The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-07-16
OUR MAN ABOUT TOWN.


receiving the news of the nomination OF
Seymour and Blair got on ''big drunk. "
In the evening they endeavored to get up
little show in the illumination line and
in order to give it reputable appearance
on the corner of York and Eighth streets
they had to break into the office of a
republican and light few tallow candles
The illumination, vas big thing
Large enough however for the man who
is going to get defeated. 1T was very
hot for two or three days during the past
week. Mr.. Halverson having an eye to
the wants of the boys in the Tribune
office, presented them with lot of beau
tiful clear ice. Quite treat in these hot
days Those who want some nice clear
ice had better see Jake. Messrs.
Pierce & Sly of the Branch Mills have
lately put in Butler & Evarts Single
Mill and they expect soon to supply the
world with Star A sawed We hope they
will ....... Mr. DIETRICH who has farm
in the town of. Franklin in this county
tells us that three years ago he was terri
bly, troubled with grasshoppers but
he sowed field Of buckwheat, and
the hoppers in the adjoining field Of
timothy hoped over the fence and COM
menced buckiDg the wheat They chaw-
ed their way into it some rods when they
seemed SICK. After little they disap-
peared and he has seen none since though
his neighbors have thousands of them
Pe, contra, Mr.. Barnes tells US he has
| planted buckwheat every year for long
time but the hoppers eat it readily. Il
must have been something in the soil Of
the first named gentleman land that
proved the cold pfzen. ........A boy one
day last week, in driving home the cows
from the woods, chased a large lynx into
town. The quadruped escaped however
without being captured. ........The work
Oh the harbor is bravely going on. The
money heretofore appropriated is nearly
expended but it will be sufficient to
sink about twenty cribs making the
length of the south pier nearly seven
hundred feet. Young Men S
Association gave the ID of a series of
dancing parties at Klingholz Hall on
Saturday evening. The party was enjoy
ed highly by all .........Quite large mum
Der Of our German citizens arranged an
excursion on the schooner E6enezer, in
tow of the tug hia H. Ire to Two i,iy-
ers on Sunday last: After arriving at the
aforesaid village they visited one of the
| gardens. The excurslonists returned in
the evening and We learn they had very
pleasant time We understand thatsimi-
| lar excursions are being talked Of .........
Ever since the 4th it has been very warm
The mercury in the thermometer indica
ted above So degrees every day, and some
Of the time it was above 90. On Tues
! day it was 10 doubt the hottest day of the
season, when the thermometers in differ
ent portions of the village indicated from
"a to 9S degrees in the shade .......
| On Saturday. Dane by the name of NJ
| Nelson, met with severe accident near
the foot Of Sixth Street under the follow
ing circumstances: The man was engaged
| in loading stone from the bank of the
! river on TO a scow. For this purpose
track is laid on@which a car con
tanning the stone is run down t. the scow.
On the day referred to he let the car run
! against one end OF the track with such
| force that the iron hook which holds the
different lengths of the track together
broke, and the end Of the length next to
the shore fell into the river, causing the
car to back up, and the man in endeavor-
ing to stop it, received severe injuries by
being run over and thrown in the river
with the car on top of him. Fortunately
the water was not very deep and he was
Just enabled to keep his face above water
1.-Two of our regular correspondents
from Two Rivers have fallen out. ''E'
accuses * Of speaking i'll of the town
and ''K'' replies that ''E'' uses bad
grammer. Now boys dry up; you are
both right, but if you will write us oe all
that is occurring in your neiehborhood
you viii be to us more acceptable writers