The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-02-04
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

IHE chicago journal OF saturday
makes an interesting announcement in
this wise ''The four Miss Webers, who
made their volcalistic debut at the resi-
dence of their parents, 2O5 Wentworth
| avenue, are now just Is days old and
doing WELL
THE New York Times says there are
seventeen diamonds in the Khedive's
present to the daughter of Gen. Sherman,
Mrs. Fitch, that are nearly as large again
as Fisk's diamond. Some are little off
color, but there are others that are per-
fectly pure Mr.. Tiffany valued the
Jewels as over 100000. Another expert
pronounced them to be worth $3.50, 900.
The estimate of Mr.. Marsh, the official
diamond appraiser of the Custom House
is that they would bring from $3.50, 900
to 100000. No one has counted them
all, but it is supposed that there are over
| 500 in the three pieces. James Fisk, Jr.,
paid duty of $4,000 on his famous
diamond, and it had flaw in it.
THE sporting men of New York are
said to have already staked thousands
of dollars in betting upon the question
of the verdict in the great scandal case.
The majority incline to the belief that
the jury will disagree.
The iron manufacturers of New Eng
land met in Boston, Thursday, and
adopted resolution looking to fur
Their reduction of wages, to enable them
to compete successfully with those at
the West.
| DURING the first half of the current
month, twenty-fC1lr vessels were cleared
from San Francisco with cargoes for
foreign markets, including three cargoes
| of flour and fourteen cargoes of wheat
for ENGLAND, the total value of which is
81, All, 400. In addition, four vessels
were sent to Oregon for wheat and -four
for England.
COLUMBUS (Ohio) street cars now keep
their passengers warm by means of fire
| less stoves, which are heated by conden-
sed steam introduced at each end of the
route.
THE striking long-shore men at New
Orleans, on Saturday attempted to stop
| work on the levee for less than twenty
| five cents an hour. A collision with the
police resulted, in which several Of the
rioters were wounded.
The Arkansas State Board of Finance
has published call to the holders of the
Arkansas bonds asking a correspondence
with view to the consolidation and the
settlement of debt outstanding against
the state. A convention of the bond
holders is suggested by resolution of
! the General Assembly.
RUMoRs are afoat in Brooklyn that
the Union is to change hands again, the
new purchasers being represented ats
prominent Republicans of that city.
DPTHERIA has reappeared in different
parts of New York city, more malignant
than before, and causes much alarm.
Physicians say this is the worst winter
for years, for throat and lung troubles.
: "A RICH gentleman of New York, a
bachelor, who had left $40, 900 in his will
to Charles Kingsley, has now ordered
the sum to be given to his children.
JAY GOULD is reported to have clear
ed over a million dollars by his raid on
Pacific Mail. He is said to be the only
man who has made any large amount of
money in Wall street during the past
year.
THERE seems no doubt that at least
800 New York Customs House employees
are to be removed this week, which will
be reduction of nearly one-fourth of
the whole force.
A MoNTEvIDEo private letter reports
an ex-lnternal revenue collector as dam
gerously Ill in that city-Baily, who left
New York suddenly, several years since
is a large defaulter to the government.
The Outagamie County Mutual In
| surance Company has property insured
to the amount Of $347, 200.
rT1rrz NOW, ,,,ii1 90 TNo1,c4o~ G. r
at Menasha, settled some thirty inches,
recently, and caused suspension of
work for day of two. The cause was
the centre of the building.
A FIRE at Menasha, last Tuesday eve
ming, destroyed the dwelling of John
lstas. Loss, $1,000.
The factories Of Menasha are laying
in large stocks of timber fornext sessions
work.
AN old man named Finnegan was
struck by train on the G. & N. W.
Railway at Appleton, Saturday evening,
and SO badly injured that he will die.
JOSEPH F. 10y, a leading lawyer of
Green Bay, died on Saturday, aged SO
years. He was state Senator 10 1856
Sc, and during the war commanded a
company in the Fourth Wisconsin In
fantry Regiment.
ALL reports from the pineries agree
that there will be less logs put in along
the Wisconsin river and its tributaries
this season that for many previous
years.
Rashear Mehrban, head of the Parsees
of Persia, has been assassinated. The
crime is attributed to Moslem functiona-
ries near the shah, who were jealous of
privileges enjoyed by the victim.
The migration of the Tartars from the
Crimea has been going on SO extensively
that but few remain who are fit for mil
itary service, and these are beginning to
leave. They scoot for Islam.
In Sweden law law has just been
signed by the king which gives to woman
the absolute control and disposition, as
against husbands, Of the money they
may earn and of property acquired sub
SeQuent to MARRIAGE