The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-07-16
NEWS AND NONSENSE.

lndependant club. arc being formed il
New Orleans They are in favor Of honest
government and stsnd alopf from party
An original, slate-roofel, brinile-tailca
Deuocrat' is what they call the ex-counman-
der-in-chef Of TIE BroOk-ite. in Arkansas.
A larger number Of trees have baen pl ntcd
in Minnesota this spring than during ali the
previous years Of its settlement combined
The Librarian Of Cong, ess proposes to
make an index Of all public documents from
the foundation of the Government up to- tbs
present time.
The Rochester Union states that the
Hon. Freeman Clarke will net be q candi-
date for reelection to Congress. LIE took
the back pay.
Men digging we'll at Rochester, Mimi,
found log of wood about one foot in di
ameter fifty five feet below tie surface.
The bark was still on the log, and the wood
was species of dark colored pine.
1t is reported that a committee, consist
ing of an equal number of Engllshmen and
Italians, has been formed for the purpose
OF raising funds for the erection Of a mona
ment to Lord Byron in Venice
A Mr.. Lehman of Wisconsin has taken
to feeding his cows on saxdust mixed with
their usual diet of bran, turuips, oat-shells,
and grain. He finds that the ,utlk grew
richer in quality, and that the butter was
improved in flavor.
A Postmaster's organ finds fault with
the iowa Anti Monopoly State Convention
because it Showed contempt for the Kings
English" The cause of offence more pro
bab Y is that the convention expressed con-
tempt for Grants administration.
The work of restoring Rochester Cathe-
dral iD England, which has been in rogress
for several years under the guidance of Sir
Gilbert Scott the celebrated ar ar:bitect, has
already oostsome Gl0,000 and fl7.0,0
more viii be required to complete the work.
The wife of the Rev. Henry W. Hale
has taken with her husband the entire
course in the Baptist Theological Seminary
at Newton, Mass, and received the usual
degree-the first eyer conferred on woman
by that institution. Both are under ap
Foiniment as missionaries.
1t is proposed to plant the San Joaquin
yaley, California, with the eucalyptus or
blue guR, trees. For a length of two hun
dred miles, ana with width varying from
forty to fifty miles, the bottom is level and
almost treelass. The blne gum trees would
make excellent fences.
4 California paper SAYS that twenty
years ago Senator of that commonwealth
-epaI ked: - would not give six bits fer
all the agricultural Sand in California. y
This year the State viii harvest wheat
enough 10 load thous nd ships, each Of a
dausan tons burden, and have enough LEI,
for home consumption.
The reform increment is spreading to
Ethgv Sargeut's State, where John J
Marks, Harhor Commissioner of San Fran,
CISCO, has been convicted Of conspiracy t.
detraud. Marks was sort of second cas,
Boss, not approaching Shepherd in shame
lessness, nor kemble in the more sien
kind of addition and DIVISION
A large proportion of clergymen in tn,
Church of England 10 day are as naorl,
paid as the Vicar of Wakefield was ii
Goldsmith's time, for fl50 at present, con
s'dering the cost Of living, is no In,re thar
equivalent to the Vicar of Wakefield's $40
There are now 4, SS5 beaefces in the Chnrcl
OF lassand under fxo0 year, and no les
than "a under sloo gear in value.