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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-10-25
STOLEN,

rom my enclosure on the night of the 18th
OF October, 1871, large red fat cow with brass
o 0gesols on ner horns The neighborhood has
ProPeity, or Tor information that will lead TO
ttS discovery and the arrest and eonyictIon of
the thief. CHPJSTI5N y , lSIol Vi
Section -, town OF Cato $3.50.
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A Proposition to amend the constitu-
ton increasing the number of Judges of
the Supreme Court from three to five
is to be voted upon at the ensuing cleo
ton. When the present Supreme
Court was organized the population of
the state was less than one third of
what it is now. At that time the Court
was able 10 do all of the work that came
before it. Now owing to the increase
Of business the Court is unable to keep
mp with its work and the addition of two
members to the working force of the
Court, it is hoped will expedite bust
ness very materially. There are other
reasons why our highest Court, the
Court of last resort, should be strength
ened. No appeal lies from that Cour
and it should be composed of enough
members so that ample time could be
given to the Investigation of every case
coming before it.
Again, five learned judges are less
liable to err after full argument and
plenty of time for investigation, than
there who are oyermarked and crowded
with business to such an extent as to
be unable to give as much time as they
desire to each case.
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BRIGHAMs WIDows.-A telegram from
Utah informs us that few mornings
since Brigham Young's thirty-seven
widows, by an Unfortunate coincidence,
left their respective homes at the same
hour to visit the cemetery and drop o
few tears over The grave of their late
husband. AS they neared the "silent
city of the dead" strangers mistook the
single file procession for the pupils of
female seminary out Oh parade. The
grief stricken widows crowded around
the newly made grave, each claiming as
good a right as the other to have the
first weep, and pretty soon the silent air
was filed with female voices pitched in
terribly high key, and what should
have been a JANUS performance. The
sexton visited the scone of the unpleas-
antness an hour later, and picked up
two bushels of false hair. Sometimes
the telegraphs lies, but this story sounds
plausible enough.-Ec.
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GREAT excitementis generally followed
by corresponding depression. The
national election of last fall seems to
have left the people devoid of all inter
est in politics. The excitement was so
intense as to be exhaustive and unhealthy
and it is followed by a supine indiffer-
ence which may be fully as injurious to
the country. Interest i'll elections should
not be the result of partisanship, nor
carried to the extremity of discord. In
such an event there is sure to be re-
action to the opposite extreme, and such
reaction is exemplifed in the present
unconcern. A good healthy state of
activity is essential to the selection of
| competent and proper officers. Undue
excitement or apathy are the two states
of public feeling most favorable to the
pretensions of designing and incompe-
tent persons, and always secures what is
known as strict party vote, that is
placing the fitness of a Candidate for
| office to the party to which he belongs
and not to his personal merits.
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ION CoRwIN.-The famous Wing
orator of Ohio, related shortly before
his death that he won his first Congress
sional seat, in 1880, entirely upon what
he called the ''night-shirt issue" He
was nominated upon the Wing ticket in
a district having legitimate Democratic
majority of at least Is, 900. He had but
very little hope of election. and there
fore was somewhat desperate in his
methods.
In the very first speech ne made he
thus referred to his opponent, who was
very finely appearing gentleman, and
really did put on some style FOR that day
and state of society.
Fellow citizens, what shall say OF
my opponent, the candidate upon the
Democratic ticket2 He is really SO much
of gentleman, so fine flop, that it is
with much diffdence that these black
hands, Injured to the hardships of toll,
would approach him. Why, fellow
citizens, he is much different from and
much better than common mortals.
When we are ready to etire for the
night, we remove our outer garments,
and recline upon our virtuous touches,
and sleep the sleep of innocence and
peace, arrayed in the shirt which has
been wet during the day with the sweat
of honest toll But when this fine gen.
tleman who now demands your votes for
the high Office of Congressman, who
desires to represent you in the councils
of the nation,-when this gentleman is
ready to retire for the night he removes
all of his garments, none of which was
ever wet by honest toll, and carefully
of arrays himself after the time honored
style our grandmothers in long, flow
night-shirt, This is the fine gentleman
who demands your suffrages upon the
Democratic ticket, and nothing could
persuade me to say aught against him.
This description, which Mr.. Corwin
intended to be received as a ludicrous
joke and to create a laugh, was taken as
the most solemn statement of fact, and
not smile was visible upon the counte-
nance of his hearers. At first he was in
doubt as to the effect which the story
might have, but it was the most favor
able to his cause. The honest woods
men considered the weraing of the night
shirt as well-nigh crime, and every
where he spoke during the campaign he
was called upon to relate the story, and
in one way and another he did so all
over the district, and when election
came he went in with fair maj GRITTY
and began his wonderful public career.
FIR
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"AND so they have elected you Speak
er OF the House, remarked Mrs. Ran
dali to her husband the other evening,
as the two walked down the steps of the
Capitol. eyes, dear" s'Well, they
can elect you Speaker of the House all
they want to, continued Mrs. r. Sharp
ly; "but of course you will understand,
Samuel, that I continue TO be boss of
of the house." The Speaker said the
clerk would proceed to call the ayes and
the noes, but Mrs. Randall said it would
be taken by consent.
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INGERSOLL AND FREE THOUGHT.

Ingersoll's offer to pay $1,000 in gold
| to any one who could prove that Paine
vas frightened to death by the clanking
chains of devils, or that he recanted his
disbelief at the last moment has given
| rise to quite q controversy between him
and the New York Observer. Ingersou
is evidently sincere admirer of the I'M
trammeled utterances of Paine and Vol
taire and his chivalrous defense of the
graves of those champions of free
thought from the dissertation OF these
whom he terms the s'iackals and hyenas
of superstition" must meet the approba-
ton of all who think that "the grave
should cover every defect, ex6inguish
every resentment.
The religious press will find no half.
hearted adversary in Ingerson. He
thinks with ''a drawn back arm" and the
vigor of his thought is equalled only by
the elegance of his diction. He thinks,
and justly, that the exploration of all
regions of thought comes properl with
in the province of all minds. Activity
is with him a leading characteristic
whether in the crowded avena of poll
tics or as the almost solitary figure de-
flying the traducers Of the champions of
free thought Scientists remove the
cobwebs of superstition because they
obstruct their view Ingersoll brushes
them aside because they mar the beauty
OF manhood. Nor does he deem it need
ful that while his hand is aggressive his
manner should be propitiary. His
words have the clear ring of defiance
and the deep impress of reason. A man
of pronounced views, he Stimulates no
reverence for what he regards as super
stition sanctifed by acceptance of ages.
A skilled dlalectician he is an ugly OPP
ponent for those theologians who would
substitute blind faith for enlightened
reason determined in his search for
truth he is not to be driven back by az
guments urged more through malice
than from the force of conviction.
Free thought, as defined by the acts
of those processing it, is seldom sym
onym for iberality. No religious fana-
tics were ever more intolerant than are
those who libel themselves ''free think
ers." The very name has become odious
from She envenomed bigotry with which
it is ever associated. Hostility to a
particular form or to all forms of relig-
ion is the doctrine most diligently pro-
mulgated, and ''free thought becomes
an active participant in sectarian strug-
giles. ''The bigotry of free thought
is not contradiction of terms but
truism which the incongruity of profes
sions and acts have given birth to. In
gersoll does not make himself liable to
the charge of bigotry. He attacks en-
TOR wherever he finds it. He is no re-
specter of denominations nor an enemy
of sincere religious belief, but an I'M
sparing opponent of pretentious piety,
He is unlike some misnamed free
thinkers" who under guise of this name
attack particular religion which they
have been educated to hate. IngersoQ
is consistent in his hostility and deals
blows on all denominations with uniform
impartiality.
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COLLECTOR SMART has been making
1t warm for some of the saloon-keepers
of the Belgian Settlement in this and
kewannee counties, who had neglected
to conform with the law and take out
the Necessary license. Thirteen were
arrested, three of whom were taken to
Milwaukee, where they settled the mat
ter by paying about five times as much
as the license. In expense and costs. A
number of them who had been selling
on the ''sly for two or three years pre-
yious were made to shell out for their
negligence. Moral: don't try to cheat
Uncle Sam out of his just dues. Tt
won't pay.-DoOr County Adrocate.
Mr. Smart places his duty to the
government above all other consid-
erations and when all government Off
GERS are as efficient and faithful as he,
civil services willhave attained perfection.
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WE regret to notice that Mr.. Minag-
han is not a candidate for the office of
superintendent of schools of Calumet
county this fall. The people of our
nelghboring county should insist on his
acceptance. Mr.. Minaghan was always
creditable representative of the school
interests of the county in state conven-
tons and through him Calumet county
became favorably known in educational
circles.
Inspired by the spirit of Know-Noth-
ingism, the New York Tribune demands
that the obelisk be brought over and
raised by Americans. Won't it let one
Irlshman-a little one, say, for cent
dig part of the whole in which the thing
will be planted?
New York is not satisfied with the
splendid statue that adorns her harbor.
She has an Itching PALM for the an
hqulties of the Ptolemies. Sufficient
money has been raised by the city to
transport the obelisk known as Cleopa.
| tra's needle from Egypt.
The attention is now called from Bal
kans and directed to kars. The move
ments of the opposing armies at both
places are like the vibrations of pendu-
lum. The Turkish defeat in the neigh
borhood of Kars is quite serious one.
PRoF. TYNDALn has been making some
more valuable contributions to science.
His explanation of the theory that in
Simultaneous death is entirely painless,
| is plausible and interesting.
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Cheap Guns for the People.

Double Shot Guns, from s. to $50. Breech Load
ing Shot Gums. from SO 10 $50 Single Shot Guns
all kinds, SO to SIS Rifles NIuzzIe ard p ouns-
Loading single and Repeating Z, 10 and "a sbooters
Reyoiyers, .. and shooters % 80 to 500
Goods sent by Express c. O. D. win I,,iv;,,. =.
examine. Price list free Address W
GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS, PITTSBURGH
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brandy, [ hope" murmured a sail
or on desert isle, when he stopped to
pick up large black bottle which the
waves washed to his feet. "Beer, I ex-
pect, he said softly, pausing in his
labor of tugging at somewhat obstinate
cork. Tracts, by Jingo!' he indig-
nantly exclaimed, when the edifying
but scarcely convival contents of the
flask were exposed to view.
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SITTING BULL has had commission.
1t was sent him at the request of the
Canadian government who are growing
weary OF his presence on the frontier.
The commission is said to have found
the chief as stubborn rs mule and
strong in the determination to consult
his own evert will as to the proper time
tc return to the United States.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-10-25
First publication October 25, 1871
SHER1FF'S SALE ON Fl, Fa,
STATE OF observation-disclosures COURT.

STATE OF MISUNDERSTANDING COIr2,r
MANITOwOC COUNTY, SIS.
ELLRY B. TREAT
Appellant.
AGAINST
CHARLES LAWRENCE,
Respondent.
By virtue of a Fl. Fa. for costs, issued ont of
the supreme Court of the State of Wisconsin
dated the Sd day of October, 1877 and to me
directed and delivered, in the above entitled
action, and tested on the 18th dav of SeDtem
per 1871. have levied on all the right, title
ana interest which the respondent Charles
Lawrence had in and TO the west half of the
north west quarter of section number nine CeO
township number twenty C,0) range number
twenty-one CID east, situated in the county of
Man1towoc and State OF Wisconsin, on the 18th
day OF september, 1877, or has since acquired
thereto, which right, title and interest shall
expose Tor sale and sell at public auction TO
the highest bidder at the Sheriff's oficf, in, the
Court House in the city of Manitowoc, Wiscon-
sin, on Saturday, the Sth day of December, 1871.
at IO clock IN the forenoon of that day.
Dated Sheriff Office Manitowoc Wisconsin.
oe'oper ~olh, 1917. 25Oct6t
T. MULHOLLAND.
D. = aNDERSoN, Sheriff for Man. Co.
Attorney for Appellant
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S. B. SHERWOOD,
GEN'L LAND AGENT,

Has for sale Farms and lands i, tho Co,,.
OF Manitowoc, Calumet. Brown, Door SC Wis
Also lots and houses in the City of Manitowoc
Also, 5000 acres of good Pine lands in
Marathon chippewa, Ashland, SC counfiesWis
Also ABOUT 1000, 600 acres of Burlington =
Mo. River R. R. Cos Lands in the Sn.s+ io,r
part OF the State of Iowa and the Southeastern
part OF the State of Nebraska. on 10 years time
Win SIX per cent interest Persons wishing to
buy or sell Farms, Lands and Lots or wan55;no
TO employ an agent in any business of land
matters, VIII please give me call in person
or by letter, atthe Williams House, ManitowCc
Wis arna rcb-e - A,o"o S
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REPUBLICAN TICKET.

For Governor
WILLIAM E. SMITH,
OF Milwaukee.
For Lieutenant Governor
JAMES NJ. BINGHAM,
OF Chippewa.
For Secretary of State
HANS B. WARNER,
OF Pierce.
For State Treasurer
RICHARD GUENTHER,
OF Winnebago.
For Attorney General
ALEXANDER WILSON,
of Iowa.
For State Superintendent
w. G. WHITFORD,
OF Walworth.
, 1877-03-19
ST. LOUIS JOURNALISM.

1tumors OF a Now Comblnntlon---A News-
paper by Iiutcliins, McCuslagl,, and ru-
1lkzcr.
DsnaicA to Cincinnati Caftsls.
ST. Louis, March 10.-A rumor, which IL
something more than rumor, Of now journal-
tstEc venture IN st. Louis, Is In circulation tho
"details Of which arc not without interest, TIC
81. Louis TTnxs Is reported to be In anything
but 1o,,rfsting condition, anil tho prospcctap-
pears to tc TINT It will soon bc merged Into
another duly, untlcr q now namc md and new
management. Tho building formerly occupied
by tho 81: Louis tliots before its consolidation
%it'I tho Dsmoeras s said TO bc already leased to
tl'e rrtnslpals t1 tho ncT venture, who. orc rep
rcacuted MS McCullngl', Of the Giobc~D Dtmoeras,
ilutcl,tna, Of tho Times, md Pulitzer, tho pre-.
sunptuous German, who, 80 much to Ills sur
row, ve:ntured to pit himself aga!ust
sclurz In the late political campaign. It
new cntcrprise comca from Mccullough, tho
motor, but Of this fact there appears tangible
proof. Tho Times has an Associated Press fran
chisc nnh RolNo material, aud tho new pnpcr
would, by incorporating that Journal, have some
advantages. What the style Of tho proposed
guessed Ut wIth tolerahlo certainty from thy
character Of THO publishers: AfcCutlaR', Twill
be managing editor, and, to let him down easy
from his late ilnli-professcd Rcpuhltcanlsn,, tho
sheet will probably start as Independent, to be-
come L I lives leng eno,lE ultra bourbon l.,
bc sorry to loscc his present manaaina editor.
and Will probably sclzo tho opportunity to re-
place htni BY s0tno ono Who will hare i!o hold
iipon himself, and who will obey orders. As re-
Enrls the new concern, the CHANCES Of fts Site
cess appear almost nil. 1t Is doubtful II among
them they can command money enough 10 n,ako
tho venture safc, cYcn under ordinary ctrcum.
stances,
, 1877-03-19
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

70 the Editor af Ths Tribune.
CHIcAuo, March 1B.-1n tho politicn, meeting
which took place this week in the ward In which
reside 1t was stated hy some ono "that the
Mayor was not In earnest In Ills efforts to put
down tho dsgraccful practice OF gambling in
this city," PERHAPS circumstance whtcf, took
place within tho knowledge Of tho writer few
days ago may servo to Illustrate tho truth or
falschood Of this statement. I havo no
question but It was nalo In good faith,
but mn very sure It WIS based upon unreliable
testimony. The fact to which allutlc occurred
In storc Oh tho North Side. Willie the OBJ
server Was .conycrslnE with tho proprietor, a
wcIltlrcssct,. gc,lt1cmanly- looking individual.
Will! diamond Eings OIL Ills fingers and diamond
stubs In Ills sltrt bosom canle In aud inquired
tho Price of silk umbrella, saying l,e
wlshcd TO- purchase ono for a Indy of
his netlualntansc:, In reply, tho price
w9s stated to DO sl2, Upon this the gentleman
wis "lrartl IN" Of Into. The present CITY Gov
crn1ncnt, ho further saId, had bceu very scvcro
upon Ills business, anl hatl almost ruined II.
VII tic old nnn Ects IL power ngniu, which VIC
nro determined hc a,lall, nntl VIC urc confident
that VIC can control tho result. VIC shall ngatn be
flush OF money, at'a be aolo to pay proper prices
After tho gentleman left tho storo with his
purchase, thc proprietor stated that lte was one
nt tho "boes gamblers OF tho city. This Ia no
fancy hkctch, as tho parties enn be called upon
to testify to IT'S truth, II necessary.
II any further evidence fs required In tho mat
ter, II Is wc1.known fact TINT those who sup
gamblers anu thcfr confrcres who have lone 40
fl fayor or tho told man." and opposed to tho
present administration. X Clrl7EN.
, 1877-03-19

mic from the corral. In tic morning he ,Its.
covered that fror no to $40 OF tie animals lad
poison, white, Others wero bcntcn 10 death
with clubs, their threats cut and tnutttatc,i
ln. Other. ways: 4 number were iouni
allvc, with their legs broken, horns knocked of,
tho corral down to tho river. wllcro Eo,nc eIxty
or acventy 1lcad wcro found dead and othcrs
still aiiyc, though very far gonc. Some bran.
supposed to l,arc been nixctl with strycl,ninc,
waH found In the currnl, and also some salt'
From the footprints found III tic nclghb1rhooI
It Is supposed four lncn and boy were engaged
In the work. All woro ovcralocs. ThoY wero
trailcd TO tho river, but their footprints wcro
Sheriff Ellis anil Constn1,n smyll,c Visited tho
seenc of tho outrage On Tuesday, but were IN.
ahlc 10 find any clew to the pcrnctrAtnrs,
hcssrs. BARRELS Brothers Mill lose about $3.50,
the sleep all being improved.
, 1877-03-19
MICHIGAN MATTERS.

Special Correspondence F TAf Tribune.
LANSING, Mich, Mnrch 17.-The Bee-kecpers'
meeting III this city was we'll attended, md
abont fifteen new members were addcti, A
Iargo number Of articles sclatsnS to bcc-tts.
baniFy wcro on exhibition. Tho next meeting
will be held at Adrian, at time yct to be Dc
tcr.ntncd.
The Investigation by tho City Council Of tho
city officers llas entirely exculpatcd them from
nil blanc or disllonorahle conduct in Office, and
oven cxoucratca tho Prosecuting Attorney OF
the county, In tho face Of al1 the c1,arges being
proved, atltl admitted by those officers. The
officers wcra a1l Democrats, and tho Democratic
members voted straight for whItewnss,,
In shN Eyans % iayestgat!on ~ tho Legislature,
rlctcly cx0ncratcs the late Trcspaas Agent
from any blame, and adds fcw words Of cen.
ellro Of tho Chairman Of tho Committee for his
minority report.
Tho n,an who crcatcl tho shooting scnsa.ion
A. Washington recently waa resident Of Ovid,
D!ltz, and Tic iadys Mans is Mrs. storcr, d
xi.!ow d yc.y attrastiFo appearance D!ltz !;
wldowcr will! Two children. Several months
ago he mot Mrs. Bturcr, .nnll se repulscd his
enlt; hut tlls only lnadc him tho moro ln car
nest, Until hc probably became 80 craxctl in his
both her lifo mud his own.
llarsnon podson has bccu arrcstcd Ia Indiana,
antt brought to lonia, IN tho chargc III setlue-
t!on, on complaint Of Diantha Lazruss. The
crl,no was committed In February, 1870. Dod-
sol, VIVA non-cst till October last, when he was
arrested, hut cscaped from tho officer.
Tue ctcnprFallco-rcfnrm started by nt. Rcy.
Il, tho State. S!ost Of tho conntry-towns ,aye
clubs organized, aud tho numhor Is stlll in-
eFcasing: In this city the "Woman'a Tempe
rauco, unlon," under. tho influence Of the
chuFrhes, scckA to control tho movement; and
It Is feared that thereby tt will lose tts force.