The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-01-30

4 son of ex-Mayor Stevens Of Cam
bridge was engaged to marry one Of the
bellies of that city, but on the day ap-
pointed for the wedding, after extensive
preparations had been made, and many
quests had already arrived, he declared
that he had changed his mind.
Mr.. Martin was on his way from Madi-
son to Janesyille, Wis, to marry Miss
Foster, but he CHANGED to meet Miss
Cobbe, whom he had once known and
loved, and straightway married her, leay-
ing Miss Foster and her wedding guests
to wait in vain for his coming.
A young woman in Leon, Tex, was en-
gagged TO be married. That did not deter
her from clipping with a second lover; but
she was speedily oyertaken by the first
lover, with whom she went obedientlv to
a clergyman and was joined in wedlock,
the second lover returning home wife
less.
A Rochester lad VINO Md read dime
novel stories until his head was full of
them, sold his profitable newspaper route
and his school books, left his widowed
mother, and came to New York, expect
ing TO go on the stage. He arrived here
penniless, and met in the depot police
officer who had been sent for him.
The city Of Paris is about to have re-
produced by photography all the old maps
of the capital that can be found in public
or private collections. According TO stat
lstlcs drawn up by the service of fine arts
at the prefecture of the Seine there are in
existence no less than eighteen hundred
OF such plans, all possessing some interest
Horses are proving valuable advertising
agents for stage ladies. Already Marie
Roze has been thrown from a horses back,
Modieska has been tumbled out of car
riage, Genevieve Ward has been shaken
up by a collision of vehicles, and Lolita
has narrowly escaped death by a locomo-
tive, otherwise known as the iron horse,
tAat almost smashed her equipage.
There was a difference of opinion in the
Stager family Of Polk County, Texas. as
to the proper punishment of children.
The father advocated tie whip, and one
day declared his intention of using it on
his daughter, aged 10. His son, adhering
TO his mothers views, said that the girl
should not be whipped. The father be-
gan the whipping, and the son shot him
dead.
4 young man in Cincinnati desires to
marry a girl Of 10. She is willing and so
are her parents. but Ohio law refuse a Ii
cense to one so young and without a Ii
cense cIergymen in that State are forbid
den to perform marriage ceremony. The
pair intend to 90 beyond the reach ofsuch
restrictions, accompanied by their rela-
tiyes, and to be welded in spite of all OBJ
stacles.
Notwithstanding the dizziness ct trade
in England, building is particularly ac-
live at present in London. Whole streets
and quarters are pulled down and re-
placed by more expensive buildings. AT
the same time there are more houses
floors, and offices TO rent than ever. In
some portions of the city fully twenty per
cent Of the available space seems to be
unoccupied. -
The electric light is all well enough
but it is not near so important as the
flour question. Edison should turn his
attention to that, and discover why it is
that barrel Of flour, containing four and
half bushels of wheat, costing $3.50,
should be retailed at 81 to So. The num-
Der of people who depend upon flour for
food is much larger than the number who
depend upon gas for light.
4 female elephant in the Philadelphia
Geological Garden was greatly frightened
by a raging storm and when she cut one
Of her feet on the glass Of broken win
dow her terror was complete. She sat on
her launches, held up her wounded foot,
and beloved loud and long. When the
keeper entered, her male companion had
his trunk wound around the foot, as
though trying to comfort her.