The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-01-26
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Seymour, Ind, aged ITO years. She
claimed to be the Oldest maiden lady
| in the country.
Collins Fitch, of Meade county, KY,
is the olt.est Mason in the order in
that State, having become a member
of tho order in 1920. He is past %
years of age.
The oldest person in the State of In
diana is Mrs. Elizabeth Carroll who
lives in Warren township. near In
dianapolis. Her age is 113 years and
her health is good.
Anderson Burrell, planter living
of 81 children and the grandfather of
SO. He is II years old, aud has been
married four times.
Mrs. Catharine Smiley, of Mus
kingum county, Ohio, celebrated the
Tooth anniversary of her birth recent
ly. She is in good health and her
mental vigor is unimpaired.
During her 20 years of married life
Mrs. John Guest, of Wichita, Kas.,
has presented her husband with %
children. She has twice given birth
Rev. John Gibson. of Philadelphia,
is III years old. His face is coal
black and his hair snow-white. He
was formerly slave. His health is
good, but he has been blind for several
years.
The venerable John G. Whittier, the
Quaker poet, has lingering fondness
for the trade he learned as boy,
that of shoemaking. He carefully ex-
amines every portion of the shoes he
wears.
Samuel Spencer. who has been made
president of the Baltimore d Ohio
Railroad at salary of $25, 900 a year,
was a rodman earning scant salary
only few years ago. He is not yet
40 years old.
With his hand hanging in shreds
William Erwin, of Morris Plains, N.
j., walked to hospital, where the
wounded member was amputated. He
had been hunting rabbits. and his gun
was prematurely discharged.
Many of the farmers and lumbermen
in Northern Michigan are making use
of dogs this winter to draw their sleds
1t is said that the dogs become yer
expert at the work after little train
ing, and in many ways equal the Es-
quimau dogs.
The hotel keepers of Branch county,
Mich, have adopted novel method of
fighting prohibition. All the proprie-
tors of public houses in the county
have signed an agreement to close
their hotels in the event of the adop-
ton of the prohibitory law at the COM
ing election.
There is still plenty of big game left
in the wilder portions of Tennessee.
A party of five sportsmen who recent
ly spent Il few days hunting in Dyer
county bagged nineteen deer and one
bear. They say if they had given all
their time 30 hunting deer they could
have killed fifty.
Governor Joseph r. Bodwell, of
Maine, who died recently, WAS one of
the wealthiest men in the State. He
was poor boy and worked at farm
ing and shoemaking number of
years. In 1852 he became interested
in the quarrying of granite, and that
business made his fortune.
In many portions of Idaho, Nevada
and Wyoming the rabbits are so num-
erous that they are becoming almost
as great a plague as in Australia. The
proprietors of 4 large ranch are giving
boys cents piece for killing them
and some of the boys earn as much as
IS each per day. The dead rabbits are
fed to hogs to fatten them.
An unknown animal, which for
months has harassed the farm
yards around Emporia, Kan, and of
which weird tales were told, has been
identified as Il plain, everyday cinna-
mon bear, which escaped from ranch
in the neighborhood. Men with guns
and dogs are now in pursuit of the
animal, with the hope of killing it.
Laborers digging cut for q rail-
road near Canterbury. England. un-
covered 4 circular well, built of fints
Local antiquaries say that it is the
| opening to some subterranean passage
used by the ancient Romans when
they camped in the neighborhood
The workmen had previously found
human remains near the same spot.
A witness against a Philadelphia
saloon-keeper who was on trial for
violating the Sunday law wore a false
beard. A lau yer detected it and pulled
the beard off his face. When ques-
toned as to his reasons for appearing
in disguise he said he wanted to pre-
vent saioon-keepers who might be
present from recognizing. him there.
after.
An English bankrupt having pleaded
that his failure was due to the default
| of the government of San Salvador in
paying its obligations, the Consul of
that country has published card an
nouncing that his government has
never suspended payment, and has no
obligations abroad except 4 railroad
loan, the interest upon which is paid
promptly.
A Washington correspondent says
| that the best real estate speculation in
that city during the past summer was
that of Gardiner Hubbard, the father
in-law of Bell, of telephone notoriety.
He paid SOC, ZOO for tract of hill and
| hollow on the line of the Massachu-
sets avenue extension, put 800 men
| o. W Vi n WIN Sdl 10, anu SIONSiS ANU
barrows; thus spent 100000 in i'm.
| proving his property, and has already
sold $400,0 600 worth of lots, and has
some of the original tract on hand.
A young gentleman of Millerstown,
Ohio. who believes that penny saved
| is penny earned, wrote two postal
cards on entirely different subjects.
Instead of directing the cards before
he wrote them, as wise postal card
users do, he waited until he had writ.
ten them, and, of course, INSTRUCTED
them. The result was that Harris
burg shirt maker received an invita-
ton to take a buggy ride, and young
woman of Millcrstown was rather
shocked to receive q card asking hel
for "a sampled the stuff your shirts
are made of"
Two residents of Chapman Quar-
ries, Northampton county, Pa, who
were returning to their homes late a,
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