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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-30

PRESIDENT Villas returned home last
Monday to attend to the election of
railroad Directors here, and is soon to
return to New York to confer with them
there in regard to the extension of our
Western road, which is to be commenc-
ed as soon as the season will permit, the
only matter to be still considered being
whether the road is to cross the Fox
river at Kaukauna or Appleton.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-30

CHAppED HANDS, face, rough skin.
pimples, ringworm. saltrheum, and other
ertaneous affections cured, and the skin
made soft and smooth, by using the
LUMBAR Tar Soap, made by Caswell,
Hazard & Co., New York. Be certain
to get the Junipar Tar Soap, as there
are many limitations made with common
tar which are worthless. law
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-30

BUILDING. are glad to learn that
our Carpenters and Masons are already
making contracts for new buildings, to
be erected next spring. Mr.. Fred. Heck
Ell will have fine store built on his lot
corner of 9Th and Jay streets, the occu-
pancy of which is already contracted for
by Mr.. Ernst Wagner for first class
hardware store.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-30

NIL. S. & ". RR.-At meeting
the Directors at the Office of the cor
pany in this city, last Tuesday aftf|
noon, the following named gentlemI
were duly elected to fill vacancies:
Lawrence Wells, of Frederik Sch
chardt & Son, New York.
Isaac Il. Knox, OF [. Boorman, Joh)
ston & Co., New York.
VIM. Fl. Guion, of Williams & Guioi
proprietors of Guion Steamship Linz
New York.
Samuel S. Sands, of Samuel S. Sane
& Co., New York.
T. Charlton Harvey, President Phil
delphia Warehouse Co., Phila.
Jos Villas, Manitowoc.
Henry Mann, Milwaukee.
James w. Vail, Port Washington.
j. W. Mead, Sheboygan.
VIM. Elwell,
byron Douglas, Appleton.
VIM. Elwen rendered his resignation
which will be acted upon by meetin
of the Board of Directors, to be held i
New York some time next week.
The management of the road will b
left as heretofore, under the administra
ton of the same officers, to-wit
PRESIDENT. Villas.
Vice Presidential. Mann.
Secretary-C. Luling.
Treasurer-C. G.. Barnes.
Superintendent G. FL. Reed.
Asst Sup't-Wm. Elwel.
Gen. Fr't. & Pas. Agt-H. F. Whii
comb. /
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-30
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
CITY OFFICERS

Mayor-A d. JONES
City Clerk-F. W B0ECHERDT
City Treasurer-fRED SCHULTZ
CITY Attorney-GEO. N fOODIN.
Police .Justce-DON A. SHOVE.
Assessor-M. VOLLEND0RF.
3Iarshal-FRED. BECKER.
IT, II. A. Wallich
Aldermen LIST Ward, j. Bocher,
A. NJ. Richter,
(Geo. Cooper,
Aldermen I'd, Ward, J. S. Johnson,
2. Mulholland
A. Rosso,
st,u-rr, en- Sd Ward, II. Truman,
i. NJ. kuhl.
+. Nostomiasfy,
-, Id.rmea 1fh Ward : g. knudson,
+. Schroeder,
Justices of the peace-1st Ward-J. F. Zinns; I'd
Ward, Geo n Woodn; Sd Ward, ). . Hara; 4th
Ward J S. Anderson.
Constables-lst Ward, Vim. Griebling; "a Ward
T. Thompson; 81 Ward, J. Strauch; 4th Ward, F.
Mn
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-30

WILLIAMS HOUsF.-FrOm the change
in the advertisement it will be seen that
Mrs. Williams has taken her brother,
Mr.. Michael Kellner, into partnership
with her, to carry on the business Of her
hotel. Mr.. Kellner is an active, ener-
getic man, well known and respected
throughout the county and will do his
best to keep up, and if possible, increase
the widespread high reputation of the
Williams House.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-30

SussCRIBE-1t will prove economy In
both time and money if you subscribe
6nr the SEM WEEKLY TRIBUNE. that
casts less than four cents week. You
Oil, find all the news, put In shape to be
-e.d in the shortest space of time. fur
.;shed for the smallest possible sum.
,,hsor;be now 80 you can commence with
de first ssmi wee ky number. 1T
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-30

ONE editor who is hard up du1s his
subscribers in public and says
olives there a man with nose 50 red,
who newer has said, I'll pay before 1
go to bed the debt 1 owe the prRter 2 y
Another editor becomes highly in
dignant, because some of his lmpecu-
neous subscribers have left the country,
and says:
soThe man who would wosm himself
into the confidence and debt of an un-
suspecting editor and then run away
without settlement, would sneak into
the palace of the King Of Kings and
steal the gliding FROM the wings OF
angels"
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-30

LAND PLAsTER-Fresh ground and
constantly on hand at the Manitowoc
Plaster Mills in Oriental Mills ware
house. Farmers should not loose the
benefit of the good sleighing and get
their supply before bad roads set IN
t. /. J. ScHUETrE & BRO.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-30

The ladies society of the Presbyterian
church viii hold their Sociable next
Tuesday evening in the basement of the
church Efforts are being made to make
the occasion an unusually pleasant one.
A portion of the evening will be devoted
to readings, recitations, music, &c. All
are invited to attend
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-30

CUSTOM WoRK-Mr c. Ii. Cold
water warrants ali bis work in boots and
shoes to be satisfactory in good material,
neat fit aud reasonable prices. We have
tried him and found him as good as his
word. Go thou and do likewise. If
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-30
HO FARMERS.

E. HAssE has received "a large slack of the eel
rated Geneva
Garden, Hay, Str0sc, Manure
and SpGding Forks, Hay
and Garden sr0kes, ETC., jSs
fixcf MI o. Farmer needs In the
.agvicssIfur0I lime. Cali and
ernansne before purchasing eEse-|
,UHere. as he is bound to sell al
cheap as the cheapest
1s%sa &c. HASsE.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-30

If ANY Of our readers are IL want OF
ANYTHING in the stove line they will do
we'll to call upon F. W. Borcherdt, Chi
caeo street, opposite h. *. Rand 3
hardware store. before purchasing. He
also keeps large stock of tinware OF his
avn manufacture. u
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-30
MISCELLANEOUS AND LOCAL

PERSONS haring advertisements
tintesde1 for Insertion an the ensuing
number of the TRIB UNE, wau please
hand an their fauors prerious to meat
"Wednesday moon.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-30

CHEESE. Judge Walker informs us
that he IS about establishing, in COM
pany with Mr.. Phiny Pierce, cheese
factory on his farm near the Manitowoc
river, which is to be put in operation
early next spring. We believe that we
have but one other large factory in this
county, that of Mr. Danforth in Meme,
and welcome this addition to our agri-
cultural manufactures, most heartily
wishing to the enterpr1sing projectors
the highest success.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-30

JOHN C. EGGERs, of our city has re-
ceived the appointment of engrosslng
clerk in the Assembly at Madison.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-30
MISHICOTT, Wis.

Our report for the week ending Jan.
9th, 1874, shows considerable modera-
ton in the weather, alternating from
snow to rain and then to snow again,
during the Goth, 21st and 22nd, clearing
up with good sleighing, the temperature
ranging from 0 up to 44o, as follows
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-30
WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.
WINTER WHEAT,-S1 Pol %
SPRING WHEAT,-Sl.13-11S

WINTER WHEAT-S1, POI %
SPRING WHEAT,-Sl.13-11S
RYE-S0 cts.
OATS-36-37cts.
BARLEY-Sl30-150
PEA5-5Q-90cts.
BEANS-S1 $3.50
TIMOTHY SEED-Sl ,50-2,25
RAPE SEED 25-l,50
FLAX SEED-Sl,S0
EGGS, per dozen 1Scts,
BUTTER-20-2-
FLOUR-winter, per bl.-S7,00, $3.50
Spring $500, $50
Rye, $3.50,
MEAL-per cwt. 81 90 lie
W0OL-per ID 25, to IS cts.
EIDES-green cts Dry IA to - CTS
HAY-S9,OO, 9lOOO
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-30
THE TRIBUNE.
Travellers Directory.
milwaukee,. Lake Shore l. western RR.
LAKE SHORE DIVISION.

LAKE SHORE DIVISION.
Express train leaves Man. a. m. Ar Mil 112o a.
Mixed Man 1890 p. ms Mil. p.
sc Mil. 7:45 a. IN. g Man. 3lo p.
WESTERN DIVISION.
Passenger leaves Man. p. m Ar. Appleton 6:G5 pm
:" Appleton 7:40 q M Ar. Man. 10l5 am
TWO RIVERS DIVISION.
Expr leaves Man. 7:40 PM Ar. Two Rivers SIG pm
. Two Rivers $50 a. Al. at NJ. 6:55 a..
Mixed Man. o a. m Ar. Two Rivers 1920 a.
Two Rivers 1l:30 m. Ar Man. Il m.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF DAILY MAILS.
Two Rivers arrive at 7:15 departs at 7:l5 p. M
Appleton, II 40 p. m
,..,, .. }245 p. sc 645 a. III.
hh"aukee' $50 II M
TRI-WEEKLY MAILS.
Houghton arrive Monday Wednesday and Friday
o. m. Departs Tueday, Thursday and Saturday 7:30
a IN.
Towards Grove, arrive Tuesday Thursday Saturday
p. M. Depart Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,
$50 a.
Nordheim Hika Mosel, depart Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday 7 "a. m. Arrive Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday $50 p m.
The Houghton and Towards Grove mails make
connection with the kiel, Mosel on the same days
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-30

The original estimates for Ontonasen
and Eagle Harber. Mich, Ahnepee and
Kenosha, Wis, have been withdrawn
entirely.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-30
COUNTY OFFICERS.

County Treasurer-QU ERIN EW EN-.
County Clerk-A. VI RICHTER.
Sheriff.. ID. SMART
Under Sheriff.. j. PIERCE
Deputy SheriH-WM. GRIEBLING
Register of Deeds-JOHN FRANZ.
Clerk Of the Court-A. PIENING-
County Judge-W. ". WALDO.
District Attorney-W.J- TURNER
Sup't of Schools-MICHAEL kIRWAN.
County Survcyor-JOHN 0UARA.
Coroner. SIMON.
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
; FL T. Hubbard, Chairman, Manitowoc Rapids John
Mill Centrev1lle; John IL. Bohne Meme; JohnBarth,
Schleswig; Anton Stahl, Eaton Patrick Malloy Lib
arty: Fred Schmidt Newton; L. P. Nichols, Rock
land; Boyar Almonds Cato E. j. Smalley Manitowoc;
A. f. Damke, list Ward Ed. Conway. I'd Ward; +. A.
Bean Sd Ward n. l. Gilbert 4th Ward; b. wilkins,
G. DAIMLER Two Rivers VIM. Robinson, Kossuth; p.
T. Stoker, Franklin; Ed. Regain, Maple Grove; John
Touhe Cooperstown; B. Birdsall, Gibson; Nm.Tisch,
Mishicott; Fred YogeI, Two Greeks.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-05
Sawdust in the Stable.

The NeD England Farmer SAYS: 1.-THE
doctors and the professors are discussing
the value Of sawdust and shavings when
applied 10 land. Mr.. Knox, in the New
York Tribune, cautions against The use of
shavlngs as q mulch, and believes they
must prove injurious. Professor s. W.
johnson thinks otherwise Both argue
the case from scientific stand point.
Mr.. Knox believes that potash must be
led TO plants in an elementary or uncom-
bined state. Mr.. Johnson claims that
pure potash is destructive to vegetation,
and can only become plant food when
combined with an acid. When doctors
disagree who shall decide? We do not
claim to know much about the chemistry
OF sawdust, but we have used it several
years as an absorbent of urine, and as bed
ding for horses and cattle. We prefer to
have it seasoned and dry, and should
choose that made from hard wood but
we take such as we can get which is
nearly all made from pine logs.
Our conclusions are that sawdust is the
cleanest bedding we have ever used; that
Il the manure IS kept trodden down hard
to prevent excessive fermentation, it is no
injury to the manure heap. Our expert
ments prove that sawdust soaked with
urine and USED as a top-dressing on grass
land, will show where it was spread by
an increased growth of grass; that when
the manure is made up largely of saw
dust, that is, when enough is used to soak
up and retain all the urine, it has never
injured any Of the crops to which it has
been applied, We have grown all kinds
OF crops on it, without perceiving any in
furious effects therefrom. We shall con
tinue its use in such quantities as will
make comfortable bedding for our cows,
and as an absorbent, till we see some
harm done by it, as long as it can be OBJ
tanned by carting two or theee miles. As
a fertilizer, perhaps sand or loan, or dry
muck, Or straw would be better; but all
cannot have these in abundance, and we
must use for bedding The best materials
within our REACH
Our own experience with sawduS
whether pine, hemlock, spruce or hard
wood has been similar to that Of our
contemporary We would not apply
sawdust to land without composing it;
but it is one of the best methods of com
posting, to litter the cattle and horse
stables with it---Ru3al NeU Yorker.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-05

EMPTY tin fruit cans, like old hoor
skirts, are u nuisance when out of place
The question is: What is their place
and | should be willing to answer it a
hundred times, if / could Danish them
from the cutters, the ash heaps, the va.
cant lots, and, above all, from the hands
of the boys. | shudder now at the very
suggestion Of their ever being used again
as music boxes, strung with rosined
chords. Did that epidemic visit your To-
cality, my dear reader? If so, you
would be in haste to prevent the slightest
possibility of its recurrence. But to the
remedy:
In the first place to open the cans
properly, put hot Goals on and around
the little soldered tip on the top, until
the solder melts, then scrape off lid and
Goals together with table knife. BE
careful, however, not to set the cans on
the hot stove before they are opened, by
which little neglect steam enough to
burst the can might be generated, which
would not be very pleasant or proita-
bic method of opening it. When opened
properly you have smooth, round orr.
flee through which to remove the fruit.
When the cans are empty and dry, in
vert them in hot Goals in the stove for
half a minute, or on hot stove, until the
solder melts and loosens the remaining
top OF the can; then strike it Oft, smooth
off the bits of solder, and you have very
convenient cooking utensil. For lid,
use a saucer, or the covers to old tin pint
cups or pals. Rice, Wheat, samp, pearl
barley, split peas, and many other dishes
ipr q III 70 au.N email dishes
large family, can be cooked in
them, either standing directly on the
stove, or placed IN large boiler or sauce
pan of water to prevent the possibility OF
their burning. II also saves more costly
tin utensils, for this method OF boiling
water is hard on the tinware One can
may be kept for onions; others can be
used for baking or steaming rye and In.
dian bread, and some kinds OF pud-
ding.
They are also convenient for pantry
use, for holding articles 10 be used IN
cookery or in the laundry; for garden
seeds, for paint pots, and for many other
things that Will suggest themselves to
every housekeeper, and for which indeed
they would long ago have been used but
for the uutidy, Jagged edge made by the
common method of opening them. If
covers arc wanted for them in these capa-
cities, discarded rims and lids may be put
together with little solder.
Ii there are tin shears at hand, and
any one to use them, the cans may be
made into very pasSable scoops. Take
several of them Al a time TO timer, and
he will cut them into the shape for &
tritle 1t saves time TO have scoop IN
every meal tub, flour barrel, sugar pail,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-05
Last year ,5O4 regular recorded horse

Last year 2,504 regular recorded horse
races were troited in the United States -
an increase of 80 per cent. over 1872.
The total cost of fences in California
is $29,000,000. Annual cost of same, in
Guiding repairs and interest, SS,000,0O0.
There are $4,000 Good Templars in
Maine. Eighteen new lodges have been
instituted since the annual session, last
April
Professor S. p. Langley describes, in
the Pittsburg GGzette, "a spot on the sun
which covers the enormous area Of $780,
( 900 square miles.
The Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Company controls over 80, 600
acres of anthracite coal lands, upon which
there are ninety eight colleries.
The report of Major Plimly to Post
master James, Of New York, shows that
the business of the money-order depart
ment in that city last year amounted to
$32,515, l46.
The Memphis Aralahcte of January
18th says. memphis is not losing any
cotton trade so far as heard from. Our
receipts to date are 10000 more bales than
the same time last season."
During the year 1878 Chicago sold
at Wholesale alone, $3.50, 100000 worth of
go1ds-a gain OF eighteen per cent. over
the business of 1872, and gain of thirty
one per cent. over that OF 1870.
The water works in California foot up
thus: 636 irrigatng bitches, from which
1894 acres of land were irrigated and
$50 mining ditches having an aggregate
lnn rth nt a m NJ
inches of water per day
The grist mills in California number
2G9, with 341 run of stone; 1913 of the
mills are run by steam, and II by water
power, and all of them produced $780,
POI barrels of flour, and crushed 230,214
bushels of corn into meal.
Ebony weighs eighty-three pounds to
the cubic foot; lignum vi'te the same;
hickory, fifty.two pounds; birch, fifty
five pounds; beech, forty pounds vel
low pine, tbirty-eight pounds; white
pine, twenty-five pounds; cork, fifteen
pounds.
Alabama has now three cotton facto-
ries; the largest is at Tallahassee, which
runs $4,000 spindles; and there are two
others at Prattville, Georgia has "a; the
largest is the Eagle and Phenix, of $4,000
looms. Georgia manufactures only the
coarser kinds of cotton goods.
Our lighthouse system is mere extern
siye than any other in the world; the
lights and beacons extend more than TO-,
000 miles along coast and shore. We have
52l lighthouses, 80 powerful signals oper'
ated by engines driven by steam or hot
air, 1854 day or unlighted beacons, and
1888 buoys.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-05
Directions for Building Smoke
House.

n CORRESPONDENCE inquiries for directions
for building a smoke house. 1t should
always be built of stone or brick, if pos
sible; at least the first four or five feet
from the ground should be so, especially
if wood be burned for the household fires,
since then there is almost absol ate safety
from fire, ana the bottom may then be
used tor storing ashes. 1t will require
about six square feet to hang an average
ham. The crossbaTs, into which are
driven the hooks for hanging the hams,
should be about eighteen inches apart,
and the hooks the same distance apart
thereon, or say seven hooks to each bar.
A house ten feet square will therefore
hang about fifty hams in each tier; the
upper tier should be two and one-half
feet above tie lower. The lower tier of
hams should not be less than six feet
from the ground. Your lower crossbars
will be eight and one-half feet from the
ground, the upper one, eleven feet, and, il
you choose to put in third tier, this one
will be thirteen and half feet from the
bottom, which will give the height of
your building. This will be a good pro-
portion, and if only one hundred hams
are required, the lower tiers of crossbars
a
distance from the fire to the meat.
Projections must be left in the wall as
supports to the crossbars, and the hooks
should be similar to those used by butch
ers, so they may be moved at will Ven
tilation must lie provided at the top to al
low the escape of the smoke; the venti-
lator to be so protected as to exclude light
and flies. 1t is also far better if the fire
place be disconnected from the house and
the smoke carried thence through a suit.
able tlue or pipe. BY this means you
may always have your meat secure from
flies.
In hanging the hams, the top tier is
first filed, an assistant handing the meat
as fast as wanted Commencing at one
side, fill one bar, then place another, and
so proceed until the whole is finished,
using proper step-ladder to enable the
work to be done easily Western R,ra}
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-05
The Railways of the United States.

The Ratl,oag NoRttor, from its grand
totals collected from the returns made by
every railway in the United States, finds
that the whole railway mileage in this
country is II ,564 miles, with second track
and sidings of 1852 miles, making the
total equivalent of single track S5,016
miles. The Total number of locomotives
is 14223; of passenger train cars, includ-
ing baggage, express and smoking cars,
1928 of freight train cars of all sorts,
33S, 1877; the total capital stock amounts to
81 ,072 Pol 954, or about S2S,956 per mile;
the total floating and funded debt, + $780,
al, 507, or $2I957 per mile; and the total
cost Of railways and equipments S3,72S,-
4l605S or about $52,09 per mile.
The total gross traffic of railways for
the latest year yet obtainable was $41S,-
$3.50 and the total net receipts, over
and above operating expenses were S174-
350,9l3 These earnings, however, are
based on 81, 45t miles of road, that being
the Total for which earnings have been re
ported; and hence the net income of rail
ways applicable to the payment OF interest
and dividends amounted to about S3,201
per mile on the "a, asa miles operated
For the purpose OF enabling readers to
make comparison with former years, the
HoRiior has also arranged its returns, so
far as mileage is concerned, in States, al
though it is impossible, for obvious rea-
sons, to ever make all the State divisions
of each road exact. BY this arrangement
it will be seen that there have been 4, 1870
miles of road built during 1878, as fol.
lows: