The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-04-12


and was evidently an old settler"
The Mississippi Lumberman and
Manufacturer" contains a carefully
prepared article in reference to the
logs cut of the winter, showing that the
shortage in the crop is unprecedented.
According to the estimate Of the editor,
who seems to have AIKEN especial pains
to secure accuracy, the shortage in feet
will be as follows:
Mississippi and Rum Rivers. l00. 900, 900
ST Crolx RlVers ...-.---.......lZ Ia, ooVV
Chippewa sn5 Menomonie Rivers. $50, 000, 600
ack River er-............,.........l .l25, 600 l0U
Wisconsin htyer. ......-.....-... .lZo' ooo wv
Railroad Mills. ls..................... 7o.OO0,OO0
! o'"ovr"So
AT social gathering at the house of
Mr.. VIM, Scholtield, Wausau, Monday
evening, large chandelier fell, grazing
the head of one of the guests, Miss
Alice Bradford, inflicting a severe
wound. Three OF the lamps exploded,
but fortunately did not take fire. A
valuable piano was covar~d with broken
glass and saturated with the oil. It
was most fortunate escape, as the
large drawing room was filled with
young people, some of whom must have
been badly injured, if not killed, had
the oil taken fire.
CIVILIZATION has not yet reached
SpIingdale, Dane county. Another
case of incest is reported, between Mary
Aun Quigley and her uncle. Mary will
not say who is the partner OF her crime.
When examined she said she had no
mother; her father, Peter Quigley, is
now in Kansas. For eight years she
has lived with her grandfather and
uncle, and for some years, since her
grandmother's death, bas been the
woman Of the house. Her grandfather,
uncle, herself and he brother, lived in
small log house, in Springdale; with
only one bed room. All slept in that
room.
ROCK RIVER, at Janesville, has been
rising steadily for the past week. The
island above the railroad embank-
ment, on the east side, is entirely sub
merged, the little cluster of deserted
houses on the upper end looking lonely
indeed. All the inhabitants of the
island, except Mr.. Jeremiah Day and
wife, having left some days ago,
anticipating the high water. MIR. Day
and wife have lived on this island more
than twenty-five years, and but twice
before have they seen the water above
the dam as high as at the present time.
| There are rumors on the streets that the
dam at Catfish has gone out, which, if
true, will undoubtedly raise the river
higher at this point. Ga
sette.
The great wealth of Marathon county
consists IN her pine lands, estimated as
follows:
On the Central Railroad. .. 200, ,O00, 900
Little Fan Pleine. e............... 200, 100000
/ Big Eau Plelne ..............-. OJ,OtU,0OO
Rib River r.......... rs 00C, 900
Little Eau Claire River ......... 100, ,00n 600
| Big PlJver River ver..............-.. l5o,oOJ,OO0
| Big Eau Claire observation-disclosures. l50, ,0O0 600
| Irappe RiVer -..........--.--.. 4V,OoO,UUO
| Wisconsin River er............... e0,00O,000
| Total /, ,O65, 900 900
The average valuation of which at
present is about $l.5O per th""aand
| avaaipaSS.
WILT ATKINSON, of Fond du Lac,
who escaped from Chiffon jail, where
he was confined on a charge of stealing
money, fled to Kansas, returned to
his mother again, and stole $25 before
he left the house, which he found In her
money drawer. Mr.. Atkinson returned
soon after the robbery, and becoming
aware of his sons depravity, informed
the police, who arrested Wilt and
companion in crime. Young Atkinson
will be taken back to Chiffon for trial
on the old charge, large portion OF the
stolen money having been recovered.
A BRUTE, by the name OF Mike
O'Brien, living seven or eight miles
east of Fond du Lac, was arrested by
or ID T.I nInx far
his wife and infant child. Mike has
been carrying on this mode OF intimi-
datiop for some time, and had made
threats of shooting his brother in-law.
The brother in law made complaint and
had Mike bound to keep the peace.
After Mikes release his wife had him
arrested for stealing the infant, and the
latest advices are that he had gone to
s;gn the temperance pledge, which will
probably fix matters all right.
A YOUNG man named John Shields, Of
Monches, Waukesha county, took his
fathers team from Hartland, where they
had been to deliver load of ties to the
railroad company, and drove to Wau-
, kesha At Pewaukee, however, the
, Young man sold some feed that was In
J tue wagon and became intoxicated with
the proceeds. He then drove to Wau-
kesha and was about boarding train,
3 when his father came up with the
. Sheriff and had him logged in Jail, with
t, the intention of getting out warrant
! for horse stealing, but after thinking on
5 the subject over night, he concluded to
3 drop the case and took his wayward son
. home with him.
MONDAY a free fight between two
0 half breeds occurred at q place called
f Swamp Corners, in the Oneida Reser
? walton, Snawano. A woman, as usual,
4 was the cause of the difference. Frank
8 Martin and Jake Grignon, two surly
:. looking French Indian half breeds, had
9 long loved the same dusky charmer, and
e cordially hated each other. Sunday
e each man filed himself with bad whisky
q and started in search of his rival. They
r met at the Corners. where quite num-
Der of Indians had congregated,
g and went at it with short knives, evi
O dently bent on settling the dispute fol
9 ever. Three or four of the bystanderf
:. Immediately attempted to part tho in
Y furiated men, and succeeded only aftel
g both had been slashed and cut horribly
d about the face and arms. Martin was
e too weak from loss of blood to walk
l. and had to be carried home, where hi
y wounds were dressed. Grignon wal
5. less severely punished, and now sweart
n he will kill Martin at sight. Both ART
a lawless characters, and the peace ant
d dignity of the state will only be secured
l. when they are safely slowed away be
>. hind bolts and bars.
a
80 A curious Discovery.
10 From the Baltimore Sun.
, A gentleman of this city who hal