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THE PIT.
/ DIaHEAnTENtHQ FAILURE.


Tbs admirers Of tho gamo.cock aud the alo-
vatlng pleasures Of tho pit for several days past
hAEo bean anticipating much gratthoattou from
= promised cock.Aght Of considerable magnitude,
resulting from tho conflicting opinions OF Jerry
Housoe, Tom Trudell, Wh.ttlesy Farusworth,
epd others, regarding tho fighting qualities Of
the birds OF which they are boa4tful and envled
poAaesso1s. Each Of thtsa pcrsons owns FROM,
half-a-dozen 10 scoze Of cocks, and It was gen-
orally supposed that u Ieass eighteen or twenty
battles would be fought, and tho maseh would
10 very exciting AID interesting oas.
noRxIp PLACE.
It came Oh yesterday afternoon, Of Eathsr =
feeble attompt wis tnzds To eauv It through.
TIE place Of tho meeting mas 11Eptf Park, tha
eesue Of the last important fight, station ou
the Chicago L Pacific Railroad, alaus II t1,Iss
from the city.
Ths light yeaterdAy was
SAD Di5AfF1IsHAE91,
attst Tho glowing suticipat!ous which hAd tesa
indnlgod for ~ many days. The ataeLes oe
Jez1y Monroe. tho FEncs ot cock.faacie.s. s1l.
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drnssy had very t'iaptrltlng effect npon Z.
Jerry. dny ar two sHo una thrcatotod With
serious decline IN lin rl,rssca! health, 20 20.
cupofate which 10 so"Eni h taG raet.g fos
aud miaan,ns Of Calumet, intrnstlng hls cook9 to
Whon T,l1ncr Park waa reached, a vcry email
crowd was found IN attendance. Tho coc&s wcro
alnu fnv. aud tho rroapccls Tor sport very habl-
Gus and l1unron,slnE.
i'rrrata,ions for tho bhttio wero not nenael.
1ho pit urrd before stiil stood, md oserything
was IN EoatllnosB
was botween aam d.anger,s buo-grny, htsF,
weight tho same, for S25 inside. THO contest
lasted eonG tino ht tlo birls we're not 4psc!.'y
hnd tho test Of It from Tho stnrt, and aluggetl
a,rny at his older nntngoniet until ho caused hin.
to tMrr tail and fly from tho pis. Neither bird
waa mitch i,rt, tho work With tho gatfs hcipg
wcro fft,ittesr. though they vera repeatedly put
breast md hscnBt, and hal tllcir loats raped
together. Time, Ii minutes.
THE eEcnsD F1u1tT ...
was between Grauger's Dou,iuick stag and Tom
rrudc!rs hrown-red cock, weight each. 80, for
f25 side. THIS battlo was somewhat exciting,
and vicioasty contested. Tho cocks Eos .vfgor-
oHsly 10 work at tito ontsot and cut and s!As'iet
at oaoh oshor nnsI. the sawlust vas bespElrktsd
With tlcis gore TlIo cock prorcdtoo old for tho
stag, and tho latter nt tho expiration OF twonty
minutes way taken from, tho pit by his han1ior In
4 Tying condition., tlo cock being scareely better
of.
THE THIRD r1anf
wns for tho ennle amount Of money. betwccn
tiiin's atug and TrudolB rcd cock, weight IS.
Il lnstc1 lwonty minrtcu but was not very anr-
age het'to. Tho ring, not being old enough TO
compete with tho cock. whH Withdrawn In tinic
OF him. .......
TIE FOURTH fia1T.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Thomas 3. A. pope will lecture this evening At
Grou'a Opera Hall, on Co1nmunistio Lite.
There will be + concert and tzblesux sliS avnn-
Log Al tbs Michigan ATsuue II. K. Church. ueas
Thirty -second street.
As. II. II. pesern, late Aszistsnt County Agent,
WAS presented with silyer tea-seryico by tho
employees Of tho County Agents Office Monday
eYon!ug.
". +. Black, Of tho Law firm Of Dent nack,
will do,iyer lecture this oyouiug on j" Cola-
ty-hrst Street Presbyterian Church, for tho teue-
dt OF tho Hunday-school.
~ ths spelling match Of tho First Dspust
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THE WlLCKE MURDER.
Examination Of Lnrnven by JUS
tico Scntly.
Ho is Hold to tho Criminal Court.

AAV - AAIAA W tAN S44M4At@A NVAA~
Tho preliminary examination Of Charles
Iarayen. aliag Thomas Young, tho young man
who was recently alrcBtcd by Of1lcor Bellows,
charged with being phtsy to bio murder OF
Wicko, WAS hold yesterday in Justice Bcully's
ro!lce-court. Thoro wero quito numbor Of
spectators present. Patrick 0'Leary, whom tho
ofl,cor9 hnvo taken In custody booluHo OF lila
former Intimacy with Flora Craudall, was placed
II, Tho duck. but In order that lis might bo glvon
au opportunity to prove l,in idontlty and his
associations with tin wou,nn Cranaalt, no was
allowed ton days. further timo.
The Cours unsigned Mr.. Dunno Ns counsel for
Larayon ho not having procured any.
Tho gisl
MINNIE MuHTdosfEnY,
nron wfloan etatelnent Larayou WAS attcsted
was tho 1rst wi.ncss caltal. She in short In
staturc, and fathor thin. Iier lross vns tidy
and p1aIn, and her outward appearance garo her
an mir Of responsibility not usually observed iu
potsons Of her claBs and associations. 1Ier
features nro rather sharp, her sar light, and or
oppression not At nil indicative OF woman Of
Ind chntacter.. She. told hor story in .
exception Of being fullor rs regards slotait, waB
substantially tho same "a tilnt alrcaly given III
this pnpeg, which publication, by tho wny, Is
amid to hare caused Laraven to havo Bhaynd of
Ills muAtacho TO that tho description givon by
tho gIr! would not correspond with Ills altered
appearance. Tho witnoas ropoased, without pro-
varleatlon tho conversation aho had III the Jail
with Laraven, whan he called upon llor with tho
intention Of gecrrug hor ro!oaso from prison
aid al ticn' ' leaving with hor ior Gscan iiay.
Sllo told tho sanguinary story Of tho
plot formed to mutdor old man Wilcko for lila
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doubt but most Of tbs sicAnesa and dssass Of The
present day ars osgtnates frou dsur8ani1ed sta Of
the Kidneys o adyse Ill iu.alIds 10 sry ulon ForA
M!nefsl Water. You Can obtain IL II your dsugBats.
wo will preasu you with circulars giving full articu-
Lars xia &ettituaLl.z,
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e. II. Durkca Il Con- 9alod-Drosslng-A
LUXURY ut Moderate Cost.
For meat aud vegetable sa1aIs. combining in per-
fecton al the requisites Of an e1eeedpsIyrieh anl
delicious dreasiuB with thoroughly good kalll Il
slNays a4su1ol. Hold by grocers.
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Chickesing Upright Pianos.
Just received u ltosdh Tsnpls Of Nus!c cotusr oS
peArbogn and Vsa Dasun atfeets, few very nus up
right pianos containing ths tess aid besa Improve
Meuts.
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MARRIAGES.
hTEELH-DAI4Y-Iu this eity, on tho 99lh lu.t,, h.
Prof. awlug hobart Seos aud liu1o A. DAiJ, Of iis
ptty,
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uonucod that tho company would rehsarso Sun
asy afternoons anu Play sundaJ esen'nEs fsw
Of LILO moro cohsctehuons OF them Withdrew.
Iao seced9's have now ~ opportunity to organ.
40 themsetEos INTO D1olc.clasa, W which they
san Wy WIN sno's bFethfon IN extra aabors: The
feqt Dl. tnnu'at; q. tne rfss atcthoolat Church,
~ slsaluGu a., "'onShs m ~ 70 tase ehatso Of anch
suy xi,o may wish 10 ioin. "~''4S3 ~
-: VIZ .' "AoA ~ '
r'J' tenley. Que Of Hnsaaias nnaasia Coa.tab'es
~ =. -. umycs, an ea,n9nssaoie ;n noasaed an
AIsheI asenae ca lsSs otenluR 81 nastea street,
terrible racket WIN 4is bell. out ht.l they TO-
tused. ne then opone1 mo doof and called tor
ths'r ssres; Ihe'F fep.y "hs Tome and
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-06-10

On the Ist of next month, new pos
tai treaty will come into force between
the United States and nearly all the
countries of Europe. Thereafter a
single postage will carry a letter weigh
ing Is grains, of little more than a
half an ounce. The adoption of the
metric system of weights in international
postal matters will probably lead soon to
its adoption for domestic letters. It
would smack of barbarism to keep on
using two different sets of weights. We
trust, too, that this will result in the
simplifcation of the whole system, not
only of weights, but of measures. It
may be that the people will be unwilling
to give up the old names of mile, rod,
foot, inch, pound, ounce, etc., but why
should not the inch be the tenth part of
foot, and the ounce tenth of pound
and so on? The change would be one
of great value, and it's completion can be
only question of him. It has been re-
commended by number of authorities,
among them Prof. Newton, of Yale, and
the National Academy of Sciences. Con-
gross has legalized it, and action towards
its formal adoption is hoped for at the
next session. The saving to the people
in postage would be per cent, or Sc on
every 500. This would probably result
in gain, instead of loss, to the Post
Office Department, for reduction in the
rates has always caused, hitherto, a more
than proportionate increase in the gross
receipts
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Ours is not the only language whose
reform is mooted. German, which is
pretty nearly phonetic already, is to be
made completely so by Prussian statute
and Prof. Raumer, of Erlangen, is at
work, under order of the Government,
in eliminating s1lperfuous chs" and do
ing what other small things may be
needed. When he has framed his rules,
they viii be adopted in the public schools
and all text books will be put in the new
photographic uniform. And there will
be nothing left for the other States Of
Germany but to fellow Prussia's lead
once more. An equally-valuable improve
ment would be to discard the antiquated
Gothic letter in which German books
and newspapers are printed, and to sub
stitute the beautiful Roman letter which
is now used by all civilized nations ex-
cept Germany.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-06-10

LACK OF REFORM HARIoNY.-The
Democratic Reform brethren do not
dwell together in peace. There are
jealousies and heart burnings; Reform
hatred of Bourbons and Bourbon con-
tempt of Reformers. Wight is ridicul-
ed as a sham, and Paal is denounee as
stool of monopolies' by the BotschaJ-
ter. The official organ of Milwaukee,
the Times, is assailed by the ex-ofielal
organ, the News. Behind all these are
large number of influential men who
were promised position and then refused
it; men whose claims were ignored by
the appointment of personal friends of
the Governor. In addition, nearly
every board having in charge the various
institutions and interests of the State,
has disturbing element in it A man
in some way Objectionable has been
given a position; or man of experience
and ability, in no way Objectionable, has
been displaced.
Some of the party wanted an early
convention. The refusal to call it, they
said, would be taken as evidence of a
lack of courage to meet their Repubh-
can opponents. They wanted it called
at the Capitol OF the State, the place Sc
lected by the people for their represen-
tatiyes to meet and transact public bust
ness. Instead of that, the ring that
controls the Democratic Reform organi-
cation, refuse to face their opponents by
calling an early convention. They thus
give color to the assertion that they are
afraid to present their platform aud can
didates before the people for full, long
discussion. They have refused, also, 10
call the convention at the Capital. 1t is
to meet in Milwaukee where it can be
manipulated by a few. These mistakes
indicate the weakness of Refarmers and
will cost the party many votes.-State
Journal
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GRAssHoPpERs IN WIsCoNsI

GRAssHoPPERs IN WIsCoNsIN.-Some
fear is felt that indigenous grasshoppers,
which were too numerous for comfort in
northeastern Wisconsin last year, will
do serious damage this year. The fol-
lowing is an Oconto dispatch:
The farmers in this vicinity are be-
coming very anxious about their crops,
as the grasshoppers have already made
their appearance here in myriails. They
are very small and comparatively harm
lesss as yet, but it is feared that in a
few weeks they viii carry everything be-
fore them. The ground throughout the
farming districts is literally alive with
them, and if they mature, there is every
reason for believing that Northern Wis
consin will be this year visited with the
scourge of Kansas and Nebraska.
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NOTICE OF SALE BY TRUSTEE.

Whereas, the 95th day of October, 1873, Killer
z. Jones and Amboena Jones, his wife, of the coun-
ty of Adams and State of Illinois, did execute and
deliver to John NJ Earle, the undersigned, OF the
county Of Adams and state of Illinois, trust deed
wherein and whereby said Killer K. JONES' and Am
bolena Jones' his wife, did sell and convey unto the
undersigned certain premis hereinafter described
situate In the city ard county of Manito-
woo and State .; Wisconsin, in trust for
wit: For the purpose OF selling said premises and
paying the "Union Bank of Quincy" State of liz
and for other purposes which said deed OF trust
tanning power of sale in case of default, being
made by said Jones in the payment Of certain sums
Register of Deeds of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
in book W" of mortgages, on page $780, 23l and 1872
the 25th dry Of November 1873 10 o'clock A. n.
of that day And whereas default has been made in
the payment of the sum of twenty-five hundred dol
lars with interest, amounting in the whole at the
date of the first publication Of this notice the
sum of two thousand nine hundred and ten dollars
and IL cents according to the condition of certain
the LIST day Of November, 1873, and payable to the
'Union Bank Of Quincy" Adams County. Illinois,
eighteen months after the date thereof with interest
payable six tbs the rate of per per
annum. And whereas default has been made in the
seventy Six dollars and two cents IS now due and I'M
paid for taxes on said premise; and whereas said
trustee, John N. Earle, the undersigned, auth
orized by the conditions Of said deed to sell tho
premises conveyed by said deed and apply the pro-
ceeds of said role to the payment of unpaid
said premises the costs of sale the charges of said
trusts and the payment of the amount of said note
returning the balance if any to said Killer K Jones'
Now therefore, notice is hereby given according to
the provisions of said deed, and conformaby to the
statute in such made and provided, that by
the of the power of sale contained in such Deed Of
Trust duly recorded Herewith aforesaid the said
trustee, John NJ. Earle the undersigned will sell
public auction, the LIST day of july 1875 next, at
10 o'clock A NJ. of that day at the north door of
the Court House in the City and County of Manito-
woo. Wisconsin the following described premises,
towt Lot seven CD block hund red and sixty -four
64, lot four ~ block hundred and eighty d8O)
lot three 81 block two hundred and twenty one (22
all lying and being in the city and County of Man
itowoc. JOHN VI. EARLE,
Trustee.
Dated atiManitowoc, Wisconsin, May goth, 1875.
Don A. SHOVE Atty.
90 Nav Ct
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AR.Rr1N rHE woons IT,

A BABE IN THE WooDs. Last Thurs
day the stage driver on the Green Bay
& Two Rivers mail route, while on his
way to this place, found a little boy,
only three years old in the woods, just
over the county line. The little fellow
was so exhausted as to be unable to stand
alone when found. The stage driver
picked him up and carried him to the
house of Mr.. Werner, which was near at
hand, where he was tenderly cared for.
He proved to be the son of Dane living
in the town of New Denmark, Brown Co.
and had wandered from his home on
Tuesday afternoon. He had been two
and half days without food, when dis
covered, and was out in those terrible
storms of Tuesday and Wednesday. He
was found more than five mills from his
home, and although the whole neighbor-
hood was out in search of him, they did
not anticipate that he could have wan
dered so far away, and the little fellow
would undoubtedly have persisted had
not the stage driver came across him
when he Chronicle.
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SCANDAL. like death. ever love

SCANDAL, like death, ever loves a
shining mark, and, since MIR. James
Gordon Bennett has been abroad, the
widest SANDERS have been circulated as
to the object of his trip across the ocean.
One tradueer declared that he went to
wed an Irish Princess with brogue
Another insinuated that he was about to
establish a newspaper of all languages,
circulation 500, 200, 900. How these vile
inventors must blush to learn that his
mission is now accomplished, and that
he viii shortly return with S45, 600 worth
of the. finest bull-pups anu pointers bred
in England
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-06-10

REPUBLICAN MAJORITY. Green
Bay Advocate does not like the looks of
the figures which prove that the Repub-
hcans carried the State last fall by 5, LOT
majority. 1t is bad showing for the
Reformers and even the book keeping of
Secretary Doyle, which is admitted (by
Reformers) to be superior, was able to
reduce this majority only 2, 156 votes by
giving Gov. Taylor's majority in fifteen
Assembly districts, instead of the actual
majority. IF the best Reform book
keeping shows Republican majority
with Taylor's vote in fifteen districts to
overcome of 951, it is clear that the
Republicans, in wiping out the 1875
majority for Taylor, and polling 951 in
their own favor. have made gain in one
year of about 16, 1876 votes.
The figures are official they cannot
be ridiculed out of existence or over
thrown by paragraph. They are the
little soldiers that make and unmake
Governors, and they are evidence that
the people, at the last election, repudi-
ated the bogus Reforpers.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-06-10

THE European war-cloud which looked
SO dark and threatning few weeks ago
seems not to have wholly cleared away
as yet, and the cable still palpitates with
rumors of approaching hostilities. Now
it is said that there is serious misun-
derstanding between the British Govern
ment and Bismarck, and that ugly COM
pications between thetwo countries may
be looked for ere long. That the peace
of Europe is threatened, is doubtless
true, but that England will be first in the
fray IS wholly improbable. There is
nothing in the recent history of Great
Britain to lead to the superstition that
she longs for war with any country.
much less with Germany, and until some
more tangible evidence is offered than
mere sensational rumors, it will be safe
to treat the war stories as the creation of
diseased imagination.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-06-10

CLEReYMEN are not usually considered
good authority on gold, as they have SO
little to do with that or any other circu-
lating medium of intrinsic value; but it
must be conceded that the Rev. Samuel
Human, who went out as missionary
to the Sioux Indians, talks like man of
the world, and one who knows thing
or two whereof he talks, albeit the same
has reference to precious metals. He
has been through the Black Hills coun-
try, and is confident that the stories of
gold discoveries are all 'sd-d-nonsense, :"
as -Dundreary would say; that, in short,
the only nuggets ever brought from the
Hills were some nuggets carried there
for the purpose of being brought away
by some guides and scouts who saw a
chance to make money by getting up a
gold excitement. The good missionary
evidently desires to check the rush for
that kind Of treasure which, when found,
moths may corrupt and thieves can steal,
but which not found only hardens the
human heart and leads to perdition.
May he succeed
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The following appeared in the Sent

mel last Monday morning:
s'The litigation between A. NJ. Thorn
son and The Sentinel Company and
others, has been settled and discontin-
ued; and n. s. Murphey has become
the owner of a majority of both the old
and the new stock of said Company,
thus settling all litigation in which the
Company is concerned. Several papers
in the State have manifested more or
less interest in the welfare of this Com
pany, and some individuals on the street
have been more OF less exercised in re-
gard to its prosperity.
For their satisfaction, this announce
ment is made; and it is further announc-
ed that The Sentinel is not for sale; but
is to be devoted exclusively to the advo-
cacy of Republican sentiments, and the
support of regular Republicans.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-06-10

THR famous building and grounds of
the banker, Mr.. LeGrand Lockwood, at
Norwalk, Conn.,, have passed into the
possession of the Lake Shore and Mich
igan Southern Railway Compa1 y by for
closure of a mortgage. The building,
which is probably the finest private
dwelling in America. is constructed on
solid blocks of granite, and is finished
inside with rosewood, mahogany, and
cedar of Lebanon More than fifty
kinds of marble are used in the floors,
and one door, composed of many hun
dred kinds of wood, cost s, 900. There
are forty acres of grounds and three
acres of hothouses. The cost of the
building was 81, 100000, and it has re-
Gently been offered for sale for S110, OOO
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-06-10
A TOUCHING SCENE.
From the Green Bay Gazette.

From the Green Bay Gazette.
Last Wednesday afternoon a boy,
aged years and six months, named
August Colstein, of Norwegian parent
age, went out on the end of the old dock,
which projects into the river on the
Fort Howard side, for the purpose OF
catching fish for the sustenance of HIM
self and parents, who were entirely des-
titute. After fishing a short time his
stepfather, Mr.. Geo. Thompson, carried
to the house the fruits of his labor, and
going back again soon afterwards found
the place unoccupied, while his hat
hoated on the water, and the flsh-pole
Law on the dock. The news of his dis
appearance was Immediately conveyed
to his mother, who, since that time, has
been wandering about the docks night
and day in search of the body or her
child. Being unsuccessful, it Is said
she visited the schools In Green Bay In
hopes of discovering the lost one. So
grief stricken had the mother became,
that while wandering about in wild,
excited manner, she gave evidence OF
approaching insanity.
On Sunday afternoon, however, q lit
tie boy espied the body in the water, be-
low Mr.. Kalmbach's dock, short dis
lance from where the drowning occurred,
and a party, attaching rope to the
body, towed it to the dock, leaving it in
the water until a coroner ) jury could be
summoned. But before they arrived,
the mother, hearing that her child had
been found, walked deliberately through
the crowd of spectators assembled near
by, and grasping the rope with one hand,
pulled the remains of her son out of the
water with great agility. Without CIV
ing expression to single word, she
coolly placed the limpid corpse in her
arms, and with her husband at her side,
walked through the street to her desc
late home, a throng of curious spectators
following aftor. 1t was a pitiable scene
throughout, and one that appealed to
the sympathies of all present.
As the pallid form of the child lay
upon the floor of that dilipidated home,
so vacant and cheerless, the mother with
O wild expression that betokened insan-
.ity, wrung her hands in the most touch
ing manner, and moaned as one afflicted
with the most distressing bereavement.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-06-10

A PACKAGE containing SAT, 900 was
stolen from the United States treasury
department in Washington on Thursday
last. It, with several other bundles of
currency, were in transit to the express
office on the floor beneath. The secret
services detectives are at work to unravel
the mystery.
LIEUT.. GENERAL Phil II. SHERIDAN
was married in Chicago on Thursday
evening last to Miss Irene Rucker,
daughter of Rev. Maj. d. III. Rucker.
A large assembly of distinguished guests
were present, including gallant array
of army officers.
A VERDICT in the Beecher-Tnton case
may be looked for next week.