The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-07-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

Gov. TAYLOR is beginning to think
| his farm needs some personal attention
| IRISH sharpshooters would probably
do better in case their target were John
Bulls eye.
COMPLETE census returns, received by
the Oshkosh City Clerk. make the pop
ulation Of that city 1000.
THE cotton factory at GAINESVILLE is
turning out over 1000 yards of cloth
per day, or an average Of 5000 per
week.
| THE common council of Madison, Wis.
| have decided that there shall be no more
pigeon shooting matches shot in that
| village.
A CANADIAN can lend you his news
paper by mail for l cent postage, but it
will cost You cents to return it to him
| over the same route.
THE Brunswicker thinks that the hap
piest pair of dogs on earth must have
| been those in Noah's ark, because they
only had one pair of feas between them.
THE Governor and Council of Massa-
chIIsetts have decided not to commute
the sentence of Pomeroy, the boy-mur
derer with white eye, but to let him
swing.
| A POPULAR amusement at Germantown,
Ind, is wrestling matches between the
| opposite sexes. -I1adi07a0l)OIes Sentinel.
As rule, both parties to this kind of
match come to tue ground.
| THE entire village of Meridian, Jeffer-
| son county, Nebraska, was totally des-
| troyed by tornado last Saturday.
| Alexandria, small town in the same
county, was also badly damaged. No
loss of life.
! A HREE-LEGGED baby was born in
/ Shelburn, Ind, recently. The parents
are respectable people, living on farm
near the village. The rest of the body
is perfect, but the three legs are there as
perfect as the other parts of the body.
IT is estimated that the destruction of
property by foundations in the south
western portion of France will amount to
| 100000, 900, francs. The number of
persons who persisted is estimated at 3,
I 00G.
THE custom receipts of the United
| States Government for the fiscal year
ending June Both were $156, 40, 131, and
the aggregate internal revenue receipts
! for the same period were $109, 1876, 379.
THERE are some people who actually
| hope that all these storms that have
/ been fooling about the country will
have mass-meeting, and then go on a
spree in Drooklyn.-,St. Joseph Herald.
THE Irish are not jealous of the sue
cess of the American ,,riflemen. They
are glad that the Yankees shoot SO well,
for they all hope to have their assistance
some day, in practicing at short range
on animated and highly colored targets.
A MILLIONAIRE of Granville, Wis, has
recently made q will, in which he leaves
| $50, 900 to any Incorporated town or vii
large in Wisconsin that will not tolerate
brass band. How pleasant it is to see
man devote his fortune to acts of pure
philanthrophy!
IL recent scandal case in Smith Co..
Kansas, a lady witness declined to an
swer a question, and the attorney denan-
| ded her reason. because it is not fit to
tell decent people, go, WE'LL" said the
lawyer, ''iust walk up here and whisper
it to the judge
THE Swiss National Council has voted
$4,000 francs to defray the expenses of a
proper representation of Swiss products
and industry at the Centennial OF
larger European States Russia is the
only one which has declined to en-
courage participation in the exhibition.
A CURRENT of terribly hot air passed
over the county around Centralia Ill.
Wednesday last. Strawberry and other
fields were quickly deserted, and many
persons rushed out of the houses, sup
posing them to be on fire. Excitement
and fright were the only serious con-
sequences.
THE q. S. public debt statement
shows reduction, during June, of 81,
49,, 249; coin in the Treasury, 1854,
$40; currency, $3,973, 951; coin certi-
legal tenders for redemption of certif-
Gates of deposit, $5S, AS, 006; outstand-
ing legal tenders, 1915, IT'S, 500.
THE United S lies Treasury Depart
ment at Washington was reorganized,
under the Kellogg bill, on the 30th ult.
| The salaries of all Bureau officers, and
chiefs and assistant chiefs of Divisions
have been increased. The general force
of the Treasury will, by this bill, be re-
reduced to the extent of 1874 employees
a saving, it is claimed, of 100000.
A NEW machine for pressing coal-dust
into fuel was put into operation at the
Harrisburg, Pa, machine shops last
| Thursday, and ton of solid coal was
made in six minutes. The machine is
simple and universally practicable, and
it is prophesied that it will add millions
of dollars to the coal wealth of Penn
sylvania.
TREASURY officials intimate that there
is to be suspension of all gold sales
after the present month, and the hoard
ing of specie commenced preparatory
to final resumption of specie payments,
as provided for in the act of january
last. The coin balance in the treasury
is smaller now than it has been for sew
eral years.
MICHIGAN, not to be outdone by Mas
sachusetts, boasts of silver mine. 1t
was discovered June Goth, while boring
city well in Petosky. The ore, which
resembles Nevada silver, was reached at
depth $50 feet. Samples have been
sent to Detroit for analysis. The excite
ment runs high, and land is held at q
priceless value.
An unpleasant feature was introduced
among the incidents of the voyage from
Chicago to Grand Haven on the last trip
of the steamer Muskegon. An elderly
gentleman, whose name was not learned,
but believed to belong IN Chicago, after
showing great depression of spirits, end
ed his woes by shooting himself and
tumbling overheard into the water
THERE is considerable excitement IN
the New York postoffice over what is
perhaps robbery of the mail. The
marine bank lost mail containing about
S34, 600. From what could be ascertain
ed, it appears that the letters containing