The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-05-06
MEME.


! P. W. Donahue, retired pedagogue,
has gone to seek his fortune in the beau
tiful west.
Handsome" grammatical critic of
some note, also teacher, of average
ability, has begun again at the alphabet,
-Morse's alphabet this time.
Willie Eckardt. who until recently was
clerk in Newohuse's store, has just Sc
cured position in store in Sheboygan,
and has gone TO the latter place to work.
Stock buyers have been perambulating
the county of late purchasing cows for
the Lake superior market, where mem
bers OF the bovine species bring good
price.
Mr.. Conover, of Sheboygan, was
around this week purchasing spriug
cheese from all the principal manufactur-
ers. He began the purchase of cheese
one year ago and owing to the ''boom"
he was induced to try again this year and
further amplify his fortune.
John Goetsche sold his farm some time
ago and on Saturday sold his live stock,
agricultural implements and house hold
furniture. He will soon remove to Min
nesota and begin farming on more ex-
tensive scale.
In our last letter we mentioned the IL
ness of Warren Danforth. He died on
the day of the burial of his father, and
was buried on the following Wednesday.
lie was deaf and dumb through life.
Yet he performed the ordinary duties of
life with surprising assiduity.
Philip Lye was troubled with Irritation
OF the fifth pair of cranial nerves during
the early part of last week, and still later
the temporal and masseter muscles be-
came sc swollen as to arrest all mastioa
ton and even opening of the mouth suf-
f1ciently to speak plainly. He is row re-
ceiving medical treatment and his recov-
cry Is speedily looked for.
The lightning rod peddler is again on
the war path. He is as voluble as ever,
but all his flowing diction seems to avail
him nothing. In days gone by he could
sway the destiny of the unwary granger;
but now he finds him as immutable as
adama1t. Poor fellow He is to be
pitied when he undertakes to explain the
phenomenon of electricity. His argu-
ments prove the very article he sells
nonconductor, and thus the greatest
swindle of the age. But he'll ''rod' you
nevertheless, if you only give him the
least chance.
Mrs. Barnes, of Liberty, died on last
Saturday night after protracted illness
OF several months. She was laid in her
final resting place this forenoon. She
was a resident of Liberty for upwards of
twenty years, and during all that time
she remained an affectionate mother. a
devoted wife, and a generous and respec.
table neighbor. She leaves a husband
and three children grown to maturity, to
mourn her loss. The bereayed family
HNo Wig ~ III I'silLlicS VI tlle 6UIlf6 cOmmu-
nifty who were acquainted with the de-
ceased wife and mother.
Teachers meetings which were living
dorman. for some time are being renewed
with renewed vigor. A meeting will be
held IN the schoolhouse near Mulhol- |
lands old stand on Saturday, May Is,
1885, The following is the programme:
friihary Reading, Katie Donahue. |
Theory and Art, CT. yiebabn
Health of Pupils, nc. Walsh
Paper, O. s. Brown.
Memory, I'll Walsh
Development of the English
Language, P HI, Hewitt |
The following persons were chosen
last Saturday to represent their respect
i've assembly districts at the state conven-
ton to be held on the 10Th inst:
First Assembly District-Mr. Uhlrich,
2 votes.
Second Assembly Distribution. W.
F. Nash, r. E. Mueller.
Third Assembly District-E. B. Treat,
A. Piening, Hon. Jos. Rankin and W.
A. Walker will be appointed senatorial
delegates.