The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-03-18


| the following officers: S. Fl. Ellis, Of War
ren County, Worthy Master; j. W. Ogden,
Of Champaign, Overseer; w. W. Mil
Ter, Of Erie, Secretary; R. Stevenson,
Of Green, Treasurer; NJ. y. Kirnmel, of Mont
gomery, Chaplain H. s. Piatt, OF Logan, Lect-
urer; Thomas Fletcher, OF Clermont, Steward; /;
Frank Ford, Of Portage, Assistant; Mrs. s.
II. Ellis, of Warren, Ceres; Mrs. A. J. Love,
of Knox, Pomona; Mrs. Z. j. Master, of
Washington, Flora.
SATURDAY, March 3.-Archbishop Nc
Closkey, of New York, has been appointed by
the Pope Cardinal Of the American Catholic
Church by the recent act of Congress the
rate Of postage on mail matter of the third class
in which is included transient newspapers
and magazines, handbills and circulars, and
merchandise-is doubled, being now one cent
per ounce or fraction thereof, which must be
fully prepaid to insure transportation in the
mails. -. The principal witness in the Beecher
trial on the 11th was Mr.. Cowley, lawyer,
of Lowell, Mass. who testified TO having been
at one time counsel for Mrs. Woodruff, and
that in 1871 he was introduced to Mr.. Tilton
at her house, and there heard them avow
lation They also told witness Of the alleged
immoral doings of Mr.. Beecher, Mrs. Tilton,
and other members of Plymouth Church,
and how Mr.. B. was to be coerced into pre-
siding at Mrs. WIS lecture. This witness
thought Mr.. Tilton and Mrs. Woodruff
evinced great tenderness toward each other.
-. The National Independent Labor Reform
Convention, at its session in Cleveland on the
18th, adopted a series of resolutions, and
voted to continue the present National Exec
utive Committee, giving them power to add
to their number and to select a subcommittee
of thirteen. The committee was instructed
to issue an address TO the people of the coun-
try setting forth the ideas and dpladorm OF the
party aud asking their cooperation and votes.
The committee is also to decide upon the place
for holding the Presidential Nominating Con-
vention. Gen. Wingate of Missouri addressed
the convention and several other speeches
were made, and letters were read from various
persons i'll different parts OF the country
expressing sympathy with the movement and
regretting their inability to be present.
Adjourned sine die Two colored wait
ers of Chicago restaurant went
into another restaurant in the city
on the evening of the 1lth and ordered
supper, which was refused them. They then
called upon Commissioner Hoyne and de-
mandeG redress under the Civil-Rights bill....
The Ohio State Grange, on the 18th, adopted
a resolution refusing to sanction the action of
the National Grange recommending Congress
to grant Government aid to the Texas Pacific
Railway.
MONDAY, March 15.-Considerable dis
order prevailed in Tipperary on the night
of the 18th because of the refusal of some
of the residents to illuminate their dwell
ings in honor of the reelection
of John Mitchell to Parliament
Several houses were sacked. IA large
consignment of horses recently purchased by
French dealers in East Prussia have been
stopped in transitu at the Berlin depot by
order of the German Government. -. Samuel
Wilkeson, formerly Of the New York Tribune,
and at present one OF the publishers of
the Christian Union, and the Rev. Edward
Eggleston were the witnesses in the
Beecher trial on the 18th. The former testi-
fed that he drew up copy of the tripartite
agreement and that Mr.. Tilton's complaint
against Mr.. Beecher at that time was that he
(Beecher) refused to help him when he was
in need of aid because of his discharge by
Rnwen witness sa1n Mr.. Tilton subse-
auently denied the greater crime cnai &c"
against Mr. Beecher, saying all he accused
defendant Of was improper proposals. Mr.
Eggleston's testimony was to the effect that
he had been at Mr.. Tilton's house on one oc-
casion when the latters attentions to a cer-
tain lady were the subject OF remark.
The Mississippi River steamer b. b. Hart
sunk near New Orleans on the night OF the
18th, and ten or fifteen lives were lost....A
Cheyenne (W. t. dispatch announces the
arrival at Fort Laramie of four more Black
Hills miners who bring fine specimens OF gold
dust with them and also rich specimens
of silver. They give glowing accounts OF
the Black Hills region. Several test
cases as to the consttutionallty
of the Civil Rights bill have been initiated
in different sections OF the South and West,
and the Maryland Legislature has passed
bill with a view of ofisetting the effect OF the
law. Hotels in some of the Southern cities
have been closed by the proprietors, who pre-
ferrcd to do this rather than submit to the re-
quirements Of the new law.