The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-04-26
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carry hundred thousand beeves.
Mrs. RoBR, of Corpus chsie1i, Usually
fattens $1,000 beeves for the market.
She is called the s'Cattle Queen of
Texas"
THE Austrian General, William Barth,
oppressed by debts and beset by usurers,
shot himself lately in Vienna while in
warm bath.
THEY believe that spring has cefae III
Tennessee TheiF chief reason for be-
ieeihg it is the absence Of bridges, and
the disappearance of the country roads:
The fruits of the Centennial are ripen-
ing. A Pittsburgh n,antifacturer has re-
oeived a large order for picks, fre-shovels
and garden rakes from Tifis, located be-
tween the Caspian and Black seas, not far
from the original garden of Eden.
THE Japanese are advancing iii civilaa-
ton. They usually favor condemned
felons with the choice Of death. An inter
esting murderer, having been recently
asked how he would like to be executed,
promptly replied, "By proxy"
A PORTUGUESE at P,ofiticetown, Mass.
while holding knife in his hand, fell
from a step-ladder the other day, the
knife entering his mouth and lifting out
tooth, without otherwise injuring him,
with the exception of slight scratch en
the lip.
The mistress of religious school in
the Department of the Yonne, Fraricei
has been cited to appeal Before court
of Justice to answer the charge brought
against her of having seriously injured
child by causing it to sit on hot stove
as punishment.
By new law which has just gene into
effect in New Jersey the civil powers of
the Justices of the Peace throughout the
State have ceased. This practically
abolishes the office, although a change
in the constitution is necessary to rid the
community of them altogether.
THERE is an agitation in favor of caps
and gowns, to be worn by the Seniors on
Commencement day, in the Eastern col
leges. The Williams Seniors have de-
cided to appear in dress suits, but the
gown appears to be in favor with Har-
ward and Columbia undergraduates.
The representatives of proposed
Massachusetts, colony of 1000 persons
left Lynchburg, Va, in disgust at the
want of attention shown them Nobody
answered their call for information con-
corning land, etc, and they came to the
conclusion that Northern settlers were
not wanted there.
A NEW style of gun, resembling in
shape a walking-cane, is being intro
duced in San Francisco and generally
adopted as a weapon of defense. It will
prope1 bullet 100 PAGES, and only a
trifing report is given. It is manufac-
tured in the city, and no concealment is
attempted by the makers.
The origin of fire at Jackson, Mich,
few days since, was discovered to be in
the fact that, more than a year ago, when
the building was being erected, a jug Of
turpentine was left in closet in one of
the upper floors, and by some means had
been broken, the liquid saturating a
rope, and the fire thus occurred by spon-
taneous combustion.
| BEAvER-HUNTERs in California live in
arks or floating houses, in which they
move from place to place on the streams
and ponds. The one small room on
such craft contains benches for several
men, cooking utensils, hunting articles,
and a stock of provisions. The hunters
are lazy, card-playing, and careless lot,
but live comfortably and make the bust
ness pay.
They had been married five months,
and she was turning the leaves of book;
she espied a pressed flower, part of
bouquet he had given her previous to
wedloclk, and said: '''Tis but a little
flower, but, oh, how fondly dear! p" 81
should think SO, he grow1ed +" that's
representative of half-guinea bouquet,
and to buy it I walked into town and de-
prived myself of luncheon for week. :"
| THE TREES IN EARLY SPRING.
| Like the first faint streak of the dawning
Which tells that day is nigh;
Like the first dear kiss of the maiden,
| So absolute, though shy;
Like the joy divine of the mother
| Before her child she secs
So faint, dear and so blessed
Are your misty tops, 0 trees
can feel the delicate pulses
That stir in each restless fold
OF leaflets and punches of blossoms
| The life that never grows old
Yet wait ali. wait, though they YOU
! The sun, the rain-drops the breeze:
Break not too soon into verdurc,
misty, beautiful treesI
lima c. Brdckett
A STARVING Chinaman, who was taken
into the Cincinnati hospital for resusci-
tation, a few days ago, attributed his