The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-07-12

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It's terrible duh on the docks ncw-a-
days.
THE general health of the city is good
at present.
FARMERS are busy now in their hay
fields. The crop generally Will be rather
light.
ED. MEssAER, OF Hanpaca, is visiting
his mother and many young friends in
this city.
The shipments of brick from this city
are quite extensive. Most of them go
across the lake.
QUITE a delegation of Manitowocians
went to Sheboygan yesterday to see
Barnum's show.
Work on Mr.. 0. Torrison's fine resi-
dence on the outskirts of the city is pro-
crossing rapidly.
ONE of the tugs of the Garfield Line,
Manistee, was placed in dry dock here
this morning for repairs.
THE bridge on Eighth street was
swung during the greater part of three
days, last week, for repairs.
THE attention of the Marshal is called
to the fact that boys are in the habit of
bathing within the city limits.
THE menagerie connected with Bar
NUNS show Was good, but the circus
part of it was thin, terribly thin.
A NEW barn is being built by Mr..
Markham on his farm to take the place
OF the one destroyed by lightning.
SAILING. on the lake these fine evenings
with brass band on board is pleasure
some of our citizens are indulging in.
TIE National Turn Fest occurs in
Milwaukee neEt ELECTROMAGNETIC on
the 18th. But few Manitowocians will
attend.
strel troupe aid Forepaugh's managerie
and circus are among the prospective
visitors to this city.
THESE daily showers are fine things to
temper the atmosphere, but the unhep-
Pr farmers say it is interfering with the
gathering of the hay crop.
HAVE your job printing done at this
office. With steam presses and COM
plete outfit OF new type and material we
can guarantee satisfaction.
THE yonng man who deliberately takes
two girls with him when he goes out for
moonlight stroll deserves to be hem
peeked all the rest OF his life.
QUITE number of Chicago and ST.
Louis families have arrived in the city
to spend the summer. Our splendid
lake breezes are appreciated.
A BARN on the premises of Mr.. John
Koebke, on North Main street, was blown
down by the gale of Saturday night and
completely demolished. No one was
injured.
The rush to Robinson's drug store
these hot days to take in" that delight
fully cool and refreshing soda water with
which Heinrichs treats his customers, is
immense.
THE schooner Reindeer, which had
her main rigging carried away by col
lision recently. has been receiving neces-
sary repairs at this port-among others
new bowsprit.
IT is the duty of Assessors to report
in their returns the number of acres
sown to the different varieties of grain in
their several towns. This duty many of
them have neglected.
THE annual session of the State Teach
ers' Association will be held in Green
Bay on the 18th, 18th and 10Th insts.-
Prof. Viebahn and Snpt. ". A. Walker
viii represent this city.
Jos. RANKIN, JR., J. A. FIiegler, Gun
der Torrison, Geo. Gibson and Ella Gone,
of this city, are now in Oshkosh serving
as jurors IN the United States District
Court now in session there.
THEY are endeavoring to 'srun in
new game of base ball in some of the
eastern cities under the name of opal
lone" As there is no umpire in the
game to swear at, it viii never become
popular in the west.
Ok Sunday the thermometer indicated
Sc deg. in the shade and everybody pre-
spired anddeclared it the ''hottest day of
the season." A shower early in the
evening cooled the atmosphere and made
comfortable sleeping possibility.
WE acknowledge the receipt of several
boxes of strawberries from the farm of
Mr.. John Landreth, which for size and
delicacy of flavor we have never seen
equalled. He has raised large guam
tity this year for which ready market
is always found. Thanks
LAST Saturday, in the town of Newton,
a Polander whose name we could not
learn, had the misfortune to get one of
his feet IL too close proximity to the
cutter bar of a mower and the result was
he had the heel taken off entirely and
the remainder of the foot badly lacerated.
On Saturday afternoon the steamer
John A. Dix, with large number of
Manistee excursionists on board, arrived
here A number of the party went out
to Silver Lake in the evening. A brass