The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-06-03
GENERAL NEWS.

VIC AulDuul u S0f,UoS, - uelu 10 dnStAs
the arrival of a requisition from the Gov
ernor of Illinois. Levy was lawyers
clerk here and defrauded his employers
Of several thousand dollars by collecting
their fees.
BUCHAREST, May 26.-Senai official
reports from the Black Sea coast districts
in Bulgaria give accounts Of the recent
outbreak in the Balkan villages border
ing upon the above mentioned territory.
i dozen villages were destroyed by
Bulgarians. The depredating forces
numbered 1000 men, composed OF police,
gymnastic societies, militia, armed viilag-
ers, and brigands Of all naticnalities.
MEMPHIS, May 26.-Ed. helms, the
negro who assassinated Rufus Armstead
by shooting him in the dark, three weeks
ago, near fernando, Miss, was captured
yesterday in Tunica county, Miss, by
three colored men who secured $3.50
reward offered for his body, dead or
alive. The assassin is now in jail at
fernando. 1t is generally believed he
will be taken from Jail tonight and
hanged by friends of the murdered man.
CHARLESTON, S. c., May a7'-There
was great excitement in the court of
general sessions at Kingstree, this state,
yesterday. A man named Ward was
found guilty of forgery and as soon as
the verdict was announced he rose from
his seat within the bar, drew pistol and
fired twice deliberately at two men named
Harper and Lane, the principal witness
es against him. Harper was unhurt but
the second shot wounded Lane in both
hands. Ward is in jail.
LONDON, May 25.-The Standards
Vienna correspondent says: ''A most
painful sensation has been caused here
by the sudden insanity of one of Austria's
highest dignitaries, Prince William of
Montenuovo, son of the Archduchess
Maria Louise, formerly wife of Napoleon
|, by her second and morganatic marriage
with the Count de Neipperg, having
been conveyed to lunatic asyumn.-
Pecuniary trouble is the cause of his
misfortune"
ST. PETERSBURG, May 26.-The manu-
facture of tol'pedoes for conveyance to
Vladivostock has recently been much
accelerated. 1t is believed that it has
been decided in the event of a rupture
with China to act as much as possible on
the defensive. The Russian fleet would
not blockade any Chinese ports which
trade with Europe, but would confne
itself chiefly to the waters between Japan
and the coast of the ns-Amoor dis
trict and thus prevent Japan from aiding
China.
CHEYENNE, May 26.-The following
from an interview with Gen. b. T. But
Ter, enroute to the Pacific Coast, will ap-
pear tomorrow: "You do not contem.
plate supporting Grant at all, General p"
"Why, certainly not, my dear sir, the
idea is most preposterous. cit looks
now, General, as if the National Green
back convention viii nominate you for
the Presidencyl' well, if they only
give US good platform, p" said the Gen
eral thoughtfully, ''the honor would be
most worthy" ''You would of course
accept the nomination 2" II never de-
cline anything III advance" quickly
replied the prospective Greenback can
didate for the Presidency. "What do
you think of the outcome of the Repub-
lican and Democratic conventions ~
'Well, think that Gen. Grant and Mr..
Hidden will be nominated, and Grant will
prove to be the strongest man before the
public"
LEAvENwoRTH, May 26.-Thos. C.
Thurston, who killed his business part
ner, MIR. Enbry, the 1st of January last,
and was acquitted about month ago.
metD. Il. Anthony, editor of the Times,
on Delaware street this afternoon, and
after passing him turned and fred two
shots at him, neither of which took effect.
One of them, however, struck John p.
Douglass, a young man employed in the
Times Office, making q severe scalp
wound, and the other struck Lucien Bak-
er, lawyer, standing on the sidewalk
about 500 feet away, in the left side,
about two inches below the nipple. and
passed through his body, INJECTING what
was at first thought to be a mortal wound.
Physicians now think he may recover.
Mr.. Baker is prominent attorney, and
defended Thurston and cleared him when
he was tried for numbering Embry.-
The affair created great excitement and
the officers were obliged to secrete Thurs
ton to prevent the people inficting sum.
mary punishmentupo him.
GREENPoRT, l.. l., May 25.-A peculi-
arly marine yarn was spun here tonight,
presumably to create sensation among
the natives. 1t was reported that the
steam yacht Skylark had been chased by
q raAish looking craft which seemed to
haye very large crew; that the suspic-
loas vessel even fred blank shot across
the Skylark's bow, but that the latter
being very fast, she successfully eluded
pursuit. Moreover, the defiant stranger
exhibited black fag-a pirates stand.
ard, &c. The fishing smack Charles A.
Miller reports having seen the vessel off
Gardeners Island. She is schooner of
about two hundred tons. Her deck was
filled with men. a sailor put ashore
from her and says he refused to go any
further in her; that he shipped at Hall
fax,and that he believes the vessel goes to
Cuba as filibustcr, or on some other