The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-05-06
GENERAL NEWS.

NEW YORK, April 2o.-The Times
Washington says Postmaster General
Key is to retire and take life position
on the bench.
AUSTIN, Tx. April 2s.-Mrs. Hous-
ton, living in the country, yesterday, in
a fit of insanity attempted to murder her
five children by driving knitting needles
into their brain through their ears. One
killed, tive others seriously injured.
CHICAGO, April 2S.-John Macarthur,
former postmaster at Chicago, was found
guilty of embezzlement as postmaster in
the United States Court this morning,
on four counts of the indictment against
him and not guilty on the other counts.
The amount embezzled was fixed at $780,
900. The penalty is double the amount
Of the embezzlement and from one to ten
years in the county jail. He was given
until June IA to prepare for the sentence.
WASHINGTON, April 28.-An impression
is gaining ground that the President has
made up his mind to veto the marshals'
deficiency bill upon the strength of OBJ
jections made by Senator Edmunds and
other prominent Republicans to the rider
concerning the method Of appointing
deputy marshals of elections TIE ru-
NOR cannot be traced to any utterance
of the President or his cabinet advisers,
and may prove to be wholly erroneous;
but it excites much comment, in view of
the fact that a veto of this bill would in
eyitably prolong the session at least
fortnight.
NASHVILLE, April 30-Twin babies
were born to a woman living in this city
yesterday, one of whom is black and the
other is white. The medical men are
very much puzzled over the case. One
contends that the moons changes were
tue cause, and that one was conceived in
the light End the other in the dark of our
great lunar satellite. No logical solution
of the enigma has yet been arrived at,
however, and as in all probability none
ever will be, they have named the child
rem after the two principals in Kentucky's
cause celebre. The white one has been
christened Green, the black one Hargis.
New YORK, April 29.-The body of All
Sing, one of the colony of Chinese Iaun-
drymen at Belleville, n. j., was buried
with peculiar ceremony Monday. His
fellow countrymen had ordered hearse
with particular instructions that it be
decorated with ''chickee fellee" Chicken
feather plumes. The hearse is an limo
walton at Chinese funerals. AS the body
was born into Chinese quarters show
money, consisting of pieces of brown pa
per bearing Chinese characters, was scat
tered. A tin pan with burning incense
was placed at the head of the body in the
hearse. The grave had been dug deeper
than was considered proper and it was
partly filed with earth again. In hole
at the foot of the grave an earthen jar
was put, and over this were thrown can
dies and nuts. When the hole had been
filled up plate with meat and a chicken
was placed over it. Near by were chop
sticks, a bowl of rice and bowl of tea.
The grave was partially surrounded by
burning tapers, tea was poured over the
grave, and the mourners prostrating
themselves went away. The ceremony
was witnessed by large numbers of peo-
pie.
ST.. PETERSBURG, April 30.-A revolu-
ZIONIST named Sastka who robbed the
treasury at Khaerson last summer has
been arrested. a large number of Mill
lists have left Russia.
81. PETERSBURG, April 30.-On the an
niversary of the emperor's birthday a re-
ception was held at the Winter palace
and extraordinary ENJOYS from Germany
and Austria and deputations from the
German regiment of which the car is
honorary colonel. attended. Much i'm
portance is attached to the presence of
ENJOYS from Vienna as none ever attend
ed on similar occasion. The Berlin
Post connects the circumstance with the
possibility of an alliance OF the three
emperors.