The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-08-14

but the contest was brought to a speedy
close by the capSizing OF the former
| The occnraDts of the boat enjoyed a
thorough duckirg.
! Fred Dhrling, of Fillmore. Washing
ton county, while trying Champion
reaper OF his placa, was thrasn in front
of The sickle aud mapgled in fearful
manner
VIM Carfn, residing near Oconto, has
a farm of three forty acre tracts, on all
| Of which he has found iron ore The ore
| closely resembles that found in the town
of Rudolph, Wood county, near Grand
| Rapids, Wis
| a Marcus, farmer residing in the
| t0wn OF Calumet. Fond du Lac county,
vas thrown before reaper. on We,ires-
day, and the knife cut Of bo:h of his
| legs above the ankle. He bied IN death
| in about four hours.
The Appleton Post tells how boy
! was lost in tie woods near Shiocton
while herryiBg how the most diligent
search {; lied to lead to his discovery, and
how, finally. after an absence of five days,
he returned. ain ost starred, having liv-
ed entirely upon berries
The West Bend Republican states that
| an cid German woman came TO town, last
Saturday to see the cars for the first
time. She said she had livei Al out
thirty years near Schwinu $ Jake, in the
town Of Pennington, aud she seemed to
be much pleased a t the sight OF the en-
sines aud cars.
The government agents had a meeting
with $50 Winnebago Indians near Grand
Rapids. the other day, and informed
them that it was the desire of the gov
ernment that they should remove to the
West, holding out as an inducement the
payment of the money appropriated by
Congress at the last session for this pur
pose. The Indians at first declined the
proposition, but seemed pleased at the
prospect of obtaining money, and will no
doubt finally accept
The Clark County Republican states
that an old gentleman who resides in the
town Of Weston. has applied for war
ant for his son-in law, one Whitcome,
of Sheboygan. for the seduction of his
two unmarried daughters. Whitcome
cannot be found.
There viii be meeting ofthe Spiritual
lists of Northern Wisconsin, at Omro
October 10th, 1lth and 18th.
The water in the St Croix Lake and
river is getting low. Above Saltwater
navi CATION is troublesome.
A laborer nam@d Fred Rechart, in the employ of
Alderman John Paul. fell from barge while loading
lumber at La Crosse Friday afternoon and was drown
ed He only arrived in this country a few months
past and had no relatives in La Crosse
Secretary Jones reports that the prospects for the
Northern State Fair to be held at Oshkosh from Sep
tember % to October g. very iattering. large
number of entries from different parts of the State
being made
barn owned by Mr.. Layman in the town Of
Wilson, Sheboygan county, struck by lightning
and consumed on the lst inst
John Bertchy has expended about $4,000 this
in further improving and retaining his Sheboy-
gan marsh property by increased dtching, etc
Friend Edward L. Spence has become
sole proprietor of the Waukesha Demo
crat.
The Brodhead Independent has
changed proprietorship, E. 0. Kimberly
disposing of his interest to two young men
named Stone and Morse
About 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon a
tornado and hail-storm struck the north
west corner of the town of Porter, Rock
county, the tobacco district, and swept
northeasterly. The destruction is COM
plete, the leaves of the tobacco plants
being ground into fragments, and in
terrible force of the storm. The tornado
was probably about four miles in width,
and spent itself in the town of Porter.
Sunday was very quiet in Madison
The saloons We're very generally closed,
and only one or two violations Of the law
were reported. 1t is runored that the
German Committee of Twenty have forty
or fifty violations of the general Sunday
law, which they propose to prosecute if
the liquor cases are prosecuted.