The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-08-16

The Green Bay advocate thinks the
sponge fish has been discovered in the
bay. g 8 = il q 81 % II
ELLA JEWELL, a young girl eleven
years of age, was drowned in the river at
Shiocton.
SUMMIT takes the prize for marketing
the first hops this year. August was
the date.
THE loss by fire i'm this state during
the month of June is officially stated at
S204, 700-the insurance companies losing
$4,000.
A YOUNG man named Fred Moore, a
hand in the cotton factory at Janesville,
had both arms broken Thursday after
noon while cleaning some machinery.
WILLIE BULLAND, a little boy aged
six years, fell from the University pier,
at Madison, into the lake and was,
drowned.
EAU CLAIRE rejoices. Several women
had rough and tumble fight on the
street and there is noN. enough to talk
about for month.
RUSSELL and James Downing, of
Madison, who were arrested on suspicion
of being implicated in some of the bur-
glaries there, have been fully and hon
orably acquitted after examination.
TURNER & THoRP'S new block in
Beaver Dam took fire from the oiled rags
thrown under the stairway. Luckily it
was discovered. Spontaneous combus-
tion is getting very common.
A YOUNG man named j. Hebert, en-
gagged as brakesman on the G. B. 4 Nj.
road fell between two freight cars, and
was instantly killed at Marshland, We'd
nesday. Eight freight cars passed over
his body.
THE dwelling house of William Meyer,
in the Fourth Ward, Menasha, caught
fire Thursday morning, about five
o'clock, and was almost entirely de-
stroyed. How the fire originated is un-
known. Loss, 81 900.
A MINING company at Platteville
have taken out 10000 pounds of lead
ore this summer, and have about 10000
pounds in sight, with good indications
that the largest part of the lode has not
been reached. El
THE narrow gauge people ran an ex-
cursion train over their road Friday. 1t
was the first run made by the new coach
es. A party of invited guests accom-
panied the excursion.-Fond du Lac
Commonwealth.
WHILE chopping ice for an ice cream
freezer, with hatchet, Patrick McCann,
of Madison, by a misdirected blow,
struck his left hand and severed the
third finger, and severely bruised the
second and fourth. mr. F.. r...r al
A son of Peter Lippert, aged thirteen
years, living in the town of Pleasant
Prairie, while driving a reaper Wednes-
day forenoon, was thrown in front of the
sickle, receiving dangerous wounds in
both legs. 1t is feared amputation will
be necessary.
FRIDAY forenoon six-year-old daugh-
ter of Thomas McCable, a resident of
the Fourth ward, Watertown, fell from
a swing, breaking her right arm and dis
locating her shoulder. Medical assist
ance was called and she is now doing
well.
On Tuesday afternoon, Henry Craw-
ford, youth twenty years of age, of
Racine, and Miss Minnie Jilsun, one of
Racine's prettiest girls, who is about
seventeen years old, rode out of town in
a buggy and, as they have not returned,
it is believed they drove to kenosha,
where they were married, and then left
by train for points south. The affair is
creating quite sensation. 'E
Early Sunday morning "A fire broke
out in KimbalPs warehouse, in Wauke-
sha, and it was totally destroyed with its
contents,i in spite of all efferts to save it.
h,.
but were saved by the efforts of citizens,
except the railroad depot. The loss on
the warehouse and contents was $4,000,
and on the depot $4,000. The insurance
is not reported. 1t is thought the fire
was set. and man named Coyle has
been arrested on suspicion of being the
incendiary.
THE new fountain recently purchased,
and about to be erected at the court
house park, is of about 1900 pounds
weight, and its clear height, when in po-
sition, will be IS feet. 1t will have two
basins respectively of feet and 13 feet
height from the base. The diameter of
the lower basin is 9 feet inches
and of the upper feet 8 inches.
The diameter of the base is 7
feet. The fountain is furnished
through the agency of Heinecke & Co.,
and the cost is 50, 200, or 5000 less than
the schedule price. The cost of the
work of erection will be $lOO.-Ecentug
Wisconsin.
One day last week woman named
Thorpe, living in the town of Union,
went to the well to draw a pail of water.
Finding something attached to the buck
ct that was down in the well, she exam
ined closely and saw small child cling
ing to the bucket. She went to the
nearest neighbor's (about eighty r0ds)
for assistance, and they were obliged to
send across the farm for man. Finally
help reached the spot, and the child was
brought to the surface alive. The well
is forty feet in depth, the water seven or
eight feet deep, and the child only three
years of age. The child's name is Tier
ney. How long it had been there no
one knows. 1t teeth were set and hands
clenched when taken from the we'll. A
more wonderful escape has not come un-
der our notice lately.-Stoughton Courier.
THE Board of Review has completed
its report for the ensuing year, upon
which property-owners in Milwaukee
pay their taxes. Following is given a
table showing the total value of real es-
tate, improvements and personal prop
erty, by wards
First ward d..............,..........$4 4,486,9S
Second ward ard........................., 4,74S,963
Third ward II, ,577 939 33
Fourth ward. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1856, ,466
Fifth ward ard......................... 4,287,111
Sixth ward d........................... 2,496,723
Seventh ward ard........................ s,754,72O
Eighth ward ard.......................... 2,205, 1867
Ninth ward rd........................ 1,316,750
Tenth ward. rd..........-..........--. 1,3I0,470