The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-06-05

ts1iTd Local Drevfties.
We junintcntionally omitted, last week,
notice the semi>annusl review of the
anitowoc Fire Department, which took
Zee Oh Saturday. .h4 sduit., uader the
lpervision of Chief Engineer HALvER>
pN. The different companies turned out
rong and made fne appearance and
|e boys proved that their machines were
condition to do efficient service, as they
ways are. Ye editor hereof tips his
" spring style silk plug to ye urbane
d considerate Police Justice, ycleped
LDRIDGE, in Acknowledgements of the re-
ipt Of . handsome cane, presented to him
that gentleman. 1t is no delicate, elas-
). gutta-percta arrangement, but a regu-
burglar frightener, and is tastefully or
smented with an engraved silver head.
10y be live until We wear It out....... We
Oticed the ARRIVAL of about fifty German
migrants by the Mdnito,ooc last Monday,
pd 6<GH every steamer that arrives
rings greater or less number, of different
ationalities. They are generaly hardy
nd thrifty looking and we extend them a
carty welcome to the best county in Wis
pnsin. ..... :. The Ladies Social Of the
Episcopal church meets this Thursday
vening at the residence Of Mrs. JAMES
1C6HEs, on the Town Line road. ........ We
earn from JACK PATTERSON that, when
ut at his nets last Saturday, the schooner
Iaxxie ,PoreU passed him, bound south,
minus her jibboom and bowsprit, which
lad probably been carried away by col
ision with some other vessel, as there had
been no rough weather for some time pre-
kious JOHN DILLON, who has been
Employed as night watch By private parties
For some months past, has beer appointed
by shcgvillage board to perform the same
duty. Officer DILLON has proved himself
pa efficient guardian Of the property OF
oshers, and the compliment is we'll de
served. From all quarters we hear
complaints of the want of rain. Wheat
has already suffered from the long contin>
ned drouth. A good, steady rain OF four
or FIVE hours duration would be worth
thousands Of dollars to our .farmers.........
The Village Board has authorized the con-
|struct:on Of eight cisterns, each with a ca
pacity OF 300 barrels, for the use of the fire
department. Well done.........L. HEINE-
MAN has been appointed village night
watch for the South Side. lengthy
|coE;muncation from JOHN p HUME will
be found on our fourth page, giving de-
fcriptions of the swamp and overhowed
kinds for sale, in this and Calumet ccun-
ties. Some confding individual left a
pile of shiugles, about 10000 in all, in
front Of TREAT S office, few days since
TREAT thinks they were left as conscience
money" by some client he has been too
liberal with, and offers them for sale cheap.
..A a notice from the County Superin-
tcndent relative to the meeting of the State
Teachers Association will be found else
where. ....... The Board of Trustees has
elected JACOB HALvERsoN one Of its men,
bers, from the Fourth Ward, in place Of
Mr.. ANDERsoN, resigned. JAKE is G big
Radical, but will make good Trustee.
As long as our village ,oiU be cursed by
Radical rale, We prefer men like HALvER>
SON to govern u.s. The more we get of
such men, the better.........A number OF
the youngsters in the Second and Fourth
Wards, whose scant avoirdupois excludes
them from the club of heavy weights, have
or eanized themselves into base ball club,
and adopted the neat title of "Nonpare;l. y
They are an active crowd of little fellows,
and express a determination to try the
mettle of the Hitemhards in Q match
game: The conditions of tie proposed
challenge are, We believe, that the nine to
be selected by the Hi,temhards shall be
weighed, and that an equal number oi
pounds Of Nonpareils shall be put into the
field against them. The Nonpareils play
this evening at the park.......-A compe>
tent girl for general housework can learn OF
good situation by referring to our adver.
sising columns. :. ;. ;. Another crio of the
4south harbor pier has been sunk, making
five in all. The rite OF confirmation
will be performed at the Norwegian Lu-
kheran Church, corner of State and Eighth
streets. next Sunday. We understand there
are about seventy candidates for con6rma-
tion 49,. Nothing doing in Police Court
this week. Cause why: the people take
the Flot........Weather mugey, damp and
disagreeable. The only redeeming feature
about it is the promise it gives of rain
......... Messrs. BEMIs, of the Alpena, and
THoxBs, Of the Manito,ooc, are placing us
daily under debt Of obligation for favors
thst We have very little hope of ever liqui
dating. They are gentlemen, and efficient
steauboat o6cers, and popular, as they de.
se,ye to be........ The ceremony OF decora..
log che soldiers graves was generally OBJ
sersel throughout the country last Satur
day. Msuitowoc is one of the few commu
mites which did not take part in it.