted to brave
| the open sea in such boat. His idea, he
| said on leaving, was to show what lie coull
| do with his novel boat, and that he would
surprise the people Of San Francisco or
/ his arrival there. Capt. Lawrence Is un
! der the impression that he has taken hi'
last sail, as nothing has been heard Of boa
/ or master since their departure.
A later account gives his safe arrival a
! San Francisco lie sailed the distance o
( LOO miles without an accident. Ed
/ PILoT.
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A Mesquite Attacks u CAlAlOrnAAa.
The tunoful mosquito has had his from
bone reconstr icted, ana beg.n the new sea-
son in animated style. A Newark man
received call the other day from his long
lost brother, who lives in California. lie
assigned the spare-room to him, and, bid
ding him an atiectionate goodnight, re-
tired to rest, only to have his slumbers dis
turbcd soon after by an incipient earth
quake upstairs. Hastily donning his
trowsers, he proceeded to the long lost
brother's room, from whence the uproar
came When the unbridled brother went
to bed he had thrown open his window to
draw untrammelled breath and preserve
the idea Of his native freedom. The mos
quito, seeming foreign produce from afar,
whetted up his knife and fork upon the stone
window sill, and hummlng short grace
before meat, took chair upon the Califor-
niau's nose, and, tucking his napkin under
his chin, set to work. The sensitive for
eisner said an unsentle thing about the
musical bird Of night, and springing from
his couch struck light to meet his unseen
adversary face to face. No sooner had he
deserted him than with uplifted pillow he
.mote upon the wall where sat the patient
insect, who skirnmcd away and left the
spot bare. Two more unsuccessful attempts
upon the poor mosquitoes life exasperatcd
the long lost brother, and the scene became
exciting. Blow followed blow in quick
succession, rs the irate Californian danced
in fantastic pursuit about the room. just
As he had taken 4 careful aim at the art
full dodger, who sat upon panel of the
door enjoying the sport, the proprietor of
the mansion popped his head in and re-
ceiycd the whack intended for the mos
quito full ir the face. lie lay down un-
premcditatcdly and called for the neigh
bors. When outside reinforcemcnts ap-
reared an entrance was effected into the
gaze of the intruJcrs. Tho only whole re-
manning article of furniture was the bed
st .ad, upon which sat the disconsolate Cal
ifornian picking the fragments of the look
ing glass out Of h bare feet, and saying
terrible things. lie was an ineonsolabe,
and next day he left for California
without ofrrri"5 to pay for the broken fur
niturc.
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A PENNSYLVANIA WONDER.
The Newton t.ns Well Further De-
scriptiOn ~f It's Extraordinary Char
MCleH.

From the Titu,ville Couricr.l
tnqucstionably this gas well, which WAS
recently struck on the Nelson farm, an ac-
count of which we gave the other day, is
the most wonderful phenomena of the kind
IN this country. Some of our exchanges
seem to think our description exaggerated,
bencc, AS 1t WAS gwen on hcarsay evidence,
We were not certain that it might not have
been. To solve tins problem, and demon
stratc 10y personal inquiry whether sur in
fornEint had drawn on his imagination
for his facts, or Oh his facts for his in
formation, We yesterday drove over and
interviewed the noisy monster ourselves.
The location is about SIX miles from the
city, on the road to Spring Greek Long
before we reached it its location was ascc,-
cIscly like II huge steam boiler BLOWN. of.
When We rcac..cd the lane leading from
the ;! main roaL t. tbs 'lhysaY aYeltts Gaaf3HinS gas
inch pipes, could be plainly disccrnahlc.
1t had tie appearance precisely Ike Il dis
charge from boiler in which the steam
had been run up to Its full capacity previous
to blowing of. Every step nearer incrcas
eI the internal di:,, and when We reached
its immediate proximity the impression
upon the ears became painful, and compcll-
ci Us to resort to filling the criticc with IA
handkerchief in order to prevent injury to
the tympanum. Conversation was I'M
possible. Our companion cssayed to
try his voice, but it was blauk fail
ure. We raw the lips move, but as far as
sound, they had no more effect than they
would bcncath the seething waters of Nj
agara. After seein. aud hcarin. this NOISY
work Of the oil region, We are not sur
Priscd that the cattle in the vicinity give it
Il wide berth, and that It LAS been neces-
sary to dismiss the school in the neishbor
hood, some three quarters of mile away.
The query agltatins those who have visit
cd the well is, what shall be done with it !?
Ii there was any assurance that the VOL
ume Of gas now escaping wou Id keep up,
it would be a good speculation to convey
! it in pipes to the city to be used in light
/ and heat; for there is certainly enough gas
escaping and goins to waste not only to
/ light every house in Titusrille, but also
/ heat the same, and furnish fuel COR all
/ steam engines running in the city. This
may appear an e travagant estimate, but
I let any practical engineer examine it and
"piling 1t on too thick" but on the con
trary, that the half has not been told. We
undcrstand the well is in sixty feet of the
most promising third sand yet discovered
! If this is So, We may look for the opening
Of new oil fed ia that vicinity in yer,
short time.
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A New AMccdosc Of the late JWdge
Charles Dunn.

Charles Dunn.
[From Remarks Of Judge j. L. Mile, NJ the Vth
Circuit Bar Aeetingl
| will here relate an anecdote which,
think, expresses the genera opinion Of the
judicial charaster and peculiarities of the
Chief Justice.
While sitting on the Supreme bench at
Madison with his associates, Miller and lr-
win, young and brassy attorney was as
sailing with great vehemence circuit de
cision of the Chief Justice. 81 say, your hon
OF" exclaimed young Blackstone, 81 say you
have been guilty Of grand larceny: of steal
ing within my personal knowledge You
need not guess their honers were astound-
ed Mt the audacity of the language. The
brow of his Honor began to gather dark
ness and the lightning was about to strike.
De not be angry Mr.. Chief Justice con
tinued the impudent speaker, "because
have exposed your crimes before this trib
unal. Ever since you have been on that
bench you have been in the habit of steal
iag something from TIE id,c and giving it tc
equity.
This sudden conversion of crime into
a compliment saved the attorneys scalp
but think he correctly estimated the jn
dicial leanings of the Chief Justice.
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a London paper says : a curious see ne
was witnessed early on Wednesday morn
in. in Hyde Park 4 man named Small
living ia Chelsea, went to bathe in the Ser
pentine, taking with him a monkey, which
he is in the habit of carrying about. liav-
ing undressed, he place the monkey on
his shoulder, secured by chain to hi,
neck, and waled into the river. As soon
as the animal felt the water touch his tail,
he became terrified, and struggled to es-
cape, nearly strangling the master in Its
efforts. and eventually causing both to sink.
On coming up again, the struggles OF the
man and the monkey to get free from each
other attracted the attention ef Green, one
of the Royal Humane Society's bGatmen
wha rowed To the spot and succeeded il
getting both into his boat. The monkey
soon recovered, but Mr.. Small rem aimed IL
state Of stuprr for some time, partly
FROM semi straa,nlaTlon, and partly from
| immersion. Il is stated that Small ha,
| been drInsin:. rather heavily.
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up-up twenty five cents time, until a
length had bid ten dollars an acre
People called me crazy. Ten dollars al
acre was more than the very best land il
the whole country was worth. But held
my bid, and kept my own counsel.
And the Twist lot was knocked down t.
me for Just one thousand dollars. The
terms were cash. l told them to max,
out the deed while | went home after the
morey. And away rode. | emptied m,
old stocking Of gold and silver, and found
nine hundred and fifty dollars. | borrow
ed the other fifty without trouble at the
settlement, and straightway proceeded Il
the Office Of Squire Sinpkins where the
deed had been made The instruB e It wa,
duly signed and sealed, and when the
Squire assured me that the payment ol
the money woald make all fast and safe,
handed over the gold and silver.
observed that the name of John Twist
had been recently signed, and ] asked
Simpkins if Mr.. Twist was present.
lie was here few minutes ago" said
Simpkins, "and will be back again fol
his money. Hes feeling pretty good,
should judge, since he has got rid of hi.
hundred-acre lot for twice as much as i,
cost him. and for thousand times more
than any sane man would think it was
worth"
Half an hour afterwards I called at the
Squire's again. Mr.. Twist had just gone
crt with his money.
There he is now" said Simpkins, jus:
bound off.
looked out the window, and saw, in
the door of the iun, on the opposite side
of the, ways a tall man, in bottle green
coat, with bright glarins buttons, just
mounting horse. recognized the man ?
who is that man = asked he with
the green coat and bright buttons:
That, said Simpkins, is Mr.. John
Twist
In moment more the man in the
bottle green coat had ridden away, with his
heavy saddle-bass behind him: and but
toned up within that coat bcheld my
reverend guest! 1t rushed upon me that
the Rev. Paul Meckmore and John Twist
was one and the same person. And ,hi-
was not all that flashed upon me !!
A few days afterwarI took my Jumps
of white metal to a man who WAS vcrscd in
such matters, and asked him what they
were. lie took the largest lump an tcs-
ted it and said:
Pewter
asked him if pewter WIS ever dug out
of the earth in that shape.
We'll, >a he, seeing that pewter is
an alloy Of tin and lead, in couldn't be-
very well dug up, unless somebody had
gone and buried it beforehand
Touching further examinations ON my
Twist lot will not speak. | will only
add that | have an old stockin. with half
dozen Jumps Of pewter in it; and ! never
look upon it but i am forced t. acknowle.e
tlIct dreams are sometimes very stran e
and wonderful things.
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Touie. possessing, also tn" I"'utr merit o ctiu;
power fGI, agent in rclicN i'm Congestion ~ lnr-
nation Of the Liver. and all the Nis,cral prgans.
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS. "a Young cr
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A ludicrous occurrence took place on the
day of the fire which caused con siderable
excitement on Main street Just south OF
Church street. While every body was busy
putting out the falling sparks, suddenly tn?
scream of a woman was heard above the
surrounding din, and she came running
along the sidewalk with her hustle all on
fire. 1t was composed of paper or rags
and burnt rather lively. The woman rar
and screamed, small boys and dogs got out
of the way in hurry, while strong men
were too overcome by the excitement of the
| occasion to have many wits at their dispos-
al At length man bolder than the rest,
grabbed the woman and beat her hustle
until he put the fire out. The fire had no,
| quite reached the flesh, and besides Sc
we're scare, burnt dress and very tickled
crowd of spectators, the lady came out uR
| iriured-Oshkosh Northeastern July is.
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LETTER FROM TIE HON. GEO. ".
CATE,
EKe AbaaASas Graas aud SnpPert
Greeley.


Greeley.
STEVENS "oINT, july IL, 1872.
G.. l.. Purks, Esq
DkAK SIR: ! find it quite impossible to
be present at the political meeting called
for this evening by yourself and Others, and
lest it might be said that shirked the re-
sPonsbility of taking position upon the
political question: of the hour. t, Ike this
means of publicly defining my position in
the present Presidential campaign
In brief, then, am in favor of Greeley
and Brown, because | believe Mr. Greeley
ito be scholar and conservative states
man Of sound and liberal views. Of great
experience. Of generous patriotism, with II
character for honesty and purity never I'M
pcached,' and in favor of those reforms,
conceded by all parties to be SO essential to
the future welfare of the country and which
the dominant party, although profcssedl, {,
in favor of,are so tarIy in putting in force
4 man whose record upon all tie great is
sues of the past thirty years, that have
arisen in the history of our country, cat
not, think, he successfully assailcd; his
heart has ever beaten in sympathy for
those honest but lowly men and won en-
whose hard condition of life demands, tho
as u rule receives but little of the atten ions
of government. | know and believe IN his
noble and generous impulses, and contidc
in his learning ami experience.
am opposed to the reelection of Gen
eral Grant, for though admirins hlm as IA
soldier, believe his administration fail
ure upon most of the questions more deep
ly affecting the welfare of the country /;
because of his persistent attempt to arr, :
gate to himself the exercise of power not
DELEGATED to him because of his repeated
attempts to procure the repeal Of long cs-
tablished laws, that he might crafty hi-
personal wishes because of his Ion. neg
lect to put in force needed reforms in civil
service, when he alone has the power to do
it; because in short, | lack confidence in
him rs statesman, and believe a change
will be productive Of infinite good to the
whole country g. ". CATE.
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AN AWFUL EXPERIENCE.


NJ. ii. B., the sprightly lady correspon-
dent of the Missouri Republican,, has been
taking Turkish bath in New York. and
don like it, Here's what she saws of it:
We were divested ef every stitch of cur
clothing, our rings and bracelets locked up
, our back hair taken off, our own special
possession of sevcnty-fve or Il hundred
hairs made into a little hirsuite pill and inl-
paled with a hair pin. That was the only
token of civilization that we boastcd. The
procession formed. At the door we were
handed a miniature sle,t and little bit OF
sponge wet with cold water. We went
through passage to IL room, where We
dropped our sheets and entered yaPor
that covered US decently. wonder the
Illustrated Police Gazette OF the Day,
Doings haven't hit on this business for H.
lustration. Well, in this steam | thought
| should suffocatc. 1t poured up and in
and down through holes till it was dread,
full. The use of the wet sponge here as
certained WAS to put on the top of your
head to prevent coup dc steam, or some
such dire complaint. They wouldn't lie,
me out, and the temperature got worse
and worse, and l began to think of my
mother and an obituary notice in the Re.
pubiicdn, when
VIZ WERE PRONOUNCED COoKID
enough, and let out into a room in which
WAS mighty tank of cold water, through
which you must wade or swim as you could.
Caesars ghost. flew through it. Ny
nnatomy and physiognomy were heate to
boiling point. The water seemed like ice.
1t sent the blood to my hollow heal Q'm
convinced have no brainsi, and my heart
came ker-hup up and ker-chun< down.
made up my mind this wa. the worst of it
and tried to resign. | hal been scrapcd
and scrubbed in the vapor room till was
sacrificed. l stood on the brink and
watched my companions splashins through
the Internal tank. One Of them to expc-
ditc her own release caught ut my ankle ;
away went my soapy feet from under me
and went in for second time. How
very near an end WAS the happy connection
between NJ. IL. u. anl the St. Louis Re
pa6ticun.
At the next stage of this truly awful cx-
pcricnce we received the shower" ! had
now become convinced that should never
see home or friends again. In calm de
spair walked under, solid colum, Of water
that nearly broke my back, and just here |
got mad That fat attendant hasn't vet
recovered sufficiently to make complaint,
and when the thin woman went before
Judge Bowling that gentleman said it was
conspiracy, that no one woman Of my size
unaiIcd could do such damage. lie tod
the woman to go home and say n,thn.
about it, for she'd evidently been dread
fully drunk and undertaken to walk
through carPctcleaning machine. And
that the first and last Russian oath /
take.
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''God bless this house and all withtwa
miles ilka side this house. o bless the
cow and the meal, and kali l-yard, and the
muckle town o Dumbarton. o God !!
bless the Scotch Greys that are in lien in
Hamilton barracks. They are brave chiels
they are not the English whalps that
dash their foot against a stane
and down the soul of the stane-as if a
stane had soul to be saved. o pet a
strong dyke between US AMI tie wild Irish.
o, Lord, preserve US frac a witches and
warlocks, and a lans-nabbet beasties that
gang through the heather. o Lord put q
pair o brd'.ks about the king o Franc $
ncck-gie me the halter in my ain hand,
that | may lead him abeat when ike, for
tny nane ssse,-4Sesy
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A Tragedy Ia Hindossaa.

Hindostan is asita,ed over another at
tempt of a Mussulman fanatic to mur Ter
an English official The assassin had been
discharged from the police force lie re-
venged himself by killing one policeman,
wounded four more. putting crowd of
bystanders to utter rout. and trying to cut
off the head of the Judge who had dismiss
ed him. When his victim had found safety
in fight, the HirGoo slasIed his own throat
and died. His fellows believe that he has
become Saint. This attempt, coming
close upon the murder of Chief Justice
Norman and the Niceroy. Earl Mayo, is ar
indication Of the deep-seated discomfort il
Great Britain's richest COLONY.
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hIIlIONS Bear fr~I.mony a. tsrIe
Wonderful CWrati>c Effects.
They mot vile Fancy DrinL, Ma.'e "f P"er
Ram, Whiskcy. Proof Spirit. mud Refa-c
Liquors docturri, slicc Hn ~ e.teiF t. please the
taste called Touics "Ap,-tzrTS. 'Iiesnrsr- sr..
that lead the tipper to drunkenness a,i r'," Int
Medicine nac from the Native Resets AID li"r''s
of California. free from, NIL Nm.hoIic SILVIA
lnuIs. They are the GREAT hs.OOD ~ HI
FER and 4 LIFE GIVING PRINCIPLE.
Iorfect Henovator a'd Iu>snrltor of the Systerrs
carrying OH all rri-r,oI> matter and restoring theiot
to II healthy condition. No l-r~,n take 'hc-. BIi
according {" direction, aud rrna'" 1nE up~sf.
provided their bones d"-,r"ssi T., n'iper1
ppson other ai tile S,t''i Organs wasted
beyoul the point Of repair.
Thry arc Gentle Pnrgniivc ~ well n.
Touie. possessing, also tn" I,ui:,r of ,IIul,
power fu agent in relic, rv c"ncest,"n ~ lnftt-
nation Of the Liver. and all the vi>.cral Organs
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, "a Young
oil. married single, tho dawn of woulanhoi
tic tmrn OF ne. these Tonic Bitter. have equal
For InHpmnniOry mud Chronic RhrW,wn-
it-s" aud G"nI. Dyspepsia or IndiVc-ii"n.
Hiiio"~. KrmiIicuI mud inicr"iisraa fr-
Nrr.. Diseases of Ihr Bf"od. Liver. Kid
mud Hin ddrr. these BiIIcr- have t-.e,, ns-st
sucrc~,fml such Diseases are cHnsci Ay Siiinted
Bl"od. which i. generally pro-iuc'l by arrangement
of the Digestive Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION. Head
sche raiu in tho Shoulders Coughs Tghtnc>, " the
Chest, Dizziness. Sour Eructalons Of tn" y omach.
bad Taste in the Mouth. Bilious Attacks, ralp lion Of
the Heart, Inflammation at the Lungs. Pam IN .he
ci"ns of the Kidneys am! hundred other painful snp-
toms. The oh.prnEs Of u. .pcp>ia-
They nyiSoratc the Stomach aud tnInlae he torpid
Liver aud Bowels. which reudcr them oi anequallci
cncac, in cleansing the blood II all Impurities and inn
parting life ami 'rror to the whole system.
FOR SkIN DISEASE~, Erur,ions, letter, Sai.
Rh.um, Bl";ches Spots, rnircs, rustules, B'il> Car
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LIVERY STABLE
Down With High Prices

The people of Nanitowoc are informed
that the undersigned has permanently
located here. and has started a FIRST
CLASS LIVERY ESTABLISHMENT
consisting of the latest style of CARRl-
AGES. BUGGIES, BARoUCNES. &c,
and Of the best HORSES.
lie asks the patronage ef the Public.
assuring them satisfaction in turnouts and
prices.
Stable on Ninth street, South Side near
lie Northwestern House.
P s. TILSoN,
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control them. The testimony of our best citi-
zens of all classes, establishes the fact, that
CHERRY PICTORIAL will and does relieve and
cure the affecting disorders Of the Throat and
Lungs beyond any other medicine. The most
dangerous affections of the Pulmonary Organs
Weld to its power; and cases of Consumption,
cured by this preparation, are publicly known,
so remarkable as hardly TO be believed, were
they not proven beyond dispute. As remedy,
it is adequate, on which the public may rely
for full protection. BY curing Coughs, the
forerunners of more serious disease, ii saves un-
numbered lives, and an amount of suffering no,
10 be computed. 1t challenges trial, and con-
vinces the most sceptical. Every family should
keep il ON hand as protection against the early
and unperceived attack of Pulmonary Alice
tions, which are easily met at first. but which
become incurable, and too often fatal, if neg
lected Tender lungs need this defence; and j,
is unwise to be without it. As a safeguard &c
children, amid the distressing diseases which
haset the Throat and Chest of childhood, CHEkRY
PECToRAL is invaluable; for, by its timely use
multitudes are rescued from premature graves
and saved to the love and affection centred on
them. 1t acts speedily and surely against ordi-
nary colds securing sound and health-restorine
sleep. No one viii suffer troublesome Infiu-
enZa and painful Bronchitis, when they know
how easily they can be cured.
Originally the product of long, laborious, and
successful chemical investigation, no cost or to
is spared in making every bottle in the utmost
possible n fection. 1t may be confidently relied
upon as possessing all the virtues it has evel
exhibited, and capable Of producing cures q.
memorable as the greatest it has ever effected.
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Dentist, Office in sherman'S new building
+ ghth St. Manitow"c. Particular aiteni
gwen I" all tie different branches oi the prot
ION, and all aork warranted. Geeta cNiri'',
" III oul u..ir. IL u H
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Attorney and Counselor ut Law, an Cour: CH'G
missioner for Nanftowoc county. AL business ri'
trusted To ms whl he promptly asd faith M
ATTENDED 70. ADVICE honestly gwen. Tor whlcs
reasonable charge viii be mad o1cc ON bni !
Il. between Eighth ,st NlBth, ~!