The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-08-06
Hlonitopof pilot.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1886.

talking of Grant now.
THE cotton crop this year promises to
be the heaviest on record.
Mrs. LANGTRY pays her husband a
monthly allowance. This for the use of
his name.
THE total amount paid John Roach by
the Navy Department since 1862, was
SO, 333, 626.
THE census just completed in the state
makes Oshkosh rank second to Milwau-
kee in population.
In sham fight in Pennsylvania on
Friday last between the militia several
men were severely injured.
The Oshkosh Times learns that Jen-
nings, the man recently appointed Indian
agent is very worthy person.
GLADSTONE states that he would be
glad if the "age of consent" had been
fixed at Is by the English parliament.
THE line of march for the funeral pro-
cession next Saturday will be nine miles.
There will be a holocaust of sunstrokes.
THE weather is said to be so hot in
st. Louis that they pop corn on the
streets without employing artificial heat.
GENERAL JOHNSTON has been selected
as one of the pail bearers at Grants
funeral. He has signifed his acceptance.
A GREAT earthquake is reported as
having occurred in Asiatic Russia
Whole cities were swallowed up and the
loss of life is heavy.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND refuses to ac-
cede to the petitions of the cattle men
who insist upon staying 'just little
longer on the Indian reservations.
J. |. CASE ran across man at Cleve-
land who wanted to steal diamond stud
from the millionaire. 1t is not an easy
matter to get anything out of Case, even
by theft.
WILL republican papers be as prompt
in publishing JEFF Davis's eulogistic
opinion of Grant as they have been il
giving circulation to his reasonable
utterances?
REL has been found guilty and has
received his sentence to be hanged Sep,
tember 18th. 1t is quite generally be-
lieved that his reason has been disturb
ed for some time.
SPEoULAroRs are renting places along
the route of the funeral procession and
selling them to parties desiring good
view. Considerable money is being
made in that way.
The heavy rain Of Saturday and Sun
day in Chicago must have pretty
thoroughly cleansed the dirty CITY,
There need be no fears of cholera for a
short while there now.
MAUD S. managed to lower her record
last Thursday and that on slow track.
She now maintains the lead at 2:S3.-
Where is Jay. Eye See? A victim per-
haps to his naastor'e love of profit.
FRED GEBHARDT is over in England
watching the Lilly. He has been betting
on his own horse, too, and losing money
in large quantities. The Lily has proved
rather an expensive investment for Fred
dy.
SEVEN thousand new cases of cholera
in a hours are reported from Spain.
In the same time there were 5000 deaths
from the same disease. This looks as
if cholera had good grip on that coun.
try.
The lightning seems anxious to do
honor to General Grant. Two bolts
lately struck the earth-one at Riverside
Park where he is to rest and one al
Mount McGregor, where his body was
lying.
The cholera which had spent It's force
in France without having been greatly
destructive, has again broken out al
Marseilles. The greatest excitement
prevails and efforts are made to conceal
how firmly fixed the scourge is.
A wHINE, presumably uttered by the
postmaster, comes from Shawano and
appears in The Sentinel of Tuesday,
The republican postmaster at the place
has been bounced and of course cant
grin and bear it. He bowls, and Hicks his
sore spots.
IT is said Tilton, while lecturing in
Texas found school in which not 9
single pupil knew of Lincoln or Grant
But speak it not aloud, or our loyal peo
pie of the north might insist upon anoth.
er war "for cause" There are 100 such
schools in this state.
LORD RANDoI PHI CHURCHILL seems tc
be the leading friend of Ireland in the
tory government. Indeed he seems pre-
pared to go to almost any length to gain
a point for the people whom his party
quite recently could not too much OPP
press.
THE Sentinel feels bitter over the sus
pension of Collector Hall and as a mar
when in great excitement always speaks
in his native tongue no matter how long
disused, so The Sentinel attacks the
southern democrat
SPARTA has been selected as the site
for the state school for dependent chill
dren. Ripon seemed to be the choice
but for the fact that most of the stat.
institutions are east of the central line O
the state and geographical consideration,
gave the site to Sparta.
COURTNEY says Hanlan can beat Beacl
on American waters; at least he is willing
TO beat all he is worth on the result. Ell,
U.,lo,~ - Al.