The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-08-19

given in premiums and $500 in trotting
purses.
WHILE Gabe Bouck and Hank Sand
ford were standing together on the camp
grounds last Friday, the question Of the
hour with bystanders was, (which is the
| homlier?'
HAVE small assortment of organs on
| hand which will be sold at cost to close
out. Please step in and examine them
and get prices and terms at Buerstatte's
drug store.
HINRICHs' AMERICAN CORN CURE cures
quickly and does not cause pain or sore
ness. Cure guaranteed. For sale by
Henry Hinrichs, successor to Robinson
& Hinrichs.
The officers of the Second Regiment
were loud in their praise of the excellent
condition of the streets in Manitowoc.
They pronounced them the best unpaved
streets in the state.
SOME one in speaking Of Will Nash as
a soldier, on Thursday last, said 'no one
would ever know it from him; he never
tells any one." Hsrsch Smalley has the
same gift of silence.
A SCHOOL for the deaf and dumb is to
be established at Green Bay under the
law passed by the last legislature. 1t
will be conducted in connection with the
public schools at that place.
MELENDY & PACKARD secured several
excellent negatives of the Second Regi-
ment while marching along Eighth street,
by the instantaneous process. They are
displayed in their show cases.
A WOMAN living in Manitowoc Rapids
was run away with by team in Cato on
Sunday. The woman thought she was
seriously hurt and sent to Manitowoc for
a physician, who could find nothing
wrong.
THE Illinois Central railroad is about
to extend its line from Chicago to Madi-
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tension to Oshkosh to connect with the
NJ. L. s. & W. Ry is among the posi-
bilities of the near future.
ONE of the attractions at the Milwau-
kee Exposition during the early part of
next month, will be a japanese village
composed of nearly one hundred men,
women and children, illustrating the
manner of life of the Japs.
TEACHERS examinations this week,
teachers institute next week, loa6ng
propensity which prevented preparation
for either until the last minute, made it
impossible to do much work on the
paper this week and it is thefore thin.
THE thirteen-year daughter of
farmer living near Two Rivers, attempt
ed to kindle fire with kerosene the other
day. The oil in the can exploded and
was thrown over her. She was burned
so badly that death resulted in a few
hours.
WHILE it is impossible to state the
loss to standing timber by the fires which
have ragged through the timber districts
of the state, it is the opinion of those
who have gone over the ground carefully
that the actual loss has been greatly over
estimated.
BURGLARS blew off the door of the safe
in the railroad depot at Kaukauna Mon
| day night. The report of the explosion
was so loud that it alarmed persons in
the vicinity and the burglars were forced
to leave before the contents of the safe
were disturbed.
The river has been like the general
| who marched his army up the hill and
| then marched them down again. 1t has
been running up stream with q swift
! current for about half an hour and then
rushing back an equal length of time
with equal speed
YOUNG. old, and middle aged, all
experience the wonderful beneficial
| effects of Ayers Sarsaparilla. Young
| children, suffering from sore eyes, sore
ears, scald. head, or with any scrofulous
or syphilitic faint, may be made healthy
and strong by its use.
AN old man 70 years of age and worth
$50, 900, was arrested lately in Milwaukee
for burglary, he having entered an unoc-
| cupied house and having taken off the
locks. 1t was done for the value of the
things taken. He has been arrested be-
| fore for petty thefts.
A RACINE woman who had drawn
money from the city poor fund for
twelve years recently bought farm and
planked down 500 cash as part payment.
To be charitable and not be imposed upon
by such people is task that calls for an
unusual amount of shrewdness.
THE Manitowoc companies did not do
| a thing which would bear criticism of
any unkind nature. The boys showed
good sense and have won the good opin-
ion of their neighbors. The officers
treated visitors not only with gentleman
ly courtesy, but with generous consider
| alton.
CROPS seem to be far above the average
Notwithstanding bad reports prior to
harvesting. In some places where they
had only one rain through the summer,
the wheat is fair. Barley is an unusual
crop. In some sections the crops are a
failure, but on the whole they average
good.
The secretary of the State Board of
Health has published letter conveying
the positive information that there has