The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-12-14

The payment of taxes begins next
week.
Our devil says that stern reality is
slipping down on the ice. Is that SO,
Captain
MEMBERS of the City Council are re-
minded that there will be a meeting next
Monday evening-the last during 1876.
CAPT. ALBRIGHT has placed his schoon-
er in winter quarters at Chicago, and for
the next few months will devote his at
tention to the saving of the ten-spot.
THE Milwaukee Times says: "A
Sturgeon Bay man has three wives iv-
ing" That is bare faced latter day
saints he.-StuTgeo7a Bay ErpositOr.
Havn't got but two, Ell?
The first cutter, accompanied by the
merry chime OF bells, was out on Mon
day, the fall of snow during the fore
noon having creased the streets suffi-
GENTLY to polish the sleigh shoes beau
tifully.
You can save money by going to Villas
d Barnes and buy your goods for cash.
| They have marked down the price of
| their goods from ten to twenty per cent.
since they commenced selling exclusive
ly for cash.
LAST week Mr.. B. F. Shaw, Fish
Commissioner Of the State of Iowa,
spent several days in Two Rivers for the
purpose Of getting the spawn, or eggs,
of white fish, which he will hatch out
at the Iowa state hatching house, at Ana
mosa.
The number of vessel disasters during
the year has been large, but not as large
as the two previous seasons. The total
number of vessels lost or wrecked is
515, entailing loss of nearly two millions
of dollars. The total loss of life is re-
ported at 81 for the year.
Mr.. G. LADE has an advertisement in
this issue announcing that he is general
| agent IN this city for Reiseck & Bro s
celebrated safes. He also advertises
seven-shot revolYers-first class ones
for sale at $2.75. Call on him for any
thing In the line Of guns, ammunition, etc.
TIE more enterprising of our citizens
turned out with their snow-shovels on
Tuesday morning and did some accept
able work. By the way, is there any
ordinance in force compelling property
owners to clear their sidewalks of snow 2
and if there is, will the Marshal be in
structed to enforce il?
This Office has been supplied with the
'boss" stove, and loafers who come
in and cock their feet up on it compli-
ment cur good taste in selecting such a
good one for their comfort. The stove
came from Karnofsky & Bro, and is just
the thing for Office use. They have
more of them
OLD WINTER was formally inaueur-
ated on Saturday, and asserted his &C
cession to power by freezing up house
plants, bursting pumps and making
things very disagreeable generally. At
z O'Clock in the morning of the day men
toned the Thermometer registered Is
degrees below zero.
The publication of the proceedings
of the County Board, commenced in
this issue, will encroach upon the space
usually devoted to more interesting
reading-matter. But our readers should
remember that it is the almighty twenty
five dollars that tempts us to devote
twenty or thirty columns to the doings
of our County Legislature.
An alarm of fire during the prevalence
of the terrible gale last Friday evening,
caused by the burning out of chimney
IN the kossuth House, brought the
steamer out in huray and frightened
many Of our citizens thoroughly. Had
a fire got well started that night half of
our city might have been in ruins by
morning. Fortunately, no damage was
done.
L. 0. OF O. FAT the late session of
the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows held
in Milwaukee; the following officers
were elected and installed