The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-08-19
CITY AND COUNTY.
Nanit010oc, Z thursday, -41sgast I 9.
WE hear the blackberry crop will be


BUSINESS men who expect any bust
ness during hard times must advertise.
SPRING CHICKENS are ripe, and large
numbers of them are being brought TO
the city for sale.
Mr.. CHEsoyETH, until recently editor
of the Pilot, took his departure from the
city on Saturday.
THE famous ''Tangle'' McCracken has
been interviewing his friends in this
city the present week.
THE burning out of a chimney last
evening caused an alarm of fire and con-
siderable excitement for few moments.
Mr.. SIxTA's new building has had a
tin roof put ON it, which, together with
iron shutters on the rear end, will make
it fire proof.
Gro REED, Jr., and Ed. Edwards, of
Milwaukee, and John Sullivan, of
Chicago, were in the city this week,
rusticating.
The hay presses in this city are work
ed to their fullest capacity to put up the
immense amount of hay daily brought
in by our farmers.
THE Garfield tug line, of Manistee,
have contracted with Nessrs. Rand &
Berger, of this city, for the construction
of a new tug, to be completed in sixty
days.
THE bids for the improvement of
Washington street were rejected by the
City Board last Monday, and contractors
will have another chance to figure on
the work. See advertisement.
THE schooner 81. G. Post, of Mani
towoc, was reported to be leaking badly
in Milwaukee last Monday, and that un
less repaired soon would be compelled
to use a steam pump.
The large propeller Peerless was in
port last Saturday morning, having on
board party of excursionists on their
way to Lake Superior. The propeller
took on cargo of hay.
EMPTY in the life of an old maid.
Never has she felt the maternal rapture
of tucking away two curly-headed
cherubs, and hear one say, ''hands off,
Jim, or I'll punch you where you i've"
For the past fortnight scarcely day
has passed but what more or less rain
has fallen. This thing is getting mo-
notonous, and we expect our farmer
friends viii soon begin putting in indig-
nant protests.
SHEBoYGAN must be lively place
One of the tugs there had occasion to
tow q vessel through one of the bridges,
and it being such an unsua thing, the
citizens mistcok the whistle of the tug
for az alarm of fire.
We had the pleasure of making the
acquaintance of Mr.. r. p Proctor, edi-
tor Of the Depere News, while he was in
the city on scalping expedition, togeth-
er with the remainder of the Twin City
Base Ball Club, last Saturday
MONDAY forenoon q small boy, while
playing on Torrison's dock, fell into the
river He had the presence of mind to
seize hold of pile when he reached
the surface, and was taken out mono the
worse for his involuntary bath.
Tur, bap,1iast roonoantc in n woman.
life are when she is making her wedding
garments; the saddest when her husband
comes home late at night and yells to
her from the front steps to throw him
out some key-holes, assorted sizes.
FEARS were expressed last week that
the small schooner Hunting Boy, of this
city, was the one mentioned in NIilwau-
kee papers as having gone down near
the east shore, with all on board. The
Hunting Boy and crew are all right.
The Tug Kitty Smoke arrived at this
port on Saturday with the schooner I'M
perial in tow, which she had released
from the rocks in Rawley's Bay. The
schooner Immediately went into dry
dock for repairs, having sustained iniu-
ries which made it difficult to keep her
afoat.
THE finest lot of cigars ever brought
to this city were received by A. f.
Klingbeii, the South Side stationer, on
Saturday. Noticeable among them are
the following well know brands: La
Espanola. La Rosa, Ell Principe de Gales
and Key West Conchas. Try them /;
they're nice.
VIM. K. BRAGG, q son of Gen. Ed.
S. Bragg, was the successful candidate
at a competitive examination for APP
pointment as cadet to West Point from
the Fifth District, held at Fond du Lac
receive the appointment from Congress
man Sam Burchard.
WE noticed an item in a Milwaukee
paper to the effect that Mr.. G.. S. Rand,
the popular builder, was figuring on
constructing a steamer, with about 70
feet keel, for the use of the Government.
Uncle Sam may dependupon good job
should Mr. Rand secure the contract for
building it.
The dead body of Grimwood, the I'M
fortunate young reporter of the Chicago
Journal, who made the ascension with
Prof. Donaldson in n balloon, some weeks
since, was found ON Tuesday on the
beach of the lake, near Stony Creek,