The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-15

CONGRESS now proposes to pay disa
bled soldiers pension of $40 per month.
Congress is regular Timon of Athens
for extravaganza.
BUTCHER Lobe has been putting in a
stone gutter In Eighth street in front of
his property. Others are about to follow
his laudable example.
BLACK and colored DoImans, of suffi-
cient variety to suit all tastes, at greatly
reduced prices, at the new store of Flieg-
Ter, Haupt & Hansen.
MANITowoc has as yet done nothing
toward preparing for Fourth of July
celebration. Probably picnics will be
the prominent features.
1t is now an offense in New York to
swear on the Sabbath, and if profanity
reaches ministerial ears, the offender can
be sent to Jail for ten days.
AN excellent stock of Summer Shawls
at Fliegler, Haupt & Hansen's. They
are offered at extremely low prices and
should receive your attention.
MICHAEL DUNBAR of Liberty, left for
Dakota on Monday last. He intends to
look over some land and make purchase
there if he is pleased with the country.
STRAW HATS, the latest style from 81
to 81, and the largest line to choose from
at J. A. Koehler's one price clothing
house. 8i3t
The Assyrian never came down more
like wolf on the fold, than the teacher
came down on the schools this year. A
majority of them are already gobbled up.
THE Goodrich Transportation Com
pany are going to enlarge their ware
house at this place. Hanson & Scove
have taken the contract to drive the piles.
AN advertisement of ball to be given
at Francis Creek by Joseph Chloupek,
will be found in another column. Mr..
Chloupek always provides we'll for his
patrons.
The bridge at the Branch is undergo.
ing repairs. A winding temporary road
through the rushing waters has been
established. Only very few attempt its
passage.
THE mayor of Fond du Lac found it
necessary to rebuke the fire marshal for
hardness, and received some insolent re-
ply. The marshal was Immediately sus-
pended.
A FARMERS team ran away in the city
on Monday and played havoc with the
wagon. There were two persons in the
wagon but they saved themselves by
jumping out.
SAM RANDOLPH thinks he would have
to bring a wagon load of dollars to New
York if he purposed spending Sunday
there. Sam would swear if the fine was
a million dollars.
1t was found, after being docked on
Friday last, that the tug Kitty Smokes
wheel was not broke, as was supposed,
but the key was out and the wheel was
loose on the shaft.
THE schooner Harvey Bissel has been
libeled for damages alleged to have been
done by the Bissel on the Louisa Nc
Donald while the latter was lying in
Sturgeon Bay canal.
HUGO KLINGHoLz is approaching per-
lection in glass ball shooting. Tuesday
he broke nine balls in as many successive
shots. Few clubs have members who
can excel or equal that.
THERE is more judgment being used
in working roads this year in this county
than there was before. Gravel is being
drawn quite distance and placed where
it will do the most good.
THE Fond du Lac Commonwealth is
savage in its criticism of Anna Dickinson
as Hamlet. Poor Anna has met with in
different encouragement in her persona
ton of the Danish prince.
-NENNoR says "windy spring brings a
cold autumn" and that winter will set in
unusually early and be very severe in the
early part, but will grow more mild and
the latter half will be tolerable.
DR.. GRIDLEY was chosen president Of
the gun club; Anton Knudson, treasurer;
and Robert Booming secretary. Spind-
Ter and Knudson are the two latest deYo-
tees to the science of Workmanship.
FRED HEINEMAN displays reasonably
well sized alligator in his aquarium. The
gator tackled mud turtle which Fred
placed within his reach short while ago
but couldn't get his fellow saurian down.
My dress goods depot was never so
complete as now. Summer silk, black
silks, nuns yelling, all wool A inches
wide goods, the latest styles and many
other kinds, at j. A. Koehler's. 6j3t
New YORK has been indulging in few
cases of sun stroke. Happy New York.
We would give our stock of nickels for q
sun with such vigor as that. Ours in
Wisconsin is pale, watery affair, squaw
sun.
Miss NELLIE 2. BANGS is very easy,
graceful performer, scaling the field of
ivory with delicacy of touch and mus
ical result which bespeaks her an artist
of no ordinary merit. -.Sprinafeld, H.,
Monitor.
CAPITALISTS have purchased large
tract of wild land on the line of the Lake
Shore & Western and are going into the
business of manufacturing alchohol, vine
gar and charcoal from the wood. The
apparatus will cost $4,000.
THE DOtato bup is losing his hashfr11