The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-03-13

A MAN with beard and long hair who
should expose himself for brief spell
on Monday to the weather, might sit for
portrait of Santa Claus and do the old
fellow no injustice so far as grizzly APP
( pearance goes.
THE new firm of Markham & Merrill,
insurance agents, have made an impor-
tant addition to their list of companies,
having secured the agency of the North
western Mutual Life Insurance Company
of Milwaukee.
YESTERDAY morning opened up with
| the mercury at zero and everything
frozen up solid. 1t was disappointing
as the day previous had led to the hope
| that old Winter had been bounced out of
the lap of gentle Spring.
MINNIE HAUK will probably sing in
concert at Appleton the latter part of this
month While she is in this vicinity it
would afford our amusement managers
an opportunity to make ten-sirike 10y
getting her to sing here.
MORE than the usual number of tele-
graph poles, posts, etc., has been brought
to market this winter and the great piles
on some of the docks remind old settlers
of the early days when shaved shingles
| were legal tender for all debts.
RAHR Bros. new ice house and beer
cellar is completed. A large annex to
the building is used as keg washing
apartment and another portion has been
fitted up as a private Office in a very ele-
CANT manner. The business of this firm
is increasing rapidly.
ED. SCHNEIDER has purchased the old
Kryzinski building on Franklin street,
opposite 1illson & Schmidt's livery stable
and will move it to the site now occu-
pied by his house west of the court
house. The building which he now oc-
cupies will be moved to the Hancock
street end of his lot.
THE secretary of the State Board OF
Health has forwarded to this Office Cir
cular recently issued on the prevention
ofscarletf fever and requests the announce
ment of the fact that it will be sent gra-
tuitously to all applicants. Address j.
T. Reeve, Appleton, Wis.
The masquerade to be given by the
Ulks at Turner Hall next Saturday even
ing, promises to be the event of the sea-
son. A large number of invitations have
been issued and there seems to be gen.
eral determination to attend by those to
whom cards have been given.
A NUMBER of candidates for the Office
of city marshal are already In the field
and the appointment promises to be
| hotly contested. Among others men
| toned in connection with the Office are
Joe Edwards, Carl MeIby, Mart Moran,
and J. A. Tool, the present incumbent.
The Manitowoc Ice Company will sup
| ply all parties desiring with the best
quality of ice during the coming season,
at reasonable rates. Orders will be TAX
| en- for any amount at the Office, on Com
mercial street, between 9th and 10th.
april W. G. HOWARD, Manager.
WHEN the blood is loaded with impur-
tiles, and moves sluggishly in the veins,
an Alternative is needed, as this condition
of the vital fluid cannot last long without
serious results. There is nothing better
than Ayers Sarsaparilla to purify the
blood, and impart energy to the system.
| JOHN NAGLE has been appointed chair
man Of the Board of Examiners for state
certificates for one year, by Superinten-
| dent Graham. This will be an item Of
news to John when he reads this weeks
| Pilot, as he is absent in the country
| holding teachers examinations and has
not been notified of his appointment
through any other channel.
The scheme of extending the railroad
track from the depot down Franklin
street to the vicinity of Truman & Coop
er's mill is being revived and calls out
bitter opposition from number of prop
erty holders along the proposed extern
sion. The city council some years ago
passed an ordinance permitting the COM
pany to so extend its line.
The action of the county board in
making inquiries into the validity of our
railroad stock forms the basis for a
lengthy special dispatch from Milwaukee
to the Chicago Sunday Tribune which
Is an exact reproduction OF an article in
the Journal of the dsy before. A spec
ial'' to big city daily is frequently
wonderfully constructed article.
WHILE skating on the lake off Racine,
Alexander Jones, IA years of age, disap-
peared through an air-hole, and his com
panions, who rushed to his assistance,
Saw him through the clear ice twenty
| feet from the hole, where he was swept
by the undercurrent, and tried to break
| through with their skates while he bump
ed with his head, but they could not