The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-09-04
HON f NEWS.


The Marine Hospital at New Orlean
was sold at auction Monday 1t was pur
chased by the city for $50 600. 'slt
Prof. Balience, from France, crossed
The Niagara River. on tishtrope. |, 50(
feet long, opposite the Clifton, House, il
sixteen minutes. Returning to the cen
tre, he cast his cloak aud balance polt
into the river, and then jumped off intt
the water beneath, a distance of 40 feet
disappearing for few seconds, after
which he rose to the surface, and was
picked up by men in waiting, aud went
ashore In small boat.
| Ida Darrack, the only daughter Of one
OF the best citizens of Indianola, Iowa,
committed suicide On Saturday afternoon,
by kindilug her fire with Kerosene
| A Drunken man went to sleep on the
track near Langeville, Arkansas, Monday
night and has not waked up, t
A stranger 'well-dressed and a s 1000
in money, disappeared together, from a
JewelFy store in Columbus, Tuesday.
-Des MONIES Is now infested with a
gang OF sneak thieves and burglars
Every night several houses are entered
Gen. Meyer. Chief Signal Officer
has sailed for Vienna to attend a
meeting of the chiefs of .he meteorologi
cal service at that place. The General
hopes to see this Conyention take the
first step to bring about world wide
system of weather reports.
The Galveston health officer orders
that all vessels from New Orleans be de-
talned at quarantine. l1t-5f
A blind man ard his wife we're killed
at Bath. n. Y, Thursday, by the Hutl-
son River railroad train.
--latest adylces from the steamer Belle
Vernon, which exploded and sunk In the
Mississippi, places the number lost at
four.
The New Orleans health officer contra
diets the reports of yellow fever and says
there are only two cases known in the
city.
Conductor Beane, who is held RESPONSE
BILE for the railroad disaster at Lemont,
ILL.,, has been arrested.
The twelfth general convention of the
Fenlan brotherhood in the United States
and Canada, is being held in New York
City.
Chicago Pork Packers are making
preparations for the Packers Convention
to be held in that city Sept. 10.
The Spanish fever, or Texas cattle
disease, has broken out in the dairies of
ST. Louis.
BY collision at the Driving Park, at
Lewiston, N. H., between the horses
Bismarck and Mary, the latter was killed
and the former badly cut.
Some of the Iowa train robbers are in
Lafayette county, Mo
A bank President at Lynn, Mass, and
bank cashier at Tarrytown. N. Y,
committed suicide.
"A movement is on foot to improve the
appearance Of Washington headquar
ters at Newburgh.
1he corner stone of the new building
for the Cincinnati Observatory was laid
Thursday ~
By the falling of a derrick at the new
custom house, Chicago, Thursday after
noon, Thos. Connolly. who was painting
| the derrick at the time, was crushed and
instantly killed.
On Saturday afternoon, while thresh-
ing flax at Lake Crystal, Blue Earth
county. Minnesota, in some way fire was
communicated to the straw pile, aud,
| aided by a brisk wind, it spread rapidly,
consuming about $500 worth Of straw,
From thence the fire extended into the
village, destroying the residence of Mrs
Congeton, valued at about $500.
The plumbers engaged on the New
York poStotflce have quit work.
Indians made a raid on Fairview, Utah,
and drove off considerable stock.
Hon. Elisha Mears. Judge ofthe Third
judicial Circuit, who resides at Clarks-
vile, In johnson county, Arkansas, while
going home about three-quarters of mile
from town, to dinner, Wednesday, was
| shot and mortally wounded by some un-
| known person from the bush.
| Ex-J udge David Burnett died at Pater-
son, N. j.. Thursday afternoon, aged y,
He was one Of the oldest newspaper PUB
fishers in the country.
| The loss of Halifax underwriters, by
the recent gale at Cape Breton, as far as
known, are 100000.
A heavy shock of earthquake was felt
at San Jose, Redwood City, and other
places in California Friday.
Two women and a child have been
killed by kerosene explosions in St. Louis,
/ within two DAYS.
A bridge is to be built across the Mis-
sissippi river, at Atchison, connecting
five miles of railroad, on Que side with
four on the other.
A freight train on the Eastern Rail
road was thrown from the track, Friday
morning, near Rowley, N. Y, and four.
teen cars were wrecked,
A small ferry boat, containing twelve
or fifteen persons, was run down In the
river, Thursday evening" at Cleveland
| by tug. One man, named OMAHA, was
drowned.
The cashier of bank at Wrightsville,
in York county, Pa, named Lloyd, has
decamped, being heavy defaulter to the
bank, and owing various sums to citizens
Cause, stock speculations.
Emil Lowenstein. charged with murder
of MIR. Weston. at Albany, was brought
before Judge Lando at St. GATHERINGS
Ont. Friday. The evidence was SO con.
elusive that the judge decided that the
| prisoner should be extradited.
| by the caving in of a gravel pit near
Cairo, Ill (, on Friday, three men were
killed and FIVE or six injured.
A Deputy United States Marshal s.csas
at the recent sitting of the United State.
| Distric. Court ateFort Smith, Ark, nine
teen persons were CONVICTED of murder
J. The report of the commission on the
| Wawassst disaster is made public. [,
calls for the prosecution Of the steamboa,
company for employing unlicensed off
GERS, AID of the captain and mate for ac
| cepting employment without being Ii
censed, the commission holding that ig
norance in that case is no palliation. The
engineers license is ordered to bo revok
ed. The origin of the FIRE is conceded te
be shrouded in mystery.
John Irving, who confessed to Sar
Francisco officers the murder of Benja
min Nathan, is well known to the police
as burglar. That tragedy occurred on
July %, 1871, and on the day following
Irving was arrested IN Hoboken OF
another charge. Eight weeks ago the
chief of police of San Francisco, tele
graphed t..at he had Irving in custody
Irving himself informed Capt. Kennedy
by letter, that he would come ON witbou
the formality OF a requisition. Th.
police, however, did not think Irvine
had the courage to commit murder, anff
believe he only confesses to the commits
sion of the act that he may get fre.
passage to New York, where his wife
and children are living.
The excitement regarding the defici
in the Brooklyn city treasury continues
ROdman was not arrested, but it wa
stated here this morning that he was t.
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