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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-10-26

Anderson $50 Watching fire
Troemei 1888 Printing
hanson skove 4,oo oakum for Dredge
Ii "ar'en' s2,H Wood for Dredge
'ohn hlemm 900 Labor on Dredge
John Leykom 1890 Clearing Cemetery
Windiate Richards 42a,O0 Towing
The above allowed. ayes 8, nays 0.
W + Snyder $500 Assisting Marshal
" Griebling 800 IS !"
E A Schenck 800 "
Allowed, ayes 6, nays 2, (Auberg
Kappes).
The following accounts reported back
with recommendation that they be allow
ed in part.
Westphal, allowed 80 disallowed SOC watching fire.
vGoetzler, allowed 49, disallowed so watching fire.
Report adopted and accounts allowed,
ayes s, nays 0.
Petition of A G Lindeman and Others
reported back with Recommendation that
it be returned to signers for correction.
Report adopted.
A Wallich offered the following:
Resolred, that the Street Commission
er of the LIST and Sd wards, be and the
same is hereby instructed, to forthwith
cause such improvement to be made on
9th street, between Washington ST. and
the Manitowoc river, as is necessary to
make that street passable and to drain
the same thoroughly.
Resolution lost, ayes 4, Wall ch, Con-
way, Jones & Hanson. Nays S, Martens.
Auberg, Pankratz, Kappes, mayor John
ston.
K. S. Auberg offered the following:
WHEREAS, the resident owners OF Lots
fronting on 9th street, between Washing
ton and Franklin streets, have now had
sufficient time to bring in a petition to
bring those two blocks to grade, but such
petition has not been forthcoming, and
WHEREAS, 1t is an imperative necessi. |
ty to bring those blocks to the grade |
therefore,
Resolued, that the City Clerk, be and
is hereby requested to advertise for pro-
posals to work those aforesaid blocks of
9th street, forthwith.
Resolution lost, ayes 4. Martens, Au-
berg, Conwao, Pankratz. Nays 4, Wal
Itch, Jones, Hanson. Kappes.
& Conway offered the following.
Resoired, that the committee on Dredge
& Harbor, be instructed to furnish to
this Beard on or before the lst day OF
December next, full and correct report
of all receipts and expenditures on ac.
count Of the Dredge owned by this CITY.
said report to include all repairs, etc
since said Dredge has been surrendered
to the city by John Schuette.
Adopted.
q. Pankratz offered the following:
Resolved. that the city Dredge shall be
laid up by next Saturday.
Amended by striking out the words
next Saturday and insert the LIST of De-
cember.
Adopted, ayes 6, nays 2, Zones and
Wallich).
The Mayor reports the following as the
amount expended for the poor, for the
month of September.
LIST ward $500
I'd ward 90 0J
so waro 5000 |
4th ward 22,OOI
Issued by order of Mayor 100
Total s1l3, so
Report ordered filed.
Bids were opened for filing Lots 6, 7,
10 and IL, in Block 267, and contract
awarded to B. Jones. he being the lowest
bidder
Bids were opened for grading Wash !
ington street, and on motion of A Wal |
Itch the whole matter was postponed
until next regular meeting.
Motion made that light be kept on
the bridge during navigation.
Adopted.
On motion the Council adjourned until
Oct 23d, u, P. N.
JOS. .RANKIx,
C1fy CLARK
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MACHINE FOR WRITING MU- |
sIC.-An ingenious French in
vention is machine for writing
music. The inventor passes
over a metal cylinder, turning
regularly by means Of q clock
movement and communicating g
with a battery, a band of paper
impregnated with a solution
that will decOmpOSe under the
influence of an electric current,
as in telegraph apparatus ac-
coCding to CasSell's and other
systems. The clock movement
may be put in motion or stop
ped at will by All electric or
mechanical stop or detent.
The band of paper being placed
on the cylinder, the inventor
places above it a series of metal
wires of plates isolated from
each other in such a way that
as they rest at one point on the
paper in a parallel direction TO
the axis Of the cylinder, they
each communicate by means
of a separate metallic wire with
a contact apparatus placed un-
der each of the keys Of the
| keyboard of the Instrument
These contact apparatuses are
worked by the motion Of the
key, either by bringing togeth
er two wires or metallic plates
or by plunging one point int
a jar Of mercury commuuicat
ing with the battery. The cir
f cult is thus closed for each o
5 the wires only when the Ike,
r corresponding to it is lowe
$ ed,
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to close their account.

Out upon this cowardly cry
of "bad-luck!" While it may
seem, occasionally, that some
men are more "lucky" than
others, searching inquiry will,
in nine eases, out of ten, show
that the prosperity Of the form
er is but the legitimate result
of their prudence, Judgment,
industry, economy in small as
in great things, and their
watchfulness for opportunities,
while the Others were sleeping
or idling away their days in
complaining, Of their bad luck.
1t is beyond the power of man
to avert storms, drougths, CT
any Of the miSfortunes that dis
astrously afiect-the agricultural
interest, but, if they have the
will to do SO they can work in
telli@ently and effectively to
make up their loss, or to put
their lands in condition to bet
ter withstand Unfavorable sea-
sons. The hopeful, industrious
farmer observes, thinks, COM
parss facts and 'e,S'~'sfhie he
pbws deep, lahors well and
earpeSIy, he trusts TO his mind
and mussSSs,, not to lack. He
does whathe can and leaves the
weather to Heaven, as he does
all things else be c5mROt con.
troll, but be never folds his arm;
in despair after the loss of ;
crop or two and fooliShly anC
sinfully complain that bis
Maker has from the beginning
decTeed that he should no
prosper. Do the best you can
do all you can, all the time
and failure will not visit you
for Heaven helps those VIII,
help thcmselves.-[F Farmers
Home Journal.
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CITY HOTEL.
CORNER OF
CAMP and COMMON Streets,
NEW ORLEANS.
E. S. MORSE, PROPRIETOR.

TSHIS well known house has been
j. re6tted and improved and for
elegance, convenience and comfort is
not surpassed by any Hotel in the
South. Every attention is paid to the
comfort of guests and nothing is want
ing to render their stay in the city
pleasant.
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The King of Bavaria has had
a garden laid out on the top Of
the palace at Munich. In the
centre oft is a lake, upon
which swans are seen swim
ming.
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of plains during a greater por-
tion of the year, could make
use of the retreats followed
and prepared in the mountains
and rocks by the hand of ma
ture; being obliged to seek
change of pasture, and tiiuslead
ambulatory life, it was requi-
site to have dwellings or shell
ters that could be carried with
them wherever they went, and
hence originated the use of
tents. But the active opera
tions of agriculture requiring
a defiaite situation, necessity
suggested the propriety Of
building solid and fixed abodes.
The agriculturist, then, living
on bis own grounds, and in the
enjoyment of his property, had
to store his provisions; it was
therefore necessary to have a
habitation at once commodi-
Gus, safe, healthful, and extern
sive; and the wood hut with its
roof was soon erected.
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Our First Houses.

a.,
served by NJ. Pair that the Chi
nese initiated a tent as the
model Of their system, a result
that undoubtedly arose from
the fact that the first Tartar
tribes were nomadic or wander
ing in their nature. 1t has
also been remarked that a
birds eye view of a Chinese
city at once suggests the idea
of a fixed camp. In southern
and southwestern Asia may be
| found, on the other hand, the
remains Of extensive archjtec-
tural productions in caves, such
as that Of the Pagoda Ele-
plants, from which many have
argued that subterraneous dwell
lings were amongst the earli-.
est; but it is evident that such
could Only be made III places
where stone existed in masses,
as basis Of the country. In
both hot and cold countries
caves would naturally have
been sought as afording shell
ter from the two extremes Of
heat aud cold. Recent geolo-
gica' discoveries have brought
to light the fact that the re-
mains ofhuman and quadruped
bones have been found togeth-
er in such situations, the hu-
maa inhabitants having most
probably been the predecessors
of the beasts of prey, as also OF
the fowls of the air. 1t has
been suggested, too' that the
forest tree having formerly
served for shelter, might have
suggested tie floral characters
of c0lSmns, and the use OF floral
, decoration generally at theil
summit. In respect These
"uatural" and consequently
: primitive systems" OF archi
lecture, Ellington has made
, the following judicious remarks
s Those people or nations
? who lived by the chase (and il
( the same class the Ichthyopha
= gy, or fish-eaters, are inclnded
r could not for a great length o
u time have built themselve
e shelters. The long courses th
t, hunters made prevented ther
: from watching their property
r. which must have comprise
# but few articles; and they fOuR
, it more convenient to max
~ hollows in the rocks for the
t dwellings, or to profit by thoS
Il nature offered them in its ca
,r erus. 1t was the same wit
Al those who lived by ishin:
m passing sedentary life on ii
At sea. shores, the sides of river
10 or the borders of the lakes, the
70 always made themselves sue
~ abodes, or took advantange
,s those already formed by natuT
III The little industry which tt
-
n mode of life required, and t
no natural idleneSs which follc
# it was sufficient to induce the
70 to prefer the dwellings pl
he sented by nature to those of a
h. The fact is proved b. expe
IS. ence at the present day,
TO those descriptions of perso
A. continue to adopt the sal
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FataliSm.

II lOeS seem, at nrSI glance,
as if this harsh and comfort
less doctrine-that all things
happen by an invicihle neces-
sity--could have any possible
connection with agriculture,
and after all there may be no
relation existing between them,
but then there are to be found
in every section a good many
farmers who do cherish the
dogma. They seem to think
they were born on unlucky
days, and that as from the be-
ginning they were marked
"unfortunates," and are deStin-
ed to meet with disappoint-
merit and trouble, it is useless
for chem to attempt to Strng-
gle against the over-ruling fate
which thwarts their plans and
brings to naught their hopes.
Under the depressing influence
of this conviction, they acquire
a chrouic habit Of croaAing and
complaining.
If the rain comes too often
and in too great quantities, the
infiction is designed, they say,
just to disappoin5 their hopes;
if 6 drought prevails, ,.hyaach
one groans that ct wouldn't
have come Il | hadn't putin a
f bigger crop OF corn or some
! thing else than usual" And
J so on through the dismal chap
ter. In every untoward event,
ard in every misfortune, their
iaundiced visions can see only
trouble destined for themselves
0 especially, although a neigh
borhood or district may suffer
equally.
With such morbid minds
tie suggestion that timely pre-,
J, cautions, promtitude in per
forming necessary duties, ol
: thorough intelligent work anC
management, might do mucl
to anticipate and prepare fo'
the trouble, to mitigate tht
evil or repair the misfortune
is regarded as utterly prepos
tarouS. "What is the use, II
;, Ike to know" despondingl,
answers one, "of my maxim;
such efforts? Every time
undertake any thing some trou
ble is sure to come. / can
e, raise crops like Mr.. So and Sc
and it is useless to try, for
have always been uulucky an
always will be So" This is hi
{, belief, uttered in lugubriou
: tone with downcast counter
e. ance and manner, as if indee
lr ns "ill-luck" had deprived him {
ed all desire or energy to struggI
against his fate.
Our readers have met wit
:" such men.-While their neigI
bors, taking the good thi
Heaven sends with gratefj
hearts and meeting the misfo
tunes that come on them vii
. brave and hopeful spirits, VOL
on with a determination to {
the best they can, and az
IS, yearly something to the
means, the desponding one
unnerved yet more by eat
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A Norfolk lady has a copy of
the Bible which was printed in
1912.
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root was soon erected.
HEARTY SUPPERs.--It re-
guires about five hours for the
stomach to work on ali ordina-
ry meal and pass it out of itself,
when it falls into a state Of re-
pose. Hence, if Il nan eats
three times a day, his stomach
must work fifteen hours out of
the twenty-four.
After the nights sleep, we
wake up with a certain amount
of bodily vigor, which is faith
fully portioned ont to every set
of muscles, each its rightful
share; the stomach among
others. Then the eternal body
gets weary after long days
work, the stomach bears its
share of the fatigue; but if,
when the body is weary with
the days toll, we put it to bed,
giving the stomach meanwhile
a five hours task, which must
De performed, we impose upon
the very best friend we have;
the one that gives us the larg-
est amount of earthly enjoy
ments; and if this overtaxing
is continued it must as certain
ly wear out prematurely as the
body itself will, if it is over
worked every day.
And if persons eat between
meals, then the stomach has
no rest from breakfast in the
morning, until one, two, three,
or four o'clock. next day; hence
it is that so many persons have
dyspepsia; the stomach work
ed so much and so constantly.
that it becomes too weak to
work at all. 1t is to be hoped
that all intelligent persons will
! press these things ON the atten
81 ton of their children as a mat
ter of conscience, because dys
: pepsia, like consumption, ha!
its foundations laid in a large
: majority of cases during tn,
;, "teens" of life Halls jour
nal of Health.
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B. n. Fort,
IH07ll(q8 W. Fort,

A TT0RNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
n Law, Bellevue, Bossier Parish. Louisi-
ana yl0n45
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-06-08

MISCELLANEOUS.
pROpOsALs FOR GRANITE FOR THE NEW
STATE DEPARTMENT.

OFFICE OF SUPERVISING ARCHITECP,
WASHINGTON Nav 1871

Nl l.,
OFFIOE OF SUPERVISING ARCHITECr,
-. WASHINGTON, Nav "a, 1871.
oeaeu Proposals VIII be received until u o'clock,
M OF the 22d day OF June. 1871 at the office of the
supervising Architect OF the Treasury Department.
Ior l9 nlsh,ng and delivering at the site of the
posed building all the dimension granite rcouire tor
tne exterior of The new State Depart ment for which
a'out iso Ooo cubic eel will be requirei ProposaIs
state tne price per cubic fOot tor stoDes whose
uIensiohs 40 not exceed twenty cubic feet and the
rave OF increase in price for stones exceeding wentv
cuo ieet The exact average size ct the stones can
iset " eSeS +, oe given. but wilapoxnaie 40 ubic
70 schedule OF ne; s'zes the. will be furnished tbs
One ipch will be allowed quarry d.
"enslons on each worked face oi the stones
., Each bid must be panied by a samn,e b,ocl
IL ncnes cube, Of the g:anite it is proposed to tur
hlSh, which must be sound, durable of nnitorm
color an" good grain; free from djscoIorng ~ n,h
loiegh su9s ances. and capable of withstap6no tha
Sv nse !? iue and that has been fully tes ed
Iurnlsnng the quality and quantity desired within
one year, and from which stone has been. or is no
being used tor for frst-class buildings " nv"
Bidders will state how soon they can commepce tba
delivery o. stone, and the amount per week thew can
deliver They will also state the average and maxi
mum sizes OF stone that can be obtained from their
quarry.
No bids will be received except from the owners or
essees the quarries from which the stone il pro-
All proposa must be made OH the printed forms to
De ohta ned OF the Supervising Arch tect and be ac-
sand dollars $5OOeO) that the bidder viii exec1e and
perform the contract ii awarded to him. and give bond
1nerefor IN the penal sum of one hundI ed THOUSAND
uoars tioO ooO, and valid and binding lease of the
quarry 10 the Government, security ;or the faithful
OF the contracts the lease to take efe It
upon the failure OF the contractor to c0mpy wirh the
terms CT The contract; said lease to antbor;ze th
government to take full posses sion of the quarry
OF such default. 4" case
The right to reject any or all bids received is re-
proposals must be inclosed in a sealed enyelope
lhdorsed Proposals tor Granite for New State De
partment," and addressed 10 "'o D
A. B. MULIETT,
my29-23t Wasbipcton n n
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The PERlLs OF FoRTUNE-TELLING.-H
first question was put in a slow, distinct, ca
balistic way, looking the pr-suer of knowl-
edge under difficulties square in the eye:
"Namkaypotawaysca neutrality-suspicious.
Observation-Disclosures Trembling in
every limb, the subject Of these investiga-
tions replied, "tbat he, she, or it, might, mu-
tatis, mutandis, Erin Go Bragh, for Instance
would leave doubt in the mind, which
nothing but the most proy'nate propinquity
and remote rotundity could rotate. Alter Q
slight pause No. 2 said she really thought SO
herself Gazing steadily into the deep drawn
lines of the palm, she said: "Thou ant thirty.
five years DID," ~ am notify several" said
the seeker a.:er truth. "Thou dost not un-
derstand me-" she said, with an embarrassed
air. "Do you suppose the sublime science Of
clairvoyanc ieals with sordd clay? Mental
ity, man, menta'ity-spirituality mean that
in the mental and spiritual nature rs distin-
elished from the physical, thou art thirty five
no moreno less" she added, shaking up
the bottled human flesh Qike Gen. Butler at
Fort Fisher and casting her eyes to the CELL
ing. A pickled human hand, and the stsrsl
Who could dispute such authority? "Thou
art single, art thou not ?" Too tmid to reply
directly in the negative, the fortune-seeker
mildly suggested that he would refer the ques-
liOu U HIS WIG anu iuuOCcut DdUco Wucu uV
got home that night. "Wife and babes" re-
| tort I'd the irevealer of secrets with sneer Z
"wiie End babes,' ha? Knowest thou not re-.
fer to the spirituaEthe mentalp Yes, young
man, thy heai. is rnwedded; thy mentality
is unmarr.ed. 1t was only thy corporeai,
fleshy nature that YVES five years ago-let ma
seo-yes, So years ayo, welded to some cor
poreal irame." But 1 have only been SO for
ten months" said he. "Ros sIe-rogue,"-
stormed the th-ic caught revealer of hidden
thIngs-"then how dost thou say bates?'
"Twins-" calculated he. She laid her hands
across her brow and ondered. She turned
in her chair; she was completely nonplusset.
She asked TO be excused ,;om a further IN
sight into the future that day. The elements
had been disturbed, she feared, by some un-
| discovered comet The magnetism OF the cir
was "jangled, out of tune and harsh." Sha
| hoped he would call again when electricity
| and the fates were in sublimer rappoit-
| Louisville Journal.
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Proposals for Bricks.

THE Building Committee of the Board oti Trus.
L tees OF the Maine General Hospital invite pro-
posas for FINISHING and delivering the Arsenal
grounds $4,000 OF OF good hard burnt Bricks one
qnarter to be good tace bricks, delivered in quaint.
ies 10 SUIT, from june to October, 1871.
proposals NAV be addressed to f. H. FASSETT
Archtect, VI Middle st, tor the whole any part Of
tae above amount on or before the sth day Of June
all bids. ~ "'s vi
Portland, May 27th, 1871. mv2etf
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JkOPOSAL will be received by the undersigned
Il until Monday, June 12th 1871, (up to 12 O'clock
hoon Tor the construction Of Sewers, as follows, viz
In Carlton street from Bracket to West street ito
In Emery street from Spring to Pine street.
IN Spring street from BIackett to Clark st.
IN Danforth street trOm Bracket to Clark st.
Cove. 'A'e' W oacA
in Stone street from Oxford to Lincoln st.
IN winter street from Spring to Gray st.
In Gray street from Winter 10 State street.
800 feet. "'""'
. Description Of Sewers &c, may be seen at the Of
nee OF the City Engineer, City Building
Inc right to reject any and all bids is reserved
fer order OF the Committee on Drains and Sewers
Je3 10 IL WIN. A. WINSHlP, Chairman
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Fine Suburban Residence tor Sale,

Z HHO 0uUO1 UtGH 1DCSIOCuC0 1UT 6HI1o
The subscriber offers for sale his
AN-N modern-built residence situated on
1HI6x ~ the eminence overlooking Wood
nMG ~ ford's Corner, Westbr00k. It con-
uEH?sLA4tai tains IL good-szed rooms, with an
excellent cellar, is supplied with an abundance Of
hard and soft water, and 1t is in good state OF re-
pair. There Is a large stable on the premises. The
grounds embrace two acres, handsomely laid out,
and on which Is fne vegetable garden, the vegeta.
bles to be sold with the house,
This Is of the finest locations In the vicinity of
Portland-within five minutes walk of the horse-
cals, and af0Iding fine view of the city, harbor
One third of the purchase money may remajn on
mortgage II desired. Possession given fmmef lately.
EnquireOf SAM'L JORDAN ESQ -
P.S. A grove containing tive acres ad;oininS = nm
the south, also of tillage land on the north
will be sold with the prem isas. if desired
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House Lots and Tillage Land For
Solo
Valuable Real Estate for Sale


hA Brick house containing 10 rooms with mod
#; ern improvements, such as gas bathing room,
hard and sGtt water. fixtures for healing by
steam, and small cultivated garden. with five diff
erent kinds OF grapes, all In bearing condition This
property is lOcajed in ne centre Of the city, and vet
on one OF the mort quiet and retired Streets making
II desirable residence for business man or any
other who would enjoy all the city conveniences and
still have a quiet and retired home.
Also lot of land west of State street. containing
between seven and eight thousand square feet, with
small house. This lot the owner has been cultyat-
ing for his for more than five years. and has
as choice variety OF fruit trees. such as poars plum
cherries, ounce apple, &C.. and also grapes cur
rants, gooseberries. raspborries, &c. as Is to be
found anywhere in the city, all in bearing condition.
and the garden is oil ready for first class residence
Also another lot IN the western part of the city
containing about nine thousand square feet, being
one of the most beautifully located lots in the city,
commanding fine view Of the mountains and sur
rounding country. This lot has frontage on three
streets. making every foot of il available tor building
purposes. The owner being about to remove from
the city. Oes ts very desirable property for sale
for the first time, and feels confident that such an
opportunity to purchase Real Estate in the best part
OF the city, rarely occurs in Portland.
For further particulars enquire OF
JEREMIAH DOW, ESQ.,,
times 81 Exchange st.