The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-26

HE New York Sunday Herald is al
ways load, and the edition for one day
must enable James Gordon to spree quite
heavily for time.
Rev. NJ. Craig will preach memorial
sermon on Sunday evening next. The
time is appropriate as it is that preced.
ing Decoration Day.
a MISPLACED switch sent train off the
track at Oostburg. The engine struck
the station house twisting it around. Nc
great damage was done.
The general impression seems to be
that crops will be excellent in this county
this year. On the principle, perhaps,
that there must be hit sometime.
THE "Prof" must be talented fellow.
He held his audience from one to seven
and then showed them piece of canvass
which rose to the hight OF eight feet.
JUDGE PIERPoNT returned Robert
Aagee to the custody of the Sheriff, tie
state having discovered sufficient prop
erty to warrant his further detention.
JOHN BARNES has been working up the
northern counties to proper regard for
! railroad connections. They are a won
derfuIly perverse people in that section.
THE Green Bay & Minnesota company
offer reward Of $500 for the arrest of
the person or persons who burned their
bridge thus causing railroad disaster.
WALL paper, beautiful patterns cheap
at Heineman's. If you have paper hang
ing to do, Fred will tell you who will do
it well and at reasonable figures. If
Two Germans got to fighting at Mil
waukee on Sunday last and hacked each
other with hatchets until both were in a
condition to keep their beds for some
time.
4 CAR loaded with furniture was burn
ed last week, on the Lake Shore & West
ern. The furniture belonged to man
who was going to start hotel beyond
Wausau.
DENoIINATIoNAL SCHOOLS are becom-
ing quite numerous in this county and
teachers Of the public schools complain
that serious trouble is thus caused in
classification.
THERE is to be steam yacht race to-
day, the new yacht built by James Butler
and that of Chas. Beers being the con-
testants. No doubt a large crowd will
be in attendance.
THE Pfster completed her repairs and
left the dry dock this week. The gov
ernment dredge which has been at work
at Two Rivers has gone into the dry
dock for repairs.
FoREPAUGH claims to have got rid of
the gang of thieves which haunted his
circus when here last That gang could
hardly stay outside of the penitentiary
two years and live.
JOHN HUME of the Chiffon Times gives
L. J. Nash a puff thai will make that
modest lawyer blush. JohG' can see
nothing but intelligence implanted on
Nash's manly brow.
4 STRAWBERRY and ice cream festival
will be given by the Presbyterian church
society in the Sunday school room of
their church on the evening of May 81.
All are invited to attend.
JUsT at present railroad companies in
this section, both in being and in pros
pectiye. are much interested to know
how anxious kewaunee county is to hear
the snort Of the iron horse.
10 RANKIN is becoming a florist and
his yard blossoms not with the rose but
with the dandelion. 10 has a more en-
dearing name for the flower, however,
one more popular and expressive.
SHERIFF MURPHY took Berkholz to
the state prison last week. Anna Stroka
gets along remarkably we'll and stands
high for good behavior. The girl is one
of the strangest anomalies in existence.
PAPER HOUSES which have furnished
material to newspaper men ION tick had
better make collections before the Wash
ington excursion. As rule, they viii
be poor as church mice after that event.
LADIES, call at Mrs. Hussey's store,
Manitowoc, for all the latest styles in
hats and bonnets. AL goods sold cheap.
Remember the place: corner York and
Eighth streets, opposite Brandies' store.
THE circus on Tuesday didn't come
within mile of paying expenses. 1t was
voted a zone horse concern" in advance
and nobody had curiosity enough to visit
it for the purpose of confirming this
opinion.
THE boys at the concert on Sunday
night got up mock fight for the purpose
of fooling a policeman. The policeman
now threatens to go for the mimic rioters
for resisting an officer in the discharge
of his duties.
PERCH fishing furnishes an opportuni-
ty for those who are expert in the manu-
facture of fish stories. Jack Smoke as
serts, and claims he can lick the man who
calls it a fable, that he caught 126 perch
on Monday.
Two young men, strangers in the city,
one from New York and the other from
Milwaukee, went out hunting early on
Sunday morning and have not yet been
heard from. There is some anxiety felt
on their account.
FRED SCHULTZ has added new feature
to his leather store. He now keeps on
hand first class kind of trunks and
valises. Fred will treat you well and
feel happy if he can give you all that