The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-09


to boil quite lively.
The Rife Company excursioned to
Sheboygan ON Sunday.
PEACHES are coming into market quite
freely, and selling at reasonable prices.
THE harbor was dotted on Sunday
with sail boats and row boats taking adj
vantage of the charming day.
THE Durand Times says that the wat
er is so low in Chippewa river that cat
fish have to employ mud turtles to tow
them over sand bars.
MANY people are entirely Indifferent
about what stores they enter to pur-
chase goods, and often hint or two in
the paper turns their steps into the store
that invests in that way.
IT is expected that there will be
preaching liz the First Presbyterian
church next Sabbath, morning and eve
ming.
THE poor of the city, together with
the expense of feeding and shipping a
number of tramps, during July, cost the
round sum of $2S5.S6.
Mrs. J. B. MILLER and Miss Clara
Smith, of Chicago, are visiting relatives
and friends in the city.
WE suppose it is perfectly natural,
| but nevertheless it seems as though the
weather for the past ten days has been
hotter than there was any occasion for
A FINE rain Monday forenoon was
gratefully acknowledged in this vicinity
DoN'T fail to see the game of ball be-
tween the Athletics and Manitowocs on
| Saturday afternoon.
POSTMASTER Esslinger has been invit-
ed to deliver the annual address at the
| Kewaunee County FAIR this fall.
THE schooner A. P. Nichols has been
temporarily laid up at this port. She
will be re-rigged as three and after
| before again going into commission.
WE regret to announce that Mr.. Fay
cite Armsby he's decided to remove
from Manitowoc. He will locate in
Neenah temporarily, but expects to ssgo
| vest soon to remain.
The express office in Two Rivers was
broken into Tuesday night and valuables
to the amount of thirty or forty dollars
stolen. No arrests have been made.
The concert to be given in this city
by Bach's Milwaukee Band on Saturday
| next has been postponed for one week.
CAPRoN, of the Pilot, drank five quarts
of mineral water at Kaukauna on Tues
| day. There is an unusually remarkable
difference in his weight and that of the
| editor in chief, since.
A LITTLE girl, Monday, while watch
| ing the rain, turned to her mother and
said ''Ma, l guess the weather's SO
warm it's melting the Clouds"
The Marshal reports new case of
small pox in family residing on the
extreme south end of Eighth street
All necessary precautions to prevent the
spread of the disease have been taken
| and will be maintained.
We tender unanimous vote of thanks
| to Mrs. VIM. Bach, Mrs. Sibree, Mrs.
Canright, Mrs. Ryder and Mrs. G. s..
| Rand for an invitation to take dinner
with them at the picnic at Kaukauna
| on Tuesday-all of which invitations
we accepted. and we still live
| FIRE was discovered in one of the
closets of Hugh Morrison's residence on
Tuesday, and the alarm sounded, al
though the flames were extinguished
| before the assistance of the fire depart
ment were necessary. The loss is COM
paratively slight.
FROM a notice in this paper, it will be
seen that State Convention of the Re-
publicans has been called to meet at
Madison on the 18th of September next,
for the purpose of nominating ticket
to be supported at the next election for
State officers.
LOST near Louis Mendlik's store, a
| ladies' pocket book containing two one
| dollar bills, dollar in silver, four one
cent stamps and four three cent stamps
and check on yarn from the dyer
The finder will please leave it at this
| Office and very much oblige the owner.
THE Appleton Post says: The NJ.
l.. S. & w. r. r. Co., are erecting a
building 24x40 feet at the junction of
its line with the G. & N. W. r. r., in
this city, which they propose using for
a depot and dining hall. The frame is
already up and but little time can elapse
before it is completed.
THERE will be q reaper trial on the
| farm of Mr.. Buckhaus, near Browns
corners, in the town of Rapids, on Sat
urday next, August 18th, at o'clock in
the afternoon. Mr.. Frank Fisher, agent
for the johnson, is particularly anxious
to have trial with all the agents. espec-
tally with NJ. Murphy, who claims to
| have the best machine.
THE farmers throughout the county
are now engaged in harvesting their
wheat, the recent dry, hot weather hav-
ing caused it to ripen a little earlier than
usual. The quantity and quality will
be excellent, and if prices rule high we
cannot see what is going to keep them
from enjoying season of prosperity.
CART. BUNDY and his gospel ship, the
| Glad Tidinus arrived here ON Saturday