The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-08-05
CITY AND COUNTY.
Nanitoauoc. THURSDAY, A@g9sst 5.

| Two Riverites this evening.
| THERE will be regular session of the
City Council next Monday evening.
HoE. HENRY BAETz, our next State
Treasurer, is at home for fortnight.
THE light on the harbor pier has been
moved some seventy-fye feet further
ont.
The schooner Minnehaha is again n
commission after having been repainted
and repaired.
| Doc. PATcHRN is putting up a very
tasty dwelling near Mr.. Fl. L. Gillet's
new residence.
Mr.. ToRRIsoN is preparing for the
erection of fine dwelling on his lots
near the cemetery.
THE Episcopal Church Sociable viii
| be held at the residence of DR.. Easton
this Thursday evening.
The Peak Family of Bell Ringers gave
| a very pleasing entertainment to quite
| large audience, at Turner Hall, last
| evening.
| WHAT is wanted just now to fill the
bill is good heavy rain. At least, that
is what the s'middlemen" here IN the
city say.
THE amount of hay daily brought to
this city and pressed is really immense.
The hay crop has been very good one
this season.
SINCE the End inst. money orders have
been Used at the Manitowoc post Office
payable at the post Offices in all parts of
| the Dominion of Canada.
THE City Council elected Mr. Fayette
Armsby City Surveyor, last Monday.
He was also appointed Street Commits
sioner A good selection.
Has any one an idea when the M. l.. S.
and W. r. r. Co. will begin to seriously
contemplate the removal of their depot
at any time within the next decade?
WE have received sample of goose
berries raised in the garden of Mr.. Au-
| gust Meyer, on the south side, some of
which measure 81 inches IN circumfer-
ance.
THE handsome pleasure boat recently
built by War Hansen was launched last
| Saturday. It promises to be the fastest
| and best sailing of the numerous similar
| crafts owned here.
THE prospects are good for the taxing
of dogs in this city. An ordinance with
that commendable object in view viii
probably be adopted at the next meeting
| of the Common Council.
| The Sheboygan Herald says the har-
Dor at that place is as good a one as ours.
If we were to indulge in as reckless a
statement we might say that the Herald
man was telling the truth.
WHEAT to day is worth $1.25. We
have it from one of our largest buyers
that, Judging from present indications,
wheat will command no less than $1.20
during the entire summer and fall.
THE tug Willie Richards has been Sc
| cured to do the towing necessary for the
harbor work at Two Rivers. Jos. Har
rington, the jolliest ''pea-soup'' in the
| county, has command of the tug.
THE little schooner Alice has been pur-
chased by Mr.. Byron Burmeister, for
merly of Clay Banks, who has brought
her to this port for a thorough repair,
upon receiving which she will engage
in the fruit trade.
| WE notice the erection of wooden
| buildings within the fire limits. Did
the Board of Aldermen grant permits
sion to the builders to put them up? The
ordinance establishing the limits should
be enforced by all means.
THE mason work on Mr.. Sixta's hand
some block is about completed. We
understand that the lower front is to be
fitted out with plate glass, a pane to q
window, which Will only be in keeping
with the entire building.
On Tuesday we noticed the arrival
of several loads of cheese in this city
from factories within the county. The
business of manufacturing cheese, now
in it's infancy, is destined to grow to
considerable proportions ere long.
THE boys of Company A. of the 9TH Wis
ccnsin Volunteers, talk of having a re-
union in this city ere long. 1t would do
them good to get together and talk over
old times, and we hope the movement
already inaugurated will be carried to
successful issue.
THE Wisconsin State Agricultural So
ciety will hold its Annual Fair at Mil
waukee, from the 9th to the. 18th of
| September next. Arrangements are in
preparation for the best exhibition of
the products of the State that has ever
been held in it.
THOSE ''pillars of the church" in
Brooklyn, who were SO Keen to raise
Beecher's salary to 800, 900, have found
themselves compelled to mortgage the
church property in order to raise the
wind. Only s., 900 has been subscribed
thus far.
AT Fra els Greek last Monday, was
held the largest cattle fair OF the season.
Jos. Kalb bought thirty-four head for
the Green Bay market, and Milwaukee
parties purchased one lot of twenty-five
head. The average price paid was