The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-04-24
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The most violent storm of the season
along the line of the Union Pacific Rail-
road occurred on Monday and Tuesday
travel being interrupted and telegraph
lines prostrated.
As freight train on the Missouri and
Pacific Railroad was passing the peniten-
tiarv in Jefferson City. Mo, Monday.
two convicts broke from the guards and
attempted to board it, but were shot
down.
At pigeon shooting tournament near
New York, on Tuesday, Myles johnson.
of New Jersey, won the first prize of
$500, killing rs birds and missing 4 Ira
of $500. killing 43 birds and missing 7 ,
A H. Bogardus, Of Illinois the third,
killing Al birds and missing 9.
Henry Coulter, Of Pittsburg, will row
in the race with John Biglin aud Ellis
Wards, at Springfield Mass, for $1,000
and the championship of America.
Senator Morrill,, Of Vermont, has sent
check for his hack pay to the Senate
Treasurer, stating tha5 he wishes the
amount applied to the reduction Of the
State debt.
A suit claiming, $4,000 damages, for
trespass, has been instituted against the
Michigan Central Railroad Company BY
w. j. Barron, in Chicago.
John Collins, a resident of Chicago,
was drowned al the mouth of the White
River Ark, by falling from bridge.
john Murphy and John Wallace, not
ed thieves. quarreled In New \ ok on
Tuesday, and the latter fatally shot Muir
ply.
President Grant has pardoned Joseph
Hartwell, sentenced last March to ten
year imprisonment for embezzfng let
ters trom the New York post-otfiee.
Postal cards will be issued on the lst
of Mav.
La crosse voted by .664 majority IN
favor of aid 10 the Bridge Transit Com
pany.
At Atlanta, Ga, Tuesday night. two
members Of the firm of Hoard, Craig &
Co., took drink in their store, and were
poisoned By &C lnite being put in as Ia
yoriag by mistake.
The bill to annex Brookline and Char,
lcstown to Boston has passed the Massa-
chusetts Senate
1t is stated that the Howe Sewing
Machine Company is involved, more than
half the employees at Bridgeport, Conn,
having quit for non payment of wages
The President has appointed Norman
B. Easton, of New York. and Samuel
Shellabarger, of Ohio, to I'll the vacant
places on the Civil-service Advisory
Board
President Grant has purchased the
trotting stallion Claymore, aud sent hini
to his farm near St. Louis.
Martin Tirell and George Buckley
have been arrested at Straitsville, Ohio,
t for counterfeiting.
The competitive examination for The
West Point cadetship from the Tenth
Ohio District resulted in favor of Massey,
Of Sandusky
Deputy United States Marshall Starr,
Of Indiana. is breaking up the Illicit dis
! tilleries in that state.
Sen. Baya1d has paid back into the
/ Treasury his back pay.
Three barrels Of fruit were shipped from
Central Ohio TO Litchfeld. en- which tbs
| freight charges were as 10 lows From
/ starting point to St. Paul. 700 miles,
| S3 Is; from St Paul to Litchdeld, u
miles. So As.
The monitors 0secola, Sandusky an6
| Marietta we're sold at the Mound CITY
/ Navy-yard on Thursday for an aggregate
of $40. 600
Young Jesse Grant has gone to Cali
I fornia-
! Police arrested several persons during
a free fight at Wrightville, Ind. when &
( party of eight or tea women appeared
and rescued the prisoners.
In riot at Sacramento growing out o
the murder of the Chinese Court inter
prefer. pistols were freely used and sey
/ erai persons wounded
The steamer Northwestern passes
through Lake Pep:n and arrived at St
Paul OF Thursday evening.