The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-12

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THURSDAY. APRIL ~. 1900.
DIR. J. F. PaITcHARD has gone abroad
for his health
MISS LILLE BECKER of Sheboygan il
visiting relatives here.
PETER SCHROEDER of Two Rivers is
in town on business to-day.
THE carferry Ann Arbor No. 3 took
in load of grain at elevator b yester
day.
A CIVIL service examination for car
riers and postal clerks will be held on
May End
POWER CONWAY, who is attending
Wisconsin University, is at home for the
Easter recess.
Miss Emile Richter, who is teaching
at Chiffon, has been in the city for a
short vacation.
w. H. Munhall and F. d. Palmer OF
Grimms were callers at The Pilot office
on Wednesday.
MISS Elizabeth Won Briesen of Colum
bus is the guest of her sister Miss Henri
eta Won Briesen.
SILAs GILES has quit work temporari
ly. He will spend some time with his
parents at New London and get rested
up.
T. w. GRAY is in Two Rivers to-day.
PAUL SCHUETTE, student at the
State University, is spending the Easter
holidays at home
SPRING is exceedingly coy. 1t seemed
to be sure enough thing Friday and
Saturday, but all this week has been as
cold and bleak as November.
FRANK JONES, a son of A. d. Jones,
former well-known resident of Mani.
towoc, was here yesterday He is trav,
cling for a large Boston woollen house.
SHERIFF LEHRMAN went to Center.
vile yesterday to take charge of a man
named Fischer who it is claimed became
insane and then set fire to Stolzman's
barn last Friday.
M. H. DEMPSEY, Emil Teitgen, julius
Lindstedt and Henry Wits left for Mil
waukee this noon to meet several con
sulting engineers who are to advise with
them concerning the new gas plant
THERE has been convention of Ger
man Lutheran school teachers in session
at the Lutheran school here for the past
two days. Delegates were present from
Fond du Lac Green Bay, Sheboygan
Appleton and Oshkosh
LAST year there were 1873 applicants
for third grade certificates at the exami
nation. This year there were 144 appli
cants. The superintendent states that
applicants were much better prepared
this year than last.
MORE than $50, 900 has been spent here
the past winter in repairs to the boats OF
the Wilson Transit Co., the Bradley
fleet and the Gilchrist feet 1t is estim,
ated that these boats will leave here with
$500, 900 bushels of grain as soon as the
straits open.
THE body of Charles Singleman the
young soldier who was fatally wounded
in battle in the, Philippines, will reach
Manitowoc next Saturday. 1t would be
very fitting if the soldier-boys of the city
would get together and arrange to meet
the body at the train and accord it mill
tary honors.
THE turner's are making an effort
to see whether Sunday evening perform
ances will pay in Manitowoc and to test
it they have contracted to play Richards
q Pringles large minstrel troupe here
on the Goth. The company is the largest
and hest in the country and ought tc
draw crowd. The Sunday thereafter
the Courtnay- Morgan com 1any will ap-
pear at Turner Hall in Quo Vadis.'
COUNCIL MEETING.
The Council met last night and in
spite of the storm thirteen of the aldermen
turned out. Under the head of resolu
tons, resolution by Aid. Canright was