The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-14
STATE AND GENERAL.

Reports from the northern pineries
are very diseouraging.
A VALUABLE deposit of SIENNA has
been found in oconto County.
WOOD county has furnished defend
ant in divorce suit who is 102 years of
age.
THE Porte has refused permission for
the English fleet to enter the Darda-
nelles.
a FAMILY residing in the town of Sui
hvan rejoice III the possession of 75
year-old teapot.
THERE are more vacant houses in
Stevens Point now, than there have
been for the past FIVE years.
Ii the income tax is revived, in order
to successfully collect it, perjury will
have to be made a capital ofense.-
Sentinel.
ED. DAVIS, of Waterville, pulled out
his shot gun, wrong end to, the other
day, and they buried him by the side Of
his father.
CHAs. E. BRoss was elected Chief
Clerk of the Senate, in place of Hon.
a. j. Turner, appointed Railroad Com
missioner.
RUSSIA, to save England the trouble
of sending her fleet to Constantinople to
protect foreigners, will occupy Constan-
tinople herself.
WIN. PATTAN, of Glenmore, was the
father few weeks ago of q IA. pound
baby, the mothers weight being but
70! pounds plus that Of the child's.
The sprinkling of roads in the pine
ries, for the purpose of improving them
for hauling over, prove Of but little con-
sequence this moderate weather.
The model husband has been found
in Oshkosh. He don't permit his wife
to do but half the work. She puts up
canned fruit in summer, and he puts it
down in winter.
TINE works curious changes. Alex.
Stephens is to make the speech at the
presentation to Congress CT the picture
of the signing of the Emancipation
proclamation.
By the burning of the Menasha Wood
en- Ware establishment Friday evening,
so hands were thrown out of employ
ment. The loss is estimated at from
S., 900 to SIS, 900.
THERE are twenty-seven banks in Wis
consin, National banks not included
which show an aggregate capital of ST.
536, 731.33 The total amount of depos-
its aggregate s., 401, 1852.
AT wedding party, the other even
ing, at the house Of Jacob Karl, three
miles from Beaver Dam, Carl Achamer
dropped dead of apoplexy while con-
versing with friend. He was 81 years
of age.
SOMEBODY has stirred up the Oldest
lumbernan in northern Wisconsin, who
says the winter of 1916 beats this winter.
No snow fell at all and they had to send
to Milwaukee to find out when spring
commenced
PATRICK CAREY, @ young man attend
ing school near Reedsburg, was found
dead III bed the other morning. His
bed-fellow knew nothing of the occur
renee until waking up at the usual hour.
Heart disease is supposed to be the
cause
A MINK escaped from its confinement,
Tuesday night, in the room for the ex-
hibition Of poultry at Green Bay, and
before it was discovered had killed
couple of Guinea hens, half a dozen
rare and fancy pigeons, few rabbits
and several chickens.
An old Dutch clock is on exhibition at
Fosse's jewelry store, Oconomowoc, said
to have been in constant use over one
hundred years. 1t is made entirely of
wood, and has been owned by Mr.. W.
@. Lyman, and ancestors, one hundred
and three years.
OSHKOSH has an Episcopalian whist
club, and the following hand was dealt
to one CT the players few evenings
since, he taking every trick: Ace, king,
queen and knaye Of trumps, the ace of
diamonds, the ace of clubs, and ace,
king, queen, knave, seven, five and two
Of spades. A cold deck.
AN American car load is 10000 lbs.
1t is also 20 barrels OF salt, 20 barrels of
lime, so of flour, sixty of whiskey, 200
sacks of flour, 6 cords OF soft wood, Is
or 20 head of cattle, 80 or 60 head of
hogs, so to 100 head of sheep, 5000
feet of solid boards, $40 bushels of
wheat, 400 of corn, $50 of oats, 400 of
barley, $50 of fax seed, $50 of apples,
430 of Irish potatoes, 800 of sweet DO
tatoes, 1000 bushels of bran. 80 to
100 barrels of eggs, and $4,000 to &c.
600 pounds of butter.
a TELEGRAM from ST. Petersburg
SAWS that the cotton Of l,