The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-11-29
CITY AND COUNTY.
NaasitOzvoc. Thursday, Wov. 20.
SERVICES We're held in nearly ali the
churches in tha city tbi, n,orpino

| palatable, is said to cure Group.
An open winter is predicted. The
past seven weeks of rain Strengthens
that opinion.
| JOHN TUFTS has sold his fast stallion,
Pinery Boy, to parties in Oconto, Wis,
| for nice round sum.
THE schooner Chas. Luling and I'm
! perial were the latest arrivals here to go
into winter quarters.
The Chicago was in port yesterday.
| The steamers of that line come and go
according to the weather.
THE schooner J. & A. Stronach went
into dry dock on Saturday and will be
thoroughly repaired.
EITHER those buckskin mittens or that
model bust draws the attention of The
men to Torison's show window.
The total bonded Indebtedness of
Manitowoc county is S216, 900, according
to the report of the Secretary of
| State.
| Mr.. CHAs. SABIN has again made
| Manitowoc his home, having sold his
stock of goods in Clarks Mills to Mr.. J.
B. Beach.
THE moon .'changes" to-day and
weather prophets predict different
weather. Most anything would be ac-
ceptable.
JOHN Prrz's slaughter house, Just out
side the city limits on the north side,
was burned to the ground last Thursday
evening.
If that new engine arrives and is ac-
cepted, Mr.. Peter Weber, a thoroughly
competent man, will probably be made
engineer.
A READING room is to be established
IN connection with the Temple of Hon
or in this city, and donations thereto
are IN order.
AN inch of snow yesterday on top of
foot of mud didn't bring the sleighing
up to the general average, but it increas-
ed the sickness of the mud wonder
fully.
WE acknowledge the receipt, with
the compliments of Peter Doyle, Sec,
rotary of State" of his annual report
for the fiscal year ending September
30th, 1877.
THE spire on the Catholic church was
taken down last week, it having been
pronounced unsafe. An effort is being
made to raise means sufficient 70 build
new church next spring.
OK Saturday the bodies of John and
Jesse BelYea were shipped to St. Cath
crimes, Ont. They were the last of the
| eight who went down in the Magellan
| disaster to be recovered and sent to their
friends.
The Board of Aldermen had meet
ting on Monday. but aside from allow
ing number of claims under suspen-
sion of the rules" no important bust
pess was transacted.
Qua city dads paid premium for ig-
norance when they allowed G bill of So so
for that one-horse, mis- spelled siga On
Main Street bridge which warns all per-
sons against drireing over it faster than
n walk
The little tug Minnie, schooner
| George Oscar and eaQw Ben. Jones,
which left here last month for New Or
leans via the Illinois canal and rivers,
were reported at Memphis the other
day,
FASTENED in the rigging OF the lost
schooner Magellan, party of Two Riv-
| ers gentlemen found portions of human
leg, a baQt, some hair and other remains
of one OF the unfortunate men who went
down Nth that vessel.
TILLsoN & SHIArEK have rented the
large room in the building formerly oc-
cnpied by Miles McMahon, in which
they will keep fine assortment of cut
tiers, carriages, etc., for exhibition and
sale. Last week they shipped four cut
tiers to Crescoe, Iowa.
THE schooner Aetna has been strip
ped and laid up at this port. There is
some squabble between the owner and
the insurance company, the latter re-
fusing to pay for sufficient repairs to
make her seaworthy. Another survey
is demanded.
FARMERS tell US that they have no
known the roads to be in such terrible
condition during the past ten years as
they are at present. There is no pro-
duce brought to market, and outside of
the local trade our merchants are doing
81 arcely any business.
TAXES are to be lo,oer this year than
last. The one and six-tenths mentioned
as having been raised last year were for
municipal expenses alone, while the levy
OF two and one-tenths for next year in
cludes city, county. State and all other
taxes.
HANSON & ScovE have received the
contract for securing what there is of
value of the Magellan wreck and are
now at work upon it. The hull of the
vessel is so badly used up that no effort
will be made to save it, The shooner
was not insured.
THE County Board will probably con-
time the present session until Saturday