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A young man of this city some weeks
ago received letter from firm in New
York entitled Clark & Co., informing HIM
hat they invested the money which he sent
them on which they realized $500 gold
hearing stock Enclosed in the letter they
sent the bona fde signature and address OF
the gentleman, which was evidently clipped
from a letter written by him. The gentle
man had never written to the hrm, and
never even heard of it until receiving the
letter, and was naturally surprised at re-
ceiving tie slip of paper containing his
name and address which was enthusiastically
| IN his own handwriting. They requested
linn to write cut his signature and return il
| with the enclosed slip so that they would
ne satisfied he was the proper person. Tb'
young man prudently decided not to answer
the letter but kept close watch OF the news
Papers to see If the fraud, which he Tel
satisfied it was, should be exposed. Thi
week on looking over the Milwaukee paper
he found a verbatim copy of the letter b
had received with only change in the nam
of the person to whom it was addressed
, The Milwaukee young man did not exerci'
the same prudence, but ordered them
"come on with their stoc&." Ii "came OF
|, and wi hin a few days a, ordr follow
( infor uirg N at an ssn.' u: 81
8 was made q. hr"stock'a re uest z hi
to reml.. He viii sell bis stock chesr.
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NEEME.
Meme, April 3, 1878

MEEME, April 3, 1873.
The election yesterday was, without
doubt, the fercest and best TO ught contest
that ever transpired at our polls. AT tie
town nominating caucus, Mr. Carey, though
earnestly urged, refused to be candidate
tor the Craftsmanship. Peter Phillips then
received the nomination for chairman, (after
several others refusej), P. J Conway, clerk,
John Junk, assessor and John Hensen
treasurer. A "side caucus" was held next
day at which Mr.. Philips was endorsed,
though the names of several others rpon
the town ticket was erased. At this eau
Gus and subsequent to 1t letters were
exhibited aud read, humbly beseeching the
sturdy voters Of Meeme not to retain John
Carey as chairman an he would raise h-l
in the County Board and be the means Of
holding county officials to their legal fees
This and several other reports rejecting on
Mr.. Carey came to his knowledge which
caused his ''dander" to rise unanimously.
With the energy and grit for which be IS sc
| celebrated he determined to"stump it, and
if possible have something to say and
! exhibit at the next session Of the County
| Board relative to fees which he has made
speciality" On the morning of election
be entered the lists and in spite of hi
opponent having the nomination of twt
large caucuses"got away with him. "thougl
by small majority. Mr.. c. will, CO.
willing, therefore be member Of Recount
Board for the ensuing year to the heartfelt
ioy of some and heart rending sorrow Q
others.
H. F. Bslitz. once very prominer
citizen of this county, and resident
Kiel, is dead. On Saturday last be We
found upon the highway, having bee
thrown from hls buggy. He was unconsciot
when fund AID being removed to b
. residence, exo red in few moments.
:, Small Fo1 is still prevalent in tie seni
western part of the town, an occasional aea
occurring from it. Mr.. Danforth informs
thu. he las yaec astei large Lumts:s I
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Cato,-Chairman, Thos. Thornton.

Centeryille,- Chairman, P. Werner.
Gibson, - Chairman, G. Stein brecher,
Clerk, Sam Rouitllier, Treasurer, P. Bunt.
Kossuth, Chairman, Thos. Mohr, Clerk,
J. C. McCarty, Treasurer VIM. Robinson.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. j. Taugher, Clerk
J. w. Finch, Treasurer, A. Anderson.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Fred. Ostenl
feldt, CLERK, G. W. Burnett, Treasurer,
Michael kleman.
ManitoToc Rapids, Chairman, II Wells,
Clerk, E. S. Bedell, Treasurer, A. Kuegler.
Maple Grove, - Chairman, j. Miller;
Clerk, c. Laurence, Treasurer, John Hickey.
Meeme,-Chairman John Carey; Clerk
P. J. Conway; Treasurer, j. Heusen.
icott,-Chairman, j .Linstedt, c Jerk
A. Braasch, Treasurer, F. Quinstorff.
MISUNDERSTANDING, G. Werneke.
ockland,-Chairman, f. ThomI son
Clerk, c. F. Hagepow, Treasurer, G. Miller
neutrality-suspicious.. P. Stoker; Clerk
A. Sullivan; Treasurer. II. Decker.
City of Two Rivers,-lst Ward, Super
visor, U. Niquette; End Ward, R. Mueller
3rd " ard, P. Stout; Treasurer, E. Ham
mel.
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STATE TEACHERS ET1MINA-
TION.


STATE TEACHERS ET1NINA-
TION
The Annual Examination of Candidates
for State Teachers Certificates will be held,
as provided by law, at Madison, beginning
Tuesday, August IS, 1878, at 9 o'clock, A.
NJ. The board of examiners consists of
Prof. Albert Salisbury, of Whitewater,
Prof. Stephen II. Carpenter, Of Madison,
AMI Prof, George w. Peckham, of Milwau
kee. Applicants for Certificates will be
examined in the following branches of study:
!, For an unlimited State Certificate the
branches now required for first grade
County Certificate, with the addition of
English Literature, and the rudiments of
Botany, Geology, Political Economy, Gen,
eral History, and Mental Philosophy.
This Certificate will be issued only to
those who furnish satisfactory evidence of
successful teaching for at least nine terms.
2. For limited tive years. State Ger
ti6cate, the branches now required for a
first grade County Certificate, with the ad-
dition Of English Literature and the rudi-
ments of Mental Philosophy.
This Certificate will be issued only to
those who furnish satisfactory evidence of
successful teaching for at least three terms.
Applicants who fail in any of the branch
es required for either of the above Certif-
icates, may present themselver for re-ex-
animation in such branches within enc
year. A re examination in those in which
they are successful will not be required.
Candidates who last year failed in any of
the branches, or did not complete their
examination for either Certificate, are
earnestly solicited to be present with the
new applicants this year.
ALI stationery needed will be furnished
By the examiners.
ORDER OF EXAMINATION.
Tuesday, August 18th. United States
History. Arithmetic, Geography, Civil
Government, and Oral Exercises.
Wednesday, August l4th. Algebra,
Physiology, Reading, English Grammar
with Analysis, Penmanship, and Oral Ex-
ercises.
Thursday, August 18th. Geometry,
Natural Philosophy, Orthography and Cr-
thoepy, English Literature, Theory Of
Teaching, and Oral Exercises.
Friday. August 10th. Mental Philoso-
ply, General History, Geology, Politica
Economy, Botany, and Oral Exercises.
There will be three sessions daily:-9:00
a. m -, to 1890, p. m. 200 to $3.50, p. m.
-7:3O to $50, p. m.
WILLIAM G. MHITFoRD,
Sup't of Public Instruction.
Madison, Wis, March 18th, 1873.
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Base Ball is receiving attention quite
early this season. The Old Plug Club Of
thi. city enters the field this year with q
team which it will be hard not to beat. The
players have already begun practice with a
warn ball wound loosely and with heavy
gloves TO protect their hands from injury.
Tom Windiate is general manager of the
club and will pay all expenses. DR.. Coax
lev will direct operations in the field, be at
tending physician and catch Walker on the
fy. Rube Smart will boss force of four
short stops and keep his men arranged in
picturesque attitudes. kirwan will be
placej where he can do the most good 10
lodging balls and will be more ornamental
than useful. A safe position will be giver
Walker in which he can see that Ed. Bor-
ebert does his duty 10. Rankin will &C
as umpire and decide against Walker. Hus
sew will be the court of last appeal in dis.
puted points.
John Barnes will be the heavy thrower.h hi
principal duty being to bruise Ryder on tn
first. Forrest will be kept a: the bat IN
I'll disabled. Will Turner will do the quar-
reling with Smart for the position of shoi
stop. Eserabrook will hunt for lost BAL
and Treat will back up 6rst base. Th
out geld will have numerous good player
whose turn TO Dat will never come. IT
team will consist IF Is men and will VOL
, tremendously # Walker can be dissuads
} from going to bat irst at every innin
Carl II. Schmidt will report the games I
. the daily Iapers of the s'sts ard Ia
0 charge Of the water pail. BE is pledg
y not t. tell Il . ruth.
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of charge, and that all ere doing finely. IN
the absence Of physician Of good rcpute
it is of immense value to have q truly good
and Intelligent man at hand.
John I'll. Bohne has returned from an ex
tended trip through Iowa. He believes the
inhabitants of Meemc possess many CON-
forts which are not universal in that state.
lie intends, we understand, to remain
anon us unless be can dispose of his
entire property here on very favorable
terms.
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
OFFICE OF THE MANITowor PILoT.
N ANIrnMnC- AnIil B. 1873.
A New Invention.

BYRNE's Improved metallic DRESS MoDEL.-
Something every lady should possess. This model
is peculiarly constructed so as 10 enable any per
son of ordinary ability to learn the arr of Pattern
Cutting and Dressftting to perfection with but
very little practice. For durability simplicity
and practical utility dress model, il has no
equal Models with full instructions for use may be
obtained at Mrs. BYRNE's DREssMAKING EsTAG-
LIsHMENT, Cor. Buffalo and Eighth cts, over E. K,
and T.. II. Rand's Hardware store.
Il. W. BYRNES,
Inventor and sole manufacturer,
Manitowoc Wis
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Hersch Snalley's mustangs are gentle as
lambs when he holds the ribbons but they
n, Jealous of new drivers. On Monday
last when man, not Hersch, was "holdln
ob De lines" the team ran away, jumped a
fence and left portions of the buggy to show
the patb thew took
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The following list gives the names c
those pupils in attendance at the FRS
District School, who have been neither alb
sent nor tardy during the term which close
March Goth. 1878.
Zion SCHOOL.
Charles Barnes, Charles Blake,
Gustie Boettcher, Aggie Burnett,
Mary Classor, John kreici,
Emma Morrison, John Pospisiel,
Joseph Pospisiel, Emil Prochazka,
Laura Ransch, Ole Stephenson.
Oscar Toreison,
ROOM ONE.
Gustave Alter, Carmie Beach,
Edmund Chloupek, Joseph Clark,
Mary Pospisiel, Niels Stephenson.
ROOM TWO.
Julia Dubetzky, Patrick McMahon,
Addie Prochazka, Lottie Sibree.
Willie Stueke,
ROOM THREE.
A.. Chezik, A. Halverson,
A. johnson, A. McGavin,
th ANtEtth, ~ OItul.
L. Windiate,
ROOM FOUR.
Luella Mosher, Fred Werner.
ROOM FIVE.
Ada BARLEY, George BARLEY,
Augusta Bripkman, James Hodges.
Norman Torrison,
ROOM SIX.
Ella Beasant. CarIotta Clauso1,
Arthur Koebke, Emil Krejci.
Stephen Stephenson,
ROOM SEVEN.
Willie Byrnes, Carrie Mendlik.
ROOM EIGHT.
Sene Anderson, Nellie Conway,
Alv,na Chloupek, Sadie Lougbren.
ROOM NINE.
Andrew Anderson, Robbie Johnston.
Annie POlcar,
ROOM TEN.
Hattie Omelia, Charles Pittsley.
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The cratic Triton is again the subject OF
gossip. 1t is rumored that reconciliation
has bean effected between him and his wife
and that they will soon start for Europe as
man and wife. Reports are conflicting as
to the means by which the reconciliation IF
said to have been effected. Some crediting
Tilton with a complete resraction of all his
charges against his wife, others that Mrs
Tilton has returned to her practice OF max
ing confessions and makes full acknoWi-
edgmert of her guilty intimacy with
Beecher. No story is too improbable to o.
believed of Tilton and bis wife's yielding
disposition places her 10 the same category
The probability is that "bygones will D.
made bygones' and Theodore and Eliza
beth will live happily together for som
time,
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Report of the 81. Ward School for the
term ending March Doth, 1878.

Names of those who have not been absent
during term:
Theresa Pankratz, L. Schwartzenbart,
Emma Pankratz. Richard Hoffman,
Rosa Paakratz, Clara Mueller,
Emil Pautz, Henry Westphal,
Christian Hasten, Freddie Eggerts.
Lizzie Scherer,
The above figures show that but very
few of the pupils registered attend school
regularly, some of those pupils whose irreg-
ularity of attendance goes to swell he
average daily absence not having attended
school more than couple of weeks during
lence of disease in the district has had
much to do toward lowering the average
Iaily attendance of pupils; that occasionly,
the financial circumstances of pupils have
tended toward the same end; but it is also
true that in summing up the causes which
govern the attendance or non'attendance of
pupils at our schools, the indifference of
parents should be reckoned as no unlmpor.
tant factor. 1t has been we'll said that
"Costly apparatus and splendid furniture
have no power to make scholar. His
books and teachers are but helps. The
work is his" 1rregularity OF attendance
not only causes the pupil to become careless
in HE work and negligent in his studies,
but works Injustice to his class and teacher
to bis class who are obliged to review al
leart part of the work completed during
his absence, 10 order to pull him up to the
| level of the classic his teacher who, at
The next school meeting, is denounced as {
D disgrace tc the profession simply because
E he failed to accomplish wonders with 1
3 pupil whom he saw, on an average, perhap
s two days in a week.
f IL my last report | dwelt upon the I'D
2 vautages to be had by purchasing 90
= school'bcoks direct from the publishers
J. Since then have been investigating tb
; matter, and know that there are publish
: ers willing and anxious to enter into con
b tract with our District to furnish books {
70 the District for about 60 per pent. of ID
z prices which we are now paying;or shout
?. the District not choose to take upon itse
De the responsibility of handling the books, tt
y publishers agree to send the books to
ne responsible book seller in this city who W
handle the books at small profit to bin
self and still sell them to pupils for lie
- than .wo.thrds Of what we now pay T
IA them, thu. saving to the District, at lea
II one hundred dollars each year.
"a J. A. HUssEY,
ID. PRINCIPAL.
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Seeding occupies the attention OF farmer
now. and consequently wheat is not vet
brought to market in large quantities.. A.
very small proportion of the wheat raised
in the county last year has been soil, bust.
ness promises to be brisk when the spring
work is completed.
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John Kestley, a workman in Smalley 8
foundry, had his thumb badly I'M ured last
Monday while smoothing some instrument
on grindstone run by steam. The bone
was laid bare the entire length of the thumb
in two places.
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THE MANITOWOC PILOT.
Paper ofthe City
and County.
Local and Personal.

Lotteries are having quite q run in the
city.
People begin to despair of sleighing this
inter.
Busse has erected new awning at his
shoe store.
Archbishop Hsnni of Milwaukee is seri
ously ILL.,
See notice Of state examination of teach
er in this issue.
The schooner Alice Richards is under
going repairs.
We propose to ventilate some advertising
agencies soon.
The days are considerably longer than
the nights now.
A drouth is among the things TO be fear.
ed this season.
March tried to 20 out like lion, but the
attempt was failure.
The Schooner Industry left here this
week for Muskegon.
The Iowa legislature pas sed an act restor
ing capital punishment.
F.! Election tickets kept the job presses of
this city busy on Monday.
Madison cl.rgymen prayed for the legis-
latrre gratis this year.
An infant child of Mr.. Schmedicke died
on Monday of this week.
Two children of Mr.. Dubetzky died Of
diphtheria on Tuesday night.
C.E. Estabrook has added e. volumes o.
new law books to his library.
Candidates are taking rest, now tina
the excitement Of election is over.
Miss Wimpf won cylinder writing desl
worth $50 at q rattle last Saturday.
Mr.. Vlebahn took advantage OF bis va
cation to visit his old home, Sank City.
We have delayed the publication of tn
Pilot somewhat to publish returns from tb
towns.
The singing society Of the south side hat
a social dance at the Turner Hall on Satur
day night.
The father of Charley Ross is out on
: occurring tour. He speaks on the abductlo
of his boy.
OUERY:-"Why will men smoke con
o mon tobacco, when they can buy Maroul
$ Bros. ".Seai of North Carolina" at Il
u same price?"
Mrs. Woodhull and her sister Tenn
y Clahn are about to At to England t. resid
e there permanently.
Ritchie's mill at Depere was destroyed
: fire last week. The loss is estimated
$1,000; no insurance.
Eighth street bridge is just of suffcie'
y width to allow the passage Of the fly whe
T. Of the COrIss engine.
. he Young people of the city are havi'
all the enjoyment that can come from bei
relieved of study this week.
Milwaukee has the base ball fever bad,
bad as to almost affect it's sanity. A fs
defeats will be an ef6cacious remedy
William Bragg, sen of Gen. Bragg, di
Of heart disease at Fond du Lac last WEI
He Was 90 years Of age at the time of
death.
Judge Kirwan issued three orders
the commitment OF insane persons, the p
week. This terrible affection is alarmin
prevalent in this county.
Every paper in the country has sta
viii that last monday was All !ools' day, q
iris We deem it our duty to inform our reat
me that such is the fact
We are IN receipt of three fine steel
cravings from Stipson & Co., OF Portls
Maine. The design of each is beau'
III and the execution can not be excslled.
4 The sidewalk or posite Villas s. Bar
store was repaired when II was TO "a
-, there was M likelihood Oh b rebe
< breaking a limb.
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The question of license or no license was
voted on at Cato this year and resulted IN
. majority for those in favor of no license
Cato takes the initiatory in passing pro-
hibitory law.
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The members of the Jones Library As
ISOLATION take this means to express their
thanks to Hon. Jos. Rankin for copy OF
the Geology of the state of Wisconsin with
accompanying maps.
H. MULHoLLAED, Sec.
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Hugh Morrison has discharged the
dut es of his office SO aceeptably THAI
his appointment by the new board is salo
to be certain if he chooses to accept. u
is but proper that Mr. Morrison
fsithfulncss shonld be thus recognized
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In England the memory of the oldest in
habitants fails to find parallel in severity
for the month of March PAST. II is pleas
ant TO read about those things 10 our de-
lightful climate.
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MANITowoC Wis. January I'd 1878.
Two hand fire engines, two hand hose
carts and one bucket wagon with buck
cts. Corporations or any other parties
desiring to buy are requested to apply
tor information to
A. NJ. Richter
City Clerk.
By order of the board of Alderman
of the City of Manitowoc, Wis.
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The pupils of the high school on the
north side of the river, presented on last
Friday afternoon, programme of interest
ing exercises to large number of the
patrons and friends of the school.
The music was the special and pleasant
feature of the afternoon. Mr.. Briggs has
succeeded during his short period of work
here, in dey clipping much musical taste and
skill among the pupils of his department
While we are not among the ardent advo-
ca ties of musical culture, and would not ia
vor the teaching of music in our schools If
it were in any manner detrimental to the real
purposes Of school work, vet, not consider
ing it so, we believe that pleasant and
agreeable accomplishment can be secured by
the majority of pupils from its introduc
ton. The selections from Hamlet were
fairly rendered. To our own mind the read
ing of the several parts without any seeking
for stage effect would have enabled the
greater number of those taking part to ac'
Quit themselves more creditaoly, ano con-
trbuted to the pleasure Of the audience.
Two or three of the pupils taking part ex
hibited considerable Evolutionary power
and could be distinctly heard in every par
J of the room; the utterance of others show
extreme nervousness under the circumssan
ces.
The debate, essay and rccitations were
} up to the usual standard and those takin
part acquitted themselves creditably.
Schools when in holiday attire are not II
: condition to be judged. If the parents "h
r attend so we'll when Exercises" are to b
, rendered would put in an appearance On tn
E work days of schools, much clearer est
0 mate of the teachers, difficulties and htnes
i could be obtained.
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The business men OF Milwaukee have
decided to establish au independent tele-
graph line to Chicago. They claim that
the present RATES are exorbItant an that a
line constructed and managed by themselves
would be cheaper. The estimated cost is
SO 600 most Of which is already .ubscrib'
cd
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PROF. ENDER WOOD.

We have no hesitation in prorouncing the
lecture of Monday night one of the finest
ever delivered in the city. 1t is to be re-
GREETED that the size of the audience was not
such as the excellence of the lecture merised.
1t is impossible to give synopsis OF lec'
ture which is itself an episome of the science
of ethics and social evolution. 1t appeals
t, mans intellectual and moral nature
rather than to bis sentiment and prejudice.
1t makes reason tie basis of belief, and has
the aggressiveness of scholarly research and
independent thought. 1t was entirely free
from bigotry and was not of itself hostile
to auy form of belief further than that it
furnished test to which beliefs shonld be
subjected, and was calculated to arouse the
mind from that state of passivity which
accepts facts unsupported by EVIDENCE
Prof. Underw God did not seek to ineulcate
opinions, nor to make converts. His lecture
was designed to awaken the mind to activ-
ity to enable it to weigh facts and balance
authorities" to substitute for receptivity,
ability to discriminate. With the ready
frankness which characterizes the new
school of philosophy he acknowledged that
there Is something behind the known laws
BY which matter is governed which science
does not comprehend, which the hopes of
man guided by the light of Imagination
emb )dies as a supernatural being.
Advocates of one or two opposite sys-
TENS of thought, as rule, chiefly conine
their attention to the imperfection of that
which they oppos. and seldom discuss the
merits of what they offer. Prof. Under
woods lecture was an exception in this re
spect, and the basis which he laid for NOR
atty in contradstinction to piety would
win the approving smiles of purity itself.
The lecture was too reconcile for popu.
lar audience. To fully appreciate i. tie
auditor would need to have some knowledge
of Spencer, Huxley, and Darwin. The
language was too learned for the ordinary
comprehension, too technical for those not
conversant with the writings of scientists.
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The following are the democratic ward
committees for the ensuing year:
First Ward John Franz, '. Goetzler
and NJ Kettenhofen.
Second Ward. Ell. Conway, W. A.
Walker and John Lantry.
Third Ward Carl II. Schmidt, John
Handel and John Meyer.
Fourth Ward. G. W. Morse, Jasper
Hanson and NJ. Mahoney.
City Committee. G. II. Schmidt, W. A
Walker and Schreihart.