The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-03-26
City Elections.

The matter Of Reform in our municipal
aHsirs has taken much deeper root in the
minds of the electors of thi, City than
most suppose.
Very many OF the leading radicals, those
that have given tone and counsel in former /
times, have and are daily renouncing their
allegiance to the Radical party without a /.
reservation Of any kind. =
All they ask is that the Reform party in !
this city 'hail insist that honest, capable
men shall be forced by the will of the peo- |
pie to accept nomination and that they will
assist heartily to make their election sure
and certain, that they may devote that much
Of their time for the general welfare Of this
tax ridden community.
They claim that it will pay Handsomely
on the time invested in reduced taxation
leaving the honor of being a public bene
factor to their fellow men entirely out of
the question, and indeed 1t has becomel
necessity that the leakages from the city
treasury be stopped.
Although We have not fifth part Of the
bonded indebtedness nf any city of our size
than those Of any other city CT its size in
/ the state. How can this be accounted for
unless by mlsrule and eIsrayigaut expendi-
lures in our city affairs without practical
Die or corresponding benefit.
The taxes we are paying for railway,
harbor, school houses, and bridge improve
ments are paying Investments but the
thousand upon thousands Of dollars
thrown away grading nonresident
streets, the basket reserves throughout the
city that will not hold water, the 1000 arte
elan wells that never furnished water enough
to cool the ''parcEed tongue" of the labor. ?,
AMI the thousand and one Other 'put up
jobs by way OF party pap will explain
the hand ,cyiting on the Radical waN,
which reformers must wipe out and start
anew under the Reform banner, as q qua.
antee THAT THE POOR MAN SHALL
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rs WITH HIS WEALTHIER NEIGH
| Dor.
New Adam Bleser has recent
ly received the appointment of local agent
of the Victor Sewing Machine, and would
invite all who have any intention Of getting
one of these indispensable household ar
tces, to call and examine the work of this
machine before purchasing elsewhere.
1t cost England $4,000, 900 to carry on
her little skermish with the Ashantees,
but this is small item when compared with
the great advantage she ha, gained by it,
in securing for herself the monopoly of the
gold dust and ivory trade of the South
African coast. And then the diamond
fields Of that region, promise to contrlbate
no small amount towards identifying her
for her war expenses.
At last there are some prospects Of a
settlement of the financial questions which
have been the subjects of so many windy
debates and noisy determinations Of garrulous
congressman. On Monday last bill was
passed through the lower House fixing the
legal tender circulation at 500 900, 900
Tbs effect Of this bill will De TO throw into
circulation the SIS, 900. 000 left of the s44,.
00h 900 of reserve, as it viii take about
that amount, added to what is ALREADY in
circu's.oh to make up the s400, 600, 900.
There has recently been heard in the VI
entity of Bald Mountain, in Mcdowell eoun-
~, North Carolina, strange and startling
sounds, which apparently proceede from
beneath the mountain and are accompanied
by very perceptlble trembling of the earth.
The people in the neghborhood are in con-
stan. fear Of an eruption and many Of them
are preparing to leave. 1t NAV
be that We are to have volcano
all OF our own, 80 that those who
delight in snufhng su|pureors atmosphere
are need not 90 to Italy 10 inhale Vesnvian
odors, but can get all the sulpureous salts
| faction they wish, by taking short trip to
! Bald Mountain.