The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-03-20


erlv come before the meeting. COMMITTEE.
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WESTON has challenged Rowell for
walk. Weston's anxiety is to know inst
how many miles he can be beaten when
he walks.
ST.. PATRICK's day was duly celebrated
III all the principal cities of the United
States. IN Belfast there is was some
trouble and the police fired upon the
procession.
THURMAN seems to be the choice of
majority Of the democrats for president.
Grant leads all others in the republican
party, and unless there is some great
revolution in sentiment he viii be their
candidate III 1880.
QUEEN EICroRA's son, Patrick, Duke
Of Connaught, was married last Thurs
day to Princess Louise Margaret, daugh-
ter of Prince Frederick Charles of Prus-
STA. The wedding Is described rs
gorgeous affair.
ENNIS SAYS that if Rowell can beat
him, he Rowel) is better man than
Ennis thinks he is. Though OLeary is
no longer champion of the world, his
great walk of $40! miles in 6 days, has
not yet been equalIed by any other pc
destrian.
RANDALL. was nominated for speaker
Of the house IN the democratic caucus,
receiving 70 votes to Blackburn's 81,
Mcmahon had 3, Cox 4 and Morrison 2
votes. Blackburn moved that Randall s
nomination be made unanimous which
was agreed to.
FROM the noise made by republican
journals it seems almost crime to dis
charge the republican employees of the
senate who have had positions for the
last IS years. How many of the demo
cratic employees were retained when the
republicans came into power?
WE rise to remark that sin the light
Of recent facts" the only original Gen.
Sherman has no present intention of dy-
ing and that his wife has not crossed the
silent river. There are more Shermans
than one ar it is the ''other one" who
is dead. In other words it is Gen. I.
w. Sherman, who is not related to Lieut..
Gen. sherman Now the country is
safe.
THE account Of the overlooking of the
river Thesis in Hungary and Of the de-
struction Of Szegedin will be found on
the outside pages of the PILoT. The
number drowned is now placed at from
1000 to 1000. Sixteen thousand horses
and cattle aud 10000 sheep were lost
Every house in the city except 26l, has
hcen destroyed. Cold weather and diph-
liberia have set in and there is great suf-
fering.
As An evidence of the unfairness of re-
publican journals, Lamar is quoted as
saying ''that every fiber of his heart re-
spends to the lost cause; that the peo-
pie of the south were animated by prin
ciples rs noble as were ever inspired III
the breast Of a Hampton or Washing
ton. Lamar did say that every fiber Of
his heart responded" and he spoke OF
Hampden and not of Hampton. Those
little bubbles to create prejudice are
unworthy anv party.
THE Chicago Morning Herald, seven
column folio, made its first appearance
on Monday. 1t is ve'y neat paper ty-
geographically, and edited with fair ability.
1t IS democratic in politics. One difficul-
tv the new paper Will encounter is that
MI its news must be received by specials,
rs it cannot obtain an associated press
franchise. 1t is 10 be hoped that the
new paper may prosper, as the democrats
Of the north west arc wholly without the
aid Of an influential Journal.
TuE democrats succeeded III organic
ing the house Notwithstanding the many
reports that they would be unable to dc
so, Randall was reelected and the house
officers are about the same as those Of
the last congress- The following sena
tors are chairmen of the principal com
mittees: finance, Bayard; Appropriations,
Davis. w. Yal; Foreign relations, Eas
ton; Commerce, Gordon; Judiciary,
Thurman The appointment of Bayard
as chairman of the committee on Finance
is a step which everyone will applaud.
SOME heartless person or persons in
duccd number of negroes to leave
Mississippi and Louisiana under promise
that the government would supply them
with all nceessarias when they reached
st. Louis and furnish them free trans.
portation to Kansas. OF course no such
arrangements were made and there are
hundreds OF negroes now in st. Louis
who came there On these representations
and are in entirely destitute circumstan.
ces. The mayor has issued a proclama,
ton cautioning all persons against com
lOS 10 81. LOUIS u'iit>S tLit. nave ut-tlIS-
The decrease in the revenues of the
government by the reduction in the tax
on tobacco and the increase in the ex
pense by the passage Of the arrears OF
pension bills. vii be difficulty which
the Ash congress VIII encounter at the
outset. There can be nc denying the
fact that the tax upon tobacco was very
high considering tlle value Of the article,
bat il is much better TO tax an article
which is not necessary an.cle OF con
sumption than 10 tax one which Is. Be.
side the tax was one OF such long stand
ing that the people had become aecus-
TONED to It. To pIacs tax on some