The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-10-30
NOME NEWS.

NOME NEWS.
A council took place in IHashiDgt on
on Tuesday. between the Secretary of the
Interior, the Commissioner OF Indian Al:
fairs, Mr.. Brunot, and delegation of
Crow chiefs.
The Lake Shore aud Michigan South
ern Railroad Company have reduced the
wages of employees about Is per cent,
which took effect Monday October 20,
in consequence of decreased business OF
the results of the financial s;ringency.
Ex Secretary Boutwell, delivered his
lecture on finance and the panic in New
York on Tuesday evening.
Snow fell at Cincinnati on Tuesday.
Frederick Hecker received hearty
welcome from the Germans of Baltimore
on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court of Indiana pro-
nounces the liquor law constitutional
The mllk-traln on the Midland and Us
| wego Railroad was wrecked on MONDAY
night at Stock holm, N. j. The engine
plunged through bridge into the creek,
and the engineer, fireman and brakeman
were badly injured. Pecuniary loss be
tween $25, 900 and $50, 900.
The freshet along the Oswego and Mid
| land Railroad, through Sussex county,
was the most severe ever known there.
| Thousands of acres of land were oyer
| flowed, the water III some places coming
to the tops of the fences.
Six canal boats were sunk in the storm
of Sunday night on the Hudson. three
from the steamer Alexis in tow. and
three from the Syracuse. All were
heavily laden. The loss is estimatrd at
$l50.U00.
Simeon Ellison and William HI. Wright,
letter carriers, fave been arrested in Chi
cago for robbing the mails.
Silver is now paid out to limited ex-
tent in Washington. Lindernan, Direc-
tor of the Bureau of the Mint, says sill
vember /. All the mints in the country
have been ordered to work to their full
CAPACITY in coming silver.
The Superintendent of the Philade,-
phia mint reports that private parties iu
Chicago have sent $50, 900 in silver bars
to be coined into halves, quarters, and
dimes. This is the first amount received
from private parties in a great while.
These bars will furnish change to the
amount of $62 500
! A. New Orleans La dispatch of the
10Th says: Caroline Hugel, aged p.
from Alsace. was killed by her father jo-
| seph Hugel, this morning. immediately
after their landing from the steamship
Louisiana. They took passage at Bor
| deaux, and the father asserts that the
daughter. becoming too Intimate with q
young Frenchman on the steamer, dis
honored her family. He promised the
Captain Of the steamer not to modest the
daughter on board, but soon after land
ing he stabbed her twice with knife ia
tally. -
A most remarkable incident happened
to the schooner Hungarian, downward
bound, from Chicago, during the storm
on Monday night. While crossing Sa-
giDaw Bay. heavy seas frequently swept
the decks, one of which took the mate
and one man overheard. This was fol-
lowed immediately by another heavy sea.
which landed both men on board again.
| A dispatch from Maine says: 1.-The
Androscoggin is higher than at any other
time since the ireshet in 1869, At Au.
burn the shoe factories had to stop work
the engines being submerged, and many
buildings are surrounded by water.
Deadriver bridge, on the Androscopgin
Railroad. is washed away. and the pas
songers and mails have to be transferred -
The World says gentlemen recently
returned from Connecticut, representing
| the manufacturing inte, est CT that State,
| reports 1t as in an unfortunate condition.
| From $4,000 to 5000 operatives had
been thrown out of employment.
Since the Congressional election last
year five deaths Of Congressman elect
have occurred, viz. James Brooks, of
New York !; William Whiting of Massa-
chusetts Wilbur d. Foester, of Michi-
| gan; A. Y. r. Wright, of Georgia and
| Joseph G. Wilson, of Oregon. Two
vacancies have been filled by the election
of Alexander II. Stephens in place of
Gen. Wright, and James W. Nesmlth
in place of Mr. Wilson. Hon. 8. S. Cox
will succeed Mr. Brooks. Mayor Pierce,
of Boston, will find the Massachusetts
seat, and the Hon. William B. Williams,
Republican, is certain to be elected from
Michigan.
The President has approved the
reporr of the commissioner sent to
examine the sixty FIVE miles of Norther
| Pacific road between Portland and Puget
Sound, aud directed patents to issue for
the lands to which the road is entitled
| under the Law. This puts into the hands
! of the company an immense tract. M ,stIy
| very valuable.
CLEVELAND, Oct. GA fire broke
out .hls morning about l:30 in the
/ extensive hquor rectifying and distilling
establishment of f. Ii. Corning & Co,
Nos 81 and IA River street. The build
ing, large three story brick, was de-
stroyed. together with valuable stock
of wines and iiauors. The ail-still oil
| Warehouse and Rock efeiler. situated in
the rear of Corning building, was par
| TALLY destroyed. The loss is estimated at
from 500. 600 to sl5O,O0O; insurance
not known. Two 6remen, John Andrews
and Michael Mulcahey. were severely,
| but not seriously injured by the falling of
walls.
PHILADELPHIAs Oct. GA train on
the Pennsylvania Railroad ran over a
horse near Greenwich Point. this fore
noon, and eleven freight cars were thrown
| from the track. The engineer was killed
and the fireman badly sca.ded.
SALT LAKE, Oct, 26.-John G. Hee-
mar. the prizes fighter, died Saturday A.
NJ. near Rawlins, on the u. P. Railroad.
while on his way to California, of con-
SUMPTION The body was brought to
Ogden, and placed In, easket at this
/ city for conveyance to New York.
The Modocs passed Ogden to-day by
special train.
The Baldwin expedition has discover-
ed large valuable deposits of cinnabar in
northern Arizona
| New HAVEN, Conn, Oct 26.-The ex.
cursion steamer Isaac P, Smitb
burned to the waters edge - was
night. while lying A. u SATURDAY IA
' ~ - west River. Loss above
--.surance, S15, 900.
I -Four professional burglars, who came
to this city on Friday morning from New
York, with full kits of tools, we're can-
sured on Saturday morning before they
had accomplished anything.
| CHICAGO, Oct 26.-The managers OF
the Interstate Industrial Exposition
ave decided to close the Exposition on
ae 9Th of November, or two weeks from
| esterday. 1t has now been four weeks