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

AMIGO thermometers must be speedy
affairs or else the people of that city car
stretch things out pretty well. On Fri
day last their thermometers registered
from ID to 20 degrees below zero Anti
go evidently wants to make a record.
THE Kewaunee Enterprise comes tc
the conclusion that the Manitowoc pa
pers are not as mean as it thought they
were. But the harbor of refuge fight
may cause it TO change its views. The
Enterprise stands Loyalty by its home
aity.
JOSEPH j. SCHNEIDER who has been
travelling for the Dellingham Mfg. Co.,
Of Sheboygan resigned his position with
the company October |, to take effect
January l. He will travel for the
| American Mfg. Co. of Sheboygan next
year.
EDWARD KNUDSON has resigned as
secretary of the Jones Lumber Company
and goes to Evansville, Indiana to take
charge of the company's southern bust
ness. This company has purchased a
large amount of timber in Kentucky and
will start a number of saw mills there
the coming year.
THE parcel and messenger system re-
Gently adopted in this city is not proving
the success it should when the advan-
tages it offers are considered Mr. De
lano says it is doing as well as he ex-
pected, but he evidently did not expect
much. The system makes one messen-
ger serve all to the extent of his capacity.
THE election laws are changing so
frequently that II lawyer cannot be in
! formed regarding them. County Clerk
Iander has discovered that the revised
statutes now in force, require the publ
cation of the election notice once week
up to the time of election. a restoration
of the provision of the statutes of 1878.
THE Wisconsin Central is bound to
become great road. 1t is reported
from Minneapolis that it will spend ST.,
000 600 in that city on terminals and
will build its own bridge across the
Mississippi. 1t is also said that it has
made a 99-year lease with the Great
Northern for the use of its road between
Minneapolis and st. Paul.
THE eclipse of the moon on Saturday
of themselves made sufficient obscura-
ton without the interposition of the
earth's shadow. AS the moon apparent
ly scudded through the clouds it seemed
as if she had torn portion of them
away and that they chung to her. 1t
was an Indifferent presentation of an
eclipse.
SIXTA x Sons are in receipt of let
ter from Nebraska the address of which
is unique. The handwriting is good and
the name of the state correctly written
But "Manitowoc" is twisted into shape
hardly recognizable, 1t is written Mel
netobok' good Indian name and in
pronunciation is not so dissimilar from
the name for which it is intended. The
letter came through all right,
CONGRESSMAN DAVIDSON was recog-
nized most handsomely by Speaker Hen
derson in committee appointments. He
gets Congressman Cooper's place on the
River aud Harbor committee the most
important committee SO far as this sec
ton is concerned He also holds second
place on Railways and Canals Mr..
Davidson has been recognized to an eX-
tent which must be pleasing to him and
to his constituents.
! THE employees of the four transporta-
tiCn companies which do business in this
city. the Goodrich, Northwestern, Cen
trail and F. Il p NJ. gave party at
Cooper's Hotel at Silver Lake on Satur-
day night last. They issued invitations
to only three outsiders, the homeliest
men in Manitowoc, Sam Hall the young
er, Hans Hanson and Teddy Anderson.
The three feel pleased that they had some
compensation for being so homely.
GEORGE BROWN of Browns Corners
had a peculiar and what might have
been n very serious accident Monday
last He was killing hogs and in some
manner gashed his wrist with the butch
erknife He cut both the artery and
the vein at the wrist and had two small
fountains of blood spirting in opposit,
directions He almost severed the ten
, don. He pressed the artery and vein
with his other hand and thus stopped