The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-07-17


There be thieves prowling about in this
usually honest burgh, much to the alarm
Of nervous people, especially those who
have silver spoons and such Ike. A few
Sundays ago, while , certain family were
absent at church, robbet made raid In
to house by breaking pahe oi glass, and
thus being able to hoist the window, got in
and went through" the house In double
sense. Fortunately the occupant had his
greenbacks elsewhere, 70 that the daring
thief realized but . solitary Quarter" for
his enterprise. Part Of the family had not
been absent more than fifteen minutes, and
when they returned great was their aston
ishment at finding stand drawer broken
open, and its contents, consisting of notes
and accounts, scattered in confusion on the
floor.
On Saturday night last (the lltn) anoth-
er raid was made in search Of plunder-this
time With little more success On that
night somebody entered the saloon Of Mr..
G. Karrofsky> after it was closed for the
night, and succeeded in making . raise of
So. The drawer. containing letters, &c.,
WAS found the next morning, near the 81
loon, minus the above amount in money.
The grasshoppers, not to be outdone BY
the evil-disposed ofthe tvo-legged species.
are busy making raids into the gardens
hereabout, and are quite successful, in some
instances, in stripping them nearly bare Of
all green things. Although some gardens
suffer severely from these pes,iferous in
sects, yet on the whole no material damsge
will result. A few potato bugs have also
made their appearance, and are quite busy
in assisting their two legged and many
legged brethren in taking what don't be-
long to them. & -as
The fishermen in this locality have not
met with much success this season, SO far,
but as those further south Of them are re-
ported to be doing we'll, it is supposed that
the piscatorial tribe will arrive shortly.
They are certainly wanted, 20 as to make
things even all round.
We were visited by . nice shower Of
rain on Tuesday afternoon, the l4th inst, !,
which irrigated the crops somewhat, and
will no doubt give them . start SO that they
will be strong enough to Withstand the At
tacks Of tho insect world.
A new and important enterprise is sbout
to 60 into operation here. vis.: . Pottery,
by DR.. Oswald. He hiss fns site for tho
getting ont Of the proper clay, on the esst
side of the Mishicott River. near the vil>
lage, and of which We will speak more ful>
ly when it commences operations.
Times seem to be quite good here at
present, with work and bread for ALL I"
In fact, We think it no exaggeration to say
that there is not smarter village in tho
entire West than Two Rivers-its inhabit-
ants all seeming to be both busy and pres
porous.
The now pail factory, to take the place
of the one burned down last winter, is vsry
near erected, and ere long will add its busy
bum 10 the buzz made b, its noisy coadju-
tor, the chair factory-which latter institu.
sion, by the way, is turning out chairs At
such rate as to make one involuntarily
ask himself the question. !" Where can they
ali go tor But 60 tiey do, and no doubt
their good quality and reputation has much
to do With their going in such unlimited
numbers. SoJoURNER.