The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-02-12
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IL, 1885.

CARDINAL MCCABE OF Ireland dled on
Tuesday night. He was born in Dublin
in 1916.
Irving has agreed to recite The Raven
At the ceremony Of unwilling of the Poe
Memorial.
IT is said Mrs. Langtry intends to live
in America and is about to purchase a
house 10 New York.
PARsoN TAnMAeE attacked Ingersoll
quite enormously in sermon on Sunday
last. He wants Ingersoll arrested for
blasphsmy.
BAYAED is stated on good authority to
have lately been rendered the position Of
Secretary of State. 1t is also said he
will accept.
The diary Of Lieut.. Kislingburg is
now made public and like that of Private
Henry reflects severely on the manage
ment of Greedy.
The Wisconsin Assembly has memo
rallied congress to pass bill providing
for Grants being placed on the retired
list of the army.
The effort to get Bescher out of Ply
mouth church because he supported
Cleveland has not been successful. The
old mans flag il still there.
DAN MANNING seems to have the con-
fdence of Cleveland in large degree.
He was with the president-electw when he
paid his respects to the sage.
HANLoN lately beat Clifford the sculler
who is said to be almost a match for
Beach now the champion OF the world.
Hanlon won without difficulty.
An ice skating contest took place 1t
Now York on Saturday last. The win
ner succeeded in making &c miles in lit
tie less than one hour and four minutes
TIE immense ice gorgss on the Della
aware are causing the surrounding count
~ to be flooded. People have secured
their houses from floating away by tying
them to trees.
The wagon works of Fish Bros. of Ra-
cine took fire on Tuesday night and for
a time it seemed as if they would be
wholly destroyed. As it is the loss is
about $4,000
THE official dispatches confirm the re-
port of Gordon's death. The English
government will be aroused to activity
by the massacre and the war will soon
assume great proportions,
Rosa will not appear against Mrs.
Dudley and the Judge refuses to admit
the woman to bail. Rossa's paper is
having a big boom and the wounded
shoulder is proving bonanza to him.
TEE good people of Boston who have
dared to criticse the course Of John l..
Sullivan find it necessary to 60 armed
with revolvers so as to protect them-
selves from the attacks of the famous
slugger.
IT seems that the husband Of the wo-
man wh2 ;aetfeced Denstfr ont of 500 IT, Is Is
now under arrest for presenting forged
check. Deuster does not want to prose-
cute him.
THE diary kept by Private Henry OF
the Greedy expedition, who was shot by
order of Greedy for stealing provisions,
is now made public. 1t shows deplor.
able state Of affairs and . great deal OF
fayoritism.
s. 8. MERRILL General Manager OF
the G. N. & st. Paul died at his home in
Milwaukee on Sunday last. His ailmsni
dates from February Of last year, but the
Immediate cause Of his death WAS an ap-
oplectic stroke.
The little furry occasionsd by the
wordy war between jeff Davis and Gen
eral Sherman has subsidized and the loyal
people who sprung with such readiness
spears into plow shares.
IT was reported some time ago that
the famous athlete Duncan G. Ross was
going to quit the sporting business and
take to the ministry. Ross denies that
he had any such intention and will stick
to his sporting profession.
CLEVELAND lately spent day in con-
sultation with Tilden at the latter's home.
Those seekiug places in the cabinet
should speak we'll OF old Sammy. His
advice will have great weight with any
democratic administration.
SENATOR Don CAMERON has been or
d,red to Florida by his physicians on
account Of his health. He has suffered
severely from dyspepsia and has had
hemorrhage in consequence. Many PEG
pie think. his recovery is doubtful.
TEE electoral count was made very
quietly this year, being mere matter OF
form. Eight years ago the eyes Of the
nation were turned toward Washington
with the greatest anxiety and then it was
the constitution was made thing Of
straw.
\ PARTY of Englishmen refused to ell
a. the same table with Michesl Davit in
Rome lately. The Pope also refused
Davitt an audience. And still Davitt is
aigh-minded and pure patriot, utterly
opposed to dynamite and as self-sacri
fcing man as egsr lived.
LOUISVILLE Ky. was the scene Of 8
startling phenomenon on Monday last
4 dense fog arose followed by black
c'oud which turned the day into mid
/ sht darkness A drenching shower oil
rl:u succeeded and with it fell Shove,
OF fish. 1t is supposed to have been g