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STATE NEWS.

Sog,e Of the old oaks and naples in TIE
Cspitol Park, at Madison are dying.
Mr.. Rockwell, in the town of AhnaI ee,
has a fourishing crop Of peanuts on his
farm.
Boltn, Of the Dodge county L>mocrdt,
has been awarded the contract tpF ,ae
State printing.
The new stone dam of the improvement
Company, at Appleton, is to be completed
this summer.
The Watertown Republican states that
the trssI ects for an average hop crop ic
Jefferson county, are quite good.
Hon. David Youngs, the founder of
? ihnapee, died at that place on Wednesday
0. ast week.
The elevator of the C. B. & NJ. Railway
CopPsn7 opposite Wiuona, will be ready
10 receive grain this week.
Two boys were suffocated IN bin of
wheat at the elevator at Menasha, last
week.
Joseph Mckibben, of Fond du Lac,
wa. probably fatally iniared by the kick Of
a horse, last Wednesday:
A man by the name Of Greene. of New
London, was sunstruck last Tuesday, and
is suffering from paralysis.
The Annual Camp Meeting of the
sI.thodists, of tho Green Bay district, is
20 bc held at Petereville, near little Suam.
20 station, commencing on the 18th of
this month.
A little girl about eight years cid, by
,as nane ot Ida kau'z, was burned to
death at Green Bay, last week by the
careless use Of kerosene.
A workman on the tower of the Ca,ho-
lie church, at Sheboygan, fell distance of
fifty feet, landing on pile of stone, last
Wednesday. Although severely injured,
be will probably recover.
A new possoffice by tn. rame of Sawyer
has been established in Door county, on
Fcuse No. 24,564, from Green Bay tn
Sturgeon Day, and Melvin IIaines appoint
cd postmaster.
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln contemrlntes
ypending portion Of the summer in Och
o,t, and has written to her friend y. ".
Miner, NJ. D., to engage rooms for her |
She is in Chicago at present but i'll poor
health.
At Belmont station, Wis, on Saturday
evening, Judd Ilinnnan and Chas. Warner
became engaged in fight, when 2 tTQther !
Of Warmers struck llrnninan on the back
OF The head, breaking his skull, and killing
him almost irs.sFt!y:
A very difficult operation Of L;Aotom,
was performed ut Rio on Monday, by
William Mcecher, NJ. D., of Portage City,
In removing Il stone from the bladder of d.
jennings. The siz. Of the stone is as
fqIlqrsi 2 Il inche, long, . inches wide,
and l-3 Of an inch thick; weight ounces.
Til. operation WAS Il complete success.
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LEGAL N4TICES.

STATE OF wIScoNSIN.-CouSrr OF
~ MASIrogoc.
Probate Office, August Eth, A d. 1874.
In the matter OF tie Groof and Probate of
the last Will and Testament of Anna Block
mag deceased, late of tie County of Mani
tokoc.
Whereas. an instrument in writing, pur-
porting to bs The last Win AM Testament et
Anna Blockman deceased, late of the eognty
ofManitowoe Has been kled In 'thi. Office;
and whereas application has been made by
Frederick Blockman rrayidg that the same
be proven and admitted to PROBATE ascording
to the laws of this state
Therefore, 1t is ordered that said applica
tion be heard before me at the Pf6bste of
fee il the city of Maaitowoc'in said County
on the 7th day OF September A ID. 1874 at
10 o'clock in the forenoon.
And il is further ordered, that notice shall
be given to all persons interested in sand will
, ct the time and place of said hearing, by
publication IN the Manitowoc PiLoT a news
I paper printed in said county for three sue
cessive weeks, once each week, priUr to the
lime OF such hearing BY the Court
/ 7. u. OLMSED.
s34-Sw County Judge,
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CUBA.

New YORK, Aug. IA pitiful story CT
the horrors of the Chinese coolie system ~
Cuba IL told to-day, by an educated China
man, a mandarin Of the third class, who is
now in exile. From his account it appears
that the condition Of the Chinese laborcrs
in Cuba is much worse than the negro
slaves. The poor EhinaEan is held for "a
limited peFiod his owner has paid good
priee for his term of bondage, and he must
get Il that he gan Lelgre coolie freedom
comes. Death 50 often inservenes before
the enI of his term service that it is es.
timated that only one in twenty live to
tesuFu to China. The writer thinks that
there can be no hope for the Chinese peo-
pie until there IS a change in the ruling
m
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FACTS AND FANCIES FOR THE
LADIES

st Tom badgers wedding, his most in
timate friend, Jack Lamly, was called up
on for toast, Jack could not remember
that neat LITTLE speech be had been coming
for week. The presence of blooming
damsel who stared in his eyes, frightened
the elaborate toast cut Of his memory
But he felt himself equal to the occasion,
ani the amazemen: of the guests, said:
Badger your health May this days en-
tertanrnent be often repeated T. MIR.
Badge. tainted, FL 2 ~ t-~ 81. -h ~ "
An Idaho school teacher has INTRODUCED
Il new feature in his school. When one
II the girls misses u word, the boy who
spells it has permission to kiss her As .
result, the girls are fast becoming poor
spoilers, while the boys are improving.
Miss Sahssiver, Of Crowford county,
Kentucky, would be fashionable Nero
if she had fiddle. While her father
was ab.ent investi.tion little transaction
of hers, where she attepp."d to get some
dry goods under false pretenses, she set
fire to the house and cooper shop and
sang while they burned
90 gracious no. exclaimed Mrs. Mar
rewfat to Mrs. Quosgs, raising her hands
and speaking in a very excited tone. "She
was SO i'll when her new bonnet came home,
that she couldn't get up {: but, dear sakes
Jane, that didn't matter nothing. for she
just put the hat on and lay with her hsad
out theifront window tie whole afternoon"
Among Sartoris' travelling traps. says
The Brooklyn Argus, was dozen bottles
of fine old Robertson County," lie laid
in this stock Cor his own private eonsump--
ton, and by the time the steamer reached
Queenstown there wasn't !: drop of the
precious fluid left. When he turned the
last bottle upslde down, and his tongue
clung 70 the mouth of it with a melancholy
sort of faseluation, Nellie interrupted him,
in that emphatic tone peculiar to the
American female, and said: "Why, do
declare. Algernon, you're almost as bad as
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GATHERING GOLD.
That il What People will he Doing
in the Black Hiils SOOn-Euraher
Evidence OF a beautiful Country
and Each Ores

[Fron Letter to The New York world1
The agricultural value and resources of
the arab lie portion of the Black IIiIls-and
this embraces widespread area-is beyond
al present estlm"t': This Hqch oaR ke
said without e1aggeration. 20 portion of
the nitcd States presents more invit-
ing prospect, so far as na uraI RESOURCES
are concerned, to the farmer and stock rails
er through the region of country just trav-
ersed by thiy expedition. would go more
icto detail cid not believe that the ofhc-
ial dispatch Of the officer commanding the
expedition, of which l send yoH cspy,
CONTAINS all that is important. That
THERE Is GoLp HERE,
and perhaps throughout the Black Hills.
cannot be longer doubted. have seen it in
yaI ;cus small quantities as obtained in diff
ierent localities, and under anything but
circumstances Favorable to satisfactory
examination. haya sfeen mep after
! reaching camp 60 to tie stream near by
and return in few hours with several
small particles, almost nuggets, cf gold
mingled with the sand still remuinin.
at the bottom of tie basin with which the
washing was doae. Cha, wha. ! haye
/ seen was pure as gold obtained in nuggets,
and that i was obtained along our line of
march in the Black Hills there is no man.
per to doubt. TO what extent gold will be
found in ;his region yet remains to be de
termined. One thing is certain, an,. THAT
IS that this question Of tie riehness of the
probable yield throughout this region can
not be determined by an expedition which
was limited 10 it's ABSENCE FROM Fort Lin
coin to GO days, allowing less than half
that time to exploranons within the limits
of the Black Hills. The miners Of practi-
cal experience who accompany the sxpedi
! tion express confidence that time only is
necessary to enable them to find
GOLD IS PAYING QUANTITIES
throughout the portion Of the country thus
far examined, bat one must agree with
I them that moving as this command
i is compelled TO move, in order within
the allotted time to cover all the country
Intended to be examined, st9ppibs not
longer n one place than two or three days
at furthest, is not satisfactory way, pcr
does it afford proPst opportunity to
prospect "a large t.aes Of unknown coun-
try. Discoveries of silver and lead have
also toon msde. The extent and value OF
these DEF osits remain t2 be determined
. Now tnat it has been demonstrated tha:
these hills and valleys contain the preciou:
metals, tie effort to reach this section d
territory by private exploring parties vii
lie more persistent than ever, and tie en-
barrassmcnt imr osed on the government, il
. view of Its treaty Obligations with th,
!. Sioux, SilI be greater than ever before
= Its best policy would be to follow this ex
= pedition with one Of similar proportion
early IL lie sFgins, caGe being taken t
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IN PBOBATE-Mnnisowsc County

l Court. - -,
In the matter Of the estate Q. Catharine
Nerrima an, deceased. - 90 -
On reading and 6!.ns the petition of Bern
herd Meth, Of Manifovoc County represent
ing among ethef things that tafharine Mer-
riman, late of siAnitowoci c6snty. on the
2Sih day of July. A. u. 1874. j, the town OF
Eossuth, in said County, dfea ititeatate, leav
ing goods, ehatteis arid e-tate within this
Stite, and that Tie said tetitidiSey is the
brot her !n-law Of SAD deceased. aid praying
that administration II said estate be to Jacob
Grimm granted. 7tis ordered that said peii-
,ion be heaed tebre the Judge Of this Court,
Oh Monday. the 3lst Say Of AUGUST, A D..
1874. at 10 O'clock - NJ trf1y Office in
said County. 50
Odered further, that notice thereof be
given TO the ireir. Of said deceased: and to
all persons Interested. BY Publishing a copy
of tins order for three successive weeks prior
TO said day of hearing in the Manitowoc
PILoT, a weekly newspaper, published at
Nlanitowoe, in said county.
T. G.. otNSTED,
County Judge.
Dated Nauitovoc, the 3lst day Of July,
4 l.. 1874, s93-sw
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NHfLF rn| is cause sf oontention in
the East, Colorado's citizens are qua.lius
about wnter. The city Of Denver is sup
piled with water by the Platte DITCH Gem
rany: but one ditch is not CROUCH, and for
two seasons Denver tss been divided into
sections, each of which received water on
stated days. 4 new ditch is called for,
but the Platte monopoly oppose it. Tie
question viii probably Influence the elec-
tions.
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FQRECLOsURL SALE.

CTATE OF WISCONSIN CIRcyIr Gouar,
~ MANiTowoc County. .
A. IL. Atkins. Chester Steel and George
G White, Plaintiff vs. Henry Scherer Frcder-
ika Scherer. his wife, anil Msrgaretta Snitt.
gen, Defendents.
BY virtue Of. and pursuant to a Judgment
order of foreclosure and sale rendered in the
above entitled action on the 29th day of June,
4 :. d. 1874 at a regular term of Circuit Court
fos Manitowoc county Wisconsin, held at the
Cour. House in said county shall expose
for sale, and sell at puhnc vendue, to tho
highest hidlei, at the Sherif's office in the
City of Manitdaoc, OF the 29h day of August.
A. d. 1874, at 10 o'clock il the ',prenoon of
said day, all the following mortgaSed premis-
es, or so much Of the saline AS may be nee.
essary TO satisfy the amount adIudged to the
plaintiffs together with the interest, costs
and expenses to-wit: The North forty (40)
feet Of lot No. sixteen 'Il6l in block No.
two hundred and sigHty seventzs7) as laid
down in the recorded plat, OF said city Of
Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
Dated Sherlif's Office, Mantowoc, Wisconsin,
this 1lth day Of July, .t."p, 1874
b. o. sMART, Sheriff,
Mahft6@6c County
TRE}T & NAsu, Plaintiffs Atty, s3O-6w
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SPAIN.

! New YoRK, Aug IA Paris cores
pendent says that three Carlist officers,
responsible for the execution Of the Ger
nan, Schmidt, have been arrested. After
+ Schmidts execution they fed to Pau,
where thew we're arrested and sent to Paris,
whence they were taken to the Delgian
frontier. The Belgian authorities re-e1-
PEELED them. They then returned To Paris,
and were arrested at the galway s.a ton.
Their names are Leopold Gallatie, aged
- Louis, 10; and puscane Jai aque, 4.
LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE recognition of
ihe Spanish Republic by England, France,
and Austria is officially promulgated.
YIESNa, Aug. 1.-The Neu Fret
Presse Gays it has reliable information that
the Pope will saon recognize Marsh,l Ser
ranos as Marshal Of Spain
PARIS, Aug. l7.--The Jonrnal dcs De
bats regards the election of Calvados as
Qminious Of dagger, aud warns the courtry
against the threatening attitude VI the Bon
apar:ists.
Le Temps says while the monarchia
parties are disappearing the BOnapartists
are again coming 10 the front.
President Mcmahon arrived at Lava,
this evening. The city is decpratsd with
flags, and tonight there is g genaral lllu-
mlnation. The President will hold 4 re-
view to morrow. ...
Bancroft Davis, the newly appointed
Minister Of the United States to Germany,
arrived in Paris on Saturday and will leave
fer Berlin nezt Thqreday.
LoNBoN, Aug. IA special dispatch
to the Duty Telegraph from Paris reports
an alarming acc ident to Victor Hugo.
While walking III Passy, Hugo was struck
On the head with violence by pole which
projected from passing cat. lie fell in.
sensitle en- the sidewalk, but afterwards re-
covered sufficiently to be able to walk tc
his hotel. Although the shock was severe
to "a man of his age, it is hoped that the
Consequences will not be serious.
Ex President Theirs has returned 10
Paris With his health completely restored
Col. Ni!lttte. Aid de Camp tf Marshall
Bazaine, was examined yesterday. lie
dsLies all completely in tie escape. The
rope strry gains credence. Several expert
ments have been made, and prove that the
descent which Bazine is reported to have
made from the terrace is not difficult.
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THE INDIANS
An Expedition into the Sweet Wat
cr Valley OrglniZimx nt lkayylams.

An Expedition into the sweet Wat
cr Vnilcy organizing nt leavVlans.
OMAHA, Aug. lS.-An expedition under
command of Col. Auson Mills, consisting
of three companies of the Third Cavalry,
one company of the Thirteenth and one Of
the Fourth Infantry, is now encamped near
Rawlins, Wy. Three other companies of
cavalry and twenty Shoshone lndiars will
join ths command iu Sweet Water Valley.
Their instructions eye thoroughly to scout
the valleys of the Sweet Water, Boulder
and Big Horn Rivers, and the country to
the southern extremity of Yellowstone
Lake, snd to administer the severest
punishment POSSIBLE to all Indians found
out Of their reservations. ..uch is expect
ed of this evPeditii.9n, which is finely equip
ed and viii be ip lhe Geld about three
months
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NEWS AND NONSENSE.

%hat Is the difference between the outer
wall ola bridge and two nice young ladie-?
The one is parapct, and the other i, a
pair pete-of course.
in the bookbindcries of Lond,n, first
class fni>her can earn SIl per week, 4
forsSrdcr $50, and good folder $3.50.
A Detroi. husband is in trouble for
whipping. hi, wife because the baby did
not take first class prize at baby show.
1t is uow estimated that about $500,
600 worth of sugaf was l2s. dur,og the Good
ip houislapa.
The champion grasshorper ofth, season
ha. been seen by the Oswego Kansas In
drpeMdert, it weighed half an ounce.
A Pennsylyania baby is said to have in,
heritsd the cyes and nose OF his fqther, but
the check of his uncle, who is ar INSURANCE
agent.
Grant carried thirty two counties in Tea-
nessec in the fall Of 1872 This year the
Conservatives have carried every county IN
the State.
Arrangements have been made for a pill
erimage by English Roman Catholics to the
shrine of St. Edmund of Canterbury, at Po2
isny, in France.
A man in Corydon, Ind, who reeeiyed
three small pups in payment fvT th.ee days
harvest work, is loud in his demands for an
improved currency aud Tore OF it.
Some men are born to misfprtnce. At
a Fou,h of July ricnic Cuvington chap
got his eye punched for speaking to another
fellows girl, and when he etarfuily explain
ed:that he'd g knew ed her these thirty-five
years" got all his hair pulled out.
First drunkard-"I live far away. | am
not ike you, a rich man, sho can afford to
live in the centre of the city. Second
drunkard-" Never miad, Floh. Of what
use is it to me, Even if was million
aire couldn't be more drunk than am. }
A San Francisco lady, the wife of a
prominens STOCK hrSSker, on sisit to Santa
Cruz, Cal, Las n.a. . hefsel. consp,euous by
wearing a hiieous looking mask of chamois
leather. It is sqid she ,hFgs envsllop' her
face save sinsFlarly bessqtitul comp lcxiona.
She is alluded to in town as g The woman
10 the yellow mask
Memphis claims that the vote pole. AZ
the recent election there is evidence that the
census taken by the Uuited States author
tiles vas not correct, and that, at the rate
Of SIX inhabitapts lor every voter, the city
should have populatlen ofsixty thousand.
-Tha: depends on how much addition, di'
vision, and SILENCE there was in the count
ing.
William Price, mining boss in Gllroy
was sent ON search for Tew Collins. lie
was told shat the noted myth had accused
him cf robbery, and the Joke was SO sue sue
csssful that be carried revolver ready foi
shooting when he should meet the defamer
The Wild goose chase was kept up all day
and at last he was told in a saloon tha
Collins has just gone into the back yard
At this, he BECAME SO excited that be unln
tenttonally pulled the trigger and shot Aim
set tAta.tv
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I'E-< ~.

NV YoRk, A"s, IA European
letter says Italy seems to become
hopelrsgly bankrupt. The reoplc arc sin
c2rsly ATTACHED 10 their itiEs, Lls the Kin
isters are almost pedanticalIy attached to
the English theory Of Rarliamsnt4ry
Government. The State asks nothing bet
ter 'han to leave the Church alone, but
they have foods, Talaria, t'odits, and
lhner Lcnev'l y
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! In the matter Of the estate Of Timothy
Packard, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of T. c.
Shove as administrator Of the estate Of TIM
oiay Packard, deceased, setting forth the
amount of personal estate that has come to
his hands and the disposition therecf--the
amount of debts outstanding agai st said de-
ceased, and a description Of all the real es-
tate of which said deceased died seized, and
the condition and value Of the respective
portions thereof; and praying that license be
to him granted to cell the Southwest quar-
ter of the Northeast quarter and the East
half of the Northwest quarter, all Of section
number twenty nine, (a9l in Township num-
Der eighteen IS) North of Range humber
twenty-one (5D east; said land lying and be-
ing situated in the county Of Nanitowoc.
state of Wisconsin. and it appearing by said
petition, that there is not sufficient personal
estate in the hands 5fsl:i T.C- Shoye. -
pay said debts, a,.a that it is neee sSa:y in
order TO pay the same, TO sell tfs whole of
said real estate; it i tLcreipre ordered that
all persons interested Ia said estate appear
before lie Judge of this Court on Monday
the sta day Of October A ID. 1874, at ten
o'clock A VI at the Office of the Goupty
Judge in the city Of Manitowce IN said coun-
ty, then and there to show cause tif any
there be- Why license sAoafd pot pc granted
to said T. C Shove adj iSist Fhtor aforesaid
e sell said real estate acSorling to the pray.
4 ST said petition.
And i is further ordered, that copy of
this ortier'shali 70 published for four sue
ces.ive weeks prior to said day of hearing,
in the Maniiogoc PiLor a weekly newspa-
per printed and published at Msnitowoc in
said n,y, and personally seryed on all
persons int crested in said estate. residing in
said county, at least fourteen days pcDre
said day of hearing. - BY the court,
Dated Manitowoc, the ~ day Of August
4, d. 1874. -
7. g. OLMSTED, =
s35-4w County Judge
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STATE OF .WISCoNSIN-County Of
~ Manitowoc
Probate Office, August, crd, A. y. 1874
In the matter OF the Proof and Probate of
the last viii and Testament OF Adam VAIN
deceased, late of the county CT Manitowoc.
Whereas, an Astrument in writing, pur-
porting to be the last Will anu Testament Of
Adam Warm deceased, late Of the county Of
Manitowoc has been fled in this Office; and
whereas application has been made by Anna
Warm praying that the same be proven and
adiritted to Probate according to the laws OF
this State: .'4.-s as a-
Therefore. it is ordered that said applica-
fion be heard before me at The Probate OF
fee in the city OF Manitowoc' in Said County,
on the 3lst day OF August A. d. ls74 at 10
q clock in the forenoon. - -.
And il is further ordered, that notice shall
be given 10 all persons interested III Said viii.
of the time and place Of said hearing, by
publication in the Mac nitowoe PILor, q eek
~ newspaper printed il sail county for three
successive wesks ob 2eeaeh week prior to
the time of srch hearing: BY the Court,
~ T. G. 0LMSTED.
s33-3v C6thty Judge
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NASIrowo oc Corxr.-Town Of Cato, In
W Justice Court.
To Michael Hagei y sr.
You are hereby notified that warrant Of
attachment hss been issned against you, and
you- property ATTACHED 10 satisfy the de.
mand of Ira McNatt, eight dollar. and four.
teen cents tSs ~ and s1.t, now unless you
shall sp r,ear before Seth Kendall Justice
trmber 1874 at ~ p.eYock in III. foksroon.
Iu4gment win hs rendered against YOU and
fonr property sold 10 pay said debt.
Dated ihis17,a DAY btAEg A. b, isT5-
lHA McSATT.
ss5-sw Plaintiff
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In the matter of the estate Of Frederick
Berger deceased. s=e t.4 g.. Cd
On reading and fling the petition Of F.
Blocknlan of 'Nanit6woc county representing
among ether things that Frederick Berger
late Of Manitowoc county in the year A. d
Is53 at Manltowoc County died instate, leav-
ing goods, chsttels, a'.d estate within this
State, aId that the said petitioner was the
husband Of Anna Berger the willow of said
deceased n the time Of her death and pray
ing that adqiaistr:,IiuI of sapc estate be to
sail A. F, Blockman granted, it is ordered
that said petition be heard before the. Judge
of this Court, on Monday tn TN day of Sep
tel,ber A. ID. Is74 at 10 o clock A. NJ, ut
my office in said County. .---.-.s 49,. g.
Ordered further, that notice thereof b.
given to the heirs Of said deceased and TO
all persons interested by publishing eepy
Of this order for three successive weeks prior
to said day Of hearing, in the Manitowoe
PLoT weekly newspaper published at
Manitowoc city in said ceonnty. 81 --7.H
Dated Manitowoc the 7th day q August
A. ID. 1874.
i. G. sOIMSTED.
s3t-4w ., Gohniy I,hdge-