The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-03-13

Spanish Republic.
A successful method of gas lighting By
galyanism has been devised in England,
Whereby all the street lamps in town can
be simultaneously Lighted from any Dis
tancc
Lecturing on tho Sandwich Islands, in
New York. tho other evening, Mark Twain
graphically described the Costumes OF the
islanders, In the towns they wear something
ike ciyi!izei garments, but in the up
county they wear-well, a smile or pair
Of sIcctacles, or something Of that sort"
THE LosT CONTINENT, Plato tradition
of the lost continent is being verified by
leading geologisis, and that the space now
occupied by the Atlantic Ocean WAS once
that continent. Upon the Rocky Mountains
abundant evidence Of the the, ,-y that they
are outskirts of it are found n the aquatic
plants and shells strown over them The
White Mountains and the Adriondrcks aro
also recognized by those interested as high
points of the boui dairy ef The country which
lies under the sea,
ht Va .NtH ~ isSiii> uis lffEstt
Wednesday afternoon, in obedience to the
orders of Gen Emory, and the ptece of the
city has not since been broken. The con-
hicts of that day occurred solely between
the McEncry militia and the metropolitan
Police, and have not been renewed nor has
any collision taken place between the United I
States troops and the citizens The police
have taken possession of the Old-Fellows /
Hail, where the McEnery Legislature meet, ,
and arrested the Speaker aud several MEM
bers of the Legislature who were there. In !,
answer to a formal inquiry from Gov Ne /
kHecy, Gen Emory stases that the seizure
and arrests we're made without his knoyl- /
edge or authority, ard tha. he has no opin.
ion to express about them, but that he i,
under institutions trom Wa hin ston to de-
feud the Kellogg Government from any vio
lent interference. If this was an act of that
Government, AMI there i, any attempt to
meet il hy force, he will obey hi. ORDERS
CAicIy2 T,i5ua.
Singular Cattle Disease.
The Ell lie (Iowa) -1icycafe reports
singular sort of c,ttlc-dsease. we learn.
nd Monday morning til Mt J. II. Switzer. who
has been feeling about fifty head of cattle
Tor ". ), Thar, Of Blakesburg, lost five
ro.h Thursliy uatii Satur lay Of last week.
with what was suppos Il to be the mad ito,
! he cattle were in excellent condition and
everything known to the feeder ha been
lone to keep them in gooi plight. with The
1est of success, as far az coull be discover
I'll The first indies. ion of the disease WAS
. switching of the tail AMI paving. Soon
hey began to scratch them selves, and con-
Inued TO do so until, in some instances.
hey were covered with blood. They stood
lp IS long as they hsl strength, AMI then
would lie and scratch until Il .ath ensued
We heard ottwo more cases, bat hope it may
lot become general. ,ter.-Sevcrtl more
II Mr.. Switzer's cattle have diel since our
irst intciligcnce''
Dnc ssunGred Thousand Ycuss.,ioc,
Il lied
> IA, station of Dodge City. on the Atchin-
ION, Topeka x Santa Fe Road is the rrinci-
~ punt U! slIi iIhcAl "a the buH 10 meat and 3
iid"s in mas. They do very little there,
'e'l ie, on ht hulterS. la. ter all quarre lover
he game. cXtiESnish 1t :. utes and disputcrs
1t the point Of arms, and h ave lively times
generally. The arit Lnctic Of the cxtipe.
ion of the bison Of the Plains is terribl.
md, II the statistic. De right. it would seem
hat the flush times in me t and hides can
ios last long. The railroad reached Do lg-
"n tie 23d Of last September and since tina;
ime i3 30 hide, have lccn shipped. anil in
ne same lr.cf season .i36 .29O pounds o!
,utf,lo meet Each hide counts i buffalo
lain AMI I3 ,00G hides in three months con-
'ey an ile- of magnificent butcherv that
orecasts the speedy extinction of the prairie
lcnizen. The buff does that are killed in
or carly autumn in wanton cruelty
niscslIcd sport, and for .od by the frontier !
residents are not taken into this account
The greater portion of this meat has been
shipped to Kansas City, St Louis. Chicago
m! other Eastern cities. The above kurc.
though indicating Nh immense slaughter, do
not represent the total of this seasons 5 hunt !
The grsnl total for the season Of ls72.3, /.
sround Dodge, will probably reach 100 900
head.