The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-07-17

The loss az the schooner Meu.cnto off
the coast Of Nova Scotia, with all hands,
Is announced
A turnAsla PASSED og.ss EvanSville. Tn
diana, MeniaJ n:ght bIawing domn
trees, unroofng buildings, leveling crops,
ETC.
A hutticane passed over Odin, Ill
Manday night np.oofng houses 4 tin
ROOT Ge.'o-ite,! Oh the railroad was moved
by tue assistance of loc6motive The
Protestant Methodist Church was wreck
ell The Methodist Church and engine
house at Salem were wrecked Orchard :,
miles Of iences. and thousands of acres
OF grain were blown down
At Barnii, H.. on Friday last, q son
of MIR Unton While driving reaper.
was killed by lightning, as also were his
two horses A terrible storm visited that
place Monday last, demolishing the
c m. Several horses were killed by
ightning.
The Troy and Albany Stove Manufac
turer ) Association will mako 10 charge
IL the prices of slaves this year
Efforts are being made to consolidate
the ST louisiana Memphis Packet Caall-
pany aud the Mississippi Transportation
Company.
North Car ,lina has a state organiza-
ton of oranges.
Several fatal cases of cholera are re-
ported at Little Rock
The Cleveland city council has issued
an ordinance closing the saloons on Sun
day
Ihe ONO women are canvasslng for
signers to woman suffrage memorial to
the constitutional convention,
The United States Secret Service off
GERS have unearthed a system Of fraudu
lent importations of dry goods and ready
made clothing from Canada, which has
been carried on for several years. Sew
eral arrests have been made at Montpe-
lier, Vt.
The President authorizes Il personal
frie nd in Washington to deny in toto the
story that he has designs upon third
term in Office
Tho trial of the Modoc prisoners began
on the 5th
The upper works of the steamboat City
OF Cairo were burned at New Orleans on
Tuesday night. She was valued at $25. :
600, and insured for $4,000.
Mary Harris, who shot clerk named
Burroughs in the Treasury Department
in 1865, and upon trial YVES acquitted on
the plea of emotional insanity, escaped
from the insane asylum on Saturday,
and Is still at large She is believed
to have left Washington.
A fossil plesiosaurus forty FIVE feet and
four inches In length Was dug up in the
neighborhood of Sioux City, and sent to
the State University at Iowa City. One
of the verteba is over two feet in thick
ness, and the slab from which it was
taken weighs seven hundred pounds.
The head Of the monster is missing.
Five deaths from cholera in Cincinnati
on Thursday.
Minnesota Republicans consider it
fixed fact that W. d. Washburn will be
nominated for Governor in that state.
j. q. Fourth. alias Harry Hudson,
was arrested at Harrisburg, Pa. for a
s2S,000 burglary by which the Germany
bank of New York was yictimized
The u. S. steamer Tallapoosa left
Portsmouth, N. H, Wednesday eye
ming, for New York, with the Esqnimaux
survivors from the Poiaris on board.
Secretary Robson accompanied them.
The executive committee of the Jew
ish Union arranged at Cincinnati, met
and organized Thursday night, adopted
a seal. and pre- pared for immediate work
1t resolved to invite the formation of CO
operative auxiliary societies, not mem
bers OF the union.
Mary Carlton, the woman who pre-.
tended to have been beaten and robbed
by ruffiaus on the railroad track near Sun
cook, n. H., Is believed to be fraud
1t is thought she was principal OF acces-
sorry in obstructing the track.
}. w. Coon, travelling agent of BAN
berger q Co, Philadelphia, attempted
suicide. Thursday, atSt. Louis, by shoot
ing himself with revolver. The ball
struck near the forehead and fatfened
and piowed around to the right ear, max
ing an ugly wound Whisky and power
! ty.
Secretary Delano has appointed the
following Commission to investigate the
Ute troubles: Rev. Dir. Gondwn, Of
Chicago Gov Campbell. of Wyoming
and \. j. Turney, Of Ohio
The wreck of the City of Washington
broke into pieces on Gull Rock Shoal
Thursday morning. The captain, officers
| and crew We're on board at the time, but
succeeded in landing safely.
| Coi. Thomas Scott has gone to Europe
with bonds Of the Texas Pacific Railway
| Company, and says he will vinlicate
General Fremont
a convention of coal miners is to be
held at Pittsburg on the 18th to secure
change III the working Of the screen
| bill.
Cnshman Bros maniIlapqper mill and
bag factory, at North Amhert Mass. was
burned Thursday night. Loss $50 900 ;
Insurance $4,000
At Memphis. j G. Silward. while in-
toxicated fell from window Thursday,
and broke his neck He leaves family
in Oxford, Michigan.
Cincinnati has recognized her fire de-
rari nieut hy doing away with all outside
men and increasing the number Of paid
| employees about twenty-five per cent.
1t is thought that The greater portion
of the cargo of the City of Washington
viii be recovered though in a dana eod
condition.
The Attorney General has decided that
the fifteen per cent. increase of uanlpen-
sation of employees of the Senate and
House Of Representatives as provided
for by the act Of March 3, 1873. applies
only TO employees during the Forty seq
end Congress. and does not apply to tllo7e
persons whose employnent in that capaci
~ Si4i' AA41A't~i i'fSi t!iG nj! "a NIaTcD, J,
1873
The Bureau Of Aaricultpra has given
orders for 'he purchase of four hundred
bushels Of Cbilian wheat and the same
quantity of French wheat, for the pur-
posc OF meeting requests from various
parts Of the country The demand for
seeds has lattcrly been 50 great that The
treasnfy Of the institution is exhausted.
By he first of next month. however, it is
expected the Burean will he able to meet
all requests for wheat. but supplies of
other cereals will not be furnished till
September
A letter from Sulphur Springs. JefFer-
son county, Tenn. to the Commissioner
Of Pensions. states that the cholera is
prevailing at Greenville to such an extent
that, cat of a population Of 200 ali but
Twelve families have deserted the place
In picnic. Greenvilie is the residence
Of Andy johnson.
A water spout burst ia Beaver Greek
Canon, Friday afternoon, flooding the
stream. washing out the Colorado rail
road station at the junction of the Beaver
| and Clear Creeks. aud destroying every
thing ia it.
An exciting regatta took place on FRI
| day at Mckeesport. on the Monongahei
River. There were TWO races, sing
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