The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-03-12
STATE NEWS.

A Good Templars lodge was organized
nj Appleton, last week.
A new Methodist church was dedicated
at Neenah or the lst inst.
The Grangers will hold n Council at
Lancaster on Wednesday the l1th Inst.
A basis OF consolidation hos been agreed
upon between Green Bay and Fort How
ard.
A horse thief named Charles Sawyer was
caught at Milton Junction short time
ago.
Oshkosh is going to ship ten thousand
tens of ice to Chicago and Louisville this
season.
Judge Story, of Arkansas, who will
probably be peached was formerly from
Waukesha, Wis.
Howard Davenport, of Monroe, while
out hunting last Frida-r, accidentally shot
and killed himself.
A saloon keeper by the name Of Grover,
in Eau Claire, shot and dangerously wouu-
ded. one Fritz Gibbons.
A clairvoyant doctress, by the name Of
Dickerson, has been arrested, at Monroe,
on :he charge of iuianticide.
A little son of A. Foltz is exhibiting
symptoms of hydrophobia. lie was bitten
by dog about two years ago.
The amount Of logs cut ant banked on
the banks OF the Menominee and its tribc-
,ares, this winter, will reach l3o, 900, coo
Otto Behling and W:1. Brown, of Bea-
yer Da Z we're convicted of burglary, last
week, and sentenced to term in the State
Prison.
The Odd Fellows Of Winnebago county
arc to indulge in grand celebration on the
55th anniversary Of Odd Fellowship in
America.
Mr.. Mead, who has for so long time been
postmaster of Watertown Wis, was taken
suddenly i'll on last Wednesday, and short
y after died.
Mrs. Kate lIulet who lives near Montello
Wis has, ever since the loss of her husb band
during the late war, maintained herself
bv til.ins the soil.
A Norwegian named Ole Lewison was
instantly killed. on Monday last, in The
town of Bristol Dane county, by being
run over by wagon loaded with lumber.
Hon. II. n. Smith of P!ymoth, Sheboy-
gan Co, has received the appointment of
Warden Of the State Prison, antwill en-
ter upcn the duties of his Office about the
first Of April.
The Saloon Keepers of Milwaukee are
still resolved not TO sell beer that costs
more than SO per barrel; and the brewers
declare they won't come down, and thus
the matter rests for the present.
young son of Hans Hansen, of Adams
county, tried 10 frighten his sister by snap
ping sun at her, which he supposed to be
empty. The gun proved to be loaded, and
he Shot Ecr through the neck killing her
almost instantly.
4 committee from the Fort Howard
council have met similar committee from
the Green Bay council, and agreed upon a
plan cf consolidation. The question will
be submitted at the spring election. The
Gazette thinks the prospects for uniting are
favorable.
The residence of Mr.. Knight, in Pleas.
ant Vailey, was destroyed by fire the other
lay. 4 defective chimney is supp osed to
nave been the cause. Very little Of the
furniture was saved, and considerable
qualtity of produce was also consumed.
Thee was no insurance on tie property.
The agent OF the La Poiute iron com
pany, nov orcuing mine in TIE ceIebra-
"a Penokee range, in Ashland county, has
sent Professor Irving, of ,he state geolog
!csl survey, box OF iron ore to be assay.
-i aud reported upon in the Forthcoming
report Of the state geoiogist. This ore il
of recent discovery an very rich.
The Madison Democ, al says: After a
.uus end mast ably conducted trial, in the
case of W. S. Main, assignee, vs.. Simeon
Mills, the jury yesterday afternoon bro' gh'
IN n verdict Of Sl0,6ls92 in favor of she
plaintiff. Before the trial began, Mr.. Mill
-urrendered c,l!a .eral security to the amonn'
of $4,000, thus making the total in thi:
| frst case, in round numbers, $4,000
| TITS will make a nice little diyiaend to the
creditors, who can no doubt appreciate il