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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

IKE HoE. WILLIAM \. WHEELER,
Vice President-elect, played practical
joke on reporter the other day, and a
recount has been demanded. The re-
porter approached Mr.. Wheeler at
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, and respectfully de-
clared his intentions GIr. Wheeler com
menced: Glow long have you been in
the business p GLOW do you Ike the
profession ?" GLOW many inhabitants
in GAINESVILLE? % "What is the circulation
Of yorr paper - aud 50 piled The re-
porter with Questions until The train
moved OF. The reporter was fattered
at the interest the Vice President-elect
too& IN his affairs, but ne wants all re-
ports as 10 the interview thrown out on
account oi lntinidation-Tlt ocean.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

4 MAIL bag containing letters, and
about 50, ou0 worth Of checks and
private drafts, while euroute from New
port, Ky, to Cincinnati, several DAYS
ago, WIS opened and the contents
alstracted- No clue whatever has as
get been obtained IS to who committed
the deed, or as TO the whereabouts OF
the missing papers. There has been a
determined effort to keep the matter
hushed up, c1d for 4 time it has been
successful The First National Bank Of
CoviDston has over $4,000 worth Of
checks in that mail, and Jas. Taylor &
Sons, bankers, still larger Amount.
Among other papers, there WAS a gold
~irafl Oh & Caiiforula bank for 50. 000.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

The Republicans on the commission
to decide upon the manner OF counting
the votes have simply been o7erreaehed
and outwitted, that's ALL The fact Is,
Edraunds Is 50 systematically smart, and
50 enjoys the contonr lation of his own
shrewdness, that he never dreamed it
possible that he could be taken in and
done Tor; ana the misery Of it Is he new
er seiii believe It. He VIII so on firgY,
IN the conviction that The egg in ae
nest Was !ail By himself, ana he viii
follow the fowl that shall be Matched
though i leads 10 his own discontinue.
Inter Cceas3.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08
TIE LOUISIANA CASE.

The Democrats have been wasting
more Of Mr.. triiden's ''barl Of money!"
and have succeeded By its use IN bring
ing before their committee several wit
nesses who proved so much. II they
had lied consistently, or taken care to
lie with Il circumstance some harm might
have come to the Republican cause.
But, as it stands, no person Of either
party viii take any stock whatever, in
the evidence presented. ,JUNIUs.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

Hope is we'll nigh abandoned of the
safety of the steam ship Colombo, now
folty-six days overdue at New York from
HUI, Eng. OF the George Cromwell aud
George Washington. from Halifax for
St Johns, \. T.. each long overdue.
II persons are, or were, on board the
Colombo, 80 on the George Cromwell,
and 81 ON the George Washington.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

| people and their families do not embrace
ali tie worthy persons in the land. The
Assembly was imposing, and the scene
one long to be remembered. The SEN
ate, House of Representatives, Supreme
/ Court, nearly all the cabinet, General of
! the Army and hundreds of other digni-
taries were assembled on the floor, while
the galleries were flied with ladies and
gentlemen, many of the former in rich
attire, the poorly dressed having been
excluded entirely. and so far as could be
seen Sambo was not represented by one
of his race Such will probably be the
case on all public occasions should TIL
den happen to be inaugurated. Acting
Vice President Ferry opened the certi-
without any incident until Florida was
reached, when three sets of returns were
presented. OF course every man in
both Houses knew that the returns of
the Hayes electors were the only true
and valid ones, hut Tilden's lawyer,
David Dudly Field, presented objections
to the vote Of the Hayes electors. and
Senator Sargent thereupon presented
objections TO the two sets of Democratic
returns which had been presented. The
acting Vice-PresidenU then announced
that in compliance with law, the objee-
tons and all papers relating to the vote
Of Florida would be referred to the elee-
toral Commission and the Senate then
withdrew in order that each House might
vote upon the question of which is the
valid return.
DEEOCRATIC SHARP PRACTICE.
On Wednesday afternoon night ses-
sion was agreed upon to discuss the ap-
preparation bills, but when the House
assembled and but few Republicans
found in their seats, the Democrats
thought it q favorable opportunity to get
before the House the report Of the Flor
ida Investigating Committee. But
Foster, of Ohio, and other Republicans
determined to resist the trick. Speaker
Randall made partizan rulings, which
violated every principle of parliamentary
law and succeeded SO far as to secure
the reading Of portion Of the report,
and an agreement to print the whole OF
il. The Republicans drowned the voice
of the clerk, while reading, by calls Of
''louder's" and motions to adjourn, points
of order, and so forth, and SO forth, and
vailed. i deputy Sargent-at arms of
diminutive size paraded through the
House with the mace, the emblem of It's
authority, but without any effect what
ever. The superior tactics OF the Re
pablicans finally defeated the wilfully
erroneous decisions of Speaker Randall
and the will of the majority, and COM
PEELED an adjournment. The same was
repeated in a milder degree, Immediate
ly upon the separation of the two Houses
yesterday. The Democrats were deter
mined to proceed with the discussion
and vote upon the Florida case without
allowing the report of the minority to
be heard. BIessrs. Kasson, Conger and
other Republicansnotified the Democrats
that no discussion of the Florida case
would be permitted until that report
was heard and they carried their points
securing IN adjournment of the question
nntil this morning with the right accord
ed them OF presenting the views of the
minority.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

The President of the Kinds County
(Aississippi) Board of Registers testi-
fed that lie had furnished duplicate keys
to ballot boxes 10 Democratic judges of
election.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

SECRETARY MORRILL, was yesterday
rcpoTteJ'as lying very low with typhoid
pneumonia. and his lie was dis paired of.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08
NEW TYPEAND0THER MATERIAL

to the prompt execution of orders for all kinds
Job Printing, and that Office is the complete
in this parcula Of any in the vicinity Our facilities for
filing orders with the greatest despatch and in the latest
and best Styles in guaranteeing satisfaction in
every particular. Try and be convinced.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

WHEN Democratic Congressman in
Washington aliG,le 70 1Ir I5iden as that
eook-eyed Old dg,tfer N Nlw York. what
Is that spoiled child of Democratic
party coming to-
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08
THE TRIBUN ME -
STE p 4 M POW DIR
JOB Printing Office.

We desire to call the attention of Manufacturers and
Business Men generally the fact that the nroduc
ton Of Steam Power into Office have made Large
Additions heretofore extensive stock of
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08
THE
PHILHARMONIC PIANO.

This entirely new instrument possessing all the
essential qualities of more expensive and higher
priced Pianos is ofIeaed at lower price than any
similar now in the market. 1t is durable, with
a magnificent tone hardly SURPASSED and yet it can
be purchased at prices and terms within the reach
Of ALL This instrument has all the modern improve
ments including the celebrated "AgrateH treble, and
is fully warranted. Catalogues mailed
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

Tie meeting Of the two Houses on
Tasrsoay TO witness The count, was the
ou!2inati9n of the excitement. which
has all along atsen,led thi; matter. Tie
Houses increased the anxiety Of The peo-
re 10 lie present b. adopting 4 joint
rale which monopolized 70 The families
Of SENATORS ana Members ali opportunity
+ witness HE eount, aud the appoint
iae..t Of City special policemen to en-
.ree tlieic monopoly. T.Frs-ny IS ter
r.a'e from 4 despot, but there IS nc
teranny equal 70 that oi ~ irresp onsibIe
bsdg Of men, whether a Congress. a Par
Iiament or Nation assembly. II Is tc
l,e hoped that oar law givers may yei
learn that the Representa- Ives of the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-23
China.

A very dark picture is drawn by a
correspondent of the Paris Temps of
the distress which has been prevalent
in China for the last few months He
says that in the Chihli and Shantung
districts the distress has reached such
a height, that part of the inhabitants
of these large provinces are literally
dying of hunger. Two Europeans who
had the courage to carry some provi-
sions to small village in Shantung,
returned horror.struck with what they
had seen. The inhabitants were put
ting an end to their sufferings by sui
eide, and in one family the father and
mother, to avoid witnessing the death
agony of their starving children, had
buried them alive. The famine has
been caused by the failure of the har-
vest for two years running in districts
which are generally very fertile
Neither grain nor fruits are to be had
at any price, and the land seems to
have been scorched by burning wind.
The grass by the roadside has been de-
voured to its very roots by the the
famshing people, who have stripped
all the trees of their bark and foliage.
AS the winter has been exceptionally
severe, many of the sufferers have died
from cold as we'll as from hunger, and
the appearance of the survivors is most
ghastly. When fine weather returns,
these provinces, formerly so populous
and aourishing, will have been con.
verted into deserts, and there will be a
lack of hands to till the ground for
next years crop. The functionaries,
the BONES, and the missionaries, with
out distinction to nationality or creed,
have joined their efforts to those of
the Government to arrest the famine
but charity, on however large a scale
practiced, is insufficient to meet all the
wants. 1t is worthy of note, however,
that an anonymous donation, equiva-
lent to $4,000, was sent some time ago
from Japan, and it has since been as.
certained that the donor is Japanese
who for many years was servant in
China, ,rbut who by lucky marriage
had become possessed of a large for.
tune, part of which he has generously
used in promoting the estente cordiah
between the two Countries.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-23
The Black Sea.

AS the Black Sea is again about to
become the scene of stirring events, it
is we'll that clear understanding should
be had OF the nature Of that remarka
BILE body of water It is about 700
miles long IN its longest direction, and
has an extreme width of about $50
miles, being three -fourths longer than
Lake Superior, ond more than twice as
wide. Its depth is from four to forty
eight fathoms near shore, but in the
middle no soundings have been found
at 100 fathoms. The greatest depth of
Lake Superior is 200 fathoms.
The Black Sea is not like our lakes,
a tresh-water sea, but on the other hand
it contains one-seventh less salt than
ocean water, and is held to receive one
third OF all the running water of Eu-
rope. The puzzle is what becomes Of
all this fresh water, and how the Black
Sea retains its sainity. The Sea is
tldeless. There is no perceptible cur
rent toward the Mediterranean. 1t
has the same level as the sea of Mar
mora. The outlet by the Bosphorus,
even were there a strong current,
would be insufficient to discharge the
immense volumes of water constantly
pouring into the inland sea, and it
scarcely seems credible that the eva
poration is sufficient to account for the
surplus water. Like our own lakes. II
is subject to frequent storms, but navi-
CATION is not exceptionally unsafe, and
an extensive steam navigation is car
ried on. There arc several islands
near the mouth of ,he Danube, but the
sea is singularly free from rocks and
shoals.
The Sea of Azov, which is connected
with the Black Sea by the narrow
strait Of Yenikale, is much smaller, be-
ing only about 16S miles long, and 80
broad. Its waters are fresh, and
abound with fish, but are very shallow,
and fall off toward the west into huge
marshes, which have been aptly nam ed
the Putrid Sea. 1t is of com paratively
little importance for purposes Of navi-
CATION, though it has several ports and
roadsteads.
All the shores washed by the Black
Sea have within the last decade made
rapid strides in the path of material
and industrial development. The en-
tire Russian coast is annually growing
in population, wealth and Importance.
Odessa chiefly exports wheat, tallow,
hides, wool and leather, and takes in
return the products of all parts of man
ufacturing Europe. The southe n
shore, comprising the northern line of
Asia Minor, has also been quickened
into an activity which bids fair to bring
it up to its ancient prosperity. Sam
soon and Trebizond are the principal
ports, and are the gates through which
the trade of Persia, Armenia, and Cen.
trail Asia can flow to Europe. The 10.
cal products are not very important.
chiefly consisting of wool, hides, and
breadstuffs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-23
European Grain Trade.

LONDON, May 15.-The Mark Lam
Express says: ''A favorable change
occurred in the weather the beginains
of last week. 1t Is doubtful whether
the backward season has done any Sc
sious harm. With warm weather.
which it is reasonable to expect, the
fears entertained in some districts viii
be dissipated. Spring sowing, even il,
late districts Is finished. It is stated
that in Cambrid geshire the acreased-
voted to wheat is small. In Scotland
the weather has been dry but very
cold. Pastures are in an almost hope
less backward state, and warm rain js
much needed to favor the growth ut
grass. The excitement has in great
measure subsided.
"Business at the country markets
has been quiet. The principal notice
able feature has been the tenacity With
which the farmers have held wheat
This, coupled with the unusually light
offerings both at provincial exchanges
and in Mark Lane, leads to the Coz
viction that the quantity Of homegrown
wheat in farmers hands is so small
they are determined to hold out for
extreme prices. Since the blockade OF
the Black Sea no political event hss
occurred directly affecting the interests
Of the grain trade. This absence OF
the fresh extraneous support, coupled
with the change to more seasonable
weather, accounts fer the decline Of
one shilling to two shiIlings which has
taken place for the second time on val
ues of wheat from the recent highest
point, and may, therefore, be consid
cred fair inference that until supplies
show a marked increase the future
course Of prices will be to a large ex-
tent dependent upon political inhn-
euces. The only source whence it is
probable we shall receive increas ed I'M
ports is Russia. Present appearances
do not favor the supposition that the
exisencies of war will interfere with
shipments from St. Petersburg, where
accumulated stocks of wheat and oats
are undoubtedly large. Still the sita-
alton is critical enough to warran'
frmness on the part of holders, ne@
that granary stocks in London are Get
tainIy at very low ebb.
Sales of English wheat last week
were 32,775 quarters, at 60 shillinss 4;
pence, against 45 shilEngs 2 pence tl,.
previous year"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-23

THE INDIAN QUEsTIoN.-The In
dian problem is in fair way to settle
itself. At season of the year when
the red man usually becomes bellige.
rent, large number of the Sioux un-
der Crazy Horse have come in, laid
down their arms. and declared for peace.
The only fighting force of Indians now
out is Sitting Bulls band, which con-
sists of not more than five hundred
warriors. This chiettain is being pur-
sued by force outnumbering his band
two to one, with every indication that
he will be compelled to surrender with
in short time, The Indian war path
is not strewn with roses, and the trou-
blesome Sioux chiefs have discovered
this fact. When the few remaining
Sioux have been disarmed, we shall
probably have an end to our Indian
wars; the question Of their mainte-
nance will then be the important one.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-23
No. 80.
Graves Of the Bonapartes.

A London newspaper says: "Tl.,
journal of Ajaccio has been busy j.,
registering the burial places Of all tl.r.
Bonapartes. The record is a curiop
one in some respects, though while j.;
is compiled at this particular nome, /
may be matter Of doubt. The or
ginal family vault was at Trevisc,
next to it came grave in the capt.,
of Tuscany; afterward an emigration :.
Corsica. In this mortuary chronici
we are reminded that of the conaut
ror's parents, his father was buried il.
st. Leu, near Paris, and his mother rs
Rome, be himself, as is we'll knowI
being exhumed from the exile soil q:
St. Helena to take bis resting place il,
the midst of his generals, in the Hot.
des Invalides. Paris. At St. Leu ais.
were inferred Louis, who died in l84G
and Napoleon Charles, his son, de,
1881. At Viterbodie the ashes ofLu-
Glen, who "departed this life in 1910;
and at Florence those Of Joseph, 1844,
Pauline, (1825D Caroline, 1839;
Charlotte, (l8390 Jerome Napoleo,.
son of Jerome, (1846;) Catherine II
Wurtemberg, Jerome's second wife !:
and Julie, wife of Joseph. The "Kinz
of Rome found tomb at Vienna, 3,
did Charles Jerome, and Cardina3
Fesch. One of the Bonapartes, A
chile Murat, left his bones in Florida
and h1urat himself had his grave d.:
by gang of Calabrian assassins. Je-
sephiDe reposes beneath the paveme,,
of the little church vf Ruel, at Maj
maison, where her happiest and unhap
pest days were passed; Marie Louis
at Parma, and Christine, first wife OF
Louis at Du-Plessis. The late Empe
ror, as all know, sleeps at Chiselhurs1
awaiting, perhaps, such return to Pc
ris and the Invalides as proved tbt
death-wound of tie Orleans Dynasty.
OF the Beauha;nais pedigree it is nc.
ted that Francis Alexander, the cele-
brated "Count," and Fanny, his wife
were entombed at Paris; Eugene, her
son, at Munich; Hortense, with ber
mother, at Malmaison; the DUKE
Leuchtenberg, at St. Petersburg; ant
Augustus, son of Eugene, at Lisbon.
So the record runs on, carrying us al
times even as far as America, with Ze-
naides, Alexandrines, Josephines, J4,
achims, and Elizas, until we find the
Corsican journalist moralizing over
this "dispersion in death of family
which, united in life, might have held
the Empire of the world"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-23
The sale of the United States bonds

THE sale of the United States bonds
of low rate of interest progresses with
rapidity which shows clearly the pre-
ference of investors for this class of Sc
curities over all others. The S5,OO0,.
900 of a per cents which were put on
the market to be sold for the benefit of
the Resumption Fund have gone off
like hot cakes, being now all disposed
of but about SS0O,O00, which will
probably be taken next week. With
this block Of bonds out Of the way,
calls for the 6 per cents will be snade
at once, and further proceeds of the
sales of a per cents applied to their
retirement. While the nations Of Eu-
rope are in feversh financial condi-
ton, the United States is reaping the
benefit of the good credit which comes
of perfect peace and security.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-23
The P0pe's Health.

The Pope's health continues to oc-
cupy the attention OF the papers The
London Lancet says: "Two symptoms
pre-occupy the attention of the physic-
ians of the Pope-the persistent ano-
rexia and the unrelieved oedma of the
lower eztremeties. On Sunday be was
unable to eat more than little soup,
and on Monday, the 10Th, he could
only masticate, not swallow, a few
drams Of underdone meat. The ten
dency to passive serious effusion is so
marked that cerebral mischief from
that cause is gravely apprehended
His Holiness has far from refreshing
sleep at night, and during the day he
shows WEAKNESS. only partially relieved
by intervals of slumber, into which
he relapses in the afternoon and even
ing. His mental vivacity continues,
however, and at the receptions. public
or private, which he gives almost daily,
he impresses visitors with stronger
belief in his vitality than his state be-
fore and after these interviews at all
iustifes. Meanwhile he is watched
with the greatest vigilance, and DR..
Pelagello, his physician, and DR.. Gee
CALI, bis secret surgeon, see him al
ternately, at frequent intervals, and
hold consultations every twenty four
hours as to the treatment to be main
tanned or modified.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-23

would be recognized by any one famil-
lar with life at the National Capital.
Political matters are extremely quiet
Some of the most useful functions of
the Post Office Department are threat
ened with temporary suspension from
exhaustion Of the appropriations which
were cut away down below the estimates
of officials thoroughly familiar with the
needs of the service and against their
protests, by the Democratic majority Of
the Forty-fourth Congress, utterly in
different, apparently, as to the effect.
embarassmen's quite as serious and due
to the same cause, threaten the De.
parsment of justice and many other
branches of the public service.
MAXWELL.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-23

A young Indian girl who had curl.
ously watched the process of marking
barrel heads in Touring mill in Wi
mona, MINI, stole in one day. and,
taking possession of the stencils, orua-
mented her blanket with the words
"Ellsworth's Choice" ard paraded the
streets in great delight, but to the dis
gust of Mr.. Ellsworth, who is bache.
lor aud had made no such choice.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-23

GEN. GRANT and family yesterday
sailed from Philadelphia for Liverpool,
the departure of the ex-President be-
ing attended by celebrate demonst,a-
tions of respect on the part of the peo-
pie of Philadelphia. Among the cpl
sodes of the occasion were the good
wishes of President and Mrs. Hayes
conveyed by telegraph, and response
of Gen. Grant returning the greetings,
and expressing the hope that upon re-
turning he would find the country
prosperous in business, and with cordi-
al feelings restored among all sections
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-23
Dr.W. C. Williams, No. s.
FUERMANN'S
Bottled Lager Beer.

HNHE UNDERSIGNED Is PUTTING UP
i In Pint Bottles. his celebrated Lager
eer, AND is prepared to sill orders in any
patt of the city and country promptly.
Delivered in Boxes Of dozen bottles each.
The attention of Farmers and Private
Families is respectfully called to this bev.
eraRs. A. FUERMANN
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-23

HIGHLY important from the East,
Gen. Sladaporilankachukimifkof h;,s
gone to Observation-Disclosures, and Adm,
raj Barborspolawiski takes command +
the Russian feet now concentrating q
Ekrateinovslorog.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-23
BOOTS AuD2H0BS

in the city, consisting of the latest and
most fashionable styles of Ladies, Gentle
mems and Children's Wear. He deals with
none but the most reliable eastern manu-
tacturers, and has & heavy and choice as
sortment o! Ladies French Kid Button,
French Kid Polish, Ladies Box-Toe Shoes,
Ladies BoS-Toe Slippers, and all other var
ieties most in dema nd, aud most suhstan.
tial. He has a splendid stock of Ladies'
goods from Reynolds Bros, Utica, n. Y.
which are not surpas ea
He has been careful, in the selection Of
all his stock. particularly with reference to
servlceable qualities and beauty of finish
He invites the public to examine his stock.
He warrants all goods