The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-12-31
MISCELLANEOUS.

shire, England on Thursday. Inc e1-
press train on the branch of the Great
Western Railway was thrown from the
track and precipitated down an embank-
ment. Several of the coaches fell into
the canal skirting the road, and sixteen
passengers we're drowned. Thirty per-
sens were killed and wounded by the
accident, and some of the latter are IA
tally injured.
An explosion occurred in BignaH Hill
colliery at North Staffordshire, England,
on Thursday and twenty miners were
killed. Thirteen bodies were taken out.
THE Spanish commissioners to the
Philadelphia Centennial exhibition met
in Madrid on Thursday. Signor Caste
lar made an eloquent address. He
sketched the rise and progress of the
United States and the ideas of liberty
and labor which prevailed there. He
found in American civilization, language
and arts traces Of Spanish origin which
time and ingratitude were unable to era
dictate.
An encouraging exhibition of jowl is
made by the South Carolina legislature,
which recently passed resolution pc
titioning Congress to appropriate money
for the relief of the victims of the Freed
mems Bank collaspe. This modest re-
quest is based on the supposed belief of
the depositors that the government was
silent partner in this rotten banking
concern, and that people SO believing
were led into depositing their surplus
funds in the bank without stopping to
question its responsibility.
PRESIDENT GRANT has nominated, and
the Senate has confirmed Hon. LEVI
HUBBELL to be United States Attorney
for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
This reappointment is a testimonial of
the regard in which Judge Hubbell is
held by the National Administration be-
cause of the faithful and efficient dis
charge of his duties. While the Judge
has at all times protected the interests
self popular officer by the uniform
courtesy and fairness which he has e1-
hibited in the performance of his obi
cations.
THE consolidation of the Milwaukee
Journal of Commerce and the Evening
Times gives promise of afording Mil
waukeeans first class evening paper.
Apropos to this consolidation, it is pos
sible we shall soon hear of another-the
fusion of the Sentinel and Advertiser;
Mr.. Thomson, by his attorneys, having
lust made an overture in that direction.
SHERMAN new finance bill that has
already found favor with majority of
the Republican. Senators, and will pro-
baby pass the House, embraces free
banking, the return to the specie pay
ments in 1879, and the retirement of le-
gal tenders until the amount in circula-
ton shall not exceed $780, 900, 900.
These are the important features of the
bill.
The statement lately sent by telegraph
from Washington, to the effect that
President GRANT had decided to aban-
don all attempts at Civ1-Service Reform.
has been contradicted. The Presidents
position to-day is exactly what it was at
the time his last message was sent to
Congress. He viii enforce the Civil
Service rules if Congress will make the
small appropriation needed for the pur-
pose otherwise, he will throw the re-
sponsibility for the failure of the exper-
iment upon the Republicans in Congress.
We do not know that the Republicans in
Congress are just now in condition to
bear such burden.
Extensive changes in the custom
house department are contemplated by
Secretary Bristow. He has come to the
conclusion it is-tha5 the customs ser
vice is altogether too expensive.
A MOST remarkable and shocking case
of suicide is the one reported from
Washington. A Presbyterian clergy
man, pastor of a church, holding a high
social standing, was detected in the act
of stealing book; was mercilessly ex-
posed in newspaper; set his house in
order; and. while the bells were ringing
the people to church, without even pro-
viding for his own congregation, cut his
throat. The facts are more pathetic
than any comment upon them could be.
The clergyman was wealthy, and had
been previously suspected of insanity.
A TELEGRAM has been received from
Madeira stating that three of the crew of
the emigrant ship Cospatrick, from Lon
don for New York, had arrived at st.
Helena, and reported the Cospatrick