The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-15
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JOHN BRIGHT is said to have modelled
his style III ofatory after the Bible,
Shakespeare and John Milton.
"LET me" said Mr. Moody, when he
opened in Boston, "let me call your at
tentioa re a book called The Holy
Bible"
A BABY show was recently held at Chi
cago in connection with chicken show
About 200 babies and 5000 chickens
were on exhibition The cackle of the
mother of the prize baby exceeded the
cackle of the chickens.
A STATISTICAL Partisan boot-mahef has
recently given American ladies the dis
tine ion of having the smallest feet by
nature among theft sex, and from them
he ascends in the order of Spanish, Ital-
ians, Russians and English to the Ger
mans.
FIFTY THOUSAND Russian Mennonites
have determined to immigrate to the
United States. They have the alterna-
tive of taking up arms or leaving the
empire, and prefer TO cross the sea.
Fourteen thousand of them will settle in
Kansas eaf1y'in the spring.
A BULL in ST. Louis recently got loose
and created Quite a sensatioti Oh the
b'tblic streets. He ran through print
ing Office, and then jumped down the
elevator hatchway of a commission
house. He was finally rescued, and led,
lamblke, to the slaughter.
THERE are ss2sa, 100,0OO more Of gold
than silver iii existence. The amount Of
precious metal in existence is $13, 40
900, O6o. The Increase Of the amount Of
the precious metals in existence has been
greater within the last twenty-eight Years
than during the previous 40.
A PARIS woman has put new and
startling face on that particular breach
of the Decalogue on which rests most of
our modern dramatic literature "Alas !"
she cries, in an agony of bitter tears at
the feproaches of her enlightened lord,
''Alas that I shoitld ever live to be the
Wife If deceived htlsbahd p
The number of vessels of war of all
the maritime nations amounted in 1876,
according to some official statistics lately
published in Germany, to 2, O39, OF which
200 were ironclads, The aEnlaiBe14t coi44-
pfised 100000 men and $1,000 guns !;
ITO war vessels, including Sc ironclads,
were in cOu1Sa of cOn ctr11otion
AN inventor proposes a vessel that will
not be affected by waves at sea- A hol-
low body is to be submerged several
yards below the surface of the water ::
and above the Surface, supported by
strong posts, is to be the part of the
vessel for passengers. The propelling
machinery is to be in the submerged
portion.
THERE has been a great slaughter of
cattle iii Nevada by railroad trains This
winter. The snow has been so deep that
the animals have sought the tracks for
comfortable standing places, and upon
the approach of a train, after making
frantic efforts to scale the banks of snow
lining the track, have been crushed in
large numbers.
A RICH vein of quicksilver has been
discovered not far, from San Buenaven-
tura, Cal. and test of the samples by an
experienced assayer revealed 60 per cent.
of pure quicksilver. The discoveries
have not yet revealed the exact location
of their find, and are keeping shady until
they have secured the valuable territory.
THERE are scalp claims awaiting the
action of the Supervisors of Mendocino
county, Cal, amounting to 81, 1877 The
animals slaughtered were sixteen Califor-
mia lions, 119 bears, comprising the black,
brown and cinnamon species, and 224
wildcats The lions and panthers draw
a bounty of $40 each, bears s. each, and
wildcats 50 each.- There are no grizzly
scalps
THE GLOW-WOR1I
Softly beaming and content,
A IlI,on he QTound