The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-03-14
PERSONS AND THINGS.

MOODY denounces "choirs of ungodly
people"
WEEDspoRT, N. Y, is paying up it's
church debts by kissing bees" One
kiss for 10 cents, or three for quarter,
are the ruling quotations.
THE investigating committee in a
spiritual seance, In Haverhill, Mass,
stationed a man with a revolver to shoot
at the materialized spirits. The appari-
lions failed to appear.
official statistics, poll 81, 164 votes. They
own 457, e35 acres of land and 81, 1879, 725
worth of city property. Altogether their
wealth amounts to SIS, 389, 276.
A MODEL of the New York Postoffice is
to be exhibited at the Paris Exposition.
It consists of 284 900 pieces, aud has
occupied the time of one man six hours
day for eight years to construct it.
ARCHIE "See, old man, how Tn
hunted after all those are invitations"
Friend Good gracious All invita-
tions? Invitations to what p Archie
"To call and settle their accounts"
A TOOTH the size of a small ham, and
similar in shape, weighing twelve
pounds. was extracted from the Jaw of
a white elephant in CeyIon while the
animal was under tina influence of chic
reform.
THE Poles, Germans, French, b.
hemians, Scandinavians, Italians, Aus
TRANS, Hungarians, and Slavs of Chi
cago are perfecting an organization for
the protection of their rights in their
adopted country.
THE number of Mormons IN Scandi.
navia is stated to be 2,249 in Denmark,
1,606 in Sweden, 892 in Norway, and
Is in Iceland. During the course of
last year, 5S3 persons emigrated from
Scandinavia to Utah.
MORE than 1000 persons were in
Nashville, Tenn, last month looking
for homes in the famous farming coun-
! try near by. They were from half the
States in the Union. A tide of emigra-
ton to that region has set in that makes
Kentucky green with envy.
THE vital statistics of New York city
show that the Germans are the most
healthy class in the community. The
rate of mortality among them is nearly
38 per cent. below the general average,
while their increase by births is larger
than that of any other race.
A SACRAMENTO woman accused her
husband of attempting to kill her, and
he was sent to prison for two years.
Then she begged to be sentenced for the
same term, because she could not bear
to be parted from him, and, the Judge
refusing, she went away and tried to
hang herself.
THE Methodist Episcopal Church
claim to have now 11,256 itinerant
preachers and over IL, 900 local preach
ers, with Lab, 900 members in 16, O99
churches. It has Is, O75 Sunday schools.
There are about 300 more Sunday
schools than churches, q fact that will
explain the rapid increase in the number
of churches.
A CHICAGO man, visiting in Pittsburgh.
was crossing a lonely bridge, when n
well-dressed lady met him, knocked him
down, and took from his pockets every
cent He was frightened nearly to
death, made complaint, and had the
woman arrested. It transpired that she
was his wife, and knew that he could not
go to Pittsburgh without getting drunk
and wasting his substance. He smiled
sad smile and withdrew the complaint.
LEW WoNG, Chinese murderer, re-
Gently hanged in California, sent for
clergyman in order to have the Chris
tlan religion explaine d to him, 80 that he
might decide whether it was better than
bis own. He listened attentivelv for
two hours, but finally said that the mat
ter was so complicated that he couldn't
hope to understand it fully in the short
time that was lett to him, and that there
fore he would take the risk with more
familiar faith.
BY the burning of the Webster man.
sion in Marshfeld, Mass, many art
treasures were destroyed, including
aealey's fine portrait of Webster; mar
bic bust of Pope Plus TX, portrait of
Queen Victoria, miniatures of the chill
dren OF Webster, and a scagGo table
presented him by King Bomba. The
house also contained set of Sevres ware
once owned by Louis Philippe, part
of the Rush silver, and all the wedding
presents OF granddaughter of Webster,
valued at $4,000.