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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-24
WALLINGFORn NEVIS.

Making Many New Voters-Accident on the Railroad Caucus-The
 School yisitors-Other Items.
 The selectmen and town clerk were in session yesterday from to p. m., and during that time twentyseven new voters were made The first three hours there was very little business, but from ' to o'clock there was more work. The next session will be held on Monday, from a. m. to p. m., which will be the last chance to be made" except for those who reach the age of twenty-one between that day and November 3, and they can be made on election morning.
 Early yesterday afternoon freight train was running in on the side track near the rubber shop, and as the last car, Pullman, ran on the turnout, the switch was turned to soon, and the rear trucks continued down on the main track, while the forward truck was on the turnout, and the result was that the rear end of the car was thrown off the track, and the two ex- press trains going south were delayed nearly an hour by the obstruction.
 Many friends of Will Myers. who for merly resided on Washington street, and about two years ago went west, will be glad to learn that he is pros pering finely, and recently has been promoted to the position of superinten- dent of the Depeire, Wis, paper mill, one of the largest in the country. He is brother of Charles G. Myers of Bristol avenue.
 Charlie Hall found the plans of Mall ley's new barn, which were lost and turned them over to the Strauss Bros
 A. J. Smith of Curtis avenue had a serious fall at R. Wallace & Sons fac tory, while stepping down from a bench, and bruised his side and arm quite badly.
 Up to o'clock last evening 213 new voters had been made out of 374 appli- cations.
 The Yale consolidated football eleven and the Wallingfords will play this af- ternoon on the Meadow street grounds.
 Homer s. Cummings is to speak at the popocratic rally Monday evening.
 The Hall & Elton Go. works are now running full time.
 The popocratic caucus to nominate representatives and justices of the peace will be held next Friday evening.
 The selectmen and town clerk will be in the town hall in the Second dis trict, Yalesville, to-day, from 9 a. m. to D. m to make new voters.
 A much needed new carpet has been ordered for the town clerks office to replace the worn out mating.
 The D. o. Doolittle non-support case comes up again before Judge Mclean this morning at o'clock.
 The board of school visitors will visit the North Main street school house to-day, and inspect it's sanitary condition, and take necessary steps to- ward improving the same.
 The plans for the proposed new Methodist church are now in the hands of the contractors for bids.
 A child of John Martin, corner of Colony and Christian streets, died yesterday morning of spinal meningi-
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woMAN's. BOARD OF MISSIONS

Bridgeport, Oct. 2S.-The annual con- vention of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Board of Missions of the Episcopal diocese of Connecticut, was held to- day at St. Johns Episcopal church here. There were about 800 present mostly delegates from out of town. Each Episcopal church in the state is entitled to representation.
 There was holy communion celebrat- ed at the church this morning, after which the business meeting was begun Mrs. Elizabeth H. Colt of Hartford presided, The forenoon was spent ir discussing the united work of the churches. This afternoon there were addresses by Bishop White of Indiana Graves of Illinois, Gailor of Tennessee and Johnstone of western Texas.
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Fifty-seven new voters were made" yesterday at the town clerks office, The selectmen and town clerk will meet again october 26 from a. m, to D. m. and from to 9tp. m.
 George M. Gum made a very inter esting speech t0 a sound money audi ence in Branford one night this week.
 The Methodist church held a cam paign social in the parlors of the church Wednesday evening, which was com plete success in every way.
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HIS SKULL FRACTURED.

Bridgeport, Oct 23.-Paul Larnick, a workman, was struck on the head by falling stone this afternoon, while a avenue. His skull was fractured and it is believed he will die. He was talk en to the hospital. The people in that section of the city complain of the carelessness of the workmene.
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HeneFs11nishingc Co.
 755-7o3 Chapel Street.
SHERIFF,S SALE.

NeW maven SOuily, sS. NeW HdVen,t
 October 18th, 1896. THIS is to certify that by virtue of writ Il of execution to me directed and deiv- cred, l, on the 18th day of September, 1896, levied upon one share of the capital stock of The Shepaug, Litchfield and Northern Rail- road Company, standing on the books of said corporation in the name of George D. Chap man, and upon All the right, title and inter- est of said George D. Chapman in and to two hundred and si xteen other shares ot the cap ital stock of said corporation, standing on the books of said corporation in the name of The Mercantile Trust Company, Trustee, (to- gether with the dividends and profits due and growing due thereon,) and that 1 will sell said one share of stock and all the right, title and interest of said Chapman in and to sad two hundred and sixteen shares of stock (together with said dividends and pro6ts) at at public auction, at the public signpost in New Haven at the end of twenty-one days from the date of this notice, viz. on Thurs day, the 9th day of November, 1895, at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
 Attest CHARLES R. SPIEGEL.
 ol7 24 3l. Sheriff.
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LOSS ss,oOo.
Kerosene Caused the Fire--A Marrow
 Escape From Death.

Kerosene Caused the Fire-A Marrow
 Escape From Death.
 Meriden, Oct. 23.---At o'clock this evening the dwelling house, saloon and bowling alley, all combined, was de- stroyed by fire, caused by the overturn- ing of a kerosene lamp in the cellar. The place was located in East Meriden and after a long run the department ar rived to find that the water pressure was so low that they had to stand by and watch the building burn to the ground. Mrs. McCook was in the upper story and did not realize the rapidity with which the fire spread and had to be rescued by her husband, who car ried her out of the burning house bod fly. A grand stand used at Cooks ball grounds, adjoining the house, was par tially destroyed. The loss Is SC, 000 and the total insurance 5000.
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M1rs1c AT CHRIST CHURCH

The music at Christ church to-mor- row will be as follows;
 1030 a. m, Prelude-Andante in C..,.........S Silas Te Deum in R flat...... ...... Stanford Benedietus-Chant. Offertory-'I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes" .... .. .....,...... Whitfield Postlude-Offertory in c, Thomas
 7.30 D, m. Prelude-Allegretto in B minor. .. ".,.". ..... ...... ..."... .Guilmant Magnificat Nunc Dimittis in West Offertory Solo. o............ ...
 MT. Mann. Postlude-Sonata No. 2 (second movemenD,.. .......... Mendelssohn
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ALMOST HERE.
KIaw & Er1anger's "Jack and the Bean-
 stalk' Monday Night.

In the language Of the man from the south, if 'it is not the biggest produc- tion it's most" and there you are. Much has been said of the coming of Klaw &. Erlanger's immense burlesque extrava- ganza, Jack and the Beanstalk." The time is near at hand, and Monday night at the Hyperion the first per- forlnance will occur. It will be the night of nights. as there will surely be an audience that will pack the theater from pit to dome. The big theatrical
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LOG CABIN BUTTONS.
People Wearing Those Found by John
 w. Coe.

w. Coe.
 Meriden, Oct. 23,-Many republicans are wearing the campaign buttons found by John w. Coe in the old Mer- riam homestead some time ago. These buttons were worn in the Log Cabin campaign, and are made of solid gold, and bear the fac simile of the old log cabin. MT. Coe presented one of the buttons to ex-President Benjamin Har- rison directly after he found them. Among the notable persons now wear ing them are: Ex-President Harrison, Dr. o. J. D. Hughes, H. Wales Lines and J. w. Coe. Several young ladies have also been presented with them
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WON'T BOARD coLoREp PEopLE

WON'T BOARD COLORED PEOPLE.
 Hartford. Oct. 23.-The manager of the Black Pattfs Troubadours, a col ored company, which Is billed to appear in this city on October 31, has been refused accommodations for his troupe by every hotel, owing to their color. This has been the case throughout the state, and to-day he advertised for board and rooms.
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YALE TO PLAY INDIANS.
They Will Tackle the Carlisle Student:
 To-day.

IO-udy.
 Yale will play the team of the Car lisle Indian school at Manhattan field to-day, and a close and exciting game is looked for. Since the game with Princeton in which the Indians were defeated p to 6, the Carlisle team has improved greatly under the coaching of Mccormick '9S and Hickok '95S. The game to-day will probably be much closer and better played than the In- dian game here last year, which Yale won, IS to Q, after hard struggle.
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F Fi1lailCIal.
Bulls Had Another Field Day at the Stock
 Exchange.

New York, Oct. 23.-The bulls had an- other field day at the stock exchange to-day. While the dealings were again mainly professional, the commission houses reported the receipt of a mod
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CAPITAL, AUTHORIZED CAPITAL $I0O,O0O. $l,O00,OOO.
 The Union Trust ClIll2lI.

NEW HAVEN. HHARTERED by the State ot Coanecti cut N with authority to act as Executor, Ad- ministrator, Guardian, Receiver or Trustee under will or deed
 Is legal depositpry Of money paid into Court and all Public Trust Funds. Acts IS trustee for Municipalities, Corporations an1 Individuals. and administers trusts of all kinds Empowered to act as registrar of stocks, bonds or other evidences of indebted ness, manage sinking funds and do all busi- ness such us is usually done by Trust Con- panies.
 It also does q general Banking business collecting checks, notes,c coupons, and receive deposits. The principal of each Trust is in- vested by itself and kept separate and apart from the general assets of the Company. This Company is by law regularly eXamfn- ed by the Bank Examiner of the State of Connecticut,
 HENRY l.. HoTCHKIss, WM T. BARTLETT,
 President. Treasurer.
 EUGENES. BRIsToL. Asst Treasurer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-13
AMONG FARMERS.

Farm produce prices remain about in
| statu quo.
Harvesting is completed throughout
this county.
New rye has begun to come to market.
1t is of good quality.
A sort If blight is attacking potatoes 10
portions OF this state.
Albert Landreth will not be through
with pea picking until the close OF next
| week.
The wheat crop in England has been
an excellent one this year. This will aid
in keeping prices down.
The army worm was by no means a
| welcome vlsitant in this county. One
good thing is he is not likely to become
a permanent institution.
u Kossuth farmer who lives near Ref s
mills, after cutting his rye this year,
| sowed one acre OF it again to rye by way
Of experiment. The rye grew rapidly
and is now heading out.
Threshing is in progress IN Minnesota.
The yield is fair but the quality of the
grain is not good, testing only so lbs. to
the bushel when last year it went 80.
Wheat is yielding much less in South
Dakota than was expected. The average
yield in North Dakota is from II TO Is
bushels per acre.
The weather report says the mean
temperature for the week ending Tues
day was 70 degrees which Is IL above the
normal from observations of % years.
The temperature at Milwaukee is the
| highest since the establishment of the
bureau IN 1871. The high temperature
has proved beneficial to corn, potatoes
and clover. Rains have been abundant,
Tobacco is doing well. Grain in the
shock has been damaged some. Pastures
are in excellent shape and young clover
is doing finely.
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NOTES FROM MAPLE GROVE.
Mr.. John Brennan of Milwaukee is
his old home in Cato.

Mr.. John Brennan of Milwaukee Is
visiting his old home in Cato
Mrs. Green and son of Chicago are
the guests of Mrs John Driscoll
Miss Katie Doyle of Chicago is
visiting friends and relatives in Maple
| Grove.
The Maple Grove base ball team
will play the Askeaton's on Saturday
next at kasson.
Harvesting is about completed in
this part of the county and farmers
are busy threshing.
A picnic will be held at Kasson on
Saturday next; horse racing will be
one of the attractive features.
The Wayside boys were defeated
in a game of base ball. Sunday. by
the Greehleaf boys: score, 1929.
Prln. G.. Nj. Morrissey with party
of friends from Kiel left Monday for
Langlade County on hunting and
fishing tour
A dance for the benifit of the base
ball team will be held in kavanah's
hall Thursday evening. Those wish
ing to enjoy themselves and, at the
same time. assist the boys, should
attend
Farmers III this vicinity are slow in
stating their views on the money
question, most of them protesting
that they do not understand it. Yet
the prevalent idea is, Free Silver is
all right" Would it not be we'll to
organize a Democratic club and.
without passion or prejudice. study
and discuss the financial issue? If the
country need free silver there must
be good and sufficient reasons there
or.-such a course must be based on
sound financial principles, must be
practicable as shown by precedent,
must be successful where it is now
being tried, existing conditions must
be favorable, and It's advantages must
be such as will offset all disadvantages,
resulting from so radical change.
Let us study the ISSUE and vote in
diligently.
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NOTES FROM CENTERyHLE.

A little girl also made its home
with Mr.. Matt kress. This is why
he was with the boys last week.
Mr. A. H. lander now wears a
broad brimmed Lat, and it is all on
account of the little girl that arrived
last Monday.
Mrs. j. Burke is confined to her bed
in critical condition. Her condition
has improved somewhat. Her friends
hope for speedy recovery.
During the rain storm last Sunday
morning, the lightning struck the
building of Mr.. Carl Mill 1t dam
aged the wall and totally destroyed
the bar in the saloon. The loss
amounts to one hundred dollars.
A physician Cat least so he calls
himself) of an itinerant mood, is Civ
ing an entertainment every evening
near Strattman Bros store. His songs
etc, are supplemented by talks on his
wonderful remedies The people gen
orally have money for such purposes.
Mr.. Chas Undesser, like his friend
Mr.. O. Bartel must have received a
proposal from lady of the west, for
last Wednesday he was married to
Miss L. Pacquet of st. Panl, the Rev.
". Dejalle officiating. Such custom
seems to be getting in vogue here
thus leaving leap year not entirely
barren of results. Still there are
some patches" who prefer to lead the
life of single blessedness rather than
enter the connubial state, simply on
account of their timidity. The ladies
better follow the leap year custom
and thus get these poor fellows out
of dilemma. Who's next?
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NOTES FROM MISHICOTT.

The Shoto Mills were damaged by
the strong wind last Sunday eve.
Mr.. Mic Terens and family spent
Saturday and Sunday at Manitowoc.
MIR. Hubby Wagner of Sturgeon
Bay is spending few days in the vii
lage.
Mr.. Carl lander and wife of Mani
towoc passed through the village Sun
day.
The Literary and Social Circle will
hold the last picnic of this season
Sunday.
Mrs. Krenz died last Thursday at
the age of 81 years. The funeral
took place last Saturday.
Mrs. f. Brown of Grand Rapids,
Mich. is visiting in the village as the
guest of Mrs. Bruno Mueller.
The dam at Schimeps Mill broke
Tuesday 1t will be repaired, as the
power is needed to run the single
mill.
Mr.. Mitchell Neiedlo and family of
Green Bay spent Sunday and Monday
in the village visiting friends and rel
atives.
Mr.. Henry Behlow and Mr.. Carl
lander have returned from Oshkosh
where they have been attending Sum
mer School.
A little boy has just put in an ap-
pearance at the home of Mr.. Ira
Boyer He doesn't say much yet, but
will after while
A social party was given at the
Opera Hall last Tuesday by his friends
in honor of Hubby" Wagner. Every
body had a delightful time
Mrs. Richard Soenksen now rides a
wheel. She Is the only married
woman in the village who has wheel
of her own, though she is lot the only
one that can ride one.
Richardson the photographer of
Manitowoc who has been here recently
and whose work gave such excellent
satisfaction will be here for business
every Monday. Satisfaction guar
| anteed."
The abuse of cattle and calves goes
merrily on.
The owner of the COW which was SO
abused last week wishes the public to
know that it was done without his
sanction.
Several of our young men went to
Manitowoc on their wheels Sunday to
see the ball game When asked about
the game they replied "ManitowCc
was all right but the umpire was :,
Mishicot people like to see the Mani
| towOcs win.
Vogle Bros. have completed the i'm
provements they have been making in
their store. As country stores, those
of Vogle Bros and Mr. Hoist in our
village are as neat and the stock as
complete as any in the county. Bust
ness is very good too considering the
times. and MIR. Fred Quistorf oul
drayman has team steadily on the
road and often two teams are neces
sary to haul the freight for the village
from Two Rivers.
| ..TIrNr
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manltowor pilot
CITY AND COU N tn
THURSDAY. AUG i, 800.

The Goodrich boats now hail from
Milwaukee.
The ice man IS the biggest man IN the
city theee days.
1HE warm weather has knocked ont
bicycle riding somewhat.
The beautiful steam yacht Sentinel OF
Chicago came into port on Monday.
People are being driven to the north
from southern cities by the intense heat
EDWARD KELLEY delivered an Grafton
before the Catholic summer school at
Madison last week.
\ young man named Carney had one
of his legs broken by a runaway at Cato
on thursday evening last.
THE oldest inhabitant cannot recall
the time when heat was more oppressive
than within the last two weeks.
From present appearances there will
be quite a fight for the democratic nomi-
nation for sheriff in this county.
The fog horn has had considerable
work to do this week although fogs are a
somewhat scarce article IN August.
1nF men at work on the slip find the
heat quite oppressive, the sand rejecting
it so as to give them a double dose.
The warm weather has materially af-
feeted bicycle riding. 1t Is only the
hardy ones who indulge in the sport.
IHF Wilbur on her way out struck the
water main which crosses the river at
9th street and was almost stranded on 1t.
TnE L. \ Z. Nj. boats will begin to
make daily trips here after the 10Th. At
present they are making only one trip a
week.
QUITE number of people sat up late
on Monday night To witness the showers
Of meteors. Most of them were disap-
pointed.
QUITE a number of farmers were IN the
city this week. The weather was so
warm that farm work was distasteful II
not dangerous.
ANTON JOHNSON will open a saloon IN
the MahOny building on York street
The building is to be fitted up and will
have a new front put IN.
OSCAR L. HUM, formerly a teacher OF
this county, nov city clerk of Sheboygan
is a candidate for the democratic nomlna
tlon for secretary Of state.
CHAIRMAN A. J. SCHMITZ issues a cal
in this weeks Issue for a democratic
county convention TO elect delegates tC
the state and congressional conventions
The gentlemen who are to build /
grain elevator here, say 1t was their IN
tentlon To have begun work some time
sgo, but encountered unavoidable delay
VACANT houses are scarce article II
the city at present. The new railway ha
brought number Of families to the cit.
and some contractors have likewise takel
their residence here.
THE dredges of the Sheboygan Dredg
j Dock Go. were not at work IN this cit,
on Monday on account OF the funeral o
Conrad Starke, one of the owners, VIII,
died on Saturday last.
SOMETHING OF a cyclone prevailed il
Neshoto on Sunday night last. Th
smoke stack OF the mill at that plac
vas blown off and small boats in tn
Tlver were thrown up on the shore.
FRED CHRISTENSEN OF this city recent
" passed the examination for county su
perintendents' certificate. There are quit
number in tins comfy uow elgibl
candidates by law for that position.
No one seems to know what the option
taken upon real estate on the lake from
north OF the river means. The genera
opinion is that they are taken by th
Wisconsin Central, but for what purpos
is;a mystery.
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IT would not prove bad investment
for those having idle capital TO build
houses 10 this city for rental. There is
at presen. quite a scarcity OF such houses.
There ere many travelling men who would
make Manitowoc their home now that 1t
has two railways, il they could secure
suitable dwelling houses. But they can
not be had. This is very desirable
class OF people to secure Us residents.
They are good citizens, earn good salaries
and live we'll.
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PERSONALS

! Henry SandforG WAS in the city on
Sunday last.
Rev. Isaac Torrlson is visiting in the
city this week.
Rev. Mr.. Chaplin of Milwaukee was in
+ the city this week
Miss Mandt of Stoughton is visiting
| Mrs. Il. +. Torrison.
! L. j. Nash returned this week from
his visit to Michigan.
Mrs. Oscar Torrleon of Chicago is
visiting friends in the city.
DR.. George Torrison of Chicago is
spending few days in the city.
Gus Guttman of st. Paul il spending
| bis summer vacation in the city.
/ Mrs. Bredesen of Stoughton is spend
| John Earles and Captain Brothers of
Kaukauna were in the city on Sunday
last.
( j. S. Villas and Harry Frambach OF
Kaukauna spent Saturday and Sunday
! in the city.
Gottfred Esch, who has been away for
/ a year on account of his health is now at
/ home fully restored.
=. Nj. Pratt who was visiting in Mani
towoc about year ago, is again IN the
city visiting friends.
! W. A. Walker spent Saturday and
/ Sunday in the city. Will has developed
an alarming tendency in the direction OF
/ killing umpires,
/ Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Villas visited Stur-
geon Bay tins week and called at Idle
! Wild where number of ManitOwoc peo-
! pie are camping ont.
VIM. Kempton of Duluth Is enjoying
! his annual visit TO the city, Every one
is pleased to meet the old gentleman and
| he is delighted TO meet his old friends,
! ONE of Albert Landreth's draft teams
ran away on Tuesday. They went at Il
terrific pace but were caught by DIR. At.
kinson at great personal rick. He
stopped the team by throwing one OF
| the horses.
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Two of the Olsen children who have
been county charges for some time will
be sent to the state school at Sparta.
SIX weeks ago | suffered with very
severe cold; was almost unable 10 speak.
NV friends all advised me to consult a
physician. Noticing Chamberlain S Cough
Remedy advertised in the st. Paul lOEs
Zaitunq. I procured a bottle, and after
taking it short while WIS entirely well.
/ now most heartily recommend this
remedy to anyone suffering with cold.
WIN KEEL, 67S Selby Ave, ST. Paul,
MINI. For eale by Henry Hinrichs,
Druggist. anp27
l.. ]. ANDERSON sells all kinds Of sew
ioT, p,onIipa paa1Ilc
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TIE Goodrich Transportation Co. has
removed it's shops to the north bank OF
the river near the bayou. The buildings,
one OF which was % 50 we're placed
upon scows and lowed up by the tug
Arctic. The work was done under the
supervision OF George Kennedy.