The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-12-30
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SOME time since man named Niles, n
member of the Lutheran Aid Society of
the south side, removed from this city to
the town of Brussels, Door Co., and Oc
cupied rented farm belonging to per
son living in this city. A couple of
weeks ago Mr.. and Mrs. Niles both died
leaving several young children in a near
ly destitute condition. The facts of the
case became known to the officers of the
above named society, and the president
of the society started for Door county to
bring the children here. When he ar
rived there he found that the owner of
the farm had taken possession of all the
furniture aud household goods except the
beds and bedding, and refused to give
them up, alleging that Niles was indebt-
ed to him. The children We're brought
to this city and the Aid Society mean to
resort to legal measures If necessary to
get possession of the furniture. We
knew that such acts as this were com
mon occurrence in Ireland, but did not
think any landlord III the United States
would descend so far as to take from a
family of little orphan children who lack
ed the common necessaries of life few
crazy pieces Of furniture to pay debt
which he alleges their father owed him.
The present cold weather exceeds any
thing in that line that Manitowoc has
experienced since the remarkably cold
snap of January 1st, 1861 On Tuesday
morning the mercury fell to twenty six
degrees below zero, and at no time dur
ing The day did the thermometer indicate
greater degree of heat than twenty de-
degrees below zero, Misery loves com
pauy, and we have but to read the tele-
grams from Manitoba announcing a eli
mate ranging from forty to forty-fve de-
grees below zero to start the perspiration
aud cause US to rejoice that we live in
such warm climate. The storm spread
over the greater portion of the United
States. Along the Atlantic coast the
gale was one of the fercest known there
for years, lasting seventy.two hours, and
great amount of damage was done to
vessel property. At Baltimore snow fell
to the depth of over foot, the heaviest
snow fall in that latitude for over three
years. Along the New Jersey coast the
snow piled in drifts ten feet high, and
traffic on the railroads was nearly sus-
pended.
LAST Friday afternoon MIR. h. Mensa,
a farmer living in the town of Franklin,
was driving home, and when near the
city limits his team took fright and start
ed to run away, and Mr.. Mensa in his
efforts to check his horses was thrown
forward on tue tongue of the wagon
where he became entanglei in the reins.
with one foot dragging under the wheel
OF tue wagon, and in this position was
dragged nearly a mile, when the reins
gave way and he fell to the ground. -
When picked up he was unconscious, the
boot aud clothing upon his right leg BE-
low the knea. torn completely off, and
the leg badly broken and twisted. he
was brought to this city by Mr.. Smalley
and Drs. Simon and Luhman called in
to attead hlH. The doctors are making
au effort to save the broken limb, but
fear that amputation will have to be re
sorted to. 4 twelve year old son of Mr..
Mensa, who was on the wagon at the
tine, escaped with some slight cuts aud
bruises about the head aud face. The
horses ran on as far as Kuehne's corners
where they were taken IL charge by Mr..
kuehne.
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