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The har of Kentucky and the supreme
Bench 81 Missouri will probably agree that MIR.
h ns Chairman Of JUDICIARY Is one OF the abest
lurists now IN Congress.
In lsiN when Mr.. Knott was a very Young man,
he represented scotland county IA the lower
House Il the Missouri Legislature. aud such
was his standing a, the bar even then That he
was made Chairman of the Judiciary Committee
Ia that hpdy. As SUI h ho drew up ana tcpOrted
the articles II impeachment upon which Judge
Albert Jackson II the Fifteenth judicial Dis
irict was triei. by aNuie Of 80 ont of s1 Mr..
Knott was chosen principal manager Of the inn
parchment un the part Of tue House, and our
present Governor, the Hon. Charles X. Hardin.
was chosen to assist hun 10y vote Of Is out
Of -.
The reputation which Mr.. Knott made IN that
impeachment trial secured his nomination and
election as Attorney General Of Missouri tho
follow Wing year. Being oustcd bY the " before
tie cio.e nl his tern, Dee returned 90 leHaf.ur,
ky..hts native place. aud has There enjoyed ever
since rs large llw practice ana proud posi- ICON
Hf the ltr. II WIS elected To the lOrtitth Hid
Forty utsf Congresses. and now, after Hu inter-
mls-tnu Of four years. Is gain member.
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The Providence Tool Company Contract
Knre nnd RrnmiiIml I.rncrnsifN.

PROVIDENCE, Jan. /. - No event since
the failure Of a. ". Sprague has caused such
feeling IN this community as the request OF the
Providence Tool Company for an extension.
The Tool COMPANY Is one Of the greatest arm
manufacturing FIRMS In the world. T. has never
intrigued for United States Government con-
tracts. but has pruaucrcd on the merits Of its
work. and Of the vdluabi, patents owned 10y IL,
which foreign manufacturers nave III vain tried
to puron.
lhe citizcns OF Providence welt understand
that the bankruptcy VI the company would be
much seNerer blow az the business interests
OF the city than the suspension Of the
Spragues was. The Sprague failure involved
only the transfer Of their mills to the
eIcultofs' whose agent CONTINUES ~ run
them ana 20 employ ABOUT the same nupiber OF
operatives. The bankruptcy of the Tool Cone
pany would mean the total destruction OF their
business, the turning out OF eighteen hundred
skilled mechanics on the streets IN mia winter
the loss to Rhode Island aud to America Of
valuable industry. the forcing on the markets
OF an immense quantity Of real esti te and the
realization to creditors after prolonged con
tests and hugations, Of twenty-five or thirty
cents on the dollar.
The Turkish Government. with which the
company has heavy contract, would claim the
Sl.aU,0O worth Of guns for which II has already
paid. and the creditors OF the company would
have for themselves the uncontested possession
OF material, for which, whe1 made Into guns,
the Turks would pay sl,5OO,000 more, but which
otherwise Is worth nothing except for the scrap
foundry. II Is true that the officers OF the com
pany have large estates, when are liable for the
ueDts OF tue corp grafton nut VI ioiccu into
bankruptcy now, there ~ every reason TO be-
leve that they would place every possible OBJ
stacle In the Of the seizure ana sale Of their
private property.
The Turkish Government has fulnlled its
agreement strictly. The emb trrassment Of the
fool Company Ia caused by the fact that IT
had 70 put out nearly two millions of dollars for
new machinery aud buildings before It could
begin To realize any money from the contract,
which Is a most profitable one. and II fulfilled
will not only pay all debts. hut leave "A large sur
plus for stockholders. Besides, the Turkish
contract brings Several millions Of dollars to
the United States.
An act Of almost unparalleled genera sity was
the voluntary sacrifice by the employees Of the
company Of their wages for December. without
the knowledge OF the officers a paper was
signed bv all Of the workmen giving full
receipt for their December my. As the monthly
item. hut It Is hoped that the company will
not have to take advantage Of the offer.
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Tnnnlnny's Machinery.



The Tammany Han General Committee
IL In itself remarkable body, tut IT, COMPOST
ton Is not nearly 80 wonderful AZ what aIe
known as the "watd committees" Ia these
are represented every election district in tho
city. ana into thcm are avert all the rejected
material Of the party-disappOinted Hsulrants
Tor ONCE, defeated candidates, excluded mem
bors OF the Gencri Committee, political bum
mers aud even self-sceklng and uniaithiul Re
publicans, lhel are not elected by the people,
Tut named by one or two arbitrary leaders, and
the whole machinery IA wicked and pernicious
Joke. II any citizen Wishes To see how absurd
aud vet how deetefious the whole thing is he
mas only to study the names composing the
ward committee" In his own Assembly dis
trct.
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No. stranger. he doesu't I'VE here now,
he Slipped the yiEilunce-dunt know how
Fer we've hunted these tixsiu, hisn and low
Sonco he yamosed the ranch, ten ears ago.
rccAon YOU haven't hrarl about
Tnc game he played when he busted OUT
Hem hcrrahouts 800 student way,
An -4uit hi hc nlc, out wouldn't pa..
1IiIes Wa- "a. nyely as common when
Tine boys ID over tIom snaky Glen.
The tables were piled knee deep with COLA.
Ana biz with Aecrds were brtsE, l'm toad.
Blll sot suhn' there for while
And watched the pruccedius without smile.
But jet MS the game were heafin' red hot
lie slowly r1 W from where he sot,
And poured some powder into his paw
As he worked his quid from Jaw % Jaw.
"No luck an mought as well Doe dnil
A. lNin',' was what the ha rpm sall.
His face were fan Ut a Wllusn skccr,
And durn his piCter he acird queer
e. WILL he saws, I'm hioNed if lour,
And I'll carve the gaoot WHO says Won't.
when luck goes back on cu-s llkel,
Ae'd better pepper Me catctsr auddlei
And II don't do II, Just call mc liar-"
Chuck went his powder.hoiu into the Gre.
The way the boys IN ont heats ali
lN'y hlu nfhlhu hluhp- hud rocA ~ anu wall
Bur the gold and the powder morn vac lett Dehind.
Win I'm all aloue 10 80 It blind.
We waited an hour acrost the road
To hear the shauty and llil explode,
We waited an hour after we ran,
But never so much IA fash In the pan,
An when we dlskiycred that we hat been soid
And footed It back we found no gold.
Bat We found In that cusscd horn Of BaS
Tue Ulgckest sand on these tArnHi huls
EVCBNI SCOTT,
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good deal of feeling 1t seems his slayer
was perfect stranger to him. The calm
hess ard sclf-possesson with which he met
his untimely fate elicit admration while
the arrival of his wife, at the last moment
just n he was passing away, and too late
for recognition, imparts at once an air of
romance and II peculiar sadness TO the
closing scene.
The " urid. in commenting on this most
unhappy occurrence, seems to cast at
least an implied censure upon the rela-
tives of the class of lunatics TO which
not taking earlier measures TO have them
confined. II is easy, and perhaps natural,
to blame the legal custodians of these dan
gcrous lunatcs; but 1t should be borne in
mind that IL is the fatal act itself, in many
instances, which first makes perfectly clear
the existence of the homicidal mania. If
there are ecceutricities and suspicious cir
cumstances before. they are by no means
always of n sufficiently marked and deci-
sive character to warrant confinement i'm
an insane asylum. And there is hardly
any subject on which there exists a livclier
jealousy in the public mind than about
compulsOrily committing to mad houses
persons whose arrangement is doubtful.
Although it cannot be made retroactive,
so ms 60 apply TO this case Of DILLON, let
us have the new law. No one knows how
soon other like cases will occur
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Prom Ad0DA Heiu,aa,,s Nuy,ftUt " ne L..s NJ ne
DcutciiItd.


DcUtc'ItI u.
Mis-. Aunie Petzold, the young lady who
was committed to my charge in Bremen, cour-
aseously climbed into the rigging. with my
sistafee. first climbing through the raftcrs and
on to the ,kSlght. she lid not lose heart dur
INK the whole Of that aWfgl night. although sub
jectcd TO perils under which Ordinary women
would have gwen up all hope. While held her
10y the waist. the pdymaster, who was hOve ",
lost his footing, anu falling against Miss Petzold,
rebOunded from her shoulder into the dark
water and was -ecn uO more. although eallaut
effort was made 10 arrest his fall 10y one Of the
stewards. Daring our ascent through the raft
crs Mis- Pctzuld was nearly chOked. She cheer
N held To the rigging anu 10 myself, never Weld
ing to the DESPAIR which parnyZed the efforts
and used the detth Of so many other unfor-
tuuate ladies. While aiuft an unknown person
handed niea flask of whi-kcy not being able
to draw the cork with Wt teeth. broke the neck
against % spar. and having revived di-s pctIuld
with a urdusht took one myself, and passed
tue bottle 90 the nearest Wau. Dr. letzolI, Of
lifN third street, new York. Is to be cIuuratu-
lated upon his daughter In my opinion she Is
the lraNcst Eirl uf The century. Many Of the
other women stages va the saloon and were
drowned by a sudden dtiuge vi waves.
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FI0W W0 NIII UUfN0 Nfl0TI- UIOU,
The Latrobc Deer club have been having
nne 81 ort. On Monday ten # the member, a p
compdniyd hy pack of fifteen hounds. took the
up as the result three deer, one wildcat. aud a
coyote, On Tuesday they again went on The
wal athi aud secured hYo splendid deer-all
hilled within four miles Of Lairohe. Yesterday
the dogs were so stun and footsore that they
were not taken Out. The club, W far this sea.
son, have bagged seventeen deer
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:" at some period not far remote and during
the present session That we take to
mean in few weeks not unlikely in u
few days.
All things taken together the prospect
looms up, in the near future. Of war with
Mexico and of war with Span, one OF both
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Are we on the eve of two wars, one with
Mexico and the other with SPAIN
Sir EDWARD THoRNroN has Just made an
other large award-siX hundred aud eighty
three thousand dollars in goblin favor of
an American company against the Mex
lean Government for wrongs done TO
American citizens by Mexican authorities.
Tine high character of the referee places
the justice of his dec sion above question
In the opinion of the world.
This l. another not uuimportant item
added to the list of our grievances against
Mexico. 1t is easy enough, II Gen. GRANT
wishes to do it. to make such demands
upon the Mexican Government IL would
not he complied with; while their resist
auce bv thar power would afford a snecious
an1 ,.t.,.iti. ..
hhu plauslhle pfetchc' 10 say the least Tor
hostile measures ON orr nnrt
-
IL - h"tuiI"us 'Hat "kANr mas long hau
hIst iEh'llH wis uoht III inc war ny Whch
We acquired California: his earliest milf
tary distinction was gained on Mexican
soil; and he foudly dreams Of anucNing
more of the same territory. During our
civil wal, Gen. GHANr was outspokcn in his
views about that country and was very
much disposed at that time. after suppress
ing the rebellion. to 20 right on and whip
the French. who were there then. ana send
them out Theid.a of warlike operations
In Mexico was especially attractive to his
Imagination then; and II is 80 stin.
What, then, is the Presidents intention
toward Mexico: IierNpres,cd himself IN
unml-takablc terms on that subject in his
annual Message: and TIE SrN. M the
time. called particular attention to the
language. So full of meaning which he en-
ploytd.
In that Message he also ds-.anted nj
longth upon tho civil war that hu. SO lou.,
RACED in 1uba. r.ucludiunns follows:
"r, r.,r,to. o., comedian ,,,.,, ..,,.., s,.u
be Adopted. should tue CO. dict not son
US ul ''IH, 49, an 'nu 10y we Oh tHr
Winch result tarreir0m. an,c'iug all na
u .u'., ana pN.. iul irN tpe sllSu ~.
other nliion- viii lie comu,ird to assume the
!. p.n,,ni,t' wlitn G i uinn mem. ana
ures possible N .diation ana intervention"
When tho President saws .sariou.Iy oon-
,der" mediation and intervention. il is
NOT likely he means. consider Them I, re-
,.ct them He means. consider and adont
them. He .ays these are the only remain
hg measures. If we do not choose one of
the,e. ~. have no alternative hut IN do
nothing. Doe. any ono .unuo. that Gen.
GnANr has the .lightn.t ilno NJ doinp M
thlnn with r, .arenc. 10 Cubny That he
has no su,h th,ught il made narfectIv
clear hv the sub.nul.nt norlrr,nh i'm his
M...nne inimolintolv following tho.e we
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This mild, murky weather at the opening
Of January is less healthy than severe frosts and
abundant SHOWS. II IL Unreasonable weather
and IL likely TO breed disease and to tempt
people to an imprudence in the matter Of cloth
Ing which will result unhappily for them. IL is
remarkable fact that men were ploughing
fields near New York on tho 3lst Of December.
II this extraordinary weather continues many
days longer, the trees will be out in blossom and
the fruit crop will be destroyed. Already tho
buds arc swelling.
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Get rid OF one cold before you contract an
othtr on TOP OF H. or you may securely ehtiblsh the
sesus OF stflouA lung compliant before you ar~cOn.
Slous OF danger let pru .cnty resort 20 Or Jayues
EAptclorAnli an elective cure for coughs and Gods
and bIOnchlA-AdV.
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To prevent the accidents TO which rail
road trains are liable from one car Jumping the
track, the plan has been devised of applying TO
cars kind Of shoe, consisting ~ olamp-ke
arrangement which IL placed between the
wheels Of each truck. This runs about two inches
from the ral, and If anything happens tending
to throw the wheels from the track the clamp
at once grasps the rails, holds the car ON the
track and brings the train to a speedy halt,
Such shoe will u Is claimed, prove great lv-
Ing u railroad rolling stock,and add considerably
to the strength of the truck, 1t being constructed
Of iron and weighing some Ave hundred hounds
Experiments made with cars provided win this
device show that the arrangement accomplished
very effectively the object IN view.
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From ne Ieryi'oriui kHbrtJhe, Dee 90
-Four ore trans were YESTERDAY sent out from
the OOnsolidlteu Virginia, OF twenty eighteen four.
teen, and twelve cars respectively.
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Wdtsons Racing Guide for ls75-70 Just pub
lshed' contains much valuable Information eonven
iently arranged.
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t,'irs 'd,'tu,usu, rahtg COY. readers, co,, snv two
ffIltft.
tTd nav Aivstsfutnti, lga's line. 90 40
lefp O. 20 c.f tsuffs line. d
Insre N0fest, Dol 70 Nlrf - btih rsf 10
- ts N'.. ai'f Manage aud DeatH', pef line, 90
hsnl tE ifdF hsntiti Ate. Nnfst Arfi W in 10
1850 ID Notcss ~ Oh 90 Aiv o. ~ pags t+f lu-. 90
h'adtg Nel' h Ad,,' les % cd Iss,, per uae, 90
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The Omaha Hcrld IL surprised that
BAuCocK, on a salary Of slro0 wear. should
have been able TO accumulate handsome f1r.
tune. The H,rdb iorgets tnat the SiOJl year
was only the army salary. and did not include
the emolumeuts Of Washington Ring Measurer.
partner Of Boss SHEPHERD, ana White House
advocate for the st. Louis aud Cnicaso Rings.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-02-17
THE ELEVATOR.

By notice in another column of this
issue it will be seen that the Citizens
Wheat buying Association calls in the
last d per cent. assessment on sUbscrib-
ed stock. As soon as this is paid in,
certificates of stock will be issued for
the amounts subscribed. Up to the pre-
sent time, we are informed by the treas
urer of the Association, no difficulties
have been met with in the collection of
what assessments were made, a cmcum-
stance whicd speaks well for the enter
priseof businessmen who have fully recog-
nized the Importance of this healthy adj
dition to the business OF our city. The
building itself is rapidly approaching
completion and once embarked upon its
mission Of usefulness, will not only sup
ply q long felt want in commercial acti-
witty, but also stand lasting, noble mo-
nument to the pluck and enterprise Of
its founders. Though not a build
ing of pround dimensions, we have still
reason to look upon it with pride and
satisfaction. It has been the means of
turning the attention of our merchants
to the necessity Of doing something for
the general good of our place, and no
doubt, will continue to retain an interest
for similar undertakings. The days Of
the Micaw bers, who have for years been
waiting for something to turn up, are
numbered. 1t is high time too, and he,
who will continue waiting for eastern
capitalists to settle in our midst and in
vest their money in the erection and OPP
Grafton of manufacturing establishments
will continue TO wait in vain. We must
paddle our own canoe the quicker
the better, and when all hands turn
in to give healthy impetus to the
business of manufacture, who dare say
that success is boon beyond the reach
of our endeaVors? The buzz of the saw
that in years past produced millions up
on millions of feet of lumber and shin
giles for shipment, Is hushed in silence,
the echoes of the ak in our forests, clear
ing away our wealth in pines, has died
away. While our resources in this di-
rection were gradually diminished, no
effort was made to open out others, and
so to-day we experience want in man
ufacturing establishments that ought to
have long since sprung into existence to
take the place of the old. True, we gre
surrounded by a rich, thrifty farming
community but even here cities outside
of our county line come IL and carry off
our trade.
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MORTGAGE SALE,

Whereas default has been made in the pay
ment of the money secured by q certain mort
gage. bearing date the twenty-second day of
January, in the year one Thousand eight hun
dred and SeVentY-twO, made and executed by
Otto Troemel and Marie Troemel, his wife, Of
the city and county of Manitowoc, in the State
OF W lSconSin. rs mOrtgagorS 20 Henry BaetZ, of
the city OF Madison, county OF Dane, and state
in the Registers Office Of the county of Mani
towoc and State of Wisconsin, in Vol. K of
mortgages on page Sc. on the 18th day Of March
1872, at four O'clock p. IN.
And whereas, the amount claimed to be due
on the said mortgage, at the date of this notice
is the sum of ona thousand one hundred and
eighty-one dollars and ninety six cents namely
seven hundred thirty four dollars as principal;
cents for interest thereon, and one hundred
hfty-four dollars and thirty-six cents for taxes.
paid by the mortgage for the years 1872, 1873,
1874 and 1875. both principal and interest as well
as taxes remaining unpsid
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given ac-
cording to The statutes in such case made and
provided, that, by virtue of the power of sale
contained N said mortgage, duly recorded
he fOrccioSed by sale OF the premises herein
described, by the Sheriff of Manitowoc county,
at public auction, on the Gath day of March,
1876 at 10 O'Clock Of that day. at the front door
of the Court House, in the city of Manitowoc
III said county OF ManitowOc.
The following is a description OF the mort
gagged premises, so as aforesaid to be sold, sub
StantiGliy as they are contained in said mort
gage, situated in the city OF Manitowoc, county
of MaTitowOc and State of Wisconsin, to-wit ::
The undivided one half of lots number one, two,
three, four, five. six. seven, eight. nine, ten
eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, six
teen eighteen and nineteen, in block number
ed two hundred and sixty-three, according to
the recorded plat Of the city of biaaitowoc.
HFNI1 RlETZ,
jan2I-Gt biOrtgagee.
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THE LECTURE.

We are nation OF voracious readers.
Our daily and weekly journals are cram
med full to repletion with all the infor-
nation human ingenuity can gather in
from every corner of the world, Our
system of telegraphY ramifies into every
nook and corner to furnish data and en-
ployment to thousands of busy hands
and more busy minds, all bent on laying
before our people 'fa map Of busy life,
its fluctuations and its vast concerns"
While we have reason to take national
pride in this popularity of the American
character, there is but one regret to Of
fer, and that is, that this desire to read
is not in harmony with an equal desire
to think /; to digest what has beer read,
and to sift from its vast conglomerate
quantities the true from the false, the
right from the wrong, and fact from the
imaginative embellishments of our too
verbose heroes of the pen. In view of
the fact that we are all readers, and that
our press is interchangeable in it's efforts
to supply the wants of our ceasless cray
ings in this direction Eve instance the
n. Y. Tribune which alone paid 81, 600
for an account by cable of the battle of
Sedan) some are of the opinion that the
lecture-room, outside of specific branch
es in science, can supply us with nothing
new in the way of information upon
subjects already discussed by the press.
This assumption is radically wrong in
asmuch as the rostrum supplies the mis-
sing links that unite the severed parts
and particles of acquired knowledge into
perfect chain of actual facts. A lee
ture, most generally, is the result Of
careful research, thought and study; the
acme embodying perfect whole, prun-
ed of its SNOWY trappings and crystailiz-
ed to form clear, simple and compre-
hensive. To this class of lectures we
count that delivered by Prof Sawyer at
the Methodist Church on Friday evening
last. The subject s'The New German
Empire" is one that ought to be of deep
interest to all who have followed the
great contest of these two mighty ma
tons, the German and the French, each,
it may be said, the representative of dis
tinct principles in the dualis;n and eYo-
luton by which mankind is thrown for
ward in progressive civilization. There
was nothing ase,c in Prof. Sawyer's lee
ture. We are all familiar with the de-
tails of the Franeo-Prussian war, and
have recognized its results. Prof. Saw
yer merely grouped facts into concise
and compact form, giving US, SIS it were,
its whole history in q nutshell and in a
shape that it may be readily stored away
in our intellectual keeping, knowing
that we hold it there correct and true.
In this latter particular, we accord the
gentleman our full appreciation of his
effort, and cheerfully admit, that IN re-
dueing his summary down to logical
conclusions, he was neither carried away
by prejudice or favor. The leature was
| well worth hearing, and ought to have
| been attended by a more numerous au-
llience.