The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-13
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One Arkansas city owns property
valued nj $l6S and owes 81. 49, 10.
Stock of the Bank of Ireland is selling
Bank of England
Peter Zandemark, Pittsburgh, N. Y,
received bullet in his right eye during
the war, and it has recently worked out
from his right shoulder.
In the best circles of England it is
considered positively breach of Ell
quette To send letter written with a
steel pen. But how do they know?"
An East Syracuse man has piece of
crockery he calls 1.-The very pitcher OF
health" 1t is just after it comes from
the brewery.
The building in Philadelphia where
Jefferson wrote the Declaration of r.
dependence is to be torn down and q
bank built on its site. One by one the
roses fall.
Rochester possesses a man who can
extend his chest fully thirteen inches be-
yond its normal size, and without in
spiration. He can sustain this expan-
sion for hours.
There are over 500, 1000 French Cana
dams in the New England States and
the number is constantly increasing. In
Lancaster, Me-, ten years ago, there
were only 1000; now there are 5000.
The separate school taxes of the
white and culored citizens of Kentucky
have lately been made equal and united
in common fund by act of the Legis-
lature. The people viii vote on the act
in August.
Rufus Hatch, the garrulous old Wall
stree" habitue, denounces Vanderbilt,
Gould, Sage and Field as the '.head
centers of communism" For while
Justus Schwab only wants fair di-
vide" they grab the whole pot
Robert Bonner has paid more for fast
horses than either Keene or Lorillard,
yet we do not hear of any of his stud
having won the Derby or any of the
great races in England or America.
A Baptist clergyman declares there is
a tendency in children to drift away
from the church, and he fears the boys
of the future will be largely non
churchgoers. Probably the sermons are
too long.
At Bryn Mawr, Pa, a turtle has been
found with the date of 1926 distinctly
marked on the under shell. 1t is scar
red and battered, and its general APP
pearance gives evidence of great age,
but the correctness of the date is doubt
ed.
The Odd-Fellows of Oregon have pur-
chased a farm of one hundred acres of
land admirably located about twelve
miles from Portland. This farm is to be
used as home for the aged and indi-
gent of the order not otherwise provid-
ed for.
Senator Hill enjoys being at home and
with his family very much. He said to
a friend the other day, as he sat on his
cool piazza with his wife, children and
grandchildren about him, and looked
out on the street, he was perfectly hap
py."
A Texas man was married while dy-
ing, and the fashion journals, after
lengthy discussion, have decided that
although his widow must wear full
mourning for thirteen days, etiquette.
under the circumstances, will permit
| her to have clocks on her stockings.
The sanitary journals are quite agreed
| that the old-fashioned fire place is one
| of the best means of ventilation of dwell
| ings. As the decorative art craze de-
! mands the introduction of the fireplace,
| it is probable that for once fashion and
sense win combine for the good Of in
door jewellers.
The CASTOR, in Philadelphia per-
| "
pouring out the supposed champagne
for the heroine, inadvertently put down
| the bottle with its lager beer label to-
ward the audience, the nearest of whom
could read it, The actress could not
understand the laughter, though she
composedly slipped the beer with the air
of a dainty wine bibber.
A ranger in the Pacheco mountains,
San Benito county, California, who had
recently lost several hogs in a myster-
ious way, took his gun the other day
| and went in search of the marauder.
Before returning home he had encoun-
tered and shot three large California
lions.
The petroleum spectators who were
caught under the stream from those new
spouting wells are beginning to blame
| Providence for putting such an abund-
| ant supply of the stuff under ground.
It has made their business very uncer-
| tain.
at is safe to say,' SAYS Mr.. Busby,
I of the Turf Field and Farm, that
$40, 100000 are invested in the trotting
parks and trotting-horse interests of the
United States. For a number of years
the money distributed in purses and
premiums to the successful competitors
in trotting and pacing contests in this
| country has averaged nearly S1,000,00O
a YEAR"
| Marwood, the executioi,tHr arrived III
| London the evening before Dr. La. ,'on
was hanged, and paid visit to Lusby's
Music Hall. He was recognized.
''scene" ensued, and he only escaped
being mobbed by driving off with his
friends in cab. While in the hall he
gave waiter and some others present
has card, inscribed, 'Marwood, Horn
| castle, Executioner."
Complaints have of late years been
often made in Germany of the fast in
crease OF short-sightedness among
young people at school, and similar
ones are now heard in France. A COM
mittee appointed to investigate the sub
Ject have reported that the cause of the
evil is in the school books. which are
printed in finetype on white paper. They
suggest that larger-faced type be en-
pioyed hereafter. and that white letters
be printed upon tinted paper
The famous little vessel, the CITY of
Bath, which succeeded in crossing the
Atlantic last year with her crew of men.
has been sold, all standing, to sailor
at Nice for 500 francs. 1t appears that
the two Americans who brought her
over to exhibit in Europe have got into
difficulties at Nice, and have left their
property to the tender mercies of their
creditors, who promptly sold her at auc-
ton.
King John, the monarch who rules
Abyssinia with rod of iron, is severely