The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-04-11
SUMMARY OF NEWS.


in the Supreme Court at Albany, suit
against Jay Gould and Frederick A. Lane,
to compel hem to account for their man.
agcmcnt of the Erie Railway and restore
money which they have corruptly received.
DR.. Sera Pitcher, one Of the oldest and
most eminent Physicians in Detroit, died
Friday afternoon.
John Cole, a brakeman, was instantly
killed at Marquette, Mich, on the Sd, by
falling from passenger train.
Robert B. Williams, President Of the
United States Insurance Company, died on
Friday, aged scventy-nine.
The jewelry store of Ulman & Eckcrt,
New York, was robbed of S25, 900 worth of
watches and jewelry on the 4th.
The annual meeting of the Northwestern
Associated Press for 1872, will take place
on Wednesday, May lst, at the Sherman
House, Chicago.
The Michigan Central Railway Compa-
ny as contracted for double track be-
tween Detroit and Ypsilanti, enI from
Niles to Lake Station, to be completed
within sixty days.
Stewart Barnes, wltchman at the
knickcrbocAer Company's ice stables,
Philadelphia, was burned to death on the
.th. lie went into his burning dwelling
% save his boots, and was burned
james $. Young, Of New York, who re-
e3HiiYr tll1at .bli .blipsslf at Nice, is said to have
play at Monaca. lie had many influential
friends, aud had been abroad several yeas
ror his health.
Speaking of the Black Hills gold dscov-
cries, the editor of the Ncrmillion (Dakota)
Rcpubiicaa says he has been presented
with iron and silver ore from the region re-
ferrcd to, and the most skcptical will be
convinced that the country is rich in va
rors valuable metals.
Track-lavin- on the second division IF the
Denver 4 Rio Granie Narrow Guage
.,lilroad. between Colorado Springs and
Pueblo, began some days ago, and viii
reach the Arkansas in time tc commence
canning regular trains from Denver to Pa
eblo by the lst Of May next.
Maria Van Mott, little girl living at
! Patterson, \ j., died on Friday morning
of internal injuries received on the Sd,
when she leapei the skipping rope 400
times in succession without stopping,
This is the third case Of the same kind
which has occurred there since the first OF
January.
A dispatch from Brownsville, Texas
saws that the Texan ranchers are preparing
to retaliate on the cattle thieves from Mex
ico, on the Rio Grande. Governor Davis
has removed the old District Attorney
Judge Russell, of the District Court, de
c,ded that he had no authority to make {
removal. This is an important decision
affecting, as it does, the appointing power
Of the Governor.
Full returns Of the Rhode Island election
show majority of l,l76 for Paddlcford
the Republican candidate for G~vernor
and 40 majority for Cutler, Democrat
for Lieutenant Governor. Some scattering
votes not returned may possibly throw tn
election of Lieut. Governor into the Rcpnb
lean legislature. the remainder of tn
Republican state ticket has about ,, lU
majority.
The Secretary of State on Friday intro
duced to the President \ Almiral Jose Pol'
! de Bernabe, who delivered his credentlal
as Envoy Extraordinary AMI Ministe
plenipotentiary of Spain.
The Ways and Means Committee ha
voted to insert section in the tariff bl
providing that in lieu Of the duties no'
imposed by law, there shall be levied an
: 'colected upon printing paper used f1
D books, magazines and newspapers exc!u
: ivelv of size not less than 81 by 4
: inches, twenty per cent. I'D ratorem an
: upon drawing, foolscap, imperial and lette
r note paper, thirty-fve per cent. ad cGf0Tei
4 The President has sIgneI the Chlcac
i Relief bill.
{ Reports confirm the hanging Of tt
e horse thief Nysam, in Four Mile townshi
Z near Des Moines, by the Vigilance Cor
j mttee.
:. Fisk's personal friends have made hea'
e subscriptions for a monumental fund, al
i arrangements for memorial concert {
= the largest scale.
Y. W. B. Astor has given 100000 to t
sr Astor Library. TO relieve present needs
ID A messenger of Rogers Locomoti
f. Works, Paterson. \. j., drew $4,000
e, New York on Friday, to pay off the e'
r. ployes. He was dogged by three ne
e who suddenly surrounded him VII