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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-11-04
ONE Hoyt, of Lewiston. Me-, is

ONE Hoyt, of Lewiston, Me-, is posi-
tive that he has discovered perpetual
motion after fifteen years of work upon
a machine which is now completed.
The mashine consists of large wheel,
with four large iron tubes, running from
center to circumference, of such pecu-
liar curve that two cannon balls, which
run inside them, can run back and forth
as the wheel turns, and which, by an in
genious sytem of levers, are SO dispos-
ed that the weight of the wheel is al
ways at the circumference at point
where the action of gravitation will act
upon them and always at the center
when the action of gravitation would nat.
urally cause the wheel to stop.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-11-04

Miss BUTLER, daughter of a watch
man on the Southwestern Railroad of
Georgia, was in the habit of putting her
foot on the track and snatching it away
again just in time to miss the passing
train. Frequently she stood bodily in
front of the train and jumped on one
side when it was but few feet from her.
Perhaps it is unnecessary to say that
Miss Butler is now no more. She did
not jump quick enough the last time she
essayed her pretty feat.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-11-04
RETURNS for the mon tn of Octol

RETURNS for the mon tn of October,
received by the National Bureau OF
Agriculture, show that the wheat crop
in the United States for 1876 is short
one, and there is marked deteriora-
ton in quality. So far as reported the
average product is about 80 per cent.
of that of last year, and if this rate holds
good, the total falling off will amount to
100000 bushel, with depreciation
of of IA per cent, in quality. The quality
of corn, however, is exceptionally. high,
with decrease in production of about
4 per cent. as compared with 1874
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-11-04

AT the funeral Of his favorite daugh-
ter, the khedive distributed among the
crowd $50, 900 pieces of silver coin, from
one to five piastres each. Upon the lid
of the coffin the jewelry of the deceased,
valued at 3, 900, 900 fiorins, was exhibit
ed. Twenty four buffaloes were killed
by the priests before the Mosque Rilah
IN Cairo, roasted and eaten, and then
1000 said prayer by the tomb for seven
DAYS
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-11-04

THE immense estate of Isaac NJ. Sing
er, the sewing machine man, recently
deceased, amounting to thirteen million
dollars, is in litigation. Two divorced
wives and the widow of the testator are
fighting over the dead mans money, a
great portion of which will no doubt
find its way into the lawyers pockets
before the estate is finally settled. Mr..
Singer left eighteen children, the off
spring of his three marriages.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-11-04
The new postal cards offe

The new postal cards offer a great
temptation to the printing of business
advertisements and Illustrations on their
face, as they have no border. This.
however, IS met by the caution from
the department that anything except
the address written or printed on the
face of the postal card renders it I'M
mailable, and it will be thrown among
the mail matter marked ''held for post
age"
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-11-04
STATE OF WISCONSIN, CITY OF NANITowOc
CITY TREAsURER's OFFICE, !
ManitOwcc, Oct. Il, 1875.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN To THE OWN
N ers or occupants of lots or parcels OF land
fronting On FRANKLIN STREET. between Tth
and 9Th Street, in the First Ward OF the CITY OF
Manitowoc that the tax list for the improve
ment Of said Franklin Street. between 9Th
and Sfh Streets, in the First Ward has been
delivered to me for collection, and that the said
owners or occupants of lots or parcels of land
fronting on the street above mentioned, are
hereby required to pay to me within ~ days
after the date of this notice, the taxes charged
in said list to the.lots or parcels OF land owned
by them respectively, together with the COM
mission of five per centuIn on the amount
thereof tor collection fees, and that II the said
taxes shall be paid within u days from the date
of thi. notice. the fees for collecting the same
will be only two per centum on the amount of
such taxes JOS. STERILE, Treas.
NanitoNoc, October il. 49,.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-11-04

A PUBLIC fete was held at Seville, Oct.
Is, to celebrate the restoration of Muril-
los picture of st. Anthony, which was
defaced some time ago by thieves, who
entered the Cathedral and cut out the
Saint. The portion of the picture,
which was recovered in New York, has
now been skilfully replaced in the can
vas
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-11-04
THE LATEST.

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 4.-The vote is
much closer than expected. Ludington
is probably elected, but the balance Of
the ticket is in doubt.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-11-04

SINGER, The sewing machine man,
died worth sig, 600, eco, but how much
better IT is to live on and be worth two
or three thousand. The silent dead
never hold any strawberry festivals.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-11-04
STILL LATER.

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 4, $50 P. Mud
ingtOn Is elected. Rest of State ticket
in doubt. No figures yet.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-11-04

The political fight is over and the
complimentary drinks INDUCED in are
less numerous than formerly.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-11-04

THE ELECTION.
NO DEFINITE RETURNS
YET RECEIVED.
LUDINGTJN'S MAJORITY IN
THE STATE Is SMALL.
The Whole of the Republican
Ticket Probably Elected.
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN EACH
BRANCH OF THE STATE
LEGISLATURE.
The Democrats Have Carried New York
by Very Small Majority
Republican Victories in Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, New JERSEY
and Elsewhere.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-06-02

THE Grand Jury recently visited
Blackwell's Island Prison, where Boss
Tweed is confined. and a gentleman
who accompanied the jury reports that
he and the members were astonished
at the meager accommodations offered
the great prisoner. The Warden in
formed the jury that Tweed was re-
Gently examined by three distinguished
physicians, who said that he is affected
with the heart disease, and in conse-
quence of his sickness the Grand Jury
will recommend that he be allowed
more privileges.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-06-02
SUMMARY OF THIS MORNINGS
DISPATCHES.

Gold closed in New York yesterday
at 1l61a.
Good crops are reported throughout
England.
There were A. 200 tons of ore sent to
the Consolidated Virginia mills last
week.
Superintendent Curtis sent down
S17, 900 from the Ophir mine on the
29th of last month.
Two hundred houses were destroyed
by fire at Cabamals, Spain.
The Aberdore Iron Company. who
failure has been reported, gave employ
ment to 5000 men.
Yesterday morning Evarts resumed
his argument in the Beecher case.
The debt statement shows a reduction
during May of 1889, 900.
Fires have again broken ont in the
mountains of Delaware and Sullivan
counties, New York. The village of
Bethlehem was surrounded by fire, and
barely escaped after a hard fight. A
wealthy farmer was burned to death.
Red Cloud has agreed to accept $685.
900 in consideration of relinquishing
large portion of their hunting grounds
in Nebraska. The Secretary is willing
to concede them considerable territory
ten or fifteen miles south of Nebraska
river. The treaty was drawn mp, but
Spotted Tail would not sign until the
money was received.
A fire at Ogden yesterday destroyed
a number of buildings.
Fire in New York yesterday; loss
S123,O
Judge Melton, formerly Chief Justice
| of Massachusetts, died in Sacramento
on Monday night.
The Forbestown (Cal.) stage was
stopped yesterday near Bangor. and
the passengers robbed of about $40.
Wells, Fargo d: Co. lost nothing.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-06-02
A CALCULATING MACHINE.

T. P. Warren, of Three Oaks, Mich
igan, has invented an ingenious calcu-
lating machine, by which he claims
that he can perform complicated math-
ematical calculations. He has already
progressed through the first four rules
in arithmetic. 1t will use multiplier
or divisor of twelve figures, the multi
plication and division being limited
only by the number of wheels placed
in front to receive the answer. 1t con-
tains over three thousand pieces, in
Guiding screws and rivets. 1t is said
to be the most complicated and intri-
cate piece of mechanism ever con-
structed, and yet its work SO far is
most accurate in skilled hands. 1t
will run backward as wella forward,
and will show an error were it
possible for one to occur. 1t is per-
fectly at home with fractions as we'll as
whole numbers. The inventor was
given the following example in COM
pound interest: What is the COM
pound interest of So, $50 IS for twenty
years at seven per cent?" In forty
five seconds it ground out the
answer, SIC, 1853 AZ. With perfect
ease and in a few seconds he also
solved the historic problem of Pytha-
goras i'll geometry.
If indeed its merits are such as is
claimed it will revolutionize our school
system and business relations. The
slow and tedious process of mathemat-
ical training in our institutions of
learning will be dispensed with, and
clerkships in great measure in public
and private business abolished. If it
can be successfully introduced in the
Treasury Department at Washington
it will be great saving to the country,
unless some ingenious Yankee shall
make an improvement on it by attach
ing defaulting screw to it. BY SIM
ply adjusting the machine it can solve
the most abstruse religious, social aud
political questions. 1t can at once give
the. true relation of a paroxysmal kiss
to emotional "nest hiding" and
should the jury in the Beecher-Tilton
trial fail to agree upon verdict, the
Court has signifed its intention to a
Tribune reporter to submit the testi-
mony to this machine. 1t is said that
it wrote Grants third-term letter to
the Pennsylvania Convention. 1t is
truly wonderful what progress We are
making.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-06-02

RECENTLY a German named Franz
Whitaker attempted to commit suicide
in Brooklyn, by cutting his throat with
a razor. He severed the windpipe
and anterior jugular vein, and the doc
tor who WAS called to attend him said
he could not live an hour; yet he sewed
up the wound and did what he could
for the miserable man, Whitaker was
thought to be dying when the physician
LETT him, bnt the next morning he was
sitting up drinking tea. He has con-
tinued to improve. and the Brooklyn
physicians are beginning to note the
unparalleled case of man recovering
after his windpipe and anterior Jug
ular vein had been severed.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-06-02
The Virginia Enterprise of May 25th

The Virginia Enterprise of May 25th
contains this lively incident Yester-
day there was not little excitement
among the Italian citizens who reside
in the northern part of the city. A
Mr.. B. recently returned from San
Francisco, and in the course of con-
versation with his friends used words
derogatory to the character of certain
italian woman living here. L., a friend
of the lady, overheard the remarks of
B., and informed the lady. She there
upon purchased good cowhide, and
at the same time L. armed himself and
a mutual friend with pistols, ard the
three started out in search of B. He
was found on North G street, and was
Immediately encountered by the lady,
her friends, with arms presented,
standing over the twain, and threaten
to shoot down the first man who inter-
fered. There was no way for Mr.. B.
but to submit to that which he could
not avoid, and the Infatuated woman
exhausted her strength and her wrath
upon him. She finally ceased from
sheer exhaustion, and was conducted
home safely by those who protect
ed her In the ARRAY.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-06-02

IT is rumored that an Office is to be
established In the City of Mexico by
the principal railroads of the Uuited
States for the purpose of selling
through tickets, good to and from
Mexico to the United States, with the
privilege of stopping wherever the
tourists desire. Like tickets, 1t is also
said, are to be sold at the Eastern of
fees to those intending to visit Mex
ico. The Mexican journals think the
plan will have the effect of largely in
creasing travel and cementing friend
ship between the two countries.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-06-02

MICHAEL CALVIN, half-witted tav-
ern keeper at Fort Plain, N. Y, hired
a tipsy loafer to hang him for $50. A
rope was procured. hitched to a beam
in the barn, and Calvin was swung OFF,
hangnan fashion, and would have lost
his life had not a blacksmith near by
discovered the state OF affairs and cut
him down.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-06-02

Two Cinnamon from Virginia CITY
attempted to abduct Chinawoman at
Reno yesterday. They were foiled in
their kidnapping designs upon the in
nocent maiden and were arrested bv
the constable and placed in the county
Jail.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-06-02

THAT celebrated hostelry at Carson,
the ST. Charles, founded by Geo. Tuhy,
has changed hands, and its bar-room
will no more resound with the echoes
of the ponderous landlords challenge,
" shucks nit you
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-06-02
DIED.

At Rose Greek. June l, John Bosco, native
of Piedmont. Italy, aged a. years.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-06-02

YTNHE UNDERSIGNED ANN0UNCis ~
n his many friends and customers 'ns aa,s
has again returned To his old quarters. ws s.,,
he will be ever found ready 10 accoirIil.. .as,
his patrons with anything in his line Q, rsss,
from Doughnut to the lnest Neddirsp,
ipy5 I'm n. W. iEdNfs'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-05-15
SATURDAY,, NAY Is.

On Monday last. the 10th inst, His Majesty re-
ceiyed at Iolani Palace at y O'Clock noon, ]. c.
Glade. Esq, His Imperial German Majesty's Acting
Consul. and Baron Won Reibui,l, Commanding II. I
G.. VI. 8 ship .4rcona, who addressed His Majesty as
follows:
Your MAJESTY My august Sovereign, the En-
peror William, has sent me to Honolulu in order to
manifest the interest which he takes IN the progress
and welfare Of Your Majesty's dOminiOns. where so
many Of his subjects have found q new home and
are enjoying oil those advantages that the wise gov
ernment Of Your Majesty affords in the same degree
to foreigners as 10 natives.
am deeply impressed with the kind reception
which II. NJ. g. .4rcOna has found at the hands of
Your Majesty's Government, and l am happy to
have this occasion to express to Your Majesty my
sincere thanks.
In reply Ills Majesty answered:
BARON Won REIBSITz 1t is with very great
pleasure that / welcome you here to-day, as well as
the Officers of the fine vessel under your command,
His Imperial German Majesty's ship -4rcOnd; the
first national vessel under the flag of the German
Empire which his visited my Kingdom. | assure
you, that the subjects of your Sovereign shall always
enjoy every advantage which is accorded to natives
Of this Kingdom, aud that no people are more well
coined to these Islands than Germans, whose indus
try and enterprise add go much TO the prosperity of
every country in which they reside, and it gives me
much pleasure to learn that your Sovereign the
Emperor William, has sent you in order to manifest
the interest which he takes in the progress and well
fare of my dominions.
The following Officers belonging to the said ship
were presented
Karcher-Capitain Lieutnant Lieut.. COmmander.)
Holzhauher-Capitain Lieut.. 4" 4"
Aschenborn-Cspitai Lieut.. 4"
Schwarzlose-Capitain Lieut.. &"
ischel-Lieutnan CUR See.
Draeger-Unt. Lieutnant EUR See.
Borckenhagen-Unt Lieutnant EUR See.
0elrichs-Unt. Lieutnant zur See.
Lieutnant EUR See.
Graf ven Moltke-Seconde Lieutnant.
Piltz-Zahlmeister.
Acknowledgment.
His Majesty was attended on this occasion by H.
X. H.. Prince W. P. Leleiohoku; His Elk. W. L.
Green, Minister of Foreign Affairs; His Elk. ". L.
Moehonua, Minister of the Interior; His Elk. =. S.
Walker, Minister of Finance; His Ex. J. o.. Domi-
mis-. Governor Of Oahu; His Elk. P. Kanoa, Governor
of Kauai; the Hon. A. S, Cleghorn; Hon. E. H.
Boyd. H.. Ms Chamberlain; Hon. H. Kahanu, Hon.
]. Moanauli, Hon. S. G. Wilder, Col Ed. Hoffman,,
and Col. c. II. Judd.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-05-15
The Trial-Trip of the Bessemer Steamship

The Bessemer steamship, which was to abolish the
horrors Of the Channel, has been tried, and is, | fear,
only a half success-for the present. She steamed
this week from Hull to Gravesend in a gale Of wind
and proved an excellent sea boat and fast. Her two
faults appear to be an excess Of draft, and the I'M
steadiuess of her movable saloon. The former is
partly accounted for by An extra supply Of coal, and
may be got rid Of in one way or another-must be
got rid Of before she can enter Calais on an ordinary
tide. As TO the saloon. it appears that the machinery
intended TO control it, and to neutralize, so far az it
is concerned, the movement Of the ship, is in some
way defective. The saloon can be handled With ease,
but cannot be kept still; in other words, shares the
motion of the ship. What we know about it is mostly
from a letter written to the Times by Lord Henry
Lennox, who came in the ship, and who explains that
the present trouble arises partly from some wrong
arrangement of the levers, and partly from the mex
perience of the man who works them. He and Mr..
Reed believe, or at least hope, that all may be made
right, but the public is just a little incredulous. Bot
whether the saloon prove perfectly stable or not, the
ship will be q vast improvement over those now In
use.-LoAdoa Cor, NfW York Tribune,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-05-15

Mr.. EDITOR Il had thought this progressive
community was a little slow to take the spelling
school fever, when in a visit down town yesterday, l
learned that such an affair was now under way. For
it to be a success we grown people must be willing TO
spell. am for one, although expecting to be very
soon "spelled down. and 10 see the scholars Of
Punahou, the Royal and other schools holding the
floor out to the small end of the match. A consent
to be one of the spoilers should not be taken for a
boast of ones accomplishment in the art, and a miss
should not create modification Some of the misses
will be ridiculous, and many persons who spell well
enough all they arc required to in their correspond
ence, will suddenly fail under the new conditions Of
q spelling class.
What shall be the rule Of correctness! 1t should
be observed that We are not in the position of schol-
ars who have learned the lesson from the book which
is used in putting the words, and who must be con-
sidered to miss if they vary from that authority,
although correct according to another standard. The
spoilers here spell from their general knowledge.
Different American authorities differ from each other
and from the English. Spelling in conformity with
any authority should not be reckoned mistake.
What words are to be put out-such as are in use
in ordinary writing and reading, or is the dictionary
to be searched for monstrositiesr Evidently failures
on the latter sort of words will not impugn any per-
sons skill in spelling. May not the spoilers claim
at least this, that the meaning of unusual words be
given on demand, and where the word has the same
sound but a different meaning dependent on its
spelling, or on the context, that such meaning be
given.
If prizes of books are offered, should there not be
liberty to exchange at the booksellers for any other
work of the same price1 This suggestion is made to
relieve the prize taker from the necessity Of receiv-
ing another Webster's or Worcester's Unabridged, as
that speller probably owns a copy.
wish that persons to whom the English language
is a foreign and acquired tongue might consent to
enter the lists. Learning the language in the thor
ough way our German citizens do, it would not be
surprising if some of them spelled down many a
native
These spelling schools should not be regarded as
puerile. They will afford better amusement than an
average theatre Cor thester) and will turn the atten-
ton of the adult community to a review Of first prin-
ciples that may be profitable. -.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-05-15

To the Editor Of the Pacific Commercial Advertiser
SIR.-I desire through your columns to direct
public attention, aud that of the Minister Of the
Interior particularly, TO the bad and unsafe condition
of the Nuuanu valley road, above the cemetery. We
are in the habit of boasting of our beautiful Nuuanu
Avenue; and truly it is a fine piece of road until the
above mentioned point is passed, when it becomes
narrow and crooked, and, worse still, has on one
side a yawning gulch, an open grave for the horse,
carriage and driver who at an unlucky moment, day
or night, may by the force of circumstances be una
bic to avoid it. It is a water course, the sides OF
which are in places four or five feet deep. down TO
the black volcanic sand. At some points the water
is tunneliug under the road, which after a few more
transforms will cease to be a carriage-road and be-
come a bridle-path merely. AS it stands low, that
part Of the Nuuanu road is a disgrace to the country,
and to the Government whose duty it is, particularly
in q section SO thickly populated as this valley, to
provide the people who pay taxes with safe and
ample roadways. This is neither safe nor ample,
and will soon be altogether insufficient. Iapprehend
there would be no possible use in directing the atten-
ton of the Road Supervisor to the subject. and l
therefore beg through your columns to invite His
Excellency The Minister of the Interior to drive up
the valley and personally inspect the road at the
points which I have mentioned. when l feel satisfied
that he will concede that some steps in the way Of
prevention if not of cure, are necessary to be taken
at once. TAX PAYER.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-05-15
Hotel Bonds

MR. EpIroR: Allow me to call your attention 20
the Hotel Bonds which read as follows.
PAYABLE in Eve years from October 18th, 1871,
with interest not 10 exceed nine per cent per snuHm
payable ssni-cEHually At the Hawaiian Treasury
the interest being payable only from the profits 81 the
Hawaiian Hotel"
You viii observe that more than twO-shirds Of tho
term Of these Bonds has elapsed, while not only no
interest has ever been rendered to the shareholders,
bat also 10 ~ststtReats Of the 6asaeia! condition Of
the Hawaiian Hotel has ersr been made to the same.
1t might be presumed that tks Hotel has now be-
come a profitable enterprise; bat however that may
be, a semi-annual statement of its financial condition
the shareholders claim as q right, and as one Of them
I deem it my duty TO call public attention to this
omission. an, yours trHly,
A S~HAREHoLpER.