The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-07-19
FRESHEST GLEANINGS.

THE Florida fig-trees are overladen
with fruit.
Mr.. TENNysoN is said to be trying to
give up smoking.
IT costs New York "a 1000, 600 year to
keep rp its day ard night schools.
MARYLAND thisseason has contributed
AGO. 900 quarts of strawberries.
HOUSTON (Texas) is bankrupt, and is
talking of surrendering its city charter.
Mrs. HELEN BLAKE has died in Eng
land, leaving no will, but an estate of
$4,000
THE corn fields have about stopped
growing tall. and have commenced to
put on fatness.
A LITTLE girl in North Carolina was
stung on the arm by locust lately, and
has been compelled to suffer amputation
of the arm!
A PREMIUM of a S. gold piece was
awarded to Miss Grace Muench at a
school examination in Lancaster, Penn
sylvania, for being the most skillful
stocking-darner.
A DARING equestrienue wants to ride
a horse acfoss the stairway of the Brook
lyn bridge; and thereby attain hotoriety,
but the bridge authorities refuse per.
miSsiot1.
MANY women of the Russian wealthy
class have enrolled themselves as hos
pital nurses for the army. Their uni
form Is d gray dress, on the breast of
which is red cross; White hoed and
short black cloak. j
No less than $50 new operas were pro-
duced in Italy in 1906. Only one of
these, Verdi's Aida" (Which was first
produced at Cairo, has any chance of
living: ...
ONE of the attendants II the British
Museum was recently frightened INTO
commissions because he supposed an
Egyptian mummy 1900 years old, spoke
to him.
THE history of beer dates back to the
time of the old Egyptians, but it is not
recorded that any old Egyptian ever
drank IA schooiiers y at one sitting, in
order that Is other old Egyptians might
| have the pleasure of treating around.
| BILL PosEY, of Texas, three years
ago quilted an honest life and became
an outlaw. He kept on until twenty
nine indictments were fouiid against him,
and escaping from prison was pursued,
| but resisting arrest died with twenty
nine bullets in his body.
Bob INGERsoLL, when he went through
the 1000 foot level of the Ophir mine,
struck heated current of air with
temperattife of $50 degrees. and remark
| 1pfxy hut
was any place hotter than that, he would
be, etc, if he didn't join the church.
THE good people of Rush county, In
diana, are excited over a case of burial
in that district. A native of the county
inferred his son and with him silver
watch (running), a gold chain and 800
in motiey. An indianapolis paper sug-
gested that missionaries be sent to Rush
county without delay.
IT is not given to every dog to have
so good a day as was recently enjoyed by
a retriever at Colombo. A ship named
the Julia Ann having grounded, diff
Guilty arose as to how line could be got
from the vessel to land in order to res
cue the crew. Several Intellectual efforts
were made, when the captain bethought
himself of fastening a line around the
body of the ships dog, fine retriever
The dog was thrown overheard, and at
once swan with the line to shore, where
by the captain, his wife and the whole
crew were thereafter landed. What have
the dogs of Newfoundland to say to this?
MANITOBA has been enriched by the
acquisition of an enterprising French
Canadian named Langlois. Having dis
co vered, on reaching Crookton, Mime
sofa, that lumber was much cheaper there
than at Winnipeg, he purchased all that
he needed for his house and outbuild-
ings, made it into a raft, embarked his
wife and family thereon and Hoated
along Red River till he had reached his
destination, saving steamboat fare and
freight and the difference of the price of
the lumber. Arrived at ST. Norbert, he
tied up his raft, left it in charge of his
wife, sought out and pre-empted farm,
and then, like man, proceeded to build
his house. Toronto Globe.
The mistress of a most disorderly
school i'll Skowhegan, Me-, lost control
of her scholars one day last week, and
allowed the naughty boys to throw wads
of paper and balls of clay at the pretty
girls. One of the girls finally reported"
certain boy whow was annoying her with
pot shots from a pop gun. The timid
sohoolmistress sternly reproved her for
talking in school. The girl returned to
her seat, and her prosecutor, resuming
military operations and firing at long
range across the schoolroom, hit her in
the face. eff the teacher can't lick you
l can" said the pretty girl, and darling
across the room she struck him with
big book, dragged him out of his seat,
and beat him until he lay ON the floor
blubbering and begging for mercy.