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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01
THE EAST.

The Mutual Life Insurance company OF Newark,
n. j., has gone out of business.
PETER W1NrERMUTE, who killed Gen. McCook at
Yankton Dakota, two years ago di ed at Elmira, n.
Y, on the 27tb.
JOHN KAN, aged six, son of wealthy parents, was
on the 2Sth inst, abducted at recess from the
school connected with the church OF Transigura-
ton by an unknown man who gave him money and
sweetmeats
j. B. FORD & Co., publishers, have gone INTO
bankruptcy for the second time, having failed to
carry out ths term; of their first compromise with
their creditors. They offer 81 cents on tine
dollar PAYABLE in sixteen monthly instaliments.
SIGNoR BITE the presti diSitateur died at Phil
adephia on the 2Sth inst, of consumption.
Fx-Gov. HARRIS, of New Jersey, died January
&c. ,,, -,
THE first and second NOR tgage bondholders OF
he L etreit and Milwaukee railroad held NEE ting
at Detroit on the 26th, three-fourths OF s450o,os
involved being represented. committee to vino
pointed and to start it off under the name Of tn
Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee railro ad.
WM CULLEN BRYANT presided at meeting held
n New York, Jau. 25 10 al d the movement for ar
ranging a settlement between defaulting southern
states and their creditors.
The committee on federal relations of the Massa
chusetts legislature will report fesouti avorin,
he electoral bill and constitutional amendment t.
guard against any similar contingency in the fu
ure.
UNITED STATES District Attorney Bliss has com
nenced suit in the q. s. district court, at Ne'
York, against Samuel J. Tilden, for $4,000, fo
| nou-payment of income tax caPias, returRabl
| Feb. 6, was issued and serv ed Jan. %.
GRAIN in sight in the states and Canada, Jan. Is
1877: IL, 077 brs of wheat; IL ,3:0,5S5 bus.
corn: ,663 bus. OF oats and 1884 ,42S bus.
| harley.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01
THE WEST.

An Omaha pedestrian walked 10 miles in 70 hours
and y minutes.
LEADING men of the civilized tribes OF Indians in
the Indian territory favor the project of sending
the northern Sioux to that territory.
GE oRGE B. JocELYN, D. D., President of the
Albion (iich.l College, died at his residence in Al
bion on the 27th inst, A. NJ, after short and
painful illness.
THREE men we re overwhelmed and carried down
a mountain Centennial m inc at Cheyenne on
the 18th inst. By snow slide. One of them,
Thomas Hodgson of Holland, Michigan, was killed.
The other two. Capt. Kelly and Geo. B. Davis,
escaped with slight injury. The avalanche was set
n motion by the discharge of blast in Prospect
hole.
j. Nj. IGLEsIAs, president OF the republic of Mex
co, and cabinet have arrived at San Francisco.
The reports circulated through specials CT the
massacre of the Valino tr.iu, between the Black
Hills and Fort Pierre, ascertained to be entirely
untrue The galino train has arrived at Pierre, all
safe aud sound, without seeing Indian on going
III coming out,
A SPECIAL from Leavenworth says about two
weeks ago George Clark, Jessie Eaton, Virgin
Wright and ". r. Powell, well kn IVA citiz.ns of
Austin, Summer county, kas.. left that place for
KioNa, Brown county, with four wagons loaded
with corn. Not returning at the time they were
pected to, the opinion prevails thai they ware mur
/ Gered by the Indians and their teams run of.
The hog cholera is raging with terrible effect in
| southwestern Missouri.
REPORT is current at Fort Randall that a train
of fifteen wagons and twenty men were captured
Jan. ls about 100 miles OF the Missouri river
| while their way out of the hills, and not man
escaped the scalping knife. The Indian who
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

NOTHING definite has been heard OF Bobert
Drury, who murdered his uncle, Albert Gibson at
Memphis on January Goth. He is % yeara old, nve
feet, eight inches in height, weighs about 14o
pounds, has brown hair and light brown mustacne.
His face is oval and presents dished appearance.
DAVE RAGaIo. a notorious criminal, who has
.srsea, term in the Wisconsin state prison 10 for
cago on Saturday, and died on Monday.
MEnRIMANs block, on Ford street, Boston,
Mass in which was located the Plimp:on Manufac-
turing Company, Seidler & May, fur manufactur-
ers and co. D. Bartlett, clothier, was totally de-
stroyed by an incendary fire on the 2Sth. Total
loss 10 009 insurance, Sl44, $50. Loss of Pfmp-
ton Manufacturing Company, Sl20 900; insurance.
$70,OC0, in large number OF companies. seldler
4 Mays loss $4,000; Insured for sA,2iO. Loss on
block, owned by j. Merriman, $4,000; insurance,
$50 0O0 George D. Bart'etts loss, $3o8oO; insur
, ance, s25,000.
The steamer Celtic brought to New York the
captain and three of the ere W of the schooner
Island Belle, from st. John. N. F., for Boston,
abandoned Jan. "a. The capt ain of the scho oner
reports that four of the crew died from cold and
exposure.
Bw. STOCKTON chief clerk OF the Willard Hotel,
at Lc uisyille, fatally shot by W. c. Whips, his
employer, on the 26th inst.
FIVE men were seriously injured and 800 barrels
of oil consumed by an explosion IN the kerosene OH
works at Boston, January &c.
| MCCoRMIcK's cabinet factory at Medina, n. Y.
was burned on Friday, January 20; loss $4,000
Miss MARY GEARY, left neigh boris house neal
MELVILLE Pa, to walk home, but took the wrong
| road and was frozen to death.
Is an alteration, Jan. 25, between j. r. Walker
and Otto Moses, we'll known dentists of New Or
leans and partners in business, pistols were used
and Moses was dangerously wounded.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01
FOREIGN.

THE ultramontane organ, Unita Cattolica, at
Rome, Italy, admits that The Pope has kept his bed
two days, aud does not deny that he has had more
than one attack of senile epilepsy
A WASHINGTON dispatch says there is not a par
tice of truth i'll the statement recently made that
the Spanish govern ment in negotiation with
a view to granting them autonomy or self govern
inert. On the contrary Spain occupies the same
position as heretofore with regard to affairs in
Cuba with no probability, whatever, of changing it.
TURKISH ENJOYS have been commissioned to con-
Guide peace with Servia. 1t is announced that the
- Turkish parliament wm - '-o ~ -
March.
change of government in Mexico.
TURKISH Envoy has been commits stoned to con-
clude peace with Servia the basis of statu quo
ante bellum. Turk is willing to grant some terri
tory to Montenegro.
p1spArcH to the Cologne Gazette, dated on Sat
urday the 2Tth says the whole Turk sh army in the
Bulgaria and Servian border is not much ever 1oO,-
O. strong 1t comprises 1873 inf antry battalions and
seven regiments of cavalry. and has 200 field
pieces The main body is at Widden. The sanitary
condition of the army is not satisfactory, AMI the
artillery lacks munitions and horses The spirit OF
the men, however, is excellent, and the work on
| fortihcations is going on with great activity.
| The Gar of Russia is seriously ill.
| FRANCE refuses to furnish Turkey with officers
THE porte, it is said, intends introducing, OF MS
own accord, the reforms demanded by the confer
| ence.
| THE London Times Belgrade dispatch confirms
the report that Medhat Pasha has proposed peac'
| negotiations to ServIa The correspondent aod
that this fine stroke of diploma cy is to force Rus
| sia's hand The Servians will not dare to refus
the portes overtures unless Russia openly promise
| to support Servia, hence Russia will be compelle'
to declare herself lose the assisan ce OF the Ser
Wan army and Servian territory in case OF war;
| REPORT is current in Havana that arrange
ments have been entered into between the Span
iards and insurgents, by which peace will be dc
clared, and autonomy granted to Cuba. After
term of five years the governing power OF tn
island is to be elected by the people.
FIRE broke out in Stone Hill colliery, near Bo
ton, on the 23d of January, while the me we're a
work, and is still Burning. Fifteen min ers al
known to have perished.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01
A Victim Of Circumstantial Evidence.

All the same, no man, though ne dote
upon buckwheat cakes ever so much
at the breakfast table, can defend the
habit of setting the batter in big crock
at the end of the sitting room stove
over night. All women do this, and
the custom is fraught with danger.
Now, only the other night, Mr.. Hook
enberry, of South Hill, went home very
late. He pulled off his boots and sat
down to warm his feet before going to
bed, and what should Mrs. Hocken-
berry see the next morning the first
thing when she got up but sinuous
procession of human foot prints, neatly
outlined in buckwheat batter, making
q zigzag line across the sitting room
carpet, through the hall and half way
up stairs, the last fading tracks point
ing unmistakably in the direction Of
her sleeping husband. And when Mr..
tfookonbcrry, rudoiy awakened from
his slumber to show cause why sentence
should not be pronounced against him,
feebly insisted that the tracks might
have been, and probably were made by
the Cat, there wasn't a dry eye in the
wigwam, and he fell, then and there,
another victim to circumstantial evi-
dence,-H0UkeVe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01
aEHRY 6ERcER.
A Missouri Girls Nerve.

From the Osceola (Mo) Democrat.
A girl but eighteen years of age,
whose name we withhold, owing to a
desire on the part of the actors TO keep
the affair secret, was sitting in the dark
ened kitchen with her betrothed, in the
wee hours of the night, when, starting
for the fireplace in order to replenish
the fuel, her foot struck what she sup
posed was piece of rope, and, stoop-
ing to pick it up, she received the ven
omous fangs of large rattlesnake in
her thumb. To ordinary individuals
this would be the signal for a fainting
fit, but not 80 in the present case. The
girl simply turned the light up, and
asked her young man" to kill the rep
tile. and seizing large case-knife, she
severed the bitten thumb from the
hand, thus preventing the deadly poi
son from getting into her system, and
probably causing her death.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01
WASHINGTON.

TIE Z. S. supreme court has adjourned till Feb
ruary II.
HoN. A. H. STEVENS is alarmingly ill.
| RUMoRs of extensive swindles on the u S. treas
| ury are rife in Washington, but Treasurer wymsl
| says not = dollar has been lost.
The bill for the final counting of the electors
votes and the decision of the presidential question
was signed by the president, Jan. %, and is now
law.
| THE electoral commission will consist of Senator
Edmunds, Morton, Frelinghuysen, Thurman ant
| bayard; Representatives Payne, Hunton, tAbbott
| Garfeid and Hoar, and Justices Clifford, Strong
Miller, Field; the fifth justice to be selected
II Is reported that a number of troops which
have been stationed at Washington for some time
VIII be ordered to stations in other portions of the
eoantry.-some of them to Fort Monroe and
Governors Island and others to points in the wset
where their services may be demand in the sprino
campaign against the Indians
FRIEND of Associate Justice Davis furnishes the
following: Judge Davis is so much occupied now,
and VIII be for the next six weeks, in preparing
oplnions upon cases assigned to him by the Asso-
ciate Justice that his immediate resignation could
not now take placd without injustice his present
duties, which preclude him from any decision as to
his acceptance of the Senatorshup.u
Ex-Gov. KELLOGG aud United States Marshal
PltRan, OF Louisiana, had interview with the
President Jan. g. in relation t. political affairs in
Louisiana.
THE President has nominated Thos Settle of
North Carolina, q. s. district judge for Florida,
and BeDJ F. Flanders, U. s. assistant treasurer at
New Orleans
E1 Gov. SrsARNs, of lorida, has arrived at
Washington, to testify before the committee on
privileges of the house.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs denies that
arrangements have bsen made for the removal of
the Sioux from the Back Hills to the Indian Terri
ory.
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs an
proves of the action of the President in declining
to receive the Irish centennial address, brought
over by John O'Connor Power
The United S6ates Treasurer has issued a call
or the redemption of $4,000, 600 in 20 bonds of
1865.
The house sergeant-at-arms are on their way to
Washington, via Mobile, with Casinave and Kenner,
members of the returni ne board.
IT is expected that the special house committees
on presidential election in Flori la and South Car.
ona Will make their report at the close of this
week The MorrIson committee " ill endeavor to
make Its report on the Louisiana question before
the bill of the joint committee of Congress for de-
the electoral question, shall have bee
disposed Of by the House.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01
Snow i'm Surgical Practice.

DR.. Holmes recently removed q
tumor from the left side of Mr.. l.. F.
Herrin, of the size of an ordinary ap-
Pile. While the operation was in pro-
gress Mr.. Herrin was reading the news
in daily paper, and was not aware
that the knife was being used until the
tumor was placed on the table before
him. The method of destroying SEN
sibility was this: Tue doctor took ball
of snow, added to it tablespoonful of
table salt, and applied this freezing
mixture to the tumor until the surface
was white.-Heena (Montaaa) Herald.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01
A Memorable Week.

The first week of 1877 will be long
remembered in the British Islands.
The coasts and neighboring sea were
swept by extraordinary and devastat-
ing gales, and wrecks strewed the shores
from Lands End to the Hebrides.
From the incessant rains that accom-
panied the storms the country was in
undated, and disastrous floods are ra-
ported from all the river val Us
throughout the islands. The valley Of
the Thames was fairly drowned
through the combined results of the
tidal waves and the freshets. The
LANDS particularly affected by the dis
astrous foundations extend along the
banks of the river Thames above and
below London.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01
Metamornhosis, Of Madness.

A well known visitor of mad-hOuses
has come across an incident almost
unparalleled in its incomprehensibility.
He went to a private lunatic asylum
which he had previously visited, and
seeing there q distinguished looking
man sitting moodily alone, went up to
him and said, "How do you do? l
think have seen you before. May |
ask your name?" "My name p replied
the man, fiercely, IL am Alexander the
Greatp "Why," said the visitor, who
suddenly remembered having already
had a discussion with the man, 'the
last time was here you were st. Paul y
Yes, of course" the man rejoined
quickly, "but that was by the first
wife,"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01
Rad for the Soldiers.

A late Havana paper announces the
return to Spain of the remnant of q
once celebrated regiment, the Chas-
seurs of Andalusia, which h as been
serving in Cuba for the last seven
years. 1t says: These lis heroes
are the sole remnant of the second ex-
peditionary legion, which arrived on
these shores as soon as Spain learned
of the cry of Yara. OF the 1,2OO sol
diers with which this battalion reached
Cuba, those who have survived the fc-
yer, the black vomit lockjaw and the
steel Of the enemy, sum up only 11S. T"
Remnants of other celebrated regi-
ments, which all show about the same
lists of casualties, are being shipped
back from Cuba to Spain at the rate of
from two to three hundred in each
mail steamer. No wonder Gen. CAM
pos insists upon still heavier re- enforce.
M ents.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01

SIR ANTHONY CooPER's remedy for
chilblains was a liniment made by
mixing an ounce of camphorated spirits
with half an ounce of the liquor of
subacetate of lead. Apply three or
four times day.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01

Drought the news says Crazy Horses band commit.
seo the outrage, and the train belonged to Violin L
PapiRan, of Yankton.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01
TUESDAY, January 2S.-Memorials

from Boston and ST. Louis, favoring the so-cslled
compromise bill, were presented .Buliz was ad-
miited as a member from South Carolina, after nav-
ing first ta.en the iron-c.ad oath. %. The House
then considered the resolutions reported by the
committee privileges, and was addressed by
Seelye who declared the doctrine laid down in the
resolution to be libel the letter and entire spirit
Of the constitution. Williams, Of Wisconsin,
argued favor of having the electoral vote counted
By the President of the 81 nate. he followed By
Tucker, who made . speech in favor of the reso-
lutions The resolutions were then laid until
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01
Congressional Proceedings


TUESDAY, January 23-Petitions were
presented from Philadelphia, Piitsburg and st.
Louis, praying for the passage of the bill presented
by the joint committee on counting the electoral
vote. . Consideration of the measure was then re-
sumed, and sherman spoke in opposition TO it.
Conkliug followed him with arguments in its favor.
- EdmUnds gave notice that he would ask for q
vote on the bill tomorrow The senate then went
into executive session, and Afterwards sdjourned.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01
MANITOWOC
DRY DOCK

The undersigned, having leased the dry dock Of
the Manitowoc Dry Dock Company, at Msntowoc
for term of Eve years, is now pre-
pared to dock vessels Of all classes, includ
ing the largest afoat on the lakes. The dry dock
is 2S5 feet long, and IS feet wide with II feet Of
water over the mud sill. All work intrusted to us
will be performed in shillful, workmanke and
expeditions manner, and At lower figures than can
be obtained either in Milwaukee or Chicago.
sssu 6ENRY kERcER.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01

ELIZABETH DERoC, an old Dutch lady
of Chicago, who saw Napoleon at Delft
in 800, says that he rode . white
horse, took of his hat to the people,
and at banquet ate only white beans,
for fear he might be poisoned.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01

The undersigned offer the following articles to
the public at the Remarkably Low Prices given be-
low:
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01
MONDAY, January 29.-Bills we're In

troduced fixing the time for eyular meetings of
Congress; declaring forfeited to the United States
certain lands granted to Michigan for railroad pur.
poses, and providing for their sale to actual set
tiers; chartering freight railroad from tidewater
on the Atlantic, to the Missouri river The bill
authorizing the payment of x5O,00e to James B
Eads for the construction of the ettes at the mouth
of the Mississippi river came up, the pending
question being on Buck kaer's amendment directing
PAYMENT in bonds. Rejected, and the bill wen
over A message from the Senate informing th
House that the President has signed the electors
compromise bill was read and Payne thereupol
gave notice he would move, at O'Clock tomorrow
that the House proceed to the election of FIVE mem
bers of the commission Adjourned.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01
Senate.

HADISUN, JdHuary Z0.-KemOn-
strances were received against exempting the Wis
consin Central from taxation . Bills were nitro
duced reiiting to conveyances of real estate; con-
cerning accounts of town officers 80 Bills were
passed amending the charter of Eau Ilaire; for
court commissioners in Brown county...A sub
stltute for the Wisconsin Central exemption bill
came up Tor adoption, but after discussion was laid
over and made the special order for tomorrow
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01

strances petitions, ETC., were introduced against
exempting Wisconsin Central lands; for tri-
weekly mail in Waukesha county; for the formal ion
OF the county of Ludington. The resolution for
bidding reading of newspapers and smoking while
the assembly was in session was passed " Vance
introduced bill to abolish the fees OF the county
Judge and make his salary s. 900 per year. The
committee of the whole re ported a number of bills
OF no general impor lance, were ordered to a third
reading. Adjourned.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01

The entrance-door of the State His
torical Society rooms is adorned with a
fine specimen of the head of buffalo.
The animal was killed on ihe Colorado
plains between the Union and Kansas
Pacific railroads, in 1875.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-01

MONDAY, January 29.--Robertson
called up the resolution acknowledging the Hamp
ton government in South Carolina, and spoke on
the subject . The chair laid before the senate
message from the President, giving his reasons for
approving the electoral count bill Sergeant sub
mitted a report of the majority of the sub-cem-
mittee which recently made investigation in re-
glrd to the election in Florida he also gave notice
that Cooper would present report in behalf of the
minority of the committee The senate then
went into executive session, and when the doors
were reopened, adjourned.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-10-14

10 4 man or woman wthoutan appel.
ute, "thG best the market affords" pre-
sents little or no attractions. The sooner
such 4 hapless individual puts the gastric
organ in 4 condition to enjoy the edible
comforts which bountiiul providence
has provided, the more reason there Will
be to ieel grateful for the suggestion. To
do this, inviSorate the stomach with Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, which will en-
able that organ to digest properly, and,
since good digestion is the parent OF APP
petite, give birth to desire for food at
the intervals appointed by nature. With
chronic want OF appetite are usually as
ISOLATED nervousness, billousncss and
constipation, three evils which are speed
lily overcome by the Bitters. All persons
of a dyspeptlc or bilious tendency should
use this healthful tonic daily, or at least
three or forr times week. A pursuance
oil this course will soon insure and con-
firm radical change Tor the better in
the condition Of the stomach ana associate
organs.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-10-14

1t should be remembered that on next
Wednesday evening Mrs. Laura Tisdale,
q lady of the finest literary taste
and culture, and one OF the
finest elocutionist of the day, will
appear at the atheneum In this
city. As an evidence of the
impressions made upon those
who have witnessed her readings,
we print the following extracts. Prof.
f. B. Booth, the eminent elocutionist of
Chicago, sa,
MIS-. TisuD.c has clear perception of
thought and character, fine literary Taste
aud culture, nd Is thoroughly IN earnest
she is therefore eminently fitted to give
an intelligent and appreciative interpre-
tatlon 10 whatever author she may
choose. Her ideal in elocution is very
high. and am thankful to say em braces
something beyond an exhibition OF vocal
tricks or final display.
E. X. Churchill, Of the Providence
Journal, writes, under date of Aug. II,
1877:
IL am lost in surprise at the rapidity
with which you have made your way and
won recognition In the tace of all OBJ,
starles and with so many competitors in
the field before you. recognized from
the first many elements OF success in YOU
especially your impassioned realization
of character and the quality of your VOICE
your manner" etc., etc.
This entertainment will be un Ter the
management OF the Ladies Library asso
citation, and it ia hoped that all those wht
can will be present. Admission 25c re
served seats, zoe.