The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-03-04
EPITOME OF THE WEEK
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Ezd' azez seyenty eight. During the re
ceht intense cold weather three chill
sIren NAMED O'Brien, ranging in age
arofa eight to eleven years, were
Forced by their parents, who are basket-mak-
'ers, residing in Exeter, " Y, to start on their
usual peddling tour. On the following morn
ing the bodies of the children were found on
the road between Exeter and neighboring
town, frozen to DEATH the oldest with his
arms around the neck of the youngest.
The extensive glue factory Of Wahl Bros
in Chicago, covering nearly eight acres Of
ground, was recently destroyed by fire, in
yoiying a loss of over $3.50, 900, on which
there was an insurance Of $500. . AT
Veedersburg, Ind, on the night Of the Goth
Mr.. Henry Eister and wife left their three
little children-two girls and boy
alone in their house, and during their alb
sence the building was burned down and
the little ones perished In the fianes. The
parents had previously, during the winter,
lost one child by suffocaten, aud this re-
cent sad affiiction completes the de-
structoi Of their little family Mess
Zacharic, Burke and Leonard, represent
ing the Conservative party in Louisiana,
had an interview with President Grant
on the I'D. The President said he could not
be party to any agreement, as his duty was
to execute the law and not to enter into any
negotiation or compromise, but he would
be rejoieed if the opposing parties in
Louisiana could come to some under
standing by which the present conten-
tions in that State could be settled He
further said he would consult with the other
parties to the contest in Louisiana. II being
suggested to him that some intimation from
Washington would probably be necessary
to influence the action Of the Republicans
in Louisiana, after some consideration the
President referred the committee to Mr.
Wheeler The committee then called on Mr..
Wheeler, who stated that he would DO all in
his power by acts, influence and advice to
settle the Louisiana question on the basis of
his propositions. a proposition was then sub
mitted to Mr.. Wheeler by the committee,
which he rejected he still adhering to his
original propositions.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24-In the suit of
Tilton against Beecher, on the 23d, after the
close of Mrs. Moultons testimony and the re-
examination Of Mrs. Kate Carey, the prose-
cution announced the close Of the case on
their part, and the court adjourned the de
Tense to open to-day. In her evidence
Mrs. Moulton claimed that Mr. Beecher
had made a full confession to her in
1871 OF the crime charged against him. and
that Mrs Tilton had also made similar con-
hession-Mr. Beecher taking upon himself all
The blame, and Mrs. 1ilton insisting that the
fault was hers. On the cross-examina-
tion Mrs. Moulton admitted to having
on one occasion, when Mr. Beecher
spoke of his great suffering and talked
of committing suicide, with tears stream
ing down his checks, placed her hand on his
shoulder and kissed him on the forehead, and
said if ever there was good man she be-
Ieyed he was one. On another occasion, when
Mr. Beecherwas on his way to prayer meeting,
she had, in the presence Of her husband,
thrown her arms around Mr.. Beechers neck
and asked Mr.. Moulton to save this good
man. On the cross examination on the 23d
Ars. Carey admitted that she had been dis
charged from one place for intoxication
Some statistics of the search for Charlie Ross,
the stolen boy, have been recently published
IL is SAID, concerning the efforts to recover
the lost child, that detectives searching for
him had already expended more than 800
coo. Commissioners have searched from
ocean To ocean; 100000 circulars have been
issued; printing and photographing have
cost 5000; corps of clerks have been en-
ployed in correspondence; 200 bands of gyp-
sizes have been searched; GOO Charlie Rosses
have been reported, and fully 100000 persons
have been engaged in the search. . Ernest
Ortwein, the confessed murderer of the Ham
nett family, near Pittsburgh, Pa. last April,
hanged that Cifv nr hn 2eo
THURSDAY, Feb 25.--The majority re-
port of the Select Committee on Alabama AZ
fairs, made to the House on the 23d, sets forth
that the elections in that State had been Car
rieG by the Democrats by fraud aud intimda-
ton; that outrages upon the negro voters bad
been OF frequent occurrence, and that the
charges of ofeorruption and plunderng against
the Republican officials were unfounded and
unworthy of belief. The report (sign.d bv
Messrs. Coburn, Albright and Cannon closes
with recommendation in favor of the
passage Of the Force bill. The minority
OF the committee, Messrs Luttrell and
Buckner, made a report disagreeing with
the views of the majority Gen. Jo-
seph R. Hawley has been renomf-
mated for Congress b, the Republicans of the
First Connecticut District "A New Orleans
dispatch SAYS the Conservative caucus had.
after an exciting debate, accepted the Wheel
er proposition for compromise by a maiori-
" of one VOTE. The following nom-
nations have been made by the Ohio State
Prohibition Convention: For Governor, Jay
Odell, of Cleveland; Lieutenant Governor, H.
y. Thompson, of Franklin; Attorney General
S Adams, Of Cleveland; State Auditor, Bel
mont Locke, of Lawrence County; State
Treasurer, f. H. Young, of Champaign; Su-
preme Judge, d. C. Montgomery, of Knox;
Member Board of Public Works, J. R. Buehol,
of Akron.
FRIDAY, Feb. .26-On the evening of
the 2ith, while the congregation of St. An
drew's Church, Oh Duane street, in New York
city, were assembled in the building, the un-
supported walls of an adjoining structure,
burned few days before were blown down
by high winds and fell upon and crushed
through the church roof, falling upon the
east gallery principally, which was
crowded with people. Six, persons were
Filled aud twenty-iv seriously injured.
The Democratic Senators and Representa-
tives Of the Alabama Legislature, without
exception, have signed protest against the
memorial presented in the United States
Senate on the 23d 1t is said several
Republican members Of the Legislature deny
having signed any such memorial.
On the 25th Speaker Witt entered a protest
In the Conservative caucus against the Con
servative members returning 10 the hall of
the House, from which they were driven by
hostile bayonets, until they can do so without
stulthcation or any concessions whatever"
About thirty members afterward signed the
protest
SATURDAY, Feb. 21-The steamship
Hong Hong, from London for Japan. recently
foundered off the island Of Abdel Cura, in the
Indian Ocean. Twenty-four persons were
drowned and nineteen saved. A Washing
ton dispatch saws Mr.. Zachsrie, of the Con-
servattve Committee, has presented to Repre-
sentative Wheeler a letter of acceptance Of
the Conservative caucus Of louisiana 1t
is understood that the whole Con gressional
Committee will remain in Washington till
after the adjournment of Congress, and then
canvass the teterns, which will be forwarded
there for their inspection, and determine the
result, which will be carried TO New Orleans
by Mr.. Wheeler and put into effect under his
personal supervision at the extra session of
the Louisiana Legislature The time at which
this session will take. place has not vet been
determined. Gordon Claude a cadet al the
Naval Academy at Annapolis Nd, has been