The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-25
mcnitomof pilot.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1886.

ion of Southern Wisconsin has resulted
in the discovery of heavy deposit of
zinc ore at Highland, Grant county
The sheet is about IA feet in depth and
thirty-five feet in width, and requires
but little cleaning.
THE state of Michigan comprises the
greatest individual lumber section in the
world. The ample forests of the state
have furnished the material, and the en-
ergy and enterprise of her people have
send out from Michigan q larger annual
cut of lumber than is sent out from any
other two states in the union, and larger
cut than is shipped from like area of
country anywhere on the face Of the earth.
THE last Legislature passed an act
dividing the county of Langlade and
making a new county known as Forest
County. The officials of the new territory
have endeavored to secure from Lang
lade County half interest in the delin-
quent taxes of Langlade County before
its division, and also in the public build
ings located at Amigo, but have not been
successful. Suit is now to be brought
against Langlade County by the officials
of Forest County to recover ten thousand
dollars, the amount claimed to be their
interest in the taxes and buildings.
AN Albuquerque, New Mexico, editor
who expected gang of lynchers to come
for him about the middle of the night
took himself to the cellar, leaving pet
grizzly bear in his place in bed. The
lynchers didn't bring any lights, but
| made pluoky attempt to get the bear
| out and lynch it, but gave it up after
three of them hsd lost an eye apiece, two
had suffered the loss of thumbs chewed
off, and the other six were more or less
deprived of skin. That man now has
| tremendous reputation as fighter, and
the bear didn't mind the work one bit
In Kentucky the manufacture of whis-
KY has been to very large extent free;
| not because there was no law to prevent,
but in spite of law. But in Louisville,
Ky, the public schools are not free.
Pupils IN the primary department are re-
CURED to pay $I4 per term. In the
grammer school the tuition is $2S, and in
| the high school it is $40. There is
slight reduction for the same grades in
the schools for colored children. Night
| schools pupils pay So per annum. These
| fees have to be paid in advance. Ken
lucky has produced some great minds,
but it is not as noted for the universally
| Of It's mental development as for the de
velopment of its illicit whisky interest.
A noticeable feature of the Chiffon con-
vention was that the Manitowoc delega-
| ton stood by Hon. Joseph Villas, the
| candidate of their choice, from first to
last. During the entire SO ballots he
| never lost man. This amounted to
handsome home endorsement of which
any man might be proud. Of course
| this fidelity is but just recognition of
what Mr.. Villas has done for Manitowoc
in the past, but it was doubtless none
the less gratifying on this account. And
had Sheboygan for whom he did as great
a service, showed an equal appreciation,
! Mr. Villas would have been nominated.
Appleton Post.
AN old and historic bridge over the
Saranac river at Plattsburg, N. Y, has
succumbed to time and its being torn
down. 1t was the scene in September,
1914, of the defeat of Is, 900 picked Brit
ISL troops by 5000 raw militia under Gen.
John E. Wool. The Americans retreat
ed over the bridge. tearing up the planks
as they ran, and when the British came
up they deployed from platoons into four
single files and started across on the string
pieces. Immediately body of American
infantry on the other shore moved aside,
unmasking battery whose whitening fire
OF grape and canister cleared the bridge
three times and finally drove off the
veteran grenadiers.
AN ingenious swindler has been prac-
tlclng upon the credulity of some of the
| citizens of Rockford, in a small way, but
with great success. His method was to
represent himself as an agent of the ex-
press company and to inform those whom
he Judged were not very familiar with
business conditions that there were valua.
BILE packages for them at the express of
flee which he would deliver to them at a
certain hour, but that the rules of the
company required the prepayment of the
charges. By placing the charges at a mod
crate sum, he succeeded in securing and
recelpting for quite large sum in the
aggregate, and of course made himself
scarce long before the hour came around
at which he agreed to deliver the pack
ages. When that hour passed and no
packages came, it just dawned upon the
too unsuspecting individuals, that thew
had been fooled, and an application to the
express Office, receipt in hand, fully con
| tirmed the reality of the swindle The
swlndler in the interim had had plenty of
| time to place himself at a safe distance
from his victims, and it was too late.
when the officers were informed of the
matter. Every man who lost money in
| this neat little trick would give twice the
sum to get hold of the trickster.
AN Indianapolis Journal correspondent
at Washington writes: A person out
side of Washington has no idea of the
immense amount of time the president
and his cabinet are compelled to waste
almost daily in writing autographs. The
senators are comparatively free from this
nuisance, when one compares the requests
made OF the president and his cabinet.
1t Is almost system, the making of auto
graphs at the white house, and the presi.
dent has been compelled to adopt some
method, or otherwise he would have to
! refuse the requests altogether, or else be
interrupted every honr. The doorkeeper
at the cabinetroom is made the custodian
of all autographs book sent to the white
house. He piles these dainty little vol
umes on shelf of his big desk and lets
them rest there until about 8 o'clock in
the afternoon, when he opens each one
at the proper page and then carries the
| pile to the library for Cleveland's inspec-
ton. The president rarely looks over
the books, but takes up his pen and dash
es off his name in rapid manner and
/ passes to the next. Then the door keep
er carries the pile away. The president
generally, during this hour, writes
number of autographs on small cards,
with the words executive mansion"
printed on one corner. These are sent
away by mail in answer to the hundreds
of requests that come through Uncle
Sans carrier. Some one suggested to
the president that he let one of his clerks
write his autographs, but he replied:
Il am still able to use my right hand and
arm, and it does not take long to sign nv