The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-26
TheI mamitomne gilot.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER ae. 1899.


THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1899.
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THE police telegraph system has now
been in operation for several days anc
seems to work well.
THE county board of supervisors vii
meet in their regular November session
ON the l4th proximo,
KUNZ BLESER & Co. are about t.
erect new building on their property
oppositathe brewery
THE steamer f. d p NJ. No. , which
has been unders oing repairs at Burgel
& Burgers ship yard, is ready for ser
vice again.
THE library subscription list will prob
ably be turned over to the city at thu
next meeting of the city council, which
occurs OH Monday the Both.
SUNDAY and Monday were as balmy
as day in June. Perhaps nature Il
iollying us a little and will even up later
with heavy dose of zero weather
FRANK B. TICKNoR and Miss Eliza
beth Haggerty We're married Monday
evening at ST James Episcopal church
by the Rev S R. S. Gray. They will
reside in this city.
THE piling of the old Chicago a. North
western railroad bridge at the water
tank has all been removed and work on
the new iron swing bridge will be push.
ed to completion at once.
THE production Of Hans Hanson al
the Opera House Monday evening by
James T. McAlpin and his company
drew ont quite good house. The play
is quite amusing and was fairly well
staged.
THE tennis clubs championship tour.
nament in singles has finally narrowed
down TO G. H. Sedgwick and A j. Tor
rison These two will finish their match
this week. Owing to the early darkness
it is found impossible to play more than
two or three sets in one afternoon.
THE steam-roller while at work on
Eighth street Monday crushed in the
cover Of the sewer man-hole at the cor.
ner of York street The roller was fit
ed with large spikes used for tearing up
the surface, and one Of these probably
punched through the iron plate.
WE ARE truly becoming metropolitan
1t has been found necessary to do street
work on Sunday, just as is habitually
done in the big cities. Last Sunday the
sewer connections We're put in on the
east side of south Sth street between
Quay and the river A good force of
men We're at work and the job was fin
ished up with neatness and dispatch.
THE council Mt their meeting last
Wednesday disallowed the claim of l..
A. Thompson as administrator of the
estate of Minnie Tegge for $4,000 for the
death of Mrs Tegge. 1t will be rem
embered that she was drowned by fall
ing off the Eighth street bridge abut-
ment Suit will undoubtedly be started
by the administrator against the city.
A SYSTEMATIC course Of instruction
in common sewing has been started ~
the grades of the North Side schools.
Twelve ladies have volunteered to de-
vote an hour each week to teaching the
girls in special classes arranged for the
purpose. The idea has proved quite
popular among the pupils, and will
doubtless be of much practical benefit,
THE production of She Would be a
Widow" by the dramatic club next Mon
day evening promises to be first class,
The performance is IA benefit for the la
dies aid society, and big audience
should turn ont, not only for the sake of
charity but because the play is a treat
not to be missed The cast was publish,
eNlast week, and the talent represented
in il is an assurance of excellence.
THE case of Rehbein eft al. VS.. William
Rahr and Reinhardt Rahr has been de
cided by Judge Hastings of Green Bay
in favor of the defendants. The case
grew out of the Shove bank failure
Rehbein and other depositors brought
suit to recover the amount of their de-
posts ON the ground that the Rahrs Were
stockholders in .the bank. The cour,
holds that they We're not stockholders
and therefore not liable to the plaintiffs
THE city has shown its usual goot
sense by taking heed of The Pilots milo
suggestion that Eighth street he smooth
ed down little. The steam roller ha
been at work since Monday and the sur
face has been made quite passable |
is understood that the soil will be allow