The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-09-27
CITY AND COUNTY.
Naalit0scoc. Thursday, Sept. ~.
STREET PICKINGS.

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brought cargo of bark for one of oul
tanneries last week %. Torrison's
elegant residence is rapidly nearing
completion. Our streets, always good,
have been put in unusually excellent
| shape for winter. :. Tillson & Shimek
took the first premium on buggies at
the Kewaunee county fair last week..
Under the management of the excellent
teachers, our public schools are progress
sing finely. The equinoxiaI storm this
season didn't amount to much, being
unaccompanied by severe wind and rain
IA dense fog spread itself over the
city on Monday making navigation on
the river hazardous business =. 4. The
revenue cutter Andy Johnson was in
port Tuesday morning. -. Pankratz &
Co. are now receiving lumber from
Michigan ports. They have a lot of
logs chung up" on the river which the
low stage of water prevents them from
getting to their mill. Quite number
of our citizens attended the Kewaunee
| fair. Col. CalkinB, the able journalist
of Milwaukee, passed through the city
on Friday on his way to Kewaunee,
where he addressed the people on the
fair ground. We acknowledge the
| honor of call . The Methodist church
had benefit last Sunday, large por-
ton of the members of the Presbyterian
and Episcopal churches being in atten
| dance. The building Was crowded :.
One of our exchanges asks j: "Where is
| hell ?" Why don't he ask the '.devil 2"
-. Wagon-loads of potatoes are mark
eted daily. They are of excellent quail
advertisement. The scow Success,
! owned here, was taken to Milwaukee
| last week, from Manistee, in a water
| logged condition. She is now in dry
| dock :. The Manitowoc dry dock will
| be for sale or lease after October 18th.
| See advertisement to that effect in
| been laid along the north side of Frank
| lin street and the dirt is being removed
in hurry from the hill in block 211.
The propeller City of Duluth cleared
| from this port on Sunday for Lake Su-
| perior. She went down the river draw
| ing Il feet of water. Finer weather
than we have experienced this fall could
not be wished for . John McFarlane,
Racine Journal typo, has been visit
ing relatives and friends in this city
re emily -. The ticket put in nomina-
ton by the Democrats yesterday is an
/ excellent one-tO beat . The half
| dozen candidates on the Democratic
side are making themselves prominent
as the time approaches for nominating
| Clerk of the Circuit Court. May the
| best man win . A number of our citi-
zens will visit the Chicago exposition
next week :. The Fair this year will be
| the best one ever held in this county.
| The attendance from this city, on the
last day, promises to be large. Read
| the new advertisements in this issue
| Villas & Barnes are putting one of their
| unrivaied furnaces into Mr.. Torrison's
new residence Common brick can be
purchased in this city tor $500 per
| thousand. At that price il is almost as
| cheap building material as lumber.
This city will soon have two first class
| hand fire engines for sale. Bids for
them are not yet in order, however.
1t will cost over $500 to rebuild the pro-
lection pier on the west side of Main
street bridge. -. The appearance of
twenty-eight vessels in the river at once,
on Monday, reminded one of old times.
-. By the end of next week we expect
the depot buildings will have been re-
moved to the new grounds on thirteenth
street. >. The sale of plows by our man
ufacturers and agents, just now, is as
Stunning immense proportions. -. The
fines. stock of cigars in the city, includ-
ing full line of sidenberg's Key Vests,
can be found at Plumb & Nelson 8.
Why is it that a wooden mill is not start
ed in this county to consume the large
amount of wool annually sold by our
| farmers ?. i. . The 40 horse power engine
which Dumke is building for Peter
Rau, of AIishicott, will be one of the
finest in the county. The best place
in the city to get your job printing is at
this office Since Supt. Walker be-
came the father of bouncing girl baby
he thinks he weighs ton. Twas ever
thus. -. Messrs. Buck & Gridley, the
dentists, have handsomely furnished
Office and are now ready to attend to
| those who have need of their services.
| Call on them. .Parmene Camp, with
his pile driver, is putting down solid
foundation for the depot buildings. -.
The steam barge Colin Campbell was
brought to this port on Monday by the
tug Margaret, and placed in dry dock
to have the wheel fastened. . 1t is get
| ting almost time for festivals with their
I, saw dust pin cushions, zephyr tides,
| card board match-boxes, flannel pen
wipers and little worsted elephants. -.
| Consumers of coal had better be inter
viewing Truman & Morse. :. The Schr.
Espindola and Mariner cleared yester-
day for Milwaukee with wheat from
| Conway's elevator /. f.. An effort to re-
organize the Manitowoc Lyceum, made
last Friday evening, was complies
failure :. F. Comparatively few new build
| inps have been erected IN the city tbs