The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-11-13

Two river pirates were can: Gr.,s nea
Cairo, Illinois. on Thursday .-ra log.
Since the financial trouble .e: ,st. III,
money order office of the Postn!f,-e De
partmcirt has increased the amara ~ of il
business to oyer 40 per cent, an.. Is still
incI easing
The Chicago Board of Ira K Commit
tee appointed to investigate Tia. charge.
of irregular management of the ware
house of Lough & Co. submitted re
port on Thursday with volume If evi
dence- The report showed 'h.t graii
was shipped without the canceil.iion q
/ receipts given for grain in eievat ". ans
wholly 6cfitinus receipts were iss7t i ans
cen ures the registrar for participating il
| the irregularities.
Laura Keene, the wel,.ku ~ 4ctrcs
| died in New Jersey Oh Thursday ut al
advanced age.
Two shocks of earthquake wcrs faIt il
Virginia City about clock Fr,;as eve
ming
Apprehensions are felt that there viii
be scarcity of breodstuffs in he serritor,
of Arizona before the next harvest
The Ellis canal mills at E4;-..sville
Ind, were burned on Friday. los $50,
600.
j K Turner. of Pittsbur2. convicted
of forging pension papers. AMI i,s5 done, /
by President Grant, has been ;rrested
again for the same uffense
The oakuuI factory of .Joi.a ilAyis 4
Co corner of Dilcn & McKe,zi -,reet<,
friction OF machinery, and was ~n.ireiy
destroyed Loss Sl5 900.
Col. j. w. Young, postal in sleY o;.
It.r f,rrar ,,lo,,iaH .,,iltv in. ii | j
States District Court, at Chicsg.. 20 one
indictment agsinst him, and Vas s-ntenc
ed to three years in the peniieutiarv.
A dispatch from Unionvile. California.
says severe shock of earthquake was
felt there about half asst 6, Friday eve
ming. Lighter shocks had been ielt "A,
Intervals during the two days and night,
;reviouS. No damage was done
A man Was caught at Canastpta, y
T., on Friday, in the act of setting fire 10
house. He is supposed to be the man
who fired the village before There is
great excitement among the .,eopie aud
it Is feared he cannot be protected from
their ind rnation.
The extensive livery stables Of james
Ii Thornton. Walnut street St. Louis
were destroyed by fire on Friday night.
All the horses and carriages were saved,
but large lot of buggies, sleighs, har
ness, and other property were burned.
Loss 500 coo. =
j. Meredith Read. at present Consul
General in Paris, has been promoted 10
be Minister Resident to Greece, vice j
I'll. Francis, resigned A r. 4 ,Jorbcrt,
at present Con>ul-General at Havana.
has been promoted to be Consul. Genera!
at Paris, vice Read, promoted. Henry
c. Hall, at presen, Consul at Havana.
has been promoted to be Consul q General
at Havana
A proposition to establish mint al
Chicago meets with favor among high
officials in Washington.
About 900 900 of tho ordinary post
age stamps were issued to postmastera
during the month of October than durin =
any previous month in the history OF the
Postotfice Department.
The Secretary of the Treasury mas re
ceived from Germany an offer of 500, ,0U0
ounces of silver at | l24 per America n
standard ounce. 1t is thought the offer
is very liberal The Secretary declined
/ to accept it, as he thinks it better policy
to purchase silver from the American
mines
Advices from Tucson. Arizona tq Moy.
ing into Nevada and Old Mexico and
will not submit to go"d discipline and
and having his tribe counted. They con
iinue to draw regular Government ra-
tirns, whether on or off the reservation.
Evans Rogers and wife discovered on
arriving at Salt Lake CITY, Thursday
night. from the East, that they had been
robbed of 81 100 in gold 1t is said there
is a regular system of robbeIy on railroad
trains To Ogden.
Large quantities of ore for shipment
East can. ot be moved for want OF cars.
So says a Salt Lake telegram.
Vast deposits of iron and coal have
been discovered at ST. George, in the
southern part of Utah territory.
The Cunard steamer Abyss inian found
the ship Richard Robinson, laden with
cotton. nll and oil cake, abandoned 2OC
miles off Halifax, and toHed her into
that port
A cotton gin and saw mill was burned
at OSeeo'a, Ark, Friday morning.
Piict T mple, the wel!known trotting
stallion sold at auction iu St. Louis,
Saturday, for IS 500.
At Wilmington, Del. four men were
arrested on Saturday afternoon. charged
with attempting to rob the National
Bank of Delaware on Friday night.
A heavy fall OF snow is reported from
Maine
Q w. Patten, a post Office clerk in
San Francisco. a cousin of Senator Sar
gent. and another clerk, 4. D. Her iek,
are arrested. charged with stealing ir.n
the office, opening letters Tor that pur
pose.
The annual convention of Methodist
Bishops for the purpose of laylug cut
work of the church for the year, began
its session at Newark, n. J., en- Sa.ur.
day.
Joseph Arch sailed on Saturday fol
| England also Mark Twain. who only ar
rived from there two days ago
Intelligence is received al the office oi
/ the Anchor Line that the steamship Is
malta was passed off the coast Of \. va
| Scotia on the 22d of October, disabled
and under sail. She was out Of coal md
provisions, which were supplied by \
passing steamer.
Six hundred men were discharged o,
Saturday from the Brooklyn Navy Yard
| Ii Is reported that other disc targes vii
take place on the l5f b inst
The Yacht Enchantress has started or
a voyage across the Atlantic.
The Cuban Junta of New \ ork an.
nounces that all means po,sihip gill be
used to forlp al expedition 10 set out al
, once for Cuba, to take revenge Tor the
act on the patriots who served Oh ;he
Virginius. A corps is being tormed OF
Americans alone to proceed tc Cuba. Al
ready 1000 names have hceE :.at on .he
roll. Many are cid and we!l-ir;ei soldiers
The printers of the Journal aui Regis.
ter offices, Springfield, Lii i, re or q
strike.
Geo. Slosson defeated Mau.icc DAILY i,
match game of billiards for 81, 200 a
! side. at Chicago. Saturday evening. The
game WAS the French carom, DAILY giyiE.
SIos>on odds Of one hundred in six
4 vigilance committee closed up The
saloons and gambling houses in Giiray,
Cal, on Saturday night.
5. Trouue, Hebrew farmer of Jack
son county, . was murdered ..y ,uau
whom he caught stealing his potatoes.
A fire at Fort Wayne on Sa,ui iuy
night destroyed the WOO len .s.gt Of he
building of Kerr & Murray f5suiry aud
machine shops, throwing many hsad