The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-05-11

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| SrENoGRAPHY is having quite an at
traction for our young men lately. Mr..
Craig has now class Of three pursuing
that study.
HMRIoHs' AMERICAN Corn CURE cures
quickly and does not cause pain or sore
ness. For sale at Robinson & Hlnrichs'.
Cure guaranteed.
The editor OF the Depere Standard, q
Norwegian paper, has been missing for
some time and it is believed that he suf-
fered foul play.
WE notice that the goodlooking Col
Inns and the jovial and military looking
Slamm are officers on the Andy Johnson
for this season.
A New LONDON young man tried to
commit suicide in Milwaukee on Monday
by jumping into the river at that place.
He was rescued.
THE schooner Three Bells came into
this harbor in leaking condition on
Sunday and an extra crew were engaged
to man the pumps.
| Crows are quite numerous in this
| county this spring and farmers are study
ing up new devices to fright the souls OF
tho sooty robbers.
The city Of Shsboygan is now luxuria.
ting in two cases of small pox. That city
| is not up with the times. Small pox is
| now out of season.
DENNIS QUIRK, breakman, was killed
at Kaukauna on Saturday last while coup
| ling cars. He lived but short time af-
ter the accident occurred.
THERE seems to be fire epidemics a.
we'll as those of disease. Green Bay aud
Appleton are the last two places to suffer
although to no alarming extent.
The rain of Monday night was accom-.
panied by hail. The pieces were quite
large and would have done considerable
damage had crops been advanced.
HUNDREDS of people are visiting Ra-
cine to look at the ruins. The persons
burned out are making preparations to
commence rebuilding Immediately.
THE steamer Andrew johnson went
into commission last week. She will
look over the merchant marine of the
same lakes this year as she did last.
THERE will be q regular Punic war
along the Fox and Wisconsin soon. The
papers are beginning to tell some truth
about that giant humbug improvement.
JERE REARDoN ard Henry Strauch
have been chosen as north side xatch-
men. G. Smallfeldt and Henry West
phal will do like service for the south
side.
THE great lakes have the following
craft: 2,49S sail vessels, 1898 steam
vessels, $50 canal boats, and 1872 barges,
making total of 1893, aggregating $685.
$40 tons.
The propeller Menominee has had re-
pairs completed and has come out of the
dry dock. The scow Becker now occu-
pies the dry dock and the Minnie Muel-
Ter comes next.
LITTLE boy kindled a fire in the
Wisconsin House BAN last week. For
tunately for Mr.. Daley passer by ex-
tinguished the fire before much Roadway
was made by it.
SUNDAY is field day for the militia of
Manitowoc. The south side is decidedly
of a military cast and "grina visaged war"
smiles upon the urchins who congregate
to see the ''sojers."
The willingness of some town officers
to ignore the law relating to liquor IL
cense is indicative of sad want of back
bone. Do these officers think an oath
has any binding force?
TIE old scow Sloan. owned by Byron
and Charley Burmeister, and having been
rebuilt during the past winter, will be
launced on Saturday next. She will
come out with new name.
STONE of tho Neenah Times has amas-
sed wealth enough to start daily. The
captain prints bright weekly and if the
citizens of Neenah will do their part the
proposed daily will be a success.
The barge R. j. Gibbs has been hauled
out for repairs at the yard of Hanson &
Scove in this city. She will receive new
keelson, new center board box, new
frames forward and general refastening.
THANK GoD, Vennor has the rheuma-
tism. If he could only give the weather
the colo, delerium tremens or some 9TH
er lively disease that would bring
change, we might call him the king bee.
A DIVER died in his diving dress lately
while searching for the body of the cap
tain of the schooner Clayton Belle. The
air pipes got entangled and the man be-
came excited and could not extricate
himself.
The Racine Journal says that what
Racine lacks is enterprising men. Just
come mp to Msnitowoc if you want to
find lack Of enterprise among business
men. We are the Ultima Thule in lack
of enterprise.
The committee on commerce has fixed
appropriations SO far as Wisconsin is con-
cerned, although there is a probability
that fight will be made as Wisconsin
and Illinois get about one-third of the
entire amount appropriated.
ANY gentleman wishing good fitting
suit of clothes, can do no better than to