The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-09-17
NEWS.

\ ~ iLiIaiN, AioSA oAiy dS w lilldtu
stole s25 and poisoned the family OF a
farmer named O. +. Atwood, living
south of Chicago, by putting Paris green
in their coffee. Eight persons were aft
| ected, but all are now out Of danger The
would-be murderer escaped.
TREASURY officials do not admit that
the yellow fever is SO bad as to occasion
sny alarm; but the stringent orders Of
the Secretary as to quara antine regulation.
as well as other circumstances, seem TO
warrant the conclusion that serious yis
itation Is threatened.
CHARLES MARKET has been arrested
in Springfield township, Indiana, for in
cest with his daught Ida, aged II years.
The intercourse between father and
daughter had existed nearly two years.
THE Japan Gazette. Of August 2lst,
contains an account of the murder of Mr..
Haber, German Consul at Hakodadi, by
native.
Two men, refusing to reveal their
| names, were arrested in Bloomfield, Iowa,
on Friday, for the robbery of farm
house. On the way to Jail they threw
something into the river The place was
marked and the river dragged. when a
complete set OF plates for countefeiting
tive-cent pieces was discovered.
THE masons, bricklayers. hod carriers
and helpers. in Jersey City. Bergen,
Hndson City and Hoboken, haye aban-
doned the eight hour rule, and it is an-
nounced are working ten hours day
without increase of wages.
EARLY on the afternoon Of August 20
an attempt was made in Lima to assass-
mate the President Of Peru, while pro-
ceeding from the palace to bis house
Although several shots were fred, none
took effect.
| SUIT has been begun BY the government
| 10 the United States District Court OF
| New York, against Minister James Wat
son Webb, to recover the amount due
the Brazilian government OF a claim paid
him for the United States In the matter
Of the alleged illegal condemnation Of an
American vessel
The secret service force OF the United
! &ny, jt-
disposed off, all being paid of and dis
charged. The question Of reorganization
will be very carefully considered, and
there will be no haste in selecting chief
THE Superintendent of the San Fran
cisco mint writes to the Treasury Depart
ment that he is coming trade dollars at
the rate Of $4,000 per day, which is all
that can be made by ten hours work of
the entire Institution.
GEN. Butler opened the Congressional
canvass in the Essex Mass district,
Saturday evening, by an elaborate speech.
THE President has appointed A Skel-
eton as Gauger for the Ninth Ohio Dis
trict It is live one.
The Indians in Nebraska are murder
ing the defenseless settlers 10 the western
part of the State, and burning their
houses, and running off the stock.
The Republican conventions that have
spoken out against a third term are
those of Pennsylvania, Kansas, West
Virginia, and Nebraska.
THE Schleswig- Holstein question, ac-
cording to The London Standard, is
again assuming a serious aspect in conse-
ouence of the daily expulsion of Danish
subjects and the hostile attitude of the
German press.
THE Treasurer of the United States
has issued circular requesting national
banks to make an additional deposit OF
FIVE per cent. for the redemption OF their
circulation, with instructions that United
States notes may be sent to the Treasury
Department with the Adams Express
Company,
THE South Carolina Republican State
Convention unanimously adopted res
olution endorsing President Grant for a
third term.
A NEW and most dangerous counter
felt $5 note on the Traders National
Bank. of Chicago, has made its appear
ance IN Springfield, III. The bill is a
perfectly new one, and is such an excel
lent imitation of the genuine as to be
well calculated to deceive any one but the
most accomplished expert.
A TERRIBLE collision occurred Sept
emoer tn, on the ureat Eastern tall
way, near Norwich, England. Twenty
persons were instantly killed and fifty