The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-05-22

Mrs. Thomas j. Jackson has applied
for Il pension for the services of her
late husband. Gen. "Stonewalr' Jack
son, in the war with Mexico.
The largest individual taxpayer in
Boston is John NJ. Sears, who pays
$50 900 on $3,617. 900 worth of real
estate, and personal estate of $125,-
600.
An observing Georgia man claims
! that a crow digs hole and buries in it
the corn which it secures in the field.
holding the supply until necessity COM
pels its use.
A Philadelphia shoemaker's dog
| didn't know the difference between
piece of steak and a piece of leather,
and swallowing the latter was soon a
dead canine.
Mrs. John McWilliams, a Nebraska
wife, prays the court to restrain her
lawful hus band from patting her on
the back, poking her in the ribs, and
talking baby talk to her."
/ interviewing has been got down to a
science by Il Partisan who advertises
f! that he will furnish for the provincial
pre- 5 interviews with distinguished
men, two week, for $15 month.
Andrew Carnegie is 30 years old. He
| had less than 500 twenty-six years
/ ago. but since that time he has made
| S56 600. 900, of which he now holds
about $50, 900, 900 in his own right.
The waters of the Ochtahatchee
Lake in Florida ran off through its
underground channel IA few days ago
and an immense number of the finest
kind of fish We're secured by the citi-
| Zens of the vicinity.
The Prince of Naples. heir-apparent
to the throne of Italy, will spend the
summer in tour of the European
ca;Irts looking for Il wife. The Prince
is Il dark, slender youth. not bad-look-
ing, but with Il very delicate constitu-
ton.
The appliance of hydraulic power to
the manufacture of steel seamless boats
is one of the latest things in England.
These boats are thought to be in every
particular superior to those made of
| wood and can be made at about the
same cost.
The rush to the gold fields in the
Transvaal region has been unprecedent
ed in history. In three years ESQ, 0O0,-
600 of English money have been in
vested there. Cities have sprung up
where in 1886 only grass could be
found and no habitation.
The other day Minnesota clergy
men travelled thirty miles, made six
calls, visited two schools, gave an
afternoon lecture and shot seven jack
rabbits, all between sunrise and SUM-
set, and he said it wasn't a good day
fer pastoral work either.
The picture of Romney, which was
sent to recent London exhibition by
an old maid who feared she was pre-
sumptuous in asking that it be insured
| for 81, 500, because it was an old heir
loom and much esteemed in the family"
has just been sold, it is said, for $4O,-
600.
A Lincolnville man. James A. Snow,
who despised 1.-The weed lately died,
and in nis will he provided for the edu-
cation of his two grandchildren, James
w. and Fred Allen Snow, on condition
that they abstain from the use of all
intoxicating liquors and also from the
use of tobacco.
The Swiss watchmakers have invent
ed watch for the blind. A small peg
is set in the middle of each figure.
When the hour hand is moving toward
a given hour, the peg for that hour
drops. The owner, when he wants to
| know the time, finds which peg is
down and then count back to twelve.
| While prospecting in the Okefeenokee
| LII ol
NAL in the swamp of which natural
| history gives no account. 1t resembled
turtle in some respects but was l-2
feet long and n inches across. The
sack was covered with a hard, scaly
substance. somewhat like an alligator's
hide, and the animal had a long, hook
ed beak.
One of the curiesities of Washington
the new state, is Medical Lake, not far
from Spokane Falls. A property of its
water is that it forms lather whenever
it is agitated violently or rubbed
quickly on the hands or the surface of
the body. No fish or other living thing
has been found in these waters. and the
lake itself is rather repulsive and muddy
IN appearance.
| London fire department statistics
show that, although theatre fires have
increased greatly in number, they are
far less damaging than formerly, owing
to the improvements in the apparatus
for suppressing them. The same sta
tistics show that the death rate from
fires in London has fallen from 23S in
1887 to 10 in 1889. This is also laid to
the improved apparatus.
The marriage of two Digger Indians
IN Butte County, Mont, was unearthed
the other day as follows: .Kanaka to
Ginny: / hereby certify that on Thurs
day, the 9Th day of March, 1867, at my
office in Oregon township Kanaka and
Glnny-a Shasta Indian squaw-were
by me lawfully joined in marriage in
the presence of many witnesses, Sam
Glass, j. P, Oregon, Tp."
Benjamin Ellis Martin relates how he
visited Edmonton churchyard in order
to visit Charles Lambs grave Service
was going on in the church. and he
waited till the close and asked the Off
ciating clergymen the location of the
grave. The clergyman didn't know.
buried Id his churchyard. but he had
never seen the grave nor asked about it.
A new mineral has been discovered
in the vicinity of the little town OF
Homer, Ky, and the inhabitants oil
that place expect to realize millions.
The substance discovered is a black,
pitchy formation, and is of foamy
appearance. When placed in the fire it
burns with a clear, steady flame, and
makes a brilliant white light. 1t is en-.
tirelv consumed by burning. leaving
the ashes or clinkers.
The will of a prominent attorney in
Cincinnati is a peculiar document, and
two of the provisions have attracted
considerable comment. Il desire that
no bar meeting be held for me, for such
occasions are utilized by lawyers to ex-
plode their eloquence without cause. i
desire that no Grape be worn by my
| family for me- but if any member