The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-07-29
CITY AND COUNTY
Manito2Uoc. Thursday, ..sLy

The schooner L. J. Conway is IN
ordinary at this port
Miss ETrtE BARRIE is at home from
Chicago for few weeks.
The schooner George Oscar has been
stripped and laid up at this port.
YES, We regretfulIy admit that the
young ladies of this city pin back"
The docks along the river present a
distressingly dull appearance nowadays.
THERE viii be a regular session of the
Board of Alderman next Monday even
ing.
4 CRIB on the extension of the south
harbor pier was successfully sunk On
Tuesday,
TnE Northern Basket Factory will re
sumo operations next Monday, after slla-
pension Of several weeks.
Hon. Jos. Villas has been in the city
since Saturday. He is enjoying excel
lent health
ers offering $1.1O@s1.14 Oh the streets
this morning.
THE six tanneries in this city are all
running. Their annual products are
estimated TO be worth $50, 900.
TIE cistern in the new Third Ward
Engine House was filed last Friday
through 1000 feet of hose.
The various brick-yard in this city
are worked to their utmost capacity to
supply the demand for their product.
AND it is even thought probable that
wheat will be worth one dollar and q
ha!f per bushel How is that for high,
farmers?
THE amount of country produce daily
brought to this city is large, considering
the busy season in which the farmers
find themselves.
FRANK AIKEN's theatre company viii
give two entertainments in this city
sometime next month. The Royal Japs
are to perform here again in September.
THERE will be an excursion of She
boygan people to this place, on The
steamer John Sherman, next Sunday,
providing the weather will admit of it.
THE wife of VIM. Siekert, respect
ed citizen of the Third Ward, died on
Monday after a lingering illness. She
leaves three children to mourn her de-
parture.
JUST because We told Bro. Nash that
he published the best paper between
this city and Kewaunee, he has over
whelmed us with grateful acknowledge
ments.
JOHN HUME, the whole-souled genius
who presides SO gracefully over the
Chiffon Times, was in town this week.
He has 6,7lS friends in this city who are
always glad to see him.
STocKBRfDGE, calumet county, has
copper colored Beecher scandle on its
hands. We don't know what position
the defendant holds, but he evidently
wants his salary raised.
DIED, in Yorkville, Racine County, on
the 18th inst, of consumption, Mrs.
THos HARRY, aged ~ years and s months.
Deceased was n sister of Mrs. Henry
Edwards, of this city, and formerly re-
sided here
THE Karnofsky Brothers, the hard
working young hardware merchants on
Washington street, are doing q good
business brought about by extensive
advertising and perfect knowledge of
their trade.
VESSEL MEN are OF the opinion that
there will be a rise in freights pretty
soon. 1t is certainly high time that
such were the case, but then you can't
sometimes most always hardly ever tell
what's coming, in these times.
THE Blind Tom concert, last night,
brought out one of the largest audiences
ever gathered in Turner Hail. The per-
Torrance of that MUSCLE wonder gave
great satisfaction, as was shown by the
hearty applause which created him at
the conclusion of each piece.
ONE night last week sneak thief en-
tered the residence of Mr. Fred Schultz
in the Third Ward, unlocked a secretary
and extracted therefrom forty three dol
lars in money, and succeeded in making
his escape undetected. So far no cline
TO the thief has been found
THERE was n man in town not long
since who thought he knew more about
the genuineness of a five dollar bill than
the bank officials, and insisted upon
their sending it to Washington. 1t came
back branded counterfeit, and he
thinks his Judgment amt worth a CONT
mental.
FRANK s PoRAL, aged II years, was
drowned last Sunday forenoon in the
river just below Tischs mill dam, in he
northern part of the county. He vas
bathing, and got beyond his depth, AID
before his dangerous situation was no.
ticed, went down. He was buried the
following day.
The schooner Middlesex is in dry
dock at Milwaukee to be caIked and
overharIled. The owners intend sending
her to Montreal with n cargo of wheat,