The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-08-06
OUR MAN ABOUT TOWN.

This is just the season of the year when
business is dull. Very little is done IN
the way of purchasing goods, and conse-
quently the merchants are idle Though
one line OF business is comparatively at a
stand still, for a short time, the me :
chanics can be seen every morning, noon
and night, going aud coming from their
daily labc ). With them all is activity.
The ship carpenters are hueing the oak
timber and modelling it into floating pal
acles for the accommodation of the travel
ing public; the carpenter and joiner as
as well as the mason, each in their respec-
tive callings are erecting handsome bust
nessand dwellinhouses for the accommoda-
ton of our rapidly increasing business and
population the foundryman and the ma
chinist, the wheelwright and she black
smith, and all other tradesmen and day
laborers have plenty of work to do. Soon
the dullness that is now visible about the
stores will change into Life and activity,
and then all will be satisfied. ... Base
Ball is all the go ow-a-days Since the
match game one or two clubs have been
or about being organized, and all are anx-
ious to win laurels. On Friday evening
the vicinity of the Park was the scene of
considerable amusement, on account of
the Victorious nine of ye Base Ball
Club being gloriously scooped by select
nine, to the great delight of the lockers
on Everybody likes fun, and those who
good season Of it. 1.-The Merchants
have made an agreement to shut up their
stores at eight o'clock every evening
This is as it should be. . Consider
able excitement was occasioned for a
lew minutes on Saturday evening
caused by a superstition that the Steamer
Haaaitoaooc, was on fire, few miles south
of our harbor. The cause of the scare
was the steam canal boat atlantic, hav-
ing very low odd shaped smoke stack,
giving it the appearance as if smoke was
issuing from every portion of the boat.
Men were all ready to go with the life
boat to the assistance OF the passengers,
when 1t was discovered that it was
nothing but false alarm. The firm
of Villas & Co., have bought over thirty
five thousand pounds of wool this season.
This is doing pretty well for a county,
which, only a few years ago, contained
not over fifty sheep. ......... "Planchette'
is the name of a new, simple, yet mystic
rious amusement, which is creating a
great Jisrore in the East. The little Jok-
er' has not yet made his appearance here
-...-....Our weather prophets asserts that
the heat during last month has been more
intence and continued longer than has
occurred for nearly century,. The
other evening we saw young lady with
fan in her hand languishing on the arm
of her ''feller.'' She took him into
Chris. Kepke's and the moment they
stood before the fountain the soda boiled
up and foamed like soapsuds on Monday
but she declared it was cool if 1t did
bile 1T is estimated that at least
double the amount of wheat will be ship
ped from this place this year than there
was last year. 1t seems to us that an
elevator would pay. The man that
moves first will certainly reap good har-
vest THE Post OF the Grand Army
&c the Republic is fourishing in this vii
iage. New members are being constant
~ added to the roll. .........Dwelling hous-
as to rent are scarce. .........The School
Houses in the first District are to receive
some repairs. .....One of Manitowoc' S
fa;rests daughters has presented "Our
Man About Town" with beautiful bo-
qnet. young man went fishing
the other evening and after fighting mos
quitoes for an hour or two returned home
without bite Poor Fellow ........
Mr. Fehrs the Matchmaker on the south
side is going to erect brick building ad-
Joining that of Mr. Velchert So. Mr..
3 r. Anderson has been engaged as
Principal for the I'd District School ...-
Green Corn is offered for sale in our
market work on the new
steamer is progressing fright smart ......
TheEpiscopal Parsonage is completed and
the Rev. Mr. Dooley has moved into it.
.........Mr d. W. Brainard, a graduate of
Beloit College, has been engaged as
Principal of the First District School.
We understand that Mr. B. is highly re-
as a teacher