The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-03-25
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


AISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. +
: AAnos BRows, an eccentric old iewe
er, dropped dead in st. Louis the otht
!, day, and four wives haze appeared i
: court to swear out claims to his estat,
WHEN foreigner finds that plague
word OF one syllable, and ague, a pal
OF the plague, is word of two, he wisl
, es that the plague might take one-half q
the English language and the ague tn
other. a Z = - 4 : -
THE German Empire has twenty med
lcal faculties. The University at Wuer7
burg is the most famous and has so
medical students; that of Rostock is tn,
least important, with thirty-eight stu
j The casting in bronze of the fine worl
Of art for the Maximilian memorial. K
commemorate the late unfortunate EN-
peror OF Mexico, has just been success
Inlly effected at the imperial foundry al
| Vienna ~ - - :
A sIx-PoUND tin of beef. which had
been prepared in 1856 for the British
soldiers in the Crimea, was opened some
| Gays since and its contents were as fresh
and sound as on the day it was preserved.
| now nineteen years ago.
Gov. GARLAND, of Arkansas, has issued
a proclamation revoking the proclama-
tion heretofore issued pfferi4n 2, paEsn,
ann xains.- .no NsS eapsafe Vi III Eu. Whteliesff,
Smiths Secretary of State.
"THEN you won't lend me that dime
novel, eh?" inquired one boy of another
in the Postoffce, the other day. mo,
won't" All right, then; next time
our chimney burns out you shant come
into the yard and whoop and holler"
ACCORDING to the best of authorities
the entire territory of Scotland is 20,047,-
642 acres. Fifty-seven proprietors own q
trifle more than one third of the country,
and almost one-third of this upward of
one-tenth of all Scotland) belongs to the
three richest of them.
A BOARD OF TRADE man of Chicago re-
Gently married, snubbed his relations
and friends, and invited to the wedding
all the leading jewellers of the city All
but two came, and half of them brought
presents. If the bride noticeably gilt
ters with diamonds, she can be iden-
tilted.
A FARMER told his man to run into the
pastures and catch an OK. 81 mean the
off one; l will manage the other myself"
he said. The man ran to do as he was
hidden, but suddenly paused on his way
with the exclamation, !" He is reasona-
BILE fellow, anyway. How am l know
which is the orphan?" tEvF
A LADY having twelve servants in her
house gave a small article of dress,
known among the initiated as a chemi-
settle, and composed of muslin and lace,
to her lady's maid to wash; the lady's
maid passed it on to the laundry maid,
on the plea that the article was muslin
and belonged to her department The
laundry maid declined to do it because
it was lace, and, as such, it must be "got
up" by the lady's maid. AS neither
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nal.
A SCHOOL TEACHER in Umatilla County,
Cal, had pretty girl of sixteen as
pupil. She entangled his heart, and then
cruelty Tilted him. Thereupon he sought
revenge. Catching her in slight in
fraction of the rules he swung his
branch aloft and commanded her to
stand up and be whipped. She ran out
of the door and like a deer across the
field toward home; but her feetness was
of short duration, and the angry school
masters hand soon grasped her arm her
courage had gone with her wind, and she
offered then and there to kiss and make
up if he wouldn't whip her. He declined
to compromise, led her back to the
school house and flogged her until blood
came through the back of her dress Her
hour of exultation came when she saw
him fined $50 for assault.
The other evening kind-looking old
man was escorted to room OF the third
floor of a hotel to pafs the night, ana u
wasn't five minutes before the bell lndl-
Gated that he wanted to see waiter. A
colored boy ran up, stuck his head into
the room and asked what was wanted.
The old man said he didn't want any
thing, but the waiter was hardly down
stairs before the bell rang again. Did
YOU want suffin?" he inquired, as he
reached the room again. Nothing" re-
piled the old man, as he opened the door
In about two minutes his bell rang again,
and this time the waiter exclaimed: III
YOU don't want muffin what ar ye Puilin
de bell fur?" "I want to oblige the
waiter" replied the old man. De waitah!
| Oblige de waitah" Yes, II says mere !;
please ring the bell for the waiter and
| if he wants it rung I'm willing to obllee
him, though I'm tired and sleepy ana
sha'n't pull it more'n four times more un-
| less l know that some OF nis ldihiiy oAc
sickIn-Detrott Free Press.
1 A SINGULAR phenomenon occurred IN
this vicinity Wednesdays week age
to-day. A severe snow-storm, with mod
crate temperature and light but gradu
ally increasing wind, prevailed durintt
the day. About one p. m. along witt
the descending snow came dirty, yei
llowish substance, in the form OF pow
der, which when collected and dried hat
very much the appearance OF the dus
, | in the streets in summer. Mr.. Z. +
, Foster, of this village, brought in
: sample. 1t was deposited from perhap
+ a Quart of snow, melted, which fell il
|, the same connection, and was then take
. out end dried. There WAS about an Oh
! dinary thimbleful of II. 1t was withou
= taste or odor, and was of impalpahl
. fineness. From all portions of this vi
llage and Oswego Falls we hear OF tn
!, phenomena occurring and from sewers
J, miles west, which was the direction tn
wind came from. The fall- of "san
y snow" some observers designated i
y continued about eight minutes, and .!
y pears to have been simultaneous through
o out the territory from which we ha'
e heard.-Fulton IN. ~ Times.