The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-07-22
manitomo1 pilot.
THURSDAY, July %, 1880.

LONDON, July ia dispatch from
Shanghai to-day says, "Dispatchesfr from
Pekin announce that Chung How's SEN
tence has been RENTED, and the govern
ment has abandoned the idea of going to
war with Russia.
ST.. JOINS, n. B., July 16.-Fires ere
raging along the line of the principal
railways. The great bridge across the
Lyons stream between the Cork and
Harvey stations, is burned. Woods and
building are also burning.
ST. LOUIS, July 16.-A medal is to be
presented to each of the 306 delegates
who stood by Grant at Chicago. j. Fill
ley is having them struck off here. They
ere of the finest bronze, bearing Grants
head on one side and the words, ''To the
old Guard" on the other, besides hand
some device generally. Don Cameran
suggested the idea.
NEW YoRK' July 16.-The execution
of Chastine Cox attracted an immense
crowd of people to-day, despite the fact
that the sheriff had it take place as very
early hour. The roofs of the buildings
adjacent to the Toombs were crowded
with persons desirious of Witnessing it.
The sheriff hung awnings over the
"bridge of signs" and other points to
shut out the view.
Cox's last words to his counsel we're:
''Tell my brother it is better we should
not meet again on earth, but we will meet
in heaven"
BRADFORD, Pa, July 15.-Tank 623,
belonging to the Acme Oil company,
about one.third up the Kansas branch,
was struck by lightning early this morn
ing, and is burning furiously. 1t over
flowed at 12:4O. Tank 81, about 200 feet
down the stream, is in danger. Super
intendent Snow, with a gang of men, is
digging trenches, damming the stream to
save more tanks. Two 2, 500 barrel tanks
near Cluster City are now burning, also
struck by lightning last night. Both
belong to the United Pipe lines. About
$4,000 barrels of oil are burning. Four
wells at Cluster City were also fred.
LONDON, July 15.-An explosion &C.
CURED at LEO this morning in the Lon
don and South Wales Colliery company's
new black vein pit on the Risca, miles
from Newport. The shock was very vio-
lent. 1t is supposed one hundred and
nineteen men were in the pit at the time
and there is scarcely probability that
any will be saved. One body has been
found at the bottom of the shaft. Ven
tilation has been restored in the mine
with view to exploring for bodies. A
dispatch from Cardiff says one hundred
and twenty-eight were in the pit of the
London and South Wales Colliery COM
pany's mine at the time of the explosion,
and it is believed all persisted.
NEW YORK, July 15.-Advices from
South America state that Peru and b.
livia are about to enter into a confedera-
ton and become one country, under one
flag, and one government, and to be
known as the United States of Peru and
Bolivia. The preliminary basis OF union
has already been drawn up and signed in
Lima by the duly authorized representa-
tives of the respective governments, and
has been laid before the Council of State
of Peru, which body fills the position oc-
cupied by Congress previous to the die
tatorship. 1t is supposed the leading
object of the confederation is to check
mate Chill in her long cherished project
of concluding a separate peace with b.
livia by offering her the Department of
Maguagua, with africa, in the south of
Peru, for her chief seaport, in exchange
for Antofogasta.
CHICAGO, July 16.-Tbc Times has
special detailing exciting events in Car
roll county. Arkansas, by which thiev-
ish tramp and two citizens lost their
lives. j. W. Meyers, farmer living in
that county, found upon returning to his
house from the fields. that it had been
plundered in his absence. He immedi.
ately gave chase, and ran the thief down
in Scott naupfr N;eSo,r; ,yboro bo x,-,r
stopping over night at the house OF Mr..
KimberliEg. He soon had him covered
with rife and the tramp smilingly said
he would surrender but five seconds lat
er, drew pistol while his captor was off
his guard and shot him through the
heart. The tramp escaped back into Ar
kansas where a sheriff and eight men
finally ran him down Mt the house of an
old man supposed to be his father. They
surrounded the house and when he APP
peared in the door opened fire simultane-
ously causing the dust to fly from his
clothes but not mortally wounding him.
He returned the fire with pistol in eth
er hand and while they were reloading
took to the fields. The posse followed
and, firing another volley, brought him
down apparently dead, but when one of
the party, Mr.. Jones, went up to take
a look at the most daring man that ever
lived. the fellow pointed a pistol directly
at Jones head and fired it, Jones falling
back dead. The desperate. desperately
wounded in several places, soon after ex-
PRED. He is believed to have been con-
cerned in many dark deeds in that Sec
ton.