The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

You are as full of airs as music box,
is what young man said TO girl who
refused to let him see her home. That
may be, was the reply, but | don't go
with a crank.
JOSEPH WHEELAND, of Wiiliamsport,
Penn, his wife, son, and three daughters
together weigh 1905 pounds, and it is
their claim that they are the heaviest
family in the State.
A PALACE car is being built in Sacra.
mento, Cal, for Mrs. Leland Stan
ford's use. 1t is to be finished entirely
according to her suggestions and taste,
and IS to cost $50, 900 or $4,000.
THE police of Minneapolis are very
astute fellows. Two of them dragged
a supposed drunken man between them
several blocks, only to find when they
got him to the lock up that he was dead.
a New YORK paper notes the fact that
MIR. W. w. Aston recently stepped into
a Broadway carpet store and purchased
four rugs at $1,000 each for his yacht
Mr.. Aston must have been flush.
BosToN people are greatly exercised
over the discovery of q weeyil, that
threatens to greatly diminish the bean
crop. Boston without beans wonld be
Boston without brains.
OLD HoLENsoN, of DEBORAH, Iowa,
feared there was foul air in cistern
which he was about to clean, and pru-
IDENTIFY sent his daughter down to find
| out. His apprehension was not ground
less. The girl was suffoeated to death
GERMANY and Italy are now united by
the st. Gothard tunnel, and the Alps 10
| longer constitute g barrier between Italy
and the rest of Europe. The new rail
way is 113 miles long, a of which are
| through the tunnel.
A GAMBLER named James H. Madden
died at Leadville Thursday. A post
| norton examination developed the fact
that his brain weighed sixty two and q
| quarter ounces. This is the heaviest
brain ever found in America.
NATURALLY pale invalids are greatly
| improved in health and appearances by
using Browns Iron Bitters. It strength
ems mind and body, brightens the eyes,
gives rosy checks and creates a perfect
picture of health. strength and beauty.
AT Plymouth. Ind, an old farmer
named Josiah Reese got into a quarrel
with Michael Foley, contractor, over
some ditch matters. Foley struck Reese
such powerful blow that he broke his
neck, causing almost Instant death.
Foley made his escape.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, July Unknown
persons attempted to wreck an east
| bound train on the Eckbart road this
evening by placing large rocks on the
track, which were discovered in time to
avoid damage.
WHITE PLAINS, n. Y, July 7.-Depu
ty Sheriff Alfred Lawrence arrived in
town this afternoon with Henry Hensel
aud Oscar Beebe, the two men charged
with having assaulted Charles Uuderhill
on the night of July 3 il hotel in this
village.
ABOUT one-half of the newspapers in
the United States INDUCED in coniect
ures as to the display of fireworks which
Guiteau is supposed to have seen on the
Fourth OF July. There seems to be a
unity of opinion on this subject.
The tea crop Of India ten years ago
was II, 900, coo lbs. this year it is 81 GIG,
DuU t]ouullS. vi all lDlS, OulY ABOUT l, -
500, 900 pounds are consumed in India,
England takes the most Of it; only about
5000, 900 pounds of it find their way to
this country.
Various men have various things to de.
light them 1t is the especial pleasure
OF Judge Parker, of the United States
District Court, Arkansas, to reflect that
he has sentenced more men to be hanged
than any other judge in the country, but
then he has the advantage OF locality.
ONE of the prettiest new things in
home decorations is an old fashioned
ottoman, covered with brown velvet,
upon the top and sides of which are
embroidered nasturtium leaves and flow
ers in profusion. 1t is too pretty to sit
upon, and costs the price of an ordinary
"parior set" but who cares for comfort
and money when art may be enjoyed?
A PLEASANT feature of the Fourth of
July celebration i'll independence square,
Philadelphia, was the appearance on the
same platform of Messrs Beaver, Stew
art and Pattison, the rival Gubernatorial
candidates. After shaking hands and
drinking together out OF a big silver
loying-cup, each made an address, glow
ing with patriotic fervor, but with no
allusion to party politics.