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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-03-09
ATTEMPT TO DESTROY 4 CHURCH
FILLED WITH PEOPLE.

Mechanicsburg 0a.) Independent journal.
One OF the most daStardly acts, anG,
we think, equaling the explosion at Car
Isle, was attempted Il Kutz's Church
last Saturday night. Kutz's Church is
located in. AEiddlesex township, about
miles west of this place, on the Poor
House road, and about one and one half
miles north of Middlesex. Services
were being held ia this church on Satur-
day evening, during the progress of
which dense smoke filled the room.
Investigations were Immediately made,
and large. bundles of straw were dis
covered underneath the floor BURSTING
into flames. 4 few minutes longer, AMI
a house full OF people would have been
enveloped IL flames, and what the proba-
BILE consequence would have been our
readers can imagine. The fire WIS
quickly eXtinguished, and ail felt thank
Iul for their escape from danger. When
the fire was first discovered, horse at
t5tcicd to Il buggy was driven fuTiOusly
away from the church in the direction
of Carlisle. What the idea was IN these
fiends attempting to destroy whole
church full Of people it would be ina
possible to- imagine, for surely there are
no persons so hard-hearted and wicked
that could gioat over and enjoy Z scene
ike this. The parties viii probably nev-
er be known, unless, conscience stricken,
they would be forced to confess.
.,.....
MAKING II 4 SAFE INVESTMENT. "A
colored resident Of Detroit, who occa-
sionalIy lends few dollars on good Sc
eurity, was, the other day, invited to
lend neighboring cobbler $50 on note
of hand running thirty days.
Suppose dat note comes due and you
haven't de cash 2 inquired the capital
ist.
''But / viii have
g ''But 'spose you haven't?"
The cobbler couldn't get over that,
and he was looking very serious, when
the capitalist got bright idea, and
said
eve kin fix dat. You make de note,
you see. You may be good or you may
not be. I'm good, and We bof knows it,
'cause here's de cash right here You
make de note sn1 I'll back it. I knows
myseif, you see, and de capitalist who
won't lend money on his own 'dorse-
ment hain't no business head On him y
and they fixed il that way-Det'oit
Free Press,
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-03-09
gHIGAG0 I'D E0RTBT7 ES2IIEGT,NI GAIIL WAY.

Close connections are made at Chicago
with the Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern, Michigan Central, Baltimore & Ohio
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago, Kan
kat1ee Zine and Pan Handle R0ntes, for
all points EAST aud SOUTHEAST, and
with the Chicago & Alton and Illinois
Central for all points SOUTH. ..-~
Close connections are made with the
Union Pacific r r. at Omaha for al
far Vest points. r.:
Close CONNECTIONS are made at june
ton points with trains ofall cross roads.
| PULLMAN PALACECARS
These celebrated cars are run on all
night trains Gu all the lines Of this road.
This is the ONLY LINE running these
cars between Chicago and ST. Paul OF
| Chicago and Milwaukee.
II Omaha CIR SleepeTS connect with
/ the Overland foieepeT8 on the Union
I Pacific Railroad, for all! points west Of
Of the Missouri River.
Among the :.-.-..: 49, =; .
Inducements offered By This Route
|. to the travelling public ar8a1 ulanodorn
improvements: Rock and Gravel Ball
/ astod Track, Steel Rail Rock and Iron
Bridges. Parlor and Drawing Room
Day COACHES, Smoking and Lounging
| Cars, Westinghouse Safety Air Brakes,
MiIlcr's Patent Safety Coupling and
Piatforn2e, Speed, Safety and Absolute
Comforts -. -. -. -: - -,
Running thgo' Eve Great states,
and oPer.sttiS7lg over :, GOO miles Of road,
this Company presents 10 the Traveller
facilities that ARE NOR -aTT5! .chNNQT be
| offered hy any Com patitor. - ~
! All ticket agents can sell you tickets
via this route. :. ......... T..
Il You wish The best travelling accom-
odatio2o, you viii buy yatlr tickets by
| this route, aHC. will take no ether. =.
| 1fAEEIE IiUGHTTF, ". E. STENETfF,
! Gen'I SIlperintenGent. Cen'I Passenger Agent.
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A DISs0LUTE FELLOW FALLS
DEAD FROM FRIGHT.
Evansville dndJ Journal.

From Port Branch we obtain paItjcu-
lars of 4 most remarkable tragedy which
occurred as long ago as last Friday even
iae, but OF which no mention has been
made. ! mar: named Dan Silis, who is
represented as being a disso!ute fellow
and bully, had been paying improper
attention to the wife Of man named
Tails, and the association Lad so inter
rupted the happiness o. man and wife,
that tie woman deserted her husband
and went to live III shameless eohabita-
ton with the man s Ills This exaspera-
ted Fails 50 much that on Friday even
ing lie armed himself with a huge cIub,
and sought the house where the guilty
couple were supposed to be.
Tie inmates Q; tie house, however.
observed his approach, and the doors
were closed and locked against him.
lie demanded adnlittaEee, as.j It was
refused unless he would promise to
forego all evil Intentions toward the par
ties. He agreed to be peaceful il MS
wife was not in the house Is be suspect
ed ard as she was really not there lie
door was opened. ana he wss admit
ted to the room. The fellow S;ils had
been sitting en- the side of a bed il
tie. ICON, and IS Fails es,to-ad VIII
the club ia his hand. sils fell back On
the bed, aud when they ran up 70 him
he was dead, having expired INSTANTLY.
Il vas undoubtedly fright that caused
his death by paralyzing the muscles OF
the heart.
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"Bat 'spose you haven't 2"

BURNED TO DEATH by A METEOR.
An intelligent black boy was trudging
along a highway at night, in the vicinity
OF Palestine, Texas. There was a negro
woman riding q horse in the same d.
rection the bog vas going. The intelIi-
gent black boy reappearad in Palestine
that night, ont Of breath, and rs pale as
he could get. He said he saw ball Of
fire come out of the sky, aud strike the
woman. and set her abiaze The horse
ran one way with the woman aire on
his back, and lie ran back to town 70 tell
ule people what had happened. The
people went 70 look after further paTtieu-
lars Of this curious Incident. TheT
found the woman lying On the ground.
with I'll her clothing burned of, bat
with life enough 70 tel that she had been
struck in the breast by ball of fire.
The horse was found with his name sing
ed, and the woman died the next dav.
The people think she was lit by ne
teor.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-03-09

DF.JAETES
Lack Hospital,
CORNER
fsS% zsEzs%S<szs
& ETIz sxfE Ii.
Chartered Ey the
: state OF Illinois
: IT she express
z purpose Of giving
|, ilnued ate relief
: u al cases Of pri-
yatc; chronic, ard
urinary d.seascs
It is well known
eai CT the profess
nj experience are
:, II sht losses by.
lauLcod, can pos
tiie most delicate
home for patients.
.aee Gu!de, which
tses-vhO should
pay postage. DR..
i on see 30 enc but
10 r. y. Sundays,
uideut!al.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-26

made few remarks in answer to a
call. The Hutchinsons, tribes of
John and Asa, sang reform songs.
They sang the day before at Horti-
cultural Hall, at a suffrage meeting
held by the Boston wing Of the As
ISOLATION with Lucy Stone presiding.
OF course these things are in order
now that the Republicans in con-
vention assembled acknowledge
that woman suffrage is a subject de-
handing "respectful considera-
tion." May the Republican triumph
this Fall be so near a defeat that
that party will never dare to make
another canvass without the aid of
the women. J. B. N.
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RED WING, July sd, 1876.
HARVESTERS.

Our Harveste7s having successfully gone
through the severe harvest Of 1875, and
proved its merit in cutting and elevatinc the
heaviest kind Of grain and in all conditions
Of weather. and on thousands of harvest
fields, we take pleasure in again recommend
ing these to the farming community rs a
machine that may be depended upon under
all circumstances.
A few important Improvements have been
added this year, one Of which allows the
driver to throw the Reel up or doom, back
ward Or forward by which lodged grain can
be reached whether it is long or Short An
other improvement is 4 simple device where
by one man can raise and lower the ma
chine. About 60 Of these machines were
used in this county last year and we refer
to every man who has one Of them as to its
excellent qualities.
MAzErpA, MIMI, April o., 1876.
As i machine for cuttlngall kinds of grain
in I'LL kinds OF conditions, the Mccormick
harvester is the one; it is Il good cutter, =
positive elevator, and the facility with which
you can raise and lower the sickle and reel,
when in motion. together with the liyttness
Of draft and center bearing Of the binders
1 GstD4e, whether Ep Rlli OK GOWN, preventing
sore necks on horses, with many other sub
stantal Improvements, make it the best har-
vester there is in the market, in my opin-
ion. l.. D. NooDBURY.
GOOD IN HEAVY, LODGED GRAIN
WAs2rDo, Goojhue Co.. MIMI,
Oct. Is, 1873.
MEssRs G. II. & l.. J. NcCcsNIcK:
Have cut LOG acres If grain with your
harvester, bought Of f. W. Brooks. Some
Of the grain was '':.i: odse,! and very
heavy, and went 3 bushels to the acre.
No harvester male, except the McCor-
mick will cut AND elevate sucn heavy grain !;
and for all kinds Of cutting, believe the
machine has no equal. JonS MILLER.
BELylDENE, Minn., Oct. !, 1878.
MEssRs. C. II. Il l.. J. MCCoRMlCK:
DEAR Sl2:-Part Of ny grain was cut
with one Of yo;r harvesters this year, and
| the machine dill its work better than any
! harvester I evav used! am we'll pleased
with your machine. 1t is rhc hest in the
market. c. G. ROBERTS.
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Dickey, S. B. Barteau, Gottleib See-
bach, Henry Blanchard.
On motion the delegates present
were authorized to cast the full vote
to which their respective towns are
entitled.
The committee on permanent
organization reported as follows:
For chairman, T. P. Kellett; for
secretary, Christian II. Boxrud.
The report was adopted unanl-
mously, but at his request MIR. Box
rud was excused from serving as
secretary and James c. Wight
was elected to that position.
On motion, the chairman appoint
ed H. Blanchard, H. B. Wilson and
J. 7: Graves, a committee to select
delegates to the district convention.
On motion, the nominations for
county officers were proceeded
with and S. J. Willard was unanim-
ously nominated for county auditor,
by reclamation.
M. S. Chandler was nomin ated
for sheriff by the following vote :
Chandler 81, D. M. Baldwin 4, II.
S. Wells 4, J. 7. Mitchell I, N. o.
Werner, total 81.
For Register of Deeds three bal
lots were had as follows: First,
Charles Ward a., Charles Nc
Clure Al, Z: Bowman IS. Second,
Ward 46, Mcclure AZ, Bowman 9,
]. c.. Mcclure 1. Third, Ward As,
Mcclure 50.
N. 0. Werner was nominated for
Judge Of Probate by reclamation.
The balloting for county attorney
resulted as follows: J.. C. Mcclure
81, ]. W. Steele 20.
VIM. Danforth was nominated for
county surveyor, DR.. E. S. Parks
for coroner, and N. 0. Werner for
court commissioner without oppo-
sition.
A. J. Grover was nominated
county commissioner for the fourtl,
district, on the third ballot, his com.
petitors being Fletcher Hagler and
Frederick Peterson.
For commissioner for the 5tl1
district, +. 7'ether, Of Goodhue,
was unanimously nominated.
On motion, the existing county
committee, namely, Frederick JOSS
Thos. Featherstone, D. l.. bruce
W. IT, Scohe!d, and c.. X. Nors
wing, were continued for the ensu
ing year. Adjourned.
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Republican Co. Convention.

select delegates to represent this
county in the c Congressional conven-
ton tor the second district and to
nominate candidates for county
officers was held at the Court
House on Thursday last. F. Joss
called the convention to order and
Clark r. White, Of Pine Island,
was temporarily called to the chair,
and James c. Wright, Of Red
Wing, chosen secretary.
On motion, D. Simpson, H. B.
Powers, II: H. Palmer, Robert
Brown and F. Hagler were ap-
pointed a committee on creden~
tials and J. w. Peterson, w. M.
Thompson and J. T. Graves a
committee on permanent organiza-
ton.
During the absence Of the CON-
mittees, Mr.. ]. w. Steel was called
to the floor and addressed the con-
vention in a short and acceptable
speech. Hon. J. A. Thatcher also
responded to a call and made a few
appropriate remarks.
The committee on delegates re-
ported the following list OF delegates
to the convention:
Burnside: Chas. Spates, NJ. S.
Tyler.
Belle Creek: S. f. Eastman, N.
Peterson.
Belvidere: A. w. Fountain, Sam
rel Church.
Cannon Falls: E. Westman, f.
l.. Clark, ]. T. Graves, John Plat,
John Anderson.
Central Point: Orville Corey.
Cherry Grove: David Simpson,
l.. w. Peck, George Easily.
Fea:herstone: w. J. Feather
stone, Henry German, f. Richard.
son.
Florence: A. NJ. C.. johnson, f.
Munger, T. Munger.
Goodhue: J. V. H. Bailey, J.
Phinney, Samuel Parker.
Hay Creek: D. Dewey, R. kru
ger.
Holden: P. N. Longen,o, H, O.
Braaten, Ole ]. Craiger, O. X. Fin.
seth, knud T. Bake.
Kenyon: O. P. Hulback, S. a.
Close, f. X. Marshall, knud Hal.
version.
Leon: +. A. Johnson, Hans S.
Norving, T. S. Nudge, John Eds
strom, Martin Thompson.
Minneolo: H. H. Palmer, Ole
A. Strand, B. C. Grover, E. T.
Hurlburt, S. o. Norvalds.
Pine Island: c.. R. White, +.
Hagler, w. M. Thompson, H. Yarn.
Roscoe: H. B. Powers, J. T.
Mitchell, l.. Haveland, i. w. Hal
liday.
Red Wing: Z: h. Simmons, R
Brown, Swante Anderson, c. r
Brink, E. P. Watson, c. H. Box
rud, Charles Peterson, l.. R. Well
man, A. Seebach, Andrew Daniel
son, J. A. Wright, H. B. Wilson, A
B. Hawlsy, r. R. Ives, John Haw
kinson.
| Wanamingo: N. J.. Ottun, B. J.
Borlong, O. J.. Wing, Nm. VII
hanson, O. O. Finseth.
Warsaw: c.. E. Sheets, E. J. Ev
anson, Ole Arneson, John J. John
son, Y. Bowman.
, Vasa: J. W. Peterson, Z. G.
Pierson, N. p. Ofelt, A. P. Freeman
| S. Nelson, Swan Turner, Nell:
Swanson, Lewis Engberg.
Wacouta, George Post.
Welch: Nm. Beevers, I'm
Boothroyd.
Zumbrota: T. P. Kellett, NJ B
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Asa COOL Reaper and II good Mower the
ADVANCE needs 10 extended notice here;
it is well known all oyer the county. 1t is
now made with Il single frame anu is recon-
mended as a L1cur DRAFT and easily
handled machine.
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Red Wing, MINI.
CHEAP CHARLEY.

HAS, Caps etc., &C., which dispose of my
large Winter stock that manufacturing place. the pub
lie depend that will keep low prices and goods
to be Of good quality and the
The Poor Mans bound always ahead An idea
circulation that leave many other
things reported concerning and entirely
circulation by those who jealous
true that am selling good goods and cheaper than any
and that my goods just what them be- and keep
strictly price, all that hundreds yes say BY
thousands of customers Moreover have reduced the price
article from what be-
The price goods low that the purchasers bbe
ly giving him hat a his bargain. $40 suit
clothes that worth $2 $5 and take SIS $780,
look at customer if he soft that ask him
you that if dollar will dollar and
bet bottom dollar that will take
Good Goods. Quick Sales and Small Profits,
Is of Mans F1IfuA
, 1876-11-03

We ought to be making some prepara-
ton to leaye, ought We not?'
Oh, no, he answered; they came
home a month ago, and are living some
where"
But what do they propose to do with
their house? -
Well, they don't own it. To tell
the truth, Bessie, L own it, and 1 pro-
pose to give it to my wife for bridal
present.
ITO your wife,
Bessie,s face grew white as she spoke.
Yes, if she would like it. Tell me,
little woman-it is you 1 want for my
wife-would you like the house?"
81 don't-think i care much
about the house, said Bessie, her color
coming back again.
But you would like the owner? Oh!
Bessie, darling, don't fatter me so
much. Say you would like me-"
81 do like you now" whispered the
happy girl, blushing more and more
" l always have"
, 1876-11-03
School-Room Perils.
THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNoCENTs.

DR.. Richard McSherry, of Baltimore,
has an article in the lSanita'ian for this
month on the above subject. He charges
that the "local authorities of cities and
very largely throughout the country,
out-Herod Herod in the slaughter of
the innocents." "There is no blood
shed, indeed, in the beginning. but
there is" he says, towards the end, in
various forms of hemorrage." In speak
ing of schools for girls, he expresses
the opinion that the evils of the school
room "often tend to the extinguish-
ment of families" He adds, and the
reasoning applies in the main to chill
dren of both sexes:
"What else can be expected, when
young children are imprisoned for long
and weary hours, day after day and
year after year, in close and sitting
school-rooms, where the air is habitu-
ally so foul as to be exceedingly often
sive to any one entering from without,
though unnoticed by those within who
are breathing it over and over and over
again? A lady who is fond of plants
and flowers, and has but a small space
for cultivating them, say in window
gardening, finds that her favorites re-
quire goodly quantity of sun and air
to thrive, which she seeks for them ac-
cordingly, while she sends those more
tender plants, the children, to a horrid
school-room, whence the rays of the
sun are excluded, while the artificial
heat, often loaded itself with coal gas OF
carbonic oxide, is made mephitic with
carbonic acid from many breaths, and
all the exhalations that arise from a mis-
cellaneous crowd of helpless and inno-
cent little prisoners. This is not a mat
ter of comfort or discomfort, but more
clearly matter of life or death with the
children. What is the good of all the
learning, such as it is, acquired in the
school room, and by gas light at home,
to young girl who has q spinal curva-
ture and a perpetual headache, and q
weak chest, and indigestion, and habby
muscles, and, in short, universal deli
cacy in every part of her organismf
How is she prepared for the wear and
tear of life duties, and what kind Of q
help-meet is she going to make? The
evil is crying one; it is fraught with
ruin, yet scarcely any but few medical
men seem to appreciate its importance.
What is the remedy? "Fewer hours
at school, he says, land fewer studies
at any one time. Frequent changes Of
position and air; brief recess every
hour to relieve the mental tension.
stretch the cramped limbs, and enable
the scholars to take in good inspira-
tions of fresh air.
'Let the school-room be cleared every
hour, and thoroughly ventilated while
the children play for a few minutes in
the open air in good weather, or under
shelter while It rains. The shelter
should be provided, no matter what the
cost. Life and learning are of little
worth without health, but learning and
health would both be promoted by these
measures"
, 1876-11-03
Strength for To-Day.

Strength for to-day is all that we need,
As there never will be q tomorrow;
For tomorrow will prove but another to-day
With its measure Of joy and sorroW.
Then why forecast the trials Of life
with such grave and sad persistence,
And watch and wait for . crowd OF Ills
That as yet has no eKisteneer
Strength for to-day-whAt precious boon
For the earnest souls who labor,
For the willing hands that minister
To the needy friend or neighbor.
Strength for to-dHy-that the weary hearts
In the battle for right may quail not;
And the eyes bedimmed with bitter tears,
In their search for light, may fail not.
Strength for to-day, on the downhill track,
For the travellers near the valley
That up, far up on the other side,
Ere long they may safely rally.
Strength for to-day-thAt our precious youth
l(ay happily shun temptation,
And build from the rise to the set of sun
On q strong and sure foundation.
Strength for to-dAy-in house and home
To practice forbeArance sweetly-
To scatter kind words and loving deeds,
Still trusting in God completely.
Strength for to-day Is all that we need,
As there never will be tomorrow,
. For tomorrow will prove but another to-day,
with its measure Of JOY and sorrow.
, 1876-11-03

DEVICE FOR TRANsPLANTING TREES
Timothy Carroll, Anaheim. This in
vention relates to a novel device for
transplanting fruit trees, and consists
in connecting vertically moving tube
and guide rod or rods with a frame,
whereby said tube may be operated for
the purpose of taking up the tree; also,
in lever piVoted, to the frame and q
loose ring arranged within the tube
whereby the ball of earth around the
roots of a tree may be forced out into
the hole prepared for its final reception.
A hinged piece is at the lower end of
the frame, which, during the operation
Of taking up the tree, is bolted in line
Herewith, but which, after the tube and
tree have been reset, may be unbolted
and swung out of the way, in order
that the frame may be lowered and the
lever brought down to act on the rods
of the tube so as to raise the same.
, 1876-11-03
The Troy Hysteria Case,

The Troy IN. W Times says: NAM
conflicting statements have been mad:
relative to the condition of the t"J,
girls residing in Cohoes, who were mor .~o
toned as suffering from a singular MI
ical disability. The exact facts are ~.
the girls are afflicted with mild fo--N
of hysteria. Their names are Ti7,;u
Liscorbo and Mary Michel, both abon.
eighteen years of age. The latter bo'
been married about eight months Rot5
were seized at the same time with oo-
vulsions, accompanied by rigidity Of al
the muscles, which lasted nearly fortv-
eight hours. During that time tbev
were perfectly insensible of feeling y
pins were used and their bodies w. ~
pinched. The paroxysm was followaS
by an ecstatic condition. Their evss
were open, the lips slightly parted with
a happy smile, as though some supreme
Joy held their senses. The hands wers
raised with the palms upward. This
condition lasted an hour or more and
the girls recovered and arose from fba
bed and ate hearty meal. Two bonrS
afterward they were both seized in the
same manner as the first. The paroT.
ysms this time were not so violent and
were followed in twelve hours by tbs
same condition Of ecstasy. For tbras
weeks, about two hours out of tbe
twenty-four each day they had bean
similarly affected. Both were in fnlI
health, sleep, eat and converse naturally
when not under the influence of the
singular spell. Miss Liscorbo's nav.
ents, with whom the girls reside, seem
very reticent, and profess now to be-
lieve that they are bewitched. When
first taken, it was given out that an over
dose of laudanum was the cause. Mrs
Michels husband says a "bad man
spoke insulting and blasphemous words
to them, which frightened them. A re-
porter, in company with a physician,
visited the girls, and after thorough
examination by the doctor, both
girls being in paroxysms at the time, he
pronounced it form of hysteria, pro-
duced by mental disturbances, with
which the story of Michel, that the girls
were frightened by ''bad man" seems
to assimilate. The rigidity of the mus
cles in Miss Liscorbo was so fixed that
her body could be raised horizontally
by lifting at her head and feet, and ali
the while her features expressed Sc
rene mental copdition, and her pulse
was at the ordinary healthful beat. The
parents are anxiously awaiting the ar
rival from Canada of an uncle who has
acquired celebrity, they say, in exor-
cising bad spirits. When the girlsare
free from the malady they seem to be
almost unconscious Uf what has 90
Cured, suffer no pain from the reaction
of the muscles, and have a dim reeol-
lection of having had a good time and
speak pleasantly of it. The presence
of sympathetic neighbors pleases them
and hastens the return of the comatose
state.