The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-03-22
GENERAL NEWS.

Mrs. Noble, wife of ex-Secretary Noble
died suddenly at her home in st. Louis
on Sunday last.
Bill Nye Will quit the lecture field. He
says talking and writing are more than
his strength can bear
1t is new said that the facts brought
ont in the breach of promise case in
which Col. Breckenridge is defendant
have so disguised his wife with him that
she will institute proceedings for d.
vOrce.
Dan Coughlin had the usual offer
made him which is always made to those
who have become notorious. A dime
museum wants him. He is also offered
position on the detective force of Lon
don, Ontario.
A cyclone which lassed over portion
of Texas on Sunday last proved very de-
structive to lie and property. The path
of the storm.was $50 yards in width. At
one place eight people were killed and
fifty wounded, many of the latter fatally.
Louis ,kossuth, the Hungarian patriot,
died at Turn, Italy, on Tuesday of this
week a. the age of 80. kossuth spent a
portion of his life IN the United States,
and 1t was his energy and eloquence
which made his name here SO we'll
known.
1t now transplres that Col Brecken-
ridge was secretly married to his present
wife some time before the open ceremony
which took place in Louisville. He was
a married man while he made his latest
promises TO Miss Pollard to make her his
wife,
Admiral de Cana with seventy of his
officers made their escape on a Portuguese
warshlp after the collapse of the rebellion
at Rio. President Peixoto demanded
their surrender of the Portuguese minister
but he refused. Peixoto is inclined to be
bloodthirsty.
South Chicago is jubilant at the re-
opening of the plant of the Illinois Steel
Co. These are the largest works of the
kind IN the country and have been lying
Idle for seven months. The plant will
employ 1000 men to begin with and in
the course of few weeks 1000 more will
be employed.
A man named Brady followed his wife
into church at Oakland, California. on Sun
day last and whils she was praying near
the altal drew revolver and shot her
through the head; he then blew his own
brains out. They had lived separate for
two years owing to his dissipation. They
were quite well to do at one time.
Corbett, the prize-fghter, leaves for
Europe April y, where he will spend
some months. He takes his father and
mother with him, and they will remain in
Ireland at their birthplace during his
stay abroad. His last fight will be with |
Jackson, unless the championship should |
pass to some other country, in which |
event he would re-enter the ring.
Colorado has been making history the
past week. Gov. Waite precipitated dis. |
IN Denver by ordering out the |
militia to compel certain officers whom
lie had removed to vacate their Offices.
These men had the police with them and
iefed the militia. Government troops
we're called for, but before conflict took
'lace, Waite agreed to submit his action
o the decision of the courts.
The miners at Cripple Greek in Colo
ado are in revolt, demanding s bours
S days labor with tie same pay they
eceived for 8 hours work. The militia
as been called ont but the miners ex-
ress a determination to fight it out.