The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-21
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1899

THE work on the Luling School is pro-
crossing rapidly.
ELECTION lawsare being pretty care
fully studied at present.
AND still the weather is IA protest
against the high price of fuel.
A FREIGHT train ran off the track at
Branch on Tuesday No damage was
done.
SHERIFF LEHRMANi is busy these times
picking up Jurors for the January term
of court.
BEECH cordwood which has been haul
ed by team distance of 20 miles is being
sold here.
MERCHANTS say they are not fully
satisfied with the farmer trade thus far
this winter.
MONDAY was IL gloomy day, all the
more noticeable because Of its difference
from its fellows.
THE church fair given by the ladies of
the Episcopal church was the most sue
CesSlUl ever f1tlu Ill the Guy.
GRoFFMAN q STAHL, proprietors of
the Snow Flake Laundry have issued
some very artistic calendars.
THE remains of Gottfried Esch arriv-
ed here on Saturday from Denver, The
funeral took place on that day.
Mr.. AND Mrs. w. d. RICHARDS cele
brated the tenth anniversary of their
wedding on Saturday evening
CLERKS i'll postofiices are entitled to
sympathy these days because of increas-
Ell business of holiday nature.
THE Fire Department was called out
on Wednesday morning. The chimney
in John Peterik's hotel was burning out,
THE small boy is well content with
the Ice he has even if it is not wholly
safe Skating, however is getting TO be
a lost art.
THE insulation of the wires in the fire
alarm box at the corner of York and
Eighth street keeps constantly burning
ont without apparent cause.
The Goodrich company will not run
its boats to Two Rivers during the win
ter on account of the difficulty of cross
ing the bar near the mouth of the har-
Dor.
THE furry in the east in regard to
fo,
touched Manitowoc. There is now
substance to financial affairs in this city
and county.
THERE have been some doubts wheth-
er marriage certificates require stamps.
A commissioner of internal revenue has
decided that they do and each must bear
Ii stamp of 10 cents.
THE Home Mutual Building & Loan
Association of La Crosse has gone out of
business. Its last yearly dividend was
only one per cent. and to keep up the
organization meant loss
SKATING, the good old style of ice
skating, is again coming into vogue A
party went out To Silver Lake Tuesday
evening to skate on the lake there The
ice there is said to be perfect.
THE Milwaukee Sentinel in its issue
of last Monday in speaking of the Mani
towoc County Insane Asylum says it is
one of the most complete and best man
aged county asylums in the state
SOME of the old time skaters who
made Manitowoc famous We're out on
Sunday last and reported excellent ska
ting. They claim they did as we'll as
they nsed to do, which was no mean de-
gree of excellence.
THE Masons of Kaukauna invited the
Masons of this city and Two Rivers to IL
banquet on Monday. A large number
from both cities accepted the invitation
and had royal time, just what might
have been expected.
CHARLES DRUMM, the treasurer of
Manitowoc, makes il convenient for the
tax payers of his town by collecting at
the city council rooms lie Will be there
from Wednesday of next week until the
10th of January following.
THE Hanson Wagon Works is doing
AZ unusually large business these DAYS.
On Friday night last the company re
ceived mail order for two car loads of
wagons. Only a short time before il
had shipped two car loads.
A NUMBER of Manitowoc people who
invested little over $1,000 two Years
ago IN lands in Northern Wisconsin re-
Gently sold ont and made profit of
$4,000 There is money to be made in
that section of the state in lands.