The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-13
The manito1uoc Elliot.
Manitowoc, Thursday, July 10, 1899

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money order Office since July LIST.
A LITTLE girl arrived at the home of
S. G.. Smith of Chicago on Monday last.
MONDAY last had periods of scorching
heat sandwiched in between cool cur
rents.
GEORGE KENNEDY has secured the
contract to furnish sand for the new
brick yard
CHARLES Helms of Kiel who has been
quite seriously sick is now almost com
pletely restored to health.
AUGUST CANS will go to Canada
should there be danger of his again being
drafted to serve on the jury.
THE anti-pass law will cost the state
$1,000 for the transportation of members
of the state board of control
On Saturday last the Pea Canning
company canned 10000 cans of pease. 1t
was an extraordinary days work
THIS year will, when the present ris-
ing generation becomes the oldest in
habitant be spoken of as The Year of
the Fog
THE Manitowoc Seating company has
paid d second installment of % per cent
90 stockholders as part of the purchase
price of the plant.
SCHMITz & BURKE have had improve
ments made in their offices. Each has
ing room for clients
WORK is being pushed forward quite
rapidly on the Esch elevator 1t will be
in readiness for business before this
years crop begins to move.
MANITowoc will soon be noted for
the amount of cement sidewalks it has.
The spirit of improvement seems to have
taken good hold upon the people.
G. G. SEDGWICK S argument before
the jury on Friday last is said to have
been mastery effort. Though in ex
tremely poor health he spoke for two
hours
FRANK RYDER has moved the house
which he has occupied as residence for
some years so as to have the site ready
for new dwelling house he is to erect
there.
EDWARD RUGoweoI fell off staging
in the steeple of ST Mary's church where
he was at work on Thursday last, a dis
lance of IL feet He suffered no injury
but the dislocation of one of his wrists
THE rumor that the Wisconsin Central
will soon become a part of the St Paul
system keeps coming up with such per-
sistence that people will soon begin to
think there is some truth back of it.
CHARLEY FIGHTER is all tore up
this week, He is converting his store
into palace but the transition requires
that it should look like a barn for a time
Charley is wearing pontoofels SO as to
be in harmony with his surroundings.
THE advance in the price of iron is
adding considerably to the cost of build
ings being erected in Manitowoc this
season 1t seems little singular that
the erection of costly buildings should
have been delayed until increased cost
of material should add to the expense of
building
GEORGE KENNEDY performed quite a
feat in house raising last week. A ven
eer brick building owned by Rahr's
Sons, % A. located on the corner of
Madison and 10Th was raised six feet and
the singular spectacle Of a brick build
ing ON stills is presented there. Not a
crack was made in the walls by the OPP
GRAFTON. The building was raised SO as
put in basement of II feet in which
will be a saloon.
THE burning of the f. q P NJ eleva-
tor at Ludington on Thursday night caus
ed loss of $4,000 The elevator was
valued at 800, 600 and there was grain
to the value of $1,000. Both were in
sured The elevator will be rebuilt