The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-05-06
EPITOME OF THE WEEK
eoHdsaSafIsa Islegsns Of iscsnys.yins Bates

9th. j.. y. St. George testified that Mr..
.Illton, Tennie c. Clafin and Mrs. Wood
hull were in the Communist procession
in 1871, and rode in the same carriage with
Col. Blood. The imposing ceremonies at
tending the comforting OF the scarlet cap (be-
retta) upon Cardinal McCloskey took place at
ST. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, On the
27th, in the presence Of many distinguished
Catholic dignitaries and a large crowd
of spectators. Gen. II. H. Holman,
OF ST. Louis, has been appointed To-
cal architect in charge of the new
Custom House and Postofiice edifce now
in process Of erection in Chicago, rice 4. A.
Rankin, removed. 1t is stated that the new
superintendent has discovered some serious
defects In the work already accomplished,
and it ia not impossible that it will all have
tO he done over again, at an extra ex-
pcnse, the Times says, Of not much less than
$1,000, ,gO... The lowe Republican State Con-
yention 10 nominate candidates for Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Judge of Supreme
Court and Superintendent Of Public Instruc-
tion is to meet at Des Moines on the Goth of
June. Planters in Tennessee are complainirg
greatly Of the unprecedented destruction of
mules and horses by the buffalo gnats :. H.
yestgstion into the Texas border troubles
would seem TO have established the fact that
neither Texans nor ex-Confederate soldiers,
but Mexicans, are the perpetrators of the re-
cent robberses and other outrages.
THURSDAY, April 29.-At recent
meeting Of the British Association of Agri-
cultural Engineers in London it was resolved
that British manufacturers be advised not to
send their products 10 the Centennial
Exhibition, as the tariff imposed in Amer
lea would prevent the sale Of such articles
and no practical good would result. NJ.
De Lafayette, President OF the French
Commission for the Philadelphia Exhibition,
states that encouraging letters have been re-
eeived from all parts Of France. The Prince
of Wales has been installed Grand Master of
the United Grand Lodge of Masons, in London
Judge J. Edwards Pierrepont, of New
York, has been rendered by the Presi-
dent and has accepted the position of
Attorney General OF the United States
In his evidence on the 2Sth Mr.. Tracy said
that in his interview with Mcssrs. Tilton and
Moulton the charge made against Mr..
Beecher was improper proposals. Mr.. Tilton
denied the charge as now alleged; Mr.. Moul-
ton had never told witness at these
interviews that Mr.. Beecher was
guilty of the greater crime, nor
did witness say that if the charge was true it
was a case in which lying was justifiable;
witness had, however, advised general deni-
al Of the Woodruff scandal, which Mr. Tilton
said he could not do, as it was partly true; he
(witness} also advised the destruction of all
the documents in the possession of Mr.. Moul-
ton :. Oshkosh, Wis, was visited by a terrible
conAagration on the 2Sth. The area burned
over is about mile and half in length by
half a mile in width. The principal business
blocks in the city and the finest residences
were destroyed, including all the newspaper
Offices, the opera-house, the court
house, the banks, all the hotels except one,
the telegraph office, several saw and shingle
mills, and millions of feet OF lumber. Three
lives were lost and hundreds of families were
rendered homeless. The loss is variously
estimated at from s750,000 to S2,000,0O0.
FRIDAY, April S0.-A Constable and two
deputies, having the necessary legal docu-
mcnts, undertook, on the 29th, to eject a
miners family from house near Wilkesbarrc,
Pa, the house having been bought at Sherifrs
sale. Women drove off the officers with
stones ard other missiles. The Constable sub
sequently returned with increased force and
made several arrests, when the party was at
tackled by armed miners and two of their
number were killed and a third mortal! Y
wounded They again returned with a larger
orcc and captured and ironcd the family oc-
cupyingthe disputed premises -. Carl Schurz
and family left New York on the 29th on a
Mr.. Schurz was given complimentary ban
quet, at which William NJ Evarts presided
go. Gen. Tracy finished his direct testimony
ON the 10Th, and he was cross-examined by
Mr. Beach. His evidence was mainly contra
dictory of the statements of Messrs. 'filton
and Moulton in regard to witness con.
nection with the parties prior to the
beginning of the present suit The
Weber furniture factory in Detroit and
ten or twelve dwelling houses adjoining have
been destroyed by fire, intlicting loss OF
about 100000 1t is announced that the
breaks in the Union Pacific Railroad, caused
10y the freshets in the Rocky Mountains, have
been repaired, and that trains have resumed
their regular trips.
SATURDAY, May IA terrible explo
sion occurred on the 3oth ult. in Bunker's Hill
colliery, North Staffordshire, England, whilt
the miners were at work. Twelve deaC
bodies had been taken out, and of the twenty
three remaining in the mine not one is ex
pected to be recovered alive. At the con
clusion Of the cross-examiRation of Mr.
Tracy on the 30th Nr. Eyarts announced
that the defense here rested theil
case. Mr.. Beach then stated that the prose
cution would offer no objection to the admis
sion of Mrs. Tilton's evidence If the defens,
should see fit to otler that lady witness
Mr.. Eyarts replied that he did not believe The
consent of counsel, in opposition to law
made the wife competent witness. Judge
Nelson said there was no question
about the allowability of the other sid,
to offer this lady as a witness Il
would be very trying position for Ter, but
on the whole he was very glad the lady wa.
not 10 be offered as a witness. Charles c
Stanley and G.. W. Maddox were called il
rebuttal, and testified that Mr.. Tiiton wa:
not with Mrs. Woodruff in the Roussel pro
cesson. John Swinton testified that b,
walked arm-in-arm with Mr.. Tilton in the
procession, and that he did not see either
Mrs Woodruff or Miss Claflin during til,
procession. On the cross examination wit
ness said he was surprised to see Mr.. 7. il
the procession, and did not suppose, befor,
meeting him there, that he would be present
Oshkosh (Wis.) specials say the loss BY
the recent great fire in that city is now esti
mated at 8, ,500,o eco with about $3.50, ,00t
insurance. Business men are hopeful fo
the future, and of the eighty-Dine busi
ness houses destroyed contracts have al
ready been made for the rebuilding of at leas
half Of them. Everything in the bank vault:
has been found in a good state of preserYa
tion. The exte,it of the destruction has beer
carefully computed, as follows: Five hun
dred residences, sixty-nine stores, thret
banks, five printing offices, opera house, Post
office, four hotels, two engine houses three
school houses, five churches, telegraph offices
one depot, FIVE mills and lumber-yards Re
lief is much need by many of the fire suffer
ers....lt is stated that the recent cold wealth
er has destroyed the young grasshoppers il
many sections of Minnesota, and ii is gener
ally believed there viii be no future troubl,
from this pest. ;. The Michigan Legislator,
adjourned on the 29th ult. Gov Kellogg
of Louisiana, has filed a petition in the Su
perior District Court against State-Audiso
Clas. Clinton and the securities on his specia
bond for the aggregate sum of over 500, 600
including accounts received by him from tax
collectors and unaccounted for. .Jud get
Brooks and Dick, in their recent charges I,
Tho Grand Iurv North Carolina