The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15

question OF his recovery.
FRED BLECKMAN of Mshicott had
John Schwartz arresed for assault and
battery. Schwartz was sentenced to
IL days in the county Jail
WELLS BIRDS ALL of Two Rivers and
Con O'Learv of Milwaukee will lam each
other at Kapplemans Hall at Two Riv-
ers for the gate receipts on Saturday
next
THE PILOT has it from high official
Of the Wisconsin Central that there is
absolutely no truth in the report that
the Great Northern is trying 70 purchase
the Central.
ED. CONWAY returned to his home in
Milwaukee yesterday after calling on a
number of old friends who were delight
ed to see him. Ed bears his years well
and enjoys visit in Manitowoc
Mrs. JOSEPHINE KADOw aged 90,
died at fine home of her daughter, Mrs.
Kattner, in this city ON Thursday last.
She had an attack of pneumonia which
her advanced years made her unable to
resist
II Is said that labor is scarce in the
lumber woods now that heavy opera
tons are on. A representative of the
Menasha Woodenware Company lately
offered 800 per month to man to scale
logs but the offer was declined.
JOHN KNOLL of Rhine, Sheboygan
county, a town charge, committed sui
eide by hanging himself on Saturday
night. His wife was in bed with brok
en- leg OF the time. She was a town
charge at the time he married her.
Mr.. AND MRS. AUMAN of this city
had a runaway yesterday afternoon on
North Main street. The buggy came in
contact with pole and went to pieces.
Both the occupants were thrown out
and Mrs. Amman sustained some in
juries.
THE train due here yesterday morning
from the east at $40 was delayed by an
accident to a freight train at Greenville.
Another mishap occurred at the Branch
on Tuesday night and several cars were
derailed There were no casualties in
either case.
W. |. LEROY of Depere has leased the
cold storage building on the property of
the Chicago q Northwestern in this city
The building will be improved and will
be used wholly for the storage of cheese
Mr.. Leroy has had Is years of experience
in the cheese business and has travelled
for Chicago firms He has acted as
judge at county fairs for some years on
dairy products.
THE suit in equity brought by H. c.
Fricke. against Andrew Carnegie brings
to light the secrets Ct that business which
show profits that are simply enormous.
In 1892, the business was worth 3d., 900,
600. In 1899 it had increased in value
to 1850, 600 000 In 1899 the net profits
were $21, 900, 900 and Carnegie estimates
that this year they will amount to $40
600, 600.
THE PILOT has gone back ON George
Kennedy. He is ordinarily pretty
good fellow but isn't fit to be a married
man as when he has an increase in his
family he purposely wears u doleful ex-
preston so as to mislead newspapermen
He had an addition to his family recent
ly, little girl. George was happy of
course, but thought it incumbent on him
to repress all pleasurable emotions and
he went about town looking like hearse
driver or a minister preaching funeral
sermon Next time he keeps birth
item from The Pilot he'll get worse
dose than this
On MONDAY last Chief Pierce was
watching fellow who was walking up
and down in front of Schreiter's shoe
store. The chief was ensconced where
he could look through double plate
glass and be secure himself from obser-
walton. The fellow who didn't seem to
be at all hard up either from bodily APP
pearance or clothes, kept walking in
front of the store. When he thought
himself unobserved he grabbed couple
of pair of shoes, thrust them under his
overcoat and went off. The chief hustled
after and the sneak thief seeing he was
followed went down vacant lot on
York street and dumped the shoes. The
chief looked for the shoes and found
them, but this delay gave the thief time
to escape, and he did
NOTES FROM BRANCH.