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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-08
Buying Diamonds In Now York.

Since they have discovered diamonds
in Africa they are getting too common
on Fifth avenue to be even noticed.
One young lady, reported TO be young
and handsome, wears lingering dia-
monds in her hair. A Chicago lady.
staying at the Fifth Avenue. alleged to
have lived with her present husband
two weeks without getting a divorce,
wears diamond dress-buttons; and even
one of the colored waiters-an African.
too, right from the mines--shOwed me
a diamond weighing thirty-seven
pounds, which he offered to sell me in
the rough forfour Observation-Disclosures
ton that even the Africans don't appre-
ciate the treasure they have found.
This morning lady from Oil City
went into Tiffany's great ewelry store
and said she desired to purchase a dia-
mond.
II understand solitaire diamonds are
the best, MIR. Tiffany" she said, please
show me some of them"
"Here is nice solitaire.' answered
the silver haired diamond prince.
.'How do you like it?''
Putty WE'LL" said the lady, revolv-
ing it in her fingers. lit shines well;
but are You sure it is solitaire, MIR.
Tnany?"
"Why, of course, madame"
"Wall, now, if you will warrant it to-
be a real genuine solitaire, MIR. Tiffany,
l don't mind buying it for my daughter
Julia-and--com to think" she con-
tinued, as she buttoned her siX-button-
kid-gloves and took her parasOl to
leave, If you've got five or six more
real genuine soltaires just like this
one, l cont mind takin' 'em all so as
to make big solitaire cluster for my
SELF
Yes madame, we'll guarantee it to
be a real solitaire" smilingly replied
Mr.. Tir any, and then the head of the
house went up 10 his private office. and
in the presence of four hundred clerks
sat down and wrote his official guaran-
tee that the diamond named was gen.
II he solitaire. AS the lady bore the
ce tificat from the big jewelry palace,
she observed to herself: There's moth.
ing like knowing you've got the real
genu ne tn Nc. It's really satisfyin' to.
feel surer'
Eut that evening her fendish hus-
band refused to by the diamonds
land then this beautiful woman sad
Mr.. Til any, .'all dressed up in silks.
and laces. and garnet earrings cut on
a bias, sat down in the hotel par'or and
had to refuse to 60 to a party at Mrs.
Witherington' because her Jewels did
not match her !" Dnaise"
30 dearn' said the great jeweler,
and in the lullness of his grie, he poured
a coal scuttle into a case full of dia-
monds. and watches, and silver spoons,
and basket full of diamonds, and
pearls, and garnets into the coal stove!
Eli Perkins. IN Chicago Tribune.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-08

Where grapes are enclosed in paper
bags for protection again-t insects, a
horticulturist advises smaling " a few
pin-holes in the bottom o it. to per-
Elit the moisture to escape after rain
storm.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-08

. "Do YOU believe that a. woman.
nevada, S; would rdie for the object OF
her.loye?' asked q bachelor friend. -
don t know ,whet er, she d die Or not, -
answered the benedict. "but pve known
her to 90 wild when the trimming didn' t
suit her.-BrO0ktyn Ea0le
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-02-15
LITERARY Profit.

Mr.. Osgood, the publisher, remarked
recently that he rather thought Walter
Scott as novelist would outlast Dick
ems. Scott kept nearly even with Dick
ems in sales at the present day, while
Dickens influence was yet recent, and
it was therefore fair to conclude that
when a few more years had passed
Scott, rooted in romance and history,
would continue to be the necessity OF
many and the delight of some. Mr..
Osgood said that he thought SCOTS
poetry in the present period found more
sales than that of Byron, who once out
stripped Scott in contemporary popu-
larity. The novels of Mr.. Howells had
fair though not extraordinary sale Of
perhaps $4,000 copies each. Hawthorne
had never sold extravagantly, and prob
ably never would become the favorite
of great masses of people. since he
worked for too fine an element and
rather wrote over the heads of the mul.
titude. The two distinctive successes
of fiction had been Mrs. Stowe with
'.Uncle Toms Cabin" and Mr.. Tour.
gee with .sThe FOOLS Errand." Mrs
Stowe might have realized $4,000 in
all from her books. Mrs. Burnett had
not made much money from her tales
and novels, but was reputed to have
realized well from her play. Mr.. Gable
had a ready market for his wares, bu
was not wealthy man, though he wa:
a religious one and q deYout Presby
terian.-N Y Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-02-15

ONE good thing will grow ont of the
tariff discussion now going on; it will
call the attention of the people to the
subject and they will inform themselves
on it, Sc that when it becomes an issue,
as it most certainly will, the matter Will
be disposed of intelligently. A protect
i've tariff which is so high as to prohibit
importation is a great wrong, and the
worst of it is that it is imposed with
Pharisaic professions of regard for the
laborer. The laborer well knows how
much the manufacturer thinks of him.
lie is valued as highly as the price of
machinery which works while it is able,
and is then discarded. Free trade, or
rather tariff for revenue only, is what
the country needs, and it will come if
justice is done.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-02-15

The Sentinel of Monday in an editor
ial contrasts the condition of cotton
operatives in the United States with that
of those in England, while the news
columns of its Saturday edition gives a
touching picture of factory girls in Mas
sachusetts, where there are so many of
the 'infant industries" clamoring for a
continuance of protection. 1t is singular
how the concern of all protectionists is
for the ''poor laborer." But while the
"poor Iaborer" never improves his con-
dition until he quits the employment OF
the manufacturer, the latter rolls up
wealth at rapid rate. 1t is singular
how infatuated the manufacturer is with
the 'tlaborer" and how intent he is on
advancing his interests when reduction
of the tariff is under advisement. But
this interest does not prevent him from
shutting down his factory and throwing
thousands out of employment at the com
mands of a coordination.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-02-15

THE floods in Ohio are simply dread
full. The river has reached the enor-
nous height of 60 feet above low water
mark and is still rising. 1t is estimated
that there are millions of dollars worth
of property destroyed. A large part of
the city of Cincinnati is deluged and
coal is delivered by means of boats and
through the windows of upper stories.
The roofs of wharf boats seem to be as
high as the roofs of five story buildings.
Railroad companies whose lines run
through the inundated district have been
forced to use the tracks of other roads.
Goods are being moved, but the APP
proaches to the suspension bridges be-
ing submerged great difficulty is expert
enced in crossing the river to where the
land is higher. The gasworks are sub
merged and it is expected the city viii
soon be in darkness.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-02-15

WE are in receipt of advance sheets OF
State Superintendent Graham's report
for 1882. 1t is full of very valuable sug-
gestions which bear out the hope inspir-
ed by his election, that the country school
will be recognized by the head OF the
education al system of the state.
The superintendent dwells long on the
subject of free high schools and gives
complete history of these institutions
While he finds abundant cause for graft
fication in the establishment and success
of these schools, still it is evident from
the spirit in which he writes, that they
have not reached expectation IN direc-
ton to which the superintendent looked
with considerable hopefnlness, benefit
ing the country districts. The amount
appropriated annually was rather small
90. 600. Graded schools and villages
took advantage of the appropriations
offered and although it has resulted IN
improving these schools materially and
aided in securing better attendance,
still the fund being so widely distributed
there is but little indueement for rural
districts to now organize under the high
school law.
Rural districts being greater distance
from that degree of system evidenced ID
regular course of instruction and pro-
cedure in conformity with plan which
comprehends the future, could not be so
prompt in taking advantage of the aid
offered by the state as village and city
schools, which had taken the steps pre-
iiminary to the thorough grading requir-
ed by the high school law. When the
advantages offered are more fully COM
pretended, the incentive no longer ex-
lists as the annual appropriation of $780,
900 is now distributed among over 100
high schools.
In view Of these facts the superinten-
dent asks for legislation designed to ben
eft the rural districts, by giving them
better schools without the necessity OF
sending the pupils from home. In short
the purpose is to have the state aid IN
the establishment of high schools in the
different towns whose educational faclll-
ties are now limited to district schools.
The superior instruction which it would
be possible to give in those schools
would aid largely in securing better
class of teachers, and the influence of
the schools on the neighborhood and on
the surrounding schools is factor de =
serving of no small amount of attention.
| This measure is calculated to do more
good to the school at the "cross roads"
than any laws, not fundamental, on the
| statute books. It has direct reference to
country districts and is the only move
ment made for years that considers their
wants solely and unselfshly. It is to be
hoped the Legislature will embody the
suggestions III some law and thus do
Justice to the thousands of young peo-
pie who at present are forced to leave
home if they desire an education beyond
the meager pittance offered by the COM
mon country school.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-02-15
The TOYS of Our Boyhood.

The boys of to-day would have very
poor opinion of the toys that amused
us when we were young. We can
hardly find any of the old-time toys for
sale in this luxurious age. Our children
would doubtless turn up their noses at
the primitive toys that amused their
fathers-the Noah's ark with its painted
windows and red roof that lifted up
with hinge, old Noah with blue coat
and a tendency to tumble down and
damage his wooden features, and his
wife with green legs and a figure built
on a churn pattern-we used to knock
them in endwise through the roof, and
drop them down into the cellar with the
elephant, the COW, and the kangaroo,
and fasten them all up securely by lock-
ing the roof with piece of wire. And
then there was the wooden sheep with
wool glued on his back, and the paste
board cat, and the spotted china dog,
and the tin cow with wooden tail, and
the horse that was mounted on wheels;
how constantly they became unglued
and how rapidly they tottered into old
age and decrepitude; but we enjoyed
the possession of these monstrosities,
and thought them the perfection of hui
man ingenuity. We treasured these
caricatures of the animal kingdom, and
we honestly believe that we got great
deal more enjoyment out of them than
the children of to-day get out of the
modern scientific toys that work by
steam and electricity, and that are con-
structed with some consideration for
natural appearances.
The little fiat books that had pictures
in red, and yellow, and green, of A was
an-archer-that-shot-at-a-frog, and B was
a something or other that did some
thing else equally absurd. What treas
ures this linen-paged literature seemed
to our unsophisticated minds, and it ex-
asperates us now to see the calm indif-
ference with which our children treat
the finest specimens of the Autograph
er's and wood engraver's art that APP
pear in tn many publications now pre-
pared specially for young folks. This
is an age of progress and luxury, but
we question whether boy can get
more fun out of the self-cocking toy pis-
tol that carries a real ball and cartridge,
and will burst and blow all his fingers
off, than his predecessors got out of the
primitive pop-gun that discharged moth
ing more dangerous than a paper wad.
TEXAS SiftinQS.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-02-15

For the credit of human kind, some
one should stick Morse into an insane
asylum. He has been persistent in his
attempts to bring out the Passion Play
and every respectable man is disguised
with him. He is bigger nuisance than
Oscar Wilde. The sentiment of the peo-
pie is opposed to the Passion Play and it
would have to rely only upon fanatics
and light Drained people for its support.
But Morse wants to put it on tie boards
regardless of public opinion. He is not
satisfied with the mayors refusal to give
him license. He has gone into the
courts and pending the decision is max
ing extensive preparations for the pre-
sentation of his hobby.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-02-15

The Sentinel is mistaken when it states
it might earn the commendation of The
Pilot ky doing something which rectitude
could not approve. Petty, political big
otry and notorious want of candor are ex-
pected in little local sheets that make
prejudice take the place of ability. One
never expects magnanimity from num-
skull, and if it should be attempted its
fraudulent character might easily be de-
tected. But The Sentinel occupies a
peculiar position, and its editor should
rise to the dignity of it. 1t is recogniz-
ed as the ablest paper in the state,-in-
deed as being equal to many that have
long been celebrated. 1t is read and sup
ported by democrats as well as republi-
cans-by the poor as well as the rich, and
it should be unfair to no class or party.
1t has no opponent and can well afford
to discard prejudice and extreme parti-
sanship. The country press is disposed
to be friendly to it, willing to recognize
its ability and to concede its supremacy.
1t has no business, on account of the
estimation in which It is held for ability
and the variety of classes by which it is
read, to be the organ of clique, or to
distort or suppress facts in the interests
of a political party, or to embrace the
cause of the wealthy and powerful with
so much ardor as to be unjust. The
Sentinel will not say it does not want
democratic readers. Why will it not
treat them fairly2 Why does it build up
reputation for unfairness by bitter and
persistent denunciation of democrats, and
exercise small ingenuity in an attempt to
extenuate similar lapses from propriety
on the part of republicans? Professions
of reform, says The Sentinel in extenua-
ton. A flimsy excuse, truly,-one worthy
of a man who can never look beyond the
mere party lines of Office holders, or have
thought not prescribed by their selfish
creed. Professions. indeed Never was
party organized more prolific of "pro-
LESSONS" than that whose delinquencies
are SO nicely CLOSED over by The SEN
tinel.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-02-15

DAVID DAVIS says he is not such q
fool as to marry girl who would be
willing to take him for his property. He
says "there is no sensible girl who would
let me be such fool, and L certainly
wouldn't marry one who has no sense. "
The old judge has level head and some
good girl would perhaps be willing to
love him for that. He certainly would
be better husband with his years and
size than the dapper dan,iies whose cap
ital is small talk and strict attention to
their toilets.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-02-15

THERE is something simply astound-
ing in the testimony of Kavenagh, the
carman who drove tie murderers of
Cavendish and Burke to the Park where
the deed was perpetrated. He Identifies
the men and gives pretty complete his
tory of the affair. Brady, Kelley. Carey,
Fitzharris, Delaney and Doyle are the
principals. They did the deed without
much effort at concealment. and while
the whole world was in state of agita-
ton at the boldness and character of the
decd, these men proceeded with their
every day work and were discovered by
a mere accident. When they were first
arraigned they laughed, and not until
Kavenagh became informer did they
manifest any concern.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-02-15

THE papers are giving highly colored
accounts of scene occurring between
Gen. Bragg and 4 Pennsylvania congress
man on the floor Of the house, Miller,
a republican. Bragg claims, or he is
reported as claiming, that Miller goes to
the democratic side as an eavesdropper
and then informs the republicans of what
he hears. Bragg seized him by the arm
and said, ''Get over on your own side,
you ID puppy. You were raised Oh
buttermilk, anyhow" Miller denies
that Bragg used any such language
toward him. The squabble arose on tie
Fitz John Porter case.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-02-15
First publication Jan. IL, 1881 No.
ADMINISTRATO SALE.

CTATf OF WIscoNsIN.-oouNTY COURT FOR
y MANIT0WOC C0UNTY--IS PROBATE.
In the matter of the estate of John Shuber,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given. that by virtue and in
pursuance of an order of license, made in said
matter, on the second day of January, A. D.,
1883, by the county court of said county, the
undersigned. as administrator of the estate OF
John Shuber, late of the town of Franklin. in
said county, deceased, will. on Monday, the fifth
9TH day of February, A. D., 1888, at ten O'Clock
in the forenoon of said day, at the Office of the
county judge. in the city of Manitowoc, in said
county, offer for sale. at public vendue. the fol-
lowing described lands, to-wit: the SIS of VIZ
of E19 of VIZ of NW1a of section thirteen. C13):
and the EH of E1. of Els of NWz of section
fourteen Q4, all in township 20, north. of range
p. east, in the county and state aforesaid
whereof said deceased died seized and possessed
The terms of sale payment of purchase
money on delivery of deeds.
]. C. MCCARTHY.
Administrator of said Estate
Dated at Manitowoc the second day of JAN
uary, A. D., 1888.
SCHMITZ & KIRwAN, Attorneys.
The above sale is hereby adjourned until 1C
O'Clock A. NJ, of the 10Th day of February, A. D.,
1883 at the place designated therefor in the above
notice.
Dated February s. 1888.
J. c. McC ARTY,
Administrator of said Estate
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CFirst publication Feb. s, 1887 Ne.

(First publication Feb. s, 1881 Ne j.
IN BATE-MANITOWOC COUNTY COURT
L In the matter of the estate of George Reed
deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Juliet S.
Reed, o. ManitoWoc, Wisconsin, representa- o
among other things that George Reed, late of Man
towoc, on the 10th day of January, A. D.. 1885, at
Milwaukee, Wis, died intestate, leaving goods
chattels and estate within this state, and that
the said petitioner is the widow OF said deceased
and praying that administration of said estate be
to her granted, it is ordered that said petition be
heard before this court on Tuesday, the 9th day OF
March, A. D., 1883, at 10 O'Clock M at my office
in said county.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be given to
the heirs of said deceased and to all persons in
terested, Dy publishing q copy of this order for
three successive weeks prior to said day OF hear
ing, in the Manitowoc Pilot, a weekly newspaper
published at Manitowoc in said county.
Dated at Manitowoc, the 5th day of February
A. D., 1888. X. D. SMART
feb221 County Judge.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-02-15

First publication Jan. IS. 1881 Mo-
IN PR0BATE,-MANIT0WOC COUNTY COURT
i In the matter of the estate of Bernard Nate
deceased
To all whom it may concern: Letters tesla
mentary on said estate OF Bernard Nate, deceased
having been issued to j. D. Nate on the 10th day
of January, A. D., 1888, and six months from anC
after said day being allowed and limited for cred
itors to present their claims for examination anC
allowance, notice is hereby given that the under
signed will, the first Tuesdays of February
March, April, May, June, and the 18th day o
July, D., 1885, at the probate Office in the city
of Manitowoc, in said county, receive, examine
and adjust all claims, and demands of all persons
against said deceased.
Dated Jan. 10Th, 1888.
X. ID. SMART, County Judge.
Estabrook d. Walker, Attorneys feb S-15
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-02-15

THERE cannot be much doubt that the
authorities have fn lily secured the
persons who committed the murders in
Phoenix Park, Dublin. The testimony
of one, of the carman is quite direct and
has the appearance of truth. With the
feeling caused by the murders and the
injury they did the cause of Ireland, the
perpetrators viii not find much sympathy.
1t appears from the testimony of the
cabman, that the design was to murder
Burke only, but he being accompanied
by Cayendish the latter was sacrificed
for the salty of the parry. 1t takes off
O great deal of the odiCm of the set that
Ca7endishs murder was not premeditat-
ed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-02-15

JIM BLAINE has concluded to become
an author He is going to give his ex-
perience in congress- although the history
will be impersonal. Blaine is quite an
industrious fellow and if he cannot be
punching brigadiers or setting up the
pins for the presidency, he is busy with
literature. But It is big drop from the
ambition to become president to be sat
isfed with the fame which authorship
Owes
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-02-15
First publication December %, 1922
SHERIFF'S SALE ON EXECUTION

rINHE STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT
i MANiTowoC COUNTY, SIS.
Harris Manufacturing Co., Plaintif,.vs Joseph
Morrisey, DEPENDENT.
By virtue of an execution issued out of and I'M
der the seal of the Circuit Court in and for the
county of Manitowoc and State of Wisconsin, in
the above entitled action, against the personal
and real property of Joseph Morrisey to me di-
zected and delivered, L have seized and taken
the following described real estate, and all the
right title and interest which the said defendant
Joseph Morrisey, had in and to said real estate at
the day of docketing of said Judgment, to wit: On
the 18th day of December, 1882, or have since &C
quired. viz: The Northeast quarter of the North
west quarter of Section Number Eighteen QS) and
the Southeast quarter of the Southwest quarter
of Section Number Seven (O all in Township
Number Twenty co. North of Range Number
Twenty-Five (22) east, in the county of Manitowoc
and State of WiscoI sin, of which land shall sell
a quantity sufficient to pay the amount of the
judgment in the above entitled action, interest,
costs, and expenses Of sale, all of which right,
title and interest in the aforesaid, shall
expose for sale and sell at public auction, az by
law directed, on Saturday the 10th day of Febru
airy, A. 1888 at the hour of o'clock NJ, the
front door of the court house in the city of Mani
towoc in Manitowoc county, Wisconsin.
Dated, December IS, 1882
G. G.. SEDswICK, Nj. H. MURPHY, Sheriff
Plaintiffs Atty. of Manitowoc Co., Wis.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-02-15

THERE is rumor current that Senator
Ferry OF Michigan is likely to be arrested
on q criminal warrant. growing out of
some proceedings connected with his late
business failure. lie cannot be reached
on a civil action, and it is said this means
is taken TO bring him into court.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-02-15

Ex-Governor WV. E. SMITH is lying
in very critical condition, and for some
time his life was despaired of. He has
had an attack of pneumonia and the
chances are against his recovery.
LATER.-The ex-governor died on
Tuesday evening. 1t was for some time
quite apparent that death was only a
question of time.